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Volume One: Invasion of the Capital Chapter 943: Fierce Battle Outside the Pass

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    The weather was clear and the sky was clear, and the sight was good, with an unobstructed view.  Behind a small slope six or seven miles away from Shanhaiguan, a company of Daping Army cavalry was dismounting and resting.  Many soldiers are feeding their horses black beans and fried dough sticks.  A few people who loved cleanliness even took out horse brushes to comb the hair on their horses.  Seeing several companions on the top of the slope who were still looking warily in the direction of Shanhaiguan without raising any alarm, the soldiers began to chat.  "Li Lian! Why haven't the Tatars come yet today? Could it be that we beat them too hard a few days ago?" asked a young soldier who was still childish.  "I know! When they come out, I will report it to you?" Captain Li replied half-jokingly.  This caused a burst of laughter from the surrounding soldiers.  "No way! No way!" The young soldier obviously couldn't bear the joke of his company commander, "I just want to kill more enemies! It's best for me It's best for our company to make a great contribution." "Want to jump over the Dragon Gate?"  Looking at the red-faced young soldier, Captain Li said with a smile, "Looking at the situation, it's going to be fast, but we have to survive until the war." Then Captain Li shouted to his soldiers: "  Remember! You must do what you usually practice, so that you have the highest chance of survival. I guess the battle is about to start. I hope to drink with all the brothers after the war!  !" The soldiers nodded in agreement.  For more than a month, the strangulation battle between the two teams of detectives in front of Shanhaiguan has become increasingly fierce.  So the spies who went out gradually changed from riding alone to riding in pairs, then into small teams, and now they have grown to a company of hundreds of people.  And reconnaissance cavalry of this scale are not just for reconnaissance intelligence, they often have to undertake the task of firepower reconnaissance.  If during the investigation.  Once they encounter a small group of Qing cavalry, the reconnaissance cavalry company of the Daping Army will go up to test their quality to judge whether the main force of the Qing Army has arrived?  In the past few days of fire reconnaissance, the reconnaissance cavalry of the Daping Army also felt increasingly difficult.  Even in the battle of a team of hundreds of people, both sides suffered more than 20% casualties.  They can also fight to the death without retreating.  If we just talk about combat skills, some of the elite Mongolian and Han troops who surrendered to the Manchu Qing were equally outstanding.  But when it comes to fighting will, they are genuine Eight Banners soldiers.  ¡­ As everyone chatted, they gradually became more and more distant.  Suddenly, the sentry observing at the top of the slope whispered: "Li Lian! The Tatars have come out of the seclusion! The Tatars have come out of the seclusion!" This sentence was like a signal, and all the soldiers were electrocuted and mounted on their horses.  While riding.  Captain Li also shouted: "Check the weapons and prepare to fight!" Unexpectedly, the sentry continued to remind: "It is the Tatar army that has left the border." All the people drove their horses to the top of the slope, and their faces suddenly changed.  They all became solemn.  In the distance, I saw the Shanhaiguan gate open wide, and groups of Qing troops filed out of the customs. As the vanguard, the cavalry group formed a fan shape and moved forward to clear the area.  "There is really going to be a war." Several soldiers muttered.  And Captain Li simply counted the Qing troops who came out of the customs, and said: "Tens of thousands of people have come out. Go back quickly! Report to the Lord!" All the cavalry immediately went down the hillside.  He ran towards the Daping Army camp, which was fifty miles away from Shanhaiguan.  The cavalry companies sent out by the Daping Army in various directions also ran towards their rear.  ¡­ On the ninth day of May, Dorgon led the main force of the Qing army to Shanhaiguan.  Then, on the 11th, the Qing troops in Shanhaiguan were gathered and led a total of 140,000 troops out of the customs.  After learning the news that the Qing army had entered the pass, the six towns of the Daping Army also pressed forward, thirty miles away from Shanhaiguan.  The troops were densely packed and the space for the Qing army to move was reduced.  Then on the 12th the first battle took place.  In the first day of fighting, the two sides fought tepidly.  The Daping Army strictly followed their usual training, hid behind the oars, and resolutely fought defensively and counterattacked.  Facing the tight formation of the Daping Army, the Qing army was unwilling to pay heavy casualties to rush into the formation.  Therefore, after a simple test, both sides retreated.  The same was true for the battles on the second and third days.  On the morning of the fourth day, the Qing army began to uncharacteristically attack the northern flank of the Daping Army in an attempt to break through the defense line.  Then go straight to Beijing City, mobilize the main force of the Daping Army, and then annihilate the Daping Army in mobile warfare.  ¡°However, the Daping army armed with a large number of firearms had intensive firepower and the lines were arranged in layers, so after a fierce battle.  The Qing army had no choice but to retreat.  However, after resting at noon, the Qing army strengthened its forces and still attacked the northern flank of the Daping Army.  The defense line on the northern flank of the Daping Army, which was under heavy attack in the morning, was already somewhat dilapidated.  Under the superior strength of the Qing army, the northern flank defense line became somewhat precarious.  ?Xue Yongli immediately dispatched troops from the center and south wing to support the north wing.  I didn¡¯t expect that this was the Qing army¡¯s plan to invade the east and attack the west.  As soon as the Daping Army mobilized its troops, the Qing Army's Xiaoqi Battalion and Pioneer Battalion, under the cover of the Han military flag, stormed the southern flank of the Daping Army.  They want to break through the Daping Army's defense line along the coastline, and then conduct large-scale maneuvers on the vast plains, taking advantage of the Qing army's strong mobility and looking for opportunities to destroy the Daping Army.  And this sudden fierce attack suddenly disrupted the defense line of the Daping Army.  Under the continuous attacks of the Qing army, the entire Daping Army on the southern flank was on the verge of collapse.  All the commanders of the four regiments fighting on the front line went into battle, and Xue Yongli even sent reinforcements from his own troops.  But the experienced Dorgon was never willing to miss this opportunity.  Seeing that the battle situation was favorable, he strengthened ten Niulu troops on the southern flank.  This time, in order to break the Daping Army's blockade outside Shanhaiguan, Dorgon did not hesitate to use the most powerful Eight Banners elites. It can be said that he was risking his life.  Fortunately, at this time, Shumo led 10,000 reinforcements and arrived just in time.  Wu Shigong, who was in the capital, immediately dispatched reinforcements after learning that the Qing army had entered the pass.  Seeing the critical situation of the battle, Shu Mo threw himself into the battle on the southern wing without taking any rest.  But when Shumo arrived, a small number of Qing troops had already broken through the Daping Army's southern defense line.  The entire defense line also fell into a melee.  Fortunately, Shu Mo's arrival this time brought 3,000 palm mines that the Ordnance Army rushed to produce.  At this time, they did not care about saving ammunition. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of palm mines, the Qing army, which encountered this kind of weapon for the first time, suffered heavy casualties. In the end, they retreated, and the Daping Army's defense line was finally regained.  Stable.
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