714 stalemate

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Those Qing soldiers who finally rushed to the city wall were blown up indiscriminately by so many iron-shelled mines, killing and wounding a large number of people, and one of them was lying on the ground rolling and screaming.

Although, most of the power of the iron-shelled thunder only injured those Qing soldiers, and not many of them were directly killed.

But once wounded by shrapnel, these Tartars basically temporarily lost their combat effectiveness, and they were unable to continue the attack.

"Keep projecting!"

Lu Xiangsheng stood on the tower of Yanmen Pass, looking at many Qing soldiers outside the city who were injured by iron-shelled mines, blocking a large number of Qing soldiers rushing behind him.

In this way, Hao Qiang's battle on the city wall was greatly alleviated, and many Qing soldiers were still driven off the city wall, so Lu Xiangsheng ordered to continue to project iron shell mines.

"Kill!"

Hao Qiang's side was also fighting bloodily, and he personally rushed to kill again, he understood that this was Lu Xiangsheng buying time for him.

Poof!

After a fierce battle, as the last Qing soldier was hacked to death with a knife, and even many Qing soldiers were forced to jump off the city wall, all the Qing soldiers were finally driven off the city wall.

"Waste, it's all waste, this can't be attacked, come here, find Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda."

Outside the gate, Azig and Haug and other Tartar generals were supervising the battle in the rear at this time, and when Azig saw that the Qing soldiers had attacked the city wall, but they were driven down again, he roared angrily.

"Uncle Twelve, you can dissipate your anger, you can see that Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda have tried their best, and the soldiers of the Han army with blue and red flags are also very desperate.

This time failed to capture Yanmen Pass, the resistance of the Ming army was indeed very tenacious, and it was not appropriate to blame Bai Dutong and Zhao Dutong at this time.

Let them get down, and fight again after resting. ”

Haoge was worried about Azig's violent temper, and after summoning Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda, he was afraid that he would be scolded.

In this way, it will only make Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda dissatisfied, and Hao Ge can see that the two of them and their Qing soldiers have indeed worked very hard in the previous siege.

"Hmph, it's all a bunch of dog minions, and they dare to rebel."

However, Azig didn't go as far as Hauge thought, and said with a cold snort.

Hearing Azig's remarks, Hauge shook his head helplessly, if it weren't for the needs of the situation, he really didn't want to win over this guy Azig.

Mentally retarded and irascible, such a person is not suitable to be an ally.

At the same time, Haug began to understand why his grandfather, Nurhachi, would give the white flag to Dolgon instead of Azig.

Just like at this time, Huang Taiji has been recruiting more Han soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, although he still regards them as slaves, but at least Huang Taiji will not take the initiative to say it.

For the Han people who took refuge in them, Huang Taiji and Dolgon were all friendly and generous on the surface, so as to win over the hearts of these Han soldiers who took refuge in them.

But at this time, Azig was so blatant, calling Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda all slaves, which was already a very mentally retarded behavior.

"The last general, Bai Ze (Zhao Tianda), participate in the prince."

At this time, Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda also happened to rush over, bowed down to Azig and Haoge, and shouted.

"Bai Ze, Zhao Tianda, why don't you organize the third wave of attacks anymore?"

Azig asked the two with a cold face.

"Back to the prince, the resistance of the Ming army at Yanmen Pass was extremely tenacious, and today's two offences were repelled by them, and the morale of the generals was unstable.

At this time, it is not appropriate to continue the strong attack, and the last general has the courage to ask the prince to order a retreat, let the soldiers rest and recuperate, and fight again on another day! ”

Bai Ze pleaded at Azig.

As soon as Bai Ze finished speaking, his elbow touched Zhao Tianda next to him, and then Zhao Tianda next to him also hurriedly echoed: "Yes, Lord Wang, the last general's thoughts are the same as Bai Dutong."

The soldiers are already very tired from fighting today, so let the soldiers retreat, rest and recuperate, and fight again tomorrow! ”

"Hmph, your soldiers are tired, aren't they tired of the Ming army on the city wall? All this is only an indication of your incompetence. ”

Azig scolded the two mercilessly, and the two lowered their heads, not daring to refute.

At this time, Haoge next to him had a sinister smile on his face, he knew that this was a good time for him to stand up, say good things for Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda, and win over the two Han armies.

So, Haoge took the initiative to stand up and persuade Azige: "Twelfth uncle, Bai Dutong and Zhao Dutong are right.

As we also saw later, the thunderbolts in the hands of the Ming army guarding the pass were too threatening to our soldiers, and continuing to attack would only increase casualties.

It's better to let them withdraw the men and horses temporarily, and let's discuss how to crack the Ming army's thunderbolts, and it's not too late to fight again tomorrow.

Anyway, we don't have to wait for this day or two, Uncle Twelve, what do you say? ”

Hearing Haoge speak for himself, sure enough, Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda, who were kneeling on the ground, both cast grateful glances at Haoge.

