Nurhaci and Anfeiyanggu never thought that such an accident would happen at this time. The cavalry raid and the musket sniper attack made the Jianzhou Army, which was fully focused on attacking the city, dizzy.
Although they still had the upper hand in terms of military strength, the keen Nurhaci and Anfeyangu realized that the wind direction had changed.
Even if it is not clear how many people the incoming Zhou army has, we can know from the number of cavalry in the attack that the number of this army will not be less than 8,000.
Because according to the size of the Zhou Dynasty, the number of cavalry is generally less than 20%. Even if there is a slight increase in the number of surprise attacks, based on this ratio, the number of infantry units, including fire musketeers, will not be less than six or seven thousand. People, that is to say, this is an army of about ten thousand people.
Moreover, its combat effectiveness is not bad. The cavalry charges, the guns set up ambushes and snipers. The general's intentions are clear, his execution is resolute, and he fights beautifully.
If we calculate the combat power competition between the two sides, both Nurhaci and Anfeyangu can calculate that although their own strength still has an advantage, the advantage is not too great.
After this day and night of fierce fighting, the total number of losses, whether it was the Han Army Banner or the Eight Banners of Jianzhou, exceeded 8,000, which meant that the original strength of 30,000 troops was now only a little over 20,000.
Now there are nearly 10,000 reinforcements from the other side, and the Liaodong Army in the city is estimated to have combat effectiveness of five to six thousand. Especially after this wave of accidents, the morale of the soldiers in the city can be quickly boosted, unlike before. Same.
In other words, the current numerical ratio of the Jianzhou Army to the Great Zhou Army is three to two. Even if the combat effectiveness is stronger, the combat strength competition is only two to one, but the key is that the Liaodong Army in the Acropolis is still By defending the city, they can attack at any time. This mutual support can even offset the combat effectiveness advantage of the Jianzhou Army.
Looking at the somewhat chaotic battlefield situation, Nurhachi waved his hand decisively: "After the Xianghuang Banner and Zhengbai Banner are broken up, we evacuate westward and stabilize our position first."
"Profuse sweat, but it's about to..." Seeing that the city is about to be breached, especially at the last moment, it can be seen with the naked eye that the morale of the defenders in the city has dropped to the lowest point. Maybe another round of charge can defeat the enemy's breach of the city. Paying hard The feeling of falling short after paying such a heavy price was really hard for Anfeyangu to accept, even though he knew that the Great Khan's decision was correct.
"We failed when we didn't expect that the Zhou army was actually ambushing such a reinforcement force, especially since we still don't know where this reinforcement force of nearly 10,000 people came from. It was a flower bag rushing over. What about the support army? Are Daishan and the others dead?" Nurhachi tried his best to control his emotions, and he, who had always been calm, was a little bit off guard. "This hand was used well. We underestimated the enemy. It seems that this Feng Keng is more powerful than his father."
Amfeyangu painfully watched the chaotic situation on the battlefield. The charging yellow flag was repulsed, and he tried to counterattack, but the opponent held firm, firing muskets, bows and arrows alternately. The battle was fierce, but it was difficult to defeat him in one fell swoop. On the other side, adding Zhengbai Banner and Zhenghong Banner may not be possible. The question is, will the Liaodong Army in the city sit back and watch?
After hesitating for a while, Anfeiyanggu immediately issued the order. If it continues, the losses will only increase. The future is long, and the confrontation with Dazhou will never end with just one battle. Anfeiyanggu gritted his teeth. He clenched his fists and swore secretly that he would figure out where this support force flew from.
As the Jianzhou Army retreated slowly and formed formations alternately, Mao Wenlong also knew that he could not completely defeat the Jianzhou Army with just a few thousand men, and he also felt that the losses of the Juniper Division in the Tieling Acropolis might be greater than imagined. bigger.
Seeing that although they can still hold on to the gap at the east gate, they are no longer able to take this opportunity to attack and cover up the enemy, you can understand that they have lost their fighting spirit and combat effectiveness.
What he has to do now is to form formations, stabilize the defense line, and at the same time notify Zhao Lijiao and You Shilu as soon as possible, so that the southern army can move north as soon as possible. Once the Jianzhou Army is relieved, these thousands of people of his will probably change again. Cheng, like Junipe, failed to save people but was surrounded.
If you can look down from the air at this time, you can see dots of firelight on the entire ground, dividing the entire land into extremely scattered pieces.
The Jianzhou Army has begun to move south
By withdrawing to the west, the entire army had actually given up the attack on the east gate, retreated south, bypassed the Acropolis, and began to regroup south of the Acropolis.
The Juniper tribe in the city was still able to defend the city, and the eastern gate gap still maintained a final elite defense of thousands of people to prevent the Jianzhou Army from counterattacking.
Mao Wenlong's troops have already retreated three miles to the east, and have set up a formation that is both offensive and defensive. They can advance steadily and form formations to counterattack when retreating.
It can be said that both sides have lost the intention to completely defeat the other side, and can only rely on the current situation to consider the next step to safely end this battle.
Despite their reluctance, Nurhachi and Anfeyangu, after assessing the battlefield situation, still felt that the situation was not conducive to Jianzhou's side to continue fighting.
Especially after learning that although E Yidu and Fei Yingdong were able to hold the line of Panhe, Daishan failed to hold Huabaochong in the east and was forced to evacuate northwest and join Fei Yingdong, which meant besieging Daishan. The thousands of Shanbu's troops, said to be from the Beijing camp, have been freed up and can continue to march north to threaten the Jianzhou Army under the Tieling Guard City.
