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When Lu Xiangsheng led the army across the Liaohe River, Hong Chengchou also completely completed the siege of Haizhou.

Dorgon led the elites of Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner to station in Haizhou City, preparing to fight to the death with the Jiangning Camp. Yaozhou fell in just one day. This matter did not attract Dorgon's attention. The attack was too sudden, and there were only 5000 sergeants stationed in Yaozhou, and there was no preparation, so the fall in just one day can also be explained. Until this time, Dorgon still didn't notice it, and launched from the direction of Yaozhou The attacking Jiangning battalion had a total strength of 15. He still believed that the main attack direction of the Jiangning battalion was Liaodong, and that after Guangning was captured, they would cross the Liaohe River to attack Shenyang.

Dorgon, who is good at field battles, once thought about fighting the Jiangning Camp outside Haizhou City, but he finally gave up this choice. Dorgon has never forgotten the battle in Cangzhou six years ago. The sharp artillery of the Jiangning Camp, He knew it, and in a field battle, the artillery could bring out its greatest advantage, and the army he led would suffer heavy losses before the fight started.Based on this understanding, Dorgon asked the army to concentrate in the city for defense.

Haizhou and Liaoyang are the key cities for Dorgon's defense. This was determined by Dorgon several years ago. Therefore, the walls of these two cities have been greatly repaired. The walls are thick and high, which can withstand Withstand the bombardment of artillery.

Since he was not going to fight with the Jiangning camp in the wild, Dorgon directly gave up the defense of places outside the city, which allowed the army led by Hong Chengchou to drive straight in and directly reach the outside of Haizhou City.

Hong Chengchou has received the emperor's imperial decree that he must take Haizhou within five days, after the army takes Haizhou.Don't rest and attack Anshan and Liaoyang directly. According to the emperor's prediction, as long as Haizhou is taken and Dorgon's main force is destroyed, Anshan and Liaoyang will be able to take it smoothly.

What Hong Chengchou was really worried about was.The army led by Lu Xiangsheng will only rest and wait for ten days after crossing the Liaohe River. Threatened Liaoyang, forcing Hou Jin to send troops to support Liaoyang.Then Lu Xiangsheng is about to lead the army to launch an attack on Shenyang.

Hong Chengchou absolutely didn't want to give up such an opportunity. It was such an honor to be able to lead an army to attack Shenyang and directly occupy Houjin's capital.

After the emperor's insistence, the Jiangning battalion, which was rebuilt on a large scale, is in the battle to attack Gaizhou.Having exerted great power, Hong Chengchou will never forget what he saw on the battlefield.

After the artillery blasted through the city wall.The charging Jiangning battalion soldiers held flintlock guns and shot accurately. The Houjin Tartars, who mainly relied on steel knives and bows for defense, became moving targets one by one, screaming and falling down.There is basically no power to fight back.

After Jiang Ningying captured the city of Yaozhou, Hong Chengchou's understanding changed rapidly. This was a decisive change. He knew very well that the battle situation in the future would undergo tremendous changes.The previous form of fighting to siege cities and pull out villages is likely to be abandoned, and artillery and firearms will become the most important reliance of the army and play a decisive role in battles.

Hong Chengchou finally understood why the emperor said that artillery is the god of war.

Dorgon led the Houjin Tartars to hide in the city, which was what Hong Chengchou wanted to see.

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Hong Chengchou pointed to the sand table in the middle and began to make detailed deployments. The attack was going to start early in the morning the next day. The walls of Haizhou City were tall and thick, and the shelling time might have to be extended. At the same time, Dorgon also set up artillery on the walls. But those artillery, in the eyes of Hong Chengchou and others, are nothing at all. No matter in terms of range or power, they are far from being comparable to the artillery owned by Jiang Ningying, so these artillery, in the eyes of Hong Chengchou, are just scrap iron.

The deployment time lasted for an hour.

"Brothers, you all know that Master Lu has led an army across the Liaohe River and is about to launch an attack on Shenyang. The emperor gave us ten days. If within ten days, we can take Going to Haizhou, Anshan, and Liaoyang is the best way. The army can go straight to Fushun, Saerhu, Tieling and other places behind Shenyang, completely blocking the retreat of the Jin Tartars after Shenyang. If Haizhou and Anshan are taken It is also good to form an offensive posture against Liaoyang, and Huang Taiji must send a large army to reinforce and try his best to keep Liaoyang, so as to maximize the dispersion of the forces of the Houjin Tartars."

"The worst ending is that we can't take Haizhou in the shortest time and fall into a fierce battle. Then it will be difficult for us to join the battle to attack Shenyang."

