At the beginning of February, a cold snap came from the north.

Gao Hongzhong stood on the lookout of the camp and looked south, and the Shanhai Pass in the distance stood majestically, blocking the road between Liaoxi and Gyeonggi. He arrived from Jinzhou five days ago, and after arriving, he painstakingly built a camp according to the Western method. It was a cold day, and a lot of gunpowder was used to kill more than 1,000 minions, and the camp was finally built.

"This Tessie's method is so wonderful, but it's a pity that I haven't been able to pay attention to it." Gao Hongzhong is a native of Liaodong, and when the Ming court guerrillas, he also had a mixed day. But he couldn't think much about the big changes in the world, and when the Jianzhou army surrounded Guangning, he surrendered.

After this surrender, the slave chieftain was also very popular. Nurhachi organized a large number of Ming troops into the two armies of 'Tianyou' and 'Tianzhu', and still allowed Han generals to lead troops. Sibeile Huang Taiji especially trusted the Han officials, and recruited Gao Hongzhong to be appointed as a deputy general. This time, he also entrusted Gao Hongzhong with the heavy task of commanding 50,000 'Tianyou' troops, and asked him to take his life.

In the barracks, the ranks were purged. A large cross was erected in the camp, and a large number of Jurchen shamans were now converted to military priests, praying every day with their minions. Gao Hongzhong also entered this brainwashing sect, and after washing in the holy water once. He felt as if there was an extra voice in his head, and he was persuading him to obey all the time.

Ordinary people's willpower is not strong enough, and they are afraid of things they can't understand, so they will naturally be domesticated obediently. Gao Hongzhong's mind is clearer and a little resistant, but this formless and qualitative voice is instilling some scripture truths all the time, coupled with the supervision of shamans, after a long time, he has become unable to distinguish between right and wrong, and has become obedient.

The soldiers in the barracks were all like this, and they became submissive. Daikin's minions are very peaceful in their daily lives, but as soon as the shaman priest is aroused, they become fanatical and not afraid of life and death. Gao Hongzhong obviously knew that this seemed a little wrong, but after thinking about it, he felt that it should be so, and there was nothing wrong with it - if there was really such a stubborn and unwilling to obey, it would be a heretic and would be caught and burned to death.

In this way, the Jurchen high-level leaders were all satisfied.

At present, the 50,000 'Heavenly Blessing' army is spread out, and the camp is quite huge.

Gao Hongzhong brought more than a dozen heavy cannons, all of which were built according to Taixi's method, and the power was huge. The entire 'Tianyou' army was also trained by the Taixi officers, and although the soldiers were still as weak as in the past, their morale was quite full, and they could even be said to be fanatical, willing to sacrifice themselves for the Lord—in this Liaodong, the Lord is Nurhachi.

After the camp was repaired, Gao Hongzhong ordered an artillery bombardment in the direction of Shanhaiguan. The wall is so big, there is no reason why it can't be hit. However, because the distance was too far, I didn't know what I hit if I hit it, anyway, I just showed the 'revolutionary army' on the opposite side that I was very powerful.

The artillery on the wall also returned fire, but the camp built according to the Western method was quite strong, and a large number of breastworks were set up in the camp to protect it. The flying shells could not shoot continuous ricochet, so there were not many casualties, and Gao Hongzhong was very satisfied with this.

Gao Hongzhong's purpose in going south this time was to lure the enemy and mobilize the 'revolutionary army'. In the past, he would not have dared to accept such an order, but now that the Pope ordered him to die, he felt in his mind that this task was supremely glorious, and he agreed with a nod.

Yesterday, Gao Hongzhong received news that Sanbeile Mang Gurtai arrived in Ningyuan with 30,000 troops from Jinzhou, and he was coming to aid him. 50,000 plus 30,000, this kind of strength is almost the posture of a national war. In addition, Mang Gurtai is also a general of Jianzhou, and Gao Hongzhong is even more afraid. He stayed in the camp and was even eager to try, hoping that the 'revolutionary army' on the opposite side would go out of the city to fight.

