The Qing soldiers who flaunted their might were stunned by this shell.

For many Qing soldiers, artillery on the battlefield was their lingering nightmare. When fighting with the Ming army in the previous decades, the Qing army suffered a lot from the Ming army's artillery, and I don't know how many people were killed or wounded under the Ming army's artillery fire.

In the field battle, the Qing army can be said to beat the Ming army, full of arrogance. But only when facing the artillery of the Ming army will they feel that they lack courage.

Even their Great Khan Nurhachi was wounded and killed by Ming artillery.

I finally had my own artillery, but I didn't see the shells fall on the enemy's heads, but today I saw the shells fall on my head, which made the Qing soldiers have to be terrified.

The horse thief cottage that I thought I would shoot down casually found out that it was a Xiongguan fortress when I arrived, which was frustrating enough.

Well, Xiongguan Fortress is nothing, after all, I have captured a lot of cities in the Ming Dynasty over the years.

However, they have sacrificed the tactics of provocation before the battle, which have repeatedly worked in the past, and today they have failed. And it was defeated under the ferocious shells, which made the already frustrated mood of the Qing army even worse.

What the hell is going on? Isn't it just a nest of horse thieves, how did it become a fortress in Xiongguan, and there is such a fierce artillery fire?

Many Qing soldiers were blind when they were dying, and they were still thinking about this question in their hearts.

After the former commander of the Qing army came back to his senses, he hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and the sound of the gong sounded rapidly.

But before the Qing army could retreat in time, there was another loud roar, and a dozen shells in the second round whistled and flew above their heads again.

The shells fell into the crowd, setting off another bloody storm and causing a burst of bitter howls.

However, when the Qing army was in battle for a long time, although it was not in a panic, it quickly retreated after hearing the sound of gold coming from behind the battle, and did not stop at all because of the comrades who were still wailing on the battlefield.

And they quickly dispersed in the process of retreating, and the distance between the soldiers quickly widened.

This is also the experience of the Qing army in the battle with the Ming army for many years, as long as the distance is widened, the lethality of the shells will be much smaller.

Looking at the Qing army that was panicked but not chaotic and retreated but not collapsed, Jiang Chuan couldn't help but admire a little.

At the beginning of each dynasty, the fighting power of the army was quite strong. This kind of strong combat effectiveness has also shaped the army's strong battlefield adaptability, which is also a necessary quality for an elite army.

And the Qing army in front of him obviously has this quality, and it suddenly suffered a fierce blow, but it was able to quickly wake up from the panic, which is indeed very rare.

In the process of retreating, the artillery fired another round of shells.

It's just that the results of this round of shells were much smaller when the Qing army was prepared.

Seeing this, Jiang Chuan had no choice but to order the shelling to stop. The shells he captured last time were not many, and they could not be easily wasted.

And the real battle hasn't started yet, it's just a pre-dinner dessert.

Seeing the Qing soldiers retreating in embarrassment, a cheer suddenly sounded on the city wall: "Long live the general, long live!" “

The rolling sound went in all directions, and the momentum was not much worse than the wolf howl of the Qing soldiers just now.

When the former commander of the Qing army heard this, his face was extremely ugly, but he could only order all the troops to retreat to the position before departure.

Fortunately, the location he had chosen to camp in the past was relatively far away, so that he could avoid the threat of artillery.

After several rounds of artillery fire, the morale of the Qing army, which had just been boosted, became depressed again, and although it was not to say that the morale of the army had collapsed, there was no doubt that the soldiers had developed a fear of conquering the Xiongguan fortress in front of them.

The former army commander had no choice but to collect his troops and return to the camp, and on the other hand, he sent someone to report the matter to the Chinese army behind him.

The middle army and the rear army led by Duoduo were also depressed by the torrential rain yesterday, and as soon as the sky cleared, he ordered the camp to continue to advance.

The roads were soaked in mud from the heavy rain, and the army was struggling to move forward, and the soldiers had to lift their legs to shake off the mud on their feet when they took a step, and the soldiers' physical strength was rapidly draining.

Moreover, there are also heavy vehicles behind that are even more difficult, the front is pulled by horses, the back is pushed by people, the wheels of the carts slowly roll forward in the mud, and from time to time the soldiers have to get rid of the mud stuck to the wheels.

This kind of turtle speed made Duoduo even more irritable.

I thought it was an ordinary combat mission, but it didn't go well from the beginning. First, he was harassed by the enemy's cavalry, and he carelessly lost 3,000 Mongolian cavalry.

Then there was another torrential rain, which trapped the main force of the army in the middle of the road.

This kind of unfavorable signs made him start to worry a little about the 5,000 strikers, but it was only a little.

At the moment, it seems that this army of thieves is a little stronger than he thought. But up to this point, Dodor still didn't take this thief army too seriously.

In his heart, whether it rains heavily or snowy, it is just an experience used by the children of the Eight Banners to sharpen their physique and exercise their spirits.

The fearless warriors of the Eight Banners will not succumb to the power of heaven and earth at all, you must know that their ancestors came out of the bitter cold land of ice and snow, and then became stronger step by step, and only then did they come to this day.

So far, Duoduo at most just feels that this operation is not as smooth as he imagined, after all, any accident on the battlefield can happen, so it is nothing to him who has been fighting for many years, and he will not be afraid because of this.

If that's the case, then it's not the descendants of Aixin Jueluo.

Seeing the slow pace of the procession, Duoduo thought for a moment and ordered: "The whole army takes off their boots and marches barefoot." ”

As soon as the order was given, a strange scene was seen. More than 20,000 people quickly took off their mud-stained boots, tied them with ropes from their boots and hung them around their necks, and began to walk barefoot on the dirt road.

Anyone who has ever had this experience knows that walking barefoot on a dirt road is much faster than walking on a dirt road with shoes on, because there is much less sticky mud.

As a result, the speed of the march of the entire army was greatly accelerated.

As soon as the sun clears up, the temperature that had been carried away by the rain begins to rise rapidly.

After half a day's walk, the sun-scorched road had begun to dry out, and the army marched faster.

Dodor was about to ask how long it would be for the scouts to arrive, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves running towards him.

Immediately without waiting to get off the horse, he immediately shouted: "Tell the prince, the front army is urgent!" ”

Hearing this, Duoduo's heart suddenly trembled, and a bad feeling grew.