Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 497 The Escaped Mongols
"Before the governor seized Juehua Island, harassed Ningjin in the west of Liaoning, forced Shuosai to sit in Ningyuan City himself and did not dare to leave without permission, and even dispatched troops from Mongolia to reinforce the west of Liaoning. No soldier in the west of Liaoning dared to leave.

Only then was the last general able to use his troops calmly in Liaodong. Before the last general attacked Liaoyang, although the defenders of the city were tenacious and failed to take it down, it also forced the Liaodong Tartars into panic. "

Under the big tree on Lianyun Island, Geng Zhongming and Shen Tingyang reported the current situation in Liaodong. Generally speaking, they were quite optimistic.

Originally, there were not many Tartars outside the pass, and they kept moving and transferring to the inside of the pass. The elite were stationed in Beijing, and they were also transferred to the front line.

It can be said that the Tartars outside the pass are no longer one out of three. Basically, the official flags have been drawn, and even Yu Ding and You Ding have been drawn for more than half. In addition, the Han army banners and Han people in Liaodong are also being drawn.

And this time the multi-way linkage of the Ming army made the situation worse outside the pass. Although Shen Tingyang didn't seem to have fought any battles in western Liaoning, this kind of coastal naval forces landed and delivered, and the battalion-based raids and harassment operations made the Tartars most headache.

If you want to intercept and contain, it is very difficult.

You have to be on guard against them coming to attack the city at all times, and you must send troops to garrison, otherwise, if there is a loophole in the defense, the Ming army may gather at any time to besiege, or even leave after the fight.

However, if we do not concentrate our forces to intercept the Ming army, but divide our troops to garrison, the strength of the troops will be stretched, and the end result will be that nothing can be done. We can barely mobilize a few mobile troops, but because of the small number of troops, we dare not stay too far away. The castle, and then the Ming army moved along the coast, coming in and out, and there was no way for the navy to respond.

It can only be tired of running, watching the Ming army looting everywhere.

Although the cities and fortresses are all guarded, and even some fortresses can defend themselves, the villages that lack the ability to defend themselves will inevitably be looted, people, livestock, money and food will be taken away, and even post stations, bridges, and roads will be destroyed. It's very angry and sad.

Not to mention that the Qing army in western Liaoning was nailed to the city, and even had to temporarily mobilize the young and strong to help defend. These undoubtedly affected production and increased military expenditures.

In contrast, the Ming army's tactics of breaking up the whole into parts and raiding and harassing the coast did not look like they had fought a big battle, but the harvest was still good.

Geng Zhongming's success in Liaodong is also related to the containment and cooperation of Liaoxi.

"The four guards in southern Liaoning are the richest sources of money and food for the Tartars outside the pass. This time we can take advantage of the emptiness and sweep them hard,"

Geng Zhongming's four guards in southern Liaoning refer to the original Haizhou guards, Gaizhou guards, Fuzhou guards, and Jinzhou guards in the Ming Dynasty, which are the so-called areas rich in water conservancy and local products.

Back then, in the first year of Tianqi, Mao Wenlong, a guerrilla guerrilla under Wang Huazhen, the governor of Guangning, led more than [-] soldiers to the coastal area of ​​Liaodong, recruited Liao people to restore Liaojiang, occupied Lushun, Pidao and the coastal islands, and then pushed into southern Liaoning. The various places greatly restrained Hou Jin's attack on Western Liaoning.

Under Mao Wenlong's harassment and attack, Nurhachi could only force the coastal residents to retreat to a distance of [-] miles from the sea, and move the people of Jinzhou to Fuzhou.

Let Liu Xingzuo manage the Sanwei Hanmin.

From the apocalypse to the early years of Chongzhen, the Ming and Qing scrambled several times around Lushun.

Liu Xingzuo was dissatisfied with Nurhachi's Manchu-Han policy, intending to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and turn to the Ming Dynasty. The incident was leaked, and the Tartars slaughtered [-] people in Fuzhou.

