In the blink of an eye, this is the fourth day that hundreds of thousands of Ming troops have besieged Shenyang City and the surrounding defense line.

Early in the morning, the Ming army on all sides of Shenyang City began to assemble again.

To the east, Li Dingguo mobilized the officers and men of the 11th Army of the National Defense Army to come forward and stand by behind the second line of defense in the east, preparing to wait until the artillery bombardment was followed before formally attacking the third line of defense garrisoned by the Qing army.

To the south, the officers and men of the Seventh Army of the Wehrmacht were ready to attack the third line of defense in the south where the Qing army was stationed after the artillery fire.

To the north, Liu Yan personally sat in the Chinese army, and at this time the officers and men of the Fourth Army of the Wehrmacht were already on standby, and they were about to launch an attack on the fourth line of defense in the west where the Qing army was stationed after the artillery bombardment.

Since the fourth line of defense garrisoned by the Qing army could be supported by artillery fire and defenders on the Shenyang city wall, Liu Yan specially ordered the First Army of the National Defense Army to also assemble and put it into the battlefield as a reserve at any time.

In the north, Zheng Zhilong looked ahead with a solemn face, at this time the officers and men of the 14th Army of the National Defense Army had been assembled, because only the north was the slowest progress, so all the soldiers were holding back a fire, ready to take the second line of defense in the north garrisoned by the Qing army at any cost today.

At this time, the sound of horns and war drums outside Shenyang came and went, intertwined with the sound of the four fields, and countless flags sounded violently in the wind, bringing out the tense atmosphere before the war.

At this time, the gunners of all units were prepared one after another, and more than 12,000 artillery pieces of various types were all loaded, and they could shell all the defensive lines of the Qing army just waiting for the order of the superiors.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the defense line of the Qing army in front, and then a large number of people rushed out of the defense line garrisoned by the Qing army, holding all kinds of weapons, wearing the clothes of ordinary people, desperate and miserable shouts, crying, and rushing towards the Ming army's ironclad front.

"The dog Tartar actually drove the people into battle!"

Liu Yan was at a critical point at this time, although he knew that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was shameless, but he didn't expect to do such a dirty thing in his own capital Shenyang!

At this time, Liu Yan held a clairvoyant mirror, and could clearly see the situation of the people rushing out of the fourth line of defense in the west, including the elderly, women, children, and Liu Yan even saw the woman with a baby in her arms, who was being surrounded by the crowd and rushed over to die.

Liu Yan also saw a pregnant woman in the crowd, at this time the skirt of the lower body had been stained red with blood, I don't know if it was because of fear or collision with the fetal gas, or was ruined by the Qing army, and ran with difficulty in the crowd, and then tripped over the ditch and ditch on the battlefield, and drowned in the crowd in a blink of an eye!

"Pavilion Elder !"

Chen Xun also held the clairvoyant mirror and watched from the side, his eyes widened at this time, and he yelled at Liu Yan: "What should I do!" ”

Liu Yan is also gritting steel teeth at this time, today is the fourth day of the offensive, and the officers and men of the various armies have paid a huge price for it, and in a few days, the number of soldiers killed in each army alone has reached more than 13,000 people, but it is already the biggest loss that Liu Yan has suffered since he started.

Today, Dolgon drove the people to attack, if Liu Yan sent troops to counterattack, the large number of people who rushed out would be killed and injured at least, Liu Yan looked at the movement in the distance, the Tartars drove out at least tens of thousands of people, and this is only one in the west.

If Liu Yan does not take measures, today's battle, the people in Shenyang City are afraid to die, such a result is extremely unfavorable for the future to completely occupy Liaodong and stabilize Liaodong, will make the Ming Dynasty completely lose the support of the people in Liaodong, will let Liaodong continue to be turbulent!

So Liu Yan said angrily: "Order all the soldiers who are preparing for war on all sides to withdraw and stick to the first line of defense on all sides!" ”

"Pavilion Senior!!"

Chen Xun said anxiously: "What if the Tartars keep driving the people to chase after them, do we still have to give up the first line of defense and withdraw the siege directly?" ”

Liu Yan glared directly at him and said angrily: "You remember it for me!" Let's recover Liaodong not only to take back the territory, but also to rescue the people of Liaodong. If the people are all dead, what's the use of taking back this land?? ”

Chen Xun was speechless.

Immediately, Liu Yan's order was quickly issued, and the officers and men of the Ming army began to slowly retreat.

It's just that Liu Yan obviously also listened to Chen Xun's concerns, and ordered the soldiers of all departments to retreat, they must be slow, and fire at the sky while retreating, so that the Tartar soldiers mixed with the people mistakenly think that the Ming army is killing people, and at the same time, it can also deter the people who are driven and charged, so that they can slow down.

"So that the soldiers of all departments can try their best to delay time and minimize the casualties of the civilians, and before it gets dark today, those civilians must be blocked in front of the first line of defense!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the officers and men of the Fourth Army and the First Army of the Wehrmacht who had been assembled in the west began to retreat slowly, and on the way to retreat, all the officers and men raised their bird guns and fired into the sky.

The officers and men of the Ming army also took advantage of the chaos to take down and disarm some of the people who rushed to the front, and then directly took them away and rescued them.

Of course, if the officers and soldiers of the Ming army found the Tartar soldiers in the crowd, they would also shoot them at the first time.

Such true and false fire, there are still Tartar soldiers in the crowd of people from time to time who are really shot by the Ming army's firepower, which suddenly slows down the huge crowd, and even stagnates several times, and the Tartar soldiers mixed in the crowd continue to drive the crowd, and even kill people, only to drive the huge crowd again, and continue to rush forward, but the speed has become very slow, basically the speed of walking, and it is still stop-and-go.

