According to the operational regulations drawn up by the Dadu Governor's Office, Sun Fuhu should rush to the Changshan Islands in early November at the latest, first land and cut off the connection between Hai, Fu, Jin, and Gaizhou and Liaoyang, and then take Fort Arthur in one fell swoop. However, there were unforeseen circumstances, the fleet sailed to the sea off Tianjin and suddenly encountered a storm, two ships were blown by the wind and waves to run aground near the mouth of Dagu, the garrison Qing army captured part of the crew, and the Datong army's plan to attack Fort Arthur was revealed - Dolgon immediately realized that Datong was going to attack Liaodong, and it was obvious that he intended to use the sea as the road to deliver supplies, and immediately sent Ganglin and Shaerhuda to Shengjing to replace He Luohui to preside over the overall situation, and at the same time sent Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming to lead their troops to aid Fort Arthur.

Sun Fuhu was not slow, as soon as the storm stopped, he continued to hurry, and finally arrived at the Changshan Islands on schedule, Sun Erkui's cavalry took the lead in landing and taking Jinzhou, but then found that the situation changed abruptly - Geng Zhongming's 10,000 Qing troops came from Liaoyang, Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi's 20,000 Qing troops also arrived at Lushun by sea from Ningyuan and Jinzhou to join Sun Long's troops, and the Datong army failed to sneak attack but became outnumbered.

On Hiroshima, the berthing place of the Combined Fleet, there was some tension in the spacious cabin of the flagship "Liberty"; the fleet lost more than a dozen ships and more than 1,000 people in a storm on the way, Liu Tichun's unit also lost contact, and the troops of the army were insufficient and most of them were recruits, and the officers were very worried about the prospects of the war.

The war did not start the heavy losses, the commander of the combined fleet Du Hongguo was very dissatisfied: "The Metropolitan Governor's Office does not understand naval warfare, the prediction is wrong, our army can no longer fight as it is, we should give up the landing and block the sea with the fleet, the Qing army depends on the Guannai for supplies, the sea route is cut off as soon as the food and salary are cut off, and it will collapse without a fight, Fort Arthur is still ours." ”

Peng Dashun, the commander of the new army, shook his head: "The Qing army must still have grain in Liaoyang, who can say how long they can support it, let's fight, this battle cannot be delayed, and the president will not be in short supply when he enters Liaodong." ”

"However, we have only more than 20,000 men and the enemy is at least 30,000, which is a pointless adventure." Ka Yu, the commander of the Dutch East India Company, glanced at Peng Dashun and said.

Eighty percent of the new army is Japanese, can endure hardships, is not afraid of death, and has added a lot of new weapons in Rizhao, the deputy commander of the new army, Li Taro, does not fight a battle, feels itchy hands, very impatient and said: "We will fight whatever the president says, and the Dutch are afraid of death, so get out of here as soon as possible!" Don't think I don't know about the ugly things you've done in Liuluo Bay. ”

More than ten years ago, the Battle of Kinmen Liuluo Bay has always been a hidden pain for the Dutch East India Company, in that battle, they dispatched five warships, 500 soldiers to join the Guangdong pirate Liu Xiang to meet Zheng Zhilong's Fujian pirates, the war was in full swing and abandoned the allies and fled in a hurry, their own losses were minimal, and Liu Xiang was outnumbered and almost completely annihilated, since then the East India Company has a bad reputation, no one is willing to cooperate with them, and finally had to bow to Zheng Zhilong, and the company's business has been greatly affected.

Ka Yu seemed to be incited, stood up with the hilt of his sword in his hand and roared: "Vice General Li, you are insulting the brave Dutch soldiers, I want to duel with you!" ”

The commander of the English East India Company, Bamesi, stopped Kayu and said to the generals very seriously, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have signed a contract between us, and we will strictly fulfill our obligations no matter what happens, and God testifies that the incident in Luowan will never happen again", and the Spanish and Portuguese officers immediately nodded yes.

"Don't get me wrong, gentlemen, we have absolute trust in our allies." Du Hongguo also pulled Li Taro to play a round - the United Fleet, like the United Asia Company, belonged to the Datong Debt Bank, the Dutch East India Company, and the English East India Company, and Du Hongguo, Ka Yu, and Bames took turns to be the commander of the fleet according to the tripartite contract, and they had a good relationship in private.

