Chapter 540: The Battle of the Trapped Beasts
In the city of Baoding, Duoduo faces are like frost.
He brought with him all the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banner Armies to protect the Beijing Division, but the battle situation still did not improve because of this.
The Ming army was aggressive and could have a slight advantage in every encounter.
Although this advantage is not large, it is also a very terrifying existence when it accumulates together.
As the so-called snowball, the advantage of the Ming army is getting bigger and bigger, and the disadvantage of the Qing army is getting bigger and bigger.
At this time, news came that the Queen Mother had come to Baoding with Emperor Shunzhi.
Duoduo was shocked.
When he left Beijing, he told the little emperor to stay in Beijing honestly, and not to distract the soldiers.
It must have been the crazy woman's idea!
Duoduo was angry and hateful.
He doesn't have any good feelings about the current Queen Mother.
If it weren't for this fourteenth brother, how could he endure great pain and bear unwarranted infamy and accusations.
But now that the situation in the Qing Dynasty is dangerous, Duoduo really doesn't want to have another conflict with the Queen Mother and the Emperor, so he decided to go to meet him.
When Duoduo left Beijing, he had already transferred all the Eight Banners of Manchuria, among which naturally there were the Zhenghuang Banner and the Yellow Banner that belonged to the Shunzhi Emperor.
Therefore, this time the Shunzhi Emperor and the Queen Mother came to Baoding, and the honor guard was very simple and could even be said to be shabby.
Duoduo immediately sent someone to welcome the Shunzhi Emperor and the Empress Dowager into the city.
Although the Ming army has not yet launched a fierce attack on the city of Baoding, a major battle may break out at any time. Staying outside the city is extremely dangerous.
Although Duoduo did not have a good impression of Emperor Shunzhi, he did not want him to die suddenly.
After settling the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, Duoduo went to question.
Maybe he was the only one who dared to do that.
"Why is the emperor so capricious, and why is the queen mother accustomed to the emperor. Where is the front line where children and women should be. ”
Duoduo said proudly.
"The front line may not be where children and women should be. But if the mourning family and the emperor don't come, the regent dares to guarantee that the soldiers have the courage to fight a decisive battle? ”
Da Yu'er refused to give in, and said coldly.
Dordor choked on her, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Maybe the regent wants to fight the Ming army to the death, but most of the soldiers probably don't think so. They also had the illusion that they could retreat to the gates. ”
Da Yu'er said coldly: "The mourning family and the emperor have broken their thoughts. Either defeat the Ming army or die. ”
She spoke so calmly that even Dodor was taken aback.
Why is this woman so bottomless?
"Have you ever wondered what if you do lose?"
"If you are really defeated, the mourning family will die with the emperor."
Da Yu'er didn't give in.
"Okay, well, this king will not fight with you. Now that I'm here, I'm going to make a difference. ”
Duoduo sneered, "I don't need to teach such a thing as boosting morale, do I?" ”
From beginning to end, Emperor Shunzhi didn't say a word, and leaned closely against Da Yu'er.
"The mourning family will take the emperor up."
As soon as Da Yu'er finished saying this, she saw a soldier hurriedly running outside the house and kneeling down and said, "Report, a large number of Ming troops have been found outside the city." ”
Da Yu'er and Duoduo were both taken aback.
"How did it come so quickly?"
He turned around and was about to leave, but Da Yu'er said, "The mourning family and the emperor will go with the regent." ”
Duoduo frowned, but finally said, "It's okay." ”
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Climb to the head of Baoding City, and the scene outside the city can be seen at a glance.
It is clear that a Ming army of tens of thousands is approaching the city of Baoding.
Duoduo could not calculate the specific strength of the Ming army, but at least it was more than seventy or eighty thousand, and perhaps even more than ten thousand.
You must know that at this moment, the defenders in Baoding City have a total of only 50,000, and the rest of the troops are allocated to Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, and Geng Zhongming to defend the flank.
The speed of the Ming army's advance was not fast, but it appeared very calm.
Duoduo narrowed his eyes and looked closely, and found that this Ming army was very familiar to him.
It turned out that the commander of this Ming army was Gao Jie, the Gao Jie who once launched a Northern Expedition, and the Gao Jie who turned Beizhili and Henan upside down.
This is really a narrow road for enemies, a fateful duel.
Duoduo had fought with Gao Jie, and in his opinion, this Ming army general not only had a strong ability to command battles, but also had a very ruthless temperament. Many things that others disdain to do, Gao Jie just did it.
This time, since Gao Jie took the initiative to send him to the door, Duoduo naturally wanted to fight with him.
He didn't believe it, Gao Jie's luck would be as good as the last time.
Dodor ordered the city to be put on alert, ready to meet the battle.
The soldiers of the Qing army, especially those who were full of eight banners, saw that the Shunzhi Emperor and the Empress Dowager were also at the head of the city, and their morale suddenly rose.
Although the Ming army has won most of the victories in the past two years, the Qing army still has the advantage depending on the historical record.
They had no reason to fear the Ming army at all because they were backed by a fortified city.
Under the city, Gao Jie held the reins of his horse with one hand and slowly walked towards the city gate.
Behind him were tens of thousands of elite horsemen and dozens of cannons.
These cannons were very huge, and they were dragged forward by the people and the top of the strong with ropes tied to rolling logs.
They look a lot like redcoat cannons on the look, but they're not.
This is a new type of artillery made by the Firearms Division of the Ministry of Industry by combining the Fran cannon and the redcoat cannon. It was not until the Northern Expedition of the Ming Army in Shandong that this artillery was officially put into use.
This kind of artillery not only has a fast rate of fire and a long range, but also has great power.
Ordinary red-clothed cannons can shatter wall battlements and city towers, but this kind of giant cannon can directly blast open the city gates.
Of course, the Dordor above the city did not know this.
Therefore, when the Ming army pushed the artillery into range, although Duoduo felt a little strange, he did not react immediately.
Until the cannon sounded.
The sound of artillery was like the muffled thunder of summer.
The huge buckshot went straight towards the city gate, and quickly opened large holes in it.
After a round of shelling, the city gate was full of holes, and all the Qing soldiers at the head of the city were trembling.
Before they could react, a second round of shelling began.
This time the gates were smashed to pieces.
Now Dodor was completely stupid.
He watched the city gate being shattered, and watched the Ming cavalry rushing towards the city gate but could not do anything.
It wasn't until the Ming cavalry came to the city gate that he woke up like a dream and shouted: "Quickly block the city gate, go and block the city gate." ”
It's just that how can it be blocked now, the vanguard of the Ming cavalry has galloped into the city.
But the width of the city gate is limited after all, and it is impossible for the Ming army to enter the city instantly. The Qing soldiers who reacted smashed down the rolling logs and gravel to stop the Ming army.
The Ming army gradually suffered casualties, and many cavalry rolled on horseback and fell to the ground and were trampled to pieces.
However, no one took a step back, and they only had Baoding City in their eyes.
Take the city, they have only one goal, and that is to take the city!
After all, Emperor Shunzhi at the head of the city was still a child, and he cried when he saw such a scene.
Da Yu'er hugged him into her arms and patted him comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, it's almost over, it's almost over." ”
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