Daming Military Empire

Chapter 148
The arrival of 50 Ming soldiers at the city of Shengjing can be said to be within Huang Taiji's calculations, but also somewhat unexpected.The reason why he said it was in his calculations was because he originally planned to lure the enemy deep, let the Ming army split up to guard the occupied city, and then defeat the main force of the Ming army in Shengjing.To his surprise, the little emperor went crazy and mobilized troops everywhere, and forced to mobilize another 20 troops to defend the city. The Ming army that reached the city of Shengjing reached 50!

Do you want to go back?It is not impossible to retreat again, but once Shengjing is lost, it means that the entire Liaodong is no longer safe to defend. He can only return to Jianzhou and start again.Facing the rapid development momentum of Ming Dynasty, he didn't know if there was any hope to start over after returning to Jianzhou, and the complex terrain near Jianzhou could only stop the Ming army for a while, who could guarantee that the Ming army would be blocked forever? What about outside Jianzhou?

So, it's already reached this level, and it's impossible not to fight.Fortunately, it’s not that he has no chance of winning at all. First of all, he has been crazily casting red cannons in the past few months. He has already built more than 200 cannons, all of which are hidden in Shengjing City, just 200 steps away from the city wall. After all the sights were adjusted, the shells landed about [-] paces outside the city wall, where the Jing Lan stayed when the Ming army attacked the city.

He has studied the current siege tactics of the Ming army for a long time. They are nothing more than suppressing the archers on the city wall with the range advantage of muskets and artillery. He cannot reach the artillery. Besides, once the siege soldiers rush under the city wall, they must cease fire. , Otherwise, you will accidentally injure your own people. Only muskets can cooperate with the siege soldiers to rush to the city wall.

Generally speaking, muskets are more effective than cannons, because climbing the city wall is the most dangerous time, as long as there are rolling stones and trees on it, it will be difficult to climb up. In order to paralyze the Ming army, as for now, hehe, he wants to see whether the Ming army's muskets hit farther or his artillery hits farther!

This is the defensive aspect, and he also came up with corresponding countermeasures in terms of offense, that is, to cast simple plate armor, helmets and shields for the cavalry. The plate armor is a very thick breastplate that almost completely protects the chest and abdomen of the cavalry. Stop it, he has already tested it, the musket can't be moved at all, and the shotgun bullets of the artillery are also very difficult to smash, only solid bullets can be smashed; there are two kinds of helmets, one is worn by people, and the other is For horses, the strength is similar to that of the breastplate, mainly to protect the heads of people and horses from fatal injuries; the shield is a round shield tied to the left arm, which can protect the faces of people and horses.With this set of tools, the threat of muskets and artillery to the cavalry will be less. At that time, while they are attacking the city, they will rush over from the side or behind in one fell swoop, hehe.

If the Ming army only came to 30 million, Huang Taiji could guarantee that they would never come back. If only 40 million came, Huang Taiji would still be sure to defeat them. However, now that 50 came, he had no idea Well, it's really hard to say the outcome.

What if you lose?He also thought of this, so before the Ming army came, he took the leaders of the Mongolian ministries to see the cannons he had hidden in the city, and tricked most of the Mongolian soldiers into Shengjing City to guard the city for him In addition, in the name of Teng, he asked the fifteenth brother Duoduo to bring all the Jurchens in Shengjing back to Jianzhou. That is to say, Shengjing is now a barracks. It's gone, and most of them are Mongolian soldiers. His Houjin soldiers are only 30 to [-].

He also made arrangements outside the city. He and Dorgon led [-] Houjin cavalry to hide on the left, while Daishan and Azig led [-] Mongolian and Houjin cavalry to hide on the right. Put on the plate armor, helmet and shield, just wait for the Ming army to attack the city, and immediately attack from the left and right sides.If the sneak attack fails, he will lead the Golden Cavalry to quickly flee to Jianzhou. As for Shengjing, let the Mongolian soldiers and the Ming army fight!

