Daming pirates

Although the Yu Jiajun had bonfires for lighting outside the defense line, Jiannu was not a fool. As soon as he rushed out of the darkness, he put out these bonfires as soon as possible, causing the front of the two armies to suddenly become dark. piece.

This seriously affected the line of sight of the Yu's soldiers, causing the accuracy of musket shooting to become very low immediately. All they could do was aimlessly fire volleys to prevent the Jiannu army from attacking the defense line.

After a night of fierce fighting, Jiannu finally dismantled Jumalu Village outside the Yu family's defense line, crossed the not-so-deep trench several times, and even attacked the low parapet several times.

At this point in the battle, the generals of the Yu family's army were also anxious. They lit many torches on the parapet for illumination, and started a close-quarters fight with the Jiannu army on the parapet.

Some of the archers of Jiannu hid in the darkness, and with the help of the torches on the parapets of the army, they fired cold arrows to kill the generals of the army, causing a lot of casualties to the army.

And this time, Du Du spared no expense and sent out his most capable soldiers, each wearing heavy armor and holding swords and shields, to attack Yu's army's defense line.

The Yu Jiajun could only resist desperately, and the defense line was almost broken by the slave army several times. However, fortunately, most of the officers of the Yu Jiajun were not afraid of danger and went into battle themselves, leading the soldiers to fight back desperately.

This battle lasted from midnight to dawn, and the battle was finally over. When the sun illuminated the land again, looking at the Yu Jiajun's defense line, it had become a bit in disarray. There were pavements everywhere on the parapets and on the parapets. It was filled with the corpses of generals from both armies, and there were some wounded who were still alive, lying among the piles of corpses, screaming in agony.

Many breastworks collapsed at this time, and the solidly frozen breastworks were stained with the blood left by the soldiers of the two armies. At this time, they had frozen into blood ice, reflecting the demonic light under the sunlight. Strange light.

After two days and two nights of fierce fighting, both armies were a little exhausted. Neither side had gotten enough rest, and their nerves were in a high state of tension. When they saw the slave army retreating, many of the Yu family members who had been fighting fiercely all night The soldiers and generals immediately collapsed on the ground. Some people leaned directly on the parapet and fell asleep regardless.

After Yu Zhenshan's inventory, he found that the 7th Brigade under his command had suffered nearly 400 casualties overnight, most of which were knife and gun wounds, and many people were injured by arrows. The casualties were not small. , which made Yu Zhenshan jump to his feet and scold his mother in distress.

But relatively speaking, the casualties of Jiannu were greater. When they attacked the parapet defense line of the Yu Jiajun, they were frantically blocked by the Yu Jiajun. The Yu Jiajun did everything possible and threw a large number of grenades. It exploded in the midst of a dense enemy group, killing and injuring a large number of enemy soldiers.

In addition, they fired volleys at night. Although they were blind firing, they also caused a lot of damage to the attacking Jiannu army. The Jiannu army came down overnight and lost at least a thousand people in front of the Yu family army. There were corpses and two to three hundred wounded soldiers who were almost freezing.

After daybreak, Yu Zhenshan sent people to clean up the battlefield. He went down and chopped off the heads of Jian Nu. If he encountered those who were still alive, he captured some of the slightly injured ones and took them back. The rest were killed directly with finishing blows.

In the morning, Yu Zhenshan ordered to use the heads of slaves to pile up a palace in front of the formation. There were nearly two thousand heads in this pile, and they were bloody. The faces of the heads were extremely ferocious, exuding a... The strong smell of blood.

By this time, Du Du had completely lost his strength. After two days and two nights of fierce fighting, he was unable to shake the Yu family's defense line even half an inch. Instead, he had killed as many as two to three thousand of his soldiers, and also wounded.

More than a thousand people were killed, some of whom were injured and died after escaping back. It is estimated that most of the remaining people will not be able to make it back outside the pass. This has caused the morale of his troops to decline to the extreme.

I can't bear to fight anymore.

So Du Du had no choice but to order a retreat ten miles to set up camp, and sent people to rush back to report the news to Dorgon, asking Dorgon to quickly send reinforcements to support him.

At this time, Dorgon had led his troops to Jinghai County in Hejian Prefecture, captured Jinghai County, and plundered a lot. Suddenly, he received the news that Du Du had sent people to return it, which immediately shocked Dorgon.

Based on Dorgon's considerations, letting Du Du bring 20,000 troops there was a decision he made only after he overestimated the opponent's strength. Therefore, he believed that Du Du should go there with 20,000 troops.

It is enough to take down the Tianjin Guards. Even if the Yu family army has more than 30,000 troops, they should be wiped out.

But he didn't expect that not long after Du Du left, he sent someone back to tell him such a news. How could Dorgon not be shocked, so he quickly asked the person who came back to report what was going on.

So the people who were sent back had no choice but to lead Du Du's troops over. After two days of fierce fighting, they not only failed to defeat the Yu family army blocking the road, but actually killed and wounded their slave army under the opponent's persistence.

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The person who came back to report the news emphasized the sharpness of the Yu's army's weapons. He said that the Yu's army was equipped with a large number of sharp and extremely sharp firecrackers that could kill people from a distance of 200 steps. In addition, the Yu's army also had many light and sharp cannons.

