Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 224 Not selling?Then hit them to sell!

Is it sold in Shenyang city?
After a long time, Huang Taiji, Jierhalang, and Dorgon came back to their senses. Huang Taiji frowned and asked, "What does Yan envoy mean?"

"The meaning of the words."

Hearing Huang Taiji's words, Yan Xia calmly said: "Now that the Ming army has reached the city of Liaoyang, how long can you guys defend, Khan? Besides, our [-] army of Daqi is just outside Shenyang City, attacking back and forth. There's no chance."

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Ji Erhalang snorted coldly and said: "I am a disciple of one hundred thousand and eight banners, and I am invincible. You only have 8 people in Daqi and you want to threaten us. Are you daydreaming?"

"Yan envoy, for the sake of not beheading the envoys when the two armies are fighting, this Khan will not kill you, you go."

Huang Taiji said coldly.

"Khan, I hope you will think about it carefully."

Seeing this, Yan Xia clasped his hands again and said, "The Khan's clan is indeed brave and good at fighting, but how long can the Jurchen clan fight? If the young and strong of the Jurchen clan are all killed in battle, is there any possibility for the Jurchen clan to continue to exist?"

"Besides, now Shenyang City and Liaoyang City have become battlefields, and Da Khan has fought against the Ming army for more than two years. How much food does Da Khan have to continue fighting? I hope Da Khan can do a good job for your people. Consider it."

"You go."

Huang Taiji waved his hands expressionlessly, and upon seeing this, a few of Huang Taiji's personal soldiers came in front of Yan Xia and the three of them, signaling them to leave.

"I hope Da Khan can think about it."

After Yan Xia saluted again, surrounded by several soldiers, he left the tower.

Seeing the backs of Yanxia and the three leaving, Jierhalang frowned and said, "Why didn't you kill them?"

"No need."

Huang Taiji said calmly: "If the two armies are fighting, if you don't kill the envoy, a mere second-rate warrior is not worthy of our embarrassment."

Although the life and death of the three of Yan Xia are only in their minds, if they can't tolerate even a second-rate martial artist, it will only make others laugh.

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Jierhalang snorted coldly, then turned and left. Although he could catch up and kill the three of Yan Xia, but as Huang Taiji said, a mere second-rate warrior is not worth his shame .

But Dorgon took a deep look at Huang Taiji before turning around and leaving. He could feel that Huang Taiji seemed to be really considering selling Shenyang City.

After Jierhalang and Dorgon left, Huang Taiji walked outside the city tower, staring at the Qi army camp that was being built not far away, holding the railing tightly with his hands, directly smashing the railing.

What Yan Xia said was not wrong, so what if their Eight Banners can fight, now the Ming army and Qi army have a total of 28, even if they really let them win.

How many of their Eight Banners disciples are left?
Can you still hold Liaodong?
It is impossible, because there are too many Han people. Even if he kills the 28 people, Da Ming and Da Qi can recruit 30 million soldiers and horses again in a few years. City by city, they wiped out more than 30 to 20 Ming troops, but in the past few years, Ming has recruited another [-] troops to attack Liaodong again.

More importantly, Yan Xia guessed right, they were really running out of food, and they had been fighting the Ming army in Haizhou Acropolis for the past two years. A lot of cultivated land in Liaoyang City was abandoned.

Now that Liaoyang City has become a battlefield, farming is naturally impossible. Originally, Shenyang City could continue to cultivate, and their cavalry still had an absolute advantage, barely able to support it.

But now Daqi's intervention almost broke their last leg. After all, tens of thousands of troops are surrounding the city. Who would dare to continue farming outside the city? After all, farming is a long-term job. One mistake, the hard work of that year was wasted, and their clansmen would not risk their lives to farm outside the city. As for the Han slaves, if they were not very careful, those Han slaves would have run away long ago.

Moreover, the timing of Da Qi's action this time is also very terrible. It is already the end of April, and it is the time for sowing. Da Qi's move will definitely have a great impact on the sowing, and the harvest at the end of the year will definitely be greatly reduced. At that time, famine would definitely be unavoidable. If there is no food, there is no way to fight this battle.

However, if he was asked to sell Shenyang City, he would not be willing to do so. He knew very well that Daqi would not pay a high price, because they were in a weak position now, and even if they really wanted to sell, they would have to gain an advantage in order to bargain with Daqi.

.........

On the other side, the three of Yan Xia also returned to the Qi army camp.