Huang Taiji's two backhands were well hidden. Zhu Cijiong didn't guess it, and Sun Chengzong didn't guess it, but regardless of whether he guessed it or not, Shengjing must be defeated. Therefore, after the 50 troops arrived at the city, Zhu Cijiong It is decreed to start building siege equipment, and immediately attack the city after it is built.

By the way, didn’t all siege equipment be made in Haizhou? The central left guards in Dingliao used ready-made ones. How could they be made again in Shengjing?There is really no way around this, because Shengjing is much taller than the city walls of Haizhou and Dingliao Zhongzuowei. New ones are troublesome, and the strength cannot be guaranteed, so it is better to build new ones.

The Ming army had a total of 50 troops, but only 20 people directly attacked the city. The 50 man-made 20-man siege equipment was still very fast, and it was basically built in five days.

On the sixth day, the weather was clear and the blue sky was cloudless. It was a rare good weather. The Ming army began to assemble at Maoshi. By Chenshi, they had already set up their formations. The goal was directly at Shengjing City. Prologue.This is a battle that is destined to be recorded in the annals of history. Both sides directly participated in the battle with nearly one million troops, which is quite rare in the history of the world. It is no exaggeration to say that this will be a great battle!
The Ming army was still in the same formation as when they attacked Haizhou. At the front, three hundred [-]-style howitzers lined up. On the left and right sides were the Qin army and the Dongjiang army pushing well rails and siege vehicles ready to charge at any time. In the middle The [-] Musketeers of the First Legion of the Imperial Guards were waiting in formation, followed by Emperor Chongzheng Zhu Cijiong, who was guarded by a group of Imperial Guards. Did not take part in the siege.

As soon as the time came, the artillery of the Ming army began to roar, "Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom" Rows of solid bullets hit the city wall in the south of Shengjing, and the arrow stacks on the city wall slowly become incomplete.

A strange scene appeared, the Ming army continued to bombard for nearly two hours, the bombardment was in full swing, Houjin did not respond at all, no cavalry sneak attack, no artillery returned fire, not even a scolding, they seemed to give up It's the same as the treatment, you can blast it however you want, it just doesn't move!
Seeing that the arrow stacks on the city wall were about to be flattened, Zhu Cijiong showed hesitation on his face. Should he attack the city directly? Huang Taiji will definitely come to attack the city at the beginning of the attack. Guan Ning on both sides Can the Tianxiong Army and the Tianxiong Army stop it?

Finding that Zhu Cijiong was hesitating there, Sun Chengzong stepped forward and said encouragingly: "Don't worry, your majesty, no amount of intrigue is useless in the face of absolute strength. Huang Taiji was clever this time but was misunderstood by his cleverness. He repeated it again and again." But San's tricks to lure the enemy, but he neglected that the fundamental purpose of fighting is to kill and injure the enemy, and now that our Ming army of 50 is assembled here unscathed, even if he has all kinds of tricks, it's useless."

Zhu Cijiong still hesitated and asked, "Really?"

Sun Chengzong replied confidently: "As long as we don't get confused, Huang Taiji will definitely lose!"

Zhu Cijiong heard the words, thought for a while, and decisively issued a decree: "Pass down my oral order, let Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Cao Wenzhao, and Mao Wenlong remember their responsibilities, and leave other legions alone. If there is a problem on that road, I will naturally The Chinese army will be sent to support, as long as they do their own thing well."

The messengers of the four Jinyiwei quickly lined up and rushed towards the formation of the four legions.

Half an hour later, the arrow stacks on the city wall were finally flattened. Zhu Cijiong slowly put down the binoculars, stood up, took a deep breath, and then said loudly: "Beat the drums, march forward, and start attacking the city."

"Dong dong dong dong" the low-pitched sound of drums resounded throughout the battlefield, and the siege troops of the Qin army and Dongjiang army rushed out from both sides pushing the well rails and siege vehicles. Almost at the same time, he waved his hand forward and shouted: "Come on." "Come on."

