The sun was driven westward by the smoke and blood of the battlefield.

The entire Tower Hill battlefield was shrouded in the northwest wind and its accomplice snowflakes. Gusts of north wind swept through the snowflakes, but the hot air rose for more than ten miles from Tashan to Baitai Mountain, and the snowflakes quickly turned into water, falling from mid-air, and turned into bursts of freezing rain. Fall on this land covered with corpses and flesh and blood.

The shield carts, horse-reproaches, wooden stakes, bunkers, and the exploding horsetail grenades emitted bursts of scorched smell and the strong, stinking corpses of scorched human flesh emitted in all directions.

The more than 20 Niu Lu led by Li Shutai and Alzin were stunned in the face of the almost frantic attack of the Ming army. The Liaodong thieves, who have always been good at fighting and daring to fight, are like piles of walking and talking silver dollars in the eyes of Guan Ningjun, whose eyes are red when they are stimulated by silver and military exploits!

"Little ones! Come on! In the Hongluo Mountain camp, grandma has already moved the silver out! Don't be afraid of money, don't be afraid of fat, follow Lao Tzu! ”

"The master has an order! Kill the slave thief, and the armor and weapons are your own! If you don't want it, you will spend a lot of money to buy it! Come on! ”

"Up! Hurry up! ”

There were constantly shouts in the ranks of the Ming army to boost morale. With the clamor of shouts, the battle between the two sides began.

In a space that is no more than ten miles long and four or five miles wide, nearly twenty or thirty thousand people are squeezed in at once. The middle was divided in several directions, and the area where these people could fight became more and more crowded. On such a field, the advantages of the Qing army became unplayable, and the disadvantages of the Ming army were no longer obvious. (Nonsense.) You can refer to the scene during the Spring Festival, you are crowded with thousands of people, can you run if you want to run? Since you can't run. Then he simply gave it a go, hacked and killed the slave thief on the opposite side, and at least thirty silver dollars were in his hands! If you are a Tartar officer, it will be even more profitable!

The entire Tower Hill area is filled with the sound of weapons or slashing or stabbing happily exerting design performance on the human body, and there is almost no sound of distinguishing syllables. Continuous moaning. The two sides huddled together, stabbing and slashing at each other without aim or order.

A Ming army had just cut down the opposite Niulu soldier to the ground, and before he could bend down to cut his head, he was hit by the bones swept from the oblique thorn and his brain burst, and his eyes bulged out and he died on the spot. And the clothed soldier who stoned the Ming army to death with Guduo didn't take Guduo back, so he was stabbed into the right rib by a spear, stabbed his pikeman with a kick, and pulled the spear out of his body. And then to find the next target. But then someone cut off his right arm with a half-moon short-handled axe, and he was holding half of his arm in a daze.

Under the pressure of Wu Sangui's continuous investment in new forces to join the battle group, Li Shutai and others gradually couldn't support it and slowly retreated.

"Second brother! Not good! ”

Duoduo keenly discovered a huge danger, Li Shutai and others have opened a distance of about a dozen steps from the Ming army, and this middle ground is gradually expanding, if the distance is longer, I am afraid that the Ming army will once again sacrifice the two magic weapons of the horsetail grenade and the big Buddha machine to bombard the Qing army. Cause new chaos, like that. I'm afraid that a large number of minions will be killed and injured, not to mention, the third line of defense is also dangerous.

"I'll take the minions with the white flags to pick them up!"

Without saying a word, Dordor commanded his men to rush down the city.

"Dordor!" Dorgon drank his brother, his face covered with frost, but his eyes shone with a strange light.

"Be careful!"

"Second brother, rest assured! The sword with which the dogs killed this king has not yet been smelted into iron! ”

"You dog minions, even if you're all dead. I also want to protect Prince Yu! ”

Dolgon's face darkened, staring at Duoduo's bodyguards and Baya Lajangjing's low voice hoarsely.

"Please rest assured, Prince Rui! The minions must protect their masters! Several of the leaders of the guards replied hurriedly, but Duoduo, who was about to get on the horse, sneered and sent the people around him to gather the people, but he came to Dolgon's ear and whispered in a whisper.

"Second brother, if I go to see Eniang and Amma. You must remember, don't fight hard with Li Huamei, you can't fight. Immediately gather the people, get out of the way, and let this crazy woman go to find the bad luck of the black fat man. I have already discussed with the second brother of the Li family, and he will help us. When the time comes, you remember to burn a black fat man and tell me the good news! I want to see how he explains when he sees Ama and Eniang! ”

Dorgon laughed and rode away, leaving Dorgon alone in the wind.

On the battlefield, the situation of Li Shutai and others became more and more difficult.

