After receiving Li Xiao's order, the soldiers and horses of the first town, the sixth town, the seventh town, the fourteenth town, and the fifteenth town of the Tang Army in the south went from Shandong to Henan, from Huguang to Sichuan, these thousands of miles, and took advantage of the situation when the Dashun army went north, and launched a large-scale attack on Dashun.

The Tang army's attack was swift and aggressive, completely disrupting Dashun's plan.

Li Zicheng and others thought that their contact with the Qing army was a very confidential move, and they comforted the Tang army, hoping to paralyze them as much as possible, but they did not expect that the Tang army completely saw through their little tricks, but immediately took action and caught them off guard.

The Tang army's large-scale attack, like a flood hit, the momentum was monstrous, and the battle was fought everywhere on a front of thousands of miles, and Dashun, who had already drawn troops to the north, could not deal with it in time at all, so he could only resist in a hurry, fighting on its own, and soon fell into a chaotic situation.

Soon, the Tang Army's side reported frequent successes.

Cities in central and northern Henan, such as Chenliu, Suiyang, Lanyang, and Yanshi, were all successfully captured by the Tang army in the middle of the road, while the Shun army in the west, supported by the Qinling Mountains, could only grit their teeth and struggle to support.

In the face of the Tang army's surging offensive, Li Zicheng's side was in a panic, and he was already careless, and he hurriedly divided half of the 300,000 troops that had been sent to the north and transferred them back to the south, in order to block the Tang army's fierce attack.

Since the Tang Army's attack in the south was originally a strategy and a feint offensive situation, seeing that the Dashun Army had withdrawn half of its forces to attack the north, it also reduced the degree of attack and began to fight steadily, and in many places, it gradually formed a stalemate with it.

Such a state is actually expected by Li Xiao.

Because, now the focus of his attack is actually to cross the sea and attack the Manchu Qing.

After all, Dashun has a vast territory and a very large number of soldiers and horses, and correspondingly, the current Manchu Qing Dynasty is in the northeast corner, and the territory area is much smaller. Moreover, now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has transferred 150,000 soldiers and horses to Jinzhou, and is preparing to go to Xuanfu North Road and Shanhaiguan, the number of soldiers and horses in the country is much empty, so it just gives the Tang army a chance to start.

Not long after the Qing army soldiers and horses arrived in Jinzhou, they were dividing their troops into two places and heading to Xuanfu North Road and Shanhaiguan, when the soldiers and horses of the four towns of the Tang Army, who came across the sea all the way by the sailor ships, had already rushed to Yingkou with murderous spirit.

The Second Town, the Eleventh Town, the Twelfth Town, and the Fourteenth Town, with a total of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, rode more than 500 large and small ships, and finally arrived at the sea off Yingkou after more than 10 days under the blowing of the summer south wind.

Those Qing troops on the coast of Yingkou, who had nothing to do, suddenly saw such overwhelming Tang warships from the lookout, and they were almost frightened and incontinent.

The sound of the alarm sounded overwhelmingly, and the Qing troops on the shore were scurrying around like headless flies, and they didn't know how to deal with them.

You must know that the current defenders of Yingkou are only more than 1,000 people, so they are the opponents of the Tang Army that are overwhelming.

The battle that followed was no suspense.

The garrison at Yingkou abandoned the coastal defense line as quickly as possible, and the whole army retreated to Yaozhou City, which was dozens of miles away. At the same time, the local defender generals sent several messengers to Shengjing as quickly as possible to report to the Qing court.

The Tang army traveled thousands of miles and finally arrived at Yingkou, but it was also tired, and did not chase and kill these Qing troops who fled north, but let them disperse, and then the whole army camped on the coast of Yingkou, ready to rest for a while, and then advanced north again.

After a day and a night of beating horses and running, and after killing several horses one after another, the information that the Tang army invaded Yingkou finally reached Dolgon's mansion in the middle of the night.

At this time, Dorgon, who was about to fall asleep, was so shocked that he almost jumped out of bed when he heard such a message from his subordinates.

No way?!

The Tang army moved so quickly that before he could attack the northern border with the Shun army, he came to the door with great momentum.

"Then, have you ever seen how many soldiers and horses the Tang army came?" Dolgon's voice trembled, visibly out of proportion.

