In the fourth line of defense in the east of Shenyang City, Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo looked ahead in a panic, at this time the Ming army on the eastern front had launched an almost crazy attack, the Mongolian white flag stationed in the fourth line of defense, the Manchurian blue flag soldiers and horses could not resist at all, and the remaining sandbag walls and low walls in front of the defense line had all been broken through by the Ming army.

"Master, let's go, I can't hold it here!"

A Manchurian armor with a blue flag ran in a hurry, and a few Baya soldiers ran in a flag, pulling Fei Yangguo to flee in the direction of Shenyang City.

But at this time, Fei Yangguo's heart was already like ashes, even if he fled into Shenyang City, what could he do? It's just that he was killed by the Ming army later, and there is no place for the Qing Dynasty today.

"Haha!"

Thinking of this, Fei Yangguo laughed desperately, as if he was a madman from somewhere, laughing so much that saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth, and his subordinates around him were dumbfounded and at a loss.

Rumble!!

A sky-shattering thunder flew from somewhere, and exploded directly not far away, and in an instant, the two Qing soldiers were blown upside down and flew out.

This explosion immediately woke up everyone around, and at this time, they didn't care about Fei Yangguo, everyone fled to the rear, leaving Fei Yangguo alone and laughing wildly in place.

The dignified Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, Fei Yangguo, is crazy!

"Kill!"

At this time, a large number of Ming soldiers rushed into the trench and began to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Qing army inside and outside the fourth line of defense.

A flag commander of the 11th Army of the Wehrmacht led his troops into the trench, and at a glance he saw a man who was mad, and shouted excitedly: "That's the Tartar officer, kill him!" ”

Everyone immediately rushed over, and occasionally the Qing soldiers who jumped out to block were also killed one by one with bayonets by these angry and excited Ming soldiers.

The flag commander of the Ming army took the lead, directly stabbed Fei Yangguo in half, and the sharp bayonet passed directly through Fei Yangguo's chest, and blood gushed out like a fountain, making Fei Yangguo scream again and again.

"Die!"

The flag commander kicked Fei Yangguo upside down and flew out, and Fei Yangguo, who fell to the ground, quickly lost his breath.

"Cut off the head! Cut off the head!! ”

The flag commander shouted excitedly, and a Ming army commander cut off Fei Yangguo's head with a knife, handing over the bloody head to the flag commander, and everyone then continued to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Qing army around them.

On the other side, the Mongolian white-flag-inlaid Gushan Ezhen Suna was running in disarray, fleeing west with both hands and feet in a trench.

There are more than a dozen Ming soldiers in pursuit, and there are still artillery fire of the Ming army and the Qing army above their heads that are constantly whistling, and from time to time there are shells falling next to Suna, which is so frightened that Suna keeps screaming and shouting, as if he is a bird with a frightened bow, fluttering in a hurry.

Suddenly, a cannonball landed in front of Suna, slammed into a hard ground, and then bounced straight towards Suna.

Before Suna could dodge, he was hit by this four- or five-pound shell, and the whole person was carried back by the shell.

The Ming soldiers who were chasing Suna in the back hurriedly dodged to the side, seeing that Suna's chest was dented by the cannonball, and he was no longer breathing when he landed.

A Ming army commander said in surprise: "Which side is this cannonball??" ”

A Ming soldier said with a smile: "I can't see it, but let's take it as a bargain, walking in the woods, I encountered a wild boar that was killed by a collision, let's just pull it back and eat meat, no matter how it died!" ”

The crowd then cut off Suna's head and continued to pursue the remnants of the enemy.

At this time, Li Dingguo held a clairvoyant mirror to observe the battle situation, and saw that the officers and men of all units had broken through the fourth line of defense of the Qing army, and the deployment of the Qing army outside the east of Shenyang City had been completely cleared.

It's just that at this time, the artillery of the Qing army on the city wall of Shenyang was still bombarding, and the officers and men of the Ming army who were "finishing the battle" inside and outside the fourth line of defense continued to cause damage.

