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Chapter 806
On the frontal battlefield of Shimen Mountain, the progress of Wu Sangui's troops in Ningyuan Town was relatively smooth, although they had not yet broken through the key defense line of the Qing army.

But fortunately, with the support of the artillery team of the Shenji Battalion, relying on the blessing of the red cannons all the way, especially the poisonous and smoke bombs fired by the mortars, they easily advanced to the foot of Shimen Mountain.

However, after successfully capturing the Qing army's position at the foot of the mountain, they were hindered in the process of continuing to attack the mountain.

Although the slopes at the southern foot of Shimen Mountain are relatively gentle, as the terrain gets higher and higher, the Hongyi cannons can no longer move forward, and can only carry those small mortars and tiger crouching cannons forward.

Everything on their side was done step by step, and only when they took down the foot of the mountain and started to really attack the mountain did they encounter strong resistance.

But thanks to the excellent operation of the gunners of the Shenji Battalion, the tiger squatting guns and mortar guns are most suitable for fighting on this terrain. The only disadvantage is that the caliber is too small and the power is not great.

However, there were dangers along the way.

At that time, not long after the artillery formation of the Qing army in Niangniang Temple was captured, the officers and soldiers of Ningyuan Town were attacking all the way forward. As the commander-in-chief, Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan Town, accompanied Chen Jiugao, the commander-in-chief of the Shenji Battalion, chatting and laughing happily on the platform of the Central Army.

The two of them were born as playboys, so they got along very well naturally, and they felt like they hated seeing each other later.

In fact, Chen Jiugao still likes Wu Sangui very much, whether it is his style of conversation, knowledge, or even his current status, as well as the background behind him, they are all first-class.

As long as he doesn't quarrel with Zhang Cheng, Chen Jiugao will naturally stand with him. Looking at the current generals in Liaodong, apart from Zhang Cheng, Wu Sangui may be the only one who can fall into his eyes.

By the way, there is another person who gets along well with him, and that is Datong General Soldier Wang Pu.

Returning to the main text of the book, let’s return to the main topic. Just as Wu Sangui and Chen Jiugao were talking and laughing while pointing at Shimen Mountain, a group of Manchurian Zhengbai Banner soldiers rushed from nowhere.

The gunners on the artillery array in front have always been concentrating on firing, but they have never seen such a situation, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so they panicked immediately.

Fortunately, there was a group of Ningyuan Town soldiers guarding them. They came in time to block these Tartars.

Chen Jiugao also stood up suddenly, his face was full of horror, he pointed to the front and shouted: "Wu...General Wu...Hurry up...Hurry up and protect the soldiers..."

Wu Sangui was also frightened. The reason why he was like this was firstly because he didn't know where this band of Tartars came from; secondly, he thought that if this band of Tartars could surprise the artillery formation, they could also surprise his own army.

Besides, he also felt sorry for Chen Jiugao, after all, he had already uttered a lot of big words just now, and with his own army charging forward, he would never hurt the brothers in the Shenji Battalion in the slightest, and would not even be frightened , as long as you can shoot with peace of mind.

Now such a thing happened, how could Wu Sangui not be angry, he raised his big foot, stepped heavily on the chair he was sitting on just now, and reached out his hand to take out a bamboo stick from the shaft of his boot.

Wu Sangui just glanced at it, and then shouted: "Duan Xiaoshi, go and kill those tartars for me!"

A young but very strong young man immediately jumped up outside the general's platform of the Chinese army. He caught the flying bamboo stick and replied loudly: "Yes."

Duan Xiaoshi strode away, heard him yelling for a while, and rushed towards the artillery formation two hundred paces away with less than a hundred young men who were also strong and strong.

According to rumors, Wu Sangui hid soldiers in his boots. Chen Jiugao was shocked to see Wu Sangui in person today. He forgot for a moment the safety of the soldiers in the battalion in front of the artillery.

Surprised Chen Jiugao stared at Wu Sangui's boots, and asked: "I heard about it earlier, General Changbo's boots hide soldiers. I can see it in person today, the rumors are true!"

He took two steps forward and asked again: "However, how does General Changbo know which general's name is on the bamboo stick?"

"Hahaha……"

Wu Sangui laughed heartily.

After laughing, he put his foot on the chair again, and pulled out a bamboo stick from the boot shaft again. This time, he didn't order anyone to fight, but handed it to Chen Jiugao.

He said at the same time: "It's good to make Brother Chen a joke, this is nothing like a Tibetan soldier in boots."

Chen Jiugao also had a puzzled look on his bamboo stick. Looking carefully, he saw the words "He Qiuguang" written on that bamboo stick.

