Liaoyang City.

Liaoyang was called Xiangping and Liaodong City in ancient times, and it was the seat of Liaodong County of Yan State during the Warring States Period, and it was an important town in the north since ancient times.

After Nurhachi unified the northern Jurchen tribes, he occupied Liaoyang City after three days and three nights, and built a new city on the east bank of the Taizi River, called 'Tokyo', and set the capital here, and moved the capital to Shenyang after five years.

This 'Tokyo Castle' is similar to Shengjing's pattern, and eight gates were also built, and the Han Palace and the Octagonal Hall were built in the city.

It was here that Nurhachi completed major measures such as the co-governance of the country by Babel, the granting of land by Ji Ding, and the marriage of Mongolia, laying the foundation of the Qing Dynasty......

On this day, heavy rain poured, the ice on the Taizi River melted, and the waves were turbulent.

Everyone knows that after this spring rain, it is time for spring ploughing.

At that time, presumably the Chu cavalry that entered the Kou was also destroyed, and the emperor should also conquer Chu Jing and enter the Central Plains.

This Qing Dynasty was in its heyday......

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At this time, the commander of the Qing army guarding Liaoyang was Dong E Duzhi.

Dong E's father's name is Dong E, He Heli.

He Heli is one of the five ministers of the founding of the Later Jin Dynasty, at the beginning of Nurhachi's army, He Heli was the leader of Dong Ebu, in order to win him over, Nurhachi married his eldest daughter, who was only ten years old, to him as a concubine, the reason why it was a 'concubine', because He Heli was twenty-eight years old at that time and had already married a wife.

Later, Huang Taiji was proclaimed emperor and named this eldest sister Princess Gulun.

Du is the fifth son of He Heli, who is from Princess Gulun.

He guarded Liaoyang with Nikan. At this time, although Chu cavalry went to Xingjing, Nikan led the troops to chase after him, and he did not dare to be sloppy in defending the city alone.

Although it rained heavily today, the capital still put on armor and went to the head of the city to inspect the defense.

He patrolled to the inner gate of the eastern city, and suddenly saw a group of men and horses running from afar.

When this group of people got closer, they all looked at it and saw that there were more than a thousand of them, wearing the armor of the Eight Banners, all of them were embarrassed.

"My lord, I'll support Xingjing with Nikan Beizi, and I don't want to encounter Chu Qi's U-turn and fight back. They killed Nikambezi...... Attack Zhaoling! ”

Du was startled, and when he looked at it, he saw that there was a banner man carrying a stretcher under the city, and the body of a general on it could not see his face clearly in the rain, but the clothes and armor were Nikan.

"Dead ...... He's dead?! ”

The Eight Banners soldiers under the city burst into tears.

"That's it, Bei Ziye is dead...... If I want to go to support Zhaoling, please show me ......"

Du Zhi was uncertain and carefully instructed the defenders to pay attention to the movements of all parties before giving the order to open the city.

He went down to the city and saw the stretcher slowly being carried into the city......

Nikan had apparently died a horrible death, his armor covered in scar marks.

Seeing this, Du Xiang's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and he slowly stepped forward, raising his hand to wipe the mud on his face.

"Nikan, you and I have worked together for so long, how can you ......"

The next moment, Nikan on the stretcher suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Du's throat!

！！

Du Class's eyes widened, and his face turned pale with fright.

Then, several long knives stabbed into Du's body in an instant.

"Take the gates!"

"Kill!"

Qin Shanqu threw away the corpse in his hand, grabbed a big knife and ran towards the city.

"Hahaha, look, Lao Tzu is your grandfather......"

In the distance, more than 20,000 iron horsemen slowly showed their silhouettes and rushed towards Liaoyang City.

"Enemy attack! Closing the gates ......"

Some Qing soldiers shouted, ran towards the city gate, and stretched out their hands to pull the drawbridge again.

Then the long knife was slashed, and the screams began.

More than 1,000 people took possession of the city.

"Kill ......"

~~

Blood flowed down the walls with raindrops.

Liaoyang City is not Shengjing, and there are not many defenders.

The main force of the Eight Banners transferred a part of the banners to the south, and another 5,000 main forces were transferred to support Xingjing. The Eight Banners defending the city were no more than 5,000, and the Han army was only 10,000.

At this time, when the city gate was lost, in the face of the attacking Guanning army, they retreated one after another......

But this time, unlike the robbery of the Shenyang City Gate, the Chu army wanted to capture Liaoyang City, and still paid heavy casualties.

