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Some North Korean Tartar soldiers, hearing Han Yun's voice, went back obediently and continued to defend the city.

But there are also many smart ghosts who pretend to be deaf and run faster!

It's such a mess tonight, it's strange to be able to hold on.

Although they were loyal to the Manchu Qing, at this point, it was still important to save their own lives.

Han Yun rode all the way to the east wall, where most of the Tartar soldiers had escaped.The first troops of the Datong Army even took the opportunity to climb to the top of the city.

Knowing that he could no longer defend, Han Yun said to his own soldiers: "Go and tell the Major General to go to Beicheng immediately. Remember, speak quietly, and don't disturb others."

The soldiers left on horseback, ran for dozens of steps, suddenly reined in their horses, and fled northward along the street.

As for the major general?

The major general is heroic, covering the escape of friendly troops, and fighting bloody battles on the city. He is really a loyal and brave soldier of our Qing Dynasty!

When Han Yun rode home and took his family to the North City Gate, the Datong Army had really entered the city.The east wall was broken first, because the defenders here fled the most, and then the south wall collapsed.

"Major General, the enemy is coming from the south wall!"

"The southern city wall is facing the water, how could it be the first to fall? Where is my father?"

After Han Ji asked this question, he already guessed something, immediately turned around and slipped back into the city, and rode towards the north gate of the city.

As soon as he left, all the nearby defenders fled.

However, after the Datong army occupied the east wall, someone blew the horn immediately, and Lin Zhidong's cavalry hidden in the northern valley quickly rushed out of the valley after receiving the signal.

The Tartars who fled from the north city gate were about to face the blades of more than 2000 dragoons.

Chapter 561 [Prelude to the Decisive Battle]

Forty miles to the east of Liaoyang, Daishan led his army to quickly return to help, but it was still a step too late.

Upon receiving the news of the fall of the Weining camp, Daishan sat in a daze in the tent, and all his resentment was blamed on Dorgon.

If too many troops had not been mobilized to fight in Hebei, how could the mountainous areas in southern Liaoning be lost one after another?Everyone was unwilling to send troops to Hebei, only Hauge said he wanted to fight, and that bastard Dorgon agreed.

Dorgon and Hauge are going to fight, how can other Manchu nobles stop it?

The strategic position of the Weining Battalion is extremely important. If you go west, you can directly attack Liaoyang, and if you go north, you can directly attack Shenyang.Both Shenyang and Liaoyang were the core of Manchu rule!

Next, Daishan didn't know where Lu Xiangsheng would march, so he could only divide his army into two.One was to guard Shenyang, the other was to guard Liaoyang, and at the same time sent a message to Dorgon, asking Dorgon to bring his troops back quickly, and not to waste money with the main force of the Datong Army in Yaozhou.

Yaozhou is the Dashiqiao City hundreds of years later. That city was built by Man Qing to confront the Ming army in southern Liaoning, in order to cut off the connection between the Ming army in southern Liaoning and western Liaoning.

It has no value in itself. At this critical moment, you have to give up when you should give up. .

Daishan sent someone to report to Yaozhou, and Dorgon fell into a long silence when he received the news.

What happened to me?

Lu Xiangsheng has only one division in his hand, and he has to transport grain from North Korea, and the grain roads are all difficult to walk in the mountains and valleys.As long as the defenders of the Weining Battalion hold out for another month or two, Lu Xiangsheng will inevitably fall into the predicament of food shortage.

Why can't I keep it, it stands to reason that I can definitely keep it!

"Prince Regent, withdraw your troops."

A meeting of the Manchu nobles was held, and they unanimously agreed to withdraw their troops and go back to defend Liaoyang and Shenyang. Dorgon could no longer just go his own way.

Dorgon said: "We have to wait for the rainy season, retreating now is courting death!"

The rainy season in Northeast China falls in June and July of the lunar calendar.

