Chapter 130: Raid on Tieling

Amin, who was attacked by the enemy on his back and abdomen, was extremely shocked, he really couldn't imagine that Huang Taiji's 25,000 army was actually defeated by thousands of Ming troops. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 What made it even harder for him to believe was that it had only been two hours. As the Ming army's offensive began, Amin became unusually calm from the initial panic, and he discovered the iron-armored monster that the Ming army relied on. From the accounts of others before, Amin was quickly convinced that this monster was the culprit of the defeat of the Eight Banners Army. Since Huang Taiji had no way to lead the Jurchens to victory, Amin didn't think he needed to try again. Amin's heart was broken, and he decisively ordered the Eight Banners Army to retreat and jump out of the encirclement as soon as possible.

Retreat is an act of haste, panic and panic. The generals of the Eight Banners Army were unable to convey orders clearly to everyone, and they vaguely felt that Erbel Amin seemed to be intent on letting part of the Eight Banners Army drag down the enemy and win survival space for more people. This is destined to be a heart-wrenching battle, destined to leave countless Jurchen women without their husbands, children, and even their fathers. The abandoned soldiers of the Eight Banners watched their companions fade away, their eyes full of sadness and resentment. Despair filled the heart, and soon the last fighting spirit was completely destroyed.

When the Ming army rushed over, a large number of Eight Banners soldiers chose to surrender en masse, and when some officers tried to stop them, angry soldiers even knocked them to the ground. Shen Jia resolutely restrained the Ming army's indiscriminate killing of prisoners of war, which was discussed with He Shixian before the war, but he did not want to be on the battlefield today, which received miraculous results and triggered the surrender of the Eight Banners Army.

The Ming army, which returned to the division to rescue, almost without casualties, used a surprise attack to defeat the Eight Banners Army besieging the camp in one fell swoop and completely drove it out of the battlefield.

The main force of the Eight Banners Army, as well as the flank troops who fled frantically without looking back, no one wanted to stay by the side of death. When Amin led 3,000 remnants of his army to retreat, Yu Shiwei led 2,000 cavalry to attack from Fushun. You Shigong saw the opportunity and cut off the Eight Banners Army in one fell swoop. The Eight Banners Army had no fighting spirit and only cared about fleeing for their lives, and was soon bitten by a thousand cavalry led by Zhang Shi, who followed closely, and hundreds of Eight Banners Army were besieged in the southeast of Fushun.

After an hour of fierce fighting, the Ming army annihilated a small group of remnants and won the final victory. In the afternoon, the battlefield was counted, and a rough count showed that thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners Army died here, and the Ming army captured a large number of war horses, food and supplies. After hearing the news, Chen Ce, who was guarding Fushun, immediately sent 2,000 Ming troops to continue to strengthen the defense on the east side of Fushun. After the first regiment changed guards with the responding Ming army, Shen Jia led the main force to hurry back to Fushun. The paratrooper chariot, Wen Qing and two bodyguards remained in He Shixian's camp, and they wanted to show extraordinary courage in the next plan to help the Ming army achieve victory.

Shen Jia returned to the city and arranged for a group of soldiers to rest as soon as possible after eating. Chen Ce, Yuan Yingtai, Qi Jin and others came to visit the camp together. Shen Jia did not shy away from it, and asked the old fox face to face how he was preparing in the city.

"Boy, the old man is doing things at a glance, and what he promised will definitely be done, you can rest assured, before the evening, all the supplies will be ready, to ensure that your trip will not be delayed."

Shen Jia nodded, his face was full of tiredness, he was preoccupied, glanced at the exhausted soldiers in the camp, and sighed slightly.

Yuan Yingtai on the side was anxious and blamed himself. Yesterday, he was eager to win, and seeing that the number of enemies was small, he forced Hou Shilu to fight. But he didn't want Hou Shilu's army to be mostly recruited by new soldiers, and as soon as Bu made contact, he was defeated by the other party and fled, almost making the plan of the Fushun garrison fall into a place of no return. Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Fushun Ming Army led by Shen Jia once again turned the tide and reversed the entire situation. Yuan Yingtai knew that after this battle, his resignation was probably a sure thing. Thinking of this, Yuan Yingtai's mentality gradually calmed down, and he no longer interfered too much in the military.

