Shanhaiguan is the first pass in the world, the city is solid and thick, and the depth is very long, the wall and the city tower are interlocking, in the development of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, especially after the end of the Ming Dynasty, the military situation in Liaodong was tense, so that here became a more complete military defense system.

Even if the Guards had modern artillery, it would not be able to quickly break through the Shanhai Pass.

In other words, if the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army wants to take Shanhaiguan now, although some important strongholds can be filled with artillery, many places can only be filled with human lives.

Fortunately, there are not many defenders at Shanhaiguan now, after all, most of the Qing troops of the ancestral family have been buried in Ningyuan.

Zu Dashou originally wanted to use various castles and rivers to block the attack of the Ming Guards between Ningyuan, Zhongyousuo and Guangning's Qiantun Guard, so as to be a condition for the victory of the Shanhaiguan.

But what Zu Dashou didn't expect was that he would suffer defeat because of this.

And now because of this, Shanhaiguan only has 20,000 Qing troops of his third son Zu Zehong.

At this time, the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the North Korean army began to attack towards Shanhaiguan, holding a ladder and holding Chongzhen's 19-style flintlock pistol and shield like a tide to Shanhaiguan City.

The cavalry of the Second Army and the Second Corps of the Guards Army were all swordsman, and immediately acted as a supervising team behind these Korean troops.

Once the North Korean army was cowardly defeated and fled because the Qing army's defense was too fierce, they would mercilessly execute these North Korean soldiers as deserters.

More than 40,000 infantry of the Guards stood behind the cavalry, holding up the steel guns in their hands with great momentum, shouting: "Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

At the same time, there are special guards who are responsible for beating drums and cheering.

The artillery of the Guards Army was the only Guards army participating in the actual battle, and the artillery shells were being adjusted to select the target point to bombard the area of the Guanjia Tomb in Wengcheng outside the east gate of Shanhaiguan in front of them.

The North Korean army also has the consciousness of being cannon fodder, knowing that it cannot retreat now, so it can only grit its teeth and rush forward.

At this time, the Guards had already fired a round of shells, and the entire Guanjiafen area around the gate of the wall was blown up to bricks and trees, but the Qing army no longer seemed to be as stupid as before standing on the city wall to be bombed, so not many Qing troops were killed.

However, because of the accuracy of the Guards' artillery, the gate of the Guanjiafen was still blown to the ground by the Guards' artillery.

The North Korean army was very excited when they saw this, because then they could climb the wall nearly two feet high with a ladder without bothering.

"Kill!"

The North Korean army continued to charge.

And the cavalry of the Guards followed closely behind.

But what people didn't expect was this.

The Qing army suddenly rushed to the city gate with an iron gate that came from nowhere, and blocked the city gate before the Korean army rushed to it.

The Korean army was furious when they saw this, but at this time, because they had already rushed to the city wall, they were also suddenly attacked by the Qing army.

Many Qing soldiers suddenly appeared and killed the Korean soldiers with flintlock pistols, and even directly smashed the Korean soldiers under the city walls with rolling logs.

The North Korean army was caught off guard, and a large number of them were killed and wounded on the ground by these Qing troops.

And there were also North Korean troops who immediately counterattacked with flintlock pistols in their hands.

But when a tenth of the casualties failed to advance to the base of the city wall, or even to erect a ladder, the North Korean troops collapsed and hurriedly retreated.

"Grandma, is the musket in your hand a burning stick, rush up and hit the city wall!"

Jiao Lian, deputy chief officer of the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards, was born with cavalry, so he personally picked up his sword and came over to cut these Korean soldiers who tried to escape directly under his horse.

More than a dozen heads of the North Korean army fell in front of the North Korean army.

The North Korean army couldn't help but stop, mechanically picked up the flintlock pistol and turned around and rushed over.

Although the fighting spirit of the Korean army was not strong, they also spent some time in the Guards and received some training, and the muskets in their hands were not bad, so they could also suppress the Qing troops on the city wall.

At this time, the artillery of the Guards Army also continued to provide support to the Korean army.

As a result, the Qing army on the city wall suffered a lot of losses, and the iron gate of Guanjia's tomb was once again knocked to the ground, and even more than a dozen Qing troops who resisted the city gate were killed.

Seeing this, the North Korean soldiers immediately rushed in, and as soon as they rushed into the city, these North Korean soldiers were greatly excited, thinking that they finally did not have to die.

But what they didn't expect was that many Qing troops rushed out left and right, and they were engaged in white-knuckle battles with them.

In the end, the North Korean army was still inferior to these Qing troops, and they were defeated and withdrawn.

Fortunately, at this time, the cavalry of the Guards arrived in time, and Jiao Lian personally took the lead in killing five Qing soldiers in a row before he fell off his horse and turned back: "Rush!" ”

More and more Guards rushed in.

The Guards infantry battalion also entered the city and stormed the walls.

The Qing army in the area of Guanjiafen in Shanhaiguan saw that the general situation had gone and hurriedly withdrew from Guanjiafen.

Next, the Guards continued to attack in the direction of Shanhaiguan Guancheng.

At the same time, the Guards also sent an artillery battalion and a cavalry battalion to attack Dongluo City to the east of Shanhaiguan, which was a defensive city that echoed Shanhaiguan City.

If the Guards wanted to ensure that they could concentrate all their efforts to capture Shanhaiguan City, they had to first control the defending enemy of Dongluo City and support Shanhaiguan.

Naturally, the main attack of the Guards was Shanhaiguan City.

After all, as long as Shanhaiguan City is at once, Dongluo City will be self-defeating.

The North Korean army continued to act as cannon fodder, lined up with guns, and marched towards the main gate of Shanhaiguan Gate.

The 2nd Corps of the 2nd Guards Army continued to be cavalry in front and infantry in the rear, while artillery was involved in fire support.

"Kill!"

In the noise of artillery fire, the North Korean army continued to kill at the main gate of Shanhaiguan City.

However, this time the artillery of the Guards was not blasted open to the main gate of Shanhaiguan City, because the guard Zu Zehong had actually ordered someone to build a wall on the north gate of the direction of the Guards overnight, and even added many boulders behind the new city wall.

When the North Korean army saw that the city gate was not opened, they did not dare to retreat without a fight, because they knew that the cavalry of the Guards was waiting for them with swords in their backs, so they could only grit their teeth and climb the ladder.

Many Korean troops climbed up the ladders, while the Qing troops on the city wall desperately pushed these ladders outward, cut them directly or poured fire oil on them, and the Korean troops at the base of the city wall were also attacked by various firearms, bows, arrows, rolling wood, stones, etc.

Seeing that the battle scene was becoming more and more intense, and fearing that the Korean army would be completely disorganized due to too much damage, Jiao Lian ordered the infantry of the Guards to immediately rush over and continue to fire freely at the Qing troops on the city wall, so as to provide fire support for the Korean army.

At the same time, the artillery of the Guards Army also continued to bombard the city, although sometimes the Qing army and the Korean army who were fighting together on the city wall were accidentally bombarded to the ground, but it also effectively stopped the defensive fire of the Qing army, so that more and more Korean troops rushed to the city wall and fought with the Qing army.

Then, the infantry of the Guards also climbed the ladder one after another and entered the city wall of Shanhaiguan to fight with the Qing army.

(End of chapter)