At night, on the western wall of Shenyang, Dolgon looked out of the city with a frown.

Since nightfall, under the orders of Dolgon, Duoduo has distributed a large number of food, military equipment and other materials, and dropped them from the four walls of Shenyang City with ropes and large bamboo baskets.

At the same time, there was also a military order from Dolgon: night attack on the Ming army!

"Your Majesty!"

Duoduo walked briskly, saluted, and said, "Your Majesty, the warriors of all the tribes have been deployed in place. ”

This time, Dolgon mobilized tens of thousands of Manchu soldiers and Mongolian tribesmen from the three defense lines behind, and took advantage of the night to assemble in the second line of defense in the north, west, and south of Shenyang City, and only waited until midnight to launch a night attack to recapture the first line of defense on three sides occupied by the Ming army.

Dolgon said: "It depends on whether the Ming army is prepared this time!" ”

Duoduo wanted to speak and stopped, and then said: "Your Majesty, in today's battle, the Eight Banners of Korea were basically annihilated by the Ming army, and our army lost 100,000 soldiers in one day. ”

How could Dolgon not know this truth, but if he didn't recapture the first line of defense, then tomorrow the Ming army would take advantage of the situation to continue to attack the second line of defense, with the fierce firepower and fighting spirit of the Ming army, the four lines of defense could withstand for a few days? Moreover, the defense line was captured by the Ming army one by one, which was also a fatal blow to the morale of the soldiers of each banner, so Dolgon had to make a move and must counterattack!

"As long as the first line of defense is taken back, tomorrow's front can move forward a little, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for holding Shengjing City."

Seeing that Dorgon had made up his mind, Dorgon said no more, but looked up at the night, waiting for the moment when the soldiers and horses outside the city would attack the first line of defense at night.

Near midnight, to the west of Shengjing City, more than 20,000 Manchurian soldiers, more than 30,000 Mongolian tribesmen have been assembled, these Qing soldiers are in high spirits at this time, each of them has a battle knife, a battle axe, a heavy hammer and other weapons in hand, for this counterattack, Dolgon even gave a reward to the soldiers who participated in the battle, promising a high reward, so the morale of the Qing soldiers assembled in the south, west and north is still very high.

"It's midnight, warriors, kill with me!"

The moon hung high in the sky, and the hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers who had been assembled were divided into three ways and began to rush towards the first line of defense to the west, south, and north of Shenyang City.

"Tartar!"

In the south, the guards of the Fifth Army of the National Defense Army roared, and Qian Zong Laidong suddenly opened his eyes and stood up suddenly, the bird gun next to him was already in his hand, and all the surrounding night soldiers also got up, and at this time, there was already a fierce sound of bird guns shooting in the north, and there were a large number of explosions that shook the sky.

"The dog Tartar actually attacked at night, it's really daring!"

Laidong roared angrily and said to his subordinates around him: "Form a formation, hold this side, let the brothers in front retreat, and kill the enemy with a salvo!" ”

Soon, more than 1,300 soldiers led by Laidong completed the formation, and relying on this trench, more than 1,300 bird guns were filled and divided into three rows to face the north.

Soon, the Ming soldiers who were fighting with the Tartars in front slowly retreated, and many throwers threw out earth-shattering thunder, and the explosions one after another blocked the pursuit of the Qing soldiers, and the Ming soldiers on guard in the north were able to withdraw.

"Put!"

As the last Ming army soldier rushed into the trench, the Qianzong, Baizhong, and guerrilla generals from Laidong and the rest of the country gave orders one after another, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Fifth Army of the Wehrmacht opened fire one after another, and the fierce firepower instantly illuminated the battlefield, flashing like a life-urging talisman, constantly reaping the lives of the Qing soldiers rushing from the north.

"Put!"

Rumble!

The continuous firepower of the Ming soldiers caused heavy casualties to the Qing army that rushed to kill, and there was only a distance of hundreds of steps from the second line of defense in the north to the first line of defense, but this distance became a nightmare for tens of thousands of Qing troops.

At this time, the dark night was constantly interrupted by the light of flickering firearms, and in a flash and extinguishment, I don't know how many Qing soldiers were shot. In order to fight with the Ming army in close combat and facilitate the fight in the trenches, all departments of the Qing army were equipped with various melee weapons, and they did not carry bows and arrows and firearms at all, so they were completely shot by the Ming army at this time, and they had no power to fight back.

It's just that those Qing troops who attacked at night didn't know whether they were brave or had a problem with their brains, and at this time they rushed forward one after another, and such courage also made the officers and men of the Ming army sigh, but the firepower of the shooting did not decrease at all.

Then a piercing swan whistle sounded, and Laidong shouted loudly: "The Chinese army order!!" Three rows of salvos, rapid reloading! ”

The subordinate officers and soldiers began to load nervously, and the remaining two rows of soldiers were staring closely ahead, waiting for the moment when the three rows fired a salvo.

Soon, all the soldiers were filled, and at this time, the Qing army in the north had rushed to a dozen steps away, and Laidong roared violently: "Release!" ”

Rumble!

After a loud roar, the fierce fire suddenly swept forward, causing the Qing army to suffer huge casualties, and at least thousands of Qing troops were shot and killed in this wave.

The Qing army that rushed up also benefited from the dense crowd, so that every Qing soldier who was hit was hit by more than a dozen or even dozens of lead bullets, which became the "meat shield" of the Qing soldiers behind in disguise.

