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The two marched in the direction of Lu Xiangsheng and Xiao Zongxian with more than [-] troops on horseback, and brought out the artillery that was attacking the city.

Although the siege artillery of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was covered by earthen walls, more than 20 of them were successively destroyed by the Datong army.The more than [-] artillery pieces of the fort along the river were also captured by Lu Xiangsheng and Xiao Zongxian's surprise attack, which is equivalent to losing about [-] pieces.

The remaining more than 130 artillery pieces are scattered on the east, west, and north sides of Gaizhou City, and only 40 cannons can be used on the west side.

When the Eight Banners Army of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties pulled out from the siege position and assembled to attack westward, the follow-up troops of the reinforcements had already reached more than 20.One thousand of them were artillerymen. Fifty artillery pieces were brought from the ship and artillery positions were set up on the shore. The vanguard led by Lu Xiangsheng and Xiao Zongxian also dragged over [-] captured artillery pieces.

Cao Zhenyan and other captives also worked hard. In order to make a good impression in front of the Datong army, the surrendered Manchu Qing artillerymen actively helped transport the artillery to the seaside.

Those who are not active are dead!

Before the third batch of reinforcements arrived, Li Dingguo and Wang Tingchen returned.They snatched all the way to the vicinity of Jinzhou, but both Ningyuan and Jinzhou had heavy troops, and they almost suffered a loss when they robbed the population.

Seeing the Tartars pushing the chariot forward, the cavalry of the two immediately changed to infantry, and they helped defend the temporary position first.

Li Dingguo arranged the soldiers under his command, and ran quickly to see Lu Xiangsheng and Xiao Zongxian: "The first division and the second division are attacking Shanhaiguan, and the news has spread to Fuzhou City. We are going back to Fuzhou first this time. , Jinzhou soldiers were dragged by General Wang (Wang Tingchen) and me for a few days. In a few days, we lost more than [-] cavalry, but it also delayed the Tartars to rescue Shanhaiguan for a few days."

"Good!" Lu Xiangsheng clapped his hands happily.

This was a long-established military plan. Once the Manchus attacked Gaizhou, Zhang Tieniu and Fei Ruhe would go to Shanhaiguan.They all went by boat. One departed from Dengzhou and landed east of Shanhaiguan, and the other departed from Tianjin and landed west of Shanhaiguan. The east and west attacked the defenders in Shanhaiguan.

As long as Shanhaiguan is taken down, troops will be stationed there, and hungry people will be recruited to farm in the pass, as another base for sending troops to Liaodong in the future.

This is a safe plan, and you can also cross the sea, cooperate with Li Zheng and Xiao Zongxian, and the four divisions will outflank Dorgon's rear, and directly wipe out the elite of the Eight Banners.But the logistical pressure is too great. Once there is a storm, it is very likely that the whole army will be hungry. At this time, the Bohai Sea has entered a period of high incidence of storms. The navy only dares to sail along the coastline. Crossing the Bohai Sea is an extremely risky move. Transporting troops and food All belong to high-risk behavior.

Just when Daishan and Jierhalang were about to lead troops to attack the reinforcement position, a fast horse galloped crazily from the north, and the horse was so tired that it was foaming at the mouth.

"Your Highness, Shanhaiguan is under attack from two sides, and Weiyuan Terrace has been occupied by the Nanban a few days ago!" the messenger knelt down and said.

Inside the handsome tent, there was a dead silence.

Weiyuan Terrace, also known as Weiyuan City, is about one kilometer east of Shanhaiguan.Historically, it was here that Wu Sangui asked to surrender and took refuge in the Qing Dynasty as a vanguard in entering the customs.

Some people say that Weiyuan Terrace was built by Wu Sangui, but it actually existed as early as the Wanli Dynasty.

If the Manchu Qing wanted to attack Shanhaiguan, they had to attack Weiyuantai first.Moreover, there is a tunnel connecting Shanhaiguan and Weiyuantai, which can transport troops unexpectedly.

