The day after Wu Sangui set out, Zhu Cixuan also set out with the army.

From the perspective of time, Shanhaiguan has been attacked by the Qing army for at least two or three days. In addition, the time it takes to travel from the capital to Shanhaiguan, the situation on Shanhaiguan is actually quite dangerous.

As a pass, Shanhaiguan is indeed quite steep, but it is not like the famous Hangu Pass in history and Tongguan that can be as powerful as a pass, but it is not enough to be able to be able to be a one-man pass, not to mention that Hangu Pass and Tongguan have been broken in history, let alone Shanhaiguan.

Li Guozhen is the nominal commander of this army, but after experiencing so many things, Li Guozhen became smarter and came to ask Zhu Cixuan as soon as he set off.

"Your Highness, where do you think we should be stationed?"

Chongzhen gave Li Guozhen the task was to make him be responsible for flexibility and maneuver, and to try his best to support both Shanhaiguan and the capital at the same time, but he did not specify a specific location.

Li Guozhen was also very bachelor, so he directly threw the decision-making power to Zhu Cixuan.

Zhu Cilang was naturally very satisfied with Li Guozhen's behavior: "Your Xiangcheng Bo, you are the leader of this army, and I don't understand these military affairs, so you can make the decision on this matter."

Zhu Cilang is not humble, but he does have shortcomings in this regard.

It is definitely no problem to let Zhu Cixuan charge in accordance with the system's instructions. But such things as marching forward, camping and site selection are all the work of ancient generals. How could Zhu Cixuan, a modern person, understand this?

Li Guozhen became anxious when he heard this. He thought it was Zhu Cixuan who was testing him. He hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I am really convinced by your command level. Please give me some slight face and give me some advice."

Li Guozhen felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was obviously just being polite.

A man who could defeat Li Zicheng in two major reversals actually said that he didn't understand military affairs. Who can believe you?

Zhu Cixuan looked at Li Guozhen's appearance and guessed Li Guozhen's psychological activities, and was speechless.

To be honest, no one has believed it yet?

Zhu Cixuan thought for a while, took out the map and looked through it, and then spoke.

"Then let's go in this Jizhou, what do you think?"

Jizhou is a small town among the capital and Shanhaiguan. Judging from the map, Jizhou is just around the midpoint between these two places, and the distance to support these two places is about the same.

In addition, this place is also close to Miyun, Zunhua and other places in the northern border of the Ming Dynasty. Once the Qing army detours from these places, the Ming army can also arrive quickly and intercept it.

After hearing Zhu Cilang's words, Li Guozhen immediately agreed impatiently: "What Your Highness said is so true, then that's it!"

Zhu Cilang: “…”

After a while, Li Guozhen began to humbly ask for advice again: "Your Highness, do you think Jiannu will invade a large amount this time?"

Zhu Cilang had already thought about this and shook his head and said, "It probably won't."

As His Royal Highness, Zhu Cilang was able to get in touch with many unknown secrets and information from the Ming Dynasty.

Through these information, Zhu Cilang basically affirmed that the current mentality of the Qing Dynasty ruling class is actually relatively conservative. They just want to be a Liao Kingdom 2.0. If they can, they can go south to occupy the Central Plains and become a Jin Kingdom 2.0.

But if the entire Ming Dynasty is annexed? With the current territory of the Qing Dynasty, they would not be so arrogant.

In the fifth year of Shunzhi in history, that is, in 1649, the Qing Dynasty once had a population census, and the result was that the Eight Banners Manchus, the total number of males in the Eight Banners Mongolia was 84,115. Manchuria and Mongolia were under the jurisdiction of the Mongolians, and the number of coat slaves was 212,967. The remaining Han, Korean, Savage Jurchens and other ethnic groups were ruled at about 1.7 million to 1.8 million, which was a total of only two million people.

What about the Ming Dynasty in the south? Although there are many different opinions, all historians unanimously agree that the population in the late Ming Dynasty should have exceeded 100 million.

With a population of two million to one hundred million, even if anyone is the one who comes, he will not dare to dream of this.

It was because Li Zicheng, the city of Beijing was captured in history that the Qing Dynasty felt that the Ming Dynasty had fallen, so the idea of ​​competing for the Central Plains was aroused and they had all their efforts to enter the pass.

But now the Ming Dynasty has not yet perished. The conservative Jirhalang, the Qing Dynasty, was the conservative. Zhu Cilang, was sure that the Qing Dynasty could not have too many ideas. This time, the dispatch of troops was just another echo of Li Zicheng, and he wanted to continue to weaken the Ming Dynasty.

After hearing Zhu Cilang's words, Li Guozhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now our Ming Dynasty was too poisoned by Li Zicheng, and we really can't stand a big battle. If Jiannu did not invade a large amount, that would be great."

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Although Jiannu will not invade with all his might, a battle will still be fought. Xiangcheng Bo, you can train your subordinates these days and prepare for the battle."

