On the second day of June in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, within more than ten miles of the capital, the axis of the earth was shaken, like an earthquake. Soon, there was a thunderclap in the middle of the sky, the roof tiles were shattered, the beams were dusty, and the white clouds in the northwest corner were gloomy, filling the sky, with pale yellow sunspots in the middle, and the clouds were swirling. After two hours, it dispersed. It was the gunpowder explosion of the Anmin factory in the Xizhimen of the capital. The city walls were destroyed, and there was no end in a radius of more than ten miles, and the trees were all erected. People live in pedestrians, pillow each other, and death is charred and black. Some collapsed for miles outside the city, and died on the ground. According to the investigation, more than 10,000 residents were killed and injured, Wang Fu, the eunuch of the pasting factory, and Zhang Zhixiu, the bureau official, were killed, the arsenal was almost empty, and 5,000 gold relief shirts were issued.

This was the second explosion of the gunpowder factory in Beijing after the explosion of Wang Gongchang during the Apocalypse.

When Emperor Chongzhen had not had time to extricate himself from the fright and count the grain, rice, and silver that had arrived in Beijing from Nanzhong, as well as the armor and weapons that had been ordered from Nanzhong to supply internal exercises, the worse news came, and it was another huge shock to him.

On September 22, 100,000 Qing soldiers divided into two routes, mighty into Kou Daming, one was led by the ordered general, Rui Prince Dolgon, from the Qingshan Pass of Jizhen to destroy the wall. One route was led by General Yangwu and Prince Cheng Yue Tuo, and entered from the destruction of the wall in Miyun Wall.

The two roads claimed to be 200,000 people, and Dolgon and Yue Tuo commanded the left and right wings of the army to enter the pass and plunder in order to destroy the war potential of the Ming Dynasty, plunder the property, money, and population to enrich their war resources. And Huang Taiji himself personally led his troops to Shanhaiguan to make a diversion offensive, so that the Guanning army had an excuse to stay put, and they were happy to be idle.

Soon after the two Qing soldiers broke through the wall, good news reached Huang Taiji's ears. Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty, and Lu Zongwen, the chief soldier, were killed in battle, and the eunuch Zheng Xizhao fled in the town, and the Qing army drove straight in, and the soldiers were stationed in Niulan Mountain in Shunyi. Peeking into the various places of Kifu, I saw that the Ming Dynasty was everywhere again, and the lives were ruined.

And those soldiers and horses under the towns and battalions under the command of Jiliao Governor, although they have spent a lot of money to buy thousands of sets of armor, knives and guns in Nanzhong in the past two years, almost all the generals' families have been replaced by Nanzhong. However, in the face of the barbaric and cruel Qing army, it can only be slightly better than before.

From fleeing from the wind to bursting at the touch of a button.

The Dolgon, Dordor, and Yuetoshuto brothers seized hundreds of expensive armors. When he turned around, he became the equipment of his Bayara soldiers and house slaves.

September 24th. Jingshi was under martial law, and Emperor Chongzhen urgently summoned Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong. Shanxi's general soldiers, tigers, and towns guarded the towns. He also gave Lu Xiang the sword of Shangfang, and ordered him to come to Beijing in the starry night, and the governor of the world was the king of soldiers and horses. It was May. It is difficult to ascend to Ding. On the begging and mourning. Chongzhen is not allowed. Ling Xi mourned the generation, and entered the military department. The elephant ascended to a sackcloth with straw shoes on his feet. Wrapped in a white scarf on his head, he swore in the suburbs of Beijing. Emperor Chongzhen sent the eunuch Gao Qiqian to supervise the army as an elephant. On the fourth day of the first month of October, Emperor Chongzhen summoned the superintendent Lu Xiangsheng to the Wuying Hall and asked for a strategy. Xiang Sheng replied: "The lord fights and expells the Dongnu outside the gate." Emperor Chongzhen hesitated between war and peace, and the important ministers of the court, Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian, and Chen Xinjia all advocated fighting first and then negotiating peace. But, no matter what, you have to win a battle first! On the fifth day of the first month of October, Chongzhen issued 40,000 silver dollars to reward the three armies. On the sixth day of the first month, he gave 100 royal horses, 1,000 servant horses, 500 silver iron whips, and Lu Xiangsheng for his reward to the three armies.

