As the horns sounded, the officers and men of the Ming army began to retreat in an orderly manner, and a large number of birds began to establish positions in front of the Qing army's defense line, ready to block the possible pursuit of the Qing army's various departments at any time, and the Ming soldiers who fought with the Qing army in the trenches and various parts of the defense line began to cover each other and retreat.

It's just that the Ming soldiers fighting in the trench couldn't withdraw in a hurry, and those Mongolian tribesmen were already red-eyed and entangled with each other, and they didn't give the Ming soldiers in the trench a chance to retreat at all.

So the soldiers of the Ming army in the trench continued to fight, and many wounded soldiers roared angrily and ignited the earth-shaking thunder, and died together with the Mongolian tribesmen.

A series of explosions sounded, causing a lot of casualties to the Mongol soldiers, and at the same time, the Mongol soldiers who had gone crazy finally regained some of their senses and began to retreat.

Half an hour later, most of the Ming soldiers withdrew from the battlefield, and calm finally returned to the noisy battlefield.

On the side of the Ming army, the baggage soldiers and medical officers of various departments of the Wehrmacht began to rush to the front, transporting a large number of wounded soldiers to the rear for treatment, and at the same time, the bodies of the fallen soldiers were also transported to the rear one after another, and the number of casualties began to be counted.

At the same time, the artillery of various departments of the National Defense Force also began to be reloaded and deployed, and it was only necessary for Li Dingguo to give an order that they could re-bombard the Qing army's defensive line.

And the Qing army's side, Duoduo also ventured to the west wall of Shengjing City at this time, looking at the Ming army that withdrew and regrouped, he also had a trace of confidence in his heart, although the Qing Dynasty has reached the most dangerous time now, but the military heart is available, whether it is the Manchus or the Mongols, they have burst out with amazing combat power, this is the Qing Dynasty to overcome this difficult hurdle in front of them!

In the following hour, both the Ming and Qing armies were gathering their forces, cleaning up the battlefield, and making various preparations for continuing the battle.

"Prince Yu!"

Zhengbai, who is a white flag Gushan, and Gushan Ezhen Suna, who is inlaid with a white flag, also came to the city wall, and the two of them reported the losses of each department.

"The first line of defense outside the city was almost broken by the Ming army, but fortunately the Ming army took the initiative to withdraw, otherwise the first line of defense would have been broken by the Ming army today."

Duoduo didn't care if the defense line was breached, and he didn't expect the four lines of defense outside to hold out for long. The significance of the existence of these four lines of defense is not to delay time, but to consume the strength of the Ming army.

So Dordor asked, "What about the losses of the defensive line?" How many Ming troops were killed? ”

Zhengbaiqi Gushan Ezhen Yibai said: "The reports of various departments show that more than 7,000 people have been lost in the first line of defense. At present, there are more than 12,000 Mongolian tribesmen in the first ring defense line outside Shengjing City, but there are few more than 100 Huzun cannons left, and those Huzun cannons were hit by the Ming army and almost all of them were destroyed! ”

"In addition, the more than 3,000 Han people in the first line of defense are strong, and there are also many casualties."

Duoduo didn't pay attention to how many Han people died, but the Mongol soldiers on the first line of defense died so many in one day, which Duoduo didn't expect.

Then, Gushan Ezhen Suna with a white flag added: "Prince Yu, the defenders of the second line of defense also lost more than 3,000 people when they supported the first line of defense, and in today's battle, our army lost more than 10,000 people." ”

"What about the Ming Army?"

Zhengbai Baiqi Gushan Ezhen Yibai, inlaid with white flag Gushan Ezhen Suna had a bitter face, and then Yibai said: "Prince Qiyu, when the Ming army retreated, it took away most of the corpses and wounded soldiers, and when the warriors of each department cleaned up the battlefield, they only beheaded more than 1,000 Ming army heads. ”

A battle loss ratio of one to ten, this is still the Qing army relying on strong fortifications for defense, if it is a head-on battle, I am afraid that today the Ming army can defeat their own soldiers and horses!

Of course, Duoduo also understood that the real casualties of the Ming army were not more than more than a thousand, but they were far smaller than their own losses.

