Huang Taiji looked at Prince Zheng Zierharang and wanted to hear his opinion.

As the dog leg of Huang Taiji, Jierharang will be tolerated no matter how big a mistake he makes, and he was only demoted by one level, Jierharang is grateful to Dade and is more loyal to Huang Taiji.

Seeing the master's view, Jierharang hurriedly said: "Emperor Qiqi, this time the Ming army is pouring the elite of the country, if there is no Tianwu army, my Eight Banners Army is not afraid of them, I am afraid of ......."

"The Ming army relies on the Tianwu army, it will inevitably be extremely powerful, and the battle behind it is not easy to fight, once I lose the Qing Dynasty, there will be a disaster of destroying the country and destroying the clan........"

Zierharang said with trepidation, he was really afraid of being beaten by the Tianwu Army, if it wasn't for Duoduo who was afraid that he would share the credit, maybe he would have been killed in the Ming Kingdom with Duoduo.

The ministers in the palace also felt a great pressure, many of the Eight Banners generals have suffered from the sins of the Tianwu Army, it is difficult to gnaw, it is a hard stubble, mainly it is difficult to touch......

Seeing that Huang Taiji's brows were furrowed, Jierharang continued: "This battle is related to the fortune of my Qing Dynasty, please ask the emperor to drive the expedition in person and fight the country!" ”

Dolgon said: "That day, the military army is good at firearms, and I also have a firearms army in the Qing Dynasty, which is not weaker than them. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Kong Youde and the others of the Han Army's Eight Banners Gushan Ezhen.

Kong Youde was stunned for a moment, this Dolgon usually looked down on himself, and also looked down on his Wuzhen Chaoha firearms unit, why did he praise himself with a brain convulsion today?

However, as soon as his mind turned, he figured out the reason, Dolgon's power in the court has been abolished for most of it, is it trying to win over these Han generals?

Kong Youde wanted to buy it, but he didn't dare to show it too much, he said: "Your Majesty, I have hundreds of red-clothed cannons and 10,000 firecrackers in the Qing Dynasty, if I can pull to the front line, the ministers are not afraid of them!" ”

Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Geng Zhongming, Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Shang Kexi also said again and again that they were in solidarity with Kong Youde, and the three traitors have been holding together to keep warm, advancing and retreating together.

The other Han army's solid mountain and strength were really weak, but they did not speak, and the fire and artillery soldiers in their banners were very well trained, and they did not dare to say big things at all.

Since Sarhu, the Eight Banners Army has always won more with less, and everyone has arrogance in their hearts, although they have failed several times, they still have not been able to get out of defeat, and many people have begun to support Dolgon's views.

Huang Taiji quietly glanced at the generals who supported Dolgon, and then said, "Let's talk about the countermeasures in detail." ”

"Emulate Taizu and use various strategies to break ........"

"Constantly setting up ambushes on its way through Jinzhou........"

"Night raids harass, mess with their tired ......."

"Cut off its grain ......."

"Burning the ....... of the company camp"

The nobles of the Eight Banners in the hall all talked about their plans, and some even turned out a simplified pocket version of "Three Kingdoms Acting" on the spot........

Listening to them talk about their strategies one by one, Huang Taiji was deeply inspired, and he had already taken a countermeasure, so he ordered: "All the eight banners of Manchu, Mongolia and Han, all men over the age of fifteen will participate in the war, and they will go out in ten days, and I will drive the expedition in person!" ”

........

On the 8th day of the first month of March, the army arrived at Shanhaiguan.

Li Fuming, the new commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, led his troops to greet him in a procession and organized a grand welcoming ceremony.

Zhu Cihong beheaded the Shanhaiguan General Soldier Ma Ke, and Li Fuming was the biggest beneficiary, and he was directly promoted to the post of deputy chief soldier in Shanxi.

Looking at the majestic Xiongguan in front of him, Zhu Cihong sighed in his heart, in front of Shanhaiguan is outside the pass, and in the past 20 years, I don't know how many Ming soldiers are buried here.

Shanhaiguan was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, by the king of Zhongshan Xu Da was ordered to build the city to build the customs guard, because of the mountain and the sea, so the name Shanhaiguan, after Hongwu, Chenghua, Jiajing, Wanli, Tianqi, Chongzhen six dynasties to build.

It took 263 years before and after, and a lot of manpower, material and financial resources were consumed, so that the military city defense system of the Seven Cities and the Great Wall of China was built, which was known as the first pass in the world, and the female general Qin Liangyu had guarded the Shanhaiguan.

In a cheer, Zhu Cihong stepped on the ancient city pass and came to the Shanhai Pass.

Looking at the vast pass, it is even more amazing, the mountains in front of you rise and fall, and this Xiongguan seems extremely small.

Liaodong is not a plain, on the contrary, there are too many mountains here, almost occupied by the Yanshan mountain range, from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou is a narrow corridor of western Liaoning, and on this corridor of four hundred miles, the Ming Dynasty established many mountain fortresses.

It is not an exaggeration to describe it with a pier in three miles, a pier in five miles, these piers are still established in the hills and mountains, and the defense system is very tight, but these cities are very dilapidated, I don't know if there is no money to repair or experience too many wars.

Mao Yuanyi couldn't help but sigh: "It's been ten years, I didn't expect that I would be able to see the mountains and rivers here in my lifetime!" ”

He sighed the most, there are many forts outside the gate that he once supervised and built, in that stormy era, many of his comrades-in-arms followed one another, and constantly fell on this black land, where too many loyal soldiers are buried.

Mao Yuanyi shook his head and said: "The mountain fortress here is in disrepair, I really don't know where the millions of liao salaries have gone.......

Zhu Cihong was also secretly thinking that the imperial court threw 6 million taels of military salaries to Liaodong every year, and Chongzhen worked hard to reduce it to 4.8 million taels, and he didn't know how much of the Liaodong salary was really used for border defense.

Liao is like a gold-swallowing beast, constantly devouring the financial resources of the Ming Dynasty, weakening the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, everyone in the court knows it, but no one dares to easily propose to abolish it, there are complex political interests in it.

The army repaired at Shanhaiguan for one day, and continued to advance on the second day, crossing Xiongguan to Jinzhou, the bridgehead of the Ming Dynasty in eastern Liaodong.

When passing by Ningyuan, Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, led the Guanning Iron Cavalry to meet him in front of the city.

Wu Sangui was of medium stature, full armor shining dazzlingly in the sun, and when he approached, Zhu Cihong found that he was as white as jade and handsome.

Wu Sangui was born in a family of generals in western Liaoning, less than 20 years old in the martial arts, this year before the age of 30 was promoted to Ningyuan General Army, although young, but it seems to be calm, people can see at a glance, not idle people.

Wu Sangui saw Zhu Cihong coming, and hurriedly saluted: "Wu Sangui, the last general of the Ningyuan regiment, meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhu Cihong snorted lightly and said, "Quickly integrate the soldiers and horses, and go north to Jinzhou with the army!" ”

Zhu Cihong did not stay in Ningyuan for long, and continued to lead his troops north, he was worried that Huang Taiji would attack Jinzhou first.

The banner is like the sea, the army marches neatly, like a mighty torrent of steel, the front can not see the end, the back can not see the end, all the way through Tashan, Xingshan, Songshan, and arrived at Jinzhou City on March 15.