Dragon Sea Empire

The news that the Chinese army sent troops to conquer gold spread to the Ming government.It caused a sensation.Although the whole court knew about the destruction of Xianglan Banner.But most of them thought it was an "accident" caused by the pirates winning more than the few, and the Northern Captives and Eight Banners penetrating alone.From the Emperor of Apocalypse to the ministers of various ministries.No one would have thought that the Chinese army would dare to take the initiative to send troops to crusade against Houjin.

Yuan Yingtai, the new Liaodong economic strategist, arrived in Liaodong.Although some rectification was carried out at the beginning.They regard corrupt generals Liu Guangxian and general Li Guangrong as scum.I want to dismiss him for investigation.As a result, Liu was expelled and rioted.Li will step down from office next June.Yuan Yingtai generally corrected Xiong Tingbi's "strictness" with "lenient".As a result, the defense suddenly made a mistake.Some Mongols begged for food because of yearly hunger.Surrendered by him.Placed in the first line of Quang Ninh.Some people raised the fear of internal response from the enemy.Not only did Shuai Yingtai not listen.Anti complacency.They should be used to harass the later gold.

result.It didn't take long for these Mongolian soldiers to rebel because of lack of pay.It triggered the response of other troops of the Japanese army.As a result, the flames of war spread everywhere in the west of Liaoning.No matter how much food and salaries the Ming court sent to Liaodong.After being exploited layer by layer by officials from top to bottom.To the bottom of the soldiers here.Will always be underpaid.The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty that has completely institutionalized corruption and embezzlement.It's like a black hole.No matter how much money, grain and grass are enough.

Therefore, after the Chinese army launched a crusade against Houjin's attack.The Ming army in western Liaoning is still in chaos.Because of lack of payment and Liaodong refugees did not receive relief.There have been many mutinies and civil uprisings in the west of Liaoning, together with the Jingqu area of ​​the Guannei.There are still doubts about the Ming army's self-protection at this time.How dare you take the initiative to attack Liaodong.Therefore, when Haizhou and Gaizhou were occupied by the Chinese army.The Ming army did not respond at all.

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The Kuandian Camp where Zhao Tie sits is like a large warehouse for the Chinese Army.Now it is filled with all kinds of materials inside and out.Then transfer to the east and west lines.Numerous Korean civilian husbands and Liaodong people were escorted by soldiers in black from the Chinese Army.Driving cattle, horses, mules, donkeys and other carts.Shuttle on the roads like hardworking worker ants.Many of these roads are newly opened.

A notice was issued from the Jinghai Palace of Yinfeng in Taiwan: All capable pioneer groups can participate in the Liaodong War.Of course, it must be under the unified command of the Chinese Army.After the pioneering group participates in the battle, they can share the spoils like Chinese soldiers.After the war, you can get a share of land in the newly occupied area according to your meritorious service.

therefore.In addition to the follow-up troops of the regular army of the Chinese Army, they concentrated in Liaoyang and Kuandian.Dozens of "military battalions" formed by the pioneering regiments also drove to the battlefield.as an auxiliary force.These militia battalions were assigned to defend the main traffic routes.Several "militia battalions" came to the Hetuala front.Ordered to raid the hinterland of Houjin - the site of the former Jurchen Jianzhouwei.

Zhang Pan led 400 brothers from the third battalion of the first regiment of the fifth division.After the task of escorting the cannon was successfully completed.Rest for a few days.Zhang Pan found that Yan Siqi did not immediately launch the artillery unit.Nor did they mobilize troops to besiege the old city of Hetuala.

Yan Siqi used the main force of the first division to attack the last two fortresses around Hetuala.His own Fifth Division was all dispatched.Divide into more than a dozen roads to sweep the birthplace of the Houjin Kingdom.His order was clear: all Jurchen tribes who did not surrender immediately.They will be wiped out on the spot.

Yang Dacheng's West Route Army was originally facing the main force of the Eight Banners led by Nurhachi himself.The intelligence work of the Chinese Army before the war was fairly successful.Find out that the main forces of the Eight Banners are gathering in Shenyang and Kaiyuan.so.In the plan of the staff of the old battalion combat department, the general manager of the Liaodong Road Marching.Yang Dacheng's West Route Army is the main force in the decisive battle with the Eight Banners.They estimate anyway.Nurhaci will keep his new capital: Shenyang.therefore.In Liaoyang, Shenyang line.The West Route Army will have a head-on confrontation with the main forces of the Eight Banners.therefore.The cavalry brigade, artillery brigade and other troops were strengthened to the West Route Army.

but.The Golden Eight Banners soldiers shrank back quickly.Liaoyang gave up without fighting.This made officers at all levels of the West Route Army of the Chinese Army a little impatient and confused.

Commander of the cavalry brigade.Colonel Lu Xiaotian personally led the subordinate battalion to go out to investigate in the suburbs of Shenyang.Prompted by the impatience that spread to the entire army of the West Route Army.He went a little too far forward.Baitapu in the south of the Hun River.The standard battalion directly under the commander of the cavalry brigade encountered [-] Eight Banners soldiers.

Lu Xiaotian turned around and ran towards the south.But here is a wilderness suitable for cavalry warfare.He was quickly overtaken by the Eight Banners soldiers who came overwhelmingly.The standard battalion directly under the Chinese Army Cavalry Brigade is well-equipped.Carrying four six-shot rapid-fire guns and two honeycomb guns.They were all driven in buggies.Lu Xiaotian set up a position by the forest on a river bank.Surround your troops into a hollow square.Concentrate rapid-fire guns, human machine guns-cellular guns on the northwest.It is facing the front of the Eight Banners soldiers' charge line.

