Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 532 Recovering Shanhaiguan

Shanhaiguan is the number one pass in the world. The city is strong, thick and long in depth. A more complete military defense system.

Even if the guards have modern artillery, they cannot quickly break through Shanhaiguan.

In other words, if the Second Corps of the Second Guards Army wants to take down Shanhaiguan, although artillery can be used in some important strongholds, many places can only be filled by people's lives.

Fortunately, there are not many defenders in Shanhaiguan. After all, most of the Qing troops of the ancestral home have been buried in Ningyuan Zhongyou.

Zu Dashou originally wanted to use various castles and rivers between Ningyuan Zhongyousuo and Guangning Qiantunwei to prevent the attack of the Ming Guards, so as to provide the conditions for the victory of the defense of Shanhaiguan.

But what Zu Dashou didn't expect was that he would suffer failure because of this.

And now it is precisely because of this that Shanhaiguan has only [-] Qing troops led by his third son Zu Zehong.

At this time, [-] soldiers and horses of the North Korean army began to attack Shanhaiguan. They carried the Chongzhen [-]-style flintlock guns and shields on the ladder and rushed towards Shanhaiguan City like a tide.

The cavalry of the Second Corps of the Second Guards Army immediately acted as a supervising team behind these North Korean troops.

Once some North Korean troops fled cowardly because of the Qing army's too fierce defense, they would mercilessly execute these North Korean troops as deserters.

A total of more than [-] infantrymen of the Guards stood behind the cavalry, holding up the steel guns in their hands, shouting: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

At the same time, there are special guards who are responsible for beating drums and cheering.

The artillery of the Guards Army was the only Guards army involved in the actual combat. They adjusted the artillery shells and prepared to select the target point to bombard the Wengcheng Guan Family Tomb outside the east gate of Shanhaiguan.

The North Korean army also has the consciousness of being cannon fodder, knowing that they can't retreat now and can only grit their teeth and charge forward.

At this time, the guards had already fired a round of artillery shells, and the entire Guanqiang city gate in the Guanjiafen area was blown up with bricks and trees, but the Qing army no longer seemed to be standing on the city wall as stupidly as before. They were bombed, so not many Qing soldiers were killed.

However, due to the accuracy of the guards' artillery, the Guanjiafen's closed wall gate was blown to the ground by the guards' artillery.

The North Korean army was very excited to see this, because they could use ladders to climb the nearly two-foot-high city wall without bothering.

"Kill!"

The North Korean army continued to charge.

The Guards cavalry followed closely behind.

But what people didn't expect was.

The Qing army suddenly rushed towards the city gate with the iron gate lifted from nowhere, and blocked the city gate before the North Korean army rushed there.

The North Korean army was very angry when they saw this, but at this time because they had already rushed near the city wall, they were also suddenly attacked by the Qing army.

Many Qing soldiers popped up suddenly and killed the Korean army with flintlock guns, and some even directly smashed the Korean army under the city wall to death with rolling logs and stones.

The North Korean army was caught off guard, but a large number of them were killed and wounded by the Qing army.

And the North Korean army immediately counterattacked with flintlock guns in their hands.

But when one-tenth of the casualties failed to advance to the root of the city wall, and they couldn't even set up the ladder, the North Korean army collapsed and hurriedly retreated.

"Grandma, are the muskets in your hands fire sticks? Go up and hit the city wall!"

Jiao Lian, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards, was born in a cavalry, so he personally took up his saber and cut the North Korean troops who were trying to escape directly under their horses.

More than a dozen heads of the North Korean army fell in front of the North Korean army.

The North Korean army couldn't help but stopped, mechanically picked up the flintlock gun and turned around and rushed over.

Although the fighting spirit of the North Korean army is not strong, but they also stayed in the Guards for a period of time and received some training, and the muskets in their hands are not bad, so they can suppress the Qing army on the city wall.

At this time, the artillery of the Guards continued to support the Korean army.

The Qing army on the city wall suffered a lot as a result, and the iron gate of the Guan family grave was knocked to the ground again, even smashing to death more than a dozen Qing troops who were resisting the city gate.

Seeing this, the North Korean army rushed in immediately. As soon as they rushed into the city, the North Korean army was very excited, thinking that they would finally not have to die.

But what they didn't expect was that many Qing troops rushed out from the left and right to fight hand-to-hand with them.

The physique of the North Korean army was still not as good as these Qing troops, and they were defeated and withdrew again.

Fortunately, the guard cavalry arrived in time, and Jiao Lian took the lead in killing five Qing soldiers before turning back: "Come on!"

More and more guards rushed in.

The infantry battalion of the Guards also entered the city and rushed up the walls.

However, the Qing army in the vicinity of the Guan Family Tomb in Shanhaiguan hurriedly withdrew from the Guan Family Tomb seeing that the situation was over.

Next, the guards continued to attack in the direction of Shanhaiguan Guancheng.

At the same time, the Guards also dispatched an artillery battalion and a cavalry battalion to attack Dongluo City on the east side of Shanhaiguan. This Dongluo City is a defensive city that echoes Shanhaiguan City.

If the guards want to ensure that they can concentrate all their efforts to capture Shanhaiguan City, they must first control the defenders of Dongluo City and support Shanhaiguan City.

Naturally, the guards mainly attacked Shanhaiguan City.

After all, as long as Shanhaiguan City is closed, Dongluo City can be destroyed without attack.

The North Korean army continued to act as cannon fodder and came towards the main gate of Shanhaiguan City with guns.

The Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards continued to have cavalry in front of the infantry behind to cheer for the Korean Army to supervise the battle, and the artillery participated in fire support.

"Kill!"

Amidst the din of artillery fire, the North Korean army continued to attack the main gate of Shanhaiguan City.

However, this time the guards' artillery was not blasted open the main gate of Shanhaiguan Pass City, because the guard Zu Zehong had ordered someone to directly seal the north gate in the direction of the guards' attack overnight. Even a lot of boulders were added behind the new city walls.

When the North Korean army saw that the city gate had not been blasted open, they did not dare to retreat and did not fight because they knew that the cavalry of the Guards were waiting for them with swords behind them, so they could only grit their teeth and climb the ladder.

Many Korean troops were climbing up the ladders, while the Qing troops on the city wall desperately pushed these ladders out, cut them off, or poured kerosene on them. Rolling logs and stones are attacking.

Jiao Lian saw that the battle scene was getting more and more intense and worried that the North Korean army would be completely defeated due to too much damage, so he ordered the infantry of the Guards to rush over and continue shooting freely at the Qing army on the city wall to provide fire support for the Korean army. .

At the same time, the guard artillery continued to bombard the top of the city. Although sometimes they accidentally killed the Qing army and the North Korean army who were fighting together on the city wall, it also effectively blocked the Qing army's defensive firepower. , causing more and more Korean troops to rush to the city wall and fight with the Qing army.

Then, the infantrymen of the Guards also climbed up the ladder one after another and entered the city wall of Shanhaiguan to fight with the Qing army.

(End of this chapter)