The Qing army that attacked the Merchant Army was led by Obai, with a total of three thousand cavalrymen.
It turned out that when he learned that Hao Xiaozhong had turned against him and Jubaoshan stronghold was lost, Duoduo also vaguely felt that the general trend of Nanjing had gone. If he blindly defended himself, Nanjing might not be able to hold on for a few days, so Duoduo also decided to adopt Ao.
I took a risk to attack the merchant army and hope to catch it off guard and increase the morale of the Qing army.
So Duoduo immediately ordered Obai to take three thousand cavalry out of the city to wait for an opportunity to attack the merchant army. The Qing army was famous in the north for cavalry and shooting skills, but after entering the south for combat, the water networks in the Jianghuai and Jiangnan areas were densely populated and hills were
There are many jungles and are not suitable for cavalry combat, so the Qing army also reduced cavalry a lot, and many of the original cavalry also dismounted and fought in the infantry after they arrived in Jiangnan. However, the infantry combat capabilities of the flag army were actually quite outstanding, but in the era of cold weapons, it was
A powerful army cannot compete with hot weapons. However, this time it was a raid on the merchant army, which required even more speed, so Duoduo also decided to send few cavalrymen to fight.
In fact, Oboi was also full of anger during this period. He was a famous warrior in the Qing Dynasty and was very important in the era of Huang Taiji. Generally, he would attack and fight against Huang Taiji and would be sent to Oboi by name. But Oboi was the right person.
Huangqi was born. In the battle for the throne after Huang Taiji's death, he represented the two yellowqi and strongly advocated supporting the prince, but opposed Dorgon's succession, which forced Dorgon to change his name to make Fulin the emperor.
It is precisely because of this that after Dorgon took over the government, he also suppressed Oboi from many parties. After the Qingting entered the pass, he basically never sent Oboi to fight. It was just that it was the time to use people, and Dorgon also
There is really no one to send, so Oboi has to be re-activated.
Oboi also saved up his breath, trying to make some great contributions and gain some weight for himself. Moreover, he had never fought with the merchant army, and he did not know that his family army was as powerful as other Qing army.
Afraid of war, but he was ambushed by the merchant army for the first time and was defeated. But at this time, Oboi did not realize that the opponent he encountered this time was different from the other Ming army, so he only had
Only then did he have the courage to make suggestions for taking the initiative.
As a result, Obai led three thousand cavalry out of Nanjing and rushed straight to Jubaoshan. Thinking of the merchant army, a big battle, he encountered a transportation team of merchant army near Tianjie Temple. Obai immediately led his army to kill the merchant army.
Run over.
This is a transport team that transported supplies from Xiao Andemen to Jubaoshan. There were two battalions of soldiers accompanying him, protecting more than 6,000 civilians, and more than 200 vehicles of various types. To be honest, the merchant army did not have any
Thinking that the Qing army would take the initiative, and at this time he was somewhat careless, and he did not send any soldiers to cover the surrounding area. Jieji was caught off guard by the Qing army. The Jiaqing army was full of cavalry, coming and going like the wind.
The merchant army had no time to set up defense lines and was rushed into the formation by the Qing army. The civilians had never seen such a formation before, and they suddenly became in chaos. As a result, they were killed and injured by the Qing army.
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However, although Oboi was warlike, he was definitely not a brave and unscrupulous man. He also knew that he had brought these three thousand cavalry. Once the army of the merchant army arrived and surrounded him, it would be difficult to deal with.
The combat effectiveness of the Merchant Army was a little higher than that of the Ming Army in the past. Anyway, I won this battle and ended when I saw it was better, so I immediately ordered my retreat to Nanjing.
As a result, when the reinforcements of the merchant army arrived at the battlefield, the Qing army had already run away, leaving only the bodies in one place and most of the supplies burned by the Qing army. As a result, the number of soldiers killed by the merchant army reached 800 in this battle. Seventy-three people were injured, 362 people were injured. The number of civilians died was 2,527 people, and 1,281 people were injured. The Qing army only lost 37 cavalry. In the history of war between the Shangjia Army and the Qing Army, such a crushing defeat was unique.
After hearing the news, Shang Yi was indeed very surprised. He immediately used this battle as a negative teaching material and informed the entire army, requiring other troops to be no longer careless, underestimated the enemy, and paralyzed, and to strengthen patrol, reconnaissance, and garrison forces. , and when attacking, you should pay attention to the sudden and proactive attack of the Qing army and beware of the Qing army's sneak attack at night. At the same time, you should give generous politeness to the dead and injured civilians.
However, this failure was quite accidental and could not change the current situation on the battlefield, and it did not have any impact on the morale of the entire army. At the same time, the Qing army's stronghold in the Temple of Heaven outside Nanjing was also accused by the merchant army of the Qing army of the Temple of Heaven outside Nanjing. Capture. The outer positions of Nanjing City were basically cleared.
On the third day, the first, second and third armies of the merchant army attacked at the same time and began to attack the Nanjing city wall.
