As soon as the artillery fire of the Qing army on the opposite bank stopped, these sappers rushed down the river, spread the wooden planks on the ice one by one, and under the cover of artillery fire, they paved all the way over.

Suddenly, behind the Qing army, there was a sudden sound of artillery, and hundreds of shells fell into the river, and the sappers in the river saw that something was wrong, and they all immediately fell to the ground.

But there were still dozens of sappers who were too unlucky, and were directly hit or grazed by such solid bullets, and the river was a pool of blood, and other sappers immediately got up from the ground after the Qing army's shelling stopped, and some sappers carried the wounded soldiers to the main formation, while other sappers continued to lay planks.

The Qing army even had artillery! Liu Heng watched the situation from the high command car, and couldn't help but feel a burst of surprise.

It's really well hidden, but it's exposed too soon.

"Suppress the artillery of the Qing army, raise the hot air balloon to correct the yuan." Liu Heng ordered, the artillery below didn't need his order, and they knew what to do - shoot out the artillery of the Qing army!

The sappers obviously understood that it was impossible for the Qing army to fire a second cannon, and after the Qing army's artillery bombardment, they resumed their normal operations and quickly spread the planks all the way through.

At this time, the heavy artillery behind the formation began to strike at the Qing artillery, and the exposed Qing artillery was mostly scrapped in the bombing before it could be transferred.

And those light artillery were on standby, and the Qing cavalry in the distance was blown up by rockets and retreated, and they had retreated to a distance of 1,600 meters.

At such a distance, the light artillery of the Shandong army could not hit far from it, and the rockets could not hit it, only the heavy artillery could hit it.

Previously, the artillery battalion was expanded to 3,000 people, equipped with 30 200 mm howitzers, this heavy gun weighs 1,000 kilograms, can fire 15 kilogram shells, and has a range of 3,000 meters.

300 125-mm howitzers weighing 220 kg with a firing range of 2000 meters.

The artillery of the artillery battalion was already aimed at the Qing army in the distance, and the Qing army at this time was beaten to the point that it was powerless.

The Qing army did not have decent artillery, let alone other means of long-range strikes, and could only be attacked by the Shandong army, which was equipped with a large number of artillery, at ultra-long distances.

Only by constantly retreating under the shelling, if they dare to step forward, they will face more intensive firepower.

Artillery, god of war!

After a while, a dozen hot air balloons rose from the artillery position.

These hot air balloons are tied with a pair of ropes, and they rise at a height of hundreds of meters, at a height that is enough not to be obscured by the smoke of gunpowder, and can continue to direct the artillery to correct the elements in the fog.

The Qing army looked at the hot air balloons raised by the Shandong army in astonishment from a distance, and did not understand what those hot air balloons were for, but it was really terrifying to be able to float into the sky.

The function of the hot air balloon is to bring correction to the artillery in the plains, and at the same time to distribute leaflets or something. If fighting in mountainous and hilly areas, the occupation of high ground is enough to provide artillery with a target position, only this kind of plain area without high ground, hot air balloons are needed.

As for bombing, it has such a function, but it does not have a practical surname at all. The hot air balloon is too slow, the target is too obvious, the load capacity is too low, and it is difficult to move. Even if you can blow people up, how many can you kill? And others are not stupid, such a big thing flies up and doesn't run?

There are too many weapons that can be used, all kinds of them, and there are many strange ones, and the reason why most of them can't go to the battlefield is that the key is the practical surname.

Whatever the bizarre weapons were, many seemingly good guns were not mass-produced and equipped because of their lack of utility.

…… The sappers were busy for nearly ten minutes, and finally laid wooden planks on the two-hundred-meter river, and as soon as the planks were laid, Liu Heng ordered: "Heavy artillery cover, cross the river." ”

"Heavy artillery cover, heavy artillery cover ......"

"Ready...... Ignition~"

More than 220 125-mm howitzers and 30 200-mm howitzers were in the rear, and they suddenly roared angrily, firing at the Qing army one after another.

The Qing army did not know how to defend against artillery, and as soon as the shells fell from the sky, they were immediately overturned on their backs.

When artillery technology develops to the point where more infantry can carry out long-range strikes, both sides of the battle should have artillery to suppress each other in order to counter.

If there is no artillery, the consequences are very tragic. At the same time, as the artillery developed to a certain extent, the infantry could not resist the power of the artillery, and would hide in the trenches for protection.

And when there is no means of assault, the two sides can only continue to bombard the enemy indiscriminately with artillery, in order to break the enemy's will, so that they will enter a state of encirclement and encirclement, forming a circle of encirclement, and the enemy and the enemy are mixed together.

This is the First World War.

The artillery of the Qing army was not only rubbish, but their cavalry was even more unsuitable for attacking the Shandong army, because the Shandong army had artillery and cavalry protection, and the infantry had a tighter formation.

At the same time, the Qing army did not know how to face the artillery, and only had a deep sense of powerlessness in the face of the powerful artillery of the Shandong army. As soon as the heavy artillery fired, the Qing army retreated again.

It's almost as good as rushing up to find death.

The defeat of Zhenjiang still makes Zilharang remember it at this moment. It left a deep imprint on Duoduo's heart.

The low morale of the Qing army was the main reason for their retreat.

At the same time, the Shandong army began to cross the river. The cavalry stepped on the planks and rushed down the river to quickly pass over the planks.