Among the Datong army, there were obviously knowledgeable people who quickly raided and captured Weiyuantai, and then blocked the troop transport passage.

As for Shanhaiguan City, there are 6000 Eight Banners troops stationed there, and there are more than 1 Eight Banners' families.

The food in the city lasts for three or four months at most.

If the coating and civilians are killed and eaten, they can last at most half a year.If Dorgon is still spending with the Datong army in Gaizhou, even if he captures the city, if he cannot seize a large amount of food and grass, he will not be able to rescue Shanhaiguan.

Because to save Shanhaiguan, Weiyuantai must be brought down first.The Datong army only needs to defend the city, and Dorgon will be exhausted.

Fight Gaizhou City, or save Shanhaiguan?

Dorgon only felt parched. He expected that Shanhaiguan would be attacked, but he didn't expect to be attacked from both sides.This is different. Leaving aside the offensive and defensive battle of Guancheng, Shanhaiguan’s supply of grain and grass is a big problem. Liaodong’s grain is blocked by Weiyuantai and cannot be transported.

The Datong army didn't even need to attack, just stationed troops in Weiyuantai, and could starve the Eight Banners army in Shanhaiguan to death!

"Call the nobles from all banners to discuss!" Dorgon couldn't make his own decisions.

There was almost a war in the west of the city, and the chariots were pushed out. After receiving Dorgon's order, they had to withdraw temporarily, allowing Lu Xiangsheng's reinforcements to gain a firm foothold by the sea.

Jierhalang came angrily and asked, "I'm at war, what's the rush to summon me?"

Dorgon said: "Shanhaiguan was attacked by east and west, and Weiyuantai was captured by the enemy's surprise attack."

Jierhalang said: "Weiyuantai is to the east of Shanhaiguan, the enemy has not captured Shanhaiguan, how can we take Weiyuantai?"

"It must have come by boat." Daishan said.

Dorgon nodded and said, "He came by boat."

Hauge walked to Dorgon's side and sat down: "Gaizhou City is not easy to fight. I had three favorite generals yesterday. Two of them died and one was disabled. If we continue to fight, we will all die."

Dai Shan said: "The fortifications in the west of the city are not stable. The southern barbarian reinforcements have pulled out the forts along the river, and the Wuzhenhachao battalion in the outer camp is gone. Once the attack continues, the enemy reinforcements will definitely attack the west side of our army. Ji and I Erhalan's position is very dangerous."

Man Dahai suggested: "It's better to gather troops to attack the enemy's reinforcements with all their strength."

Jierhalang couldn't help rolling his eyes: "The enemy troops in Gaizhou City are not dead. Let's attack their reinforcements with all our strength. The defenders in the city will definitely look for opportunities to fight. Moreover, the reinforcement camp is by the sea. Not only the reinforcements have artillery, but the reinforcements also have artillery. The sea ships also have artillery. It was the best time to attack just now, but now it has been delayed. After the enemy has established a firm foothold, it will be almost as difficult to take down there as to attack a city."

Hauge said angrily: "Could it be that we gave up Gaizhou and rushed to rescue Shanhaiguan with a large army? Isn't it because we are exhausted and led by the nose by Nanman?"

Dorgon looked at Daishan: "What's the second brother's idea?"

Daishan sighed: "What other ideas can I have? Withdraw the troops immediately, divide the troops to defend Yaozhou and Haizhou, and prevent the enemy of Gaizhou from continuing to go north. Then the main force will be stationed in Ningyuan and Jinzhou. After a month's rest, more food and grass will be recruited, and then go to rescue Shanhaiguan You can't go directly to Shanhaiguan, otherwise you will be defeated by the enemy!"

Ji Erhalang also said: "Shanhai Pass cannot be lost. Once lost, we will be blocked in Liaodong again. And those southern barbarians, after taking down Shanhaiguan, can farm in the next few years, and they can send troops at any time when they have enough food and grass. At that time, both Ningyuan and Jinzhou are in danger, and with the enemy of Gaizhou, we will be attacked from both sides, and we will become what we were more than ten years ago."

