Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

At the same time, there were more than two hundred Ming army infantry who seemed to be carrying a big hammer, and ran out of the hollow position in the middle of the four battalion-level formations with a diamond-shaped layout. Facing the Barhu cavalry, two rows of sparse formations were formed. The front row half-kneeled and carried a sledgehammer on their shoulders, and the back row held a torch. The Ming army went forward and lit something with a torch...

It's the Rocket Hammer!

Anzhuhu suddenly remembered that the Ming army had a "small rocket" that could be launched by a single soldier on his shoulders.Although this thing uses gunpowder as propellant, the "hammer head" is filled with sugar powder!

As soon as he thought of this, flames and smoke burst out from the tails of the rocket hammers on people's shoulders, and then all the hammer heads flew out, drawing arcs in the air, and then flew towards Barhu Group of cavalry.

Anzhuhu immediately knew something was wrong, and quickly pulled the reins hard to rein in the war horse under his crotch!

However, he could save himself, but he couldn't save the Balhu cavalry under him.

The Ming army fired more than a hundred rocket hammers at a time. This thing is powerful and flies far. As long as one-third of it explodes, the Baal Lake cavalry under his command will suffer heavy losses!

But Anzhuhu knew that it was too late for the Balhu cavalry under his command to escape, and now he just prayed for God's blessing, so that the Baerhu cavalry would not suffer too much loss.

As soon as he thought of this, the more than one hundred hammerheads had already flown over a distance of dozens of steps, and landed on the only way for the Balhu cavalry to advance.

Those Baerhu cavalry didn't know what happened at all, even if they knew, they didn't react so quickly... Not long after the hammer fell to the ground, the Baerhu cavalry who had prepared their bows and arrows stepped into the area where the hammerheads concentrated and landed .

"Retreat, retreat quickly..."

An Zhuhu, who had already reined in his horses, shouted loudly, wanting these cavalry to come back later, but the battlefield with two or three thousand horses galloping was so noisy that no one heard them at all!

But before the shouting from Anzhuhu Lake dissipated, the "hammer heads" that fell on the ground exploded one after another, turning into a cloud of fireworks, and the fragments of the hammer heads and the projectiles filled inside the hammer heads also followed the explosion. Explosions turned into life-threatening blades, flying around, ruthlessly slashing across the human body and the body of the war horse.The screams of horses and riders rang out, and there were horses and people who were killed, wounded and fell to the ground everywhere. The cavalry in the rear slowed down to avoid it, and some cavalry couldn't dodge it in time, and ran into the wounded and frightened horses.

The Balhu cavalry suddenly became a mess.

"Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw..."

Anzhuhu opened his throat and shouted, and a trumpeter who followed him also reacted and began to blow the horn to retreat.

But without waiting for the confused Barhu cavalry to react, the more than two hundred grenadiers who came up with "iron fists" fired a second wave of "hammerheads"... Immediately afterwards, Ming, who was standing still, The column of the barracks suddenly began to approach the Baerhu cavalry who were blown up and down in a mess by two rounds of "iron fist explosions" amidst the rapid sound of drums!

The infantry can actually use the "iron fist" they carry with them to match the array of spears and flintlocks to defeat the roaring cavalry!

Zhu Heqi, who was watching the battle behind a low wall, also saw this scene from a distance, and was also a little stunned. The wars in the "Sugar Age" are really different from the wars in the original history.

The day when nomads can sing and dance well, won't come early, will it?

……

"Your Majesty, let's celebrate..."

"Your Majesty, this servant also thinks that this battle was well fought, now it's time to accept it!"

"That's right, I've won everything, so it doesn't make much sense to stay here in Seoul..."

In the mountain city of Xingzhou, Kangxi, who came down from the watchtower and took a nap in his clothes, was suddenly woken up by someone, and then he heard someone urging him to accept it as soon as he was good, and play a good class teacher.Okay, why are you going to play the teacher?Where will the class teacher move back to?

Kangxi was shocked: what happened?This feeling... so familiar!

Chapter 561 Your Majesty, Times Have Changed!

