Datong Mansion is not as good as Jizhen, and it does not have the ability to cast cannons, even firearms such as three-eyed guns, and it does not have the ability to manufacture them on a large scale.

The heavy weapons used by Jiang Xuan's soldiers and horses are all tattered things produced by the Ministry of Industry, which are easy to blow up and consume a lot of silver, and only the troops in the capital are equipped with a large number of firearms, and the deformed military system makes the border army underequipped with firearms and equipment, and the training is even more wasted.

Because of the inferior quality of the firearms produced by the Ministry of Industry, most of the border troops would rather use cold weapons to fight than use these shoddy firearms to fight for their lives on the battlefield.

Ling Jingyang had a whim, if he wanted to compete with the Qing army for hegemony, he had to have an artillery unit comparable to the Qing army, he and Wang Mu, as well as the four major families, said: "Do you have the confidence to cast a cannon?" ”

He thought that Wang Mu, the four major families and others said that there was no problem, but no one dared to boast about Haikou, after all, casting cannons required a lot of silver and skilled workers, and most of the cannons that were cast with great difficulty became scrap copper and rotten iron.

Wang Mu was a little embarrassed and said to him: "General, this artillery is really a technical job, our Datong Mansion does not have those strengths, and there are not so many craftsmen, if the general wants to cast cannons, he needs manpower, as well as iron ore and silver." ”

Ling Jingyang only had a little silver, but the craftsmen and iron ore were in the hands of the Dashun army and the Qing army, hearing Wang Mu say this, he had to wave his hand, temporarily give up casting artillery, and saw that there were so many weapons and equipment and grain and grass in the warehouse, but it could expand the army.

He appointed Wang Mu as the magistrate of Datong, took the city to be responsible for maintaining order and pacifying the people, came to the official palace in the city, summoned Lin Erle, Lin Erle evacuated thousands of people during the day, these people only accounted for a small part of the population of Datong City, and most of the people were not willing to leave the city and wanted to hide in the city to avoid the war.

Ling Jingyang and Lin Erle ordered, those people who were unwilling to leave the city, as much as possible to replenish the army, Lin Erle heard this order, it was simply happy, his troops lost most of them in the daytime battle, Ling Jingyang promoted him to the right mighty general, still commanding the old department, but did not let him expand the army, there were only hundreds of subordinates left, and there was an urgent need to replenish the vitality.

With Ling Jingyang's order, Lin Er couldn't take a break, and took the troops to the city to recruit troops overnight, and Ling Jingyang asked other generals to follow him to recruit troops, and the stone camp got two thousand young men in Datong City.

The conscription in the city was in full swing, and the Dashun army captured more than 1,000 green battalion soldiers in the daytime battle, and these green battalion soldiers squatted in a corner of the city, eating leftovers, and most of them were waste in the eyes of Ling Wang Mu, without combat effectiveness and honor.

Wang Mu asked Ling Jingyang to release all the prisoners, after all, the prisoners wasted grain and grass, and they couldn't be killed, so it was better to let them all go, let the prisoners go back to their respective homes, and also be able to promote the benevolence of the Dashun army in Shanxi.

Ling Jingyang didn't think about it, rejected this suggestion, and Wang Mu said that even if the captives starved to death, they would not let them go back, he gave Wang Mu a hundred soldiers from the direct army, and became Wang Mu's subordinate officials, Wang Mu led the old department and small officials, and drove the captives to work coolies in the city, repair the city walls, build houses for the people, and win the hearts of the people.

On the wall of Datong City, the Qing army flag was replaced by the flag of the Dashun Army, at this time Bolo was rushing back on the way, when he arrived at Datong Left Guard, his subordinates asked to rest here, Bolo stared at him, and his subordinates suddenly did not dare to speak, Bolo ordered to continue to advance, and must rush back to Datong City as quickly as possible.

On the third day of Ling Jingyang's occupation of Datong City, Bolo finally came back with reinforcements, and on the way back, the scattered Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers came to vote one after another, and from the mouth of the rout, Bolo finally knew that Datong City was attacked and occupied by the Dashun army.

He was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and soon after Mu Lan led hundreds of remnants of soldiers to the army, seeing Mu Lan's declining face, Bolo's killing intent gradually rose.

Mu Lan also knew that he had lost Datong City, so he should be beheaded, knelt in front of Bolo, and begged Bolo to spare his life, and Bolo stood up and came to him.

A dashing knife came out of the sheath, Mu Lan's head fell to the ground, Bo Luo led the troops to continue to return to Datong City, but unexpectedly, another general reported to him, and Jiang Xuan, who attacked Wei Yuanwei, also withdrew.

Jiang Xuan's department was also defeated by the Dashun army, and the muscles on Boluo's face twitched, and he wanted to slaughter Jiang Xuan too, but he still endured it, after all, he still needed Jiang Xuan to help the Qing Dynasty fight the world.

Jiang Xuan returned to the barracks and knelt in front of Bolo, and suddenly saw a headless corpse lying on the ground, and when he looked again, it turned out to be Mu Lan's corpse, and his head rolled to the side, Jiang Xuan gasped, thinking that Bolo was going to kill him too.

Bolo came to him gently, helped him up, and said: "It's okay to be under the command of Ben Beizi, let the Dashun army sneak attack succeed, Jiang Zongbing don't blame himself, please recapture Datong City with Benzi." ”

Jiang Xuan was a little moved when he was not killed, and when he saw Mu Lan's body lying on the ground, he was overjoyed in his heart, and swore to Bo Luo that he would recapture Datong City for the Qing Dynasty.

