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The road from Liaoyang to Hupiyi is about sixty miles, and an ordinary infantry march would take one day. However, it only took more than half a day for the new army to arrive from Liaoyang.

Of course, this is related to the fact that the New Army is mostly composed of horse infantry and chariot battalions. Another point is that the training and military discipline of the New Army are not comparable to other armies.

At this time, it is time to have afternoon tea. Emperor Chongzhen looked up at the sky and said to the new army division general Cao Bianjiao and division supervisor Feng Dehua: "The Manchus are clamoring in the city, let them see the gap between civilization and barbarism!"

"According to the order!" Cao Bianjiao and Feng Dehua both accepted the order, and then immediately went down to arrange it.

The battle plan has already been deduced. There is no need to worry about the Manchu and Qing soldiers in the city, as long as the New Army follows the order step by step!

Hong Chengchou was a little curious. He didn't know what the emperor meant by the gap between civilization and barbarism. Therefore, just stare at Cao Bianjiao to see what they are going to do?

He did not deny it, but after watching it for a while, he knew that the elite of the new army was indeed the leader of the Ming army. But among the Manchus and Qings in the city, they could hear that their morale had indeed improved. The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was personally leading the army, and he must be carrying elites with him. This battle at Hupiyi would definitely be a tough battle! So how will the new army fight? What will the fight be like? To meet the emperor's expectations?

This question only lingered in his mind for a while before he saw the New Army's artillery battalion dispatched and actually transported the Hongyi cannon to a place a little far away from the city head before starting to set up artillery positions.

As a member of the frontier officials of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou naturally knew the power of the Hongyi cannon. Setting up the Hongyi cannon at such a close range was clearly bullying Hupiyi's weak defense. Without heavy artillery and trebuchets, there was no way Does it pose a threat to artillery positions? Is this the gap between civilization and barbarism that the emperor said?

It seems that the barbarians are unable to build artillery, but the Ming Dynasty can. Now they are bombarded with Hongyi artillery, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty has no power to fight back.

In fact, it was more than that. Under Hong Chengchou's view, another group of fusiliers approached the city, making preparations just a stone's throw away.

"Hey, they... what are they doing?" Hong Chengchou was puzzled. Although he didn't have this flintlock rifle in his army, he had seen it sold to the Mongolian tribes in the west. The range of the musket was actually the same as the power of the bow and arrow. almost. As the distance increases, the accuracy will be more accurate than that of a bow and arrow. With the range of this arrow land, can those flintlock guns be useful?

Not to mention him, even the Manchu soldiers on top of the city ignored the fusiliers' displays and were just anxious for the Hongyi cannon.

This Hupiyi is just a traffic artery, not a fortified city like Shenyang and Liaoyang. The defensive facilities in the city are even more pitiful. Not to mention the fact that there are basically no cannons, there is not even a single trebuchet.

At the beginning, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties did not expect that there would be a war in Hupiyi, and they would defend the city here. Therefore, the ordnance carried with the army is at best ordnance such as carts that can be used to defend muskets in the field. As a result, there was a situation in front of him where he could only be beaten but could not fight back.

In fact, this is the main reason why they surrounded Liaoyang without fighting, luring the Manchu and Qing troops in Shenyang to come for help, and encircling them halfway for a decisive battle. Emperor Chongzhen's strategy is to never fight too hard if you can fight easily, and to avoid killing as few people as possible! If you can crush it easily, then crush it easily!

On the top of the city, Huang Taiji, who had just gone down to have a meal, rushed back to the top of the city after hearing the news. Of course, he was not stupid enough to go to the section of the city wall facing the Hongyi Cannon. Before, he did not think that the Ming army would attack the city today. After all, the Ming Emperor and his army had just arrived from Liaoyang. The army was tired from marching and needed to rest before attacking the city. But it turned out that he was wrong.

Huang Taiji saw that the Ming army skillfully set up artillery positions. The dark artillery holes were aimed at the south gate one by one, which made people feel a little creepy.

"Quickly, block the south gate with earth and rocks!" Huang Taiji saw it and immediately issued an order. Otherwise, with so many Hongyi cannons, the city gate would be blasted open with just one shot.

He was talking here, and the fusiliers below the city also saw it. Some of them followed him, seemingly wanting to shoot him.

During the Manchu and Qing wars, there was a tactic, which was to capture the thief first and capture the king first. They will organize archers in the army to shoot enemy generals. Years of experience have proven that this style of play is very effective.

