The Northern Shanghai Prefecture Guards, who were striding in Lushun Camp, sent the empty reports of the Southern Four Guards back to the Liaodong Branch Base in Lushunkou.

This situation was expected, but Liaodong was extremely vast and sparsely populated, and it was still difficult to obtain more detailed information. Now that the emptiness of the Qing army in Liaodong has been completely exposed, but it really made Zhao Qian frown.

"The Tartars have tried their best, and the heavy rain will not be heavy."

The Qing court concentrated all its forces to fight the main force of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army, which led to their easy action on the battlefield in Liaodong. The decisive battle has not yet begun, but their side troops can do not have much. Whether to take the risk of taking over Liaoyang is indeed a big question.

"When I go back, I tell Li Huanxiang that after arriving in Haizhou, it depends on the situation. I can trust his sense of smell. However, in Lushun, in addition to the planned supplements, I can't give him too much extra support in the near future."

The general is outside, and the king will not accept anything. Just like Chen Wen can't control them remotely, he can't control Li Huanxiang, five or six hundred miles away, and large-scale combat is essential. Otherwise, the army will be slow to react and want to possess them everywhere and continue to win battles, which will be a bit difficult for people to do.

The Lushun Camp is the main force of this Liaodong partial division. There are defenders in Lushun. In addition, among the captured Baoyi and civilians, there are also those who can be used as supplementary troops to defend the fortress. The support of Yu Lushun Camp is not impossible. However, at this moment, another army is temporarily repairing the Lushun entrance, and the priority of supplementation is higher, so Zhao Qian can't help.

Ships are constantly entering the port in Lushun Port. Previously, the fortress was reinforced and Zhao Qian also transformed the port. Since Zheng Qi went south to Dengzhou, the port has been empty, but now it is clearly inappropriate, which really makes him feel a little uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry to help Zhao Shuai. Our troops are just taking a break here. All the injuries on the ship must be handed over to your department for proper care. In addition, if the ship is damaged, repair is one of the reasons. If there are really no way to reach the destination, I hope Zhao Shuai will allocate some ships to avoid delaying the army's advance."

The speaker is very polite, but in terms of military rank, title, and dispatch, they are all above Zhao Qian. What can be like this is more dependent on qualifications. When Zhao Qian was the captain of Dalan Mountain, this prince was still a soldier, not even a sergeant. The most important thing in the army is to be qualified, so he must be polite.

"Supervisor An is ordered by His Highness the Superintendent of the State. I will cooperate with you with all my strength, so please rest assured."

"Thank you Zhao Shuai."

Duke Cai and Yuyao Commander An Youfu were responsible for commanding the Northern Expedition Eastern Army composed of Yuyao Division and the Special Operations Team. This Eastern Army set out earlier than the Central Army and the Western Army, but it was difficult to float from Taizhou in eastern Zhejiang to avoid too many eyes and ears. It was not easy to arrive in Lushun until today.

After the two saluted, they boarded the fortress wall to supervise the port and dispatched personnel. An Youfu led the order. Zhao Qian only saw the order that he had fully assisted and did not talk much. An Youfu did not talk about the destination of this advance, and everything was indifferent.

There are more and more ships entering the port, with limited berths, and the wounded and patients are given priority. They will receive proper care from military doctors in Lushun Fort, while other soldiers will take turns to get off the ship to repair and wait for orders to set off.

"Foreman Pan, how about it?"

An Youfu had known this boatman before. He was a native of Lanxi. He worked in the water camp when he established the water camp in the sixth year of Yongli. He started to repair small wooden boats and was able to be the chief for the construction of sea boats when he went north to Lushun. He was responsible for leading other shipmen to repair and manufacture sea boats for the army to use. It was also a responsibility.

Pan Xuezhong took Lushun Fort and the shipmen who came with the ship. After half a day of preliminary inspection, the carpenters had a simple understanding of the general condition of the ship. The maintenance plan was still being formulated. As the leader of the ship craftsman, he naturally had to report to the two commanders An Youfu and Zhao Qian before he could take action.

"It's pretty good. Most of these ships are newly built and there are not many places that need to be repaired. Because the sailing time is short, there are not too many shipworms, at least they are far from being destroyed. The officials thought that if the ship was properly repaired and cleaned up all the things on the bottom of the ship, the ship could still be used for a long time."

When sailing on the sea, there are always various marine creatures adsorbing on the bottom of the ship. These things will not only reduce the speed of the ship, but also cause damage to the ship. For example, shipworms feed directly on wood. In the era of sailing and wooden boats, these soft shellfish creatures from the Clamaceae family have always been the thing that crew members hate the most, because many shipwrecks occur because these things, like termites, erode the huge sea boats, and fall apart.

