Chapter 31 Setbacks
From the sentiment of most of the soldiers of the Ming army to Jiannu, who doesn't hate Jiannu? These soldiers, who are born and raised in the Guanliao area, do not have any relatives outside the customs. However, for so many years, with the rise of Jiannu, it has brought an extremely painful disaster to the Guan Han people. Almost everyone has more or less had a blood feud with Jiannu, so soldiers do not want to be a dog for Jiannu, and really want to surrender. Jiannu is mainly the military generals who try to save their lives and gain glory and wealth. Now Wu Xiang suddenly cleaned up the generals who tried to surrender to Jiannu with lightning speed. Naturally, the soldiers calmed down and began to fight with the Jiannu army.
The field battle of the Ming army is really bad, but the ability to defend the city can be said to be ambiguous. In addition, they have enough firearms in their hands. When a large number of construction slaves launched an attack, it can be said that guns were fired on all the walls of the Shanhaiguan area. The first two offensives organized by Dorcon hardly had no walls at all. When he touched it, he was beaten and lost to the ground and the wounded soldiers retreated.
Only then did Dorgeon find that the Ming army rebels who were originally bought by their slaves had been cleaned up at this time, or changed their mind. In short, the Ming army in every place he sent troops to attack showed great combat effectiveness in this day's battle without exception. And a firm will to resist.
Dorkon, who underestimated the enemy, immediately harvested a glass of bitter wine. The troops sent to attack the city were killed and injured hundreds of people in half a day, but it did not have any effect on attacking Guancheng.
Dorcon also knew at this time that the original opportunistic thoughts can now be thrown into Java. It has become impossible to take the Shanhaiguan lightly. Next, he can only take the method of fighting to the death to capture the world.
Therefore, the slave chiefs such as Dorgun and Duoduo and Azig had to scold the Han people for being untrustworthy, while readjusting their deployment, and transferred a large number of artillery and soldiers and horses of the Han army flag to launch a tough battle against Shanhaiguan.
At this time, after more than two years of consolidation, the Han army flag, which used to have only two flags, has now been expanded to the Eight Banners, and the military strength has also developed from only one or twenty thousand at the beginning to the current seven or eighty thousand. The strength can be said to be close to the Eight Banners of the Juvado, far exceeding that of the Eight Banners of Mongolia.
Moreover, the Han army was mostly composed of the Han people in Liaodong and the Ming soldiers who surrendered to the original Guan Liao army of Jiannu. The Ming army was good at using firearms, which was fully used by Huang Taiji. In the past two years, the slaves tried their best to search for all kinds of artillery, and strictly ordered Han craftsmen to cast all kinds of red cannons to strengthen the firepower of the Han army flag. At that time, it was also made for the craftsmen to create this era of sharp birds, as well as the soldiers who seized the Ming army from the Ming army and the three-eyed soldiers who armed the Han army flag. All of this was caused by the great loss in the hands of Xing Tianjun in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, so they wanted to use this means to use their own people. The way is to treat his body and use the same tactics to deal with the Xing Tianjun that may be encountered after entering the customs in the future.
Now, after more than two years of preparation, the combat effectiveness of the Han military flag has greatly increased, and its firepower is no less than that of the Guanning army. Even in terms of heavy artillery, the combat power far exceeds that of the Guanning army's.
This time, half of the soldiers who acted as the vanguard with Dorgun belonged to the flag of the Han army. After receiving the order, the Han army immediately pushed the artillery, lined up in the area of Shanhaiguan, raised the muzzle, and aimed at the Shanhaiguan wall and Guancheng.
In the afternoon, Dorgun once again ordered a fierce attack on the front line of Shanhaiguan. Countless cannons of Jiannu roared, and so many artillery were released. It was rare in the history of the Jiannu army after it became an army. It was only some time ago that they besieged Ningyuan City that they concentrated on this. Multiple artillery were fired together, so once the fire was fired, the whole mountain customs was like a volcanic eruption, shaking the ground.
Various types of shells then cut through the sky and roared down to the wall along the Shanhaiguan. Suddenly, the masonry and stones flew around the wall, and the Ming army immediately suffered a large number of casualties.
After the heavy artillery bombardment, countless Han soldiers immediately shouted to kill Zhentian and carried all kinds of siege tools, and launched an attack on the Shanhaiguan area like ants.
At this time, the defenders also began to fire back. The shells of both sides are coming and going in the air, constantly falling on the enemy's head. At this moment, the cruelty of the war is vividly displayed. No matter whose shell falls, it will take away a few lives, even if it does not fall in the crowd and hit the wall. The wall is also full of masonry and stones, and the Great Wall is full of potholed craters.
As the Ming army guarding the side, this is the first time it has faced such an intensive artillery bombardment. They didn't expect that in just a few years, there would be so many heavy guns in today's slave army, especially those Hongyi cannons weighing more than 1,000 catties. Every cannon fell, the building masonry on the city wall flew around and fell. In the city, the buildings in the city collapsed, and the defense facilities were like paper paste in front of the shells of this kind of heavy artillery. Many enemy platforms were hit by the heavy artillery of the construction army. Without many shots, they were destroyed and collapsed. More than ten catties of shells were really powerful. Every shot on the wall, it seemed to happen. It was like a small earthquake, and the strong walls of the Great Wall kept trembling.
So some soldiers began to be afraid, and some officers and soldiers began to scramble to escape from the wall to avoid the shelling of Jiannu.
