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Chapter 805: The Ming Dynasty Sends Troops Three Ways (Part [-])
When Li Quan and the others fought fiercely in Shengjing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty, for several hours, Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, thousands of miles away, had already received the news in time.Under the conditions at that time, the flying watchdogs in the army and the information system of the factory guards were really amazing.

At this time, Zhu Yousong was listening to Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng brothers explaining a new type of warship in the Hall of Qinzheng. Zhu Yousong was holding a warship model in his hand.

This is a new type of naval warship invented by Brother Song on the basis of studying Dutch warships. After listening to the two brothers tell him about the functional design, no matter in terms of the tonnage of the warship, the configuration of the artillery fire, and the power of the warship, Zhu You Song felt that this was definitely the most advanced naval battleship in the world, and it was also the first major creation of the two brothers after they were reactivated.

Zhu Yousong immediately issued an order for mass production. Now there is no major breakthrough in firearms, and the two brothers are still working hard day and night.

At this time, Lu Jiude, a worker from the Daming factory, came in and said: "Your Majesty, the news I just received is that Li Quan and the others have succeeded, and Tang Ruowang has already left Shengjing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty, but Jin Yiwei suffered heavy losses, and Zu Hai died in Shengjing." At the head of Jingnan City, a large number of Qing troops deployed their defenses layer by layer, blocking in front and intercepting in the rear, pursuing closely."

Zhu Yousong had already expected that this was a hornet's nest.A large number of casualties were inevitable, but Zhu Yousong still felt heavy when he heard the news that Zu Hai and others were killed in battle.

"Poor Zu Aiqing, who died in a foreign country. You guys are really good boys. I will never forget them, and the people of Ming Dynasty will never forget them..."

Zhu Yousong closed his eyes, feeling very sad for a while, and said again: "Immediately pass on my order, let Huang Degong from Shanhaiguan, Zu Keyong from Xifengkou, and Ma Bao from Chengdewei attack from all fronts to attack Jinzhou and Ningyuan. Li Quan and the others relieved the pressure and asked them to send elite soldiers to meet Li Quan."

"The servants will lead the order." Lu Jiude promised to deliver the order.

In the evening of the same day, Huang Degong who was stationed at Shanhaiguan, Zu Keyong who was stationed at Xifengkou, and Ma Baoquan who was stationed at Chengde Guard received Zhu Yousong's order.

These three generals have already made preparations to respond, and acted immediately after receiving the order.

Shanhaiguan is the closest to Ningyuan, and Ningyuan is now Xingcheng City, Liaoning Province. It is only more than 200 miles away from Shanhaiguan and only more than 300 miles away from Jinzhou.

Huang Degong immediately dispatched 1 soldiers and horses, leaving the general officer Chen Xiance with 5000 troops to garrison Guancheng.He dispatched his general officer Zhang Jie to lead [-] cavalry to meet Li Quan along the path.

Then Huang Degong personally led 5 horses and came straight to Ningyuan. 1 cavalry were in front, led by Qiu Yue, the commander in chief.Huang Degong supervised 4 infantry, pulled 20 heavy artillery, and rushed to Ningyuan overnight.

Along the way, they fired cannons and shouted again. The 5 people created enough momentum, because this was not a sneak attack. Zhu Yousong told them in his will that the bigger the momentum, the better.

After a night of rapid march, Huang Degong's 5 horsemen appeared outside Ningyuan City in the early morning of the next day. The 1 cavalry led by Qiu Yue, the vanguard, had mopped up several Qing army strongholds outside Ningyuan City overnight.Killed a group of Tartars, and all the rest retreated into Ningyuan City.

There were no more than 2 Qing soldiers stationed in Ningyuan. They did not expect that the Ming army would suddenly move.In the past few years, the Tartars in the city have come out to harass the border of the Ming army. Now they have taken the initiative to attack, with horses and cannons. It seems that they have dispatched a lot of soldiers and horses, and the visitors are not good.

Therefore, the defenders of Ningyuan did not dare to go out to fight and defend the city easily, and withdrew all the troops outside the city, and on the other hand, hurriedly reported to Dorgon for help.

"Siege the city!" Huang Degong gave an order, and 20 red cannons were ignited together. The cannons roared and the shells roared towards the city.The smoke of the gunpowder filled the air, shaking the earth and shaking the mountains.

Under the cover of artillery fire, tens of thousands of Ming troops rushed towards Ningyuan City overwhelmingly.The Qing soldiers defending the city hurriedly fought back. They also had cannons on the top of the city. In addition, bows and arrows, rolling logs, stones, etc., were piled up like mountains.

According to the distance of the enemy, they fought back. After a fierce battle, Huang Degong immediately sent an order to retreat and suspend the attack.

Huang Degong sent troops this time not to capture Ningyuan City, but mainly to meet Li Quan and the others and relieve their pressure. Therefore, Huang Degong's attack on the city was part of a feint attack.

But this time Ningyuan's Qing soldiers did not dare to move in the city, the four gates were closed tightly, and they stood firm in the city, waiting for reinforcements.

At the same time that Ningyuan City was attacked, Jinzhou, more than a hundred miles behind Ningyuan, also received a battle report, saying that the Ming army had sent two more troops from Xifengkou and Chengde, about 2, and rushed to Jinzhou come.

The defenders of Jinzhou originally planned to send troops to reinforce Ningyuan, but now they did not dare to act rashly. Don’t look at the fact that there are not many Ming troops in these two groups, but there are not many defenders in Jinzhou. The Ming troops sent troops three times. It seems that there are no more than 10, and they have to consider closing the city. Therefore, the Qing army in Jinzhou is ready to defend the city, the four gates are closed, and they havetened to report to Dorgon.

That is to say, in just over a day, Ningyuan, Jinzhou, and the two important places on the Ming and Qing borders had a large number of Ming troops.

This effect is what they want, and it is more convenient for the troops sent by Huang Degong to respond to Li Quan. Of course, they cannot take the road, which is the official road leading to Guancheng, and this area is under the control of the Qing army.

Li Quan and the others can only be met by taking the mountain path, which they have agreed in advance.

The line of sight returns to Shengjing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty.

Shuangxi, Zhang Nai, Huiying and Liu Chunhong led Jin Yiwei to protect Tang Ruowang's carriage, crossed the moat, and ran down to the southwest.

They knew that the pursuers would leave the city soon, and the Qianjin gate was not an obstacle at all for the Qing soldiers.But they had already planned, after Liu Chunhong, Zhang Nai and his wife took Jin Yiwei to protect Tang Ruowang and their carriages, they were in charge of the broken Double Happiness, and took a Jin Yiwei to pour fish oil on the suspension bridge, get firewood and other flammable things, Of course they had prepared these things long ago, and then threw the lit torches onto the bridge.

For a while, the suspension bridge outside the south city of Shengjing became a bridge of fire.

The Qianjin gate on the city was quickly opened, and Yue Le and Li Zhifang chased out from the city with a large number of green battalion soldiers.

But the fire bridge in front of them made them daunting. The raging fire was belching thick smoke, and the flames were soaring.The undirectional wind helped the fire, and a gust of wind blew, and the green battalion soldiers at the city gate were coughing indiscriminately due to the thick smoke, and couldn't open their eyes.

Yue Le and Li Zhifang also had tears in their eyes.Some Qing soldiers rushed to put out the fire, but Li Zhifang stopped them.Because he saw that even if the fire was extinguished, the bridge would also be burned down.
Yue Le rubbed his eyes and yelled: "All go back to me, go around the west city and east city, they can't escape!"

(End of this chapter)