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Chapter 394 The Siege of Daling River

The Daling River flows through the Liaoxi Corridor. The Ming Dynasty once built the Daling River Fort here to defend the Liaoxi Corridor, and it is a corner with Jinzhou City.Later in the war, Dalinghe Fort was destroyed.Now, in order to resist the threat from the Liao Army, Yuan Chonghuan and others decided to recast Dalinghe Fort and place red cannons in Dalinghe Fort.

Zu Dashou and his son were in charge of supervising the construction of Dalinghe Fort.Unfortunately, Zu Dashou and his son were surrounded by the Fu Liao Army who suddenly appeared in Dalinghe Fort.

In response to Li Zicheng's attack on the capital, Chu Yun dispatched the newly formed Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Infantry Brigades and the Second Artillery Brigade to attack the Liaoxi Corridor to the Shanxi Datong line. No time to suppress Li Zicheng.At the same time, this is also a process of training troops, allowing the new four brigades to become troops with actual combat experience.

The Ninth Infantry Brigade and a part of the Second Artillery Brigade were responsible for raiding the Xuanda front line, while the Seventh and Eighth Infantry Brigades and a part of the Second Artillery Brigade combined to attack the Ningyuan defense line.

The Liao recovery army attacking the Ningyuan defense line was divided into two parts, one part surrounded the Dalinghe Fort outside the Ningyuan defense line, and the other part was responsible for blocking the Ming army that might come to reinforce it.

The artillery positions that have been deployed outside the city, more than 20 field artillery were dragged into the positions, in addition to several large-caliber siege artillery were consigned by a large number of mules and horses.

Zu Dashou looked at the cannons below the city, and his heart was trembling.Dalinghe Fort was only equipped with seven cannons, and the number of cannons below the fort was several times that of the top of the fort, so Zu Dashou, who had a favorable location, did not have the courage to resist.

"The Fu Liao army has surrounded our Dalinghe Fort for more than ten days, why is there no movement at all?" The most frightening thing is that apart from surrounding the Daling River Fort, the Fu Liao Army below the fort has not made much movement.

"Could it be that this is the Liao army's plan to encircle and attack aid?" Zu Kefa said.

"I don't know what's going on with Jinzhou City. I was originally in charge of Jinzhou's defense, and only the deputy general He Kegang was left to guard Jinzhou City. However, I was besieged because of patrolling here." Zu Dashou said.

"Based on my understanding of He Kegang, he is the kind of loyal general who would rather die than surrender. It is not so easy for the Liao army to take down Jinzhou City." Zu Kefa said.

"That's not bad, but what I'm most afraid of is not that the Liao army wants to attack the city quickly, but that they will surround us. The food we hoarded in Dalinghe Fort this time is not much, and it is estimated that it will take less than a month It will be exhausted, and then it will be a miserable situation of cannibalism..." Zu Dashou said.

When Zu Dashou was melancholy about how to deal with the food crisis, the artillery of the Liao Army under the city suddenly fired, and the rumbling shells exploded on the head of the Dalinghe Fort, making Zu Dashou and the others tremble!

boom!The shells fired by the large-caliber siege guns were like crushing meteors, falling to the ground like meteors!The heavy shells whizzed and hit the city wall, knocking off a piece of wall!
"Father, go down the tower quickly. The Liao Army's artillery fire is fierce. If something happens to you, we will have no backbone!" Zu Kefa protected Zu Dashou and retreated to the city.

The soldiers and handymen in Dalinghe Fort thought that the Liao Army was about to launch an all-out attack on Dalinghe Fort, and they were all very nervous.

However, to the surprise of Zu Dashou and the others, the Fuliao army below the fort only conducted a tentative bombardment of the Dalinghe Fort, and the infantry below the fort also tentatively attacked the city like a drill, hardly wanting to cause any damage. casualties.

Many Ming soldiers inside the fort were killed by the artillery of the Liao army.

The brigade commander of the [-]th Infantry Brigade stood on the high ground outside the fort, observing the results of the shelling of the Dalinghe Fort.The [-]th Infantry Brigade was established during the peacetime of the Liao Army. In the past, the army was trained through drills and exercises. This is the first time that the [-]th Infantry Brigade has carried out siege operations.Dalinghe Fort became their touchstone, and at the same time collected some actual combat data.

"There are about [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, and [-] civilians and merchants in the city. They have a general will to resist." The staff officer of the [-]th Infantry Brigade reported the situation in Dalinghe Fort to his brigade commander.

"It's interesting that 5000 of us surrounded a castle of 2 people." The commander of the [-]th Infantry Brigade raised his lips slightly.

"If it wasn't for the military leader saying that there is no need to increase casualties now, and that the current Daming army is our source of troops in the future, so let us just besiege and not attack. Otherwise, we can capture this fortress of 5000 people with 2 people ’ said the sergeant.

"Da Ming's soldiers are no different from ours, only they belong to different forces. If we enter the pass in the future, it will be a matter of time before we recruit them. Although most of Ming's troops are weak at present, the frontier troops have at least fought It is better to be a veteran of the war than to directly recruit recruits." The brigade commander said indifferently.

The Seventh Brigade was besieging Dalinghe Fort. Dalinghe Fort sent soldiers across the city to ask for reinforcements at the Ningyuan defense line.

Knowing the pain of being besieged, Yuan Chonghuan sent Wu Xiang to lead 5000 soldiers to reinforce Dalinghe Fort.However, Wu Xiang's troops were stopped by the Eighth Infantry Brigade as soon as they arrived near Jinzhou City.The two sides confronted each other near the Jinzhou Plain. Wu Xiang's [-] troops, together with He Kegang's [-] Ming troops in Jinzhou City, made a total of [-] troops, but they were held back by the [-] men of the Eighth Infantry Brigade.

Wu Xiang felt his scalp tingle when he saw the small Liao army dragging field artillery that could be easily moved, and he still couldn't muster up the courage to attack.

"Father, if we continue to drag on, I'm afraid Dalinghe Fort will fall." Seeing that Wu Xiang was reluctant to march, Wu Sangui urged.

"But the Liao Army's firearms are powerful, we just died in vain in the past." Wu Xiang said hesitantly.

"I am willing to lead [-] soldiers to attack their positions. If their positions are in chaos, father, you will lead the main force to attack. Otherwise, it is not an option for us to stay here forever." Wu Sangui suggested.

"My son, you are still young, you don't know how powerful the Liao Army's weapons are, so don't go and kill yourself." Wu Xiang said.

"Please let me try it!" Wu Sangui insisted.

"In this case..." Wu Xiang was very reluctant, but she also felt that delaying was not an option, so she said, "Okay, if the situation is not right, you have to retreat immediately."

"Okay, I will do my best to break through the Liao Army's position." Wu Sangui said.

Under the military orders of Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, five thousand infantrymen of the Ming Dynasty reluctantly gathered together, and then under the leadership of Wu Sangui, they launched an assault on the Eighth Infantry Brigade of the Fuliao Army without fear of death.

(End of this chapter)