golden scales

"fire!"

boom!

"Fire! Fire!"

Boom!

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This is a mountain road at the north entrance of Taiyue Mountain, with continuous mountains on both sides, and the maximum width of the valley in the middle is only 44 feet from east to west, which is where Maling Pass is located.

Among the three mountain roads leading to Liaozhou, only a pass has been set up here.It can be seen from this that the other two roads are so steep that it is enough to ensure that the army cannot pass through without repairing the checkpoint.

Wu Sangui stood on the high ground in the distance, squinting his eyes and looking at the almost one-sided ** in front of him.

The defenders didn't even step out of the camp, but just repelled Kong Youde's Han Eight Banners elite soldiers with six staggered red cannons.

These six cannons were not the only cannons in the defenders. Wu Sangui had seen them three times. The Ming army pushed down the hot cannons between battles and replaced them with spare cannons.He didn't know how many cannons were hidden in the tent, but there must be more cannons as support under these six cannon positions, so that the Ming army could use cannons to bombard and kill the Qing soldiers who charged forward at any time.

After the sound of the cannons ended, Wu Sangui looked at the pale Kong Youde with lamentation, knowing that this time the attack had completely failed.The Qing army had been completely demoralized, and could not even advance to yesterday's position, and the whole team collapsed. Even Zhenyi Bayala couldn't stop the soldiers from fleeing with a broadsword.

"Collect the corpse." Kong Youde said through gritted teeth.

The men who were forcibly recruited tremblingly stepped forward to collect the corpses, pulled them behind and burned them, otherwise the plague would be caused.

The Ming army did not attack the civilians who were caught up to clean up, but seized the time to replace the artillery and prepare ammunition and gunpowder.

Kong Youde had misread the Ming army's attitude before, thinking that the Ming army would not shoot at the Han people, so he drove a large number of civilians to the front and let the armored soldiers follow closely behind.As long as the people rushed past the artillery, the Ming army's artillery array would naturally break.This was a siege tactic invented by the Jurchens and Mongols back then, and the soft-hearted Song people were often fooled.

Then Kong Youde ignored the determination of the guards to guard Maling Pass. Although the civilians did rush into the position that the Qing soldiers had never advanced, but as long as the Manchu Qing soldiers stepped over the artillery line, the Ming army artillery would roar without hesitation. .

"It's impossible to fight here." Wu Sangui said to Kong Youde, who was beside him in a panic, "The Ming army's artillery can hit farther than yours, and they can hit it accurately."

Kong Youde glared at Wu Sangui, but could not refute.The five cannons he brought had not advanced to the bombardment position, but they were bombarded by the Ming army. Three of them were hit by ricochets, the cannons were damaged, and no one dared to use them again.Such an accuracy rate is really frightening.Even Wu Zhenchaoha in his heyday had the highest requirement for gunners: to shoot out the shells.

"I don't believe it, they have so much gunpowder!" Kong Youde said angrily.

Gunpowder is more difficult to mix and preserve than ordinary gunpowder. As long as the quality of sulfur and nitrate used is poor, qualified gunpowder cannot be made.However, they do not know that in the gunpowder factory with strict quality control and the pursuit of precise proportioning to the greatest extent, the production of gunpowder is already on track. , Explosives Various types of gunpowder can exert the greatest effect.

Although Liaozhou is located in a mountainous area and has inconvenient transportation, it is enough to stockpile grain and gunpowder for [-] days, and military supplies are transported from Handan every day, which has never been cut off.If you want to fight consumption, it is obvious that the cost on Kong Youde's side is higher.

"If you can't beat it," Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "This is Maling Pass, and no one knows what kind of camp is behind."

"My lord, are you really just watching from the sidelines?" Kong Youde transferred his anger to Wu Sangui.

"The king has already appointed the regent, and asked him to allow me to cross the river and attack Yulin." Wu Sangui said lightly: "The king of Japan made it very clear that the surrender was only to save the Ming. The flag of the Ming army on the opposite side will not fall down for a day This king will not pass here for a day."

Kong Youde seemed to hear the sound of his back molars grinding, and he cursed in his heart: You are a villain who wants to erect a memorial archway after becoming a prostitute!Want to turn back now?Let's go and ask those civil servants in the south if they will let you go!

Wu Sangui ignored Kong Youde's anger, but felt regretful in his heart: he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would be able to unleash such fighting power, if he had known earlier, why would he surrender to the Qing Dynasty?It is reasonable to take a boat to Shandong to protect Shengjia!Just looking at the Battle of Gaocheng, I thought the Ming army was returning to the past, but now looking at the deployment in Liaozhou, this is simply a change of fate!

The Chongzhen Dynasty had a total of 17 years, and a total of only fifty cannons were cast. Why can one Liaozhou release more than ten cannons?Have the artillery from other places been transferred to Maling Pass?Wu Sangui was puzzled, but he couldn't think of anyone who could explain it to him.

