Seven hundred and fiftieth chapters capture dangerous pass
The Jianlu prisoners in Anshan Posthouse gradually came out of their hiding place after the sound of artillery stopped for a while. They were still a little hesitant. They didn't know if the Ming army's artillery stopped firing to lure them out or to indicate that the army was preparing.
Begin the siege.
They couldn't help but look at the edge of the city wall, where their observation posts were. One of the observation posts lived up to their expectations, and the sound of horns sounded "wuwuwu". It could be heard that the Jianlu was fighting desperately.
blow.
"The Ming army is attacking, the Ming army is attacking..." Jianlu shouted loudly, and then began to rush towards the top of the city, and many of them rushed towards the city gate.
Although their movements were fast, the Ming army's movements were not slow either. When the shield soldiers of the fifth military camp rushed into the city gate, they encountered the oncoming Jianlu.
Following the steps of siege warfare that they had rehearsed beforehand, they immediately formed formations with each other and formed a wall with their shields. The fusiliers following them stretched out their barrels from the gaps in their shields and fired.
Although some unlucky fusiliers and shield soldiers were shot by Jianlu's bows and arrows, the number was small, and the Jianlu were felled in large numbers. Even if the Jianlu who rushed up were holding shields, it was of no avail.
This is the difference in weapons, which determines who has control over the city gate.
The city wall above the city gate was the most severely bombarded place. The archery tower had completely collapsed and half of the city wall was cut off. There was no way anyone could stand on it.
On the two sides of the city wall, there were quite a few captives. They tried to shoot arrows and throw logs and rocks at the city gate. However, they were suppressed by the fusiliers of the Ming army below the city. In the presence of a large number of Ming troops,
The fusiliers fired continuously in turns, and they couldn't even raise their heads.
Some Jianlu took a peek and saw the open space outside the city, densely packed with Ming troops, and their hearts sank. They could tell with their toes that Anshan Fortress would be broken, but it would only be a matter of time.
Inside the city, Gushan Erzhen Turge shouted loudly, mobilizing the Jianlu reserve forces to counterattack the Ming army at the gate of the city.
A ground-mounted chariot carriage was pushed out, and Jianlu hid behind the carriage carriage and rushed towards the Ming army at the city gate.
As soon as the Ming army at the city gate cleared the nearest captives, they began to attack and advance into the city, making way for their comrades in the rear to enter the city.
When they saw Jianlu hiding behind the carriages and attacking, they were not afraid at all. The soldiers with their flintlock rifles charged back under the cover of the shield soldiers.
The Ming army not only entered the city from the city gate, but also attacked the city wall near the city gate that had been opened by shelling. Together with the Ming army at the city gate, they began to scale the city wall and expand the attack range to both sides.
Five hundred rifled fusiliers followed them, climbed to the top of the city, and began to support the battle in the city from a high position.
The east and west walls of Anshan Posthouse are 276 meters, the south wall is 290 meters, and the north wall is 283 meters. The total length is only 1,125 meters.
In such a small place, if the Ming army fusiliers occupied the commanding heights of the city wall, most of the prisoners in the city would be attacked.
Turg was sweating and was making a desperate struggle. But when he saw the fusiliers of the Ming army spreading from the city wall to both sides, and the follow-up troops were still entering in a steady stream, he knew that no matter how hard he tried, it would be useless.
Immediately, he ignored his men who were still fighting the Ming army and ran away from the north gate. The other captives were already in despair, and no one was stupid enough to try to drive the Ming army out in this situation. Now when he saw the picture
Ergo ran away, and they lost their fighting spirit and ran away one after another.
Those Jianlu prisoners who could not escape had a glimmer of hope, gave up resistance, and allowed the Ming army to fall, hoping to find a way to survive. If they did not do this, they would definitely die before their eyes.
Before noon, less than half a day, the Anshan Posthouse, formerly known as the gateway to Liaoyang and a dangerous pass in the Liaohe Plain, was captured by the Ming army.
Huang Degong led 3,000 fusiliers around Anshan Posthouse to pursue the fleeing Jianlu. Inside the city, there were soldiers from the fifth army battalion and some fusiliers cleaning the battlefield, with He Kegang in charge.
Zhong Jinwei, together with the rest of the troops, approached the city wall of Anshan Posthouse, bypassed it, and headed for Liaoyang.
As soon as he passed Anshan Posthouse, Zhong Jinwei couldn't help but shake his head. Jianlu really dug a lot of holes. The horseback riding was okay, but the speed of the carriage camp was not fast. Maybe he didn't expect the Ming army to attack so quickly.
Or the weather is too cold, the mud is frozen hard, and the hole dug is not big.
The carriage camp can be walked slowly. If you encounter a pit that is really impossible to pass, you can just use the wooden planks prepared in advance to get over. From this point of view, the Horqin tribe surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and revealed the plan of building the captives in advance. It is still useful
. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to find wooden boards temporarily.
The Ming Dynasty's "Nine Borders" refers to nine important border defense towns. The next target of the attack, Liaoyang, is one of them, Liaodong Town. With Liaoyang as the center, the Ming Dynasty had six guards and one state. It has always been the military and political center of Liaodong.
, economic and cultural center.
Therefore, Duduo, one of the remaining Heshuobele, was the one who built the army and garrisoned Liaoyang.
Haizhou and Liaoyang have always been his territory, but Haizhou was occupied by the Ming army as early as last year. On the Liaoyang side, Huang Taiji's policy of fortifying the country and clearing the country will be implemented again, and all his slaves will be moved to Shengjing.
Bei made Duduo very angry.
Except for the grassland peoples, even the Jurchens are not willing to leave their hometown. Therefore, apart from Duduo's unwillingness and incomplete implementation, ordinary Jurchens are also not happy. The migration is only halfway through and is proceeding slowly.
middle.
When Duduo was thinking about coming to Liaoyang to garrison, Dorgon told him that he received an urgent report from Anshan Posthouse and asked Liaoyang to send troops for reinforcements.
Duduo didn't expect that the Ming army would launch an offensive so soon. He quickly asked the messenger: "How many people are coming from the Ming army, but it's just the Haizhou Ming army?"
He also had a hope in his heart that if it was just the Ming army from Haizhou, there would be no need to worry too much. Because after dealing with him for such a long time, he basically knew the number of the Ming army from Haizhou.
As soon as the Ming army's artillery bombarded the city, a messenger was sent by Turg, so he didn't know how many Ming troops there were outside the city, and whether it was just the Haizhou Ming army.
But when Duduo asked, he did not dare not answer, so he had to reply: "Master, the number of Ming troops outside the city is unknown, but there are dozens of red barbarian cannons..."
Before he finished speaking, he was kicked down by Duduo. Duduo was heard scolding: "It's useless. If you don't know it, you don't know it. You have to go through your brain to make up lies. There are dozens of Hongyi cannons.
What do you think the Hongyi Cannon is?"
Duduo simply didn't believe there were so many Hongyi cannons. He hesitated when he couldn't get exact information from the messenger.
However, when he remembered the progress of the strong walls and clearing the country, he had no choice but to choose rescue. He would hold off the Ming army for a few more days at Anshan Posthouse, and then he could withdraw.
But before he could leave the city, Turg fled back.