The location of Gao Hongzhong's camp is also exquisite, and it is not far from Shanhaiguan. There are only a few heavy artillery pieces that can be fired in the passes, and they are not accurate. If the soldiers and horses in the city are to be expelled, they must leave the city, so there is no protection from the wall. The way to deal with him was actually to be dealt with when he was not able to set up camp, but the Ming army who escaped from Shanhaiguan also said......

The 'revolutionary army' was under-armed.

A few days after the establishment of the camp, Gao Hongzhong fired artillery every day in the camp to put pressure on the opposite side. He stayed in the camp and waited, anyway, his back road was smooth, there was no shortage of food and grass, and he could completely consume it with the 'revolutionary army' inside the wall. He knew that Mang Gurtai behind him would have to transport more and heavier siege artillery, and he had the posture to break through the barrier in one fell swoop.

At the same time, this time the Great Khan is completely trying his best to strike, Shanhaiguan is only one of them, and there are several other roads to be launched at the same time, making it difficult for the anti-thieves on the opposite side to deal with - this time the Dajin Kingdom is pouring out of the nest, and the happiest people are not the Jurchens, but those Han gentry who are living in Liaodong.

Many people fled from the direction of Gyeonggi and hated the 'revolutionary army' to the core. There are also people who have a grudge against Zhou Qingfeng when they were in Liaodong, and they have been victimized by him by means such as 'making money'. There is even the talented Ximen Ai, who was born in Fushun, and now he has become the secretary of the 'Tianyou' army, and he also serves by Gao Hongzhong's side.

Young Master Ximen has been very lonely in the past two years, and he hears that Zhou Qingfeng's 'revolutionary army' is becoming more and more prosperous every day, so he can only hope that Nurhachi's army can enter Gyeonggi this time, and he will be angry fiercely. In the past few days, Gao Hongzhong's momentum has been good, and he is also happy to follow, thinking that when Sanbeile Mang Gurtai arrives, he will be able to break through the natural danger of this mountain pass.

At this moment, more than a dozen small black dots suddenly appeared in the sea and sky near Gao Hongzhong's camp - the Liaoxi Corridor was narrow, and it was even narrower than a few kilometers when it arrived at Shanhaiguan. Gao Hongzhong's 50,000 hedgehogs gather here, and the camp covers a large area, part of which is close to the sea, only a few hundred meters away from the sea.

These dozen black spots appeared, which quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers and horses in the camp. Ximenai was dealing with grain and grass affairs at the rear of the camp, when he saw more than a dozen black smoke rising from the sea, and then black spots appeared under the black smoke.

Ordinary people think that a hundred tons of displacement is a big ship, and any of the giant ships that suddenly appeared are far more than 100 tons, like a hill floating on the sea. The soldiers and horses in the camp looked strange, but Simon woke up quickly. He immediately left the affairs of grain and grass and ran towards the camp, panting to Gao Hongzhong and shouted: "My lord, that must be the big ship of the Zhou thief." ”

Gao Hongzhong was proud of Wangdou, but he had to frown and look in the direction of the coastline. He scratched his head, but he really didn't expect his opponent to come from the direction of the sea - in the eyes of many people, mountains and rivers are natural barriers for soldiers, and the sea is a barrier within a barrier. This camp faces the sea to the east, so it should be absolutely impossible for the enemy to come from this direction.

This is how the giant ship of the 'revolutionary army' appeared.

"Don't panic, steady!" Gao Hongzhong shouted, and the originally frightened camp was immediately calmed down. The shamans in the camp came out to reassure the soldiers, telling them that it was all expected by God Nurhachi. If these untrustworthy people dare to stand up to the Jianzhou army, they will definitely be punished.

