"Report!"

A herald walked straight into the big tent with the order, bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "Marshal Yu, Xiangguo Gong has led the Southern Route Army to break through Nanyuan, Jinshan, and Zhongzhou, and is heading for Shengjing!" ”

"What! The Southern Army fought so fast? ”

Zhu Youneng jumped up on the spot, his face full of disbelief.

Emperor Taishang and Xiangguo Duke Cao Bianjiao's Southern Route Army took several days to cross the sea, far later than their own Northern Route Army entered the territory of the Qing State.

Moreover, after the southern army landed in Busan, the distance it took to reach Shengjing was also farther than that of the northern army, and under such a disadvantage, the southern army only had 50,000 people, how could it advance so fast?

All the generals of the Northern Army present here showed anxious expressions, the Southern Army wanted to take Shengjing, the capital of the Qing State, before the Northern Army!

From Chungju to Shengjing, it was only 200 miles away, and the southern army only needed to lay the last line of defense south of Shengjing, Jishan, and then they could drive all the way to Shengjing.

From Pyongyang to Shengjing, it is a 400-mile road, and now that the war in Pyongyang has not ended, it is not easy to capture Shengjing before the Yugoslav army.

Mao Yuanyi and the others couldn't figure it out, was the Qing State's defense line in the south so vulnerable? What about the 80,000 and 22 Tartars of the Han Army who are known as good at fighting? And what about defense master Hong Chengchou?

I heard that Hong Lao Thief personally led tens of thousands of horses to the south, all of whom were the elite of the Han Army Banner, why didn't they even turn up a wave!

What about them? Didn't you see that the old master was too emperor, and the old thief Hong took the initiative to kowtow and surrender?

"Fight, Pyongyang must be taken as soon as possible!"

Mao Yuanyi said decisively, he is almost sixty years old, and he has long planned to resign and retire after the First World War of the Qing Dynasty and return to Jiangnan to retire.

In the last battle, he had already made a good plan, and he had been preparing for several years, he must be the first to enter Shengjing, leave his name in the annals of history, and retire successfully!

Now that the opportunity is in front of him, the old guy can't sit still.

Zhu Youneng and other generals immediately echoed one after another, saying that they would take Pyongyang as soon as possible and go to Shengjing to arrest the little emperor Jiannu.

However, Mao Yuanyi was still very cautious, and did not have the impulse to return to the siege now.

He put off his cloak and said solemnly: "The whole army will repair for two days, and conquer Pyongyang in two days!" ”

"The ...... of the Marshal"

In the puzzled eyes of the generals, Mao Yuanyi added: "In matters on the battlefield, you must be cautious, step by step, and don't be careless!" ”

No matter how great a person's fame is, it is no bigger than the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers.

After the Northern Route Army had won a few big battles before, it was obvious that the generals were a little careless, so the Eight Banners Division suddenly came out and almost capsized.

Today's battle has made Mao Yuanyi even more in danger of walking a tightrope, and he will never allow it to be planted again at a critical moment!

Sure enough, in the early hours of the morning, the closed West Gate of Pyongyang suddenly opened, and the 3,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners were wrapped in horseshoe cloths and pounced on the Ming army camp ten miles away under the cover of night.

Although Jilharang has read a lot of military books over the years, he loves "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" very much, especially the camp robbery tactics used many times in it.

He felt that the Ming army's foothold was not stable, and it needed to rest well after the war, so it was inevitable to relax its vigilance.

But he didn't expect that the rigor of the Ming army in the village was not something he could imagine, and Mao Yuanyi only let go of words during the day, so he must be cautious and not rash, and the Ming army camp is as stable as Mount Tai.

As soon as the 3,000 Eight Banners Army touched the outside of the Ming army camp, they were discovered by the patrolling Ming army sentries.

After being severely beaten, the Eight Banners Army left behind 100 corpses and returned to the city in defeat.

The third day of the third month of March is the traditional Shangsi Festival of Chinese folk and the day to commemorate the birth of the Yellow Emperor.

At the same time, March 3 is also Valentine's Day and Daughter's Day in China, which is a thousand years earlier than Valentine's Day in the West.

On this day when the people of the Ming Dynasty celebrated together, the Northern Route Army launched a general attack on Pyongyang City.

