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The gunpowder technology and application of the Ming Dynasty were already very developed.

However, using gunpowder to blow up city gates was still the first use.

Simply speaking, in terms of explosive power, gunpowder is still far behind explosives.

However, the Changsheng Battalion was already very familiar with this method of explosion during the ice blasting process. In addition, the Lushun Guards used gunpowder during the previous war, so the engineers who operated it were already very skilled in this aspect.

At this time, as the city gate was blown open, there was no longer much suspense about what would happen next.

The intersections on all sides have long been blocked, and all that's left is to catch turtles in a jar.

Accompanied by bursts of crisp bird gunfire, the sounds from the direction of Yangguan Fort became less and less until they disappeared.

In less than half an hour, Wang Hai and Xun Meng came to Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong together. Wang Hai knelt down excitedly and said: "General, fortunately you have lived up to your command. Yangguan Fort has been captured. The results of the battle have not been calculated yet. I am humble and estimate.

After a while, there are probably more than a dozen levels of real slave heads and hundreds of levels of Han military flags."

Li Yuanqing smiled and nodded.

After the Battle of Lushun, the Hou Jin Dynasty further reduced its troops in southern Liaoning. When Li Yuanqing came to Yangguan Fort before, he was afraid that he would not have more than Niulu's troops, but at this time, Yangguan Fort had less than half Niulu's troops.

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"Very good. You go down and rest first." Li Yuanqing waved to Wang Hai.

Wang Hai kowtowed to Li Yuanqing excitedly, and then left happily.

Li Yuanqing smiled at Chen Zhong and said, "Leave 00 troops to control Yangguan Fort, and the army will approach Fuzhou immediately."

"yes."

As the order was quickly passed down, the army lit up their torches and headed northeast.

The team walked very fast. Wei Liang was frightened and tired. He had been tortured enough. Even his few Jin Yiwei followers who only knew drinking on Changsheng Island had ugly faces and looked frighteningly weak.

Wei Liang hurried to Li Yuanqing's side and said cautiously: "General Li, look, the soldiers are tired from the night journey. Shouldn't they rest for a while and then go on the road later?"

Li Yuanqing glanced at Wei Liang and suddenly smiled, "If you can't keep up, Lord Supervisor, just rest for a while. I will send someone to protect you. However, there may be many Tatars riding around here. I hope you can follow.

The main force…”

"Ah?" Wei Liang couldn't help being shocked.

There are actually Tatars riding here. What's the point of being encountered by them? Do you expect to be protected by a few guards with wine bags, rice bags and golden clothes around you?

He hurriedly said: "General Li, Zajia, Zajia is just a suggestion. The military is of course General Li's priority."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Master Supervisor, don't be anxious. After we defeat Fuzhou City tomorrow morning, let's go to the city and have a good rest."

The team's itinerary was quite compact and there was no pause at all.

Both units are the main force. They have been practicing for so many times. No matter whether they are combat soldiers or auxiliary soldiers, their physical strength is not a problem, and they don't have much luggage. They almost go into battle lightly.

At this time, time is life and opportunity, and Li Yuanqing will not begrudge the soldiers' efforts.

Yangguan Fort was captured at about 10 o'clock in the evening. In the early morning, at about 6:30, the main force of the Changsheng Battalion and Chen Zhong's troops arrived at Fuzhou City as scheduled.

Li Yuanqing is no stranger to Fuzhou City.

However, the last time he came, it was to rescue Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan's main force, and it rained heavily again. He did not get close to Fuzhou City to carefully observe the movements of the city.

But at this time, the goal has been clear, and Li Yuanqing will not have too many reservations.

The army directly formed a formation at the west gate of Fuzhou City, without using siege equipment such as ladders. Under the cover of hundreds of gun soldiers led by Shunzi, the 1,000 Corps had five generals and Chen Zhong's four generals.

In total, nearly two thousand troops were approaching the west gate of Fuzhou.

At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and the Tatars on the top of Fuzhou City soon discovered the movements of Li Yuanqing's two Ming troops, and they couldn't help but scream in surprise.

Li Yuanqing was one mile away from Fuzhou City at this time. Standing at this distance, although it was obscured by the hazy night, he could roughly see the situation on the west side of Fuzhou City.

Fuzhou is a large city in southern Liaoning. It is located on a plain. From a distance, it seems that there is no danger to defend.

There are not many trees around, there are fertile cultivated lands everywhere, and several small rivers converge into one big river, slowly flowing into the city.

In peaceful times, this place would have been a fertile Feng Shui land.

But before long, this place will become the main battlefield for the deadly battle between Li Yuanqing and Hou Jin.

Li Yuanqing's goal is very clear, which is to capture Fuzhou City.

Except for the west gate, Li Yuanqing did not send troops to the other three gates. If the Tatars wanted to run away, they could run away. He only wanted to restore the city.

At this time, the vanguard of the Ming army had already approached the foot of Fuzhou City. Under the cover of a continuous barrage of cannons, more than a hundred sword and shield soldiers, guarding a dozen engineers, quickly moved towards the city wall.

Shunzi is the vanguard leader in this critical battle.

Thanks to his sister Zhang Yunniang and his close relationship with Li Yuanqing, this boy's official career has been smooth. At this time, he has been promoted to Deputy Qianhu. Although he is still nominally under the command of the Third Thousand General,

In fact, it is almost an independent Thousand Corps.

"You dare to shoot arrows as a fool. Boys, please suppress these bastards."

Shunzi was dressed in silver armor, holding a command sword, and was surrounded by more than ten personal guards. Behind him, there were two strong riders, and two big flags fluttering in the wind.

