Yan'an is a long and narrow city in a Y shape sandwiched by three mountain ranges.
The surrounding mountains are densely covered with undulating hills and ravines, and there is a river running through the city in the middle.
There is no point in defending the city in such terrain.
Therefore, Wu Sangui dispersed his troops on the surrounding mountains and guarded the Yanhe River.
Although abandoned, Wu Sangui still remembered his duties.
He wanted to hold off Liang Yue's army and buy time for Azig to retreat eastward.
Liang Yue knew better than Wu Sangui what Yan'an was like.
The battle was about to break out, and the two sides began to fight for one mountain after another.
Neither side was willing to go down into the river valley to avoid being condescended to by the other side.
However, the terrain above the mountains is narrow, and too many troops cannot be deployed, which makes the entire battlefield very scattered.
From a high point, the city's defenses can be seen almost at a glance.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Liang army was already stronger than that of the Manchu and Han armies, so the battle situation was somewhat unbalanced from the beginning.
As for how to attack Taiyuan, the Sixth Division had already received detailed instructions from Zuo Mengeng during the advance.
It is entirely due to the bias in the understanding of war between the two sides.
But when a person is at the end of his life, the crisis will only become more severe.
The National Defense Forces not only poured firepower into the city from the plains in the south, but also used mortars and rocket launchers to attack the Qing army from the tops of the mountains on both sides.
Since the Qing army surrendered all the commanding heights, he was not polite and immediately sent troops to seize it.
The reconnaissance company commander felt insulted when he heard such questions.
Although he would be beaten passively and the situation would be difficult, his mission was not to fight the Sixth Division, but to buy time for Duduo.
After all, the terrain on the top of the mountain is narrow, and it only takes a few shots to cover it completely.
In this case, we had to abandon the mountains on both sides and only defend the city.
When they first fought against the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army's firearms were already enviable to them. After they were captured, they all regarded them as treasures.
How Xu Shuai defeated Taiyuan is a classic example that every soldier needs to study carefully.
If I have weapons and technical advantages, I won’t use them. It’s not just a stick.
So he taught the Sixth Division ready-made examples.
As a result, when faced with the actual situation, everyone in the Sixth Division discovered that their original expectations were all in vain.
Amidst the continuous sound of artillery fire, Neksai's painstaking arrangements were dismantled one by one, and a large number of Qing troops were blown up alive.
As a military master, Zuo Mengeng certainly knew the city of Taiyuan very well.
He only had less than 30,000 people on hand in total. If he had to assign them to guard the mountains on both sides, the number of troops defending the city would be too sparse.
Once it is occupied by the National Defense Forces, it will be extremely difficult to defend the city from a commanding position and with suppressed firepower.
I feel that this kind of firearm is the most powerful in the world.
If you hear it, it will only get worse.
The flowing blood and the Yan River converged, dyeing the entire river red.
In the past, when large armies fought, the remaining artillery pieces were insignificant. But here, they became a key factor in determining victory or defeat.
Jian Zongan and others discussed it for a long time, but they couldn't figure out what kind of evil moth Niksai was playing.
The generals of the Sixth Division were all puzzled.
This approach, which went against military common sense, left the Sixth Division a little confused.
It's not that the troops under his command can't fight.
The artillerymen of the Sixth Division were very comfortable.
Hiding in the dark, watching the city wall being baptized over and over again and beginning to crumble, Nikei wanted to cry without tears.
One day later, Taiyuan City was surrounded on three sides.
Wu Sangui had no other choice. He could only hope that Azige would leave him something to fill his stomach when he retreated to Yanchang County.
Under the guidance of the commanding heights, precise concentrated attacks were carried out towards various defense points in the city.
Why did God let the empire appear?
Why are the weapons of the Wehrmacht so terrifying?
This completely subverted their understanding of war and weapons.
Neksai led 30,000 Qing troops to stand ready and blocked the Sixth Division's northward path.
But if you are hungry, no matter how brave the warrior is, you will not be able to exert your fighting power.
How could Liang Yue let him go?
The army chased them step by step and held them tightly.
There was no way to stop the frontal assault of the National Defense Forces.
However, it was an established plan to conquer Taiyuan, pursue Duduo, and form a two-sided attack with the Ninth Division, and Jian Zongan did not dare to delay.
The Qing army completely emptied the mountains on both sides and only guarded the city, assuming a posture of being passively beaten.
The biggest problem before him was running out of food.
Although the number is not as good as that of the Liang Army, the weapons are not as good as the Liang Army, and the combat effectiveness is slightly worse. But there is still no problem in sustaining it for a period of time.
Swords, guns, swords and halberds alone cannot reach far. Even if they occupy the mountains on both sides, there is no way to provide any support to the city.
"Commander, this is what I saw with my own eyes. It is absolutely correct. There are really no Qing troops on the top of the mountains on both sides."
As long as he survives ten days, he can escape.
Wu Sangui had no choice but to retreat eastward along the Yanhe River.
By the afternoon of the next day, the tired and hungry Qing army could no longer hold on and lost seven mountains in one breath.
But there was nothing he could do.
"Niksey really concentrated all his troops in the city? There were no arrangements on the top of the mountains on both sides?"
At the same time, Jian Zongan led the Sixth Division and entered Taiyuan City.
Is there anyone who bullies people like this?
Jian Zongan couldn't hear his voice.
The Qing army did not have time to build complete fortifications on it, so it could not block the artillery bombardment at all.
If you can defend for a moment, it is a moment, and winning or losing is not important.
Along the way, countless people fell in bloody battles between the two sides.
However, after receiving the reconnaissance results, Jian Zongan even suspected that he had made a mistake.
Because he doesn't have any long-range weapons at hand.
Once they mastered how to use this kind of firearm, they felt that they were invincible.
"Nie Kesai is not a famous general of the Qing army, how can he be so confused? How can he defend Taiyuan without guarding the mountains on both sides?"
Once the National Defense Forces attacked the city from the south, the soldiers and horses deployed on the tops of the mountains on both sides were purely for show.
Deputy division commander Zhang Tao stood on the sidelines and marveled.
The advantage Liang Yue had over Wu Sangui was that he still had a few remaining artillery pieces on hand.
In fact, the truth is straightforward and not complicated.
Wu Sangui lived like a year, wishing that the ten days would pass quickly.
It’s not that Nikosei didn’t know the importance of the mountains on both sides.
At noon, the mist dispersed, the sun shone brightly, and something appeared that completely shattered the Qing army's heart.
"What is that?"
Amidst the shouts of countless Qing troops as if they were seeing ghosts, dozens of hot air balloons rose into the sky and slowly floated over Taiyuan City.
Niksai was stunned and didn't even notice that the knife in his hand fell.