Three days later, Du Yinxi led the army to Haizhou. In addition to the logistics and food routes being greatly protected, there was no longer any threat, and troops were also sent to quell the surrounding defeated troops.
Everywhere, groups of Ming army officers and soldiers were seen escorting Jianlu, and even more Japanese pirates were gathering under Haizhou City.
Du Yinxi did not waste time, and sent about 50,000 troops, commanded by Huang Degong, divided into three lines, marched eastward, and continued to suppress the defeated troops until they joined forces with the North Korean Ming Army on the Yalu River.
As for him, he led the remaining troops and continued to advance north, and soon arrived at the south gate of Liaoyang, Anshan Posthouse.
This Anshan Posthouse was originally built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Because of its very important geographical location, it borders Liaoyang and Haicheng. It is 30 kilometers away from the ancient city of Liaoyang in the northeast and Linhaizhou City in the southeast. The location is moderate, crossing Anshan in the east and west of Anshan.
The throat was the gateway from the Liaodong capital to southern Liaoning and western Liaoning in the Ming Dynasty. It guarded the key point of the ancient road in southern Liaoning, so it was later rebuilt during the Wanli period.
In terms of topography, Anshan Posthouse is screened by east and west Anshan. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The outside of the city wall is wrapped with green bricks and filled with loess to prevent bombardment. There are wells dug inside the city to prevent water shortages. There is a moat around it.
, to prevent sneak attacks. In this era, it can be regarded as a small and impregnable place.
The defeated Jianlu, of course, also knew the importance of Anshan Posthouse, so they not only sent heavy troops here, but also moved Haizhou's heavy artillery here, intending to defend Anshan Posthouse.
However, this Anshan posthouse is not difficult for the army led by Du Yinxi to defeat it, because times have changed.
On the day the army arrived at Anshan Posthouse, Du Yinxi asked the soldiers to dig trenches and approach the city wall.
The guard of Anshan Posthouse was Aixinjueluo Babutai, the third-class general of Jianlu Fengguo, the ninth son of Wild Boar Pinurhaci. In order to fulfill his desire to divorce his wife, he was directly promoted to the king of Duoluo County.
At this time, he was a little confused when he saw the Ming army digging trenches diagonally on top of the city wall of Anshan Posthouse and approaching the city wall.
If the Ming army wanted to dig under the city wall and blow it up, it would be almost impossible. Not only was it blocked by the moat, but there were also sufficient fortifications on top of the city, there was almost no possibility of the Ming army digging into the city wall.
Babutai is not afraid of launching an attack to shorten the distance from the city wall. In order to protect Anshan Posthouse, he has sufficient troops. Not only can the city be filled with space, but there is also a reserve team in the north of the city.
If the army wants to capture Anshan Posthouse, it will have to pay a very heavy price, and it may not be possible.
Therefore, Babutai was a little confused as to what the Ming army was doing.
However, although he did not participate in the Jinzhou war and was only escorting Haizhou, he also knew that the Ming army could defeat the coalition forces of the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese country. It was absolutely powerful and there must be something wrong with it!
For this reason, he almost never went down to the top of the city. He ate, lived and slept on the top of the city. He just wanted to know how the Ming army planned to attack Anshan Post Castle.
By the next day, the Ming army had dug the trench to the edge of the moat. If they dug any further, they would be flooded with water from the river before they stopped.
When Babutai saw that the Ming army stopped digging trenches, he immediately became nervous. He immediately mobilized the musketeers and archers in the city to prepare. Other defenses, such as car crashes, fork poles, flying hooks, Yaksha rings, ground listening, stone and stone
The rolling logs, etc. are all ready.
The crash cart is a tool used to hit the ladder. A crash bar is attached to the frame, and the front end of the rod is inlaid with iron leaves. When the enemy's ladder approaches the city wall, push the crash bar to destroy or knock it down.
The fork pole is also called the "pole pole". This tool can not only prevent enemies from using flying ladders to climb the city, but also can be used to kill enemies who climb the city.
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Anshan Posthouse has almost all the equipment that can be used to defend the city, and it is fully prepared and ready.
Babutai didn't believe it. With sufficient troops and supplies, the Ming army had no choice but to sacrifice their lives!
He was just a little worried. He didn't know when the cavalry on the grasslands of the Ming Dynasty would enter Liaodong?
Once that happens, Anshan Posthouse will be attacked from the front and back by the Ming army, which will be dangerous!
Of course, only he knows about this matter at the moment. Otherwise, if he knew that Anshan Posthouse would be attacked from both sides after a huge defeat, the morale of the army would really be shattered.
When he was thinking about this, a personal guard reminded him: "Master, the Ming army seems to be preparing to attack the city!"
After hearing this, Babutai looked up and saw that groups of Ming troops were already making preparations. Many ladders for erecting moats and stepping on the city had been prepared. There were also Ming troops entering the trenches.
There are quite a few.
That's it?
