Liaodong Lushun, the fifth day of the day.

At this time, before dawn, Jin Shenghuan stood on the basin and looked into the sea.

"Duzhen!" Xie Qian appeared behind him.

Jin Shenghuan turned around and asked with a calm face: "Old Xie, is there any movement in the north?"

"The Qing army in Gaizhou has gone south, and there are a small number of enemy troops, and they have arrived at the Jinzhou Guard." Xie Qian nodded and asked worriedly: "Duzhen, hasn't the ship come from the sea yet?"

Jin Shenghuan shook his head, then smiled and said, "Not yet, it should have been intercepted by the Western Barbarians. However, I am far stronger than the Western Barbarians. It won't take long to wait until the navy in the south arrives and chases them, and there will be a supply ship coming."

Xie Qian nodded, still feeling a little worried, but he didn't show it in a tacit understanding. "What the governor said is that we should all have confidence in the court."

Half a month ago, the West-Holland fleet visited Lushunkou and an artillery battle broke out. The enemy fleet had twenty gunships, which were unprecedentedly powerful.

Lushun is surrounded by the sea on three sides, which is the advantage of Gan's army. The Qing army can only attack from the north. Gan's army's reinforcements and materials can be transported from Denglai, and can also transport large troops, land in the rear of the Qing army, encircling the Qing army's rear route, making Lushun a difficult fortress.

This is all under the premise that the Gan Army has control over the sea. Now that Lushun is blocked from the sea by the enemy, it has become an isolated city. Not only does it not receive supplies, it has no place to run.

Although Gan Chao stationed a town of troops in Lushun and had an army of nearly 30,000 people, facing the enemy's siege and the inability to contact Gan Chao, the soldiers of the Gan army felt a little uneasy because their destiny was not in their own hands.

Jin Shenghuan had already received news of the Qing army's large-scale mobilization, and judged that Haoge might have gathered troops to attack Lushun before the Gan army pacified the southwest.

Now that the supply at sea has been cut off, the Qing army has many troops, and with the strength of the Lushun defenders, it will definitely be difficult to stick to it for a long time.

Therefore, the fate of Jin Shenghuan and Lushun depends on when Gao Huan sent troops and how fierce the Qing army's attack was. All they could do was to persevere.

Jin Shenghuan turned around and looked at the sea again. The sun rose from the east. In the distance, two armed merchant ships with the flag of the Dutch East India Company were cruising outside the range of the fort and blocking the Port of Lushun.

"Let's go! Go to Nanguan to take a look!" Jin Shenghuan suddenly suggested: "The key to whether you can defend Lushun is Nanguan!"

The Qing army headed south from Gaizhou, and the vanguard cavalry had already arrived at the Jinzhou Guard, which indicated that the Qing army would soon launch an attack on Lushun.

After occupying Lushun, the Gan Army strengthened and improved the forts built by the Qing army. It was difficult for the enemy to directly attack Lushun from the sea, and its main force would inevitably attack by land. In this way, Nanguan became the key to resisting the Qing army's invasion.

After Jin Shenghuan finished speaking, he turned around and went downstairs, while Xie Qian hurriedly followed.

Nanguan.

The first Lushun Battle was a sad place for the Qing army.

Here, the fake King Kong Youde of the Qing Dynasty was forced to commit suicide. Prince Mandahai surrendered to Gao Huan, which caused a huge blow to the Qing army and has not recovered its vitality so far.

Nanguan is the northern gate of Lushun. If the Qing army guards this place, it will not be able to get close to Lushun. It is a must-defend place for the Gan army.

Jin Shenghuan and Xie Qian rode to Nanguan, where the Gan army had built a defense line that lasted more than ten miles to connect the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea.

Because of the emergence of cannons, the city walls are actually not very effective, and they are easily knocked down by cannons and are more likely to be hit by cannons. Therefore, the Ganjun did not build tall walls, but used a defense system of low walls, trenches and barbed wire.

