The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and the smell of barbecued meat.

The ground was already a mess, full of devastation, and there were corpses everywhere.

"It's so exciting, it's so exciting!"

The red lady laughed, although she was a woman, she was extremely bold, and she shot with a machine gun, and she killed the most people.

The others laughed along. Although they are all elites of the Ming Dynasty, they have lost more than they won when they encountered the Tartars in the past, and even the only few victories were disastrous victories, and the cavalry strength of the Tartars was indeed too strong.

However, this time, there was no chance for the opponent to resist at all, and after a round of shelling, the ground was washed directly, and the remaining small fish and shrimp were directly harvested, and this battle was too easy.

If this situation continues, the destruction of the Tartars is just around the corner.

However, Chongzhen's face was not very good-looking, but there was a hint of solemnity, and he asked, "Are you sure that there are 100,000 horses in the Tartars here?"

The red lady was stunned for a moment, and said: "My husband has sent scouts to investigate, even if the Tartars don't have 100,000 horses, but at least 60,000 or 70,000!"

On the battlefield, tens of thousands of people acted in unison, and the scouts could only investigate from a distance and make a rough estimate, and sometimes, in order to make the situation more serious, they would often overreport the number of people, so it was normal to report 100,000 people, but in fact only 50,000 or 60,000.

But, even so, it's too abnormal.

Chongzhen looked at his backstage points, just now, with a sweep and kill, his later points only increased by more than three million, that is to say, the enemies killed were only more than thirty thousand, only half of the enemies.

Where are the rest of the general enemy?

Chongzhen's heart sank suddenly.

These missing Tartars obviously won't be nearby, otherwise it would be impossible for there to be no movement in such a lively fight here.

However, suddenly, tens of thousands of people disappeared, which was too weird.

If you don't find this group of enemies, you will definitely not be able to sleep.

"Go, see if there's any alive! ”

The red lady also had a premonition that the matter was serious, and tens of thousands of enemies were missing, so she hurriedly ordered her subordinates to look around for a living.

Soon, several people were brought in.

These people were all stunned or wounded by shrapnel in the shelling, but they didn't die!

"Ask them where else they are!"

Guan Ning Tieqi has been fighting with the Tartars all the year round, and he also knows some Manchu language, so he asked for a while, and the Manchu man roared angrily.

"What did he say?"

A Guan Ning iron horseman's face was a little ugly, and he said in a low voice: "This Tartar said that he would not surrender to us. ”

However, it is obvious that the other party's words will definitely not sound very good, and this cavalryman must not dare to translate directly for fear of colliding with the emperor.

"Cut, ask the next one!" Chongzhen showed no mercy.

With a flash of the sword, a head rose into the sky.

Seeing that their companions were killed, the remaining Tartars were in a bit of a commotion.

"Don't kill me!"

"I say!"

Under the bright knife, someone finally couldn't bear it, and actually spoke Chinese.

"My lord, spare my life, I am also a person from the Ming Dynasty, I am just a businessman, not a Tartar......" The man kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Do business?Jin merchants?" A trace of coldness flashed in Chongzhen's eyes, in this era, it was the Jin merchants who did business with the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

If you look closely, it's really a Han person. It's just that this guy is covered in tatters, and he has horse manure on his face, which is almost unrecognizable in this dark night.

"This guy was dug out of a pile of horse manure!"

It turned out that when this man was awakened by a cannonball, he immediately fled on horseback, but was stunned by a cannon and planted in a horse manure heap, but he picked up a life.

"Speak quickly!" a steel knife rested on his neck.

The man trembled, and he didn't know if he was scared, a camel color appeared on his face, and he hurriedly said: "I know, those who don't see are Han Baqi, and they left with Lord Hong!"

"Which Lord Hong?" Chongzhen asked with an eyebrow.

