the world is at stake

"The mountain roads in the south of Liaodong are rugged, and it is difficult for vehicles and horses to travel. I don't believe that the Han people in Xinhua can also bring the invincible general cannon. This place is guarded by one man, and no one can open it. Our soldiers have enough food and energy, and the energy consumption lasts for several months. Thousands of people were killed."

Mang Gurtai encouraged himself repeatedly in his heart, but found that the Han scouts on the opposite side had no other movement except staring at the wall.After all, he and Huangtai class were a little uneasy, so they still sent sentries to check on each other.

It's just that the firearms of the Han people are good for long-range shooting, and they were driven back before the Baijia Sentinel approached.The Han Chinese scouts wanted to approach, but they were also blasted away by the "Invincible General" on the wall.

Next, Han soldiers excavated fortifications on the road and built low walls.When encountering large rocks or too much work, they use explosives to blow up obstacles and speed up.

The cold wind from the north blew south along the mountain road, and the sound of the explosion was very dull to Mangurtai's ears, and it didn't sound very real.He and Huang Taijiu began to worry again, could the Han people on the opposite side have special skills to break through the level?

After the mountain fortifications built by Han soldiers, two [-]mm rifled iron guns are entering the gun positions.Their gun carriages were raised, and their muzzles were raised high.

Both Zhou Qingfeng and Chen Ding were on the front line, and members of the military team specialized in artillery were measuring distances on the top of the hill. When they got down, they muttered disdainfully: "I'm afraid these barbarians don't know that artillery can shoot lobs."

Chapter 49

Abu Daligang is located in Huajianzi Town, Huanren Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning Province in the "later generation", Linggang at the junction of Wazigou North and Xinbin.This is currently the only road from Kuandian to Hetuala.

When the dead ghosts of the 'Federation' suggested that 'Boar Skin' go south, they also proposed to build a checkpoint here.After Phoenix City was recovered by Zhou Qingfeng, its construction speed suddenly accelerated, and it was finally completed before the Xinhua Expeditionary Team headed north.

In order to lay out a solid defense system, the wall of Abdali Gang is much higher and larger than that of Zhenshuo Pass.The "Invincible General Cannon" was placed on the four forts, which became the magic weapon in the hearts of Tartars against the Han people.

After discovering the shadow of the Xinhua infantry, these breech-loading guns fired from time to time.

The style of play of this thing is very special, molecular mother gun.The sub-gun is loaded with ammunition and placed in the slot at the rear of the gun to fire.As long as enough sub-guns are prepared, the short-term rate of fire is very fast.

After Zhou Qingfeng led the team to Abdali Hill, they were really hit by the artillery.

Although it has many shortcomings such as serious air leakage and low gunpowder utilization efficiency, it has strong explosive firepower, with a maximum range of one kilometer, and can spray a large area when firing shotgun shells.

The vanguard arrived at Abdali Hill, and the front-line commanders tried to replicate the results of the battle at Zhenshuo Pass, suppressing opponents with flintlock guns, and carrying out close-in blasting.

As a result, Tartar Xiu's fort defense was good, but the flintlock guns failed to suppress it.Instead, the attacking troops were fired by the Hannu artillery on the wall, causing two deaths and seven injuries, and the loss of half a platoon.

Mangurtai on the wall was ecstatic to be sure that the artillery purchased with a lot of money would work.

The gloom that had been pent up in my heart for months was finally relieved.He laughed loudly on the wall, danced and ran to give rewards to Hannu gunners, to wine and food women, and promised land.

The Huangtai class also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the strategy of 'using Han to control Han' was still effective.Firearms still have to be dealt with with firearms. The bows, arrows, knives and axes that the Jurchens are good at are really behind.

It's just that the Han people on the opposite side discovered that there were artillery on the wall, so they immediately stopped the storm and instead built fortifications outside the range of the artillery.Although the fortifications are just piles of earth walls, they effectively resisted the random shooting on the fort.

The gravel and iron pellets blasted by the 'Invincible General' were originally inaccurate at the maximum range, and they became useless when hitting the dirt wall, which made Mangurtai angry again.

