However, waiting left, waiting right, Ye Bushou, who was on duty to lurk, changed several times, but the Tatars from Anshan Posthouse did not send troops to make a sneak attack.
In fact, not to mention the soldiers who made the sneak attack, even the Jianlu who reinforced Haizhou were nowhere to be seen.
Although his generals were still confidently waiting for Jianlu to send troops, Emperor Chongzhen felt something was wrong. Logically speaking, in the past few days, almost Hauge's cavalry should have arrived at Anshan Inn, but why has Yue Tuo never sent troops?
Neither Hao Ge nor Yue Tuo had eavesdropping seeds; their subordinates also happened to have no Jianlu who carried eavesdropping seeds. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen could only rely on himself to judge.
Facing the map, he began to carefully examine his previous thoughts to judge the movements of Yue Tuo's troops.
This Anshan Posthouse has a very important geographical location. It borders Liaoyang and leads to Haicheng. It is about 60 miles away from Liaoyang, an important town in Liaodong, to the northeast and Linming Haicheng to the southeast. The location is moderate, straddling the throat of East and West Anshan. It was the gateway from Liaodong Dusi to southern Liaoning and western Liaoning in the Ming Dynasty, guarding the key point of the ancient road in southern Liaoning.
If Yue Tuo's troops did not send out cavalry troops from Anshan Posthouse for a sneak attack, they would have to take a long detour. Judging from the news Duduo sent before, at least it was impossible to send troops to take the initiative to attack in advance. This can also be proven from Dorgon's side, and there is no relevant news.
If you receive the news sent by Duduo and send troops from Anshan Posthouse to worry about being discovered by your side, is it worth taking a long detour? Ye Bushou on his side has also spread far away, and it is unknown whether the sneak attack will be successful.
In addition, there is something strange. Emperor Chongzhen frowned and continued thinking while looking at the map. Why didn't Yue Tuo's troops send troops to reinforce Haizhou? Aren't they afraid that Haizhou would be defeated by themselves?
When he thought of this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly woke up like an enlightenment. In order to attract Jianlu, I kept coming to Haizhou, so I actually surrounded Haizhou but didn't attack it. It was just for fun at most.
Obviously, they did not put enough pressure on Jianlu, so they remained indifferent. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have sent troops to rescue Haizhou!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt that he had relied too much on the eavesdropping seeds before, and all his thoughts were based on the information heard by the eavesdropping seeds. Duduo suggested that Yue Tuo should send troops to sneak attack Yaozhou Post, and he would not do anything else, but just wanted to eat the Jianlu troops who attacked Yaozhou Post.
Doing this, now that I think about it, is actually sacrificing the basics for the sake of the bottom!
The purpose of his personal expedition was to drive the Jianlu to consume the stored grain and grass. The more land the better, and finally, Kong Youde gave the Jianlu a fatal blow, destroying the food that the Jianlu had pinned on them and saving them. Go to the people of Ming Dynasty. Then the purpose of this personal expedition has been achieved!
All of your thoughts and actions must be centered around this goal, rather than thinking about how many Jianlu are eliminated. As long as his goal is achieved, it is estimated that more than three thousand captives will starve to death just from hunger.
After understanding this, Emperor Chongzhen felt particularly comfortable. He reexamined what strategy he should adopt and immediately had an idea.
At the same time, in Haizhou City, Duduo was actually just like Emperor Chongzhen, wondering and anxious at the same time!
The messenger has been back for several days, but there has been no movement at all, not to mention that more troops have been rushed to assist Haizhou.
Damn it, it’s only about sixty miles from Anshan Inn to Haizhou. Even if you climb, you should have climbed to Haizhou by now! Duduo thought angrily, and sent another messenger to urge him.
Now there are more than 10,000 troops in Haizhou City, but facing the outside of the city, there are about 50,000 Ming troops. What's more critical is that there is not much food and grass in the city due to the consumption of Yaozhouyi war. Speaking of which, I have to "thank you" to the Ming army for taking away most of the infantry that was brought to Yaozhouyi. Otherwise, with so many mouths, Haizhou City would be full of dirt.
Duduo told the messenger: "Damn it, if you don't come here, the Ming army won't have to fight, and I will starve to death!"
Fortunately, the Ming army did not attack the city very much! With this in mind, he wiped away the sweat from his forehead and not only sent people to Anshan Yibao to urge him, but even sent people directly to Shengjing to urge Dorgon. That would definitely be useful.