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou's expression became extremely serious.

"As a soldier, if such a situation occurs, it will be a disgrace. Therefore, in my opinion, Haizhou must be taken within five days. Once Dorgon's main force is wiped out by us, it means that we have taken Anshan."

"After the battle is over, we can't rest and attack Anshan and Liaoyang in one go. The brothers will definitely have a hard time, but the Jin Tartars are even more panicked. Such a battle opportunity must not be lost."

He Renlong, who was in charge of the main offensive task, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee after Hong Chengchou finished speaking.

"Commander, Mr. Sun, the vanguard led by your subordinates promises to enter Haizhou City within one day. If they fail to complete the task, they are willing to accept military punishment."

"He Renlong, your task is very difficult. Remember that after entering the city, the battle has just begun. Master Lu led the army to fight in Guangning City. He has learned a lot of experience and lessons. What should the brothers do after entering the city? I won't say much about combat, but remember one thing, you must not kill innocent people indiscriminately, otherwise military law is ruthless."

June [-]th in the fifth year of the Jin Dynasty.

The battle to attack Haizhou has begun.

The sound of rumbling artillery opened the prelude to the attack on Haizhou.

The roar of dense artillery, the city wall that Dorgon painstakingly repaired, although it was able to persist for a short time, under the continuous bombardment, problems were exposed, and some places began to collapse, especially the artillery placed on the city wall. Then it exploded into the midair, and the sergeant operating the artillery also flew into the midair.

In fact, when the Jiangning camp artillery began to bombard, Dorgon also ordered the artillery to fire.

However, the gap between the artillery of the two sides was soon reflected. The artillery of Jiangningying was erected five miles away, and the artillery owned by Dorgon did not have such a long range. The artillery of the Jiangning Battalion was different. They poured densely towards the city wall, and the sergeants standing on the city wall had nowhere to escape, so that Dorgon had to order all the soldiers to withdraw from the city wall.

By this time, Dorgon was much more sober. He felt a great danger. It would be a matter of time before the city wall was blown up.

An hour has passed.

A huge gap was finally blasted into the city wall of Haizhou, and the moat in front had been flattened long ago.

The trumpets and drums of the charge came at the same time, and a large-scale siege battle began.

There were no sergeants on the city wall for a long time. Seeing that the artillery stopped bombing, Dorgon ordered the sergeants to go up the wall to resist.

I haven't contacted the Jiangning camp for many years, and I don't know how Yaozhou was captured. It should be said that the brave Dorgon has long been out of date in thinking and understanding. It was Dorgon's decisive and tragic mistake that led to the Haizhou was quickly taken.

When the flintlock rang, Dorgon still felt indifferent. He knew that this kind of flintlock was nothing more than easy to fire and average lethality, and it was even inferior to the bow and crossbow. The flintlock gun has been improved many times, and its lethality has been greatly enhanced, which is by no means comparable to that of a bow and crossbow.

The sergeants guarding the city wall and resisting fell down screaming under the bullets of the flintlock guns. The sergeants stationed at the gap suffered heavy casualties. Without much effect, the bullet could pass through the armor and directly enter the body, causing the resister to collapse unconsciously.

After receiving the officer's report, Dorgon realized that something was wrong. The sergeant in charge of guarding the city wall and the gap suffered heavy casualties and could not stop the attack of the Jiangning battalion at all.

He Renlong led the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion. They did not enter the city in a hurry, but launched a large-scale attack on the gaps and walls. After so many years, He Renlong has become a mature commander, and he knows how to kill the opponent to the maximum. [-]. Destroying the opponent's vital force is the most important thing, and occupying the city is second, so when encountering such an opportunity, He Renlong will never let it go, ordering the soldiers to attack with flintlock guns.

Seeing the heavy casualties of the Houjin Tartars, and almost all the Houjin Tartars guarding the city walls and gaps were shot to death, He Renlong couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. He originally thought that Dorgon was very brave. The brave banner owners and generals should be able to adapt to the situation and command the sergeants to fight. Unexpectedly, Dorgon's thinking is so stubborn that there is almost no improvement. He thought that the bow and crossbow could deal with the flintlock. It failed miserably.

Seeing that the remaining Houjin Tartars were about to retreat into the city, He Renlong would not let this opportunity pass. More than 1 Jiangning battalion soldiers rushed towards the gap in an instant, blocking these Houjin Tartars There are only a very small number of people who can escape, and this very small number of post-gold Tartars were scared out of their wits and almost lost their resistance.

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