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Chapter 308 King Yang's Northern Expedition
After singing the Chi-Le Song to Huan Huan, King Yang continued to head north.

however……

"Wu Sangui ran away?"

King Yang, who traveled all the way north to Taiping, looked at the messenger in front of him with some surprise.

This was sent by Li Guo.

When Wu Sangui learned that Yang Feng was heading north, he withdrew his troops from Pingyang without hesitation, just like his previous surprise attack, which caught Li Guo off guard. However, he had already led his troops in pursuit, and at the same time sent people south to report to King Yang...

He was still very enthusiastic about pursuing Wu Sangui. After all, Li Guo's title was King of Jin, so as long as Wu Sangui was killed, the latter's current Pingxi Palace, the former Ming Jin Palace, could also become the current Ming Jin Palace. As for the original King of Jin, he had been transferred to become King of Wei, but like the original King of Qin who became King of Zhao, because the fief was in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, he was still reclaiming wasteland on the granted land in Guanzhong, and in recent years he mainly planted sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Hundreds of years ahead of schedule, they lived a wonderful life with potatoes for three meals a day.

"What the f*ck is this, is this bastard just trying to tease me?

Just run away after teasing?"

King Yang, who was still waiting to fight Wu Sangui, said with an unhappy look on his face.

He originally planned to go north along the west bank of the Fen River, force Wu Sangui to cross the river to fight in Pingyang, and then beat him up in a field battle. However, Wu Sangui did not give him this opportunity.

"Your Majesty, he wants to force Jianlu to send troops."

Fu Shan said.

Yang Feng came to his senses instantly.

Indeed, Wu Sangui did it on purpose. He did not dare to fight with Yang Feng in the field. Yang Feng was invincible in the field, and truly invincible. He had never lost a field battle so far. Wu Sangui was not a madman, so how could he fight with Yang Feng in the field? Even Duoduo lost. No matter how strong he was, he could not compare to Duoduo in the Battle of Texas.

But Yang Feng’s current strength is not enough for the battle in Texas.

At that time, he was a group of ragtag men, and he had to rely on building a strong camp and personally serve as the supervisor to stop deserters from fighting. But now the 40,000 Northern Expedition troops are all elite.

Can't beat it.

Wu Sangui was a rational man.

But the problem is that he and my Qing Dynasty are on the same boat.

We will die together.

And Yang Feng was also bound to launch a Northern Expedition, and he would definitely attack the capital directly. At that time, Wu Sangui would have to save the Qing Dynasty, just like last time. After all, if he didn't save it, the Qing Dynasty could at most follow the example of Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty, but he couldn't just run away. Without the Qing Dynasty, he, the King of Pingxi, would have no hope. But if he sent troops to save the capital, he would still have to fight a field battle with Yang Feng.

In this case, let's take advantage of this opportunity to provoke Yang Feng to go north to attack him, and then force the Qing Dynasty to send troops to rescue him, and let Ajige or Jirgalang fight Yang Feng in the field!

So he took the initiative to go south with a desperate attitude, coaxing the Qing Dynasty into thinking that he was really going to fight Yang Feng, and then join the desperate ranks, but at the critical moment he withdrew to defend. Next, Yang Feng and Li Guo would definitely go north to attack Taiyuan. He only needed to fight with Yang Feng in the city, and the Qing Dynasty had to save him. Otherwise, Yang Feng would take Taiyuan, and Jiang Ge would definitely surrender, or be killed and surrendered by his subordinates. At that time, the Qing Dynasty would have no other choice but to return to Liaodong. If he didn't want to be driven back to Liaodong to die, he could only do his best to save Wu Sangui. In the end, the Qing Dynasty would fight Yang Feng with all its strength, and Wu Sangui would sit and watch in Taiyuan City. In the end, even if the Qing Dynasty won, it would suffer heavy casualties. Maybe he could even become a regent or something.

Lost...

If you lose, just run away!

You can't just wait for Yang Feng to torture him to death, can you?
It would be easy for him to escape from Taiyuan, and if he ran to the capital, with the help of his servants, it should not be difficult for him to become the regent.

Old generals like him are good at this.

"Too insidious. Jianlu treated him with all his heart, yet he actually schemed against them like this."

Yang Feng said angrily.

"The late emperor was also very devoted to his family."

Fu Shan said.

"Hurry up and chase him, then help him!"

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, since they had already come here, there was no need to stop, not to mention that Li Guo had already pursued them. As for building tombs for Li Zicheng and Chongzhen in Xi'an, this was not originally the main job of King Yang. His purpose in going to Xi'an was, first, to ensure the appeasement, or suppression, of Li Zicheng's subordinates, second, to lead the Northern Expedition Army to Guanzhong to prepare for the next Northern Expedition, and third, to build tombs for the two of them.

