Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 518 The dragon swings its tail
Shandong.

The battle seemed to be paused suddenly.

In the scorching summer, the three provinces in the Central Plains turned into a huge disaster area, with hungry people everywhere.

At this time, it had been more than a month since the flood broke the embankment, but the disaster became more and more serious. The Yellow River burst its embankment in Tongwaxiang. The gap is now more than ten miles wide. The Yellow River completely changed its course and flowed northeast. After the flooding, the Daqing River was finally taken out of Lijin County in Jinan Prefecture and poured into the Bohai Bay.

All counties along the Daqing River were flooded.

Anshan Lake was formed due to the excavation of Anshan to Linqing Huitong River, which led to Wenjijiu. The infusion of the Yellow River water formed a brand new big lake, which brought the Liangshui Lake, which was already nearly silted, back to the lake. It recovered, and even Anshan Lake, which was almost silted up and reclamated in the late Ming Dynasty, has now expanded.

The Beidongping and Nan'an Mountains were formed, with an area of ​​one million mu.

The [-]-mile Liangshanshuipo is back again.

The great diversion of the Yellow River has not only brought about these things, the Yellow River North River, the river that originally went south, has lost water after the rainy season and is drying up. Because it was originally a river suspended above the ground, it is now becoming a high embankment, which is abrupt It separates Yishu Sishui and Huaihe River system and becomes a watershed between them.

The Huaihe River, which was originally taken over by the Yellow River in the lower reaches, has lost its ability to re-enter the sea after hundreds of years of sedimentation and river bed elevation.

The Huaihe River can only enter the Yangtze River through the canal through Hongze Lake, and then enter the sea through the Yangtze River.

But now the Yellow River takes the Daqing River into the sea, but the Daqing River's channel is too narrow to accommodate a large amount of water. Once the water volume is larger, the new channel will inevitably burst and flood again.

Shandong Babaili disaster area, 34 disaster-stricken prefectures and counties.

This flood caused both the Ming and Qing armies to stagnate, and the Qing army suffered a greater blow. Jinan was once an isolated city, and Changqing and Li cities were flooded.

Xuzhou, an important town that was originally located on the banks of the Yellow River and the canal, turned out to be a waste of water in the Yellow River, and the canal was washed away by the new river in Dongping. Xuzhou, a battleground for military strategists, suddenly lost its transportation advantages.

When Xu Dingguo and Li Ji in Henan encountered rebellion, they cut off Xu and Ying's Qing troops.

Although the flood of the Yellow River dealt a severe blow to the Yuyuan army, Li Huajing, Liang Min and others were not washed away. On the contrary, after the flood of the Yellow River, they continued to raise their flags. Li Huajing and others are even more powerful.

Li Huajing joined forces from all walks of life in eastern Shandong and gathered at Dongping Lake. Using the [-]-mile water lake as his new base camp, he took advantage of the flood to launch an attack on various prefectures and counties. Launch an uprising response, gather over.

At this time, Zhu Yihai did not launch a big offensive in Denglai, but shrunk somewhat.

He guarded Denglai personally, and then Jin Gongyu led Shence Township to Qingzhou, Liu Shixun led an army to Haizhou, and Meng Xian led Zhongsu Township to Qingdao.

Not only did he not attack Jinan and Xuzhou, but he even transferred several imperial battalions to Liaodong. Instead, he launched an offensive against Liaodong at this time.

When the dragon came, it swayed its tail by surprise.

Tartar, you guard the strong city of the Central Plains, then I will go around and attack Liaodong, and open up a new battlefield.

Shen Tingyang first took Gaizhou and then Fuzhou, while Zheng Zhilong and Huang Binqing took Lushun.

The Ming army broke through the four lands of Hai, Gai, Fu, and Jin, and the most fertile areas in southern Liaoning were successively breached by the Ming army. Facing the Ming army's back-and-forth sword, the Tartars could only hastily order Liaodong to resume Liaodong moved to the sea in the Nurhachi era.

Starting from Kuandian Fort in the upper reaches of the Yalu River in the east, passing through Tongyuan Fort in the north of Fenghuang City in the middle, and reaching Tianzhuangtai at the mouth of Liaohe River in the west, they voluntarily abandoned Gaifu Jinsan and only sent troops to Haizhou, which was abandoned by the Ming army, to screen Liaoyang.