These low walls are not high on the surface, but actually have hidden secrets. The walls exposed to the ground are very short, reducing the probability of being hit by shells. At the same time, the inclined walls are hit by shells. Because the wall is a slope, it is easy to form a jumper, bounce the shells away, and reduce damage to the walls and ground.

In addition, when the enemy rushes through the trench and horse-resisting obstacles, barbed wire and closes to the low wall, you will find that the low wall is not actually short.

Because in front of the low wall is a wide deep trench, most of the wall is actually hidden under the horizon, becoming the side of the deep trench.

When the enemy wants to climb up, they must first go down into the deep trench, and stand in the deep trench and look upward. The part of the low wall exposed to the ground, plus the part hidden underground, is actually as high as three meters, which is no different from the city wall.

In December, it was snowing heavily in Liaodong, and Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren stood on the defense line, observing the inside and outside of Nanguan.

To the north of the defense line is a large wilderness. Within two miles of the long wall, all the trees have been cut down. Only in the distance can there be dense forests and hills. In front of the formation is a vast and empty area to ensure that the sight of the army is not obscured.

On the south side of the defense line are villages and wheat fields covered with heavy snow after cultivation, which can provide part of the military rations for the Lushun defenders.

Nanguan separates a large area in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula, forming an isolated island. After the Gan army occupied Lushun, they will conduct military camps here to reduce their dependence on Denglai's supply.

"The city of the city will be supervised within two hundred steps before the pass, three trenches and three barbed wire mesh, and mines were buried and pits were dug." Xie Qian said in a deep voice: "If the Qing army wants to rush to the wall of the pass, it will inevitably pay the price."

Jin Shenghuan nodded slightly, and was quite satisfied with the defense fortifications in Nanguan. "Now that we have been cut off our supplies, the reinforcements of the court don't know when they can come. If we defend Nanguan, we can keep the fields in the south of Guannan. We can obtain some food and persevere in the court to make a big help."

At this time, the two were observing the situation near Nanguan. A team of scouts rushed from a distance. They followed the marked passage and entered Nanguan, and then hurriedly came to report.

"Qi Zhuan Town, a large number of Qing troops arrived at Jinzhou Guard!" The scout knelt on one knee, "Bi Zhi and others went north to investigate and found that the enemy was vast and tens of thousands!"

Xie Qian said: "The governing town is probably the Qing army from Gaizhou arrived."

Jin Shenghuan asked in a deep voice: "Did you see who is under the banner?"

The scout said: "Bizhi and others observed from a distance, including two Manchurian blue flags and two yellow flags, as well as a large number of Han flag troops, and... "

"What else?" Jin Shenghuan asked.

The scout saluted and said, "There are more than a thousand red-haired Yi and the Japanese soldiers with three-leaf sunflowered flags on their backs!"

Jin Shenghuan and Xie Qian looked at each other and knew that the enemy was coming in full force.

"Send the order and withdraw all the scouts in Guanbei!" Jin Shenghuan looked serious, "I will ask the soldiers to set up more mines and cannons in front of the pass, dig more pits, and prepare for the battle!"

"As for order!" Xie Qian and others immediately clasped their fists.

Soon, the military orders were heard, and at dusk, the whistle cavalry that went out came back one after another, while the large group of soldiers in front of the pass were still busy setting up traps.

At this time, an alarm bell suddenly rang on the wall. The busy soldiers heard the sound and stopped their movements. Someone turned his head and saw a team of Qing cavalry suddenly appeared in the woods in the north.

Ganjun cut down all the trees within two miles before the pass, and the empty earth had a great view. As soon as the Qing army came out, Ganjun discovered it.

As the alarm bell rang, the busy soldiers immediately packed up their tools and returned to the pass in a row.

At this time, the Qing army appeared outside the pass, and Haoge held the horse's reins and did not dare to move forward. He stopped in the distance with a group of subordinates, pulled out a thousand-mile mirror to observe the defense line of the South Pass.

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