On June 20, the fifth year of Ruiyuan, Mao Shi.

The thousand cannons aimed at the south gate and the city wall of Shenyang began to roar.

In accordance with the emperor's will, the military department mobilized a large number of artillery shells and made adequate preparations.

This is a bombing with a completely different meaning, different from the previous attack after the artillery bombardment, this time the artillery bombardment will completely blow up the entire south gate and city wall, as for how much shells and silver will be consumed, only a few people in the household department are concerned.

The Eight Banners Army stationed in Shenyang would never have dreamed that the strong city walls they relied on would be reduced to ashes under the bombardment of artillery, just like Shangjing during the Yuan Dynasty, which was completely occupied by Kublai Khan's iron hooves, and the Yuan army dug three feet into the ground and completely destroyed Shangjing, the capital of the former Dajin Kingdom.

Cannonballs fell in front of the city gates, on the ramparts, including around the moat.

The huge column of water and the yellow sand in the sky make people not see what the Shenyang city wall is, the rumbling cannon sound makes people only be able to cover their ears, and the bows and crossbows and flags erected on the city wall are like children's toys being thrown into the air at will.

No one has ever seen such a fierce bombardment, it can also be said that the bombardment of the city wall and city of Shenyang by the imperial army is the first time in the world, the price of each shell of the Hongyi cannon is five taels of silver, and the price of each shell of the Franco machine is four taels or five of silver, and the bombardment consumes more than 100,000 shells, and the consumption of silver is hundreds of thousands of taels.

Except for the Ming Dynasty, no one can afford such a huge consumption.

From this, we can also see the emperor's determination, that is, to take the city of Shenyang at all costs and completely exterminate the Qing Kingdom and the Eight Banners Army.

Shenyang City, Imperial Palace, Dazheng Palace.

The rumbling sound of cannons made the main hall tremble.

Dolgon's face was calm. Emperor Shunzhi's face was a little pale, Dai Shan, Jierharang and Azig and others bowed their heads and were silent, the general attack of the Ming army on the city of Shenyang had begun, and the next brutal battle was about to begin.

It was a little strange that such a situation appeared in the main hall, and according to the explanation, the army began to bombard. Dai Shan and the others should have directly commanded the army under their command to prepare to resist desperately, but all the banner owners of the Eight Banners were concentrated in the Dazheng Palace.

It is not these Manchurian banner owners who really command the battle, but the many officers under the command of Dolgon, which is the decision of Dolgon's unified command, and Daishan, Zilharang and Azig and others also agree, after all, this is a battle related to the life and death of the Qing Dynasty, if they still take care of their respective powers, they want to completely control the soldiers under their command, once the Ming army enters the city of Shenyang. Then everyone has no future.

The atmosphere has always been very dull, the herald did not come to report any news, the Eight Banners Army has long been taught the sharpness of the Ming artillery, the original Huang Taiji was thinking of being able to get the Ming army's artillery, but in the end he was not able to do so.

However, Dolgon believed that the artillery of the Ming army was indeed sharp, but it was still up to the sergeants to decide the outcome of the battle. Once the Ming artillery stopped bombing, then what awaited was the attack of the Ming army. At that time, the fight between the sergeants of the Eight Banners Army and the Ming Army is the key to the real decision of the outcome of the battle.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners Army were not stationed near the city gate, the walls of Shenyang City were tall, and there was a moat up to fifty meters wide, even if the Ming army began to charge, the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army stationed in the city could quickly rush to the city wall to fight.

Time passes slowly. From midnight to midday, until noon.

The cannon still rumbled.

The herald came to the Dazheng Hall to report twice, and the first time he reported that the artillery of the Ming army was very sharp, and the bows and crossbows on the city wall were all blown up. The second time I came to report it, it was said that the city wall had been destroyed to a certain extent.

When the herald announced, Dolgon's face remained silent.

It was getting dark, and the Ming army did not attack, but the sound of artillery still did not dissipate, and the city wall of the south gate had suffered serious damage.

At this time, Dolgon's face finally changed, and he had already thought of what method the Ming army would take to attack the city of Shenyang, that is, to blow up the city wall across Shenyang with artillery, and the Ming army would directly rush into the city of Shenyang to fight.

Dolgon had never seen such an attack, it should be said that he did not particularly care about the power of artillery, in his opinion, the sergeant was the main thing, but the sharp artillery of the Ming army had already given him a blow to the head.

Dolgon quickly issued an order, the north, east and west of the Eight Banner Army, leaving a small number of sergeants stationed, the rest of the sergeants all concentrated at the south gate, guarding the inner city of the Zhenghuang Banner sergeants, only 10,000 people remained, and the rest were all concentrated in the south gate area, ready to resist the large-scale charge of the Ming army.

After it was completely dark, the artillery stopped bombing.

The city of Shenyang finally quieted down, but it was completely in a state of panic.

