Haoge knew that Dorgon was taking the opportunity to attack, and said that he would take the opportunity to deprive him of the position of the leader of the Zhenglan Banner Banner. So he was full of anger, but he was so nervous that he dared not vent, saying, "This is not a crime of war. The enemy troops of Qiantun Guard were in danger and defended, so they could not take it for granted for a moment."

He also said: "Just give me some time, the Qiantun Guard will be destroyed."

Haoge had expected that in his mind, in his opinion, the Qiantun Guard's firepower had begun to decline in the past six or seven days, and only one or two days were at most, and he would never be able to shoot another shot or shoot a shot in the city. At that time, with the advantageous force, it would be easy to break the city with his superior force?!

Huang Taiji had just died, and Dorgon didn't want to go too far. He heard this and went with the flow and said, "Okay. I believe in Prince Su. Then I will set a date for one day, three days! If I can't take the Qiantun Guard for three days, I will be punished!"

Haoge thought to himself that three days should be fine, so he said without hesitation: "Three days are three days. But I have a request."

Dorgon said: "Prince Su has a huge military advantage, what are the requirements?"

Haoge said: "I want thirty cannons."

Of course Dorgon knew why Haoge wanted to shoot, but refused to say: "Qiantun Acropolis was small and low, while Shanhaiguan City was high and thick, so I won't give it."

Haoge had no choice but to retreat.

Dorgon nodded with satisfaction. Like Haoge, he also felt that it would be no longer difficult to take down Qiantun Guard after many days. However, not giving Haoge artillery was also intended to weaken Haoge's troops. It was the best of both worlds.

Then he said: "All the generals must be prepared for war and listen to my orders at any time. When the time comes, they will seize Shanhaiguan. The flowers and rivers of the Central Plains are my Qing Dynasty!"

After repelling the generals, Dorgon left behind Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and several other Han officials.

These people were also from the Qing Dynasty. Especially Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, I was the most important. But they had no actual military power. For example, Fan Wencheng was nominally a banner owner of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, but the military strength of this banner was in the hands of the Manchus, so I was the same.

The only people who could control military power in the Eight Banners of Han were Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde, and some military generals such as him. Because these people led their troops to surrender. Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and others were just scholars and never led their troops.

Their position is closer to the strategist. There are important things, whether it is Huang Taiji or Dorgon, they will discuss with them, but they have no right to make decisions.

"I wonder how many gentlemen can predict the reaction of my king's advance to the Four Village Fortresses?" Dorgon said so.

Hong Chengchou remained silent. Fan Wencheng stood up and bowed, "When you return to your master, you will be the only way to test Shanhaiguan. There are two reactions: one is to send troops to fight, and the other is to ignore it."

Dorgon said: "What do you say about this battle for troops? What do you say about not hearing or asking?"

Fan Wencheng said: "There is only one meaning to send troops to fight for it, that is, to be happy and not afraid, to test the Qing army."

Dorgon nodded.

It must be that they are not afraid of the situation before they will send troops. Otherwise, they would have been stationed in the fortress and would not be vacant, and they would have been allowed to come by Dorgon's army.

Dorgon wanted to test Shanhaiguan, but Shanhaiguan might not have the same thoughts.

Such a war often starts with temptation, gradually gains advantages in temptation, and the final battle will determine the world.

"As for not hearing or asking, then I'll say it." Fan Wencheng said: "If you don't hear or asking, you'll watch coldly, one is full of confidence, no fear, and no need to test it. The other is extremely afraid. Just like the Ming court, our Qing Dynasty has always been attacked, but the Ming court has not dared to fight in the field, and they only defended the city."

Then he said, "If Xia thief doesn't even need to test, the master just needs to suppress and wait for the opportunity. If he is extremely afraid, he can try to attack Shanhaiguan."

When the two talked, Hong Chengchou, Ning Wan and others could hear it clearly and agreed with it.

Dorgon said: "Mr. Fan said very well. If the Xia thief is full of confidence and does not even need to test, it can be seen that he is rampant. I will hold my troops and wait for support to create opportunities for me. Once Korqin and Tumote achieve results, Shanhaiguan will definitely be shaken. At that time, I will send a attack on the army and will break through the city. I am the most afraid of delaying."

Dorgon sighed a little in the last half of the sentence.

It sounds nice to say, but hundreds of thousands of people eat horses and eat a lot of food. The Qing Dynasty has a shallow background and the climate has been really disgusting in recent years. Although there has not been much climate disaster in Liaodong, the grain harvest is still difficult.

Once the delay is too long and the food is exhausted, the army will collapse without fighting.

What he hopes most now is that Korqin and Tumote can make contributions quickly. Once Korqin or Tumote breaks the defense line of the capital, the elite troops enter the pass and approach the capital, the Xia thieves will definitely not be able to sit still, and Shanhaiguan will be shaken by it.

If we can go further and cut off the food and supplies supply line of Shanhaiguan’s defense line, we will be done.

Then Hong Chengchou and Ning Wan each made some suggestions, suggesting that Dorgon could divide some troops and attack other passes along the Shanhaiguan Great Wall to see if they could find any flaws.

If you can find a flaw and open up the situation from other small pass cities such as Qingshankou, Shanhaiguan will also be shaken.

Of course Dorgon knew this truth, but he did not apply it immediately.

He said, "This battle that concerns the fate of the country must gather strength." He also said, "It would be great if we could know the total strength of the Xia bandits. If there were few Xia bandits, I could divide the troops. If there were many soldiers, I would not."

He also said: "If Haoge attacks Qiantunwei, if he succeeds in three days, he can be asked to tentatively attack other cities along the Great Wall along Shanhaiguan."

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Shanhaiguan, Zhu Bingkun and others accompanied Ying Yi to check the combat preparations. Soon after, they came to the city gate tower.

Ying Yi looked up and saw that it was narrow and several miles away outside the pass, just wide. Shanhaiguan was built against the mountains and seas, and it was very dangerous. When Ying Yi came across the sea and quickly seized Shanhaiguan, he never stayed here for a long time. At this time, it seemed to have another flavor.

Now, there are 24,000 troops stationed in Shanhaiguan. Adding to the 6,000 guards in Qiantun, it is 30,000 troops. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Eastern Barbarians, the number of people is unreasonable.

However, the difference in number of people cannot determine the difference in combat power.

Not to mention that Shanhaiguan is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if you only pull the 24,000 soldiers and horses in the pass out for field battles, Ying Yi was not afraid of anything.

At this time, a visit came to report that the Tartars had sent troops and pointed directly at four forts including the back barrier.

Ying Yi called out the horse and asked, "How many troops are the Tartars sending? How strong are the troops?"

The Tatars sent troops to four camps and forts at the same time, with about 10,000 people each. Judging from their dress, they were not Jiannu, but the troops from the Tatar headquarters."

"Oh." Ying Yi waved his hand and waved his horse back and explored: "Explore again."

Then he smiled at Zhu Bingkun and other generals and said, "Dorgon's main force stationed in Sanshan Camp, and established a front line with four forts such as back shade barriers, which would make steady progress."

Then he said, "The generals think, how should I deal with this?"

The generals pondered themselves, and after a moment Zhu Bingkun said, "Dorgon will join the vassals to occupy the four villages and fortresses. He will only be a test if he is here to attack. This time, he must be cautious. He usually wants to try the reaction of the emperor."

Ying Yi nodded: "It makes sense. How should we settle it?"
Chapter completed!