On the first day of October in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, at the pass of Jizhen Wall, the general soldier of Jizhen Mangui was looking at the dusty place in the north from afar on the city pass. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Man Gui, who is full of beard, is in his early forties this year, he was promoted from a soldier step by step to the position of the chief soldier by military merits, and his promotion without any help can be regarded as a miracle in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

Of course, more than 20 years of military career have left a deep mark on him, Man Gui's hair is mostly gray, and the wrinkles on his face are as clear as a knife and an axe.

Years of riding had caused him to suffer from severe rheumatism, and his knees were numb after climbing so many steps, and it was this disease that made him lie on the sickbed in vain when Jiannu invaded.

But now he doesn't care about these, and the army of Jiannu in front of him is the most important.

Standing on the highest pass, Man Gui could see the boundary more than ten miles away, until two miles in front of him, there was a big dust, and a figure wearing armor faintly appeared in the dust mist.

Flashes of armor flickered out of the mist, indicating their identity.

Two miles ahead, on both sides of the official road, there are relatively neat military formations, and the fluttering flags show that they are the soldiers and horses of the yellow flag, the white flag, and the blue flag in the eight banners of the Qing army.

There are too many flags in the back to be seen clearly, but Man Gui knows that the opponent has tens of thousands of soldiers this time.

The defenders of Qiangziling only have more than 4,000 people, of which more than 1,000 are tun troops with insufficient combat strength, and they are now just peasants with knives and guns.

However, even if the other party has 100,000 people, Man Gui is confident that he can hold on to the wall, and with the hardships and dangers of Xiongguan, he will delay the entry of the Jiannu army and buy some time for the defense of the Jingshi.

The main soldiers of Jizhen are here, this is because Man Gui constantly sent out to investigate at night, and it was discovered when the Jiannu army was still fifty miles away from the wall ridge, and Man Gui led the war camp to gallop the wall ridge.

But every time the Jiannu army enters the Kou, the soldiers are divided into two or three ways, on time because often seventy or eighty thousand soldiers can not be congested in one place, and the troops must be divided, but this night does not collect and does not report the report of the Jiannu army from other places, this is the hidden danger, that is to say, even if he Mangui guards the wall Ziling, Jiannu may still enter the Kou from other passes.

The guerrillas of the generals at other passes and the combat power of the soldiers under his command are simply not worth mentioning, as the general soldier of Jizhen, Man Gui knows it, but he has no money and food to make up for it, although the court knows it, but the quelling of the rebellion and Liao Yu have exhausted the money and grain of the Ming Dynasty.

A large white flag inlaid with gold edges lined up, and the large number of people and horses below followed a few generals, which must be the main general of the other party.

At this time, the change in the opponent's military formation made Man Gui abandon his chaotic thoughts, and at this time, it was better to take care of the enemy in front of him first.

"The Ming army in this wall ridge is very vigilant, and before our army reaches thirty miles, they have already discovered that our Qing army has detained the pass."

Dolgon built a pergola in his hand and looked out over the steep wall of the ridge and the Xiongguan Pass above.

"After all, the chief soldier of Jizhen is Man Gui, an old opponent, and it is not so easy to deal with." Abatai also looked at the gate.

The gate in front of me is not big, that is, the appearance of many places in Zhouli, but the city wall is not high, it is more than two zhang high, but it is just stuck in the road from east to south, and it is exactly the position of a three-way intersection, which is extremely important.

Just when the two of them were less than three miles away from the wall ridge pass, several war horses in front of them galloped over.

Before getting close, a Ming general in yellow flag armor rolled the saddle and dismounted, it was Zu Kefa.

"Two masters, the master of the wall in front of him is the general soldier of Jizhen Mangui, and his general banner has been raised in the city."

Zu Kefa knelt down and said respectfully, now he shook his horse's hooves and sleeves neatly and neatly as the Jurchens.

"He is worthy of being a veteran from Liaozhen." Abatai pointed to the wall and said.

"It's extremely steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack."

The walls here are not high, but with the steep mountains, they are very steep, and the slopes are too steep in many places, and only a few dozen people can block the attack of hundreds of people.

The only thing that is gentle here is the front wall, the boundary of nearly two miles to the left of the Lingcheng Pass.

"No matter how precipitous, this king will take it, the southeast side of Azig and Duoduo are attacking Qingshan Pass, if this king falls behind them, it will be very faceless."

Dorgon pointed to the city with a whip,

"Zu Kefa, tell Shi Tingzhu that dog Cai that he will supervise the siege of the Han army in front, and this king will close the city and Man Gui's head."

Zu Kefa, the general of the Han Army with the Yellow Banner, bowed his head obediently like a watchdog.

Suddenly, the golden drum in front of him was great, and the soldiers of the white flag, the blue flag and the yellow flag in the eight banners of the Han Dynasty began to rush towards the pass of the wall ridge under the order of the general.

Thousands of Han troops with ladders, wooden shields, swords, guns, bows and crossbows rushed towards Guancheng with great momentum.

When he was more than a mile away from the city gate, the roar of two cannons sounded on the top of the city.

The projectiles of the two jack Buddha machines rushed into the Han army's military formation, and the Han army suffered more than ten casualties, and the battle of attacking and defending the city of Qiangziling was opened.

