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Seeing that the Ming army on the other side of the river was about to be completely annihilated, at this time, a cannon sound was heard from the river, followed by several cannon sounds, and soon an overwhelming cannonball poured down.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! There were bursts of cheers in the lineup of the Ming army.

It turned out that after Yuan Chonghuan captured Jilin Wula, he was worried that the road would not be safe because the next journey was too close to Shengjing. In order to avoid being attacked by the Manchus, he decided to use the water route to transport grain, grass and ordnance. Compared with the naval army of the Ming army, the current Manchu Qing Dynasty does not have the concept of a naval army at all. This time, Yuan Chonghuan received hundreds of artillery pieces of size from Xu Chengming, and it is extremely time-consuming and laborious to transport so many artillery pieces by land, but if you rely on water transportation, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Yuan Chonghuan decided to use the waterway to transport artillery.

Yuan Chonghuan's decision accidentally saved the Ming army trapped on the river beach. Such a transport ship could not carry heavy artillery, but it could carry small and medium-sized guns. Hundreds of transport ships lined up on the river, and the small and medium-sized artillery guns erected on the transport ships not only far outnumbered the Manchus, but also had a stronger range and power than the Manchus.

The Manchu artillery position was the first to be destroyed, and the next focus was on the Manchu heavy cavalry, in front of such fierce artillery fire, the Manchu heavy cavalry could not maintain an effective formation at all, the remaining hussars finally relieved, and the more than 1,000 dragoons who crossed the river were left at the moment.

"Build a bridge! Crossing! Seeing this, Zhao Shujiao ordered.

The Ming army rebuilt the pontoon bridge to cross the river with the remaining cowhide rows. With the support of artillery fire, the Ming army finally gained the upper hand, and the Ming army also established a solid position on the other side of the river.

Seeing that the situation was decided, Dorgon said with great hatred: "This is heaven not to help me! Order, collect troops! "Dolgon led the army and withdrew all the way to Nalin Riverguard. And Huang Taiji is in Nalin Hewei at the moment.

After this battle, there were less than 2,000 left of the 5,000 winged cavalry led by Zhao, and the winged cavalry commander Jiang Baixin was killed in battle. This is the highest-ranking general killed in battle since the implementation of the military reform of the Ming army.

On July 5, after seizing the mouth of the Sancha River, the Ming army approached the last line of defense of Shengjing, Nalin Hewei, which was less than a hundred miles away from Shengjing.

The vanguard army of the Ming army was still led by Zhao Shujiao, and this time Zhao Shujiao was ready to gamble with his life in order to avenge an arrow. Although Yuan Chonghuan, as the commander, did not support this decision, Zhao Shujiao carefully analyzed it with him for a day and promised that he would not be implicated in this matter, and Yuan Chonghuan reluctantly agreed.

This time, Zhao Shujiao only brought 10,000 dragoons and 20,000 infantry, but he carried half of the artillery of the Northern Expedition, and even ten heavy artillery. The reason why the heavy artillery was carried was to protect against the heavy artillery of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Ming army's central army is a one-day's journey away from Zhao Shujiao, and this distance can support Zhao Shujiao, and retreat can retreat to Sancha Hewei.

This time, Zhao Shujiao faced Huang Taiji himself with an army of 50,000. Sure enough, as Zhao Shujiao expected, Huang Taiji wanted to use the advantage of troops to eat the vanguard of Zhao Shujiao first.

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The news of Jiang Baixin's death in the Battle of Sancha River Estuary was also rushed to Zhu Youxiao's hands at this moment.

"I underestimated Huang Taiji, I didn't expect that in just five years, Huang Taiji could lead the Manchu Qing to regain its strength, and its military strength even exceeded the Battle of Shenyang, it seems that this battle is unpredictable!" Zhu Youxiao looked at the battle report coming from the front line and said.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, the minister thinks that he should not continue to take risks, but should retreat to Jilin Wula, take defense as a merit, and wait for Huang Taiji to attack." Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, said. Zhang Fengyi had died last year, and Yang Sichang took over as secretary of the military department.

"The minister thinks that we must not retreat to Jilin Ula, and we should also defend the Sancha River Guard, our army has a water advantage, and it is far easier to defend the Sancha River Guard than to trap Jilin Ula." Sun Chengzong objected.

"This battle must not be retreated, since it has begun, I must take Shengjing. In this battle, the Manchu Qing used the power of the whole country, and the empire only used one-fifteenth of the strength, since the first battle could not be won, then even if I used the wheel war, I would have to drag down the Manchu Qing. Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"Your Majesty, there are no soldiers available in the Shuntian Governor's Palace, and Chen Dudu's army has entered the territory of Chechen Khan at this moment, according to the news, Chechen Khan and Tushetu Khan have formed an alliance, which makes Chen Dudu's army dare not go too deep, and can only advance gradually." Xiong Tingbi said.

"Spread my will, so that the Jinan Governor's Mansion immediately sent 50,000 troops to Liaobei by sea, stationed in the area of Jilin Wula, no matter what the victory or defeat of this battle, Jilin Ula and Sancha River must not be lost." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, if you mobilize a large army again, I'm afraid that you won't be able to supply food, grass, ordnance and other materials." Xiong Tingbi said.

"In the past five years, the price of grain in Liaoning has plummeted, and the price has even reached the same level as that of Beijing, which shows that Liaoning has sufficient grain and grass reserves, and I believe that as long as there is money, the grain and grass in Liaoning will definitely be enough for 200,000 troops to use for half a year. If the military expenditure could not be supported, I allocated another 1,000,000 taels of silver from the internal treasury to support the operation. Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Your Majesty, after winning this battle, will you still release Huang Taiji?" Sun Chengzong asked.

"My master, if the empire wins this battle, the Manchu Qing will no longer be able to compete with the empire, whether to let go of Huang Taiji or not has nothing to do with the overall situation, but this time I will not let go of Huang Taiji again, if Dolgon does not die, I will let him live this time." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, why do you want to do this woman's kindness again? According to the battle reports from the front, Dolgon's talent is second only to Huang Taiji. Li Changgeng immediately retorted.

"You don't understand." Zhu Youxiao glanced at Huang Shijun and said, "Heaven has the virtue of a good life, I heard folk rumors that I am warlike and extremely cruel to foreigners, I also want to be a good person." ”

"Your Majesty must not be ......," several ministers admonished together.

"Before the victory or defeat is decided, we are here to discuss how to deal with the prisoners of war, is it a bit arrogant? But such arrogance, I like, the empire needs such confidence. Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

After listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, everyone smiled awkwardly, and they didn't discuss this matter anymore, and now that the victory or defeat has not been decided, it is indeed too early to discuss the matter of prisoners of war, and it is really arrogant.

(End of chapter)