Chapter 32: The Buddha-figure only obeys the will of heaven
Luck Dehun is the fourth generation of Nurhachi's descendant, because his grandfather Daishan is the eldest son of Nurhachi, so he has a very low rank in the Aixin Jueluo family, even if the little emperor Shunzhi, who is only seven years old, is also his cousin.
In the third and fourth generations of the Aixin Jueluo family, Luck Dehun is a rare young talent, and has been known as the future general since he was a child, so he is deeply loved by Huang Taiji. After the death of Huang Taiji, a fierce political struggle broke out in the Manchu leadership, and because he was too close to Dorgon, Luckedhun was demoted to the rank of commoner. (His brother was even worse and was directly executed by Daishan.) )
Although Dolgon did not become emperor, he continued to win political battles and gradually became the de facto ruler of the Manchus.
In the summer of 1645, the Qing army captured Nanjing, the Hongguang regime was destroyed, in September of that year, Duoduo led the army to return to the dynasty, and the twenty-six-year-old Le Kedehun was appointed as the general of Pingnan, taking over the defense of Nanjing, becoming the supreme commander of the Qing army in the Jiangnan region.
Although Lekdehun is young, his military talent is not low, if the characteristics of Azig fighting wars are "fierce", Lekdehun is characterized by "ruthlessness". In the battle he commanded, there was no dazzling strategy with ten calculations, but as long as he sent troops, he would hit the opponent's waist and eyes, attack what he wanted, and attack him with all his might, until the opponent collapsed.
Because of his similar personality and temperament, Luck Dehun admired Bolhui the most among the many generals under him.
In his opinion, Bolhui is the perfect representative of the older generation of Eight Banners, cold-blooded. Murderous, ferocious. And calm, many years of military career have accumulated enough experience. Enough to be a general in his own right......
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At the north gate of Puqi, the Ming army was attacking the city at the cost of life and death.
Wang Jincai's subordinates are all from the Dashun Army, and they have fought with Zuo Liangyu's subordinates for more than ten years. Although everyone's identities have changed now, thieves have become officials and soldiers, and officials and soldiers have become tartars, but the hatred between each other will never be resolved.
"Follow me. Kill these cowards who have forgotten their ancestors! ”
A Ming general took the lead, personally carrying the ladder straight to the city wall, and behind him, closely followed by nearly a thousand Ming troops, like a tide rushing forward. Soldiers continued to fall from arrows, and soldiers were constantly knocked down by falling woods and rocks, but more Ming troops rushed up, put ladders up to the city, and then raised shields. Go up the ladder.
"Smack, smack, smack!"
The wolf's fangs in the city slapped with the sound of the wind, like a huge shovel slapping on the ladder. With a scream, the Ming soldiers fell into the city, and several ladders were slapped in two. Broken and fell under the city walls.
But the general is very skilled, and he doesn't use a shield to protect himself. Only bites a single knife in his mouth, and holds the foot of the ladder with both hands. A few jumps to the bottom of the battlement...... Suddenly, a huge wind sounded behind his ears, and Na Ming turned upside down with a loud shout, and occasionally avoided the wolf's tooth beat, and his legs were already on the city with his legs at the battlement, and the cloud ladder under him was slapped into several pieces, and he fell down.
The sword light waved, shouted angrily, and the Ming general faced seven or eight green battalion soldiers but became more and more courageous, forcing them to retreat again and again, and the Ming army under the city seized the time and set up a few cloud ladders to climb desperately.
"Break the city! Break the city! ”
The morale of hundreds of Ming soldiers under the city was greatly boosted, more and more cloud ladders were set up on the city, and the city walls were hung with strings of Ming troops, which looked like strings of ants from a distance.
Wang Jincai hurriedly sent an order and ordered the follow-up troops to come forward to support, now is the critical moment to break the city, as long as the counterattack of the Qing army at the head of the city can be defeated, this battle will be considered a victory.
"Stomp trample trample ......" There was a sudden ominous sound of horses' hooves on the city wall.
A group of Qing cavalry suddenly appeared at the head of the city, with helmets and armor, spears in their hands, and rushed forward with their hooves released. The horse road on the city wall is narrow, and only two horsemen can be accommodated in parallel, so this group of Qing cavalry will be two horses in a row, connected in front and back, and charge next to each other...... When you see someone, you will collide, and the spear will be stabbed indiscriminately, no matter whether the other party is the Ming army or the Qing army, it will not stop, and always maintain a high-speed impact.
The Qing army used Mongolian horses, weighing more than 500 catties to 700 catties, plus the weight of the cavalry on horseback, the whole cavalry charged together, and its impact was far from being stoppable by manpower.
The Ming army in Shangcheng was lightly armed and thinly armoured, and there were no long weapons in their hands, and in the face of the cavalry rushing at high speed, there was no ability to counterattack at all.
In the blink of an eye, the city was completely empty, and the Ming troops in the upper city were either killed or wounded, and most of them were knocked off the city wall. Behind the cavalry, another group of Qing infantry rushed up, slashed the remnants of the Ming army on the city wall, and knocked down the cloud ladder erected at the head of the city, looking to repulse the Ming army's attack......
At this time, there was a sudden loud sound of shaking the mountains!
Immediately afterwards, the earth shook twice, the gravel on the city wall crackled and fell, and the Qing army and the Ming army who were fighting were not prepared, and they were still holding weapons in their hands, but they sat on the city wall.
