As soon as the Qing army artillery fire stopped on the other side, these engineers rushed down the river, spreading wooden boards on the ice piece by piece, and paving them all the way under the cover of artillery fire.

Suddenly, the sound of cannons suddenly sounded behind the Qing army formation, and hundreds of shells fell into the river. When the engineers in the river saw that something was wrong, they all lay on the ground.

But there were still dozens of engineers who were too lucky and were hit or rubbed by such solid bullets. There was a pool of blood in the river. After the Qing army's artillery stopped, other engineers immediately got up from the ground. Some engineers carried the wounded soldiers to their own formation, while other engineers continued to lay wooden boards.

The Qing army actually had artillery! Liu Heng looked at the situation in the high command car and couldn't help but feel an accident.

It was really nice to hide, but it was exposed too early.

"Suppress the Qing army's artillery and raise hot air balloons to correct the generals." Liu Heng ordered that the artillery below knew what to do without his orders - knock out the Qing army's artillery!

The engineers obviously understood that the Qing army could not fire the second artillery, and after the Qing army's artillery bombardment, they resumed their normal operations and quickly paved the wooden boards all the way.

At this time, the heavy artillery behind the formation began to attack the Qing army artillery and bombarded the Qing army artillery indiscriminately. Before the exposed Qing army artillery could be transferred, most of the exposed Qing army artillery was scrapped in the bombing.

The light artillery was on standby, and the Qing cavalry in the distance were furiously blown by rockets and retreated, and had retreated 1,600 meters away.

At such a distance, the Shandong Army's light artillery is far from being fired, and rockets cannot be fired, and only heavy artillery can be fired.

Previously, the artillery battalion expanded to 3,000 people and was equipped with 30 200mm caliber howitzers. This heavy artillery weighed 1,000 kilograms and could fire 15 kilograms of shells with a range of 3,000 meters.

220 300 kg 125mm howitzers weighing 2000 meters, with a range of 2000 meters.

The artillery of the artillery battalion had already aimed at the Qing army in the distance, and the Qing army was beaten to no avail.

The Qing army had no decent artillery, nor other long-range strike methods, so they could only be attacked by the Shandong army equipped with a large number of artillery.

Only by constantly retreating under the shelling, if they dare to move forward, they will face more intense firepower.

Artillery, God of War!

After a while, more than a dozen hot air balloons rose from the artillery position.

These hot air balloons are tied with a rope, and the height is raised from hundreds of meters. At this height, it is enough to not be blocked by gunpowder, and can continue to command artillery troops to correct the elements in the fog.

The Qing army looked at the hot air balloons rising from the Shandong army in amazement, not understanding what those hot air balloons are for, but they really make people feel frightened when they can float to the sky.

The function of hot air balloons is to bring corrections to artillery troops in plains and to distribute leaflets. If they fight in mountains and hilly areas, occupying highlands is enough to provide target positions for artillery troops. Only such plain areas without highlands require hot air balloons.

As for bombing, it has such functions, but it does not have practical names at all. The hot air balloon is too slow, the target is too obvious, the load capacity is too low, and it is inconvenient to move. Even if it can blow people up, how many can it be killed? And others are not stupid. Such big things are flying over and won’t run away?

There are so many weapons that can be used, and there are many strange ones. The key reason why most of them cannot go to the battlefield is to use practical surnames.

No matter those strange weapons, even many seemingly good guns and cannons, they are not produced and equipped on a large scale because of their lack of practical names.

...The engineers were busy for nearly ten minutes and finally laid wooden boards on the 200-meter river channel. Once the wooden boards were laid, Liu Heng ordered: "Cover the heavy artillery and cross the river."

"Heavy artillery cover, heavy artillery cover..."

"Prepare...ignite~"

More than 220 125mm howitzers and 30 200mm howitzers were in the back formation, and they roared in an instant, firing guns at the Qing army one by one.

The Qing army had no idea how to defend against artillery. As soon as the shells fell from the sky, they immediately fell over and over again.

When artillery technology is developed to the point where multiple infantry can conduct long-range strikes, both sides of the war should have artillery suppression to fight.

If there is no artillery, the consequences will be very tragic. At the same time, as the artillery develops to a certain extent, infantry cannot resist the power of the artillery, and will hide in the trenches for protection.

And when there is no assault method, both sides can only continuously bombard the enemy with artillery in order to defeat the enemy's will, so that they can enter a state of encirclement and being surrounded, forming a circle of encirclements, and a period of time when the enemy and us are mixed.

This is World War I.

The Qing army's artillery was not only garbage, but their cavalry was not suitable for attacking the Shandong army, because the Shandong army had artillery and cavalry protection, and the infantry had tight formations.

At the same time, the Qing army did not know how to face artillery, and there was only a deep sense of powerlessness in front of the powerful artillery of the Shandong Army. When the heavy artillery was exerted, the Qing army retreated again.

It's almost the same to rush up and seek death.

Zhenjiang's great defeat was still remembered by Jierharang in his heart at this moment. It left a deep mark in Duoduo's heart.

The depressed morale of the Qing army was the main reason for their retreat.

At the same time, the Shandong army began to cross the river. The cavalry stepped on the wooden boards and rushed down the river channel and passed quickly through the wooden boards.

At this time, the engineers began to build passages for sleds to pass, build snow on the river channel, and level the river channel. In this way, the sleds could pass quickly.

