Chapter 455: Together
Dorgon was killed in battle.
Among the Jurchen Eight Banners, the man with the most commanding ability, the most prestige, and the most appealing ability is just like that.
Died in the icy city of Moscow.
didn't even have time to explain anything, failed to express his regrets and strategies, and died in such a regretful battle.
The best talent of the Jurchen Eight Banners has fallen like this, like a meteor, although he has played a key role in many of Houjin's decisions, helping Houjin to overcome difficulties again and again, in the ring feeding of powerful opponents around him, he has always maintained his concentration and made correct decisions again and again, ensuring that the elite of the Eight Banners has never suffered serious losses, and his vitality has never suffered fundamental losses, basically every step is right, and it is really possible to make a comeback according to Dorgon's strategic development. At some point in the future, it will once again become a force capable of challenging the global order and achieve another rise.
But this time.
This was the most crucial decision, and Dolgon lost the gamble.
chose stud, but stud failed and put his life into it.
Finished.
Dolgon's dog leash announced that the Jurchen Eight Banners were completely finished.
There is no one who has the prestige and ability to command the entire Eight Banners Army.
The ability to unite and unite all the internal contradictions was lost in an instant, and only about 9,000 people were left in the elite of the Eight Banners, which was suddenly divided into several mountains, and no one had the ability to command the entire Eight Banners, and the contradictions accumulated within suddenly broke out, even in this critical and special period, facing the huge problem of life and death of the ethnic group, but still had to talk about the internal noise, first let the breath in the heart come out, and then consider the survival problem in front of you.
Now such solidarity no longer exists.
Then they fought for themselves, frantically snatching the remaining supplies and weapons and ammunition, for fear that if they were too late, they would have nothing left and lose their qualifications to live, so fierce scramble battles broke out, even to the point of killing people, and the contradictions of the past were completely stimulated, and unity no longer existed.
So the elite of the Eight Banners split into three smaller forces, the largest group of more than 4,000 people, the smallest group of more than 2,000 people, and the middle group of more than 3,000 people, respectively, occupied a part of the city of Moscow, collected all the food, weapons, ammunition, and fuel, dug a big pit, hid it deadly, and tried to collect more resources and materials to ensure that it could survive this thing, just to survive, and burst out with an extremely strong desire to survive, and was not willing to face the fate of death and destruction at all.
Then this fierce siege battle turned into an even more tragic "battle for survival".
That's right.
The war reached this point, and the number of elites of the Eight Banners in Moscow City has been reduced from more than 30,000 to less than 9,000 today, and it has also been divided into three strands, and they are fighting separately, unable to twist into a rope, occupying a more dangerous territory and building a defensive fortress, collecting all the materials that can be collected, including the corpses of the dead, are all within the strategic materials collected, the only purpose is to survive to the end in the long cold winter of the next six months, and then either escape, Either develop in another place, anyway, as long as you can survive, you can develop anywhere, as for what re-emergence, what arrogant goals such as conquering the world, I don't dare to think about it anymore, these things are too extravagant, and there is no meaning, the only point now is the word survival, and everything else is redundant.
But in the city of Moscow, there is still the other half of the territory, which is still in the hands of the remnants of the Rakshasa Empire, they still have 100,000 young people available, they still have a lot of weapons and ammunition, and they still have a tenacious will like steel, and now the army of the Eight Banners has been so badly damaged, does it mean that the time has come to counterattack, and they can go out to destroy all the enemies and win a precious victory?
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The high-level of the Rakshasa Empire really thinks so.
Emperor Fyodor II also gave the order to start a counteroffensive and continue the fighting, to destroy all the invaders, to take back the cities that belonged to them, to kill every invader, and to cut off their heads, and then make a high tombstone, to warn the later invaders that this is the consequence of daring to invade Moscow!
It's just that......
The war has come to this point.
Even if the remaining young and strong people of the Rakshasa Empire still have courage and fighting spirit in their hearts, they ...... They can't fight anymore.
Because there are more than 500,000 people in the city, there are only 100,000 left, and nearly 400,000 people have died in battle, those who are the bravest and most sacrificial have basically paid for their lives, and the rest are basically those who are weak, timid, or noble princes and nobles, even if they are tall and powerful, but the courage to fight may really not be as good as an ordinary imperial people, in the previous battles, no matter how fierce they were, they had all kinds of ways to evade their responsibilities, Or don't dare to fight desperately, as long as there is a chance to escape, they will do everything possible to escape, so they can survive until now.
