Kormi Mongolia initially retreated together with Xianglan Banner, but now they saw an opportunity and did not even bother to pursue the Han people who escaped from the north and south city gates.
Cooperating with the Xiangbai Banner, they detoured from north to south outside the city in an attempt to cut off the Ming army's retreat route and complete the encirclement. They then took advantage of their large number of troops and exposed the Ming army to internal and external attacks.
Wang Hongyu immediately asked Zhao Hannian to bring all the blunderbuss and three-eyed blunderbuss to join Zhang Mingshi to protect Ximen Wuyou.
Guangning's deputy general, Liu Qu, has more troops and horses and will immediately leave the city to support him.
The Mongolian cavalry only charged with some momentum. When it came to hand-to-hand combat, they were no match for the Ming army, which was half armored.
Jiang Bi also had 800 heavy armored infantry from the Wu Jing Battalion. Once formed, neither Jiannu's dismounted infantry nor Horqin's Mongolian cavalry could attack this steel fortress.
Liu Qu led people out of the city at the critical moment, and there were many firecrackers shooting on the city walls.
The offensive of Jiannu and Kormi was immediately disintegrated.
The Guangning cavalry also had experience fighting the Mongolian cavalry. Zu Dashou could not defeat the Jiannu, but he could easily defeat the Mongols.
Although Ogu had cavalry under his command, they would collapse in a real fight.
Oba already knew how powerful this Ming army headed by the Southern Army was. Although the several thousand Ming troops outside the city were mainly the Liaodong Army, they knew they were not easy to mess with as soon as they fought.
Du Du's white flags only had more than 2,000 troops. Because their strength was greatly reduced, they had to order a retreat of 5 miles, take a short rest and fight again.
Wang Hongyu is now the coach, and the information is gathered to him as quickly as possible.
At present, the Ming army is attacking the city and Jiannu is defending it. The Ming army is beating the blue flag and running wildly, leaving the two yellow flags and the white flag to keep retreating.
However, there were too many enemies. The large households in Liaoyang mobilized tens of thousands of servants and bewitched people, and the second batch of slave-building officials also numbered tens of thousands.
Outside the city, Jiang Bi and Luo Yiguan's soldiers and horses were well guarded, but it was very difficult to stop the huge white flags and Mongolian cavalry.
[To be honest, I have been using Changing Source to read books and catch up on updates recently. Changing Source can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. Huanyuan can be used on Android and Apple.]
Now we can fight, and our morale is higher than the opponent's, but facing so many enemies, it will take a long time and huge casualties to recapture the isolated city of Liaoyang.
Yuan Yingtai was currently on the watchtower, surrounded by shield soldiers.
He immediately sent an order to Wang Hongyu and other generals to recapture Liaoyang City.
None of the generals who entered the city paid attention to him except Liu Qu, but now Liu Qu went to support outside the city. Therefore, all the generals listened to Wang Hongyu's decision.
After thinking about the current situation, if we continue to fight desperately, at least half of our troops will be lost. Even if we defeat the Jiannu and the Mongolian Kormi tribe, the troops at hand will not be enough to stabilize the situation around Liaoyang.
The problem is still there.
Is one city and one pool more important? Or is it more important to retain veteran seeds?
Now from the capital to Liaodong, the most capable veterans and generals of the entire Ming army are here.
If you don’t fight hard, it will really be gone.
The remaining ones who escaped were mostly soldiers, and all fighting had negative consequences. Recruiting new soldiers for training should have been the best route, but the imperial court almost wiped out all the savings Wanli had saved and invested in military expenditures in less than a year.
Already nearly 8 million taels.
Apart from raising taxes, there will be no more money and food left to spend later.
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If we don't go to the southwest, the She'an Rebellion will break out, and the annual cost will rise to 4 million taels.
With this kind of financial situation, it is impossible to build a strong army in sufficient numbers.
If the land is lost and people are lost, both people and land will be lost.
If people survive and lose their land, both people and land will survive.
Yuan Yingtai wanted to fight to the end and desperately take back Liaoyang City.
I want to tell him that he must withdraw, otherwise he will die!
Wang Hongyu directly issued orders to various generals to rescue the people who were willing to go with the Ming army. He directly kidnapped Yuan Yingtai, the Liaodong manager, and then tried his best to kill through the city and rescue Zhang Quan who was standing in the east of the city.
Although You Shilu and Zhao Lijiao were among Wang Hongyu's guerrilla generals...co
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but did not hesitate and immediately followed the order.