So the main force of the Qing army continued to fight back to Datong City, and half a day behind them, Li Daowei led Leng Rutie and other troops to support Datong City quickly.

Ling Jingyang rested in the city for a few days, recuperating his energy, waiting for the Qing army to attack the city, but in the place where he could not see, there was an undercurrent.

Zhu Youzhen, the son of the Great Tomorrow, finally couldn't bear the desire for the army and the desire to go all out, and asked Wang Chengen and Zhang Luofu to gather their henchmen, and when Ling Jingyang convened a meeting of the generals, he launched a mutiny to raid the venue, holding Ling Jingyang in the palm of his hand, and forcing other troops to be loyal to him.

Wang Chengen said that he had no opinion, but before he started, he wanted to clean up the portal inside the artillery camp and drive away Fang Xiaoyan and other hundreds of firecrackers, Zhang Luofu still did not agree, he and Zhu Youzhen said that although the Dashun army fought against the Qing army, he still hated the Ming Dynasty in his heart, and openly raised the banner of the Ming Emperor, the army's morale would be weakened, and the team would disintegrate.

Zhu Youzhen is very confident, he has been in the Dashun army for some days, and learned that many Dashun army soldiers used to be Ming soldiers, and they used to have no military pay and grain and grass, so they followed the Dashun army, but now the Dashun army is pressed and beaten by the Qing army, and there is a large amount of grain, grass and silver in Datong City, which can completely make the Dashun army return to the Ming Dynasty.

He can be in the name of the emperor, appoint the generals of the Dashun army as more senior generals, as well as Wang Mu and other officials of the Datong Mansion, but also to the Ming Dynasty, he asked Zhang Luofu and Wang Chengen to launch a mutiny after repelling the attack of the main force of the Qing army, and kill all the generals who supported the Dashun army, and if Ling Jingyang does not surrender, he will be killed, and if he surrenders, he will be placed under house arrest.

Treating the Dashun army, Zhu Youzhen was a killer, Zhang Luofu couldn't bear it in his heart, but he couldn't help but refuse His Majesty, he was very conflicted in his heart, it happened that Bolo came back with the main force, he temporarily attacked with the Qing army, and then planned in the long run.

Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, but Wang Chengen returned to the artillery camp and began to gather his henchmen, he cultivated a group of forces in the artillery camp, basically mastering the main force of the artillery battalion, only Fang Xiaoyan's fire gun camp oil and salt did not enter, if you want to kill Ling Jingyang, you must first solve the fire gun camp.

But Fang Xiaoyan is still a teenager, and he is also a little lion brave in the battle with the Qing army, Wang Chengen is also a little unbearable, but His Majesty's holy decree must be carried out to the letter, but to kill Fang Xiaoyan and his subordinates, Wang Chengen still can't do it, so he began to plot in the army and decided to expel the Huogang battalion.

After Ling Jingyang captured Datong City, he asked Dong Daqi to lead dozens of cavalry to Weiyuanwei, get in touch with Leng Rutie and other generals, and tell Leng Rutie and others that Datong City had been captured, and all troops and horses came to support Datong City quickly, and Dong Daqi led dozens of elite cavalry to the direction of Weiyuanwei.

Some landlords in the city received the oppression of the Qing army, and also supported the Dashun army, Ling Jingyang not only got 2,000 young people in the city, but also hundreds of children of big families were also willing to surrender to the Dashun army, they not only came to join the army, but also bit a lot of food, hoping to have a place within the Dashun army.

These family forces came to take refuge, Ling Jingyang couldn't ask for it, he ordered Fan Guangjin and other surrendered Qing army family forces to be expelled, Fan Honghuo saw that Ling Jingyang did not kill them all, just expelled, and hurriedly ran to Ling Jingyang to fan the flames, saying that these surrendered Qing army families still have power in other places, just quarrel with them, and don't ask for beheading, as long as they go to other places, use the family power, it won't take long to start again and serve the Qing army, rather than this, it is better to kill it?

Ling Jingyang thought about it, but he didn't kill them, so he asked Wang Mu to mix the whole army of these merchants with the captives and provide free labor to the people in the city.

He still trains in the city every day, there is only one requirement for training, to improve the physical fitness of the soldiers, and the other drills are responsible for the generals of each department, he has to lead the whole army in batches every day, running around the city of Datong, and the last fifty have no dinner, driven by the rice bowl, each soldier runs with his feet outstretched.

He firmly believes that under the long-term exercise, the army has enough food and grass, and the physical strength of the soldiers will change greatly, just two days of physical training, Bolo took the main force back to Datong City, looking at the Dashun army flag hanging on the wall of Datong City, Bolo's eyes became red, he and Jiang Xuan said: "Jiang Zongbing, can there be a good plan to break through Datong City?" ”

Jiang Xuan squinted, looked at Datong City for a while, and said to Boluo: "Beizi, there are not many soldiers and horses in the Dashun army in the city, and there is no artillery in the city, so the last general thinks that it can be attacked." ”

Bolo was accurate, ordered all the troops and horses to storm Datong City, and put the main attack direction at the east gate, the Qing army was prepared under the city for half a day, Bolo before the attack, suddenly a scout rushed back to report to him, saying that he found that the reinforcements of the Dashun army were coming.

Bolo was a little surprised, curious about where the reinforcements of the Dashun Army came from?

The scout replied to him that the Dashun army had come from the direction of Weiyuanwei, Jiang Xuan was furious, these Dashun troops defeated his 5,000 soldiers and horses in Weiyuanwei, and they still had the courage to chase after him, and he asked Boluo to give him 5,000 soldiers and horses to destroy this group of Dashun troops.