Surrendering to the Manchus is already a real stain, and I heard that Ming's hatred for the Manchus is even higher than that of the rebels, and even the Manchus shouted the banner of "seeking thieves for the Ming", but they were ruthlessly suppressed. slapped.Then if you want to keep a way out in the future, only by conquering the west and rebelling against the Qing at the right time can you make up for your mistakes.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui was a little worried again. The 6 Guan Liao troops in his hands had been seriously injured, and many of them were recruits after entering the customs. They didn't even have weapons, and they used farm tools.Relying on the reading power of [-] people is definitely not enough, but if you want to go with the Qing soldiers, you have to be monitored and restrained... Alas, no matter what, it is never wrong to ask for some weapons and horses first.

……

"We need soldiers and horses and iron armor again!" Dorgon slapped the desk heavily: "This Meng Qiaofang is really incompetent!"

Because Shunzhi arrived in Yanjing and stayed in the Ming Palace, Dorgon could only move from the Forbidden City to Wangfu Street outside the Meridian Gate.He heard the story of the former Ming Crown Prince, and also knew that there were quite a few folks who enshrined the "Taiwei Xingjun", so he deliberately chose Zhu Cihong's former home, the hidden residence of Emperor Chongzhen, as his palace.

In the original historical script, Dorgon lived in Xiaonan City, the south of the "Three Great Inner Palaces" of the imperial palace, which is also known as Da Nei (Forbidden City) and Xi Nei (Xi Yuan San Hai).Because of the unsatisfactory march and repeated defeats, Dorgon was criticized in the court.This Nangong, a symbol of status and majesty, has also become Jierhalang's palace.

Sukesaha stepped forward and said: "My lord, I heard that..." He looked up at Wubai before continuing: "The Queen Mother asked: Are you spending the winter in Yanjing?"

"My lord," Wu Bai also stepped forward and said, "Your lord, you should meet those people, otherwise it won't work if you lose your mind."

After the fainting incident, Dorgon seldom went to court to deal with government affairs, and only summoned some important subordinates in his palace.Among them, Sukesaha and Wubai, one Wen and one Wu, are his increasingly favored subordinates.As for the others, Dorgon didn't have enough face to appease them, so that some people had fled to the door of Lianghuangqi.

With a livid face, Dorgon scolded: "How else can I see them? I beg them to fail! Love comes, don't leave! Let them all turn to the two yellow flag masters!"

Sukesaha glared at Wubai, and thought to himself: You really can't speak!Even if I wink at you, I don’t understand!Is now the time to bring this up?

"Master," Suksaha persuaded softly, "I'm thinking, this Yanjing is actually not worth it."

"Suksaha! You are talking nonsense!" Wu Bai said angrily, "Entering the customs and conquering the city of Yanjing is an inexorable feat of our master! What we did not do earlier, our master has brought it down! This is possible!" Abandoned!"

Sukesaha faced Dorgon's stern gaze, and said: "Master, what this slave means is that the master has brought down Yanjing, which was not brought down earlier, and it is already an immortal achievement. The rest It's time for Jierhalang and those people with two yellow flags to take care of the matter. The master has been working hard on state affairs these days, so it's time for him to rest."

"Are you bowing your knees to the two yellow flags!" Wu Bai protruded his eyes and shouted at Suksaha angrily.

Dorgon raised his hand, stopped Wubai, and turned his head slightly: "Suksaha makes some sense..."

Now that the canal has been cut off, relying on Gyeonggi's own production and inventory alone is not enough for a hundred thousand troops to survive the winter.Either return to the customs with the population and wealth, and continue to operate your own small world; or you have to capture more land and plunder more food.Otherwise, the Eight Banners will have to spend the winter hungry!

Judging from the current situation, it may not be as easy as imagined to make a large-scale advance.Jueluo Bahana, who fled back, described the Ming army as a strong army that was not timid in field battles with the Manchurian soldiers. The news sent back by Meng Qiaofang also showed that the army's artillery was extremely powerful and there were so many that the army could not even rush to the front of the Ming army.

From this point of view, if the Ming court is not chaotic, it will not be easy to swallow the two capitals and thirteen provinces in one go.

Since the development fails, the only option is to defend the city.However, there is no blood transfusion from the Grand Canal, and the sea route is blocked by the navy of the Ming army. How can we defend the city?

In such a difficult situation, it is better to throw it to Jierhalang and the two yellow flags than to bear it by yourself.If they persevere, then their contribution to laying the foundation will be indispensable; if they fail to persevere, then they have failed themselves and the great situation of entering the customs and establishing a foundation!

"This is: take a step back!" Dorgon stood up and walked to Sukesaha with a smile: "Your idea is good, but I'm afraid that once I retreat, I will be able to come back in the future. Erhalang restored Hauge's title, obviously to compete with this king."

Sukesaha said leisurely, "Master, the reason why the two yellow flags are getting closer to Jierhalang now is because they know that Jierhalang can't be the emperor. If the master also shows that his posture is not the emperor, what can they say?" Come to embarrass the master?"

"Suksaha, you..." Wubai really wanted to pounce on Suksaha and bite Suksaha to death.

"If you don't want to be the emperor, you can be the Supreme Emperor." A strange smile appeared on Sukesaha's face, and he continued: "According to the old custom of our Manchus, after the death of the late emperor, the prince could have married the late emperor's concubine. "

Dorgon shuddered, thinking of the tall and beautiful "Holy Mother Empress Dowager", he felt a little tickled in his heart.

Speaking of it, being the Supreme Emperor is not bad, let alone the emperor is so young. (To be continued.)