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Ningyuan City Mansion.

Inspector Fan Zhiwan sat at the top, with the chief Qiu Minyang on the left and Wu Sangui on the right. The civil and military high-ranking officials of the Ming Court outside the Guanwai gathered in the dojo.

A pair of eyes looked at Zheng Sen who came to report the victory.

The latter held the battle report in his hand, walked up to the lobby with firm steps, and faced the high-ranking officials and dignitaries present, not at all timid. But after saluting, when it came to the results of the battle, his voice trembled slightly: "In the first battle of Niuzhuang, our land division killed a total of 262 Jiannu headquarters, including one person from Baya Lazhang Jing, one person from Jiala Zhangjing, two people from Niulu Zhangjing, seven people from Jiannu Bayala, and 229 bannermen of the Mongolian army, and 320 soldiers from Wuzhenchao of the Han army, without taking prisoners, one Jiala banner and three Niulu banners were captured, and our army was killed 270 people and wounded 160 people. ”

Together with the victory in Kefu Prefecture, Zheng Zhilong's record is outstanding, with eight hundred and eleven levels in battle, not the head of the clothed minions who rushed to the number, and the worst is the braincase of the Han army banner, which is an absolute victory.

And the victory in this battle proves the field ability and fortification ability of Zheng Zhilong's army - yes, the battle of Niuzhuang has the advantage of relying on the city, and the battle of Gaizhou has the advantage of taking advantage of the situation, plus the previous battles of Yaozhou and Haizhou, the strength shown by Zheng Zhilong's army is also enough.

So much so that in order to be less noticeable, Zheng Zhilong deliberately strengthened his own casualties when he reported it.

If a few hundred people don't die, how can the fierceness of the battle between the two armies be revealed? How can the preciousness of this victory be revealed? At the same time, this number can also make some people feel reassured, right? After all, it's not a good thing to be outstanding.

A red tide rose in Fan Zhiwan's face, with more than 800 heads, regardless of whether it was a real Tartar or a Mongolian or Han army, it was not much worse after it was concocted.

What a big win!

What's more, Zheng Zhilong actually stuck Niuzhuang. This location point is too important.

It's not that today's Niuzhuang City is still a key point in the water and land transportation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and once it is controlled, it will lose everything. The Liaobei Passage has been opened up by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the Battle of Songjin was fought for two years, and the grain needed by the Qing army was probably transported to Yizhou long ago. Even if Zheng Jun took Niuzhuang City, it would be useless.

Otherwise, how could such an important place in Niuzhuang fall into the hands of Zheng Zhilong so easily?

However, the Liaobei Passage is not as easy to use as the Liaoxi Passage, and the land transport is not as time-saving and labor-saving as the waterway transportation, and Niuzhuang is still a well-deserved water and land transportation hub outside the Guanwai.

This place is located at the confluence of the Liao River, the Hunhe River and the Taizi River, and has unique geographical advantages. As early as the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it replaced the status of Liaoyang Port and became the central port outside the Guan.

The so-called Liaoyang Port is Xiangping Port in the Han Dynasty, and Xiangping Port has always been the core hub of water transportation outside the customs in the previous 1,500 years of history.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong put Niuzhuang as a card, and the supply of grain and straw for the Qing army on the Songjin front line will inevitably be affected.

You must know that the Qing army attacked Jinzhou by attacking Liaoshen, the current nest, across four or five hundred miles of passage, and mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops before and after, plus Baoyi Ahha, it even cost more than 100,000 people. Food is a top priority. That's not at all a problem that the Tartars can solve by growing a season of grain in the city of Uiju. What is needed is the full support of the entire Jianju regime.

Huang Taiji has been preparing for the first battle of Songjin for many years, and the whole war lasted for two years, and a large amount of grain must have been transported to Yiju before. Niuzhuang's biggest role in the current war situation no longer exists, but it is quite important for the future war situation.

As long as Zheng Zhilong can stay in Niuzhuang all the time, and even lead small warships to cruise along the Liao River and its tributaries, he can definitely make the Manchu Qing like a fish in the throat.

It had a huge impact on the development of the Ming and Qing wars in the future.

"If Zheng Zhilong can hold the Niuzhuang for a long time......"

Fan Zhiwan's heart was pounding, and the prospect was too tempting for him. Although this does not mean that it will be difficult for the Qing army to start a large-scale and protracted war like the Battle of Songjin after that.

But this is at least a haunt for the arrogant Jianju. Just a grain transshipment is a big problem for the Manchus today.

Not to mention, once Zheng Zhilong gained a firm foothold in Niuzhuang, he could completely requisition small warships, such as the old lock boat and the centipede boat, to patrol the various streams of the Liao River.

You must know that the Taizi River, the Hunhe River, and the middle reaches of the Liao River, hundreds of miles of river basins, can allow warships to crisscross and cross.

Not to mention the bird boat and the blacktail boat, take the centipede boat as an example, in Fan Zhiwan's view, it can at least be traced along the Liao River to Tieling. In fact, it is true to say that 200 years later, in the sixteenth year of Daoguang (1836), the Qing court transported 1 million stones of grain to Shandong through the Liaohe River, which solved the urgent needs of the people in Guannai.

"Tieling County Chronicles" recorded: "Ma Penggou is the ancient ferry of the Liao River, grain ships, cargo ships, sailing ships are like weaving, climb high and overlook, the momentum is like floating, the Arctic wind and sand south even the cloud tree, the power of the extreme eye, quite a grand view.

The largest in Hanoi is a two-masted galleon, capable of carrying 500 stone of grain, which is equivalent to a 500-gauge ship, or a sailing ship with a displacement of 100 tons. How can you not walk the centipede boat now?

Get on the ship from Mapenggou Wharf, you can go to Yingkou in the south, go to sea to Qilu, and go to Jimumu and Saibei grassland in the north.

The water transport of the Hunhe River was also stopped after the fifties of the 20th century, and even in the new century, the middle and lower reaches of the Taizi River are still navigable.

All this thanks to God, from ancient times to the present, the lower reaches of the Liaohe River wide and deep river has always been the Central Plains and Liaodong region of the natural channel of personnel, materials exchange, the lower reaches of the Liaohe River and its tributaries sufficient water, for the Liaodong region and China's eastern coastal areas between the water connection provides the necessary and sufficient conditions, the ancient Xiangping port is in this condition.

Although in the past 2,000 years, due to the increasingly dry climate in China, the height of the South Liaoning Sea has decreased. The delta in the lower reaches of the Liaohe River is gradually expanding, and the river channel continues to extend to the sea, while the river channel near the upstream port site is either shallow or has a change in direction, prompting the port site to continue to migrate downstream.

However, the area outside the Kansai today is not the 21st century, where ecological damage is serious. It's not even Kanwai after breaking into Kanto in the second half of the 19th century!

Although the course of the Liaohe River cannot be compared with a thousand years ago, the relics of ancient times are still there.

Without considering the possible shipwrecks of the Manchus and plugging the river or any other measures, just talking about the natural conditions, it would really work.

But there is a big premise for all this, that is, Zheng Zhilong is willing to act on orders, or Zheng Zhilong is sure that in winter, when the river is all frozen, he will defend Niuzhuang City.

Zheng Sen's face was very ugly. He never thought that he was obviously here to report the good news, but Fan Zhiwan gave himself such a big problem!

"This matter is very important, and it is not for the students to say anything. It is also necessary to transfer back to Niuzhuang to return to his father. ”