Since Ning Yuan is a place where Wu Sangui hoards troops to raise the people, in He Jiuyi's opinion, there will naturally be heavy troops stationed there, so he cautiously put forward his opinion, thinking that it is a safe plan to find out the virtual and real parties in the city first.

"Li Shuai, what General He said is reasonable, my Manmeng cavalry is not waterproof, although this time although it is an offshore voyage, there are still half of the military horses seasick and vomiting, and they can't get up until now, that is, the minions are still a little dizzy now, so it is better to rest on the island for two days, and then defraud the city."

Namutu is old in the end, and he can't hold on to it for a long time when he travels from Liaodong to Juehua Island, and he will stand in front of Li Dingguo, his legs are still trembling.

"Uncle, the soldiers are very fast, so many of us have landed on the island, although the mouth of the Yan Dynasty is in the southwest of Juehua Island, but if it is discovered by the scouts of the Guanning Army, wouldn't it be in vain for our army, Li Shuai, the slaves are only able to count the military horses, there are still more than 1,000 Manmeng soldiers who are in slightly better health, and the slaves think that now they should be selected warriors to take Ningyuan City."

Khaldemuni is only 24 years old this year, and since he heard the news that Shenyang was breached by the Jingbei Army and that Huang Taiji was captured and killed, he has strengthened his confidence in defecting to the Jingbei Army, if not for anything else, but for his own people.

"Okay, what Kaldemuni said is reasonable, Jin Tongwu, you immediately transfer troops to blockade Juehua Island, you must not let one person leave the island, and then select 2,000 elite soldiers and hand them over to Kaldemuni, ready to deceive the city tomorrow."

Li Dingguo looked up at the sky, and saw that the sun had set not far from the west, and in the middle of winter, it was more difficult to march at night than during the day, and besides, the city was called at night, and the Guanning army was bound to be suspicious, and considering the suffering of the soldiers on the sea road, he still decided to march early tomorrow morning.

"The last general commands!"

"Minions command!"

Jin Tongwu is Li Dingguo's confidant and favorite general, and naturally he does not dare to question Li Dingguo's military order, although Khaldemuni is eager to make meritorious contributions, but in the end it is a new person, and he does not dare to say it anymore, so he bowed down in front of Li Dingguo and received the general's order.

"He Jiuyi, Wei Yong, Ma Weixing, you and the fourth watch make food, and the fifth watch sets off, and each commander 500 soldiers sneak to the vicinity of the three city gates and official roads in the east, south and north of Ningyuan, your task is not to let go of a Guanning army, and the commander of the army is following behind the Manchurian soldiers, this time we will take Wu Sangui's lair in one fell swoop."

It was decided that the Mongols would deceive Ningyuan City, Li Dingguo was not worried, the pseudo-Qingli prince Daishan sold them all, and the two of Khaldemuni and Namutu's nephew and uncle had no choice but to follow the Jingbei army with all their hearts, so after arranging the sneak attack mission, they turned around and issued a military order to He Jiuyi and others.

“…… The last general will be ordered. ”

He Jiuyi still had concerns, but the military discipline in the old camp was strict, so he had to take the order head-on, but Wei Yong and Ma Weixing were different, they had followed Li Dingguo for a long time, and they were convinced of Li Dingguo's military ability.

"General He doesn't have to worry, the so-called surprise, attack it unprepared, Wu Sangui only has 30,000 military horses, now the prime minister is leading the army to storm Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan is the hinterland of Liaodong, sandwiched between Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan, there will not be many military horses, as long as the city gate is controlled, our army will make loud noise, create momentum, the Guanning army will be chaotic, and it is not impossible to take Ningyuan."

Seeing that He Jiuyi still had concerns, Li Dingguo had to analyze the situation again.

"Li Shuai rest assured, the last general knows."

Seeing that Li Dingguo had made up his mind, He Jiuyi had to bow down again and receive the military order.

