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When Dorgon understood that the progress of the battle was completely out of control, it was too late. In his opinion, the battle to siege the city was the most difficult. The warriors of the Qing Dynasty were extremely brave, but when attacking the city , was also frustrated many times, and although the situation improved a little later, each battle took a very long time.

Dorgon led the army to focus on stationing in Haizhou. He believed that the Jiangning camp would not be able to win Haizhou in a short period of time. He could persist for at least a month. The longer he persisted here, the more beneficial it would be for Shenyang. , so he made sufficient preparations and made up his mind to stop the attack of the Jiangning battalion.

The facts were completely different from what he had imagined. Jiangning Battalion did not rely on sergeants to attack at all, but blasted the city wall with artillery, and the sergeants did not rush in. They gathered around the walls and gaps, relying on flintlock guns to attack. The attack caused heavy casualties to the stationed sergeants, and they had to withdraw from the battle, giving way to the walls and gaps.

What depressed Dorgon the most was that the sergeants who wanted to retreat encountered a sudden attack by the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion, and most of the sergeants were killed by flintlock guns.

Dorgon's short-sightedness and self-confidence shortened the fighting time to the greatest extent.

After He Renlong led the leading troops into the city through the gap, Hong Chengchou immediately issued an order for a general attack, and the Jiangning battalion soldiers entered Haizhou City from the gap and the city gate like a tide.

The brutal street fighting began.

The well-trained soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion took the overwhelming initiative. Street fighting is one of the subjects that Jiangning Battalion soldiers must train, and it is the most important subject, whether it is a combination of less than ten people or a small force of dozens of people .Even for an attacking force with hundreds or thousands of people, how to grasp the formation and how to respond to each other are the subjects of daily training. After entering the city, the effect of the training will begin to play out.

There are many accidents in street fighting.Generally speaking, the losses of the attacking troops are greater. Because they are not familiar with the terrain, this is not a small weakness for opponents who have been stationed in the city for a long time. Therefore, sometimes, failing to grasp the rules of street fighting may lead to Huge losses, even had to withdraw from the city to rest.

But these are all a hundred years later.It is impossible for Dorgon to be familiar with these.

Despite occupying a favorable terrain, the Eight Banners Army under Dorgon is still accustomed to fighting face to face, and has almost no concept of street fighting in his mind. It's over.The rest is a matter of looting, because the opponent also placed the main force around the city wall.Once the city wall is taken down, the opponent's troops are almost lost.

Man Baqi, who was not familiar with street fighting, suffered even more heavy losses.

Dorgon knew that the situation was getting worse, but he couldn't think of a way to deal with it. The attacking sergeant of the Jiangning Battalion was holding a flintlock.Hearing any movement, he fired directly, causing the soldiers of the Eight Banners who were ambushing in the house to die before they could shoot the second arrow.

But the sergeant with the white flag and the bordered white flag.It is worthy of being the most combative among the Eight Banners. Despite the extremely unfavorable situation, the resistance and fighting have not stopped.

The day passed, and the night came.

But in one day, the Jiangning camp occupied half of Haizhou city.

Hong Chengchou is very satisfied with the results of the battle. If this continues, Haizhou can be taken in one day. In this way, it is not impossible to take Anshan and Liaoyang in ten days.

The night attack continued.

Hong Chengchou, who had enough troops, made some adjustments. The vanguard of the main attack during the day was withdrawn, and temporarily went to the camp outside the city to rest. Ma Xianglin led 3 people and continued to attack. The Tartars had no chance to breathe.

The outside of the city has long been surrounded by the Jiangning Battalion, and the key points of defense are the city gates. Even if the Hou Jin Tartars wanted to retreat, they could only retreat from the city gates, and the rest had nowhere to escape.

This is also a good thing Dorgon did. In fact, there are many city walls in Haizhou City, which have been in disrepair for a long time, and they are not very stable. After Dorgon made Haizhou a key defense and guard city, he strengthened the city walls. The walls of Haizhou City seem to have almost no weaknesses.

It was precisely because of Dorgon's actions that he was surrounded by heavy siege, and he had no chance to evacuate.

The Jiangning battalion continued to attack at night, leaving Dorgon no chance to breathe.

Sergeants full of Eight Banners were forced to fight.

The number of sergeants stationed at the city gate reached 1, but in one day, almost all of these 1 were lost. In the ensuing street battles, the Man Eight Banners lost more than 5000 troops. Two-fifths of the 5000 sergeants under Dorgon's command have been lost, including 3 stationed in Yaozhou, and the remaining 2, some of whom are guarding Tieling and some of them are guarding Liaoyang, but they don't know much. Of those who insisted on fighting in the city of Haizhou, there were at most [-] people left, guarding half of the city, struggling hard.

