In the next few days, Dolgon first sent Ao Bai to lead 5,000 men who had eaten enough slave meat to quickly reach Ningyuan, and joined Tunqi, who also had to retreat to Ningyuan.

The latter is also dependent on grain from Jinzhou.

After Jinzhou's grain stock was burned out, he couldn't maintain the war, after all, the outside of Shanhaiguan had long been turned into a no-man's land, and there was no place to rob it, and to the east was the sea, and to the west was the mountains and mountains where there were no people at all. And Liu Zongmin led the 40,000 Shun army blocked outside the Shanhai Pass, Tunqi and he fought many times and ended in failure, in fact, Liu Zongmin was pressing him to fight, and even took the initiative to attack the front post many times, this small castle is nothing more than forty miles away from the Shanhai Pass, and the hungry Qing army is not able to protect itself in the front place, so it can only retreat to Ningyuan to defend.

At this time, Li Zicheng's total strength had exceeded 120,000.

In the final analysis, the longer the time drags on, the stronger his control over the north, the faster the growth of his troops, and he can easily recruit troops with tens of millions of taels of military expenses, not to mention that he still has great righteousness, and the support of countless low-level people around the country, even if some local officials who are really loyal to the Ming Dynasty can only choose to support him, for example, Song Quan, the former governor of Shuntian, who was originally in the Zunhua area, was ordered by the crown prince and Empress Yi'an to lead the remnants of the Ming army to join the attack on Shanhaiguan.

In addition, the Henan Shun army led by Yuan Zongdi has also set off from Luoyang and is rushing to Shanhaiguan day and night.

Originally, after arriving in Ningyuan, Ao Bai also wanted to raid Liu Zongmin.

After all, he still brought a group of slaves who could be used as military rations, and a batch of grain urgently transferred by Guangning was also given to him by Dolgon, and nearly 10,000 elites of the Eight Banners were full of food and drink, relying on Aobai, the number one general of the young generation, and it was still possible to open a passage into Shanhaiguan to help defend the city.

But it's a pity that Yang Qing led his subordinates to join the excitement in Shanhaiguan after leaving Jinzhou, but moved directly to Juehua Island.

In this way, the worship can only be silenced.

As soon as he comes out of Ningyuan, this ghost-like demon is guaranteed to land and attack on the flank, at this time, even if he is strong with Aobai, he must be treated carefully, saying that Suke Saha's dead body is in a tragic situation, but Aobai has seen it with his own eyes, he thinks that he has no ability to play crazy with a mace weighing hundreds of catties.

In this way, Ao Bai and Tun Qi stayed in Ningyuan honestly.

Dolgon, on the other hand, continued to starve in Jinzhou.

Although he can kill slaves and eat them, slaves also have to save them!

These slaves themselves are also an important part of the Qing army, whether it is a field battle or a siege, these dead soldiers are placed in the forefront, filling trenches, consuming the first wave of firepower of the Ming army, this kind of suicidal work is done by them, not to mention that killing too much will cause them to flee and defect. What's more, his soldiers can eat these slaves, and his war horses don't have to eat, this thing doesn't really eat grass, he must eat feed to maintain the war, he doesn't even have food for people to eat, how can he have feed to feed the horses, this is not the season of high horse fat in autumn, and the horses in early summer are weak.

Dolgon had no choice but to continue to wait in Jinzhou, while Jilharang and Da Yu'er of Shenyang could only distribute the precious grain, and then organize the old and weak women and children to transport it to Jinzhou.

As for the others......

Shenyang has already started rationing!

Da Yu'er announced that she, Fulin, and everyone in the palace should drink two meals of gruel a day, and as for those coats, they should be in the spirit of being a coat and my glory, just gnaw some grass roots, bark, wild vegetables, and nests every day, in short, the entire Qing Dynasty is like the Japanese state in the late war in the original history, all tighten their bellies to supply Dolgon, and ensure that he wins the battle of national fortune.

Fortunately, it is gratifying that Wu Sangui still withstood the attack when he had no other choice.

Edori, to be exact.

Wu Sangui has long lost his spirit.

Ai Duli and the 7,000 Qing troops who entered Shanhaiguan became the main force to resist Li Zicheng, and they plus Wu Sangui's domestic slaves, the total strength of the elite level was more than 10,000, relying on Shanhaiguan, a fortress like an iron wall, to block Li Zicheng's attack.

I have to say that this fortress is really too strong.

Even if Li Zicheng bombarded with dozens of Hongyi cannons, he couldn't gnaw the strong city wall, this fortress that was originally built to defend against foreign enemies, showed its value in such a way, I have to say that this is very embarrassing, but they are just gritting their teeth to support, at this time even the defenders of the northern wing city have surrendered, in fact, there is only a lonely city left in Shanhaiguan.

And so it passed another ten days.

The first shipment of grain from Shenyang was finally transported to Jinzhou, and Dolgon was supported by 10,000 Korqin cavalry and some livestock.

I have to say that Da Yuer is still very caring.

So, under the eager gaze of the great jade, Dorgon continued to move on.

"Mah, this is really not funny!"

Yang Qing was lying on the mast of a battleship, holding a monocular, looking at the mighty Qing army on land in the distance.

