Wu Ping didn't know that Man Jian was afraid now, and of course he didn't have the intention of attacking Shenyang. The reason why there was no strong attack around Fuzhou was the idea of mobilizing Qing troops from all over the country.

A huge fleet of 30,000 troops came to southern Liaoning, and the news must not be hidden. Therefore, Wu Ping had to make a posture of capturing southern Liaoning and even marching to Shenyang, so as to confuse the Qing army and make it impossible for the Qing army to figure out its intentions, and then it could easily occupy Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan.

However, I can't delay too much time in Fuzhou, and three days later, I feel that the news has almost come out. Wu Ping ordered an attack on Fuzhou.

In the beach-grabbing landing battle when the fleet had just arrived on the coast of Fuzhou, Sima Nan commanded the landed army and cooperated with Lin Fucheng's troops who had killed him from Jinzhou, killing more than 400 Qing troops, and now there are more than 500 defenders in Fuzhou City, even if you count all the old and weak, there are more than 1,000 people.

The two landing armies combined numbered more than 7,000, and there were more than 20 red-coated cannons. And Fuzhou is just the original Fuzhou Acropolis, but it is a small city with a radius of four miles, and there is not even a moat outside the city, so it cannot stop the attack of the Ming army ten times as much.

More than 20 cannons concentrated at the south gate and bombarded the city wall of the south gate, and a gap of 20 zhang wide was blasted out in two days. The Ming army of the brigade swarmed in from the gap and attacked the city.

At the gap, the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties launched a brutal fight. With 200 banners and eight banners as the backbone, the Qing army launched a counterattack against the Ming army, and once drove the Ming army out of the gap. After all, the Ming army that crossed the sea was composed of the Jiaodong Army and the surrender army, and its combat effectiveness was very average.

However, the Ming army had strong firepower, and the army was equipped with a large number of firearms, as well as a large number of grenades and other firearms.

Seeing that the besieging men were driven out of the gap, Lin Fucheng gave an order, and the musketeers guarding outside the gap fired their guns in unison, and dozens of grenades were thrown into the gap.

Gunshots and explosions rang out, and the Eight Banners soldiers who had just been chased were killed and wounded, and they had to retreat to the city. And this retreat can no longer form organized resistance. Thousands of Ming troops entered the city along the gap and encircled and suppressed the Eight Banners along the streets and alleys.

The gates of the city were surrounded by the Ming army, and the Qing army in the city had no way to escape.

Whether it was the early Xishan Army or the later Pingnan Army, the army under Chen Yue has always had strict military discipline, and basically can do nothing against the people.

However, after Wu Ping led the army across the sea to southern Liaoning, he did not emphasize any military discipline. And southern Liaoning is the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the people here are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it would be pedantic to talk about what autumn did not commit. Therefore, when the soldiers of the Ming army wantonly killed in the city, even the officers of the Suppression Division looked at it. The Eight Banners are all soldiers, where are there any civilians?

As for those women and children, the Ming army was not cruel enough to use knives against them.

The army fights across the sea, and the soldiers need the first rank as a military merit, and the army also needs wealth as a military salary, so for some things, as long as they are not too excessive, from the officers to the anti-pacification department, they are ignored.

On the big ship of Galen outside the city, when the news of the capture of Fuzhou came, Wu Ping only nodded slightly, not surprised at all. Tens of thousands of troops attacked a small city guarded by more than 1,000 people, and if they couldn't defeat it, they could really die.

"Jinzhou Fuzhou has been occupied, and the whole area of southern Liaoning is occupied by our army, Manchu will definitely mobilize troops to try to recover southern Liaoning, and it is time to carry out a predetermined strategy." Li Yan said with a straight smile.

Wu Ping hesitated: "Mr. Li, is it the army attacking Gaizhou in the north." After all, Jinzhou Fuzhou is just a corner of southern Liaoning, and Shenyang's Manchu may not care. If we capture Gaizhou again, Haizhou to the north from Gaizhou, beyond Haizhou is the Liaozhong Plain, and to the north can directly threaten Shenyang, Manchu has to send troops to defend us, and then it will be when the troops in western Liaoning are empty. ”

Li Yan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "General Wu, do you want to attack Shenyang and occupy the Manchu nest?"

Gaizhou is too close to the inland, and if we really capture it, we will directly face the pressure of the Qing army.

Although the number of Qing troops outside the pass was small, there were still seven or eight thousand people. You also know their combat effectiveness, if seven or eight thousand Qing troops come to attack, do we really have the certainty of victory?

Once the army is entangled in Gaizhou, our mission will not be completed on time. Don't forget, the prince is still confronting the Qing army in Liaocheng, and he is still waiting for our results! ”

Wu Ping shuddered, remembering the task he had undertaken, so he glanced at Li Yanzhi gratefully, "If it weren't for Mr. Reminder, I almost missed a big event." ”

Then he ordered to leave 5,000 troops in Fuzhou, led by Sima Nan, to make a posture of attacking Gaizhou.

The main force of the army all boarded the ship and set sail to the northwest.

From Fuzhou, if you follow the coastal land route to Ning, it is eight or nine hundred miles to hike, but if you cross Liaodong Bay by boat, it is less than three hundred miles.

For a huge fleet, the entire Bohai Sea is almost an inland sea, and the wind and waves are far less than those in the East China Sea, and there is no problem with the sea routes in the Bohai Sea. In the past, the Dongjiang Army relied on small boats to control all the islands along the coast of the Liaodong Peninsula. Now the fleet of the Ming army is all large ships that cross the ocean, and it is not a problem to cross Liaodong Bay, even if the wind direction is not very smooth.

In March, the wind is very unstable, but the boat can move in all directions, as long as there is wind, but the speed is a little slower.

According to the plan formulated in advance, the fleet would first go to Juehua Island, take Juehua Island as the base, and then send troops ashore to capture Ningyuan City.

Juehua Island was originally the base of the Ming army in western Liaoning, the grain and grass of the Guanning army were stored in Juehua in the past, and there was a port on its north side for mooring big ships, and there was a grain city on the island to refuse.

However, with the collapse of the defense line in western Liao, with Wu Sangui leading his army into the pass, and later surrendering to the Manchus, Juehua Island and Ningyuan City on the other side of the island have long lost their significance in defending against the Manchus.

However, Juehua Island and Ningyuan are the nests of the Guanning Army in the past, although the main force of the Guanning Army fought with Wu Sangui in the Guannei and the Ming Army, but there are still tens of thousands of family members of the Guanning Army in the Ningyuan area outside the Guan, and it is impossible for all the Guanning Army in the past to be taken away by Wu Sangui. It is impossible for an important place like Juehua Island to be left without an army.

And for the Ming army, which is dominated by naval forces, of course, it cannot let go of such an important place as Juehua Island. Only by controlling Juehua Island and taking it as a foundation can we control the entire Western Liaoning Corridor. For the Ming army, which had a huge naval army, it was possible to throw the army everywhere at will if they controlled Juehua Island.

Therefore, the first step of the army's strategy is to seize Juehua Island.

However, when Wu Ping led the fleet across Liaodong Bay and arrived at Juehua Island under the guidance of the nautical chart, he found that Juehua Island, which was shaped like a gourd, was exceptionally quiet, and no Qing ships appeared.