Li Xiao led a huge fleet of ships, leaving Dengzhou Port all the way north, along the way, it was quite smooth and safe, hundreds of large and small ships, all the way to the north against the wind and snow and chopping waves, the target was directed at Yingkou.

As the commander-in-chief of the whole army, Li Xiao stood quietly on the bow of the Thang Long every day, watching the sharp bow of the largest Longxiang-class battleship split the waves all the way, raising huge white waves, and let the cold wind blow the bright red cloak like a bloody banner like a hunting and flying flag, but his handsome face was full of contemplative expressions.

Li Xiao knew very well in his heart that the most important strategic goal of the nearly 50,000 elite soldiers and horses led by himself was to achieve the goal of dragging Dolgon and forcing him to divide his troops, so that he could not attack Shengjing City in order to solve Hauge's urgent need. The most fundamental strategic goal is to fight Hauge inside and outside, and finally defeat Dorgon and help Hauge rise to power.

Li Xiao was sure that if this war ended, the Qing Dynasty would be in a chaotic state of civil war and foreign war, and in the end, its national strength would be greatly damaged, and it could even be said to be a devastating blow. In this way, even if in the end, Haoge won a tragic victory and seized the supreme power of the Qing Dynasty, but the Qing Dynasty must have been eroded, and its originally thriving national fortunes will definitely take a complete turn for the worse, so even if Haoge finally seizes the supreme power and becomes the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, in the face of such a situation, I am afraid that in the end, he can only helplessly bow to himself.

And this is the ultimate goal that Li Xiao hopes to achieve.

The key to such a plan is that he must move quickly, and he must reach the port of Yingkou as soon as possible, and only when the army officially lands here, Dolgon will really feel threatened, and finally have to send troops to resist the invasion of the Tang army, so that he can not concentrate all his forces on the attack on Hauge as previously planned.

It's just that the current cold weather and the cold north wind make it very difficult for Li Xiao's sailors to travel, which is quite a headache for Li Xiao.

What worries him even more is that he knows that if he doesn't move any faster, if the ship is still at sea, it will be frozen in the frozen water, which will be the worst situation.

In later China, the Bohai Sea generally froze in mid-to-late January of the Gregorian calendar, that is, at the end of the twelfth lunar month. But now is the Xiaoice period, the sea water freezing time will definitely be earlier, and the specific time is affected by the Siberian cold wave, the time is uncertain, but now it is really difficult to predict.

Li Xiao sighed secretly in his heart, in addition to seizing the time for this expedition, there is also a very important point, that is, to see if luck is not on your own side.

It's just that when it's time to gamble, you can only push the chips up, and you can't have the slightest hesitation and reluctance, after all, such a golden opportunity for civil strife in the Qing court, if you can't seize it in time, it's a pity.

In such a headwind trip to the north, Li Xiao's huge fleet, after starting from Dengzhou Port, bypassed the Laotieshan Seaway along the way, entered the Bohai Sea, and then went north to Liaodong Bay.

The landing point chosen by Li Xiao was not Yingkou Port at the mouth of the Liao River, but the Yingkou Niuzhuang area on the side, and there was a reason why he chose to land here.

Speaking of which, the Yingkou area is also a region with a long history in Chinese history, and the earliest record that appeared in the annals of history was during the Warring States Period, when the Yingkou area belonged to the Yan State and was the place that the Yan State seized from Bai Di. In the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Liaodong County. In 195 B.C., the Western Han government set up 18 counties in Liaodong County, Pingguo County in the south of Yingkou District, and Anshi County in the north.

Subsequently, the times have changed, and the Ming Dynasty abolished Zhou County to set up a health station, the southern part of Yingkou belongs to Gaizhou Wei, and the north belongs to Haizhou Wei. The Yingkou area is called Liangfangkou.

In 1621, the Later Jin Dynasty occupied the Yingkou area and built Yaozhou City (now Dashiqiao Beiyuezhou Village) to garrison the central garrison.

Originally, in real history, before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs in 1644, the Qing court ruled the area separately for the Han and Manchu people. Haicheng County was set up in the north of Yingkou area, Gaiping County was set up in the south to govern the Han people, and a deputy capital was set up in Xiongyue to govern all parts of the Liaodong Peninsula. It's just that in this time and space that Li Xiao has traveled through, history has been completely changed by Li Xiao, and the current Qing court, in the place of Yingkou, is only Yaozhou, where more than 1,000 troops are stationed in about one Jiala.

