Liaoning West Corridor, Ningyuan.

Mang Gurtai's 30,000 horses were stationed here, stirring up a miasma of smoke in the city. Before dark, the Jiannu general received a summons from Feihe from Shanhaiguan that Gao Hongzhong's troops had entered a state of battle with the 'revolutionary army'. In addition to passing the battle situation to Shenyang, he did not wait for Nurhachi's command - Jiannu has fought for decades, and the front-line commander has the power to make decisions on the spot.

Everything seems to be the same as Nurhachi expected, and now it only depends on how many troops Gao Hongzhong can attract the 'revolutionary army' - there are many troops in Shanhaiguan, and other places must be empty; If it attracts less, then the Shanhaiguan is empty and can be attacked. I have to say that Jiannu is also a good calculation.

However, according to Gao Hongzhong's interrogation, Mang Gurtai was very uneasy. The fact that the 'revolutionary army' could transport troops by sea seems to have been naturally ignored by the Jurchens, and even the traitors who defected to Jiannu were collectively ignored. Now Gao Hongzhong said that the 'revolutionary army' had more than a dozen large ships transporting troops behind him and stopped between Gao Hongzhong and Mang Gurtai.

What is the current situation in Shanhaiguan? How many troops did the 'revolutionary army' transport by sea? Where did it go? Will there be a follow-up troop transport? Gao Hongzhong didn't say anything. But this subtle change is enough to affect the situation of the battle.

Mang Gurtai had in his hand a map of China that he had bought at a high price from the Dutch, and when he saw the lack of pen and drawing on it, he knew that it was printed and published by the 'revolutionary army'.

Such clear maps were a state secret in all dynasties, but the 'revolutionary army' was used as ordinary reading material to cultivate national consciousness - maps could easily let the people understand what the country was like.

An important feature of modern countries is that they have broken down geographical barriers. Let the Northeast and Sichuan, Shaanxi and Guangdong and other distant populations have cultural identity. This identification is not innate, it is educational. For today's society where villages are fighting to the death for water, this kind of identity is more important than just leaks.

The map in Mang Gurtai's hand was still revised, and he couldn't find a small city like Ningyuan on the map, but he could see Jinzhou, Liaodong Bay, and the Liaonan Peninsula. Liaodong Bay is deliberately painted small, giving people the feeling that they can swim from southern Liaoning to western Liaoning. Reminiscent of Gao Hongzhong's saying that the 'revolutionary army' transported troops by sea, Mang Gurtai had to worry about the follow-up situation.

For the Jurchens who stay in the white mountains and black waters all year round, the sea is really a strange word. It's not easy to get these barbarians to understand what the ocean can bring, but war happens to be a very good way to do it. Just a detour to Gao Hongzhong's back made Mang Gurtai feel a great shock - it turns out that you can still play like this in war?

The characteristic of the Liaoning West Corridor is that it is a road that is stunned, with the sea in the east and the mountains in the west. It is this kind of terrain that has created the prestige of 'the first pass in the world'. Fortunately, sea freight has made the road easier.

In war, detouring the enemy's flank is always the best tactic. Because there is no army that can make itself very strong on all sides, and it is not as strong on all sides as it is on one side. Because the strength of the force is not unlimited, concentration can form a breakthrough.

Mang Gurtai had to consider the consequences of this 'revolutionary army' force by sea. It is a foregone conclusion that Gao Hongzhong's middle part will be caught in the front and back, and what makes people uncertain is how long can his 50,000 people last? Could it be a meat bun beating a dog, and there is no return?

"Gao Hongzhong won't last long." Mang Gurtai didn't know how many troops Zhou Qingfeng had mobilized, but he was a fierce general who had been fighting since birth with Wild Boar Skin. The intuition tempered on the battlefield told him that the response of the 'revolutionary army' was by no means casual, and the 50,000 people commanded by Gao Hongzhong were going to be unlucky.

"To save or not to save?" Mang Gurtai was very hesitant in his heart.

Last year, Nurhachi completely annexed Yehebu and added a large number of cavalry to his command. This time, Nurhachi also mobilized many Mongolian tribes to go south together. In addition, Jiannu was originally a cavalry infantry, and the 30,000 people of Mang Gurtai were all Jurchen elites, and they had quite strong battlefield mobility capabilities.

"If I go south quickly, can I eat this group of people and horses of the 'revolutionary army' by sea in turn? If I go south, what will be the impact on the whole situation? Mang Gurtai repeatedly calculated in his heart, and it was difficult to make a decision. Because he has already penetrated 100 miles into the western Liaoning corridor, it is not impossible that the 'revolutionary army' will cut off the back route by sea transportation again.

Many circumstances were unclear, which made Mang Gurtai very distressed in Ningyuan City, and he didn't make a decision all night after thinking about it. He decided to send a cavalry south after dawn to reconnoitre, and at the same time wait until tomorrow to see the battle situation in Gao Hongzhong's middle to make a decision. This crucial night passed in his repeated hard thinking and pacing.

Mang Gurtai's mind was still stuck in the 'slow-paced' wars of the past, and he decided that waiting should be a steady performance. However, this time, although the 'revolutionary army' did not exert all its strength at the beginning, it used all the ideas of its own new army.

