The next day, as the sky began to brighten, two battle reports also came to Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting.

This is the report of the battle of the other two armies, who also opened the pass and took it. But their battle losses seem to be much heavier than their own.

After reading the battle report, Lu Xiangsheng even couldn't help but look at the generals waiting for orders at the first place, and when he saw Yan Yingyuan and Jin Sheng, there was some different kind of love in his eyes. Speaking of which, if it weren't for the two of them making a quick decision, and thanks to Yan Yingyuan's strong combat effectiveness, otherwise I am afraid that even if the pass is defeated, the damage will not be much lower than that of the other two fronts.

It is said that now that we have entered the era of thermal weapons, personal bravery is of little use. In fact, according to Lu Xiangsheng's understanding, in fact, it is still in the era of alternating between cold weapons and hot weapons. Cold weapons may not be without practical places, and the power of hot weapons has not yet developed to the extreme, so a brave and good general is still one of the keys to the victory of the army.

However, this kind of speculation is only limited to a few neighboring local forces in the Ming Dynasty. As for the biggest and most ferocious neighbor, whether this speculation is also reasonable, Lu Xiangsheng is not sure. After all, the firearms of the republic are too advanced and terrible.

By the way, he counted the seizures, but the result was a little surprising to Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's firecrackers fully possessed the basic characteristics of the most advanced firecrackers of the Ming Dynasty, and even carried out partial transformations on this basis. Although it was not a big project, these small changes made the gun more handy, easier to fill, and the range and rate of fire were somewhat improved. It can be said that in terms of advancement, the Manchu firearms were even more advanced than those of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the artillery, not to mention, the artillery has also been deepened on the basis of the most advanced technology of the Ming Dynasty. The change is small compared to the firecracker, but the biggest advantage is that when the Ming artillery can shoot once, the Manchu artillery can fire twice!

What was it that made the Manchus have such advanced technology? Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting glanced at each other, and their hearts were cold.

A barbarian tribe that was considered to be ten million times behind them actually had more advanced technology than the Ming Dynasty, which naturally made them a little unacceptable. At first, I may have thought that it was technology provided by the Republic, but then I thought it was wrong. The Republic is in a position of not supporting but not directly opposing the barbarians, and as long as the other side does not oppose it, then it can maintain a neutral attitude. But when it comes to deliberately funding a barbarian force, it is also absolutely impossible.

In fact, they don't know that the problem still appears in their Da Ming.

The Manchus still had a lot of spies in Huaxia, but they were hidden deeper and more secretive, so even the Jinyi guards couldn't find out. Most importantly, these spies had only one purpose, and that was to steal the most advanced firearms technology of the Ming Dynasty and send it to the Manchus. Previously, because the old forces of the Ming Dynasty had not been eradicated, the corruption could not be curbed, and as long as there was money, these spies were still lucky to buy off the officials in charge and get these drawings.

After obtaining the drawings and even the formula of the granular gunpowder, he handed it over to the firearms craftsmen who were captured by the Japanese to imitate or even improve. Because the craftsmen of the lower classes of the Wa Kingdom did not receive the influence of Confucianism, and the local daimyo also wanted to have better weapons, for which they could even give rewards and even samurai status, so the craftsmen of the Wa Kingdom worked hard to develop firearms. Now with the advanced firearms drawings of the Ming Dynasty, they quickly made improvements based on their own experience.

After several months of research, not only did Shun lì improve the guns and artillery, but also invented the technology of casting cannons with iron molds, which allowed the Manchus to produce a large number of artillery very quickly. The only important factor that could stop the development of the Manchus today was their iron ore supply. This thing was lacking not only in Liaodong, but also in Mongolia, as well as in Korea and the Japanese state, and even if they tried their best to get a lot of gunpowder, not enough steel to cast guns and artillery would be a fatal injury.

But then again, if the Manchus were armed with a large number of firearms, then in the case of no shortage of ammunition and shells, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will go north this time, which is really unlucky. As a result, it was for this reason that the Manchus fell into passivity on the battlefield.

In the final analysis, in the era of thermal weapons warfare, the country's resource wealth has become even more important. The Manchus were not as good as the Ming at this stage, even if they occupied so much territory, the results were still not comparable to the Ming, which was the main reason for their failure.

The three forces set off at 2 p.m. the next day and arrived at the rendezvous point the next day.

The three divisions converged, and it turned out that 30,000 people had become more than 24,000, just to capture the three passes of the Manchu Dynasty. Whether this is a bit more expensive, no one can say. After all, it was basically a smooth road in the future, and there was almost nothing important about the passes, and Shenyang, the capital of the Manchu Dynasty, was within the range of the Ming army.

