The two sides agreed on the middle day of the third day of the second peace talks between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Just after the second watch, the artillery battalion of the Ming army was dispatched, and 400 red-clothed cannons were unknowingly pushed to the bank of the moat, less than two miles away from the city wall, and began to install cannons, load ammunition, and adjust the angle of fire and distance by adjusting the front sight and method.

Because it was too close to the city, for fear that the Qing army in the city would find out, the Ming army did not dare to start a fire, and everything was operated in silent darkness.

However, despite the lack of lights, the officers and men of the artillery battalion are still skillfully operating, and the commander of the artillery battalion Wang Qi and others came to the front line of the artillery battalion to command, because they have been optimistic about the terrain during the day, and all the preparations have been done a day in advance, plus regular training, these artillery soldiers are all veterans and have rich experience, so they are handy with these professional tasks and can complete them with their eyes closed.

When the artillery camp was being arranged nervously, under the cover of night, countless Ming soldiers and soldiers and the undercurrent of the Korean army surged, and tens of thousands of horses quietly pressed towards Haicheng.

At this time, Haicheng was like a little monster, lying quietly in the black fog and motionless, as if asleep, allowing tens of thousands of Ming troops to approach.

Of course, the Qing army also had spies, especially the Ming army's soldiers, the camp of more than 200,000 Ming troops was only ten miles away from them, and all the strongholds outside the city had been uprooted by the Ming army.

In this case, the city is also on high alert.

But now the Qing army in the city, including their reconnaissance system, knows that Fan Wencheng and Lin Yi reached a verbal agreement, Fan Wencheng agreed on behalf of the Qing Dynasty that Lin Yi listed all the terms, not a word changed, three days later, Fan Wencheng went to the Qing Dynasty's Jingshi Shengjing to change the formal terms to the Ming Dynasty, and the two sides ceased to fight, which was also the second peace negotiation between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

That is to say, Lin Yi gave the Qing Dynasty three days, these three days, the Qing army thought that the Ming army would definitely not attack the city, because the agreement had been reached, and the procedures were being followed, the Ming army had already hit the Qing Dynasty's Beijing Division, and the Qing Dynasty had agreed to the peace talks, and accepting all the terms of the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to saying that the Ming Dynasty had conquered the Qing Dynasty, and in this case, the Ming Dynasty would definitely not march again, and they only thought about how to play the crown and celebrate.

They did not expect that the Ming army would suddenly attack in the middle of the night, especially the top brass of the Qing army thought that the plan to delay the army had been successful and could sit back and relax.

At the time of the third watch, the Ming army was all ready.

"Fire!"

Under the command of the artillery battalion of the Ming army, the soldier in charge of firing the artillery suddenly lit a torch and poked it on the lead rope, and the gunpowder burned with a soft sound and sparks flew everywhere.

"Boom, boom—"

The first shot was fired, and a cannonball broke through the air and flew accurately into the city, and the flowers exploded with a bang, and the dark night sky was like a lightning bolt, and then the thunder roared, breaking the silence of the night.

The first cannon was also a signal cannon, and all 400 red-coated cannons roared immediately, shaking the ground and filling the air with gunsmoke.

The Qing army in the city was suddenly attacked by artillery fire, and the Qing soldiers on the night patrol were blown apart, some were dozing off with knives and guns, and were shocked to fly to the city, and some were sleeping and were blown up to a blur of flesh and blood.

The city was suddenly in chaos, and the roar of cannonballs, the sound of stomps being blown up, the screams, and the sounds of running could not be counted.

The Qing army, who reacted, only then knew that the Ming army had suddenly launched an attack on them, some hurriedly sent a letter to their prince, and some hurriedly entered the fort position in the city to counterattack the Ming army.

But before their cannons rang out a few times, they were blown up by the cannonballs that flew one after another, and the 400 red-clothed cannons of the Ming army were aimed at a place and bombarded, so that in less than half an hour, the city wall on the left side of the city gate was blown down by more than a foot and a gap.

The Ming army and tens of thousands of Korean troops in the invincible battalion who were on the siege mission saw that the artillery battalion had opened a gap for them, and it was time for them to charge.

Countless torches were lit and the sky was turned red, and the shouts of tens of thousands of horses shook the earth and covered the earth, and they rushed across the moat, and poured into the city from the collapsed walls like a flood that burst the embankment.

Now the Qing army in the city already knew that they had been deceived, and the Ming army launched a sudden night attack, which caught them off guard, and a red-coated cannon also bombarded them, and the city's artillery defense system was paralyzed when it couldn't slow down at all.

