The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 102 Million Stones

"Hold on for ten days."

This is the time calculated by Tang Qing'an based on the fleet's capacity.

In ten days, he will evacuate Haizhou.

On the third day, the reinforcements from Liaoyang came, and gathered 7000 soldiers from all over the place. After some testing, they were repulsed by the Fran machine guns on the city wall.

On the sixth day, Daishan led nearly 6000 soldiers, and arrived at Haizhou after a detour of nearly [-] miles. He joined forces with Liaoyang, and his force reached [-].

He and the generals were on the mountain, watching the continuous boats coming and going in the south of the city, cursed angrily, issued a death order, and all the ministries attacked the city regardless of casualties.

Tang Qing'an placed eighty Francine cannons on the city walls and the newly built fortifications at the south gate.

Especially the newly built fortifications at the south gate, because there is no strong city wall, there are only forty gates here, occupying half of it.

And the south of the city wharf, relying on the fortifications built on the stone bridge of the city wall, has become the focus of competition between the two sides.

The thousands of Jinzhou soldiers defending here won the battle, and their faces were flushed red after being stimulated by the splashing supplies, and they stood by their positions without risking their lives.

Although the battle was brutal, he remained motionless.

Dai Shan lost thousands of troops and lost thousands of horses. He was so anxious that his mouth was full of foam.

All the generals begged to stop attacking so forcefully.

As the name of Haizhou suggests, from the sea at the mouth of the Liaohe River to the inland, there are three major rivers and countless tributaries.

As the name suggests, Sancha River is the place where three big rivers meet.

The general city is built on the mountain, but Haizhou is built on the sea, so Haizhou has no moat, and its moat is the river.

The city wall was built on the river embankment, and only four stone bridges connected the city gate across the river.

Twenty steps to the south of Haizhou South Gate is the ferry, and more than a hundred steps to the east is the Nanmen Bridge.

If you want to capture the ferry, you must capture the South Gate Bridge.

Not to mention the various fortifications of Nanmen Bridge, the city wall is more than [-] steps to the north, with Franji on it, and guards shooting with bows and guns.

In the river at Nanmen Bridge, there were boats harassing again.

It is equivalent to a barbarian attacking a bridge, and he will be hit by the upper, middle and lower body. No matter how fearless he is, he has no choice but to leave corpses everywhere.

This way of fighting, if the city is not defeated, it will be in chaos.

Daishan knew the soldiers after all, and finally called gold to withdraw the troops.

"Boat, we need a boat."

The crowd nodded.

"However, small boats and rafts can be found out one or two, but such a big boat, without a master craftsman, how can it be built out of thin air."

To build a large ship requires dozens of major processes.

It is not made by cutting wood and mortise and tenon splicing.

If it was so easy, then why did the Mongolian country urge the southerners to build ships instead of urging the shipbuilders in the South?

Now, with the fact that Da Zhou inherited the policy of banning seas from the previous Ming Dynasty, the shipbuilders are all in Zhili, Jianghuai, and Fujian shipyards.

These shipwrights and military craftsmen are under the direct management of the government, and everyone's roster is in the hands of the government, and there is no personal freedom to go out of the state and county at will, so there are really no shipwrights available in Liaodong.

Otherwise, in history, when Houjin seized Liaodong and crossed the sea to attack Dongjiang Town, there would not have been only eleven ships.

Everyone, tell me what you said, it took Tang Qing'an fifteen days to completely evacuate Haizhou City.

Why did it take so long, because Haizhou is not only forage and food, but also weapons and armor, horses, mules and livestock.

Since the opponent was unable to break through the city wall he was holding on to, Tang Qing'an saw that the army's morale was available, so he held on for another five days.

Finally, looking at the empty city, Tang Qing'an looked at the generals again.

No one wants to stay anymore.

Haizhou can still defend, but it is meaningless.

There are barbarian cities on the top, bottom, left, and right. It's just an isolated city. What's the use of guarding it for a while?

