Chongzhen four years, that is, the so-called five years of Hou Jin Tiancong, this year moved the capital to "Shengjing" for six years, Hou Jin inherited the throne of Huang Taiji after the succession of the Khan, on the basis of the original city wall to build a new city, the city wall thickened, heightened, reinforced; The four gates of the Ming Dynasty were changed to eight gates, and the Eight Banners Army each guarded one gate, and the city passage changed from the cross street of the Ming Dynasty to the Tic-tac-toe street. The original strongest north gate of the Ming Dynasty was the least destroyed in the war, and because it was close to Nurhachi's residence, it was fortunate to be preserved in the Qing Dynasty and became the "Nine Gates". After four years, a new look, tall and majestic city wall stood in the land of Liaodong. And this city wall is the first city wall in Shenyang.

The city wall of Shenyang, although it is a complex of the Ming and Qing dynasties, is different from the purpose of repairing the city in the Ming Dynasty. Huang Taiji built the city mainly to build Shenyang as the imperial capital. The capital city of ancient China generally has three cities, such as the palace city, the imperial city, and the outer city, that is, the so-called "build the city to be the king, and build the country to guard the people". Shengjing, as the capital of the Qing Dynasty, of course, can not only have an inner city, but limited by strength, Huang Taiji throughout his life, but also failed to build the outer city wall of Shengjing, and after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs in the first year of Shunzhi, for the Manchu Qing who has always wanted to stay in the prosperous land of the Central Plains, naturally there is no intention to clean up this Shengjing City, and most of the banner people in the city are "from the dragon into the pass", so that this Shengjing City has long been abandoned, and the soldiers and civilians in the city are only thousands of households.

Since last year, the Manchu Qing dignitaries have been forced by the situation to arrange their own retreat, they have all chosen to send the looted belongings and relatives back to Shengjing without exception, which also makes Shengjing show a bit of prosperity that has not been seen for more than ten years, and the reason why they will retreat in Shengjing is also simple, because this is their "hometown".

Of course, at that time, no one thought that one day, the Ming army that they drove out of Liaodong would appear under this city again, let alone that Shengjing would fall into the encirclement of the Ming army.

Who would have thought?

Those Ming troops did not kill from Shanhaiguan, but went all the way up the newly thawed Hunhe River, all the way to the bottom of Shengjing City without any hindrance. When standing on the head of the city and heading towards the Hunhe River, the bannermen on the head of the city were all shocked by the hundreds of ships on the Hunhe River - more than a dozen huge multi-pulp boats were moored in the river, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly at Shengjing City, and the only thing that made the Qing army on the head of the city feel a little at ease was that the city wall was several miles away from the river, and it was so far away that the cannon on the ship should not be able to beat it.

Definitely can't beat it!

There is no need to measure, and any artillery officer knows that even if a cannonball hits it five or six miles apart, not only is it not accurate, but its power is very limited. As for the loyal and righteous army, which had begun to plan an attack on Shengjing as early as last year, it was natural that they had already mastered this information.

"One ......"

With a roar, several men pulled arm-thick ropes, and with the help of pulley slings, a large cannon was slowly hoisted out of the cabin. It's just that this cannon is not so much like a cannon, but rather a large piece of iron, the cannon body is short and thick, about one person long, rough about one person, such a cannon looks very strange, but most people can recognize this is a mortar cannon, but this cannon is also a little too big.

When the soldiers watched in amazement as the stubby guy was loaded onto a sampan and almost sank it, Mi Guoping, who was standing on the wooden dock, could feel the surprised eyes around him, and he said quite proudly.

"The sixteen-year-old coastal mortar should be the largest cannon in the world!"

Pointing to the huge iron bullets that were being lifted over there, he said to the infantry beside him.

"This cannonball is 152 pounds, if it is loaded with enough gunpowder, it can hit the cannonball seven or eight miles away, and the momentum when the cannon is fired is extremely amazing, when the time comes, you all have to be careful, don't be frightened by it!"

"Sir, look at what you said, we haven't seen any battles, and we can still be intimidated?"

The infantryman with a gun on the side said with some disdain.

Mi Guoping didn't say anything about their reaction, he just smiled slightly and stopped talking.

These coastal mortar cannons were removed from the coastal defense fortress in Haizhou for the Northern Expedition, not to mention that the army has never seen such a big cannon, that is, the navy that has seen big things, when I saw it for the first time, I was also taken aback, it is not only powerful, but also the sound of the cannon is extremely amazing, and even when the cannon is fired in the fortress of Yuzhou, the people in Haizhou City can hear the cannon.

Whether this is an exaggeration or not, no one cares, but Mi Guoping knows that as long as these twelve coastal defense packages are deployed, the so-called Shengjing City Wall is just like paper paste, and it is not an obstacle at all.

