At the end of November, the Liaodong Operational Staff sent back an operational plan for the 'Winter Offensive'.

Winter is a very unsuitable season for combat, but the Liaodong Operational Staff is preparing to launch the 'Winter Offensive' at this time, but it is not just a reckless act to prepare more military merits as a congratulatory gift before Zhao Yan's wedding.

After reading the battle plan of the 'Winter Offensive', Zhao Yan approved this plan.

If this winter offensive can recover Liaodong in one fell swoop, next year's military reform will be much simpler.

…… In Liaodong, Duoduo had stabilized his dominance. The two brothers, Zilharan and Amin, also controlled nearly a third of the troops.

During the tenth year of Chongzhen, the relationship between the Manchus and Mongolia underwent subtle changes.

Many Mongolian tribes broke away from the orders of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and no longer bought the accounts of the Manchu Dynasty, and some even transferred back the warriors sent by the tribes.

The Manchus did not let it?

Run back en masse.

The Mongols had realized that the end of the Manchu Qing was not far away, and after nine years of entering the customs and plundering, they returned defeated, and the Mongol tribes were shocked.

However, after the Manchu Qing were defeated at Zhenjiang, the army of Huang Taiji was besieged in Korea, and then completely annihilated. The news was even more shocking.

I heard that a general named Zhao Yan appeared in the country and threatened to restore Liao in three years.

At this time, the Ming army had already occupied the southeast of Liaodong.

The Ming offensive would continue, and the Mongol tribes had lost a lot of tribal warriors in several defeats, and many of the tribes did not want to continue this senseless war.

They cooperated with the Manchus, more often than not, to go south to rob.

But the Manchus can't rob now, they are all in danger, how can they still walk with the Manchus, and some tribes are directly out of the control of the Manchus.

For this reason, Duoduo could only appease the other tribes, and did not make any moves, and did not dare to conquer those Mongol tribes at all.

At this time, Liaodong was extremely dangerous, and if one was not careful, the Ming army south of the Taizi River would attack. For the strength of the Ming army, Duoduo has made a lot of efforts, but it is still not effective.

For example, if he sued for peace with the Ming Kingdom, he was also called a minister.

As a result, Duoduo received the news that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom was constitutionally constitutionalized by Zhao Yan of Shandong.

What is Constitutionalism?

Duoduo didn't quite understand, Fan Wencheng explained, and Duoduo understood what constitutionalism is, that is, you can't meddle in the management of the country, and you have to commit the same crime as the people if you break the law.

Is this still called the emperor?

After Chongzhen was finished, the peace was also in vain, and the Shandong army in the south was currently aggressive, and there were often Ming cavalry jumping to the north bank of the Taizi River to carry out a storm-like sweep.

This made Duoduo unguardable, Liaodong is dominated by plains, and after these cavalry broke into the north bank of the Taizi River, their whereabouts were often erratic, and it was possible to run around in the entire Liaodong.

The cavalry was also sent to surround it, and those Shandong cavalry ran into it to fight when they saw that the number was about the same, and ran away directly when they saw that there were too many enemies.

Often the cavalry of Duoduo can't catch up, why? Horses are no match for other people's.

The war horses of the Shandong cavalry are all carefully selected on the horse, but the war horses of the Qing army are not like this, after several major battles, the Manchu war horses have suffered serious losses, and the quality of the horses of many cavalry is getting worse and worse.

Those cavalrymen often carried firearms, which was very difficult to deal with. Once, a small group of cavalry rushed to the city of Shenyang by night, fired hundreds of rockets at the city of Shenyang, and then flew away, causing a fire in Shenyang and burning many houses.

After the winter, the Shandong army in the south finally settled down. In addition, Duoduo strengthened the defense around Shenyang, and the craftsmen's workshops under Shenyang City and the safety of Shenyang City were no problem.

Duoduo knew that the beginning of spring next year would be the time for the Shandong army to attack, and he would have to think about the way back for himself.

Perhaps, this place in Liaodong is no longer suitable for them to live in, Duoduo set his sights on the north and west, and Fan Wencheng also pessimistically found that there is no future for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

But what can you do if you don't give your life to the Manchu Dynasty, he has no way out, his name can be said to be almost well-known in the Ming Dynasty, and many people know that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has such a big Han named Fan Wencheng.

In order to make the future better, Fan Wencheng suggested that if Duoduo retreated, he should retreat to the west. Legend has it that far to the west, there are many smaller countries.

The Mongols conquered many countries in the west that year.

Duoduo also did not want to live in the forests to the north, so he accepted Fan Wencheng's suggestion and began to send people to ask the Mongols about the situation in the western part of Mongolia.

Most of the countries that the Mongols conquered in the west have perished. But the Mongols had some information in their hands and had some knowledge of the situation in the west.

After confirming that there were many small nations in the Western Regions, Duoduo prepared for the Great Migration.

After several major battles, Duoduo had lost the confidence to win the Shandong army, and it would not hurt to prepare early, so as not to have time to prepare when the time came.

But Dodor was not willing to retreat, he still wanted to fight again, but he also prepared a way back for himself.

