Running up to the broken wall, the scene in front of him made Jiang Xuan, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, feel a feeling of vomiting in his heart, he had to stop, close his eyes and suppress himself for a while, before he dared to open his eyes again.

I saw that on the city wall in front of me, a large fork about three zhang wide was bombarded by the artillery of the Qing army, and the temporary wall made of wood and stone was beaten into ruins by large iron bullets overnight yesterday, and the tall city wall only left a rammed earth layer less than two feet high at the base of the wall, and a large number of broken bricks were everywhere, and some corpses were mixed in it, and I don't know whether they were crushed to death by the collapsed wall or killed by artillery fire.

Liu Zhenwei, the garrison and general soldier of the south gate, was standing on the cross-section, commanding three three Furlong machine guns temporarily drawn from other places to frantically pour iron bullets outside the city.

At Liu Zhenwei's feet, what gave him and the cannon a foot was a layer of corpses, the corpses were stacked on top of each other, I don't know how many, they were all soldiers of the Jiang family defending the city, once the people fighting here were killed, the people behind them did not carry him down and place him properly for future burial, but directly threw him into the corpse pile, as a stone to block the section.

The pile of corpses was as high as the city wall, and a large number of people were carrying stones, using the pile of corpses as a layer of rammed earth, and building a wall behind it, and when one wall was built, they pushed one to the front, until a stone wall was used instead of a pile of corpses, and this section of the wall was repaired again.

The blood flowing out of the pile of corpses flowed down the slope of the pile of corpses, like a stream, gurgling smoothly, and the red blood was so conspicuous that it dyed this section of the wall red, which was very different from the gray brick-clad city walls elsewhere, and from a distance, it seemed as if this section of the city wall was originally red and covered with dansha.

The smell of corpses mixed with the smell of gunpowder poured straight into Jiang Jiu's nostrils, he sniffled, trying his best to get used to the stench, and then struggled to lift his legs, and climbed up to the top of the pile of corpses stacked in an inclined plane.

Liu Zhenwei's eyes were red, wearing an iron armor, the armor-swallowing beast on his right shoulder had disappeared, revealing a bloody skin, and the iron helmet on his head was dented in a large piece, I don't know if he had been hit by something, he was hoarse, shouting loudly to order the gunners to hurry up and fire the cannon, while holding an iron tire bow in both hands, shooting arrows one after another outside the city.

The muscles of his right arm were already swollen and red because of the continuous string pulling, and the cyan blood vessels burst out on the surface like earthworms, as if they would explode if they were exerted again. Jiang Hao climbed up and pulled him to a lower position, and as soon as the person came down, a few feather arrows shot from outside the city, impartially shooting at the position where Liu Zhenwei was standing just now.

Liu Zhenwei was out of breath, the whole person was already out of strength, and he suddenly sat down on the pile of corpses, his buttocks happened to sit on a head, he didn't care about the panic, and said to Jiang Hao in a muffled voice: "Junmen, the artillery fire of the Qing army is too urgent, if you don't rebuild it quickly, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on!" ”

Jiang Hao looked out of the city, the black pressure of the Qing army was like a mighty stream of water, was braving the fierce artillery and rocket arrows at the head of the city, regardless of life and death rushed to this side, the moat outside the city had been filled as early as a few days ago, the ladder like a forest and the shield car like a wall, formed a moving castle, covering a large number of Qing troops hiding behind gradually approaching, at this time the nearest Qing army, has been less than fifty zhang away from the city wall.

Because the gap in the city wall has been opened, their own people began to attack, the red-clothed cannons of the Qing army artillery camp no longer fired, one is afraid of hurting their own people, and the other is that they have been bombarded for so long, although they have been pouring cold water on the cannons, but if they continue to fight, it is a matter of time before they explode, and they must stop.

The archers of the Qing army hiding behind the shield cart kept drawing their bows and throwing them, exerting pressure on the defenders at the head of the city, reducing the danger in the process of the death distance near the city wall, while the Jiang family army at the head of the city seized the opportunity to shoot iron bullets at the shield carts lined up, and the iron bullets that were like thunder hit the shield carts, and a dozen was a bloody road, jumping and jumping on the ground, taking away the lives of countless people.

However, there were too many Qing troops, although the artillery fire at the head of the city was fierce, but it was limited by the rate of fire, and it was unable to completely block the shield carts.

"Don't be afraid, we still have a weapon in our hands." Jiang Xuan squatted down again, avoiding a wolf tooth arrow shot above his head, and after the arrow shot over his head, it happened to land on the head of a man in the rear, inserting the man through.

