With the bombardment of the cannon again and again, there was a "bang", half of the fort collapsed, and the brick wall outside and the loess inside all poured down, forming a small hill, and the dust was raised several battles high.

Although the other fort that was a horn of each other did not collapse, the Ming army above withstood several rounds of artillery fire and retreated from the fort in panic.

The infantry of the Qing army cheered, and under the command of Niu Lu Zhangjing, they rushed towards the battery. They quickly searched the Ming army around the fort, and the wounded and dead all had their heads cut off. Those who surrendered uninjured were taken to the rear and were brought back as slaves after the war.

The Qing army destroyed one battery, one pier, and then the infantry advanced, establishing a front in a suitable position. The artillery in the back moved forward again, and then bombarded the new target.

Jinzhou city wall, in the turret in the southeast corner, Zu Dashou watched the Qing soldiers attack in the distance.

"Report~" A sergeant came in and reported: "Wulitai in the east is lost, there are only three forts and piers left in the west, and the Qing soldiers are three miles away from the city." ”

Zu Dashou waved his hand and asked the sergeant to go down. He originally planned to let the troops attack, but after seeing the layout of the Qing army, he extinguished this idea. His troops may not be able to break through the infantry formation of the Qing army, and the Qing army has a large number of cavalry behind the artillery, and his cavalry troops cannot take advantage.

Now Hong Chengchou is mobilizing troops and formulating a rescue strategy. He only has less than 20,000 troops in his hands, and he can't just consume them all, otherwise he won't be able to hold on to Hong Chengchou to break the siege.

Zu Dashou left the turret and went to inspect the north and west city walls. He looked at the Qing army that was getting closer and closer, and instructed his generals: "Look carefully, as long as the Qing soldiers enter the range of the general's artillery, they will fire the cannon immediately." ”

"Yes!" The general said yes loudly.

Zu Dashou didn't say much, continued to inspect, and then went back to the Governor's Mansion. His cannon here, even if it is placed on the top of the city, can hit six or seven hundred paces at most. If he went out of the city to fight in the field and looked at the range of the Qing soldiers' artillery fire now, then his soldiers would have to collapse.

The Qing soldiers outside the city were still slowly advancing, one fort and one pier were removed. Although it looks slow, after capturing a pier, you have to wait for the movement and aiming of the artillery, etc. However, the actual speed was very fast, and by the beginning of the afternoon, all the piers and forts outside Jinzhou City had been removed.

This was much faster than before when they directly used infantry to fight, and the casualties were very few, only seven or eight soldiers were wounded by the recalcitrant Ming army, and no one was killed.

Dolgon was very satisfied with the progress, and he smiled and said to Shi Tingzhu: "Yes, there are few casualties in this fight, and the speed is also fast. ”

Shi Tingzhu bowed down and said, "It's good, it's just that gunpowder and cannons are used quickly." Today, nearly 1,000 cannons and nearly 7,000 catties of gunpowder were shared. If there is no supplement, the Uzhen Chaoha battalion will not be able to continue the big battle. ”

Dorgon frowned, "So much? ”

"That's true, the teams just reported it." Shi Tingzhu replied.

Dorgon said, "Well, I see, this king will ask the emperor for additions." Now resist these two days, there should be no problem. ”

"As long as the Ming army doesn't come out for a decisive battle, there should be no problem." Shi Tingzhu pondered for a moment and said.

Dolgon smiled and said, "If Zu Dashou dares to come out for a decisive battle, I can't ask for it." But this old guy won't come out easily. ”

Dolgon was suddenly attracted by the white smoke and fire above the city, and then heard a "boom" in the distance.

"Our army has entered the artillery range of the Ming army." Shi Tingzhu reminded.

Dorgon ordered: "Let the troops in front retreat a mile and prepare to camp." ”

His guards clinged to the command flag, quickly turned over their horses, and went to give orders in all directions.

Jinzhou City, Governor's Mansion.

Zu Dabi came in in a hurry and asked, "Big brother, the Qing soldiers are already preparing to camp outside the city, do we want to go out and fight?" ”

Zu Dashou said lightly: "You didn't see the artillery team of the Qing soldiers? How many can you come back from your outing? The emperor wants us to hold on, how can we defend it if there are no soldiers? ”

"Then it can't be without food, right?" Zu Dabi said unconvinced.

Zu Dashou said: "Don't worry, the food in the city is still enough to eat for a while." If it doesn't work, let Matsuyama send us food, it's so close, if you can't send food, the responsibility is theirs. ”

"Why don't we go and rob the camp at night?" Zu Dabi proposed again.

Zu Dashou said impatiently: "Dolgon will be defenseless?!" Don't think about it, it's right to rest! When Hong Chengchou comes over with reinforcements, it is the right thing to go out of the city to attack inside and outside! ”

Zu Dabi said helplessly: "Okay, the eldest brother has the final say." Then he left the governor's palace and went back to his house to rest.

Zu Dashou also wanted to push the Qing soldiers back, but he didn't have much to do. Originally, the field battle was not the opponent of the Qing soldiers, but now that the Qing soldiers have so many artillery teams, they have no chance of winning. And the order given by the imperial court is to hold on, if he loses Jinzhou, where else can he go? Will the old and new accounts be liquidated together? So he must hold on, and he must hold Jinzhou without losing.

It was soon dark, and the camps of the Qing soldiers were also built, and each battalion was on guard, and the troops and time on duty were set to strictly prevent the Ming army from sneaking up at night.

Dolgon, on the other hand, was very relaxed, and when he set up camp, he let the clothed minions behind him come up and cut a five-zhang wide separation zone in the wheat field.

When it was time to get to the fast time, Dolgon gave an order, and the Qing soldiers raised fire everywhere. For the direction of the wind blowing in the direction of their barracks, they used rockets to set fire to all the wheat fields near the outside of the city, and the raging fire lit up the entire night sky and the entire Jinzhou City.

"Hahaha," Dolgon said with a smile, "Now it's okay, the army can rest well, and the food is gone, and the Ming army will not come out to die." ”

"Prince Rui is wise!" All the generals around shouted praises. They all genuinely thought that Dorgon was good, and not only did they take turns to go home to escape the summer, but they were also able to use new tactics to make their men suffer fewer casualties and achieve more results.

Dolgon nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let's all go back and rest, and when we have collected the grain, we will retreat and graze the horses." You don't have to worry about the war horse losing fat, this king will not let everyone's property be lost. ”

"Prince Xie Rui is compassionate!" All the chapters of Kyoto are shouting thanks. They were not very interested in this siege in the first place. They prefer raiding wars where they can grab goods and people, so morale is generally not high now. Now with Dolgon's promise to retreat, they were even happier.

The Ming army at the head of Jinzhou City silently watched the fire outside the city, watching the ears of wheat that were originally their grain being burned by the fire. They would unconsciously feel a little hungry, and then let out a sigh.