On March 26 of the second year of Hongguang, an unusually large team appeared in front of Shanhaiguan through Funing.

This army had cavalry, infantry soldiers, and some inconsistent uniforms, as if there was a very strong logistics, and the carriages that followed behind the army were almost uncountable. This army is obviously a ragtag army, but the strength is not weak, compared to Zhou Huchen's 300,000 troops out of Gubeikou, this is not much, less than 200,000.

Wu Yun stood at the head of the city, he seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and he was not surprised by the appearance of this army. Taking a deep breath, Wu Yun spoke directly in the city: "Let them all stand in line, and then General Ben will arrange it." ”

"Subordinates obey!"

The commander of the army on the horse is Liu Yushan, this battle-hardened scout has now become a garrison, and he is the leader of the army of more than 100,000 people.

It's not normal for a garrison commander to command an army of more than 100,000 people, but Wu Yun doesn't seem to be surprised, he shouted directly at the head of the city: "Liu Yushan, come in, take a rest, and I'll arrange arrangements for you later." ”

Liu Yushan didn't see it, he arched his hand on the horse: "I haven't seen adults for a long time, just let's talk." ”

Just as Liu Yushan Tima approached the open outer city gate, Wu Yun suddenly remembered: "Call Lord Shangshang, there is something to explain." ”

Liu Yushan waved his hand and asked his soldiers to call someone, and then chatted with Wu Yun under the city: "The marshal is estimated to have entered Wuliangha, and he must be fighting, and he doesn't know how to ravage those people of the Immortal Heaven?" ”

"You don't have to be in a hurry, when you're happy, isn't this about to start!" Wu Yun knew Liu Yushan's thoughts for war, and he responded with a smile:

"All the way! You don't know, my lord, these people are too difficult to manage, even the formation is twisted and crooked, let alone marching quickly, let alone how slow. I'm so tired! ”

Wu Yun had already prepared for Liu Yushan's complaints, and he teased with a smile: "I guess it's enough for you, didn't you bomb the camp?" Ran less? ”

"Dare! Whoever dares to run away will kill him! ”

It seems that he really hasn't run a few, Liu Yushan is in good hands, and Wu Yun knows the difficulty. Among the hundreds of thousands of troops, there were 25,000 soldiers in the original army, and this army can be said to be a miscellaneous card among the miscellaneous cards, the most of which are the new Han troops that had surrendered to Jiannu, as well as a small number of Eight Banners Han Army, Jianzhou soldiers, Mongolians, and Koreans, which is definitely a hodgepodge. Before being able to bring it to Shanhaiguan completely, Liu Yushan had already done a very good job.

At this time, the Lord Shang that Wu Yun said came.

Isn't this Shang Kexi, which one? Shang Kexi is now the commander-in-chief of the new Han Army, but he, the commander of the army, has to listen to the small garrison Liu Yushan, and now, he has to listen to the command of Wu Yun, who is also a little lower than him.

Shang Kexi was full of joy, but in fact, it was nothing, as a former rebel, this time could be said to be his best opportunity. The opportunity to regain the trust of the imperial court made him very energetic.

After meeting Wu Yun, Shang Kexi and Liu Yushan carried their horses into the city gate

"The Governor means to spread out, do you understand what it means to spread out? There are not many Jiannu troops in Liaodong now, and the meaning of spreading out is to subdue. To completely subdue the occupied land, first of all, all the Liaodong clans will clean up for me and let them hand over food for military needs. Regardless of whether the common people and gentry were not allowed to have any weapons in their hands, those who were interested in the court naturally had to use them, and then the court would send officials to govern the place. But there is no need to be polite before the imperial court sends someone, it depends on Shang Shuai, how you carry it out" After entering Shanhaiguan City, Wu Yun exchanged a few words with the two, and he immediately began to arrange the task.

It seems that this task has already been in place, and it is a plan made by Zhou Huchen, as for how to implement it, there are already detailed arrangements, otherwise it is impossible for Wu Yun to do it in all aspects. Shang Kexi is responsible for subduing the place, and the meaning is already obvious, the killing that should be killed, the enveloping of the envelope, in short, is to let Shang Kexi let go and let Liaodong completely return. The land of Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, with mountains and hills, and this method of occupying a place and stabilizing a place is very suitable.

Shang Kexi's ancestral home is Hongdong, Shanxi, and later moved to Hengshui, Hebei, and then moved to Haizhou, Liaodong with his grandfather Shang Jiguan's family, which is equivalent to a Liaodong person. In addition, Shang Kexi has been a military general in Liaodong for many years, and Haizhou is still a fief given to him by the Qing court, so it is very convincing for him to clean up the place.

There is nothing to say about this, it is completely Zhou Huchen's arrangement, which is equivalent to giving him rights, Shang Kexi is very content, and he happily agreed.

Of course, Shang Kexi didn't agree or dare, Zhou Huchen is not a civil official who convinces people with virtue, he is the commander of the Ming Dynasty with millions of blood on his hands, and he kills, and even kills chickens and dogs only in his thoughts.

Wu Yun and Liu Yushan's task was naturally to fight, and his goal was to advance northward, and to advance to the location that Zhou Huchen had reserved for him. Zhang Dengke, who has always been leisurely and leisurely, finally has something to do, and his cavalry finally has a place to use at this time.

Everything is available, only the east wind is owed, on March 28 of the second year of Hongguang, Wu Yunbing went out of Shanhaiguan.

Chushan Customs is the well-known West Liaoning Corridor, which is an important passage with a width of only a dozen to more than 30 miles, and a distance of more than 300 miles. This corridor is backed by mountains and facing the sea, with undulating hills and dangerous situations, and is an important channel to communicate inside and outside Shanhaiguan, and of course, it is also a place where soldiers have always been conquests.

From Shanhaiguan to the north, the most important places along the Liaoning West Corridor are Guangning Qiantunwei (Suizhong), Ningyuan (Xingcheng), Jinxi (Huludao), Songshan Fort, Jinzhou, and Yizhou under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it vigorously strengthened the border defense construction in the northeast region, and built many pier castles and the border wall of Liaodong that was more than 2,300 miles long. Local establishment, abolish the state county, establish the army and guard system, under the jurisdiction of the Shandong political envoy department, Hongwu eight years in Liaoyang set up the Liaodong capital command envoy, leading the twenty-five guards and two states. The geographical scope extends from the Yalu River in the east, to Shanhaiguan in the west, to Lushunkou in the south, and to Kaiyuan in the north, which is equivalent to most of today's Liaoning Province. After the first year of orthodoxy, these places were directly under the jurisdiction of the governor of Liaodong, whose station, at the beginning of Liaoyang, and later moved to Guangning, Shanhaiguan, and Ningyuan.

Wu Yun's first target was, of course, Suizhong, whose topography was restricted by the Yanshan Mountains, which belonged to the eastern extension of the Yanshan Mountains, forming five mountain ranges. These mountains extend in a fan-shaped shape, and because most of the mountains extend from the northwest to the southeast, the terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast.

In addition to the mountains, there are hills of different sizes, and then there are reckless mountains and forests, and the villages along the way are very sparse, and it is difficult to find a flat land. This is outside the Guan, the terrain is complex and sparsely populated, and it is also the most disliked combat environment of the Central Plains army. (To be continued......)