Chapter 2313 Gui Zi Juan gained power and lost ground, what can I say?
Nurhaci and Anfeyangu never thought that such an accident would happen at this time. The cavalry raid and the musket sniper attack made the Jianzhou Army, which was all focused on attacking the city, dizzy.
Although they still had the upper hand in terms of military strength, the keen Nurhaci and Anfeyangu realized that the direction of the wind had changed.
Even though it is not clear how many people the incoming Zhou army has, we can know from the number of cavalry in the attack that the number of this army will not be less than 8,000.
Because according to the size of the Zhou Dynasty, the number of cavalry is generally less than 20%. Even if there is a slight increase in the number of surprise attacks, based on this ratio, the number of infantry units, including fire musketeers, will not be less than six or seven thousand. People, that is to say, this is an army of about ten thousand people.
And its combat effectiveness is not bad. The cavalry charges, the artillery sets up ambushes and snipers. The general's intentions are clear, the execution is resolute, and the battle is beautiful.
If you calculate the combat power comparison between the two sides, both Nurhaci and Anfeyangu can calculate that even though their own strength still has an advantage, the advantage is not too great.
After this day and night of fierce fighting, the total losses of both the Han Army Banner and the Eight Jianzhou Banners exceeded 8,000, which meant that the original 30,000 troops were now only a little over 20,000.
Now there are nearly 10,000 reinforcements from the other side, and the Liaodong Army in the city is estimated to have combat effectiveness of five to six thousand. Especially after this wave of accidents, the morale of the soldiers in the city can be quickly boosted, unlike before. Same.
In other words, the current numerical ratio of the Jianzhou Army to the Great Zhou Army is three to two. Even if the combat effectiveness is stronger, the combat strength competition is only two to one, but the key is that the Liaodong Army in the Acropolis is still By defending the city, they can attack at any time. This mutual support can even offset the combat effectiveness advantage of the Jianzhou Army.
Looking at the somewhat chaotic battlefield situation, Nurhachi waved his hand decisively: "After the Xianghuang Banner and Zhengbai Banner are destroyed, we evacuate westward and stabilize our position first."
"Profuse sweat, but it's about to..." Seeing that the city is about to be broken, especially at the last moment, it can be seen with the naked eye that the morale of the defenders in the city has dropped to the lowest point. Maybe another round of charge can break the opponent's city. After paying so much, The feeling of falling short at the cost was really hard for Anfeyangu to accept, even though he knew that the Great Khan's decision was correct.
"We failed when we didn't expect that the Zhou army was actually ambushing such a reinforcement force, especially since we still don't know where this reinforcement force of nearly 10,000 people came from. It was a flower bag rushing over. What about the support army? Are Daishan and the others dead?" Nurhachi tried his best to control his emotions, and he, who had always been calm and composed, was a little bit off guard. "This move was used well. We underestimated the enemy. It seems that this Feng Keng is more powerful than his father."
Amfeyangu painfully watched the chaotic situation on the battlefield. The charging yellow flag was repulsed, and he tried to counterattack, but the opponent held firm, firing muskets, bows and arrows alternately. The battle was fierce, but it was difficult to defeat him in one fell swoop. On the other side, adding Zhengbai Banner and Zhenghong Banner may not be possible. The question is, will the Liaodong Army in the city sit back and watch?
After hesitating for a while, Anfeiyanggu immediately issued the order. If it continues, the losses will only increase. The future is long, and the confrontation with Dazhou will never end with just one battle. Anfeiyanggu gritted his teeth. He clenched his fists and swore secretly that he would figure out where this support force flew from.
As the Jianzhou Army retreated slowly and formed formations alternately, Mao Wenlong also knew that he could not completely defeat the Jianzhou Army with just a few thousand men, and he also felt that the losses of the Juniper Division in the Tieling Acropolis might be greater than imagined. bigger.
Looking at the fact that although they can still hold on to the gap at the east gate, they are no longer able to take this opportunity to attack and cover up the enemy, you can understand that they have lost their fighting spirit and combat effectiveness.
What he has to do now is to form formations, stabilize the defense line, and at the same time notify Zhao Lijiao and You Shilu as soon as possible, so that the southern army can move north as soon as possible. Once the Jianzhou Army is relieved, these thousands of people of his will probably change again. Cheng, like Junipe, failed to save people but was surrounded.
If you could look down from the air at this time, you could see dots of firelight all over the ground, dividing the entire land into extremely scattered pieces.
The Jianzhou Army has begun to move south and west. The entire army has actually given up the attack on the east gate. It retreated south and bypassed the Acropolis, and began to regroup south of the Acropolis.
The Juniper tribe in the city was still able to defend the city, and the eastern gate gap still maintained the last elite defense of thousands of people to prevent the Jianzhou Army from counterattacking.
Mao Wenlong's troops have retreated three miles to the east, and have set up a formation that is both offensive and defensive. They can advance steadily when advancing, and form formations to counterattack when retreating.
It can be said that both sides have lost their intention to completely defeat the other side, and can only rely on the current situation to consider the next step to safely end this war.
Although they were extremely reluctant, after assessing the battlefield situation, Nurhachi and Anfeyangu felt that the situation was no longer conducive to Jianzhou's side to continue fighting.
