For most of the fierce battle, nearly 200,000 Qing troops in Cangzhou City were annihilated, except for more than 40,000 who surrendered.

The surrendered Qing army, Zhu Cihe, in addition to removing some generals and strengthening control, directly incorporated them into the surrendered army, and immediately, the Northern Expedition army not only did not lose because of the attack on Cangzhou, but increased to 340,000 because of the surrender of 40,000 Qing troops.

After taking Cangzhou, Zhu Cijiao sent a five-way army to sweep through the counties within a radius of 100 miles in Cangzhou, focusing on Hejian, because of the defeat of Shandong, Dongguang County, and Cangzhou, many Qing soldiers were moved, and many counties killed the hardcore elements in the city before the Ming army arrived, and Kaicheng surrendered.

Zhu Ci was happy to see this kind of thing, of course, even if Kaecheng surrendered, those original officials and generals, except for a few Ming troops who were particularly good, Zhu Ci would not use them anymore, of course, Zhu Ci did not kill them.

After taking Cangzhou, the next is Bazhou and Tianjin Wei, as long as these two places are captured, the gateway to Beijing can be opened.

At the same time as the Great War in Hebei was fierce, Quanzhou, the Fourth Army, with the cooperation of the navy, had also gone to sea and attacked the Manchu base camp in Liaodong from the sea.

On November 10 of the fourth year of Zhongxing, after an eleven-day voyage, the Fourth Army finally arrived in Liaodong.

"Haha, big brother, it's here, Liaodong has arrived!" Feng Houdun pointed to the vast horizon that had already been reflected in front of him and laughed.

Yan Yingyuan smiled and nodded, looking at the emperor and other more than 300,000 troops fighting in Shandong and Hebei, he and the soldiers of the Fourth Army had long been a little impatient, they knew their tasks and had been looking forward to landing in Liaodong, now that Liaodong was close at hand, it was time for him and the Fourth Army to perform.

"Brother Yan, it's a pity that our navy can't get on the road, otherwise it wouldn't be so lonely, and we wouldn't have a chance to shoot a shot!" Admiral Shen Jingchao of the South China Sea Fleet shook his head and sighed, his face itching.

This time, escorting the Fourth Army to land in Liaodong, the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet both came, and Zheng Sen and Shen Jingchao also came.

"Brother Zheng was originally the commander of the Ninth Army, but it's a pity that now that he is the commander of the East China Sea Fleet, he doesn't have the opportunity to participate in this Northern Expedition like my brother, it's a pity!" Shen Jingchao patted Zheng Sen's shoulder.

Zheng Sen shook his head helplessly, he didn't feel a pity, although he couldn't participate in the Northern Expedition at sea, he always firmly believed that in the future, there would be no fewer wars on the sea, or even more, and there would still be a place for him.

Yan Yingyuan also shook his head with a smile, they had been in Quanzhou and the sea together for several years, and the three of them had a very deep relationship.

"Boom Boom"

"Bang! Boom! Boom! "At the moment when the naval warship was still more than 1,000 meters away, there were several cannon shots on the shore, and several shells exploded several water columns in the sea.

Of course, this little battle did not make the admirals panic in any way.

"Huh? Looking at the battle, it seems to be a red-coated cannon! Zheng Sen said in surprise.

When Zheng Sen dominated the South Seas, there were a lot of red-coated cannons under his command, and Zheng Sen naturally had a lot of red-coated cannons that he had come into contact with, so he estimated that he would not be far from ten, in fact, Dolgon knew that the Fourth Army could attack Liaodong from the sea, so he did arrange dozens of red-coated cannons here to defend it.

Since the imitation of the Ming Dynasty's Shenwu field cannon, the original hundreds of red-clothed cannons of the Manchurians began to slowly be eliminated because they were too cumbersome and not easy to transport.

"Huh! It's really okay, it's sent to the door, even if our navy can't participate in the Northern Expedition, it's better to kill a few people and stuff their teeth! Shen Jingchao looked eagerly, since the foreigners in Nanyang were scared by them, how long had the navy not been in a war.

"Don't worry, our navy will clear the way for your Fourth Army to land!" Shen Jingchao patted his chest and said.

"Boom Boom"

"Bang Bang"

The Qing army shelled again, this time more than 60 guns opened fire at the same time, exploding dozens of water columns on the sea, and the few shells just now were obviously estimated distance and bearing, and this time was the real shelling.

It's a pity that the power of the red-coated cannon may be acceptable, but at such a long distance, the accuracy is too poor.

"Click!" Only one naval warship was hit.

Manchu used a solid bullet to break one of the ship's masts and wound a Navy soldier.

Zheng Sen and Shen Jing were furious.

"Directions!" Zheng Sen and Shen Jingchao shouted together.

The first shells just now were fired suddenly, and they could not confirm the specific firing location, but the second round of shelling by the Manchurians, dozens of shells, and the attentive attention of the naval soldiers, they had a clear insight into the specific location of the Manchurian shore artillery.

"Target" has a naval soldier say the direction.

"Prepare to fire!"

At the sound of an order, the guns of dozens of naval warships were aimed at the shore hill where the Qing army's cannons were hidden.

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom" Hundreds of naval guns opened fire in unison, instantly turning the hill where the Qing army's shore guns were hidden into a sea of fire.

This was not the end, the navy had seven or eight rounds of artillery bombardment, and many of the big trees on the hill were blown off, revealing the bare earth and the artillery batteries where the Qing army had installed large guns.

Yan Yingyuan checked with clairvoyance that there were many corpses and severed arms of Qing soldiers lying on the mountain, and many Qing gunners who were not killed were lying on the ground rolling and wailing. Seeing this, the corners of Yan Yingyuan's mouth couldn't help twitching, in fact, just now the navy could destroy the Qing army's artillery in two or three rounds of artillery bombardment, but perhaps for fun, the navy fought a few more rounds.

This is the behavior of a loser, Yan Yingyuan considered whether he should explain the behavior of the navy to the emperor, and let the emperor scold the two losers, so that they can be more restrained in the future.

After thinking about it, Yan Yingyuan shook his head slightly helplessly, forget it, it's not a big deal, it makes Zheng Sen and Shen Jingchao angry with him, and it will not be good to wear small shoes for the Fourth Army in the future.

In fact, Zheng Sen is quite good, just at the instigation of Shen Jingchao, Zheng Sen has followed the loser from time to time over the years, but fortunately, both of them are measured, and they are not too excessive every time, knowing that it is enough to stop!

"Herald the army, the whole army landed!" Yan Yingyuan put away his smile and ordered with a solemn expression.

Liaodong is the nest of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although more than ninety percent of the Manchu forces are in Hebei to fight the Ming Dynasty, but the Fourth Army is alone in Liaodong, Yan Yingyuan has to be cautious and dare not make any mistakes!

With the landing of the Fourth Army in Liaodong, the Northern Expedition opened up the second battlefield, and the Fourth Army was like a sharp knife inserted into Liaodong, and it was also like a steel knife inserted in the back of the Manchurians, so that the Manchus could not concentrate on the decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty in Hebei, and had to have some scruples about Liaodong, and it could also disturb the military hearts of the Manchus, after all, most of the Manchurian Eight Banners were in Liaodong.