And how many guards are left to ensure that Haizhou is not lost, five thousand?Ten thousand, twenty thousand?

In fact, everyone is eager to return.

The sky-splashing supplies can gather the hearts of the army to defend the city, and it can also make people feel uneasy.

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Tang Qing'an recruited the Liao private camp.

Siege the city and captured Haizhou in one day. Although there are many advantages, it was still piled up with human lives in the end.

The entire army suffered 800 casualties, plus the large and small wars since the landing, the total casualties reached more than [-].

Tang Qing'an recruited Li Qi and Zhu Xiu.

The Liao private battalion of the entire army has the highest fighting spirit, and among the Liao private battalions, these two have the highest military exploits.

It is not easy to retreat and board the ship smoothly under the sight of the enemy.

If the barbarians find a chance to break through the city after making trouble, then the joy will turn into sorrow.Although the supplies have been transported away, there are still more than 1 soldiers in the city.

"I ordered the second part of you to stay in the city and cover the retreat of the army. The sound of the pier's horn is the order. Only when the order is sounded can the second part of you retreat. I will leave the boat at the dock to pick up your second part. You two have confidence."

Li Qi and Zhu Xiu looked at each other and took orders one after another without complaining.

Seeing that the two were straightforward, Tang Qing'an pondered for a while, and finally couldn't help but reveal it to the two of them.

"After this great victory, I will expand my troops. If you defend this battle well, I will count your great achievements."

Although they didn't say it explicitly, Li Qi and Zhu Xiu were pleasantly surprised.

"General, please rest assured, we will fight to the death and never retreat, and protect the army without any worries."

On the second day, all ministries in Haizhou began to withdraw from the defense line, and the gap was filled by Li Qi and Zhu Xiu.

On the third day, the barbarians found that the Zhou soldiers in Haizhou City had the intention to retreat, and began to attack from the north gate.

On the fourth day, the barbarians occupied the north gate. Li Qi and Zhu Xiu's 1000 men defended the wall of the south gate to cover the ferry of the remaining [-] soldiers.

When there were only twenty ships left at the pier, the call finally sounded, but no Zhou soldiers left the city. After waiting for three quarters, more than three hundred men ran out from the south gate.

Everyone was bloody, throwing away their helmets and armors. When they arrived at the ferry, they jumped into the river one after another and were salvaged by small boats.

Hundreds of barbarians followed closely behind, drawing their bows in a murderous spirit and shooting at the boats that salvaged the soldiers.

Gou'er directed the boat to salvage the Zhou soldiers in the water, and at the same time organized the soldiers on the boat to shoot at the barbarians on the pier.

The barbarian soldiers are based on the land, and the Zhou soldiers are ups and downs on the boat.

Of course, Zhou Bing suffered heavy casualties when they shot each other like this.

However, the general has an order that the navy must take back Li Qi and Zhu Xiu's two remnants regardless of the cost.

So Gou'er endured the reluctance in his heart, and ordered the ships not to retreat, and continued to fire the guns despite the casualties.

On a ship that is constantly shaking, a blunderbuss is better than a bow and arrow.

Seeing Zhou Bing who fell into the water after salvage, he didn't have time to ask if Li Qi and Zhu Xiu had boarded the boat. Seeing most of the barbarians coming from the city gate, Gou'er immediately ordered the boat to leave.

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Lianyun Island is located at the estuary of the Daqing River in Gaizhou, also known as Lianyin Island, Lianyunyu, etc.

It leans against the sea on one side and is surrounded by rivers on three sides. It was connected by a dam in later generations. The area of ​​the island is equivalent to [-] standard football fields in later generations.

Time and time again, a large amount of material resources have been transported down continuously, and tens of thousands of people have been rescued from Haizhou.

Liu Tong is most familiar with this island, and organized thousands of people on Lianyun Island to build warehouses and grass sheds.

Even so, there is not enough space, and even the fields that are producing ears have been leveled.

Tens of thousands of young and strong Haizhou refugees were also organized to build docks to facilitate the docking of large ships and speed up the efficiency of material delivery.