Afterwards, a more thorough emigration ban was imposed on Jinfu and Fuzhou. The residents of Fuzhou who had not been exterminated went north, and all the men and women in Yong and Gai cities were driven northward.

Only [-] Mongolians were left to guard the cover, and the Liao people stopped farming and abandoned land for hundreds of miles.

Sixteen locations will be set up along the coast, and one hundred will be stationed in each location.

In the era of Nurhachi, the forbidden sea was forcibly moved, and the military defense area and residential area were also demarcated. The dividing line started from Gushan in the east, passed through Tongyuan, and ended in Gaizhou in the west, forming a pattern of Han people farming inside and barbarians defending outside.

Since Mao Wenlong was killed, Dongjiang Town has been in a slump. Since then, it has experienced several civil strife. It is difficult for Dongjiang to play a role in the Tartars and internal strife. When the Denglai rebellion, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others voted for the queen, even more It was Hou Jin who greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of firearms and navy.

The strategic deployment outside the customs during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty also had its shortcomings. First of all, although there were sea control tactics earlier, they did not pay enough attention. There were 30 soldiers on the battlefield in western Liaoning, but no more than [-] along the coast of eastern Liaodong at most. Deployed on the coastal islands, the troops are scattered, and it is difficult to achieve greater results in each operation.

Once Mao Wenlong died, it would be even more difficult for Dongjiang to be of much use.

In fact, in Zhu Yihai's view, the Ming Dynasty at that time had no choice. First of all, although the navy of the Ming Dynasty was stronger than the Tartars, it was not a real navy. As a deterrent, the imperial court could not supply more soldiers and horses overseas.

In addition, the composition of Dongjiang Town is complicated, and it is difficult to control it, which eventually makes Dongjiang fail.

For the Tatars, the Dongjiang River did seriously threaten them and forced them to move to the sea. You must know that this order to move to the sea basically gave up half of the peninsula. Starting from Gaizhou in the west, it reached the mouth of the Liaohe River. , and Tongyuan Fort in the middle, between Benxi and Fengcheng, is two hundred miles away from the mouth of the Yalu River.

However, under the influence of the small ice river at that time, Liaodong was actually the same as Guannei, and there were disasters every year. However, the agricultural development in Liaoshen was backward, and the crops were ripe once a year, and the output was far lower than that of Guannei. More than half of the arable land in Liaodong.

But the Tartars were forced to take all the four hundred miles along the coast without occupying it, which made them face a serious food crisis.

However, in such a bad situation, Houjin insisted on fighting a bloody way, punching Mongolia, kicking North Korea, entering the customs several times to plunder, and finally captured the west of Liaoning in one fell swoop, and finally entered the Central Plains.

Before entering the customs, the Tartars had actually begun to restore the coastal lands after attacking the Dongjiang River.

Although Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other surrendered generals were resettled in Haizhou with their troops, the four guards in southern Liaoning also broke the original ban on moving to the sea and started farming again.

After several years of restoration, it has actually recovered quite well.

The Han people farmed, the Mongols garrisoned, and some Manchus supervised and guarded.

It is such a pattern.

However, it is precisely because the original four hundred miles of coastal land has been restored that the guards have been diluted instead.

Gaizhou used to be guarded by [-] Mongols in Nurhachi, but now there are only [-] troops stationed in Gaizhou, mainly Mongols, less Manchus, and a small number of Hans.

And after several transfers, the [-] Qing troops guarding the city of Gaizhou were no longer elite enough, mainly Yu Ding and You Ding. Even Gaizhou city defense had very few artillery pieces, no red cannons.

All the cannons in red were transferred to the Central Plains.

Geng Zhongming said that Gaizhou can be easily won, not bragging.

Although he didn't take down Liaoyang, it's not that he can't take it down, but he doesn't want too many casualties. The soldiers and horses are his capital. If he fails, he, the Duke of Liao, will naturally be unstable.