Feeling the breath of failure, Kangxi's drowsiness disappeared without a trace. He rubbed his eyes quickly, and then looked again, and found that there was Tong Guogang among the people who advised him to accept as soon as he was good.

This scared Emperor Kangxi into a cold sweat. He pointed at Tong Guogang and said, "Tong, Tong Guogang, why are you back? Could it be that... you are about to lose again?"

Tong Guogang hurriedly lifted his robe and knelt down, and replied: "The emperor is holy!"

Emperor Kangxi's heart sank: Is this also holy?Can't I just faint for a while?

"Your Majesty," Tong Guogang kowtowed to Kangxi again, and said, "It's too late to accept it now. If you don't accept it now, you will really lose if you continue to fight! And even if you are undefeated on the battlefield, you are actually defeated. !"

"You, what did you say?" Kangxi was at a loss.

Tong Guogang is the uncle of the country and Kangxi's most trusted member of his family, so he dared to speak out, otherwise Tu Hai and Fei Yanggu would not have let him go back to Xingzhou Mountain City to persuade Kangxi to withdraw his troops...

"Your Majesty, although the seven or eight thousand Ming troops besieged by us are mainly Korean soldiers, they are very difficult to fight!"

Kangxi's face turned blue when he heard this, "What? The Korean soldiers are not easy to fight? Back then..."

Tong Guogang sighed and said: "Your Majesty, don't mention the past... In the past, we relied on our Eight Banners warriors' invincible bows and horses and superb martial arts skills. But now we rely on a fire stick to fight each other. , You can’t even hide, the real thing is to kill one thousand enemies and lose [-]! Don’t say [-], just give a discount, and you can’t lose [-]! How many of our Eight Banners are there? How many are they Koreans? ? You can’t change it like this!”

Kangxi understood immediately!Can he not understand?If he didn't understand, he would have given flintlock guns to the green battalion soldiers below in history-don't think that this thing is so high-tech, in fact, Emperor Kangxi's Hall of Mental Cultivation could have been built long ago.Of course, the flintlock guns made by the manufacturing office were all for Kangxi to play with rabbits. How could Emperor Kangxi not know the magical effect of flintlock guns?This thing is designed to defeat the heavenly soldiers!

"Then use bombardment!" Kangxi was still unwilling to "take it as soon as it is good", "add some more General Weiyuan cannons, and bombard them with sugar bullets!"

Tong Guogang still shook his head: "Your Majesty, it's too late... The rebel's reinforcements are about to break through Mr. Ba's block and join the trapped rebels!"

"What?" Kangxi was surprised again, "How is this possible? Their cavalry is so powerful?"

Tong Guogang shook his head: "It's not cavalry, it's infantry! The infantry of the rebels marched in a column with rocket hammers, and surrounded the surrounding area with spearmen. When our cavalry approached, they blasted with hundreds of rocket hammers. If you follow their way, you will suffer heavy losses!

General Bahaiba had no choice but to harass him with a small team of light cavalry.But there are many sharpshooters in the rebel infantry, and the harassment of the small team of Qingqi can't take advantage of it at all. "

After Kangxi listened to Tong Guogang's words, there was a burst of golden stars in front of his eyes!

He originally thought that the battle of Seoul was a sure thing. Even if a large number of enemies could not be wiped out, the Ming army could be forced to abandon Seoul and retreat to Asan.According to the information obtained before, the Ming army has been operating Asan, Lishan, Dangjin and other places since the landing, and it is clear that they want to use them as the base to control North Korea.If the Ming army is unfavorable in the battle in Seoul, it should withdraw to Asan soon.

Unexpectedly, the "low-sugar Qing army" that he worked hard for three years to pull up still couldn't beat the "high-sugar Ming army"...even if half of the soldiers in this "high-sugar Ming army" were enlisted soon Korean soldiers!

Moreover, Kangxi also discovered another gap that is more difficult to overcome than the "sugar content", that is, the population!

His Qing Dynasty had a small population, and adopted the Eight Banners-based system. The real core strength is the population of 90 million new Eight Banners.The total population of Pseudo-Ming is close to 3000 million. After the merger of North Korea's South Five Provinces, the population may be 600 million.If the entire North Korea is further merged, the population will not be far from 4000 million!