The Northern Expedition he planned was actually to attack Taiyuan directly and then go north to attack the Qing Dynasty from behind.

Jiang Ge will definitely surrender.

If he doesn't surrender, his men will kill him and then surrender.

These guys are actually an alliance led by him and then formed by the generals of Xuanda. As the main force of the Ming Dynasty's official army in the past, they have fought against the Qing Dynasty for decades. How could they really surrender? They just have no choice. They don't want to surrender to Li Zicheng, and they are separated in Xuanda. Who else can they surrender to except the Qing Dynasty? Otherwise, will they learn from Liu Kun? But as long as Yang Feng can let them go, they will surrender without hesitation. Fortunately, Yang Feng is not prepared to kill them. These guys can be used as cannon fodder in the future. After all, there are a lot of places that need to be conquered in the future.

The cleanup of Liaodong, the expansion of the Western Regions, and even the conquest of the Mongolian grasslands all require a large number of expendable cavalry, and these guys are the most suitable.

In fact, the Jiang family can also be considered.

Of course Jiang Ge couldn't do that. As the fake King of Zhenxi, he must be killed.

But other things are not off-limits for negotiation.

Of course, Wu Sangui’s group definitely can’t do that.

The Northern Expedition Army continued to move forward. When it arrived in Pingyang, Li Guo had already recovered Huozhou. Wu Sangui still gave up Huozhou directly, so he abandoned all the territories he occupied during this southward expedition without hesitation.

Then withdraw the spirit stone directly.

There will definitely be no withdrawal from there.

However, Yang Feng did not move forward. Since Wu Sangui's strategy was clear, he gave the Qing Dynasty enough time to react. Yang Feng announced in Pingyang that he would recover Taiyuan, and then ordered Wang Yongqiang in northern Shaanxi to attack Yongning Prefecture, which was Lishi, under the control of Wu Sangui. Wang Yongqiang was the general governor of Yan'an appointed by Li Zicheng. He actually controlled Yan'an and Yulin. Because the population dropped sharply, only the river valley fertile fields in northern Shaanxi had population, so it has gradually recovered in recent years. Previously, the area controlled by him and Wu Sangui was bounded by the Yellow River. Wubao was in his hands, but the east bank was in Wu Sangui's hands. However, Wu Sangui only stationed troops in Yongning Prefecture for defense.

His attack represented that Yang Feng was serious.

Li Guo also began to attack Lingshi, but he needed cannons there, so he had to transport them there first...

To be more precise, you need cannons first.

A month later.

Pingyang.

There were crowds of people outside the North Gate.

"what is this?"

King Yang stood on a huge bronze cannon and shouted to the soldiers and civilians around him. The cannon under his feet even had a trace of residual heat.

This is the newly cast one. He started preparing after arriving in Pingyang. He not only threw all the copper he could collect into the smelting furnace, but also melted several copper cannons of questionable quality because they were not enough. The final result is this huge cannon with a weight of more than 20 tons and a caliber of more than 500 mm. Now there is a worker sitting inside who is polishing the inner wall of the barrel. However, it is not made of lead shells, but granite, and it is actually short and thick like the old cannon. It looks like a sewage pipe with a small chamber at the tail, so the gunpowder consumption is not too high.

This can't make a long tube.

After all, this is bronze. If he really uses a 500mm cannon, let alone bronze, he cannot guarantee that it will not explode even if he is given modern steel. The force of a ton of lead bullet can easily blow up a gun barrel.

Besides, there is no need.

In this era, artillery shells weighing 20 to 30 kilograms are enough for siege.

What a waste.

As for him...

So show off!

"gun!"

Then King Yang roared.

The huge sewer pipe-like cannon was placed horizontally on a multi-wheeled gun carriage. Its exaggerated shape showed its terrifying power to the surrounding military and civilians. Compared with it, the field gun next to it was like a toothpick.

"What city walls, what fortresses, what great passes are all rubbish, they can all be solved with one shot. This is a cannon, a big cannon. This is the mighty and invincible general cannon. I will use this cannon to blast open the South Pass, Lingshi, and Taiyuan. I will also use it to blast open the capital in the future. Pass the order down, the target is Taiyuan, open Taiyuan City, and torture Wu Sangui to death!"

Yang Feng howled in an obviously unstable mental state.

Then, amid the cheers of the soldiers and civilians, he jumped off the cannon and climbed onto the tractor.

Of course, the reason he dared to build such a big cannon was because he had a tractor.

The attendants had already lifted the hook of the artillery cart and hung it on the hook of the tractor's trailer. Then the chimney of the tractor belched out black smoke. In the black smoke, the huge wheels turned and straightened the hook of the artillery cart. Then, accompanied by a roar, heavier black smoke belched out of the chimney, but the 20-ton cannon was still a piece of cake for this tractor. Then the two rows of wheels of the artillery cart turned out from the mud they were stuck in before. This thing is too heavy. Although there is a tractor, it is not easy to travel long distances without tracks. You know, King Yang shouted to tow it to the capital.