The flag was waved, and the Ming army in the front row immediately burst into shouts: "Come on."

Rows of well fences and siege vehicles moved forward quickly, and soon the well fence reached the attacking position, and teams of musketeers began to climb up the well fence.

At this moment, the roar of artillery suddenly sounded in Shengjing City, "Boom boom boom boom", a row of shotguns accurately covered the well fence of the Ming army, "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" the musketeer who was climbing up the well fence Immediately there were countless casualties.

Immediately afterwards, thunderous horseshoes sounded from the left and right sides of the Ming army, and countless cavalry appeared on both sides, rushing towards the Ming army formation frantically.

Zhu Cijiong trembled from the sudden attack, the telescope in his hand almost fell to the ground, he had a panic expression on his face, he kept looking around, and broke out in cold sweat.At this time, Sun Chengzong went out again, came to Zhu Cijiong, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, don't panic, trust them, everything will be fine."

Sure enough, Sun Chengzong's words fell silent, and the siege troops responded first. Sun Chuanting and Mao Wenlong gave orders almost at the same time for the follow-up musketeers to rush forward, pushing Jing Lan forward twenty or thirty steps, "Boom boom!" Boom" There was another roar of artillery in Shengjing City, but this time, all of them landed on the original position of Jinglan.

The cannons of the camps on both sides of the Ming army also began to roar, and the rear golden cavalry who rushed over from both sides began to fall down row by row. The defensive effect of plate armor and helmets was not as good as Huang Taiji imagined. After all, people do not only have stomachs and heads. Other parts were severely injured, which could still be fatal.

Amid the roar of artillery, Zhu Cijiong finally came to his senses. He stood up and shouted: "Sun Yuanhua, where is the enemy's artillery?"

Sun Yuanhua quickly ran forward, bowed and said, "Go back to the emperor, Jiannu's artillery is about two hundred steps behind the city wall."

Zhu Cijiong immediately decreed: "I will tell you that all the [-]-type howitzers in the front row stop firing, move forward two hundred steps, and then fire a round of solid bullets at the current angle."

Jin Yiwei's messengers rushed away immediately, and Zhu Cijiong said to Sun Yuanhua: "Chuyang, pay attention to the landing point, see how much the deviation is, and then notify them to adjust the angle."

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and Zhu Cijiong can only focus on the artillery, and he has no time to care about the situation in other places.

At this time, the cavalry on both sides had rushed through the attack area of ​​the artillery, and rushed to a place about two hundred steps away from the Ming army on both sides. Not a few fell down!

Lu Xiangsheng quickly saw the problem through the binoculars. The back golden cavalry had plate armor on their chests, so they couldn't kill them naturally. He ordered decisively: "Kneel down and shoot, hit the horse's legs."

The flag was waved, and the rows of Musketeers began to shoot half-kneeling on the ground. Finally, the Golden Cavalry was in a mess, and the rows of horses fell down, and the charging speed slowed down.

Cao Wenzhao's side was a bit too late. The Guan Ning Army's flintlock guns were only equipped last month, and they hadn't participated in actual combat. Less than a hundred paces away.He decisively ordered: "The musketeers put up their bayonets, the pikemen stepped forward to protect, and the cavalry copied up from the left and right sides."

A burst of command flags was waved, and the two armies collided with each other with a "boom", sparks splashed everywhere, and blood flew wildly.

What they were facing was the [-] Emerald Golden Iron Cavalry. The [-] cavalry can be said to be the trump card in Huang Taiji's hands. At this time, let them rush through the artillery and spear formations and fight to the front. Naturally, Guan Ning's army was in bad luck. Countless musketeers died tragically under the iron hooves, and the spearmen behind them gradually showed signs of exhaustion.

Upon seeing this, Cao Wenzhao immediately led the last [-] reserve cavalry to rush forward and fought desperately with the Houjin iron cavalry, only then was it able to withstand the crazy offensive of the enemy.

(End of this chapter)