However, this round of volleys made those Qing soldiers completely afraid, and many Qing soldiers began to hesitate and even began to retreat.

"Get on the bayonet!"

One after another, the commands sounded, the officers and men of the Fifth Army of the Wehrmacht put on their bayonets one after another, and then roared angrily and launched a counter-charge, countless Ming soldiers jumped out of the trenches, and countless sharp bayonets pierced the armor of the Qing army, turning a large number of Qing soldiers into corpses.

With a bang, the Qing army, which was still fearless of death just now, collapsed, and a large number of Qing soldiers fled to the north. Those Qing soldiers were originally just Manchu village soldiers and Mongolian tribal soldiers, and they were originally the "old and weak" among the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Kill!!"

"Drive the dog tartars back!"

The officers and men of the Fifth Army of the Wehrmacht charged northward in formation, biting the tail of the Qing army's rout almost all the way, leaving a large number of corpses along the way.

The soldiers of the Ming army pursued until the second line of defense, and then stopped the pursuit, and under the rectification of the officers and men of various departments, they began to form a formation and move forward slowly.

Coming to the east and walking in the military formation, I saw that the Qing army in front of me had entered the second line of defense one after another, and the Han army banners and horses in the defense line were also waiting for them at this time.

"Kill, fight to the death until dawn tonight, and take the second line of defense!"

Lai Dong secretly thought in his heart, and his subordinates and colleagues around him were also firm-eyed, and they were determined to fight the Qing army to the death.

At this moment, there was a horn sound of withdrawal from behind, and all the soldiers were stunned for a moment, but all the soldiers were forbidden, and after hearing the horn, they quickly retreated in formation, and soon withdrew to the first line of defense.

"Why retreat!"

Laidong couldn't understand that the Qing army attacked at night tonight, although the officers and soldiers of all departments responded in time and quickly killed countless Qing troops, but the soldiers in charge of the vigilance still suffered a lot of casualties, this revenge must be avenged, why suddenly withdraw the army?

At this time, Shen Tuo, the chief officer of the Fifth Army of the National Defense Army, rushed to inquire about the situation of various units along the way, and inspected the redeployment of various parts of the first line of defense.

Laidong hurriedly greeted him, hugged his fists and said: "Zongzhen, why do you let the brothers retreat, let's take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, we will definitely be able to win the second line of defense tonight!" ”

The surrounding soldiers also cast inquiring glances, Shen Tuo looked around, at this time there was a constant roar of various firearms around Shenyang City, it can be seen that the war in the west and north is not over.

Shen Tuo then said: "Just now, Mr. Lai Qian said that the soldiers can take the second line of defense tonight, and this town absolutely believes it." Just the price?? At what cost will the officers and men of the various units pay to attack the prepared Qing defense line at night? ”

"War, fighting is the price, with the least casualties, to give the enemy the greatest damage, instead of being willful, fighting casualties and attrition with the enemy!!"

Laidong lowered his head, then clenched his fists and said: "The subordinates have been taught, and the subordinates are reckless, please punish the general town." ”

Shen Tuo patted Laidong on the shoulder and said: "This town also wants to take the remaining three lines of defense as soon as possible and attack Shenyang City as soon as possible, but after all, the Qing army has hundreds of thousands of horses, and this battle cannot be resolved quickly, so don't be in a hurry, take your time." ”

Then Shen Tuo said to the surrounding soldiers: "Tomorrow, the brothers of the Sixth Army of the National Defense Army will go to battle, and then the artillery group will attack and cover the second line of defense of the Qing Army. ”

At the same time, Liu Yan stood outside the big tent of the Chinese army with a solemn face, and at this time, the battle reports of various departments had been sent one after another, and Liu Yan also learned that the first line of defense that had been occupied in the north, west, and south was attacked by the Qing army at night almost at the same time.

Fortunately, the generals of today's national defense forces have successively studied in the Huangming Military Academy and the Huangming Yanwutang, and the vigilance and deployment of the army at night are implemented in accordance with the drill code, and each army has deployed a large number of night non-collection and open and dark posts, so the night attack of the Qing army did not succeed, and the soldiers on three sides responded at the first time.

"Whew!"

Liu Yan let out a long breath, and then Chen Xun's footsteps came from behind him.

"Ge Lao, the battle in the south is over, and General Shen has led his troops to repel the invading Qing army, and now he has led his troops to hold the first line of defense."

Liu Yan nodded and said, "It seems that Dolgon is unwilling and wants to continue to entangle with us in the first line of defense in an attempt to stabilize the front. ”

Chen Xun said with a smile: "Subordinates, that dog Tartar is wishful thinking, using some miscellaneous soldiers is like a night attack, it really doesn't take us seriously!" ”

At this time, Liu Yan pointed to the west and said, "It seems that the war in the west is over." ”

Chen Xun hurriedly sent people to the front to find out, and after a long time, he was rewarded, the Qing troops to the west and north of Shenyang City were repulsed, and the officers and men of the First Army and the Thirteenth Army of the National Defense Army were holding the first line of defense.

At the same time, Li Dingguo in the east also sent people to report that there was no sign of a night attack by the Qing army in the east, but Li Dingguo also deployed enough soldiers and horses, and he would be on strict guard tonight.

Liu Yan said: "There should be no more things tonight, order the officers and soldiers of all departments to be on guard, seize the time to rest, and continue to move forward tomorrow." ”

"Yes."