The fleet, which stretched for several miles, continued north along the canal, and at this time, good news came down the canal.

Jiang Yang, a slave with three surnames stationed in Ningwuguan, Shanxi, decided to change his surname again, and he secretly sent someone to Wang Deyong to pass a message, he only needed Zhou Huchen's promise, as long as Zhou Huchen guaranteed the life and property of his whole family, Jiang Yang would do his own dedication to Ningwuguan.

This was completely a surprise, but at the same time as this surprise arrived, Zhou Huchen suddenly woke up to the fact that Jiang Yang, the grass on the wall, might have seen something.

Due to the lack of large artillery, and Shanxi is full of mountains, which is not conducive to transportation, Wang Deyong did not carry a huge cannon into Shanxi, and it must be difficult for him to capture Ningwu Pass, but now Jiang Yang's behavior has revealed the weakness of Jiannu, and Jiannu's strength is tight. Jiang Yang's chance of surrendering by fraud was very small, because he knew that Zhou Huchen had a huge cannon enough to collapse Ningwu Pass, and knew Zhou Huchen's influence in Shanxi, and the news that Zhou Huchen led the army out of the division had already been released, and Jiang Yang was obviously leaving a way back for himself.

This is public opinion and momentum, those who constantly advocate surrender and not kill under the instigation of Zhou Huchen, as well as the traitor spectrum, the killing weapon of the spectrum reflects the decisive role at this time.

The promise was not discussed, Zhou Huchen quickly repaired the book and sent it to Shanxi, promising nothing, not killing Jiang Yang. Taking Ningwu Pass is equivalent to taking Yanmen Pass, and it is also equivalent to paving the way to Datong and Xuanfu. By taking advantage of Datong and Xuanfu to reach Yanqing Prefecture, which is close to the bottom of the Beijing Division, Zhou Huchen can copy Jiannu's back road, and Jiannu cannot sit idly by and watch the loss of Xuanfu and Yanqing, and must divide troops to resist, which is equivalent to taking the lead without fighting, and Zhou Huchen is a fool if he does not agree.

Before the canal froze, Zhou Huchen's huge fleet reached Jinan, the stronghold of the Ming army.

After visiting Liu Qi, who was recuperating from his injuries in Jinan, and seeing that Liu Qi's life was not in danger and began to recover, Zhou Huchen, who let go of his experience, led the army to move forward. Because Shi Kefa and Zhu Dadian and others were in Texas, and the army led by Huang Degong and Mo Xiancheng was stationed in Hejian.

After a brief welcome and inauguration ceremony, Zhu Youzhen didn't care, he left directly under the pretext that he was already tired. Only Zhou Huchen, Shi Kefa, and Zhu Dadian were left in the house, and because of Shi Kefa and Zhu Dadian, Ye Yinzhi, the superintendent, also went to Hejian with the army.

Shi Kefa and Zhu Dadian can be said to be very welcoming to Zhou Huchen's arrival, they know that Zhou Huchen is powerful, and he is much stronger than his Lao Tzu who only knows how to fight bravely. Through the two of them, Zhou Huchen knew that the battle situation had not changed since Zhou Yuji left, except for the skirmishes between the scouts. It is almost equal to no fighting, both sides are waiting.

"Xiaohu, it's impossible for Jiannu to stand still, when will he attack? Where will it attack? Zhu Dadian was gone, and there was no one else, so he asked directly.

"It's estimated that it's going to be soon, as for the target of the attack, I'm afraid it's still the direction of Baoding of the garrison of He Inspector's Division, and Jiannu is helpless against our garrison in the river. I'm afraid that Inspector He will suffer another attack! ”

Shi Kefa hurriedly interjected: "Then reinforce it, Xiaohu has brought a lot of troops, and the firearms are sharp, so you can send some firearms." You can also send people to support Baoding. ”

"Of course, if you want reinforcements, you can give some grenades first, and the rest of the firearms are of little use and have not been trained. The soldiers used those firearms to give them to Jiannu, so we could send a small part of the army to reinforce the army of Ho. At the same time, we must act now. ”

"How to act?" Shi Kefa and Zhu Dadian asked almost in unison, and their faces were full of excitement.

Zhou Huchen was full of confidence: "Tianjin, we will take Tianjin directly, Hejian is only more than 200 miles away from Tianjin, and the cavalry can reach Tianjin in less than a day, and it takes three days to be infancied, which is no problem." Jiannu will not sit idly by and watch the gateway to the northern capital be lost, so if our army wants to make a containment jiashi, it can just take a big step forward. ”

"Xiaohu, do you mean that Jiashi, who made a feint, left Jiannu with no time to attack Baoding, but really want to take Tianjin?" Zhu Dadian's eyes widened and asked:

"Of course!"

