Chapter 127: Saving People and Losing Land, Saving People and Land!
"Shoot, shoot!"
Seeing that hand-to-hand combat could not break through the gun array, Jiannu continued to fire arrows at the phalanx.
The bow and arrow are the most restrained pike.
They thought to themselves, those super long spears without shields, standing in such a dense formation, unable to dodge left and right, aren't they living targets in front of their own archery?
But they were wrong.
Greatly underestimated the effect of the spear phalanx.
The infantry in the phalanx were close to each other, completely blocking the flank weaknesses that lacked armor protection and weapon parry.
The phalanx infantry all wore armor and helmets, thanks to Yuan Yingtai, who was not greedy for ink at all and paid the most attention to logistics, these equipment were not enjoyed by the Salhu Ming army.
Everyone had long been prepared to defend against arrows head-on.
Fifty paces away, Jiannu struck with arrows.
It is still that every arrow is shot in the front, and it cannot be shot at the position without armor on the side, and the Southern Army has been trained to use the key position of protection in advance, so the killing effect is relatively limited for a while.
"Boom, boom!"
The tiger squatted and fired a curved cannon, directly from the top of his head to Jiannu.
This kind of artillery was invented and promoted by Qi Jiguang, and its prototype was first used by the border army, and there were various names before the improvement, including the three generals' tassel cannon, tiger poison cannon and other names. Qi Jiguang led the troops to resist the Japanese, and continued to improve in actual combat, and finally had the tiger squat cannon used in the Ming Dynasty.
Its brilliance lies not in its power, but in its ease of carrying and curving.
Weighing only 36 catties, it is not only easy to transport, but also suitable for fighting areas such as mountains, forests and paddy fields that hinder the mobility of artillery. There are two iron claws that raise the cannon head, and when it fires, it can shoot into the sky, and it can cross your own army to bombard the enemy.
Now it's the archers who crossed over the top of the phalanx and directly blew up Jiannu.
"Bang bang bang!"
The sound of the three-eyed gun sounded, and the effect was outstanding within fifty steps.
Although this weapon is relatively simple and primitive, it can be placed in the pikemen phalanx, which can play a role in protecting the pikemen. As long as the enemy is not far away, they will be hit by continuous fire from the Three-Eyed Gun.
Bursts of gunpowder smoke floated up, and under the north wind, the red flag behind the circle could not see the target clearly for the time being.
"Damn! Eyes wide for me! "Yue Tuo's blood is strong, and the situation is unfavorable, and he will fight to the death.
Disturbed by the smoke of gunpowder, coupled with some heads, he didn't notice that Dai Shan waved the flag to make him retreat.
"Toot toot!"
A horn sounded behind him.
The Ming army, which was guarding the north side of the Hunhe pontoon bridge just now, killed from behind.
"Ambition is hungry for Hulu meat!"
The sword and shield men roared and charged, and the crossbowmen rushed to 50 paces in a volley like the wind.
Zhou Dunji commanded them to attack the flank of the red flag, and Ran Yuelong, Lei Anmin and others led the Youyang soldiers, and their hand-to-hand combat ability was already above that of Jiannu.
Yue Tuo hurriedly led the army to retreat, but it turned into a rout under the flanking attack.
After escaping, he saw Dai Shanzao leading the Zhenghong Flag to retreat to a safe position.
And the herald sent by Daishan to inform had just rushed over, and he was so angry that he scolded: "Why is the reminder so slow!"
He was already resentful because Dai Shan liked his stepmother, didn't like himself and his younger brother, and was abused. If Nurhachi hadn't personally let him, his younger brother Shuotuo and Daishan split up, otherwise he would have torn his face.
Now the hatred has added to it, and Dai Shan retreated by himself, but he did not inform him in time!
The inspection of the soldiers and horses with red flags showed that more than 500 people were attributed and more than 500 were wounded.
For a time, the morale of the red flag was greatly weakened, and they retreated 10 miles to rest temporarily, no matter how Dai Shan shouted that they were flanking the Ming army, they all decisively refused on the grounds that Dai Shan was pitting.
