"Quickly wave the flag, quickly wave the flag, and notify our artillery team to fire the cannon."

Gao Dejie also did not expect that the Jingbei Army would still be able to counterattack under the indiscriminate bombardment of hundreds of artillery pieces on the other side, and saw that Guo Yunlong's troops in the front were obviously invincible, for fear that the front line would be defeated and roll up his own soldiers and horses to climb the mountain, so he hurriedly beckoned the heralds around him to transmit the signal of artillery bombardment to the Wu army under the mountain.

"Boom, boom, boom......!"

The heavy artillery group of the Wu army once again fired a dense cannon, although the attack power of the artillery of this era is not too strong, and the accuracy is also low, but it can't stand much, this time the artillery bombardment, there are more than 200 cannons bombarded into the fortifications of the Jingbei army.

"Bang, bang, bang......!"

Under the dense rain of bullets, the Jingbei army in the fortifications suffered heavy casualties, and even the white pole soldiers of Qin Ying's troops and Guo Yunlong's Guan Ning army, who were in conflict, were also killed and wounded by artillery.

"your grandma's gaudy festival!"

"Damn Guan Ningjun, this is crazy!"

Guo Yunlong and Qin Ying, who were fighting to the death in the overseers, burst out at the same time, and they were also stunned by the indiscriminate attack of the gunners of the Guanning Army.

"Hurry up Mingjin, inform Qin Ying to withdraw quickly, let's retreat to the main peak of Jiaoshan Mountain to wait for help."

Jin Shenghuan pushed open a section of the wooden fence that collapsed on his body, looked up at the messy defense line that was blown up by artillery fire on the left and right, and the inhuman-shaped soldiers who were bombarded by the artillery, and had to give a military order to withdraw the army.

Jiaoshan Mountain is more than 200 zhang high, the peak is a flat top with a radius of nearly half a mile, only a few roads from north to south can be passed, and there are enemy buildings to rely on, such a high distance, in Jin Shenghuan's opinion, it is impossible for the artillery of the Guanning army to bombard the top of the mountain.

"Bell, bell, bell......!"

The rapid sound of gold sounded, this is the military order of the Jingbei Army to collect the troops, Qin Ying frowned, glanced at Guan Ning Xiandeng, who was retreating frantically, and had to issue a military order to retreat, although he was very favored by Li Xingzhi, but the Jingbei Military Law was Huanghuang, and he did not dare to disobey the military order.

"Hurry up with Lao Tzu!"

The Jingbei army retreated, Guo Yunlong immediately ordered, and the Guanning army, which was already close to rout, also saw the back of the Jingbei army's frantic retreat, and one by one puffed up Yu Yong, re-formed an attack formation, and followed Guo Yunlong to the peak of Jiaoshan Mountain in a swarm.

"General Shang, you immediately take the people from your headquarters to go up the mountain to support, but instead of going to fight with the Guanning army, it is best to hold Jiaoshan, but if you can't hold it, you can give up Jiaoshan."

As soon as the Jiaoshan cannon sounded, Li Xingzhi estimated that Wu Sangui had launched a general attack on Jiaoshan, and according to the iron battle report, the tunnel would be completed in two days, in order to drag the attacking Guanning army and confuse Wu Sangui, Li Xingzhi had to react.

"Uh...... Prime Minister, what does this mean? Jiaoshan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although the Guanning army is numerous, but our army is defending according to the danger, as long as the reinforcements of the last general arrive, Wu Sangui does not want to take Jiaoshan. ”

Shang Kexi didn't understand why Kakurayama, who had been won with great difficulty, should give up.

Shang Kexi was stunned, Li Xingzhi didn't care about the Jiaoshan Mountain that he had worked so hard to build, you must know that once this highland that controls the mountain customs is easy to defend, it will be difficult to lay it again.

"General Shang is too worried, Wu Sangui did not hesitate to use the arrogant tactics to beat Jiaoshan for seven days, if we don't give them some sweetness, how can he think that we have fallen for his tricks!"

Li Xingzhi did not speak, but Xu Yixian, the counselor of the military marshal's mansion on the side, explained to Shang Kexi with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, what do you mean by that?"

