Chapter 474: Fruits of Victory
Zhang Chu returned to Dongjiang with the materials seized from Shenyang, and at this time, Huang Taiji was desperately rushing to Shenyang. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Huang Taiji, who besieged Jinzhou, received the news that the security army sent troops from the Dongjiang River to strengthen the attack on Jinzhou, and wanted to solve the battle in Jinzhou before the security army attacked Shenyang, but the ancestor of Jinzhou fought very tenaciously this time, and the Jin army attacked several times without taking it, and it didn't take long for the news that the security army had come to Shenyang. He didn't expect the security army to be so ferocious, and the many defensive checkpoints established by the Houjin people along the way have become decorations, and it is dangerous to go on like this.
It was easy for the Jin army to come to Jinzhou, but it was difficult to return to Shenyang peacefully. As soon as the Houjin people showed signs of retreating, the security forces in Dalinghe City began an endless campaign of harassment. The vanguard sent by Huang Taiji either stepped on a mine or was ambushed, so that the Houjin people could only gather together as much as possible and advance cautiously.
It is not safe to walk in the back of the team, there are always security guards chasing after the back of the Houjin brigade, rushing up from time to time to put a gun for a while, scared the Houjin people to send cavalry to chase and kill, but the security army is very slippery, and has long run away, but when the Houjin people are relaxed, they leaned on again. This made Huang Taiji very annoyed and seriously affected the speed of the retreat of the Houjin people. Even the security forces in Lushun sent small forces to attack the Houjin people, which made Huang Taiji's retreat very slow.
Huang Taiji understood that this was a conspiracy of the security army, but there was no good way to deal with it, so he could only be beaten passively. This made the morale of the Houjin people very low.
Not long after Houjin's brigade retreated in the direction of Shenyang, greater bad news reached the battalion. The soldiers who escaped from Shenyang brought Huang Taiji news of the fall of Shenyang.
"Dolgon, this piece of shit." Huang Taiji's first thought was Dorgon's mistake in defending the city, and Huang Taiji thought that he had stationed enough troops in Shenyang to fight the security army head-on, let alone rely on the city for defense.
But after listening to the detailed report of the soldiers, Huang Taiji was speechless, this time the security army completely relied on strength, and smashed open Shenyang City. The soldier's description of the fire formed by the security army's artillery fire made him more cautious, for fear that the security army would set up an ambush at a dangerous location and make him suffer a big loss.
Fortunately, Zhang Chu wanted to retreat and did not have the energy to intercept Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji finally returned to Shenyang safely.
Huang Taiji almost fainted when he saw the tragic situation in Shenyang. There was not much breath of life in the whole of Shenyang, Zhang Chu took away all the population in Shenyang City, and only a corpse was placed outside the city that was not buried. The city of Shenyang was burned into a pile of black rubble by Zhang Chu, and the construction achievements of the Houjin people for more than ten years were destroyed in one fell swoop, and the accumulated treasures were looted.
The furious Huang Taiji led his troops to chase Zhang Chu to take revenge, but at this time Zhang Chu had already returned to the Dongjiang River with the captured personnel and materials. Huang Taiji understood the defensive ability of the security army, and tried hard to suppress the decision to attack Dongjiang immediately.
After careful searching, Huang Taiji reluctantly determined that his concubines and children had fallen into the hands of Zhang Chu, and even Dolgon's whereabouts were unknown, and it was very likely that he was also captured. Hearing this news, Huang Taiji suddenly aged a lot, and for the first time he experienced the pain of his wife's separation, but he forgot that the Houjin people had imposed this pain on the people of the Ming Dynasty for many years.
Of course, Huang Taiji refused to give up, ordered the team to rest for a short time, and requisitioned more men and horses from various banners, and Huang Taiji personally led his troops straight to the Dongjiang region to find Zhang Chu for a decisive battle.
Zhang Chu didn't want to fight anymore at this time, he retreated most of his men and horses to the island, leaving only the troops defending the castle on the coast. Huang Taiji had nothing to do in the face of the castle supported by the naval fleet's artillery fire.
After several rounds of frantic attacks, Huang Taiji's team gained nothing but the corpses that were left on the ground.
In this way, the Houjin army and the security army were in a stalemate. At this time, Zhang Chu shifted all his thoughts to strengthening his strength.
The silver two pieces of Chu obtained from Emperor Chongzhen had already been put into the arsenals and shipyards of the security army, more and more advanced weapons were being produced, and the shipyard was not only building new warships, but also building new and larger docks in preparation for the construction of large warships.
The Later Jin people gained a lot of wealth through the continuous plundering of the Ming Dynasty, a large part of which was preserved in Shenyang. Zhang Chu's raid not only wiped out a large number of Houjin soldiers and plundered 30,000 or 40,000 Houjin people, but also obtained a large amount of silver and materials. Zhang Chu put these silver money and materials into construction, turned the area occupied by the security army into a large factory, and then continuously produced a large number of weapons and goods, Zhang Chu ordered the security army to continue to expand the army, he was accumulating strength, preparing for the final decisive battle with the Houjin people.
At this time, Zhang Chu even got a windfall, although the amount of this money was not much, but the meaning was different. This property was sent by the Joseon king Yi Liang to comfort the security army and congratulate Zhang Chu on his victory in the battle.
A few days ago, Li Kuo was in a vacillation, Zhang Chu and Emperor Chongzhen turned their faces, Li Kuo didn't know whose side he should be on, Zhang Chu had a brigade stationed on the Korean border, but the Ming Dynasty must be the orthodoxy of the dynasty, and some Korean ministers even secretly persuaded Li Kuo to contact Houjin. Li Ju felt at a loss for a while, and at this moment Zhang Chu spoke with his strength, not only sneaking up on the capital of Houjin, but also retreating, and now all kinds of noises in the Korean court were gone. Everyone agreed that they should have a good relationship with Zhang Chu, which led to this condolence trip.
The king of Joseon, Li Liang, not only sent gold and silver grain to Zhang Chu, but also sent four Korean beauties.
"Are you this beauty?" Yue Yue and Zhang Chu looked at the North Korean gift list together, and Yue Yue pointed to the beauty above and asked.
"Yes, why not, this is the fruit of victory, I won the battle and people only gave it, don't want it in vain." Zhang Chu didn't have any consciousness at all, and his eyes lit up when he looked at the gift list.
"What do you want so many women to do, the three wives are still one in the west and one in the north, and I am almost put in the south by you, where are you going to put these four?" Yue Yue was a little unhappy.
Zhang Chu felt Yue Yue's mood change at this time, and hurriedly said: "I accepted these women, and they may not be my wives, wouldn't it be good to let them follow you in business then." ”
Yue Yue smiled when she heard Zhang Chu's words.
Zhang Chu couldn't help but feel good when he saw Yue Yue happy.
Zhang Chu was happy, but Emperor Chongzhen, who was in Beijing, was not happy at all. (To be continued.) )