In November, Liaodong was already quite cold, and the cold north wind blew the sea, but fortunately, Lushun has always been an ice-free port. Nearly 20 warships and a large number of Damingfu ships were densely moored in the sea outside Jinzhou, and another dozen warships and landing troops under the leadership of Wang Zhaoxing bypassed the Liaodong Peninsula and drove into the other side of the Jinzhou Isthmus. The first landing force has already come ashore and is moving towards the city of Golden State.

Jiang Beiming stood on the bow of the Pearl, put down the binoculars in his hand, and pulled the collar of the army's coat: "Pass the order, the landing force will step up its actions, and it must be encircled in Jinzhou at dusk today." The attacking forces entered the designated positions, and the day after tomorrow we launched a general attack. ”

Jiang Beiming was the commander of this attack on Lushun. Yang Wenyue stayed in Dengzhou, according to Chongzhen's secret decree, Yang Wenyue accepted the position of Jiang Beiming's commander, and Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier, must also obey the dispatch of Jiang Beiming, the deputy general. Jiang Beiming understands what Chongzhen thinks, but I'm afraid it won't work if he doesn't serve as the coach this time, but fortunately, Zheng Zhilong shouldn't have any ideas.

Jiang Beiming came to the beach: "Wan Tao, have the scouts in the direction of Lushun been sent out, is there any movement in Lushun?" ”

"The scouts have been dispatched." Han Wantao replied, "There has been no news from Lushun yet. ”

"Where's the old Wang?" Jiang Beiming asked again.

"Lao Wang sent back the news, and it has also landed over there, and a beachhead is being built." Wang Zhaoxing's landing force was relatively small, and they did not participate in the attack on Jinzhou, but had to seize the time to build a defensive line to guard against reinforcements from Lushun.

In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1372), the Ming Dynasty government placed Jinzhou, which belonged to the political envoy of Shandong. In the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), he placed Jinzhou Wei and belonged to the command of Liaodong. In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu (1395), the state system was abolished and the guard system was implemented. The seat of governance is in present-day Jinzhou City.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty conquered Lushun, Tao Min placed heavy troops in Lushun to defend, on the contrary, the strength of Jinzhou was not very large, only more than 1,000 people. Jiang Beiming's battle plan was to let the 10,000 Ming army go to fight Jinzhou, and neither the Yulin army nor Zheng Zhilong's army participated. This is because although the defenders of Golden State are not many, there are also heavy artillery on the head of the city. Jiang Beiming was worried that there would be certain casualties, so he transferred the heavy artillery regiment of the Yulin Army to the siege troops.

Shandong's 20,000 Ming troops had no combat effectiveness, and Jiang Beiming didn't play their spectrum at all, and the task of these Shandong soldiers was to assist Wang Zhaoxing in building fortifications. The task of attacking Jinzhou City was entrusted to the Shenji Battalion and the Quick Gun Team. Zhang Shujie, the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, will lead 10,000 men to launch a general attack.

At noon the next day, the landing force had all gone ashore, the Ming army's movement was still a little slow, and the small city of Jinzhou was besieged. Jiang Beiming convened another meeting of officers, which was also attended by Ming generals such as Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Shujie.

"Adjutant General Zhang." Jiang Beiming first named Zhang Shujie, "The heavy artillery regiment has been assigned to you, and there will be Deputy General Lao Zhang to attack Jinzhou tomorrow." ”

"The last will obey." Zhang Shujie arched his hand at Jiang Beiming and said, "The little Jinzhou Tartar soldiers are less than a thousand, and now the last general has your artillery again, and it is not a problem to take Jinzhou." ”

"Vice General Zhang, don't underestimate the enemy." Jiang Beiming instructed again, "There are also artillery in the Tartars, and we must also beware of the reinforcements of the Tartars, so there must not be too many casualties." Adjutant General Zhang, let the heavy artillery regiment blast open the city gate first tomorrow before you enter the city, and try not to go to the soldiers to climb the city wall. ”

"Thank you General Chiang for the reminder." Zhang Shujie complimented, "The general really loves soldiers like a son." ”

Jiang Beiming turned his head to Zheng Zhilong again: "General Zheng, your warships are now outside Jinzhou City, and I will let the Pearl cooperate with the general." Please also pay more attention to the situation at sea, and it is very likely that the Tartar warships will come from Korea to reinforce Jinju. ”

"This officer is commanded." Zheng Zhilong answered.

After Jiang Beiming finished speaking, he began to arrange the affairs of the Yulin Army: "Han Wantao, you will take the Yulin Army to advance two miles south tomorrow, first use the trenches and barbed wire to build a simple fortification, and pay attention to the actions of the Lushun Tartars at any time." ”

"Yes, sir."

"Ye Zhan." Jiang Beiming ordered again, "You temporarily withdraw from the Yulin Army, and take the troops from Shandong and the rest of the people to cooperate with Wang Zhaoxing to build a defensive line." We have to build a long wall to completely block the Isthmus of Jinzhou, and this task is very heavy, and you must hurry up. ”

"Yes, sir." Ye Zhan replied.

"Zeng Guangxian, each battleship transferred two guns and placed them on the defensive line of the Jinzhou Isthmus, which was reasonably allocated according to the terrain and the possible location of the Tartars. At the same time, a fort should also be built at the commanding heights of Nanshan in the south of Jinzhou. ”

Zeng Guangxian didn't expect Jiang Beiming to lower the artillery from the warship, and opened his mouth to ask something, Jiang Beiming explained: "Our army this time only has a heavy artillery regiment, and it doesn't carry much artillery, so we can only do this and carry out the order." ”

"Yes, sir." Zeng Guangxian didn't ask any more.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the order has been given." Jiang Beiming bowed his hand and circled, "Please also use more snacks, it is the will of the Holy God to recover Lushun." Beiming is here to ask you, tomorrow we will take Jinzhou in one go. ”

The night passed, and the sun rose in the east. The campaign to attack Golden State began.

Dozens of artillery pieces of the Yulin Army's heavy artillery regiment bombarded Jinzhou City, and the artillery on Jinzhou City also began to fire back, and the two sides fought all morning.

Zhang Shujie watched the confrontation in the morning, and his heart became more and more envious of the Yulin army. Look at these cannons of others, they are more than a hundred times stronger than the Francos in their own god machine battalion. Yulinwan is now selling all kinds of firearms to the Ming Dynasty, but except for some of the cannons that were bought back and equipped to the city of Beijing, the rest were allocated to the important towns of the nine borders, and their own Shenji battalion was only allocated some flintlock guns, and there were no artillery. Zhang Shujie's relationship with Jiang Beiming is relatively close now, and Zhang Shujie has a plan in his heart, can he let Yulinwan also sell some cannons to the Shenji Battalion. But Zhang Shujie also knew that this matter was not easy, after all, he was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and this still needed Chongzhen's consent.

"Vice General Zhang, how is the fight?" Jiang Beiming led people to Zhang Shujie's back.

"General Chiang." Zhang Shujie arched his hand and replied, "The artillery of your Yulin army is really sharp, according to this way of fighting, you don't have to wait until night to collapse the city wall." ”

"Don't take it lightly." Jiang Beiming knew that the artillery on Jinzhou City was also a six-pounder cannon made by Tao Min, and the range was not close, "Make all preparations and strive to take Jinzhou tonight." ”

"The last general commands."