When Yuan Chonghuan stepped onto the Liguan Town Pier, the sky was already twilight. The moonlight had dimmed, and the morning star hung in the sky. The sky was glowing with cyan light. Using the skylight, Yuan Chonghuan picked up his telescope and looked carefully at the Tatar soldiers on the opposite side.

According to the detailed reports, the Tatar soldiers also had explosive ammunition. This made Yuan Chonghuan very afraid. But from Wu Sangui's mouth, he heard something else.

"These Tatar soldiers are not very powerful. I killed at least hundreds of them in one charge. I also killed hundreds of cavalry. It seems that their Han Eight Banners are not very powerful."

"Shut up! If this were the case, Li Guanzhen would not be like this. Commander, I think these Jiangnan soldiers are at the end of their strength." Wu Xiang gave a sharp shout, and Wu Sangui immediately shut up and said nothing.

Although Yuan Chonghuan is the commander of the Second Division and Zu Dashou is the commander of the Second Cavalry Division, in Jinzhou, it is Yuan Chonghuan who has the final say. In terms of status, Yuan Chonghuan is also obviously higher than Zu Dashou.

"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. If Sangui dares to fight, this time he will be the first to win. Send someone to contact Shi Junmen in the city and tell him that we are here to help him." Yuan Chonghuan looked at Liguan Town and decided to go into the town to take a look.

Let’s see what happened to Shi Kefa. Legend has it that this Nanjing Forbidden Army seems to be very capable of fighting.

Shi Kefa was finally released by the guards. Although everyone was threatened with twenty military sticks, they all looked relaxed. They surrounded Shi Kefa to greet the new Liaodong Commander-in-Chief Yuan Chonghuan!

Entering Liguan Town, Yuan Chonghuan was shocked by the scene in front of him.

Almost 80% of the buildings in the city were turned into rubble, and everything that could be burned was turned into coke. Only some intact buildings were preserved on the north and west sides.

There were corpses everywhere on the street, some of them burned to a terrifying black color. There were even broken limbs and broken arms. Fortunately, it was already late autumn and the weather had cooled down, otherwise the corpses would have stunk.

"They were all shot by artillery. The Tatar artillery was very fierce. If it weren't for the solid wall of this stone, I'm afraid what the commander-in-chief would have seen now was Yuan's body." Shi Kefa's face was so smoked by the cannonballs that he looked like a kid.

The clothes on his body were also dirty and messy. When he opened his mouth, the strong bad breath almost made Yuan Chonghuan fall over.

When Shi Kefa was in Jinzhou, Yuan Chonghuan had some friendship with him. To make a scholar who pays attention to appearance look like this shows that he worked really hard to guard Li Guan here.

"How are the casualties?" Yuan Chonghuan asked, looking at the soldiers who were as alert as mice. It seems that Li Xiao said that the Nanjing Forbidden Army was a bit interesting, and he was not lying.

"The casualties are almost 70%, and the civilian casualties are almost more than a thousand. Last night, Mr. Shi had already thought about martyrdom for his country." Shi Kefa said in a sad tone. The Nanjing Forbidden Army was established by him, and it was completely modeled after the firearms army of the Liao Army.

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I originally wanted to go to Liaodong for some training, but I didn’t expect that I would be disabled in this battle. I said it was a casualty, but Shi Kefa actually knew better than anyone else. In these days of medical conditions, injury is basically equivalent to death. The tragic scene in the wounded barracks,

He didn't even dare to remember it.

"Sorry for your pain!" Yuan Chonghuan patted Shi Kefa on the shoulder.

I remember Li Xiao once said that if the casualties of an army exceed 30%, it is called a heavy casualty. If the casualties exceed 50%, it will lose its combat effectiveness. The Nanjing Forbidden Army led by Shi Kefa unexpectedly suffered 70% casualties and the officers and soldiers did not disperse. This is Shi Kefa's

There are still two shortcomings in running an army.

After walking onto the city wall, Yuan Chonghuan was even more shocked.

The brick wall covered with yellow granite was almost blown away, revealing the bare stone city wall inside. The crenellations on the city wall are as rare as the teeth in an old lady's mouth.

The bodies of many dead soldiers were not transported, and most of them were shot in the head. Those deaths were miserable. At first, I didn’t understand why Li Xiao wanted to get an iron hat. Now it seems that the critical moment is really

Can save life.

A dark soldier stood up and saluted Shi Kefa and Yuan Chonghuan. The guy's clothes had turned into strips, and his face was covered with black ash. There was a wound on his cheek, as if another mouth had opened. Through

You can see the teeth inside the wound. The skin and flesh are curled up in many places on his body, and half of his hair was burned by the fire. If this guy's image was placed in a temple, he would look like a real little devil.