"Captain, Huang Taiji drove us back."

In the coach's camp, Yan Xia cupped his hands and said.

"It's been a lot of hard work for Yan, you go down and rest first, I will play the court at the court, and I will ask for credit for you."

Tang Xiangjin smiled lightly. He was not surprised by this result. If he was in the position of Huang Taiji, he would not give up Liaodong so easily. After all, as long as the millions of acres of Liaodong Plain survive this crisis, The Jurchens can continue to take root here. Once they lose it, they can only go to the grassland.

After Yan Xia and the others retreated, Luo Yi frowned and said, "Old Tang, it seems that we have to fight a protracted battle."

Although they were prepared for a protracted war, it would be very disadvantageous for Daqi if they really fought a protracted war. After all, Daqi lacked cavalry and could only passively accept attacks. Moreover, without cavalry, logistics would be difficult to guarantee.

Although most of the distance from Weining Camp to here is mountainous, there is no need to worry about being cut off by a surprise attack, but there is still nearly fifty miles of flat land from Fengji Fort to here, and it is easy to be cut off by the Jurchens.

"A long battle?"

Hearing Luo Yi's words, Tang Xiangjin said coldly: "No matter how long it takes, you have to fight. If you don't sell it, beat it until they sell it!"

Shenyang City and Liaoyang City cannot all be handed over to Daming. Otherwise, with these millions of acres of land, Daming will need much less food in Liaodong, and they have to retreat to Phoenix City to defend Gaizhou Weicheng with all their strength. It will be difficult to defend the territory of Liaodong.

On the third day, the Qi army formed an array and approached Shenyang City.

...

On the tower, Huang Taiji looked at the approaching Qi army with a gloomy expression. Having learned the lesson from last time, he did not dare to get close to the Qi army easily.

At this time, the Qi army's formation changed, and a large number of soldiers carrying sand and stones piled up huge forts in the open space, and huge red cannons were pushed onto the forts.

Looking at the huge Hongyi cannon, Huang Taiji's expression couldn't help changing. He was naturally very impressed with the Hongyi cannon. Yuan Chonghuan repelled them with the Hongyi cannon back then.

On the building car, Tang Xiangjin also looked at Shenyang City. In order to deal with the high walls of Shenyang City, it took him a full three months to send the 43 Hongyi cannons from Zhenjiang Fort to Weining Camp.

At this time, the gunners of the Hongyi Cannon had already adjusted their positions and were only waiting for an order.

"Boom!"

Tang Xiangjin waved the flag in his hand.

"boom"

Under the action of gunpowder, the twenty-pound solid iron ball turned into a small black dot with terrifying kinetic energy and flew across the sky, then flew towards the city wall.

boom!
The shell hit the stomping wall, directly smashing a big hole, and countless gravels splashed in all directions.

At this moment, all the Jurchens on the city wall were stunned by the sudden sky-shattering roar.

But the Jurchens were dumbfounded, but the gunners were not, and lit the matchlocks one after another.

boom!boom!boom!
There was a continuous rumble of cannonballs, and solid shells weighing twenty catties bombarded the city wall with a destructive momentum. For a while, the entire city wall seemed to be shaking.

Countless gravels splashed in all directions, but anyone who was splashed by the gravels would be injured at least, or perish at worst.

"Hide under the wall!"

At this time, Niu Luer really shouted loudly.

Hearing this, the Han people and Jurchens on the city wall all lay down behind the city wall.

boom!boom!boom!
Although the enemies on the city wall were all hiding, the Qi army under the city wall did not stop there. The continuous sound of cannons rumbled, and solid shells weighing twenty catties bombarded the city wall and the city pool, causing countless cloud of dust.

hide?
Seeing this scene, Tang Xiangjin sneered, if it would be useful to hide, then Su Hao would not value this Hongyi Cannon so much.

"Siege!"

Tang Xiangjin waved the order flag in his hand, and orders were passed down one after another.

Soon, the war drums were thundering, and hundreds of large and small tiger squat cannons were pushed to the front of the formation, and then began to aim.

At the same time, the siege ballista also moved forward slowly. In front of the ballista, a large number of Qi soldiers approached the city wall under the cover of wooden mantle chariots and shields, carrying sandbags, trying to provide the siege ladder and battering hammer , The arrow tower fills up the moat.

Eight hundred feet!
Five hundred feet!
Three hundred feet!
"Get up and defend the city!"

