"Big Belle, let me—" As soon as he said this, he was interrupted by Yue Tuo: "Okay, you and Hazar lead two thousand cavalry forward, but the enemy has red-coated cannons, don't rush into battle!" ”

"So what?"

"Multiple flags, thinking that solidarity is enough, delay until the afternoon when my brigade arrives, and then we also have artillery before we can fight the enemy!"

Suppilon immediately understood, and nodded excitedly: "Don't worry, Big Belle, I will never let the two dog thieves, Dorgon and Dodor, succeed!" ”

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Due to Zukuan's night attack last night, the Guanning army did not start shelling until about three minutes during the day, and the defenders in Xiluo City also used a few light firearms to return fire, but it is not difficult to hear from the sound of artillery that the attacking side has a significant advantage, and every sound of their cannon can make the earth shake, like thunder rolling to the sky, and the echo on the Yan Mountain in the north, so that the power is greatly increased. Soon, the sound of the defenders' artillery stopped, and the solid cannonballs of the red-coated cannons hit the city, shattering the female wall, and even the rammed earth city wall showed a lot of damage, and it was obvious that the fall of Ciro City was only a matter of time.

Zu Kuan and Wu Sangui were both generals in the Guanning army, they were very aware of the power of the red-clothed cannons, so they did not expect the rammed earth walls of Xiluo City to withstand the enemy's attack, taking advantage of the efforts of last night, they demolished many houses in the city, and used these materials to build a barrier at the junction as a barrier, and arranged firearms and crossbows behind the fortress, ready for street fighting, and only a few soldiers were arranged on the head of the city to play the role of lookouts, and the soldiers were all dressed in armor, ready to wait for that moment to come.

After about a while, the sound of the cannon gradually subsided, and the red-clothed cannon opened a gap about twenty paces wide in the northern wall of Xiluo City, Wu Sangui hurriedly came to the gap with more than two hundred personal soldiers, ready to resist the impact of the enemy, but to his surprise, after waiting for a long time, the expected attack did not come. Just when he was in doubt, he saw Zu Kuan running down from the city wall excitedly, shouting as he ran: "Uncle Chang, reinforcements have arrived!" Reinforcements have arrived! ”

"Really?" Rao is Wu Sangui City Mansion is very deep, and at this time there is also a sense of relief, no matter how sure he says, there is still a doubtful thought in his heart - will Yue Tuo use himself as an abandoned son to buy time? Tell the defenders the false news that reinforcements are coming soon, and motivate them to fight to the death, which is a common trick in the art of war!

"Nature is true!" Zu Kuan smiled and said: "You follow me to the city to take a look, the yellow flag is the reinforcement sent by Yue Tuo, we are familiar with this flag, and we can't make a mistake!" ”

Wu Sangui hurriedly ran towards the city, and sure enough, as Zu Kuan said, on the south side of the Shihe Beach, a banner appeared, and the front one was the yellow background inlaid with red edges, which was the yellow flag inlaid with yellow among the eight flags. Although Wu Sangui fought with the Houjin army on the front line in western Liaoning for many years, the yellow flag was the head of the three banners in Manchuria, generally led by Huang Taiji himself, and rarely appeared in front of the battle, the only time he saw it was in the siege of the Daling River, he was only in his early twenties at the time, and went with his father Wu Xiang to relieve the siege, and was beaten miserably. The yellow flag left a deep impression on him. What I never expected was that the relationship between me and the enemy when I saw this flag for the second time was upside down, and for a while, my heart was mixed.

"Look, there are at least twenty or thirty thousand horses in the back of the smoke!" Zu Kuan's voice came from behind: "I didn't expect this Yue Tuo to be a believer, I thought he was making a plan to force us to defend the city!" ”

"So that's what you think?" Wu Sangui turned around and saw a sneering smile from the corner of Zu Kuan's mouth: "That's natural, my Zu Kuan is not a fool, it's just that even if we know that there is a pit in front of us, we will jump into it now!" ”

In front of Shanhaiguan, the Guanning army was already in chaos, the sudden appearance of the yellow flag made them frightened, many generals of the Guanning army have asked to withdraw the army that is attacking Xiluo City, especially to withdraw the red-coated cannons next to the rocky beach, after all, these heavy artillery positions are too high, once the enemy kills them, it is likely to fall into the hands of the enemy, but will pose a huge threat to Shanhaiguan City. However, Dolgon and the Duoduo brothers insisted that they should take Ciro City first, eliminate Zu Kuan and Wu Sangui, and then deal with the reinforcements before the main reinforcements arrived. Although he is the governor of the minister, he is different from Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou, who are the commanders who lead the army all the year round, he is good at recruiting An, not fighting on the battlefield, and he is in a dilemma at this time!

