Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 475
Laizhou, Star Castle.

White sails dot the Laizhou Bay, and the port is crowded.

Standing on the bell tower, Zhu Yihai looked at the people who were still gathering in the distance, with a worried expression on his face.

"My lord, Jin Gong Yu sent people to win the battle. Meng Xian, the general of Zuo Xie, seized Muling Pass, and just defeated the invading Boluo at Muling Pass. He wiped out five hundred of them in the first battle, and was defeated again. The attacking army also killed more than [-] people, and now Boluo is blocked and cannot advance an inch."

"Jin Gongyu also played victorious songs in Qingzhou. He has captured Linzi and Linqu successively. Yidu, the capital of Qingzhou, is surrounded by four sides and is in the process of persuading him to surrender. There is no fighting spirit in the city, and there is also a desire to surrender."

It was good news that Boluo was one step late and was blocked outside Muling Pass.

"My lord, is there an order for Lu Xiangguan and Liu Shixun to cut off the back of Boluo and encircle it in Xianshan?"

"The generals are leading troops away, thousands of miles apart, and the battlefield situation is changing rapidly. I can't interfere with it randomly. I have already deployed strategic intentions. The specifics depend on their own performance."

Zhu Yihai looked at the map and said.

The previous deployment was that Liu Shixun first took Haizhou and then Yizhou, while Lu Xiangguan attacked Weixian County, went down to Anqiu, and went south to Zhucheng.

As long as they can capture Yizhou and Zhucheng according to the predetermined strategic plan, then the next step will naturally continue to encircle Yishui and Juzhou, and finally besiege Boluo under Muling Pass.

Of course, there is still a gap in this encirclement, which is Yiyuan and Laiwu in the west. Yiyuan is the source of Yishui River, and Laiwu is the upper reaches of the Wenhe River Basin. Smaller valley pass.

Laiwu used to be Tai'an, and there is a passage to Jinan.

Liu Chao suggested sending troops to encircle and gather Boluo, an elite force of ten thousand people and Eight Banners, to wipe out Xianshan Mountain, but Zhu Yihai looked calmly at the continuous gathering of Shandong refugees in Laizhou Bay.

It is very difficult to encircle all sides, because in the west, the two important towns of Xu and Yan are still in the hands of the Qing army, let alone Jinan in the north, where the Ming army does not have any advantage in fighting in that mountainous area.

On the contrary, it will be easy to be involved in a battle that you don't want to fight at that time.

It would be good to be able to encircle on three sides, but it would be even better if we could kill and injure more of Boluo's troops. There will be many loopholes, and accidents will be more likely to happen.

Zhu Yihai summoned Huang Binqing and other generals.

"Great victory at Muling Pass. The Boluo was very beautiful. I heard that the Tartars are in a hurry. They have to transfer the Eight Banners from Beijing to Shandong. We can't let them do what they want."

"Huang Qing, you have been asking for war before, and I plan to let you take a few ships to Dagu for a tour, are you willing?"

Zhu Yihai pointed to Tianjin Linhai and asked.

Huang Binqing is a native of Fujian. When his father was an official in Sichuan, he followed him to the post and participated in the pacification of the She'an Rebellion. Later, he returned to Fujian as a general and worked with Zheng Zhilong to exterminate Liu Xiang. In fact, he still has some naval warfare skills, even When he was in Hongguang, he once had the heart of separatism.

It just so happened that Zhu Yihai raised an army in Taizhou, how could he be allowed to separate himself, and eventually he also belonged to Emperor Shaotian. However, from the beginning, it was also a separate regime in Zhoushan, and now it has almost become a bare-handed admiral. up.

In particular, his grandson died when he was just born, which made him a lot older. In addition, his eldest son was beheaded for violating military regulations, which made his hair half gray now, and he has no desire to compete.