Min Zhuang snorted, a stream of blood arrows soared on his head, fell to the ground, and suddenly lost his breath, the people around him numbly and quickly stopped what they were doing, picked up his body, and threw it into the pile of corpses in front of him.

Liu Zhenwei's brain was a little stunned by the roar of the red-clothed cannon, and he looked at Jiang Hao in a daze.

Jiang Huang grimaced with a hideous face, turned around and yelled at his own soldiers: "Haven't you sent a hundred tigers and ten thousand enemies yet?" ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" Before the soldiers could reply, a loud response was heard in the distance of the city, and a group of soldiers with a long line of carts swarmed from the street.

On the cart were wooden boxes, some large and some small, and the soldiers pulled them closer and shouted to the people to hurry up and carry the boxes to the city.

Jiang Hao ordered the sergeant to pull up a large box, raised his foot and kicked the lid in front of the box, revealing a dense piece of arrows inside, and behind the box, there was a lead exposed.

"It's a hundred tigers running together! It's really a hundred tigers running together! Liu Zhenwei shouted, with a look of surprise: "Haven't all the tigers in the city been sent to the capital?" How can it still be retained? ”

Jiang Hao's face shook, and he said with a sinister smile: "Such a sharp weapon is invincible, the Tartar is vainly trying to cut my wings and take away my artifact, how can Ben Shuai let him succeed?" In the hidden places in the city, there are a large number of such firearms, such as a swarm of bees, a hundred tigers, and ten thousand enemies, which are enough for a Tartar to drink a pot! ”

With that, he picked up his own soldier and handed him a red-hot iron chisel, put it on the lead behind the wooden box, lit it, and then hurried away.

The lead burns at one point, and the spark disappears into the wooden box at the end of the lead, and later, like a fire erupting, a flame as big as a beam and pillar comes out from behind the wooden box in vain, reaching a few zhang away, and at the same time, the front of the wooden box shoots out a rocket with the thickness of an ordinary person's small arm, and its arrow is as big as half a slap, and there is a tail fin, and a puff of sparks emerges from the tail cylinder, rushing out like a cannonball.

There were as many as 100 of these rockets, and all of them were shot out in a single breath, turning into a puff of meteors, and rushing towards the oncoming Qing army like lightning.

The Qing army hiding behind the shield cart peeked forward from the gap in the wooden plank, only to feel a flower in front of him, and countless thunderbolts seemed to flash on the opposite city, and he arrived in front of his eyes in the blink of an eye, and before he could react, he heard a chaotic sound of "crackling", and the hand pushing the shield cart seemed to feel that there were hundreds of running bulls hitting the shield cart, and the shield cart was suddenly stagnant, and even directly knocked the shield cart upside down.

The huge arrow broke through the thick wooden planks covered with cowhide, strung the Qing army behind it like a sugar gourd, and then flew backwards and fell to the ground, leaving no one alive.

The Qing army living in the back, clearly saw this scene, the rocket was like thunder when it was fired, like lightning, and it was like thunder when it crossed the sky, after Jiang Jiu released it, it was followed by dozens of hundreds of tigers running together to ignite, and there were some smaller swarms of bees mixed in, thousands of rockets poured down from the head of Datong City, like a waterfall of flames, covering the land of the city wall and the shield workshop, like a spreading sea of fire, covering the impact formation of the Qing army's black pressure.

In the rear of the Qing army, Azig, Nikan and others watched this scene in amazement, all of them were as earth-colored, and no one made a sound in shock.

After a long time, the rockets were fired, and the dust and black smoke slowly dissipated, revealing a devastated battlefield.

Three rows of Qing army shield cars, all scattered on the ground, none of them can continue to move forward, the front of the shield car, either directly by the huge iron arrows dismantled, or pierced like a hedgehog full of arrows, the Qing army behind the shield car, close to the iron arrows that broke the planks to death, far away have lying on the ground, frightened eyes around, moles do not dare to get up, lest the dense like locusts of the terrifying arrow rain shoot again.

"Mingjin! Retire! Azig gritted his teeth expressionlessly, and shouted hatefully: "Withdraw the soldiers, and tomorrow after the red-coated cannon is rested, come back to attack the city!" ”

Nikan and the others looked at Datong City with a blue face, their wolf-like eyes flashed with hatred like flames, they knew that the defenders of Datong City still had such powerful firearms, it seemed that this city was not so easy to capture.

