When Lu Xiangsheng led the army across the Liao River, Hong Chengchou also completely completed the encirclement of Haizhou.

Dolgon led the elite of the white flag and the white flag, stationed in Haizhou City, ready to fight to the death with the Jiangning battalion, Yaozhou was lost in just one day, this matter, did not arouse Dolgon's great attention, he thought that because the attack of the Jiangning battalion was too sudden, and the sergeants stationed in Yaozhou, there were only 5,000 people, there was no preparation, so it was lost in just one day, it can also be explained, until this time, Dolgon still did not notice that the Jiangning battalion soldiers who launched an attack from the direction of Yaozhou, The total strength of the army reached 150,000, but he still believed that the direction of the Jiangning battalion's main attack was Liaodong, and it was to cross the Liao River to attack Shenyang after capturing Guangning.

Dolgon, who is good at field warfare, once thought about a decisive battle with the Jiangning battalion outside Haizhou City, but this choice was finally abandoned, six years ago in the battle in Cangzhou, Dolgon has never forgotten, the sharpness of the Jiangning battalion's artillery, he knows the way, and in the field battle, the artillery can play the greatest advantage, I am afraid that before the battle begins, the army led by himself will suffer heavy losses. Based on this realization, Dorgon asked his army to concentrate on the defense of the city.

Haizhou and Liaoyang were the key cities of Dolgon's defense, which was determined by Dolgon several years ago, so the walls of these two cities have been greatly repaired, and the walls are thick and high enough to withstand artillery bombardment.

Since he was not ready to fight with the Jiangning battalion in the field, Dolgon directly gave up the defense of places outside the city, which allowed the army led by Hong Chengchou to drive straight into the city of Haizhou.

Hong Chengchou has received the emperor's decree that he must take Haizhou within five days, after the army takes Haizhou. Don't rest, directly attack Anshan and Liaoyang, according to the emperor's prediction, as long as Haizhou is taken and Dolgon's main force is destroyed, Anshan and Liaoyang will be able to be taken smoothly.

Hong Chengchou is really anxious. The army led by Lu Xiangsheng, after crossing the Liao River, will only rest and wait for ten days, that is, within ten days, Hong Chengchou will not be able to take Haizhou, Anshan and Liaoyang, or take Haizhou and Anshan, threatening Liaoyang and forcing Houjin to send troops to support Liaoyang. Then Lu Xiangsheng is about to lead the army to attack Shenyang.

Hong Chengchou definitely didn't want to give up such an opportunity, he was able to lead the army to attack Shenyang and directly occupy the capital of Houjin, what a glorious thing, if he lost such an opportunity, I am afraid that there would be no more in the future.

After the emperor's insistence, the Jiangning battalion, which was reformed on a large scale, was in the battle to attack Gaizhou. Unleashed a huge power, Hong Chengchou will not forget the situation on the battlefield he saw.

After the artillery blasted through the city walls. The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who charged, armed with flintlock pistols, shot accurately, and mainly relied on steel knives and bows to defend the Houjin Tartars, became moving targets one by one, screaming and falling. There is basically nothing to fight back.

After the Jiangning battalion took the city of Yaozhou, Hong Chengchou's understanding quickly changed, which was a decisive change, and he knew very well that the battle situation in the future would change dramatically. The previous form of siege and siege is likely to be abandoned, and artillery and firearms will become the most important support of the army and play a decisive role in the battle.

Hong Chengchou finally understood, why did the emperor say that artillery is the god of war.

Dolgon led the Golden Tartars to retreat into the city, which was the situation that Hong Chengchou wanted to see.

In the military tent.

Sun Chuanting, He Renlong, Qin Rui, Ma Xianglin and other major generals are all concentrated here.

Hong Chengchou pointed to the sand table in the middle, and began to make detailed deployments, the attack was going to be launched early the next morning, the city wall of Haizhou City was tall and heavy, and the time of the artillery bombardment was probably prolonged, and at the same time, Dolgon also set up artillery on the city wall, but those artillery, in the eyes of Hong Chengchou and others, was nothing at all, whether it was range or power, it was far from being able to compare with the artillery owned by the Jiangning battalion, so these artillery, in Hong Chengchou's view, was just scrap metal.

The time of deployment lasted for an hour.

"Brothers, you all know the way, Lord Lu led the army, has crossed the Liao River, is about to start an attack on Shenyang, the emperor gave us ten days, if within ten days, we can take Haizhou, Anshan and Liaoyang, that is the best, the army can go straight to Fushun, Salhu and Tieling behind Shenyang, completely block the retreat of the Golden Tartars behind Shenyang, if you take Haizhou and Anshan, Liaoyang to form an offensive situation, it is also good, Huang Taiji must send a large army to reinforce and try his best to keep Liaoyang, so as to disperse the forces of Houjin Tartar to the greatest extent. ”

"The worst outcome is that we will not be able to take Haizhou in the shortest possible time and fall into a fierce battle, so it will be difficult for us to join the battle to attack Shenyang."

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou's expression was unusually serious.

