1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 572 Breaking Liaoyang

The offensive and defensive battle in Liaoyang came to an abrupt end before evening. Of course, it wasn't the Ming and Qi allied forces that broke through the city of Liaoyang, let alone the slaves in the city who surrendered the city on their own initiative.Instead, the coalition forces, in order to prevent the slaves in the city from breaking out at night, began to organize officers and soldiers and many rescued Han slaves to cut down trees, made a large number of refusal horses, and dug the previously abandoned trenches wide and deep. , as if to surround Liaoyang City.

Seeing this, the slaves in the city all showed an incredible expression on their faces. When they attacked the Ming army, didn't they just dig trenches and build ditches and pile up a large number of horses to achieve the goal of besieging the Ming army in the city? .At the same time, through this method, they besieged the city and fought for reinforcements, eliminating countless reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty.

Now, my Qing Dynasty has successfully entered the customs and swept the world. Maybe after a bloody fight, I will seize the world of Ming Dynasty and establish our prosperous dynasty of Qing Dynasty.

Why, all of a sudden, the Ming army reached Liaoyang.According to Master Shengjing, these Ming troops probably landed from the sea and rushed all the way to Liaoyang.There are few soldiers in the city, and the defense is extremely empty. Everyone has made plans to break out at night. Thousands of Ming troops cannot surround the entire Liaoyang City. Under the cover of night, they can escape more or less.

But now, the Ming army outside the city is actually planning to wipe out the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners, women and children in the city, and they don't pay attention to encircling the three gates. The Eight Banners army and civilians are in a sweeping posture.

Thinking of how they have treated the Ming army and Han people in the past few decades, the disabled, old and weak of the Eight Banners in the city can't help but look ashamed. Is this retribution coming?

To the surprise of the Ming and Qi coalition forces outside Liaoyang City, the soldiers and civilians of the Eight Banners in Liaoyang City seemed to want to "lay flat". That night, after organizing two breakout operations, there was no more movement, and some officers and soldiers who had been waiting all night Surprised.You know, after most of yesterday's bombardment, many large cracks have appeared in the west wall of Liaoyang City, and it will not be too long before it collapses.If the artillery were to work harder the next day, they might be able to break through the city and enter Liaoyang in the morning.

The next day, when the Ming and Qi allied forces gathered in front of Liaoyang City again after breakfast, they suddenly discovered that the Jiannu in the city had driven countless Han people to the top of the city, and the part of the city wall that the marines mainly bombarded was covered with The Han people were killed, crying, neighing, and begging for mercy. For a while, the entire city of Liaoyang was full of crying.

Seeing this situation, Li Benshen and the Ming army in Denglai Town did not take it seriously. Jiannu thought that taking those thousand Han people as hostages and placing them at the top of the city would prevent us from attacking the city?

Although we have not done much about killing good people and taking meritorious service, in order to attack the city and kill the enemy and gain military exploits, who would care about the so-called Han Chinese hostages if they were killed by the officers and soldiers under the city of Liaoyang?
"Send people to the city to speak to Jiannu. If we slaughter our Han compatriots for no reason, after the city is broken, the entire Liaoyang City will not be left behind, and all the soldiers and civilians of the Eight Banners will be killed!" Niu Hu ordered coldly.

Unsurprisingly, the Jiannu in Liaoyang City did not respond to the call of the Ming and Qi allied forces, and a few feathered arrows shot and killed the soldier on the spot.

"Siege!"

Following the order of Niu Hu, more than ten artillery pieces began to violently bombard the west wall of Liaoyang City amidst the cries of hundreds of Han slaves at the top of the city. more and more expanded.Every round of shelling would cause the entire city wall to shake violently, as if it would collapse at any moment.

The Hannu who were driven to the top of the city were bombarded by the fierce artillery, and their souls were scattered. Some closed their eyes resignedly, knelt down on the city wall, and waited for the arrival of death.And some Hannu uttered a cry, turned their heads and fled to both sides of the city wall, trying to avoid the flying shells and splashing gravel and soil.

