East Factory Governor

Chapter 771

In Shenyang City, the clan Baylors who originally encouraged to flee to the east finally knew that it was too late to escape now.

They can only fight with their backs.

The entire city was plunged into desperate terror.

But at the same time, their survival instincts also make them more aggressive.

Fight to the death with the Ming army!
This is their only belief!
The 2000 elite soldiers of Houjin have now given up all the important places. Except for more than 3000 cavalry who hid outside the city, the remaining [-] elite soldiers all entered the city, intending to defend the city with fortification.

There was really no way to fight. There was no danger outside the city of Shenyang to defend. If these soldiers went to stop the Ming army along the way, they would only be eaten away by the Ming army. It is better to concentrate and fight.

The princes and aristocrats in the city also donated their family guards one after another, and organized an army of 1 people, barely making up the number.

In addition to the soldiers in the city, the soldiers and horses guarding Shenyang now can be claimed to have a hundred thousand.

Huang Taiji strictly blocked the news that Mongolia would surrender to Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, it was beneficial to boost the morale of the army, and on the other hand, it could prevent the more than 1 Mongolian soldiers from rebelling.

Shenyang City is ready.

Qin Shuhuai's army continued to advance, and soon found that almost no enemy troops came to stop them along the way.

He guessed that Huang Taiji planned to defend Shenyang City to the death!

On the eighth day of November in the sixth year of Chongzhen, except for a few Ming troops stationed in several important cities, Qin Shuhuai led a total of [-] troops from the Northern Expedition to surround Shenyang City.

Shenyang City is the base camp of the Tartars. Naturally, the city has high walls and thick walls, which are stronger than any other city. If you want to attack hard, you will have to pay a heavy price.

But Qin Shuhuai was not in a hurry to attack, the first thing he had to deal with was the 1 remaining Tartar cavalry.

Because there were 1 cavalry in the Battle of Kaesong, Qin Shuhuai knew that the Tartars still had at least [-] cavalry.

It is impossible for so many cavalry to be placed in the city, and all fools know it.

Letting them hang around outside is definitely a huge threat to the army.

While besieging the city and looking for cavalry, Qin Shuhuai naturally would not forget to fight psychologically.

Every day, he sent people to shout to the top of the city, saying that as long as Huang Taiji, Daishan, Dorgon and other "war criminals" were handed over, and all the Aixinjueluo clan would kneel at the city gate to welcome the Ming army into the city, the Ming army would There will be no offense against Shenyang Chengqiu, and all soldiers can go home.

Naturally, such a request would not receive any response.

The Ming army set up camp outside Shenyang City.

After shouting for two days, the bombardment of Shenyang City began on the third day.

Of the thirty red-clothed cannons he brought, only ten remain.

But at that time Shenyang City was not as big as later generations, only five or six square kilometers.

The range of the red-clothed cannon, if you don't need accuracy, can reach a maximum of about three kilometers.

It can cover almost half of Shenyang City.

As a result, the entire city of Shenyang was shrouded in the sound of rumbling guns all day long.

Row after row of buildings collapsed and burned, fires broke out everywhere in the city, and corpses were everywhere, like a place on earth.

What worried the defenders even more was that Qin Shuhuai would copy his attack on Ash Niulu, use the sound of artillery as a cover, and then dig a tunnel to come.

Now, there are deep-buried water tanks everywhere around the walls of Shenyang City, and every day, a group of Tartars listen to the movement underground with their buttocks up -- although the sound of artillery can easily disturb them, if the movement is louder, they can hear it.

In fact, Qin Shuhuai didn't dig any tunnels at all this time.

The same tactic has been used once, can the enemy still not know how to crack it?
But he is not in a hurry, if he wants to attack Shenyang City, he must first wipe out more than 1 Tartar cavalry outside the city.

In terms of admiration, Qin Shuhuai also admired this group of Tartar cavalry.

More than 1 soldiers and horses were hidden tightly, and they couldn't find it after searching for several days.

Therefore, the Ming army increased the scope of the search and invested a large number of troops in a dragnet search.

Still can't find it.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the high-intensity search is maintained, the gang of horse soldiers must cut off all contact with the outside world in order to hide - otherwise, how could the Ming army who came in and out of their people not be able to find it? Is teaching and a lot of martial arts masters blind?
On November [-], an urgent report came from Ashniulu that [-] reinforcements dispatched from Jinzhou, Shanhaiguan, and Ningyuan had arrived at Ashniulu.

Qin Shuhuai immediately ordered them to arrive at night seven days later.

On the night of November 25th, [-] reinforcements quietly arrived in Shenyang City.

After some deployment, Qin Shuhuai ordered to attack Shenyang City immediately!
The Ming army, which had already been prepared, immediately launched a fierce attack on Shenyang City.

Huang Taiji, who was still asleep, was awakened by Daishan who was sprinting over.

"Khan! The Ming army has attacked the city!"

Huang Taiji's back got wet immediately, he turned over and got out of bed, and asked while putting on his clothes, "Where is the main attack?"