What's worse is that Daming doesn't engage in old-fashioned bannerman soldiers, but uses the method of equalizing the land to recruit all the strong men as a source of soldiers.

A population of 4000 million is almost 1000 million, and the number of 90 million banner people is more than 20.

More than 20 beat 1000 million, and there are no "heavenly soldiers" yet. Isn't this the end of the Qing Dynasty?

Thinking of the end... Kangxi's pockmarked face has regained his calm, and his tone of voice has also regained his calm when he spoke again.

"It's getting late now, it's not time to fight. I will pass on my order that all armies will retreat and return to the camp...the infantry will retreat first, and the cavalry will be in the rear. Then pass an order to Wang Fuchen in Beihan Mountain, asking him to take the majority of banners, Discuss the suspicious soldiers widely, and the main force of our troops also retreated to the Changlingchuan camp."

"Emperor Shengming!"

Kangxi is really a master!

Several Qing officials who came together to persuade Kangxi to "accept as soon as he is good" all sincerely said flattery at this time.

Kangxi's skill in using soldiers is indeed getting better and better!Although he still can't defeat the Ming army...but that's not a problem of craftsmanship, but that the times have changed.

Now wars have to fight population and sugar content.Daming has an absolute advantage in both aspects!

Therefore, although Kangxi's performance in the Battle of Seoul was remarkable, it was still difficult to win.

But retreating now is not a loss, and the Ming army will probably not pursue it... Their cavalry is too weak, and they can't catch up even if they want to.

And now that winter is coming, the backbone of the Ming army is all southerners who are afraid of the cold, so it is impossible to launch a continuous onslaught in the harsh winter of North Korea.

Therefore, Kangxi still has time to transfer the population and materials of North Korea's three provinces to prepare for the long-term resistance to the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, the important ministers of Emperor Kangxi wanted to kowtow and resign to arrange a "good harvest".But the enlightened lord suddenly laughed, startling all the important ministers, everyone raised their heads and stared at him blankly.

Kangxi smiled and said: "I almost forgot, I still have a decisive victory in Dengzhou! Dengzhou is the back route of the rebels who have penetrated into Liaodong. Once Dengzhou is owned by me, tens of thousands of people who landed in Liaodong The Ming army will become a lone army, and sooner or later it will be destroyed by the heavenly soldiers! As long as the Deng and Liao thieves are wiped out, the Southern and Northern Dynasties can still be maintained!"

When several important officials heard these words, they also showed expressions of anticipation.

Dengzhou...should be an empty door, right?

……

When Kangxi said this, heavy snow was falling on the Yellow River on the Shandong Peninsula.

The Huangshui River is located in Huangxian County, Terengganu Prefecture. It originates from the mountains of Laiwu. The river is not very wide and the current is not too fast, but it has not been frozen due to the cold weather.

A pontoon bridge, it's time to call it a day.Busy soldiers of the Qing army were gathering at the head of the bridge, tying, tying, beating and beating. It was very lively.

This is the ferry for the elite Qing army led by Yue Le and Chang Ning to raid Dengzhou.

Ever since Zhu Tianwang occupied half of Dengzhou Prefecture, the Huangshui River has become a boundary river between the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the west of Dengzhou, and the east bank of the river is the jurisdiction of Daming Dengzhou Prefecture!

However, Zhu Tianwang was not interested in the development and deployment of the area to the west of Dengzhou Prefecture, so he simply turned this area into a "basically no man's land". Tao is still an important business road.On weekdays, there are endless merchants and merchants, and there are also ready-made bridges to pass through.

However, as the Ming army sent troops from Dengzhou to conquer Liao, the official road leading to Huang County from Dengzhou Prefecture was deserted, and even the bridge was quietly set on fire by the Ming army.

However, the alert in Dengzhou seems to have come to an end, and there is no further defense. The other side of the Yellow River is still quiet, and life in the city outside Dengzhou seems to be as usual.War seems to be very far away from this "city of freedom".

But at this moment, an elite Qing army of 2 people had sneaked into the territory of Dengzhou Prefecture without anyone noticing, and even built this pontoon bridge across the two banks of the Yellow River!

