Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 447 Hope
The gate of the military camp opened, and a large number of civilians poured out of it, supporting the elderly and the young, and staggered towards Lushun.

In the direction of the gate of the army village, more than a dozen cannons fired one after another, and the shot balls hit the army village like a hailstorm. The houses that were hit by the hit collapsed immediately, let alone the people who were hit, and immediately turned into a ball of meatloaf.Of course, Hou Jin didn't expect to kill many enemy troops with artillery fire. He mainly shot at the wall of the village. A big gap more than ten feet wide.Amidst the tide of cheers, the rear golden cavalry came roaring.

What greeted the rear golden cavalry was a row of crossbow arrows falling from the sky.With a buzzing sound, many people and horses were filled with arrows and rolled into a ball.Immediately after another volley, the charging Houjin cavalry was swept down again, and the blood-soaked Ming army archer relied on the battered wall to calmly shoot a crossbow arrow at Houjin. Cavalry, there is no suspense in this battle. The only thing they can do is to kill and injure as many post-gold soldiers as possible before they are finished.

The Hou Jin cavalry also drew their strong bows one after another, throwing sharp arrows at the wall of the village like raindrops, and the soldiers of the Ming army who were loading arrows on the wall of the village were hit by arrows one after another, screaming and falling from above.However, when they rushed to the gap, they found that there was an extra forest of guns. Dozens of soldiers from the Ming army wore full armor, with the tails of their spears stuck in the ground. Not to mention it was just a group of light cavalry, even if heavy cavalry ran into it, there would be no good fruit to eat.Hou Jin reacted very quickly. The light cavalry in front immediately separated from the left and right. A group of soldiers in white armor accelerated forward and rolled off the horse just before they were about to hit the gun forest. In the forest of spears, the epee unsheathed, and greeted the legs of the Ming army spearmen. The two rows of Ming army soldiers in front were swept away in an instant, and their legs were all cut off.In front of the Ming army's gun formation, some fierce soldiers with dog-leg knives also rolled out. The two sides rolled around at the feet of the pikemen like a group of mice.

On the other side, Houjin soldiers carried the long ladder, rushed forward against the rain of arrows, and put the long ladder on the wall of the village. Many soldiers held shields, biting a steel knife, using both hands and feet, and climbed up like apes.On the wall of the stronghold, stones, wood, ash bottles and the like rained down, knocking them down one by one.The most wicked thing is the helmet bottle, which contains slaked lime, which is smashed on the helmet and shield, and the quicklime splashes out. It is okay to say that it splashes on the body, but it is uncomfortable when it splashes into the eyes, and it may cause blindness.

Several Hou Jin nobles watched this small but equally brutal attack and defense from a place within reach of sharp arrows, and their expressions became gloomier as they watched.

"They have changed," Abate said.

Yue Tuo looked sullen: "In the past, they should have been defeated when they hit this level, but they didn't. They are still shooting arrows desperately."

Mang Gurtai fiddled with a captured Shansang crossbow, and said: "This thing is too annoying. Within sixty steps, even the heavy armor of dead soldiers can't resist it. I don't know how many warriors have been beaten by it this way. Shot!"

Du Du said in a deep voice: "If the Wuyang Army used these powerful crossbows, we would have killed more people!"

Speaking of Wuyang Army, Yue Tuo shivered for no reason.He became famous at a young age and had few defeats. However, all the aura on him was stripped away by the Wuyang Army on the banks of the Daling River. More than 2000 elite cavalry with red flags were defeated in the field by the Wuyang Army's 1 infantry who did not have an advantage in numbers. More than [-] people from the Manchu-Mongolian Allied Forces were bombarded by the Wuyang Army's heavy cavalry, and they were beaten up. Even he himself was shot by an arrow and nearly died.Fortunately, in that extremely tragic battle, the Houjin Eight Banners without exception suffered unprecedented heavy losses. Even Huang Taiji himself was almost stabbed to death by that lunatic. In comparison, Yue Tuo's failure was not very conspicuous, so he was exempted from punishment.But that battle has become his nightmare. For the past two years, he has been suffering from extreme contradictions. While longing for another vigorous fight with the Wuyang Army, cutting off Yang Menglong's head to clear his shame, he does not want to I hope to meet that lunatic on the battlefield again, so once he encounters the Wuyang Army, no matter whether he wins or loses, his red flag will suffer a lot of casualties———Wuyang Army is neither strategic nor courageous, and every enemy must fight to the death. If you win, you will perish. No banner owner wants to meet such a stubborn opponent.

Mang Gurtai is considered lucky. Originally, he was dealt with after the battle of Daling River, but because Hou Jin suffered heavy losses in that battle, especially Zhenglan Qi, he faced the Tianxiong Army many times. , was almost beaten out of his body, with resentment from top to bottom, Huang Taiji didn't dare to touch him for the time being, otherwise Zhenglan Qi would rebel.By coincidence, Mang Gurtai escaped the misfortune of being imprisoned by Fat Lao Ba, and he can still hunt on horseback and travel around mountains and rivers, which is a blessing in disguise.The No. [-] post-gold general fiddled with the strong crossbow in his hand, laughing: "It's good to hunt with it, and it's much more accurate than riding a bow."

