Under the city of Liaoyang, Zhu Cihong sat on a high chariot, not far behind was the tall Daxu flag, and around Longxu were the big drum carts that issued orders.

Zhu Cihong looked at the vigorous soldiers of the Tianwu Army around him, since he entered Liao for several months, there were not many big battles, and there were many small battles, but fortunately, the morale of the soldiers was still high.

Seeing that the entry into Shengjing was imminent, the state of the Qin soldiers' battalions was also very good, especially the Shaanxi general soldier He Renlong and the Lintao general soldier Niu Chenghu, the two of them were even clamoring to enter Shengjing and rob Huang Taiji's mother-in-law.

Zhu Cihong is not very interested in this pair of dragon brothers and tiger brothers, the two of them have a lot of ability to brag, and the battle is also fierce with the wind, and the food will be stopped when the wind is headwind, but the optimism of the two greatly encouraged the Qin soldiers, and Zhu Cihong was too lazy to trouble them.

The current deployment of the Ming army, Zu Dashou guarded Jinzhou, Liaodong General Soldier Wang Tingchen guarded the entire western Liaoning corridor from Shanhaiguan to Songshan, Jin Guofeng and Jizhen and Miyun three towns guarded Yizhou, Hong Chengchou commanded Hong Bing and Xuanda three towns to guard the first line of Xipingbao and Sanchaguan.

Zhou Yuji was stationed in Gaizhou, and Wu Sangui was stationed in Yaozhou, defending the Qing army on the eastern front in the area of Jinzhou and Fuzhou.

The Tianwu army and the Qin soldiers attacked the main attack, first attacked Liaoyang, and after breaking Liaoyang, they crossed the Hunhe River to attack Shengjing, and they fought as far as they could.

In order to protect all fronts, Zhu Cihong specially dispersed several strong armies to garrison, and the four important places of Jinzhou, Yizhou, Xipingbao and Gaizhou sent the most powerful generals to guard them.

Zhou Yuji, Zu Dashou, Jin Guofeng, Hong Chengchou, none of these four people will escape, especially Zu Dashou and Jin Guofeng, time-honored nail households, thunder can't move.

It doesn't matter if he escapes from Yaozhou, where General Wu Sangui is stationed, even if he runs away, it will not affect the entire battle situation, Zhou Yuji is only a few dozen miles away from him, and he can be on top at any time.

After the Ming army set up camp, they dug deep trenches around the camp and established a trench camp.

The defense of the trench camp is second only to the city camp, requiring the bottom of the trench to be one zhang and two feet wide, the mouth width to be one zhang and five feet, and the depth of more than one zhang, and the excavated mounds are lined up tightly on the inner bank, four or five feet above the ground, so as to prevent the Qing army from attacking the camp.

Outside the trench camp of the Tianwu Army, obstacles such as deer barricades were also set up, sharp deer barricades like hedgehogs, which not only could not be broken through by cavalry, but also difficult for ordinary infantry troops to attack.

For several days, the Tianwu army did not collect the battle under the city at night, and the Qing army seemed to be deaf, and no one answered.

Li Shaoyou stepped forward immediately, and after showing off his horse, he shouted towards the city: "My Tianwu army will send 1,000 people, and your Eight Banners army will send 10,000 people to fight!" ”

The Qing troops in the city were all indignant, and scolded this shameless guy, and actually returned the emperor's humiliating words to the Ming army intact.

He Renlong is the best at humiliating people, he ran to the city, pulled his throat and insulted in Shaanxi dialect, all kinds of donkey balls, your mother's hair, and other mantras kept flying out of his mouth, and greeted all the women in Huang Taiji's family.

Worried that the Tartars would not understand, He Renlong also specially captured a Qing army detective horse to be a translator, and Niu Chenghu also shouted beside him.

The lord of the yellow flag in the city trembled with anger, and he wanted to rush up to kill these two turtle sons, but when he thought of the order given by Huang Taiji to defend Liaoyang when he left, he lost his temper.

No matter how humiliated the Ming army was, Bai Yintu just didn't fight, and when the Ming army approached the city, they bombarded it with the artillery on the city, which had a bit of the flavor of Yuan Chonghuan guarding Ningyuan.