"A warrior!" Yuan Chonghuan patted the soldier on the shoulder. He was able to endure so many injuries and still hold on to his position without retreating. It was a good look at first glance.

"General, show me your love!" He was obviously a soldier, but he was treated like a scholar.

"Are you a scholar?" Yuan Chonghuan was a little surprised. It was rare these days for scholars to be willing to serve as soldiers.

"This is a dog that makes General Yuan laugh." Shi Kefa smiled and cupped his hands.

"Is this Mr. Ling?" Yuan Chonghuan's eyes widened. Shi Kefa was too cruel. His biological son was sent to the city wall like this? Looking at the corpses on the ground, this kid is still alive. It is definitely the result of God's care.

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"Okay! Okay! A tiger father has no son! Mr. Shi, Yuan admires me." Putting his own son at the forefront is not enough without being admired.

Shi Kefa and Yuan Chonghuan went elsewhere, and Li Dingguo rushed over all of a sudden. "The marshal is your father?" Li Dingguo stared directly at Shi Dewei's face, trying to find direct evidence from Shi Dewei's face. However, Shi Dewei was so respectful.

Rong, he really doesn't look like a young master from an official family.

"What a commander! Your father is such a big official, how do you become a commander?" The kid Huozhu obviously calmed down and actually knew how to ask questions. He didn't know that during the shelling just now, he was scratching his head with his hands and feet.

Who is.

Everyone is happy inside Liguan Town, but there are clouds of sadness outside Liguan Town.

"Old Fourteen, let's go back. Li Xiao's soldiers have arrived, and we can't beat them." After receiving a mortar attack last night, Azig wanted to retreat immediately. But Dorgon thought he should take another look.

Look, I think there are not many Liao soldiers who landed, and with his strength, he should be able to fight. If reinforcements had not arrived last night, he would have been standing in Liguan Town now.

Duduo is silent and is the youngest among the three brothers. He has become accustomed to hiding behind his two older brothers!

"You have heard what I said to Ama when I came out. How can I have the dignity to go back at this time? Besides, so many people have died, and if I go back without any results, I won't make people laugh to death." Dorgon was full of youthful energy, and now he

He was not worried about winning the battle or not, but he was worried about how he would face the Baylors when he returned to Shenyang. After all, he relied on his father Nurhachi's order to force the Han Eight Banners together.

Now that I have lost my troops and gone back, how can I explain to you Baile?

"Old Fourteen, are you still thinking about these things at this time? Just look at it. Now Li Xiao's soldiers are in Liguan Town, and we can't get in at all. Besides, the soldiers who died were just some Han people. What's the matter?

It's amazing. There are only a few thousand people. We brothers can gather together some of the flag slaves and return them to them. It's no big deal!" Azig doesn't want to stay here for a second now.

There are not many people getting off the boat now. What Azig fears most is that Li Xiao will land behind them. You know, they are now on the south bank of the Liaohe River. If the back road is cut off, it will be quite dangerous. If you want to cross the Liaohe River, there is no way.

So easy.

"This is not a matter of the flag slaves...! Jierhalang, tell me whether we should continue the attack." Dorgon lost his temper, but after all, Azig was the brother of his compatriot, and he also

It’s hard to say anything. Fortunately, Jierhalang and him have always had a good relationship. Dorgon, who had no choice but to find a son, could only turn to this cousin for help.

Jilharang is one big brother and two big brothers, so he can't afford to offend any of the three brothers.

The Fujin Unalana clan of Huangtaiji saw that Azig refused to get off the sedan chair, so he was ordered to divorce by Nurhachi. Dorgon and Duduo were the two closest friends to Nurhachi. They held it in his hand to avoid freezing.

Hold it in your mouth for fear of melting.

Both are descendants of the Sixth Patriarch, and Shuerhaqi can only envy him. Whoever makes him the son of Shuerhaqi, Shuerhaqi is their original sin.

"This...! This matter...! The Great Khan sent me here to fight, and I just obey your orders." Jilharang immediately acted cunning and refused to take up Dorgon's issue.

"Slippery!" Duduo muttered. Jierhalang heard it and pretended not to hear it.

"Okay! Old Fourteen, you fight again. If we can't win this time, we will withdraw our troops. There is nothing to discuss. If you don't withdraw our troops, I will take Duduo back to Shenyang, and you will stay with these Han people.

