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Chapter 488 Shanhaiguan Battle Begins

The speed and efficiency of the refugee army are still very fast.

Even though they didn’t have many horses and livestock, they had to rely on 11 routes most of the time. However, on the day before the New Year, on the 29th day of the 12th lunar month, their pioneers arrived under the mighty Luocheng in Shanhaiguan.

This is mainly because Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry did not dare to come out. They could not find out what size the refugee army was at this time.

There is no harassment, and there is no need to worry about being attacked. The morale of the refugee army is strong at this time and they all want to make contributions, so their efficiency will naturally increase.

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, early in the morning of New Year's Eve, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin's main forces arrived one after another. The endless army made the Guanning army on the top of Shanhaiguan City gasp.

"The thieves are so powerful..."

For a moment, even Hong Chengchou was a little dizzy. He also understood why the thieves could take over the capital city? They were really imposing!

Ma Ke also swallowed with difficulty. He has hundreds of thousands of people. How can he play? He hurriedly looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Supervisor, what's wrong..."

Hong Chengchou nodded, looked at Wu Sangui again, and whispered: "Changbo, have you decided?"

Wu Sangui's brows had already frowned into the word "chuan".

I thought that with their strength, it would be less of a problem to resist the thief.

Although his uncle and his grandfather's family had completely turned to the Qing army, the strength of their Guanning relationship was still very large.

Even though they had already eliminated Liu Zhaoji and Wang Tingchen's troops who were really loyal to the Ming Dynasty, they drove them to the western front outside the pass.

But his Ningyuan division, Hong Chengchou's Qin army division, and Ma Ke's Shanhaiguan division had a total force of less than 100,000, and there were 80,000 or 90,000. In addition, both auxiliary soldiers and civilians were extremely abundant, and they also had reserves of food and grass. No matter how they calculated, they were almost foolproof.

Not only can you cheat the migrant army, but you can even cheat the Tartars!

Who would have thought that the thief was so large, and the equipment in the battle formation was definitely much stronger than expected.

For a moment, Wu Sangui, who was originally confident, felt unsure for a while...

But how could he weaken his aura at this time? He immediately said calmly: "It's okay, don't worry! Shanhaiguan is the world's number one pass. Even if we don't arrange too many defenses under the city, they can't get up with the equipment of the thief! After a few days, our elite cavalry will definitely be done!"

Wu Sangui is not a big deal. After all, Guanning Army was raised by the elites who drank all the blood of the Ming Dynasty. Even if it was not considered his core elite "Yiding Tuqi", ordinary cavalry alone was more elite than the elite cavalry of the refugee army.

Hong Chengchou nodded slowly and felt much more at ease.

Although he was known for his military and good at fighting, after all, he was a civil servant and had been polished by Song Jin. He knew very well that he was not as good as Wu Sangui in front of him, regardless of his vision or strategy.

Wu Sangui is confident that they have the dangers of Shanhaiguan, so I think there will be no problems.

Not to mention Ma Ke, he is more like a politician than a decisive general, and he has always been the leader of Wu Sangui.

After all, the refugee army had just arrived, and they didn't seem to have brought many siege equipment. No one was too worried about Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou and Ma Ke.

If this battle is really going to start, it will be next year.

But what they didn't expect was!

The three of them were still in a scattered way and went to various departments to check the situation. The refugee army had already moved!

In the passionate roar of "Wuwu", tens of thousands of cannon fodder hungry people in the refugee army were pushed out, and the two wings were Bai Guangen's troops and Tang Tong's troops pressed the formation and pushed it over quickly.

“I…they, they

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What are you going to do? Do you still want to attack the city today???”

It was incredible that Mako's chin fell to the ground for a moment.

After all, it was noon soon, and just bulldozing was pushed over, it would probably be pushed until evening. It is no exaggeration to say that the refugee army is completely doing useless work.

According to Ma Ke's thoughts, siege the city, especially the dangerously intertwined Luocheng, such as Shanhaiguan, must be carefully planned and moved early in the morning to allow cannon fodder to fill the fortifications first, repair the fortifications, and then wait until dawn is over, and the main force comes out again and starts to rush to the city in one go.

However, at this time, the actions of the refugee army completely shattered Mako's worldview and made him unable to stop looking down on the refugee army.

With this little trick, I still want to fight Shanhaiguan?

Just kidding.

Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui also relaxed a lot. Wu Sangui smiled and said, "If you want to play, then let's play. Superintendent, Mr. Ma, even if the thief is useless, we must be well prepared."

"Okay, Mr., don't worry!"

...

Just when Wu Sangui and others were already relaxed, Liu Zongmin was calm and excited.

Looking at the huge defense of Shanhaiguan formed by several Luochengs, his eyes showed a bloodthirsty light and said proudly: "This Shanhaiguan is worthy of being the world's number one pass. I have to admire it. The thoughts of the ancients are really huge. However, as the saying goes, success is Xiao He and failure is Xiao He. The Wu thieves did not dig fortifications. This not only despise us, but also gives us opportunities!"

"Oh, you wait, do you have a way to defeat the enemy?"

