Chapter 4: Forced to move the capital (IV)

In the early morning of October 14th, when the people in Shengjing came out of the warm bed and started their hard work, the people who entered the city from all over the country gathered in front of the city gate early and waited for the opening of the city gate in an orderly manner.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty did not have a mandatory regulation of "leaving heads but not hairs", so the Manchus and Han were clearly divided. From a distance, you could tell that that was a Han man and that was Manchu, which was more conducive to the activities and hiding of the Military Information Department. The Han people naturally looked to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, although the Manchus' butcher knife was powerful, they still did not scare all the Han people's courage. Accurate information and internal responses, so they attacked all the way. Wu Sangui's two thousand special war brigade was simply unstoppable and unstoppable.

"Cao Xiong, you will take a squadron of men and disguise themselves as the people, scattered among the people in the capital, and sneak into Shengjing City. Follow my orders, open the city gate, and receive the army into the city!" Wu Sangui's commander said.

"Braft Commander, don't worry, guarantee to complete the task!" Cao Xiong looked calm. This was not the first time he had performed such a combat mission that was disguised and mixed into the enemy's backbone, and cooperated with the inside and outside. In the southwest, he was already familiar with the mission of mixing in the cunning chieftains with courage and wits.

"Be careful, brothers are not allowed to have too many casualties!" In the southwest, the death rate of the special war brigade is as high as more than half, and many brothers who have been born and died have become a cup of loess. Although Wu Sangui has been used to death, the special war brigade is not a force that fights hard against the enemy. He emphasizes flexibility and change, and mainly paralyzing the enemy's combat command system as the primary task. Therefore, he does not want to see too many casualties, because casualties prove the failure of the special war brigade!

"Although the braided soldiers are powerful, we are not an ordinary army." Cao Xiong grinned, obviously not taking the Eight Banners soldiers, who were known as "invincible" seriously.

"Have General Mangui's forward rafting arrived?"

"Here, General Man Gui's 50,000 troops have arrived at the Dashi Bridge, fifty away. After a little rest, they will meet with us in about 45 minutes!" Wu Sangui's staff contact official said.

In the past three years, science and technology has developed rapidly and new timing methods have been adopted. Although the previous hours are still in use as usual, the ancient time system has been changed to the current hour, minute and second system.

"Now at 6 o'clock, the gate of Shengjing City is usually open at Chen hour, which means that the gate is opened at about seven o'clock. It takes about fifteen minutes for the people to enter the city, that is, a quarter of an hour. The time is just right, and it is God who helps me with the Ming Dynasty!" Wu Sangui took a pocket watch that looked very huge. Before the battle started, all the military pocket watches of the combat commanders were proofread, and the error would not exceed three minutes.

Due to the fact that the technology still cannot reach the precision of later generations, the pocket watches made by the Ming Dynasty are still very huge. Compared with the pocket watches in later generations, the pocket watches are now as big as a palm, and they are barely held with one hand. They are made by hand, and are worth a thousand gold. They are very expensive. Especially for military purposes, waterproofing and shock absorption have to be added, so they are even hard to buy. All generals cherish their lives. Like Wu Sangui, they don’t even have the chance to touch their wives, kick them in their arms, and hang them on their necks with a silver chain, so they are called “hanging watches”, also known as “pocket watches”!

"Dongdongdongdongdong..." The sounds of horse hooves from far to near, and the sounds of horse hooves were very dull. They were obviously wrapped in thick cotton cloth, so that the sound could not be heard by the Eight Banners Qing Army.

"San'er, you're still fast-handed. Uncle is behind you and still left you a big piece!" Man Gui dismounted with a smile and praised Wu Sangui.

"How can I compare with you uncle? I have only a few people, and I am lightly equipped. You are a 50,000 army and carry heavy weapons for siege. Naturally, the speed is slower." Wu Sangui quickly smiled and greeted him.

"Come on, uncle can't tell you!" Man Gui waved his hand with a smile, looked around, and saw Wu Sangui and a major staff officer. It was a brigade of two thousand people. Why was it gone all at once? He asked in surprise: "Miss San, where are your men?"

"They are all around you, you are taking a closer look." Wu Sangui said with some sensibility. Even if he approaches, he may not be able to discover it. He is completely hidden in a bad environment and the same color as the environment.

Mangui has good eyesight and is a general who has been fighting for a long time. Although the light before dawn is not very good, after observing the surroundings, he still found some small flaws. However, if he did not stay in it and looked at it from afar, I believe that few people would find more than a thousand elite soldiers hidden behind this quiet hillside.

"Miss San, you really have it. When will I make some disguising things for my uncle?" Man Gui was surprised and happily hammered Wu Sangui's shoulder.