"Your Majesty, Dagu has been setting up fortresses since the Jiajing period, and there are coastal defense troops and military affairs. If you want to win Dagu, it may not be easy." Huang Binqing was very steady, and did not rush to agree, but reminded the emperor Dagu is not unprepared.

"I know that after the Northern Expedition hit Shandong last year, the Tartars have comprehensively strengthened the coastal defenses along the northern coast. Dagu has added five large forts and more than 20 small forts. There are hundreds of large and small artillery pieces. With a few battalions of troops, it is really difficult to attack by force.

However, Huang Qing's mission this time is just to go around the Dagu seaside and show them my Ming flag. "

Huang Binqing came to understand, "Your Majesty, is this trying to make the Tartars restless? Or even to block Tianjin's seaport?"

"That's right, our advantage lies in the sea, so as long as you block the sea, Dagu, the important port of Beijing and Tianjin, will be abolished."

Dagu is known as the last of the 72 Gu in Tianjin. The estuary of the Haihe River is the gateway to the Nine Rivers and Tianjin, and the road leads to boats and vehicles in seven provinces.
A hundred miles southeast of Tianjin Wei, the town is prosperous because of the Dagukou. It faces Tanggu across the river, connects to the Haihe Plain in the west, and borders on the Bohai Bay in the east.

After Ming Yongle moved the capital to Beijing, he built a city in Tianjin and set up guards. He also set up a fort at Dagukou, erected a screen at the Tianjin Gate, and locked the key to enter the waterway in Beijing.

During the Jiajing period, pirates and Japanese invaders continued, and a fort was built in Dagu.

When the Tartars entered the customs, they first set up the Xiezhen Battalion in Dagu. Last year, due to the rise of the Ming army, they urgently increased troops and built forts in Tianjin and Dagu.

At this time, there were [-] coastal defense soldiers stationed in Dagu, and more soldiers were stationed at the fort in Tanggu.

Dagukou, "the mouth of the sea is 150 feet wide and the water depth is five feet," is not only narrow, but also has a lot of twists and turns, making it impossible for large ships to sail opposite each other.It can be said that Dagukou is the barrier of Jinmen, the throat of people entering Beijing, and it is a battleground for military strategists.

The Qing army now has two camps on the south bank and the north bank at Dagukou, and even has four wooden floating cities in the Haihe River. The movable wooden cities are equipped with more than a dozen cannons. , It can be said that it is a great fear of the Ming army with extremely strong water combat effectiveness.

If Huang Binqing really took dozens of boats to go there, he might not be able to ask for it.

But it was obvious that Zhu Yihai had no intention of conquering Dagu or even touching Tianjin. This was already the core area of ​​the Tartars, and it was heavily guarded, so it was impossible to please.

But now that the Tartars are going south with their main force, of course they cannot be made easy.

To put it bluntly, Huang Binqing was trying to attract attention so that the Tartars would not dare to act rashly. This is a suspicious soldier.

"Jing Qing, you also take a few boats to Beitang."

Beitang is also an important place for coastal defense in Jinmen, guarding the mouth of the Chaohe River.

Zhu Yihai ordered several navy generals and asked them to take several boats and a battalion of troops to the port along the northern coast of Bohai Bay, so he sent out suspicious soldiers.

Then, Li Chengdong, Li Yuchun, Wu Shengzhao, Tu Guobao, Gao Jinzhong, Zhang Guozhu, Zhang Tianlu, Bu Congshan, Liu Liangzuo, Yang Chengzu and other ten surrendered generals were ordered, and each of them led a battalion to land on the Beizhi coast in a navy ship to harass the Tartars. coastal.

Attack their saltworks and warehouses, destroy post stations and wharves, and seize salt and grain money, etc.

"Shen Qing!"

Zhu Yihai also named Shen Tingyang, and sent him to lead a main naval force, carrying some elite infantry troops of the Imperial Battalion, along the Miaodao Islands to the west of Liaonan and Liaoxi, seized Changxing Island and Juehua Island as bases, and attacked Fuzhou and Lushun in the south of Liaoning. The area, as well as Ningyuan in western Liaoning and Huludao in Jinzhou.

