Ming Empire

Chapter 243 Dorgon Runs Away

Liaocheng is not big, and the location of Dorgon's Xingyuan is located in the center of the city. The artillery on the warship near the south gate can still hit the vicinity of his Xingyuan.

Seeing shells falling nearby from time to time, Dorgon's face became even more ugly, the veins on his neck became thicker and thicker, and his breathing was like a cow panting.He knew that the Ming army was getting closer to the city wall of Liaocheng, and their artillery was slowly advancing.

If the warships of the Ming army and the artillery on the shore were allowed to approach Liaocheng, under the continuous artillery bombardment of the Ming army, the city would become a mess, and many sergeants would lose their determination to resist because of too many shells.

The Ming army must not be allowed to force Liaocheng in this way, and Dorgon is ready to take countermeasures.

At this time, Yiqi rushed to Dorgon's side quickly, but it was Niu Lu, who was leading the army at the head of Nanmen City.

That Niu Lu scrambled to Dorgon's side, and reported in a crying voice: "Master, it's not good, the Ming army's tens of thousands of cavalry invaded the city, and their musketeers were very powerful. Our Qing army lost a lot of money." It's so terrible that even if you try your best, you can't break through the Ming army's position."

"What?" Dorgon's face became paler and paler after hearing the report, and he knew that he had fallen for Cao Yue again.This guy's shelling for three consecutive days was nothing more than smoke bombs, and the careless Qing army thought that the Ming army did not dare to take the initiative to attack, so they hid in other places to avoid the shell bombing, and finally the Ming army seized the opportunity and was blown to pieces The city gate was attacked by them into the city.

The Nanmen City was broken, and the war became more and more favorable to the Ming army.If you don't concentrate your forces to take back the South Gate, as more and more Ming troops pour in, Liaocheng will soon fall into the hands of the Ming army.

"Assembly all the soldiers and horses to counterattack, we must annihilate the Ming army that invaded the city," Dorgon lost his mind a little, pulled out the saber from his waist, and swung it forward viciously, "Follow me, kill the Ming army, there will Anyone who dares to fight and flee will be killed without mercy."

Dorgon wanted to personally lead the army to kill the Ming army who attacked the city.The subordinate soldiers and other generals did not dare to stop them, so they could only obey orders.The matter has reached the point of extreme urgency, and no one dared to go against Dorgon's will when he was furious.

It's just that there was chaos in the city, and Dorgon's order could not be conveyed intact. The number of slaves who listened to his order to fight back accounted for only one-third of all his troops at most.

And the nearly [-] musketeers of the Ming army, under the cover of nearly [-] cavalry and infantry, have already occupied the front line of the south gate. With their favorable terrain, they use the powerful power of muskets and countless hand grenades to resist Jiannu's counterattack. .

The follow-up reinforcements are also pouring in continuously. The people behind also try to transport some relatively light and easy-to-carry artillery, such as the Fran cannon, into the city, or push them to a place not far from the city gate. Use the bombardment of artillery to support the companions who are attacking the city.

Cao Yue was also like Dorgon. Except for a part of the troops to stay in the position and support, the rest of the mobile forces were all put into battle. The naval warships sailed to the canal closest to Liaocheng, and the artillery on the boats kept bombarding the city. .

The supporting fire of the artillery, as well as the fire of the Musketeers, caused great damage to the counterattacking Jiannu.

The terrain in the city is not open, and it is not easy for the cavalry to deploy, while the Musketeers can rely on buildings and other bunkers to shoot.Although there were not many Musketeers rushing into the city, it was still easy to block the streets and alleys leading to the city gate and the city wall.The musketeers who rushed into the city first were all veterans. After undergoing rigorous training and brainwashing education, their will to fight became more tenacious, and they were not afraid of Jiannu's crazy counterattack. The men and horses built a blood barrier.

As waves of counterattacking Jiannu were shot and killed, the corpses piled up on the ground gradually became an obstacle for subsequent counterattacks against Jiannu.After half an hour of fighting, the Ming army who invaded Liaocheng finally held the line of defense after paying thousands of casualties.As more and more Ming soldiers rushed into the city, Jiannu's counterattack was finally completely repulsed, and the Ming soldiers changed from defensive to offensive and entered a state of pursuit.

Most of the slaves in the city are Ming Jiangjun, Han Army Eight Banners, and Korean Eight Banners.Dorgon left these men and horses outside the city to defend, and originally wanted them to serve as cannon fodder to consume the vitality and ammunition of the Ming army.These people did act as cannon fodder for the Manchus, but these servants who suffered heavy casualties soon lost the will to resist and surrendered in groups.

The battle outside the city quickly turned from intense to moderate. Large areas of Jiannu gave up resistance and surrendered to the attacking Ming army.Especially those Ming Jiang troops, they were nothing but fools, and they chose to surrender when they knew they could not fight Jian Nu.Now facing the onslaught of the Daming Royal Division, they also lost the will to resist early, and chose to surrender without too many fights with the soldiers of the Daming Guards.

The phenomenon of giving up resistance is contagious. After suffering heavy casualties, more and more people chose to surrender to the Ming Guards.While the Jiannu in the city were still fighting desperately with the elite guards of the Ming Dynasty who had invaded the city, the battle outside the city towards the south gate had come to an end.

Some servants who built slaves chose to lay down their weapons and surrender, while more servants chose to flee.

Escaping, like surrendering, also seriously affects strength and will cause a chain reaction to happen.As more and more servants chose to flee the battlefield, the Jian slaves outside the city quickly fell into chaos, and it was almost impossible to organize resistance.

The cavalry of the Ming army continued to cover the Musketeers, advancing in an orderly manner, destroying any enemies encountered in front.

The range of muskets is far beyond that of bows and arrows, and the slave army serving as cannon fodder outside the city fell into chaos again. The Manchus who supervised the battle could not control the situation at all. The orderly Ming army chased and killed the chaotic Jiannu with muskets.

Under the personal command of Dorgon, the Jiannu in the city rushed a few times with all their might, but they still couldn't break through the Ming army's musket array, and finally lost their momentum.Dorgon himself was almost killed by a musket. After being shot in the arm, he knew that the situation was over, so he had no choice but to order to retreat from Liaocheng according to the predetermined plan.

When Cao Yue's slow advance forced him to the city of Liaocheng, Dorgon was also worried that he would eventually lose to the Ming army, so he arranged a retreat early.

More than [-] elite Manchus and a group of Mongolian Eight Banners completely controlled the north gate and the two nearby side gates. There were no servants in this direction, and the Ming army did not come in this direction.

Just when the artillery of the Ming army began to intensively bombard the camp of the slaves in the city, Dorgon, surrounded by a group of personal guards, fled from the north gate in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)