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Chapter 863 Chapter 868 The Battle of Ningyuan (Fourth Update)

When Li Zicheng heard that Zhang Xianzhong had won the Yantai River victory, his tiger eyes moved slightly, and he thought to himself: "This Zhang Jingxuan is really talented. His infantry can defeat the elite of the Eight Banners of the Tartars in a field battle with only cold weapons. He is ruthless!"

Li Zicheng just sighed a few words in his heart, and suddenly thought of a serious problem. Since Zhang Jingxuan's infantry is so powerful, it is not inferior to my Li Zicheng's horse army at all. His Majesty even equipped him with 30 new red cannons. The power of the cannon was astonishing. It was the cutting-edge weapon newly developed by Tang Ruowang and the Song brothers. Zhang Jingxuan would definitely attack Ningyuan with the cannon, and Ningyuan City would be lost.After the victory, Zhang Jingxuan must have continued to advance the battle line. If he had to go to Jinzhou to fight first, then I, Li Zicheng, would have nothing to do.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng came to see Zhu Yousong in a hurry, and asked to send troops to bypass Ningyuan and attack Jinzhou now. It would be best to take down the two cities together.

"This..." Zhu Yousong was slightly depressed.

"Your Majesty, the Tartars are now hiding in the city and dare not go out to fight. Dorgon was injured first and then fell ill. I'm afraid it won't last long. Our army should speed up and don't give the bandits a chance to breathe. If you can't take it if you go Jinzhou, willing to be a military order."

Seeing the well-known Li Zicheng working so hard for himself, I still feel very terrified, but I can't show it on the surface. Even if I am an emperor, it is not good to desecrate the loyalty of the minister.Just after a big victory, Zhu Yousong also felt sorry for him and asked him to rest in place for a few days. In the past few days, Zhu Yousong personally expressed his condolences to Li Zicheng's horse soldiers and Zhang Huan's archers.

Now when he heard that Zhang Xianzhong was going to attack Ningyuan after he won Yantai and the Great Victory, Li Zicheng panicked.

Thinking of the love on Zhu Yousong's face here, "It's rare that Aiqing is loyal, so I will play it. It's just that Jinzhou is no better than Ningyuan. Tashan, Songshan, Xingshan, and the three cities are the corners of each other. The gate of the capital of the Qing Dynasty must be the place where the heavy troops of the Qing Dynasty gathered. Considering that Jinzhou has many mountains and is going to capture the dangerous city, I will also send you the special warfare barracks, and I will also give you 30 new heavy artillery pieces. Dear dear Go and don't rush forward, if you can take it, take it, if you can't take it, wait for the opportunity, Zhang Jingxuan and Zhang Jingxuan will arrive later."

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. I will fulfill my mission." After Li Zicheng thanked him, he brought a horse army of 5 expeditionary troops, 2 special soldiers, and 3000 artillery battalions pulling 30 new red clothes Cannons, ammunition, food, grass, etc., a total of 7 horses, the horse army behind the former artillery and the supply battalion, left Shanhaiguan, bypassed Ningyuan City, and flew towards Jinzhou.

After the expeditionary force left, the logistics supply unit of the 5 expeditionary force arrived, led by Zhang Nai and Shuangxi.

Civil and military officials from nearby states and counties also drove over one after another with Qin Wang's division.

Now Shanhaiguan is still full of military camps, and there are still no fewer than 10 troops. In addition to the 5 expeditionary army's logistics and supply troops, there are tens of thousands of local kings' divisions.Then there is Zhu Yousong's new army of 4000 imperial battalions, including more than 3000 imperial battalion cavalry, and a battalion of one thousand musketeers.

At this time, good news came frequently. Huang Degong's 8 horses left the Great Wall from the direction of Chengde and Xifengkou. .

This place originally belonged to Monan Mongolia. After the Qing conquered Monan Mongolia, it belonged to the sphere of influence of the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Degong, Ma Bao and others are now attacking South Horqin and West Horqin.

Li Dingguo repelled the Tsarist Russian soldiers in the area of ​​the Ural River, and Gushi Khan, the leader of the Western Mongolian Khan, had completely severed his relationship with the Qing Dynasty and turned to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, another envoy came from North Korea. The Li Dynasty sent people to make friends with Daming through the waterway. The North Korean envoy first arrived in Shandong, and then took the waterway from Shandong to Shanhaiguan to pay a special visit to Zhu Yousong.

On the surface, they paid tribute to Ming Dynasty and made friends with them. In fact, they secretly told Zhu Yousong that they had prepared 10 troops and were moving to Dandong to cooperate with Ming's army to attack Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Yousong praised the North Korean envoys highly. It seems that the Tartars are already besieged on all sides.The Qing Dynasty was about to run out, and I couldn't stay in Shanhaiguan anymore. He planned to go to the front line to listen to the sound of cannons.

The division of King Qin from nearby prefectures and counties was temporarily stationed in Shanhaiguan City. Zhu Yousong left Shanhaiguan with 4000 new imperial troops, and then 5 expeditionary troops in charge of logistics and supplies also left Shanghaiguan with large carts and small vehicles. , coming in the direction of Jinzhou and Ningyuan, they are doing a good job of supplying the front lines.

On the second day after Zhang Xianzhong set up camp outside Ningyuan City, the 10 army made meals at the fifth shift, and as soon as the sky was light, the infantry of the 10 expeditionary army launched a fierce attack on Ningyuan City.

Of course, they used cannons to clear the way first, and the 30 cannons of the Ming army roared towards the south gate of Ningyuan City.

As soon as the Ming army's cannon fired, the Qing army, which had been prepared for a long time in the city, knew that the Ming army was going to attack the city aggressively, and fired cannons at the Ming army's artillery positions. Soon to be blown up.

The two sides clashed like this, a shell roared out through the air, coming and going like a shuttle, the ground was shaken and the mountains were shaken, and thick smoke billowed.

However, most of the artillery shells of the Qing army fell before the Ming army's artillery camp and exploded, posing no threat to the Ming army's artillery camp.

Although they are all relatively advanced red cannons, but now the Ming army is even better.Each of their red-clothed cannons can now fire two bombs in a row, which is equivalent to the power of 60 old-fashioned red-clothed cannons, and the range is farther, and the explosion power is even greater.

The artillery shells of the Ming army fell on the head of Ningyuan City accurately. The Tartars defending the city were blown to pieces, and the cannons on the top of the city were blown up.

The cannons of the Qing army became dumb, and the cannons of the Ming army continued to roar.

Zhang Xianzhong took a look through the binoculars and was overjoyed: "I will tell you a piece of good news first. Your majesty's holy car is only 60 miles away from here. Take down Ningyuan City in one go, welcome your majesty into the city, and rush for me!"

Zhang Xianzhong gave an order, and the 10 expeditionary army immediately boiled over. The [-] infantry rushed towards Ningyuan City like a tide. Below, erect the ladder and climb up.

These infantrymen are well-trained and have been specially trained to climb the city. At this time, the Qing army on the top of the city is dying and fleeing. The Ming army is all strong and vigorous, and rushed to the top of the city...

(End of this chapter)