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Five days passed in a blink of an eye.

I haven't waited for Peng Ke to understand more.

An army of [-] from Shanhaiguan, under the leadership of Jiang Rengang, left the Great Wall to the north.

On the vast road.

The 38 tracked steam chariots of the Shanhaiguan Mobile Battalion opened the way ahead.

There are more than 200 steam troop carriers full of soldiers, following behind.

There are so many steam vehicles marching together, and the thick smoke from more than 200 large boilers is continuously discharged into the sky, what a scene!
Thick smoke billowed along the way, making the sky darker.

This is much worse than the car exhaust emissions that Penke had seen in his previous life.

In this era of large-scale use of steam engines.

Daming's coal consumption is increasing sharply almost every day.

Trains are powered by coal, factories burn coal for manufacturing, and households burn coal for heating.

As long as there is a steam engine working, the black, yellow, pungent and choking exhaust gas will follow you everywhere.

When more than 200 steam vehicles driven by steam boilers and powered by coal are marching together, the sky will basically be surrounded by thick smoke that cannot be dispersed.

Sticking his head out of the car window, looking at the patches of boiler exhaust gas in the sky, Peng Ke frowned and said to Ah Hu, "Quick, get the mask in my carry-on bag."

After confirming that he came to a steampunk Ming Dynasty, the first thing Penke did was to make a mask.

He is too aware of how harmful it is to the human body after inhaling too much industrial waste gas.

After taking the mask from Ahu and putting it on his face tightly, Peng Ke said distressedly: "It's better to use electricity!"

"Whenever Mo Bai and Mo Yun brothers and sisters can find out the reason for the unstable power generation."

"Inhaling exhaust gas every day, I am really afraid that I will go to see the King of Hades before I am 50 years old."

Ah Hu scratched his head, not quite understanding why his elder son was so obsessed with "electricity".

He thinks the steam engine is great, and a little exhaust gas defect is completely tolerable.

There is nothing in this world that has only advantages and no disadvantages.

Do not understand.

After three days of non-stop marching.

From Shanhaiguan, the defenders galloped all the way to Sanwanwei, the most northeast part of Liaodong Dusi's control area.

Further north, there were no paved roads for steam troop carriers.

More than 2 soldiers, including the generals, had no choice but to continue marching on foot.

However, the garrison of the [-] Guards, who had been notified in advance, still prepared a batch of high-ranking Xiliang horses for the generals.

Senior generals such as Jiang Rengang and Peng Ke did not have to rely on their legs to continue marching like ordinary soldiers, but could ride horses.

Even if they are a bit thick-skinned, they can also sit on the 38 tracked steam chariots, saving time and effort.

However, most generals still choose to ride horses.

After all, during the march, they still need to pay attention to the situation of the troops at all times. Sitting in the steam chariot, if they encounter any unexpected situation, they will not be able to command their troops immediately.

Peng Ke, Wu Xuanshu and Lu Ming rode high-headed war horses, walked at the forefront of the Zhenhai battalion army, and continued to march with the army.

After another two days of driving day and night, more than 5000 Shanhaiguan defenders joined other friendly troops at a tributary of the Songhua River called Jihe.

At this time, in the 28th year of Hongwu, the area of ​​Jihe had not yet been included in the control area of ​​Ming Dynasty.

In fact, this area is the Jianzhou area that later generations often refer to.

Of course, the Jurchens in Jianzhou are not here yet, and they are still active in the Mudanjiang and Changbai Mountains further north.

Let's put it this way, the famous Nurhachi and his ancestors are still wild men hunting in the mountains in Mudanjiang!

Although the area along the Songhua River and Jihe River can be regarded as their activity area, they don't come here often, and they haven't reached the level of settlement yet.

The semi-nomadic and half-hunting primitive tribes are like this, with a very wide area of ​​activity and migration as the seasons change.

It is summer now, and they are still active in the north. They will go south when the weather is colder, and they will attack and plunder the capital of Liaodong when it is the coldest.

This is also the reason why the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is determined to wipe out these savage tribes.

Unlike the previous life, because there was no railway in the previous life, Daming was unable to penetrate beyond Liaodong and control this area.

There is no plan to continue the northern expedition and turn the entire grassland into inland.

Therefore, for the mature Jurchen, wild Jurchen, and other messy foreign tribes outside Liaodong, they mainly recruit and educate them, and do not use weapons.

Later, Jianzhou, Haixi, and Donghai Jurchen gradually learned the knowledge of the Central Plains under the consolation of Daming. Jiancheng took root, escaped ignorance, and entered the feudal society.

But this world is different.

Emperor Hongwu was about to launch a 20-year war against the Northern Man, and wiped out the Northern Man in one go, and directly built the railway to the west, to compete with those God's people!
Under such circumstances, he couldn't bear the savage tribe who had been harassing the Liaodong capital every year.

The capitals of Liaodong and Beiping must maintain stability if they want to become the rear of the Great Ming's Northern Expedition!

Then it is very necessary to have a big cleanup of the savages in the north of Liaodong!
Except for the Shanhaiguan defenders, those who rushed here day and night.

There are also Liao Wangwei led by Governor Song Sheng, and Ning Wangwei led by Governor Liu Zhen, with a total of [-] elite cavalry.

As well as the four elite infantry guards drawn from the Commander Division of the Peking Capital and the Commander Division of the Liaodong Capital.

Including the Shanhaiguan defenders, there are a total of 5 troops!

Moreover, the steam motor vehicles in Shanhaiguan have also boarded the ship from Liaodong Dusi, and are being transported to the Songhua River and Jihe River Basin by water.

Because Shanhaiguan is the farthest from the Songhua River and Jihe River Basin, by the time they arrived, other brother troops had already arrived.

After the Shanhaiguan defenders set up camp on the bank of the Songhua River and the Jihe River Basin.

Jiang Rengang immediately took Peng Ke and other subordinates to the temporary command post of the coalition forces to meet with the commander-in-chief of this campaign and other brother troops.

After a group of people hurried to the command post, they immediately met Zhou Xing, the commander-in-chief of this operation.

Jiang Rengang took Peng Ke and other three generals, and saluted him respectfully: "Jiang Rengang, the governor of Shanhaiguan, and the generals under his command, pay homage to the general!"

Zhou Xing, who was looking at the map of mountains and rivers, waved his hand casually: "Excuse me."

"Captain Jiang, I'll be waiting for you."

"Now that all the generals from Shanhaiguan have arrived, we can start the siege."

"This time, we will attack the savages in the north of Liaodong. We will send out both water and land, and divide the troops into three groups to encircle and suppress them!"

Holding the baton, Zhou Xing pointed to a river on the big map in front of him, and said murderously:

"In this conquest, we must wipe out all the savage tribes north of Liaodong and south of the Huerhai River!"

Peng Ke, who had been following Jiang Rengang, raised his head and looked at the map.

This Huerhai River has a name that he is more familiar with.

Mudanjiang!
The area between Liaodong and Mudanjiang is not small at all!

Almost half of Liaoning and half of Jilin in the previous life, plus the southwestern part of Heilongjiang!

Although it is to conquer and suppress savages, it has such a large combat area.

It can also be called a big battle!
(End of this chapter)