Chapter 414: The Battle of Shenyang (1)
Readers, where are your red tickets and monthly tickets, let Dayong turn Shenyang City into Shura Hell
Soon, every flag soldier knew who killed these flag men who died on the river beach, and in the indignant curses of Mang Gurtai and his son, the flag soldiers wiped away their tears, buried their relatives, and then went to Shenyang with hatred that could devour everything. This time, their morale was even more intense than the screaming Ming army, if it weren't for the lack of time, Dayong even wanted to make a white dress for all of these flag soldiers, so that it seemed more appropriate - if the relatives died, they had to bring filial piety.
Although he felt complacent about his ability to convert unfavorable factors into favorable factors, Dayong still couldn't help but scold Cao Bianjiao a few words, so angry that Cao Bianjiao turned his head and beat Peng Sihai well, you damn it, patronizing and killing people are happy, you also took those flag people's goods away, this is good, all of them fell into the pockets of those flag soldiers, and they were really fucking busy making wedding dresses for others. Damn, more than 2,000 rich banner people, more than 2,000 people, they were fucking ruined by you like this
Along the Taizi River all the way to the northeast to the top is the Budari Gang, and the Budari Gang is the old nest of the Jin people for dozens of miles. If there is time and the troops are sufficient, Dayong would like to make a thousand-mile turnaround, first end up the Jinren's nest, and then go south through Fushun to approach Shenyang, and then swagger back from Liaoyang. The advantage of this is that you can slaughter as many old and weak women and children as possible, destroy as many strongholds and fortresses as possible, and rescue as many Han people as possible. If the scorched earth strategy is implemented, Hong Tai will have no more people except for the main force of the Eight Banners under him. Without the support of the slaves of the subordinates, no matter how powerful the Eight Banners are, they are only the end of their strength, and they can't reach it for a few days. There is no source of water in this world that can accumulate into rivers and seas, and then flood into disasters.
It's a pity that there is too much time, and Dayong doesn't have enough troops, so he can only honestly march along the Taizi River to the direction of the Hunhe River, and then go up to Shenyang along the Hunhe River. This route was also the route taken by the Ming army in the Battle of the Hunhe River that year.
Along the way, except for the two teams of the Jin Army's exploration horses, they never encountered any more living people, and the villages where the banner people gathered in the past were also empty, and there was not a single grain of food. Obviously, the Jin army had already known that the Ming army was heading north and had taken countermeasures, and Dayong believed that what he saw along the way was the legendary "strong wall and clear wilderness". This makes Dayong very proud, how many years, before only the Ming Dynasty to the Jin people to clear the wall, today, the Jin people have finally adopted this "harm others and not themselves" tactics to the Ming army, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi.
Jiang Wanli proposed that since the Jin people were engaged in fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, then we simply helped them and burned all the villages and forts along the way, so as not to be used by the Jin people in the future. This proposal was a good one, and Dayong immediately allowed it, but not now, but when the troops were withdrawn. At present, it is still useful to keep these villages and forts, and they can be temporarily rested in them when they retreat in the future, and they can also set up military intelligence stations to store food. Now that it is burned like this, it is certainly tricky for the future recovery of the Jin people, but it is also a big trouble for the Ming army.
The two artillery units from Liaoyang, Qianhu, also arrived at the Taizi River, and Peng Dazhui, who was ordered to hunt and kill the bannermen in various parts of southern Liaoning, also led his two thousand light cavalry to rush to Shenyang. The right battalion of the infantry army far away in Gaizhou, under the leadership of Song Qing, also completed the assembly, preparing to build a defensive line in Gaizhou to meet the retreat of the northbound army.
In addition to speeding up immigration, the baggage battalions in Golden State are also organizing youth training in case of emergency. Nanguan sent an urgent report that the Dongjiang Army on Phi Island, under the leadership of the commander-in-chief Huang Long, was attacking Lushun, and if nothing else, when Lushun was taken before the end of the month, the Jinzhou army would have one more port to retreat from.
