Chapter 363: Breaking Shengjing
By the 18th, the number of artillery shelled by the Ming army in Shengjing exceeded 50, and the artillery moved by the Manchus from elsewhere was almost completely destroyed by the Ming army within a single stick of incense. Although the city wall of Shengjing is stronger than the city wall of Shenyang, but when attacking Shenyang is in the winter of splashing water into ice, the ice layer protects the city wall of Shenyang well, but when attacking Shengjing, it is a hot summer, without the protection of ice, the city wall is under the fierce artillery bombardment of the Ming army, and it only lasts until the next day of Shen Shi three minutes before it is blown down.
"Wan Sheng!" Seeing that a big gap had been blasted out of the southern wall of Shengjing, the Ming army shouted one after another.
"Order, attack Shengjing City." Yuan Chonghuan said with a smile.
And Huang Taiji saw that the city wall was blasted out of a big gap, and he ordered without hesitation: "Everyone rush with me, and you must not let a thief enter Shengjing City." ”
Huang Taiji took the lead and personally led the Manchu soldiers to counterattack the Ming army, he stood in the ranks and shouted: "Standing behind us are our relatives, we must not retreat, they will all become slaves of the Ming thieves." Huang Taiji played a key role at this time, and his heroic performance caused the originally demoralized Manchu soldiers to burst out with amazing courage, and the Ming army, which had originally seized the gap, was gradually driven out by the Manchu soldiers.
The two armies fought hard around this gap for nearly an hour, and this gap of more than ten meters in the city wall was like a hell gate, devouring countless lives on both sides. In the end, under the personal command of Huang Taiji, the Manchu Qing finally held the gap.
"I'm too anxious today, I should use artillery for another while, and Jianyu's resistance is really beyond my expectations." Yuan Chonghuan said with annoyance.
"In this case, it is inevitable that some unbelievable things will happen, tomorrow we will bombard him with artillery for another day, and first bomb half of his Shengjing." Zhao Shujiao suggested.
"Someone will be sent to keep an eye on it tonight to prevent Jianyu from escaping at night." Yuan Chonghuan said.
At this moment, the battle was also fiercely discussed in the palace of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
"There has been no fighting in the north, and it is obviously the same as last time, which is a way for us to survive by the Ming army." Feiyango said.
"You ran away, what about the women and children in the city? I will never be like a lost dog again, I will live and die with Shengjing. Dodor said loudly.
"My Jurchen clan rose between the white mountains and black waters, and now it is difficult to preserve even the ancestral land, it can be said that there is no way back, I still say the same thing, I live and die with Shengjing." Huang Taiji said.
"Khan Amma, we have mastered the skills of making firearms, and now what we lack is only the skills of using firearms, I believe that in time, we will definitely be able to compete with the Ming army in firearms." Hauge said.
"Emperor Ming won't give me this opportunity, this opportunity can only depend on you, there will be a fierce battle tomorrow, and you will go out of the city to Horqin tomorrow night." Huang Taiji said.
"Great Khan, what are you going to do?" Dodor asked.
"I can't go. As long as I don't leave, the Ming army will let you go. Huang Taiji said calmly.
"Great Khan, then I'll go too." Fei Yangguo said softly.
"Hmm." Huang Taiji nodded.
"Then I'll go too." Lai Mubu hurriedly said.
"You can't go, you already have an heir, let your heir go, and if they all leave, the Ming army will definitely pursue." Huang Taiji refused.
"Great Khan, why is that?" Dodor asked, confused.
"I feel that the emperor of Daming seems to like this kind of game very much, just like we usually hunt, treating the prey only the strongest one, and treating the cubs and so on without killing them all, just like waiting for the prey to grow up in the next year and come to hunt again." Huang Taiji said.
"The thief deceives people too much." Dodor hated.
"The Ming army is powerful, they are hunters now, they can play how they want, and if we want to change the way we play, we must endure humiliation, only one day we can surpass the Ming army, when we become hunters, we can decide how to play." Huang Taiji looked at Haoge and said.
"Khan Ama, the child understands that the child will one day let the thief know that we Jurchens have never been prey, but hunters." Hauge said with a clenched fist.
"Hauge, your brothers are still young, you must be kind to your brothers in the future." Huang Taiji admonished.
"The child understands." Hauge nodded.
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On the 19th, hundreds of cannons erected outside Shengjing City opened fire, and on this day, the Ming army did not send a large army to attack the city, but bombarded it with artillery for a day. This move of the Ming army caught the people in Shengjing City off guard, and the area within the range of artillery was almost bombed into ruins, and nearly 10,000 people were killed and injured in Shengjing City in one day, and the southern city of Shengjing was full of stumps and broken arms.
On the twentieth ugly, the north gate of Shengjing.
Huang Taiji was seeing off the people who were about to leave Shengjing, he held Hai Lanzhu's hand and said: "Concubine Chen, you are pregnant, you must pay attention to your body along the way, no matter what news you hear after returning to Horqin, you can't be too excited, everything is focused on the child." ”
"I understand." Hai Lanzhu said with tears in her eyes, "Great Khan, you have to take care too." ”
Huang Taiji smiled at Hai Lanzhu and shouted loudly: "Open the city gate." ”
In order to prevent a sneak attack by the Ming army, Dolgon was at the door at this moment, and when he saw the army leaving the city, Dolgon immediately greeted him, "Meet the Great Khan!" ”
"Fourteenth brother, don't be polite, the safety of everyone this time depends on you." Huang Taiji admonished.
"I won't let the Great Khan down." Dorgon said respectfully.
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The news of the Manchu evacuation from the North Gate soon reached Yuan Chonghuan, who immediately summoned Zhao to discuss how to deal with it.
"Your Majesty means that you can't kill all the prisoners, and you must recreate the prisoners, but this degree is not easy to grasp! Now that Jianyu is evacuating Shengjing from the north gate, what do you think we should do? Yuan Chonghuan said distressedly.
"I can't figure out why Your Majesty always wants to let Jianyu live?" Zhao Shujiao was also very puzzled by Zhu Youxiao's decision.
"It's not just you, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are very confused. It's just that the imminent thing now is how to deal with this matter now? Yuan Chonghuan said.
"Attack the city immediately, so that it is possible to best accomplish Your Majesty's will." Zhao Shujiao thought for a while and said.
"Well, give the order, immediately assemble the army to attack the city." Yuan Chonghuan said without hesitation.
The southern city of Shengjing was now deserted yesterday after a day of bombing, and the Ming army then effortlessly attacked Shengjing. The retreat of the Manchu royal family caused the entire Qing army to lose its fighting spirit, and the Ming army controlled almost half of Shengjing by the time it arrived.