At this time, Shen Zhiyuan proposed a feasible strategy, that is, to use gunpowder to blow up the tree barriers under the hilltop position, at least blow up an open field, so that the Ming army could block and kill the enemy in this open area.

Although this is a stupid method that requires too much gunpowder, a dead horse is regarded as a live horse doctor, and Chen Sheng and the others unanimously agreed to this plan.

But everyone didn't know that Shen Zhiyuan's plan changed the entire situation of the next battle.

Shen Zhiyuan is a military general who thinks he is a "Confucian general", he is familiar with military books, and his brain is also very clever.

The method that I often come up with has an unexpected surprise that makes people's eyes light up.

It is not so simple to blow up the tree in front of the position with gunpowder.

The gunpowder of this era was not as powerful as the explosives of later generations.

It's okay to blow up people, but the problem is that there is a sense of powerlessness in blowing up the air.

If gunpowder is planted all over the mountains to detonate, how much gunpowder will be needed, it will definitely not work.

At this time, Shen Zhiyuan came up with another idea.

Let the soldiers bury gunpowder under each huge rock on the top of the mountain, so that as long as it is ignited and detonated, the rock will be blown up, so as to roll down, the trees encountered along the road will be broken, as long as dozens of rocks are blown up, a clearing can be cleared in front of the position, at least let the enemy lose the natural barrier to block the arrows of the Ming army.

As for the trees that have not been cleared, they can be cleared again and again in the following battles.

At this time, the second wave of the Qing army's offensive began.

On both sides of the mountain, thousands of Qing soldiers bent down to climb the mountain, looking up and down, like black ants.

According to Shen Zhiyuan's plan, the Ming soldiers chose some huge rocks that were suspended in the air or buried in the soil on the top of the mountain, and then dug pits in Shilian rough and planted explosives.

When the Qing army appeared halfway up the mountain after a pillar of incense, a series of explosions sounded in front of the Ming army's hilltop position.

Although nearly half of the boulder did not move after the explosion, at least half of the boulder was pushed up by the force of the explosion and tumbled downward.

From slow to fast, and finally it is "boom" and "woo" and roll down.

The obstacles encountered, not to mention the trees, even the same boulders, were smashed by the impact, and then they rushed down together, and this kind of momentum can be described as a landslide.

Pity the thousands of Qing troops who couldn't advance or retreat at this time, watching the catastrophe of annihilation fall on their heads, and then in the face of natural disasters, they became a lump of meat paste, and they couldn't even be called meat paste.

And that's not all, the broken wood and stones along the road driven by the boulders have finally become real landslides, and the entire halfway up the mountain has been shrouded in thick smoke and dust.

The earth, wood and stones that poured down like a torrential rain poured down the mountain, and even part of the Qing army preparing for war was swallowed up.

Even Shen Zhiyuan was dumbfounded by this tragic scene, he originally just wanted to clear the trees in front of the position, but he didn't want to cause a violent natural disaster.

All the soldiers of the Ming army were dumbfounded, and then cheered in unison, "God bless the Ming!" ”

Duoduo retreated, even if he was unwilling, but providence was like this, he could only retreat, in one day, he lost thousands of people, and if he continued to fight, it would not be a mistake, but a sin.

He led the army to retreat to Laohuai Village, which was originally garrisoned by the Ming army, and then wrote to the Qing court for instructions.

The battle of Pinggang Mountain, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and the day started in a hurry and ended in a hurry.

But as a result, the Qing army suffered a big loss.

Dorgon, who had been relieved of the Dordors, had to order the resumption of negotiations.

Because, most of Duoduo's army was drawn from the forces of Kong, Geng, and Shang to attack Fujian, and if a large number of losses were really to be lost in Shaoxing Prefecture, then the strategy of attacking Fujian would be blocked.

Weighing the right and left, the Qing court decided to make some concessions and facilitate the armistice negotiations with Shaoxing as soon as possible.

On the tenth day of May, the second round of negotiations between the Shaoxing government and the Qing court began.

To promote peace by war, the tone of the Ming army this time was obviously much higher.

After three days of negotiations, the Qing court made concessions and imposed an armistice on the spot with the area under its actual control, and reduced the duration of the armistice to three years.

After Wu Zheng discussed with Wang Zhiren, he thought it was acceptable.

The two sides decided to sign an armistice treaty at Yingtianfu five days later, that is, on the 18th day of May.

Ying Tianfu chose the site for the contract, which was specially emphasized by Wu Zheng.

Shaoxing Mansion as a non-statutory court force, in the eyes of the world, at most only a prince, not a dynasty, then the enemy to determine the legitimacy of the Shaoxing Mansion court, on the contrary, can more convince the world, so as to achieve the goal of Wu Zheng to command the world in the south.

This was undoubtedly a major military and diplomatic victory.

With the land of Shaoxing Mansion and a few mansions, he firmly grasped the gap in the strength of the Qing army, and resolutely went on a northern expedition until the southern capital was recovered.

With tens of thousands of troops, it is not a miracle to link Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou to Yingtianfu and several prefectures.

When the news of the armistice broke, on May 18, the streets of Tianfu were empty.

Tens of thousands of people flocked to Hongwu Gate to witness the spectacle with their own eyes.

On behalf of the Shaoxing Mansion, it was Wang Zhiren who signed the contract with the Qing court.

However, it was Hong Chengchou who was sent by the Qing court to sign the contract.

This is not without jokes, it cannot be said that it is not ironic.

Hong Chengchou, the former crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, the secretary of the military department, and the governor of Jiliao, now represented the Qing court and came to Tianfu, the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, to sign an armistice agreement with Shaoxing Mansion for the Qing court.

It's so nasty.

In front of Hongwu Gate, a wooden platform more than one zhang high has already been erected.

This was Wu Zheng's idea, not only did he want to see the face of the great traitor through the ages, but the people who wanted to come to Quanying Tianfu also wanted to see the true face of this traitor.

When the gongs and drums sounded, the green nickname official sedan chair came to the wooden platform under the escort of hundreds of Qing soldiers.

The official sedan chair at the head is a little different, and the others are four-person sedan chairs carried by two people in the front and rear, and it is an eight-person sedan chair carried by four people in the front and rear.

In the suppressed scolding of the people in the city, the sedan curtain was lifted, and a thin-faced half-old official stepped out of it.

Wu Zheng looked at it, this person's face was not hateful, and he really responded to an old saying, if you are a traitor, you are loyal.

Hong Chengchou, accompanied by more than a dozen Qing court officials, walked up to the wooden platform.

Wang Zhiren got up and arched his hand and said: "I have been looking up for a long time, I have come all the way to the west, and I have worked hard. ”

This is a polite phrase and a diplomatic phrase.

But Hong Chengchou returned the salute with his hand, looked left and right, and asked, "Where is Lin Anbo Wu Zheng?" ”

Wang Zhiren did not mean to embarrass Hong Chengchou, plus these two negotiations, he was the bridge to negotiate with the Qing court, listening to Hong Chengchou ask about Wu Zheng, he did not make false accusations, pointed to Wu Zheng, who was still sitting on the golden knife ground, and said to Hong Chengchou: "This is Wu Zheng of the Ming Dynasty." ”