So Li Dingguo said to his subordinates on the left and right: "Order all artillery to concentrate fire on the Shenyang city wall, destroy the Qing army's artillery fire as much as possible, and suppress the enemy's firepower." ”

"Order the officers and men of the fourth line of defense to clear the remaining remnants of the enemy as soon as possible, and then withdraw to the first three lines of defense as soon as possible to rest."

"Yes."

With the fourth line of defense in the east being taken by the Ming army Li Dingguo, Shenyang City has completely become an isolated island at this time.

The four front and rear defense lines deployed by Dorgon and Duoduo around the outside of the city, as well as hundreds of thousands of troops under the banners of Manchu, Mongolian, Han and Korea, have all been broken through and annihilated by the Ming army under the fierce battle of six days!

In the afternoon, when the battle report of Li Dingguo's ministry reached the Chinese army, Liu Yan suddenly laughed, the hard fighting of the past few days has finally come to an end, and then he can concentrate all his troops and firepower to directly attack Shenyang City.

Liu Yan looked at the map in front of him and thought for a moment, the fierce battles in the past few days have caused a lot of casualties among the officers and soldiers of various armies, and now the officers and soldiers of all departments are exhausted, after all, such a high-intensity and high-intensity fierce battle, even if the officers and soldiers of all departments of the Ming army are all elite, it is difficult to fight for a long time.

After all, the logistical supply and various food supplements at this time could not be compared with the modern and modern times of later generations, although Liu Yan instilled the concepts of defending China and expelling the Tatars to the officers and men of various departments of the National Defense Force, but after all, due to the limitations of the times, no matter how high the pattern of the officers and men of the National Defense Army is, it is difficult to achieve the steely fighting will and patriotic feelings of the later army.

Therefore, Liu Yan decided to temporarily order the soldiers of all departments to withdraw, first rectify the deployment, rest the soldiers, rescue the casualties, and then continue to attack Shenyang City tomorrow.

"Order all the officers and men of all units to temporarily withdraw to the third line of defense to rest, and report the casualties and beheadings of all units at night."

"Order the artillery of each unit to stop shelling, and count the number of shells and gunpowder remaining in each department."

"Order the Beiyang Fleet to continue to increase the supply of various types of ammunition!"

"Yes."

After the order was issued, the artillery around Shenyang City stopped one after another, and as the artillery of the Ming army stopped shelling, the artillery of the Qing army also stopped.

At this time, both the Ming and Qing armies began to "recover from their wounds" and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

At dusk, Liu Yan received casualties from various armies, and as of today, a total of 27,318 soldiers of the Ming army had been killed and 16,522 wounded.

In six days of bloody battles, the Ming army suffered more than 40,000 casualties and almost wiped out a national defense army! This is only the casualties of the four lines of defense outside Shenyang, if you count the casualties of taking Shenyang City, will this number be doubled? At this time, Liu Yan didn't dare to imagine!!

With such huge casualties, although Liu Yan was also mentally prepared before the war, the Ming army had various advantages such as combat power, firepower, and material supply, and it was still an absolute advantage.

However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was on par with the Ming army in terms of strength, and relied on the fortified city and defense line to occupy a favorable geographical position, plus this battle was a life-and-death battle of the Manchu Dynasty, those Tartars would definitely be ferocious, and the Ming army suffered huge casualties for sure.

But when the casualty figures of the army were really placed in front of Liu Yan, Liu Yan's heart was still full of grief.

At this time, there was another figure in front of Liu Yan, after six days of bloody battles, the officers and men of the Ming army had beheaded more than 610,000 people and captured more than 89,000 people.

According to the intelligence that the various departments did not collect at night, as well as Liu Yan's calculations, Liu Yan estimated that the strength of the Qing army stationed in the four defense lines outside Shenyang should be more than 800,000.

Of course, in addition to the elites of the Manchu, Mongolian, Han, and Korean banners, there are at least 300,000 temporarily recruited Manchu township soldiers, Mongolian tribal soldiers, and Han people.

