Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 10 Return my rivers and mountains

Chapter 2 The bloody battle in southern Liaoning shows heroism

Section 9 The Great Confrontation (4)

Nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Ming army, under the leadership of Li Dingguo, began to retreat to the south in formation, and the entire Ming army was not chaotic in the process of marching, and the heavy spear array like a jungle was like a wave, rolling forward.

Seeing this, Zilharang couldn't help but be ecstatic, and immediately commanded the Manchu army with blue flags and iron cavalry to drive westward, and then reorganized the array in the wilderness, and once again killed the soldiers of Li Dingguo's department.

Li Dingguo had long noticed the dynamics of the Qing army's iron cavalry, and when he saw that Zierharang was leading the army to attack again, he immediately shouted loudly: "Dense formation!" Defensive formation, forward! ”

"Protection! Protect! Protect! ”

Nearly 10,000 soldiers roared in unison, countless heavy spears were raised outward, and at the same time, the whole army moved inward, and the entire Ming army's large array became more compact, almost airtight. If you look down from the sky at this time, the large array of Ming soldiers is like a huge hedgehog slowly advancing forward, leaving the enemy with no way to attack.

"Accelerate!"

Zilharang howled loudly, led the Manchurian army with blue flags and iron cavalry to rush towards the Ming soldiers, and suddenly changed direction dozens of steps away from the Ming army's formation, and staged a salvo trick again.

However, this time, the Qing army not only threw a dense rain of arrows at the Ming soldiers, but also concentrated thousands of troops and threw dense javelins at the Ming army's formation.

Although the Qing army's cavalry bow basically could not help the armor of the Ming soldiers, the heavy and sharp javelins could easily penetrate the protection of the Ming soldiers, and instantly smashed the Ming army's array into a big gap, and at least more than 300 heavy pikemen fell in a pool of blood.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo was furious, and immediately ordered the soldiers to go up, and at the same time speed up the retreat.

However, Zilharang did not give the Ming soldiers a chance to re-plug the gap, and after seeing the opportunity, he immediately mobilized 5,000 Manchurian troops with blue flags and iron cavalry to rush to the gap in the Ming army's formation, breaking through the original tight defense of the Ming soldiers in one fell swoop.

Li Dingguo's face changed greatly, and he knew that the matter had reached this point, and the phalanx could no longer remain intact, so he ordered the phalanx to be disbanded on the spot, and immediately mixed up with the Qing army's iron cavalry, and the Qing army's iron cavalry must not be given a chance to charge and break through the formation again.

However, the heavy pikemen, who had lost their tight formation, could not withstand the impact of the Qing army's iron cavalry at all, just like the trunk of a tree that had lost its roots, and could only drift with the tide under the monstrous flood.

It didn't take long for the entire Ming army to collapse, and the soldiers of the Ming army suffered heavy casualties under the fierce charge of the Manchu army with blue flags, and finally collapsed completely.

Li Dingguo saw that he couldn't do anything, so he had no choice but to lead hundreds of personal guards to take advantage of the chaos to break out of the encirclement and rush all the way towards the Ming army's defense line, and was very lucky to rush to the defense line before the Qing army's iron cavalry found out.

At this moment, Dai Shan is commanding the Manchu army to attack the second trench of the defense line with the Red Banner Iron Cavalry Army, and the Ming soldiers guarding the defense line have begun to collapse under the blow of the Qing army's iron cavalry, and most of the entire defense line has been broken through by the Qing army, and it is only a matter of time before it is completely lost.

Seeing this situation, Li Dingguo was furious, and after leading hundreds of personal guards to rush to the third trench of the defensive line, he immediately organized more than 3,000 Ming soldiers guarding the third trench to re-arm, preparing to rely on the third trench and Yongning Jiancheng to continue to fight against the Qing army.

"Fire salvo! Archers concentrate on shooting at the entrance of the defensive line! ”

After Li Dingguo stabilized the defenders, he immediately rushed to the tower of Yongning Prison City, began to command thousands of musketeers and archers, and began to fiercely counterattack the Qing troops who rushed into the defense line.

Dai Shanwang saw that a general flag was erected on the tower of Yongning Prison City, and he knew that it must be the general of the Ming army who retreated quickly and returned to the city safely, and he couldn't help but be annoyed, and was very dissatisfied with Jierharang in his heart, so he ordered someone to send a letter to Jierharang, asking him to immediately lead the Manchurian army with blue flags and iron cavalry to meet.

After that, Dai Shan carefully observed the battle situation, and saw that the Red Banner soldiers and horses had fully occupied the second trench of the Ming army's defense line, and were concentrating their forces to storm the last trench of the Ming army's defense line, and the battle was very fierce. The Ming soldiers behind the trench resisted very tenaciously, all of them fought to the death, and the Ming army on the wall of Yongning Prison City was still firing guns and arrows, making it difficult for the Red Banner Army to move forward, and it was never able to go further, and was blocked by the Ming army in front of the third trench of the defense line.

Li Dingguo's defensive line was very unique, and there was only one road between each trench that was not very wide, and the Qing soldiers who wanted to attack the Ming army behind the third trench could only advance from this road, otherwise they would have to climb over the trench. Therefore, the Manchu army of 5,000 troops under the red banner attacked for a long time, but was never able to break through the third trench.