Over the woods on the banks of the river.A series of red firework bombs for help exploded.

at the same time. 400 cavalry began to shoot at the Eight Banners soldiers with their own lances and rapid-fire guns.

Due to the limitation of river banks and woods.The Eight Banners soldiers could only attack this small Chinese army position head-on from the northwest.

The leader of this team of Eight Banners soldiers is the Banner Master of Zhenglan Banner.Mang Gurtai, the fifth son of Nurhaci.Known for its ferocity in combat.He ordered ten pure Manchurian Niulu forwards to directly attack Lu Xiaotian's position.In his opinion.Such a small group of southern barbarians.It's just an appetizer.

Advisor to the Cavalry Brigade Training Department.Loker, an old German mercenary, rode on his Arabian horse.Looking at the black Eight Banners cavalry in front of him.Haha laughed.Said to Lu Xiaotian: "Victory on the battlefield always belongs to the side that fights the scattered cavalry with a dense large force. The practice of the Turks and Mamluks has fully proved that it is powerless to deal with infantry with a rapid impact. .Where the strides of the Lancers or Cuirassiers cannot pass. No other cavalry can pass. Compared with the strides, the rapid impact is superior only in dealing with the verge of running out of food and ammunition. Therefore, it has been completely trapped. Chaotic infantry. If you want to break through a solid phalanx, you still need muskets and lancers. It’s best to have cuirassiers equipped with spears. I haven’t seen these barbarian cavalry on the opposite side have these things.”

Lu Xiaotian's face was ashen.Seeing a monster, he looked at Rocker: this old mercenary with scars on his face in his 40s.Never seem to know what it is to be afraid.

Lu Xiaotian decided not to talk to this foreigner with a red beard and a big nose.The opponent's men shouted: "The enemy enters 200 paces. Quick-fire gun fire. Fifty paces. The whole army shoots."

When the Eight Banners soldiers approached the woods on the river bank.The team was hindered by sparse trees.It looks very scattered.

The soldiers of the Chinese cavalry brigade used the lying horses as cover.Rely on the horse.Half squatting holding a gun.Ready to shoot.at this time.The firing sound of the honeycomb gun "da da da" sounded.There was also the rapid "bang bang" sound of the six-shot burst gun immediately after.

This is the first time that the Chinese Army's manual burst machine gun has been put into combat in a field environment.An improved cellular gun with a skilled gunner and loader.It can reach a rate of fire of 1 rounds per minute; the six-child revolver can also reach fifty rounds per minute.

Under the dense rain of bullets from two honeycomb guns and four six-sub-revolver guns.Pieces of Eight Banners cavalry were knocked to the ground like fallen leaves by the autumn wind.subsequently.The soldiers of the standard battalion directly under Lu Xiaotian fired their carbine guns.The gunpowder smoke immediately filled the air.

Mang Gurtai was surprised to see that the ten most elite Manchurian Niulu under him were defeated by a mere [-] or so opponents.After losing nearly half of the troops.He retreated in panic and confusion.

He heard heavy gunfire.Very much wondering how such a small group of people can shoot such a dense bullet.He executed the leader of the forward force on the spot.Then he personally took the troops to attack this small Chinese army.The cavalry of his troops directly under the Zhenglan Banner were smashed to pieces by the opponent's intensive firepower in the first attack.The so-called heavy armored cavalry can't stop the bullets at all.The war horse and its owner were knocked to the ground together.

at this time.The cavalry units of the Chinese Army who saw the red distress signal came from all directions.Several other infantry sentries of the Chinese Army who were patrolling nearby also rushed over.They took the initiative to attack the Eight Banners soldiers.Then gunshots rang out from all directions.

Mang Gurtai was taken aback by this formation.He thought that he had also fallen into the "trap" arranged by the Chinese army.

If the opponent is an official army of the Ming Dynasty.He doesn't care at all.Immediately, they will concentrate their forces to destroy a small group of people on the river bank first.Then deal with the surrounding enemy reinforcements.

However.In front of him was the Chinese Army that had nearly wiped out the Xianglan Banner.

therefore.Mangurtai, who has always been brave in battle, carefully ordered the whole army to concentrate.Turn around and walk back in place.His troops were originally partial divisions covering Shenyang's flank.He did not intend to confront the Chinese army head-on.He sent out several troops to rush the reinforcements.take the opportunity

that night.Mangurtai's troops returned to Shenyang City.He told Nurhachi the exact news about the strong combat capabilities of the Chinese Army.

a day later.Yang Dacheng's vanguard reconnaissance cavalry found on the line north of the Hun River that the Eight Banners soldiers who had been stationed on the river bank had disappeared.Brigades appeared on the front lines of Shenyang and Fushun.Head east from Shenyang City.

Yang Dacheng frowned upon hearing the news: "What. Could it be that the Jurchen Tartars want to return to Hetuala. Shenyang City is not guarded yet."

Zheng Zhihu, the new staff officer of the Second Division’s Operations Department, said: “It’s very possible. The Tartar cavalry’s harassment of our army’s camp has decreased a lot in the past two days. Our army’s cavalry went deep into the north of Shenyang City without encountering the enemy. Very likely. Nu Chief Abandoned the city again."

The West Route Army dispatched forwards that day: the second division and one regiment crossed the Hun River and came to the city of Shenyang.

A group released a reconnaissance hot air balloon outside the south gate of Shenyang City.The head of a group personally watched it on the balloon for a long time.After coming down, he told the messenger: "Report to Director Yang immediately. Shenyang City is an empty city. Nu Chief ran away."