Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 780
This time, even Daishan panicked!
If the Ming army's soldiers arrive in Liaoyang, it also means that the Ming army may bypass Liaoyang to attack Shengjing!

The distance between Shengjing and Liaoyang is only 120 miles. If the cavalry army can reach Shengjing in one day.

If it is said that Liaoyang's military strength is strong enough and its combat power is strong enough, then the Ming army would not dare to ignore Liaoyang, and would never dare to bypass Liaoyang, because if they really wanted to ignore Liaoyang, they would be cut off by Liaoyang. Impossible to make.

But now, to be honest, Daishan has no idea.

Although the regent Dorgon is present in Liaoyang today, all the soldiers inside have fled from Jinzhou, so it is hard to say how powerful they will be.

However, thinking of Dorgon's ability, Dai Shan felt somewhat comforted. If Dorgon's ability could not hold back the Ming army, then there would be no one else in the Qing Dynasty who could hold back the Ming army.

Although I don't know how Anshan Yibao fell so quickly, but Liaoyang will definitely not fall so quickly, this is for sure!
But he didn't dare to delay any longer. He consulted with Doduo who was dying on the hospital bed, and used their best ability to move the capital first.

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On Liaoyang's side, Dorgon had actually arrived within two days.It can almost be said that he ran all the way from the front line of Jinzhou and fled to Liaoyang before he stopped.

At this time, he was already in no mood to go to Shengjing to fight for the position with the little emperor Fulin, and he was even less bothered to fight for his heart with Master Bumbu.Because of the current situation, if the Qing Dynasty is not good, it will be destroyed. Where will the emperor of the Qing Dynasty come from?
For Dorgon now, the most important thing is to revive the army.

However, for the defeated army who fled to Liaoyang, the organizational system was completely messed up, not only soldiers from the Qing Dynasty, but also soldiers from the Japanese country.

Of course, at the time of the rout, only a part of the Japanese soldiers fled north with Jianlu, and most of the Japanese soldiers fled east, trying to escape back to North Korea.

The commander of the Japanese army, Yagyu Shibingwei himself, fled with Dorgon, so he was also in Liaoyang City.

Dorgon hurriedly reorganized the defeated army together with Liusheng Shibingwei. Unexpectedly, they had just had an idea, and before they had time to complete the formation, the Ming army appeared outside the city.

Hearing the report, Yagyu Shibingwei didn't feel anything yet, but Dorgon couldn't believe it, and immediately went to the top of the city to check the situation.

Sure enough, Ming Guo Yebushou was already haunting outside the city.

The important town of Liaoyang, the most important military town in eastern Liaodong, was taken away by Jianlu many years ago, and the Ming army never set foot in Liaoyang again. Now, the Ming army finally came!

The Ming army outside the city did not take them in at night, and everyone was obviously very excited, cheering, excited, and provoking the Jianlu and Japanese soldiers on the top of the city.

And the Jianlu on the top of the city, if they were changed from before, they would be furious and absolutely could not tolerate the Ming army provoking outside the city, so provoking inside the city outside the city was their daily routine!
30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi!
Today's Jianlu is watching from the top of the city the provocations of the Ming army outside the city, but no one wants to go out of the city angrily to fight.

It's just that they looked at the Ming army outside the city, and their faces were very complicated. Even Dorgon was no exception to this point.

After Yagyu Shibingwei saw the situation, he immediately said to Dorgon: "I'm afraid it's not safe here, why don't you retreat first?"

"Withdraw?" Dorgon shook his head immediately after hearing this and said, "Liaoyang is the strongest city in Liaodong. Even if the Ming army had a lot of siege artillery, they would never want to capture Liaoyang City! We can only stick to Liaoyang City and defend it until the end. Only when the Ming army runs out of food and grass can the war turn around; or, if the Ming army waits until the severe winter arrives, the Ming army will naturally retreat. Escape, there is no way out!"

In fact, he didn't say the real reason why he didn't want to run.

As the regent of the Qing Dynasty, he was responsible for the entire Qing Dynasty. Shengjing was only 120 miles away. Under the defeat of Jinzhou, Shengjing was definitely not prepared. He had to buy time for Shengjing.

Liusheng Shibingwei was not familiar with Liaodong, and when he saw that Liaoyang City was really strong, he agreed with Dorgon's statement.

So, the two stepped up to organize their respective armies.

At noon, the forward of the Ming army arrived at the city of Liaoyang.

"Report, as soon as the Ming army arrives, they will build earth hills outside the city!"

Hearing the report, Dorgon immediately went to the top of the city to see the situation.

Sure enough, it was discovered that the Ming army was digging and building earth hills outside the city.

This method of siege is actually not uncommon.

There are ways to use earth hills, and there are also watchtowers.In short, it is necessary to build a commanding height outside the city, which is higher than the city wall, and then the long-range arms will use the height advantage to suppress the city and cover the infantry to seize the city.

Generally speaking, there are two ways to deal with this kind of siege tactics.

