"fire!"

boom!

"Fire the gun! Fire!"

Boom boom!

...

This is a mountain road at the northeast entrance of Taiyue Mountain. There are mountains on both sides, and the maximum width of the east and west valleys in the middle is only 44 meters wide, which is the location of Maling Pass.

Among the three mountain roads leading to Liaozhou, only here is the pass. It can be seen that the other two roads are so steep that they are enough to ensure that the army cannot pass without repairing the barriers.

Wu Sangui stood on the high ground in the distance, squinted his eyes at the nearly one-sided massacre in front of him.

The defenders did not even step out of the camp, but instead defeated Kong Youde's elite Han Eight Banners soldiers with six red cannons placed in staggered positions.

These six artillery pieces were not the only cannons in the defenders. Wu Sangui had seen them three times. The Ming army pushed the heated artillery down during the battle and replaced them with spare cannons. He didn't know how many cannons were hidden in the camp, but there must be more artillery under these six artillery positions, so that the Ming army could use cannons to kill the Qing soldiers charging forward at any time.

As the cannon ended, Wu Sangui looked at Kong Youde with a sigh and lamented, knowing that this attack had completely failed. The Qing army had been completely blown away, and even unable to advance to the position yesterday, the whole team disintegrated. Even Zhenyi Bayala could not stop the soldiers from escaping with a big knife.

"Collection of the body." Kong Youde said almost gritting his teeth.

The forced robbers came forward in fear and gathered the body, pulled it back and burned it, otherwise it would cause a plague.

Instead of attacking the civilians who were caught up and dealt with, the Ming army seized time to replace artillery and prepare ammunition and gunpowder.

Kong Youde had misread the attitude of the Ming army before, thinking that the Ming army would not fire artillery at the Han people, so he drove a large number of civilians to rush forward and let the armored soldiers follow closely. As long as the people rushed through the artillery, the Ming army's artillery formation would naturally break. This was the siege tactic invented by the Jurchens and the Mongols back then. The ruthless Song people were often deceived.

Then Kong Youde ignored the determination of defending troops to guard Maling Pass. Although the civilians did rush into a position that the Qing soldiers had never advanced, as long as the Qing army's armored soldiers stepped across the artillery line, the Ming army's artillery would roar without hesitation.

"It's impossible to hit here." Wu Sangui said to Kong Youde, who was furious on the side: "The Ming army's artillery was farther than you, and it was accurately shot."

Kong Youde glared at Wu Sangui, but could not refute. Before the five artillery he brought had been pushed to the bombardment position, the Ming army was bombarded. Three of them were hit by a jumper, and the gun body was damaged, and no one dared to use it anymore. Such accuracy was really shocking. Even Wu Zhenchao was in his heyday, his highest requirement for the gunner was: to shoot the shells out.

"I don't believe it. They have so many cannon medicine!" Kong Youde said angrily.

Cannon drugs are more difficult to match and preserve than ordinary gunpowder. As long as the sulfur and nitrate are used, they cannot make qualified cannon drugs. However, they do not know that in gunpowder factories that strictly monitor quality and pursue precision ratios to the greatest extent. The production of cannon drugs has already been on track, and the most experienced old craftsmen are checking them layer by layer to ensure that gunpowder, gunpowder, and blasting drugs can play their maximum role.

Although Liaozhou is located in the mountains and has inconvenient transportation, it is enough to stockpile grain and gunpowder for fifteen days. Moreover, the military funds transported from Handan every day have never been cut off. If you want to spend it, it is obvious that Kong Youde's side has higher costs.

"I can't catch it," Wu Sangui shook his head, "This is a Maling Pass. No one knows what camp there is behind."

"Prince, are you really just watching from the side?" Kong Youde moved his anger to Wu Sangui.

"I have already promoted the Regent to the Lord and asked him to allow me to cross the river to attack Yulin." Wu Sangui said lightly: "When the King of Japan said it very clearly, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty just to save the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army flag on the opposite side will not fall for a day, and I will not pass here for a day."

Kong Youde seemed to hear the sound of his back teeth grinding, and scolded in his heart: You are a villain who is a bitch and still wants to set up a archway! Do you want to look back now? Let's ask the civil servants in the south if they are willing to let you go!

Wu Sangui ignored Kong Youde's anger, but he felt regretful: he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty could burst out with such combat power. If he had known, why would he surrender to the Qing Dynasty? Taking a boat to Shandong to protect the sage is the right thing to do! Only looking at the Battle of Gaocheng, he thought the Ming army was looking back, but now looking at the deployment of Liaozhou, it was simply a change of fate!

The Chongzhen Dynasty lasted for a total of 17 years, and only fifty cannons were cast in total. Why could one Liaozhou even fire more than ten? Was the cannons from other places transferred to Maling Pass? Wu Sangui was puzzled, but he couldn't think of anyone who could solve his doubts.