The assistant king Shuosai personally moved to Haizhou to guard, and urgently sent troops from various Mongolian tribes to reinforce Ningyuan, Jinzhou, Liaoyang, and Haicheng. Facing the Ming army entering Liao, he did not dare to easily go south to capture Gai, Fu, and Jin.

However, when the Ming army captured the four towns in southern Liaoning, there were not many casualties. For example, Haizhou was captured by Geng Zhongming's sneak attack, and the [-] Mongolian soldiers in Gaizhou directly abandoned the city and fled.

The situation in Fuzhou was similar. The Mongols who were stationed abandoned the Manchurian soldiers and ran away.

Lushun wanted to run but failed, and was surrounded by Zheng Zhilong.

The trapped Qing army had no choice but to resist stubbornly, but Zheng Zhilong's men were strong and strong, and they captured Lushunkou first. The artillery on the gunboat blared together to cover the landing of the infantry. Hit all the way to Jinzhou Acropolis.

The Jinzhou Acropolis was renamed Ninghai by the Qing court, and it defended the city from a corner. However, facing the Ming army, which was completely superior in terms of numbers and equipment, the Qing army defending the city alone did not last long.

The fleet of the Ming army went straight to Jinzhou Bay, and the artillery was carried ashore and pulled to the city. The artillery blasted fiercely, and the soldiers dug trenches to the city and carried out blasting. It took only seven days to take Jinzhou.

After capturing Jinzhou City, Geng Zhongming led his men and horses to divide his troops to the east, swept the Changshan Islands, and then went straight to the Yalu River Pin, landed on Pidao, and reopened Dongjiang Town.

The number of Qing troops on these islands was very small, and many Geng Zhongming did not know what was going on when they called. The Qing troops stationed on some big islands had already fled.

There were also some Han troops stationed there, some even from the former Dongjiang Town, and some even Geng Zhongming's old subordinates, so naturally they immediately changed their flags to greet them.

Geng Zhongming went to Dongjiang, Zheng Zhilong and Shen Tingyang led troops to sweep the fort strongholds and Tunzhuang of the Qing army on the Liaonan Peninsula. , but it is already difficult to resist for a long time.

In the Liaonan campaign, the Ming army beat the Tartars by surprise. The whole campaign progressed smoothly and achieved great results. It started with Geng Lao Er's rebellion in Haizhou, and ended with him sweeping the Changshan Islands and reopening the Dongjiang River.

The Ming army captured the Liaonan Peninsula with very few casualties.

During the entire battle, the Qing army was completely passive. Geng Zhongming first stole Haizhou and then attacked Liaoyang.Then Shen Tingyang led the imperial battalion to kill, and then Zheng Zhilong and Huang Binqing came again.

A steady stream of elite reinforcements from the Ming army arrived, but the Tartars had no troops to transfer at this time. They had previously transferred most of the troops inside and outside the pass to the south. Many soldiers and horses were transferred to the south.

The rebellion in Mobei Mongolia has restrained many soldiers and horses of Monan Mongolia.

The result was an empty Liaodong. Ning Jin, Liao, Shen, etc. were too busy to take care of themselves, had no soldiers to transfer, and no generals to sit in. Seeing that the Ming army quickly wiped out southern Liaoning.

In the end, it can only revisit the forbidden sea and voluntarily give up the coastal land of Liaodong.

Losing such a large piece of land in southern Liaoning, but there is no progress in the Central Plains and other places, the Tartars can be said to be vomiting blood with anger.

Dengzhou city.

Zhu Yihai looked at the memorial sent by Zheng Zhilong, and he proposed to dig a river in the Jinzhou Isthmus between Jinzhou Bay and Dalian Bay, so that the southern area of ​​Jinzhou would become a big island, and there would be no need to worry about the Qing army attacking.

As long as the mountain castle is repaired on the Dahei Mountain across the river and an army is stationed, it will be completely stable.

The narrowest part of the Jinzhou Isthmus is less than ten miles away. This area is also flat land, so it is not difficult to dig. Now there are many people there. It is enough to raise some grain and get some tools, dig the river, and then dig Build a city wall less than ten miles away on the south bank and build some forts, which are absolutely stable.