Shipworms are very destructive and have many methods of prevention and control, but for the mid-17th century today, both in continental and China, it is quite time-consuming and laborious, and most of the results are not satisfactory.

Of course, if the sea deviates from its course, or lacks food preparation, or is traversed in deserted islands, this kind of creature often becomes food for hungry seafarers. This is not something that can be told by outsiders. Pan Xuezhong is naturally too lazy to mention it to the people in the mainland, but most of the naval generals and sailors know it, because when necessary, this is the difference between life and death.

Pan Xuezhong mentioned that An Youfu shook his head and then said to him: "I don't have that long time to go. I have to set off for three days at most. As for the situation of the ship, I know that Foreman Pan loves the ship as his life, but the military orders are like mountains and can reach the destination. Even if the ship disintegrates on its own when he arrives at the destination, it is enough as long as the troops can be transported to the place!"

From receiving the order for inspection, Pan Xuezhong knew that this matter was of great importance. He sighed at this moment when he heard this. As An Youfu said, sailing was his dream, and he regarded the ship, especially the one he was responsible for building, as his biological child. An Youfu said this here. Although since he had arrived in Lushun, the next voyage would not be destroyed by the ship itself, the ship that had been sailing for so long was not maintained, which really made him feel uncomfortable.

However, now he is no longer the boatman apprentice on the Lanxi Port back then. After being in the army for a long time, Yu Jun and the State Affairs were able to say something, so naturally he understood the fleeting truth of the fighter's opportunity. Since an order was issued here, he quickly organized people to carry out the fastest maintenance, so as not to let An Youfu say it, and it would be unsightly to destroy a boat and kill people.

Pan Xuezhong hurried back to the port. After the reconstruction, there was also a dock. He led the ship workers to start maintenance of the ship. The Eastern Route Army led by An Youfu took three days to repair it here, and they probably had to be busy for more than three days, and they were bound to have twelve hours of busy work in two shifts.

Inside and outside the port, ships were in and out, and there were countless soldiers on the ship, defenders and personnel at the port. However, the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were very strict, and each officer performed his duties, and had commanders and coordination, but it was orderly.

The injured were disembarked and the soldiers went ashore to repair. An Youfu coordinated each other's responsibilities with Zhao Qian and devoted himself to the staff. Three days later, the army was repaired and ready to set off. Ono Ichiro, who had been in charge of Japan, who had been in charge of restraining Japan, had rushed over and strongly demanded to join the army to join the war, but was immediately rejected by An Youfu.

In the past few days, Ichiro Ono has been taking the Japanese and Korean craftsmen and civilians to do things, supervising them day and night. When he came here, he was also wearing a pair of panda eyes.

Hearing An Youfu's refusal, Ichiro Ono immediately glared at him, but An Youfu didn't even give him a reply and directly took the guards to strode towards the port.

"Zhao Shuai, since he asked about his resignation from the king's army, he has always been diligent and obedient. His superiors have given him nothing but a single word, and he has always worked hard to complete it. Even if Shuai An disagrees with Huyi's request for battle, why did he even say the reason?"

The man in front of him who was wearing Hanfu, speaking Chinese, and even his name had been changed to a Han surname, and could officially get rid of the status of a Tartar official just for approval and delivery. At this moment, he came, and only had an ancestral samurai sword on his body, which was like he said, and he was the one who joined the army to kill the Tartars and became a Chinese citizen.

Zhao Qian heard the grievances of this subordinate. He had previously expressed that as long as An Youfu agreed, he would not object, but now after seeing An Youfu's performance, he suddenly realized that there was no room for negotiation in this matter!

"Since you are an officer of my Jiangsu and Zhejiang King's Division, you should understand that my Jiangsu and Zhejiang King's Division has always been known for its strict military law. Over the years, our troops have gone from a small army of five or six hundred people to today. They rely not only on formations, but more on military laws, regulations, systems and beliefs to condense the soldiers into an indestructible whole, thus breaking down those seemingly invincible enemies."

"Although the Eastern Route Army is a partial division in the Northern Expedition, it is a secret operation, so naturally there is no possibility of temporarily replenishing personnel outside the staff. Your task is to manage craftsmen and civilians from North Korea and Japan, and to assist the general in advancing to Liaonan, not as a volunteer soldier. An Shuai did right, and he really does not need to answer you."

After Zhao Qian finished speaking, he also walked towards the port. An Youfu led his army to set off. He wanted to send him off, and he also had to supervise and stay in Lushun Port.

Passing by, Ichiro Ono stood there blankly, recalling what Zhao Qian had just said. After careful consideration, from the time he was recruited and followed the army in Japan, to the present day, he really felt the atmosphere as he said.

