Chapter 84 Yuan Chonghuan knows nothing about soldiers

"General Li, please stop now. My father has always supported the Ming Dynasty. My name means governor in Chinese. Liao Zhen and I have a close relationship."

Chu Ying's eldest son Du Du was looking for an opportunity to run to the city while speaking nonsense Chinese to delay time.

The speed at which the flag bearer in front of him fell was almost the same as the speed at which he escaped.

Although Yangguli was in charge of the military power, he had to go to the city to supervise the dead soldiers, so Haoge and Dudu were in charge of the city.

Haoge was closer to the landing point of Ming general Li Hao. Taking the time when the heavenly soldiers landed as the starting point, Huang Taiji's eldest son did not live for half an incense stick. Because his armor was decorated more gorgeously and he was taken care of by Li Hao, his death was much more tragic than that of ordinary bannermen.

Witnessing all this, Du Du, the leader of the Zhenghong Banner, no longer had the will to resist and only thought about how to escape from Guangning City.

But in recent days, the veteran general Yangguli has been very ambitious. He has specially studied how to deal with the Ming general Li Hao and is determined to fight several battles to the death under this city. Therefore, the city gates have been closed long ago.

It’s not so easy for Dudu to escape.

"There are actually Tartars who can speak Chinese. What's your name, bastard?"

Li Hao chased the young Tartar who looked noble while wielding his double whips.

According to his experience, those who had such iron helmets with gems on them must be high-ranking Tartars such as Gushan Ezhen, small flag owners, and Beile, and the reward they received in exchange for them would be much higher than that of ordinary Eight Banners soldiers.

"My father is Guanglue Beile Chu Ying, and his teacher is the Han Chinese Gong Zhengdu. I have a younger brother named Nikan, which means Han Chinese. Our whole family yearns for the culture of the Ming Dynasty."

Du Du retreated all the way and was finally forced to the gap in the city wall. There were many bannermen lying on the rammed earth eight or nine feet below, and the Ming army's firearms were mainly fired at here.

With fewer and fewer personal guards around him, the young prince hardened his heart, jumped onto the rammed earth, ordered the flag bearers to pull him down, and then jumped directly down to the city wall after probing deeper.

"Oh my goodness!"

It was almost as Du Du expected. The man didn't die from the fall, but his leg was broken.

But a broken leg is better than losing one's life. If one goes back and recuperates for a few months, the bone can heal. If one continues to stay on the city wall, he won't even have the chance to recover.

The flag soldiers under the city did not dare to neglect a legitimate flag master, so they prepared the war horses according to Du Du's instructions. With the help of several flag soldiers, the young prince got on the war horse with a grin, and then headed towards the east gate with the few remaining personal soldiers.

Li Hao glanced at the so-called eldest son of Chu Ying. He was busy clearing the flagmen from the rammed earth and had no time to pay attention to him.

It doesn't matter if he escapes. He's just a frightened prince. We'll kill him when we attack Shenyang later.

Obviously, the huge changes on the city wall caused the morale of the Eight Banners soldiers to become unstable. Coupled with the continuous firepower of more than 5,000 chariot camp soldiers, Yangguli didn't even want to defend the city wall, and his dead soldiers were withdrawn back into the city.

As for the two Niulu who were supervising the battle, they each went around in circles and entered the city from the north and south gates.

Man Gui seized this opportunity and personally led his generals and servants on horseback to charge straight at the city gate.

The dead soldiers did not carry the Jiannu longbows, so the charge of the Ming servants was much smoother than facing the archery army.

"Those who hold the city gates will be rewarded with thirty taels of silver."

Man Gui didn't want to let the servants rush forward and waste their time with the dead soldiers, so he only ordered the generals and servants to guard the city gates and wait for the soldiers from the chariot camp to arrive one after another.

Anyway, with Li Hao on the city wall killing many people, the Tatars couldn't even suppress the Ming army attacking the city with bows and arrows.

In addition to the city gates, the demolished sections of the city walls were also the focus of the Ming army's attack. They could attack the city by placing a few ladders on the chariots.

Of course, it was not a siege, just climbing a ladder, because the thoughtful General Li had already cleared out the Eight Banners soldiers on the rammed earth for the soldiers in the battalion with weak combat effectiveness.

Yangguli still wanted to take his dead soldiers to regain control of the city wall, but after being frightened by the sudden attack from the sky, even the well-trained dead soldiers were afraid to fight and did not dare to rush to the city wall.

