Li Laiheng's brows were rarely tightened so tightly, if he only had a few hundred people now, he could gallop anywhere. But more than 10,000 lives, what a heavy burden.

Now Li Laiheng's lone army is deep, not only in the rear of the enemy, but also in the den of the Qing soldiers.

It is impossible for Li Laiheng to run long distances without revealing a trace, especially when he passed through the Great Wall, he also attacked a pass and nine gates. After passing the Nine Gates, Li Laiheng came to the outside of the Great Wall. When the enemy soldiers at the Nine Gates were annihilated yesterday, although all the defenders of more than 600 people were wiped out, it is difficult to say that there are no fish that have escaped the net, especially the scouts who are lurking in Wu Sangui's town to guard the Nine Gate Pass, they will not participate in the defense battle, and most of them have already gone north when Li Laiheng eliminated the defending enemy.

Li Laiheng faced two dangers, one was the ambush of the Qing soldiers, or the frontal interception, and the other was Wu Sangui's cut off retreat. It is very likely that he is attacked from the belly and back.

But since this move has been taken, since there is only one step left from the Jiang Nu Temple, or if Dolgon has already used heavy troops here, it is impossible to retreat even now. So even if it's a knife mountain in front, you have to get on!

"Lao Jiu, we are now facing an extremely dangerous situation. We may not be able to return to the customs, or it may be difficult to return to all of them. But I have to go back, the emperor will probably not be able to win the battle at Shanhaiguan, and I must go back to protect the emperor. The 10,000 people here are led by you, and they can fight on their own as long as they can survive. Li Laiheng said to Lao Jiu.

Lao Jiu had never really led troops, he spent most of his time studying intelligence work, and now he was suddenly asked to lead 10,000 soldiers, and he felt tremendous pressure.

"Gu Kecheng can't do it?"

Gu Kecheng is the main force attacking Jiang Numiao, first, Li Laiheng did not expect Gu Kecheng to survive in such a tragic battle, and second, strategic ability, Gu Kecheng is far worse than Lao Jiu, he only said: "Lao Jiu, I know that this task is extremely difficult, but there is an advantage, as long as this group of people is in the mountains, they will have the same vitality as rats." You remember that they are experts in mountain warfare. Li Laiheng's words suddenly increased Lao Jiu's confidence.

The night of April 14. The lights in Shanhaiguan are bright.

"Li Zicheng led a large army to the east to attack my Shanhaiguan, the forward Li Guo is only fifty miles away from here, Li Zicheng personally recruited more than 100,000 soldiers, can arrive in two days, it is estimated that the war may start in three or four days. The survival of this army is at stake. ”

Wu Sangui is holding a military meeting. This is his pre-war mobilization report, and he exaggerated Li Zicheng's troops. When the generals listened, none of them changed color.

"Haven't we been appeased?" someone asked. A few days ago, Li Zicheng appeased Wu Sangui in the name of the new emperor, and many people knew about it.

One of Wu Sangui's senior aides said: "Fu, hmph, Li Zicheng don't say that he is a thief, and he is inseparable from my Daming, even if their appeasement a few days ago is true, we can't surrender to them." Do you know? They pretended to appease them, but secretly arrested all the family of the chief soldier and took away the general's wife, Chen Yuanyuan, and you say, can we be with these beast-like people?"

More importantly, as soon as Li Zicheng came to Beijing, he did not reassure the people or protect the livelihood of the people, but they plundered on a large scale, looted the finances one by one, tortured them to death without paying the money, and when they saw women, they took them to the camp and raped them. These days, countless people have been killed, forced to hang, wiped their necks, and jumped into wells in Beijing. These guys are not even as good as animals. ”

Everyone has some rumors these days, and they are all worried about the situation of their families, and now when they hear it, they are even more angry.

When Wu Sangui saw the situation, he knew that the time was ripe, and he said: "The thief killed my Ming Dynasty, and the thief was incompatible." After repelling Li Zicheng, we supported the crown prince to ascend the throne. But Li Zicheng's army is strong, there are more than 100,000 troops to attack Shanhaiguan, we are outnumbered, helpless, in order to avenge the Ming Emperor, the last general had to ask the Qing army for assistance, I hope the generals will forgive. After the deed is completed, we will use the Great Wall as the boundary to reconcile with the Qing Dynasty for generations, and never go to war. ”

When some generals heard this, they hurriedly said that as long as the Ming Dynasty was preserved, it was appropriate to pay a little price. Some people are skeptical, feeling that cutting land and seeking peace is contrary to the teachings of their ancestors. Some people are worried that when the Qing soldiers enter the customs, they will definitely not go back, fulfilling the dream of their ancestors hundreds of years ago.

But the matter has come to this point, inviting the Qing soldiers is a fait accompli, and it is urgent to fight against Li Zicheng, so soon everyone will be united. Wu Sangui laid out the military deployment. What has been repeatedly explained is that the entry of the Qing soldiers can only be conveyed to the level of deputy general, which is their absolute secret.