Dai Shan replied, "The main attack is on all sides! Qin Shuhuai mobilized at least 4 troops, divided into three stages!"

Huang Taiji thought for a while and said, "After a quarter of an hour, call Dorgon and his cavalry to help!"

Daishan took the order and retreated.

Huang Taiji sneered, "4 people attack the city? Qin Shuhuai, are you so confident?"

Soon, signal fireworks rose in the city.

When Qin Shuhuai saw the fireworks, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Hehe, it seems that the last card is about to be played.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, a large group of cavalry came over.

It was the twelve thousand cavalry led by Dorgon!
These cavalry came from the north, divided into three groups of [-] each, and charged towards the north, west, and east of the city.

It seems that they are actually hiding not far away, but it is unknown where they are hiding.

But most importantly, they cut off all contact with the outside world in order to hide, and they didn't know that the Ming army had newly arrived with [-] reinforcements.

Among the [-] reinforcements, there are [-] elite cavalry.

The [-] cavalry were menacing, and their voices were like thunder. If they were unprepared, they would definitely be able to rush the Ming army that was attacking the city into chaos, just like the battle in Kaesong.

But now it is in Shenyang, not Kaesong.

Qin Shuhuai's attack tonight was to lure out the twelve thousand cavalry, how could he not be prepared?
In the north of the city, nearly 5000 Northern Expedition cavalry ambushed in the dark rushed out immediately, and rushed towards the oncoming [-] Tartar cavalry—the last remaining cavalry of the Northern Expedition Army.Cooperating with them, there are more than [-] infantry.

To the west of the city, 5000 cavalry from Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan also galloped out to kill the [-] Tartars who were galloping.Similarly, there are more than [-] infantry cooperating with them.

In the east of the city, they used an unusually dense firepower net to meet the four thousand cavalry. Qin Shuhuai deployed two-thirds of the Raging Fire Banner and Qingshui Banner in the east of the city, and also deployed [-] shield soldiers!

What's more amazing is that in the east of the city, countless horse traps have been quietly dug by the Houtu Banner. These horse traps are covered with a layer of wood and covered with soil. It's okay for the cavalry in front to rush in, but when all the cavalry When they all entered the Makeng area, the Thick Earth Bannermen at the bottom of the pit immediately removed the wooden boards.

Then, the Tartar cavalry suddenly found that there were pits everywhere!

What a pit!
Some of them sank at that time, and some of them sank after the horse ran two steps. In short, let alone charging now, it would be good if the horse could stop in place and not fall into the horse trap!
If the Tartar cavalry couldn't move, the Ming army's long-range firepower would show off.

While the Ming army harvested the Tartar cavalry, the attacking troops withdrew immediately.

The city of Shenyang is too strong, even the servants of the guards can cause damage to the Ming army. If they attack by force, they will definitely suffer heavy losses. There is no need for Qin Shuhuai to waste his troops here now.

When Dorgon was killed, he didn't expect that the Ming army had [-] extra cavalry and so many infantry.

According to the information obtained in advance, the Ming army still had more than 4000 cavalry at most. In the event of a siege, his [-] fine cavalry came out to wreak havoc, which would be an absolutely terrifying existence.

But now?

Not only did the Ming army have more than 1 cavalry, but there were even more infantry, and it seemed that they were well prepared. How can this battle be fought?
Seeing that something was wrong, he immediately ordered a retreat.

But how easy is it?

Come and leave whenever you want, do you think this is a restaurant?
Now, this part of the Ming army that originally attacked the city has also joined the team that encircled and suppressed the Tartar cavalry in turn.

Twelve thousand cavalry fell into the vast ocean.

The Tazi soldiers in the city looked anxiously.

Do they dare to rush out now?
dare not!

If they dared to come out with their elites, Qin Shuhuai would go crazy with joy.

Didn't you see that apart from the more than 4 soldiers who dealt with the cavalry, there are more than 5 elite soldiers of the Ming army lined up in neat formations, staring at the city?
Now they have more than 9 soldiers and horses!
The fierce battle lasted for more than an hour.

The Tartar horsemen in the east of the city were almost wiped out because they entered the "big formation" in the horse pit.

The Tartar cavalry in the north and west of the city escaped a total of more than 3000, but it was not enough.

It's a pity that Dorgon ran away again under the protection of a group of masters.

On the other hand, the Ming army paid a high price to wipe out these cavalry.

They lost more than 3000 men when they attacked the city, and more than 8000 men when they wiped out the cavalry, for a total loss of more than 1000 troops.

But in any case, the problem of the Tartar cavalry has been solved.

After this battle, Qin Shuhuai still had more than 9000 troops left in his hands, while Huang Taiji only had more than 3 elite troops, and [-] to [-] soldiers and miscellaneous troops.

The strength contrast between the two sides is very obvious.

If he attacked by force, Qin Shuhuai would still be able to take Shenyang City.

However, on the second day, something unexpected happened.

(End of this chapter)