"Fire!"

Rumble!

"Fire! Fire! ”

Boom!

……

Here is a mountain road at the northeast entrance of Taiyue Mountain, the mountains on both sides are continuous, and the maximum width of the valley in the middle is only 44 zhang from east to west, which is the location of Maling Pass.

Of the three mountain roads leading to Liaozhou, only a pass has been set up here. It can be seen that the other two roads are so steep that it is enough to ensure that the army cannot pass without repairing the checkpoints.

Wu Sangui stood on the high ground in the distance, squinting at the almost one-sided slaughter in front of him.

The defenders didn't even step out of the camp, but only repelled Kong Youde's elite soldiers of the Eight Han Banners with six staggered red-coated cannons.

These six cannons were not the only cannons of the defenders, Wu Sangui had seen them three times, and the Ming army pushed the hot artillery down between battles and replaced them with spare guns. He didn't know how many cannons were hidden in the camp tent, but under these six gun positions, there must be more artillery as support, so that the Ming army could use cannons to bombard the Qing soldiers who charged forward at any time.

As the cannon fire ended, Wu Sangui looked at Kong Youde, who was bloodless, with a lamented face, knowing that this attack had completely failed. The Qing army has been completely discouraged, and the whole team collapsed before it could even advance to yesterday's position, and even Zhenyi Bayala could not stop the soldiers from escaping with a broadsword.

"Collect the body." Kong Youde almost gritted his teeth and said.

The forcibly conscripted men stepped forward in fear to collect the corpses and pull them to the back to burn them, otherwise it would cause a plague.

The Ming army did not attack the people who were rushed to clean up, but seized the time to replace the artillery and prepare ammunition and gunpowder.

Kong Youde had misread this attitude of the Ming army before, thinking that the Ming army would not open fire on the people of the Han family, so he drove a large number of people to rush to the front, letting the soldiers follow closely behind. As long as the people rushed through the artillery. The artillery array of the Ming army was naturally broken. This was a siege tactic invented by the Jurchens and Mongols back then, and the soft-hearted Song people were often fooled.

Then Kong Youde ignored the determination of the defenders to defend Maling Pass, although the Minfu did rush into a position that the Qing soldiers had never advanced, as long as the Manchu armor soldiers stepped on the artillery line, the Ming artillery would not hesitate to roar.

"You can't beat it here." Wu Sangui said to Kong Youde, who was angry on the side: "The artillery of the Ming army is farther than yours, and it is accurate. ”

Kong Youde glared at Wu Sangui angrily. But I can't refute it. The five guns he brought had not yet advanced to the shelling position, but they were bombarded by the Ming army, three of which were hit by ricochets, the cannon body was damaged, and no one dared to use it again. This level of accuracy is really frightening. Even in the heyday of Wuzhen Chaoha, the highest requirement for a gunner was nothing more than that: to shoot the shells out.

"I don't believe it, they have so much gunpowder!" Kong Youde said angrily.

Gunpowder is more difficult to mix and preserve than ordinary gunpowder, as long as the sulfur and nitrate used are of inferior quality. It is not possible to make a qualified gunpowder. However, they did not know that in the gunpowder factory, where strict quality control and the pursuit of precision proportioning were pursued to the greatest extent, the production of gunpowder was already on track, and the most experienced craftsmen were checked at all levels to ensure that the various types of gunpowder such as gunpowder, gunpowder, ignition powder, and blasting charge could be used to the fullest.

Although Liaozhou is located in a mountainous area and has inconvenient transportation, it itself is enough to store food and gunpowder for fifteen days, and military supplies are transported from Handan every day. Never severed. If you want to fight for consumption, it is obvious that the cost is higher on Kong Youde's side.

"I can't beat it." Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "This is a Maling Pass, and no one knows what camp is behind it." ”

"Lord Wang, are you really just watching from the sidelines?" Kong Youde transferred his anger to Wu Sangui's head.

"This king has sent a message to the regent and asked him to allow me to cross the river and attack Yulin." Wu Sangui said lightly: "When the king of Japan said very clearly, the Qing Dynasty was just to save Ming. On the opposite side, the banner of the Ming army will not fall for a day. This king will not pass by here for a day. ”

Kong Youde seemed to hear the sound of his back molars grinding, and scolded angrily in his heart: You villain who wants to build an archway even if you are a bitch! Want to go back now? Let's go and ask those ministers in the south if they will let you go!

Wu Sangui ignored Kong Youde's anger, but regretted it in his heart: he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would be able to burst out with such combat effectiveness that day, so why bother to surrender to the Qing Dynasty? It is right to take a boat to Shandong to protect the holy driver! Just looked at the battle of Gaocheng, and thought that the Ming army was returning to the light. But now looking at the deployment of Liaozhou, this is simply a change of life!

The Chongzhen Dynasty lasted for a total of 17 years, and there were only 50 cannons in total, why could a Liaozhou put more than 10 guns? Has the artillery from other places been transferred to Malingguan? Wu Sangui was puzzled, but he couldn't think of anyone who could solve his doubts.