Huang Tai level comforted Mang Gurtai, "Fifth brother, don't worry. As long as this barrier is blocked, we will not waste any time in war. When Dabeile sends troops to take Fushun, we will capture more Han slaves to make firearms. "

"I know the seriousness. No matter how provocative the Han people are, I will never send troops, and I will stay here."

The weather was cold, and Mangurtai let out a heavy 'hmm', exhaling into fog.His eyes were concentrated, staring at the opposite side of the mountain road, as if to see what the Han people were doing.

Others asked this Lord Baylor to rest in the conservatory, but he ignored him and squatted on the wall.

After squatting for a long time, there was no other movement except the humming of the mountain road blown by the bleak north wind.The slave specially sent the roasted leg of lamb, and he drew out his dagger to cut it... There was a 'boom' on the other side of the mountain road.

There was a sudden sound of cannonballs, and Mang Gurtai trembled in fright, only to see a shell fall behind the wall and hit a stable.There are no horses in the stables, but a large pile of fodder for horses is stored.

The cannonball smashed the thatched roof of the stable, and the hay piled inside was smashed and flew around.After a few seconds, the cannonball exploded, and the sound exploded, completely destroying the stable.

The projectile has its own high temperature, the forage is ignited, and when it is blown by the north wind, the flame suddenly rises, and the flames fly wildly.The servants below ran around in a panic, shouting: "The fire has escaped, bring water quickly."

Mang Gurtai dropped the roast leg of lamb in his hand, and cursed angrily: "It's the same as last time. When I ate a leg of lamb, the Han people would have sex. Today it happened again. He bombarded me too, and made Wu Zhenchao Ha, work harder and suppress those Han people."

'Wuzhenchaoha' is the Hannu artillery, who were driven into the fort to control the 'Invincible General'.

The four cannons quickly fired one after another. Mang Gurtai looked into the distance with the bronze binoculars, but he didn't see the deadly enemy on the opposite side sending troops to die.

The soldiers did not come, but the shells continued to come.The two sides launched an artillery battle.

One side of the Xinhua Expeditionary Team.

Behind the low earth wall, two [-]mm rifled guns with raised gun carriages were shooting at the opposite wall at a large angle.Due to its slow initial velocity and curved trajectory, it is just right to hit a target one kilometer away.

The artillery director of the military group put the self-made artillery team on the hillside and commanded the two artillery to fight.After finding that the test projectile fell off the wall, he ordered a one-centimeter piece of wood to be placed on the breech of the gun.

There is no way, the screw of the high and low machine has been adjusted to the maximum elevation angle, so it can only be padded with wood chips.

The fragmented shotguns fired by the Tartars were basically blocked by the earth walls built.Sporadic projectiles hit the hillside or the earth wall, making a chaotic sound.The Xinhua artillery behind the earth wall pushed the artillery back, quickly completed the loading, and raised the tail of the gun higher.

Two grenade bombs flew out.

But this time it hit the front of the wall, and the pig iron projectile bombarded the wall, breaking a hole the size of a barrel.One pellet fell, the other lodged in the wall, and an internal time-delayed fuze caused it to explode seconds later.

Mang Gurtai was startled by the two shells on the top of the wall, felt the wall tremble slightly, and felt palpitations for no reason.The servants came to persuade him again, so he entered the soldier's cave in the wall and squatted.

The artillery director directing the shelling two miles away also sighed, "A receding artillery, every time the cannon is pushed back, there is an error, let's make do. We win by the number of shelling."

The two rifled guns thus started firing continuously at one round per minute.Every ten rounds were fired, the barrel was so hot that it could light a cigarette, so it had to be stopped to dissipate heat.It just so happens that it is cold now, and the north wind is blowing hard, which dissipates heat quickly.

The "Invincible General" on the wall is even worse. The four cannons use two-piece guns. The total rate of fire is only comparable to Xinhua's rifled iron cannons, but the sustainable shooting ability is far behind. Otherwise, the risk of bombing will increase dramatically.

Due to the rugged mountain road, Zhou Qingfeng's team only brought two cannons this time.The main transportation capacity of the logistics convoy is to ensure the food and drink of thousands of people.