More than a hundred Jiannu infantry on both sides of the formation, with bows and arrows, shot and killed the fleeing Han slaves on the city wall one by one, making the Han slaves on the city wall terrified, and could only cry and continue to stay on the city wall above.

"My lord, when the people of Qi will blow down the city wall later, how will those Han people who are pushed ahead by Jiannu deal with us when we break into the city?" A general next to Li Benshen asked in a low voice.

"Anyone who prevents our army from entering the city will be killed!" Li Ben said coldly.

"My lord, yesterday, those Qi people asked me not to kill indiscriminately..."

"The benevolence of a woman!" Li Ben sneered deeply, "How can we tell which is the slave and which is the commoner when the two armies are fighting? Treasury. Wait for the army to gather and enter the city, and then slowly screen them out. Remember, the big treasury households in the city should not move lightly!"

"Could it be that those are all left to the people of Qi and Denglai Town?" the general asked unwillingly.

"People in Qi State don't care much about gold and silver, but they value all kinds of craftsmen and artists, as well as important laws and regulations and books and rare antiques from past dynasties." Li Ben said with a deep smile: "Our Emperor Yongchu took the most of all the seizures in Liaodong this time! "

"The vassals of the Qi State are so desperately helping our Daming to resist the establishment of slaves, what is the plan?"

"They are plotting the population of our Daming..." Li Benshen heard cheers from the formation, looked up and saw that a corner of the west wall of Liaoyang City had collapsed, and large pieces of rammed earth were constantly Falling, through the deep gap, it seems that a trace of the situation in the city can already be seen.

"Left Association, go forward and prepare to break into the city!...Kill the Tartars!" Li Benshen commanded loudly with a bloodthirsty look on his face.

Ye Keshu, the general manager of Shengjing in the Qing Dynasty, turned his head and hissed at Lai Bu beside him, "It's time to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty!... Are all the treasuries in the city ready with fire starters?"

"Master Hui Dutong, all the government offices and treasuries in the city have prepared all kinds of fire starters, which can be ignited and burned at any time!" Lai Bu said tragically.

"Tell everyone that after the city is broken, immediately set fire to the city." Ye Keshu pulled out the long knife from his waist. "Then, everyone will try their best to rush out of the city. Whoever can escape will depend on their own creation!"

The purpose of setting fire to the city was to allow the Ming army who invaded the city to plunder the goods in the city, allocate a considerable amount of manpower to put out the fire, so that the soldiers and civilians of the Eight Banners who broke out from the siege could escape and return to Shengjing.

"Jiannu may try to take advantage of the chaos to escape from the city." In the coalition formation outside the city, Niu Hu called several marine battalion commanders and self-rescue battalion officers together, and ordered the combat mission after the city was broken, "Second Marine Battalion He and the First Battalion of the Self-Rescue Army accompanied Li Benshen into the city. After clearing the recalcitrant enemies, they must immediately control the treasury and craftsman battalion in the city to ensure that the most important food will not be burned and destroyed by the slaves, and various craftsmen will be injured and killed. The first and third battalions of the Marine Corps, and the second and third battalions of the Self-Rescue Army blocked several gates and main passages in the city to prevent Jiannu from escaping."

"The artillery team and the supply battalion are on standby at any time behind the formation, and at the same time pay attention to the news from the Shenyang direction sniper team and the Ming army scouts."

"What if a Jiannu crosses the Taizi River and runs to the south?" Some people asked worriedly when they saw that Niu Hu's blocking and intercepting directions were almost all in the north of Shenyang.

"It's okay, let him flee to the south, anyway, when we return, we will fight all the way back."

"Wan victorious! ... Wan victorious!" Warm cheers broke out in the coalition formation.