When the Ming army outside the city was preparing for the siege, the initial chaos in Shengjing City was gone, although the price of grain in the city's grain shop rose three times a day, but the city was full of a "common enemy" appearance, after all, the people in the city are basically banner people, they know what the result will be once the city is broken, eight or nine times out of ten will be built Beijing view. In order to survive, in the past, the housekeepers who were above the top of the eyes have been ordered by the master to send the family Aha (Baoyi slave) to Zhangjing Mansion to assist the army to defend the city, so that the original empty Shengjing City is also strong and strong, more than 20,000 horses, after all, those who can come to Shengjing with the master, most of them are young and strong men, they were originally to help the masters repair the house, but now they are sent to the city.

However, although there are more than 20,000 horses under his command, Wu Kuli can't laugh, because he knows very well that these tens of thousands of coats are waving flags and shouting on the side, if they are talking about fighting with them, especially fighting with the Han people, it is simply a joke, after all, many of them are the coats who came from the staking when they entered the customs, those slaves and maids are unbearable, and there are not one or two people who have fled in large numbers over the years, and now the Han people are fighting, how can they be reliable.

"My lord, the little one looked out of the city from the top of the city in the afternoon. The small one thinks that the Ming dog is at most 20,000 or 30,000 horses, and the ancient saying is that Yun ten will surround it, five will attack it, and the small one thinks that with Shengjing's 30,000 horses, it is impossible for the Ming dog to attack the city no matter what! ”

Wu Pingshu, who was arching his waist, immediately spoke out to persuade when he saw the gloomy look on his master's face.

"Hey, Pingshu, if they are all like you, how can the old man be worried!"

Sighing like this, Wu Kuli shook his head and said.

"More than 20,000 slaves and maids, who say that they are their coats, can be regarded as their own people, but who doesn't know how they came over back then? It's not all staking circles, but if there is an opportunity, who wouldn't want to escape, that is, old people like you in Pingshu, who know that they are reading the love of our flag people......"

When looking at Wu Pingshu, Wu Kuli said in his heart, this Wu Pingshu is also his coat, and he is a slave of the Wu family, but he was plundered by Emperor Taizong when he entered the customs, and he has been a slave for more than 20 years, and he has long regarded the Wu family as his family. Such people naturally use peace of mind, but there are not many such people in the clothes sent to defend the city!

"Master, people's hearts are flesh and blood, if there is no care from the masters, how can we be slaves today, they will definitely remember the love of the masters......"

Wu Pingshu's tone still seemed very humble, as a slave, he naturally had the duty to be a slave, and he never crossed the thunder pool by half a step.

"Besides, now that we are defending the city, even if someone doesn't think about the master's affection in their hearts and wants to surrender the thief, can they still jump off the city? When the reinforcements come, when the time comes, this Ming dog will definitely be defeated! ”

"Of course, the reinforcements from the imperial court will come, but the imperial court wants to mobilize reinforcements from the customs to leave the customs, and it will take a month to rush to Shengjing. In other words, we have to stay in Shengjing City for a month anyway. ”

Although Wu Pingshu was his cronie, Wu Kuli did not tell him the news that Shanhaiguan had been "trapped", and he could not tell outsiders the news. Maybe something will go wrong. As long as you hold this place and wait for Bahai to bring reinforcements over, it may not be easy to defeat the Ming army, but when the time comes, it should be no problem to force them to withdraw to the mouth of the river.

As long as Shengjing is kept, it is a great achievement!

"The general is right. As long as we set up camp tightly, we will rely on the city to see what those bright dogs can endure me. Besides, they came all the way by sea this time, and it was not easy for these tens of thousands of horses to transport grain and grass from Jiangnan, if they really spent a few months under Shengjing City. It is estimated that there is no need for the imperial court to send troops to come, and these Ming dogs will also take the initiative to retreat because of the lack of food and grass. ”

"Exactly! After all, this Shengjing is no better than Guannei, there are almost no people outside the city, and there is no one to cultivate, and it is a pipe dream to want to collect grain on the spot! We don't need to avoid Qingye to kill their minds for me! ”

So he smiled lightly, and Wu Kuli said again.

"However, we can't take it lightly, after all, those Ming dogs have fought all the way from the sea to Shengjing. It must have come for our Shengjing, and they must have been prepared. ”

Of course, Wu Kuli didn't know that as early as last year, the Loyal and Righteous Army had already begun to prepare all this, and as for the grain and grass he pinned his hopes on, there was no need to worry at all, on the Korean side, hundreds of thousands of stones had been prepared, and even tens of thousands of Korean people could be transported to Liaodong at any time.

"However, there is no need to worry, the most important thing now is ......"

Wu Kuli glanced in the direction of Guan Nei, and then said in a solemn tone.

"If the imperial court receives the letter, when will the soldiers be sent!"

Although he knew that after the fall of Shanhaiguan, the imperial court might not be able to send reinforcements for a while, it did not prevent Wu Kuli from still having this glimmer of hope in his heart.