Chapter 283: The Guards
What Huang Taiji didn't expect was that after some deliberation, all Baylors unanimously agreed to break through. In the face of the resolution of Zhong Beile, Huang Taiji could not oppose at this time, Huang Taiji finally decided that Zhong Beile led 20,000 troops to break through from the east, and 10,000 troops led by Ahadan and Ta Zhan broke through from the north gate, and the two armies broke through at the same time.
However, the Ming army missed the opportunity of Houjin's infighting, and after yesterday's battle, Xiong Tingbi decided to repair it for a day today.
On October 21, the north gate and the east gate of Shengjing were opened at the same time, and 30,000 troops rushed out of the two gates like a tide. And the north gate was the weakest place for the Ming army's defense, and the Ming army stationed at the north gate could not stop the swept Houjin cavalry at all. But the East Gate is different, and the East Gate is the place where the Ming army has always focused on attack and defense.
Since the last time it was attacked by the Houjin army, the vigilance of the Ming army is still very high, as soon as the Houjin army moved, the Ming army found out, at first the Ming army thought it was attacking the camp, but soon found out that the Houjin army was breaking through and fleeing. You Shilu immediately led the five thousand Guan Ning iron cavalry to gallop over.
You Shilu knew that 5,000 cavalry alone would not be able to stop the Houjin army who wanted to escape, so he cleverly chose to attack the middle of the Houjin army, and he wanted to cut the Houjin army at the east gate into two sections.
"Follow me!" You Shilu said loudly with a wave of his saber. Five thousand cavalry attacked from the flank of the Houjin army.
Although the 5,000 cavalry could not intercept the Houjin army, it was not difficult to cut the Houjin army into two sections. The Guanning Iron Cavalry was also equipped with a horse pistol at this time, and after a horse pistol shot, the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry was already rushing into Houjin's team.
Even if the two gates were opened at the same time, it was impossible for the 30,000 Houjin cavalry to go out of the city at the same time, and after a gunshot, the Houjin army that was blocked suddenly woke up and immediately launched a counterattack, but the formation of the Ming army was maintained very well, and the Houjin army was just in a hurry to meet the battle, and it was impossible to resist the Ming army at all.
"Close the East Gate." Huang Taiji said coldly. He knew that if he didn't close the east gate at this time, the Ming army would rush in.
With the closure of the east gate, the Houjin army outside the city has no way to retreat, and the army at the front of the team can no longer turn back to rescue. And the breakout army of the north gate is relatively much easier, the battle of the east gate together, the Houjin army of the north gate accelerated the speed of the breakthrough, and when the dragoons arrived, the 10,000 troops of the north gate had almost fled, and the dragoons just bit their tails and chased for a while, and had to retreat.
By the time the dragoons withdrew, the battle at the East Gate had just ended, and nearly 20,000 Houjin had escaped from this battle, and 6,000 had not even come out of Shengjing, and the remaining 4,000 had either died or been captured. Abai and Tabai were killed in battle, Tang Gu and Mang Gurtai were captured, but Abatai, who made the most trouble, did not even get out of the city, and finally had to stay in Shengjing. Of course, this was deliberately arranged by Huang Taiji, he knew that if he died, Abatai would escape again, and according to Abatai's character, Houjin would inevitably have infighting.
Xiong Tingbi and others lost face by the Houjin breakthrough, and Xiong Tingbi launched the most fierce offensive against Shengjing since the siege of Shengjing early this morning.
The heavy artillery bombardment was staged first, this time Xiong Tingbi was bloody, and it was full of an hour, at this time it was winter, Huang Taiji poured water on the city wall, and the heavy artillery bombarded for an hour and failed to collapse the city wall in the east of Shengdong.
After the heavy artillery bombardment, the Ming army immediately attacked. Crossing the moat outside Shengjing City was not difficult for the Ming army, and the Ming army quickly rushed under the city walls. The main commander of the Houjin army defending the city is Li Yongfang, and the whole set of defensive means of the Houjin army are learned from the Ming army, and they are also similar to use, with rolling stones, wood, gold juice, etc.
At this time, the Ming army's tiger squat cannon and other light artillery were useless, and they relied on their own brute force to attack the city. After the last meritorious service, the marksman was used intensively again this time to snipe the Houjin army on the city wall.
The siege on the first day was not smooth, the Houjin army was well equipped to defend the city, and the Ming army could not even climb the city wall, and the Ming army suffered nearly 2,000 casualties on the first day of the siege. And the next two days of the offensive is not very ideal, the two sides seem to have fallen into a stalemate stage, but the Houjin army's defense equipment has also consumed more than half of it in only three days, after all, it is the first time that Houjin has done such a thing as defending the city, and they don't know very much about how to defend the city reasonably.
"Jianyu has been holding out for three days, and it is extremely detrimental to our army if it drags on any longer, and as the weather gets colder, it has become more and more difficult to transfer supplies from Beijing. Can the generals have a way to take Shengjing as soon as possible? Xiong Tingbi asked.
This siege has exhausted all means, but the Houjin army is now in a desperate situation, but it is even more desperate resistance, so that the Ming army has no choice for a while.
"My lord, the Guards are willing to give it a try." At this time, a young general standing in the rear said coldly.
"Chen Ding, the Guards are Your Majesty's pro-army, if there is a mistake, I can't explain it to Your Majesty." Xiong Tingbi refused.
"The Guards are His Majesty's pro-army, and everyone in the Guards lives for His Majesty, and His Majesty sent the Guards to train the Guards in this war, and if you can't be loyal to Your Majesty, what's the point of forming the Guards? Please let the Guards fight. Chen Ding still said coldly.
The Guards were an army of orphans from orphanages, the oldest being eighteen years old, and the youngest being sixteen. They have been trained as professional soldiers since they entered the orphanage, and each of them is absolutely loyal to Zhu Youxiao, and their ability to fight alone is definitely higher than that of ordinary soldiers. However, because it was the first time to fight and Zhu Youxiao's pro-army, Xiong Tingbi never used this army.
Since the formation of the Guards, all the Han generals have been abolished, and now they are all using the Guards.
"Since you insist, then the Guards will fight tomorrow." Xiong Tingbi said.
"I ask that Shengjing City be attacked from the south tomorrow." Chen Ding said expressionlessly.
"Why attack from the south?" Xiong Tingbi said suspiciously.
"In the past few days, I have been observing the wall of Shengjing, after the wall of Shengjing City was watered, it became extremely strong, but the bottom of the city wall was not drenched by water, it is a relatively fragile place of the city wall, although the south side has always been the direction of the army's feint, but I found that there is a hole in the full wall, although this hole is not big, but it can be put into an explosive bag. As long as our troops keep throwing explosives bags along this hole, I believe that they will be able to blow up the city walls. Chen Ding said.