Chapter 56 Unlucky Dorson
Dorgon led troops to attack Shanhaiguan for many days in a row, but it can be said that under the death of the Ming army and the Dazhong army guarding the customs, he returned. Every time he was outside Guancheng, he hit his head with blood and suffered heavy losses.
The firepower of the defenders is very strong. Although he has tried his best to send Han flag gunners to bombard the wall, the enemy's artillery accuracy is very high, and they can often counter their artillery array. The two sides have lost a lot of losses to build slaves in the artillery battle. Many of the cannons brought have been bombarded by the defenders, and they have to drag some gun bodies back and re The new turret can be used again, and some cannons are simply bombarded by the defenders, and there is no possibility of repairing them.
Moreover, a few days ago, the defenders rescued a group of Han people who were forced to act as meat shields, and then suddenly sent troops out of the customs to counterattack. Although he was already prepared, he was still counterattacked by the generals of the Dazhong Army and killed many Han and Mongolian soldiers of the Wuzhenchaoha Battalion. Then under the cover of gunfire in the city, Anran retreated to the gate again.
The morale of their slave army plummeted. That night, some Han troops in the Wuzhenchaoha camp deserted overnight. Although they caught up with and slaughtered these fugitives afterwards, Dorcon did not dare to consume too much of these Han soldiers of the Han army flags. Even the Mongolian soldiers who cooperated with them in the Eight Banners of Mongolia, The morale also plummeted, and some people secretly shouted that if Dorgom still didn't take the lives of their Mongols as human lives, they would flee back to the grassland and not sell their slaves.
So Dorgo has no choice but to order the collection of troops to let the Han and Mongolian soldiers of the Wuzhenchaoha battalion rest for a while, and then fight. He sent the generals of this flag, took a detour to the entrance of Yiyuan west of Shanhaiguan, trying to sneak up there and break through the customs and enter the customs, but he did not think that the Dazhong army already had one. The man and horse were stationed in the area around the mouth of Yiyuan. He sent him to attack the generals at the mouth of Yiyuan and hit the iron plate. Under the strong attack, he was beaten and abandoned his armor, so he had to return. Bai Bai Bai lost the bodies of hundreds of armored soldiers with white flags under the entrance of Yiyuan, and also retreated back.
Now the front line of Shanhaiguan is almost like an iron wall in Dorgo's eyes, which makes him afraid. After thinking about all the ways, he can't find a good way to break through this line of defense.
Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, who was stationed in Qiantunwei, was dissatisfied with his actions, which made him speed up and seek to conquer Shanhaiguan.
This is killing our three brothers! Dorcon scolded in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji forced him so much that he stood on the righteousness of their people, and he was the vanguard. Since he should have conquered Shanhaiguan to open up the channel for the subsequent Qing army, and he was unfavorable to Lien War, which was also a blow to his prestige in the Qing Dynasty. After this battle, he The strength of the three brothers will definitely be weakened a lot. In the future, I'm afraid that if they win the throne of the Qing Dynasty, they will no longer have the strength.
Therefore, Dorcon can be said to hate Wu Xiang, who was guarding the gate, and those soldiers of the Dazhong Army. Since he followed his father's wild boar skin, how could he eat such a suffocation? However, when he met the criminal thief twice in a row, he was forced by the other party.
More than ten or twenty years ago, they set up outside Jiannuguan and faced so many elite soldiers of the Ming army, but they won many battles, especially in the Battle of Salhu. Their father's wild boar skin led them less than one-fifth of the strength of the Ming army. They fought so many elite soldiers of the Ming army and threw away their armor. I didn't expect that after meeting Xing Tianjun, their glory would no longer be so eye-catching. If they get caught with the Xing Tianhe thief, they will suffer. If it goes on like this, will their slaves really be destroyed in the hands of this Xing Tianhe thief?
Thinking of this, Dorcon was not only a little cold all over. Even if it was not for the sake of their three brothers, but just for the future of building slaves, he could not just drag it off like this. So Dorcong strengthened his spirit and recruited Azig, Duoduo and the flag owners of the Han and eight flags and Mongolian flag owners who listened to his dispatch to his account. In the middle, he reprimanded these people loudly and scolded them for their incompetence. After making them go down, they immediately boosted their morale and prepared for another fierce attack. Anyway, they must attack Shanhaiguan.
These flag owners are like bitter gourds one by one. After these days of fighting, the soldiers under their respective banners have suffered heavy losses, especially the generals of their Han army flag. As the main force of the main attack, they are caught up and beaten down every day. A large number of people are not killed every day. Niulu Zhangjing is almost changed, and some are guarded. The army was killed. Some of them were cut down because they retreated without authorization, and even Jia La Zhangjing changed a lot. If it goes on like this, they will be defeated.
So they don't want to fight anymore. This Shanhaiguan is simply a dragon that can breathe fire. They are dead as much as they go, so they all begged Dornon to give them a few days to rest and fight again. However, Dorcon stared and scolded them, scolded them for being wine bags and rice bags, and did not allow their requests. We must prepare to fight again immediately and threaten them. If anyone doesn't want to work hard, be careful of the head.
These Han people and Mongolian flag owners are all silent. No matter how bitter their hearts are, there is no place to talk about it. Who let them surrender to Jiannu? Their families are controlled by their old and young, and the knife handle is also in their hands. What can they do with these dogs?