But Gaizhou is not as good as Liaoyang. There are no red-clothed cannons here, and the city defense is not as strong as Liaoyang. The defenders, the city's strong men, money and food, etc. are not as good as Liaoyang. What's more, it is near the sea, and there is a Ming army navy to help. Geng Zhongming Naturally, you have to show your ability and show off your muscles.

Otherwise, the admiral of Liaodong will have no weight in speaking in front of the governor of Liaodong in the future.

Shen Tingyang also knows the situation of the four guards in southern Liaoning. There are only 3000 people in total, and they belong to the second-line army. Now Geng Zhongming has just returned from the Liaodong plunder. Soldiers and horses, Shen Tingyang received a report that he had about [-] soldiers under his command.

Regardless of how many are recruits and how many are strong men, this number is indeed astonishing.

Of course, the emperor gave Geng Zhongming only [-] soldiers in Dongjiang Township, plus [-] auxiliary soldiers, for a total of [-] soldiers. In addition, he gave Dongjiang some places for regiment training.

These will be paid by the imperial court in the future.

Shen Tingyang now has a strong army under his command. He has [-] imperial sailors, plus [-] infantry, a total of [-] imperial battalions. In addition, Zhang Guozhu, Gao Jinzhong, Li Chengdong, and Zhang Tianlu will be attached, and many new soldiers have also been recruited.

The emperor gave each of the four generals [-] soldiers, and another [-]. Although most of them were recruits, many were even bandits recruited from Hebei.

But anyway, the Qing army here in Liaodong is not strong, and it is half a catty in comparison.

The four guards in southern Liaoning and Haizhou have been destroyed and burned by Geng Zhongming, and they have been wiped out.

Now Gaizhou is besieged and has become an isolated city.

As far as the [-] defenders were concerned, Geng Zhongming was not afraid at all, even if all the young and strong in the city were temporarily recruited to defend the city.

"Report!"

A superintendent came quickly.

"My lord, Li Chengdong, the deputy admiral, sent an urgent report that the Tazi soldiers in Gaizhou city abandoned the city and fled!"

Both Shen Tingyang and Geng Zhongming were stunned.

The Qing army in Gaizhou City was terrified when they saw the Ming army's sea and land reconciliation, and finally faced Geng Zhongming's troops who appeared below the city, completely devoid of fighting spirit.

The Mongols in the city were frightened and fled out of the north gate.

These Mongols suddenly abandoned the city and fled, which surprised Geng Zhongming's tribe outside the city. Moreover, these people broke through desperately, and they were very fierce. They rushed out desperately, and Geng Zhong's battalion in the north of the city was directly broken through.

After Xu Degong arrived, seeing how fierce they were, he simply ordered them to let go and let them break away.

"Report!"

"Commander Xu Decheng has already invaded Gaizhou City and recovered Gaizhou!"

Xu Degong sent the Mongols to break through the siege and go north, and took advantage of the situation to enter the city, reporting their merits and victory.

Although Shen Tingyang released the Qing army in the city to Gengbu, he did not punish him. In front of Geng Zhongming, he even praised Geng's army for being brave.

Hearing his praise, Geng Zhongming breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't blame him.

"The Tartars fled to the north, and the last general is willing to lead his troops to pursue them, and they must be wiped out!"

Shen Tingyang waved his hand.

"Forget it, don't chase the poor, don't stop the returnees, just run away, anyway, if you run away, the monk can't run away from the temple, so go ahead to Gaizhou City."

"General Xu entered Gaizhou first, and he should be credited with the first merit!"

"Let's go to Gaizhou City!"

The battle plan for capturing Gaizhou City has not yet been drawn up. As a result, the Mongols in Gaizhou City left the Manchurian Tartars and ran away. The Manchurian Tartars had few soldiers and wanted to command the Han soldiers to defend the city. Entering the city, the Han soldiers turned against the enemy and raised righteousness before the battle, directly beheading the Man Tartars to meet the king's teacher!

Shen Tingyang got on the boat and crossed the Daqing River to Gaizhou. On the boat, he personally presented the victory to His Majesty the Emperor of Laizhou!
(End of this chapter)