History has changed, without Mao Jue's time and space, Li Zicheng brought less than 100,000 troops to conquer Shanhaiguan, because the natural disasters of this era could not support the huge number of Dashun troops, before the capture of the Beijing Division, most of the Shun troops had actually dispersed to occupy Jiubianshan, Hebei, Henan and other places.

But this time, first of all, Yuan Chonghuan laid a better foundation than Sun Chuanting in history, the development of the Great Northern Wilderness, the weakness of Liaozhen, so that the Jingshi City also accumulated more grain than the same era, and the third point was that Mao Jue himself did not notice, because he opened up an offshore route to replace the congested Cao Yun in the Ming Dynasty, and the commercial exchanges between the south and the north of Beijing were far more prosperous than in the same period in history.

Part of the commercial grain from Huguang was also brought to Beijing on this trade route, and Li Zicheng captured more grain than in the same period in history.

This formed a terrifying army of 700,000, including the former Ming Dynasty nine-border border soldiers, the northwest strong brigade, the Henan refugees, and the Beijing division surrendered troops, and it can be said that the entire northern military strength has all gathered here.

In contrast, although Liaodong has experienced relatively large development, absorbing two million people under the rule of the Qing people, and the number of troops has reached more than 300,000, it is actually still at an absolute disadvantage against the Dashun army.

However, in terms of quality, the Liao army is incomparable to the Dashun army, not only well-equipped, in order to deal with the battle of entering the pass, Mao Jue set up four additional military towns in the newly occupied area, six corps, plus the original eight corps, the professional army reached more than 110,000 people, and also brought 20,000 sailors, and even if it is a peasant soldier, the military training intensity and combat effectiveness are far more than the original Liaozhen troops, and the winning chance is still very large.

But even so, in the battle plan formulated by the Liaozhen General Staff Headquarters, the decisive battle still had to be carried out at Shanhaiguan, after all, the fortifications here were tight, the defense was three-dimensional, the edge still relied on the Yanshan Mountain Range, and the terrain was steep, first of all, the Liaodong Army was already invincible.

Dolgon's defeat of Li Zicheng was a stone near Shanhaiguan.

However, at this juncture, who dares to persuade the red-eyed King Liao?

Fortunately, Mao Jue was not dizzy, and after about a day's journey from Shanhaiguan, he ordered the army to camp and wait for Li Zicheng's army to come to the door.

It is no wonder that the Ming Dynasty has to spend so much manpower and material resources to guard Liaodong, four hundred miles into Shanhaiguan to Beijing, almost a horse Pingchuan, no danger to defend, once Shanhaiguan falls, the flat Jingshi Plain is almost allowed to gallop by the northern cavalry.

This year, there were many wars, and almost half of the peasants in the entire Jingshi Plain fled in the fear of war and torture, and the flat and fertile fields that the noble eunuchs regarded as treasures were abandoned by large tracts of wasteland, and in the weather in May, the spring breeze blew the earth, and the fields that should have been green seedlings were growing wildly at this time.

Puff~

The grass that came out yesterday has not been able to be stretched well, the sharp sickle has been lazily cut over, and dozens of peasant reserve troops are skillfully clearing out pieces of blanks.

In the open space they had just dealt with, sappers carrying large shovels came over again, digging out the soil with grass roots and filling them into sacks, and piling them together to form a base bag.

On the soft earth, the creaking sound kept sounding, the heavy wheels pressed deep into the ground, the first few bulls pulled the belt and crackled, and the artillery behind also used the strength of the milk, and the heavy steel guy moved forward with difficulty.

Bulky is bulky, but the bloody mouth of this heavy steel beast looking up to the sky still exudes a cold light that reassures the soldiers.

The sergeants were busy, in the camp, the generals and staff officers were almost noisy, and on the marching map, the huge Dongjiang Army was like a peregrine falcon with wings spread and flying high, but the two wings soaring high were stretched back, facing Li Zicheng's side, just a sharp beak.

Sun Chuanting's Hegang Corps.

Moreover, the entire army dragged almost thirty miles from north to south, and the corps was almost divided into four parts.

The tradition of the Dongjiang River is to talk about what to say before formulating a war strategy, even a seven-grade staff officer can boldly put his opinions on paper, but after the plan is customized, all departments need to implement it unconditionally, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of them. At this time, it was before the war, looking at the small flags placed on the sand table, the young staff officers Meng Hu, Chen Lu and others shook their heads into rattles.

"Your Highness, this formation is too strange! The ancient method of warfare, either with the cavalry as the vanguard, gathered the elite, and destroyed the enemy's Chinese army in one fell swoop, or the troops were in a strong formation, entangled with the enemy, the cavalry on both wings was vertical and horizontal, smashing the enemy's rear formation, the big array of the King of Liao, his subordinates really couldn't understand! Once the war starts, after the confrontation with the thief army, Lord Sun's Hegang Corps, General Shen's Withered Leaf Corps and Lord Liu's Yizhou Corps can barely help, and the empty army of 250,000 is not strong, it is too wasteful!"

This is still saving face for Mao Jue! If you look at it on paper, the nail clippers who put out this lineup are idiots, they waste their military strength in vain, fighting is not a game, maybe when the empty Chinese army is defeated, the two wings separated by more than ten miles may not be able to catch up.