For Haoge's suggestion, Azig has to think about it carefully, even if Haoge is his nephew and junior, but Haoge is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, and his identity is there.

In a few years, it is highly likely that Hauge will take over the throne of Huang Taiji and become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, although Azig is reckless and not very smart.

But he also somewhat knows the importance of his nephew's identity, and he will still listen to Hauge's suggestions.

"Okay, in that case, Bai Ze, Zhao Tianda, you should withdraw the besiegers first."

"Yes, my lord, the last general will obey."

Dangdang!

It didn't take long for the sound of a golden gong to sound outside the Yanmen Pass, which was the order of the Tartars to collect their troops.

After hearing the sound of the golden gong, the Qing soldiers who were still surrounding the Yanmen Pass and rushing towards the wall of the pass all retreated like a tide as if they had been granted amnesty.

However, the Qing soldiers did not retreat in a mess, their retreat was very orderly, and after the sword and shield soldiers were broken, the retreat was also orderly.

Whatever they wanted, they would also take away the wounded soldiers who had been wounded by bows and arrows, firebolts or iron-clad mines, and some of their corpses.

However, because of the lack of time, they will only choose to take the corpses of some Qing generals or the corpses of the Tartar soldiers who participated in the battle.

As for the corpses of ordinary Qing soldiers, they will all be left outside the customs.

The corpses of these Qing soldiers, after the Qing soldiers retreated, the Ming army in Yanmen Pass would send someone to hang them from the wall, sort them together, and then burn them with fire.

Lu Xiangsheng and they would not also let the Qing army send people over to collect the corpses of these Qing soldiers, but they did not dare not deal with the plague in the province.

On the Azig side, for the corpses of these Han soldiers, it doesn't matter to them whether they collect the corpses or not.

Anyway, it's not the corpse of their Eight Banner Tartar soldiers, if it is replaced by the corpse of the Eight Banner Tartars, they will try to find a way to get it back.

"Whew, it's finally a retreat!"

Looking at the Qing soldiers who retreated like a tide outside the pass, many Ming soldiers on the Yanmen Pass either rested against the city wall, or sat directly on the corpses of the Qing soldiers to rest.

In this battle, they fought worse and more bitterly than yesterday, and at this time, the aisle of the Yanmen Pass city wall had already been covered with blood and corpses again.

The corpses of many Qing soldiers and more Ming soldiers were lying together, and they could only distinguish them from their armor.

"Don't let Lao Tzu sit down, get up quickly, carry the wounded down for treatment, and move the corpses down, so as to distinguish the corpses of Qinggou from our soldiers.

All the armor on the dog's body should be taken off and handed in, and no robbery is allowed, otherwise military law will be involved. ”

Hao Qiang didn't give these Ming soldiers much time to rest, so he walked on the city wall and shouted at them.

Hao Qiang is also worried that after a while, the Qing soldiers will attack the city again, and he does not dare to be careless at any time, otherwise if he relaxes a little, the Qing soldiers will be able to break through.

Through today's battle, Hao Qiang has seen the strength of the Qing soldiers' foot soldiers in close combat, they are well-trained, cooperate tacitly, and are obviously much stronger than the Ming army.

If it weren't for the large number of people on the side of the Ming army, with the advantage of the city wall, the Qing soldiers could only attack a small number of foot soldiers each time, which gave them the opportunity to defeat them.

If this was changed to be outside the city, the infantry of the two sides would be engaged in a field battle, and Hao Qiang would not see the slightest chance of defeating the Qing soldiers.

"Dashuai!"

Immediately, Hao Qiang, Qi Wei and Guan Ling and other generals also came to Guan Lou to meet Lu Xiangsheng.

"Generals, you have worked hard, and today's battle is not easy.

Here this marshal wants to say sorry to General Guan, it was Ben Shuai who underestimated the bravery of the Qing soldiers, and the responsibility for such heavy casualties yesterday is not yours.

Therefore, here Ben Shuai withdrew the previous punishment of Guan Ling, and Ben Shuai will ask the Holy Lord for Guan Ling and all of you for credit. ”

Lu Xiangsheng greeted the generals, and then turned to Guan Ling and said.

"Thank you, Sir." The generals shouted in unison.

"Alright, you go back to your posts, arrange for the soldiers to treat the wounded, carry the corpses, and at the same time carry more rolling wood and stones up the city wall.

No one is allowed to slack off, and maybe soon the Qing soldiers will come back again.

Ben Shuai will send someone back to Daizhou and transfer another 10,000 horses.

From this moment on, Ben Shuai will always stay at Yanmen Pass, and will never let the Tartars capture Yanmen Pass.

Ben Shuai wants to live and die with Yanmen Pass! ”

Lu Xiangsheng said in a sonorous voice.

