Chapter 55 The Last Resort

Chapter 55 The Last Resort

Since Nurhaci unified the Later Jin, the Qing Dynasty has been on the defensive against the Ming Dynasty.

The towering Shanhaiguan became a barrier between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. It is unknown how much blood of Chinese people was shed under this pass.

After the Qing Dynasty was established, it also took in the already declining Mongolian army. They even detoured through Shanhaiguan several times and rushed to the capital of the Ming Dynasty from Mongolia.

The Ming Dynasty, where the emperor guards the country and the king dies for the country, seems to have really become a weak strong man, being hammered to the ground by the Qing Dynasty, which is a hundred times weaker than him.

But today, the Ming Dynasty is finally ready. With the order of Emperor Chongzhen, millions of Ming soldiers armed to the teeth gathered together at Shanhaiguan.

After offering sacrifices to the gods of the heavens, Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty stood at the highest point of Shanhaiguan and gave an order.

Millions of Ming troops directly crossed Shanhaiguan and marched towards Shengjing of the Qing Dynasty with great vigor and vigor.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Little Ice Age prevailed, but the Ming Dynasty, which chose to send troops in midsummer, felt the magnificent scenery of grass growing and warblers flying outside the Great Wall.

Huang Taiji in Shengjing City had already received the movement of the Ming Dynasty, but facing such an absolutely overwhelming enemy, the entire Qing Dynasty court had no way to deal with it for a while.

More than 100,000 soldiers from the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty have gathered in Shengjing at this moment. They have not thought about sneak attacks or cutting off the food supply.

However, after so many years of accumulation, the cultivation of the Ming Dynasty soldiers is quite good, and they have an absolute advantage in small-scale battles.

It is not impossible to interfere with such a large-scale war by sneak attacks, but at least it requires the wisdom of Zhuge Liang.

Obviously, those Qing Dynasty money rats who focus on competing for favor in the harem do not have such a strategy. They prefer to use killing to shock people.

When the target of the killing becomes them, they have no way at all.

As for cutting off the food supply, Chongzhen has already made canned food at this moment under Su Lin's reminder.

These sweet things that make your throat sick are not that delicious, but at least they are not inferior to ordinary food in terms of filling your stomach.

The most important thing is that the existence of canned food makes logistics transportation easier, especially from Shanhaiguan to Shengjing, you can walk along the seashore.

The vast sea has become a food route that the Qing Dynasty can never cut off.

All kinds of methods are ineffective, and Huang Taiji can only send troops to harass directly.

Fifty thousand Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry are scattered like sparrows on the vast plains of the Northeast, trying to rely on harassment to suppress or even defeat the attack of the Ming Dynasty.

It must be said that the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners at this moment is not weak. In the vast environment of the Northeast Plain, their mobility on war horses is terrifying.

The Eight Banners children who ride and shoot will cause some casualties from time to time, but the Ming Dynasty's rifles and some martial arts masters are also not weak.

In the process of the Ming Dynasty's annihilation troops advancing, death is always with them.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were dying, and the Eight Banners of the Manchus were also dying. The casualties of both sides were basically about one to one.

However, for the Ming Dynasty, 100,000 casualties were just a joke, but for the Qing Dynasty, 100,000 casualties meant the destruction of the country and the extinction of the race.

As a last resort, Huang Taiji could only gather those harassing cavalry, and without harassment, 500,000 Ming soldiers finally came to the city of Shengjing and surrounded this rare strong city.

It can be imagined that once Shengjing was captured, facing the magnificent army of annihilation, the fierce Qing Dynasty would be like the Han civilians who had been under their iron hoofs, and could only use their necks to test whether the opponent's knife was hard or not.

After a day of rest, Chongzhen called Zhang Sanfeng, Ning Caichen and Uchiha Itachi to his side.

The final siege battle was about to begin.

Hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers were divided into several waves and began to attack the tall walls of Shengjing without stopping.

The cannons in the distance kept roaring, and some masters of Qinggong even jumped directly from the elevated platform and flew towards Shengjing with the huge kites behind them.

The Qing Dynasty, which was still at its peak at the moment, was indeed extraordinary in terms of military strength. Facing the offensive like a tsunami, they were able to respond one by one.

Even though the casualties were huge, Shengjing was protected.

For a moment, Shengjing City became a huge meat grinder, and life seemed to have become the least valuable thing at this moment.

At this moment, Uchiha Itachi and Ning Caichen were completely stunned.

Not to mention Ning Caichen, who was originally a weak scholar, even Uchiha Itachi had a bit of horror on his face.

This kind of war scene with hundreds of thousands of people is not uncommon in Chinese history, but it is an impossible thing in the ninja world.

According to the original history, when facing Uchiha Madara and White Zetsu, the entire ninja world formed a coalition and finally gathered only tens of thousands of people.

And in front of us, the number of people who died in one morning may be more than those people.

"Is this how wars are fought in your world? Do human lives really cost nothing?" Itachi, a cold-blooded ninja, couldn't help asking.

Wang Chengen, who was standing by the side, also knew the identity of Uchiha Itachi because of Chongzhen's trust. He sighed and explained: "Your Highness Itachi, this is a war that concerns the survival of a country and a nation. Such a war of attrition is indispensable!"

Chongzhen stood on the high platform at this moment, looking at the Chinese descendants who kept passing away, and a trace of grief appeared in his eyes.

But then he encouraged his inner strength and shouted loudly: "Today, Shengjing will be broken, and the Qing Dynasty will be destroyed. If 300,000 people can't do it, I will call another 300,000. If 600,000 people can't do it, I will call a million people. Those who are enemies of the Ming Dynasty will be killed even if they are far away!"

"Put down your weapons within an hour, and I will spare your life. Otherwise, when the city is broken, not a single piece of armor will be left!"

With the powerful inner strength that was beyond imagination, Chongzhen's voice resounded throughout the world like thunder.

Many Ming soldiers immediately shouted loudly: "Put down your weapons, and I will spare your life. When the city is broken, not a single piece of armor will be left!"

Their shouts were like awls, piercing the hearts of all the Eight Banners.

Even as cruel as they were, they were a little scared at this moment when facing the Ming soldiers who were not afraid of life and death.

With Chongzhen's shouts, the combat effectiveness of the entire Qing army actually dropped by several percentage points.

Some Han people who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty now looked regretful. If they had known that the Ming Dynasty was so powerful, who would be willing to come here to be a slave?

I didn't expect that I couldn't even be a slave now!

In the palace of Shengjing, Huang Taiji and many royal relatives of the Zhenghuang Banner gathered together at this moment.

These royal relatives have begun to discuss giving up Shengjing and returning to the Black Mountains and White Waters, where the Qing Dynasty originated. They believe that they can make a comeback from there.

At this moment, they listened to the shouts outside the city with complicated expressions, and their desire to escape became more and more determined.

Seeing this scene. Huang Taiji seemed to have made up his mind and said, "God is not on my side. The power of the Ming Dynasty is too strong. We can only use the last resort!"

The other royal relatives thought that Huang Taiji had finally decided to escape, and they couldn't help celebrating. Only Dorgon said with a smile, "Your Majesty, that is the dragon vein. Once we use it, we will never have a chance to turn things around."

Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon coldly and said, "I think you are afraid of death. Don't worry, after using the power of the dragon vein to defeat the Ming emperor, I will help you build a monument. As the descendants of Nurhaci, this is your greatest honor!"