Yong'an Fort.

At dusk, the inside and outside of Yong'an Fort were filled with gunsmoke, and the Qing army's defense line had become full of holes at this time, and there were corpses of soldiers and horses of various banners everywhere, and the wounded soldiers everywhere were wailing constantly, and the Qing soldiers of all departments were numb in their faces to repair the defense line, carry the corpses, or transport the wounded soldiers to Yong'an Fort for treatment.

After a fierce battle, the morale of the Qing army's Manchurian Red Banner, Mongolian Red Banner, Han Army, Korean Red Banner and Korean White Flag soldiers and horses stationed on the Yong'an Fort defense line suffered a considerable blow.

The Ming army, with the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army of the National Defense Army as partial divisions, launched an attack on the more than 100,000 troops of the Six Banners stationed here, but the Qing army, which had the advantage in strength, was beaten to the ground and suffered heavy casualties.

In particular, the Han army stationed in the defense line outside the fort with red flags, North Korea with red flags, in this battle is at least forty percent of the casualties, the Han army with red flags Gushan Ezhen Zu Kefa several times to the commander of the Prince Yi Babutai pleaded, let the Mongolian red flag against the Ming army to charge, in order to reduce the pressure on the Han army flag and the Korean flag, but were all rejected by Babutai.

In the eyes of Prince Yi Babutai, whether it is the Han army flag or the Korean flag, they are all cannon fodder used to consume the strength of the Ming army, and even consume the firepower of the Ming army.

At the insistence of Prince Yi Babutai, the result was that the Han army inlaid with red flags and horses with dozens of artillery and the Ming army of the whole two armies, 1,400, 500 artillery pieces of all kinds to bombard, and then was almost wiped out, the Han army inlaid with the red flag of 28,000 troops, in just half a day, more than 7,000 people, dozens of artillery pieces were completely muted, under the Ming army's almost carpet artillery cover, dozens of artillery in the Qing military area were destroyed by fierce artillery fire before noon!

In the fierce battle on this day, the Han army lost tens of thousands of people under the red flag, the North Korean lost more than 6,000 people with the red flag, and the North Korean lost between 3 and 5,000 people under the 200 flags.

However, the troops of Manchurian and Mongolian red flags were stationed in the city of Yong'an Fort, so the losses were almost minimal, which made Prince Yi Babutai feel a lot more comfortable, as long as the Manchurian and Mongolian iron horses were in hand, there was room for maneuver in this battle, and those Han and North Koreans were not distressed when they died!

At the same time, Xu Ming, chief officer of the Seventh Army of the National Defense Army, and Qian Liang, chief officer of the Eighth Army, were discussing countermeasures in the big tent of the Chinese army.

At this time, the two national defense armies of the Ming army were stationed more than ten miles west of Yong'an Fort, and at the same time, they also left a small group of soldiers and horses in the rear Tiechang Fort, and the two of them regarded Tiechang Fort as a transit point for the logistics supply of the army.

"Report!"

Xu Ming and Qian Jian were discussing how to attack tomorrow, when they received an official letter sent by Liu Yan.

"Hehe, the elder is asking about our progress."

After reading it, Qian Yan handed the official document to Xu Ming and asked, "General Xu, are we going to take the Yong'an Fort defense line in one go?" ”

After reading it, Xu Ming said with a smile: "This is natural, General Chen only brought the strength of one army, and he defeated the 200,000 army of the Qing army and occupied the city of Zhongqian in Guangning, we can't fall behind!" ”

"Haha, our two armies, nearly 100,000 elites, we must take the Yong'an Fort defense line tomorrow and fight a big victory."

So Xu Ming and Qian Jian discussed, and finally decided to start dividing the troops tomorrow, Xu Ming led the officers and men of the Seventh Army of the National Defense Army to bypass the frontal defense line of the Qing army, and launched an attack on the Yong'an Fort defense line from the east, cutting off the retreat of the Qing army first.

Qian Liang led the officers and men of the Eighth Army of the National Defense Army to continue the frontal attack, attracting the strength of the Qing army, and the two attacked at the same time, striving to take Yong'an Fort in one to two days and annihilate the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops stationed here!

