Chapter 427: The general offensive begins

"It's not difficult to storm a city, it's street fighting. Our army surrounded Liaoyang on three sides, and the main force of 30,000 set up ambushes in Wangdatun and Wicker Village to try to send reinforcements. The enemy of Shenyang can't live or die. I don't understand whether I live or die, I obviously left an opening, why did the enemy in Liaoyang refuse to break through? Chang Shiren, who introduced the battle situation, laughed helplessly when he mentioned this place.

Wu Xiang, who had a rare opportunity to participate in the meeting, couldn't help but stand up and say: "From Gaizhou to Liaoyang, it is no less than two hundred and fifty miles. The Qing army was good at horse warfare, why didn't they abandon the city and retreat, or even give up Shenyang. In this way, the logistics line of the 100,000-strong army was under the threat of the Qing army's horseshoe. ”

This sentence is a bit horizontal, Chen Xie smiled slightly when he heard it, looked at Chang Shiren, and asked him to explain.

Chang Shiren said with a smile: "What Lord Wu said is extremely true, but in the eyes of our army, this article cannot be sought. Since the deployment of our army on the Dongjiang River, 150,000 immigrants have been immigrated one after another, mainly young and strong. Liaodong is vast and the living environment is harsh, and the people regularly train in military affairs and are given weapons. As part of the government's investment, within ten years, Liaodong will collect 60% of the land tax. Ten years later, 20% of the land tax will be collected. The immigrants were sent in teams of 100 to build forts for defense, and everyone could handle muskets. At present, there are no less than 500,000 people in Liaodong, of which 200,000 are young and strong men, and these 200,000 people have at least 100,000 muskets, and the rest must have a spear. From Gaizhou to Liaoyang, 100,000 mobilized 100,000 people, of whom more than eighty percent had muskets. That's 80,000 smoothbore guns. At least 500 people per transport. There are 200 carriages, and when they encounter enemy situations along the way, the officers leading the team can form a vehicle formation to defend themselves and release signal flares to give an alarm. Every fifty miles, there was a reinforced infantry of three hundred men. The Qing army came few, and when they met the people who transported it, it was not enough to pack the muskets. "There is another problem that Chang Shiren did not consider, and that is habit. The Manchurians are accustomed to life in the city, and they are really reluctant to live in these anointed places in Liaodong. And the city where you live very comfortably.

In fact, the Qing army really did this. They were all repelled by the people and the garrisons along the way, and they suffered a lot of losses every time. After many times, the Qing army gave up the plan of a small group of cavalry to sneak attack.

Wu Xiang was directly dumbfounded, and 100,000 muskets were issued to the people. How much silver does this cost? Chen Xie smiled calmly. Steel pipes produced in modern society. How expensive is that stuff? Not to mention 100,000 pieces, Chen Xie pours out no less than 100,000 steel pipes every year. Made zuò smoothbore guns. The craft is already very mature, a large number of craftsmen produce, and there are only a few more than 100,000 flintlock pistols per year.

This will Chen Xie in the warehouse in Dengzhou, no matter how hoarded no less than 200,000 smoothbore guns. It's all imitation of the Baker type, and the British have made millions of these rifles throughout history. There is also a problem, the gun is fired, and there is a charge for lead bullet and gunpowder. Anyway, doing this kind of thing, Chen Xie has no psychological pressure at all. The people who survived in such harsh conditions in Liaodong did not take long for them to become extremely strong in order to survive.

Over the years, in Liaodong, in order to defend Tunbao, I don't know how many battles have been fought. In this place in Liaodong, the officials are very honest, why? If you're a bully, you have to beware of being shot. Chen Xie was also forced to give guns to immigrants. There is no way to think about it, otherwise it will be difficult to take care of it all by relying on the army in the territory of Liaodong.

"Alright, Chang Shiren, continue with your arrangement." Chen Xie spoke, and Chang Shiren continued: "Shen Shikui and Jin Riguan have already occupied Fengcheng and advanced north to Lianshan Pass, and the Korean Kingdom has also sent five thousand troops to assist our army in transportation and logistics. The Qing army had more than 5,000 people at Lianshan Pass, and Shen Shikui reported that because of the terrain, he did not attack. I asked him to drag this Qing army, and if he took Liaoyang, the Qing army could only run into the mountains when he turned back. ”

"The key question now is whether the Qing army in Shenyang will send reinforcements. And one more question, where is the current position of the Department of Dors? He has an army of seventy or eighty thousand, and if he appears on the battlefield, it will be a big trouble. ”

Chen Xie said: "Duoduo is a pass out of Miyun, and the grain and grass he carries are limited, and he must rely on various Mongolian tribes along the way. In the past, everyone entered the customs together to grab it, and it was easy to say after they succeeded. This trip robbed some useless gold and silver, the Mongolian tribe was already sad in winter, and if the Manchurian people were helped, contradictions would definitely arise. Even if Duoduo comes back, don't worry too much, the Mongols will definitely not come back with him, and there are wall-riding factions everywhere. ”

"Then according to the 40,000 Manchurian Eight Banners Qing Army, in this way, counting the 50,000 Qing troops in Shenyang, once our army attacks Liaoyang with all its might, will the Qing army in Shenyang attack?" Chang Shiren asked another question, and Chen Xie muttered a little at this time: "This problem should be taken into account, because it was a harsh winter before, you can appropriately slow down the pace of attack." Now we must hurry up, in order to fight this battle, it is not appropriate for the entire Liaodong to delay the spring ploughing. Wang Ben, you take 30,000 Shandong battalions to build fortifications on the front line of Wang Darentun, Wicker Village, and Hupiyi to block the Qing army from moving south for reinforcements. Chang Shiren, tomorrow will start a full-scale attack on Liaoyang, I will give you ten days at most, if you can't take it down, pack up and go home to take the children. ”

