Azig issued a battle order, and all the officers and men of the Qing army set up camp outside the city of Taiyuan, and the siege of Taiyuan was impassable, and soon after, the siege campaign was launched.

The Qing army pressed the border, Liu Fangliang was very calm, led the army to garrison in the city, Taiyuan City had enough food and grass, and it was not a problem to hold on for more than half a year, but he faintly felt that the Qing army outside the city was a strong enemy, whether it was the appearance of the army, or the weapons and equipment, it was not Shang Keg, the Ming Eight Banners army led by Geng Zhongming was so weak, before he understood the strength of the Qing army, he ordered the whole army to defend in the city, not to go out of the city to fight.

In the face of the siege of the Qing army, Liu Fangliang cheered up his subordinates, so that his subordinates should not panic, and when the reinforcements from Changzhi and Fenzhou arrived, the three armies defeated the Qing army in one fell swoop.

Azig ordered his troops to prepare for the siege, and after three days of preparation, the soldiers and horses of the Qing army were ready to attack the city.

On the morning of Li Guo's arrival in Linfen City, the Qing army launched a strong attack, and more than 20 Hongyi cannons and more than 40 general cannons were spread out in a row, and bombarded the east city wall of Taiyuan City, and the Dashun army on the city wall suffered heavy casualties.

Forced Liu Fangliang to order all troops and horses to dodge the shelling, the Hongyi cannon was powerful, but it was not accurate, most of the artillery shells smashed into the city wall, smashing the city wall to the ground, and the Dashun army in the city was also in chaos by the shelling, running around in the city.

The Qing bombardment did not last long, Azig ordered the infantry to attack the city, and the 30,000 infantry were divided into dozens of echelons, carrying siege weapons, and launched an attack on the city walls.

Liu Fangliang ordered all troops to defend the wall immediately, and the Dashun army attacked the Qing army with bows and arrows, broadswords, spears, stones, etc., killing and wounding hundreds of Qing troops.

The infantry brought by Azig was very experienced in siege, and seeing that the defensive firepower of the Dashun army was very fierce, they did not rush, but when they reached the distance of the bow and arrow, they all stopped, and used the bow and arrow to shoot at the Dashun army on the city wall, both armies used projectiles to kill the enemy, and the two arrows shot into the distance, and used the inertia of the arrows to fall to kill and injure the target.

After a confrontation, the Dashun army and the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, the Dashun army on the city wall was shot dead and wounded, the defensive firepower was weakened, and the other infantry echelons of the Qing army took advantage of the situation to launch an attack, running to the city wall with a fast speed, leaning against the battlements with a ladder, and the soldiers climbed up with their shields.

The Dashun army was not afraid of death at all, and beat the Qing army with flesh and blood, and the Qing army attacked from the bottom to the top in hand-to-hand combat, without an advantage, and was killed by the Dashun army.

Azig saw that the siege troops were blocked, and did not let the infantry go to death, and ordered Mingjin to collect the troops, after the Qing army retreated, Liu Fangliang said to the generals on the city wall: "The Qing army is very skilled in attacking the city, and the artillery is also very fierce, we must find ways to pull out the Qing artillery." ”

He also stressed with his generals that they should not be careless, and that the generals of all departments should lead the officers and men of the whole army to respond to the battle calmly, and not be frightened by the artillery of the Qing army.

The order in the city was chaotic, and only one soldier and horse remained in order, that is, the rear camp and the stone camp logistics baggage battalion, especially the logistics baggage battalion, only the Wangbao was protected by a soldier and horse, but they swore to die in the city.

Liu Fangliang saw that they were doing well, so he let the rear battalion serve as a reserve in the city and did not participate in the battle.

It's not that Liu Fangliang looks down on the rear battalion, but that there is really a need for a reserve force in the city to prevent the Qing army from increasing its strength, and the continuous siege of the city will cause the soldiers of the left battalion to be tired and fight for a long time.

