Chapter 356: Trapped in the Lonely City Ice City Wall
Dorgon walks on the city wall of Pyongyang.
He looked at the Hongyi cannon made by the craftsmen.
There are more than 200 red cannons placed on the city wall of Pyongyang.
Each city wall has fifty red cannons.
The huge muzzle of the Hongyi cannon gave Dorgon a sufficient sense of security.
With these Hongyi cannons, he is confident to withstand the attack of the Dahua army.
"The red-haired people have a good reputation. Pay them the money in full.
There are a lot of these red cannons, and Pyongyang City cannot use so many red cannons.
Send someone to transport some Hongyi cannons to Duduo on the front line.
They have Hongyi artillery to assist in defense, which can reduce some casualties."
When Dorgon saw these Hongyi cannons, he had not felt this reassuring feeling for a long time.
Dorgon relied on his many years of experience on the battlefield.
He has been able to clearly conclude that now is the age of firearms, and the previous crossbows and knives will slowly be eliminated.
Hou Jin immediately attacked the old man in the world, but he still held the bow and arrow.
However, Dorgon knew that if Hou Jin could not quickly transform into weapons, the only way for them would be defeat.
Hou Jin had already produced Hongyi cannons, and he only needed to produce muskets.
Even if the quality is slightly inferior, after the Eight Banners Firearms Battalion is established, it will still be able to compete with the Dahua Army.
Only then would they, Hou Jin, have the confidence to defend North Korea.
Dorgon stood on the city wall and looked out at the silver-covered city.
There was a very strong white-haired wind a few days ago, and he has been living in the area outside the customs.
I have never seen a white-haired wind of this scale like a few days ago in my life.
Because of the raging Baimao Wind, Pyongyang city and the front line were cut off.
The supplies that were supposed to be shipped to Duduo were not shipped out of the city, hoping that they would not affect the Duduo operation.
Fan Wencheng's face was ashen, sweat dripped from his temples rapidly, and he ran over quickly.
When he came to Dorgon's side, he fell down and hit his front tooth on the brick, knocking out a tooth and his lips were bleeding.
Fan Wencheng said with his leaky mouth: "Prince Regent, something big has happened.
The soldiers we sent to the front came back with a message.
The entire army of the Zhengbai Banner was wiped out, and Lord Duduo's head was carried on a bamboo pole by the puppet king of Korea, Li Hao, and used to subdue the nearby Korean forces."
When Dorgon heard the news, he didn't say a word.
He stood there in a daze.
When Fan Wencheng saw Dorgon in this state, he immediately panicked, but he did not dare to wake Dorgon up.
It took a long time for Dorgon to react.
He didn't cry or curse, and acted as normal as before.
Dorgon summoned the generals of Zhenghuang Banner and informed them of the news.
The generals of Zhenghuang Banner heard the bad news.
Some people immediately burst into tears, and some people pulled out the swords from their waists, preparing to lead their troops to fight the Dahua army.
Some people were trembling with fear and wanted to surrender to Dahua.
When Dorgon saw the performance of these people, he slammed his hand on the table and roared:
"We are the only Eight Banners brothers left. We must cheer up and avenge our brothers who died.
The person who died was my brother. I didn't despair. What reason do you have for not cheering up?
If anyone leaves this room and dares to say anything that could shake the morale of the military, military law will be enacted."
Dorgon ordered all forces of the Eight Banners to shrink towards Pyongyang City.
At the same time, they robbed a large amount of food from North Korean people and brought all of it to Pyongyang City.
He is not in the mood to care about the life and death of North Korean people now.
We can only try our best to ensure that the children of the Eight Banners in the city have food to eat.
Dorgon didn't rest all night and kept issuing various orders.
Koreatown entered a state of emergency preparation.
Dorgon walked out of the room. His originally dark hair had all turned into white.
His eye sockets were sunken and his eyes were red, like a bloodthirsty lone wolf.
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The king of Korea, Li Hao, was very happy. He asked Li Shiqi to carry Duduo's head on a bamboo pole.
He took this as the weight of the head of Dodo, the leader of the later Jin Zhengbai Banner.
To intimidate the local forces in North Korea, the Eight Banners of North Korea surrendered and made an emergency landing in a county near Pyongyang.
The king of Korea, Li Hao, acted with the Dahua army.
When he saw the tall city of Pyongyang, tears flowed from his eyes unconsciously.
King Li Hao of North Korea recalled his father's voice and smile when he left Pyongyang.
He escaped from North Korea by boat and was very confused about the future at that time.
Unexpectedly, it only took him less than a year to come back with a large army.
North Korea belongs to the Lee family, and no one can take it away.
The king of North Korea, Li Hao, still had worries in his heart.
The performance of the new Central Plains Dynasty, the Dahua Dynasty, was completely different from the previous Central Plains Dynasty.
The king of Korea, Li Hao, was wary of the Great China Dynasty.