However, it would be a joke to say that there is no barrier at all, perhaps the almost undeveloped Northeast forests and barren mountains and mountains are the last barrier of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The only question is whether they will use this last barrier at all.

It's a pity that the Manchus won't, and they don't have more troops at the moment.

This year, they also have a battle plan, that is, to defeat the entire Korean Peninsula, and the army has already set off. Moreover, as the Manchu Qing achieved more and more results in the Wa State, the Manchu Qing invested a number of troops in the Wa State, so the local defense declined a little.

Just seeing that there were so many artillery pieces that could be used for defense, and there was no shortage of shells and bullets, he left 5,000 people to garrison the mainland, thinking that it would be fine. In the final analysis, aren't there still tens of thousands of soldiers guarding several important passes on the front line?

Who knows, the Ming Dynasty fought without declaring it, and the result was that three important passes were laid in one day, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty had not yet reacted, and the other party was already about to arrive in Shengjing and Shenyang, and had already begun to arrange troops, just waiting to take down the Manchu capital in one fell swoop.

Help? On the one hand, the army penetrated deep into the hinterland of Korea, and on the other hand, it could not return at all in the Japanese mainland, so even if the Korean part could be rushed back, I was afraid that the artillery at the gate had already turned Shenyang into a ruin.

Previously, the Manchu garrison general Aobai received the defenders of the three passes, expanding the number of troops defending the city to 8,000 men. However, with 8,000 people guarding a city at the level of a national capital, the troops are still a little stretched. Even if this national capital is actually worse than a provincial capital city.

"Banner Master, what should we do?" The man with the yellow flag came to Aobai, and at this moment he also wanted to hear what the young flag owner had to say.

"What else? Hold on first, rely on our artillery superiority, and give priority to bombarding the enemy's artillery positions. The other side has no artillery, just like a tiger that has no teeth all the time. We only need to wait for reinforcements, or even launch a surprise attack at night, and there is an eighty percent chance that we can support the return of our reinforcements. When the time comes, you will be able to defeat it with a flank attack! "Ao Bai can also be regarded as a genius in war, he naturally knows that the artillery power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is far greater than that of the Ming Dynasty.

If you don't use such an advantage, that's his stupid X.

The city wall of Shengjing is not high, mainly because the building materials are not enough, but it doesn't matter, the condescending situation remains the same, and it is rare that the artillery rate of fire of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is much faster than that of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that after casting the cannon with iron molds, the output has also increased.

It can be said that there are now more than 80 artillery pieces facing the Ming position, while the Ming artillery is only 57 pieces. The others were scattered about twenty and were fired at the other two. Of course, if there is a chance, it is natural to blast the gate of Shengjing open.

"Shoot!" Seeing that the other side began to arrange troops, Ao Bai immediately gave the order for artillery bombardment.

The artillery hurriedly reloaded and fired, but the landing point was strange, and one out of a hundred rounds could hit the Ming position...... It seems to be all blind.

"What's going on?" Ao Bai roared and grabbed the collar of the man with the yellow flag.

"Banner Lord, we do have a lot of cannons, and there is no shortage of shells. But those who are good at ** have been transferred to the Japanese and North Korea, and the rest is only how to fire artillery, but how to accurately hit the enemy, they are inexperienced! The flag man replied innocently.

This is not surprising, not to mention the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not have special books on shooting theory, where did they know what ballistics, what physical theories or whatnot.

They are able to shoot accurately, mainly relying on the experience gained from a lot of shooting piles. But now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has transferred all the skilled gunners to the front line, what is left here in the rear is good to be able to fire artillery, don't blow yourself up directly, that's a merit.

"Damn, my capital of the Qing Dynasty, I'm afraid it's going to be in your hands......" Ao Bai covered his face and said with a painful gesture.

"It's okay, just shoot a few more shots, and our people will be skilled in no time!" The flag man said in a panic.

"I hope so......" Ao Bai didn't have much hope for this.

Soon, as the second and third shelling progressed, it was true that the gunners began to feel it slowly. However, the other party was not a vegetarian, and after the formation was set, they also fired back one after another, and the result was that the city walls and gates of the Manchu Qing Dynasty suffered a round of fierce bombardment.

Some died, some were blown up with people and artillery, and some survived.

The follow-up soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty immediately pushed out the new cannon, and at the same time continued to devote themselves to the battle, but they were also novices.

After a few rounds, the gate finally fell to the ground with a sound like a wail.

The city gate is wide open, and the fall of Shengjing is imminent!