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Chapter 67 The first day

"Master General, where are you going?" Man Gui didn't believe that Zhou Shixiong was a person who escaped at the battle, but after Zhou Shixiong's arrangement, he obviously wanted to leave for ten days. Man Gui was not surprised that there would be a ghost.

"I led the central army and the guards to Sanhe." Zhou Shixiong did not discuss with his subordinates when he wanted to make the Sanhe plan. He also thought that it would be enough to bring only 10,000 people. Unexpectedly, Jiannu was worried and allowed him to take away only one-tenth of the plan.

"Sanhe? The General of the General wants to cut off the retreat of Jiannu?" Man Gui of course remembered Zhou Shixiong's original idea. It was because he did not support the two of them. It was still impossible to eliminate it, so that Man Gui could not enter Zhou Shixiong's circle.

Zhou Shixiong shook his head, "Jiannu sent all the robbed people's food and grass to Sanhe, and then sent them out of the customs in batches. This time, this time the governor went to rescue these people and burn them, so that Jiannu could cut off food and grass, and see how long they could last!"

Man Gui had been fighting with the Outer Mongolian people and the Jurchens for more than ten years. They understood their way of fighting. They did not have to carry too much supplies at all. They captured one place and robbed another, and used the method of fighting to survive. If Zhou Shixiong really burned down the food and grass that Jiannu robbed, Man Gui believed that the food and grass that Jiannu carried with him would not last ten days. At that time, they would not have the final say for these lives and deaths of Jiannu going south!

"General, please bring more people. As long as the adults can burn these food and grass, it is worth it to die in Shunyi!" Man Gui had the idea of ​​serving someone and something for the first time. Zhou Shixiong was surprised by Man Gui's request, but he didn't expect that this guy also had a passionate side.

"Soldiers are more expensive than elites. In order to ensure the smooth progress of this plan, I will take Huang Qiankun and Li Xiaobin and others away. Please ask you the rest." Zhou Shixiong didn't even wait for Fang Zhenghua, and summoned five personal soldiers, Qian Zong and 1,500 cavalrymen to set off immediately. At the East Gate of Shunyi, Zhou Shixiong met Zuo Liangyu and Liu Liangzuo, "Why are you doing here if you are not on duty in the big account?"

"Principal General brings us, the sub-master is the personal guard of the commander!" Zuo Liangyu and Liu Liangzuo knelt in front of the horse and shouted loudly. Zhou Shixiong then remembered that although they had accumulated merits and promoted, they had never arranged an appointment. They were indeed their personal guard officers in name.

"Then let's keep up." Zhou Shixiong was interested in Zuo Liangyu, a historical celebrity, because he was a celebrity and hadn't noticed how powerful this guy was after receiving it for so long, so he would often forget it.

Zhou Shixiong did not plan to go to Sanhe directly. He wanted to solve the Jiannu cavalry in Pinggu first, eliminate the threat and then attack Sanhe. "Lu Hong, I will lead the guard to Pinggu. You will take the central army to Duguantun outside Sanhe City to wait for me. If I have not arrived in six days, you will withdraw to Shunyi before I arrive."

"Sir, let me go to Pinggu. The price is under the quotation that I will not let a Jiannu go." Yu Jiaao was responsible for investigating Pinggu and knew the situation there best, so he was very confident in saying this. Zuo Liangyu and Lu Hong both advised Zhou Shixiong not to leave the brigade and put safety first.

"I didn't let you take anything to maintain the speed of the march. How can I break Sanhe City by empty handed at that time? I went to Pinggu in person to prepare for the things used to attack the city, so you don't need to persuade them." Zhou Shixiong immediately made the others shut up. Zhou Shixiong opened the map and told Lu Hong where Du Guantun was. The people who asked the guards to cross Sanhe were guided by Lu Hong. The two teams went their separate ways and acted on their own.

The old saying goes well, and the thousands of people are referring to each other and end up in vain. The Taurus Lue, who is responsible for commanding the artillery, is sweating heavily in the cold weather, and cannot understand why it is so hot. When his subordinates finally loaded all the artillery, Jirgalang impatiently ordered the run. Boom, boom, a series of loud noises carried a cloud of smoke, creating the sound and light scenes needed for war outside the south gate of Shunyi City.

Dangdang several violent impacts caused cracks and broken ice on the ice cubes on the city wall. You Shiwei directed his soldiers to lay wet quilts on the places where the cracks appeared, and then poured water on the quilts. When the smoke dissipated, only three large pits were left on the ice wall. When the Jiannu artillery was loaded again, the pits were no longer so obvious. Since only the Red Barbarian cannons pose a threat to the ice wall, Jirgalang asked the cannons not to stop and see how many cannons were needed to blow up the ice wall.

Jiannu artillery bombarded Shunyi City at a speed of 2 shots in a quarter of an hour. Due to the super ethereal bounce point, it made people vomit blood. After six rounds of shooting, eighteen shells created eighteen pits, with shooting accuracy of plus or minus three meters. Although the accuracy was embarrassing, the effect was obvious. The thin ice layer near the bounce point broke and flew, and all the ice cubes close to the top of the city wall were shattered. Depending on the situation, the ice city would be disintegrated.

Amin was overjoyed and shouted loudly to continue shooting, but the cannon commander shook his head with a bitter face, "The cannon is too hot and cannot be hit anymore. You have to rest for at least half an hour." Amin still knew the knowledge that the cannon would explode when it was too hot. He gave Niu Lue Zhenyi whip angrily and went back to the camp to rest.

Jiannu was waiting for the cannons to cool down. The Ming army in Shunyi City was busy repairing the ice wall. It was worth it to many people. In order to consume a few more shells, everyone worked hard to transport water. Mangui and Sun Zushou, and You Shiwei stood on the Wanglou, "The Jiannu cavalry has been protecting the cannons, and the Black General and the others can't rush over, so they should wait."

Before leaving, Zhou Shixiong arranged the two strongest cavalry to hide outside the city just to deal with artillery. If the problem of artillery is solved, it should not be difficult to defend the city for ten days. Unfortunately, Zhou Shixiong was just traveling through the crowd and was not a magician. He did not expect that the leader of Jiannu, Huang Taiji, would use him as a butcher knife to help him balance the power of the Eight Banners.

Jiergalang probably estimated that the number of guns in the ice city would not be able to be saved. As long as a few cracks were blown up on the city wall, the Ming army would fight with Dai Shan and Amin. The cavalry with strong combat power in the Ming army has not appeared, which made Jiergalang a little worried. He was afraid that the cavalry had returned to Beijing City, and that only the infantry in Shunyi City could not withstand Dai Shan and Amin, and could not achieve the purpose of using a knife to kill people. This would have a great impact on Huang Taiji's plan.

After thinking a little, Jirgalang thought of a plan, "Big Bell, it seems that Shunyi City will not be broken for a while, so let's go back and take a rest." Jirgalang was telling the truth, Dai Shan told He Shuotu to stare here, and the two returned to the camp together.
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