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

Chapter 892

At the same time, Zhang Beicheng was on the Xuanda defense line thousands of miles away.

A fierce offensive and defensive battle is being staged.

Zhangbei is just an inconspicuous small town. It was originally quite poor with a small population. As the Tianxiong Army vigorously operated the Xuanda Defense Line and developed the Hetao Plain, many people moved to Zhangbei, and business travel became more and more frequent. , Zhangbei gradually became rich.However, this kind of good life did not last long. In the winter of this year, the Qing army and the Mongolian army invaded on a large scale. The Tianxiong army, which has always been invincible, retreated steadily under the constraints and even attacks of friendly forces, and lost the past few years. The land acquired by the hard work, the immigrants gave up the stronghold soaked in the blood of themselves and their families and retreated to the major cities. Due to its prominent location, Zhangbei became a transit point for the immigrants when they evacuated, and it was overcrowded for a while.Then, the Mongolian army and the Qing army came to kill, surrounded the little Zhangbei, and threw heavy artillery to bombard the city wall. It was absolutely determined not to stop until Zhangbei was taken down!Also, Zhangjiakou is behind Zhangbei, and Beijing is [-] miles behind Zhangjiakou. Dorgon is determined to enter the customs before Huang Taiji, so naturally he will not let go of this best attack route. Zhangbei, he is determined to win!
The consequences of one-third of the troops being transferred to Liaodong have not been eliminated, on the contrary, they are still fermenting.In a series of fierce battles around this marching route, the Tianxiong Army has been passively beaten because its forces were too scattered. Shangyi, Xinghe, Chongli, Huai'an and other places were all defeated by the Qing army. , The Qing army easily cleared the peripheral obstacles, forming an arc-shaped encirclement of Zhangbei and Zhangjiakou, and even blocked the route from Wulanchabu to the Ming army to reinforce Zhangjiakou.If the Ming army had changed, it might have collapsed at this point. The army was overwhelmed, the two wings were broken, and they were still fighting? But the Tianxiong army was unmoved. They were like a cement nail, firmly nailed to the ground. There, no matter how the Qing army lured, harassed, and threatened them, they were unmoved. They were considered dead.

Therefore, a bloody battle is inevitable.

At this time, the troops in Dorgon's hands were the two white flags, the bordered red flags, and the bordered blue flags. In addition, there were also the black flags and green flags of the Han army, and the Zhenghuang flag and Zhenglan flag among the eight Mongolian flags, and 7 people who brought their own dry food. The iron artillery team composed of Japanese ronin and samurai who took refuge in the army has a total strength of more than [-] people, forming a overwhelming advantage over Lei Shisheng.And he also made full use of Lei Shisheng's weakness of scattered troops, attacking from all sides, so that Lei Shisheng was still unable to organize an effective counterattack, and thus calmly launched the attack on Zhangbei and Zhangjiakou.He was very successful in the use of troops, and no one could fault him.

However, after all, wars are determined by fighting. The legendary war that "ends before it starts" is just a legend after all-it didn't even start, so how can it end? And in strategy, you are always passive. The defeated Tianxiong army was also full of anger, and tried their best to bring the balance of victory back to their side through fighting, which doomed the bloody battle around this passage to the capital to be extremely fierce.

Boom boom boom!

Four 85mm howitzers let out deafening roars, and the shells smashed into the middle of the iron artillery team advancing in line with bird guns with a terrifying whistling sound, and the world fell apart.There was a flash of fire and a loud bang, and a bunch of skinny Japanese warriors and ronin ants flew into the air like ants, wailing like dying beasts. This extremely shrill scream made everyone shudder. Of course!The faces of these self-proclaimed brave Japanese turned pale with fright, their bowed legs trembled, but they still gritted their teeth and continued to move forward!

If you dare to leave, I will dare to bomb!
As this group of people advanced, the Tianxiong Army's howitzers and thunderbolts kept roaring, and the shells exploded in their formation, blowing them away in groups like ants. The battlefield was extremely tragic.

Bang bang bang bang!

When the iron artillery team advanced to hundreds of meters away from the city gate, hundreds of rifled flintlock guns fired at the same time.The Japanese samurai walking in the front hastily lifted up the thick shield. This thing is made of thick logs and nailed with a layer of iron leaves. It weighs [-] catties. Ordinary crossbow arrows and even lead bullets can't hit it at all. wear.Everyone knows that the Tianxiong Army's muskets are very powerful, no matter what kind of armor they have, they can shoot twice, so they prepared this kind of super shield.However, it was useless. The pointed lead bullets came spiralingly and hit the big shield with a clanging sound. Small holes were pierced wherever the shield was hit, and the deformed lead bullets hit hard. Holes the size of fists were dug into the flesh and blood behind the shield, and large streams of blood mixed with frothy minced meat were sprayed straight into the shield, and the soldiers who were shot fell down in clusters.