"Geng Zhongming is on his way back to Haizhou, Liaoning. If he performs justice in Haizhou as agreed and takes his family back home, then you should help him. If they go and rebel, then use Changxing Island as a base to stop him from coming out again." road.

Your task is very simple, try to harass and fight in the western and southern Liaoning coasts, and don't go deep into the inland.

Just like how the Japanese pirates messed up the southeast back then, we took advantage of our maritime advantages and turned him upside down! "

I think back when the Japanese Rebellion was severe, a group of Japanese pirates with less than a hundred people landed in Shaoxing, and finally swept across the southeast. They not only approached the city of Hangzhou, but even ran to the city of Nanjing, and finally ran to Wuhu. With just such a small number of people, they ran across the southeast , defeated more than [-] Ming troops successively, and was finally encircled and wiped out.

Now that the Tatars have entered the customs, their territory has expanded many times, and their combat power has actually been thinned out like a pie. Especially now that the main force is in Beijing, Tianjin and the southern front, the rear is much weaker.

Zhu Yihai didn't intend to fight hard in front.

Let those surrendered generals carry out raids and sabotage along the Beizhi coast, and then send an elite navy and imperial infantry to the coast of Liaoxi and Liaodong outside the Guan. of.

It doesn't matter if he surrenders falsely, he can still sweep the coasts of Liao and Liao outside the pass.

For the right group of the Imperial Battalion with more than 7 auxiliary troops, he now has this strength, especially after taking Denglai, he still has a lot of surrendered troops, and even many newcomers to join the army What about the rebels?

There are too many people in the Denglei Peninsula, so it is better to pull them out to cause damage, and by the way, the problem of food and wages can be solved on the spot.

It is necessary to let the Tartars be on fire in all directions, and there will be no peace.

The battle cannot be fought according to their plan.

It is not Zhu Yihai's style to dismantle tricks when he sees them, he has to lead the way by the nose.

At the very least, the soldiers in Beizhi and Guanwai must be pinned in place so that they cannot be transferred south.

Li Chengdong and other generals have actually sat on the bench for too long, and each of them is a little panicked. It is also beneficial to release them in a timely manner.

"When you go out, I emphasize a few things. First, you must not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Second, you must not rape people. Third, you must not plunder the people."

In addition, only half of the seized income needs to be handed over, and the rest is self-righteous.

This is very tempting.

Killing captives is still rewarded according to the rules.

"Go!"

A general leads a battalion of soldiers to land on the coast to attack and harass. If the Tartars want to intercept or even surround and annihilate them, it will be very difficult without three or five times as many troops. As long as they are careful, it is actually very difficult to annihilate them, especially when there are sailors at sea. available at any time.

Generals such as Li Chengdong and Zhang Tianlu can become admirals, general soldiers, or even a feudal town in troubled times. In fact, all of them are quite capable, especially the ability to roam and plunder.

Zhu Yihai believed that if these people were let out, the Tartars would definitely have a headache.

And Li Chengdong and others, who have been holding back for a long time, rarely get the opportunity to lead the army to fight again, so how can they not cherish this opportunity and perform well?
The turmoil in the north and east of Liaodong around the Bohai Bay has attracted tens of thousands of Tartars. The power it exerts is definitely stronger than putting it on the frontal battlefield.

The generals retreated excitedly, and each went to lead the army.

"In Sichuan, pass a secret decree to Wen Anzhi. Zhang Xianzhong is blocked in northern Sichuan, and he is in a dilemma. You can go to appease him. If he is willing to continue to be recruited, then he will be granted the title of King of Gansu and let him go. One way into Hanzhong. If he is not recruited, we can also give him a way to pass, let them fight with the Tartars, we can't waste it like this."

"In order not to have long nights and dreams!"

(End of this chapter)