The blow was hard and precise, and it hit very far.

After Dorgon heard this, he was secretly surprised, so he no longer had the intention to continue sweeping the area, and quickly raised his troops and rushed to Tianjin Guard.

Jinghai County is only more than fifty miles away from Tianjin Wei along the canal. With Dorgon speeding up the march of his army, Dorgon's troops arrived in the Tianjin Wei area in just one and a half days.

This time, the slave-building armies marched hand in hand along both sides of the canal, heading towards Tianjin Guards. The 100,000 slave-building troops, plus the hundreds of thousands of people who were subsequently captured, stretched for dozens of miles on the road.

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After Dorgon led his troops to the camp where Dudu was stationed, he realized that the matter was more serious than he thought. When he entered the barracks where they were building slaves, he could see that the morale of the slave-building soldiers who came here in advance was very low.

Moreover, there were many corpses placed in a corner of the camp. These people were injured and died of their injuries only after returning to the camp. In addition, there were many wounded soldiers in the camp, who made screams and groans from time to time.

When Dorgon saw Du Du, he sternly asked what happened, how the battle was fought, and why they were defeated so miserably.

Du Du could only lament and told Dorgon the exact details of his defeat.

Dorgon was furious when he heard this, and angrily accused Du Du of being incompetent. He immediately ordered preparations for war, and he wanted to personally meet with the Yu family's army.

On February 23rd, Dorgon brought his troops to the front of the 7th Brigade's defense line. He observed the 7th Brigade's defense line from a distance. From a distance, he saw the old building in the open space in front of the Yu's army's defense line.

As the slave soldiers raised their heads in Beijing, Dorgon almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Since he joined the army with his father, he has fought hundreds of battles with the Ming Dynasty's army. He can be said to be a man who has experienced hundreds of battles. Although each has his own victory or defeat, in general, they have more victories than the slave army.

At most, he suffered some losses in a tough battle. In the field, he was rarely looked down upon like he was today.

There has never been a situation like today where the heads of their Qing army generals were cut off by the Ming army and piled up in the capital. Seeing this scene, Dorgon and his soldiers and generals were immediately jealous.

Dorgon immediately ordered a group of people from the Ming Dynasty, numbering around 3,000 to 5,000, to be brought up from behind. They threatened them with swords and guns, gathered in front of the formation, and ordered them to lead the charge to attack the Yu family on the opposite side.

Army line of defense.

The people of the Ming Dynasty who were brought up also saw the Jingguan made of Jiannu heads piled in front of the Yujia army's defense line from a distance. They were all very surprised and relieved, but at the same time they also realized that Jiannu had to do something.

What? Many people suddenly panicked and didn't know what to do.

Especially when Jiannu ordered them to move towards the Yu Jiajun line, they understood better what Jiannu wanted them to do. Some people quit on the spot. Jiannu was forcing them to die.

!So these people immediately started a commotion.

Dorgon immediately ordered some people from the Ming Dynasty who were unwilling to come forward to be plucked out from among them, and he immediately chopped them to death in front of the formation. As soon as Dorgon waved his hand, more than 200 people fell into a pool of blood.

, became the dead soul of Jian Nu.

So the remaining people had to slowly take steps towards the Yu Jiajun's defense line.

This time, Yu Xiaotian misjudged the direction in which Jiannu was coming. Originally, he thought that Jiannu would take the east bank of the canal to reach Tianjin Wei. However, after the seventh brigade engaged Du Du's troops, he realized that Jiannu was going to take the east bank of the canal.

The main force should be advancing towards Tianjin Wei from the west bank of the canal, but he placed the main force of Yu Jiajun on the south side of Tianjin Acropolis, that is, on the east bank of the canal, which made him realize that he had made a big mistake this time.

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So after the 7th Brigade repelled the vanguard led by Du Du, the slave-building army, Yu Xiaotian immediately ordered the 1st Brigade, which was originally deployed in the Tianjin Acropolis area, and the 4th Brigade, which was responsible for guarding the temporary pontoon ferry upstream, to rush to the 7th Brigade.

The position strengthens the defense force there, and at the same time, the 9th Brigade is divided, taking over the 4th Brigade to guard the ferry, and assists the 2nd Brigade in guarding the Hedong area and Tianjin Acropolis, to prevent the Jiannu troops on the east bank from raiding the Tianjin Guard, cutting off

Their way out.

However, Yu Xiaotian defied all opinions and personally moved to the West Bank to direct the war in the West Bank area. Fortunately, he ordered the Fourth Brigade in advance to build a pontoon bridge upstream using the forcibly acquired canals to connect the canal.

The east and west banks allowed troops to be mobilized between the two banks at any time. This allowed him to complete the defense adjustment in a day and a half. With this adjustment, the main force of the Yu family army was also mobilized to the west bank of the canal.

After Yu Xiaotian led his troops to the west bank, he immediately ordered the construction of another defense line to the west of the seventh brigade's defense line. The fourth brigade was responsible for guarding and widening the width of the entire defense line. The first brigade was placed behind as a reserve force.

, ready to enter the battlefield at any time.