Outside Shanhaiguan, in the past few days, Chen Yue commanded the army to storm Shanhaiguan several times, but he was never able to enter it.

Shanhaiguan is worthy of being the first pass in the world, after decades of operation, it is truly solid. Although there were only more than 5,000 Qing soldiers, even if Chen Yue personally commanded them, they could not break through.

Then, it rained heavily, and the rain was so strong that it was naturally impossible to continue the attack.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp of the Ming army, Chen Yue was quite worried.

The army was unable to break through the Shanhaiguan Pass for a long time, so it was impossible to launch the pursuit of the Qing army, and I don't know if Jin Xin and Wu Ping could stop the Qing army. The Qing army still has a strong strength, will Jin Xin and Wu Ping suffer in the hands of the Qing army?

"Lord Wang, such a big Yuqing army can't attack at all, you don't have to worry about the two generals of Jin and Wu." Zhang Huangyan said with relief.

Chen Yue nodded: "Wu Ping, I'm not worried, after all, he has Ningyuan City to defend, and it is not so easy for the Qing army to break through Ningyuan, what I am worried about is Jin Xin, and I am afraid that he will lead the army forward with meritorious service." ”

"Since you are worried about General Jin, why do you want him to lead troops to attack?" Zhang Huang asked puzzled.

"Jin Xin has been with me for so many years, there is nothing to say about ability, what he needs is opportunity." Chen Yue said. Among the generals under Chen Yue, Li Yi, Jin Xin and Wu Ping have the highest status, Li Yi and Wu Ping have made great contributions on their own, only Jin Xin has a lot of differences in merit between Li Yi and Wu Ping because of luck. Even for balance reasons, Chen Yue had to give Jin Xin more chances.

Zhang Huangyan nodded and said no more.

Putting aside his worries about Jin Xin, Chen Yue's eyes were fixed on the sand table in front of him, carefully calculating the method of attacking Shanhaiguan.

In heavy rain, artillery could not be used, and even if you wanted to use gunpowder to blow down the city wall, you could not get it. In the case of a strong attack, the rain alone will make the soldiers who climb the ladder unable to open their eyes.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates thought they could attack in the rain." While Chen Yue was thinking about it, Zhang Huangyan said suddenly.

"Although we can't use firearms on rainy days, the Qing army would never have imagined that we would attack in the rain with such a heavy rain, so it can have a surprise effect."

"Surprise? It's not easy. Chen Yue said, "In this situation, how can the Qing army not be wary of our movements." There are Qing troops on those arrow towers on the Shanhaiguan, and they will notice our every move. ”

"What I said by surprise is not to storm Shanhaiguan. Lord Wang, please see," Zhang Huangyan pointed to the sand table and said, "We can send elite soldiers to bypass the sight of the Qing army, climb the side wall from the north and south, and launch a strong attack from the wall." The subordinate is willing to lead an army in a surprise attack. With such heavy rain, our firearms are certainly unusable, but the bowstrings of the Qing army are not strong enough to withstand moisture, and both sides can only take hand-to-hand combat. Could it be that our elite can't defeat the old and weak remnants of the Qing army at Shanhaiguan? ”

Chen Yue looked at the sand table carefully, although he felt that Zhang Huangyan's plan was a bit risky, but thinking about Wu Ping, who was guarding Ningyuan, and Jin Xinbu, who entered the customs to pursue, he still agreed to Zhang Huangyan's plan.

According to Zhang Huangyan's plan, hand-to-hand combat was required, and in order to successfully capture Shanhaiguan, Chen Yue sent his most elite troops, his personal guard battalion.

The personal guard battalion with a total number of 3,000 people was divided into two, led by Zhang Huangyan and Chen Yan respectively, and climbed the side wall from the north and south sides, and stormed Shanhaiguan along the side wall.

Zhang Huangyan took 1,500 soldiers out of the camp in the rain and went straight to the beach to board the sea boats.

If it was a sunny day, the movement of the Ming army would naturally be noticed by the Qing army, but now the rain curtain blocked the line of sight, the visual distance was less than ten zhang, and the Ming army camp was five or six miles away from Shanhaiguan, so the Qing army naturally could not detect the movement.

The rain was heavy, but fortunately there was no strong wind, and the sea was slightly choppy, but it did not delay the boat. It's just that there is a lot of water in the cabin, and someone must be sent to scoop it out.

The sailors rowed desperately on the oars, and the boats headed towards the Shanhaiguan city wall a few miles away.

Shanhaiguan stands between the mountains and the sea, and the city wall is deep into the sea, and there are soldiers patrolling the wall on weekdays, and it is impossible to climb the city wall from the sea.

However, in this kind of heavy rainy weather, even the Qing army was much slack, just shrunk in the arrow tower in front of Shanhaiguan, and did not expect that the Ming army would attack from the sea.

A boat approached the city wall, but there was still no movement on the wall. Several Ming soldiers took off their claw crossbows and shot towards the city wall, and the flying claws fell to the wall and made a sound, but they were muffled by the sound of rain, and even the Ming troops below the city wall could not hear it.

Pulling the rope tightly, the flying claws firmly grasped the head of the wall, and the soldiers grabbed the rope and climbed up the wall.

Just ten zhang ahead, there is a fort tower. There were more than a dozen Qing soldiers stationed in the fort, who were sleeping soundly. In such weather, no one expected that the Ming army would attack.

Looking at the Qing soldiers lying in the fort, the general flag of the Ming army led by him sneered, waved his hand, and more than ten Ming soldiers who climbed the city wall first rushed in.

After a short fight, all the Qing soldiers in the fort were killed, most of them died in a dream, two Qing soldiers suddenly woke up and resisted, where could they stop the wolf-like guard camp in a hurry, and the fort tower was emptied in an instant.

After occupying the city wall in the sea, more boats sailed over, flying claws were thrown on the city wall, and one after another Ming troops climbed onto the top of the city.

When Zhang Huangyan climbed the city wall, the Ming army had firmly occupied the city wall in the sea, and the Qing army was still unaware, Zhang Huangyan immediately commanded the attack.

Shanhaiguan is a complete defense system, in addition to the main city of Shanhaiguan, there are Dongluo City, Xiluo City, North and South Wing City, a total of five castles.

The southern wing of the city is not large, built on the southern coast, and is a castle with a square radius of 100 zhang, which can accommodate 1,000 soldiers. However, the Qing troops at Shanhaiguan were insufficient, and there were only 300 Qing soldiers guarding the southern wing of the city.

The heavy rain was falling, and the Qing soldiers who were in charge of the lookout at the head of the southern wing of the city hid in the arrow tower, only looking at the front, and the sound of rain covered everything, which also made the movement of the Ming army undetected.

However, when the Ming army lined up to attack from the city wall, such a big movement still woke up the Qing soldiers who were watching. The horn sounded loudly, and the Qing soldiers who were hiding in the arrow tower to avoid the rain poured out one after another.

"Kill!" Zhang Huangyan pulled out the yellow wooden bow, shot an arrow at the door of a Qing soldier, and issued an order to attack.

The Ming army lined up in a strict queue to kill the Qing army, and in the majestic heavy rain, the two armies launched a fierce battle.

Less than two zhang wide, can only accommodate six or seven soldiers in parallel, the Ming and Qing Dynasty troops crowded on the narrow city wall, there is no formation at all, there is no need to divide the attack, can only be a hard fight, every moment there are corpses fall to the ground, blood flows down the rain on the city wall, like a river of blood.