The main battle flag floats with the huge Chinese character 'Changshengying Li', while the smaller battle flag floats with the Chinese character 'Zhang', which is his surname.

Beside him, there were more than a dozen messenger soldiers and several flag bearers holding small flags standing ready. They would pass Shunzi's instructions to the vanguard troops in the shortest possible time and in the fastest way possible.

At this time, following Shunzi's order, the sound of gunshots from the Ming army became more intense. Although they were shooting from high places, the Tatars on the top of the city were unable to lift their heads.

They had no choice but to shoot arrows into the sky, hoping that the parabola would cause damage to the Ming army.

However, the cannon soldiers of the Ming army were guarded by sword, shield and spear soldiers. In addition, the wind was not strong at this time, so it was difficult to cause real damage to the Ming army.

At this time, more than a hundred sword and shield soldiers had already rushed to the city gate, guarding a dozen engineers.

Engineers are a valuable resource of the Changsheng Battalion, especially those responsible for demolition. Even if they are ordinary soldiers, their treatment is better than that of Xiaoqi.

At this time, each engineer was carrying a bag of explosives the size of a thick quilt on his body. The brothers fought desperately to buy them time, and they would never dare to waste even a penny.

Soon, under the command of a general commander, a dozen explosive packets were stacked together. The commander personally wired the explosives, and under the protection of the sword and shield soldiers, they spread out dozens of meters.

"Everything is ready here. Send a signal to Master Shun quickly."

"yes."

Immediately there was a flag bearer who sent a flag message to Shunzi.

In a moment, Shunzi's gunfighting formation sent back a signal message, which meant, 'Do it.'

The engineer commander chuckled, took out the flint, and quickly lit the fire letter, "Hey, dog Tatar, let's have a taste of my earthen plane."

As he spoke, he lit the fuse fiercely and whispered: "My sons, please take a step back."

The surrounding soldiers, whether they were sword and shield soldiers, spear soldiers or engineers, all had already experienced it. They quickly ran back a dozen steps and quickly fell to the ground.

On top of the city, many Tatars only saw a fire dragon flashing on the ground, before they could react what it was.

There was just a "bang", a loud bang at the city gate, and a huge wave of air that almost wanted to knock people away.

There were cries of ghosts and wolves howling on top of the city, and the Tatar soldiers guarding had no idea what was going on.

But by this time, the city gate had been blown open and the city walls were damaged.

How could Shunzi still hesitate? He pointed the steel knife in his hand forward fiercely, "Come on, gentlemen. The general is watching behind us and capture Fuzhou City."

"Go ahead. Take Fuzhou City."

The soldiers of the two groups could not wait any longer, and like a big red torrent, they quickly rushed towards Fuzhou City.

Not far away, Chen Zhong couldn't help but smile, "Shunzi, this kid, has aged a lot. I can't run away with this skill."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "This boy is still young. It seems that we need to arrange a good marriage for him as soon as possible to put this boy's heart at ease first."

Although in the previous military marriage, Shunzi had many choices and several good girls, Zhang Yunniang did not fall in love with her. She was such a younger brother, so naturally she could not let his marriage be hasty.

Although Li Yuanqing was a little dissatisfied with this, since Shunzi was not someone else, Li Yuanqing acquiesced.

As a person in a superior position, how can he not have any privileges?

Chen Zhong smiled and nodded, but he had a thought in his heart. If he could have a good female family member to marry Shunzi, the relationship between the two people and the two tribes would definitely be closer.

On the side, Kong Youde had no time to consider the thoughts of the two generals. His eyes had already been attracted by the battle formation ahead.

Since joining the Changsheng Camp, it has brought him too much joy.

When exploding ice, he participated in most of the process and gained a more comprehensive and stronger understanding of things like gunpowder.

Although he had long expected that the effect would be good, he did not expect that the actual effect would be so good.

If this is the case, it will not be difficult as long as the main force of Hou Jin can be defeated, the army marches to Shenyang, and even the city of Shenyang can be captured.

It seems that returning to his hometown in Tieling is not that far away.

Li Yuanqing sensitively noticed Kong Youde's expression and said with a smile: "Xiao Kong, what do you think of this battle?"

"Well?"

Only then did Kong Youde come to his senses and hurriedly said: "General, gunpowder is really a sharp weapon. If you can make good use of it, why worry about establishing slaves and not destroying them? I even want to fight back to my hometown in Tieling as soon as possible."

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but laugh, "It's good if you have this idea. Study hard. It won't be long before you have the opportunity to use it."

Kong Youde couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Yuanqing. This was because Li Yuanqing wanted to devolve him.

Thinking that he would be able to truly take charge of the army, Kong Youde's heart almost exploded with joy, "Thank you, General. The general's kindness to me, my humiliation, will never be forgotten."

Kong Youde kowtowed to Li Yuanqing several times respectfully.

Li Yuanqing smiled and helped him up, "Don't thank me so early. Later, you will take 100 soldiers to the city to supervise the battle. Keep all your thoughts in your mind. I will check it later."

Kong Youde couldn't help but feel even more delighted, "I'm humble, let's go prepare now."

Seeing this boy leaving in a hurry, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

In the later Manchu and Qing military formations, Kong Youde was famous for his knowledge of firearms. As a full-term "obedient king", Huang Taiji indeed gave Kong Youde enough support to let his light shine in this era.

At this time, this guy was so interested in firearms, how could Li Yuanqing be inferior to Huang Taiji?

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Chapter completed!