Just as Jin Shiqi was about to step forward, a group of young men caught up with him.

"Brother Jin, I caught you, haha!" "Brother Jin, tonight we have booked Cuiyun Tower and let the twelve peonies join the battle to compete with you!" "Brother Jin, the arrows will bloom tonight!"

"Get out of the way!" Jin Shiqi shouted.

It's useless to yell. Those young men were extremely excited today. They rushed up, grabbed Jin Shiqi and lifted him up high. "Brother Jin, we are mighty!" "Our Ming Dynasty Longwu Navy, we are mighty!" They lifted Jin Shiqi up.

Throw it high, fall, catch it, throw it again, again, and again...

Jin Shiqi was ups and downs above everyone's heads, flying up and down, complaining repeatedly. Although it was quite exciting, he saw that Su Mo'er had quietly retreated. "Ah, I can't see..." Jin Shiqi fell down, then flew up again,

I just vaguely saw that she was already mixed among the people.

Jin Shiqi yelled: "You throw it from another angle, I want to see her!"

Suddenly, he felt that the fall was a bit long...

"Bang!" He fell to the snow.

There was a surge of blood in his chest, and he almost fainted. Jin Shiqi groaned and groaned, "You are seeking death!" He struggled to sit up, but found that a group of young men were in a different situation: they were all standing blankly, looking in the same direction.

Has everything turned into wood?

Jin Shiqi hurriedly stood up and was immediately stunned - he saw three black smoke rising in the direction of Shanhaiguan City in the east, scattered by the strong wind, spinning and flying up to the thousand-foot cloud!

What a fierce black smoke? Jin Shiqi couldn't help but backed up and bumped into someone. When he turned around, he saw that it was Master Tian.

"Oops!" Jin Shiqi grabbed Master Tian and shouted, "It's a volcano! A volcano erupts!"

"That's the smoke!" Master Tian gritted his teeth, "Jian Nu is calling!"

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In January of the sixth year of Tianqi, the war in Liaodong broke out again.

Nu Erhachi led his army on the expedition on the 14th of the first lunar month. On the 17th of the first lunar month, he crossed the Liao River and formally engaged the Ming army. It was in the afternoon of this day that the smoke of the war reached Shanhaiguan.

At this moment, the campus in Shanhaiguan West was extremely peaceful.

I heard the north wind howling non-stop, and hundreds of people stood blankly on the ground and on the hillsides, staring at the billowing smoke. Immediately afterwards, more than ten red-armored cavalry rushed out of the gate of Shanhaiguan City in the east.

Holding his saber, he roared: "800 miles away, urgent report! Anyone who stands in his way will die!" Iron hooves rolled across the snow to the west, heading to deliver the news to the capital.

The rising of the wolf smoke just now only caused everyone to fall into panic for an instant. But at this moment, the army and horses were like a fuse being lit, and cries immediately burst out.

Since the Battle of Saarhu seven years ago, the Ming army has been defeated again and again against the Jiannu, and has never been defeated. Of the four thousand miles of fertile land in Guandong, only a few hundred miles in western Liaoning are left. Most of the two million soldiers and civilians in Liaodong are

Killed, plundered, frozen to death and starved to death.

There have been rumors since last autumn that Jiannu will send troops to sweep across western Liaoning and reach Shanhaiguan.

Since the autumn of last year, Jiliao's 100,000 Ming army has been in full preparedness. But autumn has turned to winter, and now most of the winter has passed. Just as the soldiers and civilians are gradually relaxing, the smoke finally rises.

At this moment, Jiannu was still hundreds of miles away, and the panic in Shanhaiguan had spread like black smoke. Looking around, people were stumbling and running noisily, and there were cries and cries everywhere, as if it was the end of the world.

"Mo'er!" Jin Shiqi's heart tightened and she hurriedly chased after her. Now there was chaos in front of her, and people with unstable emotions were everywhere. She must not let anything happen to her.

But there were figures swaying everywhere in front of him. They were all wearing gray, black, and blue clothes, and they were all wrapped up tightly. Where could she be found? Jin Shiqi was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, and he walked towards Jiangxi from the place where he had just met.