"The situation is not so bad, the president should have crossed the Liao River, according to his habits, he will never attack Shengjing City, but will mobilize the iron cavalry to take the initiative to find fighters, maybe he has sent reinforcements to Lushun," Sun Fuhu has always looked down on the Qing army, and after looking at the map for a while, he slapped the table and yelled at the generals, "30,000 Han troops are a fart, I fought this battle, give Sun Erkui an order, the cavalry will seize Jinzhou Bay, our army will start landing tonight, you should go and prepare immediately!" ”

"It's done, I'll take the lead!" Li Taro stood up excitedly.

On the 10th day of November, in Jinzhou Bay, Li Taro led the Xuanfeng army to take advantage of the rising tide at dusk to go ashore first, and immediately began to dig trenches and build breastworks after advancing ten miles.

On this night, the Datong army sent a new army and two other battalions, as well as more than a dozen kilogram camp guns, to the shore and hastily built a landing field, but the Qing army Geng Zhongming also rushed to meet with Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi - their own strength advantage was obvious, and the opposite side was not the terrible Mongolian soldiers, Manchurian soldiers or Yulin soldiers, but a group of Japanese people, the Qing army was inexplicably excited, and launched an attack at dawn.

Sun Erkui led the cavalry to lie in ambush for a long time, and suddenly roared from the front of the Qing army, ambushing corpses everywhere he passed, and then quickly got rid of the entanglement, turned to the flank and launched another attack - typical Datong iron cavalry tactics, floating and uncertain, one blow must be hit, and the Qing army was a little flustered for a while. Wu Sangui experienced the battle formation for a long time, and calmly ordered "the cavalry to press up and entangle them to fight to the death", and the Guanning iron cavalry immediately rushed to the Datong iron cavalry, and Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming also sent their respective cavalry to help in the battle. The cavalry of the two sides strangled each other and was indistinguishable for a while, and the Qing infantry took the opportunity to attack forward.

Behind the breastwork, the smoke of gunpowder rose, the infantry of the Datong army fired a dense salvo, and the tiger squat cannon also fired a continuous flowering bomb, and the Qing soldiers were knocked down a large area, but they would rather suffer losses than use their own shoddy firearms, and continued to charge while fighting back with bows and arrows.

"Brothers, in front are the Japanese Kou, the Liaodong people's men are defeated, kill them!" The cannon fire could not stop the rolling flow of people, and the Qing soldiers roared one after another, crossing the trench and approaching the hastily built breastwork.

"Equipped with a sword, hand-to-hand combat." The two battalions of the Left Association were at the forefront, and the Coordination saw that the defense line was in danger, and with a loud roar, he swung his knife and crossed the chest wall.

The two sides fought fiercely for an hour, the Qing army captured the breastwork, Li Taro looked back at the dense sampan on the sea, stomped his feet and shouted to the left and right battalion officers behind the palace, "Brothers are still rushing to the shore, Kogoro, follow me, you can't let Qingkou rush to the shore", raised his sword and rushed out. The brothers of the Left Association fought hand-to-hand with the Qing soldiers until noon, the Left Association was killed, and the officers of the front battalion and the left battalion were killed and wounded.

Sun Fuhu landed on the land, raised his clairvoyance to observe the battle situation for a while, shook his head slightly, the new army is still too young, the courage is commendable but the adaptability is insufficient, and after thinking for a while, he said to Peng Dashun: "The distance is too far, our army's artillery can't play a role, put the two battalions of the front association on top to meet the retreat of the left association, how did Sun Erkui do it, mixed with a group of rotten cavalry, and sent someone to tell him to get rid of the Qing army as soon as possible and move closer to the infantry formation." ”

"I'm afraid it's not so easy to retreat, I'll go up and have a look." After Peng Dashun finished speaking, he lifted a shot and left.

Li Taro and Kogoro led Zuo Xie to fight with the Qing soldiers, and they didn't dare to withdraw if they wanted to withdraw, while Sun Erkui relied on good horses, good weapons, and good training, and the three thousand cavalry gradually overwhelmed the five thousand Qing cavalry, and they didn't want to withdraw.

The sun was setting in the west, the tide was surging on the sea, Du Hongguo found that the situation of his army was unfavorable, and took advantage of the high tide to lead two gunboats to rush to the beach, Bames immediately reacted, and ordered the ships to rush to the shore, and the three battleships ran aground on the beach and became a battery, hundreds of twenty-four-pound and eighteen-pounder breech guns fired continuously, the Qing army was suddenly attacked by intensive artillery fire, Geng Zhongming's handsome flag was also interrupted by chain bullets, and the formation was chaotic for a while, Li Taro and Kogoro took the opportunity to command the army to get out, and Sun Erkui was also called back by Sun Fuhu's own soldiers, The infantry and cavalry of the Datong army converged together to re-form a defensive line, relying on the cover of naval artillery to fight to the death and not retreating, and the Qing army fought until nightfall.

