Win the Ding 1617

Outside the Dashiqiao Fort, thousands of soldiers and horses are lined up.

The solar term coincides with the first month of the lunar calendar in Ming Dynasty, and the midwinter in Liaodong counts to nine, and the north wind is howling, icy cold.As soon as people went outside, they shivered with cold.All the generals were dressed thickly, and put down the ears of their leather caps to protect their heads and faces.The exposed skin on the face is coated with thick oil to prevent it from being cracked by the wind and frostbite.The hands holding the weapon tightly were protected by a pair of thick fur gloves to prevent them from being frozen by the biting cold wind.

Standing in front of the queue, Wu Sangui rode his horse, but he didn't wrap himself up like a bear in the mountains like the generals of the battalion. He was still wearing three layers of armor and a red satin velvet cloak outside. Standing in the cold wind and letting it blow, he just kept spitting out thick white smoke from his mouth, constantly urging the battalions to move faster.

There is a cold wind blowing in the sky from time to time, and occasionally there are a few snowflakes mixed in the cold wind.The first month is the coldest season of the year.Especially in the Liaodong Peninsula, the sea is on three sides, and the weather is much colder.But compared with other places, the winter in western Liaoning is dry and cold, but the cold here is wet and cold, and the coldness will penetrate into the bones of people!

Wu Sangui's eyes were only fixed on the flag of the Ming army which was blown unfurled by the wind. The wind was so strong that it not only turned the flag into a completely stretched plane, but also froze the roads everywhere.This is also good, the road is better.

In the new wind, the [-] Ming troops lined up, and the battalion was in order, just waiting quietly.Of the [-] Ming troops, [-] were from the Luying Navy under Shi Lang's command, [-] were from Wu Sangui's servants, and [-] were from Shandong Tuntian soldiers in Ningyuan Town.Everyone is wearing armor, not only armor but everyone is double armor.On the outside of Nanzhong's breastplate, or iron armor.Or leaf cotton armor inlaid with iron, with a red wool overcoat on the outside, and iron mesh boots on their feet, all of them are extremely energetic.

Surrounding the [-] soldiers and horses were the Liaodong Han people in even more disorderly clothes.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Shi Lang had just rushed back to Ningyuan from Tamna Island and Li Huamei.Immediately, together with Wu Sangui who had been waiting for a long time, he led dozens of seagoing ships, carrying 6000 men and horses, across Liaodong Bay and landed at Yingkou.

How can the Liaodong rebels at this time have the awareness of resisting landing?It has been many years since Grand Governor Yuan executed the civil servant's military law with many crimes and beheaded Mao Wenlong who would give the Qing army's chrysanthemum a massage that touched the body and soul at any time. Facing the Ming army on the front, there is no need to worry about the safety of the flanks and rear.In their view.The vast sea is their best trench.

However, they forgot that the natural moat, as long as it is used well, can also become a channel!

When the military flags of Wu Sangui and Shi Lang appeared outside the original Gaizhouwei city wall, the nomadic Barhu people stationed in the area were stunned, and the overwhelming Ming army outside the city.Did it fall from the sky, or emerge from the sea?

Don't wait for them to think too much.With the sound of a cannon, the Ming army began to attack the city.

With thousands of elite Ming troops against more than a thousand Barhu people, if such a battle cannot be won, then the titles of King Pingxi and Marquis of Jinghai for Wu Sangui and Shi Lang will be too much.

The entire Gaizhou Wei.All in one go!

After a short rest in Gaizhouwei, the brigade came straight to Yaozhou!

From the first year of Tianqi (1621), after the wild boar skin occupied the Yingkou area at that time, Yaozhou (Dashiqiao Beiyuezhou Village) was used as the military and political center of the entire Yingkou area for defense.

However, at this time the Liaodong Peninsula area.There is already a void, and almost all the young and strong Manchurians, even the middle-aged and half-year-olds and the old men in their 50s have also been recruited to the western Liaoning area.Wu Sangui and Shi Lang's thousands of elites can be said to be invincible.

After marching for tens of miles, they arrived at Dashiqiao Fort outside Yaozhou.Under the attack of the Ming army, this outer fortress was breached without any effort.

If it weren't for Wu Sangui's worry that the soldiers would march and attack the city continuously after they landed, and the physical exertion would be too great, hindering Shi Lang's determination to attack the city overnight, I'm afraid Shi Lang would have set a record in the history of Ming Dynasty to conquer three cities in one day!

