I saw that in the treasury in front of me, there were ten brand-new Hongyi cannons and six Franc cannons quietly displayed, not only that, but also found a lot of sealed shells in the treasury, I didn't expect that the equipment here in a small Jizhen is still complete enough, it seems that the head of this decisive battle in Zunhua City is still mine, Dolgon thought so in his heart.

At this time, Zhao Shujiao was leading four thousand iron horsemen to gallop on the official road, and at this time, he was still thinking about the scene before Yuan Chonghuan asked him to set off.

"General Zhao, this matter is very important, and my net worth and life depend on you, General Zhao."

"Don't worry, the overseer will understand."

It turned out that the news obtained by the scout and Chongzhen's urgent "note" were received by Yuan Chonghuan at the same time, and when Yuan Chonghuan showed it to himself, the two hurriedly said goodbye, and they rushed to Zunhua with iron horses.

"Hopefully everything will be in time." Zhao Shujiao looked at it, and the sky was gradually brightening, and he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.

In addition to Zhao Shujiao, at this time, a total of three towns of the Ming army came to Qinwang, Changping general soldier You Shiwei according to the arrangement of Chongzhen and Sun Chengzong directly stationed in Miyun, Datong general soldier Man Gui also obeyed the general order to be stationed in Shunyi, Xuanfu general soldier Hou Shilu stationed in Sanhe.

Less than half an hour after Amin and the others lost at the first stop, Dolgon's two white flags also returned to Huang Taiji's Yellow Dragon Tent to resume his life, and Dolgon said to Huang Taiji: "Qi Great Khan, Dolgon's trip this trip not only raised a lot of food and grass materials for my Dajin, but also obtained some treasures for the Great Khan. ”

"Oh, what treasure?" Huang Taiji asked suspiciously.

"It's outside the tent now, please look at it."

Huang Taiji followed Dolgon out of the Yellow Dragon Tent, and saw the Hongyi cannon and Franc machine cannon that had been loaded and escorted back, and couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly, this Dolgon really gave himself a lot of surprises, for Huang Taiji, who participated in the Battle of Ningyuan and the Battle of Ningjin, he knew the power of this artillery, if he had this thing in hand, Zunhua City would not be easy.

"Fourteenth brother, you have made a great contribution this time." Huang Taiji said with great joy.

"Everything depends on the Great Khan's proper command, and Dorgon does not dare to take credit."

Looking at the artillery Emperor Taiji in front of him, he thought for a while and said, "Someone! Quickly send Mr. Fan over, and say that I have something important to discuss with the Fourteenth Master. ”

After Fan Wencheng heard that Huang Taiji had sent an order, he arrived in a hurry, and after hearing the two of them tell the origin of the materials, he secretly thought: At the beginning, he and his brother Fan Wenyu took refuge in Fushun as soon as possible after Nurhachi's capture, and were scolded by many people as "traitors" and "scum".

"Fourteenth Master, did you say that you got these cannons in the Jizhen Mansion Treasury?"

Fan Wencheng looked at Dolgon and asked.

"Yes," said Dolgon, "and it looks like it's all new, with no signs of use. ”

Fan Wencheng stroked his beard lightly and said: "That's right, Great Khan, Fourteenth Master, as far as the minions know, a few years ago, the Ming Kingdom had purchased some artillery from the Franco, but in the process of testing the guns, there was an accident, and the barrel blew up and killed the Portuguese gunner. ”

Huang Taiji frowned: "According to Mr. Fan, this batch of artillery is a defective product?" ”

Dolgon was also quite unhappy in his heart, if he couldn't use himself, wouldn't he have pulled back so far in vain?

Fortunately, Fan Wencheng's next words made the two quite satisfied.

"But don't worry, the barrel of the cannon is blown up from time to time, as long as the barrel is cooled by pouring cold water in time after the operation."

Fan Wencheng found that as soon as he spoke out, the two masters were already stunned, so he added in time.

"Mr. Fan, can anyone in my gold operate this kind of artillery?"

Huang Taiji didn't know what Fan Wencheng was thinking at this time, and directly asked him a question that he was most concerned about in his heart.

"Qi Qi Great Khan, since the explosion of Wang Gongchang last year, many craftsmen in Beijing have been displaced, and the slaves feel that these people have a wonderful use for my Dajin to enter the customs in the future, so they have taken in more than 30 craftsmen in the army, and it is not a problem for them to command and operate."

Fan Wencheng replied respectfully.

Huang Taiji clapped his hands happily when he heard this: "Hahaha, okay, Mr. Fan is really prescient, so let's sit in Zunhua City tomorrow to celebrate." ”

Dolgon and Fan Wencheng also echoed Daoxi at this time, apparently the two of them thought the same.

The words are divided into two ends, at this time, Zhao Shujiao has already led the army to gallop to the Santun camp in the east of Zunhua City, ready to enter Zunhua City directly to help defend against the enemy, but Zhao Shujiao never thought that the time he came was too coincidental, so his ending was not ideal.

In Zunhua City, Zhu Guoyan began to catch spies on the streets, because the governor Wang Yuanya was actually assassinated when he led the army to meet the Houjin army attacking the city, fortunately Wang Yuanya hid quickly, but was slashed by the dagger on the arm, and the assassin was taken down by the pro-army in the palace on the spot, but before he could interrogate, the assassin bit his tongue and committed suicide.

When Zhu Guoyan returned to the camp by himself, he accidentally knocked over the kettle and saw the constantly bubbling ground, Zhu Guoyan was sure that there were already spies of the Houjin army in the city, just imagine, if the governor and the general soldier died at the same time, then Zunhua City would immediately become leaderless, and Zunhua City would be in danger at that time.

At this time, the herald had already come to the front and said: "Report, Lord General Soldier, the defenders of the Santun Camp have a letter, the Pingliao General Zhao led 4,000 iron cavalry outside the city, saying that it was to help us resist the Houjin army, and the defenders of the Santun Camp did not dare to open the city privately, please show the general soldiers." ”

"What, four thousand iron horsemen? Does he have an order from the military department to transfer troops? ”

"I don't think so." The herald replied.

Zhu Guoyan suddenly added a little more caution, Jiannu had just failed in the attack, and there were assassins in the city, and at this time, Zhao Shujiao led four thousand iron horsemen to come, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

Besides, Zhu Guoyan clearly knew that Zhao Shujiao should be honestly guarding Shanhaiguan, so it was difficult for the Jiannu army to detour through Shanhaiguan to attack Zunhua...... Zhu Guoyan didn't dare to think about it anymore, but he was not afraid of 10,000, but he was afraid of what happened, so Zhu Guoyan directly ordered: "Tell General Zhao that the emperor does not dare to open the city privately, and when the general order of the military department or His Majesty's holy decree arrives, I will personally greet General Zhao to make amends." ”

Zhao Shujiao was already sleepy at this time, and he wanted to enter the Santun camp to rest and recuperate before rushing to Zunhua City to help Zhu Guoyan and others defend the city, but he didn't expect to be refused, Zhao Shujiao had to lead everyone to drive Maxi away, but he didn't know that what was waiting for him was a point of no return.