"Uncle Man, you are really good at making requests. These are all new equipment specially developed by the imperial court. They are not something I say I can get for you." Wu Sangui grinned. Mangui's fist was not as strong as that of ordinary people. I don't know how many heroes in the army were lying down by these fists.

"I know, the court has rules!" Man Gui said indifferently, "Wife, you have the face in front of the emperor, I don't want much Uncle Man. How about the equipment of a battalion? I can fight the ambush of the Eight Banners Dog Day!"

"Not even possible!" Wu Sangui nervously pushed Mangui's big hand like a fan.

"Missary, don't forget how Uncle Man loved you when he was a child." Man Gui said with an angry look.

"Uncle Man, you should spare your nephew. After this battle, you will personally find the emperor to go. With your credit, let alone a battalion, even a division's equipment is not a problem." Wu Sangui really didn't know that a big and thick Mongolian man was so difficult to deal with. He went from Qingcheng to Guangning, and from Guangning to Shenyang again. He was really afraid of Wu Sangui, so he could not see good things. Otherwise, this simple Mongolian uncle patted his shoulder: "Missan'er, we have half of the meeting, you can't disrespect our elders!"

"The Brigade Commander, Squadron Captain Cao Xiong and others have entered the city safely, and the soldiers guarding the city have not checked their weapons."

"Miss San, you are so brave. You actually sent someone to the city. I'm afraid you have to go to the first skill of breaking the city!" Man Gui said sourly.

"I'm just a clever little clever. Without Uncle Man, you don't have the courage to support me!" Wu Sangui quickly smiled.

"You guy has been slick since you were a child, so you can speak!" Man Gui nodded with great satisfaction.

"Send an order, send a signal to the city, and prepare to seize the West City Gate!"

"Uncle Man, from here to the Xicheng Gate and bypassing the trench, you can see how long the braids of the Qing soldiers on the top of Chenyang City were. Huang Taiji ordered people to dig deep trenches outside the city and erected them with large wood as fences. In the place close to the city wall, two trenches were dug, each five zhang wide and two zhang deep, and there were spikes at the bottom of the trench. On the inside of the trench, that is, the side close to the city wall, and then a horse wall was built, leaving gun holes, chariots and guns. Outside the trench, digging, and setting traps, A sharp wooden stake was inserted at the bottom of the well, covered with sorghum stubble, and covered with soil. This is specifically for the cavalry charge. However, if the battle to seize the city gate goes well, the set of defense formulas carefully constructed by Huang Taiji would be useless for us. So Uncle Man, if we want to make the first contribution of the Northern Expedition, we must capture the Xicheng Gate at the fastest speed. As long as the Xicheng Gate falls in our hands and guard it, the Qing Dynasty will be not far from the destruction!" Wu Sanguidao.

"Don't worry, as long as you give you Uncle Man a stick of incense, as long as you can keep one stick of incense, the Liaodong athletes under Uncle Man's men will definitely arrive at the city!" Man Gui said with a firm expression. Although he had been marching all night, the well-trained Guanning Iron Knight was a hero, and he was only a dozen miles away, and he arrived in one charge. As long as the army entered continuously from the West City Gate, it would be difficult for Huang Taiji to retake it.

In Prince Rui's mansion, Dorgon was sleeping soundly with his arms around Wuyuan Shandan, suddenly a sudden knock on the door woke the couple.

"Who knocked on the door?" Dorgon was very unhappy. It was so late, the weather was so cold, and nothing big happened. Isn't this asking for scolding when knocking on his door so early?

"Prince Rui, it's me, Leng Yan!"

A cold voice came, and Dorgon's anger melted like snow and ice, disappeared without a trace. If there had not been a major incident, Leng Yan would not have done such a thing that came over early in the morning to wake him up.

"When I put on my clothes, I'll come." Dorgon did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly got out of bed and put on his clothes. After a while, Dorgon, who was slightly dressed, opened the door and walked out from inside.

"What's the matter?" Dorgon asked unhappy when he saw Leng Yan's expression seemed to be happy.

"For Leng Yan, today is a day of liberation, but for the prince, it is a day of rebirth." Leng Yan smiled.

"What does it mean?" Dorgon had never seen Leng Yan say such a beef that was wrong to him, so he frowned.

"The 100,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty are at the city, and they will attack the city at dawn today!" Leng Yan said.

"This is impossible!" Dorgon stared at Leng Yan in surprise, as if this was a fantasy.

"Prince Rui, although you are a minister of the Qing Dynasty now, don't forget that your master is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Leng Yan has told the prince that the prince has made a decision early! Leng Yan will stay by the prince's side to protect the prince until the Qing Dynasty is destroyed."

Dorgon was stunned, completely dumbfounded, his lips trembled and he didn't know what he should say.

Three sounds of cannons sounded from the west gate of the city.
Chapter completed!