The Ming army retreated with red flags, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to fight alone.
Subsequently, Chen Ce, Tong Zhonghua and others also marched to the south bank of the Hunhe River.
According to the arranged battle plan, the Zhejiang soldiers still strictly guarded the south bank of the Hunhe River, and the Sichuan and Guang soldiers crossed the river and replaced Zhou Dunji's troops to guard the north bank of the Hunhe River.
Wang Hongyu and others led the spear phalanx in front, Zhou Dunji and others led the Tusi soldiers to follow, Chen Ce and others led thousands of soldiers and horses to guard the north bank, and Qi Jin and other columns of guns and cannons in Henan.
The layout is orderly, echoing before and after, although there is a danger of being divided and attacked by the enemy, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the four banners of Jiannu are attacking the city with all their might, and it is impossible to divide troops to deal with the southern army.
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You Shigong knew that the eastern city wall of Shenyang had fallen, and a large number of Yellow Banner Jiannu had already killed along the city wall.
There was great chaos in the city.
Tens of thousands of people who also supported the Ming Dynasty gathered in the west of the city, praying that the Ming army could defeat Jiannu and protect them, or simply open the west gate and escape with everyone.
However, the Zhenglan Banner offensive in the west of the city was fierce.
"Siege! Attack with all your might! ”
Mang Gurtai shouted loudly, his 4,000 soldiers and horses were thrown into the siege, and the city gate was also blocked by two Niulu 600 men, and there were 1,000 of the most elite Bayala guards, guarding his side.
The western part of the city was conquered in just a moment.
Just when Zhenglanqi Jiannu climbed the city wall and was about to defeat You Shigong's Ding, the horn of the southern army sounded, and Wang Hongyu's troops were killed outside Shenyang.
"Reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming! ”
The Ming army on the west wall was greatly invigorated and used all their strength to resist Jiannu. What was supposed to be a situation of defeat has turned into a stalemate.
Mang Gurtai looked back and saw that the huge number of troops was a red flag, and he did not dare to attack the spear phalanx of 3,000 people in close quarters. He didn't dare to shoot arrows closely, he threw them far away from a hundred paces, and there was no lethality at all.
"Dai Shan, this bastard thing! This is deliberately hurting me! ”
Mang Gurtai basically broke up with him because of his biological mother and Dai Shan's personal affairs, and the two sides were already full of contradictions, and now they are even more resentful!
In desperation, he had to invest in the elite of the blue flag to continue to attack the city, and he must not let this reinforcement enter the city.
But Wang Hongyu didn't want to enter the city at all~
The spear phalanx rushed a way between the red flag and the blue flag and approached the southwest corner of the Shenyang city wall.
You Shigong hurried to the southwest corner, wanting to communicate with the reinforcements, giving priority to attacking the Zhenglan Banner and removing the threat from the west of the city.
But when he arrived, he was dumbfounded.
"Only...... That's all there is to ...... reinforcements."
Seeing that there were only 3,000 reinforcements, and there were more than 10,000 people in Jiannu outside the city, the initial excitement subsided suddenly.
"You Zongbing, I am Wang Hongyu!"
After listening to the call, he was still stunned and did not answer.
Although he knew that Wang Hongyu was very powerful, he had just been promoted to a guerrilla and had few soldiers and horses...... Those generals and generals don't come to seven or eight, and they can't defeat Nurhachi's Eight Banners.
"If you lose your land, you will lose your land! Save people and lose land, people and land survive! ”
Wang Hongyu shouted this sentence in the biggest voice.
You Shigong was still stunned when he heard it, but his heart was like a stormy wave, and he was suddenly like an initiation.
If you lose your land, you will lose your land! Save people and lose land, people and land survive!
These sixteen words woke him up at once, and at this time, the city was in turmoil, the east of the city was lost, and the west of the city was about to fall.
If you continue to fight to the death, you will definitely die.
Although as the defender of Shenyang, he should live and die with the city......
However, the battle will continue!
"Breakout !!"