At the beginning of February, a cold current came from the north.
Gao Hongzhong stood on the lookout in the camp and looked to the south. In the distance, Shanhai Pass stood majestically, blocking the road from Liaoxi to the capital. He had rushed over from Jinzhou five days ago. When he arrived, he painstakingly built the camp according to the western method. In this cold weather, he used a lot of gunpowder and exhausted more than a thousand slaves to finally build the camp.
"This Taixi method has many wonderful uses. It's a pity that I, Daming, have never been able to understand it." Gao Hongzhong was from Liaodong. When the Ming court was guerrilla warfare, he was just muddling along. However, the world had changed so much that he did not have time to think. When the Jianzhou army surrounded Guangning, he surrendered.
After he surrendered, the slave chieftain tried to rope him in. Nurhachi organized a large number of surrendered Ming Army soldiers into the "Tian You" and "Tian Zhu" armies. He still allowed Han generals to lead the troops. Fourth Beilei Hwang Tae-gil trusted Han officials. He recruited Gao Hongzhong and made him his deputy general. This time, he entrusted the important task of commanding fifty thousand "Tian You" army to Gao Hongzhong and asked him to serve him well.
In the camp, the troops were orderly. A large cross was erected in the camp. A large number of Jurchen shamans were now serving as priests. They led the slaves to pray every day. Gao Hongzhong also joined the Brainwashing Sect. After being washed in the holy water once, he was shocked. After washing in the holy water, he felt that there was an additional voice in his head that was constantly persuading him to obey.
Ordinary people did not have strong willpower and were afraid of things they could not understand. Naturally, they would be tamed and obedient. Gao Hongzhong's mind was a little clearer and he still had some spirit of resistance, but this invisible voice was constantly instilling scripture principles into him. In addition, there was also the shaman priest's supervision. After a long time, he actually couldn't tell right from wrong and became obedient.
All the soldiers in the camp were like this and became obedient. The slaves of Jin were usually very peaceful but once the shaman priests stimulated them, they would become fanatical and fearless of death. Gao Hongzhong knew that this was not right. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was reasonable. If there were really those who were stubborn and refused to obey, they would be heretics and would be caught and burned to death.
As a result, the higher-ups of the Female Zhen Nation were all satisfied.
The fifty thousand soldiers of Heaven's Blessing had spread out, and their camp was quite huge.
Gao Hongzhong had brought more than ten heavy cannons, all of which were forged according to Taixi's methods and were extremely powerful. The entire Blessed Army was also trained by Taixi officers. Although the soldiers were as weak as before, their morale was quite high, even fanatical, and they were willing to sacrifice themselves for the Lord. In Liaodong, the Lord was Nurhachi.
After the camp was repaired, Gao Hongzhong ordered an artillery bombardment in the direction of Shanhai Pass. The Pass Wall was so big, there was no reason why it couldn't be hit. However, because the distance was too far, he didn't know what he hit even if he hit it. Anyway, he just wanted to show the Revolutionary Army that he was very powerful.
The cannons on the walls also fired back, but the camp built by Lucifer was quite sturdy, with a large number of parapets set up for protection. The cannonballs that flew over were unable to bounce off continuously, so there were not many casualties. Gao Hongzhong was very satisfied with this.
Gao Hongzhong's purpose in going south this time was to lure the enemy and mobilize the Revolutionary Army. If it was in the past, he would definitely not dare to accept such an order, but now that the Pope had ordered him to sacrifice himself, he actually felt that this task was of supreme honor, so he nodded and agreed.
Yesterday, Gao Hongzhong received news that Mangurtai, the Third Beilei, had brought 30,000 troops out of Jinzhou and arrived in Ningyuan Empire. He was coming to help him. 50,000 plus 30,000 troops, this kind of force was almost like the posture of a national war. In addition, Mangurtai was a general of Jianzhou, so Gao Hongzhong was even more unafraid. He guarded the camp and was even eager to try, looking forward to the Revolutionary Army coming out of the city to fight.
The location of Gao Hongzhong's camp was also carefully chosen. It was neither far nor close to Shanhai Pass. Only a few heavy cannons could be fired from inside the pass, and they couldn't hit accurately. If the troops in the city wanted to be expelled, they had to leave the city, so there was no protection from the Pass Wall. The way to deal with him was to hit him hard before the camp was stable, but the Ming Army that escaped from Shanhai Pass also said …
The Revolutionary Army didn't have enough troops.
A few days after the camp was set up, Gao Hongzhong fired cannons in the camp every day to put pressure on the opposite side. He stayed in the camp and waited. Anyway, his escape route was clear, and he didn't lack food, so he could completely waste time with the Revolutionary Army inside the Pass Wall. He knew that Mangurtai would bring more heavy siege cannons later, and it looked like he was going to break the pass in one move.
At the same time, this time the Great Khan was completely going to attack with all his strength. Shanhai Pass was only one of the routes, and there were several other routes that would be launched at the same time, making it difficult for the opposite side to deal with. This time the Jin Kingdom went all out, but the happiest ones were not the Female Zhenren, but the Han officials who were stranded in Liaodong.
Many of them escaped from the direction of the capital region, and they hated the Revolutionary Army to the bone. There were also some who had enmity with Zhou Qingfeng when they were in Liaodong, and they were tricked by him using tricks like "money making treasure". Even the scholar Ximen Ai, who was born in Fushun, had now become the secretary of the Tianyou Army and was also working by Gao Hongzhong's side.
Ximen Ai had been lonely for the past two years, and every day he heard that Zhou Qingfeng's Revolutionary Army was getting more and more prosperous. He could only hope that this time Nurhachi's army could break into the capital region and vent his anger. These days, Gao Hongzhong's troops were doing well, and he was also happy. He was thinking that when Mangurtai arrived, they would be able to break through the natural barrier of Shanhai Pass.
