?In Baoding City, Duoduo's face was as cold as frost.

He brought all the full and Mongolian Eight Banners Army to protect the capital, but the battle situation still did not improve.

The Ming army was aggressive and could gain a little advantage in every confrontation.

Although this advantage is not great, it is a very terrifying existence when it accumulates together.

As the saying goes, snowballing, the Ming army's advantages are getting bigger and bigger, while the Qing army's disadvantages are getting bigger and bigger.

Just then, news came that the Empress Dowager and Emperor Shunzhi had arrived in Baoding.

Duoduo was shocked.

When he left Beijing, he told the little emperor that he would stay in the capital honestly and not distract the soldiers.

It must be the idea that crazy woman!

Duoduo was angry and hated.

He has no good feelings for the current Queen Mother.

If it weren't for this 14th brother, how could he endure the great pain and bear the false infamous accusations.

But now the situation in the Qing Dynasty was as dangerous as it was, Duoduo really didn't want to have another conflict with the empress dowager and the emperor, so he decided to go and welcome him.

When Duoduo left the capital, he had already transferred all the Eight Banners of Manchuria, including the Zhenghuang Banner, the Inlaid Yellow Banner, which belonged to Emperor Shunzhi.

Therefore, when Emperor Shunzhi and Empress Dowager came to Baoding this time, the ceremonial ceremony was very simple and even shabby.

Duoduo immediately sent someone to welcome Emperor Shunzhi and Empress Dowager into the city.

Although the Ming army has not launched a fierce attack on Baoding Prefecture City, a war may break out at any time. Staying outside the city is extremely dangerous.

Although Duoduo had no good feelings for Emperor Shunzhi, he did not want him to die suddenly.

After settling the emperor and the empress dowager, Duoduo went to question him.

Perhaps he is the only one who dares to do this.

"Why is the emperor so willful, and why is the empress dowager absent from the emperor? Where is the front line where children and women should come."

Duoduo said arrogantly.

"The front line may not be where children and women should come. But if the Ai family and the emperor do not come, can the Regent guarantee that the soldiers have the courage to fight to the decisive battle?"

Da Yu'er refused to give in and said coldly.

Duoduo was choked by her and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Maybe the Regent wants to fight to the death with the Ming army, but most of the soldiers may not think so. They still have fantasies that they can retreat outside the pass."

Da Yuer said coldly: "The Ai family and the emperor came to stop their thoughts. They either defeated the Ming army or died."

She said it was extremely calm, and even Dodor was very surprised.

Why is this woman so bottomless?

"Have you ever thought about what if you really lose?"

"If I really lose, the Ai family will die with the emperor."

Da Yu'er was unwilling to give in.

"Okay, okay, I won't fight with you. Since I'm here, I'll play some role."

Duoduo sneered: "I don't need to teach you about morale like this, right?"

From beginning to end, Emperor Shunzhi said nothing, but leaned against Da Yu'er.

"The Ai family will take the emperor there."

As soon as Da Yuer finished speaking, she saw a personal soldier hurriedly running outside the house and kneeling down and said, "Report, I found a large Ming army outside the city."

Da Yuer and Duoduo were both surprised.

"How come it was born so fast."

He turned around and was about to leave, but Da Yu'er said, "The Ai family and the emperor and the regent."

Duoduo frowned and said, "Okay."

Climbing to the top of Baoding City, the scenery outside the city is completely visible.

It is obvious that a Ming army of tens of thousands of people is approaching Baoding City.

Duoduo could not calculate the specific strength of the Ming army, but it was at least 70,000 or 80,000, and perhaps even more than 100,000.

You should know that at this moment, there are only 50,000 defenders in Baoding City, and the rest of the troops are allocated to Wu Sangui, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to defend the flanks.

The Ming army did not advance quickly, but seemed very calm.

Duoduo narrowed his eyes and looked at it carefully, and found that he was very familiar with the Ming army.

It turned out that the commander of this Ming army was Gao Jie, the one who had launched a Northern Expedition, the one who turned the North Zhili and Henan upside down.

This is really a battle between enemies and fate.

Duoduo and Gao Jie had a fight. In his opinion, this Ming army general not only has strong ability to command operations, but also has a very vicious temperament. Gao Jie did many things that others disdained to do.

Since Gao Jie took the initiative to come to him this time, Duoduo naturally wanted to fight him.

He didn't believe it anymore, Gao Jie's luck would be as good as the last time.

Duoduo ordered the city to enter a state of alert and ready to fight at any time.

When the Qing soldiers, especially those from the Eight Banners, saw that Emperor Shunzhi and the Empress Dowager were also on the city wall, their morale suddenly increased.

Although the Ming army has mostly won the past two years, the Qing army still has the advantage depending on the historical record.

They had no reason to be afraid of the Ming army with their backs on the strong city.

And under the city, Gao Jie slowly walked towards the city gate with his horse reins in one hand.

Behind him are tens of thousands of elite cavalry and dozens of cannons.

These cannons were very huge and were dragged forward by civilians, tied them with ropes and rolled them.

Just looking at the appearance, they look a lot like red cannons, but they are not.

This is a new type of artillery made by the Ministry of Industry Firearms Department combined with Fran machine cannons and red-clothed cannons. This artillery was not officially put into use until the Ming army in Shandong's Northern Expedition.

This kind of artillery not only has a fast firing speed and a long range, but also has a huge power.

Ordinary red-clothed cannons can smash walls and city towers, but these giant cannons can directly open the city gate.

Of course, Duoduo above the city wall didn't know this.

So when the Ming army pushed the artillery to within range, Duoduo felt something strange, he did not react immediately.

Until the sound of gunfire sounded.

The sound of cannons was like the muffled thunder in summer.

The huge lead bullet went straight towards the city gate, and quickly opened large holes in it.

After one round of artillery attack, the city gate was already full of holes, and all the Qing soldiers on the city were trembling.

Before they could react, the second round of artillery began.

This time the city gate was smashed to pieces.

Duoduo was completely stunned now.

He watched the city gate be smashed, and watched the Ming cavalry roar towards the city gate but could not do anything.

It was not until the Ming cavalry came to the city gate that he woke up as if he was dreaming and shouted loudly: "Clog the city gate quickly, go and block the city gate quickly."

But now how to block it, the vanguard of the Ming cavalry has already rushed into the city.

But the width of the city gate is limited after all, so the Ming army could not enter the city in an instant. The Qing soldiers who reacted would roll wood and smash rocks to block the Ming army.

The Ming army gradually suffered casualties, and many cavalrymen rolled on their horses and fell to the ground and were trampled to pieces.

But no one took a step back, they only had Baoding City in their eyes.

To seize the city, they only have one goal, that is to seize the city!

Emperor Shunzhi on the top of the city was still a child after all, and he cried when he saw this scene.
Chapter completed!