……

"Bastard!" Dolgon tore the fold in his hand to shreds, jumped up from the couch in a fit of rage, and threw shredded paper all over the sky.

Seeing that he was angry, dozens of people up and down in the Wuying Hall knelt on the ground one after another, and no one dared to make a sound.

The head of the military department was originally given to sit by Dolgon and accompanied by him, but at this moment, he knelt on the ground like a burning buttocks, and shouted repeatedly: "The regent is angry, the regent is angry!" ”

"Rest your anger! How does this king calm his anger!? Dolgon roared, so excited that he kicked over a small table next to the soft couch, and a bowl of bird's nest on the table flew into the air, and the bird's nest juice splashed everywhere: "Azig was in Shanxi at the beginning, and he is not to blame for the rebellion in Shanxi!" Nikan and Bolo have also been gone for three months, and they have brought a few more soldiers than when the king captured the city of Beijing, but they have not yet lifted the rebellion in Shanxi. ”

"It's all cut, it's all cut! This king sent someone else! Dorgon continued to growl.

Ming Andali wiped his face, and some juice splashed on his face from the bowl of bird's nest just now, and then said with a white face while kowtowing: "The regent is angry, and the regent thinks carefully!" The princes and county kings are all warriors, and their exploits are brilliant, and the reason why they have not been able to resolve the rebellion in Shanxi has been delayed for a long time, and it is the local hero, and Shanxi is operated as an ironclad one, Datong is an important town on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, the terrain is dangerous, the city defense is strong, and the tile thorn and the Tatar iron cavalry knocked on the side, and did not shake the city at all, so this matter should not be in a hurry, it is advisable to slowly try it. ”

Dolgon was angry, his anger subsided a little, he calmed down, and felt a little Meng Lang, so he sat back, and said with a calm face: "You get up and say, don't kneel." ”

Ming Andali secretly wiped his cold sweat, and stood up after thanking him, but he didn't dare to sit down, and said while standing: "The regent can give Prince Ying more time to wait and see." ”

"I want to give more time, but it's not that I don't want to give, it's that the world doesn't give it." Dolgon sighed in vain, and said in a muffled voice: "Shanxi is located on the side of Jingpu, the status is critical, once lost, Beijing will be on fire, such as today's chaos, there are rebellions everywhere, a few days ago, Shandong, Henan have riots, the banners are all in response to Shanxi Jiang thief, Jiangxi, Huguang, Fujian, Guangdong Ming Court is on fire everywhere, the Ming army in Shaanxi has almost hit Xi'an, like this, Taizu and Emperor Taizong have laid down the country for us, will be lost in my hands, this is how to give them time?" ”

Ming Andali was speechless, and felt that he couldn't share his worries for the regent, so he was ashamed, so he had to bow his head and say nothing.

Dolgon took a deep breath, looked at the palace maid who came to clean up the broken bowl of juice trembling and trembling under her feet, and said faintly: "This king also knows that if Azig and others do not work hard, it is indeed a difficult situation in Shanxi, but if it drags on for a long time, it will cause chaos, and it cannot be solved as soon as possible, and the future will be boundless." ”

Ming Andali thought for a while, looked up cautiously and said: "Why don't you send another general, send the elite of Beijing to Shanxi, solve the Jiang chaos with the power of thunder, and use Jingpu to Anjingpu?" ”

Dorgon shook his head: "General? Who is worthy of a general? In addition to the kings who are already in Shanxi, Jierharang and Luckdehun are in Huguang, He Luohui and Tan Tai are in Jiangxi, and Hong Chengchou, a scholar of the Inner Academy, is sitting in Nanjing. ”

He held his forehead with one hand, closed his eyes and lowered his head and muttered to himself: "If Brother Wang is in good health, he will be in charge, and he will definitely be captured, but unfortunately, he is seriously ill and can't even get out of bed, how can he lead the troops?" ”

Ming Andali opened his mouth, he wanted to recommend some people, but after thinking about it, he felt that these people were not even comparable to Azig, where could they get into the eyes of Dolgon, and he was a civil official, so he didn't dare to recommend himself, so he became a muffled gourd again.

The hall fell silent, and the people who were sitting, standing, and kneeling were silent, and only the sound of the brooms and rags of the palace maids sweeping the floor could be faintly heard.

After a long time, Dolgon raised his head suddenly, his cold face was as indifferent as a rock, he clenched his fist with one hand, struck lightly on his knee, and said in a deep voice: "This king is a prince! Pacify the ginger chaos! ”

(End of chapter)