From Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, it is about two hundred and fifty miles.

In later generations, if you drive on the highway, it will only take more than an hour, and according to the ancient algorithm, it will take about half an hour to arrive.

However, during this period, the cavalry marched for sixty miles a day, and it took about four or five days to reach Ningyuan City.

This gap is really not ordinarily large!

In this process, the Jianyu of the Guangning Zhonghou Institute and the Ningyuan Zhongyou Institute were all as dumbfounded as the Jianyu of the Guangning Qiantun Guard. The cavalry of about 20,000 of the Ming Kingdom came in a mighty way, and then ignored them and continued to march eastward, heading towards Ningyuan.

At the beginning, when they saw the Ming cavalry, they were shocked, thinking that the walled city in front had been uprooted by the Ming army.

It didn't take long to receive the news before it was captured by the Ming army?

But when the Ming cavalry went around directly, they suddenly realized that the Ming army had not hit the walled city in front at all, and they had crossed it directly!

They really can't understand this situation.

When marching and fighting, the back road is the most important. Generally speaking, it is necessary to storm the city and ensure the safety of the rear road before it can continue to advance.

However, not to mention the sudden appearance of this Ming cavalry, they even ignored their walled cities and crossed them directly!

What's going on?

They couldn't figure it out, and they didn't dare to make any moves.

One is that they are worried that the Ming infantry army will appear, and the other is that they have more than 20,000 cavalry troops on their back road, and no matter how much they believe that the Qing Dynasty is invincible, they will not dare to go out.

In this way, they could only huddle in the walled city and wait for things to progress further.

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On the side of Ningyuan City, the abnormality of the Ming army on the sea route finally attracted Turge's attention.

After all, it is impossible for the Daming Sailor to be idle and panic, and it takes about a month for so many ships to go back and forth from Shanhaiguan to Juehua Island.

In addition, no matter how much the Ming army tried to cover it up, the signs of increasing numbers on Juehua Island were finally observed by Ning Yuan Jian.

It can be said that if it weren't for the matter on Shengjing's side, Turg would probably have paid attention to the abnormality of the Ming army earlier.

In the afternoon of this day, he was on the side of Ningyuan City near the sea, looking in the direction of Juehua Island, listening to the subordinates who had arranged here to report the situation.

"According to the report of the coastal sentinels, the ships of the Ming Kingdom have stopped coming and going back and forth in the past few days, and they have stopped all of a sudden, which is very abnormal!"

Turg's brows furrowed immediately when he heard this, and he immediately asked, "How many days has this anomaly been?" ”

It is precisely because of so many days that the ships of the Ming Kingdom have been coming and going, which makes them feel that it is a normal situation. Suddenly, the ships of the Ming Kingdom stopped at Juehua Island and did not go back and forth, but felt abnormal.

"Three days!" The leader of his men immediately said, "Today is the fourth day!" ”

After answering, the leader asked again: "My lord, should you feel that the Ming army on Hua Island is almost ready, and you want to attack the hinterland of Liaodong again?" ”

No matter how much he didn't think about it, the Ming Dynasty would fight Ningyuan City, which was heavily guarded by the Qing Dynasty.

Turg was shocked when he heard it: "Why don't you report it early?" ”

Because just two days ago, the Eduotai of the Quang Ninh Qiantun Guard sent a fast horse to report that the country seemed to have signs of attacking the Qiantun Guard.

Originally, Turg was nervous, but he didn't see a follow-up report, so he thought that it was just a night of fighting a while ago, and the scale was just a little larger, so his mind was still on Shengjing's side.

Now combined with the abnormality of the Ming Army on the sea route, he suddenly remembered the express report from the front guard of Guangning.

What the hell is the Ming army trying to do?

This doubt flashed through Turg's mind?

As one of the eight ministers of Jianyu, when Zierharang was away, as the chief general of Ningyuan, of course he knew some situations that ordinary Jianyu did not know.

For example, most of what Hong Chengchou said, he is qualified to understand.

In the Battle of Songjin, the Ming State mobilized all the troops in Guannai that could be mobilized, and assembled to rescue Jinzhou, which was besieged by the Qing Dynasty, and finally the whole army was annihilated. After this battle, there was no decent army in the Ming Pass!

However, it has only been about two years, and there are still thieves everywhere in the Ming Kingdom. Under such a premise, he did not think that it was possible for the Ming State to organize a large-scale attack on the Qing Dynasty!

Taking a step back, if the Ming Kingdom really wanted to attack on a large scale, why did he give up Ningyuan in the first place?

Because, for these actions of the Ming army, Turg really can't figure it out!

He was thinking about it, and suddenly, he saw a horse rushing up to the city in a hurry, panting and telling him: "My lord is not good, Ming Guo has arrived at Ningyuan Zhongyou Institute without collecting thousands of horses at night!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Turg was shocked: How could thousands of horsemen arrive at Ningyuan Zhongyou Institute without collecting them at night? Why is there no news from the first few walled cities? Because the probe horse in front of him belongs to Ningyuan City.

In the past, there had never been such a large number of Ming troops who did not collect at night.

According to the various anomalies, Turg suddenly felt the pressure.

