Chapter 646: Counterattack under the Cover of Night
Under the cover of night, Liu Yan walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and came to the high platform of the Chinese army.
At this time, all units of the Ming army lit a large number of bonfires to illuminate the perimeter of the camps and the perimeter of the first line of defense to prevent the Qing army from attacking at night again.
The difference is that the second, third, and fourth lines of defense garrisoned by the Qing army did not light bonfires and torches.
Liu Yan frowned slightly, and said secretly: "All departments are ready to guard against night attacks, will the Qing army come to raid tonight?" ”
At any time, Liu Yan thought about the problem of ammunition supply again, and Shi Daxuan, the chief military officer in charge of transporting supplies, never imagined that the siege of Shenyang City would cost such a huge amount of ammunition such as fixed ammunition and earth-shaking thunder, so in the previous batches of supplies, ammunition and armament were provided according to a fixed proportion, which made the number of ammunition storage in the army drop rapidly.
"If Shi Daxuan can't bring enough ammunition within three days, the artillery in the army will be dumb the day after tomorrow, and the attacks of all departments must be stopped at that time, and the Qing army will also get a chance to breathe!"
Thinking of this, Liu Yan was inevitably a little irritable in his heart, so he sent people south again overnight to urge Shi Daxuan to speed up the transportation of ammunition and supplies to the north.
Rumble!
Suddenly, there were bursts of explosions from the north of Shenyang, and Liu Yan vaguely heard the sound of fighting from the north of Shenyang City, as well as the sound of birds firing.
"The Tartars have attacked at night!"
Liu Yan immediately returned to the Chinese army's big tent, and at this time Chen Xun was already waiting at the door, and said, "Elder Ge saw it? ”
"It's the Tartars who have attacked at night."
Chen Xun said with a solemn face: "Zheng Zhilong's department in the north is not playing very well today, maybe the Tartars see the clue and want to attack at night again to pick up the cheap." ”
Liu Yan looked at Chen Xun's solemn expression and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's just that the attack is blocked, Zheng Zhilong also has four field armies and more than 100,000 elites, and the Tartars can't turn over any storms, it's just a matter of effort." ”
"Yes."
Chen Xun said: "The subordinates have already sent Ye Bu to investigate, and it is estimated that there will be a war report back soon." ”
"Okay."
Immediately, Liu Yan looked at the map on the table, his hand was fixed on the north side of Shenyang City, and then to the east, frowning slightly, as if he was thinking about something.
At the same time, in the barracks of the Ming Army in the north of Shenyang City, Zheng Zhilong stared at the map with a blue face, and Tian Zhenbei, the chief officer of the 14th Army, and Chen Hui, the chief officer of the 16th Army, stood aside with a stern expression.
A moment later, a guerrilla general arrived, clenched his fists and said: "Qi Yu Supervisor, the officers and men of the 13th Army of the National Defense Army are holding the first line of defense, and at present, part of the defense line has been broken into by the Qing army, and the chief officer Shang Zili is organizing troops to encircle and annihilate the enemy who has broken through!" ”
"Where is Zheng Chenggong!"
"General Zheng has led his troops to bypass and attack the Qing army, and is attacking the Qing army from the flank."
Zheng Zhilong immediately found the location of Zheng Chenggong's troops on the map, and then said: "Order Zheng Chenggong's troops to annihilate all the Qing troops attacking at night at any cost!" ”
"Yes!"
At this time on the battlefield, the Han army is looking ahead with high spirits, and the night attack carefully organized by himself is successful, and the Han army is 10,000 elites of the red flag, together with 10,000 Manchurian village soldiers and 10,000 Mongolian tribesmen, all taking advantage of the night, using various utensils to fill gunpowder, making a more rudimentary "earth-shaking thunder", with almost suicide ~ explosion, breaking through the vigilance of the Ming army, and rushing into the first line of defense in one fell swoop.
Although the Qing army had only 30,000 troops, it caught the Ming army off guard, and in the dim night, the Ming soldiers thought that there were Qing troops everywhere, although there was no sign of defeat, but it could not avoid being in a hurry.
"Haha! If I can recapture the first line of defense today, Your Majesty will definitely reward me again, and the future is here! ”
Thinking of this, Bayan was about to lead his troops to rush forward in person, but suddenly he heard a fighting sound from the flank, and the soldiers and horses deployed on the flank quickly collapsed and fled.
Bayan looked over there in astonishment, only to see a group of soldiers and horses coming in formation, the same horizontal formation as the Ming army, but those soldiers were so strange, all of them were black faces, black hands, and black necks, and they were black and swarthy weirdos!
Neither Bayan nor the Qing soldiers had ever seen blacks, so they were taken aback psychologically, not knowing where these soldiers and horses came from.
Rumble!
Then those blacks stopped and began to fire a salvo like the Ming army, and the speed of shooting was no slower than that of the elite of the Ming army, and they immediately shot a large number of Qing soldiers, which made Bayan angry.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Bayan still has thousands of soldiers and horses around him, most of them are Manchurian soldiers, although these soldiers are not good at close combat, but they can shoot arrows, so they have released arrows to counterattack, those blacks were caught off guard, and many people were shot and killed, and soon the formation was turbulent, after all, those black slaves were only well-trained, and their fighting spirit was not very high.
"Haha, it's all miscellaneous soldiers, kill it!"
A large number of Qing troops rushed forward, and those blacks not far away really began to retreat, so fast that the Qing soldiers who rushed up also widened their eyes.
Immediately afterwards, a group of soldiers and horses rushed out in front, but these people were all blonde and white-skinned, each soldier was wearing a strange style of heavy armor, and the tall horses were holding heavy weapons such as battle axes and sticks, and rushed forward with strange screams.
