At this time, Chen Zhiyuan proposed a feasible strategy, which was to use gunpowder to destroy the tree barriers under the mountain top position, and at least a wide area could be blown up, so that the Ming army could block the enemy in this open area.

Although this is a stupid method and requires too much gunpowder, Chen Sheng and others unanimously agreed to this plan.

But no one knew that Chen Zhiyuan's plan changed the entire battle situation.

Chen Zhiyuan is a military general who considers himself a "Confucian general". He has read military books and is also very clever.

Often, the methods that come up with are unexpected surprises that make people's eyes shine.

It is not that simple to use gunpowder to blow up the trees in front of the position.

The gunpowder of this era is not as powerful as the explosives of later generations.

It’s okay to explode people, but the problem is that explode trees feels powerless and full of energy to beat the air.

If gunpowder is buried all over the mountains and fields to detonate, then how much gunpowder is needed will definitely not work.

At this time, Chen Zhiyuan came up with another idea.

Let the soldiers bury gunpowder under every huge rock on the top of the mountain. In this way, as long as they are lit and detonated, the rocks will be blown back and rolled downwards, and the trees you encounter along the road will be broken. As long as dozens of rocks are blown up, a clearing of open space can be cleared in front of the position, at least the enemy will lose the natural barrier that blocks the Ming army's arrows.

As for trees that have not been cleaned up, they can be cleared again and again in the following battle.

At this time, the second wave of the Qing army's attack began.

On both sides of the mountains, thousands of Qing soldiers bent over and climbed the mountain. Looking from above, they looked like black ants.

According to the Shen Zhiyuan plan, the Ming soldiers chose some huge rocks hanging in the sky or buried in the soil at the top of the mountain, and then roughly dug holes in the stones and buried explosives.

When a pillar of incense appeared halfway up the mountain, a series of explosions sounded in front of the Ming army's top position.

Although nearly half of the huge rocks remained motionless after the explosion, at least half of the huge rocks were pushed by the explosion force and rolled downwards.

From slow to fast, in the end, it rolled down with a "boom" and "woo" roaring.

Not to mention the obstacles encountered, they are not trees. Even the same huge rocks are crushed and then they are rushing down together. This momentum can be described as a landslide.

Poor thousands of Qing troops were unable to advance or retreat at this time, and watched the catastrophe land on their heads, and then in the face of natural disasters, it turned into a pile of meat paste, which could not even be called the meat paste.

And this is not all. The broken wood and stone along the road driven by the huge rocks have become a real landslide in the end, and the entire hillside is covered by thick smoke and dust.

The earth, wood and stones that poured down like heavy rain poured down to the foot of the mountain, and even part of the Qing army preparing for war was swallowed up.

This tragic scene was even stunned by the terrible scene. He originally wanted to clear the trees in front of the position, but he did not want to trigger a violent natural disaster.

All the Ming soldiers were stunned, and then cheered in unison, "God bless the Ming Dynasty!"

Duoduo retreated. Even if he was unwilling to give up, God would do so, and he could only retreat. In one day, he lost thousands of people. If he continued to fight, it would not be a mistake, but a sin.

He led his army to retreat to Laohuai Village, where he was stationed in the key pass originally built by the Ming army, and then wrote a letter to the Qing court for instructions.

In the battle of Pinggang Mountain, the thunder and raindrops were loud and the day started in a hurry and ended in a hurry.

But as a result, the Qing army suffered a great loss.

Dorgon, who received a memorial from Dodo, had to order the negotiations to restart.

Because most of Duoduo's army was to draw the troops of the three kings of Kong, Geng and Shang who were attacking Fujian. If they really lost a large amount of money in Shaoxing Prefecture, the strategy of attacking Fujian would be hindered.

After weighing the left and right, the Qing court decided to make some concessions and prompt the conclusion of a ceasefire negotiation with Shaoxing Prefecture as soon as possible.

On the tenth day of May, the second round of negotiations between Shaoxing Prefecture and the Qing court began.

By promoting peace through war, the Ming army's tone was obviously much higher this time.

After three days of negotiations, the Qing court made concessions, using the actual controlled area as the boundary, and the armistice was reduced to three years.

After Wu Zheng discussed with Wang Zhiren, he thought it was acceptable.

The two sides decided to sign a truce treaty in Yingtian Prefecture five days later, that is, on the 18th day of May.

The location for Yingtianfu selected for the signing contract was specifically emphasized by Wu Zheng.

As an illegal court force, Shaoxing Prefecture is at most a prince, not a dynasty in the eyes of the world. Then, by the enemy to determine the legitimacy of the Shaoxing Prefecture court, it can convince the people of the world, thus achieving the goal of Wu Zheng commanding the world with the Nandu.

This was undoubtedly a major military and diplomatic victory.

With a mere Shaoxing Prefecture, we firmly grasped the gaps in the Qing army's forces and resolutely made an attempt to the north until the Nandu was restored.

With only tens of thousands of troops, it is not a miracle that it has conquered Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou and Yingtian Prefecture several prefectures.

News of the truce came out, on May 18th, Yingtian Prefecture was deserted.

Tens of thousands of people flocked to Hongwu Gate to witness this grand occasion with their own eyes.

Wang Zhiren signed a contract with the Qing court on behalf of Shaoxing Prefecture.

But the Qing court sent Hong Chengchou to sign the contract.

This is not without jokes or irony.

The former Prince Taibao of the Ming Dynasty, the Minister of War, and the Governor of Ji Liao, Hong Chengchou, now represented the Qing court to Yingtian Prefecture, the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, and signed a ceasefire agreement with Shaoxing Prefecture for the Qing court.

This is too bad.

A wooden platform more than 1 meter high had been built in front of Hongwu Gate.

This was Wu Zheng’s idea. It was not just that he wanted to see the face of a great traitor for all ages, but also that the people of Yingtian Prefecture wanted to see the true face of this traitor.

When the gongs and drums sounded, they came to the wooden table with a green official sedan chair escorted by hundreds of soldiers.

The official sedan chair in the head is a bit unique, and the others are four-person sedan chairs carried by two people in front and back. It is an eight-person sedan chair carried by four people in front and back.

Amid the suppressed curses of the people in the city, the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted up, and a thin half-old official stepped out of it.

Wu Zheng looked at this person and his face was undesirable. It really corresponds to the old saying, "It's a great treacherous person."

Accompanied by more than a dozen Qing officials, Hong Chengchou walked up to the wooden platform.

Wang Zhiren stood up and bowed and said, "I have been looking forward to it for a long time. Thank you for your hard work, Grand Secretary Hong has been traveling all the way to the west."

This is a polite word and a diplomatic word.

But Hong Chengchou bowed his hand and looked around, asking, "Where is Lin'an Bo Wu Zheng?"
Chapter completed!