When it was almost evening, there were more than 4,000 horsemen and soldiers galloping by, which made all the Ming soldiers in Ningyuan City even more excited, and they all started to discuss, wondering how many Heavenly Army would come from Liaodong? This makes people feel that Liaodong is not the nest of Jianyu, but has become a territory called the Heavenly Army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, although they had never heard of the Heavenly Army, but when they saw such a situation, they imagined that the Jianyu, who originally thought that they were invincible, could not even keep their nest under the front of the Heavenly Army. When the Ming soldiers thought of this conclusion, they couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, calling the Heavenly Army incredibly powerful!

Inevitably, most of the soldiers will inevitably have admiration for such a strong army. Even hated why he wasn't one of them, what was that kind of strong army like?

In the early morning of the next day, more than 8,000 cavalry troops called the Heavenly Army appeared. It's just that unlike the last few times, only a small number of soldiers in this cavalry are equipped with one man and two horses. The reason for this, Hu Guang, who is in the army, is naturally very clear.

In this expedition, Hu Guang can be said to have made a bloody investment. All the soldiers had two horses, almost emptying the available war horses in the base area. After a long march and battle, it was inevitable to lose a lot of war horses. Although there were seizures, it was impossible to equip one man and two horses.

In the battle of Daling River, Hu Guang learned from the captives about the reality of Shanhaiguan, and immediately ordered Cheng Mouse to lead more than 100 elite cavalry scouts to set off in disguise and captivity.

At that time, he gave Cheng Mouse a death order. If Jianyu did not return in time, then there would only be about 3,000 old and weak soldiers in Shanhaiguan. And at least more than half of them are Han people who were formerly in the Ming army of Shanhaiguan and took refuge in Jianyu.

The reason for this situation is mainly that at the beginning, Dorgon must have drawn the elite. And Duoduo wants to return to Shengjing, and he also wants to sweep away the heavenly army and the rebellious Han slaves in the hinterland of Liaodong, so naturally he must take away as many elites as possible.

Such a situation is expected and a bit unexpected for Hu Guang.

Originally, he only calculated that the Jianyu of Shanhaiguan would raise a large army to return to the hinterland of Liaodong, but he didn't expect that Dolgon would lead his troops into the customs first. He was a little worried that the two brothers of Dolgon were also historical celebrities, one led troops to help, and the other was stationed at Shanhaiguan. In this way, he is not worried that he will not be able to deal with the returning reinforcements, but he is a little worried that Shanhaiguan will not be able to capture it.

After all, the capture of Shanhaiguan is of great significance to this campaign.

If Shanhaiguan is in the hands of the Heavenly Army, then Liaodong will become the base of the Heavenly Army, there is no doubt about this. But if Shanhaiguan is still controlled by Jianyu, it means that the Heavenly Army has made such a big effort to go out this time, and at most it will only destroy Liaodong once, but it will not be able to occupy it.

Because the forces of the Heavenly Army are limited, it is impossible to take care of the old base area in the Hetao Plain and the new base area in Liaodong at the same time. After all, there are a lot of troops in Jianyu, and if they occupy Shanhaiguan, sending troops anywhere is not so that the heavenly army can withstand it, and it must be countered by the main force. And the main force of the Heavenly Army has no wings, and if you can take care of the east, you can't take care of the west.

Hu Guang explained this truth to the middle and senior generals of the army when the campaign was launched, and he also made preparations from the beginning.

Now the emptiness of Shanhaiguan can really be described as a great gift from God to the heavenly army, and the only key is that Shanhaiguan must be taken before the captives in the pass are returned.

In order to ensure the success of the second phase of this campaign, Hu Guang gave Cheng Mouse an order to adopt a conservative strategy. After opening the east gate of Shanhaiguan, he did his best to defend this gate until reinforcements arrived.

In this way, the combat power of more than 100 horsemen is definitely not enough to control Shanhaiguan, but the strength to defend a gate is still almost there. In this case, it is assumed that the reinforcements will be returned according to the worst-case scenario.

As for whether it can be defrauded, Hu Guang believes that the probability of success is very high. Because for this operation, there were simulations in advance, and there were multiple sets of plans to deal with possible situations. More importantly, the personal seal of Duoduo was seized on the battlefield, which made the identity of Cheng Mouse and his party legitimate.

Hu Han's three divisions did not engage in fierce battles, so after the battle of the Daling River ended, after ensuring that the friendly forces had absolutely controlled the battlefield, they immediately received orders to lead part of the troops to set off. He wants to ensure that he can support Cheng Mouse in time, and not let that kind of failed dogskin happen.

When the battle of Dalinghe ended and the battlefield began to be cleaned, some of the soldiers who participated in the battle had already rested, and under the leadership of Liu Daneng, they were equipped with one man and two horses, and went to support Shanhaiguan again, striving to completely control Shanhaiguan.

Hu Guang himself waited for the results of the Battle of Dalinghe to come out, and ordered some soldiers to protect their wounded comrades and monitor more than 1,000 prisoners of war to dig pits and bury the corpses of more than 4,000 prisoners. As for the rest of the Jianjiao who lost their armor and fled into the mountains in embarrassment, they ignored it for the time being. On such a cold day, it is estimated that more than half of the people will freeze to death and starve to death in the mountains.

After resting for the rest of the night, Hu Guang personally led the rest of the troops to the Shanhaiguan battlefield.

When he led the army through Jinzhou, looking at the skull-like heads exposed at the head of the city, after a little hesitation, he sent some food to the city, and then left without saying a word.

This time, I came to Ningyuan City. Hu Guang found that there seemed to be a lot more Ming soldiers exposed at the head of Ningyuan City than in Jinzhou, and at the same time, he also saw He Kegang's handsome flag fluttering on the city.

Hu Guang did not stop, although he had his plans for these Ming troops. But at the moment, the focus of the matter is still on the Shanhaiguan side, and we will deal with these Ming troops after the results are available.

According to the precedent, he ordered to send some food to He Kegang's city, and then led the army to continue to advance.

He Kegang was like an ordinary Ming soldier in the arrow tower, and he was surprised by the kindness released by the Heavenly Army, and at the same time he was grateful. In particular, he asked the heavenly army to give him food, and he didn't say anything like that, he wanted to surrender himself, and he put down his things and left, which seemed to be really sincere.

However, one of He Kegang's personal guards had a different idea, and only heard him say curtly: "Shouldn't it be poisonous?" ”

When He Kegang heard this, he was about to reprimand when he suddenly saw a soldier of the Heavenly Army galloping from the direction of Shanhaiguan. Suddenly, his attention was immediately drawn to it.

I saw that the soldier named the Heavenly Army was in the nearest place called the Heavenly Army, rolled his saddle and fell off his horse, telling a young man something.

It was only a moment before He Kegang heard a sharp trumpet sound, causing the marching speed of the Heavenly Army to suddenly increase and roll towards Shanhaiguan. (To be continued.) )