Even so, such records amazed both the Ming and Qing. The difference was that the Ming army was excited, while the Qing army was in boundless fear.

The original purpose of Wu Sangui and Shi Lang to drive the soldiers and horses of Liaodong Han people from various villages and towns here overnight was to use the power of these Liaodong Han people to increase their military power.However, from the look in their eyes when facing the Ming soldiers and banners, the two of them knew that they were wrong!

Since the old slave rebelled, dozens of Han people in Liaodong have been killed dozens of times in the past few decades.Those who dared to take up arms to resist had already been killed by the old slave father and son.Those who did not dare to take up arms, but were unwilling to bow their heads to be slaves, fled to Dongjiang Town on Phi Island.But thanks to the loyalty to the country, the loyal soul still guards the bestowal of Yuan Dadu in Liaodong, and these Han people who dare to escape have nowhere to go in the end.

Those who stayed in Liaodong were only those who did not dare to resist and only knew how to live in ignorance.Probably because of the Stockholm Syndrome, when Mrs. Huang came to the throne, she began to loosen and ease the policy towards the Han people, and these people cheered and worked for the Liao thieves.

The sky gradually brightened, but the sun still disappeared.The thick dark clouds in the sky were as low as lead, and there seemed to be no sound between the sky and the earth, only a bright red flag swept and fluttered like a living thing, making rattling noises from time to time.

Corresponding to the dark clouds in the sky are the faces of those Liaodong Han people who were driven by the Ming army with swords and guns.All of them were gloomy and dull, with dull expressions.From time to time, I just peeked out of the corner of my eye to see the sharp swords and guns in the hands of nearby Ming army soldiers, and the cannons wrapped in thick gun coats in front of the array.

There was a sound of horseshoes approaching from far away, nearly a hundred horsemen rushed out from the Dashiqiao Fort, dozens of flags fluttered and fluttered, and one of the fiery red flags with the word Shi was very eye-catching. It was Shi Lang who was guarding the fort More than a hundred people came!All eyes on the scene fell on his team. The ones dragged by the ropes were the Liaodong rebels who had no time to escape in the fort, including men, women and children.

Shi Lang ran all the way to Wu Sangui's horse before he reined in the horse. "Keep Wu Shuai waiting for a long time!"

"Words there! Master Shi has worked hard!"

The two stood side by side, slowly patrolling the soldiers of each battalion.The [-] Ming troops under the two men, except for the [-] musketeers who stayed behind at Dashiqiao Fort.The rest have all arrived.The leader of Wu Sangui's servants, the battalion officers of the Navy's land battalion, and the battalion officers of the Tuntian soldiers all dismounted and stood in front of their respective teams with their flags in their hands.The gunners stood up straight behind their gun positions according to their respective battle positions.

Behind each battalion and division.It is an even more massive supply team.All kinds of vehicles, large and small, are listed here.Hundreds of carriages, densely packed artillery carts, and many mules, donkeys and horses looted from various places along the way are all concentrated here.Carriages, wheelbarrows, mostly empty.Only some of the carriages carried gunpowder and shells, and some of the army's luggage.Behind the carts, the drivers of the artillery team disciplined hundreds of mules and horses, which were carefully selected.Ready to replace the draft horses that towed the cannon.

This time, the two of Wu and Shi crossed the sea and marched to the east, carrying a total of nearly a hundred artillery pieces above six-pound guns, and more than a thousand rockets.These artillery and rockets will provide fire support to the whole army. No matter whether they are facing a city or an enemy formation, they will give the most powerful blow without hesitation!

Looking at the team he commanded in front of him with satisfaction, a smile appeared on Wu Sangui's face.This time in the battle of Liaodong, it doesn't matter whether the imperial court finally defeated the Liao thieves.Him, Wu Sangui.All are rewarding!

At the time of departure, Uncle Ning Yuan had already issued an order to surprise the Liao bandits behind the scenes this time, and all the captured items would be owned by the soldiers in accordance with the military law of the Ming Dynasty.And all kinds of beheadings are also rewarded according to the military law of the Ming Dynasty.

Shi Lang whispered a few words to him in his ear, and he couldn't help but smile even wider: "Master Shi, thank you very much!"

"You and I are a family, why should we divide each other? Shi sent these thousands of people to Wu Shuai!"