So only multiple small wheels can be used.

Just making these wheels took the craftsmen's best efforts.

After all it's too heavy.

But in the end, the task assigned by King Yang was completed.

The nine clans breathed a sigh of relief!
Yang Feng used a tractor to pull the cannon, just like towing an intercontinental missile launcher, and under the cheers of the soldiers and civilians on both sides, and escorted by his cavalry, he marched north along the Fen River with great momentum. Among the cheering crowd, a few people left as quickly as possible. When he marched towards Lingshi South Pass, these people also quickly sent the news of his northward march to Taiyuan and Lu'an.

At this time, Ajige had already arrived in Lu'an, but Zezhou was still holding on. That place was originally Yuan Zongde's territory. After he followed Li Zicheng south, his deputy Liu Tichun stayed behind. He did not flee without a fight.

Of course, there is no way to escape.

After all, Yang Feng had already crossed the Yellow River, so if he wanted to escape, he would have to flee to Yang Feng's side.

the next day.

Lingshi South Gate.

The Shenwei Wudijiangjiang Cannon, which Yang Feng had dragged for more than a hundred miles, was already on the hillside, aiming at the city wall in front of it. Inside the half-meter-diameter muzzle, a soldier was pushing a medicine bag and crawling in...

This can only be loaded this way.

This kind of cannon is great for showing off, but its actual use is another matter.

Another group of soldiers were also using a gantry and a chain to hoist a huge granite shell. The latter was like a stone sculpture in the park. This one was also transported up by Yang Feng using a tractor. After all, it was impossible for ordinary vehicles to transport this shell to the hillside. The reason for choosing a hillside was simple. The short and thick body of the Shenwei Wudi Dajiangjun cannon could not shoot as far as the Red Cannon unless it was at a high altitude. It could not shoot high-throw ball like a mortar, so it could only rely on the brute force of the tractor to drag it to a high place to increase its range.

"Yindi Pass, Gaobi Ridge, and Queshu Valley are all good places!"

King Yang, standing next to the cannon, looked at the obviously newly built city wall in front of him. This was Yindi Pass, but it had originally become an ordinary checkpoint. However, Wu Sangui built it into a real fortress according to the standards of Ningyuan City, but it was smaller than Ningyuan. In fact, Wu Sangui’s main job in Shanxi in recent years was to build fortresses.

All cities were built according to Ningyuan standards, and he truly treated Shanxi as his own base.

And the Shanxi gentry also supported him.

After all, we are all old acquaintances and have been partners for many years.

Moreover, the Shanxi gentry also relied on Wu Sangui's semi-independent status to ensure their own interests. For example, there were not many people in Shanxi who shaved their heads and changed their clothes, the proportion was less than one-third. After all, this was Wu Sangui's territory, and the Qing Dynasty could not control it. Moreover, the gentry also had reasonable reasons. They were imperial merchants and needed to trade with the Ming Dynasty. It was impossible for them to go to the Ming Dynasty with the money!

Whether it was Li Zicheng or Yang Feng, anyone who found the golden rat tail would be chopped off or sold as a slave.

As King Yang was reminiscing about the past, the soldiers inside the cannon climbed out and signaled that they could load the ammunition. The soldiers quickly pulled the chain, lifted the granite ball in the leather bag, and then put it on the muzzle and pushed it in. On the wooden racks on both sides, two groups of more than a dozen soldiers held a large wooden bar and pushed the granite ball inwards with all their strength...

"My lord, the city gate is open!"

One of the followers shouted.

Yang Feng looked in astonishment at the defenders running out of the city gate.

The latter was like a gushing garbage, spreading rapidly along the moat.

Then all these guys fell to their knees.

The artillerymen looked at each other, then turned to look at their king.

"Let's fire one shot first. We've already installed it, so we can't just not fire it, right?

Raise the muzzle an inch."

Yang Feng said unhappily.

Then he got on the tractor and drove it toward South Gate.

At the foot of the hill, Li Guo had already led his cavalry forward.

Just as Yang Feng reached the foot of the mountain, a loud noise like the collapse of heaven and earth shook the mountains behind him. He instinctively raised his head and a vaguely visible black shadow flew past his head. At the same time, many of the defenders kneeling outside the city gate were so scared that they collapsed to the ground. The huge granite shell flew directly over their heads and fell into the forest behind with a terrifying whistle...

"Great, great king, great king, we are willing to surrender, we are willing to surrender!"

A man among them who looked like an officer kowtowed and shouted in fear.

(End of this chapter)