In a fierce battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties, and even Sun Fuhu was surprised that the Qing soldiers seemed to be much stronger, and the day's white-knuckle hand-to-hand combat did not collapse, this battle was not easy to fight, but the army entered Liaodong and had to rely on Lushun to provide supplies, so it could only grit its teeth and fight. The Qing army was even more uncomfortable, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming were ordered to defend Lushun, knowing that the prospect of the war was bleak but did not dare to withdraw, and there were rumors in the army that surrendering to the Manchurians did not matter that they could not be defeated by the Japanese Kou, and their morale was inexplicably excited, and they had to conform to the will of the army to fight - neither side could retreat, and the next three days of continuous fierce fighting, the Qing soldiers seemed to fall into madness, gritted their teeth and attacked fiercely, and gradually forced the Datong army to retreat to the seaside.

At the critical moment, Liu Tichun, who had been missing for several days, suddenly appeared, and the main force of the Shandong Datong army did not fight, but suffered heavy losses in a shipwreck, and the 4,000 Shandong soldiers who escaped vented their anger on the Qing army, and quickly rushed to the beach and landed from the attack.

"The Qing army's formation is chaotic, good opportunity, Sun Erkui, rush with me!" Sun Fuhu shook off Dayu, raised his sword and led the cavalry to kill the Qing army.

"Gentlemen, the time has come to witness our bravery, please land with me to help the friendly forces." The Dutchman Cayu drew his sword, took up his shield, and led hundreds of soldiers to row their sampans to the shore quickly, while the Spaniards and Portuguese moved faster and had already landed on land with their cannons.

"Advance in a dense formation, blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet, and order Litaro to launch a counterattack." Peng Dashun led several new armies to stride forward in a marching formation.

Stepping forward in formation, Li Taro held a three-color black eagle flag in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, among you are Japanese, Ryukyuan, Koreans, tell me why you are far from home and fighting for the Datong Federation!" ”

"Establish an East Asian federation and realize the unity of the world!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

"The ideal tree of the East Asian Federation is watered by the blood of tyrants, and this battle is a glorious moment to be won, and only the bravest are worthy of being free citizens!" After Li Taro finished speaking, he handed the flag in his hand to an officer covered in blood, "Kogoro, after this battle, I will ask the president to give you the noble surname Li, and raise this battle flag to fight!" ”

Kogoro excitedly took over the banner, turned around and shouted to the soldiers, "The rise and fall of East Asia is here in one fell swoop, all the kings work hard!" ”

"Work hard!" The soldiers raised their arms and shouted, following the battle flag and rushing towards the Qing army.

The battle was more intense, Datong Iron Cavalry had an obvious advantage, Sun Fuhu first rushed the Qing cavalry formation, and then the cavalry array moved back and forth around the opponent, and constantly consumed the opponent's troops with horse guns, bows and arrows volleys, waiting for the opportunity to launch a fatal blow, the Qing cavalry was not strong and could only parry hard. Liu Tichun set up three dense infantry formations, the front row of heavy armor soldiers stabbed out like a forest of spears, the light armor soldiers held knives and axes to follow the protection, the infantry men took turns through the gap between the infantry formations to shoot at close range, the whole association pressed forward like a mill, the Guanning Army and the Han Eight Banners lost a large number of elites in Henan, and the new recruits could not bear the old tactics of the Datong Army and were beaten backwards.

The new army forgot the tactics of the usual training, Li Taro and Kogoro were red when they bumped into the Qing army, and led their soldiers to rush up and fight with the Qing army, Bamesi and Kayu were also belligerent, wielding long swords to kill the enemy group, but the people under them usually did business and served as crews, and few people had ever been soldiers, and the war was more like a group fight, but the Spaniards and Portuguese were more experienced, and the artillery was fast and the brigadier knocked down the opponent piece by piece - the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, but it was outnumbered and well-trained, On the contrary, he beat these outlaws back and forth, and Peng Dashun was in a hurry, so he scolded these guys for being idiots while answering everywhere.

Datong Beiju is so shameless, not only colluding with the Japanese but also colluding with the Buddha Lang Ji and Hongyi, how can my Heavenly Empire be afraid of the barbarians - Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong were red-eyed, and constantly transferred troops to reinforcements, and the Qing soldiers were also very rare to sell their lives, gritted their teeth and continued to fight to the death.

The fierce battle lasted until dusk, both sides were exhausted, and suddenly there was an exclamation in the ranks of the Qing army, "Brothers, run for your life, the Manchurian soldiers and Mongolian soldiers in Datong have been killed", these two can not be provoked, the Qing army woke up from the dream of loyalty and patriotism, and involuntarily retreated backwards.

