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Chapter 993: Lonely Mountain Fort

Sun Shoulian, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaonan, now regrets it, he has been fighting here in Gushan Fort for six days, Sun Shoulian doubts that he can enjoy so many benefits that Wang Tong promised him, and the Wanguan family wealth accumulated in the family over the years may also be left to his children and grandchildren, and he can't say for sure, in this place of the Ming Dynasty, orphans and widows have so much money, and they will inevitably be targeted by some bastards with wolf ambitions. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Sun Shoulian relied on the defense line arranged by the fortress military village along the Taizi River, which had already been broken through, and Sun Shoulian originally planned to extend this defense line to the west as much as possible, so that it could be connected to Liaoyang at the best.

In this way, Liaoyang, which has sufficient troops, can provide some support, but the surrounding area of Liaoyang City has shrunk so badly that Sun Shoulian is angry that Liaoyang actually transferred the soldiers from the army near Liaoyang City, making the troops on the Taizi River even weaker, and as a result, they were swept back and forth by the Jurchen forces going south, and they were riddled with holes.

The movements of Jurchen merchants in Liaozhen have always been unrestricted, and there are many female real people who are errand soldiers in Liaozhen, and they are very familiar with the terrain, and they are familiar with the way of marching and dispatching.

The Jurchen forces led by Shulhaqi relied on looting villages along the road to replenish supplies, and advanced with standard light equipment, although there was a scorched earth along the way, and the Han people seemed to have experienced a hellish catastrophe, but Sun Shoulian's side was unable to prevent it.

When the Jurchen brigade was at its deepest, it had reached Lianshan Pass, which was less than two days away from Sun Shoulian's base camp Dingliao Right Guard Phoenix City.

The defense line arranged was useless, Wang Tong came to arrange a letter again, Sun Shoulian could not nest in the city to defend it, he entrusted Phoenix City to the big households in the city to jointly defend, and all the forces that could be brought out in the city were looted, and he took the initiative to go north to find Shuerhaqi to fight.

It is also common practice for Liaozhen to deduct military salaries, and Sun Shoulian is more lenient than others, but he also deducts 20% or 30% every year according to the usual practice, otherwise it will be unkind.

On this departure, Sun Shoulian's subordinates did not suffer in the defeat of Jiefanzhai, but they heard a lot of rumors, and there were many people who failed and fled in the military villages on the front line of the Taizi River and the official road, but the news they brought made others a little worried and panicked.

Sun Shoulian also took out his family's funds, not only to make up the arrears of food, but also to pay two more months as a promotion, and also promised twice the reward for military merits.

He also thought clearly, according to Wang Tong's instructions, there is no need to worry about glory and wealth, if the Jurchens break through, not only will their own territory be poisoned, but if several big cities are lost, and the court will investigate it, he will not have such a thick accumulation as Li Chengliang.

The army on Sun Shoulian's side moved, but Shuerhaqi's side began to retreat, and the defense suddenly turned into a pursuit, and it was only a matter of being able to force this Jurchen army out of the range of his own defense.

However, Wang Tong's series of orders he did not dare to disobey, he could only pursue, Shuerhaqi just left, Sun Shoulian recovered a number of lost military fortresses along the way, and constantly reported to Liaoyang, but he felt that there was sweetness, as long as Shuerhaqi went out of the side wall, he would be a great achievement, and he didn't need to spend any effort.

He even pursued him along the Taizi River, completely restored the defensive positions he had set up, and went from victory to victory.

However, when the pursuit reached the Songshukou area on the eastern line of the Taizi River, the Jurchen army, which had never fought head-on with the Ming army, pounced on it.

Sun Shoulian's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses could not resist at all, originally according to the previous enemy situation, Shuerhaqi with more than 7,000 people, including more than 1,000 cavalry, but when the battle was engaged, it was found that the other party's forces were already more than Sun Shoulian's side in terms of numbers, there were tens of thousands, and the cavalry was almost 3,000.

If Sun Shoulian led a force full of courage and fighting spirit, then the encounter between the two sides would be very fierce, and Sun Shoulian would not be able to escape.

The Ming army in southern Liaoning is obviously not this kind of army that can fight to the death, Sun Shoulian also has no intention of dying on this side, as soon as the battle is engaged, after a slight downfall, it is to lead the army to retreat, Shuerhaqi's soldiers and horses are naturally biting tightly, and will be down is all the way to retreat, from the pine tree mouth to the south through a wall fort, and then the alkali field fort, these fortresses are not standing, and finally to the lonely mountain fort.

Although Sun Shoulian's subordinates were scattered a lot, there were more people who could keep up, which is also close to the side wall here, surrounded by mountains, and there were pursuers behind, if they were separated, most of them would be unable to save their lives.

The regulations of Gushan Fort are not big, but Sun Shoulian arrived a day earlier than the Jurchen soldiers and horses, Gushan Fort and the Samaji Fort and Aiyang Fort in the west are separated by mountain meadows, in fact, Gushan Fort is irreversible for the army, and Sun Shoulian can only defend here.

As early as this day, Sun Shoulian was fully used, and all the soldiers, whether they could fight or not, were mobilized by him, digging trenches outside the city to build fortifications, and began to loot the grain stored in the villages near the fort.

