The Qing army built a fortress at the bridgehead, and below the fort wall was a low wall made of sandbags, on which were placed six Hongyi cannons, as well as several Franc machines, and the soldiers fired arrows behind the sandbags, and suppressed the bridgehead with firepower.

The flickering cannon flames flickered in the night sky, and the water columns on both sides of the pontoon exploded, splashing high and falling like a torrential rain.

At this time, the three fortress walls of the bridgehead had fallen, and only the west fort wall near the pontoon bridge was still in the hands of the Qing army.

Of the more than 300 Qing troops guarding the fortress, half of them were left, holding the artillery position on the west fort wall and bridgehead.

The Qing army on the artillery array blocked the Wei army that attacked the pontoon bridge, and the west fort wall guarded against the elite of the selected front who attacked from behind.

The quality of the Eight Banners guarding the fort is indeed very high, and in the face of sudden attacks and flanking attacks from both sides, they did not collapse immediately, but are still holding on and waiting for help.

The leader of the first fort knew very well that as long as the Wei army on the pontoon bridge was blocked and the main force of the Wei army was not allowed to cross the river, it would be difficult for the Wei army to succeed.

"Block them and shoot at Lao Tzu!" Wearing white armor, the leader roared with a knife.

The artillery of the Qing army roared, and a cannon passed, smashing the shield in the hands of the Wei army, and the Wei sergeant fell down, and the sword and shield hand with the shield rushed down the bridgehead, and was put down by the fire and thunder all day, and the bridgehead was covered with corpses.

The white armor leader had a cruel smile on his face, and his mouth did not let out a beastly roar, "Kill all the barbarians!" Kill them all! ”

Suddenly, there was a loud bang on the fort wall behind him, a bright light flashed, white smoke filled the air, and several white-armored eight flags standing on the fort wall to shoot arrows were thrown away by the explosion, and people flew down directly from the wall and smashed heavily on the ground.

Zuo Ling's face changed, knowing that the fortress wall could not be defended, his eyes were red, he looked at the green battalion commander next to him, and shouted angrily: "Zhou Laosi, you go to reinforce the fortress wall, be sure to block the barbarians, the reinforcements from Guancheng will arrive soon!" ”

Zhou Laosi's face was panicked, and he hurriedly turned around with more than a dozen subordinates, but at this moment, the gate of the fort began to open slowly, revealing a gap, and looking in from the gap, it was full of Wei troops with torches.

Zhou Laosi was frightened, stopped his steps forward, and turned around and retreated.

At this time, the guards of Pujin Pass had already lit the beacon fire, and the beacon smoke began to pass to the city, and Tikhamu was woken up from the bed, and when he heard that Pujin Pass was attacked, he was shocked into a cold sweat, and he did not wear any shoes, and he walked out of the bedroom wearing a single coat.

The barbarian is really cunning, he just reported the matter of the Wei army burning the pontoon bridge, stating that the Wei army in Guanzhong was too busy to take care of itself, and Pujin Pass had no worries, and the Wei army raided Pujin Pass, and if Guancheng was lost, his good life would be over immediately.

Titicaca walked out of the house in a hurry, and the soldiers behind him caught up with him with his armor and boots.

The Qing soldiers in the large camp did not expect that the Wei army would raid Pujin Pass, and the camp was in chaos, and many generals were not in the camp and did not know where to spend the night.

The Qing army in the bridgehead, under the attack of the Wei army on both sides, held out for less than two quarters of an hour, and finally completely collapsed.

Bai Jia Zuo led his body to death on the sandbag, he was stabbed in the back and died, the Wei soldiers controlled the fort, the prisoners were taken aside, and the Wei soldiers on the bridge trotted through the pontoon bridge at great speed.

At this time, Huang Bingzhong rode down the bridge, and the two commanders of the Xuanfeng battalion bowed their heads and clenched their fists, "Dudu, the fortress has been taken by us." ”

Huang Bingzhong nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Remove obstacles in front and lead the way for the army!" ”

"Whoa!" The two commanders clasped their fists, and then waved their hands, and the elite of the selected fronts standing in line on both sides of the line cheered forward.

On the road between the city and the fortress, the Wei soldiers of the four divisions fought with more than 1,000 Qing cavalry.