Just after Xu Ming and Qian Jian set up a strategy, they drafted a battle report together, and reported the battle situation here in Yong'an Fort to Liu Yan in detail, and then the two of them also attached the proposed encirclement and annihilation strategy to the back, and reported to Liu Yan together.

Yong'an Fort is not too far from Guangning Zhongqian, and the elite of the Ming army is not familiar with one person and three horses, and it only took less than two hours.

Liu Yan saw Xu Ming and Qian Yan's strategy, and said to Chen Xun, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, Wang Bo, Wang Yue and others with a smile: "Hehe, it seems that General Xu and General Qian are going to be ruthless, presumably in a few days, the Qing army's Yong'an Fort defense line can be taken by our army!" ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and they took the Yong'an Fort defense line in the north, and then took the Gaolingyi defense line here, and then the soldiers on the north and south sides of the Eastern Route Army could meet in the front guard of Guangning and launch the final blow to the main army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!!

It's just that after thinking about it like this, everyone has a feeling of anticlimacticism in their hearts. The battle to recover Liaodong, which everyone has been looking forward to for a long time, can it be won so smoothly?

Liu Yan also felt this way in his heart, but Liu Yan always firmly believed that Dolgon was by no means a good type, and the battle of Liaodong would definitely have twists and turns, and he would never win so smoothly.

Just when the Eastern Route Army won the first battle, the Western Route Army led by Li Dingguo also swept across the grassland, slaughtering some small Mongol tribes along the way that had not had time to withdraw to Shenyang.

Subsequently, Li Dingguo led his army to capture the town of Hara in one fell swoop, that is, the Daning Acropolis set up by the Ming Dynasty in the grassland.

Daning Wei was placed in the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, and was the capital of Daning, and the following year it was renamed the North Parallel Capital Division. However, in the first year of Yongle, Daningwei was abolished by the imperial court, and the Daning Acropolis was also occupied by the Mongols, and became a transit point for the Mongol Tartars and later the Manchu Tartars to plunder south.

At this time, Li Dingguo was standing on the broken wall of the Daning Acropolis, and outside was the soldiers of the Western Route Army advancing to the east.

The Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Armies of the Wehrmacht formed four huge formations, each of which was composed of a large number of small phalanxes, like an endless sea of red, rolling towards the east.

At this time, Han Qin, the chief officer of the 11th Army of the National Defense Army, Wei Han, the chief officer of the 12th Army, Shang Zili, the chief officer of the 13th Army, and Tian Zhenbei, the chief officer of the 14th Army, were all standing by Li Dingguo's side.

"Inspector, although our army won the battle, but the capture was some small Mongolian tribes, and we did not encounter the Qing army at all, and then we advanced to the east, did we go to the direction of Guangning Qiantunwei to participate in the battle?"

After the dispatch of the Third Route Army, they all maintained contact with the Military Intelligence Department and the Ministry of National Defense in the rear, and obtained all kinds of intelligence and information from these two departments.

Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "With the strength of the Eastern Route Army led by Elder Ge, it is completely possible to defeat the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty alone. Let's follow the established strategy, directly cross the Liao River, and take Shenyang City! ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

Now Shenyang City was changed to Shengjing by the Manchu Qing Tartars, it is the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and taking Shenyang City is equivalent to announcing the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, and the rest of the matter is to encircle and suppress the remnants of the enemy, and this credit is much greater than winning some heads!

And before the attack of the three-way army, the Western Route Army was also a flank attack, as for where to flank, Liu Yan gave Li Dingguo a very large "operating space", "If the battle of Guangning is needed, then the flank attack on Guangning, if the battle of the East Route Army is smooth, it will decide on its own according to the situation"!!

Then Li Dingguo said to everyone: "Generals, rush back to the army, our army will attack Shenyang City, you are moving quickly, tell the whole army: Advance to Shenyang City!" ”

Han Qin, chief officer of the 11th Army of the National Defense Army, Wei Han, chief officer of the 12th Army, Shang Zili, chief officer of the 13th Army, and Tian Zhenbei, chief officer of the 14th Army, received orders one after another.

