After that, it took another five or six days, and after a lot of clothes died, the Qing army slowly pulled out all the wooden stakes that were in the way outside the city, and filled in the large and small pits. Their earthen walls are also growing taller, but they are still shorter than the walls of Sekijo.

At this time, the news that the Qing army had broken through the Qingshan Pass also came. Wu Sangui knew that the Manchu Qing were planning to attack him on both sides. However, Wu Sangui didn't panic too much, this was expected, and just yesterday, the Zheng family's sailor sent another batch of supplies. In order to coordinate the operation, Zheng Zhihu even went to Shanhaiguan in person to coordinate with other troops of the Zheng family. At the same time, in order to provide some technical services for the army sent by the Zheng family to attack Jinzhou, some people from the Guanning army also left Shanhaiguan and got on the Zheng family's ship. Among these people are Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong and younger brother Wu Sanfu.

At this time, Wu Sanfu was explaining the terrain of Jinzhou to Zheng Sen on the boat.

"Zheng Zongbing, Jinzhou was originally the foundation of my Guanning army, and it goes without saying that the city is strong. If it's normal, it's not easy to conquer it. However, after the Tatars conquered Jinzhou, there were not many garrisons here. Because of the credit for defeating Li Zicheng before, Jian Guo ordered Zheng Sen to be appointed as the chief soldier of Jinghai, so Wu Sanfu called it Zheng Zongbing at this time.

"Our army came across the sea, and I think Jianxuan has never seen an army of tens of thousands floating in the sea. This blow should be a big surprise to them. Zheng Sen lowered his head and looked at the map and said, "But along the Daling River, I guess there are quite a lot of people." These people are likely to send a message to the Tartars. Therefore, the cavalry of our army must take control of these villages before the fleet arrives. In terms of familiarity with the terrain, our army is naturally inferior to your army when it comes from afar. These things also need the help of your army. ”

Wu Sanfu hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "This is what it should be." Zheng Zongbing, when our army used to control Jinzhou, along the Daling River, there were many military tun Zhuangzi. Now these Zhuangzi naturally fell into the hands of the Tartars. The Tartars also placed their men here, and continued to farm with clothed slaves. However, the loss of population in the war is not small, and many of these fields have been abandoned. Only here, here, and here...... I heard that these Zhuangzi are still inhabited. ”

Zheng Sen nodded. Wu Sanfu knew that some of the Zhuangzi in the Jinzhou area were normal. This is not only because those places were originally the nest of the Guanning Army for many years, but also because even after the Battle of Jinzhou, the Guanning Army led by Wu Sangui still had business dealings with Jianxuan. Of course, this kind of business dealings is still very different from the old days when my ancestors had a big birthday. At that time, Zu Dashou was more interested in making profits, and when Wu Sangui was in his time, he often did not dare to refuse Jian's trade request. But in any case, this kind of trade still gave Wu Sangui a certain understanding of the situation on Jianxuan's side.

"How many Zhuangzi are these?" Zheng Sen looked at the map and asked, "These Zhuangzi are a bit far away from each other, and it is quite inconvenient to support each other in case of trouble." Why did Jianshen choose these places? Instead of concentrating people a little bit more, to these Zhuangzi closer to Jinzhou? ”

"The land near these Zhuangzi is more fertile and closer to the river, and we used to have some canals in these places and it was easier to irrigate. The Tartars never thought that Zheng Zongbing's army would be killed from the sea, so they were not prepared for this at all. Wu Sanfu replied.

"In this way, the beacon tower or something is probably abandoned, right?" Zheng Sen asked.

"Along the line of the Daling River, there was no beacon tower in the first place, because it was impossible for Jianzhi to come from the sea at that time." Wu Sanfu shook his head and said, "I don't know much about the current situation, but, according to the last general's thoughts, this Jianfu is fine, and he won't place a beacon tower along the Daling River, right?" ”

The fleet approached the mouth of the Daling River in the evening of the next day. Because in the past few years, Zheng Zhihu has often sent fleets along the coastline to attack any ship he sees, as well as villages closer to the shore. Today, along the coastline, there are hardly any inhabitants or boats. So the appearance of the fleet did not attract much attention.

A few small boats first brought a dozen hussars ashore, and they quickly ascended to a nearby vantage point, and then sent back a signal of safety with flags.

At this time, the sea is starting to recede at full tide, and the beach is gradually revealed. Several flat-bottomed sand boats sailed towards the shore and then ran aground directly on the beach, and the sappers on board jumped off the boats, and several people together removed some of the wooden stakes placed on the sand boats, nailed them into the beach, and then laid the planks on them and fixed them. They had to take advantage of the low tide to quickly erect a temporary trestle bridge. for the use of the landing force.

Now that the tide continues to drop, more sand boats are running aground on the beach, and more sappers are jumping off the boats and getting busy. At the same time, the lightly armed infantry also used the sampan to leave the lucky ship they were on, quickly landed on land, and spread out in formation in front of the predetermined position to build a barracks.

Soon the sun was setting. But the moon had not yet risen, and the sea was darkened. It takes about six hours from low tide to high tide. According to the plan, the sappers had to complete the construction of the temporary port during this time. When the tide rises at dawn, the large army will take advantage of the high tide to dock on the trestle they have built and quickly send tens of thousands of attacking troops ashore. In order to rush for time, all the ships lit up the whale oil lamps, and the entire beach was lit up, and from a distance, it seemed that the entire galaxy had landed on this beach. If Jianshen had even one scout in the vicinity, he would have been able to spot the problem from afar. However, at this time, Liaodong was sparsely populated, and the coast was almost a no-man's land because of the constant attacks by Zheng Zhihu, a genuine pirate, so no one found out about such an action.

Wu Sanfu and Zheng Sen stood on the deck of a patrol ship together, looking out at the beach, watching the lights gradually extend, and then connecting to form a long line of lights.

"General Wu, look." Zheng Sen said, "The sappers on the first stranded sand boat were built from top to bottom, and then the sappers on the stranded sand boats were built towards both ends, and you saw that the lights extended into a whole straight line, which means that a trestle bridge has been connected." ”

"So fast? How do you do that? Wu Sanfu couldn't help but ask.

"The wooden piles and planks used to build the trestle are specially made, and the bayonets on the wooden piles have long been prepared. They have also practiced on other beaches beforehand, and this beach, we have also done reconnaissance in advance, so it is natural to start quickly. Zheng Sen replied.

"I see that these lights seem to be connected, are they all right?" Wu Sanfu said again.

"It's not all right yet." Zheng Sen said, "The trestle should be generally good, but it is not strong enough." They also have to hurry up and harden it. But tomorrow when the tide rises, I will definitely be able to get it right. Speaking of this, Zheng Sen looked up at the stars again and said, "There are still about three hours before the high tide." I still have time to rest for a while, and tomorrow will be a hard general, so the general should take a rest in the cabin first. ”

Wu Sanfu looked at the beach again, and then said, "Thank you Zheng Zongbing for your care, the last general is grateful", and followed Zheng Sen down to the cabin.

In the second half of the hour, the moon rose and the tide rose again with the moon. The sand boats, which had been stranded, floated again one after another. By three o'clock in the morning, the tide had risen to a high level. The huge ships began to approach the beach, and one by one they stopped on the four trestle bridges that the sappers had built over the night. By noon, when the tide had fallen to a low level, more than a thousand horses of all kinds had successfully landed.

Zheng Sen and Wu Sanfu also went ashore, and the army would repair for a day after going ashore, and then begin to advance towards Jinzhou with the support of the river fleet.

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