With an order, the more than a hundred captured Jian slaves in the city were dragged horizontally and vertically to the Liaodong Han people who were acting as coolies and luggage.

The surrounding naval and land battalions are also on guard.

"A simple thing! Kill these Liao thieves, and prove that you are a citizen of Ming Dynasty! Otherwise, you will have a secret relationship with the Liao thieves!"

The choice between life and death is left to these Liaodong Han people.

Using wooden sticks, shovels, or even stones to execute these hundred and ten Jian slaves, they will obtain the status of coolies and civilian husbands in the Ming army, and they can enjoy corresponding food and treatment.But if you don't take action, or even slow down a little, it will be recorded by someone with a heart.However, executing these slaves, especially beating these people to death with sticks in full view, will also cut off the retreat of these Liaodong Han people, and they will never want to return to the Liao bandits and continue to be obedient citizens!

Don't even think about it, your life is the most important thing right now!

Sticks and stones fell like raindrops, and in a blink of an eye, the hundred and ten Jian slaves were smashed into puddles of meat.

This kind of behavior of accepting names and names also played an unexpected role, and those Liaodong Han people immediately became almost insane.The desire to fight is even stronger than that of Wu Sangui's direct descendants!

"Wu Shuai, after this battle, these people are your best candidates!"

"Thank you so much!"

The two gangsters looked at each other and smiled, and sent an order to go to Yaozhou!

Wu Jingsi, who was in charge of the servants, had already sent out many elite sentry cavalry for twenty or thirty miles to the front, back, left, and right sides of the marching column. If there was any movement in the surrounding area, they could come back at any time to report the situation.

The iron-toothed wheels rolled over the hard road and rumbled.Those Liaodong Han people who had just cut off the tails of the money rats who were pushing the vehicle forward, their eyes were reddened by the brutal killing just now, like wild beasts that want to choose people and devour them.

Shi Lang's tactic is actually nothing new.It's just a comprehensive use of voting certificates and self-abandonment.Don't you see, after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, a large number of Ming troops were originally fled at the first touch, and their combat effectiveness exploded immediately after their hair was shaved. This is also a means to make those ordinary soldiers die. (It is said that in many low-level fireworks venues back then, when they met a woman who refused to receive customers, they recruited several big men to rape them in turn, completely smashing the dignity and various concepts of the woman, and then they will be willing to degenerate.)

A few hours later, amidst the skyrocketing flames, the banner of the Ming Army was planted on the city of Yaozhou.

In the next few days, Xiongyue, Gaiping, Niuzhuang, Haicheng and other places were in full swing.Wherever Wu and Shi's troops went, the Han people all accepted the votes and became the Ming army's help, but the Eight Banners built slaves suffered heavy casualties and lost the city.And Wu Sangui adopted the immoral idea offered by Shi Lang.He included all the Liaodong Han people along the way into his ranks of cannon fodder, and the force suddenly swelled to tens of thousands. The morale of the Ming army rose even higher, and the soldiers pointed directly at Liaoyang!

At this time, Liaoyang, although it was no longer the lair of the rebels in Liaodong, was after all the military and political center of Liaodong that Lao Nu personally led the army to conquer.And after the old slave conquered Liaoyang.At that time, the capital was moved from Hetuala to Liaoyang, and then a new city, Tokyo City, was built on the east bank of the Taizi River in Liaoyang City.Until the fourth year of Tianqi (1625), the capital was moved to Shenyang.

Therefore, Liaoyang's position within the Liaodong rebels can be described as a centipede that is dead but not stiff.

What's more terrible is that it is now the location of many artisan workshops and smelting workshops of the Liao thieves!

Liaoyang began mining, smelting and processing minerals in the middle of the Warring States Period.The State of Yan used to mine copper and iron ore, smelt iron, and make agricultural tools, weapons, and currency here.In the Han Dynasty, iron ore was mined and smelted on a large scale in the southeast of Liaoyang.The mining of mineral resources in the Liaoyang area reached its peak from the Liao, Jin and Ming dynasties.

Today, Huang Taiji is ordering Chen Banda to organize people to mine the coal, iron, limestone and other mineral resources in the Huazi area, Gongchangling area, Baojingshan, and Xiaotun areas, and organize smelting on the spot. , Processing.

