Jinzhou.
The face of Tan Tai, the man with the yellow flag, was gloomy. Looking at the pile of cannon fragments in front of him, it was as if he could see Dorgon's anger.
He was really unlucky.
But he didn't expect that the dog Emperor would wander to Jinzhou and choose a place between Jinzhou and Lianshan to attack. After receiving the help from Jinwei City, the dog Emperor had already disappeared, leaving only 310 corpses of the Qing soldiers, a group of severely injured soldiers, and of course, 40 pieces of cannon fragments.
An impressive white flag that filled the entire province.
It was an impressive Mongolia with a white flag.
An impressive Han army with a white flag.
He had been defeated by one person.
And it was a crushing defeat. One of the soldiers was Mellor, and three of them were Niu Lu. In addition, 310 soldiers died in battle. Their deaths could be said to be tragic. They did not look like they were killed by a weapon, but rather like they were torn apart by some terrifying beast. Jinwei City's head was torn apart, and Niu Lu was smashed into a pile of rotten meat that could not be seen, even though he had heard of the ferocity of that dog emperor. Even King Azik of England was torn apart alive. However, such ferocity still left him flabbergasted.
How is this human!
This was clearly a violent evil dragon!
Of course, this was not important. He did not have much of a relationship with Jinwei City, and the ones who died were all white flags, not yellow flags. The important thing was that the 40 important cannons were all crippled and smashed into pieces. Dorgon had given him an order to repair them as soon as possible and send them to the front line of Ningyuan within ten days.
But how could he repair it?
He looked at the pile of pig iron fragments under his feet and wanted to cry.
"Send it back to the furnace!"
He could not help but let out a desolate sigh.
Then, he heard a buzzing sound above his head. He subconsciously looked up and saw a meteor with a fiery red tail streaking across the dark night sky. Before he could react, it crashed into the roof beside him, causing countless sparks to fly and the roof to collapse. Immediately after, flames and thick smoke shot out from the window. His favorite little coat was covered in flames. He pushed open the door and ran out in pain. After a few steps, he fell to the ground and rolled around.
"Enemy attack!"
Tan Tai suddenly woke up and let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Almost at the same time, a second shooting star streaked across the night sky, quickly creating another fire spot, followed by a third, a fourth…
The entire Jin Province was in chaos.
"One, two, three…"
In a forest on the north bank of the Xiaoling River in the west of Jinzhou City, Li Daoxuan pulled a rope and kept retreating. As he retreated, the trunk of the ash tree at the other end of the rope gradually bent. When he retreated to the broken trunk behind him, the upper end of the ash tree, which was thicker than a thigh, was almost bent at ninety degrees.
Beside him, a girl wearing rags climbed up with a rope and then lifted the rope up. There was a log with some kind of liquid on it. She skillfully placed the wood on the branch of the ash tree, then took out the lighter that Li Daoxuan had given her and lit it up. She lit a small branch and put it on the log. The fire instantly burst out. She threw down the rope and grabbed the trunk with both hands and jumped down.
Just as she ran to the side, Li Daoxuan suddenly jumped back and let go of her hand.
The tough manchurian ash instantly bounced back and threw the burning log up like a catapult. In the blink of an eye, it flew into Jin Zhou City, two hundred meters away.
"I am an angry bird."
Li Daoxuan said seriously.
The girl looked at him blankly, then picked up a plastic bucket at a very fast speed and poured the kerosene in the bucket onto a round log. After Li Daoxuan slowed down, he grabbed the rope and pulled it back again. The girl tied the rope to the round log. When Li Daoxuan pulled it to the limit, she immediately climbed up the ash tree again and loaded the natural catapult with a new original version of the incendiary bomb.
Li Daoxuan had picked her up in the mountains.
Runaway slaves.
People like her were often seen in the nearby mountains. In fact, the problem of escaping slaves in the Manchu Dynasty had always been very serious. After all, no matter if they captured Han or North Koreans, as long as they had some courage, they would not be willing to be slaves.
It was impossible for these escaped slaves to live in the plains where the population was concentrated. It was known that if they were caught, they would only die. Therefore, they could only escape into the mountains and struggle to survive. After a long time, they even had their own small villages. After all, the Qing army had only occupied Jinzhou for a few years. This area was always a strategic buffer zone for the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Qing army was not interested in going to the mountains to carry out a large-scale search. However, these people did not have the courage to follow him out to kill the Tartars. This girl was an exception. It was said that her family had all died in the hands of the Qing army. Only she had escaped. She had been living a half-savage life with the survival skills of the hunters since she was young. Now, she could not even speak very well.
However, he was definitely efficient.
In particular, he climbed the tree like a monkey, completely comparable to a female version of Mount Tai. Two hours ago, he even knocked down a wild deer barefooted and fed Li Daoxuan a stomach full of deer blood. He still had to rely on the real-life version of Angry Birds to release his energy.
He was having a lot of fun playing the real-life version of Angry Birds.