The soldiers relied on fortifications to defend, and their courage and fighting spirit were always much stronger than in the field, and the Jurchen soldiers and horses that followed were frustrated on the first day of attack.

Moreover, in terms of attacking fortifications, the Jurchens are not very experienced, and even people from outside have always been able to enter the defensive area of Gushan Fort, and Sun Shoulian also got some news, for example, Shuerhaqi got a certain supplement on the side of the Raven Pass, and then counterattacked.

Sun Shoulian was very clear about the military geography of Liaozhen, and the purpose of the Jurchen troops now was to sweep away the Ming army's defense on the first line of the Yahu Pass and the Taizi River, and Fushun Pass was the gateway to Liaozhen, and the military villages were dense along the way, and the big cities also had enough strength, but if you enter Liaozhen on the side of the Yahu Pass, you can go straight to the hinterland of Liaodong along the Taizi River, and you can also make contact with Goryeo along the line of the border wall.

The trade between the Jurchens and Goryeo continued, and Goryeo was in a sense a middleman between the Ming and the Jurchens, and after opening this line, the Jurchens could not only trade with the Goryeo, but also possible to plunder on a large scale because of the cowardice of the Goryeo.

To do this, the Jurchens must clear the obstacles along the way, such as Sun Shoulian's army of soldiers and horses, and completely annihilate Sun Shoulian's army, and there will be no strength in southern Liaoning.

There is not much battlefield around Gushan Fort that can carry out a battle of more than 10,000 people, and Gushan Fort does not have any high walls and defenses that have been in operation for many years, and the trenches and low walls are all temporary maintenance, and the obstacles to the enemy are not so big, and the battle is extremely the first day.

is also an ordinary foot soldier, the advantage of the Jurchens is too great, and the determination and will to fight are also exceeded, the reason why Sun Shoulian's subordinates did not collapse is because they are on the side of the guard, they have fortifications to rely on, and they cannot retreat at this time.

Sun Shoulian held his own family soldiers in his hands as a reserve, and if the defensive circle of Gushan Fort could not be supported, Sun Shoulian would send a reserve to plug this gap.

It is almost all equipped with Sun Shoulian's personal soldiers in the Sanjiang Workshop, and Sun Shoulian is fed with food and salary, and his combat effectiveness is quite strong, but it is no problem to plug the gap.

The situation on the first day was maintained like this, but Gushan Fort was too small, and the combat effectiveness of the Jurchen infantry soldiers comprehensively surpassed the ordinary soldiers under Sun Shoulian, allowing them to attack at the same time in several suitable directions, and Sun Shoulian's personal soldiers were also attacking everywhere.

This kind of defense that plugged leaks everywhere made the morale of the garrison officers and soldiers drop greatly, and also made Sun Shoulian's personal soldiers more and more tired.

On the third day of the battle, Sun Shoulian received a report from the soldiers that the Jurchen soldiers and horses had begun to harvest trees in the surrounding mountains to build siege equipment.

"Mother, I usually raise them to feed them, but I ended up making such a bunch of wolf cubs out."

Everyone is scolded like this, don't even guess, look at the uniforms worn by those who make siege equipment, it is clear that they are the soldiers of Liaozhen, after the defeat of Jiefanzhai, some people were captured by the Tartars, and some people directly took refuge in the Jianzhou Jurchens, and they were soldiers to eat food, and many soldiers in Liaozhen did not know what national righteousness was.

After the siege equipment was built, the battle to defend Gushan Fort became more difficult, with the cover of large shields to block the Ming army's bow and arrow fire, the Jurchen soldiers filled in the outer trenches, and then smashed through the low wall outside with large wooden vertebrae made of wooden stakes.

Without the cover of these improvised fortifications, the Jurchen soldiers could easily break through and engage in hand-to-hand combat, bows and arrows could also inflict casualties, and Sun Shoulian's personal guards and pacesetters began to suffer casualties.

The scale of the rout of the ordinary soldiers became larger, Sun Shoulian couldn't stop the successive killings, the situation gradually got out of control, and on the fourth day of the offensive and defensive battle, nearly a thousand Jurchen soldiers rushed into the Gushan Fort, and Sun Shoulian personally led his men to drive these people out.

But when the enemy rushed in, it caused a lot of damage, the warehouse where the grain and grass was stored was set on fire, killing the enemy, the people who could mobilize the fire in Gushan Fort were mobilized, but the fire could not be extinguished during the battle, the grain and grass were still burned a lot, and it cost a lot of food for ten thousand people, Sun Shoulian found in despair, and wanted to support it, and he could only kill the horse after two days.

The soldiers below are fleeing, and some of them go directly to the Jurchens, but Sun Shoulian's personal guards are still loyal enough, this situation is a desperate situation, rather than staying here to defend it, it is better for everyone to protect the main family and escape, so that there is still a glimmer of life.

When people were panicking, Sun Pengju and a few people entered the Lonely Mountain Fort, they arrived near the battlefield, they took the nearby mountain road, and only then sneaked in from the side of the Lonely Mountain Fort

The next morning after Sun Pengju's arrival, the defenders of Gushan Fort were shocked to find that the enemy troops in front of Gushan Fort had suddenly withdrawn overnight.