So, he immediately returned to Yamen, began to dispatch troops, sent a large number of horses, and headed in the direction of Shanhaiguan to find out what the Ming army was doing!

However, before Turg could calm down and think about the anomalies of these days, another subordinate rushed in and said to him: "My lord, the Ming State Sailors of Juehua Island have made a big move and are heading north along the coast!" ”

When Turg heard this, he immediately frowned and asked, "Is it the Ming State Sailor who is playing tricks again?" ”

In the past, there were Ming sailors who swaggered north along the coast, more than once or twice. However, in the end, he returned to Juehua Island, just playing tricks.

His subordinates naturally didn't dare to answer his question with certainty.

When Turg heard this, he went up to the city again to see what was going on.

Ningyuan City is in the northwest of Juehua Island, and if the Ming army on Juehua Island wants to go north along the coastline to the hinterland of Liaodong, it will inevitably pass through Ningyuan City.

After going to the city, I could already see the dense Ming ships on the sea, heading north.

What the hell is the Ming army doing?

This thought flashed in Turg's mind again, and his heart was a little annoyed.

Just when there was something going on in Shengjing, the Ming army also came to join in the fun, which really annoyed him.

When he was hating the Ming army, he saw a fast horse galloping from the coastal defense line, and he was under the city and shouted to him: "My lord, the waterline of the Ming water division is very deep, this time it is true!" ”

The Ming sailors played tricks on the Ming State several times, and finally found out the problem by Jianyu, that is, the waterline of the Ming ships was very shallow, indicating that there was nothing in the ship, so they no longer cared about the tricks of the Ming ships. After that, the Ming ships did not move further north.

This time, seeing that the Ming sailors were heading north again, after reporting the situation to Turge, the experienced Jianyu carefully saw the waterline of the Ming ships, and hurried to report again.

When Turg heard this, he was shocked, so he hurriedly sent an order to send someone to the side of Ningyuan Zhongzuo, and asked them to send someone to Wanghaitai to carefully observe the movements of the Ming State Sailor. At the same time, it is also necessary to send people to the hinterland of Liaodong to give early warning.

"Report ......"

The situation of the Ming army on the sea, Turge has not yet finished dealing with it, and another exploration horse is galloping over. As soon as you look at that, you know that there is an urgent military situation.

"A large number of Ming cavalry troops were found on the right side of Ning Yuan, at least about 5,000 cavalry, and the follow-up situation is unknown!"

When Turg heard this, he was immediately shocked, the Ming cavalry army of about 5,000 cavalry had arrived at the Ningyuan Zhongzuo Station, so what happened to the front guard of Guangning? Why is there no news from that Eduotai, it shouldn't have been surrounded by the Ming army, right?

At this time, Turg finally sensed that the situation seemed to be serious.

Although he felt that the Ming army could counterattack, it was logically impossible. But the urgent report heard now proves that the Ming army has indeed made a big move.

Therefore, he immediately ordered Ningyuan City to be on guard, gathered troops, and prepared to rescue several walled cities, including the Qiantun guard of Guangning.

In the city of Ningyuan, there are 3,000 Mongolian Eight Banners, 2,000 Manchu Eight Banners, a total of 5,000 cavalry. There were 5,000 North Korean firecrackers and 10,000 Han soldiers in the Eight Banners, all of which were infantry soldiers or artillerymen. The armies of the other tribes are about 4,000.

The Qiantun Acropolis of Guangning has about 3,000 troops, and then the middle and rear offices of Guangning are more than 2,000 points, and the Ningyuan Central and Right Offices, which are closest to Ningyuan City, have only about 1,000 troops.

In total, the military strength deployed in the Ningyuan defense system is actually about 30,000.

Turg led all the cavalry and drew 10,000 infantry troops, hurriedly assembled, and prepared to go out of the city to rescue. In order to prevent accidents, he also sent a messenger to inform Jinzhou of the situation on Ningyuan's side as soon as possible.

However, before he could get out of the city, another probe horse galloped and said to him: "My lord, before the Ming Navy arrived at Wanghaitai, he landed in front of Zhai'er Mountain Fort and landed on a large scale there!" ”

"What?" When Turg heard this, he was immediately surprised. The Ming State Sailor actually landed?

Zhai'er Mountain Fort, that is a place between Ningyuan City and Ningyuan Zhongzuo, where did the Ming State Navy Master land, could it be that he wanted to occupy it?

Thinking of this, Turg was surprised again!

Because as soon as he combined the whole situation, he found that an unknown number of Ming troops on land had been killed from Shanhaiguan. And now, the Ming army on Juehua Island has suddenly landed again, and this posture seems to be ......

Thinking of this, Turg was a little dumbfounded. Because he came to a conclusion, the intention of the Ming army seems to be Ning Yuan City!

This...... How is this possible!

You must know that the city of Ningyuan is tall and strong, not to mention, it is also the place where the Qing Dynasty hoarded heavy troops.

According to past experience, if the Ming army wanted to defeat the 20,000 Qing army, it would have to dispatch at least 50,000 troops.

If Turg ordered to hide in Ningyuan City and wait for reinforcements, it would take at least five times more troops to besiege it.

The Ming army is plotting against Ningyuan City, is this crazy?