Zhonghousuo City, later Suizhong County, echoes Zhongqiansuo City in the mountains ninety miles away due west. At this time, it was a military garrison city outside the Daming Pass, but it was almost deserted. There were more than a hundred households in the city, mostly Military families who survived last year's war and villagers who couldn't bear the intrusion of bandits fled here.
As a military garrison, the city is not large and square, and the walls are not high, even slightly inferior to Ningyuan City. Although there are four gates, two are abandoned and buried by rubble, and only the north and south gates are accessible.
Dorgon's army was approaching, and the little eunuch responded and deployed around. The Zhonghou Station was reactivated as an important checkpoint between Ningyuan City and Shanhaiguan City. You can enter as a transfer station at any time, and when you retreat, you can stay in the rear. It can be used as a reserve base on weekdays. The geographical location is extremely important.
First, more than ten generals from Zhankou and more than a hundred artillerymen from the Shenji Battalion were stationed. Later, Li Yan's cavalry vanguard was ordered to station. At the same time, most of the grain and grass transported from the pass were also stored here.
Why isn't the food and grass stored in Ningyuan City?
The main reason is that the city is small, and grain and grass occupy a large area. At the same time, it is easy to be ignited by artillery fire during war. Once a fire breaks out, not only the grain and grass will be destroyed, but also the entire city will be destroyed by fire, and the city will be destroyed. Don't fall into the enemy's hands.
This is why Ningyuan City's grain and grass were stored on Chrysanthemum Island and Songshan in the sea, and Tashan Fort's grain and grass were stored on Dabijia Mountain in the sea.
When the artillery battalion of the infantry battalion was stationed at the Zhonghou Post, they had already started to mobilize the people in the city to build fortifications. When the people heard that there was a war, they did their best to protect their homes and worked day and night until Li Yan's men arrived and more manpower was added. many.
In just three days, the almost deserted center and rear post had been transformed. The east and west gates were completely sealed, the north and south gates were reinforced and thickened, the artillery was set up, and soldiers went to the city.
Hearing that there were thieves in the mountains, Li Yan and a few of his confidants were planning to go to the mountains to give these grandsons a showdown. However, they discovered that Qing troops were crossing the border and knew that Dorgon's army was about to break camp. Advance to Ningyuan City.
After deliberation for a long time, he finally just sent a few men into the mountain.
Looking back to the south, the white snow on the mountain road is dazzling in the sun. I don't know where the lady and her men are. The Qing army is approaching. If they can arrive in time and join the battle at the right time, it will be the best way to make a contribution.
Li Yan always felt that the value of his surrender was too low, because it was at the time of defeat. Although there was no rumor in the Ming court, he still wanted to make a contribution to prove his worth.
Although the young eunuch has sincerely stated several times, if he hadn't betrayed him that time, things would have been bad for him, Zhou Yuji and others!
For this alone, the merit is immeasurable!
With the cavalry in front, the infantry in the middle, and the baggage behind, the mighty army of hundreds of thousands of people broke out from Songshan Fort and headed south for dozens of miles.
After a few days of rest and rest, the physical strength of the army and horses has returned to normal, and their morale has been stirred up with passion and murderous intent. I just lament that the weather is not good, it is windy and snowy.
Unexpectedly, overnight, the sky was clear, the sun was as warm as spring, and the cold wind was much lighter. Dorgon was overjoyed, God really helped me, and immediately ordered to break camp and advance towards Ningyuan City.
Dozens of detective horses were sent out early in the morning, ranging from more than ten people to as many as a hundred. The Ming army has been sending troops to rob and kill the detective horses in recent days. Wu Sangui's ambition is clear!
It's just that Dorgon is still a little confused. The exact news came. There are indeed rumors in the capital that Gaudi is rebelling and the bandit army is approaching the capital. However, the situation in Shanhaiguan is always confusing, because there are always large and small teams coming out of the pass. If Gaudi If he really rebelled, why would he open the door and let him go?