Ichiro Ono remembered that Chen Wen had given instructions to the army, and there was a sentence about the system that he really couldn't forget. Thinking about it now, that words were exactly as An Youfu and Zhao Qian did.

"My Jiangsu and Zhejiang Kings' Division can win battles all the time because every soldier can follow the military laws and regulations, and do what he should do according to the orders. Only by obeying orders can the army be a whole. As for the exquisite and intelligent battles described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", it is just a fantasy of literati. What our army needs is that everyone obeys the system, train, plan, prepare, and fight according to scientific methods, and it is enough to defeat any enemy!"

At the distant port, sea boats set sail. They left Lushun Port and sailed westward along the direction of the sea breeze.

Ichiro Ono stood there blankly for a moment, and the words were just this instruction. Soon, his eyes lit up, as if he had figured out something, and he rushed to Lushun Castle without looking back.

A moment later, in front of the North Korean, Japanese craftsmen and civilians in the fort, Ichiro Ono took over the order issued by Zhao Qian in the early morning of this morning and said to these foreign laborers: "According to the order of Admiral Zhao, the work tasks will be completed today, and we will rest for two days from tomorrow. In two days, we will continue to expand the Port of Lushun."

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Lushun, where Zhao Qian was personally stationed, is located in the southeast of Liaodong, while Lushun camp led by Li Huanxiang has penetrated into the Liaohe Plain, and even Haizhou is already in front of us.

In Liaodong, whether in southern Liao or the Liaohe Plain, there is always a word outside the pass. There are different references outside the pass in different periods, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was the two lands that were actually controlled and bound by the Liaodong Dusi and Nuergandusi east of Shanhaiguan.

In addition to the relevant areas, there is Xiongguan. Shanhaiguan, the easternmost end of the Great Wall, is the same as its name, with mountains in the north and sea in the south. With a series of defense systems such as Guancheng, Great Wall, East and West Luocheng, North and South Wing City, as well as Acropolis, and Shuicheng, it blocked the road to enter the pass through the western Liaoning Corridor. It was the most important pass in the Ming Dynasty.

If the mountains and seas are lost, the capital will not be protected. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, Shanhaiguan was always a place where heavy troops were guarding. Even in the Jiashen period, there were still 30,000 Guanning troops stationed in Shanhaiguan. However, when the Qing Dynasty, the threat outside the pass disappeared immediately after entering the pass. The policies of the Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert also changed from the military defense of the Ming Dynasty to political enlistment. They were tamed by marriage, canonization, religious and ideological means. The military role of Shanhaiguan gradually faded, and even later, even the maintenance of this majestic pass was basically stopped.

After less than 16 years since the Qing army entered the pass, the damage to this heroic pass was not too much. However, since Shanhaiguan was already a hinterland, the Qing government's garrison here could not be compared with the Ming court. With the expansion of the new army, the flag camps garrisoning here were constantly weakening. Today, it is impossible to maintain the entire Shanhaiguan defense system.

In this situation, human resources are tight, and psychological trust in this pass was also the confidence of the Qing court. Because the Eight Banners Army was so strong that it could not conquer this world's majesty. It was still possible to rely on the traitor switch to get a glimpse. Shunzhi had planned to retreat to the pass before, but later, it was blocked by the Eight Banners, and calling Shanhaiguan to garrison the Eight Banners became a political statement and need.

On October 21, the 13th year of Yongli, the new army had arrived at Tianjin Guard for two or three days, and the Eastern Route Army led by An Youfu had already sailed away from Lushun for several days.

Because the Qing government strictly enforced the pass, the military camps in western Liaoning were abandoned in large quantities. In addition, the cold winter was approaching. Now outside the pass, there were weeds everywhere. When the wind blew, the guards on the pass were hustling, and the wards on the gate were blowing one by one. On the outside, there were only flag guards patrolling according to the hour, whispering and defending in a turbulent manner. They had to patrol the passes in such a heart-to-heart place and patrol the soldiers below.

On a section of the city wall near the South Wing City, patrolling soldiers passed by holding torches. Their target was the warm city gate tower in the distance, and there was nothing else. Naturally, they didn't have the leisure to look at the black wasteland under the city that was already invisible.

The patrolmen above walked past, and the dimness under the city seemed to show signs of wriggling, and they kept approaching the city wall. After a long time, as another team of patrolmen passed by, the wriggling was paused first, and then they simply stopped wriggling, but directly got together in groups of three or three under the city, not knowing what kind of trashing was being done.

Behind a tree under the city, Gan Cang, wearing a night-dressing clothes, held a bow and arrow, and stared at the movements on the city head with a group of archers scattered around. This is the south side of Shanhaiguan, and the city is only seven meters high. He can see it clearly under the tree and can better warn other black shadows.