The battle was fierce for several months in the early stage, but when it came time to decide the outcome, in just a few days, the entire battlefield began to unfold. The outcome actually occurred when Mao Wenlong's tribe arrived at Tieling Acropolis and Juniper's tribe had not yet been annihilated. It’s decided.
Having lost the opportunity to annihilate the Dusong Division, it is not worthwhile for the Jianzhou Army to fight on this front against the Zhou Dynasty, which already has a certain advantage in military strength. The Dazhou Army can lose 30,000 to 50,000 people, but the Jianzhou Army Is the state okay? no.
Instead of continuing to fight, it is better to steadily retreat to the north, swallow up Anle Prefecture safely, and digest the tens of thousands of Han people who occupy this area. This is the most cost-effective and important thing.
Moreover, now that the entire northern defense line of the Great Zhou Dynasty has completely collapsed, along the Xiaoqing River, you can freely go from Guangshun Pass in the east to Qinghe Pass in the west. This sacred land has completely fallen into our own hands, and you only need to feel safe The heart sank and melted into one.
Tieling Acropolis, which was originally a transfer station between Anlezhou (Liaohaiwei) and Shenyang Zhongwei, suddenly became the first line of defense for Dazhou when facing Jianzhou, and there was no border wall to cover it. Are they planning to build a new border wall along the Puhe Suo line, are they planning to build the Tieling Acropolis into a new defense fortress, or are they planning to abandon the Tieling Acropolis completely and rely directly on the Shenyang Acropolis for resistance?
On January 29, the twelfth year of Yonglong, the armies of Zhao Lijiao and You Shilu finally crossed the Fanhe River. This marked that the Jurchens in Jianzhou finally gave up this line of defense and gave up their ambition to compete for the Tieling Acropolis.
At the same time, Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong's tribe fought fiercely with the Hu'erhan tribe again near Zengchi Fort. Both sides failed to achieve substantial victory, but Hu'erhan took the initiative to retreat and retreated to Qinghe Pass.
On the second day of February, Zhao led Jiao, You Shilu, Mao Wenlong, and Du Song to join forces at the foot of Tieling Guard City. At this time, the Jianzhou Army had retreated to the Qingheguan-Zhonggu City-Songshanbao line, and the Zhou Army There was no intention to continue advancing northward, which also marked the official end of the Liaodong Campaign.
This is also called the First Liaodong Campaign.
Seven days after Mao Wenlong defeated the enemy at Tieling Acropolis, the capital city received the frontline battle report. This news made the entire cabinet and the Ministry of War breathe a huge sigh of relief.
It is true that Jianzhou Jurchen brought too much pressure to Liaodong, especially if they really wanted to annihilate more than 10,000 people from the Juniper Division in Tieling Acropolis, it would have a great impact on the entire Liaodong and even Jiliao war situation. .
This is not only the loss of more than 10,000 people, but also the fact that the Jianzhou Jurchens showed that they can design the battle situation as they wish and achieve their strategic goals according to the plan without any hindrance.
This time there were more than 10,000 people plus the Tieling Acropolis. Next time, will it be the Shenyang Central Guards with 20,000 to 30,000 people?
Therefore, winning this battle, or defeating the intention of the Jianzhou Army, was of indescribable significance. When Feng Ziying went out to fight, the court had the intention of letting Sun Chengzong take over if Feng Ziying failed in the first battle.
This would at least give the court a buffer. After all, Feng Ziying was young. Even if she made a mistake, she would still have excuses. At worst, she could be temporarily removed from her post and assigned to other idle positions to avoid the limelight for the time being, and then resume her work in the future.
But if Sun Chengzong pushed him directly and was defeated,
That would have a huge impact on the mentality of the Chinese people, and even negotiations with Nanjing would be greatly affected.
Fortunately, Feng Ziying lived up to expectations and finally won the battle.
Subsequent battle reports came back one after another. In the battle of Yilu, the Great Zhou Army and the Jianzhou Army fought fiercely for seven days. Both sides lost more than 10,000 people. The Battle of Panhe turned into a cruel war of attrition. The Great Zhou Army fought The Jianzhou Army suffered losses of more than 8,000 people, and the Jianzhou Jurchen side also suffered losses of more than 5,000 people. Under the Tieling Acropolis, the Jianzhou Army lost more than 7,000 people, but Jun Song's Liaodong Army lost 12,000 people.
But if the losses suffered from the initial defeat at Liaohaiwei were added, Da Zhou would have added another 20,000 losses.
It can be said that after this battle, the Zhou army lost first and then won, gaining momentum, while the Jianzhou Jurchens won first and then lost. It is difficult to evaluate the gains and losses.
For the imperial court, such a result was already very satisfactory. The Tieling Acropolis was saved, which was an unexpected surprise.
You must know that the bottom line set at that time was that the Juniper Division could not be completely wiped out, especially that Juniper could not be killed or captured. Now not only has the Juniper Division retained more than 6,000 people, but even the Tieling Acropolis has been preserved. .
As for Anle Prefecture, and even the area north of Qingheguan-Zhonggu City-Songshanbao line disappeared from the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no one cared about it. How many people in the Great Zhou Dynasty knew about this remote place? What about the towns in the north?
