Chapter 599 Soldiers approach Zhenyuan Fort
Babul was right. After winning the battle, the Tang army went east and led by the Qing army of Zu Dashou Hong Chengchou's army, he passed through the territory of the Naiman tribe eight days later and then entered the area of the Kalaqin tribe.
After entering the Kalaqin tribe, the Tang army encountered the same situation when they passed through the Naiman tribe, that is, the army was walking all the way, without any Mongolian soldiers intercepting them.
Duan Shiqin and Liu Wenxiu had already expected such a result. They knew that it must be the whistle cavalry of the Kalaqin tribe. When they saw their huge army advancing eastward, they took their troops and troops away early in order to avoid being harmed by the Tang army.
As for whether these Mongols of the Kalaqin tribe had gone to report to the Qing court, I don’t know whether they reported the news. Of course, whether they reported it or not, Duan Shiqin and Liu Wenxiu didn’t care. After all, when they were about to attack Qingjing, a head-on battle with the Qing army was inevitable.
Ten days later, the entire army successfully passed through the Kalaqin tribe, unobstructed and arrived at the edge of the Liaohe River Hetao, which is the area of Fuxin City, Inner Mongolia in modern China. At this time, the Tang army led by Shishiqi faced two choices. One was to attack Zhenyuan Fort south at the boundary of Guangning, and the other was to travel east again, cross the Liaohe River Hetao, and directly attack Changshan Fort, which was quite close to Shenyang.
According to the plan for a period of time, it was naturally to go east and the entire army attacked Changshan Fort, so that it took this place as its foothold, and to form mutual protection with Prince Su Haoge of Shenyang, it was the best choice to support each other. However, it is said that human calculations are not as good as heaven. When the entire army arrived in the Liaohe River, the weather with light snow suddenly became very cold a few days ago. Heavy snow was flying all over the sky, and thick snow blocked the road, making it very difficult for the entire army to march. Therefore, everyone knows that there is no possibility of realization of the plan to continue crossing the Liaohe River River Fort East Expedition to Changshan Fort.
At this moment of decisive decision, Hong Chengchou immediately made a comment to Duan Shishi: "Master Duan, it is impossible to go directly to Shenyang now because he is blocking the road with heavy snow. For the current plan, the only way to survive and go south to attack Zhenyuan Fort in Guangning, capture the Qing army fort closest to our army, and live here to rectify it."
Duan Shiqin squinted his eyes, and the snowflakes covered his hair and beards, and he couldn't see his expression clearly.
Hong Chengchou continued: "Mayor Duan, the weather is so bad now, so you need to make a decision as soon as possible. Otherwise, the army will be in trouble in the vast snow, but the situation will be bad. As for what will happen in the future after taking Zhenyuan Fort, it will not be too late to make another plan. Anyway, if our army wants to act again, it will only be possible to fight the Qing army after the spring is frozen, the snow melts, and the road reappears."
After hearing Hong Chengchou's words, Duan Shiqi nodded slightly and agreed with Hong Chengchou's proposal. He coughed lightly and ordered: "Hong Zanhua said, "It is better to change than change. Since the road to the east is no longer feasible, the current solution is to face the road that has not been completely covered by heavy snow and cannot move. The entire army immediately went south and went straight to Zhenyuan Fort in Guangning, quickly captured this important Qing court town, and used it as a place to rest and recuperate. As for the future, it would be a certain plan."
As soon as he said this, the entire army followed the order and immediately changed the marching route. The entire army turned around and headed south, heading all the way to Zhenyuan Fort.
The snow was flying all over the sky, and the vast earth was silver-white, like an endless stream of snow-white silk. The Tang army, who was struggling in the heavy snow, rolled up flags and tied up horses, winding all the way south, like a long black snake with no head and tail visible.
In such heavy snowy weather, marching is a very difficult task. Fortunately, the Tang army, which set out from Xuanfu Town, did not carry large weapons such as heavy artillery, so this time marching in the snow was difficult, but it was not as difficult to move. Two days later, when the heavy snow finally blocked the road ahead and could hardly move forward, the Tang army finally saw the gray shadow of Zhenyuan Fort in the distance.
Seeing this Qing army heavy fort that appeared in front of him, the Tang army actually cheered. They walked along the way, and everyone was exhausted, as if they had seen a brand new hope, and everyone's faces were full of excitement.
As the main general, Duan Shiqin was even more happy. He took out the thousand-mile mirror and carefully looked at the quiet and silent Zhenyuan Fort in the distance. He saw that because of heavy snow in the world, all the soldiers and horses in the fort were lazy and did not send out mail cavalry to reconnaissance. Zhenyuan Fort several miles away was quiet. It could be seen that the Qing army was not prepared at all.
