Chapter 1074: The Decisive Battle in Liaodong (16)

At that time, the north gate of Guangning City suddenly opened, and Li Guohan led the sergeants with blue flags under the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to launch a charge. More than 20,000 people charged at the same time, and such a momentum was terrifying.

Because of the restrictions of moats and ditches, the Liaodong border army led by Lu Xiangsheng guarded the location from the north gate of Guangning City, there was still a distance of about five miles, and the black pressure of the cannon was facing the direction of the north gate.

Lu Xiangsheng has always believed that the Houjin Tartars will do their best to break through and will flee at any cost, and his biggest duty is to prevent the Houjin Tartars from escaping from Guangning City, drag the Houjin Tartars, and wait for Su Tiancheng to lead the army to come over, as long as the two armies will reconcile, the Houjin Tartars stationed in Guangning City will also face the fate of being annihilated.

Lu Xiangsheng would never have imagined that Jierharang was preparing to launch an attack on the Liaodong Border Army.

After the black pressure Houjin Tartar rushed out, the artillery began to roar, and a hundred guns opened fire at the same time, the sound was terrifying, and it could be heard from a distance.

The power of the artillery is indeed good, the charging Houjin Tatar hesitated as a whole, seeing that the cannonballs fell in the middle of the team, many people were blown up, dust and blood mist began to drift in the air, this fear of death, the stimulation is huge. But soon, the charging Houjin Tartars moved faster, and they continued to charge forward desperately, regardless of the exploding shells around them.

Looking at the Houjin Tartar who rushed over, Lu Xiangsheng's expression was very grim, to tell the truth, in terms of maximizing the power of artillery, he didn't have much understanding, it was far impossible to compare with Su Tiancheng, and if he wanted to change it in the actual combat process, the possibility was not very great, his understanding. After bombarding Houjin Tartar with artillery, he led the army to charge, and used face-to-face fighting to completely defeat Houjin Tartar in one go.

It is also thanks to Lu Xiangsheng's understanding, as well as the role played by artillery, that Zilharang and Sony and others. If we can't completely and thoroughly understand the power of hot weapons, we can't completely understand the future operations, there will be tremendous changes, and hot weapons will affect the outcome of the war.

The power of the artillery is indeed huge, and Li Guohan was almost hit. The huge shock wave once knocked him to the ground, looking at the bloody and blurred corpses lying around, Li Guohan couldn't care about it so much, as the commander of the vanguard force, his task was to rush up and fight with the Ming army and start a face-to-face fight, even if all the blue flags under his command were all spelled out. It was also worth it, because of the great army led by Zilharan and Dodor. Immediately after that, it will rush up and deal a devastating blow to the Ming army.

Li Guohan still charged at the front, probably the favor of God, he did not fall to the ground again, and rushed out of the range that the artillery could cover, his side. A large number of soldiers also rushed out and rushed towards the Ming army with him.

The artillery was still roaring, and many people were thrown into the air, but more people rushed out of the area that the artillery could cover and rushed towards the Ming army. The leader, of course, was the cavalry, and their speed and impact were the fastest.

The flintlock musket rang out a little late, and Lu Xiangsheng did not expect that the Houjin Tartar would be able to rush over without fear of death, regardless of the artillery bombardment, which made the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion armed with flintlock pistols not fully prepared.

In just a minute or two, some of the Houjin Tartars rushed over.

Lu Xiangsheng was prepared for a long time, and personally led an army of 20,000 to meet the attack of Houjin Tartar.

Because of the disparity in numbers, there is not much suspense in such a fight, the Liaodong border army occupies an absolute advantage, and the Houjin Tartars who rushed over were continuously killed, and there were not many border troops who fell.

Seeing this situation with his own eyes, Lu Xiangsheng was very happy, in his opinion, the Houjin Tartars are just like this, knowing that they can't do it, wouldn't they be asking for their own death, according to this situation, the Liaodong Border Army will be able to complete the task of blocking it perfectly.

The change soon appeared, the attraction of the Liaodong border army was attracted by the charging Houjin Tartars, the Liaodong Border Army had never killed the Houjin Tartars so heartily, their psychology began to relax, and they killed the Houjin Tartars who were constantly rushing over, the bombardment of the artillery stopped, and the two sides fought together, unable to continue firing shells.

A large number of Houjin Tartars rushed out of the north gate again, and this time the Houjin Tartars rushed out, the number of people was far more than the first time, and the momentum was incredible, and Lu Xiangsheng, who was commanding the army to fight, felt that something was wrong for the first time.

Lu Xiangsheng really couldn't imagine that the commander-in-chief of the Houjin Tartars, Jierharang, could have such great courage, and the number of Houjin Tartars sent out to charge in the first round reached tens of thousands, attracting the attention of the border army with tens of thousands of people, and he did not hesitate to open up the situation with the lives of the Golden Tartars in the future.

The Houjin Tartars, who had already fallen into a struggling situation, suddenly began to exert their might, and they tried their best to fight their opponents, and their momentum slowly began to rise.