Now let them, in the ice and snow of minus forty or fifty degrees, take the initiative to launch the most fierce attack on the enemy who has formed a fortress, to fight for victory in the final battle, and retake the whole city, to be honest, this is really embarrassing for them.
Even if they show through the analysis of intelligence that the invading Eight Banners army is now small in number, the interior is still divided, and there are not many weapons and ammunition left, if they adopt various breaking strategies, there is a way, with the help of their huge numerical advantage, one after another to solve and destroy, so fight, must fight, must be fought, these enemies who enter the city, one by one, must be eliminated, in order to prove the greatness of Moscow, in order to prove the inviolability of the city!
So under the order of Emperor Fyodor II, the remaining more than 100,000 young people in Moscow had to be organized, and entered the state of mobilization again, and then with weapons in their hands, braving the extremely cold weather, under the supervision of the rear supervision team, shouting, towards a stronghold of the Eight Banners Army, launched a sea of people charge tactics, swarming from all directions, intending to wipe out all the more than 2,000 Eight Banner Army in this stronghold in a wave, and complete the first strategic goal first.
"Kill!"
"Destroy these abominable invaders!"
"Kill them all, and we will live in peace and tranquility."
"We have 100,000 people, and they only have 2,000 people, we have a great advantage, and we will definitely win!"
"Kill, rush!"
In the midst of the earth-shattering shouts of the charge, the brave young and strong people of Moscow, some of them held firearms in their hands, some held cold weapons, and some only took a wooden stick or stone, and did not even have a decent weapon.
But it doesn't matter, 100,000 people against 2,000 people, 50 times the advantage of troops, even if each person spits on them, they can drown these invaders, there is no need to be afraid at all, it is enough to charge brainlessly.
But it is this kind of thinking of underestimating the enemy that has brought them very heavy losses.
You must know that the Eight Banners warriors in this state are thinking of desperately trying to survive by all means and surviving by any means, so the will to survive and combat ability that erupted far exceed the imagination of normal people.
They made reasonable use of the remaining weapons and made several powerful bombs.
There are also various traps set up, and as long as you fall into the trap, you will basically have more luck than luck.
Even according to the principle of dripping water into ice, an ice wall more than three meters high was built, which was very slippery and difficult for normal people to stand on, standing on top of the ice wall, as long as it was gently pushed, it would be difficult for the besiegers to rush up, or they would face the attack of the spear and knife that had been waiting for a long time, and once they were hit, they would either be injured or lose their lives.
And as the Eight Banners warriors who have survived in the white mountains and black waters for a long time, they have experienced the harsh training of the natural environment, everyone is powerful, and has a strong individual combat effectiveness.
What's more, in terms of protective equipment, they all put on half-body plate armor, and the frontal defense is invincible and difficult to break, so if they are attacked, there will be no casualties, and the battle can continue.
As a result, the day's fierce fighting ended, and in the end the situation surprised everyone.
The 100,000 young and strong people in Moscow launched a sea of people charge, but it failed.
Tens of thousands of people were killed in the fierce battle, and tens of thousands were wounded, and the morale of the rest collapsed and they chose to flee in all directions, while the more than 2,000 Eight Banner warriors in the fortress, about half of them were killed in the battle, and about half of them were left, and they had to shrink into a smaller defensive circle, ready to meet the next wave of challenges.
And the result of such a battle was unacceptable to Emperor Fyodor II, who, in a roar of filial piety, expressed his anger, ordered the capture of dozens of escapees, divided them by capital punishment in public, and then demanded that the young men of the city, except for those who were wounded and could not fight, all the rest should continue to fight until all the invaders were destroyed!
The fierce fighting of the second day continued.
Fortunately, the young and strong people on this day were more powerful, and under the crazy attack, it only took half a day to break through the small fortress, and used the tactics of ten people to besiege one person, killing all the Eight Banner warriors, and paying about 5,000 casualties themselves, which is barely acceptable.
But there are still two defensive fortresses of the invaders, and in the past two days, these two fortresses have been frantically strengthened, higher walls have been built, and the defensive measures are more perfect, and they are not so easy to take.