Everyone looked around, and saw that a section of the city wall three to four meters wide on the west side of Liaoyang City had collapsed, and countless gravel and soil clods buried dozens of fallen Han slaves on the wall in the gap.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Seeing this, the artillerymen cheered up, rolled up their sleeves and stuffed projectiles into the muzzles, trying to continue to expand the gap in the city wall and create convenience for the siege troops to break into the city smoothly.

In Liaoyang City, Ye Keshu, the general manager of Shengjing, was wearing armor all over his body, holding a knife in his right hand with a solemn expression, standing at the street on horseback.Behind him are more than ten armored cavalry, and then there are nearly five hundred soldiers and civilians of the Eight Banners who are fully armed, more than half of them are old, weak and strong women, but everyone wears armor and holds a blade.

They stood quietly behind Ye Keshu's horse, waiting for the city to be broken, and prepared to fight to the death with the Ming army that broke into the city. Not only did they want to defend their prestige of the Eight Banners, but they also wanted to ensure that thousands of women and children in the city could escape in the chaos.Although the hope is very slim, everyone still has to put all their eggs in one basket, try to survive, and move forward bravely.

"Rumble..."

Following a salvo of artillery, there was a louder sound from the city wall, and another section of the city wall must have collapsed.

Ye Keshu put the helmet on his head, put down the visor, tightened the long knife in his hand, and stared straight ahead.

There have been several fires in the city, and smoke pillars are slowly rising in the noisy city. In all directions, countless people's screams, cries, and hysterical laughter can be faintly heard.

On the long street, there were occasional Han slaves rushing past. After seeing the heavily armed Eight Banners soldiers and civilians at the street entrance, they turned their heads and ran away in horror.

"Bah, a group of lowly Nikans!" An old Jiannu man in his fifties looked contemptuously at the Hannu and Baoyi who were watching them from a distance, then turned his head to stare at Ye Keshu who was at the front, with a long Taking a breath, he tried hard to straighten his back, but the years of invasion and various traumas left by years of fighting made the old Jian slave groan in pain, and had to bend his back again, and then showed a vicious look. eyes.

A burst of passionate shouts crossed the city wall, and a moment later, a group of Ming troops dressed in brightly colored Ming mandarin ducks and war jackets flooded into the city. A group of Han slaves and Bao Yi in front were slashed and stabbed wildly by each other, and fled desperately towards the city. go.

More and more Ming soldiers rushed into the city, roaring and shouting recklessly, how exciting it was to finally be able to invade Dabu, the important town of slavery in Liaodong after decades!
"Kill Jiannu!" A hundred households of the Ming army suddenly saw a group of Jiannu armored soldiers gathered at the street, shouted, brandished a long knife, and led his subordinates to rush over.

"Sudden!" Ye Keshu yelled loudly, mobilized his horse, raised his long saber with his right hand, and rushed towards the Ming army who was rushing over.

The Baihu of the Ming army barely gave way to Jiannu Jiaqi, and was about to slash at the opponent's thigh with a knife, but suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck, and then there was a faint pain, and then he saw himself flying into the air suddenly, But the next moment, there was endless darkness in his eyes.

Ye Keshu chopped off the head of the enemy army facing him with a single blow, dismounted without stopping, and continued to charge forward, piercing his right arm, slashing and charging hard.The Jiannu Eight Banners soldiers and civilians behind them let out beast-like roars, waved their weapons, and rushed towards the swarming Ming army.

Li Benshen saw that all the Zuoxie from the headquarters had rushed into the city, so he immediately mobilized his troops and rushed in towards the gap in the city wall.It seems that those Qi people were right. Liaodong was indeed very empty. The big city of Liaoyang didn't have many slave soldiers and horses, allowing them to break through so easily.

However, just after crossing the city wall and before entering the city, Li Benshen was shocked to find that the former army was constantly retreating, and some soldiers even fled towards the city wall in embarrassment.

what's going on?Could it be that Jiannu ambushed a large group of soldiers and horses in the city, waiting for the city to be broken, and beat them back?
"General, there is a group of 500 Jiannu armored soldiers in front of them. They are extremely fierce and have repelled the Left Association. At this time, Jiannu is attacking me." A general manager rushed to report to Li Benshen.

