It rained heavily for a few days, and on August 29, it finally came down, turning from a heavy rain to a drizzle.

Dolgon's eyes narrowed, looking up at the fading clouds, a hint of gloom flashing in his eyes, and he frowned.

He straddled an Ili horse, tall and strong, a head taller than an ordinary Mongolian horse, with beautiful white hair, handsome and beautiful appearance, long and powerful limbs, and smooth muscles, which made people think of the heroic posture of this beast when it ran.

This kind of Ili horse with tall bones is extremely rare, and in Dolgon's army, only his escort Bayala battalion has a few hundred, and the other battalion leaders can't get their way, only Baba looks at it and drools.

However, the crotch of the horse probably also felt the owner's upset at this time, obediently took small steps, followed the team slowly, around it, a large number of Qing cavalry foot soldiers in the rain muddy official road staggered, after the heavy rain was trampled by countless beast hooves people The road is simply a quagmire, the mud can be submerged to the shin of people, the cowhide boots worn by the foot soldiers can not be pulled out when they step in, the Eight Banners soldiers scolded angrily, laborious march.

"Imperial father, the road is too difficult to walk, do you want to stop, send someone to repair the road with stones and sand, otherwise the cavalry infantry can barely pass, and the artillery battalion behind is afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch." Man Dahai caught up from behind, covered in mud, and asked in a asking tone.

Dolgon squinted at him, waved his horsewhip leisurely, and asked, "Man Dahai, do you know what Wang Huan's Ming army is best at?" ”

Man Dahai was stunned for a moment, but immediately replied: "This fang is the best at firearms!" ”

Dolgon nodded: "Yes, then you know, what are firearms most afraid of?" ”

"Water!" Mandahai answered faster.

He already understood the intent of Dorgon's questioning.

Dolgon looked at him: "Our artillery battalion, compared to Wang Huan's, is a joke, since it is not very useful, then it is better to bring it than nothing, but what about the Ming army." ”

He pointed to the mountains in front of him with a horse whip, the whip was slightly raised, Man Dahai looked along the whip, and vaguely through the rain curtain, he felt that he could see the stone ridge pass in the distance through the mountains.

"But whoever makes good use of firearms will be afraid of the rain, and this is a common disease, and no one is exempt from it." The corners of Dolgon's mouth twitched slightly: "Wang Huan likes firearms, we let him not use firearms, without this rolling pin, I think he still dares to make a Chinese New Year's Eve meal!" We have an army of 50,000, 30,000 soldiers in the Eight Banners, plus 20,000 Mongolian soldiers, more than 10 Han troops gathered from all over the country, a total of more than 200,000, a small Shiling Pass, but 20,000 Shaanxi soldiers, even if his firearms can destroy the world and the earth, he can't use firearms, how can he resist? As for the hundreds of thousands of rebellious troops under Taiyuan City, they are just pigs and dogs! Send Zuo Menggeng and they can destroy it, why bother! ”

He turned his head sideways and looked at Man Dahai again: "So, do you know how to do it?" ”

Man Dahai's heart was shocked, and he bowed down and said, "I know, go and do it immediately!" ”

Dolgon's tone was solemn, and he said coldly: "The artillery battalion will be abandoned, how fast you can go, how fast you can go, the foot soldiers and cavalry, you must keep up, there are delays, military law will deal with it!" ”

Man Dahai crossed his hands and agreed on the horse: "Chirp!" And he wanted to pull out his horse and leave.

At this moment, a rider in front of him rushed straight in the wind and rain, and ran fast in the mud along the way, almost knocking over a few foot soldiers, causing a lot of complaints, but the person at the exit saw the man's clothes, and immediately shut up.

That's the scout ahead, so urgent, there must be an urgent military situation.

Man Dahai also saw it, and he paused for a moment, intending to listen.

Dolgon, with a reserved and upright posture, stopped his horse and watched as the scout came to him after a brief questioning by the Baya soldiers.

