Chapter Twenty-Six: The Night Battle of Fushun
Before leaving Shenyang, although He Shixian had seen Wen Qing a few times, his overall impression was ordinary. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, on the march, Wen Qing's bold and courageous style of driving an assault vehicle made He Shixian speechless.
Most of the women He Shixian knows are at home, they are like delicate flowers shining on the water when they are demure, and they are like weak willows supporting the wind when they act.
Wei Liangyu personally told He Shixian what he saw Wen Qing in the tent:
"Miss Wen is a delicate woman, I once thought that she just happened to be Shen Jia's junior sister, so she would be noticed by others."
"At the beginning, Miss Wen did have some unusual features, such as she was not as submissive and gentle as the Central Plains women, which I thought was due to a special foreign cultural background."
"But soon, I realized that I was wrong, Miss Wen has extraordinary calm and composure on the battlefield, and she has a skill in handling assault vehicles that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve. The smell of blood would make her retch, and her face would turn pale, obviously she had never been to battle, but she was not afraid of the battlefield, on the contrary, she seemed to be a little excited. ”
After listening to Wei Liangyu's statement, He Shixian felt that he couldn't understand what kind of person Wen Qing was. Wen Qing doesn't have much nostalgia for the past or the present, she is not like Shen Jia, she has so much concern.
Maybe you can take in a goddaughter, He Shixian thought to himself.
He Shixian likes to accept people very much, even he admits this, and many orphans with different surnames are taken under his command in the name of his righteous son or general.
While He Shixian was pondering, Chen Ce's rear army arrived outside Fushun City. The rear army carried more baggage supplies and food. Because He Shixian's front army swept away most of the obstacles and defeated the harassment of the Houjin cavalry, Chen Ce's rear army had a relatively smooth journey.
Chen Ce and Tong Zhonghua rode side by side and walked in front, and when they saw He Shixian coming out of the camp to greet them, they hurriedly thanked them.
The battle that took place on the road was communicated through the heralds, and Chen Ce looked at Shen Jia after dismounting: "Boy, you fought well, I heard that your junior sister has made a great contribution this time." ”
Shen Jia said with a smile: "At the beginning, you didn't let my junior sister participate in the battle, but now your tone has changed. ”
"You kid, you will look for the old man's shortcomings, how are you going to fight next? Is there any good way to do it? ”
Shen Jia knew that there were many people here, and it was not suitable for talking, so he gave Chen Ce a look and said, "Let's go to the camp and talk about it." ”
The perimeter of the Ming army camp has been built, most of the foundation work has been completed, and the newly arrived Ming army only needs to set up marching tents. Tong Zhonghua went to command the camp, and Chen Ce, He Shixian and Shen Jia entered the big tent.
"Boy, let's talk about it now, there are no outsiders here."
Only then did Shen Jia lower his voice and said: "The strength of the siege and defense of the city should be more than two to one, so that the advantage of the siege can be reflected, we don't have so many troops at present, so the kid thought of Zhuge Liang's suspicious plan, maybe it can be used." ”
Chen Ce and He Shixian glanced at each other, and both said in the same way: "What's the explanation?" ”
In the big tent, oil lamps were lit, and the three of them conspired for a long time until the army began to eat.
At that time, two more Ming troops of varying numbers arrived at the Ming army camp with torches. This made the originally demoralized Houjin soldiers in Fushun City even more frightened. He Heli had sent people to ask for instructions to An Feiyangu, but the people sent had not returned for a long time, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the monsters of the Ming army to suddenly turn on two white lights, and the light shone directly, like a long white blade piercing into the night.
The Houjin soldiers on the city walls had moved as far away as possible from the tall gatehouse, hoping to avoid the tragedy of the last time Amferyangu.
Seeing the strange actions of the Ming army, the Houjin soldiers were puzzled.
Soon, with a terrible whistling sound, a cannonball hit the city wall, followed by a loud bang, and everyone felt that the city wall seemed to tremble violently.
They looked down and saw that a huge hole had been blown open in the wall. This hole was halfway up the city wall, and it was difficult for the infantry to climb with bare hands, both from above and from below. But such a huge hole opened as soon as it was launched, which made the temporary commander He Heli feel shocked.
