Beitang is a very famous place in the Jinmen area, and it is often associated with Dagukou.

And this Dagukou in the early Ming Dynasty Yongle Emperor Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, its strategic position has become increasingly prominent, because here is the only gateway to Beijing from the sea, once lost, the Tianjin Gate is in front of you, and the Tianjin Gate is finished, Yanjing City will be exposed to outsiders without any barrier. Especially during the Jiajing period when the Japanese rebellion was serious, the Japanese were seriously troubled, and in order to resist the Japanese invaders, the coastal defense of Dagu Pass was increasingly prepared, and the fortress was built and the garrison was fortified.

In modern times, the Dagukou Fort, which played a very important role in the history of the late Qing Dynasty, was built for the first time, which actually started in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and the person who supervised the work was the famous Qi Nantang. At the same time as Qi Jiguang built the Dagu Fort, he also built a fort on both sides of the mouth of the Ji Canal, namely the Beiying Fort and the Nanying Fort, and the two forts together formed the current Beitang Fort.

It is a pity that from the Jiajing period to the present, whether it is Dagukou or Beitang, the armament has long been slackened, and the engineering defense has become even more unsightly.

If nothing else, let's just say that the north and south forts of Beitang Fort, even the ditches outside have been filled with silt. However, the pontoon bridge between the two forts was still very strong, because the tax collectors of Jinmen still counted on it to make a fortune. The defenders of the forts on both sides also hoped that they could get more bargains here.

After Zheng Zhilong took over Jinmen, on the one hand, he made the main force build the Jinmen defensive circle and the Jinmen Acropolis itself, and on the other hand, he asked people to repair the Beitang Fort and Dagukou Fort, and also got a few sand boats from Shen Tingyang's hands.

Zhang Kui stood on the only watchtower in the Beiying Fort, holding a telescope and looking ahead, judging from the fact that he had been motionless for several minutes, there must be something very important going on.

In fact, on the banks of the Ji Canal ahead, a large number of troops are slowly moving forward. Behind him, Feng Kaizhang was also holding a telescope and looking at the other side carefully. As Feng Yuanyang's eldest son, Feng Kaizhang, who has been a scholar for more than 20 years, is of course unwilling to change his career to become Qiu Ba, but his son can't resist his father, Feng Yuanyang lost him to Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhilong can only accept it. It's just the same as Shen Nanguang at the beginning, with the same magic.

Behind Feng Kaizhang were two officers of Zhang Kui's battalion. Although he performed very well in the battle of Yangcun, Zhang Kui was still a battalion officer. This is already the pinnacle of the new army of the Zheng family.

Further up the standard, there are several battalion heads under his command, Zheng Zhilong does not have much capital now, and he must choose his own people to do it.

But Zhang Kui has already entered Zheng Zhilong's eyes, as long as the army is expanded in the future, when he wants to promote newcomers, he will definitely be the first to be thought of.

Two staff officers with the army, this is a position added by Zheng Zhilongjun since last year, the so-called staff officers with the army, that is, trainee officers. One of them was carefully estimating the number of people on the other side, and the other was recording the composition of the enemy's troops and weapons.

"About three thousand. Half of the armoured soldiers were armoured, and there were about 500 horse troops. There were also ten artillery pieces, about five hundred musketeers. ”

"Tartar, this is going to knock us out." Zhang Kui's face was unmoved after hearing the report, and he only sighed in his heart.

And just as Zhang Kui was looking at the opposite side, Kong Youde was also holding a telescope and looking at the Beiying Fort not far away.

The trench outside the camp had not only been dredged, but also deepened and widened, and was now at least two feet wide. There are no less than ten guns of all sizes exposed on the fort, and judging from the banner, the main general on the opposite side is also in the north camp.

"According to the detailed reply, Zhang Kui on the opposite side is General Zheng who guarded the sheep and horse wall in the battle of Yangcun, how does Mr. Bai feel?" Kong Youde asked Bai Guangen next to him a little squeezed.

What can Bai Guangen say? He doesn't say anything right now. I can only say nothing!

Surrounded by Kong Youde and Bai Guangen, it was none other than Zheng Zhilong's old friend Turai. Although it is Dolgon who is now in power, he is very 'cold-eyed' to Tulai. But whether Tulai is a real Tartar or a real Tartar with a head and a face, Kong Youde and Bai Guangen are willing to bow down.

Turai ignored Kong Youde's run on Bai Guangen and kept looking at the other side. He knew that Abatai had sent him with bad intentions, and if he could no longer do anything, Dorgon would have a reason to dispose of him. But even so, Turai did not want to bury the lives of his soldiers in vain, especially the soldiers and horses with yellow flags that he directly led.

The drawbridge over the trench had been pulled up, and there was no longer a single figure to be seen outside the battery.

Only the first man stood solemnly, obviously ready for war.

With a wave of his hand, the Qing soldiers set up camp five miles away from the Beiying Fort. Even if Abatai forced him again, there was no reason for him to take Beitang immediately. Turai nodded to his son again, "Huisai, you go and bring some Nikan." ”

Whether it is the construction of fortifications or the later battles, Nikan is indispensable.

There was still silence in the Beiying Fort.

On the other side of the river, at the Nanying Fort, the people who were detained behind rioted. lest the Tartars on the opposite bank would defeat the men of the Beiying Fort with a single charge, and then rush across the pontoon bridge and kill them again.

