Under Chen Yue's order, all the artillery accompanying the army lined up and launched a fierce attack on Xilao City outside Shanhaiguan.
The artillery shells fell like rain on Xilao City, and the masonry debris that was smashed at the crenellations of the city wall flew away. . \ At the same time, Xu Qingtian and Ma Chuang each led thousands of troops to attack Yicheng in the north and south, setting up a storming posture.
At the same time, Chen Yue ordered people to send orders to the back road, and ordered the baggage and artillery from behind to be transported quickly.
At the same time, he ordered people to send a message to Beijing, and ordered Li Yi to lead the main force of the West Route Army to Shanhaiguan.
The top of Shanhaiguan City, Xilao City, and the North and South Wing City were all attacked by the Ming army, and Dai Shanming's troops defended them tightly.
Luck Dehun led the cavalry to leave Shanhaiguan and go to Ningyuan.
Daishan only had more than 5,000 troops in his hands, and they were all veterans and disabled soldiers.
However, he was a veteran and disabled soldier, and he still had the strength to shoot arrows and throw stones.
Relying on the solid defense, Daishan was confident that he would not let the Ming army take a step further.
Although the Ming army's artillery was powerful, most of them were small-caliber artillery.
The red cannons lagged far behind because they were too bulky.
Through the Ming army's shelling, Daishan judged that it was almost impossible for the Ming army to break through the wall with artillery.
"Your Majesty, a Ming army has circled around the mountains to the north."
Suddenly a soldier came to report, which surprised Daishan.
The Ming army wanted to bypass the border wall from the north, and Daishan immediately understood.
But after all, he knew there was nothing he could do now.
He currently only has more than 5,000 troops in hand.
Just defending Guancheng and the fortresses is already very tense.
How can he allocate the troops to patrol the border walls and prevent the Ming army from crossing?
"Send someone to deliver a message to Luck Dehun and ask him to pay attention to the Ming army who climbed over the embankment and climbed the border wall."
Daishan could only arrange this.
As the sun set, the artillery that had been roaring all day stopped, and the troops who pretended to attack Luocheng and Yicheng also withdrew.
Without siege equipment, it was too difficult to break through Shanhaiguan with just dozens of hastily built ladders. .
After Jin Xin took away 20,000 troops, Chen Yue only had more than 30,000 troops left in his hands.
After calculation, Chen Yue believed that it would be difficult to break through Shanhaiguan with just these few men.
Although Jin Xin led 20,000 troops to climb over the border wall, there was still the main force of the Qing army in Shanhaiguan, and it was not known whether Jin Xin could gain a foothold.
Chen Yue also had another way to climb over the border wall, which was to organize a fleet to carry troops to bypass Shanhaiguan from the sea.
When marching through Tianjin, Chen Yue had already sent some troops to capture the coast of Dagu and organized a fleet to go to Shanhaiguan from the sea.
It's almost time to arrive.
However, no matter which siege method is used, sufficient troops are the guarantee for capturing Shanhaiguan.
Chen Yue only had more than 30,000 troops in his hands and could no longer divide his troops.
However, Li Yi, who attacked Beijing, should have led his army on the way to Shanhaiguan.
Let's talk about Li Yi.
He was ordered to lead more than 50,000 people from the Western Route Army to Tongzhou via Baoding, Hejian.
When the march arrived at Baoding County, they received orders from Chen Yue.
Chen Yue told him in detail the analysis that the Manchus had withdrawn from Beijing.
Unlike Chen Yue's Eastern Route Army, which was harassed by cavalry led by Luck Dehun, Li Yi led his army all the way without encountering any obstruction by the Qing army.
Regardless of whether it was Hejian Prefecture or Baoding County, when the army arrived, the officials appointed by the Manchu Qing surrendered in Kaicheng.
The building will collapse and no one will die for the Manchus.
After receiving Chen Yue's order, Li Yi accelerated his march.