The Manchu nobles had already received an order, which was an order issued by Dolgon on behalf of the imperial court, that is, to gather all the young and middle-aged people in their mansions or families who could participate in the fighting, and organize them into the Eight Banners Army to participate in the upcoming fight, leaving only the old and weak women and children in the family.

Even Han Chinese slaves and Korean slaves were incorporated into the army, whether they wanted to or not, these people did the hardest and most tiring things, but they couldn't get enough to eat.

The city was unusually quiet, and suppressed cries could be heard in many places.

When Dorgon returned to the mansion from the Grand Palace, he even heard these suppressed cries.

The next day, before it was fully light, the artillery bombardment began again.

In the middle of the night, Dolgon once ordered those Han and Koreans who were incorporated into the Eight Banners Army to repair the city wall overnight, and the wall was not so easy to repair, not to mention that in the dark night, in order to prevent being killed, the Manchurian Eight Banners did not even send soldiers to supervise these Han and Koreans, and the result was that a large number of Han and Koreans, while repairing the city, jumped directly off the city wall from the gap and rushed towards the camp of the Ming army.

When Dorgon got the report, he was furious, but there was no better way to deal with it.

Some of the makeshift logs on top of the city walls were blown away again.

Zheng Jinhong, who has been paying attention to the artillery bombardment, showed a rare smile on his face, after a whole day of bombing, the south gate and the city wall are already full of holes, according to his estimates, it will take about two days of bombing at most, the city wall can be completely blown up, and then the army can rush into the city and fight with the Eight Banners Army.

The battle of attacking the city and pulling out the village, the biggest casualties are actually to take the city wall and the city gate, this kind of fight for the attack and defense of the double anti, are a huge test, heavy casualties test the will of the double anti, Chongzhen years, the Jiliao governor Yuan Chonghuan was able to rely on the Jinzhou city to hold on, command less than 20,000 soldiers in the city, stubbornly resisted the almost crazy attack of the Eight Banners Army, forced Nurhachi to lead the army to evacuate, is the end of this will contest.

It doesn't exist anymore, and sharp artillery can completely destroy the city walls, avoiding the greatest casualties in the attack on the city.

Zheng Jinhong knew that the Eight Banners Army must have taken defensive measures, and what artillery could destroy was the moat and city walls, and the blow to the Eight Banners Army was not very big, that is to say, the main force of the Eight Banners Army was still there.

This indicates that the focus of the battle of Shenyang lies in the battle of the army rushing into the city, and the imperial army will definitely encounter the frantic resistance of the Eight Banners Army.

Zheng Jinhong has long been prepared like this, the battle of Fengzhen made him experience the bravery of the Eight Banners Army, and the imperial army will also take out the strongest soldiers and rush into Shenyang City to fight.

The whole day of bombing ended again.

In fact, the city wall has been almost blown up, if the cavalry charges, they can directly rush into the city to fight, but Zheng Jinhong did not give the order of the general attack, and when he returned to the Chinese military tent, he also specially reported his ideas to the emperor and got the emperor's support.

On the third day, the time had not yet come.

Yang He and Liu Zeqing were both ready, they would lead 50,000 soldiers to rush into the city of Shenyang to fight, and the scout battalion and the most elite cavalry battalion would follow them.

When the cannon fire rang out again, the time had come to the end of the day, and this time the bombardment was a little late.

Change is finally here.

The bombardment began to develop in the direction of depth, and the city gate and the city wall fell only more than 100 shells, and then the shells began to bombard in the direction of depth, and with high-powered binoculars, it can be clearly seen that under the bombardment of artillery, some houses in the city were blown up.

This is the prelude to the beginning of the offensive, and it is also Zheng Jinhong's suggestion, after the city wall and city gate are completely blown up, the Eight Banners Army will definitely lie in ambush in the city, waiting for the attack of the imperial army, where the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army are stationed, Zheng Jinhong cannot know, but he can order the artillery to bomb in the direction of depth, extinguish the prestige of the Eight Banners Army, and create the best possible fighting conditions for the soldiers who charge first.

The time of the bombing was also postponed, Zheng Jinhong was ready for a night battle, the battle to attack the city of Shenyang must be extremely difficult, and it was not so easy to completely exterminate the Eight Banners Army, in all fairness, the fight between the soldiers of the imperial army and the individual of the Eight Banners Army did not occupy an absolute advantage, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army were familiar with the terrain in Shenyang City, and the soldiers who attacked the city only knew the structure of Shenyang City from the drawings.

Zheng Jinhong is fully prepared, this battle, the investment of more than 150,000 troops, the fight is not divided into day and night, as for the emperor's request not to be able to hurt the civilians, when the fight really unfolds, there is no guarantee, the soldiers in the process of fighting, as long as they meet the people who resist, whether the other party is a sergeant of the Eighth Banner Army, or the old and weak women and children, they must be killed mercilessly.

Zheng Jinhong has absolute confidence, he believes that no matter how fierce and cruel the fight is, the Eight Banners Army will be completely wiped out, and the Great Qing Kingdom will definitely perish. (To be continued.) )