Kaolin Post Line.

After several days of attacking in turns, Liu Yan had a feeling of doubt after receiving the battle reports from various departments.

In the past two days, the counterattack of the Qing army has weakened a lot, but the battle flag of the Qing army on the Gaolingyi defense line has not decreased, which makes Liu Yan have two conclusions: one is that Dai Shan in person is deliberately preserving his strength, and the other is that Dai Shan is withdrawing troops from all over the defense line.

At this time, according to this change in the Qing army, Liu Yan thought that it could not be delayed any longer, and the Gaolingyi defense line must be taken as soon as possible, otherwise there would be a long night.

So Liu Yan summoned the commanders of all armies on the same day to prepare for the deployment of a general attack on the Gaolingyi defense line.

Just when the military discussion had just begun, Liu Yan received the news that Shi Daxuan led the Beiyang Fleet to the nearby sea area, and he was immediately overjoyed.

"Order Shi Daxuan to organize troops, land on the beach northeast of Gaolingyi, attack the Gaolingyi defense line from the flank, and cooperate with the main army to take Gaolingyi Fort City!"

"Yes."

Then Liu Yan said to everyone: "The rest of the armies will launch a general attack from the front and west in accordance with the strategy, and within one day, they will take the Gaolingyi defense line at any cost!" ”

"Order!"

Early the next morning, Liu Yan stood on a temporary high platform in the military formation in armor, and the crown prince Zhu Cihong also stood aside, also wearing armor, but he was a little more immature compared with Liu Yan.

"Elder Liu Ge, can the soldiers take the Qing army's defense line today?"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Your Highness, rest assured, the Gaoling Post defense line has become a virtual reality, and our army can take it at any time." The key to today's battle is not to be able to win, but to prevent the Qing army from escaping and consume as many Qing troops as possible. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, then pointed ahead and said, "Elder Liu Ge, please look, the flags of the various armies have begun to respond to the flags." ”

Liu Yan also saw that at this time, the armies had made pre-war preparations, and Liu Yan immediately ordered the army to start attacking, and the Second Army of the National Defense Army to the Sixth Army, a total of 24 to 50,000 soldiers launched an attack from the south and west.

Coupled with the officers and men of Shi Daxuan's Beiyang Fleet, who launched an attack from the flank and rear, the officers and men of the Ming army have completed the encirclement of the troops and horses of the Qing army in the Gaolingyi defense line, and a siege and annihilation battle is about to start.

"Put!"

Rumble!

At present, in accordance with the drill code issued by the Ministry of National Defense, all departments of the Ming army have formed a complete set of operational procedures to deal with various war situations and have corresponding countermeasures.

At this time, in the face of this kind of tough battle, the field armies of the Wehrmacht began to concentrate artillery fire to attack and bombard, and all kinds of artillery took turns to cover the already dilapidated Gaolingyi defense line again.

In the military formation of the Second Army of the National Defense Army, President Qianzong Lao Bai and Hundred President Shen Wen looked at the spectacular scene, and their hearts were excited.

Once upon a time, the Ming army was about to collapse in the face of the Qing army, and often hundreds of Qing troops dared to attack the Shangwan Ming army, and they were often able to win.

Today, such a humiliating scene is gone, and in the face of the fierce artillery fire of all units of the Ming army, the Qing army in the defense line of Gaolingyi is like ants, and there is no power to fight back at all.

Shen Wen secretly said in his heart: "Obediently, five field armies, each field army has more than 700 artillery pieces of various types, which together is nearly 4,000 artillery pieces of various types!" Such a bombardment, let alone a Tartar, even if the Jade Emperor comes, he can't parry! ”

On the side, Lao Bai also sighed in his heart: "Cannonballs are flying on the top of the brain melon, and thunder is drilled in the crotch of the pants, even if the gods come, they have to pee!" ”

In this way, the various units of the Ming army have been bombarding for a full hour, and Lao Bai and Shen Wen even saw that the soil in all parts of the Gaolingyi defense line was potholes, and the original trenches, low walls, sandbags and other fortifications were no longer visible.

Joke, being bombarded by thousands of artillery pieces for several days in a row, what kind of fortifications can't be carried either!

