Cao Bianjiao listened but said indifferently: "What if you escape to North Korea, you can just come to catch turtles in an urn!" ”

"Ah...... Haha......" He Renlong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed.

In the past two years, when He Renlong laughed, there were more and more of them!

At this moment, suddenly a guard came over quickly and said to the two of them: "Your Excellency Governor's ship will soon arrive at Lianyun Island Pass, and send an order for the two marshals to go over to discuss matters!" ”

Lianyun Island is an abrupt island on the coast of Gaizhou, covering an area of about 3.75 square kilometers. Leaning on the sea on one side, surrounded by rivers on three sides. However, because of its mountain control of rivers and seas, the land is strangled and the border defense is dangerous, so it has become a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

Not to mention far, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there was a major war here. Gaizhou Wei commanded Wu Li and Zhang Liangzuo to set up an ambush to defeat the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Naha, who had tens of thousands of troops, and almost all the troops were wiped out. At one time, it was also one of the earliest marine terminals in the Northeast.

At this time, as soon as Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong heard that Lu Xiangsheng was going to Lianyun Island Pass, they immediately glanced at each other, and saw that each other was a little excited, and it seemed that they both wanted to go together.

"Let's go, if you don't get it, you're going to start fighting!" He Renlong waved his hand, and then hurriedly turned around and left.

Cao Bianjiao also agreed with this, and said while keeping up: "It won't be long before the autumn harvest is coming here in Liaodong, and before that, we will definitely do it." Do you believe it or not, is it the emperor's will? ”

"It's possible, no matter what, anyway, if there is a war, or you will be idle!" He Renlong is an anxious person, and when he talks, he walks faster and faster.

When Cao Bianjiao saw it, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and hurriedly left. He is no exception, and he is also looking forward to fighting Jianyu as soon as possible!

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About half an hour later, Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong both rushed to Lianyun Island Pass. Before they even got to the island, they felt that something was wrong. As soon as they got on the island, they saw that the person who came to greet the two of them turned out to be Li Guo of Guan Ningjun, and suddenly, in addition to the surprise, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, He Renlong couldn't bear it, and hurriedly asked: "You are here, this is going to be a big battle?" ”

In the previous time, Li Guo had been guarding Lushun and was the chief general in charge of land defense. Now, because of his merits, he has been promoted to deputy general, which is commonly known as the deputy commander-in-chief. Hearing He Renlong's question, he said with a smile: "Yes, if you don't rush over to fight Jianyu together, when will I be promoted to the general army, right?" ”

As soon as he heard this, He Renlong immediately burst out laughing.

The two of them are still fellow countrymen. He Renlong is known as He Maniac, and Li Guo is known as a tiger, both of whom are fierce. In the past, it was an adversary, an official, and a thief. The two sides have also fought each other many times. Now they are all officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they have become comrades to fight against Jianyu together, so they naturally cherish each other.

"Please!" Li Guo turned around, with respect, stretched out his hand and signaled, and took them to Governor Lu.

Along the way, as far as the eye could see, were the elite of the Dongjiang Army, that is, the original old thieves, speaking with a Qindi accent, and were packing up their armaments, which made He Renlong feel very cordial when he listened to it.

It didn't take long for them to reach the largest building on Lianyun Island, the legendary Dragon King Temple built from the Tang Dynasty, where Lu Xiangsheng's temporary governor Xingyuan was located.

When He Renlong and Cao Bianjiao went in to see Lu Xiangsheng together, they saw that he was looking at a hung map of Liaodong, so they immediately stepped forward to salute in unison.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he waved his hand to signal, then let the two of them approach, pointed to the map with his hand and asked, "Is this place still in the hands of Jianyu now?" ”

Cao Bianjiao listened to it and looked at it, but it was the Yaozhou Station between Gaizhou and Haizhou, which happened to be in the middle of the two states, each about sixty miles apart.

So, he immediately nodded and replied: "It's still in the hands of Jianyu, but we won't fight, otherwise, it's just this post station, and it can be easily defeated!" ”

Yaozhou Station, two miles and three hundred steps around, there are two gates in the north and south. The main purpose is to undertake the transit of the two cities of Gaizhou and Haizhou, and it is not like Anshan Station, which is a dangerous place to build between the two mountains. Therefore, Cao Bianjiao has the confidence to easily lay down this Yaozhou Station.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then take Yaozhou Post before the emperor arrives." ”

"Ah......" When Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong heard this, they couldn't help but ask in surprise: "My lord, the emperor wants to drive the expedition in person?" ”

If the emperor drives the expedition in person, it will definitely be another great victory!