The battle lasted for a whole day, and in the evening, a Qing army broke through the siege and escaped from Liaoyang from the north gate of Liaoyang, and fled to Shengjing, and the Chu army did not pursue.

The gates slammed shut.

Above the city, a Great Qing Dragon Flag slowly fell, and a Chu Flag slowly rose in the rain.

The 20,000 Chu horsemen cheered in unison, and the sound shook Liaoyang City......

~~

For Wang Xiao, the difficulty is not to take Liaoyang, but to hold the city and inflict heavy losses on the main force of the Qing army here.

He rode into the city, and his mouth kept giving orders.

"Please ask Qin Zongrong to send troops to guard the eight city gates, if the troops are not enough, you can seal the city gates, leaving only the east side of the Fujin Gate and the Neizhi Gate......"

"Qin Xuanshu, quickly lead people to place the injured in a private house to rest, and find out the doctors and medicine in the city......

"Yes!"

"Geng Zhengbai, search the whole city, and all the grain is moved out. The wood and stone have been demolished! ”

"Yes!"

"White Tiger, you also go, bring someone to bring the Dingkou in the city, if you don't obey, you will be killed immediately!"

"Yes!"

"Qin Xuance, go see if the artillery fire can still be used......"

Rain cats and dogs.

Wang Xiao walked on the city pass, his eyebrows furrowing deeper and deeper.

According to his original plan, he planned to burn Liaoyang City like Jinzhou, and inflict another heavy blow on the main force of the Qing army.

But unfortunately, it rained so heavily.

The fire could not be burned, and the artillery fire in the city could not be used for the time being......

He lifted his head and let the rain hit him in the face.

"Is it really God helping you?"

Wang smiled to himself, gritting his teeth with hatred.

- I don't believe that the rain doesn't stop. Oh my God, huh? As long as it rains on you, I will guard Liaoyang for as long as I want......

Having made up his mind in his heart, he began to do post-war resettlement again.

After these two battles, the fighting power of the Guanning Iron Cavalry has been sharply reduced to more than 23,000 people, and Wang Xiao is still not sure whether the main force of the Qing army has withdrawn......

What seems like a good situation is actually starting to be not good.

~~

The night fell again......

"Master Hou, the people in the city are here...... This is the first batch. ”

Wang Xiao nodded, turned the city, looked over, and saw that the open space in the city was densely packed with people.

"Divide the Han people on one side, and the flag on one side."

With this command, the Chu army rushed over with a knife and drove people like a flock of sheep.

They looked at the bannermen with a gleam of killing and plunder.

But this time, Wang Xiao didn't want that kind of killing.

"You are all Chu people, and some of them may still have a heart for Great Chu, but unfortunately this heart is also pitiful. Otherwise, the people of Liaodong Chumin are ten times that of Qiding, why would they still be what they are now?! It seems to me that most of you are muddled and willingly made slaves! ”

"You are content to live with a ration in your hand, and you are happy to live like a cow and a horse. Yes, you are afraid that you will not be able to survive when you return to the Chu Dynasty...... Okay, just when I understand you. But today, you're all my captives, and I'm up for it. ”

"I won't kill you, including these bannermen, and I don't plan to kill any of them. I'm too lazy to say anything more to you...... Next, each Chu person went to cut off a foot or a hand of the bannerman, and he could receive a ration and go out of the city. If you are willing to carry these crippled bannermen to Shengjing, you can receive ten rations...... Let's go. ”

Everyone was stunned.

Tens of thousands of people were silent.

A general of Guan Ning Tieqi muttered: "Master Hou, how can you ......?"

There was no cruel light in Wang Xiao's eyes, and he didn't like meaningless killing.

But if one thing can exploit the enemy's strength, he can do whatever it takes.

With this period of burning, killing, and plundering, he has summed up more experience, so he plans to upgrade his methods a little more.

Next, Guan Ningtie rode over, and he would not let people kill all the bannermen. He wanted to deprive these people of their ability to produce and fight, leave their lives behind, and return them to the Qing Dynasty.

He wants the Qing Dynasty to support these people who cannot work until they die from now on......

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"Let's get started, what are you waiting for? Let your masters see how obedient you can be in order to live. Let me see how you live with your crippled masters in the future......"

"Let's go!"

With a scream, the blood rain dyed the streets of Liaoyang City little by little......

For the next whole day and two nights, countless people carried their burdens and bloody bodies on their backs, and staggered towards Shengjing in the heavy rain.

Little by little, Liaoyang City emptied up, waiting to become a Shura field again......