The cavalry who was still showing off their might just now was defenseless, and the war horse under the crotch was suddenly frightened, rushing and crashing on the narrow horse road, squeezing each other and falling off the city wall together, and the huge war horse neighed and fell from the sky, and smashed to the ground one after another.
No one is fighting.
No one fought for a long time, and both the Qing and Ming armies forgot about the enemy at this moment, and they didn't know what was going on.
Earthquake! It's definitely an earthquake!
Everyone finally reacted, and it was okay after the earthquake passed, so let's continue to fight! The clashing of weapons and screams rang out again from above and below the city.
Wang Jincai was faintly worried in his heart, is this movement really an earthquake? Caring about it so much, he ordered his subordinates to continue to storm the city, the cavalry of the Qing army has been abolished, and now is a good opportunity to break the city.
Another group of Ming troops rushed up, and there were still 100 steps away from the city wall, but they saw a great chaos on the city, and the Qing army suddenly collapsed without a fight, turned around and fled to the city, and disappeared completely in a blink of an eye.
"It's broken, it's really broken! Run for your lives......" Their shouts could still be heard in the distance.
Wang Jincai smashed a heavy fist into the palm of his hand, it was broken, someone must have broken the city first!
Thinking of the loud noise just now, as well as the inexplicable earthquake, a word suddenly flashed in Wang Jincai's mind - Five Thunder Rectification!
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The battlefield has been cleaned, but there is a huge gap in the wall of the east gate, which still makes people feel shocked, Lu Ding, Wang Jincai and Ma Jinzhong, standing there stupidly watching, did not speak for a long time.
The scene in front of us is definitely not something that can be caused by human beings, and only the Five Thunder Fa can explain it.
The once complete and coherent city wall has become two, the gap is more than two zhang wide, and in the middle is a large pile of gravel and soil, there are no corpses and blood stains around, and there is no trace of fighting, indicating that the Qing army has been stunned by the Five Thunder Righteous Law at that time, and there is no second resistance at all.
This is not surprising.
If it were him, Wang Jincai would also believe that he would not dare to resist.
"Wang Shoubei, can you ask Hua Tianshi to see his old man?" Wang Jincai's voice trembled a little.
He had already heard that this Huatian Master was the apprentice of Li Jing in the early Tang Dynasty, and he had been playing the world, and he was a full thousand years old this year, and when he saw the Tartar brutal and angry action, he invited the giant spirit god who guarded the Nantianmen with the face of the master Tota Heavenly King, and smashed the city wall of Puqi to pieces with a single blow with a golden pestle......
Wang Kefan took them to the camp and saw Hua Xiaoyue on the wooden platform.
"Several generals are loyal people, and when I see them today, I am very fateful."
Hua Xiaoyue didn't get up, didn't raise her eyes, and lowered her head to write a green word, her face full of compassion. Lu Ding and the others were overwhelmed by his (her) momentum, but they just kept their voices silent, not daring to say anything, disturbing the old immortal.
In the blink of an eye, the green words were written, incinerated with yellow paper, Hua Xiaoyue wandered and chanted, and the Taoist walked in a false voice, such as inviting immortals to go down to earth, as if they wanted to return by the wind. Wang Jincai and Ma Jinzhong were both sincerely frightened, bowing their heads and clenching their fists, although Lu Ding didn't believe this, he also stood aside, without any disrespectful look.
"The Heavenly Master has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, please have mercy on the people, and then take the Tartar Wuchang City ......"
Wang Jin was only halfway through his speech when Hua Xiaoyue shook her head and interrupted him.
"Today's things are beyond my power, just the retribution of these Qing troops...... Such a number of people who have forgotten their ancestors, Hu Lu stealing the country but willing to be a minion, fate has already had this calamity, the deity is just in accordance with the will of heaven, not repeatedly. Hua Xiaoyue refused very simply, and then flicked the sleeves of her robe, and actually threw off everyone and went by herself.
"Hey, hey, ...... Huatianshi, please wait a moment!"
Wang Jincai hurriedly wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Wang Kefan.
"General Wang, don't ask Meng Lang to act! Although this Huatian Master is in my camp, Wang never dares to disobey him. ”
This is a living immortal, people want to leave, you don't even have the qualifications to chase.
"Alas, this is the real master, why did he leave? What a pity, what a pity! Wang Jincai didn't mean to offend, he just wanted to have a relationship with the living immortals.
Lu Ding hesitated and said: "Today, Hua Tianshi has made a great contribution, but it is not appropriate in the army, and if it is not good, it will cause the army's spirit to ......fluctuate."
Ma Jinzhong immediately pushed back.
"Don't talk nonsense! Losing is losing, why do you say so much useless? He took off the saber from his waist and handed it to Wang Kefan: "Give it to you, Lao Tzu's spit is a nail, and he will never wipe it dry and wipe it clean, he will not recognize it, this knife is surnamed Wang!" ”
Wang Kefan didn't answer, and looked at Lu Ding and Wang Jincai: "Hey, who loses and who wins, it doesn't matter if the two of us say it, it depends on what General Lu and General Wang say!" ”
"That's it...... you won"
Although Lu Ding and Wang Jincai were reluctant, they had to nod, and the two of them were just halfway through their words when a scout suddenly rushed in from outside.
"Report! The Manchu Tartars sent reinforcements from Nanjing, thousands of large and small warships, and they had already passed through Huangzhou! (To be continued......)