The Qing army's attack began from the Shanhaiguan Tower, and after killing the sentry spies planted by the Shun army everywhere, the Eight Banners of the Han Army dispatched a large number of cattle and horses, and dragged the red-coated cannons of the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery unit to the city wall of Shanhaiguan. The Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Eight Great Solid Mountains and the True Ancestors Zerun, Liu Zhiyuan, Wu Shoujin, Jin Li, Tong Tulai, Shi Tingzhu, Bayan, and Li Guohan commanded more than 100 leaders of each banner and more than 20,000 soldiers of the Han Army. In this way, even if Wu Sangui still has other calculations in his heart, he will not be able to shake the overall situation.

After the Battle of Julu in Hebei, the Qing army's emphasis on artillery rose to a new level. Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Zu Dashou and other Ming generals surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the same time, but also brought a large number of craftsmen proficient in artillery casting. This led to a significant improvement in the quality of the Qing army's artillery.

According to the configuration of the Ming army, the Qing army changed the practice that red-coated cannons could only be placed in the fortress at the head of the city. With the standard of sixteen gunners, six mules and horses, and two artillery carriages for each gun, the possibility of mobile transfer of the artillery team was realized. In less than an hour, Wuzhen Chaoha's artillery team occupied the city tower of Shanhaiguan, and after a lot of hard work, with the help of Wu soldiers, the artillery was in place at the head of the city.

In comparison, the artillery of the Qing army can already reach a firing distance of 1,300 steps, while a considerable part of the artillery of the Wu army in Shanhaiguan is still a product of the Yuan Chonghuan period, and even the products of the Yuan Keli period.

It was in the midst of this cannon roar that the Dashun army felt the first attack of the Qing army. Fifty red-clothed cannons roared angrily on the city pass, a thousand steps away, it was the battlefield where the Dashun army and the Wu army fought to the death, and the shells fell into the crowd, which would inevitably injure some Wu soldiers by mistake, but the soldiers of the Dashun army were undoubtedly the most suffered.

At the end of the road of flesh and blood that dozens of shells came out, there was a sky full of fire and flames, such a system of artillery fire was never encountered in the previous Ming official army battles, the Ming army's artillery fire was more chaotic, except for the siege war, the power was far less sharp and shocking. It can be said that the Qing army learned the tactics used by the artillery unit alone from Zhu Ping'an's subordinates, and made the Dashun army pay a lot of money for this.

At the same time as the three rounds of artillery bombardment, the main force of the four flags of Zhenglan, inlaid blue, Zhenghong, and inlaid red had already rushed along both sides of Shanhaiguan, and the torrent composed of more than 40,000 cavalry took advantage of the increasing wind to suddenly kill out of the yellow sand in the sky, and the front cavalry of the Dashun army was suddenly in chaos.

The Dashun army and the Wu army fought for a day, and at this dusk, the wind swept the yellow sand, which made the soldiers a little unable to parry, and they planned to use their last strength to take down the Wu Sangui department that was struggling to support, but they did not expect that tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly killed from the yellow sand. Such a blow was extremely fatal for the Dashun army.

Tian Jianxiu and He Renlong were separated on the two wings of the Dashun army, originally to defend against the possible Qing army, but the disappearance of the sentinel and the cover of the wind and sand made them have no time to react at all.

The three-wheeled artillery of the Qing army had already made the two parts a little confused, and by the time the Qing cavalry was discovered, the iron cavalry of the Eight Banners had already rushed into the battle group.

Tian Jianxiu's subordinates did not hesitate, and immediately rushed forward against the two red flags led by the Qing army's Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen.

But He Renlongbu seemed a little hesitant. Zhou Guoqing, He Guoxian, and Wei Daheng all set their eyes on He Renlong, "Dashuai, how are we good?" ”

The might of the Qing army made He Renlong a little frightened, and the bravery of Duoduo's troops in the previous battle was a great shock to him, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Li Zicheng's Chinese army, "What about the emperor?" Why did his army not move? ”

"Marshal, the Chinese army has already come to several groups of people, all urging us to march as much as possible, and in front of us are soldiers and horses with two blue flags, with 20,000 people!"

He Renlong tried to keep his eyes open and searched the battlefield, "Where is the main force of the Tartars?" Now there are no traces of the two white flags and the two yellow flags, in case they suddenly appear, when the time comes, it will be difficult for us to get out! ”

He Renlong suddenly scolded loudly, "Li Zicheng is that fool!" Lao Tzu had already suggested to him that he must appease Wu Sangui, and after taking Shanhaiguan, he would make a picture of him again. It's good now, Wu Sangui cleanly dedicated Shanhaiguan to the Tartars, what kind of strength is this battle still fought! ”

Tang Tong led his troops to hurry to Huihe, "Marshal, Dolgon's Chinese army has been erected at the head of the city, Liu Zongmin and Li Guo's old sixth battalion soldiers and horses can no longer resist, the gate of Wangyangmen is open, and the main force of the Tartar army is about to leave the city!" ”

He Renlong let out a long sigh, "Look at a bird!" The fortified city of Shanhaiguan fell into the hands of the Tartars, and the opportunity for the northern expedition has been lost, so withdraw the army, withdraw the army! ”

"And where ...... emperor?" The generals looked at He Renlong with blank eyes. This withdrawal is not a trivial matter, He Renlong's department controls the right wing of the Dashun army, and after the retreat, the Dashun army has a big gap. Although the chances of winning this battle are very few, Li Zicheng is the emperor of the Dashun Dynasty after all, and he controls half of the country today. If the army is withdrawn, will Li Zicheng let go of these people who have escaped?

