The fall of Shanhaiguan was expected by Hongtang, but it was unexpected.

The entire attack on Shanhaiguan, from the beginning to the end, took only two days to completely take Shanhaiguan.

Immediately afterward, Shang Kexi handed over Shanhaiguan to Xiao Xiurong, turned his head and followed behind the Qing army's rout without looking back, killing all the way.

The time delayed by Hongtang's army in Shanhaiguan was not enough for the Jurchens of the Qing Kingdom outside the pass to react, after all, there was a line of fortifications in Ningjin between the Qing Dynasty and Shanhaiguan, so it would be much more troublesome to transmit information, and there would be more detours.

In this way, Shang Kexi and they can even take the opportunity to go to Zunhua and Xifengkou to uproot the last stronghold that was originally controlled by the Qing army, connecting the inside and outside the Guannei Guan, but they can make the army left in the Guan by the Qing Dynasty become a turtle in the urn, and they are almost unlucky.

If the exit strongholds of Zunhua and Xifengkou can be taken, the Qing army such as Aobai in the capital will inevitably fight to the death with the Ming army, not only to fight for survival, but also to make the strength of Sun Chuanting of the Ming Dynasty greatly damaged.

This is a two-way thing, for the Hongtang army that had not thought of attacking Xifengkou and Zunhua before, a temporary change of plan has become the norm.

The establishment of the Aircraft Participation Department is the guarantee that when the Hongtang army has been in command of the battle again and again over the years, it has changed its plan to match the changes in the battlefield and ultimately maximize the interests of Hongtang.

Unlike other kingdom commanders in ancient times, every time they fight, they only need the commander's deep strategic knowledge and intelligence to have the so-called famous generals.

In the Hongtang army, to tell the truth, Wu Jie, Wu Chao, and Xiao Xiurong can be regarded as people who know the soldiers, but if you really want to say how wise the generals are, they also look down on them a little.

Up to now, the Hongtang army has been able to have today's achievements, almost every battle has been gained, and no matter how bad it is, it can get greater results, and a large part of the credit must be attributed to the collective wisdom and efforts of the Hongtang Staff.

It is precisely because of them that behind the main generals such as Wu Jie and Xiao Xiurong, they can check and fill in the gaps and formulate detailed plans, so that the Hongtang army can temporarily change its plans and tactics in one battle after another, so that the Hongtang army can always make the most correct response, and then accumulate small victories into big victories and win the final victory.

Now this temporary change was also made by the Hongtang Counselor's Office, and then it was adopted by the chief general Shang Kexi, and the order was issued to all battalions and regiments, and it was carried out.

Even Shanhaiguan, a Xiongcheng known as the first pass in the world, could not withstand the Hongtang army for much time in front of the Hongtang army, let alone strongholds like Xifengkou and Zunhua.

Originally, the troops deployed in these strongholds were not as large as Shanhaiguan, and the city defense construction was not as majestic as Shanhaiguan at night, so in the end, it can be said that under the attack of Hongtang Shang Kexi, with the speed of one stronghold a day, in less than a week, Zunhua and other strongholds were in their hands.

At this time, Ao Bai and others, who were firmly guarding the capital of the Qing Dynasty, also learned the news of the fall of Shanhaiguan and the siege and attack of Zunhua's back road, but because they were trapped by Sun Chuanting's Ming army, they could only watch the strongholds fall into the hands of the Hongtang army and others, and their retreat was closed step by step.

At this time, the fierce battle on the capital was also continuing, and the Ming army transported the high-powered artillery that had just been obtained from Hongmen to Sun Chuanting at the beginning, and then directly used it in the siege battle, regardless of the places of interest in the capital, which shows the determination of the Ming army.

Even the Ming Emperor was already so willing, and Sun Chuanting, as the commander of the battle, was naturally even more diligent, launching his army to launch a continuous offensive against the capital, and striving to occupy the capital as soon as possible.

And when the news of the occupation of Shanhaiguan by Hongtang's army came, not only Ao Bai and other Qing army commanders learned the news, but it didn't take long for Sun Chuanting to also learn the news.

The first time he heard the news, Supervisor Sun Chuanting was ecstatic, he knew that the fall of Shanhaiguan would naturally bring great changes and turmoil to the garrison in the Great Qing Pass, and it would be beneficial but not disadvantageous for his own siege.

This can be perceived from the fatigue of the Qing army's attitude towards defending the city in the past two days, and we can perceive the blow to the morale of the Qing army.

However, the back road of the Qing army that followed by Hongtang's army marching west to occupy the Xifengkou and Zunhua lines, Sun Chuanting began to be a little aggressive.

The art of war is still cloudy, and the siege of three queyi means that all retreats cannot be blocked, which can only make the besieged army appear determined to fight to the death, but will let each other fall into a continuous decisive battle, until one side is completely defeated.

As far as Sun Chuanting is concerned, they naturally hope that the Qing army will be forced to abandon the capital under their continuous attack, retreat with the army, and return to Guanwai, which is also the best choice for each other.

The Ming army is now capable of fighting, in addition to its own army, there is only Zuo Liangyu's first division in the two lakes to resist the two peasant rebels of Daxi and Dashun.

Whether it was for the sake of preserving the vitality of the Ming Dynasty, or in order to prevent the power in his hands from losing too much, or expecting the Qing army to retreat outside the Guanwai to fight against the Hongtang army outside the Guanwai, Sun Chuanting actually did not want to see the situation of the Qing army being killed.

But the matter is not to fulfill their wishes, the Hongtang army has done such a thing, on the surface, it seems to help Sun Chuanting to achieve the situation of closing the door and fighting dogs, but in fact, it is forcing the Qing Dynasty to worship the army, and in the capital to have a life-and-death tragic war with Sun Chuanting.

Sure enough, just now because of the fall of Shanhaiguan City Defense, and the momentum of the Qing soldiers who were a little sluggish, and now because of the retreat road to the Mongolian grassland in Xifengkou and Zunhua, the Qing army soldiers who had no way to retreat turned into a mourning army.

If it is according to the correct tactics, Sun Chuanting at this time should stop the offensive on the capital, let the momentum of this mourning army fall back on its own, and after a while, it will naturally be easier to attack the city, after all, this steel cannot last long The truth has long been recorded in the war book.

But Sun Chuanting did not dare to give this order, because he knew very well that Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Nanjing at this time, and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty cabinet did not care about the reason that the mourning soldiers would win. In their opinion, now that the Ming army has the advantage, and there is artillery supported by the imperial court, if they can't take the capital again, wouldn't it be a joke for that Da Xi'er and Da Shun rebels to keep watching their Ming kings!!

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