Li Laiheng's other four hundred elites were left to Lao Jiu, and he couldn't let Lao Jiu enter the wolves empty-handed. The other 10,000 mountain divisions, led by Lao Jiu and Gu Kecheng, advanced covertly in the coastal rocks west of the Jiang Nu Temple.

Li Laiheng could see the shadow of the Jiang Nu Temple, which was quiet and surprisingly quiet. Suddenly, four white rabbits rushed from the west towards the sea. Li Laiheng was nervous.

Oops, the elite of almost the same quality as his own troops, lurking not far to the east. No stupid rabbit will run to the beach unless there is only one way for them to go. Li Laiheng thought that this unit might be four or five hundred meters away. With such a close proximity and no movement, such a force has unimaginable combat power.

How many people are there? It is impossible to have 5,000 people, and it is impossible for the Manchus to create such a contingent. Li Laiheng has not exceeded the scale of 800 people so far, and it is impossible for Dolgon to have such an elite of 5,000 people, his guards have extremely strong combat power, but there will be no more elites with super combat power than Li Laiheng.

Li Laiheng estimated that not far from him, there was a super combat force. Of course, no matter how many people there were in this army, behind them were 25,000 elite troops led by Dolgon. He motioned for his soldiers to reconnoiter to the west.

Lao Jiu and Gu Kecheng had also approached several large warehouses where military rations were stored, and the ships on the seashore were undulating in the waves.

The generals of the Mountain Divisions turned a blind eye to the rocks on the seashore, which were not only stumbling blocks to their progress, but rather a springboard for them to jump on, and a weapon against the enemy. If you go to war with the enemy in such a place, it will be simply unfair to the enemy, and it will be a real kind of bullying the weak with the strong.

In this kind of rock, they are one against ten, which is not an exaggeration at all. It was on this route that they approached the Jiang Nu Temple.

On the night of 15 April, Li Zicheng arrived in Funing County, and it only took half a day to get from here to Shanhaiguan.

The battle is expected to begin the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow the army is approaching Shanhaiguan, and tomorrow is also the day when Li Laiheng launches an attack, and these two times must be consistent. Otherwise, Li Laiheng's side will be under tremendous pressure.

Li Zicheng didn't bother to rest, and after the soldiers and civilians from all walks of life arrived, he held a pre-battle military meeting in the camp. This is the result of repeated research and discussion by himself, Liu Zongmin, and Song Xiance along the way.

Their idea was that around noon tomorrow, Li Guo's forward would approach Dashihe and set up camp to stabilize his position, and then Gao Yigong would approach Tianjia Village. Tianjia Village is close to the sea, blocking the route along the southeast coast. Zhang Nai camped north of Li Guo. Liu Zongmin's army, after their three camps, attacked Shanhaiguan as the main force, and could not prepare for a protracted battle, nor could it destroy the enemy in the form of attacking key positions, but must seize the opportunity of one or two field battles and strive to destroy the enemy.

This kind of battle is difficult to fight, and it is even more difficult than the average quick one, because the initiative is mostly in the hands of the enemy. If Wu Sangui does not come out of retreat, the battle situation will definitely fall into a protracted war. However, Song Xiance's several divinations said that Wu Sangui would take the initiative. Li Zicheng was relieved, he firmly believed in Song Xiance's hexagram.

Liu Zongmin also made preparations in case Wu Sangui did not attack, Zhang Nai brought more than 30 cannons, and Wu Sangui did not attack, so he bombarded them with cannons. The wall of Shanhaiguan is tall on the outer side of the Great Wall, and the inner side of the Great Wall is very low and easy to climb.

Liu Zongmin means that even if there is a certain price to be paid for attacking Shanhaiguan, even if it takes some time, Shanhaiguan must be captured. He and Song Xiance had some disagreements. Now Li Zicheng believes in Song Xiance more, he is a military advisor, and the theory on his lips is true.

Li Laiheng's personal soldiers returned, and he returned with a thrilling news. To the west, where they were, there were people lying on the ground, and their horses were very fine, and they would lie quietly on the ground when they were hidden. There were about 5,000 soldiers there.

Li Laiheng understood that now the southwest side of the Jiang Nu Temple was full of Dolgon's people, and twenty or thirty thousand elite soldiers were ambushed in this small place, and he had to admire Dolgon's ability to lead the troops. A sinister situation, with no way back. Let's get started, and there will be no good turnaround.

The sun has just risen in the east. Gu Kecheng launched, and his men and horses swarmed like macaques, some of them rushing towards Wu Sangui's granary, and some of them rushing towards the sea boats.

The soldiers who were rushing to the ship in the midst of the rocks soon boarded the ship. There were not many guards on the ships, and when these soldiers saw so many fierce enemies coming, they had nowhere to flee, so they all jumped into the sea one by one, and soon there was not a single Ming army on the ship.

There are really a lot of sea ships left here by the Ming Dynasty, more than 200 of them. But more than two hundred ships were soon set on fire.