Three days later, in the early morning, Dolgon also led an army of 260,000 troops of the Manchu Five Banners, the Mongol Three Banners, and the Han Three Banners to the outskirts of the imperial capital.

Just when the generals thought that a war was imminent, Dorgon strictly ordered all banners to guard the gates of the camp, and not to go into battle without his orders.

Dorgon was waiting, waiting for someone to arrive.

Li Zicheng did not let Dolgon get his wish.

After five days of confrontation between the two sides, on April 25, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the sun had just risen, and Li Zicheng sent Yuan Congdi, the general of the left battalion, who was also a master of the realm of the stars, leading 3,000 troops to attack the Qing army camp.

Li Zicheng also sent Liu Zongmin, the head of the four powerful generals and the first general under his command, who had the strength of the realm of the royal road, to lead 50,000 troops to attack the forward battalion of the Qing soldiers head-on, wanting to destroy them in one fell swoop.

The battle situation was urgent, Dolgon's maternal brother Duoduo, he was also a master of the royal realm, Dolgon ordered Duoduo and Azig to lead more than 10,000 cavalry each, outflanking Liu Zongmin from both wings.

At the beginning, Liu Zongmin's 50,000 infantry advanced very smoothly, like a spearhead piercing the vanguard camp of the Qing army, while Duoduo and Azig's 20,000 cavalry were on both sides of Liu Zongmin, like two giant hands, holding the dagger rigidly.

It was a bloody, brutal, battle where victory and defeat were entirely determined by strength and perseverance, and both sides had no way out but to fight hard, with heavy casualties on both sides, but no one chose to retreat, they were all red-eyed.

Liu Zongmin picked up the "human slaughter pestle" in his hand, and when he went down the pestle, the person who was hit suddenly had his brain splashed and his flesh and blood blurred.

Soon, a two-zhang wide open space appeared around Liu Zongmin, and no one dared to plunder his edge anymore. Just when he successfully entered the enemy formation and pierced the enemy's heart when he saw it, he saw that the Qing soldiers quickly dispersed to both sides, and a row of red-clothed cannons was suddenly listed outside the commander's camp, there were as many as a hundred cannons, and these cannons were facing him Liu Zongmin.

Due to the orderly retreat of the Qing soldiers, a Ming general beside Liu Zongmin finally saw clearly the short and fat man behind the red-clothed cannon, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Kong Youde!" ”

The man Dolgon was waiting for had finally arrived, and that person was Kong Youde!

At the beginning, Kong Youde took the most advanced firearms of the Ming Dynasty, crossed the Bohai Sea, and surrendered to the Manchu Qing. Kong Youde's addition also completely made up for the shortcomings of the Manchu Qing Dynasty due to the backward artillery technology and lack of siege skills, and became a sharp weapon for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to attack the city in the future! So much so that the emperor Taiji Xin at that time was ecstatic, personally went out of the city ten miles to greet him, and also held a three-fist ceremony, which shows that he attaches great importance to firearms.

And today, Dolgon is also very interested in artillery, so he would rather wait for five days to finally wait for Kong Youde and his artillery. He stood on the top of the hill and laughed proudly: "Haha, let you try the power of this king's red-clothed cannon!" Obey the king, and smash them to this king!! ”

With Dolgon's order, countless shells fell from the sky, accompanied by a loud bang, the Dashun army were all rural villagers, and the firearms for the siege of the city were naturally used, but they were all small fights, how could they have seen such a mighty firearm, like the firearms of Tianwei, they were instantly bombarded to pieces, and they were in chaos. Coupled with the rapid reversal of the horse's head by Duoduo and Azig, under the incessant charging of Duoduo and Azig's cavalry, the Dashun army was quickly defeated.

Dolgon, on the other hand, took advantage of the situation to lead the troops to attack, and the Qing soldiers were mainly cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and the Dashun army was bombarded by the cannons, which quickly cut the Dashun army apart, making them unable to care about each other.

Li Zicheng was furious when he saw the defeat of the army, so he had to order Tian Jianxiu and Gao Yigong to suppress the formation, and he sent another general Niu Jinxing, and ordered Niu Jinxing to lead 20,000 personal soldiers to the rescue.

Niu Venus leopard head ringed eyes, tempered, he went down with a knife, hacked to death several fleeing Dashun soldiers in a row, and said angrily: "If there are any more retreaters, there will be no mercy!! ”

"Kill. Kill. Kill"

The soldiers behind Niu Jinxing also roared, and this roar immediately suppressed the scattered deserters, and the remaining remnants of the soldiers quickly moved closer to Niu Jinxing, which barely resisted the impact of the Manchu cavalry.

With the addition of Niu Venus, the rout was quickly brought under control, and the two sides became evenly matched again.

The battle lasted until the evening, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the losses of the Dashun army were even heavier.

Li Zicheng really saw the strength of the Qing army in field warfare, he listened to Song Xiance's advice, and withdrew the camp to the imperial capital overnight, wanting to rely on the high walls and thick walls of the imperial capital to resolve the advantages of the Qing cavalry.

Not to mention the hot fighting in the imperial capital, in the east of the imperial capital, an army of tens of thousands of people is also quietly marching on the official road to Tianjin Wei, this army is guarding a huge carriage drawn by six horses in the middle, wrapped in fine yellow satin, and driven by a black palace girl.

"Qi'er, the mutton shabu is almost ready, come in and rest." Wang Jian pulled his throat and said.

Lu Qi'er answered, handed the whip rope in her hand to the two female soldiers of the Hongyan Battalion next to her, and entered the carriage.

At this time, the carriage was very lively, Wang Jian didn't know where to get a stove, and then put on the hot pot, sat around with Chen Yuanyuan and Yao'er, and the two girls watched curiously as the hot gas in the hot pot suddenly bubbled out. It was also the first time for them to eat hot pot, and they were only very surprised.

When Lu Yao'er saw her sister coming in, she also took the initiative to give her sister a seat, and then the four of them sat around and ate.

Lu Yao'er's mouth was bulging, and she said, "Brother Emperor, you still have the best way, it's so delicious." ”

Chen Yuanyuan also ate a mouthful of fat, and nodded in rare agreement. At first, she didn't know what Wang Jian was messing with in the carriage, and she was very disdainful, until Wang Jian set up a hot pot like a trick, and then asked Wang Chengen to find a bunch of ingredients, she realized that Wang Jian was making food. Chen Yuanyuan was not polite, he picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of mutton to eat.

Wang Jian knocked on the chopsticks that Chen Yuanyuan stretched into the hot pot and stirred, and said, "Hey, you eat less, you're already so fat," "Qi'er, you're tired of driving, eat more..."

Lu Qi'er smiled sweetly at Wang Jian, and the cold beauty who didn't talk much smiled at him for the first time, but she looked at him dumbfounded.

Chen Yuanyuan was very dissatisfied with this differential treatment, and glared at Wang Jian angrily, but dissatisfaction did not prevent her from continuing to eat, just because she ate the most.

The weather at the beginning of May was already hot, coupled with the heat of the hot pot, and the women were sweating for a while.

"This is life, eating hot pot and singing." Wang Jian secretly said proudly.

Just when he was about to pick up the chopsticks and tap the bowl and was about to play a song, suddenly the carriage came to a sudden brake, the boiler fell directly due to inertia, and the hot soup in the hot pot also spilled out, almost splashing Chen Yuanyuan, who was immersed in meat, but fortunately her martial arts flashed fast.

"Holy. This can't be a bandit, right? This was the first reaction in Wang Jian's mind.