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Chapter 811 The Battle of Shanhaiguan (Part [-])
Dorgon's 10,000+ people drove to Shanhaiguan, and the current Shanhaiguan is the same as when they entered the customs five years ago.The flags of Ming Dynasty fluttered high above the city wall, and the Ming army on the city wall was like dummies, with their black muzzles facing the sky.

But the difference is that five years ago, Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng each invested tens of thousands of troops to fight here, and Wu Sangui surrendered to them again, giving him an opportunity to defeat Li Zicheng.

Now there is no one soldier fighting here, and there will be no such opportunity again.

The winding city wall in front of you is like a giant dragon, ups and downs among the mountains, and tall city buildings lie on the city wall.

The pass city of Shanhaiguan is roughly in the shape of a long trapezoid, with four gates in total, namely the east gate, west gate, south gate and north gate.And every city gate has an urn city.The height of each city gate, including the city walls and archery towers, is about 20 meters.

The thickness of the city wall is generally about seven meters, and the city wall made of strips of stone emits a greenish-brown light due to age.

Therefore, the pass city surrounded by these four gates looks majestic and tall, and it is called the first pass in the world, which is worthy of its name.

Dorgon can be said to be revisiting the old city of Siguan City, and he has a special feeling in his heart.Five years ago, it was easy to enter the pass from here and swept the Han army. Whether it was the Ming army or Li Zicheng's bandits, they retreated steadily in front of the Eight Banners army.They drove Li Zicheng out of Beijing in a devastating manner.

But the good times didn't last long. They took Emperor Shunzhi to Beijing, and moved the capital from Shengjing to Beijing, but their little Shunzhi emperor didn't live in Beijing for a year, and was hurriedly driven out by Zhu Yousong's men. Beijing was driven out of the customs like cattle.

Time flies, and it has been four or five years in the blink of an eye. The majestic Guancheng has witnessed the glory and trough of Dorgon's life. It is not his own glory and darkness, but that of their entire Aixinjueluo family. Come and go.

Today, he made a comeback and came to this pass city again. The 10,000+ army swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger. The past is vivid, but it is too bad to look back.His heart was ups and downs, and his blood was surging. After stopping his thoughts, he pointed at the jade whip in his hand, "Fire!"

Huang Degong insisted on holding on to the dangerous pass without fighting, and they had to use cannons to open the way.

The artillerymen of the Qing army had already found a favorable terrain, pushed the new artillery to a certain position, and arranged several rows according to the terrain, some in an arc, and some in a straight line.Adjust the height and elevation angle, calculate the range, and adjust the front sight and photo gate.

The ammunition began to be loaded, and after receiving Dorgon's order, the Qing soldiers aimed the torches at the fuses, and there was a burst of chattering and earth-shattering explosions.

On the head of the Shanhaiguan city in the distance, artillery fire flew, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and bricks and stones splashed.

Of course, Huang Degong couldn't wait to be bombarded. On the top of the city, the red cannons of the Ming army also roared. In this way, the two sides began to bombard fiercely.

The Qing army bombarded the towers and city gates of the Ming army, while the Ming army on the top of the city bombarded the artillery positions of the Qing army.Because the current Qing army is hiding outside the range of the Ming army's cannons.

In fact, the artillery positions of the Qing soldiers were also outside the range of the Ming army's cannons.However, the walls of the Ming army and the soldiers at the head of the city were within the attack range of the Qing army's artillery fire. This is the artillery fire advantage that the Qing army now has, with a long range and great power.

The cannons of the Qing army were able to land on the city wall accurately, and the flesh and blood of the soldiers of the Ming army were blown up, and many of the red cannons of the Ming army were blown up.

At this time, most of the artillery shells of the Ming army fell in front of the artillery camp of the Qing army and exploded. Only a few shells fell on the artillery camp of the Qing army and exploded.

At this time, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties on both sides.

After Huang Degong was rewarded, he immediately sent an order to withdraw all the main defenders of the city tower, including the archery tower, the enemy tower, and the Wengcheng, into the city to hide. The artillery fire of the Ming army stopped suddenly, and the smoke cleared. All the soldiers of the Chengming army were gone. The city walls were completely destroyed by the bombardment, and the bloodstains were all over the place.

Dorgon felt that it was time to charge, and the Ming army guarding the city had been wiped out, either they were all dead, or they were hiding in the city.But no matter what the situation is, we must not bombard the city again.

Because Dorgon knew that this kind of closed city was high and deep, and it was as solid as gold. It was too unrealistic to blow up the walls, towers, and urns that were several feet thick with artillery fire. It is too limited for a tall building, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve the goal if all the cannon shells pulled this time are exhausted.

Therefore, Dorgon ordered to stop the shelling and ordered the Qing army to attack the city on a large scale.

Countless Qing soldiers rushed over like overwhelming the sky. They rushed towards Guancheng with various siege tools such as flying claws, ropes, ladders for climbing the city, and so on.

The Guancheng of Shanhaiguan is different from other cities. It is a dangerous pass at the end of the Great Wall. The Great Wall was mainly built on the mountain. From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, the reason why the rulers worked hard to build such a rare project in the world is to It is to prevent the invasion of northern nomads.Therefore, it was impossible for the Qing army to build such a strong and high city wall between the mountains and mountains.

At this time, they were only attacking this section of Guancheng, which was about a few kilometers long. Only by attacking from here could they enter the pass.As for the other city walls in the distance, you can only look at the ocean and sigh.And to the east of Guancheng is the cliff, and then the vast ocean, where the danger of Shanhaiguan is also here.

At this time, the Qing army was attacking the city, of course not the Eight Banners, but mainly the Green Battalion soldiers.Because the Green Battalion has mostly infantry, and the Tartar Eight Banners are mostly cavalry, charging in the wild is their strength, but if you let them attack the city on horseback, it is tantamount to driving ducks to the shelves.

Tens of thousands of green battalion soldiers covered the sky and covered the sky, shouting towards Shanhaiguan Guanchengpu, and the shouts echoed into the sky, like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.

Huang Degong, who was in charge of the command, and several of his general soldiers, were hiding at the lookout in the pass city and closely watched the movement of the Qing army.

Seeing that they stopped shelling, a large number of Qing soldiers rushed over, and immediately ordered the soldiers defending the city to rush to the top of the city again. Soon, the arrow towers on the top of the city and the enemy platforms were covered with countless Ming soldiers. Soldiers.

This is the Qing army rushing over like herding sheep. The ones that are close have already crossed the moat, and the ones that are far away are still hundreds of meters away from the city wall, ranging from thousands of meters, all over the mountains and plains.

At this time, the cannons of the Ming army on the top of the city roared again, bombarding those far away, shooting bows and arrows near them, and smashing them with stones, so that the soldiers defending the city and the soldiers attacking the city will fight fiercely.

(End of this chapter)