"Our iron cavalry has arrived, kill all the Qingkou!" There were bursts of horses' hooves in the north, countless three-color black eagle flags fluttered in the wind, 20,000 iron horsemen of Hadari and Subutai rolled in, the morale of the Datong army was greatly boosted, and they mustered up enough strength to launch a fierce attack, and the Qing army fought hard for several days, and finally could not hold on, regardless of the officers' cheers, turned around and fled in a hurry.

Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jingzhong were frightened by the Datong Iron Cavalry, and ran directly to the beach with the defeated soldiers to grab the boat and flee for their lives.

"Old Sun, come with us, the general trend is inviolable, Liaodong can't hold it!" Wu Sangui said eagerly,

Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming also persuaded: "Old Sun, the thousands of people in your hands are the remaining family wealth of Lao Kong, and they can't be buried in vain." ”

"King Gongshun unfortunately died in Henan, the court commended him with loyalty, I can't disgrace his old man, and I will die in Fort Arthur," Sun Long shook his head, beckoned the young officers around him to pay a big salute to Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jingzhong, and said with tears in his eyes, "This is the dog Sun Yanling, King Gongshun once married his beloved daughter to him before his death, this family can't be destroyed, the three princes are affected, please take the dog away." ”

Wu Sangui and the three nodded in agreement, and Sun Long pulled up his son who was kneeling and crying bitterly and shouted: "What are you crying about, go with the three princes, see the emperor and say, Sun Long is loyal to the Qing Dynasty." ”

Wu Sangui and others ran away by boat, and tens of thousands of Qing soldiers could not get on the boat, and they were refused to be accepted by Fort Arthur on the grounds that the city was small and the food was scarce, so they simply stayed on the beach and resigned themselves to fate. At dawn, the Datong iron cavalry arrived, and the Qing soldiers knelt on the ground and begged to surrender, but unexpectedly the dense arrow rain poured down, and then the infantry of the Datong army also came, and the guns were fired in a continuous salvo, driving the Qing soldiers into the sea step by step.

"Sun Shuai, enough people have been killed, let them live." Peng Dashun was a little soft-hearted and quietly persuaded.

"What can I do, there is not a single grain of extra rice in Liaodong, you are an old military officer, you should know what they will do if they have no food," Sun Fuhu shook his head with a cold face, turned around and ordered Li Taro again, "Your people also go up, and kill all the prisoners without leaving them." ”

Li Taro gritted his teeth and agreed, and brought Kogoro and his group to join in the massacre, and when it was dark, the Qing soldiers on the beach disappeared, but there was blood on the sea, and there were countless floating corpses - the Qing soldiers on Fort Arthur were terrified when they saw this scene.

"Brothers, the northern captives are brutal, we have no way to live, we can only die to serve the Qing Dynasty, and this battle will not end!" Sun Long stood on Fort Arthur and shouted loudly.

"Don't die, don't die!" The Qing soldiers responded in unison with their swords and spears.

However, the Qing soldiers wanted to fight hard but had no chance, the Datong army surrounded Fort Arthur without attacking, unloaded five twenty-four-pounder guns from the battleship overnight and transported them to the fort, together with dozens of camp guns in the army bombarded the fort wall day and night, three days later made a big gap, and then repeatedly opened the flower bombs to the gap, until the shadow of the defenders was no longer seen, Kogoro took people into the fort and set fire, Fort Arthur had many cabins, and soon ignited a raging fire, Sun Long finally took Kong Youde's old foundation and turned into ashes together.

Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming were also unlucky, and they were caught up by the combined fleet not long after they fled from Lushun, and the Qing army was powerless to resist the strong ships and artillery, and most of the ships were sunk, Wu Sangui escaped back to Ningyuan's nest, and Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming fled to Jinzhou with only a few families. The Datong army seemed to be about to be wiped out, Tu Lichen and Ah Shu received the battle report of Lushun's victory on the road, and quickly turned around and killed Jinzhou, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming did not dare to fight again, and coerced the people in the city to flee to Ningyuan. Wu Sangui fled home, and before his ass was hot, he saw two difficult brothers and sisters, and the three of them discussed that Ning Yuan could not be defended, and drove the people to continue to flee to Shanhaiguan.

Tu Lichen and Ashu occupied Jinzhou and Ningyuan, but they had no intention of defending the city, and the nearby Karaqin people came to make a condition that they were allowed to graze here to help demolish the city, and they could also be stationed for a long time.