Chapter 562 City of Liberty?City of Selfishness?

"Prince An, Prince Gong, you two just relax! Although Dengzhou's outer walls, inner city, water city, and Danya Mountain are as strong as iron walls, no matter how strong Dengzhou is, it can't stop it. The Heavenly Soldiers who live in the Qing Dynasty. The reason lies in the people! Those who can guard Dengzhou are now transferred to Liaodong. , ready to slide and run at any time. How can this person live and die with Dengzhou? Once the heavenly soldiers arrive, they will have no time to run, how can they be willing to live and die with Dengzhou? As soon as our army arrives at the city, Dengzhou It’s too late for those people to escape!”

The one who was speaking ill of Dengzhou to Yue Le and Chang Ning was Cao Yin, the son of Emperor Kangxi's nanny... He witnessed the Ming army boarding a ship and leaving Dengzhou, and then went straight to Jinan—Prince An, Yue Le and Gong Prince Chang Ning had been there long ago, and had brought [-] elite soldiers with him.

Although according to Kangxi's instructions, they should mobilize more troops to attack Dengzhou.But firstly, it takes time to gather a large army; secondly, the dispatch of 10,000+ army is too dynamic, which will lose the suddenness.

So the battle-tested Yue Le asked Chang Ning to bring 1 people to join him in Jinan first, and he himself brought 1 people, and at the same time, he deployed troops with great fanfare to create the illusion that the Qing army was still on the way.

Of course, the secret work of the Ming army is not vegetarian.They didn't know what was going on in Jinan, and Huang County, which was all in Dengzhou Prefecture, was bound to be under their strict surveillance.

Although Yue Le and Chang Ning had arranged for the Mongolian cavalry recruited from Monan and the host Mongolia to arrive at Huang County early in the morning, and then set up defenses along the Yellow River, they were allowed to enter and not allowed to leave.However, Huang County is facing the sea, and the Ming army's meticulous work still has a way to send the news of the Qing army's arrival in Huang County to Dengzhou. At most, it will only delay some time.

Knowing that their time was limited, Yue Le and Chang Ning seemed very anxious. When the construction of the pontoon bridge on the Yellow River started, they went to the construction site by the river and refused to leave. The state is not easy to fight, and they know how powerful the new Ming army is!

On the contrary, Cao Yin, who led the way for the two of them, seemed confident. He had been lurking in Dengzhou with his father Cao Xi for some time, and he knew too well what was under the glamorous appearance of Dengzhou City?

Of course there are people who can fight in Dengzhou, otherwise it would not be enough to gain a foothold on the coast of Shandong Peninsula under the watchful eyes of the Qing army.

But those who can fight are either waterworkers from Tongzhou or peasant children recruited locally in Shandong.Most of them must have followed to Liaodong.Those who are still staying in Dengzhou are probably masters who are fooling around, or servants of those nobles who want to leave a way out in Dengzhou.

How could they be willing to live and die with Dengzhou?Most of their money has been deposited in the Penglai Bank, and some of them have bought land bonds in Liaodong... Although they still have real estate in Dengzhou, it is not enough to risk their lives for the house.

Seeing Cao Yin's confidence, Yue Le and Chang Ning seemed less anxious than before. The two looked at Cao Yin in tacit understanding, and opened their mouths one after the other.

"Cao Yin, what you said has some truth... Although the outline of the Dengzhou city is strong, it is useless if there are no dead men who are willing to die with the city."

"Cao Yin, then King Ben and King Gong will give you a chance. Later, you and Shuo Dai will lead a Mongolian warrior who participated in the leadership, and how about going to the city disguised as fleeing farmers?"

Cao Yin is now at a young age, and of course he wants to make contributions to the Qing Dynasty. Hearing this, he quickly knelt down to Yue Le and Chang Ning, and patted his chest to promise: "You two princes, don't worry, even if your slaves are smashed to pieces, you will definitely die." Snatch a city gate for the masters!"

Both Yue Le and Chang Ning nodded in satisfaction - there are not many good servants like Cao Yin now!