However, the Qing army and residents in Jinzhou City were unlucky. This was the most important support point of the front line of the Qing army, and also the real city at the southernmost end of the Manchu controlled area. Not only did it store a large amount of grain and ammunition, but it also had the most important artillery factory. Most of the Qing army's cannons were forged here. If it was burned, it would be a big joke. In this era, the city's fire protection system was outdated, and the houses were all made of wood. Once the fire spread, it would burn the camp. The Qing army and residents all over Jinzhou ran to the fire spots to put out the fire. In addition, a large number of cavalry rushed out of the city gate to kill Li Daoxuan. Even the cannons on the city wall were aimed at him.
Li Daoxuan wasn't afraid of the Qing cavalry, but he didn't dare to provoke a cannon. Seeing the fire coming from the cannon on the wall, he shot out the last log without hesitation.
"Let's go!"
Then, he shouted at the girl called Li Xiu.
The latter kicked the kerosene bucket to the side of a big tree, lit a dead branch with a lighter, and threw it on top. The fire started. She quickly turned around and followed Li Daoxuan into the distant forest. The old pine forest behind them immediately turned into a sea of fire, and then quickly spread out with the help of the wind. The Qing cavalry chasing them out of the city watched helplessly as they disappeared into the darkness behind the sea of fire.
At this time, the fire in Jin City was also spreading.
"Let's go!"
In the darkness far away, Li Daoxuan put his arm around Li Xiu's shoulder and looked at the city of Jinzhou that was illuminated by the fire. He said proudly,""After burning Jin Zhou City, we'll burn Guang Ning Prefecture.”
This was his sinister plan.
Without the cannons, it was almost impossible for Dorgon to take down Ningyuan. His siege weapons could not push down the city under the barrage of cannons. In the end, he could only use human lives to build a sturdy fortress with dozens of cannons, thousands of muskets, and nearly 10,000 soldiers with high morale.
This was really not easy.
Even if he could take it down in the end, he would probably suffer heavy losses.
The total strength of the Eight Banners Army was only 120,000 to 130,000 troops. They had already lost 10,000 troops to him. They could not afford to lose any more. They were surrounded by enemies. Li Zicheng was attacking Shanhaiguan. Who knew if he would go north and take back Liaodong after taking Shanhaiguan? The Mongolians in the west had just been beaten into submission by them, but that was all. No one could guarantee that after the Eight Banners suffered heavy losses, the Mongol kings would not stab them in the back. There were still North Koreans in the east. The latter were die-hard fans of the Ming Dynasty and had a blood feud with the Eight Banners. It was just that the Eight Banners were too strong and they did not dare to make a move. But what if the Eight Banners suffered heavy losses? Would the Li family turn to the Ming Dynasty and set fire to their backyard again?
It was still fine if Dorgon had suffered fewer losses at Ningyuan City, but if he had lost another 10,000 or 20,000, the Banner Lords would have been the first to attack him, and the two White Flags had suffered a lot of casualties.
Since that was the case, he might as well add fuel to the fire. Relying on his extraordinary combat strength, he would play an unrestrained battle in the Manchu territory. He would burn, kill, and cause destruction. Today, he would burn Jinzhou City, and tomorrow, he would burn Guangning Prefecture in the Yiwulu Mountain of North Vietnam. He would simply slaughter the small villages along the way and force Duo Ergun to surrender and withdraw from Ningyuan. Even if Duo Ergun did not do it, those Banner Lords would force him to do it. As for the issue of Dorgon going south to Shanhaiguan and Wu Sangui surrendering while he was burning Liaodong…
"Then continue burning!"
he said fiercely.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his hand.
"F * ck, you're a dog!"
He lowered his head and looked at Li Xiu who was biting him. He quickly retracted his hand that was pressing on her chest and said.
The latter showed him a mouth full of sharp teeth like an enraged pekingese, but then it changed to a horrified expression. Seeing that the bite mark on the back of his hand had disappeared without a trace, he grabbed it curiously and wiped it with his dirty fingers, as if he had obtained a novel toy.
"F * ck, I've been the emperor for more than a month and I've never seen anyone who serves in bed. I was actually bitten by a wild girl when I hugged her!”
Li Daoxuan said speechlessly.
It was true that the Emperor had yet to meet a single servant. Huang Ying had put on an attitude of allowing the Emperor to pick whatever he wanted, but she did not have the time to do so during the escape. After arriving at Shanhaiguan, she was not in the mood. The next day, he went on an expedition to Ningyuan. No one brought a woman with them. Although he was the Emperor, he did not bring Huang Ying along in order to show that he shared the joys and sorrows of the soldiers. As a result, he had been plain all this time.
As he spoke, he looked at this wild girl.
Before he could take a closer look at her appearance, the wild and fierce smell immediately rushed into his nose.
"Ugh."
Li Daoxuan, who often soaked in corpses, couldn't help but retch.
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