Soon, the Houjin Tartars of the large army rushed over, and without encountering any obstacles, they directly joined the battle group.

The situation soon changed, the Houjin Tartars had an advantage in numbers, Lu Xiangsheng had sent all 40,000 people, and the Houjin Tartars started a fight, and at the same time sent a herald, urgently notified Zu Dale, who was still in ambush behind, and quickly led an army of 20,000 to come to reinforcements, by this time, Lu Xiangsheng had already understood that the important goal of the Houjin Tartars was not to break through, but to start a face-to-face fight with the Liaodong Border Army, and wanted to hit the Liaodong Border Army hard.

60,000 against 40,000, although the Houjin Tartars lost a lot of sergeants in the first round of charge, but their numerical advantage still existed, and the Liaodong Frontier Army, which lost the advantage of artillery and flintlock pistols, was still different from the Houjin Tartars in terms of personal combat ability.

Lu Xiangsheng quickly felt that the army was a little unable to support it, the scene of the battle began to become bloody, the sergeants on both sides fell one after another, and the momentum of the Liaodong border army was slowly suppressed.

At this time, we must insist, even if we pay a big sacrifice, we can't retreat, Lu Xiangsheng let go of it, gave an order, resisted desperately, and was not allowed to retreat.

This is an earth-shattering battle, the fight of 100,000 soldiers, so that the heavens and the earth are moved, both sides will not retreat, they are desperate fights, both sides understand, they can't retreat, retreat is a dead end.

Zilharang did not participate in the charge, and it was Sonny who commanded the charge, but Zilharang was concerned about the situation.

The army slowly began to take the initiative, the artillery and flintlock guns of the Liaodong border army could not play a role, this is the best opportunity, we must completely defeat this group of Liaodong border army in the shortest possible time, otherwise 20,000 Liaodong border troops will come to reinforce, and the battle situation will be a short stalemate.

Zilharang did not hesitate to order the personal soldiers around him, and quickly conveyed the order, asking all the soldiers to do their best to defeat the Ming army, and to pay attention to the time.

The order was delivered, and the scene of the fight became even more bloody and brutal.

A large number of Ming troops fell, but there was no situation that Zilharang expected, the Ming army did not collapse, it was still desperately resisting, the artillery of the Ming army was basically controlled, at this moment Zilharang also moved his mind, hoping to take away the hundred artillery, but he quickly gave up such an idea, carrying a hundred artillery, it would greatly reduce the speed of the march, and was blocked by the Jiangning battalion that came to reinforce, I am afraid that he should not think about being able to cross the Liao River.

Zilharan gave the order to blow up the artillery and destroy the shells.

The rumbling explosion sounded again, this time the explosion, the target was artillery.

The explosion attracted the attention of everyone who was fighting, and the morale of the Liaodong border army was even more depressed in the sound of the explosion.

Half an hour has passed, and Zilharang knows that the reinforcements of the Ming army will arrive soon, and they must quickly leave the battlefield, otherwise after the arrival of the 20,000 Ming army, the army is likely to fall into a fight, and it will be difficult to get rid of it for a while, the sky has darkened, if it is surrounded here, after dawn, the situation will be completely different.

The order to retreat was given.

The army began to cross the struggling Ming army like a tide and march in the direction of the Liao River.

Lu Xiangsheng watched the Houjin Tartars rush towards the direction of the Liaohe River, but there was no way to stop it, at this time, he finally understood that the Houjin Tartars still had to retreat, but they just wanted to retreat after killing and wounding the Liaodong border army.

In terms of personnel losses, although the border army used artillery and gave a large number of casualties to the Houjin Tartars, when the two armies clashed and fought, the losses of the Liaodong Border Army were also heavy, and they did not take advantage of it, but were completely suppressed by the Houjin Tartars, and a large number of casualties arrived, and the 100 artillery pieces delivered by Su Tiancheng were basically destroyed, and the 20,000 reinforcements led by Zu Dale had not yet arrived, and the second line of defense set up did not exist, which also showed that the Houjin Tartars could go directly to the Liao River and cross the river to leave. The Liaodong Frontier Army was only able to chase and kill behind.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was remorseful, roared and gave an order, asking the whole army to follow behind the Houjin Tartars to pursue, no matter how many casualties they paid, as long as they could hold off the Houjin Tartars.

Lu Xiangsheng thought too simply, it was already dark, the blind attack of the soldiers, it was possible to fall into the encirclement of the Houjin Tartars, and the losses might be greater, at this time, someone made a suggestion in time, waiting for the arrival of the 20,000 army led by Zu Dale, the two armies would come and pursue again.

Lu Xiangsheng had to accept such a suggestion.

A quarter of an hour after all the Houjin Tartars were evacuated, Zu Dale led the army to arrive, and the army did not meet the Houjin Tartars.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't have time to complain, and asked the army of Huihe, leaving 5,000 people to occupy Guangning City, and the rest of the soldiers immediately began to pursue Houjin Tartar. (To be continued......)