"Four to five hundred Jiannujia soldiers!" Li Ben was deeply surprised. This time he followed the Qi State Marine Corps and Denglai Town to attack Liaodong. He brought a total of more than 1000 elite soldiers. That is naturally not a problem.But there were four to five hundred Jiannu soldiers on the opposite side. With his number of more than [-] people alone, he probably couldn't beat them.

"Form the formation!" Li Benshen immediately ordered loudly: "Stop advancing!...The whole army forms the formation!"

The Ming army that broke into the city began to retreat to the gap in the city wall in a panic. Under the orders of kicking and beating officers at all levels, they slowly gathered into an army formation, ready to deal with Jiannu's counterattack.

"What's the situation? Why is it stagnant?" The Second Battalion of the Marine Corps, which was about to break into the city, was blocked by Li Benshen's Ming army. Battalion Commander Xu Chuanxing rushed to the front with a few combat staff officers, and asked angrily.

Fires broke out everywhere in the city. It was clear that Jiannu saw that the situation was not right. He was preparing to burn the city, so he had to rush into the city quickly and rescue some supplies and food.Why did Li Benshen stop at the city wall? Isn't this a waste of time?
"General Xu, there are four or five hundred Jiannu armored soldiers in front of us, and they are rushing forward. Our troops need to form an formation to respond to Jiannu's counterattack." Li Ben said in a deep voice.

"There is no time. Since your army is defeated by Jiannu, then let the passage be opened immediately." Xu Chuanxing said sharply: "There are no more than four to five hundred Jiannu soldiers in the city. Our army must rush into the city quickly to prevent Jiannu from jumping over the wall in a hurry. Do the act of burning jade and stone!"

Ye Keshu was hesitating whether to continue to lead his troops to attack the Ming army formed at the gap in the city wall. Suddenly, seeing the opponent's formation split and a wide passage was opened, a group of black-clothed soldiers rushed over with gun swords in hand.

"Standing!"

"Musket shooting array!"

"First row, get ready!"

After passing through the formation of the Ming army, the black-clothed army broke into the front of Jiannu about [-] meters away, and then quickly formed a few rows of tight formations, and then raised their guns and aimed at the place where Jiannu gathered.

"Rush over!" Ye Keshu didn't hesitate any more, the opponent fired with a firecracker, and the one who hit was killed instantly. Only by rushing into the enemy's formation, instead of fighting in a group, could he have a chance of victory.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

The first round of musket salvos cut off a thin layer of Jiannu who rushed over, and dozens of Jiannu fell to the ground, but the remaining Jiannu still rushed forward desperately.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

Four rounds of musket fire in a row stopped Jiannu's charge. No matter how many heavy armors Jiannu wore, they all screamed and fell on the way to charge after being hit by the bullets flying at high speed.And their coach, Ye Keshu, the general manager of Shengjing, was hit in the abdomen and left arm by two bullets in the second round of musket fire. One by one fell to the ground.

"Assault with the whole army!" Seeing that Jiannu's charge formation was in disarray and faintly showing signs of collapse, Xu Chuanxing ordered loudly.

After firing the last round of musket salvos, the Marine Corps soldiers, holding bayonets, rushed in the direction of Jiannu without hesitation.

Li Ben stared blankly at the situation on the battlefield in front of him, and his heart was so shocked that it was hard to add. Those armored slave soldiers who were strong and sharp, and extremely fierce, were shot and killed countless times under the continuous volley of gunfire from the Qi State Marine Corps. Under the charge of their gun swords, they were defeated and fled.

It turned out that the army of the Qi State was not only good at using firearms, but also dared to hold the sharp edge to deal with the enemy, and even smashed it.

It really is a powerful force!
"Let's enter the city!" Li Benshen immediately took his troops and horses, followed behind the Qi State Marine Corps and the Self-Rescue Army, and entered Liaoyang City again.

(End of this chapter)