On the second line of defense, more artillery has been gathered, and there are seven or eight rocket launchers, and the rocketeers continue to launch rockets into the rear and ranks of the Qing army according to the ratio of three oil and one medicine or three medicine and one oil, not seeking to kill or inflict injuries, but only to create panic in the Qing army.

Duoduo led the Manchurian troops with white flags of four armor to rush to the third line of defense, erected his woven gold dragon on the main fort of the defense line, and the three Manchurian real slaves of the armor rushed into the battle group, stabilized the position of Li Shutai and others, and then slowly withdrew those clothed soldiers.

In just one meal, nearly 6,000 coated soldiers from more than 20 Niu Lu were beaten, and at least 2,000 people were damaged, that is to say, seven or eight Niu Lu could already cancel the establishment. However, fortunately, there are not many losses from the growth to the distribution of officers and backbones at all levels, as long as they are slightly supplemented, these cattle records can also restore their combat effectiveness.

The kind words comforted Arzin and the others a few words, and Duoduo urged his soldiers and horses to start a counterattack against the Ming army!

The Ming army, which fought extremely easily under the power of artillery shells and rockets, never imagined that the Qing soldiers, who were already in decline, would be able to launch a counter-assault against us under artillery fire? As a result, he was caught off guard by the three Jiala Manchurian soldiers who Duoduo threw into the battlefield.

The fact that a counter-assault was able to be launched under tremendous pressure from a strong attacking side can only show how far the Qing army's combat effectiveness and attacking spirit, army discipline, and commander-in-chief's ability to control the troops have reached. At the same time, it also shows that the Qing army has become more and more crazy under the pressure of the Ming army.

But the Ming army did not expect, nor would it have imagined, that Duoduo's white-flaged Manchuria would be so crazy and face artillery fire. The defeated soldiers, wielding swords and spears and trampling on themselves, pounced on them, and the entire army could not react for a while.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Duoduo commanded his army and horses to drive the Ming attacking troops dozens of paces away, grabbing a way for those clothed soldiers to escape. But soon this passage was blocked by the swarming Ming army. After a few advances and retreats, the two sides temporarily fixed the line of fire on the trench that was now filled with corpses and had just taken Du Du's life. The two families temporarily fell into a superficial calm across the trench, but secretly they were mobilizing troops, organizing firepower, and preparing to kill the enemy on the opposite side at once.

"Someone! Take the king's arrows, go to the firearms camp, and bring twenty heavy cannons! Didn't you see the Ming dog on the other side rushing over with a cannon?! If you don't want to get shelled, hurry up! ”

Most of the Qing army's eight-pounder artillery was guarding against the four armor soldiers who swooped down from the direction of Hongluo Mountain, so that once Li Huamei attacked, there would be enough firepower on this front to stop her frantic attack.

This arrangement of Duoduo was not a mistake. The Ming army on the opposite side confronted the Qing army on the second line of defense. On the original first line of defense, a large number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians gathered, wielding shovels and pickaxes, carrying wood and soil, and were nervously repairing and renovating the fortifications. Several huge artillery forts have taken shape. In the distance, countless cattle and horses were dragging artillery in this direction.

However, what Duoduo didn't expect was that his order was almost the same as the famous reload order of the Devil's Combined Fleet. Created a perfect opportunity for the enemy, almost leaving him and his brother Dorgon. and the tens of thousands of taels of white flag-based Qing troops suffered a catastrophe. What's going on, let's sell it next.

There is a minister in charge of the flag with a white flag who takes Duoduo's order arrows to adjust the artillery and does not mention it, but he can't sit still at the moment and wait for the Ming army to attack, right? So, according to the current war, Duoduo made deployment adjustments.

He put those heavy soldiers in the backline. Try to stay as far away as possible from the Ming artillery, to prevent the Ming army from killing and wounding the artillery. Behind the trench, he prepared a big meal for the Ming army: two thousand people who were good at shooting were gathered, and they used a bow and arrows in one color, in order to give the Ming army who was about to attack a baptism of arrows.

For anti-artillery. The archers stood in a sparse manner. However, the advantage of arrows is that they can be brought into play, as long as these archers deflect their bodies slightly when releasing the arrows, the arrows will still fly towards the same target from all angles. The grenadiers in the Ming army were the archers as their preferred targets.

Behind the array of archers, there were those armored soldiers with white flags, each holding spears and halberds, hidden behind the low wall, and only after the archers had killed or wounded the Ming army, they would rush up and drive these former defeated men into the sea with spears and halberds.

But the Ming army did not rush as usual, or the generals led their families to collapse for thousands of miles. Instead, they methodically pushed the shield carts near the first line of defense to the line of fire, and with the help of the cover of the shield carts, began to build temporary fortifications.