Now the Ming army has beheaded and captured about 700,000 Qing troops, that is to say, in the fierce fighting in the past few days, in addition to the Qing troops who were broken by artillery and counted as "missing", there were tens of thousands, nearly 100,000 Qing soldiers, who fled and disappeared.

Liu Yan frowned slightly, and said secretly: "It seems that even after taking Shenyang City, we will continue to clear out the fleeing Qing army in various parts of Liaodong." ”

The next day, the seventh day of the Ming army's attack.

Early in the morning, after half a day and a night of rest the day before yesterday, the officers and men of all units had recovered their physical strength and spirit, and under the leadership of the generals of all departments, they formed a formation and assembled in front of and behind the third line of defense on all sides.

The artillery of the Ming army was also prepared, and at this time, the artillery positions of all the departments had all advanced forward and been deployed near the third line of defense on all sides of Shenyang City. The distance from Shenyang City is moderate, and all the Hongyi cannons equipped by the Ming army, as well as most of the Franc machine guns, can hit the city walls of Shenyang City.

However, only part of the artillery equipped by the Qing army could reach the artillery position of the Ming army, so the gap between the firepower of the Ming army and the Qing army widened again.

Liu Yan stood on the high platform of the Chinese army, and at this time, the Chinese army of the Ming army also moved forward, advancing from the west of the first line of defense west of Shenyang City to near the second line of defense.

Liu Yan held the clairvoyant mirror and observed for a while, only to see that the city wall of Shenyang City was still crowded with people, and it seemed that the Qing army still did not give up, and continued to fight to the death.

This is also in Liu Yan's arms, as long as the dog Tartar resists to the end, Liu Yan can take advantage of the situation to die.

"Order all artillery units to open fire and concentrate fire on the Shenyang city wall!"

Just last night, Liu Yan temporarily received a report from the Beiyang Fleet, saying that a large amount of ammunition could be transported at dawn today and tomorrow at the latest, and the next batch of ammunition would arrive within three days.

So at this time, Liu Yan no longer cared about the problem of ammunition, and ordered: "Order all artillery to bombard with maximum firepower, and use up all the ammunition that is attached to it!" ”

"Yes!"

With Liu Yan's order, nearly 10,000 artillery pieces in the Ming army that could hit the city walls of Shenyang City began to bombard fiercely, and the bombardment lasted all day from morning to dusk.

During this period, although hundreds of artillery pieces of the Qing army also fought back, there were almost only a handful of shells that could hit the Ming army's artillery array, and the seemingly fierce Qing artillery fire did not cause much damage to the Ming army.

On the other hand, on the side of the Qing army, under the almost earth-shattering artillery fire of the Ming army, the fortifications on the city walls of Shenyang City, as well as a considerable part of the artillery, were destroyed, and the city walls were full of ruins, and the corpses of the soldiers of the two yellow flags and two white flags of Manchukuo of the Qing army, as well as all kinds of debris, were piled up on the city wall, almost blocking the road.

However, after all, Shenyang City is the first fortified city in Liaodong, originally before the rise of the Manchu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty strengthened and expanded Shenyang City several times.

After the Manchu Qing invaded Liaodong, the city of Shenyang was changed to Shengjing as the capital of the Manchu Dynasty, and the city of Shenyang was strengthened several times, making the city wall of Shenyang city thick and strong, although the Ming artillery fire destroyed most of the fortifications and artillery on the city wall, killed and injured a lot of Qing troops, but the city wall of Shenyang city was never able to collapse.

The gates of Shenyang City have been completely blocked by the Qing army with large stones, even if the city gate is shattered by the Ming army's artillery fire, the Ming army soldiers can not pass through the city gate.

So at dusk, Liu Yan held a clairvoyant mirror and observed for a long time, and had to identify the worst situation: if the soldiers of all departments wanted to attack Shenyang City, they could only attack the city with cloud ladders.

(End of chapter)