Suddenly, a war drum sounded, Lao Bai and Shen Wen were both shocked, and then both of them shouted excitedly: "Forward!" ”

Soon, the officers and men of the Second Army of the Wehrmacht, like the officers and men of the rest of the armies, began to advance in orderly steps, and more than 200,000 officers and men of the Ming Army continued to shrink the encirclement, and at the same time, a large number of throwers had already left the battle formation and ran quickly towards the Qing army's defense line.

Immediately afterwards, in various parts of the Gaoling Post defense line, earth-shattering thunder exploded one after another, blowing up the soil that had been sparsely bombarded by artillery.

Soon, one after another Ming soldiers rushed into the Gaoling Post defense line, and the Qing soldiers in the defense line also began to resist sporadically, but then they were overturned by a volley of birds, and the whole attack was as smooth as an exercise, and the banner of the Ming Dynasty was inserted on the wall of Gaoling Post Fort City after the soldiers launched an attack for an hour.

At this time, Liu Yan held the clairvoyant mirror and saw all the process of seizing the defense line of the Kaolin Station, but there was no smile on his face.

Seeing this, the crown prince Zhu Cihong next to him asked in surprise: "The soldiers have already taken the Gaoling Station, why is Liu Ge still depressed, is there anything wrong?" ”

"It's because it's so smooth!"

Liu Yan said: "The commander of the Qing army of the Gaolingyi defense line is Dai Shan, this person is the general of the wild boar Pinurhachi era, and his subordinates have Manchurian Zheng Red Banner soldiers and horses, Mongolian Zheng Red Banner, Han Army Zheng Red Flag and Han Army Two White Flag Soldiers and Horses, North Korea Zheng Red Flag, and Han Army Two Blue Flag soldiers and horses are stationed, the army is very strong, even if it is besieged by our army for several days, the resistance of the Qing army will never be so weak!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a team rode their horses and said loudly: "Elder Qiyuge, no large number of troops of the Qing army have been found in the Gaolingyi defense line, and no trace of the main generals of the banners of the Qing army has been found!" ”

"What!"

Zhu Cihong was dumbfounded, the Qing army of more than 100,000 was actually playing a golden cicada under the noses of his own army of more than 200,000 people, how did that Dai Shan do it!

Liu Yan frowned at first, then laughed and said, "That's more interesting!" Dai Shan, sure enough, is not an ordinary person. ”

"Elder Liu Ge, what should we do next?"

Liu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, the army must immediately march towards the Qiantun Acropolis of Guangning. ”

"Dai Shan suddenly led the army to give up resistance and retreat, leaving only a few remnants to confuse our army, definitely received an order from the slave chief Dorgon, it seems that the Qing army is about to retreat."

At this time, Liu Yan didn't pay attention to Zhu Cihong, who had a solemn face, but said to the night waiting for the order: "Order Shi Daxuan, the chief officer of the Beiyang Fleet, to immediately reorganize his troops and horses to go to sea, go north with the army along the coastline, and be responsible for transferring money, food, armaments, and materials from Shanhaiguan, and replenish all departments of the army at any time." ”

"Yes."

"Order all departments of the Wehrmacht to immediately clean up the battlefield and march to the Qiantun Acropolis of Quang Ninh in one hour."

"Yes."

"Order the Seventh and Eighth Armies of the Wehrmacht to take the defensive line of Vinh An Fort in the north within two days at all costs, and then rush to the direction of Quang Ninh's Qiantun Guard to join the main force."

"Yes."

"Immediately send a document to the Ministry of National Defense to transfer a garrison battalion from Beizhili to Shanhaiguan to replace the Ninth Army of the National Defense Force."

"Order the Ninth Army of the National Defense Army to immediately go north to catch up with the main force and participate in the battle after the handover of the garrison."

"Yes!!"

After the orders were issued, it also indicated that the battle to recover Liaodong had entered a new relief, and the fierce confrontation with the Qing army had ended.

At this time, Zhu Cihong looked at Liu Yan with admiration, and said secretly in his heart: "God bless Daming, fortunately with a genius like Liu Gelao, Daming can have today's grand occasion!" ”

An hour later, the Ming army finished cleaning the battlefield.

After a few days of fierce fighting, the Ming army and the national defense forces had some casualties, but they were not very serious, the casualties of each army were about two or three hundred, but regardless of the consumption of fixed ammunition, fixed artillery shells, and gunpowder was very large, Liu Yan had to add an official letter to the equipment department, asking the equipment department to increase the amount of ammunition supply to the Liaodong battlefield.

