"Driving ......"

A team of Manchu exploration horses galloped out of Shengjing City and quickly moved away. After about five miles of travel, the elder leader of the leader made a gesture to his men to pay attention, and then he himself took the reins of his horse and turned away from the official road and ran into the field of crops on the side.

When his men saw this, they had to follow up, but one of them, a young Manchu detective, whispered: "The emperor said that we will fight to defend the grain, and now we have trampled on the grain ...... ourselves."

When the chief heard this, he looked back at him and said, "To save the food, you must first save your own life!" “

"What's so great about Minggou?" The subordinate seemed to be a little unconvinced, and replied with a little emotion, "Now that I am united, we have no way out, only to fight to the death, Ming Dog is a human, we are also a human being, I don't believe it, Ming Dog has three heads and six arms, with our strength and morale, we will definitely be able to defeat them." The emperor's decree says that as long as you have the courage to fight, you can defeat all seemingly powerful enemies! ”

The other older man next to the young man couldn't stand it anymore, and scolded him sharply: "Shut up, don't bother us when you're tired of living!" ”

When the chief saw this, he sighed in his heart, turned his head, and said no more. I just thought in my heart that this scene in the past should have appeared on the Ming army! The Ming army is getting stronger and stronger, and our Qing Dynasty is getting weaker and weaker.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the war horse under the crotch is not at the same level as the Ming army. But even these old and weak thin horses under the crotch were raised by Daqing with great difficulty. Think about it before, the Qing Dynasty had grassland allies, and the war horses were all excellent, fat and strong. But now......

Thinking like this, he remembered the contact with the Ming army yesterday, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness welling up in his heart. The Ming army's nights were not collected, and they were all skilled, not only riding and shooting well, but also cooperating with each other, which was also comparable to the peak of the Qing Dynasty's exploration of horses. Their armaments are even more sophisticated, from weapons to food and stuff, they are all jealous.

Sometimes, he is a little strange, with the elite of the Ming army who does not collect at night, the scout battle after the emperor ascends the throne, why is the Ming army's will to fight so weak, and it retreats without fighting anything?

After thinking about it for a while, he still couldn't figure it out, and he didn't want to. What needs to be done now is to shield the west of Shengjing so as to buy time for the grain harvest in the rear.

Thinking of the grain collection team that set off from the east gate of Shengjing almost at the same time, this Jianyu Tanma made up his mind that he must take his men and try to delay the Ming army from collecting at night, so as not to let them know the situation in the east.

However, at this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed: "It's not good, the Ming army doesn't collect ...... at night"

As soon as he heard this, he immediately heard the sound and looked over, only to see that in the distance in front of them, groups of Ming troops were not collecting at night, and they were rushing towards Shengjing in a fan shape, and one of them saw them and pounced on them.

"Why did the Ming army come here so many nights? Could it be that the main force of the Ming army has come up? The face of the Manchu Tanma leader turned pale all of a sudden, and he guessed to himself.

And the man who had just reprimanded him sneered at the young man who spoke wildly: "Don't you have the courage to kill the enemy? Now that the dog is up, you can get on! ”

However, the young Manchu Tanma didn't hear his words, just stared at the Ming army in the distance with a pale face, obviously frightened.

"The Ming army will not be surrounded at night, and if we don't leave, our horsepower can't compare to them, and we won't be able to leave." The other Manchu Tanma was not interested in paying attention to the young man who didn't know the height of the sky before, and suggested in a little panic.

In fact, there was no need for him to say more, and the leader of the Manchu Tanma turned his horse's head and began to flee.

However, as they expected, the war horses of the Ming army were much better than those used by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the Ming army did not accept all of them at night, and almost everyone was a combination of men and horses, and it didn't take long for them to get closer.

Two Ming soldiers did not collect at night and spread their bows and arrows on horseback, kicking off the attack.

"Whoosh" bows and arrows broke through the air, they didn't shoot people, just shot horses, almost did not miss, in the blink of an eye, the horses fell off the horses one by one, the Ming army did not collect the night and roared by, some of them waved their weapons, skillfully adjusted on the horseback, and harvested the lives of the fallen horses and Manchu Qing horses. The cooperation between these Ming troops and the night is very skillful.

