The cavalry scouts of the Ming army have been exploring the road in front, and these sentry scouts are constantly shuttling through the mountains and hills, but except for the few people, they have not found a single Qing army, even after Wu Yun led the army directly into the front guard of Guangning, he did not find a single Qing soldier.

"It's all going north! Order, let Shang Shuai, who followed behind, send some people to the west, control these places first, and let the scouts run farther away, so as not to make mistakes. ”

Explain clearly, Wu Yun rested directly in the broken city of the former guards of Guangning.

Wu Yun served in the border wall around Xuanfu when he was young, and he has rich combat experience, and he has a good understanding of the outside of the Guan, and now the situation outside the Shanhai Pass is; Jiannu is obviously shrinking Liliang, because the supreme commander of Jiannu is being chased by Zhou Huchen and Huang Degong and constantly fleeing in embarrassment, in fact, there are not many Qing troops in this area at all, which is equivalent to a group of dragons without a leader.

Eighty miles ahead is the military town of Ningyuan, a defensive place that has experienced countless battles, and the famous "Ningyuan Great Victory" and "Ningjin Great Victory" happened in this place.

Combat is about the speed of soldiers, but Wu Yun is just the opposite this time, his speed suddenly slowed down like a snail, and the eighty-mile journey actually ran for three days.

This is a cavalry, the cavalry runs eighty miles in three days, even the foot soldiers of the brigade carry a large amount of supplies in three days, and they march more than eighty miles, let alone the cavalry. Wu Yun's current speed is not like a battle, but like riding a horse and taking these subordinates on a tour.

"I'm a snail, but what's wrong with a snail? A snail can fight, and it can easily take down Ning Yuan, who would dare to bet me? Just bet on my war knife, take Ning Yuan in half a day, and if you can't take the war knife, it will be yours. ”

In the face of some people's secret complaints, Wu Yun was not only not ashamed, but also arrogantly shouted that he wanted to gamble.

"That's it, sir. I bet that our army will take it within an hour of attacking Ningyuan City, and if I can't take my silver this month, it will go to you, and I will take the war sword, how about it? ”

But it was the guerrilla general Zhang Dengke, this handsome and dashing cavalry general saw injustice, he was not so much gambling with Wu Yun as he was crusading against Wu Yun's shamelessness.

"One hour is enough, it is estimated that it is a matter of a few clicks, and he is still handsome, strategizing thousands of miles away. Follow the handsome to count our blessings! Wu Yun didn't mention the bet, but suddenly praised Zhou Huchen.

Wu Yun and Zhang Dengke's so-called gambling naturally won't be taken seriously, it's just a boring pastime. Of course, Wu Yun had to wait, he had to wait for the foot soldiers to come up to attack the city, and at the same time, the generals all knew that the reason why the foot soldiers came up slowly was because of the road. There were too many mountains and hills along the way, which made it very difficult to transport the giant cannons. Wu Yun was waiting for the artillery, as long as the giant beast that Zhou Huchen specially sent to him arrived at the city of Ningyuan. Taking Ning Yuan is a matter of a few cannons.

Ningyuan City was built in Xuande three years, this city is slightly square, there is a city gate in the middle of each of the four sides of the city wall, which is the spring and gate in the east. The Yanhui Gate on the south side, the Yongning Gate on the west side, and the Weiyuan Gate on the north side. Towering arrow towers are built on each gate, and there are pedal paths along the city wall on the inside of each gate. The four corners are high forts, protruding from the corners of the city, to erect Hongyi cannons.

back then. Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan led the military and civilians to work hard outside the gate for four years, and they built forts and built artillery weapons. Setting up camps for training troops and expanding land and opening up tuntun can be described as remarkable achievements and great results. According to records: Sun Chengzong guarded the pass for four years, repaired the nine cities and forty-five forts, trained 110,000 soldiers, set up 12 car battalions, 5 water battalions, 2 fire battalions, and 8 forward and rear strength battalions, made armor, instruments, bows and arrows, cannon stones, canals, and halogen tools totaled millions, expanded the land for 400 miles, opened 5,000 hectares, and earned 150,000 (stones).