In addition, the fierce battles in the past few days, as well as the battle reports sent by the Beiyang Fleet to Liu Yan, show that although the Ming army has beheaded a lot, it has not achieved the expected strategic goal of inflicting heavy losses on the Qing army.

At present, only the two blue flags of the Han army and the two yellow flags of the North Korea have been severely damaged, and the rest of the flags have also been damaged, although the number of beheadings of each department is more than 40,000 levels, but most of them are the doglegs of the Han army flag and the North Korean flag, and the real head of the Manchurian and Mongolian real Tartars is only more than 2,000 levels.

In the past few days, the biggest result of the various divisions of the Ming army was to successively take the defense line of Guangning Zhongqiansuo City and Gaolingyi, and beheaded Li Guohan, the Han army who was trampled to death by the chaotic soldiers, and killed the Korean Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Aobai.

Liu Yan was not very satisfied with such a result, originally he planned to completely destroy a few main banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the Qiantun guard of Guangning, but now the disabled are all doglegs.

On the same day, Liu Yan and Zhu Cihong led the main force of the East Route Army of more than 200,000 soldiers to the north, and Shi Daxuan, the chief officer of the Beiyang Fleet, led his troops to set sail and go to Shanhaiguan to transfer supplies for the army.

At the same time, Dolgon had already led the remnants of the Manchurian Two Yellow Banners, the Han Army's Two Yellow Banners, the Mongolian Two Yellow Banners, and the Korean Two Yellow Banners, as well as the Manchurian Two Blue Banners and the Mongolian Two Blue Banners, to withdraw from the Qiantun Acropolis of Guangning, and the army retreated quickly to the north and rushed straight to the Ningyuan Acropolis.

Later, after receiving Dolgon's withdrawal order, Prince Daishan also took advantage of the night to continuously send troops and horses back north.

At this time, Prince Li, who successfully retreated, was leading the Manchurian Red Banner soldiers, the Mongolian Red Banner, the Han Army's Red Banner, the Han Army's two white flags, and the remnants of the Han Army's two blue flags to the north, and even discarded a lot of wounded soldiers and baggage, for fear that Liu Yan would react and lead the elite of the Ming army to catch up.

"Lord Wang!"

During the march, Zhenghongqi Gushan Ezhen Engetu rode his horse and hurried over, and while continuing to ride his horse and run, he said to Dai Shan: "Lord, if you continue to run like this, the warriors will not be able to bear it, after all, the warriors of all banners have been fighting hard for several days, take a breath!" ”

Dai Shan said angrily: "In such a national war, if anyone does not listen to the order, this king will not be merciful!" Stop now, you're waiting to die! ”

"But the wounded warriors of the banners have already left a lot, and if it continues like this, the morale of the army will be over!!"

Dai Shan was about to continue to reprimand angrily, but he opened his mouth and didn't say it, but sighed in his heart: "Now that this retreat, the army's heart is over." ”

At this moment, Dai Shan received Dolgon's order again: rush to the Ningyuan Acropolis to meet within one day!

"Your Majesty has arrived in Ningyuan??"

Dai Shan gritted his teeth and said, "Order all flags to speed up and arrive at the Ningyuan Acropolis within a day!" ”

"But those soldiers and horses of the Han Army Flag and the Korean Flag can't catch up anyway! Unless they let them run around the clock. ”

Dai Shan's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he said in a cold voice: "Then run without sleep, and if you can't run, you will defend on the spot to block the Ming army, and buy time for the main army to retreat." ”

Engetu on the side suddenly looked very ugly, with such an order, I don't know how many soldiers and horses will be discarded.

Engetu knew that now in the eyes of Dolgon and Daishan, only the Manchurian and Mongolian iron cavalry was the most important, and they would not care about the life or death of the soldiers and horses of the Han army and the Korean banners.

But they didn't want to think about it, if the soldiers and horses of the Han army and the Korean flags were all lost, wouldn't it be the turn of the Manchurian and Mongolian warriors to step forward and fight hard?

But looking at Dai Shan's cannibalistic expression, Engetu didn't dare to say anything, and could only pray that the battle would turn around.