Although the city wall was not pierced, He Heli still felt a trace of unease in his heart.
This uneasiness did not take long to become a reality, and soon two shells exploded in the holes, piercing the walls.
He Heli quickly organized a team of soldiers and quickly rushed up to block the damaged city wall. Immediately afterward, a large number of auxiliaries rushed in, carrying bricks and stones in an attempt to build a simple defense to plug the gap.
There was a lot of noise near the gap, shouts and shouts, and everyone understood that the hardest hour had come.
It's strange that the Ming army didn't attack with drums, and there was silence near the Ming army camp, only near the monster, there were a few figures swaying.
The soldiers of Houjin were a little surprised, and many people were thinking, what kind of trick is this?
While the Houjin soldiers were still pondering, Shen Jia finally finished loading and aiming again. Maybe it's because of the dark night, maybe it's a little tiring after not practicing for a long time, but this time it's very slow, and it took a total of a minute to get it done.
Shen Jia stood in the darkness and smiled into the distance, and soon, a grenade whistled away.
A fourth shell exploded near the hole, causing the already crumbling section of the city wall to collapse after a few seconds.
The shrenchnel hit some of the soldiers and auxiliaries who were guarding nearby, and those who narrowly escaped were hit by the flying debris when the city wall collapsed, and two consecutive range kills caused heavy casualties to the Houjin soldiers near the gap in the city wall.
The hearts of the Houjin soldiers near the west gate of Fushun were all in their throats at this moment, and they rushed over from all directions, blocking near the gap in the city wall.
The drums of the Ming army were beating, and the torches of the attack were lit one after another.
The Houjin soldiers standing on the ruins could no longer take care of their comrades buried under the masonry at this moment, and they could only hold their weapons at this time, ready to fight. The soldiers alive on the ruins could only slowly crawl back to the rear on their own.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the Ming army did not attack, on the contrary, their torches were gradually extinguished one by one.
This made He Heli confused, this is the best opportunity to attack the city, didn't the Ming army realize this? This is absolutely impossible.
Doubts are doubts, but He Heli did not dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly organized the auxiliary soldiers in the city to repair the city wall overnight.
Such a large gap, even with the addition of soldiers, it is difficult to completely repair it overnight, and now only temporary defensive facilities can be built to weaken the Ming army's offensive.
Fortunately, it was already night, and night sieges were rare, and the Houjin soldiers still had time to make up for their loopholes.
At the time, the Houjin soldiers, who had been busy for three or four hours in a row, finally built a temporary city wall more than one person high on the ruins.
In the continuous labor, many auxiliary soldiers felt tired, and when they heard the order to rest, many simply lay down on the ground to rest.
In order to speed up the progress, some soldiers also participated in the labor through rotation, although their condition was slightly better, but the long fatigue and constant mental tension still made them feel a little tired.
There was no moon tonight, and it was pitch black everywhere, except for the vicinity of the pine oil torches on the city walls, which were as bright as day.
Everyone was tired and wanted to rest for a while.
Suddenly, a familiar voice came again, and some people who reacted quickly rolled to the side.
With a loud bang, the makeshift low wall was uprooted, and countless bricks and rubble fell from the sky and smashed heavily on the panicked Houjin soldiers. While the panicked Houjin soldiers were still looking for their weapons, the drums of the Ming army's attack sounded again.
A group of Ming troops holding torches were quickly swarming towards the gap in the west gate of Fushun. Countless shouts of killing resounded in the night sky.
The Houjin soldiers dragged their tired bodies and hurriedly assembled, and the archers all went up to the city wall, or stood in the middle of the formation, they had prepared their bows and arrows, and they were going to deal a severe blow to the Ming troops who stepped into the shooting range.
Just when the Ming army was about to enter the shooting circle, they suddenly turned a corner and surged to the side. This puzzled the Houjin soldiers on the city wall, and scolded the Ming army for its shamelessness.
If He Heli didn't understand the Ming army's calculations before, then he was completely clear at this time.
The Ming army is a suspicious tactic, Zhuge Liang outwitted Hanzhong in the past, and this is the trick he used against Cao Cao. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the internal reference material of the Later Jin, and He Heli still knows this allusion.