At this moment, I saw some personal guards rushing in. They knelt down and reported in panic: "The master is in trouble. The Ming army has come out of the camp in a large scale. It seems that they are going to launch a large-scale attack!"
"What?" Duduo was shocked when he heard this. He was simply afraid of what would happen. Just now he was lucky that the Ming army did not attack the city. How come in the blink of an eye, the Ming army was about to attack the city in a large scale?
He did not dare to neglect and immediately rushed to the top of the city to watch the formation.
Sure enough, to the east, south and west of Haizhou City, the Ming army had come out of the camp, and artillery pieces had been deployed in front of the formation. The artillerymen were busy making final preparations.
In front of the artillery positions, there were groups of musketeers, archers and pikemen, forming layered defenses to prevent the Qing Dynasty from attacking the Ming army's artillery positions.
Duduo looked worried. He looked up and looked back, and found that there were counterweighted catapults behind the artillery position.
When he saw this, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Although the Ming army's artillery was powerful, it could only attack in a straight line. No matter what, it was not easy to seal the city gate with soil and destroy the strong Haizhou city wall with the bombardment of the artillery.
However, the attack of the catapult is parabolic. It can attack directly on the top of the city, and can also attack over the city wall and into the city. The most important thing is that Duduo knew that the Ming army had a weapon called "Ten Thousand Enemies", which could be used to throw catapults into the city to attack, which could effectively disperse the enemies in front of them and easily occupy this section of the city wall.
After seeing the movements of the Ming army outside the city, Duduo definitely did not dare to send troops out of the city to counterattack. Not only were there not as many soldiers as the Ming army outside the city, but the other reason was that except for the north gate, the other gates were all blocked by mud. Otherwise, the city gate would be directly opened under the heavy artillery bombardment of the Ming army.
However, it was not without a way to deal with it. Duduo immediately issued a military order. While sending a messenger to report to Anshan Posthouse urgently, he also urgently ordered the archers hiding under the city wall to immediately prepare wet cloths to cover their mouths and noses, and put the soaked Put cotton quilts and other things aside for later use.
If the "enemy of ten thousand people" is thrown into the city, they can be covered with soaked cotton quilts, and the soldiers cover their mouths and noses with wet cloths. Damage reduced to a minimum. In this way, the archers would not have to flee near the city wall, and if the Ming army attacked, they would be able to fight back immediately.
"Boom boom boom..."
While the prisoners inside the city were busy preparing, the artillery of the Ming army outside the city began to roar.
"Pa bang bang..."
The flying iron bullets hit the Haizhou city wall one by one, at the battlements, or over the city wall and landed in the city, making a very loud sound. At the same time, earth and rocks flew randomly.
There are actually artillery on top of Haizhou City, but in terms of range and power, they can't compare with the Ming army's Hongyi cannon. Yes, actually means no.
As soon as the cannons outside the city were fired, there was no way anyone could stand on top of the city. Except for the observation post, all the Jianlu troops withdrew from the city wall and hid on one side of the city wall.
Duduo did not dare to stand on the top of the city. Instead, he stayed close to the city wall, out of reach of iron bullets, and watched the movement of the observation post on the top of the city. While the war was going on, he forgot about his sorrow.
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of cannons continued to sound. Jianlu had known about the Ming army's failure since the Battle of Gaizhou. This level of bombardment is expected to last for a long time.
At this time, Duduo saw movement at the observation post and sent out a signal.
Immediately, he knew that the catapults of the Ming Dynasty were approaching the city wall, and with the help of artillery cover, they were also preparing to attack the city.
Therefore, Duduo immediately ordered to prepare soaked cotton quilts to cover the "ten thousand enemies" thrown in as soon as possible.
After waiting for a while, Duduo saw a stone flying from outside the city, crossing the city wall and flying far away.
He naturally knew that this was a test firing of the Ming army's catapult. After adjusting the weight ratio, the accuracy of the catapult would be greatly improved, and then it would be time for the catapult to start its real attack.
Sure enough, after several more test firings, the catapult stopped making any movement. However, the observation post on the top of the city sent out a signal indicating that the army's catapults were about to begin attacking.
"Damn it, you're just bullying me. The artillery of the Qing Dynasty is not strong. If you have the ability, let's compete with cavalry and archery!" Seeing this, Duduo cursed angrily. If Emperor Chongzhen were in front of him, he would probably eat up Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts alive. Everyone will say: This is really bullying!
Fortunately, there were no countermeasures. After the "ten thousand enemies" of the Ming army surrendered, the infantry attacked the city. At that time, it was time for the Qing archers to surprise them.