I searched all the way in the direction of Huying...

Every time he passed a group of people, he shouted her name loudly, "Mo'er! Miss Su!"

But there were many people around him shouting like him, "Oh my God! The Tatars are here, how can we live!" "Old man, where are you?" "Mother, go back and clean up!" "Pay me back! If you don't pay me back,

I can’t even afford a coffin!” “Mom, come back!”

Jin Shiqi was extremely anxious when he suddenly felt his arm tighten and someone grabbed him.

His heart skipped a beat and he quickly turned around...

It was the servant Jin Cai, and the boy was looking at him with a smile.

"I don't want you! Uh, that's all." Jin Shiqi sighed. He was even more worried about Su Moer, so he ordered: "Jin Cai, I don't want to drive you away, don't worry! Miss Su was here just now, probably

You went home and searched all the way." He pointed in the direction of Jianghu Camp and warned: "Don't disturb her. Come back and let me know when she gets home safely. There is chaos everywhere now, I'm worried."

"If she is in trouble, I will protect her at all costs! Brother, don't worry." Jin Cai said immediately.

Ah, it is so convenient to pursue girls with the help of subordinates.

As soon as the arrangements for chasing the girl were made, Master Tian, ​​Butler Sun and others were seen chasing after her.

Jin Shiqi thought to himself: Should I send someone to protect my Mo'er? This was a bit difficult to say, and he was hesitating. But Master Tian hurriedly said: "Please go to Shanhaiguan City immediately, Mr. Sun from the Ministry of War, and name him by name."

The earth wants to see you.”

"Guancheng?" Jin Shiqi said in shock, "Master Sun? It's Mr. Sun Chengzong who wants to see me! Wow, let's go back home and change clothes first."

"Sir, you have too little information." Master Tian was helpless, "Mr. Sun left office last year, and now he is teaching his grandson to recite Tang poetry in the countryside. Remember, the current Ji Liao Jing Lue is Lord Gao Di. Today

The person who wants to see you is Mr. Sun Chuyang, the head of the Ministry of War."

"Ah, my deeds have alarmed the Ministry of War!" Jin Shiqi said happily.

"Stop croaking and get on your horse!" Master Tian lifted him up.

A group of people from the Jin Mansion hurried eastward to Guancheng in Shanhaiguan.

It turns out that Shanhaiguan is not just a simple city tower. Within the gate of the city wall are layers of military camps, government offices, ordnance depots, granaries, temples and other buildings, which are collectively called "Guancheng". Later, the north and south wing cities were added.

, East and West Liangluo City, Ninghai City, Weiyuan City and several other affiliated cities.

In the past, Shanhaiguan only had one guard post, the "Shanhai Guards", with thousands of soldiers and horses under its jurisdiction. It was a simple guarding force. Since the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty, almost all the territory outside the pass was lost, so Shanhaiguan became the most important border defense of the Ming Empire.

Military Town, here is the headquarters of the "Ji Liao Economic Strategy" in charge of the war against Hou Jin Dynasty, and the highest headquarters of the more than 100,000 Guan and Liao troops.

Half of the more than ten troops were stationed in Shanhaiguan. Counting military families and craftsmen, the original Guancheng could not accommodate them. So dozens more military garrison stations were added within ten miles to the west of Shanhaiguan. The larger ones were called

"Tun", the smaller ones are "forts", which are adjacent to each other.

The residence of General Jinguan is located in a village of Longwu Navy, on the coast three miles away from Guanxi. It had been a full day since Jin Shiqi arrived in the late Ming Dynasty before he finally went to this pass to experience the ruggedness of the Ming Dynasty's border defenses.

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The closer the team of chariots and horses came, the city gradually enlarged and became more majestic in the field of vision. But the most profound impression on Jin Shiqi was the burnt, fishy smell in the air - the smoke was still there on the big beacon tower.

Filling the sea and sky!

Along the way, Jin Shiqi was chatting with Master Tian. When Jin Shiqi competed with arrows just now, the old guy gave him important guidance information. The two of them cooperated to win, so the relationship between the two got closer - Mr. Jin vs. Tian

The master respected him even more, and Master Tian also felt that the young master could use some more support when he turned back as a prodigal son...