"Regent, the Tang military ships are densely packed, there are hundreds of them, and the Tang soldiers and horses that have landed on the shore are even more endless, and I don't know how many there are. However, according to the rough estimation of the minions, I am afraid that there are hundreds of thousands. ”

Hearing the envoy's report, Dorgon gasped again.

Okay, if there are really hundreds of thousands of Tang troops coming across the sea, then the country is empty now, and there are only more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

What's more, it is summer, and the Tang army's sea ships do not have to consider the risks such as the sea freezing, and can calmly transport grain and grass to these hundreds of thousands of Tang troops, so that they can fight with peace of mind.

In this way, the only feasible way for me is to quickly recall the 150,000 soldiers and horses led by Azig and Duoduo, and go all out to fight the Tang army in the Liaozhong area, so that there is still a chance of victory.

It's just that the Tang army is already close at hand, even if he immediately goes to inform Azig and the others, and when Azig and the others come back, they are afraid that the daylily will be cold.

What's more, even if Azig and the others retreat with all their might, the area around western Liaoning will inevitably be empty, and the Tang army in the north, which has no pressure, may be able to take the opportunity to seize the empty cities in the western Liaoning area, and even the important town of Jinzhou cannot be guaranteed.

This is really a reminiscent ending that can be written in a cold sweat.

It's just that now that the Tang Army has arrived, the room for maneuver in the Qing Dynasty is extremely small, even if he is reluctant, he can only grit his teeth and harden his head.

Thinking of this, Dorgon let out another long sigh.

I really didn't expect that the Tang Army would have such a strategy, but on the contrary, he completely caught himself off guard, this time, all the initiative was on the Tang Army's side, and he could only deal with it passively, this feeling was just aggrieved when he thought about it.

Dolgon's mind was so confused that after rejecting the messenger, he immediately entered the palace and went to see the Empress Dowager Bumu Butai.

At this time, Bumu Butai had already rested, and when he heard that Dolgon was coming late at night, he knew that something important must be coming, so he quickly got up and summoned him.

When Dolgon entered the palace, he did not pay much respects, and immediately reported the news of the arrival of the Tang army to Bumu Butai urgently.

After listening to Dolgon's account, Bumu Butai suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

With a woman's intuition, she subconsciously felt that hundreds of thousands of Tang troops came to Liaodong this time, and she was afraid that the Qing Dynasty was really about to come to a catastrophe.

Hundreds of thousands of Tang troops, elite soldiers, well-equipped, and powerful firearms to help, whether it is attacking cities and grabbing land, or decisive battles in the field, they are extremely strong and terrifying existences. The elite soldiers of the Qing court came out far away, and the soldiers and horses stationed in the country now really have the ability to stop the Tang army's advance?

Looking at Bumu Butai, whose face was pale and his eyes were distracted, Dolgon had already guessed what she was thinking now, so he lowered his voice and said: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, I plan to send people immediately, but I will recall the fifteen soldiers and horses under the command of Azig Duoduo, and order them to immediately withdraw their troops and return to Shengjing, and we must protect our Qing capital from loss." It's a very important thing......"

"Regent, even if Azig and their troops return in time and can get the entire Qing capital, but in central and southern Liao, the number of soldiers and horses is weak, how can they resist the attack of the Tang army?" Before Dorgon could finish speaking, Bumubutai spoke out his worries in a hurry.

Bumu Butai's question hit Dolgon's soft underbelly.

He knew that the remaining strength of the Qing army in various places, even if the strength of King Sanshun was added, was only more than 100,000, and it was not the opponent of the Tang army at all. Even if the whole country is temporarily transferred to form a new army, it will be far from quenching the thirst of the near, and in the end it will only be a waste of money and food.

It's just that, in front of his lover, Dorgon doesn't intend to show her such a harsh status quo.

After all, the current grim situation in central and southern Liaoning, even if she was told, what could be done to remedy it, it would only make her lover more and more sad and sad.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Dolgon's face, and he comforted her: "These places are all garrisoned by my Qing soldiers and the soldiers and horses of the King of Sanshun, although it is difficult at first, they can barely hold on. And now, this king will urgently select strong men from all over the country and pull them into the army, so that the number of defenders will become stronger and stronger, and the task of defending the officers and troops in various places will also be easier. ”

Despite Dolgon's words, the gloom on Bumubutai's face did not diminish in the slightest.

She was a very intelligent person, and of course she knew that Dorgon was only saying this to comfort her. The defenders of Liaozhong and Liaonan want to rely on them to resist the attack of hundreds of thousands of elite Tang troops, but they are afraid that it is basically impossible.