At this moment, a subordinate general rushed to Xiong Wencan and said, "Master Inspector, an edict has arrived!" ”

"Edict?" Xiong Wencan was stunned when he heard this: "Where did the edict come from?" ”

"Returning to the Governor, more than 100 enemy cavalry came to the Shihe Beach and shouted to our army, saying that there is an edict!"

"Ridiculous!" Xiong Wencan sneered: "It's obviously a trick of the thief army, why don't you shoot it back with arrows?" ”

The general hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Master Inspector, the last general can see very clearly, it is indeed the dress of the palace, if you order the arrows to be released, if it is really an angel, I am afraid-"

Xiong Wencan immediately understood, these generals of the Guanning Army are not local buns, they have all seen the eunuchs who passed the decree, I am afraid that what he means is true, he still has the courage to shoot arrows at the imperial envoys in front of everyone.

"Then let him in! But don't let those thieves cross the river! ”

"Yes!"

After half a cup of tea, the general escorted a group of people in, led by a handsome eunuch, whose pale face contrasted sharply with his gorgeous costume, accompanied by two little eunuchs and four brocade guards, which were the standard configuration of the decree. The eunuch walked into the middle of the field, put the dust on his sleeve, took out a silk book from his sleeve, and said in a sharp voice: "Xiong Wencan takes the order!" ”

Xiong Wencan hesitated, and did not step forward and kneel and kowtow as required by etiquette, and Dolgon on the side hurriedly whispered when he saw this: "Master Inspector, this must be Liu Cheng's false edict, please let me behead this eunuch first!" ”

Xiong Wencan's body trembled, and before he could answer, the eunuch shouted: "Xiong Wencan, could it be that you are no longer a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and you dare to resist the decree and disrespect?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the general who escorted the eunuch in knelt down, and the soldiers around him also hurriedly knelt down, and after a while, only Xiong Wencan, Dolgon, and Duoduo were still standing in the field, looking very abrupt and conspicuous. Seeing this, Xiong Wencan sighed secretly, and whispered to Dolgon: "He has a holy purpose in his hands, we must temporarily avoid the edge, bow down first, and listen to the content of the will!" So saying, he fell to his knees, and Dolgon, seeing this, had to kneel down with him.

When the eunuch saw that all the people were kneeling, he began to give a voice to the priesthood. Xiong Wencan knelt on the ground, thinking that the content of the holy decree would be very harsh, but he didn't expect that it only mentioned that all units of the Guanning Army should return to the defensive ground, and in addition, everyone had a reward, so there was nothing else. Xiong Wencan thanked him and asked puzzledly: "This father-in-law, this superintendent received an order from the king a few days ago, leading me to lead the various units of the Guanning Army to the south to crusade against Liu Thief, why did Liu Thief not give me the head, so he asked me to wait to return to the division?" ”

The eunuch's face changed greatly, and he shouted: "Mr. Xiong said cautiously, the saint was deceived by villains before, and the loyal ministers were wronged, and Duke Liu only sent troops to appease, but now the national thieves have been eliminated. The Holy Son of Heaven honored his merits, named him the king of Jin, and reopened the Dadu Governor's Mansion, thinking that the Dadu Governor's Mansion was the chief of history, and controlled the Chinese and foreign military. Shall a thief call him? ”

"Is there such a thing?" Xiong Wencan was shocked, he had also heard the news that Liu Cheng had captured Jingshi, but he still didn't believe it, after all, the Ming Dynasty was founded for nearly three hundred years, and only the Yongle Emperor succeeded in Jingnan, and it was unheard of for a warrior of unknown origin like Liu Cheng to succeed in Jingnan. Especially when he heard that Liu Cheng didn't turn the world upside down after entering Beijing, and he could still make a situation, he felt that the sky was about to fall.

"That's nature!" The eunuch raised his head and handed over the edict: "Look, this edict is written by Lord Xue Guoguanxue, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, you should always recognize it, right?" ”

At this time, Xiong Wencan couldn't care so much, took the edict and looked at it carefully, sure enough, it was Xue Guoguan's handwriting, the doubts in his heart went a little, and asked who the current Shoufu was, and who was the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies. The eunuch answered them one by one. Xiong Wencan became more and more secretly frightened when he heard this, so now the Jingshi is completely under Liu Cheng's world.