Yuan Yingtai saw Shen Jia sighing, a little puzzled, and hurriedly asked: "Shen Shoubei has returned from a great victory, he is as low-key as before, and his future is limitless, why do you still sigh?" ā€

Shen Jia turned his head and glanced at Yuan Yingtai, and immediately understood that Chen Ce had not told Yuan Yingtai about his plan. Beckoning a few people into the camp tent to eliminate the idle people, Shen Jia then spoke: "Lord Jingluo doesn't know, now that the decline of Houjin in the direction of Salhu is beginning to appear, it is a good opportunity for our army to recover Tieling, Lord Chen, and General He have already planned to drag Jiannu in Fushun, and then take advantage of the situation to recover Tieling." ā€

After listening to Shen Jia's explanation, Yuan Yingtai's hands trembled a little excitedly, he grabbed Shen Jia's sleeve, and almost yelled and asked, "Aren't you an old man?" ā€

"Lord Yuan, look at Lord Chen, Vice Marshal Qi is here, no matter how powerful I am, can I escape the eyes of these old foxes?" Shen Jia said with his hands dancing, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly added: "No, no, no, I'm praising you!" ā€ć€‚

Qi Jin didn't speak much and had a dull personality, he pointed at Shen Jia and laughed. Chen Ce's face was cloudy, it had been rumored that this kid was calling himself an old fox behind his back, but he didn't expect to be caught today, Chen Ce was furious.

"Stinky boy, the grenade you promised me last time, and there is no news until now, are you coaxing me?"

"Hey Lord Chen, don't say that the wind is the rain, now this thing is very expensive, and a lump is a little bit of saving, now that the war is tight, how about we put it first? Let's get back to the topic, about this plan to raid Tieling, I plan to put it tonight, and two more days will be the night of the full moon, which is just right for the night road. ā€

Shen Jia successfully changed the topic, Yuan Yingtai, Chen Ce, and Qi Jin put the trivial matter just now behind and began to think about the stakes.

Chen Ce hesitated a little and asked, "Your thousands of recruits have been fighting for several days in a row, and they are already exhausted, so being in such a hurry is probably not conducive to the battle." ā€

Shen Jia sighed, also quite helpless. After returning to the camp just now, the soldiers of the regiment fell asleep after eating some food, which shows that they have been fighting for several days, and their mental tension is highly tense and their physical exertion is extremely great. Yuan Yingtai roughly guessed Shen Jia's worries, but Yuan Yingtai really didn't want to give up the opportunity to recover Tieling, he asked solemnly: "What concerns does Shen Shoubei have, you might as well tell the old man, although the old man is not good at military affairs, but he has been foolish for decades, and he will always have some ideas." ā€

"Lord Yuan, the soldiers are tired, and they have to work on an expedition, I want to collect some carts, carriages, etc., for long-distance marches, riding horses is still too tiring, raiding Tieling, time, speed, and physical strength are very critical."

originally thought that Yuan Yingtai would have difficulties, but he didn't expect that as soon as the words fell, Yuan Yingtai slapped his thigh and said suddenly: "This matter is easy to do, when Hou Shilu came, in order to hurry, he brought a lot of board cars, which can be given to you together, the old man is in Fushun City, as the identity of Liaodong Economic Strategy, to mobilize the big households in the city to donate some more, it must not be a difficult thing, when will Shen Shoubei want it?" ā€

"My lord, at the latest at three o'clock tonight, prepare at the south gate, with all kinds of food and grass utensils."

"Why isn't it the West Gate or the North Gate, wouldn't it be more convenient to turn into Tieling?"

"My lord, there are a lot of spies in Fushun City, and I deliberately placed it at the south gate to avoid people's eyes and ears. Now that there is continuous fighting in the direction of the south gate and the east gate, it is just right to block the news under martial law. ā€

Yuan Yingtai nodded, he was satisfied with Shen Jia's meticulous heart. Soon the three of them discussed the details and decided on the troops to be sent, Yuan Yingtai left in a hurry, returned to the official office to issue a decree, Chen Ce and Qi Jin returned to the station to prepare for the night, while Shen Jia dragged his tired body back home. Two hours ago, more than a dozen fast riders quietly left the city and galloped towards Tong Zhonghua's station between Shen Tie. Tong Zhonghua has been in charge of containing the direction of Tieling for several days, waiting for the opportunity. Now that Tieling has been captured, Tong Zhonghua's troops have become an important combat force that Shen Jia relies on.

After several days of fierce battles, Shen Jia grew a short black mustache around the corners of his mouth, his eye sockets were deep, his cheeks were thin, his face was haggard, and he was not human-shaped. As soon as she got home, Qu Xiaoyi, who heard the sound, cried, and her thoughts for days made her heart empty. After Shen Jia appeared, the ups and downs, joys and sorrows, poured into her heart. At this moment, Shen Jia really felt that the woman in front of him was crying for himself, his eyes were red, and he hurriedly said: "Aren't I good, what are you crying about, besides, your brother is still halfway, why don't you ask him?" ā€

Qu Xiaoyi slowly put away his tears and complained: "When is it, you still joke with me." What about Sister Wen? Why don't you see her coming back with you? ā€

"Wen Qing stays in the camp, there is something wrong." Shen Jia raised his head and said warmly: "No kidding, no, I'm leaving again tonight, it's estimated that it will take more than ten days, I came back to tell you, you know it yourself, don't tell anyone else in the house." ā€

"Hmph, does this person include me?"

