The next day, the eleventh day of the Ming army's attack on the city of Shenyang.

In the early morning, Liu Yan stood on the high platform of the Chinese army in the west of Shenyang, and at this time, he saw that the more than 100,000 soldiers of the Ming army on the western front had all been assembled, and they had come out of the camps from all over the city, and they were assembled to the west of the third line of defense.

And the artillery of the Western Front has also been prepared, and with the ammunition urgently delivered by the Beiyang Fleet in place, the ammunition for at least the first half of the day can be fully supplied today.

Therefore, Liu Yan decided to bombard for half a day first, so as not to give the Qing army a chance to breathe.

On the other three sides of Shenyang City, the officers and men of the other 12 national defense armies were all assembled, and more than 10,000 artillery pieces of various types of Ming army were all prepared.

The artillery bombardment of the Ming army this time was different from usual, Liu Yan marked all the weak parts of the Shenyang city wall on the map, and copied hundreds of copies of this Shenyang city defense map overnight, all of which were distributed to the artillery arrays of each army, and ordered each artillery array to be grouped and grouped to be responsible, and each artillery array group was responsible for concentrating fire to bombard a weak part of the city wall, so as to collapse the city wall of Shenyang City as soon as possible!

At this time, Liu Yan looked up at the sky, the time was just right, and then he raised the clairvoyant mirror, only to see that there were many people on the Shenyang city wall in the distance, it seems that the Qing army is also ready to face the battle, and there are a lot of sandbags and various things used to prevent artillery on the city wall, such as thick wooden boards, stones, and even the corpses of the Qing soldiers in the city, as long as they can be used to block the Ming army's cannonballs, they are all piled up on the city wall.

"It seems that the Tartar is also poor in donkey skills!"

Liu Yan thought in his heart, and suddenly heard the sound of horns in the vast military array, and the time for the shelling was up!

In an instant, the artillery arrays of the Ming army opened fire one after another, countless shells crossed the sky, and all the Hongyi cannons and Franc machine guns of the Ming army all opened fire, and the group concentrated fire on the three weakest walls of the western city wall.

And all the miracle gun trucks in the artillery array also opened fire one after another, but these miracle gun trucks were aimed at the city wall, specifically killing and injuring the Qing army.

Rumble!

Liu Yan saw in the clairvoyant mirror that the shells were intensively hit around the three weak walls, in terms of the elite of the Ming gunners, almost every ten shells would hit three or four, even if it was a huge target such as the city wall, but the weak place was only a small area, plus the distance factor, so this hit rate was already very good.

Moreover, in terms of the number of artillery of the Ming army, after a salvo, many shells will hit the target, and Liu Yan has even seen that on one of the weak walls, masonry and stone have begun to fall off, and he can vaguely see the rammed earth part inside the city wall!

"Good!"

Liu Yan shouted happily, it seems that this tactic is right, as long as the city wall of Shenyang City is destroyed, in terms of the Qing army's will to fight, it will soon be defeated.

"Order the artillery arrays of all units to continue until the ammunition is exhausted!"

"Yes."

"Immediately send out the night to contact the Beiyang Fleet to the south to inquire and urge the next batch of ammunition."

"Yes."

Liu Yan now only hopes that the next batch of ammunition will be delivered as soon as possible, so that the artillery of all parts can continue to bombard, so as to avoid a disconnect in time, so that the Qing army can have time to repair the city wall.

At this time in the city, Duoduo and Dolgon were discussing countermeasures in the Chongzheng Palace, the Ming army continued to bombard the city wall, so that the city defense everywhere was a mess, even if the Qing army had several times the Ming army's attack on the city, but their own side was also suffering heavy casualties, and the fortifications on the city wall did not play their due role, which made the two very distressed.

Suddenly, the Minister of the Interior, Yingordai, rushed into the Chongzheng Hall in a panic, and even the Baya soldiers with yellow flags in Manchu outside the hall did not stop them, and Dolgon couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw this, and asked dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter??" ”

Ying Erdai said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Ming army seems to be aware of the weaknesses in various parts of the city wall, and is concentrating artillery fire to bombard these places, the west city wall, the north city wall has many bricks and stones falling off, if the Ming army continues to bombard, I am afraid the city wall will not last long!" ”

Dolgon and Duoduo were shocked when they heard this, and the two of them had received reports from various banners and soldiers in the past few days, knowing that many places around the city wall were already very fragile, but due to the construction materials in the city and the continuous artillery fire of the Ming army, these places have not been completely repaired, and they have only maintained the status quo, or delayed the speed of damage.

But now the Ming army has discovered the existence of these places, and suddenly Duoduo exclaimed: "In this way, I am afraid that the day of the destruction of the city is just around the corner!" ”

Dolgon gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Immediately draw troops and horses from all over the place, deploy them in the streets and alleys near each weak city wall, and prepare for street fighting!" ”

At this time, there were only two yellow flags of Manchuria, two white flags of Manchuria, and the soldiers and horses of Manchuria, and the troops originally had 100,000 thousands, but after several days of fierce fighting, the Qing army in the city was only 60,000 or 70,000 strong, and the morale was low, the soldiers were tired, and many Qing troops were already slightly injured, but they were still holding on everywhere.

It can be said that the Qing army in the city at this time is the end of the strong crossbow, unless a miracle comes, there is no suspense in this battle.

When Dorgon ordered the redeployment of troops from all over the city to garrison the city, Dorgon expressed his fears, fearing that it would further unrest the already wavering morale of the troops in the city's defenses.

Dorgon said, "I can't do much now, so let's go one day at a time!" ”

Duoduo and Ying Ordai bowed their heads when they heard this, and they were very unhappy in their hearts, and they didn't understand why the Great Qing Kingdom, which submitted to the Mongolian tribes and Korea, and suppressed the Ming Dynasty, fell to this point in such a short period of time?