And behind these heavy armor soldiers, a Zhengzi battle flag appeared, that is, Zheng Chenggong personally led 5,000 iron men to kill, 5,000 soldiers came in formation, and pulled their bows and arrows while advancing, which could be carried out at the same time, and directly shot the Qing army that rushed up to the horse.
"Kill them, cut them down!"
Zheng Chenggong roared angrily at this time, and 2,500 white slave heavy armor soldiers took the lead in rushing into the Qing army's formation, followed by 5,000 iron man troops, forming a formation to push the Qing soldiers and horses in front.
In the face of these two elite heavily armored armies, the Qing army led by Bayan could not resist at all, and was defeated in a direct confrontation, and began to flee to the second line of defense to the south like a tide.
Seeing this, Bayan didn't dare to fight, and hurriedly led his troops to withdraw in a hurry.
Zheng Chenggong took the opportunity to lead 3,000 black slave firefighters to guard the flank of the Ming army, constantly firing and shooting the fleeing Qing soldiers, while the white slave heavy armor soldiers and the Iron Man soldiers pursued a large number of Qing soldiers, and the battle began to show a one-sided situation.
At this time, the officers and men of the 13th Army of the Wehrmacht stationed in the first line of defense also launched a counterattack, and the Qing soldiers who rushed into the defense line were basically wiped out, and a large number of officers and men of the 13th Army of the Wehrmacht began to jump out of the defense line, advanced to the south in formation, and soon joined Zheng Chenggong's department.
Shang Zili, the commander-in-chief of the 13th Army of the National Defense Army, was angry and wanted to directly attack the second line of defense, but was stopped by Zheng Chenggong.
"Our army was almost driven out of the first line of defense tonight, and the morale of all units is fluctuating, it is really not a good time to attack the second line of defense, it is better to reorganize the troops and horses first, and then attack step by step after dawn tomorrow."
Although Zheng Chenggong is the same as Shang Zili, he is the son of the supervisor Zheng Zhilong, so Shang Zili naturally has to follow his advice, and immediately said: "It's okay, just let those dogs and tartars live one more night, and clean them up tomorrow morning!" ”
In the second half of the night, Liu Yan received a battle report sent by Zheng Zhilong, the first line of defense in the north was attacked by the Qing army at night, and the officers and men of the 13th and 15th armies of the National Defense Army suffered 873 casualties and beheaded 4,152 people. In this battle, the Iron Man Army, the Black Slave Musket Team, and the White Slave Heavy Armor Soldiers led by Zheng Chenggong made great contributions.
Therefore, Liu Yan was also very interested in these three elites, and said to Chen Xun beside him with a smile: "When this battle is over, my father will review these three elites." ”
Chen Xun also said: "Those black slaves and white slaves also have such combat power, and their subordinates will also go together to see what is new." ”
In the blink of an eye, on the third day of the attack on Shenyang City, the morning sun in the east had just risen, and the officers and men of the Ming army opened their camps one after another and began to continue to attack the various defensive lines of the Qing army.
Soon, the roar of artillery that terrified the Qing army sounded again, and the Ming army attacked and shelled the Qing army's defense line from all sides, with no less ferocity than the previous two days, which made Dolgon and Duoduo in Shenyang City worried.
"Your Majesty, Prince Dai Shan of Li, Prince Lai Mubu of Su, and Prince Fei Yangguo of Zheng outside the city have all sent people to send excerpts, hoping to send some artillery to help in the defense line outside, this matter."
In this era, the good troops were stationed in the fourth line of defense in the north, Lai Mubu led the troops to be stationed in the fourth line of defense in the west, and Fei Yangguo led the troops to guard the fourth line of defense in the east.
However, the excerpts of the three were all vetoed by Dolgon: "The hundreds of artillery pieces in the city can't be used in a centralized manner, what can you do if you scatter the defense lines everywhere, let the Ming artillery fire blow up one by one!" ”
Duoduo didn't say anything anymore, but said: "Today, the artillery fire of the Ming army is still fierce, which shows the smooth supply of the Ming army and the abundance of supplies. ”
Dolgon naturally understood this truth, but it had come to this point, so he could only grit his teeth and continue to fight, hoping for a miracle.
On this day, the Ming army continued to attack the Qing army's defense line, after a day of fierce fighting, the Ming army soldiers in the west of Shenyang City made the greatest progress, Liu Yan commanded the second army and the third army of the national defense army, and the soldiers of the two armies took the third line of defense of the Qing army in the west, completely annihilated the remnants of the two white flags of the Han army, and slashed the white flag Gushan Ezhen Ancestor Dale, severely damaged the Mongolian two blue flag soldiers and horses, killed the blue flag Gushan Ezhen Omotuk, and led the remnants of the Mongolian two blue flags to retreat into the fourth line of defense in the west.
At the same time, the Ming army also made progress in the south and east, first taking the second line of defense of the Qing army in the east, completely annihilating the Han army with yellow flag soldiers and horses, killing the Han army with yellow flag Gushan Ezhen Tong Tulai, and then taking the second line of defense garrisoned by the Qing army in the south, completely annihilating the Han army's Zhenghuang flag soldiers and horses, and killing Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Kabula. On these two sides, the Ming soldiers also killed and injured a large number of Manchu township soldiers, Mongolian tribesmen and other miscellaneous soldiers stationed in the second line of defense.
In the north, although Zheng Zhilong commanded the officers and men of the 14th Army of the National Defense Army to fight hard, he still did not take the second line of defense of the Qing army in the north, which caused the morale of the Ming army in the north to drop a lot.
In today's fierce battle, the Ming army suffered 7,816 casualties, including 4,911 killed and more than 135,000 beheaded.