As for the Ming army servants who entered the city wall, the dead soldiers dared to rush back for a battle, but these servants with horses did not engage in a fight with the Tartars who moved on foot. They just rode their horses to keep a distance, and then used three-barreled guns, bows and arrows and other means to kill the Tartar soldiers.

The situation at the West Gate changed drastically, and several Niulu leaders brought by Yangguli urged the veteran to retreat.

"Guangning City can no longer be defended. The Second Beile on duty last month had already agreed to abandon the city. We are not running away in the face of a battle."

"It would be wise to go back and confront the enemy across the Shuangtaizi River, Daliao River, and Sancha River while the ice has thawed. It is impossible to hold the area west of the river."

"The old Khan also knows our difficulties and will not find fault with the prince consort." Yangguli felt guilty, "But Haoge also died in the battle. How can I explain to the Fourth Prince?"

He was extremely confused. The formation he had planned earlier was of little use and Guangning City was lost.

Several Niulu Ezhen helped him onto the horse and quickly fled from the west gate with the flag bearers of the camp.

Without the cavalry and masters supervising the battle, the dead soldiers' formation was scattered on the spot, and the dead soldiers whose horses were still concentrated in the stables could not escape many times.

The small number of people who resisted to the end were shot and killed by the Ming army, and most of the remaining dead soldiers laid down their weapons and knelt down in surrender.

"Recover Guangning, recapture Guangning!"

After all five battalions of Ming troops entered the city, Man Gui happily galloped back and forth on the cross street, as if he was reviewing the troops.

Li Hao quickly ordered people to prepare hot water for him. When he was fighting down the city wall, he had fought with a small number of dead soldiers. The smell of fermented feces made him frown and unable to open his eyes.

When he thought about the armor on his body being stabbed and cut by swords and spears soaked in feces, he didn't even want the two sets of armor anymore. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty made hundreds or thousands of sets of cloth armor at a time, so there was no shortage of iron armor.

This was the most painful battle he had ever fought.

……

On April 17, the Jinzhou general, who had cleared out the forts west of Shuangtaizi River, led his men back to his own base.

Compared with more than 20 days ago, there are more people living near Jinzhou, and many people are farming on the fields everywhere, and some people are even using lean oxen to plow the fields.

The closer we got to Jinzhou City, the more people gathered. Judging from their tattered clothes, they were probably refugees from near Shanhaiguan.

Although the majority of the people were refugees, the order outside the city was quite good. There were porridge stalls opened by the government every one or two miles, and each stall was guarded by about twelve soldiers.

"It seems that this new official is quite capable and can feed the refugees. In the next half month, we must allow these people to divide the land and plant crops."

He sent a number of cavalry to monitor the banks of the Shuangtaizi River, as well as Liaohetao and Fuxin in the north.

Yizhou is relatively safe now. Although there are still small groups of Tartars crossing the river to attack near Guangning, there is no problem in farming near the city fortresses.

Only after the refugees were settled could we collect grain and continue to push the front line eastwards.

Before and after entering the city, the general and his servants received an unprecedented welcome. Fortunately, they had good horses, otherwise they would not have been able to escape from the crowd of people.

After entering the general's mansion, Li Hao found that it had been newly renovated and looked much more magnificent than before.

Thinking of the Jinzhou city wall that had not been repaired at all, he immediately became angry.

Instead of repairing the places that should be repaired, the people's energy is wasted on this kind of face.

Li Hao immediately ordered his servants to gather all the officials in the vicinity and prepare to list these ridiculous behaviors in detail.

Newly arrived officials including Guangning Military Preparations Commissioner Dong Yingju, Qianfeng Town Firearms Supervisor Sun Yuanhua and others arrived one after another. What Li Hao did not expect was that Liaodong Deputy Envoy Bi Zisu also came.

After the Jinzhou general explained what made him angry, Bi Zisu actually responded with confidence.

"This is all what Governor Yuan wants. The Tartars may return to Jinzhou to destroy the city. We won't repair the city until the busy farming season of July and August when the crops are harvested."

He was the deputy of the Liaodong governor. Li Hao had some impression of this middle-aged stubborn man and knew that he was a good and honest official.

But these words made the Jinzhou general extremely angry.

"No matter how many Tartars come, I will drive them away. Yuan Chonghuan knows nothing about soldiers!"

Li Hao stood up and shouted at Bi Zisu, with the saliva in his mouth spraying all over the stubborn man's face.

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