The waves are endless under the moon, and the warships are undulating with the waves, and the wooden decks are creaking, which is particularly rhythmic.

The full moon shines in the sea, and follows the warships all the way, always not far or near. Such perfection makes people unable to help but want to fish it up.

Zheng Wu stood on the deck, holding the wooden railings with both hands, looking at the dark coastline in the distance, and suddenly spoke, "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiaoqi, do you miss home?"

The sea breeze blew, making the cloak behind him sound.

"I don't want to... I think." The personal soldiers beside Zheng Wu swayed.

"Do you want to or not?"

"I think, why don't you? Governor. Today is August 15th." Xiaoqi scratched his forehead and only scratched his cool pocket.

"Yes, August 15th." Zheng Wudao.

Then he said, "We eat military food, there are always some differences. After this battle, you will never forget it if you have free time."

Xiaoqi nodded vigorously.

The Tartars attacked by water. If they had not been seen by the people by chance, they would have been noticed if they had to go to the vicinity of the capital.

As soon as the news came out, Zheng Wu, who was training the navy in Shandong and was preparing for defense, received the news. As soon as the news arrived, he immediately led a hundred warships and 6,000 sailors who had not yet been trained to go to sea from Dengzhou. He first went to Chaohekou to capture more than 400 Tartar warships, leaving behind a thousand naval soldiers to guard them, and then led the other 5,000 people north along the coast, and now he has reached the sea outside the Guanning line.

The navy was not the main force in this battle, but it was not without tasks. When the Tatars were sent, Ying Yi made arrangements for the navy. Once the matter started, the navy was responsible for patrolling the coast of Guanning and was responsible for preventing the Tatars from fleeing by the sea. The Tatars had naval forces, although they were not very good.

"I don't know where the Tartar navy is hiding..." Zheng Wu pondered in his heart: "The coastal coastline of Guanning is extremely long, and there are countless bays of large and small."

There are several general speculations about where the Tartar naval commanders docked, all of which were Liu Deyi's words. Liu Deyi was an old navy and knew the terrain of the northern coastal areas best.

According to Liu Deyi, the Tartar navy either docked in the bay near Shanhaiguan or in the bay near Ningyuan.

Docking near Shanhaiguan makes it easier to support land during wartime. Docking near Ningyuan makes it easier to retreat.

Moreover, there are larger bays outside Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, where a large number of warships can be docked. In other places, either the terrain is too narrow, the water depth is not enough, or the reefs are too dangerous.

The escort warship in front raised a large lantern. Under the lantern, a sailor was chanting flags. A moment later the soldiers came to report: "Governor, the fleet is approaching Shanhaiguan."

Zheng Wu nodded: "I don't know the specific terrain here, so let Liu Deyi take charge."

"Here!"

Among the ships, lanterns were hung high and flags were interacting. Liu Deyi took over the command and saw hundreds of warships on the sea beginning to change their formations and slowly approaching the guessed destination.

...

At midnight, lanterns were hung high on Yong'an Fortress, and torches were standing on it. Geng Zhongming couldn't fall asleep, so he simply put his armor on his armour and went to the city to patrol.

The small Yong'an Fortress, only five or six feet long, there are twenty cannons, including red cannons, Fran machine cannons, and tiger squat cannons.

These artillery can provide some sense of security to the Eight Banners soldiers of Geng Zhongming, who guarded Yong'an Fort.

Earlier, Geng Zhongming was ordered to bring troops here, and he easily occupied Yong'an Fortress while chatting and laughing. But the nightmare began.

In the past ten days, Yong'an Fort alone encountered three attacks. For the first time, Geng Zhongming was full of confidence and led his troops out of the city to fight, but suffered a big loss. Geng Zhongming, who was taught a lesson, did not dare to send troops to fight again, and could only retreat to defend. But every time, those invulnerable armored soldiers could kill the city under the fire of artillery, killing his soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, and chopping off their heads one by one.

Facing the Xia army at Shanhaiguan, Geng Zhongming was under increasing pressure.

It was not that he had a mistake in his feelings, but that it was true that the soldiers who came to attack were getting stronger and stronger every time. Ying Yi's new recruits grew up in the killing, growing from ordinary soldiers to powerful soldiers. If it were Geng Zhongming's first confrontation, they were completely leveraging their excellent armor to show off their might. In terms of personal qualities alone, they were not stronger than Geng Zhongming's army. Then, in the subsequent confrontation, every time, those soldiers were stronger than the previous one.

Among them, the powerful generals can even jump from under Yong'an Castle to a wall of more than meter high, and they cannot be defensive!

Geng Zhongming was getting more and more scared. He felt that his masters were probably not the opponents of such an army!

But these words cannot be said, nor dare to say them. The fear in my heart is increasing day by day, but on the surface, we must maintain the majesty of the Qing Dynasty - even if the soldiers' faces are clear at a glance.

“Hey…”

Geng Zhongming looked at the moon curtain and sighed dejectedly.

"Although Xia has few soldiers, they are all strong soldiers. As for the city, I'm afraid the regent's concern will fail. Once Xia seizes Shenzhou, this Qing Dynasty may be a pill..."

"Why did I be confused for a while and vote for Huang Taiji? If I persisted for a few years, and waited for King Xia to rise, I would just bow down and say I could not be a good person. It would be great if I was not a man inside or outside now..."

He also complained secretly: "I have suffered huge casualties here, but Dorgon didn't even say a word, just told me to defend to the death. How could he defend to the death? It's a blessing that the Xia army did not really attack the city, otherwise it would have been over."

His eyes flashed, his thoughts turned, and suddenly his eyes condensed. Under the moon curtain, he could see something moving in the distance.

He thought for a moment: "Why is the Xia army coming?"

He shook his head again: "Nearly ten days ago, the Xia army came to attack in the daytime... What's more, if I really came to attack, what would I do? I could only defend myself."

He had thought about surrendering these days, but the three surnames were not so easy to be slaves. Not to mention the surveillance sent by Dorgon, just talking about the King of Xia, I heard that he hated the "traitor". If he surrendered, he would not be able to cut his head with one knife, and he would die inexplicably.

Geng Zhongming's eyes flashed for a moment, withdrew his gaze, Quan regarded it as if he was missing, and shouted: "Parallel strictly and do not neglect."

Turn around and go down the city wall.

Geng Zhongming was not dazzled. At midnight, Shanhaiguan closed the door quietly opened. Ying Yi took the lead and led the pro-guard department to go first. Then Zhu Bingkun and others also led their troops out.

It is said that earlier, the Tartars had repeatedly sent reconnaissance cavalry to sway outside Shanhaiguan, but they were always wiped out and secretly estimated that the troops at Shanhaiguan were strong, and later they stopped sending people.

Otherwise, if there were still Tartar scouts hidden outside at this moment, the troops would be gone.
Chapter completed!