Chapter 487: The Battle of Daling River, a joke-loving history (second update)
Sun Chengzong¡¯s face turned even darker when he heard the roar of gunfire and artillery on Houjin¡¯s side, which was much denser than here.
It¡¯s not that Sun Chengzong was unhappy because his allies suffered heavy damage, but because he knew that the defenders in Yizhou City were merciful to his side.
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Sun Chengzong couldn't understand the other party's mercy on him, and he didn't appreciate it at the same time. In the history of war for thousands of years, there has never been such a thing as tenderness.
Even in the face of the rebellious peasant rebels within the Ming Dynasty, any general of the Ming Dynasty will give them the most brutal killings. Therefore, Sun Chengzong had only one attitude towards the Taiwanese army, which was to annihilate them all without leaving a single one behind.
But the problem is that now the other party is showing mercy to him, which makes Sun Chengzong's threat to Taiwan even more serious.
Later, the news coming back from the north gate confirmed this point. This caused the morale of the Ming Dynasty's more than 200,000 troops to completely fall to the bottom.
"Supervisor Sun, are you going to continue fighting on Yizhou City?"
The first thing Amin said when he saw Sun Chengzong was to ask this question.
Looking at Amin¡¯s arm wrapped in cloth, Sun Chengzong asked with a wry smile.
"Armin Belle, I wonder if you have a good strategy to attack the city?"
It is really ironic that under such circumstances, Sun Chengzong actually asked Amin for advice. You know, the Ming Dynasty is famous for being good at defending the city. Although the Jurchens have risen rapidly in recent years, they are still lagging behind in the art of war.
Only a few people like Nurhaci and Huang Taiji have relatively superb strategic and tactical accomplishments, while others are basically the type to fight hard.
"If Governor Sun has no other good strategies, I, Dajin, will have no choice but to withdraw from this alliance."
Amin couldn't control so much. He was almost killed by the bomb this time, which made him frightened. At the same time, the army suffered more than 30,000 casualties in a short period of time, making him completely lose the opportunity to attack.
"Baylor, please don't be so anxious. We are waiting for 300,000 troops here. Even if it is a siege, we can trap the enemy forces in the city to death. And as long as we mobilize our forces, we will definitely be able to find a way to capture Yizhou."
Sun Chengzong could only stabilize Amin first, hoping to think of other better ways to attack the city.
Later, Sun Chengzong thought of taking advantage of the darkness to build a dam six miles upstream of the Daling River to flood Yizhou. However, Kong Jie in Yizhou City discovered it in time and let the city's artillery fire at its maximum range. A burst of wild bombing made this plan completely bankrupt.
But if you want to build a dam further away, you don¡¯t know who will be flooded. There is no way, this plan will not work.
The strategy to attack the city is nothing more than water attack, but now that water attack is no longer possible, Sun Chengzong really doesn't know what to do.
At this time, another situation completely broke Amin¡¯s confidence in staying in Yiju. More than 10,000 Taiwanese cavalry were found in their rear, and they began to harass their retreat.
At this time, how could Amin sit still? He directly bid farewell to Sun Chengzong and led tens of thousands of troops to leave Yizhou City. He has completely lost his confidence in conquering Liaodong.
The most important thing now is not to counterattack Liaodong, but to go back and discuss with Huang Taiji if we face the future situation.
The withdrawal of the Hou Jin army destroyed the morale of the Ming army, and no one was confident that they could capture Yizhou City. This is just a small town defended by 30,000 people. If we arrive in a big city like Shenyang and Liaoyang, how can we fight!
The pessimistic atmosphere made Sun Chengzong feel extremely sad. At this time, he was thinking about the future of Ming Dynasty. In the face of Taiwan, an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, can there still be a future?
But shortly after Amin¡¯s army had just evacuated, the city gate of Yizhou suddenly opened wide, and 20,000 Taiwanese troops rushed out.
Seeing this situation, Sun Chengzong was overjoyed and ordered his army to rush towards the opponent crazily. I want to take this opportunity to defeat the opponent.
But the reality is cruel. Even without the city wall, the offensive power of the Taiwanese army cannot be underestimated. Before the 60,000-strong army could reach within 400 steps of the opponent, they were driven back by several volleys from the opponent.
Then the army of a little over 240,000 led by Sun Chengzong was like a duck, being driven south by the opponent's 20,000 people.
Sun Chengzong¡¯s shouting and scolding had no effect. Under the coercion of more than 200,000 troops, heSun Chengzong could only be taken to Dalinghe Fort reluctantly.
After arriving at Dalinghe Fort, Sun Chengzong suffered another blow again.
When he led the army to attack Yizhou, all places south of Jinzhou were captured by the Taiwanese army. Just before he arrived at Dalinghe Fort, the defeated army from Jinzhou direction had just arrived at Dalinghe Fort.
It turns out that in the early morning of the 28th, 60,000 Taiwanese troops landed in Ningyuan and were directly divided into two parts. More than 10,000 people from the First Division went south to capture Qiantun and other places, and quickly built defenses, completely sealing Shanhaiguan.
The other group of 50,000 people quickly moved northward. Before the defenders from various places could figure out what was going on, they captured Tashan, Daxing Fort and many other city fortresses, and drove tens of thousands of troops towards Jinzhou.
At this time, Wu Xiang was defending Jinzhou, and Wu Sangui's father had just been promoted to the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. However, at this time, his status as commander-in-chief was not high and he was under the command of Zu Dashou. At this time, Wu Sangui was still only a seventeen-year-old young man, and neither father nor son had officially made their fortune.
Originally, Wu Xiang wanted to rely on the city wall of Jinzhou to defend it, but after the artillery blew down the south city gate, Wu Xiang left tens of thousands of troops behind, led his servants, and fled northward with his family like crazy. Dalinghe Fort.
Seeing that Wu Xiang had fled, his men still had the courage to resist, so they took their subordinates and fled north with them.
From Ningyuan to Jinzhou, the Ming Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of troops were all lost before they could hold on for two days. Sun Chengzong was so angry that he trembled all over and killed Wu Xiang directly. In that situation, no one dared to intercede for Wu Xiang, not even Zu Dashou.
In this way, the more than 300,000 troops deployed by Sun Chengzong on the Liaodong front line were besieged in Dalinghe Fort by 80,000 Taiwanese troops without much loss.
In the Battle of Daling River, history seems to have played a big joke on the Ming Dynasty. Although the historical trajectory has undergone tremendous changes, and the Hou Jin Dynasty has been destroyed by Taiwan, the Battle of Daling River still happened. Moreover, the Ming army was also besieged in Daling River Fort.