Chapter 548: Later Jin Enters the Pass

However, at this moment,

I saw a middle-aged Manchu guard leading his personal soldiers to rush up the city wall and led the Manchu soldiers to fight bravely.

It can only be said that the Manchu soldiers in the early years of Kangxi still had some fighting power.

Under the command of this Manchu general, the Jurchen Eight Banners soldiers who had occupied the city wall were driven down the city.

But when this man ordered his men to check the invading enemy troops, the scene he saw almost made him die.

Just look at the corpses left by the enemy troops attacking the city, all of them have Manchu faces!

As for Lin Chen, he frowned slightly when he saw the Jurchen Eight Banners who fled back in a panic with only a thousand casualties.

Not long after.

The head of the Jurchen commander who led the siege was hung high in the military camp.

Die without daring, this is the end.

The effect of this move was also very significant. In the siege near the afternoon, the Jurchen Eight Banners performed very well and almost captured the city wall and opened the city gate.

However, the enemy's general led the troops, which greatly boosted the morale of his Qing soldiers.

However.

The Qing soldiers in the city still did not dare to face the artillery attack, so they forced the Green Flag soldiers to go up to the city wall to defend the city, which was obviously to let the Green Flag soldiers die.

At the same time.

Kangxi received the emergency news from Shanhaiguan!

"What?!"

Kangxi naturally couldn't believe it. Shanhaiguan was a powerful pass in the world. How could it be just a few days?

But the content of the memorial made him silent.

It was all thanks to the enemy's artillery!

How could Kangxi not know the power of artillery?

It was precisely because of the huge power of artillery that Dorgon deliberately suppressed Han culture.

This allowed the Manchu Jurchens, who were only a few million, to rule over the land of hundreds of millions of Han people.

"Pass the order down, order the Shanhaiguan defenders to hold on for seven days and wait for reinforcements from the capital!" Emperor Kangxi decisively ordered that Shanhaiguan must not be lost.

Even though he established the capital this time to conquer Wu Sangui, defending Shanhaiguan is the top priority.

But... how can Shanhaiguan stop Lin Chen for seven days?

Not to mention, after three days, the conflict between the Green Flag soldiers and the Qing soldiers has intensified.

Anyone who knows that they are being used as cannon fodder to die will do so.

The Green Flag soldiers who have been slaves for decades, under such oppression, almost had a gunfight with the Qing soldiers.

Seeing this situation, the commander inside the pass had to order both sides to take turns to guard the city, which suppressed the tense atmosphere.

But it was just suppressed.

That day.

Another part of the Jurchen Eight Banners launched a fierce siege.

Although the Jurchen Eight Banners lost more than 10,000 people in the fierce battles for several days, this loss was just a drop in the bucket compared to their huge military force.

"Follow me to kill the enemy!"

The Manchu general still led the troops.

Then.

Then they heard whistling sounds coming from the sky.

The shrapnel shells exploded into the sky along with their own Jurchen Eight Banners soldiers.

The Manchu commander was also unlucky, as a shrapnel shell exploded next to him.

Even with the iron armor protecting him, he was beaten into a sieve by the iron pieces.

Not only that!

After being instigated and colluded by the Jinyiwei for several consecutive days, and with the growing dissatisfaction in their hearts, the Green Flag soldiers in the city chose to open the city and surrender.

"The city gate is open!"

Someone shouted, startling the Manchu soldiers who were still fighting to the death.

Looking at the vanguard of the army outside the city, they looked like they were about to enter the city.

These Manchu soldiers immediately lost the idea of ​​fighting to the death and fled in disarray.

"Run!"

"Pack up your belongings and leave Shanhaiguan!"

Lin Chen watched all this coldly, then turned to the flag owner of the Eight Banners of the Jurchens and said lightly:

"You have suffered a great loss this time, and the whole city will belong to you for three days."

The flag owner, who was originally depressed because his men were cannon fodder, was overjoyed when he heard this.

Thousands of casualties in exchange for a whole city, this deal is worth it!

The remaining flag owners saw this and showed envy.

"Enter the pass."

Lin Chen looked at Shanhaiguan falling into his hands, his face without sadness or joy.

Any strong pass and strong city is useless in front of artillery.

At the same time.

He also received news from the Jinyiwei that an elite Qing capital was heading towards Shanhaiguan.

Just right, let's solve it together!

As for the elite Qing capital in the Jinyiwei secret report, there are quite a few people, as many as 50,000 or 60,000.

Most of its soldiers are descendants of the Qing who followed Dorgon into the pass.

But it is hard to imagine that these people are warriors who could wear three layers of heavy armor and fight against the Ming army with bows.

Perhaps for these Qing men, this trip to Shanhaiguan is more of a playful act.

What?

Fighting?

Do the men in our capital need to fight in battle?

Can't we just leave it to the Green Flag Soldier?

In this way, this Qing army came to a place only two hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan.

"Strange, why am I so nervous today?"

"Haha, it must be because the weather is too hot, just take a rest!"

"The general has ordered to set up camp!"

As soon as this news came out, everyone cheered.

After walking for nearly thirty miles, they can finally rest.

But before the camp was set up, a long black line suddenly appeared on the horizon in the distance.

When the Qing soldiers saw what the black line was, their faces changed with fear!

"Enemy attack!"

"Charge, kill the slaves!"

The Longxiong Guard led by Yang Zhi took the lead.

This time, the task of completely annihilating the Qing reinforcements was taken by him.

Looking at this Qing reinforcement army, it was already in chaos without any defense.

Seeing this scene, Yang Zhi smiled contemptuously, thinking that it was not as good as the Mongolian army that fought before.

That's right.

Even the Jurchen army at its peak, from a certain perspective, was lucky to enter the pass and conquer the world.

On the other hand, the Mongolian army during the Kublai Khan period was still a terrifying existence that conquered Europe and Asia.

The combat effectiveness of the two is naturally incomparable.

Not to mention that the Qing people were seriously corrupted by wealth and had almost no combat effectiveness.

The Longxiang Guards only made a surprise attack and cut off the Qing army in an instant!

Then, the Tang army infantry rushed in like a tide and besieged the Qing reinforcements.

In just two hours, the remaining 40,000 Qing soldiers chose to surrender.

Seeing this, Yang Zhi scratched his head and thought.

He remembered that his majesty said that he would not take prisoners and that the Tartars would not leave their heads.

So

The surrendered Qing soldiers received the order with a bewildered look on their faces. Dig a pit, dig a big pit!

As some soldiers escaped in the chaos, the news of this battle soon shocked the entire capital.

When Kangxi received the news, he almost vomited blood!

A full 60,000 Qing soldiers were ambushed and killed by the bandits outside the Shanhaiguan before they reached Shanhaiguan!

60,000 people, the whole army was annihilated!

Even the surrendered Manchus were buried and killed in pits!

Such cruel means made Kangxi feel cold behind his back.

Moreover.

This news has spread in the capital.

The news that the army was defeated spread throughout the capital like legs.

What made Kangxi even more headache was.

The Manchus who had lived in the capital for a long time were almost all relatives.

Among the 60,000 people who were annihilated, there were many descendants of the Qing nobles who followed Dorgon into the pass.

If these people make trouble, even Kangxi will have a tingling scalp.

Of course.

Now he has no time to care about these things. The most urgent task is how to stop the Later Jin army that has already entered the pass!

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