On April 20, the Qing army Duoduo and Azig joined 50,000 Mongolian soldiers and entered the city from Huangyakou in Jixian County. On April 23, Dolgon gathered 50,000 Mongol soldiers and invaded from the territory of the Miyun Wall. On 28 April, Zilharang led an army of 30,000 men to Shanhaiguan and confronted the defenders.

Last time, the Qing army came in from Huangyakou, but due to the lack of food, the troops and defenses here did not improve. Moreover, every time the Qing army entered the customs, they came in from different places, and the ministers and border generals did not pay attention to the Huangyakou that had just been attacked, but they did not expect that the Qing army would still go here this time.

Although it is said that it is now Li Zicheng's Dashun Dynasty, the border generals and border soldiers are still the original border soldiers, and they have not been mobilized much. Even if Li Zicheng gave them a little reward when they surrendered, it did not improve their combat effectiveness and will to fight. The Qing army, as always, was in a no-man's land, pressing straight towards Beijing.

On April 23, the same day that Dolgonkou entered, the city of Jizhou was lost. The defenders of Jizhou City did have Li Zicheng's troops, but there were only 1,500 people, and more than half of them were officers and soldiers, and their combat strength was greatly reduced.

Because it was the first encounter, Duoduo and the others were still more cautious, and did not storm as soon as they came up, but besieged the city first, and then tempted. By the way, see if there are any reinforcements coming, and defeat the reinforcements first.

But after testing, it was found that the troops of the new dynasty were no different from the original Ming army. Or close the city and defend it, and fire cannons from a distance on the city wall.

But this time the Qing army was different, they brought Hongyi cannons this time, and there were quite a few. With the experience of attacking Jinzhou, the Qing army was very calm. First build a high platform, and then place artillery on the high platform to suppress the Shun army on the city wall. When the artillery of the Shun army was almost destroyed, the infantry climbed the city and took the city wall.

If, as a rule of thumb, the walls were taken, the defenders of the city surrendered. But this time, the Qing army encountered street fighting. Dozens of Shun troops refused to surrender, piled up bunkers at the entrance of the county government, and continued to fight the Qing army with bows and crossbows.

Inside the city, outside the county office.

"Ready, release," an officer ordered, and seven or eight crossbowmen in the first row immediately fired their crossbow arrows. Their crossbow arrows knocked down the five Qing soldiers who rushed at them, but two of them were also shot in the neck and in the face, and fell backwards in agony.

"Go up," the officer shouted the order. The soldiers in the back picked up their crossbow arrows and quivers, and silently stood in the vacant position, opened their crossbows, and loaded their arrows.

"Ah~" A soldier was suddenly shot in the chest and fell down screaming.

Another officer looked up and saw Qing soldiers on the roof not far away. So immediately reminded: "There are people up there"

"Firebolt, fire," the officer immediately ordered.

But at the very moment they gave the order, seven soldiers had already been shot, and all of them were killed, and the powerful arrows pierced deep into their bodies, leaving only the tail feathers outside.

"Bang", "bang", "bang", the fire gun finally sounded. The body of one of the soldiers rolled down from the roof, and the other soldiers did not know whether they were dead or hiding behind the ridge.

The officer shouted loudly: "The second team looks at the roof, the first team loads, looks at some arquebuses, don't extinguish it." ”

"Crossbowman, fire" The deputy immediately ordered to shoot down the four Qing soldiers who rushed up again. However, the three Qing soldiers who had fallen twenty paces away suddenly stood up and rushed towards them again.

"Second platoon, put" the officer immediately ordered.

After a few screams, the three Qing soldiers were finally shot down again. But this time they already had four or five crossbow arrows on them, and they probably won't be able to stand up again.

In the big tent outside the city, after receiving the report from his subordinates, Duoduo was not much surprised, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, there is something different. ”

"Take those prisoners up and let them cover the artillery." Azig's dissatisfied order: "Let them surrender, otherwise it will be a shame to immediately slaughter a county government in the city and lose thirty-two warriors of the Eight Banners"

"Slow" Duoduo immediately stopped: "Don't shout if you slaughter the city, do the rest." ”

"Chirp" subordinates clenched their fists and agreed, and immediately ran to give orders.

When the herald left, Azig asked puzzledly, "What, I'm in a good mood today, I don't want to slaughter the city."

"We're here to occupy the land this time, and we don't have the support of the people, so how can we gain a foothold in the future," Duoduo explained casually.

Azig was even more puzzled and asked, "Didn't you fight with Hauge and said that you knew that Dorgon would not do it, so you pushed Hauge to be the emperor." Why are you obedient to Dolgon again?"

"That's Dolgon's incompetence, and it wasted our brothers' kindness." Duoduo explained indifferently: "This is a national event, and it cannot be mixed up. Besides, what Dorgon said has a point, and there is no reason to oppose it. ”

Azig looked at Duoduo for a moment before shaking his head and saying nothing. He now realized that although he was the elder brother, he was really not far behind the two younger brothers.

The battle outside the county government stopped, and the Qing soldiers no longer put cold arrows in their hiding places. The soldiers behind the bunker sat on the ground and hid behind the bunker to rest. If it weren't for the fact that less than 100 people in the city had fought in Henan, it is estimated that the Qing soldiers would not have been able to enter the city. There was no way, there were too many Ming soldiers who surrendered, and they didn't dare to garrison outside the city at all, so they had to defend the city.

A moment later, a large group of surrendered soldiers appeared in front of them. Those who surrendered from afar shouted: "Brothers, surrender, there are 200,000 Qing soldiers, and they can't stop it." ”

"The Qing Dynasty gave preferential treatment to the surrendered people, and surrendered to the original official appointment."

A soldier scolded: "Damn, a group of soft bones don't know what the emperor thinks, and they all use them"

When the troops were eighty paces from the bunker, they stopped. But their shouting did not stop, and they still shouted loudly.

The officer crawled in the gap, watching the movement of the enemy and preparing his men. After a while, however, the captives suddenly retreated to both sides, revealing the cannons that had been prepared behind them. He looked at the gunner of the Qing soldiers in a daze, holding a torch and lighting the fuse.

The "cannon" officer shouted loudly, and there was no time to make any preparations.

And at this time, the sound of "boom", "boom" cannon sounded. The eight-pound iron projectile flew out and rushed straight into the bunker.

"Knock" and "knock" made two loud noises, two bunkers were collapsed, and the sandbags that were only piled up in one layer could not stop the invasion of the Qing artillery.

The gunners of the Qing army performed their duties, brushed the chamber, charged, loaded, loaded the lead, pushed the artillery back to its original position, and continued to fire after aiming a little. Two more bunkers were destroyed, and seven or eight soldiers were wounded, wailing and screaming on the ground.

At this time, the Shun army did not dare to insist any longer, so they all ran into the county office. The Qing army quickly surrounded the county government, and after several attempts to persuade him to surrender to no avail, he decisively set fire to the county government and set the county government on fire. The casualties inflicted on them by these Shun troops were large enough to make them reluctant to attack again.

After the fire was ignited, the Shun army inside could only rush out. However, the Qing soldiers outside were in full array, and as soon as they came out, they were attacked by bows and arrows and firearms, and all 31 Shun troops were killed, but they were unable to inflict further casualties on the Qing army.

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