Under Chen Yue's order, all the artillery of the army was lined up and launched a fierce attack on Xiluo City outside the Shanhai Pass, and the cannonballs rained down on Xiluo City, and the brick and stone fragments that were smashed at the battlements of the city wall flew together.

At the same time, Xu Qingtian and Ma Chuang each began to attack the north and south Yicheng with thousands of troops, putting on a posture of strong attack.

At the same time, Chen Yue ordered someone to send an order to the back road, ordering the baggage artillery behind to be transported quickly, and at the same time ordering someone to send a message to Beijing, and ordering Li Yi to lead the main force of the Western Route Army to Shanhaiguan.

The head of Shanhaiguan City, Xiluo City and the north and south wing cities were attacked by the Ming army, and Dai Shan's troops were strictly defended. Luckedhun led the cavalry out of Shanhaiguan for Ningyuan, and the troops in Daishan's hands were only more than 5,000 people, and they were all veterans.

However, it is a veteran remnant, and the strength to shoot arrows and stones is still there, relying on a strong defense, Dai Shan is confident that he will not let the Ming army cross the thunder pool.

Although the artillery of the Ming army was fierce, most of them were small-caliber artillery, and the red-coated cannons fell far behind because they were too bulky. Through the shelling of the Ming army, Dai Shan judged that it was almost impossible for the Ming army to break through the wall with artillery.

"Lord Wang, a Ming army has bypassed the mountain range to the north!" Suddenly, a soldier came to report it, which surprised Dai Shan.

The Ming army wants to bypass the side wall from the north! Dai Shan immediately understood.

But when it comes to understanding, he is helpless now. He now has only more than 5,000 troops in his hands, and it is already very tense to defend the fortresses and fortresses, how can he divide the troops to patrol the border wall to prevent the Ming army from crossing?

"Send someone to deliver a message to Luckedhun, and ask him to pay attention to the Ming army who have climbed over the side wall of the embankment!" Dai Shan can only be arranged in this way.

As the sun set, the roaring artillery of the day stopped, and the troops that feinted to attack Luocheng and Yicheng also withdrew, and without siege equipment, it was too difficult to break through Shanhaiguan with only a few dozen hastily made ladders.

After shaving Jin Xin and taking away 20,000 troops, Chen Yue's troops were only more than 30,000 people.

Although Jin Xin led 20,000 troops over the side wall, there was still the main force of the Qing army in Shanhaiguan, and he didn't know if Jin Xin could gain a foothold. Chen Yue also had another way to climb over the side wall, and that was to organize a fleet of ships to carry troops to bypass Shanhaiguan from the sea.

By the time the march passed through Tianjin, Chen Yue had already sent part of his army to capture the coast of Dagu and organized a fleet to go to Shanhaiguan from the sea. It's almost time to do the math.

However, no matter what siege method is adopted, sufficient troops are the guarantee of capturing Shanhaiguan. Chen Yue only had more than 30,000 troops in his hands, and he could no longer divide his troops. However, Li Yi, who attacked Beijing, should lead the army on the way to Shanhaiguan!

Speaking of Li Yi, he was ordered to take more than 50,000 people of the Western Route Army to Tongzhou through Baoding, Hejian. When the march reached the county seat of Baoding, he received an order from Chen Yue, who told him in detail the analysis that the Manchus had retreated from Beijing.

Unlike Chen Yue's Eastern Route Army, with the cavalry led by Luck Dehun, Li Yi led the army all the way and did not encounter the Qing army at all. Whether it was Hejian Province or Baoding County, when the army arrived, the Manchu appointed officials all opened the city and surrendered. The edifice will fall, and no one will be buried for the Manchus.

Since receiving Chen Yue's order, Li Yi quickened the pace of the march, he did not go to Tongzhou to join the army, but went straight north from Baoding County to Gu'an, Bazhou, and crossed the Lugou River to the city of Beijing.

The Manchu court and hundreds of thousands of its people had withdrawn from Beijing, and Beijing was now an empty city.

When the army entered the city, they saw that there was chaos in the city of Beijing, and there were fires everywhere, which were set by the Manchurians when they withdrew.

The Manchus in the city retreated, and only tens of thousands of Han people remained in the city, all of whom were civilians living in the outer city, and some of them were Han officials who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Eight Banners were gone, the city was unguarded and in a state of anarchy, and many people rushed into the inner city to look for the belongings that the people had too late to take away. Fights, robberies and fights can be seen everywhere, and the whole city is in chaos, which is what Li Yi saw when he led people into Beijing.

Sent troops to occupy the various gates of the city and firmly control the city of Beijing, and then Li Yi began to clean up the city. Armies were sent out to sweep the streets, killing and looting all the rioters.

Under the strong suppression of the Ming army, the order in the city quickly stabilized, and then Li Yi began to organize people to extinguish the fire.

The first to rescue was the imperial palace, the Manchu court set a fire before evacuating, many palaces in the palace were burning, and it burned for several days, and there was no way to save it. Over the past few years, the Forbidden City has experienced the catastrophe of Li Chuang, and then the Mantar, which has been ruined into ruins, and the Ming court wants to move the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, but it cannot be settled.

On the third day of Li Yi's capture of Beijing, Gu Junen, who attacked Baoding City, rushed to bring people to Beijing City.

Leaving 20,000 troops to the north to attack the cities of Changping, Huairou and Juyongguan, Li Yi led 30,000 main forces to leave Beijing, and ran Jizhou Zunhua to Shanhaiguan.

Along the way, all the cities were abandoned by the Manchus, and even the local officials appointed by the Manchus fled.

Li Yi led his troops all the way, and when he entered Yongping Mansion, he finally caught up with the fleeing Manchu people.

There were about 100,000 Manchu people intercepted by Chen Yue, and they were distributed in the territory of Yongping Mansion.

"General!" Li Yi's subordinate generals looked at him eagerly, waiting for orders.

The Manchu army fled without a trace, leaving only unprotected women, children, old and young, and carrying a large amount of property, which was infinitely attractive to the Ming army.

"Arrest all the Manchurians, and kill those who resist! Note that we are not brutes like the Eight Banners, if it is not necessary, we are not allowed to slaughter, we are not allowed to commit adultery, and after the Manchurian people are arrested, we will have our own princes and courts to deal with.

All the seized property and silver will be handed over, and the officers and soldiers of each team will be responsible for registration, and after the war, the prince will take out his property to reward everyone, and all those who keep private property will be dealt with by military law! ”

Li Yi strictly promulgated military discipline. If you are not strict, you can't do it, the wealth is moving, and when the people flee, they take a lot of possessions with them, and they see a lot of them along the way. If soldiers are allowed to compete for private possession, military discipline must be corrupted to the extreme.

After the promulgation of military discipline, Li Yi was still not at ease, and sent thousands of soldiers to be in charge of military law and strictly enforce military discipline.

More than 30,000 troops were sent out in battalions and began to hunt down the Manchurian people all over the mountains. Just when Li Yi's subordinates were happily arresting the people and searching for property, Chen Yue's order came, ordering him to immediately lead the army to Shanhaiguan.