Just like that, the two cannons fired continuously, firing three or four hundred shells in just one day.All the grenades that were fired were time-delayed grenades, causing ghosts and wolves to howl inside and outside the closed wall.

The Tartars are not good at construction, and the construction of Abdali Gang is in a hurry.

The barracks, stables, stockyards, and kitchens behind the closed wall were all crowded together and bombed all over, causing considerable loss of personnel and materials.The morale that was finally boosted continued to decline.

In the afternoon, the Xinhua artillery continued to fire after eating and drinking enough. One shot was farther away, so as not to die, it hit the powder depot behind the closed wall.

Barrels of black powder bought at a high price from Shenyang were piled up in the warehouse, and the roof was pierced by the projectiles fired from the sling, smashing a pile of wooden barrels.There is no need for a delay fuze to trigger, and the high temperature of the projectile will instantly detonate hundreds of barrels of gunpowder in the gunpowder magazine.

The explosion was so strong that it shocked thousands of people in the Xinhua Expeditionary Team.A dark cloud rose in the distance, and the entire mountain road echoed.The ground seemed to shake violently, and I thought it was an earthquake.

Even if the Xinhua engineering soldiers are good at blasting, they have never exploded hundreds of barrels of black powder.

Although I couldn't see the situation at the scene, I could guess that there was bad luck for the Tartars.The shock wave of the explosion will oscillate and magnify in a narrow environment, and the debris it blows up and throws up is deadly.

Hearing the movement, Zhou Qingfeng thought the Tartars were making a big move, so he hurried to the hillside next to the artillery position.

The director of artillery followed, looked up and saw the billowing smoke and debris flying into the sky, and said cheerfully: "The Tartars must have put the gunpowder magazine within a hundred meters of the wall for convenience. I didn't expect them to be so stupid! "

The Jurchen Tartars are barbarians, so where did they think about the safety of shelling?Zhou Qingfeng turned his head and asked urgently, "Where is our ammunition depot?"

"A hole was built 500 meters away to store the ammunition. There are more than [-] rounds stored in the front line, and as many need to be transported." The director of artillery was still smiling, but quickly ran back with a sullen face, "I have to see, Can't keep the team from having idiots doing stupid things."

In the garrison cave on the wall, Mang Gurtai was so shocked by the explosion that he couldn't stop his panic.

The violent vibration caused the Tunbing Cave to shake, and sand fell from the roof of the cave.The entrance of the cave was dark, followed by a shock wave crashing in like a gust of wind.A large amount of debris was poured in, covering the head and covering the face, making it impossible for people to stand.

When the four "Invincible Generals" arrived, the Tartars thought that artillery was the same as artillery.But when it comes to fighting, the Xinhua artillery and the Hannu artillery are two different things.

The artillery of the Han people can continue to bombard, even if there is an interval, the time is very short.The four 'Invincible Generals' on the fort on the wall were afraid of being blown up, so they were weak in fighting.

Mang Gurtai personally scolded it. He didn't believe that the gun barrel was too hot, so he reached out and touched it. The blisters on his palm proved that the Hannu gunner was not lying.

But now even suffering in the Tunbing Cave is not an option.Across the thick wall, the gunpowder magazine can be blown up by the opponent's lob.Mangurtai couldn't think of such a thing even if he wanted to break his head.

After the shock wave dissipated, this Lord Baylor came out of the soldier cave with his face covered in ashes, and it seemed like a lifetime before his eyes.

Hundreds of barrels of black powder, each weighing ten kilograms.The purchase of these gunpowder and heavy artillery has exhausted the gold and silver that Hetuala has plundered in recent years.

Now they're all blown up and turned into fly ash.

After closing the wall, smoke and dust filled the air, a scene of doomsday.The ground is full of dusty ruins, occasionally shaking figures, like lonely ghosts.The debris that fell from the sky was like rain, except for gravel and mud, it was blood sausage and rotten meat.

A lot of mud fell on Mangurtai's face, and when he wiped it with his hand, it was mixed with blood.His ears were buzzing, he staggered around, and found that the entire pass was beyond recognition.