This was a coordinated battle of infantry, artillery, and cavalry, and the Ming army on the North Road scattered in various states gathered, with a total of 80,000 horses, 30,000 soldiers of the Eighth Banner Army defending the city, plus more than 10,000 women and children.

The rising sun shone on the earth, and the dense artillery of the Ming army pushed to the bottom of Pyongyang, lined up in rows, and there were hundreds of them.

Mao Yuanyi wanted to look at the head of Pyongyang, his face sank, and he suddenly issued a combat order: "All artillery battalions, rocket battalions, test firing!" ”

The officers and men of the artillery battalions shouted in unison: "Adjust the gun position and test fire!" ”

A Hongyi cannon in the middle made a loud noise, and in the smoke of gunpowder, a huge iron ball drew an arc and smashed heavily on the head of Pyongyang, causing the defenders of the Eight Banners to scream again and again.

The artillery battalion general shouted: "The target is four hundred and fifty steps, adjust the angle!" ”

The gun carriage of the hundred Hongyi cannons made a loud noise, and the gunners desperately turned the iron handle to adjust the angle.

Immediately after that, artillery shells and Vostok rockets flew up, and the artillery observers of each battalion judged the distance and angle according to the landing point.

"Fire!"

Under the command of the command of the Chinese army's order flag, the shouts of the generals and officers resounded one after another among the artillery battalions.

For a while, the sound of artillery was like thunder, rolling and echoing in this sky and land, and the muzzles of each artillery spewed out a large stream of gunsmoke, which seemed to cover the entire Ming army array.

Zhu Youneng, who had just shaved his beard, raised his sword and shouted: "Don't stop!" Give Lao Tzu a hard bang! ”

After shouting, he quickly put down his sword and covered his ears.

The deafening sound of cannon rang out incessantly, like a continuous tsunami, making the whole land tremble.

More than a dozen catties of large iron balls shot out by hundreds of Hongyi heavy artillery bombarded the city of Pyongyang mercilessly, making the Eight Banners Army defending the city tremble.

In the cheers of Zilharang, the Eight Banners Army at the head of the city also began to fire artillery counterattacks.

However, the flowering shells fired by the mortars of the Ming army blew up the bones of some Eight Banner gunners at the head of the city, giving them great casualties and pressure.

In particular, some of the shelling and running were poisonous smoke bombs, and after the city burst open, the poisonous smoke that filled the city frightened the soldiers of the Eight Banners defending the city into scattering in a hurry, not daring to touch it at all.

The artillery of the Ming army fired in unison, the sound was like the sky moving, and the Russian spent the candle sky, like the sky falling apart, and all the crimes were scorched.

The artillery was firing, and the commander Mao Yuanyi began to formally deploy his long-brewing siege plan.

He shouted: "Zhu Youneng, you lead an army of 10,000 to attack the West Gate of Xicheng." ”

"Qi Guangyang, you lead an army of 10,000 to attack the Northwest Seven Star Gate!"

"Li Shaoyou, you lead an army of 20,000 and stay here to cooperate with the artillery array to attack the North Gate and Hantanmen!"

"Ben Shuai personally led 20,000 horses to attack the South Gate Lumen!"

The generals suddenly received the order, and only Li Shaoyou asked calmly: "The military marshal stayed at the east gate, did he want to encircle Sanque and lead them out of the city?" ”

Mao Yuanyi nodded slightly, and said: "Exactly, this marshal has sent Qiu Minyang, the deputy capital protector of the Eastern Capital Protectorate, to arrange 3,000 cavalry and light and heavy firearms on the road to the east gate, so as to wait for work and intercept the fleeing Tartars!" ”

Li Shaoyou's eyes lit up, and he said: "Marshal, can you change Qiu Duhu to the north gate, and let the last general go to Dongcheng to ambush?" ”

More than half of the 4,000 Heavenly Martial Army under Li Shaoyou died in battle, and he hated the Eight Banners Division to the core, and he was worried that Jierharang led the four-legged Eight Banners Division to run too fast, and Qiu Minyang, who was born as a civilian official, might not be able to stop it......

I saw Mao Yuanyi wave his big hand, glared and said: "Deploy for battle, don't act rashly, you just have to obey orders!" ”

Li Shaoyou had no choice but to clench his fists and say: "The last general will listen to the order!" ”