He is now just relying on the power of the Dahua Dynasty, and will wait until he regains the power of the monarch before fighting against the Dahua Dynasty.
Jin Dazhong, the leader of the political council, walked to the side of the Korean king Li Hao.
He said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Duke Cao of Great Hua is looking for you to discuss how to attack Pyongyang City."
North Korean King Li Hao said with some surprise: "How the Chinese army attacks Pyongyang City, they still need to consult us.
The Dahua army has powerful artillery, and they are best at attacking cities."
The king of North Korea, Li Hao, looked at Jin Dazhong with a confused look on his face.
He could only set off to meet Li Dazhuang, Duke of Cao State of Dahua.
Every time Li Hao, the king of Korea, met with Li Dazhuang, the Duke of Dahua Cao.
He felt that he had suffered a big loss.
As the Dahua army has secured victory.
The king of North Korea, Li Hao, was no longer afraid of the Chinese army abandoning its troops and leaving.
He gradually alienated Li Dazhuang, Duke of Cao State of Dahua.
All contacts with Dahua were handed over to the leader, Jin Dazhong.
King Li Hao of Korea came to the command camp of the Seventh Army of the Royal Army of China.
He saw that the generals of the Seventh Army were all here, and among them there was a general whom he had never seen before.
Li Dazhuang, Duke of Cao State, stood up in person to greet Li Hao, the king of Korea.
He saw everyone coming to the camp.
He pointed to the newly made sand table near Pyongyang.
"Our Seventh Army and the North Korean New Army have taken down everything around Pyongyang.
On a strategic level, the city of Pyongyang was surrounded.
The current city of Pyongyang is just an isolated city.
The slaves were trapped in the isolated city, and they had no room to move.
Even if they can defend Pyongyang for a short period of time, they will never be able to solve the problem of food shortage in the city."
Li Dazhuang directly took out a few small red flags and planted them around Pyongyang City.
"Our army surrounded Chosun City, and Cui Xiuzhu's third division was responsible for the east wall of Chosun City.
Zhuang Renyi's second division is responsible for the south wall of Korea City.
Tan Fangyuan's first division is responsible for the west wall of Korea City.
The North Korean New Army is responsible for the north wall of North Korea City.
You must try your best to take down the city wall you are responsible for."
Tan Fangyuan, Zhuang Renyi, and Cui Xiuzhu immediately saluted with military salutes and said in unison: "Promise to complete the mission."
The king of North Korea, Li Hao, considered his words and said: "Master Cao of Great China, our new North Korean army really does not have the ability to attack Pyongyang City after the last turmoil."
Li Dazhuang smiled and said: "King Li, you don't need to worry about the capabilities of the new North Korean army.
I will send the heavy artillery regiment of the Third Army to assist you in attacking the city.
The main force attacking the city is the heavy artillery regiment, and the task of your new Korean army is to protect the heavy artillery regiment."
When King Li Hao of Korea heard that they did not need to attack the city, he relaxed.
All you need to do is wave the flag and shout outside North Korea. The New North Korean Army is very good at doing this. They have no problem at all.
The King of Korea, Li Hao, happily left the command camp of the Seventh Army.
He went to arrange the operations of the new North Korean army.
This time he felt that Dahua Cao Guogong Li Dazhuang was a very good person and did not plot against them.
As long as Joseon City is captured, Li Hao can become a veritable king of Korea.
How dare Duke Li Dazhuang of Cao State dare to talk to him with such an attitude.
After Li Dazhuang saw the North Korean king Li Hao leaving, he looked at Zhu Shi Pan Hongcai.
"Master Pan Zhu, you will lead the heavy artillery regiment to the North City Gate.
All the machine gunners in the army were deployed around the heavy artillery regiment.
The city of Pyongyang cannot stop our attack.
Dorgon is a smart man. He doesn't want to wait for death in the city, so he will choose to lead people to break out.
I placed the new North Korean troops at the North City Gate just to allow Dorgon to break out from the North City Gate.
Only by choosing the North City Gate would he have the greatest chance of survival.
When the time comes, Master Pan Zhu will use artillery and machine guns.
Open fire directly at the Korean New Army and the Eight Banners of Jiannu, who are mixed together.
At that time, the two armies will inevitably become chaotic.
There will be enough reserves in the east and west cities to support the north gate in time."
Pan Hongcai smiled and said: "Don't worry when I do things.
As long as Dorgon escapes from Beicheng, I will definitely block him and wait for reinforcements."
Li Dazhuang nodded. They have cooperated for so many years, and Pan Hongcai's ability is obvious to all.
Since Pan Hongcai agreed to this matter, he can do it.
Li Dazhuang looked at Cui Xiuzhu and said with satisfaction: "Mr. Cui, you have worked hard during this time.
You took control of the southern part of North Korea and sent troops to attack Yangcheng.
There was no chaos in this march, it was all under your command.