"As a soldier, if such a situation occurs, it will be a shame, so my idea is that within five days, we must take Haizhou, once Dolgon's main force is wiped out by us, it is equivalent to us taking Anshan."

"After the battle, we can't rest and attack Anshan and Liaoyang in one go, the brothers will definitely be very hard, but Houjin Tatar is even more panicked, such a fighter must not be lost."

He Renlong, who undertook the main offensive task, stepped forward and knelt on one knee after Hong Chengchou finished speaking.

"Marshal, Lord Sun, the vanguard led by his subordinates guarantees to enter Haizhou City within one day, and if they can't complete the task, they are willing to accept military justice."

"He Renlong, your task is very arduous, remember that after entering the city, the battle has just begun, Lord Lu led the army in the battle in Guangning City, there are many lessons and lessons, after the brothers enter the city, how to fight, I won't say more, but remember one, you must not kill innocents indiscriminately, otherwise the military law is ruthless."

June 15 of the fifth year of the Great Jin Dynasty.

The battle for Haizhou began.

The rumbling sound of artillery opened the prelude to the attack on Haizhou.

The dense artillery roared, and the city wall that Dolgon had painstakingly repaired, although it could be held out for a short time, still exposed problems under the continuous bombardment, and some places began to collapse, especially the artillery placed on the city wall, which exploded into the air, and the sergeant who operated the artillery also flew into the air.

In fact, when the artillery of the Jiangning battalion began to bombard, Dolgon also ordered the artillery to be fired.

However, the gap between the artillery of the two sides was soon reflected, the artillery of the Jiangning battalion was erected five miles away, and the artillery owned by Dolgon did not have such a long range, so it could not be reached at all, and the shells could only be seen bombarding the ground, but the artillery of the Jiangning battalion was different, and it was pouring densely towards the city wall, and the sergeants who stuck to the city wall had no place to escape, so that Dolgon had to order all the soldiers to withdraw from the city wall.

By this time, Dolgon had sobered up a lot, and he felt a great danger, and it was only a matter of time before the walls were blown up, and the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion were probably about to charge.

An hour passed.

The Haizhou city wall was finally blown open a huge gap, and the moat in front of it had already been blown up.

The trumpets and drums of the charge were heard at the same time, and a large-scale siege battle began.

There were no sergeants on the city wall for a long time, and seeing that the artillery bombardment had stopped, Dolgon ordered the sergeants to go up the city wall to resist, and at the same time sent a large number of sergeants to block the gap and prevent the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion from entering the city.

I haven't been in contact with the Jiangning camp for many years, and I don't know how Yaozhou was captured, it should be said that the brave Dolgon's ideological understanding has long been a little outdated, and it was Dolgon's decisive and tragic mistake that led to Haizhou being quickly taken.

When the flintlock pistol rang out, Dolgon still felt that it didn't matter, he knew that this kind of flintlock pistol was nothing more than easy to fire, and the lethality was average, and it was not even comparable to the bow and crossbow, but unfortunately he didn't know the flintlock pistol held by the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, I don't know how many times the flintlock pistol was improved, and the lethality was greatly enhanced, and it was by no means comparable to the bow and crossbow.

The sergeants who were guarding the resistance on the top of the city wall fell screaming in the bullets of the flintlock pistol, and the sergeants stationed at the gap suffered heavy casualties, these sergeants did not know what to do, and the armor on their bodies did not play much role in the face of the whistling bullets, and the bullets could pass through the armor and directly enter the body, causing the resisters to fall unconsciously.

After receiving the officer's report, Dolgon realized that the matter was not good, and the sergeants in charge of garrisoning the city walls and gaps suffered heavy casualties, and could not stop the attack of the Jiangning battalion soldiers at all.

He Renlong led the Jiangning battalion soldiers, did not enter the city in a particularly hurry, but launched a large-scale attack at the gap and the city wall, so many years have passed, He Renlong has long become a mature commander, knowing that the maximum killing of the opponent, the vitality of the opponent is the most important, and the occupation of the city is secondary, so when he saw such an opportunity, He Renlong will never let go, and ordered the soldiers to attack with flintlock pistols.

Seeing that the Houjin Tartars suffered heavy casualties, and the Houjin Tartars who were sticking to the city walls and gaps were almost all shot, He Renlong couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, he originally thought that Dolgon was very brave, as the first brave banner master and general of Houjin, he should be very able to adapt and command the sergeants to fight, but he didn't expect that Dolgon's thinking was so stubborn, there was almost no improvement, and he thought that the bow and crossbow could deal with the flintlock pistol, so it was no wonder that he would suffer a fiasco.

Seeing that the remaining Houjin Tartars were ready to withdraw to the city, He Renlong would not let go of this opportunity, more than 10,000 Jiangning Battalion soldiers instantly began to rush towards the gap, blocking the retreat of these Houjin Tartars, and only a very few of them were able to escape, and these very few Houjin Tartars were so frightened that they were unable to possess their bodies, and they almost lost their resistance.

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