Niu Luerzhen shouted loudly, and at the same time waved the leather whip in his hand, whipping the Han people who refused to stand up.

boom!boom!boom!
At this time, there was another continuous sound of artillery, and 43 solid shells bombarded the city wall.

At this time, the tiger crouching cannons that were two hundred feet closer also fired one after another. Unlike the single shell of the Hongyi cannon, tens of thousands of stones and iron beads sprinkled on the city wall like a rain curtain. For a while, the howling sound resounded through the city wall .

At the same time, Huang Taiji also ordered to fire artillery on the city wall. Although the Jurchen clan did not have that kind of artillery, they captured so many large and small cities in Liaodong, and obtained a lot of artillery. For this reason, they also specially set up artillery camp.

The next moment, dozens of cannons on the city wall opened fire at the same time, and thousands of stones and iron beads rained down on the Qi army outside the city, causing a lot of casualties to the Qi army.

"Pass down the order, all the Hongyi cannons will destroy those cannons for me."

Seeing this scene, Tang Xiangjin ordered.

The next moment, all the Hongyi cannons aimed at the cannons on the city wall, bursts of cannons rang out, and 43 solid shells blasted at the cannons at the stomping mouth.

boom! boom! boom!
On the city wall, three cannons were blasted to pieces, and the fragments of the broken cannons directly killed and injured the Jurchens around them!
...

When the sun was setting and the Qi army was gradually withdrawing, the moat outside Shenyang City had been filled up, and the originally neat walls on the city were like dogs gnawing on them.

.........

In the Dazheng Hall, the faces of Huang Taiji, Jierhalang, and Dorgon were also gloomy.

"Khan, count the losses."

Kake Duli said in a low voice: "There were 840 soldiers killed in the battle, of which 560 were Han Chinese slaves. In addition, 51 artillery pieces were lost, and there are [-] artillery pieces remaining."

Hearing Kak Duli's words, the faces of Huang Taiji and the others became even uglier. They did not expect that with the city wall as protection, they did not expect that there would be such a large number of casualties. Although there were still many Han Chinese slaves in the city, they also Can't stand such consumption.

"It can't be consumed like this!"

Dorgon said in a deep voice: "Find a way to cut off the Qi army's logistics and food, and force them to retreat."

"very hard."

Hearing this, Huang Taiji shook his head: "The opponent's food and grass should be in the Weining camp. According to the report from the spies, the Qi army was reinforcing the Weining camp a few months ago. The Weining camp is located deep in the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. "

"Then let the Qi army attack the city?"

Hearing this, Dorgon frowned. If this trend continues, everyone in the city will die under the artillery of the Qi army. Although the opponent cannot blow the city down, the opponent still has siege troops. If they approached, their men had to go up, or else the walls would be taken and the city would be broken.

There are indeed tens of thousands of Han Chinese slaves in the city now, but sooner or later they will all die, and then their clansmen will have to go up.

"I have already sent people to let Mangurtai, Azig, and Duoduo bring their troops back."

Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "At that time, we will discuss whether to attack the Qi army's camp or not."

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji couldn't help sighing deeply, the Qi army's firearms are too powerful, even a low-level warrior wearing heavy armor can't hold them back, it's completely useless to attack the Qi army's camp under such circumstances. Odds of winning, if the loss is too great, they are all over.

...

Time passed day by day, and almost every two or three days, the Qi army would attack the city. Under the powerful firepower of the Hongyi cannon and the tiger squatting cannon, although they did not attack the city wall, it also caused serious damage to the Jurchens in Shenyang City. casualties.

...

On the tower, Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji, Jierhalang, Azig, Dorgon, and Duoduo all looked gloomy at the retreating Qi army.

"Do you want to attack?"

Huang Taiji's voice was deep and low. In the past half month, the Qi army attacked six times, and many people were killed and injured each time.

"beat!"

Mang Gurtai said coldly: "No matter what, these Qi troops can't be allowed to stay here. Now that Daishan has to support it alone, I'm afraid it won't last long."

Although Liaoyang City can still hold on now, the Ming army has no worries when they leave, and they will definitely attack the city aggressively. If Liaoyang City is broken, by then, 10,000+ Ming troops will arrive in Shenyang City, and they just want to withdraw It is difficult to go to the grassland.

"Then get ready for war!"

Hearing this, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and said, he has fought all his life, basically attacking, when has he ever defended so aggrievedly.

(End of this chapter)