Wu Sangui had realized that he was being used as a pawn by Kangxi again.
"Quick! Sound the retreat!"
"ah?"
"What? Sound the horn quickly." Wu Sangui kicked the messenger.
From the corner of his eye he saw that the 30,000-man musket battalion had been mostly defeated. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell how terrifying the muskets on the other side were.
Boom!
But at this moment, bursts of rumbling sounds were heard.
Immediately, explosions continued to be heard in the army formation, and in an instant, people and horses were blown to the ground.
Then came more frequent explosions, enveloping the entire Qing army in a sea of fire.
"This... is over. My Liaodong cavalry is finished. It's all over." Wu Sangui murmured blankly.
It was indeed over, because the New Ming army attacked in full force at Liu Mang's command.
The next step is to capture prisoners in exchange for rewards.
Then they would take the opportunity to attack the city and steal money, food and women.
As a righteous army, we shouldn't do such things.
However, Liu Mang has his own group of single guys in Taoyuan City, which is a headache.
In this case, it would be better to let them capture wives while fighting, and then choose them based on their merits. That would be better.
Anyway, there are still quite a lot of women in troubled times.
"Prince! Let's go back to the city quickly!" Wu Sangui's deputy general shouted to him.
"Yes, yes! Let's go back to the city quickly, otherwise it will be too late." Looking at the new Ming army that was as fierce as wolves and tigers, Wu Sangui felt his heart tremble.
He immediately turned his horse around and galloped towards the city gate.
Although Wu Sangui successfully entered the city, the number of soldiers who retreated with him was less than 10,000.
Looking at the terrified soldiers, Wu Sangui knew that the situation was hopeless.
It’s all because the enemy was too brutal.
The New Ming Army said there was nothing they could do. They were only charging five taels of silver for each prisoner, and they were all poor. Seeing the Qing army was like seeing white silver ingots moving, which was extremely tempting.
In the end, a battle involving nearly 400,000 troops on both sides ended in less than an hour, with 60,000 Qing soldiers killed and 120,000 captured. The rest either returned to the city with Wu Sangui or fled.
There were not many defenders in the city, and it was impossible to hold the city. Finally, under a round of artillery fire, Wu Sangui opened the gate and surrendered. It was not his first time anyway, and he was very experienced.
Unfortunately, he, the commander-in-chief, did not gain any success.
After forcing out the whereabouts of Chen Yuanyuan, he was shot and sent to meet Chongzhen of this world.
......
The New Ming Army advanced very quickly. After defeating Wu Sangui's army, it was like entering a five-man territory. The Qing army could no longer stop the New Ming Army's pace.
With the troops divided, they captured the city within Daguan in just three days.
When the army gathered in the capital, the palace was deserted and Kangxi had long since disappeared.
Afterwards, the new allied forces did not stop. With Guo Jing as the commander of the western army, they gathered another 150,000 troops and attacked the Mongolian army inside the pass to the west.
It was not until they drove away the Mongolian army and fought against the Daxin army that everyone realized that not only did the Xinming army have guns, but the Daxin army also had a Qing-style rifle unit.
When the news reached the capital, the beast who was planning to tease a certain nun who had taken her hair untied was also confused.
"Marshal, according to reliable information, the new army in the west is equipped with rifles similar to ours, as well as artillery."
Liu Mang felt a surge of disgust in his heart.
That guy's cheat can actually be used to exchange for guns and cannons?
"Tell General Guo not to act rashly. Confront them first. Reinforcements will arrive in a few days."
"Yes!" After the messenger left, Liu Mang wanted to go out and tease the nun.
Then two groups of eunuchs and palace maids walked in.
Liu Mang recognized that one group belonged to Huang Rong and the other to Guo Fu.
The group that came in first rushed in and said, "General, the Crown Princess wants you to come into the palace. She said she has something to ask you."
"General, the Queen has summoned you to the palace to discuss military and national affairs."
Liu Mang's face was filled with black lines, and he immediately started cursing: "Nimma! Is this enough? I just left the palace this morning, and now I'm back again. Go back quickly and say I'm busy."
......
Liu Mang was planning to tease the nun today, so how could he enter the palace and send away these two groups of eunuchs and palace maids?
He took Chen Yuanyuan's indenture contract and ran to a nunnery. With the indenture contract in hand, he was not afraid that she would deny it.
In a certain nunnery, a beautiful and charming woman in a white gauze robe was concentrating on chanting scriptures and worshiping Buddha.
At this time a little nun walked in.
"Senior Sister, there is someone outside the door who claims to be your old friend and is looking for you."
Hearing this, the beautiful woman opened her eyes slightly, looking puzzled.
"Hmm? An old friend?"
Could it be Wu Sangui?
Or maybe...
Thinking about it, she decided to go out and take a look.
After a while, Chen Yuanyuan walked out the door and looked around. Apart from a handsome young man, she didn't see anyone she knew.
Liu Mang touched his chin, his eyes constantly looking at Chen Yuanyuan.
"Not bad, not bad, the original round treasure will look like this in the future! The needle won't poke!"
Being looked at like this by Liu Mang, Chen Yuanyuan felt very uncomfortable, but she asked, "Donor, yes, are you looking for me?"
"yes!"
"We, know each other?"
"Of course, I am your husband and I am here to take you home." Liu Mang jumped and raised his eyebrows, saying with a wicked smile.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuanyuan's charming face suddenly turned cold.
"Sir, please respect yourself. I am a nun and I don't have a husband."
"You still call me a nun? You are just a fake nun. Look, there is no other nun wearing a silk brocade robe." Liu Mang said with a joking smile.
When Liu Mang said this, Chen Yuanyuan's face turned red with embarrassment.
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