Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 108 Chapter 108, the gunpowder volley was so powerful that the Qing army was seriously injured and had to withdraw
When Jierhalang was furious, Zhu Cihong was also shouting loudly.

"Shoot Bengong hard, don't worry about the others, just reload and give him a saturation blow!"

Zhu Cihong already knew that Wu Sangui's request for help would be a matter of time, so in order not to expose the existence of the system, he also put [-] cannons and [-] shells in a warehouse in the camp two days ago.

After realizing that the situation was not good, Zhu Cihong was sending someone to pull the cannon, and Wu Sangui's request for help came.

Immediately afterwards, the twenty Hongyi cannons came in handy.

Wu Sangui was standing beside Zhu Cihong, the expression on his face was very wonderful.

On the one hand, Wu Sangui was very ashamed in his heart. He vowed only two days ago that he would never ask Zhu Cihong for help, but he had to ask Zhu Cihong for support before he even survived 24 hours.

On the other hand, Wu Sangui was also very shocked in his heart. Looking at the twenty red cannons in front of him, he was a little suspicious of life.

According to Wu Sangui's knowledge, all the Hongyi cannons in the entire Ming Dynasty may be less than twenty. Why are there twenty Hongyi cannons here?
Hongyi Cannon, as the name suggests, is the cannon sold by the "Red Yi" Portuguese. At this stage, Portugal is in dispute with Spain. There is a new Dutchman from Taiwan, so the Portuguese can sell anything in order to survive. In order to gain Daming's support, let them gain a foothold in Macau.

But the number of Portuguese in Macau is limited after all. Where did so many cannons come from?

Wu Sangui's lips moved, intending to ask, but seeing the excited Zhu Cihong, he silently closed his mouth.

Right in front of Wu Sangui, twenty Hongyi cannons had been loaded, and the artillerymen lit the fuzes, and then retreated quickly.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, shells shot out from the barrel of the gun, accurately crossed the wall and landed outside the city.

Zhu Cihong nodded in satisfaction, and then began to command: "Raise the nose of the cannon here, yes, higher, okay. Let me lower the muzzle of the cannon over there, it can't be lowered anymore, if it is lower, it will hit the target. It's on the wall!"

Zhu Cihong is also very busy. The position and muzzle of each Hongyi cannon will shift more or less after firing, and need to be re-calibrated.

Normally, of course, these cannons should be put on the wall. The problem is that the war situation is urgent now, and the Ming army simply does not have that time.

If ordinary artillery were operating here, they would probably make mistakes in their busy schedule, but Zhu Cihong has the S-level artillery skills given by the system, so he is very handy in command, and it is absolutely impossible to make any mistakes.

After all, Wu Sangui had also fought against the Manchus for many years, so he naturally knew a thing or two about artillery, and he was dumbfounded for a while, thinking: "I didn't expect His Royal Highness to have such advanced artillery skills. It’s like being born with a cannon!”

Wu Sangui asked himself that if he was allowed to command, not to mention that every cannon was so precise that there would be no mistakes, he would be able to issue orders neatly so that these cannons would not explode!
At this moment, Wu Sangui suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

People are more mad than people.

Not only cannons, under the command of Li Guozhen, the main force of the [-] Ming army who had camped behind the pass also continued to rush up the pass wall to help defend.

The [-] Ming army had already rested for two days, and they were already eager to fight. In addition, there was a new force. As soon as they came up, they rushed in fiercely. Cooperating with the continuous firing of twenty Hongyi cannons, they instantly Suppress the Manchu Qing soldiers who had been fighting fiercely for a day yesterday.

Seeing many soldiers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were bombarded by artillery shells with no bones left, and were killed one after another by the counterattack of the Ming army, Jierhalang felt extremely angry.

"These smart dogs seem to be quite capable!" When he spoke, Ji Erhalang was completely gnashing his teeth, extremely ferocious.

The casualties now are all serious soldiers of the Manchurian Eight Banners. The total population of the Manchurian Eight Banners is only a few hundred thousand. Today, hundreds of thousands of people died here. How can we not let Jierhalang feel pain?
Jierhalang roared angrily: "The enemy's artillery fire is so fierce, where are our Hongyi cannons? Didn't they already go up, why are they not in place yet!"

The Manchu and Qing generals present looked at each other in blank dismay. How could they know why the Hongyi cannon was not in place yet?
Man Dahai stood up and said in a deep voice: "Prince Zheng, don't worry, I'll go and have a look right now!"

Jierhalang nodded heavily and said coldly: "Within half an hour, I want to see our Hongyi cannon shoot into the Shanhaiguan Pass!"

Man Dahai rode his horse and galloped away.

In Shanhaiguan, good news is coming one after another.

"All the slaves who killed the wall have been repelled!"

"The slaves under the closed wall were bombarded by our cannons and have nowhere to go!"

"Jian Nu seems to be starting to waver and is about to retreat!"

Listening to the news one by one, Wu Sangui's expression was very complicated, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

It is of course a good thing to repel Jiannu.

But the problem is that the Jiannu was repulsed after Zhu Cihong led the army to fully intervene in support. In other words, the main credit should go to Zhu Cihong and Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen, and there is nothing wrong with Wu Sangui.

Forget it if he doesn’t have any merit, but Wu Sangui suffered heavy losses in defending Shanhaiguan in the past two days. It is roughly estimated that the 5000 men under his command suffered at least more than [-] casualties, and at least [-]-[-]% of his [-]% combat effectiveness was lost. Whether it can be rebuilt in the future is still a matter of debate.