After a long time, another team of patrolmen passed by, and the wriggling under the city stopped again. However, this time, one of the patrolmen's torches stopped. Gan Cang stared at the distance, and the arrows even pointed at the figure beside the torch, ready to extinguish the fire of life of the patrolmen.

Fortunately, after a while, the patrolman pulled up the torch to chase the other companions. Seeing that the patrolman had finished peeing on the top of the city, Gan Cang felt a little relieved, and the black shadows not far from the city also moved quickly, and in a flash, they completed the installation of the equipment.

The black shadows below were like Gan Cang, who were members of the special operations team. After the equipment was installed, with a fox cry, they turned a handle desperately, and then sent it with both hands. An iron hook connected to a rope at the front of the equipment flew up to the city wall and easily hooked the female wall on the city.

Under the action of more than a dozen portable torsion crossbows, more than a dozen ropes were hooked, and the special operation team below did not hesitate. Gan Cang led the archers to monitor the movements on the city. Luo Yongzhong, as the captain, took the lead, grabbed a rope and climbed up like a monkey.

In the dark night, the members of these special operations teams climbed up like ghosts. After climbing onto the city wall, the members did not wait, but hugged under Luo Yongzhong's leadership and walked straight to the distant Nanyi City against the female wall.

In just a moment, a special operation team with a height of 500 people under the city climbed to the top of the city one after another, and completed the task of climbing the city between the two patrolmen.

When Gan Cang came to the city behind the palace, Luo Yongzhong had already led the team who had first entered the city to clear out a few unlucky guys who had limited access and sneaked to the city gate building.

The team he led was all veterans of the Special Operations Team since its establishment. The methods and cooperation were both a temporary choice. As Luo Yongzhong made a gesture, the team members near several windows licked their fingers, poked a small hole, and then took out a blow-tube-like object from their arms and blew it inside.

A moment later, according to Fang Yizhi's "Physical Knowledge", the drug made of drugs such as mandala powder was added to work, and a sound sound appeared inside.

Luo Yongzhong raised his right hand, and the team member in front of the side door immediately inserted the dagger into the crack of the door, then lifted it up, but twisted it slightly at the stop, and the door bolt was easily written down while the side door was opened.

The moment the door opened, Luo Yongzhong made a slash with his right hand, and the team members entered one after another. On the first floor of the city gate building, any sleepy target covered his mouth and slashed his neck with one knife. His methods were very skillful. When they solved the Qing army on the first floor, the number of people on it was very small, and the night was dark, they tiptoed up, leaving only one officer in charge, and the others were all dead.

The city gate tower is the defense center on the city wall. Most of the Qing troops on this city wall are sheltering from the wind and resting here. After solving this, other Qing troops also had subsequent special operation teams raids. Luo Yongzhong pressed the officer to the ground, and the poisonous dagger that reflected the blue light directly inserted it on the floor in front of the officer.

"How is the defense of Nanyi City, Guancheng and Dongluo City? If you are honest, I might be able to save you a dog's life?"

The officer was stunned at first, and then understood what the group of people were doing. However, with his hands tied back, a member of a special operation team behind him stepped on his neck, making it difficult for him to shout. Even at this moment, there was no living Qing army person in the city gate tower, and even if he really shouted, the Qing army might not be able to hear it.

"Han Dog, bah!"

"I'm not honest."

The officer said Chinese indecipherable words, Luo Yongzhong shook his head and then pulled up the dagger. At the same time, the team member behind the officer pinched his neck and pulled it up directly. He loosened his hands, but before the officer could shout, as his head suddenly twisted in the team member's hands, the officer fell softly to the ground like a broken pocket, and no longer breathed.

"If we don't get confirmation, we will act according to the original plan. We are the vanguard of the army. We will win this world-class pass. Our special operations team is also worthy of its first achievement!"

Luo Yongzhong issued an order, and the Special Operations Team immediately took action. According to the information collected by the Military Information Department before, this special operation team, which was not much smaller than the defenders, launched raids and assassinations on the Eight Banners Army in the South Wing City without hesitation.

After a long time, the tasks of each team were completed one after another, and they gathered together at Luo Yongzhong. The sky was no longer as dark as when the city gate was raided, and even a little light appeared in the direction of the sea.

"There is no movement for so long, the other side of Guancheng should realize that something is wrong. Put the flag flowers, open the city gate, and welcome the army into the city."

A moment later, a flag flower flew into the sky on the top of the southern wing city of Shanhaiguan, and the gorgeous flowers appeared in the eyes of those who had been waiting for for a long time.

Soon, the iron hooves broke through the silence of western Liaoning. However, this time, it was no longer the roar of aliens entering the mouth and plundering the good people in the pass, but the shout of the Han family's revenge flames vowing to eliminate Jiannu within the Great Wall!

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Chapter completed!