More than ten years ago, the Manchu Qing was besieged by enemies on all sides. The Ming Dynasty, Mongolia, North Korea, and even the savage Jurchen tribes were all at war with the newly rising Manchu Qing.

Moreover, the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty were nearly collapsed by Nurhachi. The lack of food was so short that it robbed the food of the Han people under his rule-how much food was paid by each household, and if the food was not handed over, they would kill people.

After Nurhachi's death, Daishan can inherit the throne.But in the face of the predicament, Daishan knew that he could not bear the heavy responsibility, so he supported Huang Taiji's succession.

It was Huang Taiji who saved Manqing and led Manqing out of the predicament.

Once Shanhaiguan is lost, the Qing Dynasty will reproduce the predicament of Huang Taiji at the beginning of his succession.Dorgon is not Huang Taiji, he doesn't have the ability to lead Man Qing out of the quagmire!

After the owners of the Eight Banners expressed their views, Dorgon let out a foul breath: "Withdraw the troops!"

Gaizhou is not a public toilet, you can come and leave whenever you want.

With more than 3 troops here, the Manchu Qing had to pay a sufficient price for withdrawing troops.

On that day, the remaining artillery of the Qing Dynasty poured shells crazily towards the city wall.Although the cannon casting technology in the early Qing Dynasty was much higher than that in the late Qing Dynasty, it had to be used sparingly in a short period of time, otherwise the life of the cannon would be greatly reduced.

Man Qing was insane. Regardless of the life of the artillery, he continued to shoot after cooling down a little, making no secret that he was about to withdraw his troops.

In addition to firing at Gaizhou City, they also fired at Lu Xiangsheng's camp by the sea.

After bombarding for three full days, several cannons were blasted, and at the same time, a large group of cavalry was sent to the north to explore and clear the way.

On the fourth day, Dorgon ordered: "Destroy all heavy artillery, destroy all chariots and ladders!"

The so-called heavy artillery in the Manchu Qing refers to artillery above 10 pounds. This kind of artillery can't be fast at all when it's on the road.

Then, Dorgon left behind a large number of civilians and a Wuzhenhachao battalion to stop the pursuit of the Datong Army.

"The Tartars are really going to escape, and they are going to go out of the city to pursue them!" Hu Dinggui said on the tower, patting the remaining railings that were bombarded.

Don't dare to chase immediately, for fear that Manqing is luring the enemy out of the city.

Watching the Manchu Qing army leave the camp, Li Yangxing, who stayed behind, was almost desperate.He was born as a soldier of Kong Youde, and he did well in the Qing Dynasty, but no matter how well he did, he became an abandoned son.

Dorgon summoned Li Yangxing in person just now: "Fight hard, the longer the better. I will take good care of your wife and children. Your eldest son will be given a hereditary title. Your youngest son will stay by my side as a follower." .”

How else could Li Yangxing choose?

Risking his life to stop the Datong army can bring back the safety of his wife and children, and the wealth of his sons.If he dared to surrender before the battle, the whole family would die tragically, and after surrendering to the Datong Army, there would probably be nothing good to eat.

The disheartened Li Yangxing said to the Eight Banners of the Han Army under his command: "To kill the enemy and serve the country is today, and guard the camp!"

The morale of these Wuzhenchao soldiers is extremely low, who the hell wants to die?

Chapter 453 [In the army, take the leader directly]

"Master, let me take the main attack this time, you have to let out a bad breath!" Li Fuguo walked quickly in front of Hu Dinggui, kneeling on one knee in violation of the regulations and begging to play.

Although the military system of the Datong Army, the official documents all write division commander, deputy division commander, captain, and deputy captain, but the soldiers who have read the book are still habitually called: division commander, division deputy, team leader, and team deputy.