One of the most famous examples is that in the original history, when the Manchu Qing invaded the Central Plains and attacked the Daxi Kingdom established by Zhang Xianzhong, they shot Zhang Xianzhong before the war started. As a result, the Daxi Army had almost no resistance and was completely defeated.

Huang Taiji knew the range of the musket. He knew that it was basically impossible to shoot him from where the Ming army musketeer was standing. Therefore, he didn't care and continued to observe the Ming artillery positions and give orders. What worried him most at this time was that after the Ming army's Hongyi artillery failed to destroy the city gate, it would definitely aim to collapse the city wall. How should he defend at that time! No matter what, we must support until dark. Only then can we have a chance to clear up the Qing Dynasty.

However, he didn't care. As the commander of his personal guards, Obai was still very concerned. He quickly stepped forward, commanding his personal guards to stand in front of Huang Taiji, and at the same time advised Huang Taiji: "Your Majesty, this place is too dangerous. , it’s better to take shelter inside!”

Huang Taiji smiled after hearing this and said nonchalantly: "As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, how can I be afraid of the Ming army outside the city? As for the Ming army's muskets, no matter how good the quality is, the range is there, they can really hit me. No? No matter what, as the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, I must..."

As soon as he said this, he heard a "bang bang bang" sound outside the city.

Huang Taiji was disturbed by the sound and stopped talking. Then, he felt his ears go numb, followed by severe pain. Shocked, he stretched out his hand to touch. Before he could look, he saw Obai standing in front of him, with a look of pain on his face. He seemed to want to turn his head to look, and seemed to want to reach out to touch his head, but he was unable to do anything. He threw himself forward. , and fell down.

At this time, some of the guards rushed over and threw Huang Taiji to the ground. At this time, Huang Taiji ignored the pain and just looked at Obai who happened to be face to face with him on the ground in confusion. They saw blood overflowing from Obai's mouth, looking at Huang Taiji, as if he wanted to speak, but could not. He struggled for a few times and then became motionless. Apparently he died.

At this time, Huang Taiji discovered that Obai's fatal injury was a hole in the back of his head, bleeding. Combined with the sound of muskets just outside the city, he understood at once that Obai was killed by a musket.

What kind of bad luck is this, to be hit in the back of the head with a musket? Ao Bai's martial prowess was the greatest in the Qing Dynasty, so he died like this? This...is this really the end of the Qing Dynasty?

Huang Taiji just had this idea when he saw the Qing soldiers standing outside the city wall, especially those with some official rank, falling to the ground one by one, all killed by musket shots. Suddenly, he was stunned.

If it was only Obai who was hit in the head by a musket outside the city, it could explain that Obai's luck was extremely bad, but if so many people were hit by muskets, it was not due to luck. The shooting accuracy of the muskets in the hands of the Ming troops outside the city was far higher than the muskets he had ever seen!

After thinking about this, Huang Taiji couldn't help but be very surprised and desperate: When did the Ming army have such powerful muskets? At the same time, he also understood that it was his luck that his ear was injured. If it hadn't been for good luck, he would have ended up like Obai before him!

Thinking about this, he didn't feel lucky, but desperate! The artillery of the Ming army is already difficult to deal with. Now that the muskets are so powerful, how can the Qing defend it? The renewed morale was unknowingly consumed by the cruel reality.

At this time, the fusiliers outside the city were very regretful. One of them didn't realize it at all. His shot shot the so-called first warrior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the head. He just regretted that he didn't headshot the slave chief, otherwise, the credit would have been great.

When the rifled flintlock gun appeared on the battlefield for the first time, it fully demonstrated its range and accuracy advantages. With just a few hundred rifled guns, it was impossible to defeat the Manchu soldiers on the city wall. This situation also made the ordinary fusiliers very envious.

When they could only watch the rifled flintlock guns showing off their power, they had no choice but to comfort themselves. The loading speed of these rifled flintlock guns was too slow. To fight the real war, they still had to rely on the guys in their own hands!

The rifled fusiliers took their time and continued looking for heads, demonstrating their hard-earned headshot skills. At the same time, an earth-shattering sound suddenly sounded between heaven and earth.

With a "boom", gunpowder smoke suddenly appeared from the Ming army's artillery position. Almost at the same time, a hole was smashed into the south gate of Hupiyi. The gate was broken, but the inside was blocked with mud. , this iron bullet cannot penetrate the city gate.

