"It seems that in a day or two, we will be able to celebrate in the city of Shanhaiguan!"

Even Shang Kexi, who was full of confidence, did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was so low.

It is true that the number of troops of the Qing army in Shanhaiguan is not large, only more than 10,000, but to be honest, the number of Hongtang's army is only less than double that of their opponents.

Although it seems that there are a lot of soldiers with an extra number of nearly 10,000 soldiers, and they are also crowded with people, but it is still gratifying that they attack Liaoyang or defend Liaoyang and other cities, after experiencing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of battles, looking back at the battle between these two or thirty thousand, I also feel that it should take at least some effort.

But this is only the beginning of the siege of the city for most of the day, Shang Kexi how they look at the city defense of this Shanhaiguan is also crumbling, it seems that as long as the Hongtang soldiers work harder, they can make the Qing soldiers in the city collapse.

"Isn't that good? Finish this battle early, let's go back to Gongchangling earlier, I can't say that our march has been detected by the Jurchens in the Qing Kingdom, and people are also mobilizing troops and horses to prepare to kill us by surprise! ”

followed Shang Kexi to attack Shanhaiguan together, as well as Geng Zhongming, who had been misunderstood by Wu Jie and them before, although he had a smile on his face at this time, what he said was a little old-fashioned.

In fact, Geng Zhongming was also glad in his heart, he did not accept the promise of the Qing people and rebelled against Hongtang, but now Hongtang has repelled the main army of the Qing Dynasty led by Prince Dolgon, but it has already highlighted a momentum of dominating the world.

Even the most powerful Qing iron cavalry in the East in this era can no longer resist the Hongtang army, and the Hongtang army has withstood the offensive of the Qing army in field battles and offensive and defensive battles, which means that the ambition that Hongmen Li Tianyang has gradually revealed over the years has the main body to carry and the possibility of realization.

In this way, staying in the Hongmen and contributing to the rise of the Hongmen is far more exciting than the immediate benefits in the Qing Dynasty.

Don't forget, the real killer feature of Hongmen in this era has always been not their infantry and cavalry, but the invincible naval fleet on the sea.

Perhaps in today's war in Liaodong, the stage on which Hongtang Sailor can play is not big, but if it really comes to the point of competing for dominance in China, a Yellow River, a Yangtze River, and various tributaries scattered around the two bloodline rivers are a big stage for Hongtang Sailor to show his skills!

While glad that the tiger was shocked by Li Tianyang's letter to the ambition and desire in their hearts, Geng Zhongming is now redoubling his efforts and contributing his abilities and talents.

"That's right, then let's stop working harder, take this city in one go before Senior Commander Xiao and them arrive, and give Senior Commander Xiao a surprise?"

Shang Kexi also changed his prejudice against Geng Zhongming, although he secretly cooperated with Geng Zhongming because of his similar background, but in his heart, Shang Kexi still didn't look down on Geng Zhongming and their number of owners.

It wasn't until now at a delicate juncture that Geng Zhongming and the others withstood the postgraduate entrance examination and took the initiative to show their loyalty to Hongmen.

"Brother Shang, you just speak!"

Geng Zhongming still had a smile on his face, and replied with a tacit smile.

"Pass the order, the third regiment will all go out and press Lao Tzu!"

Under Shang Kexi's order, a reserve army in his hand flew out of the trench and rushed into the battlefield where the fierce battle was raging.

At the same time, it was so coincidental that the southern city gate, which had already been crumbling, made a creaking and piercing sound under the countless impacts of the battering ram, and fell backwards with a bang, and at the same time you could hear the mournful wailing behind the door.

"Rush!!"

"Woo!!"

The entire Hongtang army was excited, with the opening of the south gate, so that the Hongtang soldiers no longer had to climb the steep city wall, and dragged the battering ram of the heroes who blocked the front backwards, and after throwing it aside, dozens of soldiers who were operating the battering ram as strong men before bore the brunt of the storm, rushed into the south gate of the swarthy Shanhaiguan, and then from the city gate there were bursts of fighting and weapon collisions.

Immediately followed by teams of Hongtang warriors, in the chaos but maintaining an orderly and other formation, swarming but not chaotic towards the city gate.

The opening of the city gate, in fact, means that the fall of Shanhaiguan has become a foregone conclusion, just one day's effort, the Hongtang army has opened the first pass of the city, the odds are in hand, it shows that the Hongtang army has been sharpened on the battlefield for almost a year, not only because of the heavy losses of comrades, but also weakened, but more powerful.

As the commanders of this iron army, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming are naturally proud to lead such a powerful army. As people who have been generals in the Ming Dynasty army and have seen the gap between the Ming army and the Qing army, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming have to admit that the drill of the Hongtang army can really be said to be the best in this era.

After nightfall, the war still did not stagnate, Shang Kexi naturally hoped to end the war as soon as possible, at least before the arrival of Xiao Xiurong, so that they would have one less person to share the profit of taking the city; The general of the Qing army defending the city was also a Jurchen, but he was not willing to be defeated by the Hongtang army with his pride, so he took the remnants of the Qing army soldiers and launched a street battle with the Hongtang army in the city laneway Huang Zijian.

The most difficult siege battle was quickly over, but I didn't expect that the trouble caused by this street battle after dark was even more difficult than the siege battle.

This is also the case, as the night comes, the vision becomes more unfavorable to the advance of the Hongtang army, and although the Qing soldiers are not dedicated to repairing the city defense, they do not wander around in the pass when they rest on weekdays, looking for fun, and they are naturally more familiar with the terrain of the pass.

After a night of fierce fighting, Hongtang's army only occupied about three-fifths of the entire Guanxi territory, and the remaining two-fifths were still in the hands of Qing soldiers.

In this way, it also gave Xiao Xiurong, who rushed over from the front line of Ningjin, a chance to share the merits of the 10,000 soldiers.

When Xiao Xiurong's army arrived, he immediately entered Guanzhong to carry out the encirclement and suppression of the Qing soldiers, and after the sky was bright and brought the Hongtang soldiers a wide field of vision, the encirclement brought by the Qing army last night quickly fell apart.

(End of chapter)