At this time, the sappers began to build a passage for the sleds to pass, pile snow on the river, and smooth the river. In this way, the sled can pass quickly.

Five cavalry battalions crossed the river one after another and soon assembled on the opposite bank.

With a straight waist, uniform equipment, and a neat formation, 20,000 cavalry stood proudly on the river bank, watching the Qing army in the distance.

The Qing army was a little hesitant.

Duoduo watched from a distance, and his heart was gloomy and lost.

"Your Majesty, Sheng Jing may not be guaranteed, so it is advisable to go to the Western Regions as soon as possible." Amin suddenly opened his mouth at this time and said to Duoduo, Duoduo saw that the situation was no longer possible, and under the strong strength of the Shandong Army, it was impossible for them to defeat the Shandong Army in the Great Qing Kingdom, so he groaned for a while and sighed: "Let's go!" Let's go! Let the people go! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Amin and Zilharang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing Duoduo's decision, they were afraid that Duoduo would resist the Shandong army, and at this time their Great Qing Kingdom had been greatly injured and could no longer withstand the toss.

If you go to the Western Regions, you can still lay down a territory.

Before that, Duoduo had concentrated more than one million Manchus in Tieling, and they could set off at any time, but as for the other tribesmen, they couldn't gather for a while, and they could only be lost in Liaodong.

"Your Majesty, what should those Han craftsmen in Shengjing do?" Zilharang asked.

"These craftsmen are the foundation of our Qing Dynasty revival, take them with us." Duoduo pondered for a moment and said, Duoduo knew this very well, they were not capable of making the armor they wore and the blades on their hands, and without these craftsmen, their soldiers would be reduced to the level of the Mongols.

The reason why they were able to defeat the Mongols was because they were better equipped than the Mongols, and they were far inferior to the Mongols in terms of horsemanship.

But so what?

The equipment is more than enough to make up for the lack of riding.

"What about the Han Chinese?" Zilharang asked murderously, "Do you want to kill them all?" ”

"If you kill those Han people, I'm afraid that the Shandong army on the opposite side will chase after us, our people can't go fast at all, if you want to be exterminated, you can kill it!" Duoduo said coldly.

"......" Zilharang was silent for a while, and asked, "Can you let us go without killing them?" ”

"The Shandong army attaches great importance to the people, and we can use this as a condition to make them dare not send troops to chase and kill." Duoduo saw the behavior style of the Shandong army and attached great importance to the safety of the people, Duoduo continued: "We have more than 1.5 million Han people in our hands, which is enough to stop the Shandong army. ”

But in fact, there were only more than 300,000 Han people in Duoduo's hands, and most of them were distributed in various farms, so it was naturally impossible to kill all of these Han people before retreating.

"Immediately write a letter, saying that I am willing to return Liaodong and Shangguo, move to the Western Regions from now on, and send back more than 1.5 million people of Shangguo, hoping that Shangguo will stop the war and let my Manchurian Jurchens have a way to live, so that 1.5 million people will be safe and sound, and my Manchurian Jurchens will also be safe......"

Duoduo immediately sent a letter to the Ming army who were crossing the river.

The reason for this was that Duoduo had to buy time to evacuate Liaodong, and the Shandong army's offensive came so suddenly that it was not fully prepared at all.

It is useless to kill those Han people, there are still many Han people in the Ming Kingdom. Killing these Han people may also lead to endless retaliation from the Shandong army, which is absolutely nothing to gain and will cause many losses.

As soon as the Shandong army began to cross the river on a large scale, the Qing army sent messengers.

When Liu Heng saw the letter, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Before the fight began, the Qing army had already asked for an armistice.

"Moving to the Western Regions? Threaten us with the Han people of Liaodong, joke! After reading the letter, Liu Heng directly crumpled it into a ball and threw it behind him, and shouted the order: "Ming said that the whole line will attack." ”

"Yes."

The whole army crossed the Taizi River, and it was estimated that it would be dark, so it was not appropriate to continue the attack.

But Liu Heng did not intend to accept the conditions proposed by Duoduo, the Qing army had been seen through by Liu Heng at the moment, what 1.5 million people, as long as a full-scale attack could break the chain of the Qing army, would they really be able to kill all the Han people in Liaodong at that time?

There are no immortals in war, and those who are wars are the most jealous and merciful.

What are some people afraid of, the most important thing is to wipe out the Manchus, it is already winter, and those Manchus can't run fast, just in time for a comprehensive sweep.

In the face of absolute strength, it is impossible to compromise with the Manchus, and it is better to break the jade than to complete it.

Moreover, the Manchus robbed the Ming Dynasty of so much silver, how could they not let them spit it out.

…… Duoduo was confident in the letter he had sent, believing that the Shandong army would stop there, and then he would be able to take his people to the Western Regions.

He has experienced several major battles with the Shandong army, and knows that the Shandong army is strong, and it is different from the Ming army that is good at fighting in the past, and the Ming army that is good at fighting in the past is the soldiers and horses led by individual generals, and the number is at most four or five thousand people, and the difference between the Shandong army lies in this.

The Shandong army had 50,000 or 60,000, and with the eight banners of the Han army, the Shandong army that launched the attack this time has reached nearly 90,000.

Liaodong can no longer stay, and retreating to the Western Regions is undoubtedly the best choice.

(To be continued)