At the head of Shengjing City, it was already in strict formation, and a team of people were full of Qing remnants, staring at everything outside the city with a grim face, and saw their scouting horses fleeing back in embarrassment, and behind them, it was like a pack of wolves chasing the prey of the Ming army that did not collect at night. Right under their noses, from time to time, they saw a horse fall from the horse, and then were easily killed by the Ming army, which was a completely one-sided massacre.

The gate of Shengjing City was closed, and the Prince Duoduo on duty did not dare to open the city gate, but let people shout, and let the fleeing Tanma lean against the wall and walk around the city. Look for an opportunity to go into town again.

At this time, Duoduo stood in the arrow tower at the head of the city, watching groups of Ming troops come roaring at night, and after showing off their might under the city, they roared away, bypassing Shengjing, and went away.

Duoduo's face was gloomy, his battlefield experience was also rich, and when he saw that the Ming army was far more than a few days before, he knew that the main force of the Ming army had come up. It's so good to die, why did you come up today, can't it be a few days later?

He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately let people sound the alarm gong, and the whole city entered the highest alert, and the ordnance and materials for defense were carried to the city. The news that the Ming army was about to attack on a large scale was also immediately sent to the palace.

By the time Dolgon personally arrived from the palace, the vanguard of the Ming army had already appeared outside Shengjing.

Dolgon's battlefield experience is naturally richer than that of Duoduo, so from the perspective of the new army's marching columns, mental outlook, and the queues that disperse after approaching Shengjing, etc., especially the new army, it seems that there is no need for orders from the generals at all, and everything that should be taken in the battle is consciously carried out by the officers below. From these details, Dorgon realized that this Ming army was the most elite unit he had ever seen.

He was not mistaken, compared with the previous army, the new army has one of the greatest advantages, that is, the whole army is more or less literate, and even almost all officers at all levels have gone to the junior military training hall to study. The quality of the officers is far from being comparable to other armies. There are also supervisors at all levels who follow the army, even if there is no order from the superior, when encountering emergencies, they can deal with them correctly.

The elite of this new army can be seen not only by Dolgon and Duoduo and others, but also by the Manchu veterans who followed them and came from Liaodong on the head of the city. And those young Manchu soldiers saw the expressions of the veterans, and they naturally understood something. All of a sudden, on the head of the city, because of Dolgon's ascension to the throne as emperor, because of Dolgon's great reward, because of the morale boosted by Dolgon's exciting will, he was silently poured a plate of cold water by the Ming army outside the city.

And their emotions affected the two devil soldiers who carried defensive materials under the city and gave a hand to the Manchu elite, and the morale of these Manchu soldiers of the Korean nationality was not high, and they were naturally even more unbearable when they saw that the real Manchu masters were so pessimistic.

Dolgon stared at the steady stream of Ming troops, estimating the strength and combat strength of the Ming army, and wanted to send troops to the east of Shengjing to protect the grain harvesting team, but when he observed it, he did not dare to do so. He didn't do anything else to boost morale, it was really the Ming army under the city, and the elite spirit came from the surface, and no one was a fool. In this case, only winning a battle can boost morale, but when he goes out of the city to win a battle, he is not sure at all, and he can only rely on the city wall to passively defend.

Fortunately, this Ming army seems to be seeking stability, and the various arms cooperate with each other, and they are not greedy for merit. Except for the Ming army, which was not active at night, the other Ming troops were like an iron plate, and they stopped and camped at the west gate of Shengjing. It can be said that the Ming army did a very stable job, and the camped area was able to attack and defend, without giving the enemy in the city any chance. However, in this way, it also took a lot of time, seeing that the sun was setting, it was already evening, and it was impossible for the Ming army to attack the city again, so Dolgon breathed a sigh of relief, but he still returned to the palace with a serious face.

This night, the Ming army really did not attack the city, but the Ming army was stationed outside the city, which invisibly put a lot of pressure on Shengjing City.

Dolgon, Duoduo and the others did not dare to sleep, and have been discussing countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, it seems that there is no hope for food, why don't you burn it?" Duoduo suggested with a dark face.

When the Ming army decided to harvest the grain in advance, the whole army was dispatched, and the plan was disrupted at once, which made people very annoyed.