The stability and good news in the rear made Dayong's confidence in seizing Shenyang a little more, the only thing that made him worry was that a few snowflakes suddenly fell from the sky, although it stopped quickly, but this made Dayong a shadow out of thin air, anxious to solve Shenyang as soon as possible, and then retreated quickly, the farther away from Shenyang City, the better
Three days later, Mang Gurtai, who was one step ahead, sent someone to send military information, he had arrived at the outskirts of Shenyang, and the Jin army in the city did not send troops to attack, but held the city gate.
Mang Gurtai revealed that after he arrived in Shenyang, he wanted to attack the city, but because the defenders had already failed to take precautions, he lost dozens of banner soldiers and retreated to the current camp - the site of the Hunhe River Battle of the Ming army, Erdaogangzi on the south bank of the Hunhe River.
According to Mang Gurtai's letter, after he retreated to the south bank, Dai Shan in the city sent someone to contact him, saying that as long as Mang Gurtai dispelled the idea of returning to the Ming Dynasty and immediately turned around to fight the Ming army, he would guarantee that Hong Tai would not pursue his conspiracy to kill the monarch and defect to the Ming Dynasty after he returned, and he could even join forces with other Baylors to ensure that Mang Gurtai would become the big Baylor again.
Of course, Gurtai would not believe these nonsense, and he was not a fool, how could he hand over the knife in his hand to someone else. The bullshit big Baylor is a big Baylor who knows that Hongtai will definitely ascend the throne and be the emperor after he comes back, and then even the big Baylor of Daishan will not be able to do it properly, where may there be anything about him reckless Gurtai.
What is the crime of killing the king and defecting, and is this crime negotiable? Mang Gurtai can think of the answer even with his ass, not to mention that his only son Epilun is still in the hands of the Ming army, and it is convenient to contact on the surface, but secretly who does not know what it means to be a hostage. As long as he recklessly makes the slightest move, even if it is only a symbolic act, he will be cut off.
After inquiring the envoy about the situation of Shenyang City, Dayong convened a meeting of the generals, at which any possibility of persuasion and surprise attack was ruled out, and it was unanimously agreed to wait for the artillery to arrive and storm it.
At the meeting, Shi Dayong ordered Cao Bianjiao to lead the wolf cavalry to move southwest of Shenyang, in addition to guarding against the main force of Hongtai that might return, but also to guard against the movements of the Jin army that might come to help from the direction of Guangning and Yizhou. He also ordered the Peng Da Hammer Division, which was coming, to move northeast of Shenyang to prevent the Jin army in Fushun, Tieling, Hetuala and other places from reinforcing Shenyang.
The two cavalry were ordered that they could only move closer to Shenyang when the main force of the Hunhe Ming army launched an attack, and before that, even if the Jinzhou army failed to attack the city, they could not leave without permission. This arrangement is not only to ensure that there are no accidents in the battle of Shenyang, but also to ensure the vitality of the Ming army, so as not to lose too many soldiers and horses under the city of Shenyang.
With 1600 cavalry of the Mang Gurtai Department, plus his own personal battalion, Dayong is not worried that the Jin army in Shenyang City will take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, after all, Wu Heyin and Mang Gurtai are sure that there are not too many soldiers in Shenyang City, and Dai Shan can only make up less than a thousand armored soldiers, and the others can only be bannermen without armor, and neither the strength nor combat effectiveness can attract Dayong's attention.
Competing with the main force of Hong Tai's Eight Banners, Dayong lacks confidence and is confident that he can't win, but if he can't beat the thousands of people put together by Dai Shan, Dayong might as well wipe his neck with a knife to save embarrassment. Since the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, the combat effectiveness of the Jinzhou Army has been greatly improved compared with the reorganization of Dengzhou, especially the battle that swept through southern Liaoning has made the morale of the whole army high, coupled with strong firepower, the outcome of this battle is definitely to win, and now it depends on how many people will die.
The weather is what Dayong really has to worry about.
On the 15th, the Jinzhou Army arrived on the south bank of the Hunhe River, and the Battle of Shenyang officially began.