The first attack of the Qing army was only a tentative attack, but it took the lives of nearly a thousand soldiers of the Dashun army, the loss of the Qing army was only half of the Dashun army, Liu Fangliang watched the soldiers carry down the corpses of the dead soldiers, most of the soldiers were killed by the artillery fire of the Qing army, and some of the soldiers were killed by the archers and firecrackers of the Qing army, in hand-to-hand combat, the casualties of the Dashun army were not large, and they were slightly superior, killing a large number of Qing troops.

Liu Fangliang summoned his generals and ordered: "We can't let Jiannu use artillery in the city to slowly consume, we should go out of the city and fight with Jiannu, maybe there is a chance to pull out the Jiannu artillery unit." ”

Subordinates also agree with his point of view, Liu Fangliang let the right mighty general Liu Rukui to complete the offensive task, Liu Rukui and Ling Jingyang and others had a meeting in Baoding Mansion, Beizhili, he selected two thousand strong men from the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, Liu Fangliang from other troops, to him to supplement three thousand elite soldiers, Liu Rukui led five thousand elite soldiers in the city did not participate in the battle, recuperate, and wait for dark to go out of the city to fight, fight the Qing army by surprise,

After the first siege of the city, Azig did not order the troops to return to the camp to rest, but ordered Shang Kexi to lead 2,000 cavalry and Geng Zhongming to lead 3,000 shield men, withdraw from the battle and ambush near the fort.

Turai looked at his arrangement, very curious, Azig is a military wizard, and the Dashun army has fought several times, and gradually figured out the combat routine of the Dashun army, thinking that after the Dashun army repelled the siege, it often launched surprise attacks, and the target of the raid was the enemy's weak defense and the target of military significance.

The most important weapon of the Qing army is the Hongyi cannon and dozens of other generals' cannons, these weapons are siege weapons, as long as there is artillery, you can continue to bleed the Dashun army.

Therefore, he ordered two troops and horses to withdraw from the battle and lay in ambush near the fort, and in the afternoon of the same day, he ordered all troops and horses to pretend to attack the city for the second time, and not surprisingly, the second attack of the Qing army was quickly repelled by the Dashun army.

This time Azig finally ordered the whole army to return to the camp to rest, at this time the sky gradually darkened, and when the sky was completely invisible, Liu Fangliang saw the Qing army returning to the camp on the city wall, and nodded with Liu Rukui under the city gate.

Liu Rukui waved his hand, the city gate quietly opened, and five thousand elite soldiers walked like flying, going to the Qing army fort to kill, after leaving the city, Liu Rukui felt surprisingly smooth.

The Qing army scouts were like blind men, wandering around the outermost part of Taiyuan City to prevent the Dashun army from other places from coming to support, but they did not prevent the Dashun army in the city from going out of the city to attack.

Five thousand elite soldiers rushed to the Qing army fort like a tide, suddenly, a cannon sounded, the Qing army's silent ghost-like fort suddenly flashed fire, dozens of artillery opened fire at the same time, the shells smashed at the charging Dashun army, and the flesh and blood of the Dashun army were blurred.

Liu Fangliang watched the battle on the city wall, heard the sound of cannons, and there was an ambush in Big Foot, so he hurriedly ordered troops in the city and prepared to go out of the city to rescue Liu Rukui.

After the Qing army opened fire, Liu Rukui realized that this was an ambush and ordered the whole army to withdraw, but as soon as the charge began, he issued an order to retreat.

After the order to retreat was issued, the order of the officers and men of the whole army was in great chaos, some soldiers ran back, some soldiers still rushed forward, and the people were crowded and chaotic.

Shang Kexi led 2,000 cavalry to kill from the oblique side of the fort, rushed into the Dashun army, and quickly harvested the lives of the Dashun army, and on the other side, Geng Zhongming led the shield hand to block the retreat of the Dashun army.