"I remember when Mao Wenlong was in Dongjiang, he seemed to have proposed such a plan. It seems that the Ministry of War agreed to it, but the Ministry of Households had no money. Later, Zhang Pan of Lushun dug it himself, but was betrayed by the rebels, leading the Qing army to attack Dawei. defeat?"

"The emperor has a good memory, there is indeed such a thing." Liu Chao replied.

Zhu Yihai looked at the map of Liaodong and dug a ten-mile canal, or a deep trench.

The center of Liaodong is undoubtedly Liaoyang. From the establishment of Liaodong County during the Warring States Period to the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty, Liaoyang has always been the core of the entire outside of the pass. It was not until Nurhachi made Shenyang that it began to become a new center outside the pass.

For Zhu Yihai right now, he has no intention of attacking Liaoyang or even Shenyang, but he will not give up in Liaonan.

Pulled around and moved the whole body.

A skin island at the mouth of the Yalu River can strategically contain the Qing army, let alone a southern Liaoning.

If necessary, in fact, Zhu Yihai really only needs to control one Golden State. Hai, Gai, and Fu can all be indisputable. If the Jinzhou Isthmus is excavated, it will indeed be beneficial for defense.

After all, digging a river is considered a natural danger.

Of course, Phi Island could have fallen back then, so just digging a river is not enough to sit back and relax.

"How much does it cost to dig a river and build walls and forts?" Zhu Yihai asked.

"It's estimated to be quite a lot, but there are many evacuated refugees over there now. They can be requisitioned for free and just provide food, which can save a lot."

"Is it faster to dig a river or build a city?"

"If you dig according to the depth and width of the Grand Canal, it must be faster to dig the river, but if you just erect a simple earth wall or wooden fence, then it must be faster to erect the wall."

Zhu Yihai calculated carefully. According to the general canal standard, it would be about three meters deep and 60 meters wide, and calculated as ten miles long. This project is not too big. If there is a hook machine, a small boss can contract it.

If it is simply dug by manpower, it is actually not difficult if there is enough manpower.

One person can dig about two square meters of soil a day, and this canal is about 200 million square meters. 1 people can dig 200 square meters a day, and [-] million square meters in one hundred days.

If there are more people, you can save some time, and even if you dig more in one day, digging in three directions, it will only take two months.If there are 2 people, it only takes a few months.

If the canal is narrowed and dug according to the standard of a moat, the amount of work will be smaller.

Of course, it should not be too narrow or too shallow, or it will be easily filled.

But in general, excavating the Jinzhou Isthmus is indeed similar to repairing a moat. The Tongzi River in Beijing is more than 50 meters wide and five meters deep.

Now there are a large number of evacuated people in southern Liaoning, and they are organized to dig rivers.

The excavated soil can be used to ram the city wall at an interval of 50 meters on the south bank of the river, dig the river to repair the city, add slope protection, forts, and add a few small bastions. It is estimated that the success is not high, but it is more labor-intensive.

But if you hurry up, it is estimated that two months is also possible.

Zhu Yihai can transport grain from Dengzhou to supply it.

After the river is dug, the benefits are obvious. It is true that the peninsula will become an island in the future, so there is no need to worry about the Qing army’s attack. Dalian Lushun still has a lot of land suitable for farming.

Even Lushun is a natural ice-free port, an excellent military port, and Dalian is also a very good port.

Once the river is dug, a line of defense will be built behind it, and then Jinzhou City, Dalian Port, and Lushun Port will naturally be erected, and then a navy will be stationed in Lushun, Dalian, and then on the Daheishan on the north side of the river, in the former Koguryo Beisha On the basis of the mountain city, repairing and strengthening a fortress, stationing a team of troops, this is not like solidifying the mountain, like a nail firmly nailed here.

Lushun and Denglai faced each other across the sea, watched and helped each other, and could completely block Bohai Bay, threatening Liaodong all the time.

"Looking at it this way, it is indeed worth repairing. After the repair is completed, the people on Jinzhou Island can also be placed to concentrate on reclamation. I have sent an order to Shen Tingyang, Governor of Liaodong, to let him do it, as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)