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Text Chapter 1,292 The Battle of Dignity (11)

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    (Thank you to Xisha Jizu for your valuable monthly vote, and thank you for the reward for choosing the middle path of neither left nor right. Thank you. Please support the new book "Iron-Blooded War".) Dorgon understands that the progress of the battle cannot be controlled at all.  By the time, it was too late. In his opinion, the battle to attack the city was the most difficult. The warriors of the Qing Dynasty were extremely brave, but they suffered many setbacks when attacking the city. Later, although the situation was slightly better  Some, but every battle takes a long time.  Dorgon led the army to focus on Haizhou. He believed that the Jiangning Battalion would not be able to capture Haizhou in a short time. He could hold on for at least a month. The longer he could hold on here, the more beneficial it would be for Shenyang.  , so he made sufficient preparations and determined to stop the Jiangning camp's attack.  The facts were completely different from what he imagined. The Jiangning Battalion did not rely on sergeants to attack at all. Instead, they used artillery to blow open the city wall. Moreover, the sergeants did not rush in and gathered around the city wall and gaps, relying on flintlock rifles to attack.  The attack resulted in heavy casualties to the garrisoned sergeants, who had to withdraw from the battle and give up the city walls and gaps.  What depressed Dorgon the most was that the sergeants who wanted to retreat encountered a sudden attack by the Jiangning Battalion sergeants. Most of the sergeants were killed by flintlock guns.  Dorgon's short-sightedness and self-confidence shortened the battle time to the greatest extent.  After He Renlong led the leading troops into the city through the gap, Hong Chengchou immediately issued the order for a general attack. The soldiers of Jiangning Battalion entered Haizhou City through the gap and the city gate like a tide.  The brutal street fighting began.  The well-trained soldiers of Jiangning Battalion have taken the overwhelming initiative. Street fighting is one of the subjects that Jiangning Battalion soldiers must train, and it is the most important subject, no matter it is a combination of less than ten people.  Whether it is a small force of dozens of people, or even an attack force of hundreds or thousands of people, how to grasp the formation and how to look after each other are all subjects of daily training.  After entering the city, the effects of training began to show.  There are many accidents in street fighting. Generally speaking, the losses of the attacking troops are greater because they are not familiar with the terrain and face opponents who have been stationed in the city for a long time.  This is a big weakness, so sometimes, failure to master the rules of street fighting may lead to heavy losses, or even having to evacuate the city for rest.  But these are all things that will happen a hundred years later, and it is impossible for Dorgon to be familiar with these.  Despite occupying favorable terrain.  However, the Eight Banners Army under Dorgon was still used to fighting face to face, and had almost no concept of street fighting in their minds. Whether it was the full banner leader or the sergeant, they believed that after the city wall was captured, the battle was basically over.  The rest is a matter of looting, because the opponent also placed the main force around the city wall. Once the city wall is taken down, the opponent's force will be almost lost.  The Manchu Eight Banners, who were not familiar with street fighting, suffered even more heavy losses.  Dorgon knew that the situation was getting worse, but he could not think of a way to deal with it. The attacking sergeant of the Jiangning Battalion was armed with a flintlock gun. When he heard any movement, he opened fire directly.  As a result, the Manchu Eight Banners sergeants who were ambushing the house had no time to shoot the second arrow and were killed by the gun.  However, the sergeants of Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner are worthy of being the most combat-effective among the Eight Banners, despite being in an extremely unfavorable situation.  But the resistance and fighting still didn't stop.  The day passes and the night comes.  In just one day, Jiangning Camp occupied one-half of Haizhou City.  Hong Chengchou was very satisfied with the results. If he continued like this, he would be able to capture Haizhou in one day. In total, it would not be impossible to capture Anshan and Liaoyang in ten days.  The attack continued at night.  Hong Chengchou, who had sufficient troops, made some adjustments. The vanguard troops who were responsible for the main attack during the day withdrew and temporarily went to the camp outside the city to rest and recuperate. Ma Xianglin led 30,000 people and continued to attack, and they would never be able to give Hou Jin  The Tatars had no chance to breathe.  The city has long been surrounded by the Jiangning camp. The focus of defense is the city gates. Even if the Houjin Tatars want to retreat, they can only retreat from the city gates. There is no place for the rest to escape.  This is also a good thing Dorgon did. In fact, there are many city walls in Haizhou City, which have been in disrepair for a long time and are not very stable. After Dorgon made Haizhou a key defensive and guarded city, he reinforced the city walls.  The city wall of Haizhou City seems to have almost no weaknesses.  It is precisely because of Dorgon's actions that he was surrounded by many people and had no chance to evacuate.  Jiangning camp continued to attack at night, leaving Dorgon no chance to breathe.  The soldiers of the Eight Banners were forced to fight.    The number of sergeants stationed at the city gate reached 10,000. In just one day, almost all of these 10,000 people were lost. In the ensuing street fighting, the Manba Banner lost more than 5,000 troops. After one day of fighting,  , Dorgon lost two-fifths of the 50,000 sergeants under his command, including the 5,000 stationed in Yaozhou. The remaining 30,000 were partly guarding Tieling and partly guarding Liaoyang, but they did not know much about them.  , those who are still fighting in Haizhou City, there are at most 20,000 people left, guarding half of the city, struggling hard.  Night is a good opportunity. If you cannot defend the city, you can use the opportunity to rest at night to break out. The sergeants of the Eight Banners are very familiar with the terrain near Haizhou. After concentrating their forces to break through the siege of Jiangning Camp, they can quickly  It was easy to return to Anshan or Liaoyang, but the Jiangning camp launched an attack at night, leaving Dorgon with no chance to break out.  If you choose to break out at this time, what you are waiting for is the fate of the entire army being annihilated. Think about the pursuit of the sergeants of Jiangning Camp behind you, the ambush of sergeants of Jiangning Camp in front, the panicked sergeants of the breakout, encountering a flanking attack from both sides, even if you have great ability, I am afraid  It is difficult to break through the encirclement.  The sound of gunshots from outside kept coming, and Dorgon had become a trapped beast, wandering around the house.  He finally came up with the idea that Guizhou's skills were exhausted. The intelligence that the scouts risked their lives to detect showed that there were at least more than 100,000 soldiers in the Jiangning camp. In terms of numbers, they had an absolute advantage in dealing with it. Moreover, when attacking the city gate, because of the artillery,  Because of their sharpness, the losses of the Jiangning Battalion sergeants were not great, but the Manchu Eight Banners sergeants who were caught off guard and did not adapt to the tactics suffered very heavy losses.  With less than 30,000 people guarding half of the city and facing an attack by Jiangning battalion sergeants several times their own, Dorgon, who had been fighting fiercely for a long time, knew very well what the outcome would be.  The officers of the Zhengbai Banner and the Xiangbai Banner have begun to implore Dorgon to break out. If something happens to Dorgon, the Zhengbai Banner and the Xiangbai Banner will be completely finished, and there will be no possibility of their continued existence.  Dorgon painfully rejected the officer's request.  Even if they break out, what can happen? The Jiangning camp will definitely pursue the victory. Anshan's defense is not strong and it is impossible to defend. Liaoyang is good, but who can predict that maybe they will encounter Jiangning before they retreat to Liaoyang?  The camp was surrounded, and when encountering a sergeant from Jiangning Camp in the wild, there was only death.  In the direction of Shenyang, there is an army led by Lu Xiangsheng, ready to launch an attack. Moreover, Su Tiancheng, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, is personally conducting the expedition. I am afraid he is personally commanding the battle to attack Shenyang. The situation in Shenyang has become extremely tense and sensitive. Looking around,  Go, Dorgon has almost no place to stand after retreating, unless he ignores Shenyang and retreats towards Sarhu or Kaiyuan, preparing to return to the white mountains and black waters.  The gunshots became more and more intense, and Dorgon's mood was on the verge of collapse.  The possibility of defending Haizhou no longer exists. We must admit this fact, but thinking about breaking out, there is no chance. The sergeant of Jiangning Battalion did not relax the attack at night.  Dorgon forced himself to calm down. He has been fighting fiercely in the army since he was a child. He has seen many dangerous situations and has always been able to get through them. This time it is not certain. There may be a slight chance.  At dawn, Dorgon, who had been up all night, made a decision to voluntarily abandon part of the city, concentrate his forces, and defend two-fifths or even one-fifth of the city. After surviving the day, he chose to stay at night  Breaking through, the sergeant of Jiangning Battalion had grown up eating whole grains after all. If he persisted for one night, it would be impossible for him to persist for the second night.  Dorgon¡¯s order was quickly passed on. The order did not forget to require the sergeants to be relatively concentrated and use all effective methods to attack the attacking Jiangning Battalion sergeants and seize every opportunity.  It was just dawn, and the battle to seize and defend the city became fierce again.  The method adopted by Dorgon still had some effect. After the tenacious Manchu Eight Banners sergeants began to concentrate, their combat capabilities began to be fully demonstrated. They occupied favorable terrain and fought hard with the Jiangning Battalion sergeants.  Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others, who also stayed up all night, received the report. The losses of the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion began to increase. Because the Hou Jin Tatars adjusted their tactics and voluntarily abandoned part of the city, the personnel began to concentrate. In this way, the Hou Jin Tatars  The arrows fired by the Tatars were very dense, and many of the attacking Jiangning Battalion soldiers died under this rain of arrows.  Some aides proposed using artillery to carry out large-scale bombing of the areas occupied by the Houjin Tatars.  Hong Chengchou rejected this suggestion. After all, there were still many people in Haizhou City. If two-fifths of the city was bombed, the people in these places would have no chance of survival. Such an act was close to massacre.  Hong Chengchou will never adopt it.??.  The order issued by Hong Chengchou was very simple. No matter how many casualties were caused, the attack must be launched. The Houjin Tatars had become exhausted. If they increase the intensity of the attack, the Houjin Tatars would soon collapse.  Hong Chengchou originally estimated that it would take about five days to capture Haizhou City, wipe out the Manchu Eight Banners sergeants stationed in Haizhou, and eliminate the effective forces of the Houjin Tatars to the maximum extent. Now it seems that it does not need such a long time, at most three days.  Haizhou can be completely won.
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