Ningyuan City is a heavy city, which can be described as a city with high walls and thick walls. But for Wu Yun, the merits of his predecessors have nothing to do with him, the height and thickness of Ningyuan City don't matter, and it doesn't matter if the Qing army has Hongyidi cannons at the head of the city.

In mid-April, it is already the summer season of Meng, and in Kannai, this time is already a little hot, and it should be warmed up. But Ningyuan is far away from the sea, and to the north, the current Ningyuan is not hot at all, not only is it not hot, but the air is also refreshing, which really makes people feel like they are on vacation.

In the cool weather of the sea breeze, the huge artillery of the Ming army arrived.

In the past, Nurhachi's Eight Banners Army captured eight castles, including Youtun, Dalinghe, Jinzhou, Xiaolinghe, Songshan, Xingshan, Tashan, and Lianshan. The original garrison of the Ming army had withdrawn to the pass because of the helplessness and timidity of the senior officials in the court for the war in Liaodong, and the Houjin soldiers went straight to Ningyuan without resistance. The old slave Nurhachi was known as an army of 200,000 at that time, and he actually led 130,000 troops to besiege the isolated city of Ningyuan, and it was Yuan Chonghuan, who was quite controversial in history, who defended Ningyuan. At that time, Yuan Chonghuan was just a small Ningqian soldier, and it was this principle of solitary, stubborn, and stubborn that made Nurhachi, who was in the prime of his army, have nothing to do and keep this western Liaoning corridor.

As for whether Nurhachi was injured and retreated at that time, it is impossible to investigate, but Yuan Chonghuan achieved this great victory in Ningyuan precisely because of this desperate tenacious defense, and also defended Ningyuan, the barrier of mountains and seas, so that the Ming court could continue to deal with the people of Jianzhou outside the Shanhai Pass, and it was precisely because of this rare victory that the little-known Yuan Chonghuan became famous.

Yuan Chonghuan defended Ningyuan, in addition to his firm defensive confidence and the lives of the soldiers and people, the most important thing was to rely on Ningyuan's strong city walls, as well as eleven Hongyi cannons, and countless firearms.

The Jiancheng cannon is Ningyuan, and now, the Hongyi cannon at the head of Ningyuan City is still there, and the strong Ningyuan City is in front of you.

Yuan Chonghuan's ability to hold Ningyuan illustrates the solidity of Ningyuan City, the importance of tenacious defense, and of course, the great role of the Hongyi cannon.

Wu Yun's offensive began.

Ningyuan City is very strong, the Qing army is very tenacious, at least the city surrendered without seeing the Ming army, and the Hongyi cannon is full of power. It's a pity that there is no room for this stubborn defense, the range of the Hongyi cannon at the head of Ningyuan City is not enough, and the most important point is that the extremely strong Ningyuan City and the broken city in Tianjin are not much different from Zhou Huchen's steel behemoth.

The simultaneous attack of ten giant cannons proves that Ningyuan's city wall is by no means a tofu scum project, this time is good, Zhou Qian, who commanded the giant cannon, can stretch out his hands excitedly, and he can also turn over a few times, I finally made up enough whole numbers, and I can fire a few more cannons!

Because, the wall of Ningyuan City is one zhang and five feet thick.

No matter how thick the city wall is, it will always have no place to stand in front of the weapons that transcend the times, several deafening volleys, the thickness is amazing, and the legendary incomparably strong city wall of Ningyuan City collapsed with a bang

This snail battle seems simple, but it is an iconic combat paradigm and a benchmark for the changing times; The famous Hongyi cannon lagged behind, and it was powerless in front of Zhou Huchen's giant cannon; No matter how strong the city is, it can't withstand the bombardment of the cannon, which represents the advent of an era of cannons. (To be continued......)