"It's Lord Hong Chengchou, Lord Hong and Lord Taze disagree, Lord Hong wants to send a surprise attack on the mainland by sea to bypass Shanhaiguan. However, the Manchurian Cavalry Shooting Wushuang didn't know how to water, so Lord Tazawa didn't agree, and Lord Hong left alone with the more than 10,000 Han Eight Banners!"

Take the sea route!

Chongzhen's pupils constricted suddenly, he actually ignored this.

Because, the Tartars don't know how to water, and even, outside the Guan, all the people by the sea were moved into the interior by the Tartars, and the strong walls were cleared to prevent the Ming army's navy from sneaking attacks. Therefore, it is even more impossible for the Tartars to take the waterway.

However, it is overlooked that there are many Han generals in the current Tartars. Such as Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou, Kong Youde, these people.

Hong Chengchou is different from Tatar, so it is naturally not surprising that he can think of taking the sea route.

"How long have they been gone?" Chongzhen's face became more and more ugly. If Hong Chengchou is really allowed to bypass Shanhaiguan with tens of thousands of people, he can take a boat directly south to Yantai, go straight to Tianjin, and approach Beijing.

"They shouldn't have gone too far!" said the man, swallowing his spit, fearfully, "I found their boat for them." There were no sea ships outside the gates, and they did not have many sailors, and the speed of the ships was slow. ”

The man continued: "There are not many people under Lord Hong's command who know how to water, and the boat is not big, so they don't dare to go too far, so they agreed to land at the Datang River and be met by the people of our caravan. ”

The Datang River is less than a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan. Hong Chengchou is not bold, and he dares to play this kind of dark trick under the noses of tens of thousands of defenders in Shanhaiguan.

If he succeeds, Shanhaiguan will attack from both sides, and I am afraid it will be broken without telling him.

"Take him with you and go to the Datang River!" Chongzhen knew that he couldn't delay at this time, and he had to race against time.

Fortunately, the Datang River is not far from Shanhaiguan, so you can arrive in an hour.

Soon, Chongzhen and his entourage rushed to the Datang River.

"There's a dock ahead, it's our caravan guys there!"

It can be seen that on the dock, there are several merchant ships, and there is a faint light, Chongzhen is slightly glad in his heart, it seems that he has not arrived in time, Hong Chengchou has not arrived.

This is not surprising, the speed of the ship is not fast, not to mention, Hong Chengchou and the others do not have a few good sailors. Even if Hong Chengchou was bold enough, he only dared to travel the 180-mile sea route, but did not dare to go directly to Yantai by sea, otherwise, if he encountered strong winds and waves halfway, he might be wiped out.

Chongzhen waved his hand, and the red lady and the others dived over like wild cats, and even though there was a burst of gunfire, they easily took down the merchant ship.

Immediately, everyone disappeared into the shadows, and calm returned to the surface of the Datang River.

After waiting for nearly an hour, I vaguely saw that torches were lit on the sea.

Chongzhen waved his hand, and asked the people of the Jin merchants to also light the torch and signal.

Soon, I saw fishing boats slowly approaching.

By the light of the torches, it can be clearly seen that at the forefront, a middle-aged general wearing bright armor is standing at the bow of the ship.

"It's Lord Hong in front?"

The middle-aged general felt that the voice was a little familiar, and he didn't think too much about it, he just thought it was an old friend, stroked his beard, and laughed: "Exactly, let you wait for a long time! When this success is completed, I will definitely report your merits to the regent......

I saw that the curtain of the merchant ship was lifted, and a middle-aged man walked out.

Seeing the majestic dragon robe and the familiar face, Hong Chengchou's face couldn't help but change wildly, and he exclaimed like a ghost: "Your Majesty !!"

Chongzhen's body was full of yellow bullets, he picked up a Gatling with both hands, and said with a cold smile: "Hong Aiqing really made me wait for a long time!

The voice fell,

Six barrels spew out endless flames at the same time.

In an instant, the fishing boat under Hong Chengchou's feet was torn to pieces.