He was in Jinzhou Bay at this time.

The north is Dabijia Mountain, and the position of the Qing army at this time is the famous Tashan, of course, it is impossible for him to engage in the Tashan resistance war, this is not the small group of enemy troops he sneaked up on and ambushed before, this is the main force of the Qing army led by Dolgon himself, and in order not to give him a chance to sneak attack, this army is slowing down and marching in formation, he has not completed the landing and pushed tens of thousands of troops into the sea, he wants to do such a crazy behavior, and those people under him still don't want to go crazy with him!

"What do you say you are eating, hundreds of thousands of troops can't take down Shanhaiguan in 20 days, is this your true level?"

He said to Li Laiheng dissatisfied.

The latter was lying on the mast like him, but it was the first time Li Laiheng had done this, and he was holding on to the mast with a pale face, trembling and looking at the waves nearly ten feet down, and a shark was swimming happily underwater.

Anyway, how could Li Laiheng have the kung fu to quarrel with him at this time!

But it's understandable.

After all, Li Zicheng has always had a poor record in this regard.

For example, in Ningwu Pass, Zhou Yuji was disgraced, and then he opened the seal.

Although it is not easy to say whether Li Zicheng decided the Yellow River, this is what our Qing Dynasty version of the Ming History said, the part of the two dynasties of the Apocalypse Chongzhen of that book should basically be regarded as a novel, and the Guoyu said that the Kaifeng pusher, later surrendered to our Qing Dynasty, and led our Qing Dynasty to integrate with Fujian's Huang Shu's unexpected behavior led to the burst, and at the same time, our Qing Dynasty official Gu Yingtai's Ming History Chronicle is very clear that the governor Gao Mingheng and Huang Shu partnered. But no matter who opened the Yellow River, it shows that Li Zicheng has always been a poor person in attacking the city, especially this time it was Shanhaiguan, the fortification of this fortress was completely beyond the ability of the Hongyi cannon, even the Qing army never tried to storm it.

The Qing army did use artillery to bombard these castles in Tashan and Xingshan, but those castles are not at the same level as Shanhaiguan!

The Qing army didn't even blast Ning Yuan.

Not to mention that Shanhaiguan is one level higher than Ningyuan, this fortress that can still face modern cannons even in the Republic of China is not something that an eighteen-pounder cannon can gnaw at all, otherwise Zilharang and Azig would not have stopped outside the border last year.

If there were no Seven Thousand Qing Army of Ai Duli, Li Zicheng would definitely be able to take it at this time, but with these Seven Thousand Qing Army, it would definitely take him some time to take it again, and twenty days is not a long time for attacking a fortress of this level, and besides, things are already like this anyway, Yang Qing is not interested in caring about it anymore, so he better do his thing!

It's just that it's really hard to start, even with his madness, he knows that it is very unwise to provoke Dorgon at this time, but no matter how Dorgon lets him continue to move forward......

Li Zicheng is still not insured there!

120,000 Shun troops, at most plus less than 20,000 Ming troops under Huang Fei and Song Quan, can raise 140,000 horses and horses in the sky, but the vast majority are rabble, surrendered Ming troops, and miscellaneous Shun troops from all walks of life, and the real elite will not exceed 50,000. And even if Dolgon loses a lot of losses, after receiving reinforcements from Da Yu'er's mother's family, he can still gather more than 80,000 people outside Shanhaiguan, and even if the defenders of the north and south wings of the city are lost in the city, Wu Sangui and Ai Duli can still dispatch 30,000 to 40,000 people, which means that this coalition army can reach 120,000, and most of them can be said to be elite.

140,000 against 120,000.

The outcome is still unpredictable, and before Yuan Zongdi arrives, Li Zicheng still has a high probability of losing in the decisive battle.

"Head of the house, look south!"

Suddenly, on the mast of a battleship next to him, the brocade guard in charge of observation shouted.

Yang Qing immediately turned his head.

Then he saw a little white of the sail slowly emerging in the light blue in the mist where the sea and the sky met slightly to the south, and he immediately turned the telescope to point it, and then the figure of a sailboat became clear in his vision, but this ship was not the same as the one under his feet, not only the bow was raised, but the bow was also sharper.

"Bird boats? Where did the bird boat come from? ”

He was stunned.

But almost at the same time, a second white sail appeared in his field of vision......

"Zhejiang ship, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Naval Division, is the warship of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Naval Division!"

Yang Qing suddenly shouted.

He guessed right.

Only a quarter of an hour later, he and the nearly 10,000 sailors on the Denglai Navy Division's warship could already admire in amazement what it meant to be spectacular!

Countless warships, fortune ships, bird ships, sand ships, and even a few warships that were obviously more westernized, at the end of their field of vision, in the blue where the sea and the sky met, with their huge bodies and dense mast sails, formed a horizontal wall, which was constantly closing the distance under the impetus of the southeast wind, and at the same time constantly becoming clear.

Soon, on a huge fortune boat in the middle, a figure in full palace clothes became equally clear, and next to this figure, there was an equally pretty figure, constantly waving his arms towards him.

"It's finally here!"

Yang Qing let out a long breath and said.

Gangnam's reinforcements finally arrived.