I will ask your Majesty to take credit for you and seize North Korea, and you will be the great hero."
Cui Xiuzhu laughed and said modestly: "Commander, it seems that I have done a lot, but in fact this matter is not too difficult.
It has only been a few years since the Ming Dynasty came to Korea to suppress the Japanese pirates.
Many people who have experienced this are still alive.
We attacked the southern part of North Korea and showed our reputation as a sovereign nation, and the local people were not very resistant.
We found some scholars who were willing to cooperate and used their desire to become officials to easily control the major cities in southern Korea.
As I headed west, I had an easy time fighting.
In the cities along the way, many Korean Eight Banners surrendered directly to us.
They had just become the Eight Banners of Korea, but in essence they were still Korean soldiers.
These people have extremely weak will to fight.
They all belong to the fence-sitting faction, and they fall on both sides.
Whichever side is stronger, they will support that side."
Cui Xiuzhu said it was easy, but this fight was not easy at all.
There were only a few wars, mainly to deter these local snakes.
Some thorns must be dealt with cleanly and neatly, but the method should not be too rough and directly force everyone to turn against them.
After the military meeting was held, various units of the Seventh Army immediately set up camp.
The artillery regiment was deployed and launched an indiscriminate bombardment of Pyongyang City.
Especially the heavy artillery regiment located in the north of Pyongyang City, with 150 artillery powerful.
With one shot, some of the dilapidated Pyongyang city walls and Sanhetu were directly blown open.
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Dorgon, a man with white hair, stood on the city wall patrolling.
From time to time, he dodged the roaring shells.
Fan Wencheng followed nervously and said worriedly: "Your Majesty the Regent, you must pay attention to your safety.
The current financial situation cannot be separated from your maintenance."
Dorgon ignored his warning and kept observing the situation outside the city.
He found that the northern city wall was the most powerful in the Dahua army's attack, and the remaining three walls were all about the same intensity.
Dorgon came to the North City Wall and looked at the new North Korean troops outside the North City Wall who did not dare to approach the wall.
On the city walls of Pyongyang, more than 200 red cannons also opened fire one after another.
The Dahua army knew how powerful artillery was, and they only dared to hide outside the maximum range of the Hongyi cannon.
With Hongyi artillery defending the city, the Dahua army only tentatively attacked the city wall, and they did not dare to send out a large army to attack the city.
“What on earth is Dahua General Li Dazhuang doing?
He actually placed the most powerful artillery on the city wall where the weakest North Korean New Army was responsible for attacking."
A heavy artillery shell was directly embedded in the city wall.
The firing pin hit the mercury fulminate, directly detonating the ten kilograms of yellow gunpowder in the shell.
Huge kinetic energy is transmitted to the surroundings along the city wall.
The city wall built with Sanhetu in Pyongyang City was not expected when it was built, and the instantaneous impact could achieve such strength.
The Sanhetu city wall began to crack.
The entire northern city wall is already crumbling.
When Dorgon saw this situation, he immediately felt that the current situation was very dangerous.
The Hongyi cannon on the Pyongyang city wall has a too short range and cannot hit Dahua's artillery regiment.
Dahua's artillery can hide outside the range of the Hongyi cannon and fire calmly.
Now they can only use Hongyi cannon to prevent the Dahua army from attacking the city.
There is absolutely no way to deal with the artillery of the Dahua army.
Fan Wencheng said worriedly: "In such a cold winter, water dripping into the city turned into ice.
Why do I feel that the city wall has become more brittle? The Sanhetu city wall should be stronger."
Dorgon's eyes lit up when he heard Fan Wencheng's words.
"Master Fan, you have made a great contribution.
Drops of water turn into ice, and we can use ice to build city walls.
As long as there is another ice wall outside the city wall.
With this ice wall, the power of the cannons can be reduced, and the original wall of Pyongyang City can last longer."
Dorgon found a way to deal with it and immediately ordered his soldiers to take action.
They made a frame out of branches and twine.
Soak the frame in water, wait until the water freezes, and then use a shovel to repair it into ice bricks.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners took advantage of the night time and used hanging frames to hoist them out of the city.
Use water as an adhesive to bond the ice bricks together.
Overnight, Pyongyang City gained four solid ice walls.
Dorgon saw the artillery shells of the Dahua army hitting the ice wall.
The powerful power of the cannonball blasted a big hole directly into the ice wall.
The Ice City Wall was horribly bombed, but the original city wall of Pyongyang City inside was well protected by the Ice City Wall.
When Dorgon saw this situation, he suddenly smiled happily after not having a smile on his face for a long time.
"Okay, this method is really good.
As long as the weather remains severely cold, we can continue to build and repair the ice wall to ensure that the wall does not collapse.
As long as the walls of Pyongyang City do not collapse, we can hold on for a long time."
Dorgon's smile became even brighter. He was confident of guarding Pyongyang.