The Ming court's control over Liaodong in the previous dynasty quickly declined after Li Chengliang's death in the late Wanli period. Earlier Nurgandusi even controlled the vast Northeast region, including Sakhalin Island.

As national strength declined, military power retreated. Nuergandusi was gradually abandoned since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

The abandonment of the Wuhewei, Gulihewei, these garrisons that penetrated the deepest part of the Far East marked the decline of the most prosperous Han Dynasty.

The Tianfei Monument erected by the eunuch of the Three Treasures to the West, the saying "The Emperor and Ming are in a sea area, surpassing three generations and anecdotes of the Han and Tang dynasties, and they are in the extremes of heaven and earth, and they are indifferent to the concubines." What kind of heroism is that!

The prosperity of the wise is truly far away from the Han and Tang dynasties.

Whether in the depths of the Far East or the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there are all military garrisons, all under the control of the Ming court.

But its prosperity is ripe and its decline is sudden. The Emperor Ming Dynasty's prosperity is less than a hundred years and it quickly decays.

By the late Wanli period, the Ming court completely lost control of Nuer Gandusi and lost half of the control of Liaodong. Its military frontier first retreated to Liaoyang, then to Jinzhou, then Ningyuan, and finally retreated to Shanhaiguan.

Liaoyang became Shengjing, the Eastern Barbarians, and Jinzhou was even more painful for the Ming court. The enemy's troops arrived outside Shanhaiguan, only a few hundred miles away from the capital, and could arrive in the morning.

I'm afraid even Zhu Hongwu wouldn't have thought of such a dilemma.

After the Battle of Songjin, the Ming court's military force retreated to the Guanning line with Ningyuan as the frontier, and almost completely lost the entire Liaodong. It was probably when Ying Yi just arrived in this era, and it was almost the time when the Battle of Songjin ended.

At that time, the thieves were raging in Henan and the Eastern Captains defeated Liaodong.

The momentum is so strong that it makes people look at it. The wild and boundless energy is so wild.

Such an upward trend really has the confidence to advance to the Central Plains in history. Unfortunately, I met Ying Yi.

Ying Yi took a year to annex Henan, and then in a few months, he sent troops to the north to attack. He destroyed the Ming Dynasty, killed Abatai, and attacked the Donglu!

How could the Donglu be willing to do this when he arrived at such a situation? How could the efforts of the wild boar Nurhaci have been abandoned for decades and three generations?

It is not unreasonable that Dorgon's entire country's troops attacked.

Not willing to give up.

Haoge's pioneer arrived in Jinzhou and surrendered to Wu Sangui. Later, he advanced to Ningyuan and spyed on the mountains and seas.

At that time, at the request of Haoge, Wu Sangui sent a large number of troops to inquire about Ying Yi's military deployment. Small-scale battles often occurred in the vast areas from Qiantunwei to Shanhaiguan.

Haoge held back in Ningyuan for half a month, and waited until Wu Sangui's troops were defeated and he began to move.

In half a month, Wu Sangui lost 18,000 troops, leaving only 7,000.

As a result, Haoge's full trust was gained and the military deployment of Ying Yi on the Shanhaiguan defense line was roughly understood.

"The military system of the Xia thieves is quite different from that of the Ming thieves."

On a hill several miles outside Qiantun Acropolis, Wu Sangui, Haoge and others were watching the city.

Wu Sangui said: "According to the investigation, the military system of the Xia thief, from the tenth chief to the Bo Chang to the military marquis, there are battalion generals, generals, and captains. The troops at the level of a battalion general are at least three or four hundred, and the number is seven or eight hundred. A departmental general level includes five battalion general levels, with a force of three thousand. A school captain includes four departmental general levels, with 12,000 people."

Haoge nodded slightly: "So how many soldiers and horses are there in Qiantun Guard?"

Wu Sangui bowed and said, "If you want to go back to the master, it will be about two generals, with about 6,000 people."

Haoge said: "Six thousand people..."

He raised his eyes and looked at him for a moment, stretched out his hand, and a white-armored soldier next to him handed a monocular telescope.

Monoculars have been used in this era. Standing on the hill, you can clearly see the deployment of troops on Qiantun Acropolis.

Haoge put down his telescope and frowned and said, "The summer soldiers on the top of the city are covered with iron armor..."

Turge heard this and said, "Prince Su said that the Xia soldiers of Qiantun Guard all covered their bodies with iron armor? Can I allow me to see it?"

Haug handed the telescope to Turger.

Turge lost a lot in the previous game, and after returning, he was deprived of a lot of power. This time he asked to be the pioneer, which also meant to be a meritorious person.

He watched with his telescope for a moment, then breathed heavily.

He said: "I fought with the Xia thieves at Shanhaiguan. The Xia thieves only had about 6,000 armored soldiers, and the rest were ordinary. Now, three or four months later, it is impossible to fully equip iron armor. I think it is a bluff!"

It’s no wonder that Turg is like this. In such an era, due to the limitations of low productivity, the popularity of the army’s iron armor is not high.

Not to mention the heyday of the Ming court, for example, during the Chongzhen period, the generals of each border town probably only had their family members equipped with iron armor, while the others were tattered cotton armor, and most of them were not even armored.

The Tartars, who claimed to be invincible, only had elite soldiers.

To build a qualified armor, the manpower, material resources and financial resources required are extremely expensive. In Turger's view, even if he puts all his strength into it, he has to beg his father to sue his grandmother in three or four months.

At the time, Turg's 20,000 troops were fought with Wang Yi and Lin Jiangsheng, and lost in the field. He admitted that the Xia thieves were invincible, but he also knew that there were only these 6,000 soldiers on the defense line of Shanhaiguan at that time.

At that time, both Qiantunwei and other soldiers and horses at Shanhai Pass were ordinary and uncommon.

In his opinion, these six thousand people should be half of the elite soldiers that Ying Yi could take out - as for the other half, they were the culprit of Abatai's destruction.

He didn't think that Ying Yi could equip more armored soldiers in just three or four months.

The armored soldiers on Qiantun Acropolis may be more likely to be bluffs.

"Is it bluffing..."

Abatai looked certain and couldn't help but say, "You are right. I heard that the Xia thief has only been in power for two years. What achievements can he achieve in two years? The Six Thousand Arms have probably squeezed out his gold and silver."

Turge opened his mouth when he heard this and finally nodded.

Wu Sangui was expressionless, but he was sneering in his heart: "Six thousand? six thousand?!"

For a moment, he became more confident in his plan. He felt that he was wiser to surrender to King Xia.

As a surrendered general who had secretly surrendered to Ying Yi, Wu Sangui already knew something about the situation on the front line of Shanhaiguan and inside the pass.

During this period, he secretly communicated with Shanhaiguan and also contacted Wu Xiang in the capital.

Of course, he knew that King Xia had recruited a lot in the past few months, and he also knew that the invulnerable iron armor was the standard for King Xia's army.

He even was very eager to see the expressions of Haug and Turge when facing countless armored soldiers.

But he could only suppress the laughter in his heart.

To be outstanding in front of King Xia, his plan cannot be missed. Before the plan is completed, you must not reveal any flaws.
Chapter completed!