Dolgon was very distressed, rubbed his head and said: "If there is no such food, even if our Qing Dynasty wins the Ming army, how can we survive this winter?" ”

"Your Majesty, do you want to ...... Why don't we take advantage of the fact that the Ming army is not besieging the city, and we will quickly withdraw, right? Azig suggested with a little confidence, "If the Ming army starts to besiege the city, I'm afraid we won't have a chance." Your Majesty didn't know that the firearms of the Ming army were very powerful. When the minister was in Zhenjiang Fort, he saw it with his own eyes, not a small fire, and the rows of lead bullets were hitting, like rain, which could block the city gate, and he couldn't rush out at all. Also, the minister saw that the Ming army outside the city still had a car battalion, and he must have brought a lot of Hongyi cannons, Sheng Jingguang couldn't fight back after being beaten, and sooner or later he would be defeated! ”

He said this, and Dolgon and the others naturally saw it. It's just that he has tasted the power of the flintlock pistol array and knows that it is more powerful than the arquebuses of the Ming army before. After he said this, Duoduo had a rare lack of objection, and once again showed his shocked face in the face of the Ming army outside the city.

According to Dolgon's plan, the Ming army was still resting at Incheon, so that he could harvest grain on his side. With food, you will have confidence, and the morale of defending the city is enough, maybe you can find an opportunity to drag down the Ming army, after all, the logistics of the Ming army is definitely not easy, and if you can't fight for a long time, your morale will not be very high, and the Qing Dynasty is fighting against the water, and you can still win if you don't do it.

But this Ming army suddenly ended its rest and began to attack Shengjing again. There is not much food in the city at all, and without food, it is impossible to hold the city.

For him, if he could stabilize the situation in Shengjing, he would naturally not think about leaving his hometown and fleeing east. But now, the situation is grim, and he has to think about it.

At this moment, suddenly there was a commotion outside, and then I saw a guard come up and say, "Your Majesty, the North of the city has caught a Korean slut who is trying to contact the Ming army outside the city." ”

This news made Dolgon and the others very angry, and brought people up to ask and found a blood book. It's true, there are even a number of Korean courtiers who privately show their loyalty to the Ming army, look back on the friendly history with the Ming State, and say that they were forced, just waiting for the Heavenly Empire to send troops to rescue them, and they are willing to respond internally, and cooperate with the Ming army inside and outside......

"Your Majesty, my brother knows that few of these Korean pigs are loyal! To say, the great war is imminent, and the city cannot be unstable, and they are all killed cleanly. Duoduo was furious, he didn't dare to say anything to the Ming army outside the city, but he roared at these Korean pigs.

Dolgon's face was very ugly, and looking at the name on the blood book, it seemed that he had been flustered for a long time before he said, "How can we last only by relying on our Great Qing?" All kinds of miscellaneous things still have to be done by the North Koreans. Fortunately, you see, there are not many North Korean officials on this list, which shows that the reward I gave before can indeed stabilize the hearts of a group of people......"

As he was talking, he saw another movement outside, and what slapped him in the face was that this time, there were also Koreans who tried to contact the Ming army outside the city on the south side of the city, and they also found a blood book, which was similar to the previous one, all of them were thinking about joining the Ming army.

At this moment, Dolgon's face was really a little ugly, and the two blood letters were added up, so there were a lot of dissenting North Korean officials. Dodor shouted again to kill, which made Dorgon fall into deep thought, apparently thinking about it.

What people didn't expect was that it didn't take long for the North Koreans who were doing the same thing to the east of the city. At this time, Dolgon also roared angrily: "I am not thin on them, I didn't expect that this group of Koreans, all of them are brave people, or white-eyed wolves who can't be fed, in the face of danger, they don't think about helping each other in the same boat, they don't think about sincere unity, but they only think about being afraid of death and joining the enemy, it seems that I am too merciful on weekdays......"

As he said this, Dorgon's eyes were extremely cold. He looked at Duoduo and Azig, and suddenly made a decision, and at the same time murderous!

Under the cover of night, Dolgon and others moved one after another, dispatching troops, and it didn't take long for a big uproar to rise in Shengjing City.

The Ming army outside the city was suddenly on high alert to guard against the Manchu Qing Dynasty stealing camps, at least Cao Bianjiao's general order was passed down like this. Any movement in the city will be changed with the same thing, and everything will be said at dawn. This order can be said to be a prudent move, and the others didn't say much.

After almost a night of fuss, it was finally dawn.