After closing the wall, there is a big hole, the floating soil in the hole is smoking, and there is a circle around the hole.All the surrounding houses collapsed, not a single tile remained.Mang Gurtai stared at the pit in a daze, unaware that the morale of his subordinates had collapsed, and a large number of them fled.

The tartar thought that the defense he had exhausted his painstaking efforts to persist for several months would be no problem, but no one thought that he would not be able to sustain it for a day.After the gunpowder magazine exploded, no matter the real Tartars or the coated slaves, they were all dazed and wandering around like flies.

"It's over, it's over."

"The sky is going to kill me, and I can't hide from it."

"Father Khan has worked hard for decades, and it was completely destroyed in one day."

After being absent-minded for a long time, Mang Gurtai sat down behind the wall, his face dull.He has disappeared with the guards, and there is no one guarding him.Occasionally someone passed by him, at most took a glance, picked up some valuables, and fled away.

There were also Han slaves who fell from the top of the wall and surrendered to the Xinhua Expeditionary Army.It's just that the door opening in the wall was blocked, so Zhou Qingfeng ordered the scouts of his team to take a ladder and climb a rope to confirm the situation.

Not long after, the scout reported that there was a mess after closing the wall, and no one resisted.

It is true that the Tartar gunpowder depot was improperly arranged and was detonated by artillery fire.Heshuo Beilemangurtai, who was guarding the place from the Tartars, was sitting on the edge of the explosion pit, foolish, and has been captured alive.

The situation caused a lot of embarrassment, and the military team laughed and said that the team "Old Master" had another living specimen of interrogation.

So more expeditionary soldiers climbed the wall and entered the pass, captured prisoners, collected weapons, and cleaned the door openings.In order to reduce resistance, Zhou Qingfeng has allowed the Jurchen of the Jianzhou Department to surrender to save their lives.

From Abdali Gang to Hetuala, the straight line is more than [-] kilometers.Although there is still a long distance, there are no barriers along the way.

The Huangtai class narrowly escaped from the explosion of the gunpowder depot, and rushed to Hetuala with the remaining five or six servants.

After running for more than a dozen miles, this man was crying on horseback.When he returned all the way to the capital of Dajin, he looked back, but the last few servants were also missing.

The Xinhua Expeditionary Team did not station at Abdali Gang, and continued to set off after gathering the surrendered troops.When the striker arrived at the bank of the Suzi River, a team came from the direction of Hetuala and ran out to surrender unconditionally to the Xinhua team.

The leader of the team was an unknown soldier, who said that yesterday when the Huangtai class came back from defeat, the city was in chaos.All the predictions of Da Bei Le Dai Shan have all come to nothing, the Eight Banners and the Bulls refused to obey orders, let alone wait to die in the city.

The hidden danger of the Dajin Kingdom growing stronger by annexing other ministries broke out violently.Last night, someone in the city wanted to escape and take refuge, but the hard-core members of the Jianzhou Department refused to allow it, so a fight broke out.

After fighting all night, Khan's palace was breached, and the ministries confirmed that Nurha was naked and dying of a serious disease.People from various ministries withdrew one after another for fear of getting sick, and sent people to report to Xinhua after dawn.

Facing the trembling messenger who was kneeling in front of him, Zhou Qingfeng turned his head and whispered to Chen Ding and the others: "I remember, it was the same when Daming was finished. Before the city was broken, the emperor was not dead, and the dead officials descended first."

Chen Ding smiled wryly and ordered people to accept the surrender.

The 'Holy Light' team struggled for a while, and their interest faded in the end.Everyone was very unconvinced—how could such a rotten group of barbarian robbers overthrow Daming?

It can only be said that although Daming is big, his bones are even worse.

The Xinhua expedition did not enter the city, but only asked the people in the city to come out and surrender.Except for Aixinjueluo's family, others can be let go.So the rebellious Jurchen ministries in the city came out one after another, dragging Nurhachi's family out by the way.

The old slave fell on the stretcher, tortured by anthrax with his last breath left.Zhou Qingfeng covered his nose and glanced over, then ordered Hetuala to be burned in front of the other party.

The capital of Dajin is a mountain city above the flat ground, with a small area and mostly wooden buildings inside.It is completely different from the so-called "historical and cultural sites" that later governments spent money to rebuild with bricks and stones.