Including the director and deputy director of the civil servants, they are also called: the director of the department and the deputy of the department.

More than [-]% of the hundreds of soldiers killed by the city defenders this time belonged to Li Fuguo's regiment.

Hu Dinggui thought: "Your regiment suffered too many casualties, let's attack with Lao Jiang. Also, if you stand up and speak, you will agree if you don't kneel."

"Yes!" Li Fuguo stood up immediately.

Li Fuguo is the grandnephew of Li Banghua's family, and the family relationship has been broken.But who made Li Banghua occupy a high position, and relatives who couldn't get along with him also came to build relationships with him one after another.

The power of the Li family in the military and political system is no different from that of the Fei family, so there is no queen to blow the pillow.

The defenders in the city mobilized their soldiers and horses, and rushed towards Li Yangxing's broken army.

As for the reinforcements by the sea, they will take boats again and transport troops to block the retreat of the main force of the Eight Banners.However, Li Dingguo and Wang Tingchen were still separated to lead the cavalry to catch up with the main force of the Eight Banners.

But you have to make a detour, the passage to the north is relatively narrow, and Li Yangxing blocked the way.

Li Dingguo and Wang Tingchen led the cavalry from the west of the city through the earth wall and ditch, galloped along the north city wall toward the northeast, and then passed through the earth wall and ditch to the mountain area in the north.Bypassing the Manchu Qing camp where Li Yangxing was stationed, he led his horse up the hillside and then went down, and then galloped all the way to catch up with the main force of the Manchu Qing.

On the side of the Manchu camp, Li Fuguo and Jiang Lin attacked from the front, while the other ministries and peasant soldiers surrounded them from both sides.

The camps here are too big. After the main forces of the Manchu and Qing evacuated, many places became empty camps, but the various fortifications were still very disgusting, and many places needed to be built with planks to pass.

Li Yangxing belonged to the battle of trapped beasts, leading three thousand Wu Zhenchaoha and a large number of civilians, and shrank in the core camp left by Dorgon.

The battle hadn't even started yet, but these soldiers at the bottom of the Han army banner had made up their minds to take the opportunity to surrender.

Li Yangxing's wife and children are taken care of by Dorgon, but their wives and children have no one to take care of them. Maybe the orphans and widows will be taken over by others.That being the case, why would you risk your life for Man Qing to end it?

Li Yangxing said to the soldiers under his command: "For the Ming Dynasty, we are all defectors and traitors. The civil and military forces of the Nanman Emperor were all defected by the Ming court. Even if we surrendered, the Nanmanzi would kill us and beat us all. Get up and work hard!"

The bannermen of the Han army were silent when they heard the words, and while feeling desperate, they also resented Dorgon for letting them die.

They are all unbelieving soldiers. They don't know why they are fighting. They are good at robbing and killing with the wind, and they are also brave in fighting with the army. When they stay behind, their morale drops to zero in an instant.

Li Yangxing's army was annihilated by Li Dingguo in history!

"Boom boom boom!"

The Datong Army began shelling.

"Run!"

The first ones to collapse were the civilians. A total of [-] civilian troops collapsed at the moment of shelling.

Immediately afterwards, the Eight Banners of the Han Army in the Wuzhenchao Ha Camp also fled.

Dorgon had already guessed that this was the case, so he left [-] civilian husbands behind.Either let them fight a blocking battle, or let them flee in all directions. The Datong Army has to spend time and troops to arrest them, so as to create opportunities for the main force of the Manchu Qing to retreat.

The expected tough battle suddenly turned into a pursuit battle.

It was Li Yangxing who took more than a hundred soldiers and remained in the core camp and did not escape, while the rest collapsed and scattered on the battlefield.

Dorgon's strategy worked, at least the main force of Hu Dinggui's infantry would not be able to pursue it within a day or two.Not only to capture the prisoners, but also to identify, place and guard the prisoners. Only Wu Huapu led the dragoons to the north.

