Haoge's words made Ao Bai and Yang Shan both think so.

Yang Shan first said: "Prince Su, don't worry, although we were rescued by the Tang Army, in our hearts, we resolutely serve you as the master, and we have no two hearts." ”

Ao Bai frowned, and immediately said: "Yang Shan is right, we are all promoted by Prince Su, how can we betray the Lord and be ungrateful?" Even if Tang Jun is kind to us, he will repay it every day, but I am loyal to Prince Su's heart, heaven and earth can learn from it, and it will never change. ”

After listening to the statements of the two, Hauge looked pleased, and he immediately replied loudly: "Very good, this king has the help of the two, why worry about the future big things will not happen, wait until the future kills Dorgon, regains independence from the Tang army, and regains the authority of the Qing Dynasty, this king will definitely not treat the two badly!" ”

After that, the three of them talked in detail for a long time, and then dispersed.

Next, according to Li Xiao's arrangement, Haoge left his eldest son Qi Geshun and let him stay alone in Jinan, while he and Ao Bai Yang Shan and others led Li Xiao to pull out a group of former Manchurian soldiers and horses to him outside Dengzhou City to accept the reorganization of the Tang Army.

At this time, everyone in the whole army, including himself, had shaved off their braids and changed into Hanfu, except that they were not very fluent in Chinese, they were basically no different from an ordinary Han person.

It's just that although Haoge looks no different from the Han people, in his heart, he still remembers that he is the Qing clan, the lord of Manchuria, and the prince Su who once dominated the world in the Qing Dynasty.

Bending the neck to stretch, Tengda is at times, Hauge is in his heart, and he keeps motivating himself.

It's just that although Hauge secretly struggled with himself, he quickly discovered that although he was nominally the commander of this army, the army under his command had begun to quickly get out of control.

Because, after imitating the Tang Army system and installing the personnel of the Supervision and Pacification Department in the army, Haoge found that according to the organizational structure of the Tang Army, he only had the right to command and train the soldiers under his command, and the power to really control the army's rewards and punishments and assessments was all in the hands of the group of civilian officials in the Supervision and Pacification Division.

The dog-in-the-Tang Army, this hand is really ruthless enough.

He knew that Tang Jun's approach was equivalent to completely stripping away the opportunity for himself to be a Weifu dictatorship. Allowing this group of civilian officials, who were only under his own control, to control the rewards and punishments and pensions that were most relevant to the interests of the soldiers, was really a drain on himself, and his own power was forced to be greatly diluted, and he could no longer have the power to punish his subordinates at will and even condemn them to life and death, as in the Qing court.

What's even more odious is that these damned civilian officials, three times a day in the morning, noon and evening, keep brainwashing the soldiers, making them understand that they must be loyal to Li Xiao, the king of Tang, to serve the Tang army, and must not disagree, and must fight for the Tang king, the country and the people, instead of asking them to be loyal to themselves.

This kind of concept was constantly instilled every day, and Hauge keenly found that these Manchurian soldiers, who were no different from the Han in appearance, began to gradually detach themselves from themselves in thought and action.

However, even if Hauge was dissatisfied, he did not dare to express it to his face, on the contrary, he showed a very cooperative and extremely obedient appearance, so that the civilian officials of the Supervision and Restoration Division, as well as the secret agents of the Security Department who were more deeply hidden in the army, could not find the slightest fault with him, at least on the surface.

Of course, Haoge had already thought that now that he was under the roof, he had to bow his head, and it was impossible for him to have a conflict with Tang Jun when he first arrived. But in the future, after he defeated the hateful Dolgon and avenged the hatred of the country and his family, his own forces and subordinates at that time have also grown and risen again, and at this moment, he must completely remove these hateful control methods of the Tang Army, and really control this army that depends on his own hands.

It's just that Haoge's army has just been reorganized for a month, and the Tang Army Security Department in Beijing and the Security Department in Shengjing City have sent two secret reports respectively.

Li Zicheng's subordinates, who had been preparing for many days, and Dorgon, the regent of the Qing court, finally officially began to act.

On the fifteenth day of the sixth lunar month of the first year of Chongxing, Li Zicheng ordered Liu Zongmin, Marquis of Ru, to be the main general, and Liu Fangliang, the Marquis of Ci, and Li Guo, the marquis of his nephew, were the deputy generals, commanding 150,000 elite soldiers and horses, and the whole army set out from Beijing and attacked Shanhaiguan.

