Near the Northern Beijing Division, the upcoming counteroffensive was launched in an orderly manner under the strict supervision of the Hongmen guards. At the same time, this piece of information was quickly delivered to Li Tianyang, as well as Wu Jie and others outside the Northeast Pass.

The reason why he is full of attention to the war in the land of Jingshi in Guannei is that after sand table simulations and Wu Jie's careful consideration, the Hongmen staff felt that it was necessary to control the first line of the Great Wall defense line in Shanhaiguan before the Ming army counterattacked back to Beijing.

Although this will allow the Ming army to benefit from the main battlefield, it is undeniable that compared with after the situation became clear, Hongmen risked the unhappiness of the Ming Dynasty to control Shanhaiguan and other important places, but it was better for them to take the first step and take Shanhaiguan, the first pass in the world, before the situation was clear.

Shanhaiguan, as a majestic high city in and out of the customs, has a decisive strategic significance for the Qing Dynasty outside the customs or the Ming Dynasty inside the customs.

Hongmen now occupies the Ningjin defense line built by the Ming Dynasty outside the pass in order to defend against the Qing Dynasty, but if the Ming Dynasty army defeats the Qing Dynasty's garrison in the pass, it will inevitably re-enter the Shanhaiguan.

At that time, if the Ming army really reoccupied Shanhaiguan, then as the center of gravity of the Hongtang army gradually shifted northward, it would be a matter of great price to be killed through Shanhaiguan at that time.

The Qing people were outside the pass, blocked by the Ming army for decades, and the two great Qing Dynasty lords Nurhachi and Huang Taiji returned in front of them, making great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, which shows its dangerous position.

At this time, in order to deal with the large-scale attack of more than 100,000 troops in the Ming Dynasty, more troops were deployed in the area of the Beijing Division, and those who stayed on the front line of Shanhaiguan were more Han soldiers who were not useful.

According to the thinking of ordinary people, the Hongtang army and the main army of the Qing Dynasty in the battle outside the pass, the losses were very heavy, and they were almost beaten back to their hometown by the main force of the Qing Dynasty.

At the beginning, because of the existence of the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing people ignored the understanding and attention to the true origin of the Ming army in Dongjiang Town. In addition, although Dongjiang Town Shang Kexi caused a lot of trouble to the Qing army earlier, the strength it showed was still not enough for the Qing Dynasty to face up to it at that time.

With the Hongtang army showing its sword in the Qing Dynasty, it dealt a heavy blow to the Qing Dynasty, and finally the eyes of the Qing people began to focus on them, and then its kingdom spy system began to be activated, and the existence of Hongmen itself, which had been hidden behind the soldiers of Dongjiang Town for a long time, was found.

No one thought that among the seemingly powerful officials of the Ming Dynasty, someone would use its huge size as a cover, and secretly developed another force that was almost comparable to the Ming Dynasty in these years.

This was not only the dereliction of duty and shame of the Ming Dynasty, but also caused the contempt of the Qing Kingdom under the lights, and finally made the Qing Dynasty pay a heavy price.

When the Qing people reacted, they used the power of a country to encircle and suppress them, but in the end, they returned with a feather, so that the Qing people suffered a big defeat on their own territory for the first time.

Ao Bai and Suo Etu knew the character of Prince Dolgon, and understood that Dolgon's hands would never sit still, so that Hongtang people could regain their foothold under their noses.

When the political situation in the Qing Dynasty was re-established, Prince Dolgon was bound to make a comeback and drive the Hongtang army south of Liaoyang back to where they had been.

It is precisely for this reason that they believe that the Hongtang army outside the pass is in full swing at this time to reorganize the army and expand its strength, and it is impossible to take care of their southwest affairs, let alone gather a large army to capture such a fortified city as Shanhaiguan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, they underestimated the determination of Li Tianyang of the Hongmen headquarters to dominate the world, since he had already taken this first step, and this first step did not seem to be as difficult as he imagined, Li Tianyang began to prepare for the next battle.

He once asked Wu Jie whether the generals of the army stationed in Hongtang in the northeast were sure of taking Shanhaiguan, whether there was a chance, etc., but the answer was no problem.

Although Prince Dolgon gradually began to control the situation with the help of the nobles of the two yellow banners, the two princes of Hauge and Daishan were not without the opportunity to rebel.

Therefore, at this time, if the Hongtang army secretly organized manpower to attack Shanhaiguan and quickly returned to the defense after breaking through the city, it might not give the Qing people much chance to counterattack.

No one could have imagined that the Hongtang army, which had been almost disabled and had not yet been fully replenished, would still have the courage to launch another battle. And it was precisely when everyone didn't expect that it was a good opportunity for their Hongtang army to do it.

Moreover, there are many advantages to attacking Shanhaiguan at this time.

First, Shanhaiguan is close to the coast, when Wu Jie led the Hongtang army to raid Shanhaiguan, cutting off the back road of the Qing army into the customs, it is relying on Hongtang's strong sailor carrying capacity, so that the Qing soldiers who defend the Shanhaiguan are unable to guard.

Second, at that time, Wu Jie and the Qing soldiers who resisted the Qing army to the death to block the entry of the Qing Dynasty and delayed their return to the outside of the Great Qing Pass, although in the end they were recaptured by the Qing people. However, in order to recapture Shanhaiguan, the attack launched by the Qing people and the destruction caused by their ferocity were also great.

As the Qing rushed back to the country to rescue, they did not have time to repair the damage they had caused. At the same time, they do not have a golden finger like cement in their hands to build the gods, until now, Shanhaiguan has been in their hands for more than half a year, it is still in tatters, and most of the city defense construction is still far away, and it is no longer the first pass in the world when it was in the hands of the Ming people and Hongtang.

Third, in addition to the 1,000 loyal soldiers stationed in Shanhaiguan, the rest of the tens of thousands of soldiers who defended were Han troops who surrendered on the battlefield of the Ming Dynasty.

All these things made the Hongtang military department full of confidence in taking Shanhaiguan, and now they have begun to act after waiting for the big battle on the side of the capital to start.

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