One trip, two trips, three trips...

Everyone is numb.

When Tang Qing'an returned by boat, he couldn't find any open space to set up camp.

As for the remaining acres, Tang Qing'an was reluctant to destroy them, so he could only let the various ministries find available places to settle the camps by themselves.

In this way, the camp of the [-] troops was in disarray, with no rules at all.

In case of an enemy attack, only 1000 people can rush into the central army.

It's a pity that there is no chance.

If the barbarians had ships, Tang Qing'an would not have won such a big victory.

The navy's boats did not stop at all, and began to send the supplies from Lianyun Island to Changxing Island, and then from Changxing Island to Zhangzi Island in the Yellow Sea, and other islands in Haiyang Island.

Tang Qing'an was worried, and ordered the army to return to Jinzhou. He personally garrisoned Lianyun Island, and sent his second brother Liu Chengmin to the Yellow Sea.

Head to tail, the two arranged the supplies of more than one million stones.

After the fall of the former Liao Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of people lived in the Liaoxi Corridor, and more than [-] new soldiers were recruited, and all supplies needed to be transported in Denglai.

Dazhou gathered the power of the whole country to collect millions of peas and grains.

It is not surprising that Haizhou has millions of stones.

There were 15 troops, more than [-] mules and horses, plus Liaoshen transported Haizhou, and Haizhou transported more than [-] front-line civilians.

The old slave had seized the original supplies of Shenyang, Liaoyang, and Liaozuo guards, and in addition to his own search, he had collected more than a million stones.

Food and grass are the key to the morale of the army, which ensures the high morale of the barbarians.

This made Tang Qing'an cheaper. Tang Qing'an never expected that he would have such a harvest. This was the advantage of using the sea to control barbarism and winning the battle.

As long as the battle is won, it is not surprising that there are unintended benefits.

Just like the motherland of the later generations, a peerless battle was fought, and all parties were drawn together, giving countless benefits.

After rounds of battles, it honed a world-wide weapon, and even the superpowers at that time put down their bodies and took the initiative to send business to their door.

In short, Feng Shengzhi came to Lianyun Island from Jinzhou and asked the general how much supplies he had obtained.

Tang Qing'an shook his head.

"Surrounded by enemy troops, there will be more than [-] stones before they can be counted in the future."

Sergeants and civilians are constantly carrying, countless supplies, and everyone carries their own things, but they don't know the exact quantity.

Tang Qing'an did not disclose the figures reported by the various ministries except for a few of his cronies, and strictly prohibited private communication on this matter.

Even if there are a few generals who have a good relationship and communicate secretly, they can't see how much the whole army has transported.

The navy is only responsible for transporting, but not for counting, and also does not know the specific figures.

In this way, the generals in the army, even the general Zhao Gouyong, did not know how much they had gained.

Feng Shengzhi looked suspicious.

He heard the news of Gu Yingshi in Jinzhou, and after the army came back, he went to Lushun himself, and saw a steady stream of fleets delivering supplies on the pier.

I heard that the ships of the entire Navy have been mobilized, the original [-] ships, [-] ships from Jinling, and [-] ships from Denglai, making a total of [-] ships.

With so many large ships, the capacity of one trip is nearly 20 shi. Although the general disrupted the fleet, it is impossible to count the total number of trips by the [-] ships.

But he is not a fool, how could he believe that there are only more than two hundred thousand stones.

"I have ordered Liu Chengmin to strictly count all the materials after they are delivered, and I will hand them over to you as soon as I receive the booklet."

Tang Qing'an said sincerely.

Zhangzi Island and Haiyang Island are the farthest islands of Dazhou in Liaodong, and the mainland, which is more than a hundred miles away, is in the hands of barbarians.

That's why he sent supplies there.

It's not that he's stingy.

Just like the capital, with the materials of more than a million stones, Tang Qing'an no longer fears the worry of winning over the Liao people within two or three years.

(End of this chapter)