Chapter 169: The Final Battle (I) 1/9
On the ninth day of February, Zhou Zheng led 80,000 East Route troops from Ningchang Road.
On February 12, Shen Yunfei led 70,000 troops from the West Route Army, and under the courage of not fearing death and the fierce artillery bombardment, it took only two days to capture the city of Jinzhou, leaving a devastated capital city, and continued to advance along the Guangning Fu Road.
There is a saying that war is not a war, but an economy, and it is indeed a wise saying that turbulence cannot be broken.
This Jinzhou offensive and defensive battle vividly explained this sentence.
The soldiers of Great Xia were certainly imposing and fearless of death, but the Manchus were also forced into a desperate situation, and those who were cornered were often able to burst out to their full potential.
Previously, Wei Xiaobao and Shunzhi also sent people to Yanjing to ask for surrender, and like Zheng Jing, they also tried in vain to occupy Liaodong and survive, but Lin Fan didn't say a word, and directly killed the envoys who came to surrender, but they left the horses, jewelry, silk, ginseng and other tributes they sent extremely scoundrelly.
Oh, he did something else, which was to hang hundreds of heads in Shanhaiguan and let them return to their hometown.
lost his wife and broke his soldiers.
Wei Xiaobao, the scoundrel of the year, gritted his teeth with anger, he was the only one who took advantage of others, who had ever thought that feng shui would take turns, and now he has suffered a big loss, and Shunzhi, the Queen Mother and others are completely speechless.
Speechlessness is followed by despair.
If the military strength of the two is comparable, it is really difficult to say who wins and who loses, but the fact is that the east and west armies have won successive battles.
Relying on it, of course, is not courage, but the strong economic strength of the entire Great Xia.
Lin Fan did not move for most of the year, and devoted all his energy to developing the people's livelihood, just to swing this fatal punch, and the national strength of most of the year was turned into the nourishment of this 200,000 tiger army, and he was truly armed to the teeth.
Whether it's a man or a horse.
Shen Yunfei captured Jinzhou, threw Jinzhou to the upcoming middle route army, all the way to kill, a series of bloody battles, on the morning of February 27, all the way to Fengtian City, three days late, but rushed to Zhou Zheng in front.
Time was slightly pulled forward, and on February 14, the Middle Route Army led by Lin Fan and Fei Xian arrived in Jinzhou, and after receiving Jinzhou City, they began to plunder the spoils.
Just two days later, on February 16, a mutation suddenly occurred!
The sound of thunderous horses' hooves came from miles away, the roars of soldiers and the neighing of horses were mixed together, and the dust raised by the army rolled like a wall, as if the end had come, and the black and black towards Jinzhou crushed towards Jinzhou.
At this time, the Jinzhou City was already dilapidated under the repeated attacks of the artillery of the West Route Army, and the four entrances and exits of the east, west, south, south, and north Ningyuan Gate, Guangshun Gate, Yong'an Gate, and Zhenbei Gate were being repaired under the supervision of the deputy commander Fei Xian.
Seeing this scene, the deputy troops of Great Xia, who were repairing the city, were all stunned with fright and stopped in unison.
Fei Xian's face changed in shock, his palms were all sweaty, auntie, where did this come from? Could it be that these barbarians are crazy?!
The barbarian is crazy or not, he doesn't know, he only knows that His Majesty the Emperor is now in this Jinzhou City, and Jinzhou City will definitely not be able to stop this group of barbarians!
"Cannon, cannon ready!" Fei Xian immediately shouted.
An unexpected battle, like a thunderclap in Lang Lang's daytime, was extremely abrupt and exploded.
On February 16, the Tartars began the first battle, which lasted for 12 hours, from the morning of February 16 to the morning of February 17, although the Tartars suffered heavy casualties, but Daxia also paid a heavy price.
The Tartars suffered 12,000 casualties, and Daxia relied on the city and countless firearms, with 4,000 casualties.
On 17 February, the attack stopped.
On February 19, the second round of attacks began, and the attacks were launched from the four city gates, which could no longer be regarded as attacks, but simply a crowd tactic. In this battle, rivers of blood flowed, corpses were mountains, and the Tartars rushed to kill without their lives, completely ignoring the casualties.
The Tartars suffered 26,000 casualties, and the Great Xia suffered 10,000 casualties.
On 23 February, the third round of attacks began, with the casualty rates of both sides approaching, both around 10,000, and the city walls of Jinzhou were already in tatters, and the fourth round of attacks could not be resisted.
On February 25th, the fourth round of attacks began, this battle was a sea of blood, Lin Fan personally went to the city, encouraged the soldiers of Great Xia to fight bravely, and a miracle happened, every Great Xia soldier was like a chicken blood, and his blood was full of blood.