He did not go to Tongzhou to join forces, but went straight north from Baoding County through Bazhou Gu'an, crossed the Marco Polo River and arrived at the foot of Beijing City.
The Manchu Qing court and hundreds of thousands of people had withdrawn from Beijing.
At this time, Beijing had become an empty city.
When the army entered the city, they saw chaos in Beijing, with fires everywhere.
The fires were set by the Manchus when they retreated.
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All the Manchus in the city retreated, and only tens of thousands of Han people remained in the city.
They were all civilians living in the outer city, and some were Han officials who surrendered to the Manchus.
The Manchus retreated and could not take care of these people.
These people did not want to leave their homes and follow the Manchus.
People run away.
The Eight Banners soldiers were all gone, leaving the city unguarded and in a state of anarchy.
Many people rushed into the inner city and searched through it, looking for property that the Manchus had no time to take away.
Fights, robberies, and fights could be seen everywhere, and the whole city was in chaos.
This was what Li Yi saw when he led people into Beijing.
After sending troops to occupy various city gates and firmly controlling the city of Beijing, Li Yi began to clean up the city.
Troops were sent out one after another to clean up the streets, and all the rioters who killed and looted wantonly were killed.
Under the strong suppression of the Ming army, the order in the city quickly stabilized, and then Li Yi began to organize people to put out the fire.
The first thing to be rescued was the imperial palace.
A fire was set off by the Manchu and Qing court before they evacuated.
Many palaces in the palace were burning for several days, and there was no way to save them.
In the past few years, the Forbidden City has experienced the catastrophe firstly by Li Chuang and then by the Manchu Tatars.
It has been reduced to ruins.
Even if the Ming Dynasty wanted to move the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, it could not relocate it.
Gu Junen, who was in charge of Beizhili affairs, was responsible for resettling the people and rebuilding the government.
On the third day after Li Yi captured Beijing, Gu Junen, who was attacking Baoding Fucheng, rushed to Beijing with his people.
Leaving 20,000 troops to go north to attack the cities of Changping, Huairou, and Juyongguan, Li Yi led a main force of 30,000 to leave Beijing and march to Zunhua, Jizhou, toward Shanhaiguan.
All the cities along the way were abandoned by the Qing Dynasty, and even the local officials appointed by the Qing Dynasty fled.
Li Yi led his troops and marched quickly, and when they entered Yongping Mansion, they finally caught up with the fleeing Manchu people.
There were about 100,000 Manchu people intercepted by Chen Yue, and they were distributed in Yongping Prefecture.
They had no way forward and were pursued by soldiers behind them.
They were desperate.
"General" Li Yi's generals looked at him eagerly, waiting for orders.
The Manchu army fled without a trace, leaving only unprotected women, children, old and young, and carrying a large amount of property, which was extremely tempting to the Ming army.
"Arrest all the Manchus, and kill those who resist.
Pay attention.
We are not beasts like the Eight Banners soldiers.
We are not allowed to massacre or commit adultery unless necessary.
The prince and the court will deal with the Manchus after they are captured.
All recaptured property and silver will be handed over, and the officers and soldiers of each team will be responsible for registering it.
After the war, the prince will reward everyone with property.
Anyone who keeps property privately will be dealt with according to military law."
Li Yi strictly promulgated military discipline.
It's not enough if it's not harsh, but wealth and silk are attractive to people's hearts.
When the Manchus fled, they took away a lot of property.
They saw a lot of it along the way.
If soldiers are allowed to fight for private possessions, military discipline will be extremely corrupted.
After the promulgation of military discipline, Li Yi was still worried and sent thousands of soldiers to take charge of military law and strictly enforce military discipline.
More than 30,000 troops were sent out in battalion units and began to capture Manchus and civilians across the mountains and plains.
Just when Li Yi's men were happily arresting people and searching for their property, Chen Yue's order came, ordering him to lead the army to Shanhaiguan immediately
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