Looking at the panicked people running on the road, Jin Shiqi asked Master Tian: Is it possible that this beacon signal is a false alarm?

Master Tian immediately firmly denied it. He explained that from Shanhaiguan to the shore of the Liaohe River occupied by the Jiannu, there were dozens of castles and three big cities - the farthest "Jinzhou", followed by "Ningyuan" and

"Qiantun", these three places have heavy troops stationed, as well as generals at the general level. When the smoke reaches these three cities, the city will send scouts to the front to detect the news, and only after confirming it again will it continue to pass back.

Wolf smoke. Although this will delay the time, it will not be a false alarm. The news can be passed to Shanhaiguan, and it has been confirmed by three military towns: at least 10,000 slave soldiers are attacking!

"Ten thousand slave soldiers? How do you know?" Jin Shiqi asked hurriedly.

"My eldest son, your martial arts status... don't mention it in front of outsiders in the future." Master Tian sighed and explained the "common sense of the border army" - the meaning of Ming Dynasty's nine-border early warning:

A burst of smoke: the enemy has less than a thousand soldiers.

Two streaks of smoke: The enemy has more than a thousand troops.

Three rays of smoke: more than ten thousand people, it can be called a large-scale army.

Four rays of smoke: more than 30,000 people, it can be said that a large army is pressing down on the country.

Five rays of smoke: more than 100,000 people, the enemy troops came out in full force.

Jin Shiqi became even more anxious. These three blasts of smoke scared Shanhaiguan into a panic. If there were five blasts of smoke, wouldn't they all jump into the sea together?

"You think it won't be promoted to the fifth level?" Master Tian said solemnly, "This is just preliminary news. I'm afraid there will be more smoke tomorrow!"

Master Tian recalled that in the past few years, the Liao army was defeated one after another. Later, with the hard work of Sun Chengzong and others, it finally regained some combat effectiveness and built large and small cities and fortresses. The slaves also wanted to eat up the territory in their stomachs.

To digest, so in the past three years, there has been no major battle outside the customs, and it has been in a short-term calm.

But last autumn, the then commander-in-chief Ma Shilong wanted to make some meritorious deeds, so he took the risk to advance, but was defeated due to scheduling errors. Originally, Ma Shilong only lost a small battle and killed hundreds of people. But the Guan Liao army had already been frightened.

Out of courage, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses fled upon hearing the news, which turned into a rout of hundreds of miles. What a shrewd man that old monster Nu Erhachi was. Knowing that the Liao army was weak, he clamored for revenge!

"No, the old slave is here!" Master Tian said bitterly. "The old slave has raised more than 30,000 to 20,000 troops. He is shouting that he wants to 'slaughter all the land in western Liaoning and overthrow Shanhaiguan'!"

"Push..." Jin Shiqi secretly wiped cold sweat. But he thought for a moment that Shanhaiguan would not be pushed down so easily. After all, Wu Sangui in history would become the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, and he only turned the switch to lure the enemy in the last years of Chongzhen. This shows that Shanhaiguan can survive the current situation.

During this calamity, he smiled and said: "Master Tian, ​​I dare to conclude that although Jian Nu is fierce, it should be impossible to break through."

"Don't talk nonsense about military matters." Master Tian immediately said, "The battles are all about the skills of real swords and guns, and they are paid for with lives! Are you guys as simple as bows and arrows?"

"Huh? Master, you seem to have some prejudice against my bow and arrow."

"That's it. How?"

"Nothing." Jin Shiqi suddenly felt nervous and asked again: "Master, my father is stationed on Juehua Island, but he is outside the customs. Is there any danger?"

"Oh, filial son! Master, you finally started to care about my safety!" Master Tian teased.

"I...I have grown up."

"Master, it's very safe there." Master Tian said lightly. "Our Longwu navy is stationed on the island. Across the sea several miles wide, Jiannu can't get across without a boat. The sea will freeze in winter, but

As long as you cut the ice ten feet wide, you will be able to sleep without any worries."
Chapter completed!