At the same time, after integrating the remnants of Haoge and completely eliminating Haoge's internal influence and influence, Dolgon of the Qing court in the north commanded 100,000 elite Manchurian, Mongolian and Han soldiers and horses, and ordered the British prince Azig and Rao Yu Belle Abatai to be deputy generals, and the whole army set off from Shengjing and attacked Shanhaiguan.

Seeing these two secret letters, Li Xiao understood that the moment to decide the fate of Shanhaiguan, and even the fate of the Liukou, the Qing army, and the Tang army, had finally arrived.

There is no doubt that this Shanhaiguan City, at this moment, has become the focus of the world, the pivot of the current situation, the world's first Xiongguan, its importance and urgency, and there is no place to compare.

Li Xiao immediately ordered the ships of the Navy Division to carry a total of more than 4,000 soldiers and horses of the Haoge Division, which had just been reorganized in Dengzhou, to Shanhaiguan. At the same time, he ordered the sailors to urgently ship a large number of ordnance, firearms, and food to prepare for a long-term war of attrition with the enemy.

At the same time, Li Xiao ordered the naval division to concentrate more than 60 large elite fleets, prepare artillery ammunition, and stand by in the waters east of Shanhaiguan at any time.

In this way, the entire strength of Shanhaiguan has nearly 15,000 people, and there is a sufficient supply of food and ordnance, if the city is firmly defended, Li Xiao believes that it will be enough to hold on to the enemy army for a long time, as long as the defense is proper and there are no mistakes, even if it is supported for several years, it is not surprising.

If this Shanhaiguan, this extremely strong wedge, can firmly attract the troops of the Liukou and the Qing court, so that they have no time to take care of anything else, then, correspondingly, the pressure on their own other places will undoubtedly be greatly reduced, and it will also win more precious development time for themselves, especially for the soldiers and horses of the Sixth and Seventh Towns that they are training, it is really the most rare development opportunity.

As long as their own soldiers and horses in the two towns are trained, they can completely contain the Liukou and Qing troops in the north, and form a two-sided battle that can also deal with the abundant good situation, so that they can attack the Hongguang regime in the south without any scruples and realize the grand strategy of unifying the south.

The three parties dispatched troops, and a major war was about to break out.

Looking from the sky, the Liukou soldiers and the Qing soldiers and horses heading to Shanhaiguan were like two long black dragons, one south and one north, walking in the opposite direction, pressing towards Shanhaiguan together. In order to hurry, the soldiers and horses on both sides were working day and night, non-stop, and the burning torches burned most of the sky.

When the two enemy forces were hurrying up, the meeting hall in Shanhaiguan City was brightly lit, and the generals and commanders were discussing nervously in it.

Now at the Shanhaiguan Place, the commander is Zu Dale, the commander of the C Battalion of the First Town, and the deputy marshal starts all the way from the ordinary artillery soldiers, and finally becomes the deputy commander of the C Battalion of the First Town, Hu Ben, the two of them have become the core planners of the Shanhaiguan Guard War.

For the joint attack of the Liukou and the Qing army, in fact, Zu Dale had already followed Li Xiao's order, set a plan to defend the palace, and built the entire Shanhaiguan City into a solid foundation long ago, and the defense was very sufficient.

It is particularly worth mentioning that during this period of nearly two months, Zu Dale organized the soldiers in the city to dig two deep ditches with unique shapes on the two flat lands in the south and north of Shanhaiguan, which are very similar to the deep ditches dug by the Tang army outside the Zhenyuan Fort that day.

In this way, he hoped that these ditches would become a buffer line that would be closer to the city walls, so as to better and more effectively resist enemy attacks.

Those who came to participate in this military meeting were the three commanders under the C Battalion, as well as the cavalry captain, the artillery captain, the auxiliary captain and others, as well as the Manchurian commander Hao Ge, and his two subordinates Ao Bai and Yang Shan.

Participating in such a military meeting, Hao Geao worshiped Yang Shan and the three, and they all felt very embarrassed, and the three of them sighed in their hearts.

I think that at the beginning, I fought desperately with the Tang army on the battlefield, and we were each other's enemies of life and death, but now it's good, the two armies have become one, and they have begun to fight in the same camp.

It's just that now the three of them, even though they are sighing and reluctant in their hearts, they all have a serious and obedient look on their faces.

After all, military orders are strict and merciless, and if a major mistake occurs because of slackness or neglect, I am afraid that my head will not be protected.

Under the dancing candlelight, the coach Zu Dale looked around at the people in the tent, and did not be polite to everyone, and immediately began to give orders.