Babutai looked a little puzzled. This kind of siege method didn't even prepare artillery. Did the commander of the Ming army really have his head kicked by a donkey? Or is it that every Ming army has a copper head and an iron arm, so they are not afraid
The Qing army's artillery fire, gunfire, bows and arrows?
At this time, he had some doubts, was there something fishy about the defeat in the Battle of Jinzhou?
But no matter what he thought, his men were not careless and immediately ordered them to prepare for battle.
However, the Jianlu on the city wall waited and waited, but no charge was seen by the Ming army. This made them a little strange, what on earth was the Ming army doing?
Just when they couldn't figure it out, they suddenly saw gunpowder smoke coming out of the ditch closest to the city wall, and then they heard a sound.
"Boom boom boom..."
I saw big things flying out of the ditch. Some of them fell to the ground early and did not fall into the city at all. However, at the same time, there were even bigger things flying towards the city at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Fall away.
"???"
The prisoners on top of the city, including Babutai, all looked puzzled.
What happened to the Ming army's iron bullets? They fell to the ground at such a slow speed, didn't they hit Lonely?
It is really a pity that most of the prisoners who had no conscience cannons were unable to escape from the front line of Jinzhou back to the rear. Just like Hong Chengchou, they were captured on the spot. That is to say, such an important figure as Dorgon could be protected by bodyguards.
He fled desperately. But how could he tell Babutai the details of the Battle of Jinzhou? Not to mention that the person who appointed Babutai was actually Bumbutai who had escaped from Haizhou and was appointed through the little emperor.
The prisoners in Anshan Posthouse all sneered at the Ming army's bombardment, and even stood still to show their bravery. Seeing the Ming army's "cannonballs" falling, they planned to stay still, only those who might be hit.
When Jianlu arrived, he was ready to move a little.
Look, this is the style of the Qing warriors!
However, something happened that they never expected.
Those "cannonballs" in the air had not yet landed. Suddenly, "bang bang bang..." they suddenly exploded in the air. Of course, some exploded after landing.
The Jianlu inside Anshan Posthouse almost withstood the impact of the explosion in shock.
"Boom boom boom..."
Du Yinxi gathered all the unscrupulous artillery in the army, and the number reached as many as sixty. With the help of the cover of the trench, he used a parabolic firing method to tilt the new artillery shells towards Anshan Posthouse. Or to be precise, they were filled with white gunpowder.
of explosives.
As mentioned before, Anshan Posthouse is a small place and impregnable. At this time, the defense problem of Anshan Posthouse lies in the words "small place".
Jianlu's troops were abundant, and the tiny place of Anshan Posthouse was packed with people. He just happened to enjoy the bombardment of the heartless artillery. In addition, Jianlu had never seen this new type of artillery, and he didn't know how to defend at all, so he immediately enjoyed it.
The most effective "service" of the heartless cannon!
"Boom boom boom..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Under the continuous bombardment of the heartless cannons, the gunpowder of the Jianlu cannon on the top of the city was ignited, causing more explosions.
It can be said that within a short period of time, Anshan Inn was plunged into a sea of fire.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yuji, as the direct commander, felt that it was almost done and immediately issued a military order to attack the city.
Under the cover of the extended bombardment of the Heartless Cannon, the Jianlu did not react at all, and the Ming army had already crossed the moat.
The first group of Ming army officers were all tall men, and they looked like they were powerful. After arriving at the city, they did not immediately climb the city wall, but took out huge grenades one by one.
Use the incense that has been burned in advance to light the fuse of the grenade, and then throw it on the top of the city.
"Bang bang bang..."
The Jianlu on the top of the city did not react at all, and were baptized by another explosion.
When the Ming army attacked the city, all the defensive equipment such as carts, forks, flying hooks, etc. were either blown to the ground or burning. As for the prisoners, there were basically very few left standing.
Even if there were some people standing, they were all confused or frightened.
The Ming army attacked along the city wall but did not go down because the city was already in flames and there were broken walls and broken limbs everywhere, making it impossible to go down.
The Jianlu reserve team outside the north of the city stared at Anshan Posthouse in stunned silence. They had no idea what was going on inside, and even thought they were being punished by heaven!
When the Ming army appeared on the top of the city, these prisoners turned around and ran away without hesitation.
At this moment, any Qing warriors are all nonsense!
As for Babutai, the guard of Anshan Station, he was similar to Obai. He became a test subject of Ming Dynasty's new weapons and died without knowing how.
For Jianlu, the impregnable Anshan Posthouse was captured by the Ming army in just one day. And in this day, the actual attack time was only half an hour.
With the upgrading of weapons and the emergence of hot weapons, especially when Emperor Chongzhen ordered the technology tree, the fortified cities and various defensive measures in the cold weapon era were no longer useful!
The fire inside Anshan Post was still burning, but the Ming army had already crossed Anshan Post from under the east and west walls of Anshan Post, and its troops were pointing directly at Liaoyang, the Ming's original military town in Liaodong!