Dozens of clay blast furnaces have been erected outside Liaoyang City.Used in the processing and smelting of pig iron.The smelted pig iron was further processed and made into various weapons, guns, armor, etc.These soil blast furnaces and these workshops can smelt hundreds of thousands of catties of pig iron every year, providing countless swords and armor for the army of Liao thieves.

What's more terrible is that six eight-pound guns have been successfully cast in the gun workshop outside Liaoyang City.In addition to artillery, there are nearly a thousand fine firearms that have been inspected and ready to be packed and sent to the front line of Quang Ninh.

In the face of its menacing Ming army offensive, such an important point, once lost.How to explain to Huang Taiji?

Ever since, Chen Banda and others joined forces to play.Emergency documents like snowflakes were sent from Liaoyang and sent directly to Huang Taiji in front of the Guangning Army!

"The old capital of Tokyo is the gateway to Shengjing, and now it is an important place for the smelting and casting of military weapons in the Qing Dynasty. There must be no mistakes!" Outside Guangning City, Huang Taiji faced the scrambling of several slaves in Liaoyang City who were in constant distress. paperwork.Set the tone for the matter.

However, in Liaoyang City, there are only a few hundred soldiers who can fight, and it is too late to guard the crenel.On weekdays, it was to help Chen Banda maintain order in various mines and workshops, and intimidate those slaves who were not obedient.Count the guards in mines and workshops.The guards of Chen Banda and the others are no more than a thousand people in total, and they have to manage nearly ten thousand Han Chinese slaves in various mines. How can this force be able to defend Liaoyang?

"Decree to the fourteenth and fifteenth brothers! Order them to dispatch troops and horses to Liaoyang as soon as possible!"

Huang Taiji was already unable to mobilize soldiers and horses here. Hong Chengchou and others who were besieged in Guangning City, when they learned that Li Shouhan's army had arrived in Ningyuan, they rushed to the trenches everywhere.

Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhai Town, took the lead and swooped down.He actually beat Haoge's Zhenglan Banner several times to the point of collapse. If the reinforcements from the two Yellow Banners hadn't arrived in time, Changdao might have been breached.

"I'm the woman who slept with your emperor! I'm here! If you don't accept it, just come and do it!" Across the long trench, Ma Ke kept leading the cavalry back and forth, shouting.

He knew very well that if he lost this battle, he would have no choice but to die, and he would definitely be devastated!Therefore, he supervised his troops, changed his previous slippery habits, and fought desperately.

Under the leadership of Ma Ke and the continuous encouragement of the Governor Hong, the Ming army Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, Wang Tingchen and others who were besieged in Guangning City also aroused their desire to survive and fought hard.

Faced with such a situation, Huang Taiji's troops were stretched thin, how could he mobilize troops to return to rescue Liaoyang and Shenyang?I'm afraid that the tens of thousands of wild and hungry tigers in Guangning City rushed out of the siege just after dispatching people to Shenyang!

But Liaoyang and Shenyang can't be bothered.Once something happens, even if Shengjing City is surrounded by the Ming army, it will deal a huge blow to the morale of the Liaodong rebels in western Liaoning!You know, their families and belongings are all in Shengjing City!

Huang Taiji ordered his men to rush back to Shengjing on flying horses, and ordered Prince Li Daishan, who was staying in Shengjing, to dig three feet to search for troops, and also to go to reinforce Liaoyang. At the same time, he ordered Fan Wencheng to get up again and go to Songshan. In Songshan, Dorgon, who is about to launch an offensive against Jinzhou, temporarily stops his attack on Jinzhou, and dispatches a force to Liaoyang to rescue. Liaoyang must not be lost!

However, when Fan Wencheng rushed to Songshan day and night, he was shocked to find that the life of Prince Rui Dorgon and Prince Yu Duoduo was not easy!In Jinzhou City behind, Wu Biao's model brigade continued to organize small-scale attacks, causing Dorgon to be shocked three times a day, lest one time the brigade would rush out.

In the direction of Tashan, the Nanyue Army made a comeback again and captured Diayu Mountain and Hongluo Mountain again.Start bombarding the Tashan defense line again with heavy artillery.

Against the two white flags again, it was their old opponent, old friend, the Guards Brigade of the Southern Guangdong Army!

"Du Na! If this battle is not fought well, the face of our Guards Brigade will be lost from Ningyuan to Gibraltar!"

Mo Yu, who commanded the Guards Brigade and the Fifth and Sixth Guard Brigades, waved the command flag and almost scolded his subordinates all over the place! (To be continued..)