Night is a good opportunity. If you can’t defend the city, you can use the opportunity of night rest to break through. The sergeants of the Eight Banners are very familiar with the terrain near Haizhou. It's easy to go back to Anshan or Liaoyang, but the Jiangning battalion launched an attack at night, leaving Dorgon no chance to choose to break through.

If you choose to break out at this time, what you are waiting for is the fate of the entire army being wiped out. Think about the chasing sergeants of the Jiangning battalion behind, and the ambushes of the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion in front. It is difficult to break through the encirclement.

The gunshots outside kept coming, and Dorgon had become a trapped beast, wandering around the house non-stop.

He finally came up with the idea that he was at the end of his rope. According to the information that the scouts risked their lives to detect, there were at least 10 sergeants in the Jiangning Battalion. In terms of numbers, they had an absolute advantage in dealing with them. Moreover, when attacking the city gate, because the artillery The soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion suffered little losses, but the soldiers of the Manchu Eight Banners who were caught off guard and unsuited to tactics suffered heavy losses.

With less than 3 people guarding half of the city, facing the attack of the Jiangning battalion sergeant several times his own, what kind of ending this will be, Dorgon, who has been fighting for a long time, is very clear.

The officers of Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner have already begun to implore Dorgon to break out of the siege. If something happens to Dorgon, Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner will be completely finished, and there is no possibility of continuing to exist.

Dorgon painfully rejected the officer's request.

Even if they break through, what can they do? The Jiangning Battalion will definitely pursue the victory. Anshan’s defense is not strong, so it’s impossible to defend it. Liaoyang is pretty good, but who would have expected that maybe before I retreated to Liaoyang, I would encounter Jiangning The battalion was surrounded, and when encountering the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion in the wild, there was only one dead end.

In the direction of Shenyang, there is an army led by Lu Xiangsheng, ready to launch an attack. Moreover, Su Tiancheng, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, was personally commanding the battle to attack Shenyang. The situation in Shenyang has become extremely tense and sensitive. Looking around Going forward, Dorgon has almost no place to stand after retreating, unless he retreats in the direction of Sarhu or Kaiyuan regardless of Shenyang, and prepares to return to the white mountains and black waters.

The gunfire became more and more intense, and Dorgon's emotions were on the verge of collapse.

The possibility of defending Haizhou no longer exists. We must admit this fact, but thinking of breaking through, there is no chance. The sergeants of the Jiangning Battalion did not relax their attack at night.

Dorgon forced himself to calm down. He has fought fiercely in the army since he was a child. He has seen countless dangerous situations, and he can always survive. This time is not necessarily the case, there may be a slight chance.

When it was dawn, Dorgon, who had not slept all night, made a decision to voluntarily abandon part of the city, concentrate his forces, and defend two-fifths or even one-fifth of the city. To break through, the Jiangning battalion sergeants grew up eating whole grains after all, and if they persisted for one night, it was impossible for them to persist for a second night.

Dorgon's order was quickly conveyed. The order did not forget to require that after the sergeants were relatively concentrated, they should use all effective methods to attack the attacking sergeants of the Jiangning Battalion and seize every opportunity.

Just after dawn, the battle to capture and defend the city became fierce again.

The methods adopted by Dorgon were somewhat effective. After the tenacious soldiers of the Eight Banners began to concentrate, their combat capabilities began to be fully demonstrated. They occupied favorable terrain and fought with the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, who also stayed up all night, received the report, and the losses of the soldiers of the Jiangning camp began to increase. Because the Later Jin Tartars adjusted their tactics, they voluntarily gave up part of the city, and the personnel began to concentrate. The rain of arrows shot by the Tartars was very dense, and many of the attacking Jiangning battalion soldiers died under the rain of arrows.

Some staff members proposed to use artillery to carry out large-scale bombing of the place occupied by the Hou Jin Tartars.

Hong Chengchou rejected this suggestion. After all, there are still many people in Haizhou City. If two-fifths of the city is bombed, the people in these places will have no chance of survival. Such an act of massacring the city, Hong Chengchou would never accept it.

Hong Chengchou's order was very simple, no matter how many casualties it caused, he had to launch an attack. The Hou Jin Tartars had already become the end of their strength, so if they increased the intensity of the attack, the Hou Jin Tartars would soon collapse.

Hong Chengchou originally expected to take Haizhou City in about five days, wipe out the soldiers of the Eight Banners stationed in Haizhou, and eliminate the vitality of the Houjin Tartars to the greatest extent. Now it seems that it does not take such a long time, at most three days, Haizhou will be able to take it completely. (to be continued..)