Duan Shiqi put down the Qianli Mile Mile and immediately began to make repeated orders: "I will send the orders of the town, and the cavalry immediately divided into two groups to attack, blocking all the way to retreat to the south of Zhenyuan Fort."
"I'm going to obey the order!"
"All gun, shield and infantry follow the orders, and immediately follow the cavalry, block three rows, and surrounded Zhenyuan Fort except the north gate for the town. No one should escape!"
"I understand below!"
"All the auxiliary soldiers obeyed the orders, brought swords, axes and tools, and went to the nearby forest to cut down wood, hurry up and make stone throwers, and prepare to throw cluster thunder and thunder!"
"I'm going to obey the order!"
"All Lumi gunmen followed the order and went to the north wall of Zhenyuan Fort with the town, lined up an array, ready to shoot and kill the guards on the top of the city to establish their authority and kill chickens and monkeys!"
"I'm going to obey the order!"
After the military orders were issued one after another, the Tang army was immediately like a completely activated machine. Everyone tried their best to start acting in the heavy snow. Looking down from the sky, all kinds of Tang troops acting quickly were like a large net spreading around, instantly putting the entire Zhenyuan Fort in a tight manner.
When the Iron Cavalry of the Tang Army was like two black arrows, when they came from both sides of Zhenyuan Fort, the slack Qing troops at the head of Zhenyuan Fort reacted. For a moment, the shrill alarm sounded in the entire city immediately.
At this time, the guard in the city, the third-class Alaezhenhanan, who had a white flag, was drinking and having fun in the official hall in the city. He smelled the continuous alarm, and his eyes suddenly opened his blood-red drunken eyes, and his face was suddenly filled with an extremely incredible shock.
No? Why did the Tang army suddenly attack? How could this be possible?!
Speaking of which, Haninga is also a veteran on the battlefield. He is now acting so disobedient, which is far beyond the expectations of his subordinates.
Haninga, the old surname of Fucha, was a man of the Manchu Inlaid White Banner. He lived in Eyi Lake for generations and was considered a well-known general in the early Qing Dynasty. His father, Altushan, led his clan to attack Saqiku City, killed his minister Kamusunikan, and surrendered more than 300 people. He was appointed as the old slave and was awarded Niu Luezhen, and began his first step in his career.
Youdao is that the father is prosperous and the son is noble, and I eat meat and the son drinks soup. The "Manzhou Records" reads, "After, the people are divided into one Niu Record to be compiled to be the only one." From the beginning, Haninga also embarked on the road of developing military achievements. After many years of fighting in the east and killing the west, he was awarded the title of Bayala Zhangjing.
In real history, Haninga really began to make a fortune after entering the pass from Long. According to the "Qing Dynasty Records", in the first year of Shunzhi, he entered the pass, attacked Li Zicheng, fought against Qingdu, and then fought Zhending, and burned his baggage. Two years later, he was awarded the third-class Jialazhangjing.
Then, Haninga chased the bandit Suide, Yan'an, and fought against the city soldiers. He chased Zicheng in the south, fought against Anlu, and got eighty boats. He joined forces with Tan Tai to go to Jiangnan, fought on the riverside, and seized the enemy's boats. He chased the enemy to Fuchikou, and the enemy occupied the Jiangan as a formation, and defeated him again. In February of the third year, he followed the prince of Shuncheng, Luke De, Hunlei, Hunguang, defeated the Ming general Wu Ruyi, and surrendered a lot. In April, he advanced to the second-class Jialazhangjing. In May, Prince Congsu Haoge attacked the rebel general He Zhen, took Hanzhong, and chased the bandits to Qin.
The state and Zhen party Wuda decided to occupy Sanzhai Mountain. The mountain was steep and could not be attacked. The army surrounded it. The general Zhou Kede and Shi Guoxi all beg for surrender. Kede sent his son's mentor to climb it from a remote place. Guoxi was the inner supporter. Haninga and Meerezhen Alaxan, and signed Bayala, Zhang Jinggadahun to break the trench and enter the trench. The thieves all threw themselves under the cliff and killed them. They advanced to attack Zhang Xianzhong, and went to Kuizhou, Maozhou, Zizhou, and Zunyi. In the fifth year, the army returned and advanced to the first-class Adahaha.
At this point, Haninga reached the peak of his life experience. Later, this person died of illness and died of wealth and good deeds.
In this era when Li Xiao traveled through time, after Dorgon became the regent, in order to further win over his generals and subordinates, Haninga was further promoted like other generals, and promoted from Bayala to Zhangjing to third-class Jialazhangjing, which was three years earlier than history.