The reason why Li Xiao did not choose the simple and flat Yingkou Port, but chose to land in the Niuzhuang Wugou camp area on the side, was because he knew the history of his previous life, and knew that if he landed here, it would be more conducive to his large number of soldiers to go ashore smoothly.

In 1858, the Qing army was defeated in the Second Opium War, and the Qing government had no choice but to sign the humiliating Sino-British Treaty of Tianjin, which stipulated that the Qing Dynasty would "add Niuzhuang, Dengzhou, Taiwan, Chaozhou, and Qiongzhou to open ports as treaty ports." After the treaty was signed, the British began to open treaty ports from south to north.

In April of the 11th year of Xianfeng (1861), the Yingkou Niuzhuang treaty port, the British began to officially prepare for the opening, for the opening, the first consul of the British Consulate in Niuzhuang in China Midile went to the Yingkou Niuzhuang area to personally investigate, as a result, this Niuzhuang area, and the rough and simple Yingkou port, the sea mouth is shallow, can only travel small boats, large ships are difficult to enter, the conditions are so poor, can not be used as a port to open the port for trade, can not help but in the disappointed, there is a retreat.

And just when the British were discouraged and ready to retreat, a traitor went to report to the British in order to ask for merit and reward, saying that the Wugou camp under the jurisdiction of Niuzhuang was in good condition and could be set up as a port. Midile listened to the report, and immediately personally led his subordinates to investigate, and found that this Niuzhuang has no ditch camp area, not only the water is deep and the river is wide, which can be used for big ships to travel, but also has the advantage of being close to Haikou and the wharf is close to the town. Therefore, Midile approached the Qing Dynasty officials of Niuzhuang and put forward a request to change Niuzhuang Wugou Camp into a treaty port, and wrote a letter to report to the British government on the field investigation and the situation of the construction site. In the letter, Midile happily proclaimed: "Although the land of the cattle village has no status and no vitality, there is no commercial vitality. However, according to the results of our investigation, Niuzhuang Wugou Ying, which is closest to the mouth of the Liao River, will become the center of foreign trade in Northeast China once it is opened as a treaty port."

The Qing government was afraid of Britain and immediately agreed to Midile's request to change the opening of the port. In this way, in this Niuzhuang Wugou Camp area, the rice flag was raised, announcing the new existence of the Ribupu Empire, and the port was officially opened for trade.

It is precisely because Li Xiao knew about this history in his previous life, so now his goal is naturally to go straight here. Li Xiao knew that only when a giant sail warship such as the Thang Long could moor, his landing plan could be quickly implemented.

Nearly two hours later, when the sun was already in the west, Li Xiao's huge fleet finally arrived at the coast around Niuzhuang Wugou Camp.

Li Xiao was pleasantly surprised to find that the coast here was indeed as deep and wide as he had imagined, which was very conducive to the mooring of his fleet. Moreover, an even more favorable condition is that when it is almost evening, the sea is much lighter, but it is a good opportunity for oneself to land.

Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this way, the sea water has not frozen, and the wind and waves are still calm, perhaps, it is really God who blesses Huaxia, so that his adventure can be so smooth and successful.

It's just that just when the Tang Army's naval division gradually approached the shore, the Qing army's surveillance post on the seashore had already been patrolled by the Qing army, and Li Xiao's naval division was discovered.

The Qing army had only a few guard posts in the area of Niuzhuang Wugou Camp, and there were only a dozen Qing troops patrolling and guarding, and they had no ability to resist except for calling the police in time. Therefore, when they were full of horror to see that the overwhelming Tang army ships, each with a huge Tang military flag with red letters on a black background, were rushing straight towards the shore of Wugou Camp on the top of the mast of each ship, they had no other way but to immediately call the police and retreat urgently.

It's just that such a continuous and piercing siren sound was passed all the way, and finally about a quarter of an hour later, the siren sound reached Yaozhou City, a stronghold of troops in the Yingkou area.

At this time, the lord of Yaozhou City, Zhengbaiqi Jia La'e Zhentunqika, was originally arranging barracks in Yaozhou City, preparing to welcome the reinforcements of Meler Zhangjing and Li Zhitai.

Hearing the continuous, shrill sirens coming from the seashore, Tunzika was almost stunned.

No way?