When the inner city was on fire and the flames soared into the sky, the dying old slave suddenly opened his eyes and sat up on the stretcher, waving his arms wildly, and screaming, incomprehensible.After a while, he collapsed powerlessly, already dying.

As for the old servants, they were all taken away by the expedition team—Ming history experts named them, and said that they wanted to study and research, and they could write a few more papers, and they must not be killed randomly.

The military team read about the concubines and concubines in the harem, and informed their companions in Songjiang in a telegram in advance—it was just a group of village women.Abahai is also among them, but it doesn't matter who it is, anyway, it can prevent pregnancy.

After arresting the old slave's family and burning Hetuala, Zhou Qingfeng went back home. Everyone in the military team had no objections, and the task was completed.

This attitude stunned the leaders of the Jurchen ministries—you have come all this way to fight and kill, just to do this?

Zhou Qingfeng left half a sentence when he left, "We are not interested in ruling you, we just want to chop some wood. You...fend for yourself."

Chapter 50

"Come all the way here just to burn down a ruined village?"

"Are we going straight to Huanglong? We haven't killed many Tartars."

"Come to Liaodong in the ice and snow, just keep marching and marching, I feel that I have lost a lot."

"It's a pity that the girls here are not as good as our Jiangnan's Shuiling, otherwise you can bring a few. When I was in Aiyangbao, the local fellows wanted to marry their daughters to me. No bride price, as many as you want."

"You're bragging! The company commander and the military police are so strict, they are all like tigers. How can you see a fellow from Liaodong? You can marry as many people as you like. You married in a dream, right?"

The Xinhua Expeditionary Team came with high morale, split up the unified Jurchen ministries, and then went home singing songs.The soldiers laughed and laughed along the way, not taking the battle seriously.

Before the war, the leaders at all levels said that the task of the Northern Expedition was heavy, the conditions were harsh, and the enemy was strong.But after fighting a few battles, they found that the opponent was just like that. The barbarians were tough and brutal, and they lied to ghosts!

Not enough to eat, not warm to wear, just a bunch of poor ghosts.

Xinhua's cook can capture two companies from the forest with a knock on the rice bucket.How can a person who has nothing become so violent?This world has never seen a poor ghost who can really play tricks.

Zhou Qingfeng also felt quite boring, as if hitting the air with all his strength.There is still a year to go, and the task has not yet been declared over.

The people in the military team were also full of ideas, always thinking about doing something else.But at this time, Qin Qing, who was staying in Songjiang, sent a telegram saying that the Ming cabinet had stabilized and that he would finally be free to deal with the Xinhua rebels in Songjiang.

The newly enthroned Emperor Taichang said, "Songjiang has fallen, and the generals will lose their teachers, which will damage our great tomorrow's prestige. If the place is not prepared for defense, it cannot be blocked in the face of battle. If it is neglected, there is no escape.

Today, 20 stipends are distributed to various towns, and Xuanda, Shanxi, Yanning, and Gangu are urged to recruit [-] troops.He worshiped Yang Gao, the Liaodong economic strategist, as the right servant of the Ministry of War, and restrained generals such as Li Rubai, Juniper, and Liu Ting, and dedicated himself to attacking bandits and thieves. "

Seeing the news, Zhou Qingfeng let out a oops.

The group of 'Sarhu' did not fight Nurhachi, but Xinhua instead.

The military team hadn't figured out how to respond, and the "Old Master" in Songjiang was the first to jump out and shout, "Zhu Ming has no virtue, and Shenzhou is dark. Now that Xinhua is rising, we should clean up the world and reshape China.

The party involved in one of the "Three Major Cases" in the late Ming Dynasty was Zhu Changluo, the current emperor of Taichang.Such a mysterious case has plagued historians of all dynasties, and Zhu Changluo was arrested to ask about the case, do you think it is okay?

In addition, the "Hongwan Case" is about to happen, and several of the suspects are still alive. If we get the people in advance, it will also help to solve the case.Ladies and gentlemen, these are all first-hand historical materials, don't let them go! "

Dazed.