When Cao Cao conquered Karasuma, it was the rainy season in western Liaoning, and the banks of the two grain canals were muddy, so there was no way to march and fight.In the end, he had no choice but to adopt Guo Jia's suggestion, abandoning his luggage and taking the Lulong Ancient Road, taking great risks to carry out long-distance raids.

Yuan Shao's two sons, as well as those leaders of Karasuma, did not expect Cao Cao to send troops in the rainy season, and they were defeated by Cao Cao.

When fighting in the Northeast, we must pay attention to the weather.

One of the reasons for the defeat of the Ming army in the Battle of Sarhu was that it did not care about the timing.

It was said that the four-way army was encircling and suppressing, but they actually sent troops in February of the lunar calendar, and some places were still ice and snow, and even snowed several times in succession.Under heavy snow, the Tatars set up obstacles in the mountains again, causing the Ming army's four-way army, some marching fast and some marching slowly, to be defeated by Nurhachi's concentrated forces.

The frontline generals of Ming Dynasty, of course, knew that this would not work, but they couldn't bear the urging of the civil servants.

Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, Zhao Xingbang and other officials kept urging and urging, saying that if there were no troops, the food and pay would not be able to support it-the military pay was higher in the state of war, and a lot of military expenses could be saved by finishing the war earlier.

In desperation, Yang Gao bit the bullet and sent troops. It is no wonder that this kind of stupidity is undefeated, and it has made Nurhachi famous for winning more with less.

The snowy weather has been used by Nurhachi, and the rainy season has also been used by Nurhachi.

In the 47th year of Wanli, when Nurhachi attacked Kaiyuan, all the nobles of Houjin expressed their opposition, because the rainy season had come, and there was no way to march.Nurhachi tried his best to resist all opinions, and imitated Cao Cao without bringing luggage, but only brought some chariots, and went to Kaiyuan in the rain. The Ming army was scattered outside the city, and it was too late to return to the city to gather.

Thus, Kaiyuan fell and Tieling fell.

Dorgon's combat policy is to fight the Datong Army during the rainy season.

Although after being exposed to rain, the bowstrings of the Eight Banners Soldiers will become soft, and the arrow feathers will shrink when exposed to water, which will affect the hit rate.But the bows and arrows could still be shot, but the Datong Army's cannons couldn't fire, and the Datong Army's firecrackers couldn't fire either.

In the Gaizhou offensive and defensive battle, the Qing Dynasty lost too many artillery pieces.In addition, the Datong imperial court strictly prohibited the transportation of gunpowder to the north, and the Manchu Qing could not enter the pass to buy gunpowder. The Manchu Qing's firearms troops had been greatly reduced.

If Dorgon wants to win the battle, he can only fight in the rainy season, which is why he has been wasting time.

Now that the Weining camp has fallen, even if Dorgon withdraws his troops, he will have to wait for the rainy season before withdrawing.At that time, the luggage will be transported into Yaozhou City, and the main force of the Qing Dynasty will withdraw lightly, and by the way, induce the Datong army to fight in the rainy day.

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Looking at the rough sand table, Li Zheng planted the flag of the Datong Army in the position of the Weining Camp, and said, "One month later, half a month earlier, the Liaodong rainy season is coming soon. This Dorgon will definitely not be able to consume enough food." We, but we have been wasting with us. I see, he is just waiting for the rainy season to come!"

"It's just right, let's fight with real swords and guns!" Hu Dinggui said.

The Datong army huddled in the camp without fighting, and Dorgon also huddled in the camp without fighting.Especially after Daishan led the army to leave, Dorgon had fewer troops, and he kept strengthening the defensive camp.

Xiao Zongxian said: "Fortunately, we have prepared long ago. Last year, a lot of long guns were brought in. A total of [-] standard long guns were originally intended to expand the armed peasants and soldiers, but now they are all replaced by firecrackers. Even if the firecrackers are equipped with bayonets, Certainly not as good as a long gun."

The flintlock guns of the Datong Army may still be usable in rainy days, but most of them cannot be fired in heavy rainy days.