Surrendering to the Qing Dynasty was a real stain, and I heard that the Ming Dynasty hated the Qing Dynasty even more than the other side of the Qing Dynasty. Even the Qing Dynasty shouted the banner of "anti-thieves for the Ming Dynasty", and was ruthlessly slapped. So if you want to maintain a way out in the future, only by exploring the Western Expedition and opposing the Qing Dynasty in time can you make up for your merits and demerits.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui was a little worried. The 60,000 Guan Liao army in his hand had been severely damaged. Many of them were recruits who had been replenished after entering the pass, and they didn't even have weapons, and they were still using farm tools. It would definitely not work to rely on this kind of 60,000 people to independently fight for the invasion, but if the Qing soldiers were going together, he would be monitored and restrained... Alas, no matter what, it would be impossible to ask for some weapons and horses first.

...

"I want to have soldiers and iron armor again!" Dorgon slapped his case hard: "This Meng Qiaofang is really incompetent!"

Because Shunzhi arrived in Beijing and moved to the Ming Palace, Dorgon had to move from the Forbidden City to the royal palace street outside the Meridian Gate. He heard the story of the former crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and knew that there were many people who worshipped "Taiweixingjun", so he specially chose Zhu Cixuan's former home, the secret residence of Emperor Chongzhen, as his royal palace.

In the original historical script, Dorgon lived in Nannei, the "three major" palace known as Danei (Forbidden City) and Xinei (Sanhai of Xiyuan). Because of the unsuccessful advancement, Dorgon was repeatedly defeated, which made Dorgon quite accused in the court. This Nangong, which symbolizes status and majesty, also became Jirgalang's palace.

Suksaha stepped forward and said, "Prince, I heard that..." He looked up at Wu Bai and continued, "The Queen Mother asked: Are you spending the winter in Yanjing?"

"Prince," Wu Bai also stepped forward and said, "Prince should meet those people, otherwise it will be difficult to use once people's hearts disperse."

After the fainting incident, Dorgon rarely went to court to deal with the government affairs, and only summoned some important subordinates in his palace. Among them, Suksaha and Wubai, one of the civil and one of the military officials, were his increasingly favored subordinates. As for the others, Dorgon did not have enough face to comfort him, so that someone had already escaped to the gate of the Lianghuang Banner.

Dorgon cursed with a blue face, "How else do you want to see them? I can't beg them! Come on, come on, don't get out! Let them all turn to the masters of the two yellow flags!"

Suksaha glared at Wu Bai and said to himself: You really can't speak! You can't understand even if you wink at you! Is this time to mention this?

"Master," Suksaha persuaded softly, "I think I'm not going to want this Beijing."

"Sukesaha! You're talking nonsense!" Wu Bai said angrily: "Entering the pass and capturing the city of Beijing is our master's unparalleled achievements! What the late emperor did not do, our master has defeated him! Can this be abandoned!"

Suksaha, facing Dorgon's stern gaze, said: "Master, what a slave means is that it is already an immense merit to defeat Yanjing, which was not defeated by the late emperor. The rest should be worrying about Jirhalang and the people of the two yellow flags. The master has been exhausted these days and it is really time to take a break."

"Are you bent your knees at the two yellow flags?" Wu Bai's eyes raised and he angrily shouted Suksaha.

Dorgon raised his hand, stopped Wu Bai, and turned his head slightly: "Sukesaha made some sense..."

Now that the canal is cut off, the production and inventory of the Gyeonggi alone is not enough to survive the winter. Either they will return to the outside world with their population and wealth and continue to manage their own small world; or they will have to capture more land and plunder more food. Otherwise, the Eight Banners' children will have to spend the winter hungry!

Judging from the current situation, it is probably not as easy as expected to advance in large numbers. Jueluo Bahana, who fled back, described the Ming army as a strong army that was not afraid of fighting with Manchu soldiers. The news sent back by Meng Qiaofang also showed that the military artillery was particularly powerful and the number was extremely large, and the army could not even rush to the Ming army.

From this point of view, if the Ming court itself was not in chaos, it would be no easy task to swallow the two capitals and thirteen provinces in one go.

Since the development cannot be achieved, there is only one who can defend the city. However, there is no blood transfusion of the Grand Canal and the sea route is blocked by the Ming Navy. What should I use to defend the city?

In such a difficult situation, it is better to throw it to Jiergalang and the two yellow flags than to bear it. If they persist, then they will be able to lay the foundation. If they cannot persist, they will let them down and let them down the good situation of entering the prefecture!

"This is: take a step back and the sky is wide open!" Dorgon stood up and walked to Suksaha with a smile: "You have a good idea, but I'm afraid that once you retreat, you can come back in the future. This time, Jirhalang restored Hauge's title, obviously to compete with me for the best."

Suksaha said leisurely, "Master, the two yellow flags are getting closer to Jirgalang now, because they know that Jirgalang cannot be the emperor. If the master also shows that his attitude is not the emperor, what else do they have to make things difficult for the master?"

"Sukesaha, you..." Wu Bai really wanted to pounce on and bite Sukesaha to death.

"If you don't become an emperor, you can be the emperor." A strange smile appeared on Suksaha's face and continued: "According to our old customs, after the death of the late emperor, the prince could have married the late emperor's concubine."

Dorgon was shocked and remembered the tall and beautiful "Empress Dowager" who was as tall as a flower, and his heart was quite scratched.

Speaking of which, it’s good to be the Supreme Emperor, let alone the emperor is so young.

ps:
Chapter completed!