711 The world is nine stops, headed by Yanmen

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But what Lu Xiangsheng never expected was that in just the first round of the Tartars' attack on the city, Guan Ling's soldiers directly lost nearly 4,000 people.

This was hard for him to accept, and if the Tartars had come back for a few more rounds of assault based on such casualties, the 20,000 men would have been wiped out.

According to this kind of consumption, even if Lu Xiangsheng has 50,000 troops in his hands, it won't be consumed for long!

"Dashuai, the lowly position doesn't want to defend himself for anything, the lowly position has done his best.

The Qing army besieging the city was indeed too strong, and their foot soldiers were not afraid of death and charged frantically, while the Qing army suppressed us with artillery, bows and arrows, and firearms.

Let us stand up to their fire and drive down the Qing soldiers who are trying to climb the city walls.

The soldiers fought very hard, but they were very tenacious and did not let the Qing army's foot soldiers attack.

But such a heavy cost of casualties does need to be borne by the lowly position, who is willing to accept punishment. ”

Guan Ling said sincerely.

When Guan Ling didn't get the casualty statistics sheet, he himself didn't expect that the casualties of the defenders would be so large.

In this case, Guan Ling didn't want Lu Xiangsheng to be difficult, and he had to take the initiative to bear this responsibility, after all, there was also a eunuch Du Xun in their army.

Guan Ling didn't want Du Xun to take the opportunity to find an excuse to embarrass Lu Xiangsheng.

After hearing Guan Ling's words, Lu Xiangsheng's mood quickly calmed down, and he sighed and said, "Forget it, your credit for this battle still can't be erased."

But there is also guilt, such a big casualty cost, this commander has to punish you to set an example. ”

"Yes, the lowly position understands that no matter how the commander punishes, the lowly position willingly accepts it."

"Okay, then the commander will remove you from the post of guard of Yanmen Pass, and Hao Qiang will take over, your official will be demoted by one level, fined for half a year, and go to the east city wall to command the defense of the city!"

Lu Xiangsheng's punishment is actually very light, after all, Guan Ling has merits and faults, if the punishment is too heavy, it will make other Ming generals feel cold.

"Yes, obedience." Guan Ling responded.

Just when Lu Xiangsheng withdrew Guan Ling because of the heavy casualties in this battle, and gave a small punishment, in the Tartar camp outside the city, Azig was also roaring.

"In such a small half a day, you didn't even attack the head of Yanmen Pass, and you lost more than 2,000 horses to this king, what a bunch of waste."

Azig was in his tent at this time, pointing to the two Han army commanders with blue flags and red flags below, and scolded.

These two men had more than 30,000 men, and Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda, the two banners of the Han army, could only kneel on the ground in the face of Azig's scolding, listen honestly, and call them slaves.

If Lu Xiangsheng was here at this time, he would be angry when he heard Azig say that more than 2,000 people had been killed or wounded, and he would definitely spit on him.

The number of casualties on Lao Tzu's side is nearly twice as many as yours, and we are still defending the city.

The number of casualties on the defending side far exceeds that of the besieging side, and there have not been many such battles since ancient times!

But for the Tartars, the casualties of more than 2,000 people in a single siege were indeed difficult for Azig to accept.

For the Tartars, they entered the customs this time for the purpose of looting, preserving their strength while plundering more people and money and food.

Even if it is to conquer Yanmen Pass, it will take a certain price, and Azig has long been prepared for this in his heart.

However, when the first siege was over, the cost of more than 2,000 casualties made Azig panic in his heart.

They didn't lose more than 2,000 people all the way to Shanxi, and today, in the siege of the city, more than 2,000 people are gone.

Outside the majestic Yanmen Pass, on a small slope more than two miles away.

At this time, Azig was wearing a silver-white armor and stood on a high slope with extraordinary bearing, and behind him were Haoge and a group of Tartar, Mongol, and Han generals.

Azig looked at the heavily guarded Yanmen Pass not far away, and said in a deep voice: "This Yanmen Pass is really dangerous, and the Ming army is well guarded, it seems that it is really not easy to capture it!" ”

Haoge stood behind Azig and nodded: "Twelfth uncle, Yanmen Pass is already known for its 'danger', and there is a saying in Daming that 'there are nine stops in the world, and Yanmen is the head'.

If we really want to take it down, I'm afraid we will have to pay a very heavy price, and my nephew thinks we should think of other ways. ”

Hauge's implication is to tell Azig that he must not die in Yanmen Pass, otherwise in the end, it is very likely that they will lose a lot of troops and will not be able to defeat Yanmen Pass.

If that's the case, they will lose a lot when they enter the customs this time.

For Azig, although he is Dolgon's sibling, Haug respects him, at least on the surface.

Of course, Hauge still hopes to use the hands of Azig to suppress Dorgon.

Even according to Hauge's idea, once he Lao Tzu Emperor Taiji died, if he wanted to ascend the throne, in addition to winning over the other banner owners, what he had to do was to suppress Dorgon and Duoduo.

In Hauge's view, Azig is the best choice to replace Dorgon and put him in charge of the white flag.