The first army attacked Jubao Gate, Tongji Gate, Zhengyang Gate, the second army attacked Shicheng Gate and Sanshan Gate to the west, and the third army attacked Shence Gate and Taiping Gate to the north. The three routes of troops were concentrated in total. Nearly 100,000 troops were used to attack the seven city gates in Nanjing at the same time. The offensive against Nanjing was also fully launched.
Duoduo's carefully arranged defense line in Nanjing City lasted for only two days before it was declared to have basically collapsed, and the Qing army also lost a lot of troops. Duoduo had to draw half of the defenders of Shenlie Mountain to help defend. City. At this time, the Qing army stationed in Nanjing City only had more than 85,000 people. Apart from the temporary recruitment of militias, the actual force was less than 70,000.
There were thirteen city gates in the Nanjing city wall in the Ming Dynasty. Although the merchant army only attacked seven of them, it did not mean that other city gates could be left untouched. Duoduo was assigned to seven city gates that were attacked by the merchant army. Five thousand people were stationed, and the other six unattacked city gates also dispatched 2,000 people to guard, and more than 20,000 remain as reserve forces. This is a way to avoid the force of defending the city walls of Nanjing.
However, the walls of Nanjing are already very high, thick and strong, and the artillery of this era is almost impossible to destroy. Moreover, the walls are basically built along the Qinhuai River, and it is difficult to use tunnel blasting to explode. Use the most primitive method of sieging the city with a ladder to carry out a strong attack.
Fortunately, during the preparation period of the previous stage, the Hangzhou vehicle factory also created a batch of ladders, tower trucks and other tools for siege. Therefore, the soldiers of the merchant army also braved the attack of the Qing army and strived toward the Climbing and attacking. The Qing army also relied on the tall city walls and defended tenaciously. The two sides fought fiercely.
Fortunately, Oboi's attack finally won a victory. Although it could not change the current situation, the news of victory also encouraged the soldiers of the defenders in the city. Otherwise, they would probably not be able to survive for a day.
Although the attack of the merchant army was very fierce, it was finally because the city walls in Nanjing were too high, which made up for some Qing army's insufficient troops, which was also a great help to the Qing army. The Qing soldiers guarding the city also rolled stones, rolled wood, and boiled water. The weapons that defended the city desperately threw them into the city. At least they resisted the attack of the merchant army. Although there were several times when the merchant army soldiers attacked the Nanjing city walls, Duoduo, Mandahai and Tunqi, Oboi and others also led an army each to repair fire prevention and firefighting everywhere in the city. They arrived at the extreme and repelled the merchant army.
As a result, during the third day of the attack, the merchant army failed to attack the city walls of Nanjing.
After dark, the merchant army withdrew, and Duoduo finally breathed a sigh of relief. The day finally got over. But today is the third day, how many more days can he survive? Duoduo was a little worried. There is no bottom.
Back in the imperial city, Duoduo took off his armor and just sat down. At this time, Oboi came to him and said, "Prince Yu, this is not a solution. I think it is difficult for us to defend Nanjing and wait for reinforcements. Come."
Duoduo smiled bitterly, thinking to himself that he didn't know if there were reinforcements yet. Even if there were, could he be able to hold on for that day. So he sighed and said, "Obai, I know what you said, but now he still What's the solution? You can only hold on for a day, and you can't wait to die."
Obai said: "Nucai has a plan, I don't know if it can be used."
After hearing this, Duoduo became interested and said, "You talk about it first. What are the strategies? We can also discuss it together."
Aobai said: "Prince Yu, yesterday Nucai led his troops to attack the merchant army. He knew that Shang Yi had set up his camp in Jubaoshan. Now the merchant army is attacking Nanjing with all their strength, so the troops they left behind in Jubaoshan must not be There will be too many. Nu Cai plans to bring 5,000 cavalry tomorrow to raid Jubaoshan and catch the merchant army off guard. If God bless me, the Qing Dynasty, this raid can be successful, and maybe he can capture and kill Shang Yi in one fell swoop. We can still turn defeat into victory in this battle!”
Duoduo couldn't help but feel moved when he heard this. In fact, the possibility of Oboi's plan being successful was not high, because even if Shang Yi had not many troops around him, there were always some. Although Jubaoshan was not a big mountain, there were also some. At a certain height, and the Qing army also built a lot of fortifications here and added the firepower of the merchant army, so it was enough to hold on until the reinforcements came back. Once the reinforcements came back, the raided troops were wiped out. Danger.
But now we can try it, just treat it as a dead horse as a living horse. If you succeed by chance, you might be able to kill Shang Yi. Even if you can't kill Shang Yi, you will be injured. It was also successful. Even if he was scared, he could make Nanjing last a few more days. If the raid failed, anyway, Oboi would let him die.
Therefore, Duoduo nodded and said, "Obai, I didn't expect you to be thick and thin. It's Zhang Yide from the Qing Dynasty. Okay, you can pick people now and find an opportunity to attack tomorrow."
Manchus like to watch [Romance of the Three Kingdoms], so when he heard Duoduo compare himself to Zhang Fei, Oboi was also very proud. He immediately agreed and went on excitedly and prepared to go.