As the sky gradually brightened, the pontoon bridge finally reached the east bank of the Yellow River.The infantry of the Qing army in the brigade is already forming a team, ready to cross the pontoon bridge and reach the city of Dengzhou at any time, to seize this selfish city full of selfishness and desire.

These Qing army infantry are also the same as the troops brought to North Korea by Kangxi. They are "semi-modern infantry" equipped with a large number of flintlock guns and adopt the tactics of queuing and shooting. Moreover, they also carry Weiyuan weapons that are enough to destroy the city wall of Dengzhou. General guns and sugar powder firearms!

Yue Le and Chang Ning were riding on horseback. Both of them stood at the front of the team, witnessing Cao Yin and Shuo Dai dressed as farmers leading thousands of simple Mongolian Han to cross the pontoon bridge and head east. .

The mount under Yue Le's crotch also seemed to feel the master's restlessness, and kept neighing in a low voice.Chang Ning seemed to be much calmer. He glanced at Yue Le, who had a gloomy face, and said with a smile: "Uncle Huang, you don't have any acquaintances in Dengzhou City, do you? Do you want to tell the people below?"

Yue Le is a prince with "excellent health". Historically, he has given birth to 23 sons and [-] daughters... Although the survival rate is not high, most of them died young, but where is the base number!

In addition, these more than 40 are still counted in the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.According to Chang Ning's knowledge, this imperial uncle is quite beautiful, and he has seven or eight outhouses in the outer city of Beijing, so how many children are not accounted for, and where they are now, is a mystery!

Hearing what Chang Ning said, Yue Le also snorted, and replied: "King Gong, I have a lot of acquaintances, and you also have a lot of acquaintances, right? There are many acquaintances from Yangzhou and North Korea, right? It's Shi Lang, Fu Honglie and Did Zhou Peigong introduce you to each other?"

Chang Ning laughed, "Uncle Huang, look at this..."

Yue Le snorted: "We are Aixinjueluo after all, we must do things worthy of our ancestors!

Besides, what Zhu Cijiong earns is money to keep people safe..."

Chang Ning nodded: "My nephew understands what uncle Huang said!"

After saying this, he turned his head abruptly, looked at the neatly lined up group of soldiers behind him, suddenly raised his whip, pointed in the direction of Dengzhou City, and shouted: "Send troops, target... Dengzhou City!"

Then he gave the horse under his crotch a whip, and rushed out first.Yue Le followed closely behind him with a sullen face.Following the orders issued by the leaders of the Qing army, the soldiers of the brigade, carrying flintlock guns, matchlock guns and long guns, rushed to the bridge, crossed the Yellow River, and headed straight for the outer wall of Dengzhou City in the winter morning light. !

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When the sky finally brightened, Princess Daming Kunxing was already in the inner city of Dengzhou, handling government affairs in her princess mansion.

During this time, Zhu Tianwang was in Nanjing, so the real boss here in Dengzhou was actually the one-armed princess of Emperor Chongzhen.

And there are so many government affairs that need her to handle!

These days, Dengzhou City has become the rear of the [-] conscripts from Liaodong. There are countless supplies that have to be pulled from the warehouses in the inner city of Dengzhou and the water city, and then shipped to the ice and snow of Liaodong.

In addition, Liaodong still needs a large number of peasants... That piece of land has been abandoned for too long, so now there are endless big jobs!

In addition to transporting things and people to Liaodong, Dengzhou City itself also has a lot of things to deal with.

One is the continuous influx of refugees into Dengzhou!

During this period of time, the four states and counties belonging to Dengzhou in the Ming Dynasty were spreading the news that the Qing army was about to invade... It was very scary, saying that 20 Qing soldiers were coming to Dengzhou to kill people and set fire to them, scaring people outside Dengzhou city The farmers all dragged their families to Dengzhou City—after all, the city walls of Dengzhou City looked very reliable!

And these people have to find a way to help them, and now the rare is the most precious!It is best to manage them, they are all valuable labor.

The second is that rumors are rampant in Dengzhou City, and people's hearts are unstable.

Before the Ming army set off from Dengzhou, everyone was worried that Pingliao's debts would fall into waste paper, and the gossip at that time was all around Pingliao.