"Urgent! Last night, 20,000 people of Liu Zeqing's troops stayed in Hongquan Village overnight, and were attacked by the Ming army of Shiling Pass, Liu Zeqing was killed, and 20,000 soldiers were scattered. This morning, Zuo Mengeng's troops went to the rescue, but was also attacked by the Ming army, three general soldiers died, Zuo Mengeng led hundreds of remnants to retreat, and fled to Xinzhou. After the Ming army succeeded, it disappeared without a trace. The scout's mouth was nimble, his speech was swift, and he shot out like a machine gun.

The audience was silent.

Except for the footsteps moving in the mud a little further away and the impatient shouting and scolding of the people, none of the people present spoke.

From Dorgon to the horse-leading pawn, everyone's eyes widened and they looked incredulous.

40,000 people, even if 40,000 pigs, lined up in a phalanx, can't be killed in one night and one morning.

The scout knelt on the ground, waited for a while, saw no response, buried his head and did not dare to look up, so he had to continue to kneel in the mud, and waited for a while before hearing the voice of the regent coming slowly.

"Have ...... ever found out whether the Ming army used firearms?"

The scout hurriedly replied: "I heard from the defeated soldiers that the Ming army came out of the mountains and forests, and they were all armed with guns and knives, and did not use firearms. ”

Man Dahai couldn't help it, and blurted out: "Without using firearms, Liu Zeqing and Zuo Mengeng were defeated?" Are they pigs? ”

The scout didn't dare to answer, and he didn't know how to answer.

Dolgon's face turned cold, and he waved his hand to let the scout leave: "Go and find out again, and report the news immediately!" ”

The banners in the sky were wrapped in a ball in the rain, and they were as wet as if they had been defeated, just like the mood of those who heard the news at this moment, full of angry fire.

Man Dahai was thinking about how Liu and Zuo were defeated, but suddenly looked up and saw Dolgon looking at him.

On the cloudy face, the eyes full of dark circles are like a cold glow like eating people!

"What are you doing here? Don't go ahead and give the order! The voice was not high, but it was full of anger, and it was full of murderous energy.

Man Dahai shuddered in his heart, hurriedly beat his horse and left, and sprinkled the general's order all the way.

The team in the rain instantly became a little faster, the footsteps in the mud became denser, and the sound of tens of thousands of people running almost overwhelmed the sound of the rain.

Dolgon's teeth clenched, his ferocity burst out, and the murderous aura of his body almost evaporated the raindrops that fell on his body, and the hands that grasped the reins were bruised, and at this moment, no one dared to touch his scales.

Forty thousand people, no firearms have been used! What does this mean? When did the Ming army have such a strong combat power in the field? A night attack, a sneak attack, although they all took advantage, but Liu Zeqing and Zuo Mengeng are not idiots, the soldiers in their hands are the old troops that were originally brought with them when they descended to the Qing Dynasty, not to mention bravery, at least they are very advantageous in the face of the Ming Dynasty army, otherwise Li Chengdong would not have swept Lingnan alone and was invincible.

But he was disabled, and Liu Zeqing was beheaded.

It seems that the Ming army in front of him did not stand only with firearms, and Nikan was unjustly defeated.

Dolgon's blood boiled, and the burning sensation of facing a powerful enemy flowed through his body with the hot blood, which made his spirit extremely uplifted, how many years had this feeling not been? Two years, or five years?

I'm afraid that there are six or seven years, the last time was when it was a stone, in the face of Li Zicheng's military horses fighting under the Shanhai Pass, Dolgon led the Eight Banners to go into battle in person, and the first battle laid the final conclusion of the Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, and the Central Plains Huahua World was like a stripped beauty, naked in front of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

I didn't expect that in my lifetime, there would be a strong army of the Ming State that dared to challenge the undefeated army of the Qing Dynasty.

Luckily! A strange smile appeared on Dolgon's angry face.

(End of chapter)