After Haninga was promoted, he was more grateful to Dorgon and became more responsible for the guarding of Zhenyuan Fort. Just as the Tang army was attacking a large-scale area in central and southern Liaoning, Haninga, who was guarding Zhenyuan Fort in Guangning, was also stepping up preparations. One thousand soldiers and horses in the city patrolled day and night to prepare for the Tang army to attack, but he was very busy for a while.
It was not until not long ago that due to heavy snowfall in the sky, and the Tang army stopped the movement after capturing Haicheng, Haninga breathed a sigh of relief, and the entire castle's garrisoning work suddenly relaxed. Every guard in the fort believed that under the current situation, this Zhenyuan Fort, which was far away on the border of Guangning, would have no worries about everything, at least when it was freezing in spring, there would be no risk of foreign enemies invasion.
However, I didn't expect that in such heavy snow, there was never any news of the Tang army attacking. These Tang army, like the Tang army emerging from a different space, brought psychological shock and pressure to the entire fortress guards in Zhenyuan Fort, can be imagined.
General Haning, a veteran who has been through the battlefield, quickly came back from his shock. He quickly put on his armor and brought a sharp long-handled knife. He hurriedly climbed to the top of Zhenyuan Fort to check, surrounded by his personal soldiers.
He first climbed to the south gate of Zhenyuan Fort, and as soon as he stood still, he was quickly shocked by the scene in front of him.
He saw that in the heavy snow, the Tang army cavalry passing by both sides of Zhenyuan Fort, with thick armor and flags rolled up like two sharp arrows, quickly bypassing the east and west sides of Zhenyuan Fort, and rushed to the south gate of Zhenyuan Fort, firmly blocking the only retreat of the army in the fort.
After these Tang cavalry, a large number of Tang army guns, shields and infantry wearing armor and armoured with exquisite weapons were also arranged in an orderly team and drove over in a strict and solemn manner. Thousands of Tang army guns, shields and infantry were all arranged outside the south gate, forming a moon-shaped C-shaped shape. In Hanninga's view, this formation was similar to an open fishing net. He subconsciously thought sadly that perhaps, this large net opened by the Tang army should have wanted to capture himself and the entire fortress.
Could it be that Tang Jun planned to siege his Zhenyuan Fort to death?
Haninga calmed down and then shook her head at her own opinion.
However, now the salary and food in Zhenyuan Fort are still sufficient, and the full support of all the troops guarding for nearly two years is impossible to trap themselves to death. What's more, in the snowy weather, the Tang army cannot be maintained outside for a long time, but I don't know what they are fighting?
"My Lord, look, the Tang army is gathering a large number of musketeers outside the north wall."
The personal soldiers under his command interrupted Haninga, who was in a state of myth in a frightened tone. He followed the gesture of the personal soldiers to look north. Sure enough, he could vaguely see that there was a long row of Tang army musketeers in the distance, with nearly two thousand people, and were lined up in neat steps, stepping towards the city wall north of Zhenyuan Fort.
Behind these musketeers were shiny armor, and everyone was holding sharp knights and rifles. In the middle, there seemed to be a Tang army general wearing luxurious armor and a bright red cloak as blood, and they rode slowly on their horses.
Hanning A thoughtfully thought, it seemed that this Tang army general should be the chief general of the Tang army, but he didn't know what the next plan was, and how he would deal with it next.
Seeing the Tang army in the south, he had no idea to attack Zhenyuan Fort yet. Haning didn't think too much, so he immediately took his subordinates' guards and rushed from the south wall to the north wall.
He was walking fast while walking with anxiety, and saw the Tang army musketeers getting closer and closer, lined up along the already frozen moat. Then, in such a heavy snowy weather, he held an improved version of the Lumi gun with a black and shiny body, lit the fuse, loaded the bullet barrel, and began to prepare for shooting.
"Huh? Are these Tang soldiers stupid? How can they fire their muskets in such heavy snowy weather? It's amazing." Seeing that the Tang army was about to start firing guns, the guard next to Haninga couldn't help but ask.
When Hanning's heart suddenly tightened when he heard his question. He had already subconsciously thought about what Tang Jun wanted to do next.
That is, these Tang army musketeers planned to shoot and kill the Qing army guards who were standing on the north wall regardless of the losses, risking the inability to fire or even explode the musketeers!
The Tang army must use this method to give Haninga and all the defenders a solid demonstration.
While Haninga was thinking quickly, a series of shouts came from the north wall.
"Prepare, let it go!"
Chapter completed!