Daming Military Empire

Chapter 109 Battle of the Fortress
Sun Chengzong's achievements in Liaodong can be described as mixed. Some people praised him for building the Ningjin defense line that withstood the Houjin iron cavalry, preventing Nurhachi and Huang Taiji from advancing an inch; , On the contrary, it laid the root of disaster for the capture of Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou later.

Let's not talk about Sun Chengzong's merits and demerits in Liaodong, because it was all about the Chongzhen Dynasty. Now it is the Chongzheng Dynasty, and he no longer has to bear the responsibility for the fall of Liaodong. It is impossible for Liaodong to fall under the Chongzheng Dynasty!
Now Sun Chengzong is not considering the issue of defending the Ningjin line of defense, but the issue of recovering the entire territory of Liaodong. As early as November of the second year of Chongzheng, Zhu Cijiong ordered Sun Chengzong to take advantage of Huang Taiji's main force to detour the Mongolian grassland to attack the capital and send people to attack Guangning. As a result, it really took back the entire territory of Guangning without any effort.

Now that more than a year has passed, Guangning has been managed by him like an iron bucket, and he no longer has to worry about being beaten back by Houjin. He can't help but look forward again.

Sun Chengzong's Liaodong strategy can be summed up in four words, that is: fortress advancement. As for whether this fortress advancement is right or not, it is really difficult to evaluate it now, because the Ningjin defense line was not broken by Houjin, but Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui handed it over. for them.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with using a fort to deal with cavalry. Cavalry are not good at attacking cities. Even if you claim to be invincible, you can only kneel when you run to attack a fort.But war is not a matter of wishful thinking. You don't have to break through the fortress to win, and others don't have to attack it.

Why can you win without attacking?Let’s make a point here first, let’s talk about what Sun Chengzong is doing now.

If Sun Chengzong's tactics are more popular, it is: build blockhouses, build blockhouses, repair until you have a headache, repair until you vomit blood, repair until you have to attack my fortress!

Now he is naturally building a fortress. During the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zu Dashou was sent by him to build the Dalinghe Fort. As a result, he was besieged by Huang Taiji for three months.

The inertia of history is astonishing. Now Zu Dashou was sent to repair the bunker again, but this time it was not the Dalinghe Fort on the Daling River, but the Shuangtaizi Fort on the Shuangtaizi River.

Dalinghe Fort is located near Jinzhou, which is now Jinxian County. Now that Guangning has recovered, there is no need to repair the Dalinghe Fort behind it.Shuangtaizibao is now the Shuangtaizihe District of Panjin City, which is the first stop from Guangning to Shenyang.

At the time of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming army was short of food and people, and even the main force had to go to the fields. The Ming army that could run to Dalinghe Fort was less than [-], and they had to do it themselves to repair the city wall; the current Ming army is an elite soldier. There is enough food, and there are about [-] troops that can be mobilized, and the thieves from the northwest are constantly escorting them, and they don't even need to build the city wall themselves.

With 5 people working hard and 10 people helping, the progress of the city wall can be imagined. When Huang Taiji received the news, the city wall was almost finished!
Dalinghe Fort only encircled dozens of miles, Huang Taiji was so angry that he jumped up and went to attack immediately, but Shuangtaizi Fort was only encircled for hundreds of miles, so why not go!
And Sun Chengzong is addicted to building bunkers. If you leave him alone, he can build bunkers all the way to Shenyang!

At this time, Huang Taiji has imitated the lighting system and established six departments of officials, rites, households, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and the heads of the six departments are all young Baylor. They are all directly under the leadership of Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji is on the road to consolidate power. It is advancing steadily, and the power of the Four Great Beile Daishan, Mangurtai and others has been further blurred and weakened.

Huang Taiji was in need of a big victory to justify his centralization of power, and the construction of the Shuangtaizi Fort was just in time. After receiving the news, he immediately recruited troops to attack the Shuangtaizi Fort.

This time, Huang Taiji recruited nearly 27 troops, including Mongolian cavalry. On July [-], the fourth year of Chongzhen, he set off from Shenyang, and Shuri crossed the Liaohe River, which opened the prelude to the Battle of Shuangtaizihe.

When Sun Chengzong heard that Huang Taiji was coming, he immediately ordered Zu Dashou to stay at Shuangtaizibao with 4 horses, while the remaining 6 horses were stationed in Xiping Fort and Zhenwu Fort behind, and Shuangtaizibao and Shuangtaizibao each other's horns to resist Hou Jin's attack.

Sun Chengzong thought that Huang Taiji would go to attack the city foolishly like before. The mines had already been buried for him. Under the walls of Shuangtaizibao, the inner and outer floors were full of landmines, and the grenades were also prepared for him. , Zu Dashou's 4 men almost each have a grenade, as long as Huang Taiji runs to attack the city, he will cry for his father and mother!
Is Huang Taiji stupid?Of course Huang Taiji is not stupid, not only is he not stupid, but he is also very smart. Every time he fights, he pays great attention to strategy, and various strategies come out one after another.

Like when he attacked the capital for the first time, he first ambushed between Santunying and Zunhua, preparing to attack the Shanhaiguan defenders who supported Zunhua; He wanted to mobilize the Ming army to follow his baton.If he hadn't met Zhu Cijiong, a monster who came from time travel and could predict the prophet, he would have defeated the Ming army that time.In the Chongzhen Dynasty, he could use the same method to ambush and kill Zhao Ledjiao, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, and captured Zunhua and all the nearby cities, and even killed his confidant Yuan Chonghuan!