However, looking at this truth, Sun Chuanting, who was put in the public target, saw that he was silent, and when he learned that he was going to recover the Beijing Division, he insisted on following the special staff officer who got up, Sun Chengzong, an old man who was almost ninety, also frowned, looked at the rigid face of his colleague, hesitated again and again, and Hong Chengchou couldn't help but clench his fist helplessly.

"King Liao, Lord Sun is indeed formless, and he has collided with your majesty, but this is the battle that decides the world, you ......"

didn't continue, but yesterday Mao Jue beat Sun Chuanting violently, but everyone knows that this time he put him in such a chopping board position, how can it make people feel a little communiqué personal vendetta, this is also Mao Jue's consistent generosity, Hong Chengchou dared to say it, if he was replaced by Chongzhen, it is estimated that he would not even open his mouth.

"Do you think the lonely communitarian has a personal vendetta?"

"That, my retainer......

A lot of opponents against themselves, Mao Jue is not angry at all, these young staff officers in front of him are all the second and third generation talents cultivated by Dongjiang Academy over the years, they are the pillars of Dongjiang in the future, Hong Chengchou said a sentence, in his panic and dumbfounded, Mao Jue calmly grabbed a black flag representing Li Zicheng's Shunjun, and pushed heavily towards his red banner, and in an instant, the sorted out sand table became a mess.

However, Sun Chengzong's eyes lit up, and he nodded clearly, and then the old man turned around and walked out of the tent, and he slapped as he walked: "I haven't been to Shanhaiguan for a long time!" When the old man supervised the creation of this place, after all, he left a little thought, go and see it first, and then I won't follow you to make trouble! ”

"Dean Sun?"

Many Dongjiang staff officers also worshiped under Sun Chengzong's door, and they couldn't help but be stunned when they watched him go out, but the battle-hardened bigwigs in the room couldn't help but nod.

"How? If you still feel that Ben will have a personal vendetta, I can change this former battalion officer!"

Hong Chengchou was a little embarrassed and hurriedly put his head under his head and arched his hand apologetically, while Sun Chuanting bowed solemnly.

"King Liao, rest assured, Sun Mou's liver and brain are all over the ground, and he will also complete this task for my Da Liao!"

Most of the heavy generals supported, and the huge Liaozhen army finally put down the formation according to Mao Jue's meaning, and from west to east a long snake lay across the land, with a distance of more than thirty-nine miles from north to south, and dense array flags were lined up like a wall, connecting the sky and the earth.

The Beijing division is only about 400 kilometers away from Shanhaiguan, and it took four days for the news of Li Zicheng's expedition and the changes in Mao's mansion to Shanhaiguan, and it took Mao Jue another day to swear to send troops, and it took a day to set up the military formation.

Even on this wet and soft May day, the dust rolled up by the cavalry gallop was still overwhelming, like a yellow dragon swept in, in the gale, the Shuai Qi and Liu Zi, Hao Zi and other flags swaggered and collided, like two hideous dragon heads under the tornado, teeth and claws.

Li Zicheng is not a newcomer to the battlefield, he also knows what kind of goods his troops are, Liaodong is more elite cavalry, once Mao Jue rushes to him on the reckless plain, he can't stand it, so Li Zicheng gathered almost most of the cavalry, arrived in advance, first watched the cavalry formation of the Dongjiang River, once Mao Jue did any tricks, he used the superior number of cavalry to entangle him, if Mao Jue's army came to fight, the flexible cavalry also retreated.

It's just that the long dragon array in front of him is obviously a little beyond the expectations of several generals of the Shun army, holding up in the first two miles of the Liaozhen army, several Shun army generals are children out of the formation, looking out first, looking left and right at the military formation that can't see the edge, Hao Shaoqi couldn't help but spit out a cool breath.

"That's fucking enough! No wonder the Shanhai Pass who dared to give up did not defend it, and came out to fight with us Dashun!"

"Just looking for death! This is a cannon and a firecracker, it's some rags, I really don't know if I can stop my old Liu from rushing back a few times!"

Full of disdain, Liu Zongmin also hummed, but in his voice, there was something that could not be hidden, mixed with a sour and jealous.

"Brother Hao, why don't we rush at his mother first, so that we can grow the majesty of our Dashun?"

Liu Zongmin's proposal really made Hao Shaoqi's heart pound, but pinching the beard on his chin, he shook his head again.

"Forget it, once these Liao dogs are scared back to Shanhaiguan, it will be a headache to tackle Lao Tzu, so it is better to wait here and wait for the arrival of King Chuang's army."

"That's right, let's let that head on that dog's neck grow a little longer! Pass on Lao Tzu's order and set up camp!"

"Yes!"

In the loud shouting, running wildly for two days, the dusty Shunjun cavalry also set up camp next to Liaozhen, as night fell, clusters of fires also emerged on this great plain, this is the first time Liaozhen fought with thieves, Liu Zongmin roasted cold steamed buns, there was a long shot of telescopes in front of the military formation of the Dongjiang River, vigilant and curious peeping.

However, in this viewing procession, Mao Jue was not included, and after the military meeting was held in the morning, the king of Liao actually retreated more than ten miles in the afternoon.

The stone river that passes through the Shanhaiguan flows quietly in the night, on the tidal flats, a bonfire that attracts fish is burning, and the sparks are crackling upward, fluttering, Mao Jue dragged the hook out of the river heavily, and the huge black fish crackled and stumbled on the shore in fright, but before it jumped a few times, there was a pop, and the cold bayonet threw out his hand and nailed this thing to the ground.

(End of chapter)