Wu Sangui did not expect the reaction of the Jingbei Army to be so rapid, in his opinion, the Beijing division was initially decided, Li Xingzhi must be anxious to stabilize the situation, and gather those wavering civil and military generals, and the imperial court has just experienced the Songjin War, and the ordnance, grain and grass must be seriously insufficient, even if you want to send troops, at least you have to wait until the money and grain are collected after the year.

Only seven days after the clinker was issued, Wu Sangui received the information that the Jingbei Army was marching northward.

According to intelligence, after the Jingbei Army of the Beijing Division left the Beijing Division, the main force immediately divided its troops into two routes, one route was Xianghe and Baodi; The other route was Jizhou, Qian'an, through Funingwei, and directly approached Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui was not given much time to prepare.

The soldiers and horses of the rebel army are neat and tidy, the clothes and armor are distinct, the flag covers the sky, the guns and bows are countless, and there are more than 1,000 large and small artillery.

"What now, you say?"

In the face of the aggressive pressure of the Jingbei army, Wu Sangui couldn't help but have a little headache, although he said that he had a natural danger in Shanhaiguan, but after all, the Guanning army was a newly defeated army, and this time he went to Jinzhou, and consumed part of the money and grain stored in the Guan, if it was a long-term hold, this was really a little unfavorable to the Guanning army.

According to intelligence, the Shandong army sent troops this time, counting the non-commissioned officers and people, there are only more than 50,000 people, our Shanhaiguan is known as the first pass in the world, and the last general really doesn't know why Li Xingzhi attacked my Guancheng?"

Although the Liaodong Army was defeated in Jinzhou, the main force did not lose too much, among the 30,000 Guanning Army, there were more than 7,000 people in the generals' families, including more than 4,000 in Wu Sangui's families.

The so-called family is actually a soldier who is out of production, these people are the soldiers of the military heads of the towns with silver smashed out, each family is a brave man with a ten, and its equipment is also different from ordinary military households, not only the standard armor, the war horses and firearms used are also privately built by the military leaders, and its combat power is not much better than the swinging teeth of the eastern captives, plus there is Shanhaiguan as a support, Gao Dejie is naturally not afraid of the menacing Jingbei army.

"What General Gao said is that it's okay if Xiao Li doesn't come, and we will make him look good when he comes."

Wu Zhimao, Hu Guozhu, Wang Pingfan and other Guan Ning generals echoed one after another, and they fought and fought, we have been in Liaodong for so many years, which day is not licking blood on the head of the knife, isn't it just a war? Who's afraid of whom?

"Generals, the students know that you are all battle-hardened heroes, but my Shanhaiguan and the small people are thin, and the military salaries and grain are all transferred by the Beijing Division, and now there are only more than 40,000 catties of medicine in the pass, and the grain and grass are only enough to support two months.

Xie Sixin, a staff member of the Wu army, believed that in order to defend Shanhaiguan, we must not shrink back in defense, and we must take both offense and defense into account in order to ensure the safety of the city.

"Not pre-winning, pre-defeated, now we are short of materials, after this big war, how many reserves can be left, the last general heard that the Shandong army has more than 100,000, who can guarantee that Xiao Li thief will not have reinforcements, the last general heard that the Shandong army can fight, in southern Liaoning with 20,000 foot soldiers is to fight the two red flags of the East Capture of the whole army annihilated, if our army rashly attacked, I am afraid that it is not the opponent of the Shandong army, if it takes the opportunity to roll back, drive the troops to attack the city, then I will be difficult to protect the city."

Zhang Guozhu, the deputy general of the Central Battalion, was old and did not agree with Wu Zhimao and Xie Sixin's suggestion to go out of the city for field battles.

"Mr. Xie, don't forget, we still have more than 10,000 Manchurian iron cavalry of King Wuying behind us, if our army and the Shandong army are anxious, there are more than 10,000 Manchurian soldiers to join, this situation will be different."

