Chapter 41: Breaking the City

On this day, inside and outside the city of Shengjing City, such a notice was posted that the Ming army led the army to harass Fuling in Shizui Mountain, and wanted to plunder the body of the Heavenly Mandate Khan, but unfortunately they did not succeed, because the corpses in the mausoleum were not the real bodies of the Heavenly Mandate Khan and the concubine, but fake. The real corpse is buried in a secret place to prevent people from disturbing it. The military and civilians can rest assured that the bodies of the Heavenly Mandate Khan and the concubine are still properly buried in a secret place, and no one in the outside world knows.

Many Jurchen people have heard that the army has invaded Fuling in Shizui Mountain and plundered the bodies of Nurhachi and the concubine, and now after reading the notice, they are all overjoyed, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing repeatedly, "Thank you for the blessing of God, the blessing of the gods, the Great Khan is wise, and the body of the Heavenly Mandate Khan is not insulted!" ”

A single notice drove away all the clouds of panic and everything disappeared. At the same time, Dai Shan asked people to enter the customs quickly, sent a letter to Huang Taiji, and told Tiancong Khan what happened here. And according to Dolgon's meaning, a Liaoyang was sent.

Dolgon Liuhauge led his men and horses, temporarily stationed in Jinzhou, and he and Duoduo led their troops to Liaoyang.

Dolgon's white flag made Suke Saha defeat seven Niu Lu in the Liao River, and after the battle of Liaozhong, there were also certain losses, but when added to Duoduo's inlaid white flag, there were still 10,000 people.

The soldiers and horses rushed to Liaoyang and came to the West Gate in a few days. He and Duoduo divided their forces into two routes, one at the west gate and the other at the south gate, but they did not immediately attack the city. Not only was there no siege that day, but the next day, no attack was launched.

The reason why he didn't go to attack the city is actually very simple, he has 10,000 people, Wenlong has more troops in the city than him, and there are cannons or something, what is the difference between going up to attack the city and looking for death. If you want to besiege the city, there are not enough people and horses, and besides, on the east gate is the Taizi River, and there are Wenlong's warships on the river, and the place outside the east gate is not the range of the cannons in the city, or the range of the warships on the river.

Therefore, Dolgon does not fight at all, the intention is to trap you, and when you run out of food and grass, you will naturally leave.

Wen Long, who was in the city, saw that the Tartar soldiers were stationed outside the city, neither attacking nor sending people to negotiate, and he inevitably became suspicious in his heart. What is sold in this gourd of Tartar?

Okay, you're not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, don't you want to be patient with me, that Lao Tzu is with you. Wenlong also didn't move, and lived in the city peacefully, seeing what tricks the opponent could play. Of course, the owner of the island had already sent people to Shanhaiguan to send the good news of seizing Liaoyang and plundering Nurhachi's corpse. On the good news, he wrote some of his encounters and movements after entering the hinterland of the Tartars.

Let's not mention this, let's first say that when Wenlong's report was sent to Shanhaiguan, Xiong Tingbi had just escaped back for less than two days. After such a fiasco and the loss of Jinzhou, Lord Xiong couldn't wait to be martyred. In the past two days, he has been thinking, how is Wenlong now, didn't he send troops to attack Hetuara according to his own wishes? If they went, were they destroyed, and if not, how could there be so many Tartars in Liaozhong?

When he was conjecturing, Wenlong's good news arrived, and after reading the good news, Xiong Tingbi finally understood that the Tartars didn't fight Wenlong at all, it was purely a strategic abandonment, and all his forces were aimed at his side, which caused his own fiasco. Wenlong has now captured Liaoyang, if Jinzhou is still there, his own soldiers and horses are still there, this is undoubtedly a major benefit, but now, Jinzhou is gone, Liaoyang is like a lonely city, it can't be defended, and it is only a matter of time before it is lost, fortunately, Wenlong has a water division, and if you want to escape along the Taizi River, there is no problem. In addition, Wenlong attacked Shengjing, surrounded Wei to save Zhao, and actually stole Nurhachi's body by mistake, which is a major gain, with this harvest, he is fully qualified to negotiate with the Tartars and regain the lost territory. One victory and the other defeat can be regarded as a success.

Xiong Tingbi sent the good news and the defeat report to Jingshi together, but the old guy still hid his heart and asked him to send it to his son-in-law Yang Yishan first, and after asking his son-in-law to read it, he knew it and then submitted it.

It was only by relying on Xiong Tingbi to hide such a heart, so as to save his life, the excerpt arrived in Beijing, Yang Yishan saw the fold of his father-in-law, was shocked into a cold sweat, and quickly changed the content of the fold.

How did Yang Yishan change it, he changed his father-in-law's main attack to containment and feint attack, and changed Wenlong's response to the main attack. In other words, the purpose of their march this time was not to focus on Xiong Tingbi, but to focus on Wenlong, with the intention of recapturing the lost territory of Liaoyang, and then attacking Shengjing. Their plan succeeded, and although they did not capture Shengjing, they threw Nurhachi's grave and dealt a severe blow to the morale of the Jurchens. The only regret is that the Tartars took a loophole and took away Jinzhou.