After observing for a while, Dai Shan gathered 3,000 soldiers from the army, transported sandbags on the spot, and prepared to fill in a few more roads on top of the third trench while attacking the third trench, so as to launch a full-scale attack on the Ming army behind the third trench.

At this moment, Ji'er Harang led the Manchurian army with blue flags and iron cavalry to rush over, and after seeing Dai Shan, he laughed and said: "Prince Li, this king has gathered and annihilated the elite of the 10,000 Ming army, how about it?" Why hasn't Prince Li broken through the Ming army's defense line and city here? ”

Dai Shan frowned slightly when he heard this, and said without being salty: "This king was about to break through the Ming army's defense line and take the Ming army's city, but he never expected that someone would release the main general of the Ming army, which made the Ming army's counterattack suddenly strengthened. Prince Zheng, do you know who released the Ming army commander back? ”

Hearing this, Zilharang's face instantly became very unsightly, and he snorted coldly on the side, and then no longer paid attention to Dai Shan, but concentrated on observing the battlefield ahead.

After a while, Dai Shan pointed to the battlefield in front of him with the whip in his hand and said, "Prince Zheng, this king has sent thousands of warriors to fill the trenches, will you also send warriors to help?" ”

Jierharang frowned, and said with some reluctance: "It's okay, then the king will fully cooperate with Prince Li and take down this Ming army earlier." ”

With that, Zilharang sent 3,000 soldiers with blue flags from the Manchu army to join the ranks of transporting sandbags to fill the trenches.

In the evening, under the busyness of nearly 10,000 troops of the Manchu army with the red flag and the Manchu army's blue flag, four passages were finally filled.

Seeing this, Zilharang was a little eager to immediately command the army to launch a full-scale attack. However, Dai Shan looked up at the gradually darkening sky, sighed slightly, and said: "Prince Zheng, according to the king's opinion, today's battle will end here, and let the warriors take a breath, today's battle situation has made the warriors very tired." ”

Zilharang was entangled for a moment, nodded his head, and said, "Okay, let's rest for the night." However, tonight, our army must send more scouts to prevent the Ming army from playing any tricks. ”

Dai Shan nodded, and then rode away with a blank face, followed by Zilharang, who rode away.

Half an hour later, the Manchu army was the Red Banner Army and the Manchu Army with the Blue Flag slowly withdrew, and set up a large camp five miles away from the Yongning Prison City. Dai Shan and Zierharang also sent a dense number of scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Ming army around the Yongning prison city, and surrounded the soldiers of Li Dingguo's army, and no disturbance could escape the eyes of the Qing army scouts.

After nightfall, after Li Dingguo arranged the defense of Yongning Jiancheng and the defense line outside the city, he let the generals of each battalion disperse. Looking at the backs of the soldiers leaving, Li Dingguo's mind kept recalling the news that the generals of each battalion had gathered.

"A total of more than 60,000 soldiers of each battalion were killed, and Deputy General Liu Wenxiu was martyred in battle."

"Two lines of defense outside the city have been lost, and the last line of defense is being strengthened."

"Our army is surrounded by Qing army scouts, and it is already under the overall supervision of the Qing army."

"In this battle, our army beheaded about 40,000 Qing troops, but most of them were Han army soldiers and horses with two white flags, and the real Manchu army had less than 6,000 flag Tatars."

"In this battle, our army slashed the two white flag owners of the Han army, and the big traitor is still gratifying......"

Li Dingguo was thinking about something with an unkind face, and the lives of more than 80,000 soldiers in the city had all been on Li Dingguo's shoulders at this time, which made him feel tremendous pressure.

However, Li Dingguo can only rise to the challenge now, and his mind is constantly thinking about ways to reverse the situation. Until this time, Li Dingguo still did not give up the hope of turning defeat into victory.

"At this time, our army still has more than 80,000 soldiers, but the defense is more than enough, the attack is insufficient, and in the face of the sharp and powerful Qing army iron cavalry, there is no benefit in the field. Moreover, the artillery in the army is also lost, lost, damaged, and there are few rounds of ammunition left, which will be of little use in the following battles. Although the Qing army only has about 30,000 soldiers and horses, all of them are elite iron cavalry, and their strength is still above our army. ”

Li Dingguo thought about it and weighed it for a long time, and had to come to a conclusion that the only way to do this is to defend the city first and wait for change, and there is no other way.

"I don't know what happened to General Li Laiheng and his righteous brother now, I don't know when the superintendent will be able to lead the army south!"

Suddenly, Li Dingguo heard a rush of footsteps, and then the door was pushed open.

Li Dingguo was taken aback, and after a closer look, he found that it was one of his personal guards, so he asked, "What happened?" ”

The guard lowered his voice and said: "Soldier Qiyu, I didn't receive a report just now, but there was a movement in the Qing army's camp, and it seems that the main army of the Qing army has arrived!" ”

"How many soldiers and horses are coming?"

"I don't know! According to the night talk, the Qing army camp is full of Qing army soldiers and horses for more than ten miles, boundless and countless! ”

Hearing this, Li Dingguo stood up suddenly, his sword eyebrows almost wrinkled together, his hands clenched into fists, and they clicked.

Suddenly, Li Dingguo seemed to think of something, and he laughed out loud and said, "Since the Tartars have arrived, let's make some big noise!" ”