Is it because of the appearance of a Liu Yan?

Soon, Duoduo and Ying Ordai hurriedly transferred troops and horses from all over the city, and the two Yellow Banners of Manchuria and the two White Banners of Manchuria had troops, numbering more than 20,000 people, divided into more than a dozen teams, all of which were deployed in various streets and alleys in the city, and began to dig trenches, pile up low walls, and deploy horses to resist horses in various streets and alleys, preparing for the street battles that were about to begin.

Suddenly, Duoduo, who was directing the Qing army to deploy the defense line inside the city, heard a loud noise, and hurriedly looked back in astonishment, only to see a small section of the western city wall began to shake violently, and then the external wall bricks collapsed, revealing the rammed earth inside.

Later, the artillery fire of the Ming army became more intensive, and they smashed on the rammed earth of this section of the city wall, rumbling, and forming a huge yellow dust mist in the surrounding air.

Duoduo even saw that many Qing soldiers fell directly with the wall bricks because of the collapse of the city wall, and the surrounding Qing soldiers also ran to the two wings in horror, and the defense of that section of the city wall suddenly collapsed!

Duoduo suddenly shouted, "Prepare for street fighting!" ”

The surrounding Qing troops suddenly entered the defense line in the city with a bang, even if the defense line in the city was still very simple, and even the trench was only dug for a section, these Qing troops did not care, even if it was just a small mound, at this time it could provide these Qing soldiers with an infinite sense of security.

At this time, Duoduo stared at the collapsed city wall, and the Ming army's cannonballs still kept falling on it, although the Ming army's cannonballs could not be seen from the city, but they could hear the dense impact sound, and each blow seemed to be smashed on Duoduo's heart, making Duoduo almost feel suffocated.

And the rammed earth of that section of the city wall is also under the continuous bombardment of the Ming army's cannonballs, constantly collapsing and falling, the original tall city wall, has begun to sink from this place, the remaining rammed earth is only about two-thirds of the original height, and it is still declining!!

At this moment, Duoduo suddenly noticed that the artillery fire of the Ming army seemed to be a little sparse, and then it was even more obvious, until half an hour later, the artillery fire of the Ming army in various places outside the city completely stopped.

"Hurry up and check, the situation of the Ming army outside the city, and report it quickly!"

Duoduo suddenly shouted, at this time, he could only hope that the Ming army was short of ammunition, or there were other circumstances, so that the Ming army's attack came to an abrupt end.

At this time, on the high platform of the Ming army outside the city, Liu Yan sighed, at this time, all the ammunition in the artillery positions of the Ming army was consumed, but the next batch of ammunition of the Beiyang Fleet had not yet been delivered, and the shelling had to stop.

"Pavilion Elder !"

Chen Xun, the chief officer of the First Army of the National Defense Army, rushed to the foot of the high platform and shouted: "Ge Lao, several city walls in Shenyang have been blown down, let the soldiers attack it!" ”

Then Zhang Yi, the chief officer of the Third Army of the National Defense Army, also rode his horse and said loudly: "Ge Lao, the last general will lead his troops to attack and take the west city wall of Shenyang!" ”

Liu Yan looked at the old subordinates who came to ask for battle, and his heart was very entangled, but looking at the Shenyang city wall in the distance, he still made up his mind and said: "Order the soldiers of all departments to return to the camp to rest!" At the same time, he sent someone to contact the Beiyang Fleet and ordered the chief officer Shi Daxuan to make every effort to transport ammunition, and the rest of the materials were temporarily suspended! ”

At this time, the grain and grass of the various departments of the Ming army can still last for about a month, and the rest of the materials can also be temporarily stopped, and now Liu Yan only needs ammunition.

And Liu Yan also made up his mind, as long as the problem can be solved with ammunition, he will never let the soldiers of the National Defense Force fight hard, these soldiers are the treasures of the Ming Dynasty, everyone is a rare elite, in the future, it is to open up territory for the Ming Empire, and compete with the Western powers, and must not be consumed under the city of Shenyang!

Chen Xun and Zhang Yi could only sigh heavily when they saw Liu Yan's resolute attitude, and then rode back to the army.

Subsequently, the various units of the Ming army withdrew to the camp one after another, and the Qing army in Shenyang City once again let out bursts of cheers.

Today, with the collapse of several city walls, the Qing army in the city is almost desperate, thinking that Shenyang City is about to be broken today, but I can't imagine that the Ming army has stopped attacking, and more than 10,000 artillery pieces are all dumb, isn't it a miracle?

When Dodor and Dorgon heard the news, their faces were shocked, and then their hearts were ecstatic.

Duoduo immediately rushed to the city wall and personally led his troops to urgently repair the collapsed city walls in various places, although it was impossible to repair them completely, but they could also be strengthened as much as possible to prolong the time of holding on.

Dolgon, on the other hand, laughed in the palace of the Emperor and learned that Dordo had rushed to the city wall to supervise the restoration, so he immediately sent additional men to deliver all kinds of materials to repair the city wall, and even did not hesitate to demolish part of the palace building, and transported all the wood and stone to all parts of the city wall.

The ammunition transported by the Beiyang Fleet was also delivered in three batches on the twelfth and fourteenth days.

Liu Yan immediately ordered all units of the Ming army to continue shelling, and the Ming army continued to shell the Shenyang city wall on the twelfth, thirteenth, and fifteenth days of the siege respectively.

It's just that the Qing army used the night and the interval between the Ming army's artillery bombardment to constantly strengthen these places, so that the Shenyang city wall is still struggling to support.

In this regard, even Liu Yan began to feel a little irritable in his heart.

(End of chapter)