Chapter 443: Secret Song

The Hongyi cannon was shot out round after round, and the Han soldiers who besieged the city were killed by the Ming artillery shells one after another, and as time passed bit by bit, the Han soldiers suffered an unprecedented blow in the distance from the rush to the Shanhaiguan city wall. As a result, they began to become agitated, and began to abandon the tactic of following the ladder step by step, and rushed to the city wall with their legs outstretched, hoping to avoid the cover of the Ming artillery as much as possible.

However, the speed of the ladder's advance was limited, and it was obviously unable to keep up with the speed of the Han soldiers' charge, and the siege situation became a little ridiculous in an instant. A large number of Han soldiers soon rushed to the dead end of the Ming artillery, grinding their fists under the tall and majestic city wall covered with huge blue bricks, but Huo Huo was helpless.

They could only wait for the ladder that was slowly following behind them before they could start the siege. Seeing this situation of this Tartar soldier, Zu Dashou, the chief soldier in the city, couldn't help but sneer, at this level, he still wanted to attack the world's No. 1 Xiongguan under his feet, is it too self-conscious?

"Cannon, hit me hard, hit their ladder!"

Zu Dashou understood that as long as the Tartars' ladder was broken with all their might, their siege would be in vain. Finally, Kung Fu didn't have a heart, and a huge cannonball hit a ladder.

The destruction of the ladder obviously shocked the Han soldiers greatly, and immediately provoked a chorus of boos, but the war drums of the Qing army soon overshadowed the exclamation. With the sound of war drums, the Qing army actually dragged out the Hongyi cannon captured by the Qiantun guard of Guangning, and prepared to start shooting at the Shanhaiguan city wall. However, the Qing army's artillery skills were obviously much worse, and the first cannon may have put too much gunpowder, and it was blown up, and three soldiers were killed on the spot.

However, only a moment later, at the urging of the warlords, the rest of the cannons opened fire, and the cannonballs whistled and smashed into the walls of Shanhaiguan. But nine times out of ten, the cannonballs missed, and the cannonballs that hit the city wall smashed the bricks in pieces.

There was even a cannonball smashed directly on the road of the city wall, and the Ming soldiers could not dodge and were smashed on the spot, which brought too much shock to the Ming Dynasty defenders, but this did not seem to shake Zu Dashou's determination to defend the city. It was just one or two shells that smashed on the city wall, which was nothing compared to the intensity of the siege he had faced in Jinzhou and other important towns. In addition to sneering in return, he shelled more violently.

The firing range of the Hongyi cannon is about three miles, and the Hongyi cannon of the Qing army must be pushed within three miles of the city wall in order to be able to shoot the Zhongshan Customs wall. Therefore, when Shanhaiguan entered the range of the Qing army's Hongyi cannon, they themselves were also within the range of the Ming army's Hongyi cannon.

"Fire, fire! Don't stop, send the tartars back! ”

Zu Dashou stood at the head of the city with a dark and cold color, observing every move of the Qing army under the city, he knew that the Qing army would not retreat lightly, and what would happen next would be an inevitable bloody battle.

"What's going on? How did it stop? Fire, keep shooting! ”

"Report to the commander, the cannon is overheated, the barrels are burned red, and you must wait until it cools down before you can refire the cannon!"

"Bastard, why don't you go and cool down, what are you grinding there, waiting for the Tartars to attack the city?"

The Ming soldiers were scolded, but no one stopped the guys in their hands, in fact, long before Zu Dashou scolded, the Ming soldiers had already begun to cool down the barrel of the Hongyi cannon in accordance with the operation process.

The dumb fire of the Hongyi cannon on the city of Shanhaiguan boosted the morale of the Qing army under the city, and immediately burst into bursts of cheers, and various languages were mixed during the period, including Chinese, Mongolian, and Manchu......

The Qing artillery also launched round after round of shooting at this time, and as the number of shots increased, more and more shells hit the city, which consumed the morale of the Ming defenders little by little. Finally, the ladder of the Qing army leaned against the wall of Shanhaiguan.

The ladder was heavy and huge, and the Han soldiers climbed up the city wall along the ladder, and because the ladder was protected by three-finger-thick wooden planks, ordinary arrows and stones had no effect on him at all. Seeing that the ladder could not be destroyed, Zu Dashou's complexion couldn't help but change. He took out the Yanling knife on his waist and stood at the exit of the ladder to supervise the battle.

Soon the wooden planks blocked by the exit of the ladder were pushed open, and countless Han soldiers poured up the city wall from the exit of the ladder. The city wall was immediately plunged into a melee, and Zu Dashou took the lead in the Qing army.

The elite of the Guanning Army was no worse than the combat effectiveness of the Shaanxi soldiers under Hong Chengchou, and the will to fight was not far behind, and the tragic battles were staged again and again.

At this time, Liu Yuliang, a cabinet scholar who was watching the battle on a small two-story building not far from the city wall, was already frightened, "Oh, what can I do?" The eastern captives have attacked the city, General Zu must resist it! ”

"Master, General Zu's family has been a general in Liaoxi for generations, and they were born to fight, and there is no problem in repelling only Tartars!"