"Order the warriors of all units to hurry up and repair the fortifications, and redeploy troops as soon as possible in the first line of defense."

"Prince Yu, have you transferred troops from the back lines of defense to the first line of defense?"

Dodor said; "Let the Han people of the first line of defense take up arms to help!!"

"Huh."

At the same time, Li Dingguo also received reports of casualties from the army, and the officers and men of the 11th to 14th armies of the Wehrmacht Army had lost a total of 2,752 killed, 816 wounded, and 63 missing.

Li Dingguo understood that with the strict military discipline of the National Defense Force, there would be no deserters, and these 63 officers and men would certainly be killed by the earth-shaking thunder and die together with the Qing army.

So Li Dingguo said to the chief officers who came to report the war report: "The 63 missing officers and men will all be treated as killed in battle, and they will be paid full pensions after the war. ”

Seeing this, the four chief military officers of Han Qin, Wei Han, Shang Zili, and Tian Zhenbei were all warm in their hearts, and they also recognized Li Dingguo, the superintendent of the Western Route Army, more and more.

Then Tian Zhenbei asked, "Inspector, do you want to attack again?" ”

More than 3,000 people were killed or wounded in a single attack, which is a relatively large battle loss in all previous operations of the Wehrmacht.

However, if you want to capture Shenyang City, there is no chance to take advantage of it, you can only attack one line of defense after another, after all, in the news that Li Dingguo and others know, the Qing army's hundreds of thousands of main forces are still defending in front of Guangning, and it is impossible for the Western Route Army to besiege the city for a long time regardless of time.

Li Dingguo thought about it for a while and said: "Don't fight first, and order all the soldiers to besiege the city and camp." ”

"What?"

"Won't fight?"

Several commanders quit, and several of them were still holding back a fire, wanting to avenge the casualties, but Li Dingguo wanted to set up camp and stop fighting.

Li Dingguo immediately said: "The several defense lines deployed by Duoduo are very vicious, and the Manchus and Mongols inside and outside Shenyang City and in the defense line have no way to retreat, their combat power will be greatly increased, and our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties if it continues to attack step by step." ”

"So the Governor has decided to take some time and exhaust the enemy army with a strategy to exhaust the enemy!"

Everyone was puzzled, and Li Dingguo immediately explained to everyone in a low voice.

There was no more fighting that day, and the various units of the Ming army retreated a few miles to re-encamp, which made the Qing troops in all defense lines breathe a sigh of relief, but Duoduo became nervous.

Now there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Shengjing City, as well as a large number of ordinary people, but the grain and grass in the city have not increased much, and if it is consumed for a long time, it will only take more than a month to run out of food in Shengjing City!!

So now Duoduo is not afraid of the Ming army's strong attack, as long as the Ming army attacks, it will suffer huge casualties, and the Qing army has the possibility of turning the tide of the war. Now Duoduo feared that the Ming army would do whatever it took to besiege Shengjing City, so that the city would be cut off from food, so as to achieve the effect of self-defeating.

"If this is really the case, it depends on whether Your Majesty can defeat the place in front of you as soon as possible and return to Shengjing."

But then a trace of despair swelled in Duoduo's heart, the Ming army in front of Dolgon was the main force of Liu Yan's army, and the other Ming army had also captured the first line of Haizhou Wei and Gaizhou Wei, how could Dolgon successfully return to Shengjing?

Thinking of this, Duoduo let out a long sigh and was about to return to the city, when suddenly there was a roar from the Ming artillery array outside the city, but this time the shelling was not loud, only a small part of the artillery fired.

But even so, Duoduo left the city walls as soon as possible and returned to the city to take refuge, so as not to be hit by the Ming army's artillery fire.

At this time, it was already afternoon, and the soldiers and horses in the various defense lines of the Qing army were hurrying to build fortifications, or resting on dry food, and they were completely defenseless, and they were suddenly shelled, and all the Qing army units had some casualties, and they began to hide in the fortifications.

The Ming artillery bombardment lasted only a while, and when the Qing troops everywhere confirmed that the Ming artillery bombardment had stopped, they came out again to continue building fortifications.