When Li Fuguo and Jiang Lin led troops to attack the front of the formation, the hundreds of people around Li Yangxing put down their weapons and chose to surrender in the face of the Datong army twenty times their own.

Some of Li Yangxing's personal soldiers even tied Li Yangxing's neck with knives, tied them up and marched out of the camp to surrender.

Halfway on the way, Li Yangxing begged his soldiers: "Kill me quickly, take my head and surrender, don't let me suffer the crime of living again. For the sake of old love, I beg you to give me a knife."

The guards turned a deaf ear to it, and the chief general surrendered after the detainment was broken, and maybe he could make meritorious deeds in exchange for his own life.

When Li Fuguo saw Li Yangxing, he questioned him, and when he learned of his identity, he immediately sneered, "A good dog, you deserve the surname Li?"

Li Yangxing knew that he would die, and retorted: "What if you don't vote for the Qing Dynasty? The civil and military forces of the Ming Dynasty oppressed and framed them. If they hadn't defected to the enemy, they would have been framed and killed by the civil and military forces of the Ming Dynasty. Right and wrong, how can we tell clearly?" ? Don't talk too much, if you are a hero, give it a good time!"

Hearing this remark, Li Fuguo stopped being sarcastic.

The soldiers of the Datong Army who were born in mud legs all regarded the Han army flag and Baoyi as traitors.But Li Fuguo is a scholar, and he heard from elders who are officials in the family that it is really hard to explain the chaotic party struggle.

Li Yangxing ten years ago was definitely a victim. If he did not vote for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he would definitely be tortured to death by the civil and military forces of the Ming Dynasty, and he would be framed for various crimes after his death!

Li Fuguo waved his hand and said, "I will take you back for trial."

Li Yangxing, who was being dragged away by the soldiers, twisted his neck and shouted: "Give me a good time, give me a good time!"

Wu Huapu grabbed the reins with one arm and led the dragoons forward at full speed. In the middle of the afternoon, they encountered the Datong cavalry led by Li Dingguo and Wang Tingchen.

The three joined forces, about seven thousand cavalry.

"What's the situation?" Wu Huapu asked.

Li Dingguo pointed to the front: "There are puppet Qing cavalry blocking them. There has already been a fight, and each of them has killed or injured hundreds of people."

Wang Tingchen said: "According to the confession of the captured enemy cavalry, the one who led the cavalry to stop us was Babutai, the ninth son of the Tatar chieftain Nurhaci. Some of his men were Manchurian cavalry, and the rest were mostly Inner and Inner Mongolian cavalry."

Inner and Outer Mongolian Cavalry, specifically referring to the Eight Mongolian Banners (inner) and the Outer Fan Mongolian Banner (outer).

The backbone of the Mongolian Eight Banners is the Ming Frontier Army that was attached to the Manchu Qing, and those Mongolian troops that failed in the Mongolian Civil War and fled to the Manchu Qing.There are also a small number of Mongolian tribes who married with the Manchus, as well as Mongolian slaves (prisoners of war captured from the grassland) who made meritorious service in battle.These people, the whole family settled in Liaodong, and they were compiled as cattle records like the Manchus.

As for the Outer Fan Mongolia, it was a Mongolian tribe that voluntarily joined or was subdued by the Manchu Qing.They have autonomy, but they have to pay tribute on time, and they have to send soldiers to help the Manchus fight in wars.

As a native of Liaodong, Wu Huapu was very aware of the situation inside, and said: "Outer Fan Mongolia is not of the same mind with the Puppet Qing Dynasty. Even if they marry the Tatar Chieftain, they are unwilling to fight with us. There are too many young and strong casualties, and their tribes have may be annexed."

Wang Tingchen also served as a frontier general, nodded and said, "That's right, some Mongolian cavalry were really slick during the war just now."

Li Dingguo suggested: "It's better to concentrate on attacking the Manchurian cavalry."

"That's the way it should be done!" Wang Tingchen laughed.