But knowing is knowing, He Heli can't control the initiative in the battle. The initiative is in the hands of the Ming army, they can design the time, way and means of attacking, and then Jin can only defend passively. He Heli suddenly understood the state of mind of the Ming army when they defended the city before.
He Heli thought seriously for a while, he still felt that it was impossible for the Ming army to launch an attack at night, and even in the close-quarters melee in the gap in the city wall, it was difficult to guarantee that his comrades would not be injured by mistake.
The city wall still needs to be repaired, which is what He Heli is most worried about. If it is not repaired, then once it is dawn, it only takes one round of attacks, and the Ming army may break the city.
The cost of cultivating is getting higher and higher, and if it was barely possible to do it a few hours ago, it is already difficult. A large number of auxiliaries and some soldiers were wounded, buried, or killed by shrapnel and masonry, and the available labor around He Heli was somewhat insufficient.
He Heli pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth and decided to continue repairing the city wall.
At this point, the gap in the wall was already a completely raised ruin, and it took a lot of time to build an effective defense. He Heli could only simplify the facilities, hoping to use a simple low wall and the courage of the Houjin warriors to resist the attack of the Ming army.
Once it waits until daytime, the initiative will be in the hands of the Houjin warriors, and the warriors can harass, lure, and go out of the city for a decisive battle, and then it will be the turn of the Ming army to cry.
At the end of the year, the low wall near the gap in Fushun City was completed. Houjin's auxiliaries no longer dared to lie nearby at will, and when the order to rest was given, they immediately hid far away to rest.
At three o'clock, except for a small number of Houjin soldiers who were on guard, most of them had already fallen asleep.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang accompanied by a tremor of the earth, and the simple defenses near the breach in the wall were completely destroyed.
The Houjin soldiers woke up from their dreams, dazed, and even forgot to look for weapons. The centurion was shouting, "Grab your weapons and go to the gap in the wall, quick, you stupid pigs." ”
The Houjin soldiers rushed to the gap, but saw that the Ming army was in high spirits and crossed the moat with a ladder. The bows and arrows on the city wall kept falling, and people kept falling into the moat, but the speed of the Ming army was too fast and the number of people was large, and it didn't take long for a large number of Ming troops to gather near the gap in the city wall.
Five Ming soldiers with large shields on their backs squeezed through the crowd, roared, and threw the black balls in their hands behind the raised ruins. The explosions came and went, and it didn't take long for the sword and shield soldiers of the Ming army to enter the city, and the Ming army that followed shouted while fighting: "The Ming army has entered the city, the Ming army has entered the city." ”
Outside the camp, Chen Ce said to He Shixian with a smile: "General He, how is it, this kid has a very clever head, and he will never use people to pile it up." ”
He Shixian smiled wryly.
Last night, Shen Jia took advantage of the cover of night to secretly send troops and return with torches high, which actually created the illusion that there were many people in the Ming army, so that the Houjin soldiers in the city did not dare to launch a night attack rashly.
After that, repeated attacks and exhaustion of the enemy were all aimed at causing constant psychological pressure on the enemy. The Ming army, which was responsible for harassment, was mainly composed of auxiliaries in the large battalion, and most of the soldiers rested in the large battalion.
He Shixian once complained that Shen Jia had a great opportunity not to attack, but at this time, looking at the Ming army swarming in, He Shixian couldn't help laughing.
On March 29, the city of Fushun was broken.
When the invincible Ming army invaded Fushun City, He Heli saw that the general situation was gone, so he led the remaining remnants of the army to flee from the east gate of Fushun to Hetuala.
The Houjin soldiers who fled in a hurry forgot about the unconscious Anfeiyangu, and when the Ming army attacked the command post, Anfeiyangu had already been dead for a long time, and the surrounding soldiers had also fled.
After He Heli's remnants went out of the east gate, they were ambushed by the 2,000 cavalry led by You Shili and the white pole soldiers of the Qin Bangping brothers.
As for the few Houjinjia Laezhen who were stationed at the other city gates, they were smarter, and they did not flee directly to Hetuala, but fled in the direction of Tieling. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by Tong Zhonghua's 4,000 cavalry on the way and suffered heavy losses.
Although Fushun has broken the city, the real battle has just begun. To uproot the Houjin resistance in the city is only a prologue.