In October, the left wingers of Dolgon and Duoduo, and the right-wing soldiers of Yuetuo and Shuotuo met and Yutongzhou Hexi. Another round of looting began in the Gyeonggi area, which had just recovered from the war in the ninth year of Chongzhen's invasion of the Qing army.

"Prince Rui, this is the Hexi affair of the day?"

Yue Tuo, who had just been restored to the honor guard of the title of Prince Cheng, stood under his own golden dragon flag, and the Dolgon and Duoduo brothers who stood side by side pointed to the brick city of Hexi in the distance.

On the river embankment not far away, a large red and white flag inlaid with red and positive red flags followed, hunting and flying in the cold wind. Under the dense banners, there were knights in red armor with white trim, and fiery red helmets fluttering on the top of the black pointed helmets.

It is Yue Tuo's red flag headquarters.

"Not bad! On that day, the two Jiala, Zhenghongqi Manchuria and Zhenghongqi Mongolia, suffered a big loss here! ”

Du Du, the owner of the Zhenghong Banner beside him, also hatedly waved the leather horse whip in his hand and pointed at the small city in the distance with the tip of the whip.

Because of the battle two years ago, the small Hexi Wucheng has become a common shame for the red flag and the red flag, and it will be uprooted and fast!

This small city did not know whether it should be proud or painful, because the battle that humiliated the two red flags and caused a subtle rift between the two white flags and the two red flags, after entering the customs, when the left and right flanks converged on the Tongzhou Canal, Dolgon and Yue Tuo coincidentally chose this small city as their first target.

For a time, the golden dragon flags of Dolgon, Duoduo, Yue Tuo, Du Du and others and the golden dragon flags representing the commander Baylor converged into a brilliant ocean on the land of the canal.

This sea of flags is enough to drown this inconspicuous but hated small city in a sea of blood.

"Engtu, Buyandai!"

The two Mongolian banner owners with red flags and Mongolian red flags immediately rode out, "Slaves, see the general who was ordered!" ”

"How many soldiers and horses are there in this small city of Ming on the opposite side?"

"The regulations of the small town are not big, and there are only 1,000 soldiers and horses to come, and the population is only 20,000!"

As the commander of the Mongol army who wandered and plundered all over the nine borders all year round, Engetu and others were still familiar with the situation of the cities and fortresses of the Ming Dynasty. He narrowed his slender eyes slightly, glanced at the town across from him, and replied confidently to Dorgon's question.

"Ordered general, minions please order to fight!"

As Yue Tuo's deputy, Nurhachi's eldest son and eldest grandson, Du Du is a few years older than Yue Tuo and others, but he is implicated by his old son, who has been a man with his tail between his legs all these years.

Dudu Eight Banners Manchuria inlaid with red flags, there are twenty-six cattle records. After Huang Taiji reformed the Eight Banners Army a few years ago, the military system was adjusted, and the kind of mobilized soldiers who went out for the soldiers and joined for the people were replaced by professional troops. The Aliha Chaoha battalion in his banner also has more than 2,000 armored soldiers, and there is also a Bayala battalion in the banner. The more than 400 Baya soldiers in it were led by a Baya Lama Zhangjing and were under the command of Du Du.

"Broaden Baylor and stay less."

Dolgon stopped Dudu's request to fight in a low voice, in his opinion, this small city was too small, and if it could not be conquered in one fell swoop, it would make the Eight Banners laugh.

"A small city, two generals on the left and right wings, three princes, and tens of thousands of people and horses of several Baylors gathered here, and they can't break the city in one battle?!"

Several coatings were moved out of the depth of the team. Placed in front of Du Du's Red Banner Army Formation. The coaters open the cage. In the mild late autumn sun, the objects inside shimmer with lovely light!

"Nanban Armor!"

Although the discipline of the Eight Banners Army is strict, there are still people who can't help but let out a low exclamation!

"These armors are captured by the battle array since the general entered the customs!"

Dolgon urged his horse to slow down in front of the Red Banner Army. As he walked, he shouted, "Such fine armor." but it is owned by those humble open ditches. Is this appropriate? ”

"Not suitable!"

"This armor should belong to the bravest of warriors, you say, don't you?!"

"Yes!"

"Tell the general. Are you warriors? Are you a match for this sturdy Southern Barbarian armor? ”

"Of course the minions are warriors!"