Li Zheng said with a smile: "The long spears were brought from Gaizhou, and they were all sent out for practice. Since they got the fire guns, the fire gun soldiers only practice bayonets. I'm afraid they are unfamiliar with long spears."

This year's rainy season came a bit late, and it only rained sporadically in the past half a month.

Eight thousand long guns were transported to the camp outside Yaozhou City, which was only enough for two divisions of musketeers to re-equip.

The firecrackers practiced in rotation, and most of them belonged to farmers and soldiers.The peasants and soldiers trained the spear array, and now they picked up the spears, and immediately recalled the past years.

By mid-June, there were more and more rainy days, but no heavy rainstorm yet.

Dorgon began to transfer supplies to Yaozhou City, and transported all the luggage that could not be taken away during the rainy season into Yaozhou City for storage.This is also the reason why he procrastinated. Once the rainy season enters, Yaozhou City will be basically safe, and the Datong Army will not be able to enter.

On Li Zheng's side, he also started to cross the river and set up camp, getting closer to the main force of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

Both sides have the same plan, waiting for the heavy rain to start the war.Cannons, firecrackers, bows and arrows cannot be used, and they fight each other with cold weapons. They all feel that they will definitely win.

What's more, the Datong Army also has a secret weapon, which is the leather case for the flintlock gun, which is more like a leather box to be precise.

Cover the key parts with a leather box to avoid being directly poured by rain.Apply a layer of beeswax to the gap between the barrel and the gun body to prevent rainwater from flowing into the medicine pool from the gap. (Europe and the United States also have this kind of equipment in modern times, called "Cow's Knee".)

With this thing, if you can fire a shot in heavy rain, you will definitely get wet when reloading.

At critical moments, one shot is enough!

"Boom!"

The torrential rain finally came, and due to the heavy rain, no fighting broke out.

The next day, it turned into light rain.

Dorgon ordered the whole army to leave the camp, and as long as the Datong army did not move, he immediately took the opportunity to retreat in the rain.The cavalry couldn't catch up, because the road was muddy and difficult, so they could only walk with their horses.

"Fire gunners, fill up all the ammunition!"

Including the dragoons, they all filled the tents with ammunition, carefully coated the gaps with beeswax, and carefully wrapped them with leather covers.

Gunpowder is well preserved and has not been exposed to moisture.But after filling in the medicine pool, it is best to click and send it quickly. The air in this rainy season is relatively humid.

The [-] long spears will be temporarily held by the melee soldiers, and we will wait until they finish firing a shot.

The Xiao cavalry in Liaodong has been expanded into a cavalry division, and all of them have practiced wall charging.However, this battle is doomed to be useless, the cavalry has to be transformed into infantry, and the muddy ground cannot be rushed at all.

The two sides add up to nearly 9 people.

Drenched in light rain, stepping on muddy water slowly arrayed.

For the Eight Banners Army, this is a fateful battle.Once defeated, Liaodong will be in jeopardy, so they put aside their conflicts and gather enough energy to fight bloody battles.

After the formation, the two sides did not rush to attack, but let the civilians build a high platform.

Fill the sack with mud and build it two to three meters long. With the help of binoculars, the coach can barely see the whole picture of the battlefield.

The Eight Banners Army not only gave up their bows and arrows, but also their chariots, which were too slow in muddy water.Anyway, the firearms of the Datong Army cannot be used, so there is no need for the car to play.

The cotton armor on both sides was wet, and the weight increased greatly, making it more difficult to move when stepping on the mud.

Duo ErGun wants to compete with the Datong Army for willpower, and he believes that the Eight Banners Warriors will definitely win.This is the only chance of victory. The Datong Army's firearms are too powerful, and the Eight Banners Army can only fight desperately like this.

The firecrackers of the three divisions and the dragoons of the three divisions are all carefully arrayed at this moment, keeping the firecrackers as flat as possible.

There were nearly [-] flintlock guns, all loaded and loaded, and they had only one chance to fire in the rain.