One is to build tall towers on the city walls, which are higher than those outside the city, and then suppress the watchtowers or earth hills outside the city. Anyway, it does not give the enemy troops outside the city a height advantage;
The second method is to destroy the commanding heights outside the city.If it is a watchtower, it has been eliminated in the era of artillery.Because of the bombardment of the watchtower, it can be easily destroyed.

But if it is a dirt mountain, shelling is useless, so we have to send elite soldiers to destroy it.

Because for the ancients, long-range arms were generally archers.Only a sufficient number of archers can have a suppressive advantage.

The range of bows and arrows is actually very short, especially bows and arrows are required to be lethal.Therefore, the earth mountain is often very close to the city wall, which gives the defenders in the city a chance to go out to fight and destroy it.

At this time, Dorgon went up to the top of the city to take a look, and was immediately surprised.

If you want to suppress the city head, the distance to build the earth mountain is about 60 feet, that is, a distance of [-] meters.

However, the earth mountain built by the Ming army in front of us is more than thirty feet away from the city wall. Isn't this a strange thing?

With such a long distance, can the Ming army pose a threat to the city of Liaoyang?
Whether it is archers or firecrackers, at this distance, they can't effectively kill the soldiers on the top of the city. It can be said that this is a waste of bows and ammunition!
"Could it be that the Ming army is going to use artillery to suppress it?" Yagyu Shibingwei immediately thought of a possibility, and even said with an ugly face, "Maybe the Ming army is going to use that terrible artillery?"

When Dorgon heard this, he was startled at first, and his expression also changed.

The power of the unconscionable cannon is so fresh in his memory that it is difficult to forget it.

But soon, he shook his head and said to Yagyu Jubei: "Impossible!"

"Why is it impossible?" Liu Sheng Shibingwei immediately said unconvinced when he heard this, "That kind of artillery is so powerful, once it falls on the top of the city, how can we prevent it?"

After hearing this, Dorgon patiently explained to him: "Did you see that the Ming army built so many earth hills to suppress this section of the city wall? But, have you noticed that this kind of mound in the Ming army There should not be so many powerful artillery, otherwise, the Ming army would not be able to use it until we send out elite side attacks!"

Speaking of this, he thought for a while, and added: "In addition, I think there is a problem with the accuracy of that kind of artillery. If it is used for long-range suppression in siege warfare, it is difficult to guarantee that that kind of bomb will fall into the city. Instead, they injured themselves. Therefore, I can assert that the Ming army did not build these earth hills for the purpose of using any kind of artillery!"

Listening to Dorgon's explanation, Yagyu Jubingwei immediately nodded and accepted his point of view.

However, in this way, he became confused. What was the purpose of the Ming army building this earth mountain?
Ordinary artillery fires iron bullets, and it is even more difficult to suppress the city.

Dorgon also couldn't figure it out, so he said to Liu Sheng Shibingwei: "Let's just wait and see, anyway, the soldiers came to cover the water and soil. The most important thing now is to make the combat power of the army in the city as high as possible."

The defeated army who fled back, plus the original defenders in Liaoyang City, the Jianlu army numbered about [-], while the Japanese soldiers numbered about [-].Then mobilize the young, old, weak, etc. in Liaoyang City, at least [-] are available.Relying on the strong city of Liaoyang, I believe it can be defended.

One day later, when the basic construction of the earth mountain was completed, the Ming army rushed to the important town of Liaoyang.

Coach Du Yinxi looked at the important town of Liaoyang in front of him, feeling very emotional in his heart.

This important town in Liaoyang was originally located on the Liaodong side where the highest office representing the imperial court was located.All the tribes of Nuer Gandusi will come to Liaoyang to pay tribute.It can be said that Liaoyang City was the most prosperous place in Eastern Liaodong after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

I just didn't expect that Liaoyang fell into the hands of Jianlu for decades.Since the Wanli period, there have been four Ming emperors, and now the imperial army has finally arrived at the city of Liaoyang again!
Recapturing Liaoyang is equivalent to recovering half of Liaodong.Then relying on Liaoyang, no matter which direction to march, it will be possible.

There is not much time left for the day when Jianlu perishes!

As he was thinking about it, all the generals in the army came to report to the Chinese army.

The entire war against Liao was led by the cabinet to coordinate all the battles of the Grassland, Ningjin, and Dongjiang Army. The preparations were sufficient in advance, and there were also suggestions for the frontline generals on how to attack the main towns.

As soon as the forwards of the Ming army arrived at the city of Liaoyang, they immediately began to build earth hills, which was one of the strategies planned in advance to attack Liaoyang.

Therefore, Du Yinxi saw that the ten earth mountains that had been repaired could cover a long section of Liaoyang City, so he said to the generals headed by Zhou Yuji: "First follow the plan and attack Liaoyang for three days. A heavy blow to the defenders of Liaoyang made them afraid to go out of the city. If Liaoyang is not captured by then, we will divide our troops to attack Shenyang!"

When the army advances, it is not possible to pass around the city casually.At least it can only be done after ensuring the safety of the food road, otherwise, no matter how strong the combat power is, it may collapse.

The previous civil fort battle is the best example.No matter how strong the army is, once the food road is cut off, it will be slaughtered by the enemy.

Based on this, the army attacked Liaoyang first.

(End of this chapter)