Duduo was thinking about it when the sound of artillery fire from the Ming army outside the city suddenly stopped, and then he saw big things crossing the city and falling into the city, or simply falling on the city.
"Bang bang... bang bang..." The sound of porcelain hitting the ground and breaking sounded continuously.
Jianlu, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately grabbed a soaked cotton quilt or something and rushed towards the porcelain that had fallen to the ground.
But when they rushed closer, they realized something was wrong.
The "Ten Thousand Enemies" is fixed in a wooden frame, which basically ensures that it will not break when it hits the ground. But none of these in front of them had wooden frames. After they fell into the city one by one, they were all broken, and the contents inside were spilled all over the floor.
It was too late, but it was so fast. In just a short moment, countless porcelain bottles were broken into pieces in the city, and a smell spread.
"No, it's fierce fire oil!" You Jianlu finally woke up and shouted wildly while retreating.
Some of the other prisoners woke up on their own, while others heard the shouts and were immediately frightened and fled one after another.
However, at this moment, something else was thrown in from outside the city. While still in the air, I saw fireworks and smoke. Yes, the authentic "enemy of ten thousand people" had arrived.
As soon as the "Ten Thousand Enemies" landed, it bounced a few times before spinning rapidly on the ground, spitting out flames and smoke. In just a blink of an eye, all the fire oil was ignited. Suddenly, flames soaring into the sky started burning on the southeast, west and east sides of Haizhou City. Of course, not all the three sides of the city were burned, but the section of the city wall that was the focus of the Ming army's attack and the inner part of the city were burned.
It is useless to soak the cotton quilt with strong fire oil, especially because the strong fire oil soaks many places. When it burns, it will be a sea of fire. The soaked cotton quilt is used to fuel the fire.
Jianlu, who was quick to see the opportunity, escaped before the fire reached him; however, there were still many unlucky Jianlu, who became living beings one by one, crying for their fathers and mothers, but the sound lasted for a while and then disappeared. . Many places in Haizhou City were suddenly filled with the aroma of meat. Many Jianlu had uncontrollable stomachs and made a "gurgling" sound.
Duduo was stunned for a while when he saw this scene. After he came to his senses, he immediately shouted to evacuate and evacuated into the city. Looking at the burning section of the city wall, Duduo gave a vicious order, preparing to organize a counterattack and retake the city wall after the fire subsided. In addition, if you can't get it back, prepare for street fighting.
"I don't believe it anymore. Who are we, the Qing warriors, afraid of in a close fight?" He stared at the top of the city and said a harsh word. Naturally, he would not forget it. He sent an urgent messenger again to rush for reinforcements. No, Haizhou is really likely to fall.
By the time his envoy was dispatched, the previous envoy had already arrived at Anshan Inn. After all, it was only sixty miles away. If the cavalry ran at full speed, it would only take about an hour.
At this time, Yue Tuo was already here at Anshan Inn. At this time, he just welcomed Hauge into Anshan Inn.
"When will your infantry arrive?" Yue Tuo asked as soon as they met.
Hauge came first with the cavalry, and the infantry was still behind with food and supplies.
Hearing Yue Tuo's question, Hauge did not ask or answer anything, but asked: "What are you doing? Do you want my food and grass?"
At this point, he didn't wait for Yue Tuo to answer, but asked: "I would like to ask you, after coming from Liaoyang, you should have already arrived in Haizhou, right? Why are you still in Anshan Inn?"
As the saying goes, rescuing troops is like putting out fire. Logically speaking, we should rush to Haizhou for rescue.
However, Yue Tuo did not do this. The real reason is that he is afraid!
In the previous battle of Pyongyang, he had actually seen how powerful the Ming army was. If the Korean soldiers hadn't held back the Ming army, he would have lost that battle.
On Jianlu's side, the Ming army that ranked first in combat power was not Guan Ning's army, but the Emperor's Yulin Army, followed by Dongjiang Army. That time, he faced the Dongjiang Army led by Lu Xiangsheng.
Yue Tuo thought, although he led many more troops and horses this time than last time. However, the Ming army was also more numerous and stronger. The leader of the battle was the famous Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If he went to the rescue alone, he might be surrounded and called for help.
Therefore, not only did Duduo send people to ask him to divide his troops to attack Yaozhou Station, but he refused to do it. He even did not go to the rescue. He had to wait until there were more troops and horses before making any move. Anyway, Haizhou would not be able to do it for a while. has a problem!
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