On the fourth day of the first lunar month, when the sky was just getting light, the Ming army's artillery bombardment began. Twelve 3-pound regimental cannons were pushed to the south of the "Guanyintang" and less than 300 steps away from the Qing army's position on the snow. The stone bullets were hit on the heads of the Qing army one after another. The reason why stone bullets were used was because the Qing Army Firearms Battalion built fortifications based on the remaining walls of Guanyin Hall. The defenders were squatting behind the fortifications, so they would not be swept away by the bounced iron bullets and lead bullets. The Ming Army simply used stones. Artillery shells used the fragments scattered after the stone bullets shattered to kill the Qing army. These artillery shells were all fired accurately, and the Qing army's position in Guanyintang was filled with rubble and smoke. From time to time, Qing officers and soldiers were injured by flying stones and screamed miserably.
But they still insisted on their position and showed no signs of chaos. And their artillery counterattack began immediately. Three artillery pieces that were almost identical to the 3-pound bronze regiment guns used by the Ming army were pushed onto the carefully constructed gun emplacements, and then they began to fire at the Ming army's artillery positions. .
Qi Yuanbi immediately discovered that he had underestimated the Qing army's firearms battalion! They have obviously been trained by Western military advisers, and their fighting will is very strong. They are definitely not inferior to the Ming army. This is natural. These are the second and third generation Manchu warriors, and their fighting spirit has not yet begun. decline.
In addition, the standing army of the Qing army was very small, how many people were there in the firearms battalion? Of course it is easy to train rigorously.
In comparison, the large-scale new Ming army was inevitably a bit disorganized. Don't look at Emperor Zhu's efforts to train officers over the years, both in martial arts schools and cram schools. However, compared with the huge number of hundreds of thousands of people, the number of outstanding officers that martial arts halls and cram schools can provide is really limited. A considerable number of them have gone to the artillery, engineers and cavalry (black spearmen), so there are not many outstanding officers in the infantry. Except for a few elite teams, most of the Ming army's infantry are units used to fight wars of attrition!
So Qi Yuanbi already knew that Huang Degong's godson couldn't defeat Guanyintang with one regiment... But it didn't matter. Huang Degong led 8 regiments and just fought in a wheel battle. He could always win Guanyintang!
Moreover, the Qing troops inside Guanyin Hall are just small fishes, while the Qing Emperor in Tianjin City is the big whale!
If we can start a battle with Guanyintang as the center and defeat the main force of the Qing army coming from Tianjin, then the next step will be to surround Emperor Shunzhi!
Thinking of this, he loudly shouted to a staff officer beside him: "Send someone to urge Huang Jieshuai and ask him to bring the main force up immediately. We are going to fight a big battle between Zhuangqiao Village and Guanyintang!
In addition, someone was sent to inform Marshal Shi that the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty had set out to garrison Tianjin Guards... and the main force of the brigade around him had already set out to attack! Commander, please advance to Tianjin immediately! This is the time for a man to make great achievements! "
"Here!"
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"Your Majesty, spare your life, Great Khan, spare your life, I was confused for a moment, I was frightened and confused by the soldiers of the Southern Barbarians..."
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, it is near noon. Tianjin Wei, the Qing Emperor was walking inside, and the prince of Horqin Left Wing Center Banner, Manzhu, was practicing rituals and was kowtowing to Shunzhi like pounding garlic.
He was in a miserable state now. He had been stripped of his armor and official uniform, and was tied up. He seemed to have been beaten. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and his head was broken. It was not broken by others, but by kowtow.
But he doesn't care about the headache now, just bang it as hard as he can... because if he doesn't knock his head, it will be of no use. Emperor Shunzhi has issued an imperial edict that when three quarters of noon comes, he must be taken out and the sword will be raised and dropped. By then his "head" will be a "waste head".
So he had to hurry up and work hard to save himself. The only way to save yourself is to kowtow and pretend to be pitiful. While kowtowing, you also wink at Wu Keshan who is standing next to Emperor Shunzhi - Brother, help!
Wu Keshan was also extremely anxious. Now that Bumbutai is not here, his words as an uncle and father-in-law are not very effective... and he is not good at talking either! You need to find someone who can talk about this.