As a time traveler, the most outstanding thing is undoubtedly the mastery of historical laws.

Peace is never obtained through tolerance or the kindness of the enemy. It has to be made on the battlefield with real swords and guns.

Only a truly powerful army is the best guarantee of peace in the Ming Dynasty!

At the same time, outside Shanhaiguan, Prince Zheng, the Qing Dynasty commander, was full of confidence...yawning.

The war drums were already ringing, and many Qing soldiers shouted and rushed towards Shanhaiguan in front, while the Ming army on the wall responded to the dense rain of arrows and rolling stones.

When Wu Sangui led his main force away from Shanhaiguan to return to the capital, he was actually mentally prepared to be captured by Li Zicheng.

In that case, if Wu Sangui didn't want to fight with Li Zicheng and retake the capital, his only way out would be Shanhaiguan.

In order to ensure this retreat, Wu Sangui left three thousand elite troops in this pass.

As for Jirgalang, when he first set off from Shengjing, there were 30,000 troops, and along the way, he successively gathered the troops of the Eight Mongolian Banners and the Eight Han Banners. Now his total number of troops is more than 50,000, and nearly 60,000.

But don’t underestimate this number. You must know that when Dorgon marched into Shanhaiguan and Li Zicheng in history, the Qing Dynasty’s army would only engulf 100,000 people.

So half of the elites of the Qing Dynasty are now in the hands of Jirgalang. Although they are not the power of the whole country, they still make Jirgalang feel very good.

While drinking, he smiled at the many generals beside him and said, "Everyone, come on, drink a few more!"

As he said that, Jirgalang poured the glass of Chinese American wine into his mouth, then opened his mouth and sniffed out a sip of wine, and burst into laughter.

Jirgalang was very happy, but other Qing generals may not be so happy.

A young Qing general said with some dissatisfaction: "Prince Zheng, we have been lingering in Shanhaiguan for so many days now, and the main force of the Ming army has not arrived yet, so why not go all out to capture this place? If I want to say, as long as we take out the cannons and blast them for a few days, Shanhaiguan will already be ours."

Those who can question Jiergalang in person should not be confident that they have the confidence to be able to question Jiergalang in person. The name of this Qing general is Aisin Gioro Mandahai. He is the grandson of Nurhaci, the seventh son of Daishan, the prince of Qing Dynasty, and one of the members of the Council of Ministers of the Political Consultative Conference. He is regarded as the most powerful successor to the lord of the Red Flag in the future.

After hearing Mandahai’s questioning, Jirgalang was not angry, but said with a smile: “Mandahai, I ask you, why do we suddenly send troops to Mingguo this time? Do you know?”

Mandahai said without hesitation: "Of course I know, isn't it just because Mingguo and Li Zicheng continue to kill each other?"

Jirgalang laughed and nodded, saying, "That's why. So, we can't attack this Shanhaiguan, but we have to wait for the main force of the Ming Kingdom to come. Do you understand?"

Mandahai was stunned for a few seconds and said, "I don't understand."

Jirgalang sneered and said, "I don't understand this. What will you use to inherit the Red Flag in the future?"

Mandahai was furious when he heard this and said, "Prince Zheng, if you have something to say, what are you doing if you do if you have something to do if you are going around in the Han people!"

Jirgalang shook his head and said, "Forget it, since your father was pretty good to me back then, I will teach you today."

Under the gaze of many Qing generals, Jiergalang stood up and pointed to Shanhaiguan in the south and said, "This is the gateway to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the Ming people are not stupid, they will definitely send large troops to defend this place. In this way, the Ming Dynasty's attack on Li Zicheng will inevitably weaken, and Li Zicheng will have a way out and can continue to make trouble for the Ming Dynasty.

But it is not enough to just give Li Zicheng a way out. According to my knowledge, the Ming Dynasty now has at least 80,000 soldiers and horses. What about Li Zicheng? It is only 30,000 to 40,000 defeated soldiers, and the forces on both sides are completely out of comparison.

So this time, we not only need to attract the troops of Ming, but also find ways to annihilate part of the forces of Ming, so that Ming and Li Zicheng can become balanced again and let them continue to bite!"

When Mandahai heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Then we pretend to fight Shanhaiguan here every day. Can we annihilate the power of Ming Kingdom?"

Jirgalang looked at Mandahai and laughed out loud: "What a fool! I tell you, war is not just about doing it. What is the biggest weakness of the Ming Dynasty now? It is that they lack supplies! That is why they attacked Li Zicheng so eagerly, hoping to get more supplies with the victory against Li Zicheng and open up the supply line in Jiangnan.

Now that we delay their attack on Li Zicheng, it is equivalent to amplifying their supply problem. Do you understand? Without the source of supply, what if the 80,000 Ming army troops appeared in Shanhaiguan? After a while, they will naturally be defeated because they have no food."
Chapter completed!