Chapter 365: The Battle of Liaoyang (Part II)

Seeing that the Xia army took the initiative to go out of the camp to fight, Wang Yuele of Anjun issued several military orders in succession, ordering Suo Etu and Zhuo Butai to come and join the main formation after collecting the defeated troops.

His face was very ugly, Xia Jun was really too deceitful, and it was okay to win for a while by waiting for work, and he dared to take the initiative to attack, it was really impossible to bully the Qing Dynasty.

Not only Yue Le, but also the generals of the Qing army were deeply humiliated, although they were afraid of the firepower of the Xia army, they would not show it on the surface, and would only blame this on the low-level soldiers on the front line, blaming them for being greedy for life and afraid of death, so they were defeated and retreated.

Therefore, many generals came to the emperor's drive and advised the emperor to arrest the retreating soldiers and the generals who were ineffective in supervising the war and behead them to deter the whole army, but Emperor Shunzhi was lenient by nature, he rejected the advice of those generals and decided to give the defeated army another chance.

When the Xia army had finished forming a formation outside the camp, the Qing army that had launched an attack from the north had retreated to its own camp under the retraction of Suo Etu, and the emperor personally came to inspect the panicked army, encouraged the whole army, and raised the reward from ten taels of silver to thirty taels of silver, but he also ordered some of the soldiers and generals who took the lead in retreating to be beheaded for public display.

Under this killing and reward, it showed the skill and courage of this young emperor, and it also completely convinced the soldiers of the whole army, so that they once again mustered up the courage and decided to fight to the death with the Xia army.

The Qing army, which failed to attack from the east, did not join the main force in time, so Yue Le ordered the main general Zhuo Butai to lead the army to join the battlefield from the flank, and he himself reorganized the army and led the army to press on the Xia army.

When the army attacked, he once again advised Emperor Shunzhi, asking the emperor to stay in the rear and not to risk his life, but the emperor rejected his advice in a categorical tone, saying that as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the blood of Emperor Taizu, how could he stay in the rear army because of the fear of military disasters.

The emperor's words persuaded Yue Le, and also made the Manchu and Han ministers who were guarding around him admire, and in the front line of the Qing army, the Qing army foot soldiers saw that Long Yuan was actually advancing with the army, and their morale was suddenly boosted, I don't know who shouted first, and then the entire Qing army army shouted long live, and their cheers spread throughout the battlefield, even Liaoyang City, which was besieged by the Xia army camp, could be heard.

Hearing the cheers outside the city, Ji Du looked at the Eight Banners Army assembled behind the city gate, he slowly exhaled the turbidity in his chest, pulled out his saber, and shouted loudly: "Open the city gate, and the whole army will break through to the north!"

"The general has an order, quickly open the city gate, and the whole army will break through to the north!"

Jidu's order was quickly spread by the heralds, and in the shouts of the various heralds, the iron-clad gate of Liaoyang Mansion was slowly opened, and the Eight Banners Army in full gear rushed out of the city gate in the neighing of war horses and killed the Xia army camp outside the city.

Almost at the same time that the city gate was opened, Xia Jun discovered the movements of the Qing army and reported it to Su Ci in the camp as soon as possible.

Su Ci hurriedly came to the forward position, he looked at the Qing army in blue cloth armor that came out of the city gate, and then looked at the third town behind him that was attacking the main force of the Qing army, and couldn't help but sigh: "*** really picked a good time to break through while the army was out of the camp to fight."

After the emotion, his expression changed, he became serious, and began to order the soldiers left behind in the camp to enter the combat post and prepare for the battle.

It didn't take long for the artillery in the Xia army camp to let out their deafening roar, and dozens of shells flew out of the camp and quickly smashed into the Qing army that broke through the various gates of Beiguan - the Qing army soldiers were divided into two routes, and the Zhenghong Banner stayed in the city to prevent the Xia army of other gates from taking the opportunity to attack the city, and the two baskets of flags broke through from the Wujing Gate and the Invincible Gate of Beiguan respectively.

Rumble –

The artillery shells of the Xia army fell into the Qing army formation that broke through the encirclement, and immediately blew up the eight banners of the Qing army, and the two baskets of banner cavalry quickly dispersed, and galloped towards the Xia army camp first, and the rest of the Manchurian infantry and Han people were also waving their flags and shouting, following step by step.

"Enter the combat position, quick! Run!"

"Reload your ammo and get ready to shoot!"

In the camp of the Xia Army, the riflemen of the Third Town who stayed behind quickly entered their respective combat posts, and methodically loaded the Type II rifles in their hands with the shouts of the officers.

They stuck their guns out of the firing holes of the wooden fence and looked at the Manchurian cavalry galloping towards them, their attention highly concentrated.

Rumble –

The posture of thousands of Manchurian cavalry running at the same time made the earth tremble, and the Xia infantry kept staring at the enemy cavalry holding high sabers and various weapons, and watched one shell after another fall into the cavalry group, exploding, and the Manchurian cavalry turned on their backs, but they quickly regrouped and got closer and closer to the Xia army's camp.

Soon, the Manchurian cavalry was within the effective range of the Type 2 rifle, and some of the Manchurian cavalry raised their war bows at this time, took bows on horseback and led arrows, and fired a rain of arrows at the Xia army camp, which crossed the wooden fence and shot into the camp, killing many Xia army foot soldiers.

The Manchurian cavalry was very clever, and although they did not know that the Xia artillery could shoot extremely terrifying shotguns, they still avoided the range of the Xia artillery in a straight line, and quickly rushed into the optimal range of the Type 2 rifle.

As the Manchurian cavalry rushed in, only to hear a few shouts from behind the wooden fence, and then a dense burst of gunfire rang out, and the running Manchurian cavalry seemed to be hit by an invisible fist in the air, and the front cavalry was suddenly overwhelmed.

The Manchurian cavalry in the back row also changed to heavy iron arrows at this time, they ignored the casualties in front of them, and shot a piece of iron arrows at the Xia army, which flew over a distance of nearly 100 meters, and only a few hit the wooden fence.

As soon as Xia Jun, who hadn't turned around after shooting, wanted to retreat and leave the shooting position to the robe behind him, he saw that an arrow actually penetrated the wooden fence directly, and the arrow body was stuck on the wooden fence, and the arrow was piercing throughout, still trembling.

Many of the Xia infantry in the back were also shot by iron arrows, although the iron arrows were not as powerful as javelins, but they could easily penetrate the human body, and several Xia infantry were shot in the lower limbs, and the iron arrows passed through the legs, shattering the leg bones and nailing their thighs to the ground.

The shooting of the Manchurian archers did not disturb the shooting of the Xia infantry, and after they fired the first volley, the soldiers of the second platoon quickly made up for it and fired at the Manchurian cavalry outside the shooting hole.

The Manchurian cavalry suffered heavy losses in the rounds of firing, but they still forced their way out of the wooden fence in the rain of bullets, they did not rush into the trench, threw out the rope with an iron hook at the top of the trench, and then turned the horse's head and pulled the rope of the wooden fence outward.

The pull of several war horses when they ran quickly pulled the wooden fence to shake, and the Xia infantry behind the wooden fence quickly reacted, and tried to cut the rope with bayonets, but the rope had been soaked in sesame oil for many years, where could it be easily cut, and with the addition of more Manchurian cavalry, suddenly there was a loud bang, and the wooden fence was finally torn off and fell to the ground.