Thinking of this, he walked around in the lobby. Why are they all so stupid and clumsy? Where has Sony gone?
Just when he was thinking about Soni Soni in the middle hall, Sonny actually came, trotting all the way.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Sony ran out of breath, with beads of sweat on his forehead, "Shi Kefa probably took the bait. Shi Kefa's army is heading towards Zhuangqiao Village and Guanyin Hall in the northeast of Cangzhou. Hurry and get into the encirclement we set for him!"
"Is it true?" Emperor Shunzhi suddenly became excited, "Sony, is the news reliable?"
Sony's "Suo Yuanzhi" is of course based on guesswork! Nothing is reliable now, and you can't fight a war without guessing. Of course, you can't just guess out of thin air. That would be too unreliable. You need to have some information collected from various aspects as a basis.
"Suo Yuanzhi" glanced at Manzhu Xili who was kowtowing, and said to Emperor Shunzhi: "Your Majesty... If the military information reported by Heshuo's brother-in-law is true, then we should be able to trap the Southern Army now. The main force. According to the investigation, Shi Kefa was accompanying the army. As long as the main force of the Confederate army was caught, Shi Kefa would probably not run away."
Wu Keshan quickly seized the opportunity and asked loudly: "Manzhu Xili, is the military information you reported true?"
It’s definitely not true!
How could it be true? When Manzhu Xili ran away from the battlefield, he was completely confused. He had no direction. When he ran into Zhuo Butai's firearms camp, he thought he had encountered the Ming Dynasty army. With everything like this, how could he still know the actual situation on the battlefield?
But he didn't dare to let go of the life-saving straw! So he gritted his teeth and lied to Emperor Shunzhi.
"Your Majesty, the slaves really ran into the main force of the Ming army. The torches they carried formed several long dragons with no boundaries. There were always twenty or thirty thousand people, at least twenty or thirty thousand... .”
"Then you can't go wrong!" Emperor Shunzhi nodded hard, and finally a smile appeared on his face, "Okay, it will probably work! Sony, Wu Keshan, how many people do we have on hand who can move?"
Wu Keshan said: "I still have 5,000 people on hand. I have also collected some defeated warriors and can gather another 1,500."
Sony said: "Your Majesty, there are still 4,000 infantry troops in the Tianjin Acropolis, and there are hundreds of the Emperor's bodyguards."
Shunzhi thought for a while, "Gather all the troops and be ready to attack with me at any time!"
"Cha!" Sony responded.
Wu Keshan pointed at the kneeling Manzhu Xili and said to Shunzhi: "Your Majesty, why not count him as Manzhu Xili... Let him be a leading soldier. If he can kill a few Nanmanzi, it will be easier. A little sin.”
"Yes, yes, yes, let me alleviate my sins a little!" Manzhu Xili kowtowed while crying, which made Shunzhi feel a little unbearable.
"Forget it!" Shunzhi snorted, "I will spare your life and follow your brother to make amends! If you fail to make up for it, I will still kill you when you return to Beijing!"
Manzhu Xili breathed a sigh of relief. After returning to Beijing, he could ask the Queen Mother to come out and save his life...
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At the same time, Shi Kefa also knew about Emperor Shunzhi strolling out of Beijing!
This is so unexpected!
And...it's also a great opportunity!
After fighting for so many years, Shi Kefa and these "newborn calves" will sometimes hit you all over the head, and sometimes they are easy to catch - fighting also depends on talent! It would be terrible if you meet a newborn calf like Li Shimin!
If Shunzhi is just an ordinary calf, then this is an opportunity... What if he catches it? Even if he can't be caught, it is very beneficial to keep him in Tianjin Guard.
Shunzhi was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He was surrounded by Tianjin Guards. The reinforcements from that encirclement point were very powerful! The Qing troops in Northern Zhili had to come to rescue him. When the time came, they would fight one by one and kill them all. Then wouldn't the entire Great Wall be captured immediately?
Thinking of this, Governor Shi immediately said to Tian Qingyi who was traveling with him: "Commander Tian (Commander is an official rank), how many people can attack Tianjin now? How many days can the military rations last?"