The surrender of the Manchus was already a real stain, and I heard that the Ming Dynasty's hatred of the Manchus was even higher than that of the rebellion, and even the Manchus shouted the banner of "begging for thieves for the Ming", and they were mercilessly slapped in the face. So if you want to maintain a way out in the future, only by going west to conquer and oppose the Qing Dynasty in a timely manner can you make up for the mistakes.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui was a little worried, the 60,000 Guan Liao army in his hand had been greatly injured, and many of them were recruits who were replenished after entering the customs, and they didn't even have weapons, and they still used farm tools. It is definitely not possible to rely on such 60,000 people to fight on their own, but if they want to go with the Qing troops, they will be monitored and contained...... Alas, in any case, it is not wrong to ask for weapons and horses first.

……

"It's the iron armor of soldiers and horses again!" Dolgon slapped the book case heavily: "This Meng Qiaofang is really incompetent!" ”

Because Shunzhi arrived in Beijing and stayed in the Ming Palace, Dolgon could only move from the Forbidden City to Wangfu Street outside the noon gate. He heard the story of the late Ming Emperor's crown prince, and also knew that there were quite a few people who worshiped the "Taiwei Xingjun", so he deliberately chose Zhu Cihong's former home, the hidden residence of Emperor Chongzhen, as his palace.

In the original historical script, Dolgon lived in the southern inner part of the imperial palace called the "Three Great Interiors" along with Ouchi (Forbidden City) and Xinai (Xiyuan Sanhai). Because of the poor march and repeated defeats, Dolgon was quite criticized in the court. This symbolic status and majesty of the South Palace has also become the royal palace of Zilharang.

Suke Saha stepped forward and said, "Lord, the slave heard about ......" He glanced up at Wu Bai before continuing: "The Queen Mother asked: Is it winter in Yanjing?" ”

"Lord Wang," Wu Bai also stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang, let's meet those people, otherwise it will not be useful if people's hearts are scattered." ”

After the fainting incident, Dolgon rarely went to court to deal with court affairs, and only summoned some important subordinates in his palace. Among them, Sukh Saha and Wu Bai are his increasingly favored subordinates. As for the others, Dolgon didn't have enough face to appease them, so that some of them had already fled to the Two Yellow Flags.

Dolgon's face turned blue and he scolded, "How else can I see them?" I beg them not to do it! Love comes, doesn't come out! Let them all recognize the masters of the two yellow flags! ”

Suke Saha glared at Wu Bai and said secretly: You really can't speak! I can't read it for you! Is this the time to talk about it?

"Master," Sukh Saha said softly, "the slave thinks, this Beijing actually doesn't want it. ”

"Sukh Saha! You are talking nonsense! Wu Bai said angrily: "Entering the customs and conquering Beijing City is the immortal merit of our master!" What the first emperor didn't do, our master has beaten down! Is this something that can be discarded? ”

Su Ke Saha looked at Dolgon's stern gaze and said, "Master, the slave means that the master has defeated Yanjing, which was not defeated by the previous emperor, and it is already an immortal achievement. The rest of the matter should be worried about Zilharang and the people with the two yellow flags. The master is tired of state affairs these days, and it is really time to rest. ”

"Are you bending your knees to the two yellow flags?" Wu Bai's eyes bulged outward, and he shouted angrily at Sukh Saha.

Dolgon raised his hand, stopped Wu Bai, and tilted his head slightly: "Sukh Saha has a point......

Now that the canal has been cut off, Gyeonggi's own production and inventory alone are simply not enough for 100,000 troops to survive the winter. Either take the population and wealth back to the outside of the customs and continue to run their own small world; Either you have to take more land and plunder more food. Otherwise, the children of the Eight Banners will only have to go hungry for the winter!

Judging from the current situation, it may not be as easy as imagined to make a big march. Jueluo Bahana, who fled back, said that the Ming army was a strong army that was not afraid to fight with the Manchurian soldiers in the field, and the news sent back by Meng Qiaofang also showed that the army's artillery was extremely powerful, and the number was extremely large, and the army could not even rush to the front of the Ming army.

From this point of view, if the Ming court itself is not chaotic, it will not be easy to swallow the world of these two capitals and thirteen provinces in one go.

Since the development cannot be completed, there is only one way to defend the city. However, there was no blood transfusion from the Grand Canal, and the sea route was blocked by the Ming army's naval divisions, so what to defend the city?

In such a tricky situation, it is better to throw it to Zilharang and the two yellow flags than to bear it yourself. If they persever, then their own foundation work is indispensable; If they can't persevere, it means that they have failed themselves and the good situation of entering Zhaoji!

"This is: take a step back and open the sky!" Dolgon stood up and walked over to Sukh Saha with a smile: "You have a good idea, but I'm afraid that once I retreat, I will be able to come back in the future." This time, Zilharang restored Hauge's title, apparently to compete with the king. ”

Sukh Saha said leisurely, "Master, now the two yellow flags are getting close to Zilharang, just because they know that Jilharang cannot be the emperor. If the master also shows that the emperor is not in the right posture, what else do they have to say to embarrass the master? ”

"Sukh Saha, you ......" Wu Bai really wanted to pounce on Sukh Saha and bite him to death.

"If you are not the emperor, you can be the emperor." A strange smile appeared on Sukh Saha's face, and he continued: "According to our old customs, after the death of the first emperor, the prince could have married the concubine of the first emperor. ”

Dolgon was excited, thinking of the tall and beautiful "Queen Mother", and his heart was quite scratched.

Speaking of which, it's not bad to be an emperor, not to mention that the emperor is so young. (To be continued......)

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