Man Dahai felt sad and angry in his heart: "Will we win? Even if we win, we will be surrounded by the rebels soon after we have been holding troops in the city for so long."
Although Mandahai's military skills are not as good as Boluo's, and his military talent is not as good as Yue Le's, he has more experience than Yue Le. Although Dang Shousu has not yet arrived on the battlefield, Mandahai is already very pessimistic about his future.
, and also had a clear understanding of the outcome of the battle.
Only Yue Le was stubborn and insisted on persisting. He originally had the opportunity to evacuate from Liaocheng, but he still chose to enter the city just to fight for his last hope.
However, Dang Shousu's realization was much faster than Mandahai's pessimistic prediction - the Ren Jirong brothers who were surrounded in Liaocheng were old men in the middle camp. After Dang Shousu was used by Gu Kecheng to provoke him, not only
Dang Shousu alone, but all the veteran soldiers in the middle camp felt extremely angry.
How could the rescue of the Zhongying brothers fall into Ma Bao's hands?
"Here we are."
The old soldiers of the middle camp brought by Dang Shousu were the first to arrive at the north of Yushan, a total of more than 4,000 people. Other troops would also arrive later. However, most of the more than 4,000 people who arrived first were following Li Zicheng
The veterans of the Zhongying camp who had been fighting in Henan for several years were elite. Although their skills and tactics were not as good as those of Chu Chuang's new army, they were still more brave and good at fighting than most Chu soldiers.
Dang Shousu is no longer as arrogant as he was back then. After experiencing the various incidents of the Tianniu Incident, Dang Shousu is obviously much more mature than before.
He sat back and watched Tian Jianxiu, Niu Jinxing's failure, and Zhang Nai's death, all in order to protect Dashun's vitality and preserve Li Zicheng's career.
Now for Dang Shousu, he only has two goals left in his life. One goal is to preserve the career left by Li Zicheng, and the other goal is to protect as many old people in Zhongying as possible.
Brother Ren Jirong, as well as most of the soldiers guarding Liaocheng, there is no doubt that in Dang Shousu's mind, these people are among the old people of Zhongying.
So when he first heard that Gu Kecheng ordered Ma Bao to rescue Liaocheng first, he was naturally quite dissatisfied. The old soldiers in the middle camp were somewhat arrogant, and they looked down upon General Chu Chuang the most, feeling that they did not follow them.
Li Zicheng participated in several decisive battles in Henan, and his combat effectiveness was certainly not comparable to that of Zhongying.
However, after several battles, Dang Shousu had to admit that even the most elite cavalrymen in the camp were actually not as good at fighting as the first-class elites under Li Laiheng in many cases.
"Liaocheng is still fighting."
Dang Shousu looked at the bright fires all over the city in the direction of Liaocheng, and knew that Ren Jirong must still be resisting, and it seemed that Ma Bao had also entered the city, because there were no cavalry with the army moving outside the city.
"The Qing army has also entered the city. Ren Jirong can fight like this. He is worthy of Lao Long Live." Dang Shousu sighed and said, "We have never fought a battle that has been defended to this point, right? From now on, we should learn from Ren Jirong.
Learned once!"
Dang Shousu immediately arrived near Liaocheng, north of Yushan. He was quite smug. After the Tianniu Incident, although the old soldiers in the Zhongying camp were not directly suppressed by Li Laiheng, nor were they dismantled, everyone was
There is indeed a psychological gap.
Today's situation has pushed the veterans of the Central Battalion to a crucial position. Ma Bao failed to rescue the siege immediately, so it seems that the key opportunity fell into the hands of Dang Shousu.
Soon, Dang Shousu no longer hesitated. He cheered up and issued thunderous orders. He took the lead and led the veterans of the middle camp who were extremely experienced in combat to rush towards Liaocheng.
Dang Shousu also learned a lot of writing from Shao Shichang, Zhang Nai's librarian. The slogans he shouted still have some literary charm:
"Wash off the dust!"