"Tianjin must be heavily guarded, which is not easy." Zhu Dadian shook his head slightly, this idea had been discussed before, but for some reason he didn't dare to implement it at all.

"I've been to the broken city of Tianjin, and it only takes a few shots."

Zhou Huchen didn't care about the so-called strength of Jiannu, Zhu Dadian didn't see it that way: "The key is not whether Tianjin City is strong or not, but the road of more than 200 miles is a flat river, Jiannu's cavalry is galloping vertically and horizontally, there is no strong city to defend along the road, our army is mainly foot soldiers, which is very unfavorable to our army." ”

"Master Overseer, I brought over 6,000 dragoons, 5,000 cavalry, 50,000 foot soldiers and countless of the sharpest firearms, plus Hejian can draw part of the army, even if I encounter Jiannu's cavalry legion, will I be afraid of them? Even if it advances step by step, it will be pushed to the city of Tianjin, but unfortunately, now the canal is about to be frozen, otherwise our army can immediately use the waterway to carry out operations. ”

Shi Kefa and Zhu Dadian had never heard of any dragoons, let alone understood, the two of them had a large number of overseers, always tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, and six thousand people obviously didn't look at them in their eyes. The two of them didn't bother to ask questions about the so-called dragoons, but continued to discuss the issue of attacking Tianjin.

"The weather is indeed cold, there is already thin ice, the waterway is not to go, but this land route still has to wait, if Jiannu attacks Baoding in a big way, our army can directly take Tianjin." Shi Kefa looked at Zhu Dadian, and it seemed that he agreed with Zhou Huchen's suggestion.

Zhu Dadian thought for a while, and then nodded: "You can attack Tianjin, but Hejian is not easy to get it, and you can't lose it, you must leave enough troops to defend." ”

"Jiannu is still in big trouble, if there is a change in Shanxi, Baoding will be safe for the time being, and this winter will probably be an obscure winter for Jiannu in my Central Plains." Zhou Huchen changed the subject, he smiled and took out Jiang Yang's secret letter and handed it out.

Shi Kefa and the two curiously gathered together to unfold the letter, the letter was very short, but the content undoubtedly made the two of them ecstatic.

"Xiaohu, this ginger soil is a famous wall grass, is it credible?" Excitement is excitement, and after reacting, Shi Kefa first cautiously asked questions.

"Is the grass on the wall easy to fall? Since he has surrendered repeatedly, it shows that Jiang Yang is afraid of death, Shanxi used to be my world, Jiang Yang knows the combat ability of our army, and there are not many Jiannu troops to help, how long can he Jiang Yang hold out in Shanxi? Surrender is the best way out, and Jiang Yang can take off the traitor's hat and be erased from the traitor's spectrum, I have made a guarantee to ensure the safety of his whole family's life and give him a promise that he will not blame the past and continue to be in charge of the army, does he have a choice? Zhou Huchen shook his head slightly, his face full of pride.

Zhu Dadian also nodded: "It makes sense, Jiang Yang has no choice, I think this thing can be done nine times out of ten, as long as General Wang passes Ningwu Pass, how can Jiannu be in Jingshizhanzhu?" ”

Zhou Huchen is really a lucky general, such a good thing happened as soon as he came, Shi Kefa groaned and nodded slightly: "It seems that Jiannu's troops are a little tight, this Jiang Yang found himself cornered, it is an opportunity!" Jiang Yang should be such a choice, after all, he can take off the infamy, Ning Wuguan is so exciting! Once our army passes the Ningwu Pass, I'm afraid Jiannu will be extremely frightened! ”

After Ningwu Pass is Zhou Huchen's former nest Datong, Wang Deyong naturally has no problem taking Datong, and Datong is next to Xuanfu, the east side of Xuanfu is Yanqing Prefecture, Yanqing Prefecture is only more than 100 miles away from the northern capital. Even if he can't take the Inner Great Wall Pass of Yanqing, Zhou Huchen is also qualified to be high-spirited, because attacking the Great Wall of Yanqing is destined to contain a large number of troops of the Qing army. The extreme dispersion of forces is undoubtedly the rhythm of failure, and the Qing army will have a hard time this winter, and it is estimated that it will be even more difficult in the spring, because as the climate warms, it will enter the offensive rhythm of the Ming army.

Zhou Huchen with a smug expression, he began to look forward to the future: "Losing Ningwu Pass, Jiannu is not just panicking, three-way attack, I'm afraid Jiannu will have no power to fight back, the northern capital is already in sight, survive this harsh winter, it is estimated that next spring is the most critical moment, our spring is coming!" (To be continued......)