He Renlong's face sank, "Are you waiting here to die?" After this battle, the Dashun Dynasty has gone downhill, we have tens of thousands of male soldiers, why bother to work hard for him Li Zicheng. Besides, look at Luo Rucai and Gezuo's fifth battalion, who were forced by Li Zicheng to be still a rogue in the mountains. Shanxi is our hometown, Jiang Hao occupies Datong again, as long as we can control the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, whether it is the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the Great Shun in the future, who can underestimate us! ”

When the generals heard this, they were all very excited and agreed. The order to withdraw the army was just given, but there was a team of 10,000 people behind him blocking the retreat of He Renlong's department.

Seeing Li Yan hurrying and approaching with the people and horses, He Renlong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Speaking of which, Li Yan is still He Renlong's life-saving father, if Li Yan hadn't warned him in time, I'm afraid He Renlong would have died in the hands of Sun Chuanting a long time ago, where is there still the current majesty. Now they are about to withdraw the army without saying hello, but Li Yan came to stop them, and the two of them always felt very awkward when they met, no matter how shameless He Renlong was.

"What does Lu Guogong want?" Li Yan asked loudly.

He Renlong smiled wryly, "It turned out to be Brother Lin Quanxian, this, our department has suffered huge casualties, and I am about to ask His Majesty for instructions, and take a short rest or two!" ”

"The two blue flags of the eastern soldiers are in front of you, General Li Guo's soldiers and horses can't resist it, at this time, it is the time for the Lu Guogong to step forward to reinforce, how can you withdraw the army and recuperate!"

"Huh!" He Renlong snorted, but he didn't know how to respond to Li Yan's question, and was ruthless at the moment, "Brother Lin Quanxian, in today's battle, you also see that our army has no chance of winning, rather than vain the loss of soldiers and horses, it is better to withdraw the army first and reserve some elite ...... for Dashun!" ”

"Nonsense!" Li Yan was furious, at this critical moment, He Renlong actually wanted to withdraw the army without authorization, and he was still so eloquent. It was a big mistake to ask this person to guard the right wing.

When Li Yan's words just fell, Yang Flip beside him flipped his wrist, and a silver light shot straight towards He Renlong, which scared He Renlong, although this time was pampered in Hebei, but He Renlong was born as a military general after all, and his body's reaction was still extremely fast, and he used all his strength to flash next to him, Zhou Guoqing's eyes were fast, and the saber in his hand was stupid

"Li Linquan!" He Renlong was annoyed and angry, "You dare to assassinate me!" When ** saves my life, today is to write off this kindness. There are still 20,000 troops under Lao Tzu's command, and you are only more than 10,000 people, so Lao Tzu will withdraw the army, see how you can stop it? ”

He Renlong's personal soldiers guarded him in the middle, carefully turning the horse's head, and directing the army to slowly retreat, although Li Yan was anxious and angry, he was helpless for a while.

At the moment when the two armies were staggered, a sound of fire suddenly sounded on Li Yan's side, and after the gunshots rang out, He Renlong fell from the horse. Falling to the ground, facing the sky on his back, a bullet hole appeared in his forehead, and a red and white thing gurgled out.

Before He Renlong's soldiers and horses could react, Yang Chuan led hundreds of guards around him to ride up, aiming directly at Zhou Guoqing, He Guoxian, Wei Daheng, Tang Tong, and He Renlong's henchmen and generals and a group of family guards.

Zhou Guoqing and others were caught off guard, and under the swift attack of Yang Flip and others, they did not block two rounds, and they were seen to fall off the horse, and by virtue of being cut off their heads, Yang Flip and others raised it high with a flagpole.

Then, the person beside Li Yan shouted loudly: "Today is a national war, you are all warriors from the former Ming border army, He Renlong for his own selfish interests, ignoring the common people in the world and my Han people, is really a generation of bullying and destroying the clan, although it is difficult to atone for a hundred deaths." Today, General Li killed this thief in front of the battle, also to demonstrate the righteousness of our China. You are all hot-blooded men who fought on the battlefield, and countless comrades and brothers in the past died in the hands of the Tartars, and today I invite you to join General Li in a decisive battle with the Tartars! Let the Tartars see, my Han family is a man, but he is also a brave and good man, not afraid of life and death! ”

He Renlong and a group of henchmen and generals and family guards were all killed, but the 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command were stunned on the spot, but the man's words evoked everyone's memories of the bloody battle with the Tartars in the past.

The border army fought with the Manchus for decades, and many of them fought fiercely against the Eight Banners for generations, often succeeded by the death of the father and the son. In particular, Li Yan had a very high prestige in the Shun army, and at this time, someone was inspired, even if there were many soldiers waving their blades in response.

Li Yan took a deep look at Shen Ce, who was excited with his chest rising and falling beside him, but he was still holding a fire gun with white smoke in his hand. Li Yan never expected that this unremarkable Confucian scholar would have such great courage to snipe and kill the Guogong He Renlong, who was in charge of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, in the midst of the ten thousand troops, and said such impassioned words, and gathered the soldiers together lightly.

Seeing that most of the soldiers under He Renlong's command were willing to obey orders, Shen Ce breathed a sigh of relief and hugged his fist at Li Yan, "General, the military heart is available, give the order to march as soon as possible!" ”R1152