Dang Shousu tightened his reins, and the soldiers also tightened their grips on their swords, guns and firecrackers. At this time, the whole city was filled with armored men and white swords fighting wantonly. Everyone was gathered together and had no time to distract themselves from other uses.
Therefore, Dang Shousu easily obtained a good fighter opportunity and situation that could never be obtained in ordinary battles under normal circumstances.
Ma Bao led hundreds of soldiers to intercept most of the elite soldiers guarding the army camp near the city gate, so Shunjun himself also controlled a city gate that allowed entry and exit.
Dang Shousu's reinforcements saw clearly the direction in which the Dashun flag was flying, and rushed in directly from the city gate. All the regular soldiers of the Dashun army shouted excitedly when they saw the reinforcements arriving.
Then other local soldiers and civilians also heard optimistic news from the shouts of friendly troops around them. Even Fu Yijian, who had always had pessimistic thoughts about the defenders' resistance, shouted "Master Wang" hysterically, "Master Wang"
division".
Avoiding strong points and attacking weak points is the basic principle on the battlefield. After all, Dang Shousu is a veteran from Zhongying. Although he is not very old, like Zhang Nai and Li Laiheng, he is one of the youngest members of Yuancong.
However, they had sufficient battlefield experience. After the reinforcements entered the city, they immediately seized the weak points of the Qing army and attacked violently in order to tear the enemy's front line apart.
There is nothing to say about what happened next. The offensive and defensive momentum was different. By this time, the Qing army's combat strength had been completely exhausted, and they could only retreat to the direction of the city tower to resist stubbornly.
Ren Kepu took a large number of slaves belonging to various gentry families who had just been liberated, and found several large and thick wooden stakes from the rear. Facing the gates of the urn city and the city tower, they temporarily set up wooden frames and hung the wooden stakes.
They violently hit the city gate. Dozens of people took turns to hit it. Every time they hit it, a large dent was made on the city gate wrapped in several layers of thick iron sheets, and the city gate also shook violently.
There is nothing more to say about the rest. The Qing army soon began to suffer a large-scale rout. Those Han soldiers who rushed to the battlefield stimulated by the silver fled first, and only the most elite Manchurian guards protected them.
Watching Mandahai and Yuele, stick to the tower.
Ma Bao, Ren Jirong, and Dang Shousu finally joined forces. Ren Jirong showed ecstasy about the rest of his life, while Ma Bao regretted that he had not done his best. Dang Shousu was in a good mood, laughing and hugging Ren Jirong.
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Man Dahai, who was trapped in the tower, had already advised Yue Le: "Since the rise of the country's military, no family members have been captured. This kind of thing cannot start from us..."
Yue Le persuaded bitterly: "Just try harder! Try harder! Break out in separate ways. At least a few people can get out."
Man Dahai flatly rejected Yue Le's suggestion. Even if he broke out in separate ways, given his status and the tragic result of the failed surprise attack, he would definitely not end well.
In this case, it would not be easy to die heroically in Liaocheng. Considering that he died in battle, the regent should not hold himself particularly responsible.
"Mr. Zhen Guo, that's it! My business is over. Duke Zhen Guo wants to break out of the encirclement. Let's go now!"
Mandahai and some other Manchu soldiers who were unwilling to break through piled some hay and flames on the tower and were ready to light the flames and commit suicide.
Yue Le shook his head helplessly. He still had many great things to accomplish and he really didn't want to die here, so he had to give up his little self-esteem and determined to break out alone.
"If I return to the daimyo, I will tell the regent how brave you are."
Yue Le rushed out without looking back. It was hard to say whether he could successfully break through. Man Dahai lit the gunpowder and hay gathered in the tower, thick smoke rose into the sky, and the flames immediately burst into flames.
He and a dozen other Manchu princes set themselves on fire and died in Liaocheng.
Ma Bao looked at the thick smoke and flames rising from the tower and said coldly: "The Qing army is finished. We should hunt down the remaining soldiers and defeat them. Such an army must have many Manchu clan dignitaries among its leading generals.
If we can capture one or two alive, it will be of great benefit to the morale of our army."