Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 202 I will stay for five more days
Guarjaturai came to Dodo with a depressed expression on his face.

As the seventh son of Fei Yingdong, a fierce general in the early Qing Dynasty, he followed Huang Taiji to conquer the world more than ten years ago. He defeated the Tong Department of the Tang Dynasty in Yiyishi, and then captured Tongguan, sweeping Henan all the way, without losing almost a single soldier under his command.

But at this moment, he did not expect that more than 80 of the [-] white-armored soldiers under his command, Baya Lazhangjing, would be killed in an instant, and it could almost be said that the entire army was wiped out.

Tulai didn't know how to tell Duo Duo. He could only explain that he didn't expect the Ming army's firearms to be so sharp that they could break through heavy armor at such a long distance, and their accuracy was quite high.

Duoduo drew out his sword, but he still did not kill Tulai in the end. After all, Tulai, as Batulu, was his most trusted brave general. Originally, more than 80 white armored soldiers had been lost at once, so he could not kill them any more. one.

But Doduo kicked Tulai directly, he didn't know how to reprimand Tulai, kicking him was just to vent.

Losing more than 80 white armored soldiers at once, for the ever-victorious Qing army, this was already a big defeat that had to be retreated before.

Even now, this kind of loss has caused a great shock to Duoduo's central army. Originally, there were few real Eight Banners soldiers, but now they have lost more than 80. People can't help but think that Kaifeng City may be difficult to conquer.

For the first time, the Qing army began to show hesitation.

Duoduo also became a little dignified at this time, and he had already figured out that there was a reason why Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian appeared in Kaifeng City. He was probably relying on his firearms soldiers, and deliberately stimulated himself to dispatch white armor soldiers.

But this loss, Duoduo can only eat it secretly at this time, and now, Duoduo has no intention of retreating, he knows that whether the current Da Ming can be wiped out by himself depends on whether the emperor of Ming Dynasty can be killed by himself or captured alive.

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The Infantry Type A Battalion of the Second Guards Army directly killed more than 80 white armored soldiers in one fire strike, which surprised the officials and people defending the city of Kaifeng, and greatly inspired people's hearts.

Lu Daqi opened his mouth involuntarily, looked at everything in front of him, and asked Zhu Youjian in disbelief: "Your Majesty, what kind of firearm is this that has such power?"

"Flintlocks, His Majesty has already ordered the Ordnance Institute to speed up manufacturing, and has now begun to prepare for the deployment of the Seventh Guards Army and the Extermination Army. However, due to the rush of time, the time for the Qing army to go south and make trouble with the left army is too late, and it has not yet It is fully equipped, but in a year or two, all the armies of our Ming Dynasty will definitely install this gun, and by then the firearms will be far superior to the Qing army!"

As the director of the General Armament Department of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, Shi Kefa first answered Lu Daqi's question for Zhu Youjian.

Lu Daqi couldn't help feeling more confident, but he also said immediately: "However, Your Majesty, although the firearms are sharp, the Qing army already has red cannons. Once the Qing army's hundreds of red cannons are placed several miles away, they will open the seal to me." Several rounds of bombardment of the city, even the strongest city walls will be blown down. Several fortified cities in Henan fell because of this. I am worried that if the Qing army bombards tomorrow, we may not be able to resist the Qing army no matter how sharp the firearms are. Once the Qing army cavalry breaks into the city, it will be difficult for our army to resist!"

Zhu Youjian admitted that Lu Daqi was right. Right now, he really can't think that he can sit back and relax after killing more than 80 white-armored soldiers close to the guard's flintlock. A mixed army of infantry and cavalry, and because the Qing army suffered a lot from artillery in the early days of the battle against Ming Dynasty, the Qing court also attached great importance to the development of artillery, especially the red cannon, especially after a large number of Han nobles surrendered to the Qing court. The artillery of the Qing army is not inferior to or even surpassed that of the previous Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, before the emergence of cement and reinforced concrete structures, it was indeed difficult to stop the offensive of the Qing army in urban battles.

Especially before Chongzhen 18 years ago, due to lack of finances and repeated military disasters, except for the city gate near the capital of North Zhili, which was constantly reinforced due to the perennial resistance against the Tartars, the city walls of the Ming Dynasty were almost unrepaired or even destroyed. It is very serious, and since ancient times, the strength of the city wall is related to time. The longer the time, the longer the time for the chemical reaction of the city bricks and clay to react, and the stronger it will be. Now Chongzhen Zhu Youjian ordered the repair of the city walls many times after he went south. But its firmness is still not as good as the old city wall before.

Therefore, once the Qing army concentrated hundreds of red-clothed cannons to bombard the city wall violently, and then immediately robbed the city gate with Han soldiers as soon as the gap was opened, and the Eight Banners cavalry galloped into the city, the Ming defenders would have nothing to do.

Relying on this cannon, the Qing army was almost invincible in attacking the city.

This is also the consequence of traitors betraying the country. Originally, the Qing army could only fight outside the pass, but because of the joining of traitors, the Qing army was generally open.

Zhu Youjian also knew that in the future, the Qing army could not be blocked by simply defending the fortress. Therefore, the guards he trained were field-type at the beginning, and they focused on defending the city.

Now it's just because I came to Kaifeng City, and the infantry battalion of the Guards who accompanied me happened to help the officers and soldiers of Kaifeng City fight a beautiful defensive battle. But it is not a very boastful result, after all, only dozens of enemies were injured.

If the guards participate in the field battle, it will not only have this effect.

But now Zhu Youjian did not bring cavalry battalions and artillery battalions with him, so he did not send infantry battalions out of the city to fight in the field, so as to avoid being overwhelmed by the Qing cavalry.

"How did you get Zhang Keliang to guard the Hulao Pass?" Zhu Youjian asked Lu Daqi. At least Lu Daqi had a lot of experience fighting the Tartars, so it was impossible that he didn't have a way to deal with it.

"The reason why Hulao Pass can be defended is because Hulao Pass has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Cavalry, even if the city wall is broken by artillery, our army can fight back!"

Zhu Youjian patted Lu Daqi's shoulder as he spoke: "Keep doing this, I will stay here for five more days, and you have to defend Kaifeng City for more than ten days! There should be a chance to withdraw at that time."

"Your Majesty! Why do you still have to stay for five days! Why don't you leave the city immediately before the Qing army's shelling begins!" Lu Daqi roared excitedly. He didn't understand why his majesty still insisted on staying here, even To stay for five days.

The same is true for other officials. At this time, everyone is not afraid that Duoduo will slaughter Kaifeng again, but they are afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will die here.

(End of this chapter)