So they could only nod and say yes, and they were ready to go down and start to gather the soldiers and attack the city again. This time, Dornon put forward an idea, which was to give up the way of several people and horses going hand in hand, concentrate all the cannons and troops in the army, and only concentrate on the Xiluo City in the west of Shanhaiguan City to launch the most fiercest attack. In this way, they can give full play to their advantages in firepower and strength, and it is possible to break through Xiluo City and break through the Shanhaiguan defense line.
His proposal should have been thought of for a long time, but it is a more appropriate way for them to build a slave army. Facing the defense line that stretches for dozens of miles, concentrate on attacking a little, just like taking an awl to tie the cowhide. No matter how hard the cowhide is, it can't hold the cone to work hard at one point.
So these flag owners could only listen to Yu Dorcon and nodded and agreed. However, before their discussion was over, someone outside reported that Shanhaiguan had reinforced a large and medium-sized army's soldiers and horses. The flag should be the guard division of the Dazhong army, that is, a group of people and horses directly led by Xiao Tianjian, the criminal thief chieftain, had been picked up. A number of customs walls and enemy buildings along the Shanhaiguan have been guarded.
Dorcon became anxious as soon as he heard this. He immediately asked the person who reported the news if he had seen the big mark of the thief chief Xiao Tianjian. If so, it means that Xiao Tianjian, the chieftain of the criminal thief, has personally led the army to the mountain customs. In that case, I'm afraid what they will consider next. It's time to break through Shanhaiguan, but it's time to think about how to fight with Xing Tianjun in Shanhaiguan next.
The person who reported the news shook his head and said, "Prince Rui didn't see the big flag of the thief. He just saw the new thieves' army flag raised on the wall. After identification, some people pointed out that this army is the military flag of the first guard division of the Dazhong Army. The commander's surname is Luo, and he is nicknamed it the first fierce dog under Xiao Xingtian. He is a criminal thief. The tough general in the middle! On the contrary, I didn't see the thief chief Xiao Xingtian appearing in Shanhaiguan!
However, according to the closer look of the sentry, it was found that although the Xingtian thief had reinforced his troops, some of the Xingtian thief troops who were originally stationed disappeared. It seemed that the actual strength had not been strengthened much. There was also news in the city that a cavalry stationed here, after the reinforcements arrived, they changed their defense and left. The mountain customs is nowhere to be found!"
After hearing this, Dorgun breathed a long sigh of relief and was a little angry. He really wanted to cut down the guy who reported the news. Just now, he didn't make it clear, which scared him a lot. It made him think that Xiao Tianjian, the chieftain of the criminal thief, had personally led the army to Shanhaiguan. He was so scared that he almost ordered the withdrawal of troops and retreat, so that he was not to be so fierce again. God beat him up here.
Now after listening to this guy who reported the news, he can basically make a judgment, that is, the reinforcements of the Dazhong Army are coming, but in fact, there are not many troops. It's just a guard division under Xiao Tianjian's command arrived here first, and at the same time replaced a cavalry of the Dazhong Army, so it's not necessary. Thinking about it, the cavalry of this large and medium-sized army must have rushed to the west. Maybe they had learned that their slaves had divided their troops and sent Abatai to the west to find another way to the customs, so they pulled out a group of cavalry and intercepted Abatai to the west to enter the customs.
Dorgan was even more psychologically darker. He secretly thought that it was best for Abatai to be like him. When he went to the west customs to try to break through the customs, he was also shriveled. His head was bleeding, and he was blocked outside the customs and could not enter the customs. In that case, it would be excuse that he could not get down the mountain customs.
However, he also knows that his idea is probably unrealistic. At present, the last elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are here, and a lot of elite soldiers of the Dazhong army are gathered here. He is facing the elite soldiers of the Ming and Zhong Dynasties, but the rest of the pass are not as strong as here geographically, and the defenders are also more. The defeated soldiers are not enough to defend the city. For so many years, they have repeatedly broken through the customs from other places, but they have never broken through the customs in Shanhaiguan. Abatai and Haug are likely to choose to break through the customs in other places. He is still confident about this, so Huang Taiji's move is fierce enough. On the one hand, he lost his face outside Shanhaiguan, and on the other hand, he let his son Haoge get the first skill of breaking through the customs. As soon as he thought of this, he wanted to scold Huang Taiji, the brother, who was not a thing, but he did not dare to do so before he lost his mind, so he could only beat off his teeth and blood. Swallowing into the stomach, it can't show any disrespect to Huang Taiji on the surface.
So he waved his hand to let the person who reported the news go down, and then ordered the flag owners to continue to prepare. Anyway, he will continue to launch an offensive against Shanhaiguan. Otherwise, Huang Taiji can put him to death with his crime of fear of war, and die! Death can't let Huang Taiji seize such an opportunity, just like dealing with Mang Gultai and their three brothers.
The next day, that is, the third day after Luo Li replaced Wang Chengping, Dorcon once again opened the position outside the Shanhaiguan, sent the soldiers and horses to the battalion, and launched the most fierce offensive in the Shanhaiguan War against Xiluo City.
(Today, I thank General Mao Mao, who did not hesitate to reward, and did not drink the Northwest Brothers! Thank you very much!)