He said in a deep voice: "Everyone, now the Liukou and the Qing Lu are attacking our army, the time is urgent, and everything is in a hurry. But Ben Shuai has already taken sufficient precautions and decided to defend them, and he will definitely be able to firmly contain them under Shanhaiguan City, and will never let them get half a step closer to the city! ”

He glanced at the people in the hall with burning eyes, and said sharply: "Now, please listen carefully to the arrangements of the commander, do a good job of garrisoning, and do not be negligent and slack." ”

After pressing, Zu Dale began to arrange tasks, arranging in detail the specific garrison work of the soldiers and horses of each department, and how to deal with important issues such as cohesion.

After listening to Zu Dale's arrangement, everyone agreed together, and then, they immediately began to act according to the order, stationed on the defense line respectively, and waited for the battle.

Let's say that Liu Zongmin will lead the army, and a few days later, the 150,000 army will finally be outside the Shanhai Pass.

At this time, a sentry came to report that the Tang army was now ready, and the city was heavily guarded. At the same time, there were still a large number of ships on the sea to guard it, and the entire Shanhaiguan City was already in full battle, and there was not a trace of error.

Hearing the report of the sentry horseman, Liu Zongmin was very surprised. But he had doubts in his heart, so he ordered the army to speed up until it was about two miles away from Shanhaiguan, and did not stop.

Subsequently, when the whole army was stationed in the tun, Liu Zongmin personally led several elite cavalry to explore closely.

When he saw Shanhaiguan clearly, he took out a clairvoyant mirror and looked at it, and was surprised to find that the Tang army had dug two deep ditches outside the southern wall of Shanhaiguan, and the two ditches were connected to the south gate, and it could be faintly seen that the ditch was crowded, which obviously showed that the Tang army had been prepared and was waiting for them to come from the net.

Putting down the clairvoyant mirror, Liu Zongmin's face was very gloomy and terrifying.

He knew that the Tang army was so well prepared, and Shanhaiguan, which was originally the dangerous place of the world's first Xiongguan, had been strengthened by the Tang army in this way, and the idea that he could rely on the advantage of troops to wipe out the defenders seemed to be completely frustrated.

Liu Zongmin sighed in his heart, it seems that this Shanhaiguan City will definitely not be able to take it without a bloody battle. I also have a clearer understanding of the battle that will happen next.

And that's when the unexpected happened.

Just as Liu Zongmin lowered his head and thought about how to act, there were several snapping sounds suddenly from the air.

Next, before Liu Zongmin could react, he suddenly felt that his helmet was hit hard, and suddenly flew up, and even the strap under his chin was broken.

After the helmet fell off his head, Liu Zongmin saw clearly that a lead bullet was hitting the tail of the helmet, and the root was together, breaking the entire helmet in unison.

At the same time, one of the guards next to him could not dodge, and a small, red-hot buckshot hit him right in the neck, and he fell backwards like a sandbag that had been hit suddenly, and fell from the horse.

Large streams of blood spurted from the wound on his neck, his eyes wide open, his mouth flickering mirrely, and he quickly convulsed to death.

Receiving this cold gun raid, Liu Zongmin and his subordinates were all shocked, and everyone did not stay anymore, and pulled their horses back one after another.

After escaping back to the main formation, everyone was shocked, and Liu Zongmin couldn't help but scold: "Enter his mother!" These bags, this time they almost killed Lao Tzu in front of the battle, they are really embarrassed and panicked! This hatred Lao Tzu has written down, and when the city is broken in the future, Lao Tzu will definitely kill them alive! ”

Hearing Liu Zongmin's scolding from a distance, Liu Fangliang and Li Guo, who were camping under the command, hurriedly walked over.

"Liu Shuai, but when the investigation was being carried out, did Tang Jun shoot coldly?" Seeing Liu Zongmin's embarrassed face, Li Guo asked with a concerned face.

"Not really! Such a dog enters, and the end of the hand is black! Liu Zongmin gritted his teeth and scolded: "These bastards, and let them be proud for two days, Lao Tzu will take their dog's life sooner or later!" ”

"Marquis Ru, now that the enemy army has been prepared and well-arranged, how will we behave?" Liu Fangliang asked with a worried face.

Liu Zongmin's face was very ugly, he gritted his teeth and said: "What else, wait for the whole army to rest for a few days, and after the Qing army arrives, then attack the north and south, and attack Shanhaiguan with all your might!" This Shanhaiguan City, although it is strong and steep, I don't believe it, with our 150,000 soldiers and horses, we can't take this small Shanhaiguan City! ”

After listening to Liu Zongmin's words, Liu Fangliang and Li Guoju were speechless.

Perhaps, under the condition that the Tang army has been well prepared, Liu Zongmin's approach is the most suitable move under the existing conditions.

An inevitable brutal bloody battle is about to begin.