Chapter 157: Capturing the Dagukou Fort
If Zhang Biwu marches quickly, the enemy will not have time to prepare, and a sudden attack will only unite the other party again. Even if the other party starts to evacuate, an ambush army will be set up, and the capital is not broken, all parts of Zhili are still in the hands of the Qing army, Zhang Biwu has not yet mastered it, so Zhang Biwu's march is unsuccessful, and he can only wait until Dolgon and others withdraw from the pass, and then take all the territory of North Zhili to himself, then it's okay!
Now is the time! After all, a month has passed, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan are in a hurry, and they have repeatedly written to urge them to send troops immediately.
Zhang Biwu agreed, and let Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan quickly take a boat to attack the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin. Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan are ready for everything, just waiting to give the order.
Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan led a huge sailor to appear outside the sea area of Tianjin, and the sea was full of dense warships, and there was no end in sight.
When the Qing soldiers on the fort saw it, they all panicked, pointing to the warships on the sea, and one or two lost their confidence.
The Qing generals who were still guarding here ordered the cannon to be fired, and at such a distance, their Hongyi cannon could not be hit, but they still had to hit a dozen, because a cannon could strengthen their courage.
No, the roar rumbled, and the sea surface was blasted open with a cannon, but it couldn't hit Zheng Zhang's fleet.
Zheng Chenggong looked at all this, he was laughing, he was waiting for the Qing army's artillery to stop, and it was their turn to open fire.
Some of Zheng Chenggong's cannons were trophies captured from the Netherlands and Portugal, and the firing range was longer than the cannons originally used by the Ming and Qing armies, so when the Qing army's cannons could not hit. Then the cannon of Zheng Chenggong's sailors will be able to hit the fort.
The warships and artillery captured during the reconquest of Taiwan and the Dutch and Portuguese coalition forces played a role. A cannon bombarded the battery. One after another, the Qing soldiers were blown into the sky, and even the cannons were blown into two!
The Qing soldiers were very annoyed, they thought that they could only be beaten by themselves? Must fight back! But their guns really can't work! No matter how hard they shell, they can't bombard the opponent's battleship, everything you have done is in vain!
Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the artillery, the defenders at the fort lost their temper, and they could only retreat to a safe place, and they were very annoyed. Only they are beaten, but they can't hit each other.
As soon as Zheng Chenggong saw that the Qing troops on the fort were retreating to the fortifications, he couldn't help but be very excited, and as soon as he swung his fist, he shouted: "Quickly order the fleet to move closer to the shore!" Today's Qing army is so beaten by our artillery that it can't raise its head! It's the perfect time for us to land! ”
Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and the fleet immediately rushed to the shore, and they had to land without much resistance.
At this time, a group of Qing soldiers who had been ambushed were led by the Qing general, and they rushed over.
Many of them carried powder kegs. They were all dead soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and many of the Manchu guards assigned here were elite.
They came out out of nowhere. The powder keg was thrown onto the ship, and the flames burst into the sky, and the roar rumbled. One of the ships was blown up and sunk.
Suddenly, Zheng Jun did not expect that the other party would have such an ambush army, and at first it suffered great losses, but it quickly stabilized.
In particular, Ma Xin led the Iron Man Army to come, and this group of Iron Man Army went straight to the Qing army.
When one of the Qing soldiers was about to throw gunpowder onto the ship, the ironclad soldiers above pounced on him and pressed him down at the same time.
Knowing that the fuse was still burning, the two of them would die together, but the ironclad soldiers didn't pay attention to so much, as long as he was still crushing the full soldiers, then the gunpowder could not explode on the ship to ensure the safety of the warship. The soldier shouted: "Let go!" Otherwise, you and I will be blown up! Aren't you afraid of death? ”
There was a fearless look in the eyes of the ironclad soldiers, just one sentence: "Tartar!" Die! "Qing Bing was scared instead, he kept moving, he wanted to break free, it was too late!" boom", the iron armor was blown into the sky.
"Up!" These are the inner words of the ironclad soldiers, they are not afraid of being blown to pieces, and they have to stop each other.
With a "bang", a man with gunpowder who wanted to throw it was knocked to the ground, and his eyes were wide open as he looked at the ironclad soldiers.
"Drink!" An iron fist smashed over, and immediately beat the full soldier to the ground, after all, there was an iron piece on his fist, and the power of this blow was naturally very different.
A fierce battle began, and it was difficult for the dead soldiers in the Manchu ambush to break through to the front of the battle. It didn't take long for them all to be wiped out.
The Ironclad Army will be the vanguard of the charge, whether they will rush to the forefront, or will Ma Xin take the lead as before, as the vanguard of the Zheng Army, as soon as the horn of the charge sounds, there will be absolutely no retreat and cowering.
