Shanhaiguan, north of Yanshan, south of the Bohai Sea, through Hongwu, Chenghua, Jiajing, Wanli, Tianqi, Chongzhen six dynasties to build, solid and unbreakable, also known as the first pass in the world.

When the Qing court entered the Central Plains, the biggest problem it faced was Shanhaiguan, and it was not until after Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty that Shanhaiguan really fell into the hands of the Qing court, and before that, even if the Ming court was extremely weak, even if the Qing court had countless talented generals, it still stopped in front of Shanhaiguan.

The lock and key of the two capitals are incomparable, and the first pass of the Great Wall of China.

Today's Shanhaiguan is still very important to the Qing court, after all, Shanhaiguan is sandwiched between Jingshi and Shengjing, and the distance between them is about 800 miles. Once the Fu Han army can seize Shanhaiguan, it will be easy to attack Shengjing or Jingshi.

Especially in the current situation, the 150,000 troops of the Qing court are blocked in the pass, once there is no Shanhaiguan, it means that the main force of the Qing army either goes back to attack Shanhaiguan, or it needs to go from the direction of Juyong Pass, detour to Zhangjiakou into Mongolia, and then go to Shengjing along the Xiliao River, which is more than 2,000 miles.

Therefore, for the Qing court, the current Shanhaiguan seems to be inconspicuous, but in essence, it has become an important place in their two capitals, which must be kept.

Ning Zhongyi's face was a little cautious, "Shanhaiguan itself is not to be afraid, the key is that the 150,000 Qing troops in the pass must attract their attention, and they must not be allowed to support Shanhaiguan ......."

Ning Yu nodded slightly, and said softly: "The First Group Army, together with the Second Group Army, needs to put some pressure on Zhili, and they can't be allowed to continue to nest in the Beijing Division....... The Central Army launched the battle of the Tianjin landing in accordance with the original plan. ”

Speaking of this, Ning Yu pointed at Shanhaiguan with his finger, "This place is narrow, it is difficult to deploy heavy troops, since the Praetorian Guard Division has already arrived on the battlefield, it is natural to gnaw the most difficult bones, Ning Zuyi, what do you think?" ”

As the commander of the Praetorian Guard Division, Ning Zuyi's rank is only lower than that of the commanders of the two major group armies, but it is higher than the ordinary division commanders, so he also hung the title of the deputy privy envoy in the Privy Council, he stood up and said solemnly: "The Praetorian Guard Division has never been dispatched, and this battle is the best whetstone!" ”

Ning Yu nodded with satisfaction, and said with some emotion: "If the Praetorian Guard Division has been staying in Nanjing, I am afraid that after a long time, I am afraid that I will lose my fighting spirit, and it is good to experience more wind and rain, Ning Zuyi, if you can take Shanhaiguan, you will continue to be the Praetorian Guard, if you can't take it, everyone will retreat to the second-line army, and I will rebuild a Praetorian Guard Division." ”

When Ning Zuyi heard this, he suddenly felt a thrill, and directly made a solemn military salute, and his expression was even more solemn.

"If the Praetorian Guard Division is not victorious in this battle, the last general is willing to die under the city of Shanhaiguan!"

.......

"Boom—"

On September 22, the 15th Division of the Fuhan Army launched an attack on Zhaozhou, dozens of cannons lined up, and under the unified command of the artillery officers, a suppressed salvo was fired at the head of the city.

Dong Ce stood under the city of Zhaozhou, holding a clairvoyant mirror to watch the movement in the city, he was wearing a black cloak, wrapped in a red military uniform, looking very heroic, and behind him stood a large row of officers of the Fu Han Army, everyone looked at Dong Ce with reverence.

For the young officers in the current Fu Han Army, Dong Ce is not an unfamiliar name, because he was also an instructor in the martial arts hall for a period of time before, and like several other generals who came out of the young eagles, he taught several batches of officers to come out, and it was not until the military academy was on the right track that he completely let go of his teaching position.

Therefore, although Dong Ce looks young, he is also a teacher of many people after all, and their current fighting skills also have a bit of Dong Ce's style.

Of course, there is no so-called teacher-student colleagues in the Fuhan Army, even if you really rely on the teacher-student relationship, it doesn't matter, because everyone is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and everyone is a student of the Son of Heaven.

Dong Ce has been working for a full year since he took office as the commander of the 15th Division last year, although in the eyes of outsiders, this has more or less lost the trust of the emperor, but Dong Ce is willing to eat in his heart, after all, only Dong Ce understands in his heart where his current shortcomings are.