The attack lasted three days and did not end until the afternoon of 28 February.
With the encouragement of Lin Fan, the emperor of Great Xia, who personally went to the city and took the lead, the soldiers of Great Xia created this impossible miracle, and at this time, there were only 13,000 people left in the middle route army, 20,000 auxiliary troops, and the cannons, guns, and foreign guns were all scrapped, and the real ammunition was exhausted!
In front of him, there were still 40,000 elites of the Eight Banners and 60,000 auxiliary troops.
When Lin Fa climbed the city wall, he saw a paper paper, tired and numb faces due to days of fighting, their faces were all black ash, their eyes were bloodshot, and they were either lying down or sitting.
Fei Xian was hit by three arrows in the chest, bandaged the wound, came to Lin Fan's side, knelt in front of him, and said, "Your Majesty, don't hesitate any longer!" Your Majesty's body is the hope of my Great Xia, and I must never get into danger again......"
"I beg Your Majesty to break through from Yong'anmen!" Fei Xian bowed heavily and fell.
"I beg Your Majesty to break through from Yong'anmen!" Behind Fei Xian, more than a dozen generals fell to their knees in unison.
On the night of February 23, when the third round of attacks ended, the generals led by Fei Xian strongly asked Lin Fan to lead his troops to break through, Fei Xian also knew that Lin Fan could not let go of these many people in the city, and he even did not hesitate to sacrifice himself, and also asked Lin Fan to agree, but Lin Fan did not agree after all.
But now, if you don't leave, it's too late!
Lin Fan raised his head, looked at the sky, suddenly smiled, and said, "Fei Xian, you all get up." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Fei Xian responded, and the generals got up.
Lin Fan suddenly let out a long howl, and the ears of the shocked Great Xia soldiers buzzed, and their numb faces turned color, and they all looked at Lin Fan.
Lin Fan shouted, and said, "You all think that if I stay here, I will definitely die?" You are wrong, not only wrong, but very wrong! ”
Everyone was shocked, but they also looked at each other.
Lin Fan laughed and said, "Since you have been holding on for so long, why not hold on for one more day?" I tell you that you thought that the city of Jinzhou had become a place of death, but I firmly believe that this is the place where these Tartars will be destroyed in one fell swoop! I have received a secret report from Shen Yunfei and Zhou Zheng that the armies of the east and west have rushed to Jinzhou, and they will arrive tomorrow! ”
The faces of the Great Xia soldiers changed, and they burst into loud cheers: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
Only a touch of bitterness appeared on Fei Xian's face, God, where did the secret report come from? It seems that His Majesty has made up his mind to live and die with tens of thousands of soldiers, so what else is there to say?
When you meet this Mingjun, what are the regrets in this life?
In an instant, the bitterness was replaced by a wave of pride, and Fei Xian's face bloomed with the glory of dying, and he looked at Lin Fan with admiration and reverence.
After the hurricane-like shouts subsided, Lin Fan pointed at the Tartar camp from afar, and said calmly and confidently: "Do you believe it or not, the Tartars will come to negotiate immediately, because they surrounded Jinzhou a few days ago, but now they are about to fall into the siege!" No, not soon, but already! You think you're dead, but you don't know that it's not my middle army who is really dead, it's this group of Tartars! ”
In fact, as Lin Fan expected, he did not get the secret report, but he firmly believed in Zhou Zheng and Shen Yunfei, and firmly believed that they must have noticed the conspiracy of the Tartars and would definitely come quickly.
Employing people without suspicion, suspecting people without suspicion, this is the way of employing people.
Since Wei Xiaobao, Shunzhi and the Manchu prince led hundreds of thousands of troops to surround Jinzhou, this plan was brewing in his chest, and he wanted to use himself as bait to destroy the main force of the Tartars in one fell swoop.
At this moment, the Tartars put on an attack formation again, this time far more than the previous four attacks, and the auxiliary army, driven by the elite of the Eight Banners, reluctantly joined the battle, almost giving everything they had, leaving no room for it.
East, west, north and south, Ningyuan Gate, Guangshun Gate, Yong'an Gate, Zhenbei Gate, as far as the eye can see, a piece of black pressure.
In front of Ningyuan's gate, Wei Xiaobao came out in line, with a solemn expression, and said in a loud voice: "Lin Fan, surrender." Now what is the situation, I don't need to say it again, you have no way to escape, you will definitely die! If you surrender now, I will not only spare your life, but I will also treat you well! ”
A few years ago, this person was just a gangster at the lowest level in the capital, but now, he has been in power for a long time, and his temperament has changed, which is completely different from before.
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