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he said with a smile on his serious face: "That's right, this official has received the order, and the emperor will arrive soon." This time, our goal is to target Haizhou and spend as much time as possible here. ”

Before, Dolgon gave up many coastal cities in one go, and I have to say that this is a very good way to deal with it.

The Daming Naval Division crisscrossed the sea, and could choose the attack location as he wanted, while the passive defense of Jianyu could not be prevented at all. In addition, with the availability of cavalry, these cities could not keep the surrounding grain fields and walled forts. By abandoning these coastal cities, Dorgon avoided the risk of being crushed by the Ming army. Moreover, after the Jianyu retreated inland, the troops were strengthened, and they could better defend against the cavalry of the Ming army, so as to protect the hinterland of Liaodong.

As for the strategy of retracting from Jianyu, although the Ming Dynasty nominally recovered a lot of land, it was actually useless. The most important thing is to consume the vitality of Jianyu.

For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen made a decision, that is, since Jianyu wants to protect Haizhou, then Cheng, I will not carry out a surprise attack, just around Haizhou, and Jianyu have a good fight, both sides have gathered the main force, and they will make a move in Haizhou. If the vitality of Jianyu can be consumed in Haizhou, it will save a lot of worry and effort for the Ming Dynasty to recover Liaodong in the future.

In this way, Yaozhou Post is very important, and it can be used as a transit point for the Ming army to attack Haizhou. Having a city as a support, and not having a city as a support, is a very big difference for dealing with the Jianyu cavalry.

At this time, Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong were overjoyed when they heard the goal of the war, and the two of them hugged their fists in unison and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "My lord, the last general is willing to lead the army to take Yaozhou Station!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng saw it, but he shook his head and said with a smile: "No, the official asked you to come over, just to ask Yaozhou Yi about the truth." The attack on Yaozhou Station will be completed by Vice President Li in the future, but your car battalion will be borrowed! ”

Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong were originally rushing to fight for this first achievement, but they didn't expect the governor to say that the two of them had no share, and they were stunned for a moment.

However, before they could speak, Lu Xiangsheng explained to them: "The purpose of doing this is to let Jianyu know that we have concentrated our forces and are going to fight a big war in Haizhou!" ”

In other words, it is necessary to let Jianyu send more people over to Haizhou to fight a decisive battle.

Hearing this, Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong had nothing to say, they could only look at Li Guo, and their eyes were full of envy.

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Two days later, the city of Gaizhou, which had just dawned and was in silence, suddenly became lively. The city gate opened, and the cavalry of the brigade went out of the city first, but they only turned around outside the city for a while, and waited until the Dongjiang army cavalry came from the seaside, under the leadership of Li Dingguo, to converge, about 3,000 cavalry, and then went north together.

Behind them, the Dongjiang Army infantry army that set off from Lianyun Island Pass was like a long dragon, coming to the north of Gaizhou City.

Li Guo rode a horse and walked in the front, and saw that the car camp had already left the city in the north of Gaizhou, so he gathered together and hurried north.

The march of the infantry army was about fifty or sixty miles a day. If there is a harassment of Jianyu Tanma, it is likely that he will not be able to reach Yaozhou Station before dark. Therefore, all the cavalry was gathered here, and they advanced northward to drive the Jianyu Tanma. Haizhou's Jianyu reacted, at least until tomorrow.

Nowadays, there is a car battalion on the side of the Ming army, after all, it is pulled by livestock, and the speed is a little faster than that of the infantry army. Therefore, he was able to rush to Yaozhouyi before dark, and shelled Yaozhouyi, taking it in one fell swoop. After nightfall, there is a chariot camp as a fence defense, and it is not afraid of the raid of the captives at night.

In fact, Jianyu did not leave many troops in Yaozhouyi, after all, this Yaozhouyi was not dangerous to defend, and the city walls were not high, and the city was too small. Even if the city was full of troops, it would not be enough for the Ming army to attack. The reason why it is still there is only an early warning role.

The sudden offensive went as smoothly as planned.

Jianyu's Tanma was attacked by a large-scale attack by the Ming cavalry at the beginning, and was caught off guard and immediately retreated. At the same time, they also sensed that something was wrong, so they all sent people to report back to Haizhou.

"Report, there is an abnormal movement in the Ming army in Gaizhou!"

