However, Dorgon received news yesterday that a team of Ming Dynasty navy entered the Yalu River and burned, killed and looted in the rear area. It was extremely ferocious. The defenders in the rear area were vulnerable, causing countless casualties and thousands of women, money and food.

countless.

The morale of the army has been shaken, but it is too late to save him. He hopes to use a decisive victory to reverse the recent disadvantages.

Unexpectedly, last night the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty went to the military camp and assassinated his brother Duduo. As the elder brother, he cried for a long time. The old grudge with the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was still unresolved, and a new and bloody hatred was added.

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Dorgon gritted his teeth and couldn't wait to bring fifty artillery pieces today to attack the city.

now,

Dorgon saw that the artillery array was basically set up. The cannons worth three million taels of silver were facing Shanhaiguan. They looked powerful and majestic. For a moment, he felt high-spirited and full of pride.

He was completely confident that with superior firepower, he would crush the Ming army. The army would rush into Shanhaiguan and kill or capture the Ming Emperor alive. All old and new grudges would be settled today.

Dorgon saw a yellow shadow appearing on the Shanhaiguan Pass, so he used the monocular telescope given by the Spanish businessman to observe it.

When he saw that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was inspecting the wall, and at the same time, the Dodo heads hanging above the city gate also came into view, Dorgon was immediately furious.

He shouted angrily: "Zhu Youjian! You are a sinister and sinister villain, do you deserve to be called the Emperor of Ming Dynasty?"

Zhou Lu didn't seem to hear Dorgon's scolding and ignored him. He only talked with the city guard, Tang Ruowang and others.

When Dorgon was ignored, he became furious and roared like thunder: "Zhu Youjian! Answer me! How dare you assassinate my brother Duoduo, you will be cut into pieces today! After we entered, we slaughtered the city for three days.

Seal the knife!!!”

Fan Wencheng also helped: "China should have changed its hands long ago. Zhu Youjian, do you look like an emperor? Do you have the appearance of an emperor? Do you have the moral character of an emperor? You are just a tyrant who behaves recklessly!"

After Zhou Lu finished speaking with the guard and others, he glanced outside the city and asked Lu Xiangsheng beside him: "Who is the old dog next to Dorgon? He seems to be very active."

"His name is Fan Wencheng. He was originally a scholar of the Ming Dynasty. He took the initiative to join the Qing army in his early years."

Lu Xiangsheng briefly talked about the origin of Fan Wencheng.

"If you surrender, surrender, but if you actively want to harm the motherland, you are worse than a pig or a dog."

Zhou Lu thought of Long Xiao. Fan Wencheng and Long Xiao are the same type of people. They don't care about anything for their own interests, and they still come here and keep talking about moral character and so on. It's very ridiculous.

"Hahaha……"

Zhou Lu laughed loudly and responded: "Why do I want to be the kind of emperor you like? You hate me, that's right, but you can't hate me for long, because you all have to die today!"

Crazy, very crazy, very crazy!

"Long live my emperor!"

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty used loud shouts to declare their absolute support for the emperor.

Dorgon and Fan Wencheng were a little surprised. From the shouts of the Ming soldiers, they heard that the morale of the Ming army was unusually high, and they firmly supported the emperor.

Dorgon turned to look at the artillery array: "Are you ready?"

The commander of the artillery team responded: "Report to the prince, please load the ammunition. After loading the ammunition, you can start aiming."

Dorgon explained: "Okay, ten of the artillery pieces are specifically aimed at Emperor Chongzhen. If they can't kill him, they will seriously injure him. Let's see how dare he be so crazy."

Artillery general: "!"

Dorgon did not want the Ming Emperor to leave, so he continued to use words to hold him back, and shouted: "Zhu Youjian! But I feel that it is you who died today! Do you know why?"

"Because you bought a new cannon?"

Zhou Lu heard about the Qing army's purchase of three million new cannons at the Qing army camp last night.

After Zhou Lu responded casually, he took off the cigar from his mouth, lit the cannon fuse, and at the same time issued the order, "Fire!"

"He...he knows that?" Dorgon was a little surprised, but imagining the sight of ten artillery pieces aimed at the Ming Emperor and bombing him, he felt proud, "Haha, it's good that you know..."

Dorgon didn't finish speaking.

There was a flash of flame on the Shanhaiguan city wall.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The cannons roared one after another, and the sound penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks.

Cannonballs fired from the barrel into the sky one after another.

"What's going on? Why did they fire?" Dorgon looked suspicious.

Fan Wencheng said: "The Prince Regent is relieved, this place is definitely outside the range of the Ming army's artillery, but they can't even fire cannons..."

"boom"

A cannonball exploded in front of Dorgon's horse. Dorgon's mount was blown to one side and Dorgon was thrown off his horse.

Immediately afterwards,

Explosions continued to sound all around.

The Qing army's artillery array was violently bombed.

The Qing army, which was originally thought to be outside the range of the Ming army, was completely unprepared and was suddenly blown to pieces.

Dorgon struggled to get up, wiped the mud and black ash from his face, looked confused, and exclaimed: "We are within the shooting range of Shanhaiguan, what is going on?"

He was not injured due to his thick armor, but his horse was shocked by the explosion and could not get up.

Not only Dorgon, but everyone in the Qing army was confused and panicked.

Why did the promised safe place outside the shooting range get bombarded by the Ming Dynasty?

"Protect the Regent!"

"Prince Regent, retreat quickly..."

Dorgon's guard soldiers quickly pulled Dorgon and ran away, discarding their helmets and armor along the way, and were in a state of embarrassment.

"Damn, it was almost." Zhou Lu slapped his thigh.

The cannon he lit was aimed at Dorgon, but unfortunately it missed the target and failed to hit him properly.

Tang Ruowang, who had a big blond beard, said in a strange accent: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, maybe the depression angle needs to be raised a little bit."

It was Tang Ruowang who helped Zhou Lu adjust his aim just now.

"It's okay, you have both merit and demerit." Zhou Lu said with a smile.

During this period, Tang Ruowang and other cannon-making expert teams worked overnight to modify most of the artillery at Shanhaiguan, greatly improving the range and accuracy.

In an era like this, one cannot ask for too much.

Being able to defeat Dorgon is already considered very accurate, so how can you blame Tang Ruowang.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. You are truly a genius in firearms. If you improve according to Your Majesty's ideas, the recast cannon will be even more advanced than the new European cannons. It will be stronger in terms of loading speed, shell power, range, accuracy, etc." Tang Ruowang praised.

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"That's natural. I have been favored by God. Do you want to consider switching from Christianity to our Taoism?" Zhou Lu took a puff of his cigar, slowly exhaled the smoke, and said with a smile.

"This..." Tang Ruowang didn't dare to answer and could only laugh.

"Don't worry, I uphold religious freedom." Zhou Lu was just joking. Calling a Christian missionary to convert to Taoism is unlikely and unnecessary.
Chapter completed!