Compared with the current new generation of generals of the Fu Han Army, Dong Ce has his own outstanding side, that is, he has worked in the center for a long time and can better grasp the overall situation, but correspondingly, he also lacks some practical experience in leading troops in local areas, as well as corresponding military merits, so serving as the commander of the 15th Division is an opportunity to train and prove himself.

Of course, Dong Ce doesn't have to worry about his status being affected, after all, Ning Yu once said that if there is no big accident, Dong Ce, Xu Chengliang, and Yu Zhijing, if there are no mistakes in ten years, will have the opportunity to become privy envoys, at least the position of the commander of a large group army.

As for the battle of Zhaozhou this time, it was Dong Ce who announced to the world that he did not choose to remain silent, but set off further and proved himself with Zhaozhou's military exploits.

"The first regiment, prepare to go directly to the city, the second regiment to respond, and the divisional artillery, against the remnants of the artillery force of the Qing army in Zhaozhou, if there is hidden artillery, be sure to detect and deal with it as early as possible."

"Yes!"

With Dong Ce's order, the divisional staff headquarters also quickly formulated a detailed plan, including the area where the artillery would focus on attacking, as well as the time of the strike, as well as the number of troops invested by the infantry in the siege of the city, and the corresponding rhythm, which gradually decomposed and became numbers on the papyrus, and then the numbers became orders and were issued to each regiment and battalion.

It has to be said that the traditional command of operations needs to rely more on the experience and understanding of the generals, but now, all the specific planning of the war in Ningchu is not completed by the generals alone, but is refined through the staff system, and this system can further reduce the influence of the generals themselves, so that the command level is always maintained in an efficient state.

"Kill—"

In a dense military drum, the soldiers of the Fu Han Army, under the leadership of their respective commanders, launched an attack in the direction of Zhaozhou City, and the young and energetic faces were reflected on the snow-white bayonets.......

On September 24, the city of Zhaozhou was broken.

On September 27, the city of Zhengding was broken.

On the second day of October, the city of Dingzhou was broken.

.......

In just ten days, the Beijing division received three bad news from the front line in succession, and the soldiers of the Fu Han army were getting closer and closer to the Beijing division - after Dingzhou was Baoding Mansion, and when Baoding Mansion passed was Jingshi, this also made the Beijing division completely panic.

Emperor Yongzheng looked at those twists and turns, and finally understood a truth, that is, the reason why he failed to make a decision for a long time was completely misled by the ministers, especially what Zhang Tingyu said, which sounded very reasonable, but in reality, it was a misguided statement.

In addition to this reason, there is also the incident of Long Keduo, which also made Yongzheng unable to endure it anymore, and he could no longer watch the Eight Banners New Army gradually get out of control, so various factors made Yongzheng completely determined.

"This time Chu Rebellion has arrived in Baoding, I must not continue to sit firmly in Beijing, I want to drive the expedition in person!"

After the ministers of military aircraft heard Yongzheng's words, everyone had their own thoughts in their hearts, and they each said their own thoughts, some persuaded Yongzheng not to recruit in person, or to send the prince to take command, and some thought that they needed to be recruited in person, and the two sides kept talking in front of the palace, and at this time Zhang Tingyu stood up again.

"Your Majesty, you must not personally recruit now, you must know that the emperor's director is not in the military strategy...... Be mindful of the day. ”

Zhang Tingyu finally gritted his teeth and said this disrespectful speech, and when these words came out, Yongzheng's whole face turned from blue to white, and then turned red again, and the ministers were already stupid by this sentence.

You must know that the highest level of scolding is never about fighting for the benefit of the tongue, but about hitting the most sensitive and vulnerable place in the other party's heart in order to achieve the effect of four or two thousand pounds.

Obviously, Zhang Tingyu's words made Yongzheng's self-esteem completely poked into pieces, which almost pointed at Yongzheng's face, scolding Yongzheng for not being a material for war, and it is completely incomparable with Kangxi, even Kangxi can't win, so you shouldn't be on it.

To tell the truth, Li is so reasonable, but he didn't say so, after saying this, it almost made Yongzheng want to draw a knife in court to kill Zhang Tingyu.

And the ministers didn't understand at all, in the matter of stopping Yongzheng's personal expedition, there was obviously a more roundabout way to communicate, why did they choose such a straightforward and unpolite statement? This is not in line with Zhang Tingyu's personality.

For Yongzheng, in the years since he succeeded to the throne, the real opponent is not the Ning Yu in the south, but the dead Kangxi, everyone remembers the first emperor, for the current emperor, it is not a happy thing, which means that he can only be the shadow left by the previous emperor forever.