The battle was fierce for several months in the early stage, but when it came time to decide the outcome, in just a few days, the entire battlefield began to unfold. The outcome actually occurred when Mao Wenlong's tribe arrived at Tieling Acropolis and Juniper's tribe had not yet been annihilated. It’s decided.
Having lost the opportunity to annihilate the Dusong Division, it is not worthwhile for the Jianzhou Army to fight on this front against the Zhou Dynasty, which already has a certain advantage in military strength. The Dazhou Army can lose 30,000 to 50,000 people, but the Jianzhou Army Is the state okay? no.
Rather than continuing to fight, it is better to steadily retreat to the north, swallow up Anle Prefecture safely, and digest the tens of thousands of Han people who occupy this area. This is the most cost-effective and important thing.
Moreover, now that the entire northern defense line of the Great Zhou Dynasty has completely collapsed, along the Xiaoqing River, you can freely go from Guangshun Pass in the east to Qinghe Pass in the west. This sacred land has completely fallen into our own hands, and you only need to feel safe The heart sank and melted into one.
Tieling Acropolis, which was originally a transfer station between Anlezhou (Liaohaiwei) and Shenyang Zhongwei, suddenly became the first line of defense for Dazhou when facing Jianzhou, and there was no border wall to cover it. Are they planning to build a new border wall along the Puhe Suo line, are they planning to build the Tieling Acropolis into a new defense fortress, or are they planning to abandon the Tieling Acropolis completely and rely directly on the Shenyang Acropolis for resistance?
On January 29, the twelfth year of Yonglong, Zhao led the army of Jiao Jiao and You Shilu to finally cross the Fanhe River. This marked that Jianzhou Jurchen finally gave up this line of defense and gave up their ambition to compete for Tieling Acropolis.
At the same time, Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong's tribe fought fiercely with the Hu'erhan tribe again near Zengchi Fort. Both sides failed to achieve substantial victory, but Hu'erhan took the initiative to retreat and retreated to Qinghe Pass.
On the second day of February, Zhao led Jiao, You Shilu, Mao Wenlong, and Du Song to join forces at the foot of Tieling Guard City. At this time, the Jianzhou Army had retreated to the Qingheguan-Zhonggu City-Songshanbao line, and the Zhou Army did not. The intention of continuing to advance northward also marked the official end of the Liaodong Campaign.
This is also called the First Liaodong Campaign.
The capital city received the frontline battle report seven days after Mao Wenlong defeated the enemy under the Tieling Acropolis. This news made the entire cabinet and the Ministry of War breathe a huge sigh of relief.
It is true that Jianzhou Jurchen brought too much pressure to Liaodong, especially if they really wanted to annihilate more than 10,000 people from the Juniper Division in Tieling Acropolis, it would have a great impact on the entire Liaodong and even Jiliao war situation. .
This is not only the loss of more than 10,000 people, but also that the Jianzhou Jurchens showed that they can design the battle situation as they wish and achieve their strategic goals according to the plan without any hindrance.
This time it was more than 10,000 people plus Tieling Acropolis. Next time, will it be Shenyang Zhongwei with 20,000 to 30,000 people?
Therefore, winning this battle, or defeating the intention of the Jianzhou Army, was of indescribable significance. When Feng Ziying went out to fight, the imperial court had always wanted to let Sun Chengzong take over if Feng Ziying failed in the first battle.
This can at least give the court a buffer. After all, Feng Ziying is young. Even if he makes a mistake, he still has an excuse. At the worst, he can be temporarily removed from his post and assigned to other idle positions to avoid the limelight for the time being, and then resume his duties in the future.
But if Sun Chengzong were directly pushed forward and then defeated, it would have a huge impact on the mentality of the Chinese people, and even the negotiations with Nanjing would be greatly affected.
Fortunately, Feng Ziying lived up to expectations and finally won the battle.
Subsequent battle reports came back one after another. In the battle of Yilu, the Great Zhou Army and the Jianzhou Army fought fiercely for seven days. Both sides lost more than 10,000 people. The Battle of Panhe turned into a cruel war of attrition. The Great Zhou Army fought The Jianzhou Army suffered losses of more than 8,000 people, and the Jianzhou Jurchen side also suffered losses of more than 5,000 people. Under the Tieling Acropolis, the Jianzhou Army lost more than 7,000 people, but Jun Song's Liaodong Army lost 12,000 people.
But if the initial losses at Liaohaiwei are added, the Zhou Dynasty would have added another 20,000 losses.
It can be said that after this battle, the Zhou army lost first and then won, gaining momentum, while the Jianzhou Jurchens won first and then lost. It is difficult to evaluate the gains and losses.
For the imperial court, such a result was already very satisfactory. The Tieling Acropolis was saved, which was an unexpected surprise.
You must know that the bottom line set at that time was that the Juniper Division could not be completely wiped out, especially that Juniper could not be killed or captured. Now not only has the Juniper Division retained more than 6,000 people, but even the Tieling Acropolis has been preserved. .
As for Anle Prefecture, and even the area north of the Qingheguan-Zhonggu City-Songshanbao line disappeared from the Great Zhou territory, no one cared about it. Few people in the Great Zhou Dynasty knew that this place was located in the far north. What about towns?
(End of this chapter)