Five cavalry battalions crossed the river one after another and soon gathered on the other side.

With straight waists, uniform equipment, neat formations, 20,000 cavalry stood proudly on the river bank, staring at the Qing army in the distance.

The Qing army was a little confused.

Duoduo looked at it from a distance, and his heart was dark and lost.

"Your Majesty, Shengjing may not be protected, so it is better to go to the Western Regions as soon as possible." Amin suddenly spoke to Duoduo. Seeing that the situation was no longer possible, under the powerful forces of the Shandong Army, the Qing Dynasty could no longer defeat the Shandong Army. After pondering for a while, he sighed: "Let's go! Let's go! Let the tribesmen set off!"

"Yes, the emperor."

After hearing Duoduo's decision, Amin and Jirgalang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fearing that Duoduo would fight against the Shandong army. At this time, the Qing Dynasty was already seriously injured and could no longer withstand the tossing.

If you go to the Western Regions, you can still conquer a territory.

Before, Duoduo had already concentrated more than one million Manchus in Tieling and could set off at any time. As for other tribesmen, they could not gather for a while, so they could only throw them in Liaodong.

"Prince, what about the Han craftsmen in Shengjing?" Jirgalang asked at this time.

"These craftsmen are the basis of our Qing Dynasty's revival, and they will be taken away together." Duoduo pondered for a moment and said, Duoduo knew this very well. The people of the people were not able to make the armor they wore and the weapons they were wearing. If these craftsmen were not removed, their soldiers would fall to the level of the Mongols.

The reason why they were able to defeat the Mongols was because they were more sophisticated in equipment than the Mongols, and their riding skills were far inferior to those of the Mongols.

But so what?

The equipment is enough to make up for the riding shortcomings.

"Where are those Han people?" Jirhalang asked murderously: "Do you want to kill them all?"

"If we kill those Han people, I'm afraid the Shandong army on the opposite side will chase us. Our tribe members will not be able to walk fast at all. If you want to be exterminated, you can kill them!" Duoduo said coldly.

"..." Jirgalang was silent for a moment and asked, "Can we let us go if we don't kill them?"

"The Shandong Army attaches great importance to the people. We can do this as a condition so that they dare not send troops to chase them." However, Duoduo saw the behavioral style of the Shandong Army and attached great importance to the safety of the people. Duoduo continued: "We have more than 1.5 million Han people on our hands, which is enough to stop the Shandong Army."

But in fact, Duoduo only has more than 300,000 Han people in his hands, and most of them are distributed in various farms, so it is naturally impossible to kill all of these Han people before retreating.

"I immediately wrote a letter saying that my Qing Dynasty was willing to return to Liaodong and Shangguo. From then on, I moved to the Western Regions without asking about the Central Land. I also sent back more than 1.5 million people to the Shangguo. I hope that the Shangguo would stop the war and release the Manchu Jurchens along the way. In this way, the 1.5 million people would be safe and sound, and the Manchu Jurchens would be safe..."

Duoduo immediately sent a letter to send it to the Ming army who was crossing the river.

The reason for this is that Duoduo must fight for the time to evacuate from Liaodong. The Shandong army's offensive came too suddenly that it was not fully prepared.

Furthermore, it is useless to kill those Han people. There are so many Han people in the Ming Dynasty. Killing these Han people may also attract endless revenge from the Shandong army, and it will definitely lead to nothing and cause many losses.

The Shandong army had just begun to cross the river on a large scale, and the Qing army sent messengers.

When Liu Heng saw the letter, he was shocked.

Before the battle began, the Qing army had already requested a ceasefire.

"Move to the Western Regions? Use the Han people in Liaodong to threaten us, a joke!" After reading the letter, Liu Heng directly kneaded it into a ball and threw it behind him, shouting loudly: "Ming said that the entire line will attack."

"yes."

When the entire army crosses the Prince River, it is estimated that it will be dark, so it is not advisable to continue attacking.

But Liu Heng did not intend to accept the conditions proposed by Duoduo. The Qing army had been seen through by Liu Heng at this moment. What is the 1.5 million people? Just a full-scale attack could cause the Qing army's chain to collapse. Will it really kill all the Han people in Liaodong by then?

There is no way to die in war. Those who fight are most ruthless.

What are some people afraid of when they die? The most important thing is to catch all the Qing Dynasty in one place. It is winter now, and those people cannot run fast, which is just right for a full swing.

In the face of absolute strength, there is no possibility of compromise with the Qing Dynasty, and it is better to be broken than to be broken.

Moreover, the Qing Dynasty robbed so much money from the Ming Dynasty, so how could it be if they didn't ask them to spit it out?

...Duoduo was very confident in the letter he sent, believing that the Shandong Army would definitely stop there, and then he could take his tribe members to the Western Regions.

He experienced several major battles with the Shandong Army and knew that the Shandong Army was strong in combat and was different from the previous Ming Army. The Ming Army, who had seen fighting in the past, were all soldiers and horses carried by individual generals, with a maximum of only four or five thousand people. This is the difference between the Shandong Army.

The Shandong army has 50,000 or 60,000, plus the eight banners of the Han army that were incorporated, the Shandong army launched an attack this time has reached nearly 90,000.

Liaodong can no longer stay, and retreating to the Western Regions is undoubtedly the best choice.
Chapter completed!