Wu Sangui said again at this time: "Brother, you can see that the sign of a certain family has a person's name written on it."

He went on to further explain: "A certain family is always lazy and can't remember the names of the small schools under its command, so they write their names on the stick, so that they can't be called wrong.

Later, during a certain battle, he couldn't remember the name of the small school under his command, and suddenly remembered the stick in the boot, so he took out one to call his name, and assigned him military affairs.

From then on, it became a habit to put the stick with the name and surname of the general who accompanied the younger brother every day, and put it in the boot. "

Chen Jiugao listened with gusto. Even though he was a dude, he could hear the key point right away.

Thinking to himself: No wonder Wu Sangui is already in the emperor's heart at such a young age. Apart from the background of the Liaoxi general behind him, he also has some strength and ability.

In fact, what Wu Sangui said just now is not only true, but also shows off.

First of all, it expresses the large number of servants under his command. Imagine that each servant brings dozens or hundreds of servants, but he can't remember the names of these servants. public.

Secondly, whenever there was an emergency in the war, he would just draw lots casually, and he would call out the head of the servant who was drawn, and make him lead the servants under his command to fight, but he only drew a lot and never changed it.

The meaning in these words is to reveal that Wu Sangui's servants are elites who protect their individuality, there is no need to make choices at all, no matter what kind of mission, as long as they send a team, they will definitely be able to complete it.

Even if this team can't complete it, it's still sending another team up instead of choosing which team to send!
Chen Jiugao gave a thumbs up, and praised loudly: "General Changbo has sharp soldiers everywhere, which is really admirable."

The two of them didn't talk for a long time, Duan Xiaoshi, who had just run away, had already returned to his life, and saw that all the armor on his body had been taken off, revealing his bronze-colored tendons.

When Duan Xiaoshi came in front of Wu Sangui, he was still panting, he knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and saluted, "Return to Commander, all 37 Tartars who were facing the white flag were killed on the spot.

Our defenders killed 11 people and wounded 12 people, and the soldiers led by them died [-] people and wounded [-] people, all of them were fine.Come back! "

Wu Sangui lowered his eyebrows, and when he didn't even look at Duan Xiao, he just asked softly, "Are there any casualties among the brothers in Shenji Camp?"

"Returning to Commander, the brothers from Shenjiying also fought bravely to kill slaves. They beheaded several slaves and thieves, but no one was killed in battle, only three people were slightly injured."

"Go down."

Although Duan Xiao could speak, he described the gunners of the Shenji Battalion running around as a heroic slave-killer, and killed several slave-thieves, but only slightly injured three people, which is a great achievement.

If you were someone else, you might be modest, but Chen Jiugao is not that kind of person, he said with a big grin, "I have always educated these boys, and our Shenji Camp should not only know how to shoot cannons, but not practice wrestling." The skill of war.

Look, what happened today, if it wasn't for my brave Yingerlang, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to wait for General Duan to come to the rescue! "

"Hahaha……"

Wu Sangui didn't answer, but laughed heartily, and Chen Jiugao laughed along with him proudly.

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At this time, Huang Taiji, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, had already withdrawn from Shimen Mountain and returned to his imperial camp to command the overall situation. On Shimen Mountain, only Azige, the king of Wuying County, led some officials and generals of the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria to sit in charge.

Sitting beside him were Geng Zhongming, king of Huaishun, and two Han generals, Gushan Ezhen Ma Guangyuan, who was inlaid with a white flag in the Han army. With such great figures sitting here, it can be seen that the Qing Dynasty did not intend to abandon Shimen Mountain.

Azig looked impatient, he looked at the battlefield at the foot of Nanlu Mountain, and said disdainfully: "King Khan is really troublesome, just these Han dogs, I will lead the warriors to fight for a while, and they will definitely be defeated. trouble!"

Geng Zhongming glanced at Azig, knowing that he was a bastard without thinking, so he didn't speak.

On the other hand, Ma Guangyuan, who was at the side after all, had been in the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and had some status in the court, he said: "Your Majesty, this is a big game of chess, and it is really an act of seeking the country. We only need to follow orders, for Your Majesty will die."

Azige's big eyes were wide open, he looked at Ma Guangyuan for a while, and then said: "King Khan ordered that Shimen Mountain will be guarded until dark. Please Ma Gushan and King Huaishun take care of it."

At this moment, a spy rushed to report: "Report, Xishimen was violently attacked by the southern army. Jialazhangjing Yierza died. The battle is fierce. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible."

Azige didn't care about this at all, he opened his mouth and asked, "Ilza is useless. What is Ahuchi doing? What is He Chenggong doing?"

