Aspiration

Chapter 191 Annihilation of Azig

The team continued to advance, but after another ten cannons fired, the result was the same, and hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured.

Search forward.Azig ordered.

The speed of advancement suddenly slowed down a lot.

However, new troubles appeared soon. The search troops were quickly eaten away by Li Yan's guerrillas. They moved in small groups.Therefore, Azig's troops are now very sleepy on the march.

Such a battle cannot be fought.He has been fighting on the Azig battlefield for so many years, and he knows what kind of battles can be fought and what kind of battles cannot be fought.

However, Dorgon is not unaware of his dissatisfaction with him. Now that Beijing is in trouble, he will not be able to continue unless he desperately rescues him. Besides, Hauge and others are not only the opposite of Dorgon, but also the opposite of himself. If he had to choose between Dorgon and Hauge, he would undoubtedly have to choose Dorgon.

Therefore, he commanded the army to face the difficulties, and after the seventh day, he finally arrived outside Nanyang City.

The journey was extremely hard.After setting up the camp, Azig led his own soldiers to inspect the camp. Normally, he was satisfied with his troops, but this time he hated iron and steel. He thought, although you are elite, why don't you have elite Li Laiheng's troops?
Li Yan watched the city wall for a long time, and he also collected a lot of information. At this time, his heart was full of excitement. For many years, the talent in his heart could be put to good use this time.

He has a big field.From Shandong to Henan, three thousand miles away, he controls a battle line that traverses almost half of China.These are his defense lines for Li Yan.On this line of defense he had to deal with two armies, the two main groups of Manchuria.One Azig, one Dodo.

Of course Li Yan was excited.

He snatched his life from Li Zicheng's knife. This life, if cheap, can be as cheap as a dog. After chasing and killing prey for Li Zicheng, he ended his life with one knife.This life can also be very noble, so noble that even the highest ruling group in Manchuria respects him very much.Since Haoge broke away from Dorgon's control, the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered by Dorgon had disappeared, and now the main force of the Qing Dynasty is only Azig and Duoduo in the south.Therefore, it can be said that Li Yan has now shouldered the main burden of fighting against the Qing Dynasty.

Azig's tentative attack used [-] soldiers, and the stalemate lasted for two hours, which was normal. Li Yan's soldiers were very resilient and fought hard.Azig is still satisfied, his offensive ability is not bad, and Li Yan seems to have used his full strength.

In the second wave of attack, Azig still tried. He got 5000 people on board. This time, some people went up to the city wall and fought fiercely on the city wall.This time, Li Yan used artillery.They are all steel cannons, with some power.

The third wave of attack will be after the third day. Azig has made a detailed plan, and he will take Nanyang in one go.He thought, at least take Nanyang. Although it is difficult to open up the road to Beijing, if he does not take a city or a fortress, he will not be able to do business with Dorgon or the princes Baylor of Manchuria. cross.Therefore, this time he is going to take Nanyang City with all his might.

More than 3 elites attacked the foot of the city wall as the first echelon. The arrows, stones, and javelins on the city wall did not stop Azig's troops from approaching the city wall. They pushed the ladders and began to ascend the city.

Li Yan watched the enemy attack the city quietly with his own soldiers, he was not in a hurry, he waited for the enemy to be more and closer.

The enemy has already climbed the wall in three places.

Li Yan seemed to turn a blind eye.

Azig's banner was less than a thousand steps away from the main city, and he seemed to be going to the city to kill the enemy himself.He has ventured to the city several times on the battlefield, and personally beheaded the enemy's main general on the city wall.

The battle has become day in and day out.

Sure enough, Azig rushed towards the south gate.

Li Yan smiled slightly, "Fire!"

Immediately, the Nanyang City Wall was filled with gunpowder smoke and flames shot into the sky.Thousands of cannons fired fiercely at the outside of the city.

Over the past year or so, Li Yan organized a group of craftsmen to manufacture hundreds of cannons equivalent to the red-clothed cannons based on the principles and manufacturing methods described by Li Laiheng, and according to the technological level at that time. There is an advantage that the red cannon does not have, that is, the weight is greatly reduced, and it is wheeled, so it is much easier to transport.

Of course, formal cannons cannot be manufactured in large quantities, and the iron and steel industry is also a major constraint.However, the pine tree cannon is very simple. A skilled craftsman can make a cannon with a range of 500 meters in one day.This kind of cannon is mostly finished in one go, but it is easy to manufacture, so Nanyang City has thousands of such cannons.

After the round of artillery fire just now, before evaluating the effect, the second round of artillery fire started again.The direction of Azig has become the main target, and the most powerful cannons are all bombarded in that direction of Azig.

After three rounds of bombardment, there was no need for a fourth round.

The four city gates are wide open.

Li Yan's elite troops went out of the city to fight back.

The situation on the battlefield was one-sided, and Azig's tens of thousands of Qing soldiers were completely confused. They completely lost their fighting spirit and ability to fight in front of Li Yan's elite troops.

Li Yan rushed out from the south gate. He wanted to try his luck and kill an Azig.Azig's flag could no longer be seen among the chaos.Whether he is dead or alive, no one knows now.

Li Yan chased a Qing army that was still in formation, and chased for more than ten miles, hacking and killing all the way, the number of this troop became smaller and smaller, until finally hacked and fled, and there was no sight of Azig shadow.

When Li Yan returned to Nanyang, he asked the search troops if they had seen Azig's body, but they all said that they were not sure.

It is of course a pity that Azig's body was not found, but the victory in this battle was unprecedented.Tens of thousands of people were killed by artillery fire outside the city, nearly [-] enemies were wiped out by the pursuers, and [-] main forces of Azig were wiped out in World War I. Basically, it can be said that even if Azig survived, he was still beaten. Lie down.

(End of this chapter)