At this time, more than a dozen small black spots suddenly appeared between the sea and the sky, approaching Gao Hongzhong's camp. Liaoxi Corridor was narrow, and when it came to Shanhai Pass, it was even narrower, only a few kilometers. Gao Hongzhong's 50,000 people gathered here, and the camp occupied a large area. A part of it was near the sea, only a few hundred meters away from the sea.
The appearance of more than a dozen black spots quickly attracted the attention of the troops in the camp. Ximen Ai was dealing with the matter of provisions at the back of the camp when he saw more than a dozen black smoke rising from the sea, and then black spots appeared under the black smoke. When the black spots got closer, he realized that they were huge ships.
Ordinary people would think that a ship with a displacement of 100 tons was a big ship, but these huge ships that suddenly appeared were far more than 100 tons, like a small mountain floating on the sea. The troops in the camp looked strange, but Ximen Ai came to his senses quickly. He immediately dropped the matter of provisions and ran into the camp. Panting, he arrived in front of Gao Hongzhong and shouted, "Milord, that must be the big ship of that traitor Zhou."
Gao Hongzhong was proud of himself, but now he had no choice but to frown and look in the direction of the coastline. He scratched his head. He really didn't expect that his opponent would come from the direction of the sea. In the eyes of many people, mountains and rivers were natural barriers to use troops, and the sea was the barrier of barriers. The east side of the camp was facing the sea, so it was absolutely impossible for the enemy to come from this direction.
But the huge ships of the Revolutionary Army appeared just like that.
"Don't panic, calm down!" Gao Hongzhong shouted loudly, and the camp that was originally a little frightened immediately calmed down. The shaman priests in the camp came out to calm the soldiers, telling them that all this was within God Nurhachi's expectations. If these non-believers dared to fight against the Jianzhou army, they would definitely be punished.
"Move a few cannons to the coast. If those big ships dare to come close, shoot them." Gao Hongzhong felt that his response was definitely right. "I don't believe that these ships are not afraid of being bombarded."
The dozen or so transport barges were very weak. A hundred horsepower could not increase their speed at all, and they only moved slowly at a speed of two to three knots. The sea looked close, but the fleet was still more than ten miles away from the shore. It would take them two to three hours to get there. During this time, Gao Hongzhong's troops had already moved several heavy cannons that were originally facing Shanhai Pass from the south of the camp to the east, ready to fire at any time.
When the transport barges approached the coast, the heavy cannons in the camp rumbled, announcing their presence. The cannonballs hit the maximum range and made a few big splashes on the surface of the sea. The transport barges seemed to be really afraid of the cannons in the camp, and did not dare to approach at all. Instead, they continued to rumble towards the north.
Seeing that after they fired the cannons, these ships did not come to find trouble with them, the soldiers in the camp immediately cheered loudly, as if they had won a battle. Only a group of officers including Gao Hongzhong immediately turned pale with fright. Even Ximen Ai felt that something was wrong and shouted, "Oh no, these ships have gone around to our back. If they intercept our provisions midway, it will be troublesome. "
"Don't panic, steady down!" Gao Hongzhong shouted again, "We have Mangurtai's thirty thousand troops behind us. If this group of enemies dares to act recklessly, they will definitely be caught in a pincer attack by our two armies. Immediately send someone to ask for help from the three beilei. "
A group of officers calmed down slightly, feeling that what their boss said was right. With the three beilei guarding behind them, it was not very possible for the enemy to intercept their provisions. Instead, Ximen Ai looked at the transport barges that were currently moving away and silently said, "What if they don't want to intercept our provisions?"
Everyone's complexion changed again, silently thinking about the possibility of this. At this moment, a scout ran over and shouted, "Daren, the gates of Shanhai Pass are wide open and many people and horses are coming out. Their cavalry has already killed their way out and is driving away our scouts. "
Gao Hongzhong had been staring at the transport barges heading north all along. Hearing this, he turned his head to look south again. He saw that the Shanhai Pass that had not moved for several days suddenly moved out with infantry, artillery and cavalry working together, killing their way towards his camp in an orderly formation. He immediately shouted again, "Don't panic, steady down! The heavy cannons of the front camp immediately open fire and destroy the Zhou rebels' army. "
This order had not yet been executed when Gao Hongzhong heard Ximen Ai's sharp voice shouting again, "Daren, daren, it's not good. There are two enemy ships coming towards us. "
These ships and soldiers coming back and forth made Gao Hongzhong's brain dizzy. He looked east again and saw that among the dozen or so huge ships, there were two ships that were not heading north but were instead heading towards his camp. He said indifferently, "What are you afraid of, there are cannons on the east side of our camp. This kind of Taisi heavy cannons is very powerful, if the enemy ships dare to come near, we will teach them a lesson. "
Although he said this, the two enemy ships really did come near. Several heavy cannons on the shore immediately aimed at them and fired, but unfortunately the distance was too far and could not hit accurately, only wasting artillery shells. As for these two transport ships … … when they were about a kilometer away from the shore, they simply dropped their anchors and stopped, ignoring the splashes of the cannons on the shore and facing the shore horizontally.
"What are these two ships trying to do?" Gao Hongzhong was very puzzled, "This ship doesn't seem to have any cannons, and it is impossible for it to drive to the land, so what are they doing by the shore? Could it be that they are really gambling with their lives not to be hit? "
Gao Hongzhong and the others on the shore did not know, and the tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp were also very curious. They were not even worried about the thousands of 'Revolutionary Army' troops that were slowly advancing in the front camp, they only wanted to know what these two ships wanted to do.
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