Boom boom boom boom!
The artillery team to which the Han army flag belonged also began to roar, more than 40 cannons fired at the same time, large and small artillery shells roared and smashed at the Tianxiong army, exploding a large group of flames.It's a cannonball. They recruited a large number of western teachers and Han craftsmen with a lot of money, and then used the information obtained by the spies to develop a big killer!Each explosive shell is filled with a large amount of iron fragments and gravel. Once it explodes, the lethality is quite considerable, but the fire rate is not high, and nearly half of the fired shells are duds.But even so, this round of shelling still caused many casualties to the Tianxiong Army.The artillerymen of the Tianxiong Army responded immediately, and the howitzers continued to bombard the hard-working iron artillery team. The thunderbolt artillery shells were hoisted to the artillery positions of the Qing army one after another, blowing them upside down.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Iron Artillery Team advanced to only 50 meters away from the Tianxiong Army, and divided into three teams to shoot in turn. For a while, the battlefield was filled with gunshots like bursting beans, and the erupting gunpowder smoke was connected into one piece, like a white mist. shrouded the battlefield.The firepower of the Tianxiong army was far inferior to that of the Japanese army. After all, according to the information obtained by Dorgon, the Tianxiong army in Zhang Beicheng only had 500 soldiers and no cavalry.500 people were allocated to the four city gates, how many people? With such fierce firepower, it would be no wonder if they were not fooled!However, the Tianxiong Army was not fooled. During the gaps between the Japanese firing, they also fired calmly, firing precise volleys of guns. Each volley of guns fell down like a large piece of wheat.While the platoon guns were firing fiercely, grenades continued to fly out from behind the city plate, and fell in the middle of the crowd with hissing smoke. After the sound exploded, the Japanese army's queue became jagged like a dog chewing on it.

The Tianxiong Army itself is the army with the highest degree of weaponization in this era. If you want to defeat them with musket fire, there is no way!

Dorgon didn't expect to rely on those people to defeat the Tianxiong Army. When the gunpowder smoke from musket shooting enveloped the battlefield like a mist, the elite Qing army under his command pressed down silently. Thousands of compound bows shot at the same time. After the sound was fired, sharp arrows poured down like a torrential rain, washing away the city wall that had been battered by Japanese guns.From time to time, suppressed muffled groans came from the city wall, but there were no screams. On the battlefield, the wounded Tianxiong army would rather bite off their own tongues than scream.The Tianxiong army turned their guns, and amidst the clear gunshots, those Qing army archers also fell down in a row.However, the rate of fire of muskets was not comparable to that of bows and arrows, and the numbers of the two sides were not at the same level. Thousands of archers fired in turn, and the firepower of the Tianxiong Army was completely suppressed.

Duoduo gave an order, and a large number of soldiers in cotton armor rushed up with the ladder, and ants attached themselves like ants on a tree.The grenades thrown from behind the battlements blew up their guns, but the Qing army was brave enough to endure the damage from the grenades and charged forward. Now the Tianxiong army's muskets were useless, so they could only retreat , the brave immigrant Yiyong came up with a horizontal knife and long spear. On the city wall, the light of the knife was like snow, the shadow of the sword was like a rainbow, and the spear was like a forest, killing flesh and blood.Corpses continued to be thrown down from the city wall, some from the Qing army and some from the Ming army, and the piles piled up higher and higher, and blood flowed down the city wall, dyeing the white city wall covered with frost and snow powder red.The battle situation at the west gate and the east gate was roughly the same. The Qing army first used cannon fodder to open the way to consume the ammunition of the Tianxiong army, and then rushed to the city wall with all their elites, and fought hand-to-hand with the Tianxiong army.

In a short period of time, the Qing army's offensive was repulsed six times, but each time they took a breath and pounced forward, not giving the Ming army a chance to distance themselves from them and use their muskets.Their casualties were far more severe than that of the Ming army, but they could afford such losses, and the Ming army could not afford it!

Dorgon looked at the battle flag rolling on the city wall, and smiled slightly: "Successful..."

Azig looked at the six or seven layers of corpses piled up at the foot of the city wall, with a painful expression on his face: "Our army suffered a lot of casualties, these dogs are so tenacious!"

Dorgon said: "It's just a battle between trapped beasts, it won't last long. We've already made way for the south gate, and if we try harder, they'll have to flee from the south gate."

As soon as the words fell, he saw the battle flags of the Ming army on the north gate wall falling down one after another, and the Qing army rushed over like a flood. Dorgon shouted excitedly: "Breakthrough! It's a success!"

Azig's forehead was sweating: "It's finally a breakthrough..." He has fought a lot of battles, but he has never fought an offensive and defensive battle like this kind of meat grinder, and his heart can't bear it—— ——If there are a few more such tragic attacks and defenses, they will have no army!
Duoduo said viciously: "When Zhangbei is captured, the whole city must be slaughtered, and no chicken or dog will be left behind, so that those Ming dogs will know the fate of confronting the Qing Dynasty!"

Many generals of the Qing army nodded viciously, full of murderous aura.The casualties caused by the Ming army to them were too heavy. If Zhang Bei was not massacred to frighten the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, every city in the future would follow Zhang Bei’s example and stick to it. If you enter Beijing, you won't even be able to reach Gubeikou!