"Good! Then show your courage to the general! That small city, which once caused the Qing army to be humiliated by defeat, show your courage and let this king see how you wash away this shame! ”

"Break the city in one drum, and the first to ascend will reward the two leaders of the Southern Barbarian Armor! The top 50 warriors are all rewarded with Nanban armor! The children in the city were rewarded with five slaves and twenty taels of silver! ”

The Nanban armor that had been carefully taken out of the box by the coaters kept flashing with a seductive silver light in the sunlight due to the change of position and angle. It can be seen that this batch of armor was not taken from the dead or from the captives in the battle formation.

The shiny metal surface of the armor is factory plated with a layer of tin, and even the most discerning ones can't find a single scratch on it.

"This is the inventory of the Ming Kingdom Ji Liao Governor, originally to equip his family, I don't want my Qing soldiers to be fast, and kill them in a battle!"

Dorgon spoke loudly to the entire army about the origin of the armor. In two years, coupled with the propaganda of the imperial court intentionally or unintentionally, the generals of various ministries continued to improve the equipment of their troops, and the Ming army changed from facing the Jiannu wall and fleeing from the wind to dare to face the battle.

"Uncle Fourteen! It was my Manchuria Red Banner that was defeated that day, and it was my Red Banner that was ashamed! Bei Zishuto blushed and waved the long-handled saber in his hand in a brave gesture.

Dolgon's move made the Liaodong thieves present very excited.

Brand new Nanban armor, even the grease coated on it has not been completely removed, such armor in Shengjing only needs to be a general above the armor Laezhen, or a person with the title of Beizi or above, occasionally Shanxi merchants sell on the black market, a collar of armor has been sold to as much as five or six hundred taels.

For middle- and lower-level officers like Niu Lu Ezhen, Qiang, and Boshku, a leader of the Nanban armor is not only a weapon to protect his life on the battlefield, but also a symbol of military exploits. Huang Taiji had a clear order before setting out on the expedition, and the Nanban armor and Nanban swords and guns obtained by the soldiers in the battle formation were all owned by the captor himself. The second or more items shall be handed over to the public.

Now, when Dorgon selects warriors in front of all armies with such a heavy reward, how can he not make the princes and lords of the banners, and even the ordinary soldiers and even the domestic slaves and cloths excited?

"The general has asked the emperor for his will, this time to enter the customs and war, all those who have meritorious service will be rewarded! Those who have meritorious service will be promoted to one level! Those who have meritorious service in Yu Ding will become flag soldiers! Those who have merit in the coat of domestic slaves are carried into the flag! The house slave who has made war achievements is no longer a slave, but a member of my Eight Banners! The same can share the capture, there are minions to serve! ”

Dolgon ignited the already very enthusiastic mood and added a barrel of oil moderately, so that the whole army was boiling!

At this time, the Qing army was on the rise, although the emotions were excited, everyone's faces became red, but because of the strict military discipline, all the officers, flag soldiers, Yu Ding, and the cloth miscellaneous servants just stood quietly, and no one in the entire army array made a trace of noise, only the sound of the wind blowing through the flag.

The infantry cavalry of the Qing army lined up around the west of the river. The large and small phalanxes exude a breathtaking momentum.

After some disputes, the Shuotuo Department was given the task of pioneering.

The dull and low sound of the bull's horn sounded one after another, and there was a slight commotion in the Qing army. Under Shuotuo's order, a number of shield carts were launched from the various Niu Lu arrays in Manchuria.

In the Eight Banners Army, this shield is their standard equipment, and since Nurhachi's rebellion, they have been attacking the city and fighting without disadvantage. The front of the shield cart was a tall, thick wooden plank covered with a thick leather quilt, which effectively protected against guns and bows. There are scroll wheels underneath. Flexible rotation. If the terrain allows, they can be pushed all the way down the city. Not far behind the shield cart, there were also many Tartar soldiers, dressed in cotton armor. or unarmed. Pushing seventy or eighty wheelbarrows. It was full of mud and stones, and was used to fill in the trenches in front of the city. Behind these wheelbarrows, more than a dozen Tartars followed. Carrying a few simple ladders, follow the wheelbarrow.

The Later Jin soldiers fought against the Qing soldiers, and they used shield vehicles as the front line, which was used to consume the artillery fire of the Ming army at the head of the city and resist bows, arrows, guns and bullets. He was followed by the dead soldiers, holding shields, broadswords, spears and other weapons, and wearing two layers of heavy armor, with chain mail on the inside and cotton armor inlaid with iron sheets on the outside.