Chang Shiren did not immediately agree, but asked first: "My lord, what about the Mongols in the west?" ”

Chen Xie said with a smile: "He Xian will lead the cavalry to be in charge of this side, and the Guan Ning army will also accompany the battle." You can just call Liaoyang for me, and I will arrange the rest of the things. ”

Chang Shiren said rightly: "In this way, there will be no problem with the humble position, and within ten days, you will go to Liaoyang." ”

At the head of Liaoyang City, the cheers outside the city came and went, and the two people on the city head had haggard faces and eyes full of horror. What I saw in the telescope was the banner of the word "Chen", which showed that Chen Xie, the sworn enemy of the Qing Dynasty, had arrived outside Liaoyang City. This also shows that Dolgon, who entered the customs, was defeated, otherwise Chen Xie would not have been able to come to Liaoyang.

"Dolgon is defeated, Chen Xie said Liaoyang, this news must be absolutely blocked." Haoge spoke in a low voice angrily, Fan Wencheng smiled wryly, pointed to Chen Xie, who was only five hundred meters below the city, and said: "Look at the place where the big flag passes, and then look at how many people are in the city, how can this news be blocked?" It's better to tell the people in the city that Chen Xie, the sworn enemy of the Qing Dynasty who killed, burned, and robbed all in Liaodong, has arrived. The people of this city, as long as they are full of people, which one has a mortal enmity with Chen Xie's Dengzhou camp? ”

When Hauge heard this, he was stunned, and then nodded and said, "That's what I'll tell you." ”

Chen Xie rode a horse and walked almost a circle along Liaoyang City, and everywhere he went, the besieging army let out earth-shaking cheers, and the morale of the Dengzhou camp reached its peak. After nearly two months of siege, the ditches and barriers outside the city had been cleared and the moat had been filled. The attacking troops had advanced to an area of 300 meters outside the city, and every day they stayed in the trenches with sharpshooters and artillerymen, firing cold guns and cold guns when they had nothing to do, dropping some bombs in hot air balloons every day, and dropping some rockets at night when there was nothing to do, creating a panic that would attack at any time.

It can be said that during this period of time, Hauge and Fan Wencheng lived in an environment of panic. The grumpy Hauge, in the process of venting, strangled several maids to death.

It was another early morning, and when the first rays of sunlight fell in Liaoyang City in the morning, Li Fu, a soldier of the Han Army on duty, wrapped his leather jacket tightly, and all the outside of the city were immersed in silence. It seems that there will be no more fierce battles today. Just when Li Fu felt that he had earned another day, countless flames suddenly rose on the ground, flying towards Liaoyang City from all directions.

At the same time, the earth shook suddenly and violently, 240 12-pounder guns, 48 24-pounder guns, at the same time poured flower shells into Liaoyang City, and at the same time as the shelling began, the hot air balloon also rose and slowly floated towards the city.

On the high ground under the city, a big banner with the word "Chen" was erected, dancing in the wind.

The head of Liaoyang City was full of explosions, and despite countless fire prevention preparations in the city, even the roof was covered with thick mud, under the one-time blow of 30,000 rockets, it was inevitable that there would be a fire all over the city. It was burning everywhere, it was exploding everywhere, and the entire Liaoyang City, in just half an hour, fell into chaos. The Qing troops at the head of the city had no place to hide, so they all shrank under the head of the city, and only dared to go up to the head of the city when the shelling was over.

Hauge knew that the time had come for life and death, so he didn't care about the fires everywhere and rushed directly to the city with his guards. As soon as I went out, I bumped into Fan Wencheng, this old guy's beard was burnt, and he didn't care about it.

"Big Belle, the old slave is in charge of the affairs in the city, and he will command the battle." Fan Wencheng looked like he was open-minded, and he was really open-minded. If this is broken Liaoyang, the old life will definitely be played.

Hauge's face was full of hideousness, and he nodded vigorously, and a wolf attack also occurred. Carrying knives and guards, he strode towards the south of the city, the most dangerous area, the place where the Dengzhou battalion was most likely to launch a fierce attack.

Under a dirt shed, Hauge encountered Tan Tai, a former subordinate of the Dengzhou battalion. Seeing that he was sitting still, the soldiers around him were not very flustered, and they secretly admired it in their hearts. Tan Tai saw that Haoge was coming, stood up and arched his hand: "Lord Belle." ”

"Now is not the time to be polite, how are you doing here?" Hauge immediately asked. Tan Taidao: "There are fires in many places, and people have been arranged to put out the fires. The stables were well prepared and didn't have too many problems. ”

Hauge nodded and said: "You are very critical here, once the city is broken, the first wave of counterattacks will be up to you." ”

Tan Tai nodded expressionlessly: "Only death!" Haug didn't speak, turned and walked away. Tan Tai's eyes were full of death, and he glanced at the large open space that had been demolished behind the city gate, which was the battlefield where he launched a counterattack. However, Tan Tai didn't have much hope for this, even if he could beat the Dengzhou camp out once, what about the second time? And what about the third time? Dozens of hot air balloons floated in the sky above the city, and every move in the city could be seen clearly. (To be continued......)