The key shot will determine the victory, and the Eight Banners soldiers will be beaten defenselessly.

On the Qing side, even flintlock guns were not listed, so naturally there was no waterproof device.Because this kind of waterproof device can only be equipped with flintlock guns, matchlock guns are completely useless.

Wu Sangui abandoned his horse and stepped forward at this moment, leading the team forward slowly.

Wu Sangui did not dare to surrender or turn against him, because the Wu family and his ancestors were the largest traitor family in Liaodong, and he knew the Datong court's policy on traitors.

However, Wu Sangui's soldiers were ready to flee at any moment.

The Tartars fought desperately with the Datong army, so it's none of their business with the Han army?There is no need to lose your life if you fight for show. Once the main force of the Tartars collapses, all the Han Chinese who have been incorporated into the Eight Banners Army in recent years may kneel down and beg for surrender.

Of course, the Eight Banners of the Han Army with profound qualifications, it is estimated that they will really fight hard, because they really regard themselves as the Eight Banners Army.

"Boom!"

A few thunderclaps sounded, and the rain became heavier, and it was no longer a light rain.

The flags of both sides were issued, and the center and two wings began to advance.

The Datong army walked very slowly, marching in formation in the mud, fearing that their feet would slip and fall, but the firecrackers were holding the winning weapon in their hands.

Chapter 562 [Singing in the Rain]

Dorgon stood on the high platform and observed the battlefield with binoculars.

The rain curtain interfered with the line of sight, so I couldn't see very clearly.But one thing is certain, the Datong Army did not bother to move the artillery, because there were no buildings such as canopies near the battlefield.

The camps of the two armies are several miles apart, and the artillery has to be slowly brought over.All the way had to be sheltered from the rain, a canopy had to be built on the fort, and the medicine pool had to be cleaned and dried. With that spare time, Dorgon had already withdrawn.

The elite central force of the Eight Banners Army is led by Nikan and Yue Le respectively.

Both are grandsons of Nurhachi, and they were quickly promoted by Dorgon (more to win over the factions behind them).Especially Yue Le, who is only 20 years old this year and has already been named the Duke of Zhen, can be called brave and good at fighting. .

Stepping forward with one foot deep and one shallow, Yue Le's boots got stuck in the mud, and he pulled them out several times.

He looked around and found that many of his soldiers had their shoes ripped off in the mud.Yue Le said to the messenger: "The whole army stops, take off their boots and go!"

On the side of the Datong Army, they took off their shoes on the way.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

The Chinese troops on both sides were beating drums, but under the rain, the drums sounded dull and weak.

Li Zheng was in charge of the central army, while Xiao Zongxian and Hu Dinggui led their troops forward to fight Nikan and Yue Le.

Although the cavalry of each other abandoned their horses and fought on foot, they were still classified as two wings and habitually carried out outflanking.

There are more than 3 troops on both sides in the face-to-face confrontation.Due to the rainy weather and muddy battle, neither side increased the width of the battlefield, but increased the depth of the formation by coincidence - Dorgon was afraid that the formation would be too thin and be killed, but Li Zheng did it to confuse the enemy.

Nikan sent two troops, intending to test the attack first, but Hu Dinggui sent out all the troops.

"The whole army presses up!"

Nikan thought that Hu Dinggui would give it a go, so he didn't dare to neglect. He only kept a small number of reserve teams, and sent the rest to fight.

Xiao Zongxian and Yue Le's situation is similar.

On the east side of the battlefield, after abandoning their horses, the cavalry of both sides marched towards a slope, hoping to occupy the high ground in advance to gain an advantage.

On the west side of the battlefield, near the river, it is a depression, and the rainy season is almost like stepping on a paddy field.Both sides advanced slowly, and most of their strength was used to pull their feet out of the mud.

On the frontal battlefield, every time a certain distance is advanced, the generals of both sides will stop, adjust the formation and continue to move forward.Because the ground is too difficult to walk, if you advance more than ten steps, the formation will inevitably be uneven.