The auxiliaries dismantled the broken shield wagon timber and the broken horses left by the Qing army, and used the existing fortifications to renovate. There were constantly ant-like men pushing carts to transport bags of dirt and sand to the firing line for the Ming army to build artillery fortifications and renovate fortifications.

This qiē is a replica of the tactics of the Ming army when it broke through the first fortification. Although it is a little slow, it is extremely stable, and people have no way to do it.

Looking at the offensive position on the opposite side that gradually showed the shape of Jincheng soup pool, Duoduo couldn't help but curse fiercely in the main castle, "These cowardly Ming dogs! What are you still grinding over there?! ”

The group of bright dogs in his mouth are now painful and happy.

From behind the direction of the shield carts, there was a headwind, and the nearest archers could smell the aroma of food.

As the squeaky chicken cart and dozens of people appeared in the line of fire with flat poles, the smell of the shield cart came from behind it.

"The county lord has something to say, the children played well and beautifully today, and they specially rewarded everyone. Each person warms up with a large bowl of hot soup and a bottle of sugar cane wine. Also, the grace of the county lord, four beef and big meat steamed buns per person. Half a catty one! Everyone eats well, and when you are full, you have enough strength to hit the tartars! ”

The wooden barrels on the chicken buses are filled with hot and sour soup made with seaweed and eggs, while the bamboo baskets carried by the people are huge beef buns. After some fighting, the soldiers of the Ming army each devoured this sumptuous battlefield lunch behind the shield cart.

Oil runs down the corners of the mouth, and the heat and comfort of food are all over the body. One soldier licked the scraps of meat from his fingers unsatisfactorily, "It's just a little missing." It's not too enjoyable. ”

The robe next to him immediately rolled his eyes at his discontentment and sneered, "Come on! You are lucky, follow our grandmother out to fight, if you follow Inspector Hong and which general comes out, let alone beef buns. It's nice to have enough to eat! ”

"Before Uncle Ning Yuan's grain came, we were like the craftsmen recorded in the book that the gentlemen said, and we gave one liter of corn every day. With Inspector Hong a little more, you can still eat five stones and five buckets of brown rice this year, and you can also eat one liter of Wuhe every day (note, this word is not pronounced "box", but "Ge", which is a volumetric unit, which is one-tenth of a liter. ）。 Something like this that lets go of the belly and eats meat is something that you can't enjoy even when you are a dead soldier. “

"Hey! You said that we eat beef buns, but the master has been going to Dashuai for a while. Will Wu Dashuai invite them to dinner? What to eat? ”

A firehead soldier was walking by with a soup bucket, scraping the bottom of the bucket with a wooden spoon to fill the soup, and when he heard this discussion, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Humph! What to eat, eat whips! ”

Several battalion soldiers who were drinking hot soup were so shocked that they almost bit off their tongues. Eat whips? How can it be?! Our master has broken through the defense line of the slave thieves and killed the slave chief Dudu. And behead hundreds of meritorious men! Why do you still eat whips? If you don't reward your merits, isn't Wu Dashuai afraid of a mutiny in front of us?

In front of Wu Sangui's big tent. Dozens of piles of loot of various sizes were piled up. There are the heads of the anti-thief officers and soldiers in Liaodong, the banners of officers at all levels, and all kinds of armor and weapons, the most conspicuous of which is the corpses of Du Du's father and son and the weaving golden dragon.

On two huge wooden frames made from the timber of the destroyed shield carts, the bodies of Dudu and his son were tied up and placed in front of the tent. And the father and son have hollow eyes. was looking at several Ming army officers kneeling in front of Wu Sangui. Led by Feng Crooked Neck, Hu Zhankui and others, Wu Sangui's family stripped off their upper body armor, pressed to the ground, and whipped hard with the leather whip in his hand.

"Disobey orders before the battle and disobey military orders. Do you still have military law promulgated by the President in your eyes? ”

"Killing Du Du is a miracle. You and the others actually fought in order to snatch Du Du's body, and for the sake of this dead man, they also took the lives of seven or eight brothers. If this matter reaches Hongluo Mountain, the consequences will be thought about by yourself! ”

Feng Crooked Neck and the others did not obey the military order, greedy for the great merit of killing Du Du, not only did not retreat according to the military order, but attacked forward, and clashed with Hu Zhankui and other troops, in order to snatch this corpse that could be exchanged for tens of thousands of silver dollars.

And the reason why Wu Sangui seized this point and made a big fuss was that in addition to the fact that the current military discipline of the great enemy must be strict, he also had his own small abacus. If he didn't take advantage of the current opportunity to establish his prestige, then he wouldn't be Wu Sangui.