Such a smart person, after knowing the power of cannons and grenades, will naturally not go to attack the city foolishly. He changed his tactic this time, which is called: Surround the spot to fight for aid.

He first ordered Belledegrei, Yuetuo, and Azig to lead [-] troops to detour through Shuangtaizibao, and stationed between Xipingbao and Shuangtaizibao, cutting off the connection between Shuangtaizibao and the Ming army.Then he personally led an army of [-] to dig four trenches around Shuangtaizibao, and built a wall more than ten feet high, surrounding the small Shuangtaizibao like an iron barrel.

The Ming army never expected that Huang Taiji would make such a ruthless move. Zu Dashou in the city was taken aback. He made several tentative attempts to break through, but was killed by Huang Taiji. In desperation, he had to sit in the city of sorrow , looking forward to the reinforcements to rescue.Fortunately, Daming has a lot of money now, and the army usually carries a month's food and grass, otherwise he would go crazy.

When Sun Chengzong heard that Huang Taiji did this, he was so angry that he almost spit out old blood. He built the fort because he didn’t want to fight the Houjin cavalry in the field. Fight against Huang Taiji!
There are 5000 Ming soldiers and 5 civilians in Shuangtaizi Fort. How could they not rescue them? In desperation, Sun Chengzong had no choice but to order the Guangning generals to leave [-] troops to guard Xiping Fort and Zhenwu Fort. Thousands of horses gathered to rescue Shuangtaizibao.

Now he has been fooled by Huang Taiji. He not only hoarded 5 horses between Xiping Fort and Shuangtaizi Fort, but also hid forty homemade red cannons!

Man Gui is also a fierce man who can't be more fierce. He is not a civil servant, nor is he a hereditary general, but he was killed step by step from a small soldier. He doesn't even remember how many enemies he hacked to death. When a battle comes, it is also to take the lead, and rush forward recklessly.

During the Chongzhen Dynasty, it was because he was too fierce. When Huang Taiji attacked the capital for the first time, he actually led the army to confront the Houjin cavalry.

Although it was not the battle to defend the capital this time, he also did not escape the fate of being covered in wounds in the First World War. As soon as he led the army to charge up, he was knocked out of his wits by the Hongyi cannon. Zige led the army to rush up, and slashed around him, cutting him all over his body.

Fortunately, Xiping Fort was not far from the battlefield. As soon as Man Gui realized that something was wrong, he ordered the whole army to quickly retreat to Xiping Fort. The Ming army who returned to Xiping Fort was less than 3, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties in this battle!
The news spread back to Shanhaiguan, and Sun Chengzong knew something bad happened. Huang Taiji actually hid the Hongyi cannon in the army. Even if he sent all the defenders in Jizhou Town, Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, he might not be able to do what Huang Taiji did. One hundred thousand troops!
what to do?It was impossible not to rescue Zu Dashou, so Sun Chengzong had no choice but to send someone to the capital to ask the emperor for help: Your majesty, didn't you say that you are building a new type of artillery?Why don't you send a hundred doors to the Liaodong Army first, Huang Taiji ambushed dozens of earth cannons, and almost killed the commander-in-chief Mangui!
When Zhu Cijiong received the urgent report, his nose was almost crooked, and he said in his heart: "Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji, can you stop being so fucked up? I just wanted to talk to Sun Chengzong about how to deal with you, so you called me. Can't you give people some time to prepare? If you call them in a few months, you will die!"

Of course, he is not a god, but just a god stick. It is impossible for Huang Taiji to be dismissed by him after a few words in his heart.

To say that now is really not a good time to fight against Huang Taiji, the northwest side is at a critical moment, 15 howitzers have just been built, and the recruits have just started training. What should we do? Why send [-] recruits up ?What a joke, Huang Taiji's post-gold iron cavalry is not a peasant uprising army. If you send recruits who have been practicing for less than a month to fight with others, it is simply a delivery of food, and they may be wiped out by others in minutes.

Zu Dashou had to be rescued. Although Zu Dashou finally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty during the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong didn't have much opinion on him.Hong Chengchou, Zuo Liangyu, and Wu Sangui all surrendered without a fight, what a shame!But Zu Dashou was different. He surrendered only when he had no other choice. He really cannot be blamed.

Like the battle of Dalinghe, Zu Dashou led [-] Ming troops to defend the isolated city, and the food was exhausted. There was only four or five days of food in the city, but he held on for three months, and finally surrendered when he couldn't bear it anymore. And it's a surrender!
There are only four or five days of food, how can you stick to it for three months?This is a tragic, tragic and even extremely miserable scene. Zu Dashou's loyalty is second only to those who would rather die than surrender. It can even be said that he is worse than those who would rather die than surrender!

How did Zu Dashou survive for three months with four or five days of food? It was very simple. If there was no food, he would eat war horses, and if there were no war horses, he would eat. Those who went out of the city to feign surrender, at this time there were only more than 1 starving Ming soldiers left in the city, and the other Ming soldiers and civilians were all gone.

In any case, it is impossible for Zhu Cijiong to allow such a tragedy to happen again. He was about to put all his eggs in one basket and send only [-] Beijing elites, but Xu Guangqi came to see him.

(End of this chapter)