There really was a big breakthrough in the city wall of the north gate. The Qing army, who had fought hard for a long time, rushed in with ecstasy, trying to use this breakthrough to smash the defense system of the Ming army in one fell swoop and capture Zhangbei.However, when hundreds of people poured into the breakthrough, they were shocked to find that a Ming army flashed out on both sides and in front, arranged in a V shape. In the words that the Qing army could understand more easily, it was a three-point ambush formation!Before they could react, there was thunderous gunshots, and hot lead bullets struck fiercely from the two wings and the front, often piercing two or three people with one shot!The militiaman with a horizontal knife behind the musketeer fired bundles of grenades into the middle of the ambush circle, and every bundle of grenades flew over with blood and flesh.The battlefield was narrow, and the Qing army was huddled together, unable to use it at all. We could only watch desperately as the muzzles of the guns spewing out flames cut down the people in front of us one by one, and finally it was my turn...

The massacre ended soon, and none of the more than [-] soldiers of the Qing army was spared. The body of Turge Jialaerzhen, the hero who led them to rush in, was thrown from the city wall by the Ming army. go down.The Qing army, which was mainly attacking the North Gate, couldn't help being terrified, and didn't dare to attack again for a while.Seeing this, Dorgon was furious, and was about to send someone over to ask the frontline generals what was going on, when another breakthrough appeared on the side of Ximen, and the red-eyed Qing army swarmed up, threatening to destroy the city in one fell swoop.However, their fate was no different from that of the Qing army at the North Gate. Shortly after reaching the breakthrough, they encountered an ambush from the Tianxiong army. It was also a three-point ambush formation. The casualties were exhausted.

No matter how slow the reaction is now, people know that this is a conspiracy by the Tianxiong Army.But the red-eyed Qing army just didn't have a long memory. When they saw a breakthrough, they rushed over, and then they were shut down by the Tianxiong army and beaten.The number of Tianxiong troops forming the three-point ambush array is actually very small, only about a hundred people, which is great, plus a few militiamen, but with just such a few people, hundreds of people are eating up the Qing army, and all the people who are trapped and killed are The most valiant warrior in the Qing army.

Tens of thousands of troops can't do anything to Zhang Beicheng, which is defended by more than 1000 days of heroic troops!
After six rounds of evil tricks in a row and the loss of a large number of the most elite warriors, the Qing army no longer dared to attack...at least they dared not plunge in when they saw a breakthrough.Dorgon was furious, but there was nothing he could do.It is only a matter of time before Zhangbei is defeated if the fight continues, but behind Zhangbei there are Zhangjiakou, Xuanhua, Huailai, Zhuolu, Changping, Huairou, Miyun... If these cities are as persistent as Zhangbei, he will I'm afraid Zhi Dajun will die before he sees the Great Wall!
There is a famous saying in the US military combat manual: "The nearest road is always full of landmines." Although Dorgon has not read this manual, he definitely agrees with this sentence. It is not right to attack Beijing from Zhangjiakou. Is it the best shortcut? However, this is a dead end that will lead to no return!He angrily ordered to stop the attack, and then even worse news came: Lei Shisheng led [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to reinforce Zhang Bei!
The cavalry army of less than [-] steps was only one-tenth of the Qing army. It was an excellent opportunity to wipe out this army, but Dorgon ordered the lifting of the siege of Zhangbei without hesitation, and the whole army retreated into the area. On the Mongolian prairie, continue to look for fighters.The Battle of Zhangbei gave him a very deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Tianxiong Army. He knew very well that even if he concentrated ten times as many troops to besiege, it would be difficult to defeat Lei Shi in a short time. Call that troop.The most important thing is that the Tianxiong army has too many troops and few soldiers, so they are unable to seize the main force of the Qing army, so they are passive everywhere. It is not certain who to surround!

The road to Zhangjiakou has been proved to be impracticable. The ambitious Dorgon must find a suitable breakthrough for his army, otherwise his rhetoric of rushing into Beijing before Huang Taiji can only be rhetoric.

At this time, Obai's messenger arrived.

After reading the letter, Dorgon's eyes burst out with a palpitating cold light.

Without the slightest hesitation, Dorgon ordered the Han and Mongolian troops to stay in the grassland to maintain the harassment of the Tianxiong Army's defense line. He led the main force to bypass the Tianxiong Army's defense line, cut into Shanxi via Shuozhou, and headed straight for Yangquan!The major adjustment of the attack direction this time makes people a little confused. Isn’t it Oboi’s task to break through the Jingxing Pass and enter the Daming Road through Yangquan? Why did Dorgon go to Yangquan? To compete with Oboi? To face Duoduo When questioned by Azige, Dorgon only replied: "Yang Menglong is back, and he is in Yangquan!"

Now the whole army has no objection, just gnashing their teeth and speeding up, wishing to grow wings and fly to Yangquan.

Yang Menglong, the demon that the Qing army hated and trembled for several years, unexpectedly survived, and appeared in Yangquan with a small group of personal soldiers, blocking Obai's advance route!

If you are not dead, we will let you die completely!
(End of this chapter)