Zhao Tongxian became a hero in Shanhaiguan City overnight, and was immediately promoted to President Qian by Wu Xiang. He led the army alone to guard a section of the city wall. When the heavy artillery of the construction slave army opened fire, his position was also bombarded. Several of his men' heavy artillery on the spot turned into a blood fog, and the body turned into a disability. The blocks were scattered everywhere, and there was an enemy platform that could not withstand the slamming of shells, and collapsed at once, including more than 20 defenders in the enemy's platform and more than a dozen gunners on the enemy platform. In an instant, they disappeared into the rubble and were buried alive below. Some people were even not dead, and they were miserable under the ruins. The call for help.
Such a situation was unbearable for the Ming army. Some soldiers were immediately discouraged and wanted to escape from the city wall to avoid artillery, but Zhao Tong was like a mad tiger at this time, running back and forth on the wall with a single knife. He split several men who tried to escape and ordered the soldiers to fire back and prevent the slaves from approaching the wall. This controlled the defeat of his soldiers, and instead, he had to lie down next to the artillery and began to load the cannon desperately.
A group of Jiannu Han army, who were the same face as them, shouted, carrying the hook ladder or pushing the cloud ladder, and approached the wall. With every cannon in the city, they could overturn an enemy army. These Jiannu Han soldiers screamed. Many people shouted at the city: "The above Brothers, don't fight! Everyone used to be in the same group! Raise your hand! Daming is over. Why do you have to work hard for Daming? Let's surrender quickly! Follow the Qing Dynasty and eat spicy food! Keep you glorious and rich! ......”
In the face of these Jiannu Han soldiers who used to be in robes, the officers and soldiers in the city looked complicated. A few years ago, many of them were Guanning soldiers like them, but now they have shaved a money rat tail. It can be faintly seen that they are wearing a lot of armor of the Ming army, just iron helmets above their heads. There is an extra lightning rod-like thing, but now they have become a member of the Jiannu army and begin to work for Jiannu, and in turn begin to slaughter the Han people with Jiannu.
For these Jiannu Han army, Zhao Tong was furious after watching it. After hearing their shouts, he even ordered to bombard these bastards.
These Jiannu Han soldiers can be said to have paid a lot of casualties before they get close to the gate, and under the cover of the knife player, they began to imitate the Xing Tianjun. They raised the three-eyed spears and bird spears in their hands and fought towards the city.
And the Ming army in the city is not a vegetarian. They also have these firearms in their hands. Many Ming soldiers guarded the wall. From the stacks and arrow holes of the city, they used their firearms to fight back. They both conveniently hit the top and bottom of the wall and began a pair of shots. The accuracy of the birds was already relatively accurate at this time. Almost every moment, soldiers on both sides rushed to the ground, and most of the people who were shot were above the chest. At the medical level of this era, as long as the chest, including the head, is hit by a bullet, it is basically equivalent to the reimbursement of life.
Even if it is a three-eyed shot, within a 30-step distance, the power is already quite large. As long as it hits, it can basically break the armor and overturn people to the ground. In short, this kind of shooting undoubtedly takes into consideration the courage of the two armies. It can be said that both sides have paid a lot of casualties. Suddenly, up and down this section of the wall, The blood flowed into a river and the corpses were piled up all over the ground.
Under Dornon's death order, the Han army of Jiannu did not dare not work hard to move forward, and in the eyes of Jiannu Tarots, the lives of these Han army are the most worthless things. Anyway, there are many Han people, no matter how many people die, as long as they can attack the Guanzhong, they can catch more Han people to fight for them, so Dornon sent the Han army to attack. The city will not consider how many casualties there are.
Moreover, their strength is also much more than that of the defenders. When a group is defeated, another batch is suppressed. Under such repeated circumstances, the defenders are under great pressure.
The reason why Dornon launched such a high-intensity attack at all costs is really forced by the situation. The tenacious resistance of the defenders of the Ming army is far beyond his expectations. Wu Xiang, who can defend the Shanhaiguan so desperately, must have decided to join the Dazhong army. If the Dazhong army is rushed here, Dornon had a chilling feeling. He couldn't imagine how many people would die on their slave side to break through this majestic barrier if the Dazhong army also climbed the wall to defend.
So he did not dare to neglect, so he could only send troops to launch a strong attack on Guancheng in this area regardless of the cost. He wanted to fight to defeat these Ming soldiers and gain a favorable advantage before the Xingtian Army came to take over, and then use the advantage of military strength to kill the Xingtian Army in Guannei. The people and horses were defeated, one step ahead of the Xing Tianjun, and swept the land of Yanyun in the pass.
In terms of the future of the whole Jiannu, although there is a contradiction between Dorgan and Huang Taiji, in this regard, Dorgan still has a high degree of unity with Huang Taiji, and at present, Huang Taiji is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, just like a sharp blade hanging on his, Azig and Duo's three brothers at any time. He had to obey Huang Taiji's instructions. When Huang Taiji ordered him to attack Shanhaiguan first, he made it clear that it would be best for Wu Xiang to surrender. If Wu Xiang refused to surrender, no matter how many people died, he must take Shanhaiguan and open this important passage for the subsequent Qing army.
Therefore, Dorcon came to the gate in person, sat down in person behind the attacking soldiers and horses, constantly deployed troops into the battlefield, and launched a fierce and unusually fierce attack on several closed places.
In fact, he is very clear that although they have an advantage in terms of firepower and strength, they are not well prepared to attack them this time. They have not had time to build much of the heavy equipment needed to attack. At present, they can only use some light hook ladders and so on to attack the city. Xi, if he wants to break through the wall, he can only fill it with human life and use the advantage of military strength to crush the Ming defenders in this area.
So his heart hardened at this moment. After an hour and a half, he successively killed Niu Lu Zhangjing in the defeated Han army flag, and even killed a third-class Jia La Zhangjing, so as to force these Han soldiers who were not even as good as pigs and sheep in their eyes to attack all the pass.