Shen Jia followed the prestige, but saw that Wu Shihan was already standing at the door without knowing when. Shen Jia smiled bitterly and hurriedly said: "I was going to tell you, but I just happened to meet Xiao Yi first, since they are all here, just right, I want to sleep, come on, why don't we sleep with clothes?" With that, Shen Jia pointed to the big bed.

Wu Shihan's face turned crimson, and he took a sip and said: "Who sleeps with you, don't even think about it before you get married." ā€

Sleeping until seven o'clock in the evening, after eating, Shen Jia ordered a group to assemble at the south gate. The Fushun garrison, with You Shigong as the main commander, Shen Jia's regiment, and You Shigong's 2,000 cavalry as the main force, will set off at nine o'clock in the evening and rush to Tieling. A large number of horse-drawn carts, and ordnance were ready, and according to the plan, the Ming army carried only seven days' combat rations. The assault vehicle was pulled out of the warehouse, and Shen Jia took all the ammunition except for the few hundred rounds of ammunition and thirty incendiary grenades left for Wen Qing.

Most of the Ming army was exhausted, but the soldiers were generally in good spirits driven by victory. With the commander's order, by the moonlight, the Ming army equipped its mules and horses and hurried to Tieling. The enemy army in Tieling was restrained by Shenyang, and recently they had been cowering in the city, marching at night, and there was nothing to do all night. In the early morning, the Ming army arrived twenty miles away from Tieling and joined Tong Zhonghua's army from the direction of Shenyang. At this time, the Houjin spies had learned that the Ming army was coming, so they hurriedly shrank their forces and closed the four gates. The Ming army was not in a hurry, and after the two troops and horses converged, they camped and rested for a morning.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, just when the enemy army in Tieling was anxious, the Ming army suddenly arrived at the south gate of Tieling. An hour later, the battle began, Shen Jia had already adjusted his aiming, and after five rapid firing of the 120 howitzer, a huge gap in Tieling City was presented in front of the Ming army. Tong Zhonghua's army carried a large number of weapons, and the Ming army faced the dense rain of arrows, quickly crossed the moat, and rushed towards the gap.

The main force of the Eight Banners guarding Tieling was the 5,000 Eight Banners Army led by Yue Tuo and the 1,000 Han Army Banners, as well as the Mongols in varying numbers. Although the garrisoned Eight Banners Army knew that the Ming Army had powerful firearms, they still did not expect that the Tieling City Wall would be so unbearable that it would collapse under continuous bombardment. When the stunned Eight Banners Army rushed to the rescue of the gap, they saw a large number of grenades falling from the sky, flying towards them. The explosions continued continuously, and the shrenchnel quickly tore through the defenses of the Eight Banners Army, and the Ming army swarmed in and quickly seized the advantageous terrain.

Tong Zhonghua, who was watching the battle in front of the battle, was surprised, he didn't expect that the city would be broken in only a few minutes, and everything was so smooth, which once made him suspect that he was dreaming.

"Shen Shinephew, I still have the box of explosives you gave me last time, none of them are useless, when will you tell my guards again, Ge Laozi, I didn't expect this thing to be so powerful."

Shen Jia smiled and said to Tong Zhonghua next to him: "Uncle Tong, this thing is very useful, when you go back to Sichuan, I will give you another box, General Qin and they also have it, don't forget what I said." Tong Zhonghua suddenly remembered the secret conversation in Shenyang Mansion a few months ago, and he was a little skeptical of Shen Jia's divine prediction. There is no news from Sichuan yet, and Tong Zhonghua doesn't want to make more comments.

After the Ming army in the city seized the gap, they quickly expanded the results of the battle. The Eight Banners Army defending the city saw that the situation was not good, and they had no intention of fighting, and retreated to the north of the city. The Ming army that entered the city soon opened the south gate, the drawbridge fell, and Tong Zhonghua led the Sichuan army to rush in. Liu Wu beside him was a little anxious, and couldn't help complaining: "Instructor, when will we enter the city, these guys from the sixth battalion threw a grenade and took the gap, and the other brothers have been waiting impatiently." ā€

"Let Li Fulai command the second battalion, the third battalion and the sixth battalion, follow Tong Shuai to annihilate the forces in the city, let the first battalion follow You Shuai to the west gate, and the fourth and fifth battalions follow me to the east gate."

Liu Wu glared, he was a little puzzled by the instructor, obviously he could expand the results of the battle, why did he give up the opportunity, but instead went around in a circle to the east gate. Shen Jia saw Liu Wu's doubts, and hurriedly added: "It's always easier to deal with the fleeing enemy than the enemy attacking head-on, block the three gates, drive the enemy to the north gate, and fight some battles, as long as you are willing, I will let you vomit." ā€

Liu Wu jumped out of the co-pilot seat and rushed over to inform the others. Soon Shen Jia led two battalions to assemble at the east gate.

"Liu Wu, have you learned how to load the machine gun? This is very important, when the time comes, I will drive, Brother Xiao Jia will be responsible for shooting, and you will be responsible for loading. ā€

"Yes, it's very simple, and I promise you won't miss anything."