The Han army quickened its pace under the orders of the generals, and they rushed towards the city wall with a shout.

When approaching dozens of steps, the city banged loudly, and the small Buddha machine bronze cannons, fire guns, bird guns, and raised guns of the defenders at the head of the city all roared, and immediately knocked more than 100 people in the front row of the Han army to the ground and rolled and cried.

Then, with a loud noise, the crossbowmen on both sides began to attack, and the entire sky was obscured by shuttled arrows.

Screams rang out from the military formations on both sides, and people continued to fall to the ground with arrows.

At this time, the vanguard of the Han army had already reached the city, and they began to erect a ladder to attack the city.

At this moment, the garrison of the city braved the rain of arrows and began to throw down large pieces of stones and rolling logs, which can make people break their tendons and fractures when they touch the human body, which is extremely ferocious.

At this time, the small bronze cannons and various firearms roared again, bringing the lives of dozens of Han soldiers.

Man Gui observed the situation of the offensive and defensive battle under the escort of the iron shield, and in the sound of the arrows piercing the shield, Man Gui took a rough look at the situation at the head of the city from the gap, and saw the Han army banner soldiers who had landed in the city regardless of casualties under the supervision of the soldiers.

At this time, the Tun army was either killed by the soldiers under the command of the general soldier, or braved the rain of arrows to counterattack the enemy, and they had no choice but to risk their lives to throw arrows and cannons into the city and throw down the rolling wood and stones.

The price is more than 200 casualties, of course, most of them are arrow wounds, and they can be put into the battlefield if bandaged, and the Han army banner on the opposite side has already suffered hundreds of casualties, and the corpses that fell under the city have spread dozens of steps away.

None of the Han army banners under the city could climb the top of the city, they were all killed or injured under the city or halfway, and half of the ladders were destroyed.

Seeing that the city was holding on to each other and had no intention of breaking the city, Dolgon's face was extremely ugly.

After holding each other for a meal, the Han army was a little unsupportive because of too many casualties.

"Tell Shi Tingzhu that this king wants him to capture the city pass in an hour, otherwise this king will be ruthless."

Dorgon yelled at a goshha, who rushed forward on horseback.

Shi Tingzhu, who received the order, frowned, it seemed that the two masters were really in a hurry.

"Zhang Cunren, Zu Kefa, you two immediately stepped forward to supervise the battle, if you can't attack it in an hour, the general army will not be comfortable, and you will not be able to stand it."

Shi Tingzhu gritted his teeth.

Zhang Cunren and Zu Kefa looked at each other and felt that it was difficult to deal with it, this matter, but there was no way, they had to go to the top, and they couldn't afford to provoke the two masters of Dolgon and Abatai, even the Shi Tingzhu in front of them.

The two of them took their own soldiers to supervise the battle, and they also fought hard, risking to come to a place of about 200 steps to watch the Han army attack the city.

Under the coercion of the two of them and other generals, thousands of Han troops in front of them swarmed up, more than 100 ladders were put up on the head of the city, and the soldiers below landed in the city one after another, and at the same time, their attack area was also widened, not only the city pass, but also began to attack towards the steep sections on both sides, in order to thin the strength of the defenders.

The rolling wood and stone at the head of the city are a little exhausted, and they have become a little sparse, and the Han army is happy, and they are all climbing upwards.

At this time, there were already many Han troops approaching the city, and there were more crowds of people below, and at this moment, the tun army at the head of the city suddenly carried out a large wooden cabinet, or a large box leaking everywhere.

"Not good, containers and thunderstorms." Zu Kefa screamed as soon as he saw two things, but unfortunately it was too late.

The container suddenly stepped forward, and the fire oil sprayed down from the cabinet, and then the torches were thrown, and countless Han soldiers were wrapped in bright flames, and the fire oil flowed into the gaps in their armor, and the flames were pervasive, and they were not the howls of human voices, and they were rolling all over the ground.

The earth-shaking thunder was thrown down the city by the ignited fire rope, and the huge sky-shaking thunder burst open, and the black powder burst the mud on the outer skin, even the iron armor could not withstand the impact of the mud, and the people within a radius of several zhang were knocked out by the shock wave.

Immediately, the city either burst or burned, and the soldiers of the Han army suffered heavy casualties, and they could not resist the retreat that could still move, and abandoned the casualties under the city.

The defenders of the city saw them off with bows and crossbows, firearms, and cannons.

More than 100 of Zukefa's pro-soldiers used horsewhips and knives to drive away the defeated and retreating soldiers to turn over and continue to attack the city, and Zukefa even personally went into battle to cut down two routs, but the routs that rushed down were still endless.

Zu Kefa raised his hand again to cut down a Han army, he cursed and cursed the waste in his mouth, at this moment a strange roar flashed, Zu Kefa's thick body suddenly split apart, blood and body fragments splashed, and the projectile of a small cannon of the Franc machine at the head of the city hit the general.

This time, even Zu Kefa's own soldiers retreated in fright, and the entire chaotic army retreated like a tide, and no one could rein in it.

Dolgon and Abatai in the back gritted their teeth and looked at the chaos in front of them powerlessly. (To be continued.) )