But intelligence said that Wu Sangui's men and Gao Di lost a battle outside Shanhaiguan not long ago and returned to Ningyuan...
Could it be that Gao Di and Wu Sangui had reached some kind of agreement, or why Wu Sangui, who was originally a beggar, suddenly turned against him!
It seems that if we want to know the answer, we can only bulldoze Ningyuan City and capture Wu Sangui, and everything will be revealed in broad daylight.
Ningyuan is just a stumbling block, kick it away, my goal is the entire Ming Dynasty, Shanhaiguan, here I come!
"Dorgon is here. As expected, we can camp at Gelizi Mountain before sunset, but the mentality of camping there should be different." In the prison of the General Military Mansion, Wu Sangui looked at the disheveled Luo Luohun and sneered.
Wu Sangui is a smart man. He used specious words to lure Abatai to Qingying. He only said that it was about Luo Luohun, but he didn't say anything clearly.
Because he knew that if Luo Luohun was said to be dead, Abatai would be wary.
That's why Luo Luohun is still alive, at least for now.
"My Qing Dynasty cavalry is invincible in the world. Wu Sangui, just wait until you and Ning Yuancheng are annihilated together. I want to see you trampled to a pulp with my own eyes, see you being cramped and skinned by the regent, and see your wife and daughter in my house. The Qing man's crotch was humiliated..." Luo Luohun laughed wildly with a ferocious look on his face.
"I'm sorry, you can't see anymore." Wu Sangui was not angry. He stood up and looked at Luo Luohun with pity on his face, "Because you are going to die. It is a pity that you have lost your good years."
After speaking, he turned and left.
Luo Luohun watched the two Ming soldiers walking toward him with knives, his pupils dilated and he shouted in horror, "Wu Sangui, you, you dare to kill, kill cough cough cough..."
Wu Sangui expected it to be true. Dorgon arrived at Gelizi Mountain before dark and actually set up camp there.
During this period, small groups of Qing troops were running around outside Ningyuan City. They didn't want to pay attention to their Ming troops, but they found that these troops were running towards the first mountain, apparently to attack the beacon tower there.
The beacon towers are all built on steep terrain. Although there are only a few dozen soldiers, depending on the terrain and offensive, it will not be easy for hundreds of people to capture them. However, Wu Sangui knew that once the main force of the Qing army arrived, the men and horses of the beacon tower would not be able to stop them at all. Stay here, the Qing army will also seize this eyeball immediately, so you must withdraw before it arrives.
We originally wanted to retreat when it got dark, but when we saw the Qing army coming to harass us, we simply stopped doing nothing and picked up the people while doing it. Then we sent an order to go out of the city to intercept and kill the Qing army.
No one thought it was too hot to reward the silver. The soldiers had already worked up their energy and wanted to go out to kill the enemy in the morning to earn money. However, the superiors suddenly issued a ban on going out, saying that there was a large group of enemy troops outside and there was no need to fight them head-on. This made them Very disappointed.
Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, a military order came down, the whole camp started cooking, and the soldiers rushed to get the order.
Of course Wu Sangui would not go head-to-head with the Qing army. A small group of several hundred cavalrymen would of course be crushed by a large force. Once he made a move, two thousand men and horses left the city and went straight to Shoushan to fight the Qing army that was trying to attack the beacon tower.
Suddenly, there was another chase and fight outside Ningyuan City. At that time, the little eunuch watched with gusto from the Shuangshan Lookout.
"If it's still a sunny day tomorrow, the Qing army will definitely pass through the siege of the mountain pass, and the war will begin. It's time for you to kill the enemy and make achievements." The bonfire in the cave was crackling, mixed with the aroma of meat, but otherwise it was quiet and audible. The little eunuch looked at Yidong's soldiers, his tone was light but as tempting as the barbecue in his hand.