Unlike the generals of the Eastern Route Army and the Western Route Army of the Ming Dynasty, two days later in the Qiantun Acropolis of Guangning, Dolgon's face was very ugly, and the battle for the front of Guangning was defeated, and Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo had led the two blue flags of Manchuria and the two blue flags of Mongolia to withdraw here, and they knelt in front of Dolgon at this time, waiting for disposal.

In fact, at the place where the war began, Dolgon was mentally prepared for the defeat of the first battle, but he did not expect that Lai Mubu and Fei Yangguo would be defeated so quickly, and they lost 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in the first battle, and also lost the important place of Quang Ninh Zhongqian City.

Fortunately, these two minions brought out the two blue flags of Manchu and the two blue flags of Mongolia, which can be regarded as a small contribution.

Dolgon forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Prince Su and Prince Zheng lost the first battle, and also damaged the Han army's blue flag Gushan Ezhen Li Guohan, exempted the two of them from a year's salary, and ordered the two to serve in front of the army and make meritorious contributions!" ”

After a fluttering punishment, Lai Mubu and Fei Yangguo hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, and then got up tremblingly and stood aside to wait for the following.

At this time, Dolgon also received a report from the front, and learned that Liu Yan was leading the main force of the Ming army to the Gaolingyi defense line, and in the southwest, Liu Yan's partial division was storming the Yong'an Fort defense line, and the pressure on both sides was very great.

Dolgon immediately said: "Liu Yan is menacing in this battle, and the strength of his troops and combat power are unprecedented. Our army has a very small chance of defeating it head-on, and the only way to do this is to divide our troops in various places, block the enemy with defensive lines, and gradually deplete the enemy's troops. ”

Lai Mubu and Fei Yangguo on the side both understood in their hearts that this was Dolgon looking for his own steps and cheering himself up, so they opened their mouths to echo.

However, both of them thought desperately in their hearts: "Consume the strength of the Ming army? In the battle of Guangning, the Qing warriors suffered a lot of casualties, and the defense line was lost, but I didn't see how big the casualties of the Ming army were? ”

Dolgon looked at the two of them with rolling eyes, and his heart was even more annoyed, how could he not know that it was not a good way to divide troops to garrison various places, which would make it easier for the Ming army to concentrate their forces to attack the soldiers and horses everywhere.

Is there just another way to do it yourself? No!!

Gather all the troops to face off with the Ming army, that is, a big gamble, and all the belongings of the Qing Dynasty will be directly studded, and the winner will be determined in one game.

This kind of dismissal is in Liu Yan's arms, the Ming can afford to lose, but the Qing Dynasty can't afford to lose, once it loses, it will be the end of the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species!

Therefore, Dolgon could only divide his troops and set up a defensive line to resist layer by layer, hoping that the soldiers and horses of each banner could kill and injure a large number of Ming troops, and hoped that the war could be reversed and a miracle would happen.

"The two blue flags of Manchukuo and the two blue flags of Mongolia are temporarily stationed here, waiting for my orders."

"Whoa!!"

Hearing that there was no need to attack for the time being, Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"Order the Han army to temporarily lead the Han army to take the post of the blue flag Gushan Ezhen in the blue flag, rectify the two blue banners of the Han army in the Gaolingyi defense line, and cooperate with Prince Li to block the main force of the Ming army."

"Order the North Korean Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Mafuta and the North Korean Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Eshuo to immediately rectify the remnants and cooperate with Prince Li Daishan to block the main force of the Ming army."

"Huh!"

After the edicts were issued, Dolgon's heart was still not settled, and the next fierce battle would only become more and more brutal.

The traces of the other two lines of soldiers and horses of the Ming army have not yet been determined, and Dolgon began to worry about Shengjing in his heart, so he ordered someone to draw up an edict and ordered the Prince of Yu Duoduo to strengthen the guard, and build fortifications in the Shengjing area as soon as possible.

"Let Prince Yu Duoduo mobilize all my Manchurian and Mongolian Dingkou, and now it has come to the time of my life and death in the Qing Dynasty, whether it is men, women or children, as long as it is Manchurian and Mongolian, they must make a contribution. Even if the Ming army really raided Shengjing City, it would make the Ming army run into a bloody battle under Shengjing City! ”

"Huh!"