After all, as Dolgon's sibling brother, Azig belongs to the positive white flag, and it is justified to let him be in charge of the positive white flag.

Once Azig can be put in charge of the white flag, cut Dorgon's military power, and let Azig fall to his side, then Haug thinks that his throne is enough to sit firmly.

And this raiding operation was an important step for him to establish a good relationship with Azig, help Azig establish meritorious deeds, and implement his plan.

Therefore, Hauge also least wants to see their army blocked from Yanmen Pass, and he will give advice to Azig wholeheartedly.

"It doesn't matter, although Yanmen Pass is dangerous, but those Ming soldiers guarding the pass are nothing more than a group of wine bags and rice bags, and their casualties must be more than ours today.

It is said that Yanmen Pass is dangerous and difficult to overcome, and this king prefers to do what others can't do, so he will knock it down.

Bai Ze, Zhao Tianda, order all your subordinates to rest for one night and continue to attack the city tomorrow. ”

It's just that, compared to Hauge, Azig has a reckless personality, but he doesn't have a lot of brains, but at this time, it aroused his 'fighting spirit', and he commanded the two flags of the Han army behind him with blue and red.

Otherwise, why did Nurhachi give the white flag to Dolgon, instead of Azig, the brother of Dolgon's mother?

On the one hand, it is because Nurhachi likes Dolgon's youngest son very much, and on the other hand, because of Azig's personality and brain, he is really not suitable to be the lord of a banner.

Hearing Azig say this, Hauge actually wanted to continue to advise in his heart, but he was worried that it would anger Azig and mess up the relationship between the two, so he simply didn't say anything.

Anyway, in Haoge's view, the main force responsible for attacking Yanmen Pass will be the Han army with red and blue flags, and it is not their Tartars, and it is not unacceptable to die more.

Compared with the good relationship with Azig, the soldiers of the two banners of the Han army who died 18,000, Haoge still chose the former.

"Lord Wang, judging from today's tackling of key problems, the Ming soldiers who are responsible for defending the city are still good at fighting, but they are still much inferior to our warriors.

Moreover, from Ben's previous observations, our siege strategy was correct.

Frontal use of archers, musketeers and artillery to suppress the Ming army on the city pass, providing opportunities for our infantry to attack the city.

If we come, we'll need more trucks to lift our firecrackers.

Therefore, I asked for my life, hoping that the prince would order that a part of the young men be recruited from among the people we had plundered, especially the carpenters.

Tonight we will build a batch of building cars overnight for tomorrow's siege. ”

At this time, the Han army behind was all under the blue flag, and Bai Ze took the initiative to stand up and plead to Azig.

"Well, General Bai has a good idea." When Hauge heard this, he was the first to agree.

"Okay, then do as you say.

You will go to get 5,000 young people later, rush to work overnight, build more building cars, and continue to tackle key problems tomorrow. ”

Eventually, Azig heeded and said.

Immediately, Azig led his men back to the camp and prepared to rest for the night before continuing the attack tomorrow.

On the other hand, Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda took part of the Qing soldiers and forcibly took more than 5,000 young men to cut down trees overnight and build siege equipment, mainly building cars.

"Dozhali, you hurry north tonight and hand over this letter to Vice Marshal Dudu."

In the evening, Hauge secretly found one of his confidants and handed him a letter to give to Dudu.

Hauge could see that it was not feasible to get Azig to temporarily give up attacking Yanmen Pass.

Since Azig has a tendon, he can't be stupid with Azig, he needs to think of another way to enter Taiyuan Mansion.

And Hauge can only go to discuss with Du Du, compared to Azig, Du Du's ability to lead the army to fight is counted in the Tartars.

Moreover, Du Du's 10,000 horses at this time were not on the side of Yanmen Pass, but in the Huairen area, confronting the Datong soldiers and horses of Jiang Hao, the chief soldier of Datong Town.

In Hauge's view, the 10,000 horses in Du Du's hands may be a strange soldier who can bring them unexpected surprises.

Outside the Yanmen Pass, the Tartars were on fire all night, cutting down trees, building cars, and at night, the Ming army on the Yanmen Pass could use the firelight to see what the Tartars were doing.

It's a pity that even if he knew that the Tartars were becoming a tool for cutting down trees and making them, Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to order a night attack on the Tartars.

Because, if one is not done well, if the attack is not successful in one night, but is attacked by the Tartars to enter Yanmen Pass, then they will suffer a big loss.

Lu Xiangsheng was worried that the Tartars would prepare an ambush in advance, and at the same time, he couldn't believe in the ability of the Ming army to launch a night attack at Yanmen Pass.

However, Lu Xiangsheng was not idle this night, he convened many Ming army generals guarding the pass today and held a meeting.

Lu Xiangsheng asked these generals of the Ming army to summarize the shortcomings of defending the city during the day, discuss improvement plans, and make more adequate preparations for the later defense of the city.

"So, the troublemakers in defending the city are the artillery of the Tartars, the musketeers of the wagons, and the archers of the Mongols?"

Lu Xiangsheng listened to the generals of the Ming army, one by one about the difficulties of the battle during the day, and finally concluded.

(End of chapter)