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"What should I do, brother?" Zu Dabi looked at Zu Dashou.
Zu Dashou hesitated for a moment and said: "Don't worry about him. Let our people rest quickly. The next battle will require more physical strength."
"But what should Dorgon explain? His identity is not ordinary." Zu Dabi was still a little worried.
Dorgon is the leader of the banner and Baylor of Dajin. His status is much higher than those of them who have just joined Dajin.
Zu Dashou said: "We only need to listen to the Khan, and other people don't need to pay attention."
"I know." Zu Dabi responded in a muffled voice.
With his big brother supporting him from the front, he felt a lot more relaxed.
Guan Ning's army gathered outside Shanhaiguan for a long time, but never sent troops to attack Shanhaiguan. However, Dorgon saw that Zu Dashou did not obey his orders to attack the city, so he personally led his men to find him.
As soon as he approached, he was immediately spotted by the people from Guan Ningjun's side.
With his status as Dajin Baylor, no one dared to stop him, but someone ran to inform Zu Dashou in advance.
"Master Beile, why did you come here in person?" Zu Dashou led several generals from Guan Ning's army to greet Dorgon.
When he got in front of Zu Dashou, Dorgon stopped, pointed the riding crop in Zu Dashou's nose and said, "I asked you to send troops to attack Shanhaiguan, why did you deliberately shirk it!"
"No!" Zu Dashou denied it at first, and then said, "The army came from Bali Town and needs to recover its strength before attacking the city. The general just wants his men to rest."
In his opinion, Dorgon was only here to assist their Guan Ning army in attacking Shanhaiguan, and he was not qualified to instruct the Guan Ning army to do anything. If he did not take into account the identity of the opponent Baylor and the flag owner, he would not even bother to pay attention.
In these years in Liaodong, he had long been accustomed to not accepting orders from foreign kings. As long as he didn't want to, the Ming court would not want to command him.
"I won't listen to your nonsense. The Great Khan sent you here to deal with Shanhaiguan. Shanhaiguan is now in his eyes. If you keep wasting your time here and are unwilling to send troops, then don't blame me for telling the Great Khan the truth about what is going on here. "Dorgon stared at Zu Dashou's face.
He knew in his heart that Zu Dashou might not listen to him, so he simply moved Huang Taiji out.
"Don't worry, Mr. Baylor. The army has almost rested. The general will arrange the siege now." Zu Dashou decided to take a step back, not wanting to offend the powerful Dajin Baylor like Dorgon.
After getting the answer, Dorgon didn't stop for a moment and took the people away directly.
Zu Dabi on the side came up and said to Zu Dashou: "Brother, what does he mean? Why can't I understand?"
"Don't you understand? I don't understand either." As Dorgon walked away, Zu Dashou withdrew his gaze and said immediately, "According to the previous arrangement, prepare to attack the city!"
The equipment needed for siege is indispensable. Guan Ning's army traveled all the way from Ningyuan, Jinzhou, and collected a lot of equipment for siege. Now, in order to attack Shanhaiguan, they took out all of them.
On the other side, Dorgon rode back to the location of the two white flag soldiers and horses.
"Brother Fourteen, has that dog slave Zu Dashou agreed to send troops?" Duduo rushed to Dorgon's side.
Dorgon glanced at Guan Ningjun's position and said, "This Zu Dashou is a smart man. He knows what to do. Let's just wait and see."
"Huang Taiji is really not a thing. The evil people asked us to do it. It would be better for him to stay in Bali Town and watch and enjoy." Duduo cursed.
"Shut up, Old Fifteen." Dorgon scolded him with a livid face, "What nonsense are you talking about? You can call the Great Khan by his first name. You must never say such things again in the future."
Hearing this, Duduo said aggrievedly: "I only said that when we were surrounded by our own people. If there were outsiders around, I would definitely not say that."
"Even if you are surrounded by your own people, you can't say that a big sweat is a big sweat." Dorgon reminded.
Who knows who among the two white flags are from Huang Taiji.
He didn't want Duduo to give Huang Taiji an excuse to deal with the two brothers just because he said the wrong thing.
"I know." Duduo was still not very young at the moment, so he was still willing to listen to Dorgon's words.
Especially after the death of their eldest brother Azig, the two brothers became closer and closer.
When Dorgon saw that Duduo had admitted his mistake, he did not continue to blame him. After all, his younger brother was also the leader of a banner, and he would still take into account the face that should be taken into consideration.
Guan Ning's army in the distance finally moved.
A team of several hundred people pushed carts and cloud carts and began to approach Shanhaiguan.
Behind this team of several hundred people, followed a group of more than a thousand soldiers and horses, serving as the main combatants in the siege.
There are several layers of thick cowhide in front of the cart to resist firecrackers and bows and arrows. Moreover, such thick cowhide cannot be penetrated by firecrackers.
The Tiger Banner's army could not leave the city, so Guan Ning's army could only use siege equipment to storm Shanhaiguan.
"fire!"
On the city wall of Shanhaiguan, the artillery team discovered that the enemy had entered the range and immediately ordered the artillery fire.
Cannons fired from the city walls toward the outside.
The bullets fired are all solid bullets, which can often cause a large amount of damage to dense crowds by ejecting from the ground.
The carriage is a relatively bulky thing and cannot move too fast. This also prevents Guan Ning's army hiding behind from moving too fast, but it becomes the best target for artillery fire.
Cannonballs fell towards the outside of the city.
The soldiers and horses of Guan Ning's army who were hiding around the carts did not suffer much damage because they were protected by the carts. Moreover, the carts blocked several cannons fired from the top of the city.
However, Guan Ning's army, which was farther behind the carriage, was not so lucky. It became the target of artillery attacks, causing a large number of casualties in a short period of time.
Seeing this, the general leading the army had no choice but to let his men spread out as much as possible to reduce the massive damage caused by the cannons.
"Use the nine-pounder cannon to knock out the enemy's carriages and cloud carriages." The captain of the artillery team shouted loudly, and arranged for the gunners of the nine-pounder cannon to deal with the siege equipment brought by the enemy.
The carriages used by the slave thieves can be said to be real earthen tanks, not the kind of earthen tanks that claim to be able to block machine guns by putting a quilt on top of a door panel.
The slave thief's cart has a very strong defense against firearms, and ordinary small artillery can't do anything to such a cart.
The Ming army's firearms often suffered heavy losses when encountering this kind of car.
Although there are many four-pound cannons placed on the city wall of Shanhaiguan, these four-pound cannons pose little threat to the carriages. The cannons hit the cowhide outside the carriages, and after being cushioned by multiple layers of cowhide, the cannons The power is greatly reduced.
However, for the Tiger Flag gunners in Shanhaiguan, the four-pounder gun was not enough, so they had to replace it with a more powerful gun.
The sound of several nine-pound cannons sounded like muffled thunder in the clear sky.