Let’s continue playing here.” Azig lost his patience and directly gave Dorgon an ultimatum.

"Okay!" In fact, in Dorgon's heart, he didn't know whether he could defeat the Liao army in Liguan Town. When he was confident that he would cross the Liao River and go south, he simply inquired about it. The garrison here was not

The Liao army, now that the Liao army has arrived, he no longer has the confidence he had at the beginning.

As the sun rose high, Dorgon organized his troops. After all, they were defeated and killed last night, and the morale of the Han army had dropped to the extreme.

Fan Wencheng is still very capable, and I don’t know what method he used. He just yelled in front of the soldiers of the Han Army for a while, and the soldiers of the Han Army were full of fighting spirit. Generals who are good at fighting always know how to inspire the soldiers.

Fighting spirit.

The artillery bombardment started again, with the same momentum as before. It was still as inaccurate as ever. After all, it is not easy to hit accurately at the extreme range.

But this time, the city wall was really replaced by Yuan Chonghuan's Liao army.

There were not many people on the city wall. Except for the observation post, everyone was hiding at the base of the city wall. Because of the shooting angle, no shells would fall here at all. Shi Kefa's eyes almost popped out. It turned out that dodging shells was so simple. He

He stupidly piled his troops on the city wall and waited for others to blast him with cannons. He was just a pig!

The density of people on the city wall was greatly reduced, and casualties were naturally reduced a lot. Moreover, the Liao soldiers did not have to risk their lives by sticking their heads outside. They all had a wooden box in their hands. As long as they hid behind the battlements, they would

You can see the city below through the curved wooden box.

Shi Kefa only heard that there was a glass mirror inside the weird-shaped box. As for the principle, he really didn't understand.

The bombardment went on for a long time. Along with the bombardment, the Han Eight Banners marched towards the city wall in horizontal rows of infantry. The soldiers in the front row were kneeling, and the soldiers in the back row were standing, aiming towards the top of the city wall. They were prepared to attack as long as someone stuck their head out, just like last night.

When firing a volley, there will always be a bullet that hits the unlucky head.

But this time, everyone was a little strange. No one poked their head out of the city. Except for the sound of explosions, the entire city was dead silent, as if there was no one there. Could it be that all the soldiers had run away? Impossible!

Their reinforcements had just entered the city, and everyone saw it.

Yuan Chonghuan wore a steel helmet on his head. Seeing the soldiers with heads like crushed watermelons on top of the city, Yuan Chonghuan wore a steel helmet. He also made up his mind that he would never take off the steel helmet until the battle was over.

The command post is also located on the city wall, where information from the city can be received at any time. Shi Kefa was watching from Yuan Chonghuan's command post, wanting to see how he directed the battle.

"Report!" A soldier ran in, holding a bamboo tube in his hand.

Wu Xiang went over and took the bamboo tube, took out the note inside and took a look at it. "Commander, the enemy troops are out. The distance is two hundred steps, infantry lines."

"Inform the rocket launchers and fire suppression. In addition, order mortars to bombard the enemy's artillery." Yuan Chonghuan gave the order calmly. Li Xiao once provided Yuan Chonghuan with military knowledge. The theory of relying on artillery to fight a war has been deeply rooted in Yuan Chonghuan's heart.

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"Promise!" Wu Xiang agreed, turned around and ran out.

"Bazooka?" Shi Kefa heard a new weapon name from Yuan Chonghuan.

The rocket launcher is actually the land warfare version of the arsenal ship, because of the transportation problem. The caliber of the land warfare version of the rocket launcher is much smaller, and of course the range is also much smaller. In fact, these things are just a bunch of Sky Monkeys mounted on a shelf.

The caliber is small, and the natural range is short. The balance between the charge and the total weight is taken into consideration. The final product can only shoot a distance of 500 steps. This distance is quite short, but it just makes up for the mortar attack.

The fire vacuum between the gun and rifle.

The most important thing is that the rocket launcher maintains the characteristics of cluster firing and coverage shooting. When a bunch of shells are smashed down, whether you can be hit is not a matter of probability, but a matter of character.

Soon, a strange roaring sound was heard in the city. Shi Kefa looked out and saw bursts of smoke rising into the sky. Cannonballs carrying a stream of light flew over the city wall and flew towards the enemy.

Oh my god! There is such a cannon! Shi Kefa was dumbfounded when he saw the rocket launcher. This method of firing had seriously subverted his cognition. While Shi Kefa was still stunned, there were explosions one after another outside.

Even standing in the city, Shi Kefa could feel the ground shaking.
Chapter completed!