"Send a few guns to the other side of the coast, and the big ships will bombard them if they dare to come close." Gao Hongzhong felt that his response must be right, "I don't believe that these ships are not afraid of being bombarded." ”

More than a dozen transport barges are very weak, and a hundred horsepower drives cannot be accelerated at all, and the speed is only two or three knots per hour. The sea looked close, but the fleet was still more than ten miles from the shore, and it would not be possible to pass at all in two or three hours. At this time, Gao Hongzhong's central division had already moved several heavy guns that were originally facing Shanhaiguan in the south of the camp to the east, ready to fire at any time.

As soon as the transport barge approached the shore, the heavy artillery in the camp rumbled, demonstratively asserting its presence. The shell hit the maximum range and made several large splashes on the surface of the sea. The transport barge seemed to be really afraid of the camp's artillery and did not dare to approach at all, but continued to rush towards the north.

As soon as they saw that the ships did not come to trouble them after their own cannons were fired, the soldiers in the camp immediately cheered and shouted as if they had won the battle. Only one of the officers, including Gao Hongzhong, was immediately shocked, and even Ximen Ai realized that something was wrong and shouted: "Oops, these ships are going around behind us." If this is to block our grain route halfway, it will be troublesome. ”

"Don't panic, steady!" Gao Hongzhong shouted loudly again: "We have Mang Gurtai's 30,000 troops behind us, if this group of enemy troops dares to mess around, they will definitely be flanked by our two armies in front and back." Send someone to ask for help from Sambel at once. ”

The officer's heart was a little steady, and he felt that what his boss said was right. With three bailes behind them, it was unlikely that the enemy would want to cut off the grain and grass. Instead, Simon looked at the departing transport ship and said silently: "What if they don't want to cut off the grain and grass?" ”

Everyone changed color again, and they were silently thinking about the possibility of this. At this time, a sentry came running over and shouted: "My lord, the gate of Shanhaiguan is wide open, and many people have come out." Their cavalry has been slaughtered and is driving away our sentinels. ”

Gao Hongzhong had been staring at the transport ship heading north, and only then did he turn his head to look south again. I saw that the direction of Shanhaiguan, which had not moved for several days, suddenly dispatched a large army, and the infantry and artillery cavalry coordinated and killed his camp in a neat queue. He immediately shouted again: "Don't panic, steady!" The heavy artillery of the front battalion immediately opened fire, crushing the army of Zhou thieves. ”

Before this order could be executed, Gao Hongzhong heard Ximenai's sharp voice shouting: "My lord, my lord, it's not good." Two enemy ships are coming towards us. ”

These boats and soldiers went back and forth, and Gao Hongzhong's brain was about to be dizzy. He looked to the east again, and saw that two of the dozen or so great ships were not heading north, but were heading toward his camp. He said nonchalantly: "What are you afraid of, there are cannons on the east side of our camp." These Tessie cannons are so powerful that if the enemy ships dare to come closer, we want them to look good. ”

That being said, the two enemy ships were really close. Several heavy guns on the shore immediately aimed at them and opened fire, but unfortunately the distance was too far to hit them at all, so they could only waste shells. The two transports, on the other hand, ...... about a kilometer from the shore, simply dropped anchor and stopped, ignoring the splash of shelling from the shore, and lined up the ships sideways to the shore.

"What do these two ships want to do?" Gao Hongzhong was very puzzled, "There doesn't seem to be a cannon on this ship, and it can't be driven to land, what is it doing when it stops on the coast?" Is this really a gamble that you won't be hit? ”

Gao Hong and the others on the shore were not clear, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the camp were also curious. They weren't even worried about the thousands of 'revolutionary army' troops that were slowly advancing in the front battalion, they just wanted to know what these two boats were trying to do.

About half an hour after the ship stopped, more than a dozen rockets burst into the sky from the cabin, drawing beautiful smoke trails and flying towards Gao Hongzhong's camp. Gao Hongzhong shouted with a shocked face: "Don't panic, steady!" But he slipped away and hid somewhere else.