But in fact? The Zheng army defenders on both sides of the forts did not have the slightest fear, but thought that the enemy could send them to the door quickly.

Relying on the muskets in their hands, the response of the warships on the river, and the artillery of the batteries, they were really not afraid of the Tartars on the other side at all.

Just like the opposite of the Tianjin Acropolis, across the South Canal, in a fortress that has been built with the main body, although the defenders are less than 500 people, they are not afraid of Abatai's army at all.

What is there to be afraid of?

Zheng's new army has also fought many battles large and small, and has long been convinced of a truth. - Guns are not something that flesh and blood can stop.

No matter how thick the armor is, the big turtledove will die with a single shot. A gun that can't penetrate armor can kill someone.

And no matter how many soldiers you charge, when you get close, a few cannons will be fired and the field will be cleared immediately.

Although there are not many of them, there are many cannons in the fortress. There is grain in storage, and the back (east) is the canal, and across the canal is the Acropolis of Jinmen. There is a steady stream of back-up resources.

They are north of the North Canal, northeast is the mouth of the Sancha River, west is not far away from the triangle lake, whether from the west or from the south, as long as the triangle lake does not form a thick layer of ice, the enemy will even be at the mercy of a long dragon.

They don't care about the number of people, and they don't fear the Tartar army on the other side. On the contrary, the defender Wang Dalei only hoped that the Tartars could attack and kill as soon as possible.

That Zhang Kui is a person of the same level as him, but after the first battle of Yangcun, Zhang Kui obviously got the favor of the superiors, and Wang Dalei was not far behind.

But, in such a situation, how does this make Abatai fight?

On the first day he led his troops to Triangle Lake, he asked Geng Zhongming to lead Wu Zhenchao to defeat the small fort in front of him. The latter is not large, and there are not too many heads of the defenders, so in the eyes of Abatai, it is not a small castle.

Dealing with such a fortress, the Manchus were very experienced. They don't know how many of these small forts they have gnawed down outside the gate.

As long as one cannon is pulled up and a few rounds are bombarded, the small fort will "explode".

Either the defenders raised their flags and surrendered, or the fort walls collapsed.

But how did he understand the power of the fortress? Before, the Tartars took advantage of the winter to cross the sea and kill Juehua Island, so they suffered a loss, but Abatai only heard about it and never saw it with his own eyes.

This time it was a good eye-opener.

One by one, the shells hit the fortress, and I was stunned to see that there was a slight collapse in the fortress wall. On the contrary, the precious red-coated cannons of the Tartars were successively knocked out by the cannons of the defenders of the fort.

If only there were only fragments of the gun carriage, it would have been fine, but unfortunately three of the guns themselves were damaged and completely destroyed.

The lack of three cannons at once not only distressed Abatai, but also alarmed Dolgon, who had already entered Yanjing City.

"The minion knocks to the regent." Shi Tingzhu knelt down before Dolgon.

As a person who was highly used by Huang Taiji before, Shi Tingzhu did not dare to slander Dolgon, who was now sleeping in the dragon bed at night. Who said that Dorgon is now in power?

He didn't think that the queen mother in the palace could cooperate with Prince Su sincerely to prevent Dolgon from asking for his own head because of him, a person with a white flag in the Han army. In this case, he can only treat Dorgon with respect, just as he did with Huang Taiji.

He didn't ask about the fights at the top, he just did his errands honestly and honestly obeyed. Even if he is actually a flag man.

"Have you seen it all? Can you restore the cannon as soon as possible? "Dolgon knows that last year there was a fan surnamed Nan who forged twenty cannons for Emperor Chongzhen. It is not inferior to the red-clothed cannon in the hands of the fan.

"Back to the regent, the minions have already called Wang Tianxiang, Dou Shouxin, and Liu Jiping to take a look, there, the cannon molds there have been completely destroyed, and there is no copper, iron, lead and zinc." When Chongzhen escaped, he swept away all the people who cast the cannon, and when Li Zicheng escaped, he didn't even give the scum to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Dolgon's face immediately fell, it wasn't news from Abatai, he had forgotten about the artillery. But this distraction to care about the artillery is so annoying.

"Regent, the slave thinks that at such a time, he should send people to Macao to buy cannons."

Shi Tingzhu knew that it was okay for him to retire at this time, but he also hoped from the bottom of his heart that the Manchu Qing would be stronger, so there was no such thing as more than less, and he would never hide the news he got.

"Buy guns from Fanren?"

Dolgon frowned, "Are they willing to sell me the Great Qing?" "Isn't Macau's Francophone on the side of Daming? In the previous battles, their shadows appeared, and some individuals were stunned that they were more backbone than the generals of the Ming Kingdom.

"As long as they want to buy it with a lot of money, how can they not want to? What's more, although that place is dominated by the Franco machine, there is not only the Franco family among the fans, but also the Hongmaoyi. The person the slave met said that Zheng Zhilong had only defeated Hongmaoyi last year and seized a big island called Dayuan in the South China Sea south of Fujian, and now although the two sides have ceased fighting for several months, they have never reached an agreement. ”

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

"Good, good. Bring that person to me quickly. Dolgon's face was overjoyed.

In the current years, there are no artillery, so what kind of battle is there to fight, and there are not too many fortified cities in the Central Plains.