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After a long journey of nearly a month, Wu Sangui finally walked out of the deep mountains and came to Beijing in tattered clothes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info [full text reading]

Since the mutiny in Shanhaiguan, he escaped from the city overnight, and there was only one thought in his heart, that is: I want to return to Beijing, I want to see the emperor, I want to sue the emperor, and I want to put Zhu Changyuan, a madman, in prison.

However, as soon as he left the city gate with his front feet, he rode a horse and galloped less than ten miles in the night, when he was overtaken by several big men and blocked his way.

Although Wu Sangui didn't know the origin of these people who came to chase him, he was not afraid in his heart. After many years of military career, he has long cultivated a mentality of not being in danger.

Besides, his own strength is not weak, if he encounters a thief who cuts the path, not to mention the six or seven people in front of him, even if there are six or seven more, Wu Sangui is sure to escape.

However, after the ensuing battle, what made him desperate was that the other party would beat him to the ground by a random person, let alone six or seven.

But, for some reason, the men did not seem to want their own lives, but only obstructed their journey, and not only slaughtered the horses, but also followed him and drove him into the mountains.

Therefore, along the way, Wu Sangui can be said to have suffered enough.

Not only can he walk on his own legs without a journey, but there are still mountains and forests along the way, and there are constantly people who disturb him, making him unable to live day and night.

But fortunately, after a month of arduous journey, I finally arrived in Beijing.

At this time, the sky had just dawned, and the gate of the capital division had not yet been opened, Wu Sangui was wearing a shabby hat, his face was full of dust, his clothes were ragged, and he walked to the city with vain steps, and most of the early businessmen gathered in front of the city gate, waiting for the moment when the door opened.

Far away. He saw that there seemed to be an arrest warrant posted next to the city gate, and he looked closer, but it didn't matter if he didn't look at it, he almost vomited out his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys when he saw it.

The person wanted on the warrant is none other than him. It is him, Wu Sangui, Wu Changbo, although the portrait is slightly different from him, but the name and words cannot be wrong.

The wanted charges also made him intoxicated: leading a military mutiny, intending to secede, building a prisoner, disobeying orders, sitting on empty salaries, etc., a whole 16 major crimes, and all of them are capital crimes.

At last. The wanted warrant said that if anyone can cooperate with the capture of Wu Sangui, he will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver.

"Poof!"

Wu Sangui almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, his right hands were clenched tightly, and he said secretly: I, Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and the imperial ci Ping Xibo, are I only worth a hundred taels of silver?

However, now is obviously not the time to bargain, although Wu Sangui is angry, he can only leave first. I dare not stand at the gates of the city.

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Shanhaiguan, Jiliao Governor's house.

Zhu Changyuan took out the phone and first sent a telegram to the big government affairs Kong He of Riyue Island, ordering him to lead the naval army north and attack the Dongjiang River, which was Mao Wenlong's old base before: Phi Dao.

Kong He naturally didn't dare not listen, and immediately, immediately, he summoned a thousand sailors and rushed to Phi Dao with two steamers that Zhu Changyuan had exchanged from the system.

Moreover, he also ordered another spare cutter suction dredger in the harbor of Sun Moon Island to accompany the army. Intent on annihilating enemies fleeing from the island.

However, his wish was doomed to fail.

Because when Kong He arrived at Phi Island half a day later, the island was empty.

All the soldiers who had previously been stationed here withdrew to the mainland without a single additional case.

After Zhu Changyuan got the news. It is even more certain that Huang Taiji is playing with himself, otherwise, he would not have been able to evacuate the defenders on Phi Island in advance, all of which can only be said to be premeditated.

"Grass!"

Zhu Changyuan can only use this simple and crude word to express his deep dissatisfaction in his heart.

However, who is Zhu Changyuan? Can you bear the loss?

"Leave Phi Dao alone!" Zhu Changyuan called Kong He again: "Bring all the sailors back to Sun Moon Island, and then bring our ace cavalry." Capture Gaizhou for me first. ”

Gaizhou, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, was a city by the sea, located in the northernmost part of the Bohai Bay, and the north and south of the Jingshi Shengjing of Huang Taiji was 350 miles away, and it was an inconspicuous small city before.

However, once the sailor is strong, the strategic location of the city will be raised by more than one notch.

If you look at the map, you will understand that to the north of Gaizhou is Yaozhou, and further north is Haizhou. Haizhou is the Haicheng city of modern society.

Further north of Haizhou is Liaoyang, the former heart of Liaodong, the location of Liaodong since the Han Dynasty, of course, with the rise of Shenyang, the status of Liaoyang as a regional central city is gradually declining.

But even so, it is the second largest city in the entire Liaodong region after Shenyang.

And Liaoyang further north, sorry, to Huang Taiji's nest - Shenyang Wei.

Therefore, the strategic location of Gaizhou, after having a sailor, can be said to be quite important, and it is comparable to Ningyuan and Jinzhou on land.

It's just that due to the lack of sailors, whether it is Huang Taiji or Daming, there is no need to realize the strategic importance of this city.

From this day on, though, they will all have a strong memory of the city.

According to Zhu Changyuan's instructions, Kong He took the two hundred ace iron horsemen of Riyue Island and took a big boat to the sea area outside Gaizhou City for a day and a night.