Why did the Tang army come far away this time, not to attack southern Liaoning, nor to attack Jinzhou, but to use this camp first, this, this is completely out of their own expectations.

There is a reason why Chitunka is so panicked. This matter has to start from Fan Wencheng's escape from Shengjing back to Liaoyang that day.

It turned out that Fan Wencheng failed to persuade Haoge to surrender, and took advantage of the sudden heavy snowfall again and again, so he escaped from the arrows, so he endured the arrow wound and fled all the way south. Fortunately, this man was not dead, and he struggled all the way back to Liaoyang, and immediately reported to the regent Dolgon that Haute had eaten the scales and was determined to fight him to the end.

Dolgon was furious when he heard this, but vowed to punish Hauge in the future, hoping to avenge Fan Wencheng. At the same time, he gave Fan Wencheng a generous reward to comfort his labor, and told him to go home to recuperate, and he didn't have to worry about the rest. Seeing Dolgon's concern for this, Fan Wencheng felt a little relieved in his heart, and was deeply glad that he had chosen the right master.

However, he immediately reported to Dolgon, and now Hauge has indeed colluded with the Tang army, and in order to seize this rare opportunity of infighting in the Qing court, the Tang army is most likely already actively preparing, and may be preparing to go on the expedition, and will soon attack the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, he repeatedly told Dolgon that he must hurry up and make military defenses in various parts of the border, so that if he did not have any precautions when the Tang army came to raid from afar, the situation would be bad.

Dolgon also attached great importance to Fan Wencheng's suggestion, so after six or seven days, with the gradual completion of the rectification and training in Liaoyang City, the soldiers and horses originally concentrated in Liaoyang were continuously assigned by Dolgon to garrison various important places.

Dolgon believes that Li Xiaoji is likely to take Jinzhou and Fuzhou first, and then attack Liaoyang in Tokyo all the way from the north and south of Liaoning, as he did before.

Therefore, Dolgon deployed heavy troops in the southern Liaoning area, from Jinzhou to various prefectures and counties, to ensure that they could join forces and help each other, and finally ensure that all of Li Xiao's troops and horses were dragged in southern Liaoning, so that they could not advance north.

And as long as the Tang army could not advance north, Dorgon gained a good time difference, so that he could lead his elite soldiers and horses to attack Hauge at once. And his wishful thinking is that after completely eliminating Haoge, it should be easy to lead the army to turn back and eliminate the soldiers and horses of the Tang army who are trapped in southern Liaoning and are already tired of the veteran soldiers.

Of course, Dolgon did not fail to consider that the Tang army might start attacking from other places, and when Fan Wencheng went home to recuperate, he also reminded him in a book, asking him not only to consider the garrison in southern Liaoning, but also other places like Jinzhou, Yingkou and other places, the treacherous and cunning Li Xiao is very likely to send troops to attack, so he must pay attention.

However, although he has considered it himself, and Fan Wencheng has reminded him, Dolgon still thinks that now that the weather is freezing and the sea may freeze at any time, then Li Xiao may not have the courage and determination of the whole army to fight to the death, and his greatest possibility is to take southern Liaoning first, and other places such as Jinzhou, Yingkou and other places, even if Li Xiao sends troops, it may only be a containment feint, so that he cannot concentrate his forces to deal with its main force.

Dolgon's mentality naturally affected his next arrangement, so, like Jinzhou and Yingkou, he only symbolically increased some troops to deal with the Tang army's possible containment feints.

For example, in the Yingkou area, he only sent more than 1,500 Han troops from the Tai Department of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, Meile Zhangjing Li, to urgently go to Yaozhou City, and join forces with the local guard general Tunqika, and jointly responsible for the defense of Yingkou.

When Li Xiao led the army to Yingkou, Li Shuotai's reinforcements were about to arrive in Yaozhou City, so Qi Tunka ordered his soldiers to urgently clean the city, arrange accommodation, and let Li Shuotai's troops move in.

Therefore, in the eyes of the defending general Qi Tunka, the place he was guarding was not the main direction of the Tang army's attack after all, and he only needed to deal with it in vain. It is precisely because of this fluke mentality that he is so helpless and panicked now.

And the regent of the supreme ruler of the Qing Kingdom, Dorgon, who was far away in Liaoyang, of course he didn't know that now, he would soon have to pay a heavy price for his misjudgment, which made him regret his intestines.