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In mid-July, the wolf smoke in eastern Liaodong was everywhere, and small and medium-scale battles frequently occurred from the Liaohe River on the western front to Gaizhou on the eastern front.

In the mountains northeast of Fushun in eastern Liaodong, many bannermen and baoyi are looking for wild fruits all over the mountain.

In the seventeenth year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty built Fushun City at the foot of Gaoer Mountain, and Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, gave the "Fusui Frontier, Shun Guide the People", and "Fushun" was derived from this.

Fushun is the land of Longxing of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the old city of Hetuara is within its borders, which is the rear of the Manchu Dynasty.

The surrounding mountains of Fushun are like the sea, the cultivated area is very small, most of the people living here are the old and weak of the Jianzhou Department, and most of the young and strong people went to settle in Liaozhong and southern Liaoning, and went out to fight during the war, and lived a good life.

Since the Ming army took the initiative to attack, the Ming Dynasty blocked the nine-sided artery, Gaizhou and other places were occupied by the Ming army, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was short of food and salt everywhere, and the people's lives became more and more difficult.

Fortunately, there are many mountains and rivers here, and the Jurchen people's ability to fish and hunt can be restored, although there are many crises in the mountains, but in order to survive, the bannermen can only take the risk of sliding and shoveling Siberian tigers and competing with wild beasts for food.

There are some high-status bannermen, and there are a few clothed minions, and their lives are quite compact.

In the mountains, from time to time, there are teenagers with money pigtails running back and forth with thick bows and arrows, some people have caught a lot of rabbits and other game, and some people with little strength have dug up ginseng, and everyone's faces are full of shallow smiles.

Suddenly, a tense sound came from the bottom of the mountain, and an old man shouted at the bottom of the mountain: "Everyone go back to their own cows, there is an important notice from above!" ”

The mountains were in a hurry, and the people who hunted and harvested ginseng took their baskets and returned to the villages.

One of the swarthy teenagers looked up at the lame man beside him and grinned, "Dad, I dug up a ginseng, it's so big!" ”

The lame man glanced around, quickly took out the ginseng from his son's back basket, looked at it, and quickly put it back.

"This ginseng weighs half a catty and can be sold for eight taels of silver, Xiang'er, it's really good!" The man touched his son's head, and a long-lost smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

The young man showed some yellowed teeth and said, "Wow, eight taels of silver, you can exchange a lot of food, my mother will be happy when she knows it!" ”

The lame man nodded: "Xiang'er, don't let others know about digging up ginseng, especially Master Baji." ”

"Got it, Dad!"

"Let's go home quickly, we can't delay the big event in Niu Lu......."

This lame man's name is Cui Yingtai, originally an ordinary person in Xuanfu Town, Daming Dynasty, Chongzhen built a slave in the seventh year of the Guan, and plundered a large number of people in Xuanfu, Cui Yingtai's family was among them.

After Cui Yingtai's family was escorted to Liaodong, they were assigned to Ding Baji of the Yellow Banner of Manchuria as a coat.

Cui Yingtai once resisted and wanted to escape back to the Ming Dynasty, but every time he was caught, tied to a pillar and beaten for several days, and his father was also killed by the Manchurians when they made an example of the Han people.

Cui Yingtai looked at his wife and children who were hungry and almost out of breath, and finally chose to give in and obey.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army was ready to enter the customs and loot again, Cui Yingtai was incorporated into the Eight Banners Han Army, he was reluctant to go to the battlefield, and deliberately fell off his horse during training and broke a foot.

Zhang Jing in the flag felt that he was useless, so he sent him to Fushun Laozhai to engage in construction, and Cui Yingtai has taken root in Fushun since then.

More than half a year later, his master Baji returned from the Ming Dynasty, and was also sent to Fushun Laozhai, I heard that Baji escaped from the battle when he met the main force of the Ming army in Miyun, and relied on his ancestors to make a lot of military achievements with the old Khan, and was spared a death.

Cui Yingtai limped and took his son Cui Xiang's hand and slowly returned to the village where he lived.

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During the Chongzhen period, the price of ginseng in Liaodong was 16 taels per catty, after the Qing army entered the customs, the official price of 50 taels to 60 taels per catty in the second year of Shunzhi, and the internal affairs government of Qianlong once raised the price to 272 taels and one catty.