Look at the forty lashes, Wu Sangui's family members reported the number loudly, and petitioned Wu Sangui to come forward to check the injury. In fact, everyone knows this trick, the boss doesn't want you to have anything to do, these forty whips are injuries outside the skin, the boss plans to kill you, and these forty whips can send you to the west to see the Buddha.

These members of the Wu family are quite measured, a few of them are strong, and they are all beaten out of breath but not in, while those like Hu Zhankui who have fewer soldiers and horses and a lot of empty space in the camp are not a big deal.

(Why do you say so?) If there are many soldiers and horses, and they are beaten so that they can't lead troops to fight, Wu Sangui will have the opportunity to annex his men and horses. And those with few soldiers and horses will not be guilty of this. There are ways to slowly regulate him! ）

"Ben Shuai has been ordered to help the president to supervise the army here, how can the generals defy his old man's military orders? You must know that the elderly have always had clear rewards and punishments! Come! Lifted! ”

Wu Sangui also beat it, so naturally the next step is to give sweet dates to these passive people. One hundred and ten people walked in pairs, carrying heavy wooden boxes under their feet, and it could be seen that the wooden boxes contained quite heavy things.

"According to the reward issued by Uncle Ning Yuan and his mother, you can get a reward of 100,000 silver dollars for killing Du Du and his son. Ben Shuai is here to do a good deed for you, and take out 10,000 silver from it as a compensation for the dead and wounded soldiers during the battle, can you object? ”

Who would dare to object? According to the usual practice, the army pays silver and rewards, and if the officials do not deduct two or three percent, you are embarrassed to receive the money. Now that Wu Dashuai doesn't know how to deduct it, everyone is already grateful, and they dare to say a word? It made the subordinates who came from the entourage envious in their hearts, seven or eight died, more than twenty were injured, even if everyone was divided equally, each of them had nearly four or five hundred pieces of silver to start, damn, why didn't I die or be injured!?

"Mother has something to say, everyone is a soldier leader, and you can't have no money in your hands. But at the moment, there is not much money in the army. Start half. Another 50,000 yuan, you can go to the shop to buy all kinds of goods, and then everyone can draw a picture. ”

The godmother is so considerate of her sons, but she makes this group of gray-haired generals grateful. Originally, everyone had to spend the money after receiving it, but now that this formality is saved, isn't it two pennies?

At the moment, a few people who were considered to have made meritorious contributions to the killing of Du Du gathered in one place, and after arguing on the soft couch, they could be regarded as sharing the credit. Who should occupy the first work, who is the second work, and how much everyone should share, also has a breakdown.

"There is another matter, the seven thousand Tuntian soldiers from Denglai and other places have arrived. Mother has something to say, as long as everyone moves forward desperately, knock out a hundred to replenish a hundred, and defeat a thousand to replenish a thousand. How much is the shortage in the camp at the moment, brothers, please report it, so that the commander can allocate it to you. ”

Being able to replenish people, how can such a good thing be let go? At that moment, everyone said that you were short of 300, and I was short of 500, and reported the amount of men and horses in the camp to Wu Sangui, but I was afraid that the report would be less, and the adults also added at least 30% of the water to the original vacancy.

But no one noticed the meaning contained in the smile on Wu Sangui's face that he always maintained when he heard these numbers.

In the past, if a general asked for the supply of soldiers, weapons, and materials in front of Wu Sangui so loudly, Wu Sangui would be furious, but now he is uncharacteristically encouraging everyone, and even asking if you have any other difficulties.

After everyone counted the numbers, Wu Sangui ordered someone to write a document and handed it to these generals and guerrillas to use the seals, and his face changed in an instant.

"There was a great shortage of soldiers in the battalions. However, the training process of the Shandong soldiers and our Guanning army is different, and the combat tactics are different. It's not good to disrupt the formation of an army. In order to prevent the loss of the combat strength of each battalion, Ben Shuai had a plan. ”

"I would like to listen to the handsome and high-minded people!"

"Good! In each battalion, the commander ordered people to come to the scene to inspect the defects reported by you. After eliminating the old and weak, it was reorganized into an army. The lack of a system is supplemented by the Shandong military system. ”

That's a good idea. I couldn't help but nod my head and say yes to the generals and guerrillas.

However, when the troops that were replenished to the battalions came, they were dumbfounded.

The thousands of presidents who led the team are either surnamed Wu or surnamed Zu!

"Are we replenishing the soldiers and horses, or have we recruited a group of Hades?"

Regarding Wu Sangui's new trick of mixing sand and annexation, you generals can't tell if you have any bitterness. (To be continued......)

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