But now, she has no way to think about it, so she can only nod and agree with Dolgon's approach, and ask him to immediately go down and give orders to prepare to resist the Tang army as soon as possible.

Dolgon personally wrote the edict, the first of which was to send it to Azig and Duoduo, asking them to immediately lead all the horses to return with all their might, and strive to enter Shengjing to ensure the safety of the capital before the Tang army arrived in Shengjing.

The second way is to pass it to the king of Sanshun respectively, asking them to prepare on the spot to strictly prevent the Tang army from attacking and ensuring that their garrison will not be lost.

The third way was to order Jierharang, who was then the secretary of the military department, to urgently recruit soldiers throughout the country, but all men over the age of 15 and under 50 were to be conscripted on the spot, regardless of ethnic group, to be recruited as strong men, or to form a new army, or to be incorporated into the existing army, so as to ensure that more troops were used to fight the Tang army.

In the middle of the night, the Qing army envoy was ordered by Dolgon to send messages to various places like sparks, and after dawn, the Tang army, which had rested all night, finally began to attack north.

More than 200,000 Tang troops, all the way north, attacked with overwhelming momentum, and surrounded the small Yaozhou City in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the Tang army had such a large number of soldiers and horses, the defenders in the city all gasped.

Grandma's, the number of soldiers and horses of the Tang Army is dozens of times that of the defenders, and there are as many as hundreds of huge cannons to help, how can this battle be fought!

Just when the defenders in the city were panicking, a Tang army sentry outside the city came on a flying horse, opened a bow and arrows, and shot towards the city.

The arrow grazed the ears of one of the defenders, causing him to break out in a cold sweat, but when he picked it up, he found that a white cloth was tied to the front pole, on which several phrases were written in both Manchu and Chinese.

The defenders did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked down the city and handed the arrow to the chief general of the city.

At this time, the monk Chang'an, the second town of the Tang Army, that is, he served as the commander-in-chief of the four towns, saw the Qing army defender take the arrow letter to hand it in under the city, and couldn't help but show a faint smile on his face.

He knew that as long as the guards in the city were not stupid, after reading this letter, they would know what decision to make.

After all, in his letter, Monk An had already made it clear to him that as long as they left the city and surrendered within an hour, they could spare the lives of their entire army, and the people in the city would not be killed, and even all their personal property could be retained. Especially the chief general who surrendered in Kaesong, Monk An also planned to give extra grace and let his family return to Shengjing with their property.

To be able to get such good surrender conditions in this lonely city that is so dangerous is like pie in the sky.

The reason why Monk An decided to persuade Yaozhou City to surrender first was to invite people's hearts, and second, because the Tang army had just come ashore and urgently needed a stable foothold. In this way, the more complete the city of Yaozhou is, the better, and the Tang army can use this as a base to launch attacks on all parts of the Qing Kingdom. Therefore, the Tang army, in the case of complete superiority, still stood still, opposing this small city and patiently persuading it to surrender, in order to get a satisfactory result.

However, he did not take it lightly, and still ordered all the artillery to be prepared, and besieged the city on all sides, preparing to attack the city with all his might if the enemy refused to surrender.

As expected, about half an hour later, there was movement at the head of the city, several white flags were hoisted high, and then the four gates were opened, and the city guards led more than 2,000 defenders out of the city and surrendered.

The Tang army finally got the result they wanted, and took Yaozhou City bloodlessly, making an excellent start for this Northern Expedition.

Monk An laughed loudly, and immediately asked people to surrender this Qing army, and then immediately sent people into the city to receive the important treasury and official offices in the city, and quickly achieved a full occupation of this Yaozhou city. Next, the Tang army forcibly escorted all the surrendered defenders and the people in the city to the coast of Yingkou, and let the sailor ships anchored there transfer all of them to Shandong for resettlement. As for the Manchurian general who surrendered, in order to reward him for his surrender in Kaicheng, Monk An kept his promise, let him and his family return north, and allowed him to leave Yaozhou.

In fact, the reason why the main general's family was allowed to leave was to show that the Tang army was lenient and paralyzed the defenders in various places, so that they were unwilling to confront the Tang army to the end, and second, to send a message to the entire Qing court, so that they could know how strong the Tang army was when they came this time, which was enough to deter the entire Qing country.

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