In addition, Zhu Jinbiao, the commander-in-chief of Liaoyang, also took the 3,000 soldiers who had just been trained, set off from the sea outside Shanhaiguan and came by boat to join Kong He.

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In Shengjing City, the high-level leaders of the Qing Dynasty are also discussing the next countermeasures.

In addition to the emperor Taiji on the throne, there are also Dolgon, Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou, Dai Shan, Amin, Zilharang and other ministers of the emperor Taiji.

The only thing missing was the Duoduo.

In fact, Duoduo is not like the official reply of the Qing Dynasty to Zhu Changyuan: he is not in Ningyuan in Shengjing.

On the contrary, Duoduo was in Ningyuan City, actively preparing for war to prevent Zhu Changyuan from attacking.

The so-called Duoduo did not return to Yunyun in Shengjing, but it was just a word of shirk.

"Is it all arranged?"

Huang Taiji asked Kong Quede, who was sitting at the very end.

Kong Youde nodded, leaned over, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, all the sailors at the Dongjiang River have gone ashore, even if Zhu Changyuan sends troops to go now, he can only get a bare stone island." ”

"That's good!"

Huang Taiji's heart can be regarded as a reassuring pill.

It's not that he is arrogant, but after seeing Zhu Changyuan's weapon in naval battle with his own eyes last time, he was frightened by that aggressive method of fighting, and he no longer wanted to face Zhu Changyuan's sailor.

"The minister asked people to set up many longitudinal ditches on the shore, and store large stones on the mountains along the way, in case Zhu Changyuan attacked, he could also block the road to transport materials."

Kong Youde's idea was that he was afraid that Zhu Changyuan would repeat his old tricks, land from the Dongjiang River, and then cross the mountains and mountains to attack Shenyangwei, so he set up many obstacles along the way.

Huang Taiji nodded, looked at Dolgon, and said: "Starting tomorrow, send additional troops to garrison Jinzhou, divide troops in Ningyuan, and defend these two cities to the death." ”

"If you can't hold it, you will negotiate peace with him Zhu Changyuan!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly looked at Hong Chengchou and asked, "Mr. Hong, are I afraid that if Zhu Changyuan does not negotiate peace with us at that time, what should I do?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. ”

"Zhu Changyuan only has 20,000 people in his hands, even if he is brave and good at fighting, the army line is too long, and now he is supervising Ji Liao, not as he was when he was in Jingxiang, there are many things to scruple about."

Huang Taiji nodded, even he knew the truth that a city should be stable after attacking, and he had no reason to believe that Zhu Changyuan didn't understand, so he thought deeply of Hong Chengchou's words.

With Zhu Changyuan's current strength, capturing at most three cities will cause a situation where the captured cities are undefended, so it makes sense to judge that Zhu Changyuan will not stretch the line of troops.

I have to say that Hong Chengchou and Huang Taiji's guess is right, Zhu Changyuan now has the ability to recover the city, but the only shortcoming is that there are few soldiers and there is no way to defend the city.

This is also the reason why he was unwilling to attack even if he made peace with Huang Taiji to recover Ningyuan and Jinzhou.

Because, once he has few soldiers, the imperial court will definitely "kindly" send troops to fill it, and when the time comes, he will be so tired that he will face up, and the city he has beaten down will instantly become someone else's.

Zhu Changyuan undoubtedly did not want to do this kind of work, what he wanted was to firmly control Liaodong in his own hands, and then implement the great cause of leading the whole nation into the rudimentary form of modernization.

Zhu Changyuan has already decided to treat Liaodong as a pilot.

"Okay, then, I'll be relieved!"

As soon as Huang Taiji finished saying this, a soldier immediately ran over from outside and said: "Report to Your Majesty, Zhu Changyuan sent a thousand sailors, and the attack on Phi Dao failed, so he turned eastward." ”

"Huh?"

Hearing that Zhu Changyuan sent troops, Huang Taiji was still a little nervous.

Turning east?

That's to attack Ningyuan! This speculation should be reasonable.

However, only an hour later, he received the first news that caught him off guard: a small force of the Ming army suddenly appeared in Gaizhou City, and there was a possibility of attacking at any time, and the defenders of Gaizhou asked for help.

"Gaizhou?"

When Huang Taiji heard this, he couldn't find the north for a while, got up from his seat, and said, "How can the Ming army appear in Gaizhou?" ”

Suddenly thinking that his subordinates had reported that Zhu Changyuan's troops attacking the Dongjiang River were heading east, he seemed to understand.

It is impossible for the Ming army to reach Gaizhou by land under any circumstances, so there is only one answer, passing by sea.

"It's broken!" Huang Taiji said: "Gaizhou has not experienced a war for more than ten years, the city defense is extremely poor, and the defenders are few, I am afraid it will be difficult to defend." ”

"Your Majesty, don't panic!" Dai Shan stood up and said: "Although the city defense of Gaizhou is not very good, the enemy army is only a few thousand, and it should not cause a big disaster. ”

Dai Shan's subordinates have soldiers with two flags, the red flag and the white flag, although he is not a high authority in the Qing Dynasty, but he is also the kind of person who can make Shenyang shake by stomping his feet.

Huang Taiji looked at Dai Shan and did not answer.

Another half an hour passed, and the bad news finally came: Gaizhou missed. (To be continued.) )