The Ming army in the city launched a fierce attack, killing as much as possible through the city and opening up the road to the east of the city.
Take the peak as the end, the peak-end law.
This is a philosophy and technique that Wang Hongyu, as a later generation, learned.
Preparing for a retreat with a fierce attack was the last lesson taught to him by his eldest brother Zhou Dunji and veterans such as Chen Ce, Tong Zhongkui and Qi Jin.
At this time, they merged into one body, which was inherited and carried forward by him.
"If you don't want to be a slave in dressing, leave the city quickly through the west gate!"
"Attack fiercely! Save Zhang Quan's patrol and the people in the east of the city!"
Under Wang Hongyu, the Ming army commanded and dispatched in an orderly manner, and everyone knew that they had to retreat first and attack violently.
What a wealthy businessman with tens of thousands of servants guarding the courtyard, killing him till his blood flowed like a river.
The slave in the coat has a big dream in the Spring and Autumn Period. Want to perform meritorious service for the master and become a master? If you go to the master, you will be chopped into ghosts within ghosts.
The big merchants and Bao Yi were so frightened that they broke down and ran away after a thousand people were killed, just 10% of them. Everyone wailed and screamed, saying that there were too many soldiers and they were too powerful to be defeated.
When they were in chaos, tens of thousands of people fled sparsely, just like the wildebeests on the African savanna, running wildly with such force that even lions could trample them to death. How could they even talk about building slaves?
The slave-building soldiers were pushed and trampled, and dozens of them were killed or injured. Even direct killings using horrific and bloody methods could not stop them.
Nurhachi and Huang Taiji had experienced many battles and knew that they could not fight like this. They quickly moved back the two yellow flags and the white flag, and firmly controlled the north and south gates. If there was going to be chaos in the city, let the big families and Bao Yi cause chaos first.
The Ming army took advantage of the situation and rushed to the east gate of Liaoyang.
I saw that the city walls were all covered with slave soldiers with two red flags. Only the city tower and the city gate were left with more than a hundred Ming troops holding on.
Suddenly a raging fire broke out in the city tower, and the remaining Ming army fled, leaving only a few dozen people gathered around an official with a resolute face.
Wang Hongyu swung his hammer to kill a man in charge, pushed away the fleeing Ming army, and hurried to the bottom of the tower.
I saw that the fire had engulfed the tower, and the official saw me. The two of them had never met before, but they recognized each other in an instant.
"Master Zhang! Follow me quickly and develop in Liaohe. We will counterattack in the future!"
Wang Hongyu saw that it was Zhang Quan, the patrol commander of Liaodong.
I plan to go to Yunyang for a trip. No matter how I look at the overall situation of Liaodong, it is best for Zhang Quan, who is familiar with the terrain, knows the soldiers very well, and respects the generals, to stabilize the situation.
"General Wang! I have been observing your efforts and you have done a great job! Evacuate Liaoyang quickly!" Zhang Quan looked determined.
"My father-in-law!" Qin Ling shouted loudly.
Zhang Quan’s daughter is Zhang Fengyi, who is married to Qin Liangyu’s son Ma Xianglin.
Of course Qin Liangyu's cousin Qin Ling came to rescue Zhang Quan.
When Zhang Quan met Qin Ling, of course he thought of his in-laws and his daughter. At that moment, he really wanted to follow him and see his daughter again, who made him very proud.
But his eyes suddenly condensed: "As soon as I leave, Jiannu will come to put out the fire. The city gate will be opened, and the people who have entered the city cannot escape! General Wang, save the people and leave!!!"
Zhang Quan fully understood the importance of retaining a strong army, and also knew that if Jiannu captured nearly 100,000 people in Liaoyang City, he would receive huge manpower and material resources to strengthen his army.
He can die, but the people cannot all become slaves.
Two red flags were placed on the city wall. The enemy wanted to attack the tower to put out the fire. Zhang Quan and dozens of others fought to the death, causing the fire to burn even bigger. The masonry of the tower fell off one after another. If it collapsed, it would be a huge obstacle to Daishan outside the city.
boom!
A large piece of masonry fell off, making it impossible for Wang Hongyu, Qin Ling and others to get close, so they could only have people immediately cover the retreat of the people.
Zhang Quan was so smoked in the fire that he could hardly open his eyes.
But at the last moment when he struggled to open his eyes, he saw that the people of Liaoyang were evacuating.
"This is benevolence and justice!"
The fire engulfed him.
Zhang Quan, who patrolled Liaodong, sacrificed his life for the country and the people.