A large number of Ming troops rushed into the city, and the Qing army in the city still wanted to resist stubbornly, but first, the troops in the city were too small, only a few thousand Qing troops. The second was the sudden attack of the Ming army, they did not have time to organize effective resistance, and the Ming army that attacked the city was an elite division.

The invincible battalion was adapted from Sun Chuanting's Qin army, which was originally strong in combat effectiveness, and now it is equipped with a new type of musket, and its combat effectiveness has made a qualitative leap.

In addition, there were tens of thousands of Korean troops to help in the battle, so there was not much suspense in this battle, and most of the thousands of Qing troops in the city were annihilated.

The battle ended before dawn.

Geng Zhongming, the defender of the city, was awakened by the artillery fire, and after knowing that the Ming army had launched a sudden night attack, he was so frightened that he was not possessed and sleepy.

Then the armor was not fully dressed, and rushed out with the men, and the city was full of fires, cannons, and shouts like a tide.

The Huaishun king of the Qing Dynasty also planned to organize a general to resist and intend to hold the city, but soon the Ming army and the imperial army rushed into the city with an unstoppable force, and Geng Zhongming knew that the city would definitely not be able to hold it, so he fled under the protection of the guards.

They opened the north gate and fled.

This remnant of the defeated army ran out of more than 40 miles in one go, and saw that there were no pursuers behind them, running all over, sweating and abandoning their armor, embarrassed, and daring to stop and breathe.

At this time, the sky was bright, Geng Zhongming and the others looked at each other, one was more embarrassed than the other, some of their faces were covered with mud, some seemed to have just come out of the stove pit, and some of the robes were burned one by one.

Some of the horse's tails were burned and turned into bald tails, and some of the horses were burned one by one. This was because the artillery fire outside the city ignited the buildings in the city, and they rushed out of the fire.

Counting the number of people, even the Han people with a total of 8,000 soldiers and horses in Chengzhong, now with these remnants of the defeated generals, one counts one, even the injured are counted, only about 1,000 people remain.

How do you go back and explain to the regent Dorgon? Didn't they say that the Qing Dynasty would give them formal terms for peace talks in three days? Lin Yi's conditions Fan Wencheng agreed on behalf of the Qing Dynasty, not a word has been changed, the two sides have reached an agreement, how can they not believe their words, and suddenly launch an attack late the next night? Did they see through our delays?

Geng Zhongming cried with a sad face, and couldn't figure out what was going on, but now that the defeat has been eaten, and Haicheng has been lost, the ugly daughter-in-law can't be afraid to see her in-laws, go back and ask her master for her guilt, life and death, scrape and survive, and leave it to fate.

Geng Zhongming made up his mind, rested for about half an hour, and continued to hurry with the defeat of more than 1,000 remnants, of course, to go back to Shengjing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty......

After dawn, the Ming army completely occupied Haicheng.

This night attack, it took less than two hours, and the lightning battle took Haicheng, which annihilated more than 5,000 Qing troops, and the spoils such as swords, guns, horses, food and salaries were not counted.

He Renlong commanded his soldiers and horses and the army of the dynasty, cleaned up the battlefield, extinguished the remaining fires, rescued the wounded, repaired the damaged city walls, took inventory and cleaned up the spoils, and so on to deal with these post-war matters.

A group of soldiers of the Ming army entered the Haicheng Marshal's Mansion, that is, where Geng Zhongming, the chief general of the Qing army, lived here, cleaned up, and after cleaning up, they prepared to welcome their supervisor Lin Yi into the city.

Just after midnight on this day, the dead bodies and broken ruins inside and outside the city were basically cleaned up, and Haicheng basically returned to its pre-war appearance.

Flying high above the city is the banner of the Ming army, and a team of soldiers of the Ming army who are dressed in stubbornness and perseverance are busy coming and going, standing guard, patrolling, taking over the city defense, transporting booty, and welcoming Lin Yi and others into the city, each performing its own duties and taking its own responsibility.

Towards noon, everything was ready, and the south gate was wide open. The soldiers who greeted the city were discharged inside and outside the city, including the soldiers of the Ming army and the soldiers of the dynasty.

Lin Yi, who was fully armed, rode a horse, took Xiaoying, Zhezhe and Su Mo'er, and then accompanied Zhang Hua and other soldiers of the guard battalion and female battalion soldiers, followed by tens of thousands of Ming troops who had not participated in the war.

An hour later, more than 200,000 Ming troops outside the city all moved to the city.

Lin Yi sat in Haicheng, leaving his guard battalion, women's battalion, plus a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses from other battalions to garrison Haicheng, which was also Lin Yi's escort team.