Shang Kexi, the pseudo-Qing conferred title of King Zhishun, obviously hasn't reacted yet, and even Liu Wenxiu, Tang Tong and Gao Di and other generals on the side don't know why.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the month of Layue is coming, and Shanhaiguan and Liaoxi will inevitably cool down at that time, and it is useless to defend Jiaoshan, and the commander of Shanhaiguan has already made a plan, and he is about to launch a general attack in two days, so he can't waste his troops on a mere Jiaoshan, in addition, the former Japanese minister has received a report from Li Dingguo that his 11,000 troops have arrived on Juehua Island, and the prime minister has already told Li Dingguo to attack Ningyuan City."

Li Xingzhi opened his mouth leisurely, this time to send troops to Liaodong, in fact, he was under tremendous pressure, just like Hong Chengchou's analysis, the time, the place, and the people are no longer in the Jingbei Army, but he has to fight, the reason is that Shanhaiguan is very important, if you don't take advantage of the winter to take Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop, the spring of the next year will bloom, Wu Sangui will inevitably ease the Dongyu Kou who came to plunder Jinggi, and then the prestige of the Yongli Imperial Court that has just been formed will inevitably fall sharply, and those local governors who are dissatisfied with their power will take the opportunity to make trouble, and they will be in trouble at home and abroad. It is difficult to say whether the fruits of victory can be kept.

Of course, there are not only one reason, since the issuance of the imperial decree, so far there are two clear edicts, Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Xuanda, and Mengruhu, the president of Jingying, who has had a relationship with him, and the rest of the Central Plains towns are in a wait-and-see situation.

Although Li Fuming, the chief soldier of Shanxi, Xu Dingguo, the deputy chief soldier, and Jiang Zhuang, the general soldier of Datong, expressed their edict, they transferred troops to blockade the strategic places such as Huguan, Ningwu Pass, and Niangzi Pass, so that the Manchurian and Han green flags that came out of Daqing Pass were still wandering at the front of Jizhen.

In order to deter the local military horses, Li Xingzhi had to shoot the first bird and take Wu Sangui, the largest military leader in the late Ming Dynasty, to let the general soldiers of each town at both ends of the first rat know the majesty of the imperial court.

"The prime minister is a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, Shanhaiguan is a military fortress, and it can't support the people, so Wu Sangui is to place most of the Guan Ning family in Ningyuan, if Ningyuan can be defeated, the last general thinks that the Wu army will inevitably collapse."

Gao Di, the deputy general of the seventh town, blushed, his face flushed, he was originally the chief soldier of the former Shanhaiguan, although he was at odds with Wu Sangui and his generals, but the place where the Guan Ning army placed his family still couldn't hide it.

"Prime Minister, Ningyuan City is not easy to fight, when the old slave and Huang Taiji came to Ningyuan several times, all because the city wall was strong, they had to retreat to Liaodong, since it was a small place for Wu Jun to settle his home, it was impossible for Wu Sangui not to take precautions, Li Shuai only had more than 10,000 military horses in his hands, and the weather was very cold, how could he break Ningyuan Jiancheng? It is better to transfer it to Shanhaiguan and our army's internal and external attack, and then Shanhaiguan will be broken. ”

Shang Kexi was born in the Dongjiang Army, although he had never participated in the battle of Ningyuan and Ningjin Victory, he also knew that Yuan Chonghuan could rely on the city defense to live in the city, and now he has been replaced by Wu Sangui, who is proficient in military affairs, how can Li Dingguo be able to capture it?

"Hehe, General Shang, do you know how the prime minister broke Shenyang? This time it's just a repetition of the old trick, Li Shuai has 3,000 Manmeng soldiers in his hands, and now Wu Sangui is not joining forces with Dongyu? The Manchurian soldiers supported the Shanhaiguan front, so why should the defenders of Ningyuan provide the corresponding money and food! ”

Xu Yixian looked at Shang Kexi with a smile, after receiving Li Dingguo's biography, he and Li Xingzhi made precise calculations.

Ningyuan is between Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan, which is the real hinterland for Wu Sangui, and in the case of Haoge's army in southern Liaoning, Wu Sangui would never have thought that the Jingbei army could still draw military horses from southern Liaoning, cross the sea to attack Juehua Island, and then disguise himself as the Eight Banners to attack Ningyuan.