Jia Gang's six divine clones were all mobilized to several important cities on the northern front line to ensure the smooth flow of information at several points on the battlefield. When the message of 'Wild Boar Skin Engaged in Cults, Imprisoned the Minds of Believers, and Became Extremely Powerful' was issued, Xu Bing in the rear was very vigilant and reminded Zhou Qingfeng to beware of Jiannu's tactics of crowds.

"There are too few troops at the front, and the militia in the rear must be mobilized." Xu Bing is located in Tianjin, because it has been governed by the 'revolutionary army' for more than a year, and the mass base and logistics conditions are the best. She smelled a breath of Armageddon and immediately mobilized the militia and migrant workers again to support the front line.

After taking the capital, the 'revolutionary army' mobilized nearly 200,000 people. These people are currently used to control Gyeonggi and cannot be easily moved. If this dilemma happened in the Ming court, it would be completely impossible to mobilize again. After all, it took half a year for the Ming court to mobilize Yang Hao's tens of thousands of horses before.

But for the 'revolutionary army' that has rooted its rule at the grassroots level, mobilizing 200,000 people is not the limit. Xu Bing issued an order to the State Council, which he had just reorganized, and his subordinates gave a preliminary report just a few hours later.

Within three days, Tianjin was able to mobilize another 10,000 militiamen and 20,000 migrant workers. Southern Liaoning has a good foundation and can mobilize 30,000 militia. Although Shandong has not been taken for a long time, it has a large area, a large population, and a small militia, but as long as the material supply can keep up, it can mobilize 50,000 migrant workers. If the time is extended to one month, the number of mobilized people can be tripled again.

Mobilizing so many people is not just a matter of giving an order. It is also a big project to mobilize and ensure the food, drink, and transportation command of such people, otherwise it will be a mess when mobilized. Xu Bing only dared to play like this after being a junior high school student with a lot of formal education, otherwise he would not be able to control the scene at all.

"What troops can be mobilized in a day?" Xu Bing asked.

Ye Erniang was urgently pulled over as a secretary, and after summarizing the information, she said: "There are two brigades in Baoding and Jinan that are changing guards with the militia. There's not much pressure on us to the south, and we can bring them over. It's just that they are too far away from Shanhaiguan, and it will take ten days to come by land at the earliest. ”

Xu Bing's brows furrowed, and he pondered: "The blessed land of the cave is here, and the triplane is also here." I will fly to Baoding immediately, at least one brigade can be transported in overnight, and tomorrow I can fly to Shanhaiguan. ”

But Ye Erniang shook her head and said: "We only flew to Goa half a month ago to engage in transportation, and the aura in the blessed land of the cave is not enough to support you to do this, and the people's willingness is not enough for you to transport a brigade of 5,000 people and equipment in and out." ”

"Willpower?" Xu Bing closed his eyes slightly and opened them suddenly, "Immediately ordered Mu Sinian of the Propaganda Department to mobilize all his manpower, and the newspaper immediately published an issue, asking the people of our 'revolutionary army' to pray for the country." At a time when the nation is in peril, everyone must do their part. Tell the people of the world that the Tartars who were expelled from the Central Plains are here again! ”

This time, we can't let these barbarians come back to plague us again!

Ye Erniang was suddenly shocked, and persuaded in a low voice: "With such fanfare, I'm afraid that the remnants of the Ming Court in the south will make a move." We have just transferred the troops from the south, and it will be troublesome if the remnants of the Ming court suddenly go north. ”

The 'revolutionary army' occupied Shandong, and Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu in Luoyang, was afraid that the thieves would come over. As soon as he slipped away, he ran to Hangzhou. After Emperor Taichang was finished, the remnants of the Ming court immediately supported Zhu Changxun to succeed him. Scraping together, he also had more than 100,000 horses under his command. Hangzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, there is no shortage of grain and grass, and the life of this small court is very prosperous.

But Xu Bing looked down on the puppet Ming court in the south from the bottom of her heart, and she felt that the war with Jiannu in the north was more important, as for the ...... in the south, "Let the guerrillas in the south move, drag Zhu Changxun's men and horses, and prevent them from going north." The Jurchen barbarians are our greatest and most ferocious enemies, and they must be defeated and highly valued. ”

Strategically it can be contempted, but tactically it cannot be taken lightly.

Hearing that Jiannu's army was approaching Shanhaiguan, Zhou Qingfeng went to the front line in person. Xu Bing learned that the wild boar skin was strange, and immediately stepped up the confrontation. The industrial system of the 'revolutionary army' shifted to military production a month ago, and this time it was the people of society who began to prepare for a decisive battle.

When the night battle at Shanhaiguan was about to begin, the propagandists in Tianjin, Beijing, Jinzhou, and Jinan were all notified. The staff of the newspaper began to prepare for the publication of the manuscript written by Xu Bing, and the printing workshop immediately started. The battle outside Shanhaiguan was quickly turned into lead letters, and it was printed on the outside of the expedited number.

After Xu Bing's mobilization order was issued, all the civil servants of the 'revolutionary army' canceled their vacations. They carried grain from the warehouses and loaded it into wagons, and they organized militia ranks, and militia captains from all over the country were organized into temporary officers.

At night, civil affairs officers with rosters and soldiers carrying rifles knocked on doors, asked for the name of the head of the household, and then handed over a notice of requisition......

"Comrade, the aggressor is just outside the walls, and the reactionary gentry are trying to make a comeback. When the country is in danger, the nation is suffering a catastrophe. Come with us, the people need you to step up. ”