Yang Kun, who joined the Wu army returning from Songshan, looked at Xie Sixin with disdain, the Guanning army has 30,000 horses, and even if the Shandong army can fight again, it is impossible to eat the Guanning army in one go, not to mention that there is still backup.

"Mr. Yang means to let the Manchurian soldiers enter the customs, but have you ever thought about who will be in charge of the Shanhaiguan once the Manchurian soldiers enter the customs? Who will we listen to in the future? Could it be that we really voted for the Manchurians? You must know that we are just a soldier with the East Captives now, not to be low and small, and to be a slave for them. ”

Xie Sixin frowned, he was born in a serious manner, and he really couldn't do such a thing as a traitor by taking refuge in the Tartars.

"Don't fight, what Mr. Xie said is reasonable, the Shandong army is a tiger, the Donglu is a hungry wolf, unless it is a last resort, we must not let the Tartars enter the customs, Shanhaiguan is the world's heroic city, we defend according to the danger, the Shandong army will never be able to go down quickly, now the Central Plains is restless, Wang Du and Sun Butang still have more than 100,000 military horses in their hands, if the little Li thief is under the city for a long time, Wang Du and they will not miss the opportunity."

Wu Sangui waved his hand, his purpose was just to protect the interests of Ning, keep Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan this one-third of an acre, and retain his own power, how could he give up his own interests, even if it was to let it, this condition must be negotiated, it is better to wait for Li Xing's troops to come to the city and then look at the situation, it is really not possible, and then it is not too late to let the Dongyu enter the city.

"The last general will obey!"

Wu Sangui made a plan to defend it, and the generals naturally didn't dare to say anything, so they gave up their orders one after another.

After deciding to hold the city pass, Wu Sangui immediately ordered Yang Guozhu, the deputy general of the left battalion, to command 3,000 troops to guard the Jingbei Tower, the deputy general of the middle battalion, Zhang Guozhu, to command 3,000 troops to guard the Mu Lin Tower, the deputy general of the front battalion, Wu Zhimao, to command 3,000 troops to guard the Linlu Tower, and Gao Dejie, the general of the rear battalion, to command 3,000 troops to guard the urn city, and he himself led the army to guard the main pass arrow tower, thinking that the Quartet was dispatched.

In order to stabilize the city defense, Wu Sangui mobilized the Guanning army in the pass to prepare lime, gold juice, rolling wood, stones, and other equipment to defend the city, and at the same time buried a certain number of vats around the city, and selected capable soldiers to guard day and night to prevent the Shandong army from digging tunnels to attack the city.

The Wu army was racing against time to repair the city wall and prepare to defend the city, and the Jingbei army of the Northern Expedition also urged the troops to advance quickly, and the two armies arrived at Shanhaiguan on the 16th.

Shanhaiguan as the gateway of the Beijing Division, the geographical location is very dangerous, the north of the Guancheng leans on the Yanshan, the south is connected with the Bohai Sea, so it is named Shanhaiguan, known as "the throat of the border county, the guarantee of the Beijing Division", but the south of the Guancheng is still relatively flat relative to the north of the Guan.

In order to deter the Wu army in Shanhaiguan, Li Xingzhi ordered to set up a camp outside the southern city of Shanhaiguan, with many trees and banners, and at the same time deploy artillery positions outside the southern city to deter the defenders in the city.

"In the shooting book city, tell Wu Sangui that if he is ordered to go out of the customs now, the prime minister will definitely not blame the past, and still award him as the marquis of Pingnan, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, if he resists stubbornly, after the city is broken, the prime minister will kill Wu Sangui all over the door."

In this Northern Expedition, Li Xingzhi did not escort Wu Sangui's family to Guanqian, because he knew that an extremely egoist like Wu Sangui would never be coerced by himself because of his small family, and if he wanted to give in, he must give Wu Jun enough pressure on the battlefield.

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