Working half a day in vain, no credit, and a lot of losses, how can this make Wu Sangui happy?

At this moment, Wu Sangui suddenly heard a shout from Zhu Cihong.

"not good!"

Wu Sangui came back to his senses, what he saw was a... boot sole?
Before Wu Sangui had time to react, he was kicked by Zhu Cihong several steps away and fell directly on the ground.

Wu Sangui was frightened and angry, and was about to say something, when there was a sudden bang, which directly suppressed all Wu Sangui's words.

Smoke and dust poured into Wu Sangui's mouth and nose, causing him to cough violently.

After just ten seconds, the smoke dissipated. Wu Sangui stood up again and looked at the place where he had just stood, speechless.

A cannonball hit there impartially, blasting a big crater directly.

Wu Sangui's body suddenly trembled a little. If Zhu Cihong hadn't kicked him, Wu Sangui would be dead now.

Someone patted Wu Sangui on the shoulder: "Are you all right?"

Wu Sangui recognized Zhu Cihong's voice, and hurriedly said: "Minister, I thank the prince for saving his life!"

Zhu Cixiang waved his hand and said: "It's a small matter, okay, step aside and let me take a look."

Zhu Cihong went to the bomb crater and looked at it for a while, cursing.

"It's really Hongyi Cannon, good guy, these Jian slaves actually dare to pull Hongyi Cannon up, right? Come on, all the cannons listen to Bengong, start adjusting the parameters, and blast him to death for Bengong!"

Zhu Cihong was really angry. Although the shell fell on Wu Sangui's head just now, if he didn't fight back, it might land on Zhu Cihong's head in the next battle!

Under Zhu Cihuang's order, many artillerymen of the Ming army began to adjust their parameters and prepare to counterattack.

As for the Qing army, Jierhalang, who saw this scene, was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Yes, that's the way to fight! You see, the shell just now must have hit the artillery position of the Ming army. They didn't see each other for several minutes." Let’s fire. Man Dahai is not bad, this time he has done a good job!”

The other generals of the Qing army also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, and all smiled.

"If Minggou had no artillery suppression, our warriors of the Qing Dynasty would be able to climb the wall soon."

"Conquering Shanhaiguan today is just around the corner!"

"We can still visit Beijing City."

Everyone knows that the key to the current war between the two sides lies in artillery.

If the Ming army's artillery could suppress the Qing army, then it would be impossible for the Qing army to capture Shanhaiguan. But conversely, if the Qing army's artillery could suppress the Ming army, then the fall of Shanhaiguan would be inevitable.

At this moment, someone suddenly screamed: "Look, the Ming army is firing!"

Jierhalang raised his head subconsciously, just in time to see many shells being fired from the inside of Shanhaiguan.

It's just that this time the shells obviously changed their trajectory, and instead of falling into the formation of the Qing army's siege soldiers near the pass wall, they landed farther away.

Jierhalang burst out laughing: "The people of the Ming Dynasty were so anxious that they even fired the cannons crookedly!"

Many Manchu generals also came back to their senses and burst out laughing.

Cannonballs flew out of Shanhaiguan one after another, and continued to land on the "wrong" place, making the generals of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties burst into laughter.

Suddenly, someone said: "The place where the Ming people attacked seems to be the place where our Hongyi Cannon is located?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone fell silent for a moment.

After a few seconds, someone said again: "Has our cannon not fired for a long time?"

……

Uneasy emotions began to emerge in the hearts of the Manchu generals.

Just at this moment, a Manchu messenger came with a pale face on his horse, rolled off his saddle with a plop, and knelt down in front of Jierhalang.

"Sorry, Prince Zheng, all our Hongyi cannons have been destroyed by the Ming army's artillery. Unfortunately, Mr. Mandahai was also hit by the Ming army's artillery and died a heroic death for his country!"

Jierhalang couldn't believe his ears. He grabbed the orderly by the neck and shouted angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Of course, it is impossible for the orderly to talk nonsense, and no orderly would dare to talk nonsense on such an occasion.

The firing trajectory of the Ming army's artillery has changed again, and once again began to bombard the Qing army close to the wall.

Countless Qing troops were torn apart by the shells and died on the spot, but this time, the artillery positions of the Qing troops were still silent.

The facts are before us, the Qing army no longer has any artillery available!
Ji Erhalang watched this scene, dumbfounded.

At this moment, the Manchu Prince Zheng was thinking a lot, his right hand clenched tightly, his nails almost piercing through the palm.

Finally, a Manchu general spoke.

"Prince Zheng, let's... withdraw."

The other Manchu generals spoke one after another.

"Prince Zheng, I can't fight anymore."

"Yes, Prince Zheng, withdraw."

The facts are before our eyes, without the support of the Qing army's own artillery, the suppression of the Qing army by the Ming army's artillery is too obvious, and the casualties caused are too heavy.

I really can't fight anymore!

Jierhalang was trembling all over. At this moment, he wanted to shout, roar, and draw his sword to have a life-and-death duel with the sinister and cunning commander of the Ming army behind the wall.

But he didn't do anything in the end, just let out a long sigh.

"If you want to withdraw, then... withdraw."

The moment he uttered these words, the assistant king of the Qing Dynasty seemed to have aged ten years in an instant!

　After taking some medicine and sleeping, I feel a lot better. I checked that the time is still enough, and I just coded a chapter before continuing to sleep.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)