The other more than 200,000 troops, led by the military division Song Xiance, including the army of the allied countries, rested in the city for a day, to be precise, half a day, that is, an afternoon and a night, on the second day, the Ming army had a war meal, and drove out of Haicheng, out of the north city gate to kill the Qing Dynasty's Beijing division Shengjing.

Haicheng is only more than 200 miles away from Shengjing, and such a distance is not a distance at all for more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, so the troops came to the city within two days.

Now Shengjing is basically a mess, people are panicked, and these ordinary people under the rule of the Qing Dynasty do not know what to do. Those who were officials and soldiers were even more terrified. The most disturbing are those high-level leaders of the Qing Dynasty, including those big traitors.

Because the Ming army launched a surprise attack and took Haicheng overnight, it was equivalent to taking off the south gate of the Qing Dynasty's Beijing Division.

Just like back then, Huang Taiji and others crossed the Great Wall with the Manchu Tartars and attacked the Gyeonggi stronghold of the Ming Dynasty.

Dolgon and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang are now on pins and needles, Geng Zhongming lost Haicheng, and the sudden defeat with the remnants of the defeated army caught them off guard, and now he can't care about curing their crimes, so he took more than 1,000 remnants of the defeated generals and hurried to join the sequence of defending the city.

Because there are too few Qing troops in the city now, counting the more than 1,000 remnants of the defeated generals, the Qing army defending the city, including the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, even the traitors are only more than 20,000 people.

The Ming Dynasty army suddenly launched an attack and took Haicheng overnight, and it will definitely point its sword at their Beijing division non-stop, which is obvious, if you really want more than 20,000 people and horses, how to fight against more than 200,000 Ming troops?

Reinforcements should also arrive, why is there no news yet?

Dolgon and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang were in a hurry, if they really couldn't do it, they would abandon the capital and flee quickly, and they would also be in Hetuara City. If it is delayed here, more than 200,000 Ming troops will come over and surround the city, and it will be difficult to leave at that time.

At this time, I suddenly received a report: 10,000 reinforcements from Mobei Mongolia and Horqin had arrived, and it was less than 50 miles away from here.

Dolgon and the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang were overjoyed, this is really timely rain, said Cao Cao Cao arrived. Dolgon immediately ordered them to camp outside the city without entering the city, preparing to meet the Ming army that followed, and to be sure to repel them.

The soldier in charge of the herald promised to fly away......

I more than 200,000 Ming troops just drove to the edge of Shengjing, the city is already in sight, Song Xiance was just about to send an order to surround the Qing Dynasty in Beijing, suddenly received a report, the northeast came a Qing Qinwang division, not many soldiers and horses, around 10,000.

Song Xiance, who had always been cautious, ordered the team to stop temporarily and find a suitable place to set up camp, and at this time they were still more than 10 miles away from Shengjing.

At this time, He Renlong, Hao Shaoqi, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan and other generals came to Song Xiance.

"It's only 10,000 horses, why be afraid? The last general is not talented, and he is willing to take the people and horses of the headquarters to kill them and turn them on their backs, and the military division only needs to enter the army! ”

"Yes, military advisor, in front of our 200,000 army of soldiers and horses, isn't it a mantis arm as a car, and the last general is willing to go to war and kill this Manchu Tartar, if you can't win it, come and see you!" ……

Song Xiance waved his hand at them: "Commanders, know that the other side can survive a hundred battles, and you must not underestimate the enemy, and wait for the division of this army to send someone to find out the details of the army coming before making plans." Temporarily set up camp and go down, the team stops advancing, and no unauthorized battles are allowed, and those who violate the order will be killed! ”

Song Xiance put the little black face into a tiger, and no one dared to speak these thorns. Because now that Song Xiance is in charge of the three armies on behalf of Lin Yi, his words are equivalent to Lin Yi's orders, and no one dares to disobey them.

I had to make a promise and do what I was told. However, they were not convinced, and secretly scolded Song Xiance for being cowardly as a mouse.

As soon as the camp of the Ming army was settled, the soldiers sent by Song Xiance came back, saying that the Qing army came to this Qinwang trip, all of them were cavalry, and more than half of them were camel soldiers, that is to say, these Tartars were not horses or camels, and they carried heavy weapons, which were said to be red-coated cannons, not red-coated cannons, not red-coated cannons, and similar to red-coated cannons, all carried on camels.

Song Xiance was stunned when he heard it, the camel was on the shelf of the red-clothed cannon? I have never seen an army with such equipment, no need to ask, special equipment must have special combat power, I said in my heart that these few Leng Tou Qing, this army division is thanks to not listening to them, it seems that these 10,000 Malays are not good!

Song Xiance thought of this, and while gathering generals to discuss the matter of the enemy, he immediately sent someone to Chen Haicheng's Lin Yi to learn.