The battle of Shanhaiguan to seize the city was very short, and it could even be said that it was not worth mentioning, one side had no intention of calculating, and the other side did not even expect that someone would take the city so swaggeringly, of course, it was not expected that at the same time, the Ming army would appear on the sea.

Almost when the Eight Banners soldiers in the city knew that the Ming army was attacking from the sea, they didn't even have the idea of resisting, so they immediately threw down their swords and guns, took off their armor, and then led their families to flee outside the gate in a hurry.

The Qing troops stationed at Shanhaiguan fled neatly, but in just over half an hour, they completely ceded the city.

Everything went smoothly, smoothly beyond people's imagination, at least beyond Huang Tianyun's imagination, that is, when the army began to land, he received a letter of appointment - he became the magistrate of Shanhaiguan.

"Who would have thought that the mountains and seas of the seven cities would be trapped like this......"

When entering Shanhaiguan, Huang Tianyun looked at the majestic Guancheng, his eyes were full of disbelief, no wonder he didn't believe it, the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan was built by Hongwu, Chenghua, Jiaqing, Wanli, Tianqi and Chongzhen six dynasties, consuming a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and it took 263 years before and after, and finally built this seven-city chain, the steep city defense of the Great Wall of thousands of miles. Before Wu Sangui did not lead the Qing troops into the pass, the Qing army dreamed of recovering the Shanhaiguan, and then entered the pass, although they had smashed the Great Wall several times and entered the pass, but as long as the Shanhaiguan was in the hands of the Ming army, they would retreat in a hurry every time they plundered the north.

But who would have thought that this Xiongguan, known as the "first pass in the world", only took an hour, or even less than an hour, to be recovered by the Ming army.

Not to mention, Huang Tianyu was surprised, even Zhu Mingzhong himself was very surprised, and even after repeated confirmation, he was convinced that this was true.

"What about the Qing army defending the city?"

Although the plan was to take the main city by surprise attack and then conquer the other sub-cities, unexpectedly, the Qing troops defending the city abandoned the city and fled without even waiting to meet the loyal army.

"Escaped, all escaped!"

Li Cunye, who has changed into a military uniform, came to Shanhaiguan as a businessman last year and started trading here, but people here don't know that his other identity is Junzheng Si Junzheng.

"King, in fact, when the army did not come, the Qing army here was already panicked, most of the Qing soldiers even prepared carriages, packed up their belongings, and were ready to leave here at any time, although they did not expect that my Ming Wang Shi would appear here, but as soon as they saw Wang Shi arrive at Shanhaiguan, they dared to hit the stone with an egg......

This is indeed a fact, after all, but more than 1,000 Qing troops are scattered and stationed in various cities in Shanhaiguan, not to mention defending the city, even if they are guarding the city gate, they can't defend it, and in the face of the Ming army attacking from the sea, they naturally have no way to resist.

Of course, unlike the surprise attacks in the past, this time the capture of the city was carried out by the military department - the army was lurking in the north of the army is responsible for collecting horses and carts, so that the officers and soldiers can pretend to be the coats of the Manchu dignitaries in the capital.

It's just that the Qing army would escape so neatly, which is really unexpected.

"Hey, it seems that Dorha doesn't know, in Fulin's plan, the Qing army will also block my Ming official army according to Shanhaiguan!"

Laughing at the Manchu Qing's wishful thinking, Zhu Mingzhong's expression looked a little proud, although the capture of Shanhaiguan was a bit unsuccessful, but the capture of Shanhaiguan meant that the Manchu Qing's life was firmly grasped by him.

"Cunyi, you see......"

Zhu Mingzhong, who was at the bow of the boat, pointed to Shanhaiguan and said to Zhang Jinsheng.

"You see this Shanhaiguan, it is the lifeline of the Manchu Qing, as long as the Shanhaiguan is in the hands of our army, the Manchu Qing is not to be afraid, from now on, there will be no Manchu Qing in this world!"

Zhu Mingzhong's tone showed a burst of pride, seizing the Shanhai Pass, cutting off the Manchu Qing Dynasty's back road, and then annihilating it in the pass, this is his plan. It is not difficult to implement this plan, and the only difficulty is probably how to annihilate the main force of the Qing army next, after all, only by annihilating the main force of the Qing army can the problem of the Manchu Qing be completely solved.

"King, it's a pity that not everyone can understand the painstaking work of the king sending troops to Shanhaiguan!"

Zhang Jinsheng bluntly said another problem - not to mention in the outside world, even in Jiangbei, not everyone can understand the king's intentions and painstaking efforts.

"Cunyi, do you know why the Sui and Tang dynasties spent a hundred years to solve Goguryeo?"

Staring at the troops who were landing and preparing to enter Shanhaiguan, Zhu Mingzhong asked rhetorically, of course he didn't point to Zhang Jinsheng to answer.