The son-in-law helped to finish the folding, imitated the old man's handwriting, signed his name, and then presented it.

Besides, the Huang Taiji soldiers besieged Shunping County and attacked for seven days in a row, and after seven days, there was no village advancement, and every wave of attacks was defeated. Yue Tuo and Zilharang are all persuading Huang Taiji not to cling to this small city and avenge Amin, but to quickly expand the results of the battle and march towards Beijing.

At that time, Huang Taiji did not agree, and now he is holding back his bad breath and is bent on attacking Shunping County. Amin died here, this is just a small county town, if you can't break through the city, revenge for Amin, morale damage is one thing, other counties within the Ming Dynasty will see it, will think that the Eight Banners warriors will only ride horses, there is no way to attack the city, and then they will all rush to follow suit, desperately resist, how can I rob the Jurchen.

Moreover, there is one of the most important reasons, that is, he saw that the Ming army in the city relied on fire to defend the city. At that time, the number of arsons in the city was significantly reduced, and there was no shortage of fire and oil, as long as I increased my strength and attacked for two more days, I would definitely be able to conquer Shunping County.

At his insistence, Yue Tuo and Zilharang had nothing to say and continued to lead their troops to attack the city. Their method is still the same, driving the people of the Ming Dynasty to act as cannon fodder, for this method, the Tartars are tried and tested. Even if it can't be attacked, it can consume a lot of resources in the city to defend the city.

The situation in the city, as Huang Taiji expected, the last bit of fire and oil remains, at most it can be used two or three times, and many people's houses in the city have also been demolished, and the stones from the demolition are smashed downward.

On this day, Huang Taiji changed his previous style of only attacking one or two city gates, and ordered the four gates to attack together. The south gate and the west gate are still the old routine, driving the people to attack the city, and the east gate and the north gate did not transfer the people over at all, but just let the Tartar soldiers blocked there directly attack. Because, Huang Taiji is also worried that if he escorts the people over, the city will definitely be prepared, and it is better to attack them with a surprise attack, maybe the effect is better.

It turned out that Huang Taiji's approach was extremely wise, and the east and north gates suddenly launched an attack, which really caught the defenders of the city by surprise. These days, Huang Taiji has been attacking the south gate and the west gate, and sometimes, even taking turns fighting day and night, making the officers and soldiers defending the city tired. In order to relieve the pressure, Lu Xiangsheng transferred a part of the soldiers from the north gate and the east gate to rotate. At that time, in order to avoid the enemies at the north gate and the east gate from seeing the emptiness here, a part of the people were specially requisitioned from the city, changed into the clothes of officers and soldiers, and helped to bland on it.

As a result, the Tartars fought this time, and the gap between the regular army and the common people was immediately revealed, the Tartars carried ladders and shields, and attacked upwards, while ordinary people, it was not okay to set fires, nor could arrows, at most they could throw stones down. Originally, the fire and oil of these two gates were not much, because the other two gates were tight, and they were also transferred away, and there was no fire to stop the enemy, and it was not enough to rely on big stones and boiling water and boiling oil.

If the city was full of regular troops, at least a few Tartars who could climb up would be destroyed, and the people would be different at that time, and when they saw the Tartar soldiers with red eyes, they were so frightened that they were cut down by a few knives, so they killed a gap and covered the Tartar soldiers to go up to the city one after another.

On the north gate, there were more and more Tartar soldiers rushing to the city, and the well-informed Melle Ezhen immediately sent someone to report to Huang Taiji and ask for reinforcements, and the defenders in the city also immediately asked Lu Xiangsheng for reinforcements.

However, there was no need to wait for Huang Taiji and Lu Xiangsheng to send reinforcements, and after a while, the Tartar soldiers had basically controlled the north gate, and the people guarding the city were so frightened that they fled in flocks, so that the regular army could not stand on its own and fled to the city. The Tartar soldiers went down the stairs to the city, and when they wanted to open the city gate, they were surprised to find that the city gate had already been sealed, and the large stones and sandbags were piled up.

If the city gates cannot be opened, the cavalry will not be able to enter, after all, horses will not climb ladders. The city could only continue to cover the subsequent officers and soldiers rushing to the city. The Tartar soldiers at the north gate have been holding back for several days, just on standby every day, recuperating, and finally have a chance to play today, and they have to kill fiercely.

After they went up to the city, they did not go down to the city, but followed the city wall and killed directly in the direction of the east gate.

On the east side of the gate, it was barely able to hold it, but the north gate was lost first, and the Tartar soldiers rushed along the city wall, and they were immediately set. The people who helped defend the city were so frightened that they ran to the city in a panic, which made the Tartars attacking the city under the city rush up smoothly, and the two Tartar soldiers converged, so how could they stop it. The watery Tartars soon occupied the east gate again, and this time they did not go down the city, but rushed along the city wall to the south gate.

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