Although Liu Fu was also trembling with fright, he still dutifully comforted his master, but he was a loyal old dog.

The master and servant of the Liu family were terrified of the battle in Shanhaiguan City, but Zu Dashou didn't care about the situation in front of him, only a dozen cloud ladders came out at a time, and a hundred and ten people were like breaking through this Shanhaiguan, which is known as the world's first Xiongguan, it was really a fool's dream, unless the Tartars made hundreds of cloud ladders, hundreds or thousands of Qing soldiers could pour out at a time, and there may be some possibilities.

Therefore, the Guan Ning army of these battlefields had already made a judgment in their hearts, and it was only a matter of time before they repelled these Qing troops, and as the sun turned to the west and set, the battle went on for a whole day. The city was full of corpses, and the city was full of blood.

Zu Da Shou Rao is that he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is gradually feeling tired, thinking about the time when Dolgon ordered the withdrawal of the army, he can't touch the black to attack the city, right?

Finally, the sound of gold resounded throughout the battlefield, and the ladder that clinged to the city wall began to slowly leave the wall and retreat.

The Tartars withdrew, and finally withdrew. However, there were still future Qing soldiers on the city wall and those who entered the ladder, but it was miserable, and these abandoned soldiers were quickly killed and cut into pulp by the red-eyed Ming soldiers. Today's battle was a complete victory, and the Ming army in the city burst into bursts of cheers, resounding in the sky!

In the distance, Dolgon looked at the Shanhaiguan that was dyed blood-red by the setting sun, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, first give you a little sweetness to taste, and then you will taste what bitterness is.

As for the Shanhaiguan City, Liu Yuliang heard that Zu Dashou fought bravely to kill the enemy, took the lead in fighting and repelled the Qing army attacking Shanhaiguan, cried with joy, held a celebration banquet, and invited Zu Dashou and other generals to feast.

Looking at the bloodstained generals, Liu Yuliang made an extremely emotional speech, and swore that he would definitely make it clear to the emperor and ask for credit for the generals!

After all, the generals have been fighting all day, how can they have the kung fu to drink and have fun, Liu Yuliang also understands this reason, summoning them is just to boost morale and show his support for them, after saying everything that should be said, after a moment of feasting, he ordered everyone to go back to rest in order to prepare for the next day's battle!

After everyone left, Liu Yuliang let out a long breath and beckoned, and Liu Fu, who was busy outside, hurriedly trotted over.

"Master, there is no danger today, you can sleep well!"

Who knew that Liu Yuliang swept away the previous information and suddenly sighed.

"The eastern captives are powerful, how can they be at peace in a fight? You, it's too simple to think, today's battle is just the beginning, Jiannu has always been cunning, and he won't give up lightly. Look, the offensive in the future is likely to be one wave at a time! ”

"What the master said is very true, although Jiannu is cunning and treacherous, but there is a master sitting in Shanhaiguan, even Da Luo Jinxian doesn't want to go through this Shanhaiguan!"

Liu Fu picked up some New Year's greetings and said, how could Liu Yuliang not know, waved his hand to let him go down, he wanted to be quiet alone, and plan well!

But just an hour later, Liu Fu panicked and trotted back all the way back like a lost soul.

"Master, master, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good......"

Liu Fuke rarely lost his temper like this, Liu Yuliang suppressed his unhappiness, sat upright, and asked, "What's the matter, look at you like this, what kind of system do you become?" ”

Liu Fu didn't even defend the master's reprimand, but approached Liu Yuliang and whispered a few words in a very low voice, and Liu Yuliang's expression immediately changed after hearing it.

"What? Is this true? ”

Liu Fu gritted his teeth and nodded, "It's true, it can't be wrong, it's what the family has seen with their own eyes, and it can't be wrong!" ”

The family members who followed Liu Yuliang to Shanhaiguan were not ordinary handymen, but also played the role of personal guards, and when they found out about this, they would naturally be fully prepared before telling Liu Yuliang.

Liu Yuliang, who reacted, although he was sitting upright, his body bones were like deflated pig urine bubbles, "What can I do, what can I do?" ”

There is a spy in the city, but it is not trivial, in case a certain general is bought, secretly open the city gate in the middle of the night, the world's first male pass may change hands overnight, and it almost does not cost a single soldier!

"Master, it's better to arrest those spies who secretly communicate with the outside of the city, torture them, and find out the big fish behind the scenes! It's going to be fast, slow, and maybe there's going to be some kind of mess! ”

Liu Yuliang first agreed, but after pondering for a while, he shook his head and said: "No, in this way, it is inevitable that the grass will startle the snake, and the thieves who secretly communicate with the outside of the city may take risks under fear, and he is in the dark, Shanhaiguan may fall into chaos, which will help Dongyu a lot!" ”

This remark frightened Liu Fu, and he suddenly ran out of ideas.

"So, how is that good? You can't sit still, just in case, in case they ......"

"It's easy to do, stay put, spy on the sky, and find out the big fish behind the scenes, but you have to rely on reliable people to do it, understand?"