At this time, the situation in the south was almost like this, and the chief officers and generals of the Ming army in the south of Shenyang City also did the same, delaying the tens of thousands of people who rushed out of the south.

In the east, Li Dingguo was already facing the frost and driving the people to rush into battle, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng did a lot of work back then, whether it was in the Western Army or in the Dashun Army, Li Dingguo was resolutely opposed, and therefore he was not less alienated by Zhang Xianzhong or Li Zicheng, and even blamed.

Today, when Li Dingguo saw the Qing army doing this, the anger in his heart can be imagined, but in the face of tens of thousands of people, looking at the miserable and helpless faces in the crowd, Li Dingguo's heart was in pain, and he could only withdraw the soldiers and horses in front of him according to the military order, and at the same time try to slow down the speed of the people's crowd.

In the north, Zheng Zhilong's pressure is the greatest, because the soldiers of the Ming army in the north have not yet taken the second line of defense, and the tens of thousands of people who rushed out appear directly outside the first line of defense, and the soldiers of the Ming army in the north have no way to retreat.

Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong thought of a good way, and ordered all the black slave fire guns under his command to take off their equipment, use the blood of dead horses on the battlefield to make their faces flower, and then shouted naked in front of the first line of defense, pretending to be evil ghosts.

The people in Shenyang had never seen a black man, let alone a black man who was pretending to be a ghost, and they all thought that the ghosts of the soldiers killed on the battlefield were not dispersed, and they were immediately frightened and turned to run away, and even some Qing soldiers who had never seen black people were also taken aback, and they didn't care about stopping the fleeing people, and they themselves began to run away with the crowd, shouting shamanic spells while running.

Soon, tens of thousands of people in the north withdrew directly to the vicinity of the fourth line of defense, like the tide of low tide. When the Qing army re-stabilized the crowd and drove tens of thousands of people to attack again, it was already afternoon.

Zheng Chenggong then ordered 3,000 black slaves to continue to pretend to be ghosts and scary people in front of the first line of defense, and at the same time mobilized thousands of bird-fighting men, ordering these soldiers to fight separately and shoot on their own, specifically aiming at the Qing soldiers mixed with the common people.

With the sound of birds, hundreds of Qing soldiers who rushed to the front were killed one after another, and then a large number of Ming soldiers rushed out and loudly ordered those people to lay down their weapons and squat on the spot.

It was only at this time that a large number of people came back to their senses, put down their weapons and squatted on the ground, and the Ming soldiers were able to save thousands of people.

But what made Zheng Chenggong angry was that the Qing army that followed directly fired arrows and opened fire in front of him, and a large number of people and the Ming soldiers who were caught off guard were shot down, and the angry Ming soldiers immediately fired back, and the two sides began to shoot each other in the crowd, causing a large number of casualties in an instant.

Although those people had weapons in their hands, they were frightened by the fierce exchange of fire in front of them, and they fled with their heads in their hands.

Of course, there are also some people who roared angrily and rushed to the nearby Qing soldiers, but the result was that they were killed one after another, no matter how angry these people were, they were also old and young, women and children, where were the opponents of the Qing soldiers and Tartars.

The exchange of fire in the north lasted for half an hour, and finally ended with the defeat of the Qing army, Zheng Chenggong immediately sent a large number of soldiers and horses to rescue the people, and finally saved more than 20,000 people at dusk. However, it is a pity that this dispatch also caused more than 10,000 deaths and injuries, which made Zheng Chenggong feel annoyed, and immediately took the initiative to ask Liu Yan for guilt.

At this time, it was already dusk, and the crowds of people rushing out of Shenyang City on all sides had stopped one after another, and those Qing troops should have received orders from above, and after occupying the second and third lines of defense that had been lost, they began to mobilize men and horses to stabilize the battle line, and did not continue to advance.

It is estimated that Dolgon and other high-level Manchu Qing officials are also worried, if they annoy Liu Yan by inching an inch, so that Liu Yan no longer estimates the casualties of the people and fights back with all his might, then the results of today's whole day will be lost.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Yan showed that he had received battle reports from various departments, and learned that all the achievements of the various armies in the past few days had been lost today, and they had fully defended the first line of defense. Then Liu Yan received a letter of guilt sent by Zheng Chenggong.

Liu Yan smiled, and directly replied to the letter of guilt, "Helpless, pay attention next time", and sent someone to bring it back.

Then, Liu Yan began to think about how to salvage the situation, the results of the bloody battles of the soldiers of the army for several days must not be so easily taken back by the Manchu Tartars, and they must be returned with color.

At this time, Liu Yan stared at the map and began to think about it.

At the same time, after receiving the report from the various departments, Dolgon immediately smiled, just driving away the Han people in the city, and let the Ming army spit out all the defensive lines taken by the Ming army in the past few days, which was the most happy thing for him during this time.

Dorgon then began to consult with Dorgon to deploy the reoccupied lines as quickly as possible.

"The Ming army has an advantage in artillery fire, and it cannot re-entrench the defensive lines with heavy troops, and at the moment our army does not have enough troops to redeploy the defense."

Dodor said worriedly.

Dolgon pondered for a moment and said, "Then let the hundreds of thousands of people on all sides be stationed on the spot in various defense lines, and at the same time order the warriors of each banner near the defense line to divide a small force to command in the center." ”

"Tell those Han people that whoever beheads the Ming army can exchange a family member to return to the city to avoid the war, and the court will also issue rewards and pensions."

"If you don't have the ability to kill the Ming army, then you should die in the defense line outside the city!"

(End of chapter)