The cry of the Ironclad Army reverberates: "Onward!" Capture the first credit! ”
Under this deterrence, the Qing army did not retreat, they also shot arrows or shot at the ironclad army, but the arrows could not penetrate its heavy armor, as soon as the arrow touched the heavy armor, it could only land, although it would make the body of the ironclad soldiers move, pause for a while, but soon they will rush up again to occupy the position.
On the other hand, Zhang Huangyan's men and horses also launched an attack together, unwilling to fall behind the Zheng army, and the Qing army could no longer support it, so it had to withdraw from the Dagukou Fort.
Zheng Chenggong has already occupied Dagukou and directly threatens Tianjin, which will also be difficult to defend. If Tianjin is lost, then Beijing will be in danger! This knock on the mountain and shakes the tiger, but the tiger is scared!
The loss of Tianjin, the whole capital was shaken! It proves even more that if you want to defend the capital, you can't hold it, and the only way to escape back to Liaodong is feasible!
For this reason, Dolgon's stubborn defense of Beijing was greatly challenged and could not be implemented. Dorgon had to compromise, after all, the new situation was decided, and he couldn't do it if he didn't change his strategy!
Dolgon was going to return to Liaodong, so that the Manchus would be very happy, and they would all think that the regent was wise. Therefore, the Manchu Qing Dynasty returned to Liaodong, although it was not made public, but everyone knew about it.
Zhang Biwu had received the news that Dolgonkeri was leaving the capital and returning to Liaodong, but he left Yue Le and Kubilong to guard.
Yue Le is Shunzhi's best brother, he stayed, so it can be seen that the other party really wants to die to defend his dignity. And as one of the three important ministers, he also stayed, and they all had the determination to die, which was a battle only for dignity and only with greater political significance.
Zhang Biwu was not in a hurry to besiege the city, he wanted to give Dolgon and Shunzhi time to leave Beijing and return to Liaodong. After all, it was not yet time for a decisive battle with them under the city of Beijing.
After Zhang Biwu found out the news that Dolgon and Shunzhi and a large number of nobles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had left Beijing, Zhang Biwu led his men and horses to the siege of the capital, and Lu Xiangsheng nominally led his troops to intercept Dolgon's back road, but there were not many soldiers and horses sent, these soldiers and horses were not a big threat to the enemy, they could only play a role in interference, and eventually Dolgon and others would escape from the city.
This is also to be expected, and there is nothing to be sorry for. Now the important thing is to besiege the capital first, if you can capture the capital as soon as possible, that is the best thing to do.
Zhang Biwu, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan are in one place, and when they join forces, they are naturally very powerful! Immediately, the capital was surrounded like a tide.
As soon as Zhang Jun came, the city was constantly greeted by cannons, obviously, as soon as the people in the city saw it, they just wanted to give Zhang Jun a dismount, no, Yue Le gave the order, and fired the cannon frantically!
Shells after shells came in, and there were quite a lot of artillery in the city, and they spared no effort to bombard them non-stop!
A lot of people were killed or injured! This time, there can be no more siege of the city, so you can only retreat first and wait for the opportunity to launch a new attack.
As soon as Zhang's army retreated, he heard a shout from the city: "Zhang's army will be defeated!" Zhang Biwu's head is here! "But seeing that there is a banner of Zhang Jun in the city, which was captured by them during the previous battle, and now the reason why Yue Le has taken it out is that he wants to ridicule Zhang Biwu!
Zhang Biwu listened, he didn't have anything, but the generals around him were very angry! How can this be? They were eager to immediately get up and break through the city, so that they could take revenge.
They all came to Zhang Biwu to ask for battle, asking them to attack the city. Zhang Biwu shook his head, he thought that it was not the time, all he had to do was wait for Lu Xiangsheng's arrival.
At that time, Zhang Biwu wanted everyone to see how powerful his army was and how strict the army was so that the soldiers and civilians in the city no longer had the heart to resist, and it was more conducive to breaking the city.
If it is under the attack, this political city that has been used as the capital since the Jin Dynasty, and now the Manchu Dynasty as the capital will be destroyed in one fell swoop, which is not what Zhang Biwu wants. It is the best situation to be able to break through this city at the least cost, although it is difficult to do, but Zhang Biwu still tries his best to do it!
He didn't want to lose his troops because of the siege, so he just had to wait until he was sure of the city before starting the siege.
Every day outside the city of Beijing, you can see the army coming in, and suddenly the outside of the city is covered with smoke. The sound of people shouting and neighing is endless. The people among them were uneven, one moment it was a tall Shandong man, the other was a short and sturdy southerner, or a fat and big-arm Qin person.
There is also Zhang Jun under the nose of the other party is increasing the stove, and the camp tent is constantly increasing, signaling to the defenders in the city, their men and horses are increasing, and the city is already alone, there are no reinforcements, their emperor has given up on them, how can they continue to defend it? (To be continued......)