At this time, on the sea not more than a hundred miles south of Shanhaiguan, a huge fleet floated quietly.

For the sake of secrecy, the surrounding waters have long been swept away by the cruising warships of this fleet, and not even a single fishing boat going out to sea to fish or other fishing boats has been spared.

If you pay attention to the movement at sea, it is not difficult to guess where its original owner is, it is now the powerful naval division of Hongtang that has no rival in the northern and southern seas of the Ming Dynasty, and the commander who presides over this naval division is Wu Jie, the supreme commander of the Hongtang Military Department.

"It's almost time, send the scout battalion to land first and control the surrounding terrain!"

Taking out his pocket watch from his arms, Wu Jie looked at the sky, and then gave an order to the soldiers at the flight behind him.

"Yes!"

It wasn't long before a group of three or four ships broke away from the fleet and headed for the unseen horizon, and some time later, with the return of a fast boat, the fleet also raised its sails and sailed along with the trajectory of the previous team.

The coast is depressed and cold, although it is not yet the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, but with the arrival of the Xiaoice River period, there are already some cool nights around Shanhaiguan at this time, especially at the seaside at night.

"Hee-hee! Whew! ”

The soldiers landed on the shore in an orderly manner and stepped on the sea and the beach, bringing a small sound, but there was no other noise, and if anyone appeared on this shore at this time, I am afraid that they would have encountered a hundred ghosts walking at night.

The black dragon stretched towards the place where there was a faint red light in the night, and the source of the red light was the mountain pass where the lights were burning at the head of the city.

Shanhaiguan is an important town, and a curfew is imposed at night, so in addition to the footsteps and passwords of the soldiers patrolling the city, there are only a few wild dogs barking in the city's houses.

The information two days ago had already been sent to the spy members placed in the Han army of the Great Qing Dynasty by the Hongmen spy war, and now on the dark horizon only about two miles away from Shanhaiguan, Wu Jie led 30,000 soldiers to quietly wait for the signal from the city.

If there is no signal to come, Wu Jie and the others will also turn to the West Gate to ambush, wait until dawn the Shanhaiguan City Gate is open to pass, and then try to break through the guards of the Pass Gate by surprise, and then lay a good start for the attack on Shanhaiguan.

And if the two plans cannot achieve the goal, then Wu Jie and the others can only start a siege operation, and there will inevitably be great casualties at that time, and it is even likely to be defended by the Jurchens and dragged to the support sent by the soldiers of other important towns.

The reason why the battlefield launched at the beginning was chosen in Shanhaiguan, an important place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is only one point that Hongtang and Li Tianyang focus on, that is, between the Ningjin defense line, the main force of the Jurchen barbarians to invade the northern Ming Dynasty, and delay it in the pass as much as possible, so as to delay the rapid invasion of the Hongtang army outside the pass.

The Ningjin defense line used to be the main line of defense of the Ming Dynasty to resist the invasion of the Jurchen barbarians, and now although it was occupied by the Jurchens and opened the gate to invade the Ming Dynasty, it was precisely because the gate was opened that the prosperous and rich northern land of the Ming Dynasty was exposed under the Qing Dynasty iron cavalry, so that the Jurchens focused more on plundering the land and materials in the pass, but they had not yet had time to clean up the city defense line of the Ming Great Wall from Juyongguan to the west.

There is no way to do this, Dolgon is qualified for the position of auxiliary prince, because he holds two armies of the Eight Banners and the White Flag, and his main opponent of the regent, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, the eldest son of Huang Taiji, Haoge, also has one banner, and has the support of the other two banners.

If it weren't for Hauge, who was too weak in political talent, he tried his best to force the three banners and the other two banner owners to reach a consensus with Dolgon, and the two sides compromised and set up the young Emperor Taiji's ninth son, Fu Lin, to ascend the throne, which shattered Hauge's dream of becoming the emperor.

But even so, Hauge has a banner in his hand, and he is the eldest son of the emperor in the name of the right, just in the prime of life, for the regent and other Dolgon, he is eyeing Dorgon, and if he doesn't pay attention to it, he may bite Dolgon, and the cruelty of the political struggle forces Dolgon to buy people's hearts and minds, and focus more on plundering, so that the other banner owners can support their regents more.

It is precisely under such a situation that if they can recapture the defense lines of Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, and Jinzhou, they dare not say that they will be closed to fight dogs, but they can also buy countless time for their army outside the Guanxi, and maximize the loss of Jurchen strength.

To this end, Hongmen even used an army of He Sanjiang, disguised as a peasant army and later surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and Peng Zhihai, who was slowly retreating from the north to the south bank of the Yellow River with Sun Chuanting's army.

At the beginning, he chose to let He Sanjiang give up the grounded territory of Puyang and enter the territory of Shandong instead, in order to be useful at such a critical time.

The picture turned, when Wu Jie's delicate and complex pocket watch in his hand slowly walked towards the position of three o'clock in the morning, several air death wind lamps above the north gate of Shanhaiguan suddenly began to flicker and flicker, and after flashing several times in a row, the air death wind lights were no longer lit.

"Do it!!"

This is the signal that the members of the spy war station discussed with Wu Jie and them, when this signal was confirmed correctly by the scouts, Wu Jie didn't say much, but after two murderous words, a series of vigorous and swift figures emerged from his side, rushing towards the direction of Shanhaiguan two miles away.

In any case, the Jurchens did not expect that in their heart, such a huge army would quietly touch in and kill them at the most important place.

The Jurchen presiding minister of the Shanhaiguan Guard, Suo Bed, woke up from the sonorous and powerful sound of fighting in the city, as well as the panicked sound of alarm gongs and drums outside the door.

"Prepare armor for Lao Tzu!"

kicked the concubine of the former Ming general who warmed the bed down, and Sonny shouted to his subordinates to come in and change his clothes, although he still didn't understand what was going on in the city, but such a noisy movement in the city would definitely not be a good thing.

Originally, Sony was left in Shanhaiguan by his political rival Dolgon, and his reputation was to trust him in his ability to be stable, but Sony also knew that this was because Dolgon did not want him to establish his military exploits and expand his strength in a flash marriage on the battlefield.

Now, if there is a mistake in Shanhaiguan, which is in the rear, even if he quickly suppresses this unknown riot, he will inevitably be caught by Dolgon at that time, and punishment is indispensable.

Thinking of this, Sony's heart sank, and at the same time, there was a cold murderous intent on his face, in his opinion, except for the Jurchens and Mongols who could be trusted, the rest of the Han and Koreans were like cattle, horses, and livestock, which were useless and untrustworthy, and there would be no weakness at all in killing them.

The current riot in the city must be caused by the people in the city or the lurking remnants of the dynasty, and they should use some iron-blooded means to let these bastards know that something is powerful!

(End of chapter)