"Ahu Chiniulu ordered his slaves to come to beg for help, and He Chenggong Jiala was also injured, and he is still commanding the Tianyou Army to fight hard."

When Geng Zhongming heard Azig ask He Chenggong just now, he was also a little nervous. After all, he was his subordinate. If he did not perform well in this battle, it would not be a good thing for the entire Tianyou Army.

When he heard that He Chenggong was injured, he continued to command the Tianyou Army to defend the defense line, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground. What he was worried about was not He Chenggong's safety, but the performance of the Tianyou Army.

Because this is related to his future status and future!

Although he is concerned about He Chenggong, an old man who has followed him for many years, but the current situation is such that he can only consider his personal future first.

"Then I would like to trouble Prince Huaishun to go to the west stone gate, at least before dark, to make sure there is nothing wrong there."

Azig didn't know what Geng Zhongming was thinking at the moment, and he didn't have the time to think about what Geng Zhongming was thinking, so he gave his order directly.

Although the words are very polite, this is already a military order, and Geng Zhongming cannot refuse it. He can only accept the order with a smile: "Hey, don't worry, King Azige, even if I throw this bone at Xishimen, I will never The Ming army will be let through."

"Hehe. King Huaishun can run across the land of Qilu in the southern country by himself, and guarding such a small Xishimen is too talented!"

Facing his ridicule, Geng Zhongming's anger rose sharply, and he was about to retaliate when he heard Azig say: "King Huaishun, hurry up, there is no room for loss at the West Shimen, and King Huaishun must also pay attention to safety."

Seeing what Azige said, Geng Zhongming also forgot to speak back, he knew he couldn't hesitate any longer, after saying goodbye to a few people, he led hundreds of soldiers under his command and headed towards West Shimen.

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The East Shimen River Valley Road, which had high hopes, is also progressing slowly.

There is also an artillery team from the Shenji Battalion here. In addition to the big rockets, tiger squat guns, and mortar guns, there are also several heavy Hongyi cannons.

However, I never thought that although the valley road here is not muddy, the sand layer is extremely thick, and people don't feel much when stepping on it, but once the four-wheeled cannon cart pulling the Hongyi Cannon comes up, they will be deeply trapped in it.

Every time, with great effort, he dragged and lifted it out, but within a few steps, he fell into the sandpit again.

As a last resort, Tang Tong could only give up dragging these heavy red barbarian cannons. Even those big rockets, tiger squatting cannons, mortars and other firearms were all unloaded from the chariot and carried by the sergeants. .

However, although the valley road here is relatively gentle, it is of different widths and narrows, and the Qing army often fortified in narrow places.

Moreover, they have been operating for a long time, and they have transported many huge stones and logs from the mountains, even if they are hit by cannons, they will not cause any serious damage.

Fortunately, the accompanying mortars showed their power. Under the careful measurement of the gunners of the Shenji Battalion, the shells fired by the mortars, along the parabola, went over the stone wall and landed in the middle of the defenders behind.

However, it is a pity that these are small mortars, but they are not equipped with poisonous and gray ammunition for their use. This is the biggest regret of this battle!
But nothing is better than nothing, although there are no poisonous bullets and gray bullets to help in the battle, but even so, it has already shocked the defenders and the Han army's two Tartars.

They slashed and seized the pass all the way, and it was not so good at first.

However, as the advance advanced, the Tartar soldiers who had begun to retreat all retreated to the rear line of defense. The more they gathered, the more difficult it was to attack the further back.

Just now, Tang Tong received a commander-in-chief from the commander of the Chinese Army Banner, asking him to break through the East Shimen defense line within an hour, go to the north side of Shimen Mountain as soon as possible, join Ma Ke's mountain navy, and seize the key points on the south bank of the Daughter River.

Tang Tong couldn't help complaining, because he knew that with the current style of play, it would be difficult to break through the Qing army's defense line at Dongshimen, let alone an hour, even if it was dark.

But the military order was like a mountain, and he didn't dare to be careless. When he was thinking about the countermeasures, there was an accident ahead.

It turned out that at some point, dozens of Tartars with white flags drove more than two hundred Han and Korean soldiers from behind the stone wall.

This sudden change suddenly startled the soldiers of Miyun Town who were attacking. In a panic, they turned around and ran away with their lives.

The officers and soldiers of Miyun Town were chased by hundreds of Qing troops in this way, but none of them had the courage to turn back and fight.

They all threw away their helmets and armor, lost their souls, and many of them shouted desperately: "Defeated, defeated! The Tartars are too fierce, the big guys can't stand it!"

(End of this chapter)