Chapter 429: The Battle of Shenyang (16)
At the same time as the tiger squatted and the artillery was mighty, the Ming army completed the assembly of siege soldiers and horses. The first echelon is still the Liaoyang banner soldiers and Han people commanded by Epilun, the second echelon is the 2,000 Han army led by Zhang Cunren, Liu Tianlu, Zu Kefa and other generals, and the third echelon is the 2,000 firearms soldiers of two thousand households commanded by Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Li Zhongfu.
The firearms soldiers of the Jinzhou army were armed with a new-style arquebus, a waist knife, and a cotton armor, which were much stronger than the banner soldiers and the Han army in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, which not only made them red-eyed, but also increased their confidence in capturing the city.
Before the siege, the artillery launched four more volleys, destroying as much as possible the fortifications at the head of the city, killing and wounding the defenders.
After the Jin army in the city found out that the Ming army was going to attack the city on a large scale, they immediately prepared to meet the battle under the command of the generals of the Eight Banners such as Sony and Talai, but whether it was Sony, Talai or those Jin soldiers who went to the city head-on, they were demoralized and did not have the slightest confidence that they could defeat the Ming army. They had been beaten by the artillery fire of the Ming army.
After learning that Ilintai had died in battle, Daishan, Dudu, Yanguli and others were all shocked and could no longer sit still, and they rushed to the city gate with their own Goshha to supervise the battle.
The siege of the Ming army soon began.
The more than 400 Liaoyang banner soldiers who rushed to the front were as before, wearing double armor, biting long knives, and crawling towards the city without looking back.
The Han army under the city wall released the guns and the arrows of the arrows, and covered the flag soldiers as much as possible. The battle became fierce after the two thousand firearms soldiers of the Jinzhou Army joined.
There were corpses in the city and under the city, and the shouts of fighting were loud and loud, and both sides were red-eyed, and no one would take a step back.
The Jin army defended to the death, and the Ming army attacked to the death, and from the very beginning, it was destined that this battle to seize the city would be a battle of corpses and a sea of blood.
For the two sides of the war, no one has a way to retreat, if they can't take the inner city, the Ming army will be in a dilemma, they will not only face the attack of the Jin army in the inner city, but also face the danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the main force of the Eight Banners, so they must take the inner city; On the contrary, if you can't hold the inner city, then whether it is the Eight Banners magnates in the city, or those Eight Banners old and weak women and children, no matter who they are, they will not have a way to live, so the Jin army must also hold the inner city.
The Ming and Jin sides have fought for 20 years, and the two sides are already a deep blood feud, whether it is the Ming people in the Guan who were killed by the Jin army, or the millions of Liaodong Han people who died outside this pass, it is impossible for the Ming army not to count with them.
The city is broken, and there is only a dead end. In order to survive, he could only fight to the death with the Ming army. Expecting the Ming army to give them a way to live after breaking the city is simply a fool's dream
Dai Shan didn't know how long he could hold out, the armored soldiers went up, and the swinging teeth also went up, Aha and the Han army had no more living people, and there were not a few people left in the bannermen who did not wear armor, and the only thing he could send out now was his dozens of personal followers Goshha.
The casualties in the city were far beyond Dai Shan's acceptability, and he couldn't imagine how the Ming army, which had always been weak, could become so strong.
Among the generals of the Eight Banners, Yanguli was hit by a stray arrow, Du Du called the Ming army's gun to blind his eyes, Sonny's arm was cut off in half, and Talai was also killed by more than a dozen arrows. On the side of the Han army, Sun Degong was seriously injured and fell into a coma, Zu Zerun, Han Daxun and others were also injured, and now there are less than 1,000 warriors of the Eight Banners who are still fighting to the death in the city.
However, the shouts and cries from the city told Daishan that Manggol could not make a miracle happen.
Is it really impossible to hold on? Is it really heaven that is going to kill me with a lot of gold?!
Dai Shan was unwilling, he was really unwilling, when did the Ming army become so fierce and good at fighting, when did their sheep-like courage become as big as a leopard! When will the brave and combative Eight Banners warriors be as miserable as they are today!
Dai Shan's heart is bleeding and hurting, he is desperate and helpless, God has abandoned the Aixin Jueluo family
In fact, the situation of the Ming army besieging the city was not much better, the Liaoyang banner soldiers commanded by Epilun fought only a few dozen people, Bai Jia was also seriously injured, Liu Tianlu was accidentally hit by the Han army that fell from the city wall, Zhang Cunren received an arrow in the chest, fortunately, neither of them had to worry about their lives, but they could no longer command the battle.
Eager to show himself and wanting to prove to the Ming army that he was completely anyway, Zu Dashou's adopted son Zu Kefa was seriously injured when he captured the city, and half of the Han army under his command was killed or wounded. As for the Han people who were forcibly conscripted by Mang Gurtai, countless people died, and the corpses were densely stacked there, and the blood stained all the stone slabs under the city into a sea of blood.
Originally, it was only to cover the siege of the city, the left battalion of the infantry army, two thousand households, when the battle was most intense, from the assist to the main attack, 500 firearms soldiers who had eaten human flesh were selected as daredevils, wearing double armor to participate in the capture of the city, after the most luke, Li Zhongfu and Geng Zhongming also wore heavy armor and climbed up the city with red eyes. The original Shuangdao guerrilla Shang Kexi's performance this time was not weak, and he had been the first, which made Shi Dayong, who was watching the battle, very pleased, and secretly said that this son was available.
The battle has been fought for three hours, from the hour to the hour, both sides of the Ming and Jin sides are exhausted, and they both know that this battle between the two sides should be about to end.
Whether it is morale, strength or equipment, the Jin army defending the city cannot be compared with the Ming army, as long as the Ming army goes all out, regardless of casualties, the defeat of the Jin army is inevitable.
When the Qierji who was commanded with Mangguoer ran in front of Dai Shan with blood all over it, Dai Shan knew that the road was over, everything was over, and he couldn't wait for his brother to come back.
Although there are still Eight Banners warriors in the city who insist on resisting, they can only delay the defeat for a while.
In an instant, Dai Shan aged a lot, and his back, which had been stiff, collapsed, and he sat there silently, staring blankly at the ground.
"Big Belle, but if the slave still has a breath, Nanban wants to enter the city!"
Anger and despair distorted Saimi's face, and he roared and was about to rush to the city to fight the Ming army to the death.
Dai Shan got up and grabbed him, shook his head helplessly, sighed lightly and said, "No need, you go to the palace with me." ”
"To the palace?" Both Erji and Saimi were stunned, what would they be doing in the palace?
"I love the women of the Xinjue Luo family, and they can't fall into the hands of the Ming people."
Dai Shan's voice was very calm, and people couldn't hear the despair in his tone at all.
Qiuerji and Saimi were stunned, their hearts were trembling, what was Dai Shan going to do, could they still understand?
"The slave will lead people to the palace."
Without saying a word, he turned around and was about to take someone to the palace, but Saimi hesitated for a moment and nodded heavily.