However, no one knows how Yongzheng has come over in the past few years, in order to be able to really have the power of a blow, what he has paid is not only the hard work of the past few years day after day, but also the restraint of his own desires.

In order to be able to enrich the country and strengthen the army, Yongzheng's expenses in the inner court have always been at the lowest level, except for some Taoist priests to give him refining energy pills, he has no other expenses, stop recruiting show girls, stop repairing gardens, and even the Old Summer Palace given to him by Kangxi has not been expanded until now.

And all these sacrifices made by Yongzheng have become the guns of the 100,000 new army, the newly opened gun factory, and the salaries of those Eight Banner soldiers....... With such a dedication, how many kings in the world can do it?

But even if Yongzheng does this, the world's evaluation of him will always be just another Chongzhen Emperor.

No one knew the thoughts of Zhang Tingyu, who was kneeling on the ground at this time, he just bowed his head deeply to the ground and didn't say a word, but he was ready to be executed by Yongzheng.

"Bold and rebellious!"

Yongzheng exhaled fiercely, he was already thinking about how to dismantle Zhang Tingyu in his heart, but just before he opened his mouth, he changed his mind again, didn't you say that I can't fight? Then I won't let you die, if I win, I will not only kill you, but also humiliate you, and immediately snorted coldly: "Zhang Tingyu, this thief is so hateful, he disregards the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, and deprives him of some official titles and literary backgrounds, and goes to the heavenly prison!" ”

Zhang Tingyu knelt on the ground, smiled bitterly, and kowtowed at the moment: "Thank you to the emperor for his extrajudicial appearance." ”

When the two palace guards came to Zhang Tingyu's side, he didn't have the slightest intention of repenting, but just let someone strip off his official hat and clothes, and then escorted him out of the hall.

As for Yongzhengze, who has been sitting on the dragon chair and watching coldly, he seems to be able to feel the mood of Emperor Ming Sizong more and more, when none of the ministers are reliable, how strong the emperor's sense of despair should be.

As for His Royal Highness's ministers, when they saw that a dignified minister of military aircraft was completely deprived of everything just because of a sentence, they didn't feel wrong, but felt that Zhang Tingyu was able to leave a life and felt lucky, maybe before the decisive result of the war with the Han army, he should be fine.

But Jiang Tingxi, who was the only one on the side, sighed in his heart, Yuan Shao and Tian Feng had a disagreement on the issue of attacking Cao Cao, which made Yuan Shao angry and locked Tian Feng up, and his thoughts were the same as today's Yongzheng, if you Tian Feng saw my Yuan Shao's victory with his own eyes, it would not be too late to kill you again.

And then Yuan Shao really failed, someone told Tian Feng that he was about to be reused, but Tian Feng said that once Yuan Shao was victorious, he could still walk out alive, if Yuan Shao really failed as he said, there would be no way out.

Today's Zhang Tingyu is Tian Feng at that time, if Yongzheng really defeats the Fu Han army, maybe there is a chance for Yongzheng to let Zhang Tingyu go as a fool, but if he really fails as Zhang Tingyu said, then he Zhang Tingyu will have no way to live.

Because as long as Zhang Tingyu is alive for one day, he is reminding Yongzheng of his failures and reminding him of the tragic mistakes he made.

Among the ministers present, everyone understood this allusion, and when they looked at Zhang Tingyu's figure being dragged away, they showed a bit of sympathy, this time it was really a life of nine deaths.

Yongzheng took a deep breath, he had already decided to throw all the chips, whether it was for the sake of the Eight Banners or for himself, it was impossible to die in obscurity, no matter what, he had to fight well!

"Message! The title of the king of Yanping County of Narsu was restored, and he led the new army of the Eight Banners with Xibao, the king of Shuncheng County, and accompanied me to the royal expedition. In addition, the king of Shuncheng County, Xi Baocai, has a good talent, and is a virtuous king of the country's solid service, and can be given to the prince. ”

Xibao is also a descendant of Aixin Jueluo, his status is not lower than that of Narsu, and now he is also young and strong, with the two of them leading the new army of the Eight Banners, Yongzheng will also feel more relieved.

When the ministers saw Zhang Tingyu's fate, they didn't dare to persuade them at the moment, so they had to shout long live, which was considered to be a complete decision, and at this time, Yongzheng's face returned to a trace of ruddyness.

Perhaps, Yongzheng has already burned himself as a chopping wood for the Qing Dynasty, and only by completely burning himself and the Qing Dynasty can he stop all his madness.