If it was daytime, the cavalry would not be afraid of this Wei army, but in the dark the war horses could not gallop uncontrollably, plus from the gate to the fortress, it was a long ramp, and there were rocks on the ground, which limited the combat power of the cavalry.

At this time, the killing sound in the direction of the fortress subsided, and I saw countless Wei troops with torches rushing out of the fortress, and saw a long dragon with torches appear on the pontoon bridge connecting the two banks, and the west bank was like day, so I knew that the Wei army had broken through the fortress, and the Qing army that was ambushed collapsed in an instant.

The distance between Guancheng and the bridgehead is only about three or four miles, and soon a steady stream of Wei troops poured into Guanxia, and the infantry army rushed directly to Guancheng, and the siege mortars transported over were placed under the city, and in the sound of the booming cannons, the black shells were thrown into the Guanqiang, and there was a loud bang, and the Guanqiang shook slightly.

The Wei army could not see the effect of the artillery bombardment, and could only see that after closing the wall, the light flashed, as if it were thunder.

"Kill!" Huang Bingzhong roared angrily, and the Wei soldiers behind him rushed to the wall with a ladder.

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On the day of the third watch, it was dark in the city of Beijing, and it was silent, and I only happened to hear the sound of bangzi and saw the figure of the patrol soldiers in the city.

Beijing used to be the capital of the Ming Dynasty, gathering hundreds of civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, as well as lords and nobles, relying on the blood transfusion of the south of the Yangtze River, and it was extremely prosperous.

Now that the Grand Canal is not open, there is no support for transportation, Beijing can no longer feed many people, plus the rich households were wiped out by Li Zicheng, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty wiped out a group, Beijing began to gradually decline, the shops in the city closed, the restaurants and tea shops closed down, and there was a bleak scene.

At this moment, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and several cavalrymen each rode three war horses, galloping all the way to the Yongding Gate, and the cavalry led shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, there is an emergency military intelligence report." ”

On the third watch, most people in Beijing had already fallen asleep, but the regent's mansion was brightly lit.

In the study, Dolgon looked a little tired and flipped through the military newspaper, feeling very uncomfortable.

Not long ago, he received a military report from Zilharang, telling him that Ao Bai and Sonny had led the army, broken the border wall, entered Gansu, and plundered Yongliang, showing his achievements, but also brought him a thunderbolt from the blue.

This news is that Duoduo was captured and shamefully fell into the hands of Gao Yihuan.

This made Dolgon furious, and smashed several large porcelain vases from the Jingtai period before he suppressed the anger in his heart.

Originally, Dolgon was counting on Duoduo to instigate the Heshute Mongols to raid Guanzhong and divide the merits of the two political rivals, Zilharang and Hauge, but he didn't want Duoduo to send Gao Yihuan a merit instead.

Dorgon was almost fainting with rage, although he had always loved the brother of Dodor and alienated the eldest brother of Azig, but at this time, he really hoped that Dodor would die sooner.

Even if Duoduo died on the battlefield, Dolgon felt that his face was bright, and now he was actually captured alive and let Gao Yihuan use it to blackmail the Qing Dynasty, Dolgon only felt that the face of the Qing Dynasty and the face of Aixinjue Luo were all lost by him, which was a shame for the Qing Dynasty.

Because of this incident, Dolgon almost went down mentally and exhausted.

At this time, Dolgon was watching Zilharang's recital to Beijing, and his face became even more gloomy.

Suddenly, a voice came from outside, "Lord Wang, there is an emergency military intelligence delivery in Shanxi!" ”

"Shanxi?" Dorgon frowned slightly, "Come in!" ”

A petty officer of the military department walked in, and Dolgon, putting on a coat, stood up, walked around the table, and asked, "Where is the military newspaper?" ”

The petty officer knelt down to present a volume of military newspapers, Dolgon picked up the military newspapers, opened the military newspapers and hurriedly read them, he suddenly thundered like five thunderbolts, the military newspapers fell off his hands, his legs were weak, his body hit the table behind him, and he fell to the ground, and the kneeling little officer was quick to move, and he helped Dolgon, and said urgently: "Lord, steady!" ”

Dolgon was speechless for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he pushed the junior official away, and said with a gloomy face: "Go, summon Hong Chengchou and other bachelors to come to the discussion." ”

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