After Jin Tongwu confirmed that there were no fishermen returning to the mainland on the island, Li Dingguo ordered the whole army to return to the ship for the night.

The fourth watch is now three o'clock in the morning, that is, the best time for people to sleep, and the choice of this time to send troops is to ensure that they will not be discovered by the scouts of the Guan Ning army.

Thirty miles of distance is not far or close, the walk is only half an hour, in the middle of winter, the sky is already relatively late, He Jiuyi, Wei Yong and Ma Weixing basically arrived at the predetermined battle site before dawn, then choose the terrain, and order the whole army to rest and stand by.

Although He Jiuyi and others sent troops an hour late, the Kaldemuni led more than 1,000 Mongolian soldiers and 2,000 Jingbei troops from the headquarters, all wearing the uniforms of the Eight Banners, playing the banner of the Manchurians, and after landing, they turned to the west, went around the official road from Jinzhou to Ningyuan, and then swaggered towards the west gate of Ningyuan.

Ningyuan City is located in the area of about 200 miles outside Shanhaiguan, was built in the Xuande period, the whole city is square, a total of four gates; The circumference is six miles and eight steps, and the height is two feet and five feet; The pond is one zhang deep, two zhang wide, and has a circumference of seven miles and eight steps, but it is only slightly larger than the "place". Such a small city, in any case, cannot be compared with Shenyang, Liaoyang and other important towns outside the Guan, which are guarded by elite Ming troops.

However, since the rise of the old slaves and the fall of Liaoyang and Shenyang, Ningyuan's strategic position in Liaodong has increased day by day.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, Sun Degong surrendered to slavery, Guangning fell, Jinzhou became a forward base to resist the Eastern Captives, and Ningyuan became a material transshipment base to communicate with Liaodong and Shanhaiguan. During Yuan Chonghuan's tenure as Ningqiandao, he asked the imperial court to expand the city defense of Ningyuan.

In order to hold the throat of Liaodong, Emperor Tianqi agreed to Yuan Chonghuan's request and rebuilt Ningyuan City, not only increasing the original city wall to three and a half zhang, but also adding a square enemy platform at each of the four corners of the city wall, extending out of the city on three sides, connecting with the city on one side, and placing the red-clothed cannon on the special artillery carriage of the enemy platform.

At present, a total of 11 Hongyi cannons are deployed in Ningyuan City, and the rest of the artillery is 200 guns, and the artillery is transferred, and through the additional enemy platform, the firepower on the city can cover most of the area outside the city wall; The cannons and guns between the enemy platforms at the corners of the adjacent city walls can also shoot at the enemy troops under the city, to a certain extent, filling the dead end of the artillery in the past when the Jin army started to dig the city, in fact, this is also a design similar to the European fortress of the same era.

Because the city of Ningyuan is strong, it naturally became a place for Wu Sangui to hoard grain and support the people, before in order to prevent the eastern captives from bypassing Jinzhou and attacking Ningyuan, Wu Sangui made people burn the buildings outside the city, and all the soldiers and horses of Ningyuan Zhongzuo and the right tun were transferred to the city, under the unified command of Wang Pingfan, the deputy general of the former army.

After the Battle of Songjin, the Liao people in Ningyuan City were shocked three times a day, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, lest the Eight Banners soldiers would coerce Yu Wei to defeat Yu Wei and the soldiers would come to Ningyuan, and this panic was maintained until Wu Sangui and Dongyu made peace, which was alleviated.

Although it is said that the people of Liaodong and Dongyu have a deep blood feud, but people are selfish, after the release of Wu Sangui's rebellious document against the Qing Dynasty, the Guanning military family, who thought that their personal safety was guaranteed, in order to earn an extra bite to eat, the people of Ningyuan walked out of their homes in groups, the wasteland should be reclaimed, the fishing should be fished, and the firewood should be chopped up the mountain to chop wood, of course, this is also a helpless thing, Wu Sangui's silver from the imperial court has been smashed into his family, where are the ordinary military households to eat a full meal.