At this time, the number of young and strong people in the city is only more than 60,000 points, and the numerical advantage is only about ten times.
And an empire without people, is it still an empire? Is there still the glory that exists?
"Your Majesty, we can't fight anymore, it's better to truce for a while, wait for the summer to come, after the snow melts, those invaders will all leave, we really don't have many people left, and we can't consume it endlessly."
"Yes, Your Majesty, we have actually won this war, the city of Moscow has not fallen, it is still in our own hands, it is our enemies who have failed, they do not dare to fight anymore, the purpose of choosing to shrink is also because they dare not fight, they have lost the courage to attack, and after the summer comes, our people can go to grow food, they can go to collect food, these invaders have nothing, food will only be consumed, if they do not choose to leave, they will be starved to death and trapped to death, they will not be able to hold on at all, The final victor must be us! ”
"That's right, we really can't fight it, let's leave some people and use it to rebuild our empire, we can't play all the hole cards!"
In the face of the bitter persuasion of these important ministers.
Emperor Fyodor II did not feel considerate, but felt that they were looking for an excuse to escape the brutal battle, and these people were vile cowards!
"We're on the verge of winning! Only one last punch is missing! But one by one, you want to be cowards, want to evade your responsibilities, and even go so weak that you allow thousands of invaders to remain in our holy city and continue to bring us humiliation! ”
Emperor Fyodor II roared: "I have had enough of the excuses of the weak, tomorrow morning, everyone will go into battle, launch a final attack, destroy all the invaders, I will take the warlord to supervise behind, and those who dare to escape the battle will be executed on the spot!" Tomorrow, tomorrow, must put an end to this terrible state of affairs! ”
Woo woo woo~
The horn of the charge sounded.
Under the iron-blooded order of Emperor Fyodor II.
Even the most cowardly civilians had to pick up the weapons assigned to him, and then, under the urging of the warlords, they had to launch the most crazy attack on the enemy fortress in front, and they took the way of exchanging lives for lives, and burst out the most powerful energy, and in just one morning, they broke through the medium fortress of the Eight Banners Army, killing more than 3,000 Eight Banner warriors in the fortress, and the casualties they paid were only fifteen thousand, which was quite good.
In the afternoon, more than 40,000 young and strong people in Moscow charged towards the last fortress of the Eight Banners Army, to end the grievances between the two sides and regain the glory of the Rakshasa Empire.
But the charge in the afternoon suffered a major setback from the beginning, and in the loud bang, the Eight Banners warriors in the fortress actually set up a mine array, and then detonated it at the same time, and in the shocking explosion, at least 5,000 young men were killed.
Then he shot again, and shot all the remaining 30,000 bullets in his hand, and achieved the result of killing 10,000.
In the end, he took advantage of the height to charge down the slope and kill the panicked crowd, one by one, one by one, and soon the young and strong people of Moscow who were killed collapsed and scattered, turned around and fled, and collided with the warlords behind them.
And the Warlords are talking, and when they see deserters, they cut them down, and they show no mercy, asking them to turn around and fight.
At this time, the Eight Banners warriors also killed the past and launched an attack on the warlord's team, and the two sides were inseparable, not knowing that there was the upper hand.
And Emperor Fyodor II, who was at the rear of the battlefield, was reprimanding some young men who had fled back, and was cut off by a young man who couldn't stand it, and suddenly the dragons were leaderless and fell into even greater chaos.
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Five days later.
The Battle of Moscow is over.
The young and strong people in the west of the city, the elderly, women and children, there are less than 20,000 people left, the rest are all killed in battle, the emperor and nobles are all dogs, and there are few people with status.
The elite of the Eight Banners in the east of the city, there are only more than 800 people left, although there is still a certain amount of combat effectiveness, but it is really impossible to kill, there is no way to fight it, the big people with higher status in it are all killed, only these 800 middle and lower level soldiers, they are all wounded, exhausted, and they no longer want to provoke the people in the city, and the people in the city do not dare to provoke them, the two sides actually maintain a tacit peace, even if they want the other party to disappear completely.
Therefore, the result of this war can only be described as the same end, the Rakshasa Empire has since fallen into history, and the Eight Banners Army, which has an advanced system, has also collapsed since then, losing the possibility of rising again.