"Report, the Gaizhou Mingguo cavalry is dispatched!"

"Report, I found the Dongjiang Army cavalry!"

“……”

There was no doubt about the importance of Haizhou, so Dorgon sent his most trusted Dordor to take charge. At this time, Duoduo heard the warnings of the front-line scouts again and again, and immediately became nervous.

In the past, the Ming army also had a similar situation, pretending to attack on a large scale, inducing the Qing side to have to make a corresponding defense level, but in the end, it was fake.

In this case, Duoduo is also a veteran of war. Naturally, I knew that the Ming army wanted to consume the vigilance of the Qing Dynasty and consume the money and food of the Qing Dynasty. It's hard to make it happen, just after many false offensives, suddenly there is a real one.

However, for this trick of the Ming army, Duoduo had no choice. We can only increase the intensity of scouts and find out the true purpose of the army as soon as possible, so as to reduce the number of times they are fooled by the Ming army.

However, the scout battle in the past few months has not satisfied him. On the side of the Qing Dynasty, there were more defeats and fewer victories. According to his recent statistics, the Manchurian people alone lost as much as three or four hundred.

In desperation, Duoduo passed on a military order to report the situation in a timely manner.

At this time, he once again heard that there was an unusual movement in the army, so he prepared to send more cavalry to investigate the situation. However, before the cavalry was dispatched, he received a follow-up report that the cavalry of the Dongjiang Army had also been discovered. This situation, but he had never been in it before, and he immediately became alert.

However, Duoduo is also worried, could it be that the Ming army felt that the previous bluff had little effect, so he made a new move, right?

After deliberation, he sent an army of 2,000 cavalry to investigate the situation. As for Haizhou City, you can still do whatever you have to do. It is really that the army can't withstand the toss, as long as it moves, the grain and grass materials will be consumed like flowing water.

The reserves of grain and grass materials in Haizhou City were accumulated under the frugality of the Qing Province, and they were used to deal with major wars.

In the evening, Duoduo was at the south gate of Haizhou and saw the dust in the distance, so he immediately ordered a guard.

After a while, he found that the cavalry he had sent out had returned, a little embarrassed, and there were only a thousand men and horses, which surprised him.

"Lord Wang, it's not good, the Ming army is attacking on a large scale this time, and there is an infantry army behind the cavalry, and Yaozhou Yi is afraid that it will not be able to hold it." It's just that as soon as they met, the generals who fled back said with a look of panic.

When Duoduo heard this, he immediately frowned, stared at him and asked, "How many men and horses are coming from the Ming army, and what banner?" ”

"Lord Wang, the Ming cavalry is well-equipped, and the last general could have resisted ......" Hearing the question, after this person answered, he hesitated slightly before continuing to pray, "But there seem to be people from the Horqin tribe in the Ming cavalry, and under their bewitchment, those Mongols under the last general have no intention of fighting at all." Therefore, the last general could not go deep behind the Ming cavalry and could not find out the number of national infantry troops. However, judging from the banner, it seems to be Li Guo's department of the Dongjiang Army. ”

When he heard this, Dodor couldn't help but be furious.

Over the past year, he has had a great deal of opinion about the behavior of the Mongols. Even if he hated the Han people, he had to admit that as far as those Mongols were lazy, it was really better to be two-legged sheep, and it would be more useful to keep those Han dogs.

At this time, hearing the accusations of his generals, he first forcibly gave orders, and then sent a cavalry army of 3,000 people, most of which were composed of Jianyu's own people, to Yaozhouyi to verify the situation. Then, he passed Wu Keshan, who was also in Haizhou, with a cold face, and asked the general who fled back to tell him about the situation, and then asked Wu Keshan: "The Qing Dynasty is not thin on you, how can you give this king an explanation for this matter?" ”

Wu Keshan originally heard this situation, and frowned and wanted to explain, but as soon as he said that the Qing Dynasty was not thin on them, he immediately became angry, and immediately retorted: "Then dare to ask the prince, how is the Qing Dynasty not thin on my Horqin tribe?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Duoduo immediately became angry, and stood up from the throne, his eyes wide open, as if he was about to eat Wu Keshan's expression.

However, he kept this expression, but never had any further attacks.

Duoduo was not a reckless man like Hauge, and knew that if it broke out at this time, it would not be good for the current war. And without Sheng Jing's permission, he can't do anything to Wu Keshan. After all, Wu Keshan is related to the Qing Emperor and the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty.

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