Later, until dusk, the artillery fire of the Ming army came from time to time, and the soldiers and horses of the Ming army were uncertain every time they fired, and the number of artillery firing was also uncertain, so that the Qing army had no rules to follow at all, and naturally it was impossible to predict and avoid the shelling in advance.

This made all the soldiers and horses of the Qing army embarrassed, and they were even more afraid in their hearts, and they didn't know when the shells of the Ming army would smash over, and people were panicked for a while.

And what made Duoduo even more annoyed was that the artillery fire of the Ming army from time to time did not stop until late at night, which made the Qing army deployed inside and outside Shengjing City unable to rest at all, God knows when and where the artillery shells of the Ming army would fall, maybe just fell asleep, and really couldn't wake up!

Throughout the night, 3 to 4,000 artillery pieces of various types from the 11th to the 14th armies of the Wehrmacht took turns to go into battle, and the officers and men of the various units of the Ming army fell asleep soundly in the sound of artillery from time to time, while the soldiers and horses of the various units of the Qing army were nervously guarding everywhere, staring at each other with wide eyes and not daring to sleep at all.

In the blink of an eye, the next day, the Ming army did not organize a large-scale attack, but the irregular shelling continued, which made the banners of the Qing army completely crazy.

On this morning, the Mongol soldiers stationed in the first line of defense began to rush out with a roar and attack the Ming army camp. Although the number of people ranged from a dozen to a few dozen, the various units of the Ming army were still in full battle and surrounded and annihilated them with superior forces.

When the Ming army successively annihilated several waves of counterattacking Mongol soldiers, the Mongol tribesmen stationed in the defense line became much more honest and began to continue to shrink in the defense line.

At this time, Duoduo couldn't bear it, and immediately ordered the soldiers and horses of the defense line to take turns to guard and rest, but although this order was issued, the implementation was not smooth, after all, under the threat of Ming artillery fire, who could sleep and rest in peace?

Soon another day passed, and at this time, all units of the Qing army, especially the Qing army in the four lines of defense outside Shenyang, had almost reached the limit, and there was no sleep and rest for two days and two nights, and they had to face the threat of artillery fire from the Ming army at all times.

At this time, in the big tent of the Ming army, the movement of the Qing army in front was also watched by the Ming army's various departments with a clairvoyant mirror, and the news was sent back here.

Li Dingguo and the commanders-in-chief of the various armies all laughed, this method is really good, and if it goes on like this, it only takes a few more days to hold on, and hundreds of thousands of Qing troops can be completely dragged down.

Li Dingguo said: "Four days! Four days later, our Western Route Army will launch a second attack, at which time it will take at least two lines of Qing defense outside Shenyang. ”

"Order!"

Suddenly, a guerrilla general on duty entered the big tent of the Chinese army and anxiously reported: "Enlighten the superintendent, don't receive an urgent report at night: Forty miles south of Shenyang City, the traces of the Qing army have been found, and the strength is at least more than 200,000!" ”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and Li Dingguo also had a solemn face and asked, "Do you see the banner of that Qing army?" ”

"Inspector Qi, according to the report that is not collected at night, there are two yellow flags of Manchuria, the red flag of Manchuria, and the battle flags of the two blue flags of Manchuria, as well as the battle flags of the Mongolian flags, the Han army, and the Korean flags!!"

"In addition, there is also a golden dragon dajiu, which should be the big d'em of the slave chief Dolgon, but now Dolgon should be in the area of Guangning Qiantunwei, even if the army is withdrawn, it is impossible to cross the defense line of the Hailu army, and it is impossible to appear in the south of Shenyang City, so the subordinates think that the authenticity of this situation needs to be verified!"

Li Dingguo can no longer sit still, the banner can be faked, but the strength is real, now in addition to the main army in the hands of Dolgon, where can hundreds of thousands of troops be gathered in the Manchu Qing Dynasty?

So Li Dingguo immediately said: "Order: All units of the Western Route Army immediately retreat from Shenyang City, and the whole army will withdraw to the west of Shenyang City and withdraw to Shaling Dun for defense. At the same time, many factions do not collect at night, and search and explore to the south! ”