Li Zicheng and others originally thought that Liu Zongmin was attacking a large-scale attack at this time, just pretending to scare Wu Sangui and others. Unexpectedly, there seemed to be more coveting from Liu Zongmin.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him admiringly, Liu Zongmin was even more excited, licked his tongue bloodthirsty, and explained with a smile: "Uh, someone has read some military tactics for you before. Luocheng is indeed strong and easy to defend but difficult to attack, and can echo each other. If you attack strongly, you don't know how many people will die, and you may not be able to attack. But at this time, don't forget that we have a treasure! They want to cover each other and tear apart my Dashun's offensive, but it's not that easy!"

"Well, let me tell you in detail."

Everyone was busy looking at Liu Zongmin to please him, hoping that Liu Zongmin would understand the problem, and Li Zicheng also looked at him with a eager eye.

But Liu Zongmin pretended to be mysterious and mysterious: "Emperor, brothers, don't worry! The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed! If nothing unexpected happens, today, you can break the Shanhaiguan City!"

...

"boom!"

"Boom..."

When the offensive of the refugee army pushed into the attack range of Luocheng in front of Shanhaiguan, countless artillery fired at the top of their throats.

However, many elite migrant army soldiers, including these cannon fodders, have already learned how to prevent artillery fire in the process of fighting with the model army.

As soon as we saw the Guanning Army's artillery on the top of the city, before the cannon sounded, tens of thousands of hungry refugees all over the mountains and fields lay down one after another.

Amid the roaring artillery fire, the power of hundreds of various artillery guns looked huge, but it was not enough to cause any substantial damage to the refugee soldiers.

After five or six rounds of artillery fire, even the red-clothed cannon was a little unstoppable, and it was necessary to cease fire and cool the barrel.

"Damn it, these bastards, when did these bastards learn so well? What should I do if I do this?"

On the top of the city, Ma Ke was already a little anxious.

Shanhaiguan is his chassis, and many gunners are his people. Who would have thought that

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The artillery he was proud of on weekdays was not working at this time...

Looking around the mountains and fields, dozens of unlucky people were killed in several rounds of artillery bombardment, and not many were injured. These people could not even make a splash in the face of such a huge offensive by the refugee army...

How can I play this?

Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui's faces were also a little wrong in the battle formations on both sides, but at this time, they still didn't care much.

If the refugee army does not have siege equipment, can it still fly to the top of the city?

Seeing that the Guanning Army's artillery was silenced on the top of the city, the refugee army also began to move quickly, throwing the bundles of dry firewood they carried with them to the ground, and quickly ignited them.

In a short while, countless fires ignited outside the concave and convex Luocheng in Shanhaiguan.

The key is that the sea breeze was the east wind at this time, and the Guanning army on the top of the city was about to scold these refugees and stupid, but suddenly they found that they didn't know what they had added to the fire. The thick smoke quickly floated towards the top of the city, choking the Guanning army defenders coughed continuously.

Soon, even Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou and Ma Ke's vision were blocked, and most of them could not see the situation clearly for a while.

Chaos soon appeared on the top of Shanhaiguan city, and a wolf cried and screamed.

Fortunately, they were all elites and quickly stabilized. With their voices to support, they began to inspect the inspection and defense.

"Haha, Ru Hou, how did your brain grow? It's wonderful, wonderful!"

"You are mighty!"

"It's worthy of being your husband, hahaha..."

At this time, the battle formation of the refugee army was filled with joy, and the generals even licked their faces and flattered Liu Zongmin.

Li Zicheng also looked at Liu Zongmin with appreciation and said with a smile: "In the past, Emperor Gaozu had Han Xin, but now I, Li Zicheng, have you, and the world can be settled!"

"Your Majesty, you're awesome, but today, I'll give you something surprising!"

Liu Zongmin's mood was also unstoppable. On his dark face, the confidence and domineering of a mature man were beyond words.

This is actually how people are.

The effect of encouragement is far greater than scolding!

A child who encourages him all the way is definitely more likely to become successful than scolds him all the way.

Of course, many sons of the heavenly choice and sons of the plane are definitely exceptions.

After all, those who really want to achieve great things must need cruel polishing.

However, at this time, Liu Zongmin was already talented and had extremely rich experience. The uniform admiration of the refugee army, coupled with Li Zicheng's high praise, his self-confidence had reached an unparalleled level.

The morale of the entire refugee army has reached an irresistible level!

Soon, as the fire ignited, countless hungry people continued to transport firewood to the front, and the migrant army's front continued to move, forcing about a mile under many Luochengs.

This distance is already a very dangerous distance.

The sound of artillery from Guanning Army on the city started to sound one after another.

Unfortunately, they were covered by smoke and their accurate heads were completely gone. They were completely "fate-finished-sword technique". They were all released to the sky.

As the front progressed, the baked ground gradually softened and was wet, and the refugees behind him also began to build many earthen wall fortifications quickly.

Just after noon, the earthen walls of the refugee army had already formed a scale.

With many Luocheng outside Shanhaiguan as the core, the attack and defense of the front and back have been extended to several miles and have begun to stack up.
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