Xiong Wencan was secretly frightened there, but the generals under him breathed a sigh of relief, they were reluctant to fight with Liu Cheng, and now the imperial court's edict did not punish them, just let them go back to their own defensive places, and there were rewards, and the heart to fight was even weaker. So they knelt down one after another, thanking the Holy Grace, and some remembered the letter that Zu Dashou had written to themselves in private, and their minds became more and more active.

Seeing this, Dolgon's heart became more and more anxious, and both of them knew in their hearts that once the peace agreement between Guan Ningjun and Liu Cheng was reached, the next step would be their own death. But the two of them have no name and no strength at the moment, how can they continue to pull Guan Ningjun and Liu Cheng to continue fighting? Thinking of this, Dorgon glanced at Dodor, who nodded knowingly, and ran out secretly, pretending to be unintentional, leaning over to the eunuch, and suddenly drew his knife and cut him to the ground, and slashed the two little eunuchs to death.

There was an uproar in the field, and many generals drew their swords to protect themselves, Xiong Wencan pointed at Dolgon and shouted: "Dolgon, are you crazy?" ”

Dolgon wiped the knife on the sole of his shoe, inserted it into the sheath, and smiled, "Everyone, I am here to save you!" Now that the Son of Heaven is in Liu Cheng's hands, don't you just write whatever you want him to write? This is obviously Liu Cheng's plan to delay the army, if everyone returns to his own defensive place according to the holy decree, he sends a large army to attack, how can he gather in a hurry? When the time comes, you're afraid you'll even be dead bodies! ”

"So, then why did you kill the angel?" Xiong Wencan hurriedly said: "They are just ordered to come, what is the sin?" ”

"Your Excellency!" Dolgon sneered: "It is a sin for them to falsely pass on the holy decree for Liu Cheng, and to kill this person is to make a name for themselves, lest someone have two hearts behind their backs!" As he spoke, there was a drum noise outside, and Dolgon smiled: "The outside is all my people, you all have to cut this eunuch, otherwise you won't blame me for being rude!" ”

Seeing that they were helpless, the generals had to pull out their knives one after another and stab the eunuch who was not yet dead, but it was a pity that the eunuch not only did something wrong in his previous life, but this time he came to deliver the decree and suffered dozens of knives before he died. Where has Xiong Wencan ever seen this kind of scene, and he can't help but feel like sifting chaff. Seeing that all the generals were obeying orders, Dolgon said with a smile: "Very good, everyone will go back to the camp, we will defeat Liu Cheng, fight back to Beijing, rescue the Son of Heaven, and everyone will have a reward for being a marquis!" ”

On the south bank of the rocky beach, Kubilon and Hazar sent the holy decree over, and after waiting for a long time without waiting for the news, they were anxious, when they suddenly saw more than ten horsemen rushing out of the enemy camp, throwing a few heads over, and shouting: "Liu Cheng hijacked the Son of Heaven and falsely preached the holy decree, and the crime cannot be punished!" Then he beat his horse and went back. Suppilon smiled at Hazar and said, "It seems that Wen is not good, it's time for us to go!" ”

"The messenger who dares to kill Lord Jinong, I will definitely take out that Xiong Wencan's heart and liver!" Hazar sneered, and was about to fight his horse but was stopped by Curb Pilon: "Hazar, this rocky beach looks flat, but it is not easy to walk the horses, and the enemy army has red-coated cannons, why don't we lead it to attack first, and then advance and retreat after it comes ashore, how about delaying the time?" ”

"It's good!"

Soon, there was a sound of drums from the Shanhaiguan Pass, and rows of soldiers began to move forward slowly, with several rows of crossbowmen and gunners in the front, and seven or eight phalanxes in dense formations behind, with cavalry lined up in columns between the gaps and flanks of the phalanx. The sun shone on the soldiers' armor, weapons, and flags, reflecting a silvery light. As the first platoon of soldiers entered the rocky beach, the formation became chaotic.

Hazar stood on the bank of the river with the cavalry, and the knights, who were not mounted, stood beside their mounts, took out their arquebuses, and were loading their medicines, and the lighted arquebuses gave a pungent smell. When Hazar saw that everything was almost loaded, he raised his right hand, and saw that the commander had given the order, and the knights had flattened their arquebuses and aimed them at the enemy who was crossing the rocky beach.

Hazar took out a chirping hammer, hooked the bow and aimed it at the first standard-bearer, and the chirping pierced the air, making a sharp sound, and almost at the same time, the knights pulled the trigger, spewing a burst of fire, and before the white smoke obscured the view, Hazar clearly saw that the standard-bearer had been hit by an arrow in the face and fell.