Mission system: The ultimate class begins

Chapter 679

As early as after setting off, Lin Yang had learned about the situation of Shanhaiguan in advance. As the last pass to defend the nomads in the north, Shanhaiguan built a very tall and strong wall to the outside world.

But internally, although the city wall on the side facing Beijing is also very strong, it is not as tall as the external side. In addition, there are enough siege equipment in this expedition.

In order to prevent the Jurchen tribe from coming to support, Lin Yang directly issued an order to attack the city, hoping to capture Shanhaiguan in one go.

However, the first few attacks did not go smoothly. The defenders in the pass relied on firearms and relied on the favorable terrain to fight back from a high position. It was difficult for the soldiers to attack the city wall.

In just two hours, Lin Yang lost one-tenth of his people.

In the end, Lin Yang had no choice but to order the troops to retreat, and then ordered people to launch mountain cannons and fire them at the tower.

Although the mountain cannons at this time were also firearms, to put it bluntly, they were projecting ignited bombs.

Although the range and accuracy are not high, the lethality is still good.

Three rounds of volleys came down, killing a lot of enemy troops. Seeing how fierce Lin Yang's artillery fire was, the remaining people hid.

Through the telescope, I saw that no enemy troops were visible on the city wall.

Lin Yang once again ordered the soldiers to attack the city under the cover of artillery fire. At the same time, the siege vehicles were pushed out and headed towards the city gate.

With the cover of artillery fire, the soldiers on our side reached the bottom of the city wall effortlessly and set up a ladder.

It was at this time that Lin Yang asked people to stop the bombardment to avoid accidentally injuring his own people.

When they heard the artillery fire stop, the hiding defenders also came out of the bunker. But when they returned to the city wall again, many soldiers had already climbed onto the city wall.

The firearms of the late Ming Dynasty were still flintlock guns, which required refilling ammunition and gunpowder after each shot.

Being approached by soldiers holding sharp blades, the musketeers had little ability to resist, and for a while the city wall became a one-sided massacre.

Of course, the defenders in the pass also reacted quickly. When they learned that the enemy had attacked the city wall, they quickly gathered many soldiers wearing armor and holding long knives and spears to mount the city wall to resist.

Lin Yang here saw that the city wall had become a mess, and immediately ordered the entire army to attack and capture Shanhaiguan.

As the siege vehicles advanced to the city gate and the gate was broken down, Lin Yang directly led the army behind him into the pass.

In half a day, Shanhaiguan was captured directly.

When Wu Sangui learned about the city's destruction, he fled directly from the north gate to northern Liaoning.

I believe that his fate will not be good in the future. After all, losing Shanhaiguan means that Wu Sangui has no use value.

As long as Dorgon is not stupid, he will definitely not keep the promise he made to the other party.

After cleaning the battlefield, Lin Yang directly ordered people to go back to Beijing to report the battle situation to Li Zicheng.

He stayed behind in case the Jurchen tribe suddenly moved south.

When the news came back to Beijing, the Manchu civil and military officials and Li Zicheng were overjoyed. While issuing an order to recall Lin Yang, they also dispatched [-] troops to garrison at Shanhaiguan.

The person leading the army this time was a close associate of Li Zicheng.

After all, this place is an important level to resist the invasion of aliens. Naturally, only by keeping the control in his own hands can he feel at ease.

In the final analysis, Li Zicheng was still worried about Lin Yang, fearing that the other party would turn against him one day. If he joined forces with the Jurchen tribe, his Dashun would be destroyed.

Lin Yang also understood this, so after the person who took over arrived, he readily handed over his military power and returned to Beijing to resume his duties.

In the next year, Dashun entered into a period of recuperation.

After accumulating enough strength, he divided his army into three groups and marched south to quell the chaos.

Lin Yang led an army of 8 to Guangdong, regaining the territory in the Zhejiang and Hu areas along the way.

Compared to others, his reputation in this world is very high.When taking back Suzhou, they didn't even use a single soldier, and the other side simply chose to surrender.

The reason is that Lin Yang's decision to go north to capture Shanhaiguan a year ago was praised by people all over the world.

China is weak, and the Jurchen tribe is eyeing the land of China. They all understand this.

In their view, even if the Ming Dynasty falls, the land of China is still in the hands of the Han people and must not fall into the hands of foreigners.

Lin Yang was able to convince Li Zicheng to give up the territory within easy reach and instead go north to capture Shanhaiguan.

This is a righteous move and is naturally followed by others.

Therefore, when the Suzhou prefect learned that Lin Yangbing had arrived in Suzhou, he chose to surrender without thinking.

But when the news reached Li Zicheng's ears, he couldn't be happy at all. Instead, he frowned.

He was struggling in his heart. Lin Yang was so loved by everyone in the world, and this had a great impact on his throne.

Moreover, Lin Yang had followed him over the years, conquering cities and territories, and made many military exploits. In addition, he captured Shanhaiguan last time and guarded the throat of the Central Plains. There were faint signs of his achievements being greater than his master's.

From ancient times to the present, few people who have achieved great success and are proud of their power have ended well.

Therefore, after regaining the Guangdong army and returning to the court, Lin Yang noticed the change in Li Zicheng's attitude towards him and understood what was going on. So before giving rewards based on his merits, he deliberately did something that violated military discipline.

Letting Li Zicheng punish him would be regarded as deducting his own merit.

The former is also a smart man and knows Lin Yang's intention of doing this.

He had originally had murderous intentions, but suddenly he no longer had such thoughts.

Lin Yang is very good at life and very smart.

He was able to detect clues from Li Zicheng's attitude towards him and take action.

This is actually very suitable for Li Zicheng.

If you don't take credit and are arrogant, you will make small mistakes to reduce your own merits when your achievements are great. This also indirectly releases the message that I have no intention of treason.

I wonder who wouldn't like such a minister.

After thinking about it, Li Zicheng did not embarrass Lin Yang and reduced Lin Yang's reward.

With his merits, he could have been ranked lower than one person and higher than ten thousand people, but in the end he only got the position of Guangzhou Governor.

Many people felt sorry for Lin Yangming, but he didn't care much about it. This position far away from the court was what he wanted.

This gave him an opportunity for self-development, because he knew that the Jurchen tribe would not give up. They had been coveting the Central Plains for a long time and would sooner or later go south.

Coupled with the fact that the old party of the Ming Dynasty is stirring up trouble among the people, the world will be in chaos sooner or later.

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