However, at this moment, the Shandong army suddenly stormed Hetuala, led by the third battalion led by Li Ran, plus half an artillery battalion, and 20,000 Manchu Han troops, and launched a sudden attack in late December.

Hetuara was the old village of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the so-called 'Land of Longxing', and because of its proximity to the Shandong army, Duoduo placed nearly 20,000 defenders there.

Li Ran's 3rd Battalion suddenly attacked, which greatly surprised the Manchus, and the defenders of Hetuarane were instantly blinded by heavy artillery fire.

The walls of Hetuara were very low, and the city was still very small, and the artillery battalion bombarded Hetuara fiercely for about a day, and the Manchu defenders in the city suffered heavy casualties under the shelling.

Second, Li Ran ordered the siege of the city.

20,000 cannon fodder troops rushed into Hetuara in an instant, but these cannon fodder troops can be said to be bird guns for artillery, and the armor on their bodies has been replaced with plate armor.

At the same time, their weapons were replaced with spears, axes, and waist knives.

Spears and axes are very armor-piercing, and are most suitable for dealing with heavily armored Qing soldiers, one long and one short. At the same time, the waist knife is also the standard used by the Shandong army, a handful can be broken by nitpicking, cut a little heavier, and the armor on the Qing army cannot be stopped, but the lethality is not as strong as the hand axe, but the hand axe is shorter.

Hetuara is between the mountains, 20,000 cannon fodder troops rushed into Hetuala, all the way to the fierce fight, less than half a day to solve the battle in the city, successfully captured Hetuala.

However, Li Ran, who captured Hetuala, did not stop there, but after three days of rest, he led the army out of the mountains and went straight to Fushun.

The Ming army launched an offensive in winter, which greatly surprised the Qing army.

After all, in such cold weather, soldiers are very prone to non-combat casualties, and logistics transportation is almost impossible, and cavalry is very difficult to fight in the snow.

But in reality, this is just what the Manchus themselves thought.

Li Ran's third battalion had been very well prepared beforehand, the troops were equipped with a large number of sleds, and a lot of cotton clothes and fuel were prepared.

Along the way, the 3rd Battalion swept through three passes at lightning speed, reaching the plains beyond the mountains.

On the continuous marching line, groups of soldiers sit on sleighs and are dragged by horses on a rapid march. On the sleigh behind, a large amount of logistical supplies were dragged.

Transporting supplies in the snow on a sleigh can be carried by a single horse weighing half a ton. Each sleigh can carry six soldiers.

With such convenient means of transportation, the third battalion prepared a lot of grain and grass, enough to support the needs of two months, and brought a lot of ammunition.

Taking advantage of the sled, the Liaodong Operational Command decided on a winter offensive two months ago, and not only the third battalion led by Li Ran launched an attack, but also the south bank of the Taizi River.

Li Ran's 3rd Battalion was closer to Shenyang, and the Manchus had fewer troops in this area, so they were the first to fire the first shot of the winter offensive in late December.

…… Of course, the advantage of snow operations was not unique to the Shandong Army, but also to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Nurhachi also has a skating force under him. Legend has it that when Nurhachi was trapped in Mogen City and the city was about to fall, a skating force "all dressed in Ula" fell from the sky and relieved the siege of Mogen City. This special forces advanced entirely by skating, marching more than 700 miles in a day and night, and artillery was also transported on ice climbing plows.

Ula skates are also sleds, but they are called 'ice plows'. But there were not many such troops in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and there was only one one, and it was also sent to death if it collided.

Li Ran's third battalion marched very fast, it only took one night to march more than 200 miles, and before the Manchus even knew it, they had already approached the city of Fushun.

The horses of the third battalion were carried a lot, not with one horse for two hundred miles, but with horses in rotation, although not as fast as skating, but it was still easy to travel two hundred miles at night.

Fushun, this is the acropolis of Shenyang, only a few dozen miles away from Shenyang.

The third battalion came to the city of Fushun at dawn and immediately attacked Fushun. Previously, the main force of the Qing army had been attracted to the banks of the Taizi River to prevent the cavalry of the Shandong army from moving north to disturb them.

However, as an acropolis close to Shenyang, Fushun's defense was not empty, with 10,000 elite defenders and 30,000 Mongol and Han soldiers in the city.

The Manchus did not have the habit of placing a large number of soldiers and horses outside the city when they were stationing troops, except for Shenyang, which was their 'Shengjing', most of the troops were stationed outside the city.

The rumbling sound of artillery soon woke up the defenders of the city.

The artillery of the artillery battalion and the third battalion began to bombard Fushun indiscriminately, and also fired thousands of rockets into the city, with the artillery of the artillery battalion hitting the city wall and the artillery of the infantry battalion hitting the city.

Under the ferocious artillery, it took only about fifteen minutes for a gap to be blown out of the city wall.

This surprise attack caught the Qing army in the city by surprise.

When they were woken up, there was already a fire burning in the city, and shells were falling from the sky from time to time. Tens of thousands of Qing troops gathered in the confusion and rushed to the city wall to defend.

The artillery on the city wall has long been destroyed, and the Ming army is bombarding the city wall, the head of the city, and the city indiscriminately, and there is no means to fight back for a while.

(To be continued)