"Back to Beijing!"

This time, Dolgon did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the whole army to go north to rescue Yanjing. With-Dream- . lā

It was this order that completely buried the Qing Dynasty.

Just when the Qing army pulled out the camp and went north, Li Jingbu and Guo Ziyi's department were like two wolves that locked on to their prey early, and they attacked decisively as soon as the prey showed panic, and they came to kill it brazenly.

The generals of the Qing Dynasty camp such as Dolgon, Azig, and Lian Po were all veterans of the battlefield, and they were not necessarily defenseless, but they were in a hurry in Yanjing and hurriedly pulled out the camp and went north, which was inevitably incomplete.

Second, Li Jingbu and Guo Ziyi's department have long been ready to go, and they have been carefully preparing for a week, with mental calculations or unintentional, even if the Qing army is on guard, they can't resist it.

A great battle, suddenly.

The Southern Coalition Army seized the weakness of the Qing army's eagerness to move north, and launched one series of offensives after another. If the Qing army does not stop and forcibly moves north, the coalition forces will come forward and bite it.

If the Qing army stops and engages on the spot, the coalition forces will retreat with one blow and will never love to fight. If the Qing army arranges the broken rear troops, the coalition forces will swallow it in one gulp without hesitation.

Such a "scoundrel" tactic is overwhelmed by Dolgon's neatness.

If it weren't for Yanjing's tightness, Dolgon would still have the mind to stop and deal with the coalition forces. However, the moment he learned that the Qing army was heading north, the attack of the Great Western Army became more fierce.

Zhang Xianzhong is greedy, but he is also very sober.

Regardless of whether they were fooled or not, the Great Western Army was already riding a tiger, and if they evacuated at this time, they would only be bitten to death by the Qing army that pounced on them. Even if the Qing army let them go for the time being, the two major forces would have become mortal enemies, and there would be no possibility of easing.

In this case, it is better to go further, attack Yanjing before the Qing army arrives, and then rely on the defense of Yanjing City and heavyweight prisoners such as Emperor Shunzhi, which in turn hinders the Qing army.

This is exactly what it means: "Put it to death and live after." ”

In the face of the onslaught of the Great Western Army at any cost, the Qing army left behind in Yanjing has done everything they can, with heavy casualties, and even the guards in the city and the imperial guards in the palace have been driven to the battlefield.

Even so, the people in the city were still terrified.

Although the Manchurian city is at the top, the people in the city, including the civil and military officials, are still mainly Han people.

There is naturally no shortage of soft bones among them, but there are also latent generous and tragic people.

And even if it is a soft bone, it may not be that there are no people who have repented. Just like Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Jiangnan Shi clan mentioned earlier, after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he inexplicably raised the banner of anti-Qing Dynasty.

The complexity of the human heart can be seen.

Shanhaiguan fell, the old land of the Qing Dynasty was looted, the main force of the Qing army was dragged by the southern coalition army, and Yanjing was besieged...... One by one, one by one, the major events continue to impact the nerves of the Han people in the city.

Something, it seems, is about to break through the ground.

The Qing Dynasty court also seemed to notice this sign, and even when it was most difficult to defend the city, it did not relax its control over the order in the city, and was always on guard.

The whole city is filled with uneasiness and undercurrents.

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Just when Dolgon led his troops to rescue Yanjing, the 180,000 Qing troops who had arrived at Shanhaiguan received an order not to return to Yanjing, but to take Shanhaiguan as soon as possible.

The Qing court seemed very sober.

They realized that Yanjing was in the most dangerous moment, and the city could be destroyed at any time. The more times like this, the more important Shanhaiguan, which is located in the pivotal position of the Qing Dynasty's retreat to the outside of the Guan, becomes more important.

Recapture Shanhaiguan, the Yanjing Imperial Court can still have a way out; If Shanhaiguan cannot be recaptured, the Qing court will be finished.

It is natural to see which is more important at a glance.

Therefore, just as the Southern Coalition was biting Dolgon's troops, a major battle broke out at Shanhaiguan.

The Qing army wanted to recapture Shanhaiguan, and the Great Xia Royal Fleet naturally would not let it do so. In order to defend the city, the three thousand Shenwu guards operating outside the gate have quietly returned to Shanhaiguan to assist the royal fleet in defending.

In this way, the defense is stronger.

The Qing army's attack could not be described as resolute, while bombarding with artillery, it also relied on the siege equipment to carry out close combat, in order to take the city as soon as possible.

However, in front of the P-type artillery, the Hongyi cannon of the Qing army's Shenji Battalion was too weak, both in range and firepower, far inferior to the P-type artillery.

At the same time, the P-type artillery was condescending, and often the Hongyi cannon was destroyed before two shots were fired, and it was completely reimbursed. Coupled with the air cooperation of the mimic aircraft, the Qing army's divine aircraft had little effect.

This time, they had enough to suffer.

After a day and a night of fierce fighting, more than 30,000 Qing troops were killed by 180,000 Qing troops, and Shanhaiguan was still standing. To make matters worse, the Qing army's Hongyi artillery had been depleted.

Without the help of artillery, it is simply wishful thinking to break through Shanhaiguan.

Despair, fear, pessimism......

All kinds of negative emotions spread within the Qing army, which could not be contained, like the end of the world. The morale of the Qing army plummeted, and some soldiers had quietly slipped away and disappeared.

The first to desert was the puppet army in the Qing army sequence.

Their loyalty to the Qing Dynasty was the lowest, and seeing that the big ship of the Qing Dynasty could capsize at any time, they naturally did not have the determination and ambition to "live and die with the Qing Dynasty".

During the Shunzhi period, the Qing Dynasty was first established, and it had not yet begun the policy of fooling the people, nor had it had time to tamper with history to cover up the crimes committed by the Qing army in the land of China.

Among the Han people at this time, there are very few who really identify with the Qing Dynasty.

What's more, the Qing army was still mixed with opportunistic elements like Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, and seeing that the Qing Dynasty itself was difficult to protect, they naturally had the idea of starting anew.

Someone takes the lead, someone follows.

The deserters were first sporadically, then in groups, and then in the middle of an entire battalion of officers and men, who disappeared without a trace overnight.

Among them is Wu Sangui's department.

With the escape of the "puppet army", the morale of the Qing army fell to the bottom, and the already pessimistic Qing army soldiers knew that they would never be able to capture Shanhaiguan.

"What should we do?" The soldiers were terrified.

At this critical moment, the Qing army, which had shrunk to 100,000 men, split again. The one who fled this time was actually the Dream Eight Banners in the Eight Banners Army, and they were also the elite cavalry in the Qing Army.

As the saying goes: "When disaster comes, they fly separately." ”

The Manchus and the Mongols are very close, but they are not really a family.

Seeing the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the fact that it seemed to have become a settlement, the Mongols naturally would not be stupid to go all the way to the dark. Although Shanhaiguan is the core hub leading to the outside of the customs, it is not the only channel.

Meng Baqi decided to retreat to Guanwai and no longer participate in the troubled waters of the Central Plains.

This was simply fatal to the Qing army.

An elite unit went to a small half, and its combat strength was greatly reduced, and it was completely hopeless to break through Shanhaiguan. Second, the hearts of the people in the army fluctuated, and even the "child soldiers" like Man Baqi also fluctuated in their hearts.

Some wanted to learn from the Eight Banners of Mongolia and took a detour to retreat outside the customs; Some want to return to Yanjing and rescue their families.

The Battle of Shanhaiguan ushered in the most critical turning point.

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