Seeing this, the commander on the artillery position immediately issued an order to adjust the shooting parameters. In just a moment, another Hongyi cannon suddenly let out a roar, and the fired cannon immediately hit Hupiyi City. On the battlements, with a "crash" sound, the battlements collapsed. It's just a city wall made of earth, not a strong city like Shenyang and Liaoyang. It can't withstand the furious fire of Hongyi cannon.

Huang Taiji, who had been hiding in a safe place, suddenly turned pale when he heard the roar of artillery and the movement from the top of the city. He had been fighting with the Ming army for a long time, and he understood that the two cannons just now were just the Ming army testing the cannon and adjusting the shooting accuracy. But these test guns were so accurate and the process was so short, which shows that the Ming army's artillery is very capable. Even if there are Hongyi cannons on top of the city, just based on the difference in gunners, the Qing Dynasty cannot be a match for the Ming army.

Just as he thought, just a few blinks later, a continuous roar of "boom, boom, boom..." suddenly sounded outside the city. This sound was earth-shattering. It seemed that this was the only sound in the whole world. .

This is the roar of artillery, the iron bullets of revenge, venting the anger of the Ming Dynasty, representing the justice of civilization, all hitting the city wall that the Manchu soldiers relied on to protect. All of a sudden, the soil on the top of the city splashed, and the raised dust suddenly filled the air, covering half of the Tiger Skin Post City.

The roar of fifty Hongyi cannons was just one round. Amidst the flying dust, I could see that the southern outer wall of Hupiyi City seemed to have been smashed with a hammer. It was shorter than other walls. Got a piece.

The Manchu soldiers hiding on the inside of the city wall were either beaten to death by splashing stones, or died, or they looked as if they had just emerged from the mud, with dust all over their bodies. Faced with such a powerful artillery bombardment, the Manchu soldiers who were lucky enough to survive and those whose morale had been restored before were all frightened. Even if military discipline was strict and even if the emperor was in the city, they were buzzing. With the buzzing in their heads, everyone fled the city wall regardless of the situation, and a few even jumped off the city wall in a panic.

Flesh and blood, no matter how high their morale is, how can they stop the roar of civilization! The progress of the times!

Before the Manchu and Qing soldiers in Hupiyi City had time to take a breath and recover from the shock, the Ming army's artillery position outside the city once again sounded the deafening roar of artillery.

"Boom boom boom..."

This sound is like the God of Thunder coming to the world to severely punish the demons and monsters in the world! This voice was a roar of revenge, announcing that the time had come to settle the accounts with the executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of the people of Liaodong.

Inside the city wall, although they were hiding in a safe place, Huang Taiji was in despair, Jierhalang was in despair, and even Daishan, who was unwilling to give in and scolded Huang Taiji angrily and ruined his morale, was also in despair. The Ming army's Hongyi artillery was extremely powerful, and the gunners were even more skilled. Even the city wall of Hupiyi could not hold up until dark. How could the Qing Dynasty fight to the death with the Ming army outside the city? Why come to fight to the death with the Ming army outside the city?

Although he had seen the power of Hongyi cannons far outside the city, this was the first time for Hong Chengchou to see so many Hongyi cannons fired at the same time. This was the first time I saw how powerful the New Army gunners were. At this time, when he saw the dusty Hupi Post and the city walls like paper under the roaring artillery fire, he understood in his heart why the cavalry army he led just came to show off. The emperor only wanted the new army to attack. Hupiyi?

There is no other reason, because the new army is enough to ravage the Manchu soldiers in the city!

With this in mind, he turned to look at the young emperor and found that the emperor was looking at Hupiyi with a calm expression on his face, as if the scene in front of him was not unexpected at all. He didn't seem to be bothered at all by the huge power displayed by the Hongyi cannon!

He couldn't help but admire him. His Majesty was indeed unfazed by honor and disgrace and could keep his composure. He was indeed a wise master who did great things!

Naturally, he didn't know that the Emperor Chongzhen in front of him had seen a real scene of thousands of artillery fire. Of course, that was in a movie. The bombardment in front of him was just childish in comparison. What's the point? excited!

Thanks to Miraculous Prague, my Huabei, the chief real person of Zhaotian Gang, Anniexie, I can’t understand the reward of 11!