Abatai muttered: "If Dajin wins the world in the future, Han must be banned from making crossbows... This thing is too annoying!"

Du Du took it for granted: "Yes, the Han must be banned from making firecrackers. This thing is even more annoying. If you hit it, you can't avoid it. No matter how thick you wear it, you can't stop it..."

At this time, the Houjin soldiers had already passed the wall of the village, and there were fireworks in the army village, shouts of killing, screams, and wailing, one after another.The four Baylors had no reaction to this. In their view, such a victory was natural. Although the Dongjiang Army was much stronger than before, its strengths were limited. They had one hand tied behind their backs and could use only one hand. Can easily win Lushun.It has become a foregone conclusion that this military stronghold has been captured. The next step is to hunt down the escaped civilians. Everything is similar to the textbook, and there is really no suspense.

Abata suddenly asked: "Do you think the Ming court will reinforce Lushun?"

Yue Tuo said: "Maybe! Lushun is their last stronghold in the Liaodong Peninsula. It is of great significance. They cannot give up easily."

Abatai asked: "Will you send those two flying troops over?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone glared at this bastard——Which pot is not easy to open, right?

The gate of Lushun City was closed tightly, and the Dongjiang Army was busy busy building fortifications outside the city, preparing for a fierce battle.The fortifications they built were still civil structures, with earth barriers, trenches, earth walls, and horse pits densely packed together, forming simple but practical field fortifications.In fact, the defense of the city is not like in the movies where everyone retreats into the city. The enemy troops calmly spread out under the city wall and then attack the city. This is not the case in real urban offensive and defensive warfare.In a real urban offensive and defensive battle, if the defending side has a little courage, they will never retreat into the city and squat on the ground with their heads covered. They will rely on the city wall to build fortifications and resist desperately to prevent the enemy from attacking the city wall. The defenders will support them with heavy firepower.If you don't solve the problem of the defenders in the field battle outside the city, you can't attack the city wall. If you can't attack the city wall, you can't prevent the defenders on the city wall from supporting the defenders outside the city with firepower, and you can't quickly take down those simple lines of defense. Isn't it annoying?You guessed it right, the ancient city offensive and defensive battle was actually a war of attrition on an astonishing scale. Everyone gritted their teeth and desperately consumed the other party's soldiers, food, ordnance, and morale until one side was exhausted, and then it won.As for the so-and-so general who has been written about by the big book, outsmarting a certain city, everyone just smiles. In the past 5000 years, such examples are pitifully rare, and there is not much reference value, and they cannot be copied. If you can't fight a fortified city, try not to fight it. If you must fight it, you must be mentally prepared to fight a protracted war of attrition.

There is no doubt that the Lushun defenders are now going to fight a war of attrition with Hou Jin in an upright manner.As Yang Menglong said, this is their last stronghold in the Liaodong Peninsula, and they must defend it with blood and lives, no matter how great the sacrifice is.Civil servants and soldiers who had been withdrawn from various military strongholds came to Lushun constantly. They were strictly interrogated. Those without weapons were put in hanging baskets and hung up into the city, while those with weapons stayed outside the city, ready to fight to the end.This is the experience accumulated by the Ming army after more than 30 years of fighting with Houjin. Houjin was good at using time to make money for the city, and Liaodong had so many humble bones who were determined to exchange the heads of countless soldiers and civilians for their own prosperity and wealth. Tieshan, Liaoyang, Shenyang, Benxi... which of these famous cities was not captured with the help of these ruthless people?Otherwise, if Hou Jin's miserable attack ability allowed them to attack one city after another, they would have been extinct long ago!
A tall column of smoke rose from behind the horizon, which meant that another military stronghold had been captured.

Li Weiluan looked solemn, and said to Huanglong: "The last military stronghold has also been captured."

Huang Long hummed: "Jianu came so fast."

Li Weiluan sighed: "It seems that Jianu will not give up until he takes Lushun down. I wonder if Lushun can still be held?"

Huang Long said: "I have sent military envoys to the capital to ask for help, and I have also written letters asking for help to the generals defending the Dongjiang Islands, Jinzhou, and Shanhaiguan, hoping that they can come to help... This is the last stronghold of our Liaodong Han people in the Liaodong Peninsula. Now, losing Lushun means we have completely lost Liaodong, and they will come to support... definitely!"

Li Weiluan said: "I don't know if the two new armies, Heluo and Tianxiong, will come?" Hope to keep Lushun.

Huang Long looked at the calm and deep sea: "They will come, they will!"

Li Weiluan also looked at the sea, hoping to see the sharp silhouette of sails emerging from behind the sea level: "I hope they can come, otherwise Lushun will not be saved..."

These two didn't know that in history, until the Lushun defenders were completely annihilated, they all died in battle, and no Ming army came to support them, and the imperial court did not even respond to the fall of Lushun.How sad and cruel it is for these soldiers who stick to the last stronghold of the Han people in Liaodong.

What about this time?Will reinforcements come this time?
(End of this chapter)