Even some generals wore three layers of heavy armor, the innermost layer was chain mail, followed by iron armor, and the outermost layer was iron-inlaid cotton armor. With these three layers of heavy armor, it can effectively protect against bows and arrows and firearms strikes at a certain distance.

These dead soldiers, most of whom are vests in the Qing soldiers, have very rich battlefield experience. Behind the dead soldiers, there were also archers in light armor and good marksmanship, who were used to support the dead soldiers to enter the city and cover the auxiliaries to fill in the trenches.

The last of them are the sharp soldiers, that is, the white-armored soldiers, who are also wearing double layers of heavy armor, waiting for the opportunity to go to the city to support. If it was in the field, these soldiers were followed by some elite cameras.

Seeing Shuoto's golden dragon banner slowly moving towards the city of Hexi, Dolgon nodded with great satisfaction, turned over and dismounted. A house slave had already set up a big tent on the side for the young general to make a tent.

"How many headshavers are there in the army?"

After a few cups of milk and some snacks, Dorgon suddenly asked the men in the tent this strange question.

"There are less than 200 people, all of them are organized in the miscellaneous battalion, but the general wants to shave his head? Then the servants ordered them to be summoned. ”

Du Du was annoyed that he did not seize this opportunity to make meritorious service at his fingertips, and when he saw that Dolgon was in trouble, he immediately pounced.

"Give them orders to get ready to shave. After Shaoqing Shuotuo broke the city, all men shaved their hair on the spot, and those with craftsmanship were arranged as craftsmen to accompany the army and enjoy miscellaneous treatment. The scholars picked it out and arranged it separately, and the rest of the men, all as the people who rushed into the battle, picked up the soil and transported stones, attacked the city and broke the wall, and the immortal who attacked the city three times was the coat of each banner! ”

"Uncle Fourteen's plan is really spicy! Those men, even if they plan to escape, when they meet the officials and soldiers of the Ming State and see them shaved their heads, they will kill them with one knife and pretend to be military merits, follow our army, and still survive for a while! ”

There was a faint sound of trumpets and shouts from outside the tent, and it was thought that several Niu Lu from the Shuotuo Department had begun to attack the city. For such a small city, the people in the tent did not care at all. Similar cities and fortresses were not even worth plundering by the Qing Dynasty soldiers, small, with a small population, and not much oil and water. Hexi Wucheng is no more than one mile long from north to south, and no more than three miles long from east to west, which is where a drum falls.

If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to avenge the defeat last time, such a city would have come to raise him up, and there would be a need for several princes to come in person?!

After a while, the shouts of killing gradually subsided, and in their place came the sound of shouting, crying, and wailing from the city.

"Humph! Shuoto has it! ”

Sure enough, after a while, Shuoto entered the handsome tent with a string of bloody human heads in his hands.

"The slave handed over the order to the general and the general Yangwu!"

The heads of the officials of the Hexi Banknote Customs, the Inspection Department of Hexi Town, and the Hexi Garrison were raised on the tips of their guns by the Bayara soldiers under Dolgon, showing off their military exploits to the flags.

Everywhere I went, there was a hustle and bustle.

In particular, the dozens of Manchurian bannermen who were the first to climb the head of Hexi Wucheng and kill the soldiers defending the city and break the city in one fell swoop, Dolgon honored the original reward, and each person was rewarded with a new armor collar, and the clothes were carried into the Manchurian red flag and the white flag.

The people of more than 40 villages near Hexiwu originally thought that the Tartars had suffered a great loss under the city last time, but this time they would not dare to come again, and they all brought the cattle, horses, pigs and sheep to the city to take refuge, but unexpectedly, it was like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger, and more than 20,000 people, thousands of cattle, horses, pigs and sheep became the capture of Dolgon.

The scale of this battle was not large, although it gathered the high-ranking generals of the Qing army who entered the customs, but the object of the battle was only a small town. However, the demons of the Qing army before the Qing army were completely shattered, and the self-confidence and myth of "the Jurchen soldiers were invincible" were re-established.

And Dolgon himself quietly raised his prestige and power, and carried some of those who dared to fight into the white flag.

At this time, on both sides of the canal, dozens of miles were full of large camps of the Eight Banners of Jiannu, and every day these soldiers and horses were taken as a unit of cattle records, going out to plunder, looting villages and towns to seize property, grain, rice and population. (To be continued......)