"Since the Sui Dynasty, several famous emperors of China's central power have attacked this kingdom in succession, and after four generations, the kingdom was finally destroyed. The battle of Goguryeo, has always been cursed by historians as "not caring for the people's strength, laboring expeditions", turning over the history of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the battle of the Goguryeo conquest occupies an important position in the political life of the whole country, since the beginning of Emperor Wen of Sui, China will conquer Goguryeo as a long-term strategic task of the country to carry out unremittingly, although many times faced failure, although it may lead to the destruction of the country, but generation after generation of Sui and Tang political elites have never given up a strategic goal: the conquest of Goguryeo. ……”

When talking about history, Zhu Mingzhong's tone was a little low.

"The monarchs of the Sui and Tang dynasties conquered Goguryeo at all costs in a hundred years, isn't this worth pondering for future generations? Although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty may have been willful and aggressive, he paid a heavy price for the conquest of Goryeo, but the Tang Taizong in the history books was full of reason and self-confidence, and knew that "the king's boat and the people's water", but he did not hesitate to take the risk of "flooding" to conquer Goguryeo. Tang Gaozong has always been a weak scholar, but in the matter of conquering Goguryeo, he swore to complete his "father's will" like a fierce fighter. ”

Perhaps, others can't understand why Zhu Mingzhong must occupy Shanhaiguan and destroy the Manchu Qing in the pass, but he himself knows why he wants to occupy this place, and the reason why he has to destroy the Manchu Qing is precisely the reason why the Sui and Tang dynasties used a hundred years of work to solve Goguryeo.

"The reason for the expedition to Goguryeo was not only because Liaodong was the homeland of China, but Goguryeo was a semi-agrarian and semi-nomadic country at that time, and had been learning from the advanced culture and centralized system of the Central Plains, and had established a centralized country. This also made Goguryeo not as limited as ordinary nomadic regimes, making Goguryeo's potential threat to the Central Plains regime very deadly. In the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, before the expedition, Taizong said left and right: "Today is a big decision, only Liaodong is not a guest, the heir is strong because of the horses, and the ministers are guided to discuss, and the funeral is at the beginning. ””

When mentioning this sentence recorded in the history books, Zhu Mingzhong couldn't help but admire.

The history books of the world often pass the reasons for the conquest, and they are nothing more than superficial crowning words such as "disobedience to the mandate of heaven" and "the gift of non-subordination," and so on, without touching on the deep-seated reasons for the conquest. The ignorance of the people of the time did not know that "leaving no worries for future generations" was the fundamental reason. ”

"The minister understands, today's Manchu Qing is the Goguryeo of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, if we can't destroy the Manchu Qing, then we will definitely leave a legacy for future generations!"

Zhang Jinsheng's answer made Zhu Mingzhong nod slightly, even if the Manchus were driven out of the customs, it would not change the reality that they posed the most direct and dangerous threat to China. At this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was to China, what Goguryeo was to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, just as Carthage was to Rome in the first three centuries, and Mongolia was to the Song Dynasty in the thirteenth century.

But Zhu Mingzhong did not want to leave this problem to future generations to solve, and it is precisely because of this that he chose Shanhaiguan and chose to completely solve the problem of the Manchu Qing in his hands.

"Today's decision is made, only Liaodong is not a guest, the heir is strong because of the horses, and the ministers are guided to discuss, and the funeral is at the beginning, and I take it from myself, and I will not leave behind the worries of future generations."

Reading this sentence silently, Zhu Mingzhong now seems to understand why starting from Emperor Wen of Sui, the Sui and Tang dynasties have gone through five generations of emperors to eliminate Goguryeo no matter how much it costs, the most important reason is that Goguryeo is different from the northern nomads who can only survive by plunder, he is a half-pastoral regime, and it can completely form a country like the Central Plains Dynasty with centralized power, development of productive forces, advanced culture, and not subject to the constraints of the Central Plains Dynasty. When the Central Plains was strong, Goguryeo might not be able to threaten the Central Plains, but once the Central Plains weakened, then they would inevitably enter the Central Plains and enslave the Han people. Because of this, it is precisely from the perspective of being responsible for the nation that the five generations of Sui and Tang emperors will destroy Goguryeo at all costs, and finally Goguryeo will completely disappear in the long river of history.

"As soon as Goguryeo perished, the northern part of the Tang Dynasty would be free for a hundred years, and as for the Khitan, it did not rise until a hundred years later, but if Goguryeo did not perish, I am afraid that it would ......"

Zhu Mingzhong, who is reluctant to assume that history, because history is already very tragic, and that assumption is just to advance the destruction of the Song Dynasty by hundreds of years, he finally sighed and pointed to Shanhaiguan and said.

"Therefore, in order not to leave future generations, I have to go to this great enemy for China!"

No revenge!

Nothing to do with revenge!

Everything is based on the future of the country and the nation! If China wants to be strong, the Manchu Qing must be destroyed! "Leave no worries for future generations." This is the responsibility of the superiors, not to leave the problem to future generations to solve!

"King, this time Shanhaiguan has been captured by our army, and the right-wing army has entered Liaodong and taken Shenyang. If after the defeat of the Qing army, the chief asks to surrender, and then he will accept the surrender or ......"