"Coexist and die with Yanmen Pass!" Hao Qiang, Qi Wei, Guan Ling and other generals also roared.

Fortunately, the worries of Lu Xiangsheng and others were superfluous, and the casualties of the Qing army in this attack were also extremely heavy.

At this time, the Qing army also retreated silently, honestly licking his wounds.

Next, the Qing army continued to send troops to supervise thousands of craftsmen and young people, cut down trees everywhere, build shield cars and building cars, and brewed the next attack.

Lu Xiangsheng and the others looked at the city wall of Yanmen Pass, and saw that the Tartars did not pull out the camp and withdraw the army, but continued to cut down trees to build equipment, and knew that the Tartars were not willing to fail, and wanted to continue to attack Yanmen Pass.

After seeing such a situation, I don't know why Lu Xiangsheng felt a trace of joy in his heart.

Because Lu Xiangsheng felt that at this time, he could no longer find a place like Yanmen Pass, which was suitable for the Ming army and the Qing army to fight.

Regarding the gap between the Ming soldiers and the Qing soldiers in terms of combat power, Lu Xiangsheng has long been very clear in his heart.

He knew that if this battle was replaced by a field battle, even if the Tartar cavalry did not fight.

Relying solely on the men and horses of the Han army with blue and red flags, even if Lu Xiangsheng had 70,000 or 80,000 horses in his hands, he did not dare to say that he would win.

Therefore, at this time, Lu Xiangsheng very much hoped that the Tartar army could continue to fight with him at Yanmen Pass, firmly blocking the Tartars from Yanmen Pass, so that they would not have the opportunity to go to other places to scourge.

If the Tartar army suddenly withdraws and leaves, Lu Xiangsheng will be worried, and he doesn't know what tricks the Tartars will play.

As the sky gradually darkened, after the Qing soldiers retreated, there was no sign of attacking, and Lu Xiangsheng and other Ming generals breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the Qing soldiers should not attack the city again today.

At night, the results of the casualties of the first battle during the day came out, which made Lu Xiangsheng feel distressed after reading it.

In the daytime battle, they lost more than 3,000 men, of which more than 2,500 were killed and more than 600 were wounded.

Although the battle was more intense today, the casualties were lower than on the first day, which was mainly related to the better response of the Ming army.

Lu Xiangsheng estimated it here, and felt that in the daytime battle, the casualties of the Qing soldiers should be not much different from them.

And this is indeed the case, during the daytime siege battle, the Qing soldiers sent 7,000 men and horses to attack in two groups, and the final casualties were about 3,000.

Lu Xiangsheng, on his side, was dissatisfied with the control of the casualty ratio between the two sides at one to one, and the same Tartar was also very dissatisfied with such a casualty ratio.

Lu Xiangsheng was not satisfied because he thought that his side was the defender of the city, and even if the soldiers were worse than the Qing soldiers, they would not be able to fight the casualty ratio of one to one.

Generally speaking, the casualties of the defending side should be far less than that of the besieging side, one to three, or even one to four, such a casualty ratio is right!

However, Azig still did not give up attacking Yanmen Pass, and in the evening Azig summoned Haoge, Bai Ze, Zhao Tianda, and other Tartars, Mongolian and Han generals to his tent for a meeting.

The main purpose is to discuss how to conquer Yanmen Pass, among which Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda reacted that the biggest obstacle to the siege at this time was the large number of iron-shelled mines in the hands of the Ming army.

"Lord Wang, those thunderbolts of the Ming army, when the soldiers in front of our army attack the city wall, they will project a large number of them.

Then use the large-scale explosion of these thunderbolts to cut off the charge of the soldiers in the rear of our army, so that the soldiers who have already climbed the city wall cannot get support in time.

This is also the main reason why we are beaten back during the day.

Therefore, the last general thought that if he wanted to conquer Yanmen Pass, he must find a way to crack the thunderbolts in the hands of the Ming army.

As long as the thunderbolts in the hands of the Ming army can be invalidated, once the officers and men of our army climb the city wall, they will have a greater chance to gain a firm foothold and completely attack the city wall. ”

Zhao Tianda took the initiative to express his thoughts to Azig and Haoge.

"That's right, what Zhao Dutong said is exactly what the last general thinks." Bai Ze should be reconciled.

"So, who of the generals has a good way to solve the problem raised by the two of them?"

Azig swept over the generals in the tent and asked.

Immediately, the surrounding Qing army generals exchanged heads and discussed in low voices.

These Qing army generals communicated with each other, mostly for the Tartar generals to find the Tartar generals, the Mongolian generals to find the Mongolian generals, and the Han army generals to find the Han generals, and divided into three distinct teams.

On the contrary, the number of generals of the Han army is obviously the largest, and among the more than 70,000 Qing troops in Azig, more than half of the men and horses of the three banners of the Han army should be accounted for.

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