The offensive in Liaodong was launched very smoothly, and while the first battalion was attacking Liaodong and the third battalion was attacking the mountainous and hilly areas, Duoduo and Zilharang were attacking Shenyang.

The Zhenglan Banner in the city guarded Shenyang, and did not open the city gate at all, and there were hundreds of Hongyi cannons in Shenyang City, but it was the biggest trump card of the Zhenglan Banner.

Even if Haoge and Daishan died in battle, Huang Taiji is not dead! Zhenglan Banner will naturally not open the cost so easily, if Huang Taiji returns, he will definitely become a siege.

If Huang Taiji can't come back, Shenyang City has a lot of anti-aircraft artillery, and it will be able to resist the attack of Duoduo and Zierharang, and it will not be too late for him to set up another mountain at that time.

For a time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was disheartened, and each made its own plans, and it was too late to take care of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Zhao Yong's first battalion, the thirteenth arrived at Xuancheng, the fourteenth immediately launched an attack on the 'Xiuyan' a hundred miles away, under the fierce fire of the artillery battalion, Xiuyan's city wall was blown out of a huge gap in less than ten minutes, the Qing troops in the city were crushed, the first battalion rushed into Xiuyan from the gap, and soon controlled the entire city.

After capturing Xiuyan, Zhao Yong left 500 people to defend Xiuyan, and then attacked Huanggudao Fort to the south, such a small fort could not delay the attack of the first battalion at all, Zhao Yong left 1,000 people to deal with the Qing army in Huanggudao Fort, and continued to advance southward with a large group of men and horses.

Along the way, the Fort of Surrender, the Fort of Red Mouth, and the Fort of Wanghai were all fought immediately, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army in the Fort surrendered when they heard the wind, for which Zhao Yong also incorporated more than 3,000 cannon fodder troops.

These surrendered Han Army Eight Banners, used to fight street battles is very suitable, street fighting is a battlefield that is easy to cause casualties, the soldiers of the first battalion are all elite soldiers who spent a lot of money to create, and it is naturally not very cost-effective to fight street battles, except for the pikemen wearing plate armor in the street fighting survivability, the musketeers generally cannot act alone.

After recruiting thousands of cannon fodder troops, Zhao Yong went straight to Jinzhou (a little north of Dalian Bend), the city of Jinzhou City was higher, more than three zhang, and there were more than 5,000 people in the city to defend, which was different from those small forts and small cities before.

"After taking Jinzhou, then Kenanguan and Lushun, the ports of the Liaodong Peninsula will be put into use, and when the time comes, it will only take half a day to transport materials and troops from Longkou to Liaodong, and the flying clippers will be even faster, and then our troops will continue to invest in the battlefield of Liaodong." Zhao Yong looked at Jinzhou City and said, "In less than three years, the war situation in Liaodong can be calmed down." ”

"I'm afraid it's not so fast, I don't know what Gongzi's idea is, I heard from the General Staff that Liaodong will not be pacified within two years. I also heard that Lao Wang has no chance with Liaodong. Lin Yi said with a smile.

"That's not right! All of us in Shandong are soldiers, even if the Shandong Army and the Liaodong Army are completely transferred, there is no need to worry about security issues. Lao Wang, if he doesn't come to Liaodong, where is he going? North Korea? Zhao Yong asked Lin Yi.

"No, in the battle plan, Wu Yongliang's kid was sent to North Korea. It seems that Lao Wang wants to fight other places, and Chief of Staff Liu is not very clear, and we will know after a while. Lin Yi only chatted with Liu Heng at the staff headquarters, and Liu Heng didn't know where Wang Wenyue's second battalion was going to fight.

"Let's take down Jinzhou first, the old rule, I am responsible for attacking the city, and you are responsible for intercepting and killing the Qing army who abandoned the city." Zhao Yong said to Lin Yi.

"No problem." Lin Yi said and pulled down the steel cover, then rode his horse and galloped out, leading four thousand cavalry to wait for the Qing soldiers who fled from the city in the north of Jinzhou.

On the city wall of Jinzhou City, a Niu Lu Ezhen took 300 Manchurian Eight Banners to the city wall and urged 5,000 Han soldiers to fight.

Jinzhou City is located in the narrowest section of the Liaodong Peninsula, facing the sea on both sides, and only there is a passage less than 100 meters in the east, and the enemy can generally only attack from the north gate.

The South Pass in the south is even narrower, and whoever wants to go south must pass through the pass, and such a dangerous terrain has made the Manchus like a dog biting a hedgehog unable to get down.

However, after Mao Wenlong was cut down by Yuan Chonghuan, the Dongjiang army was disheartened, so the Manchus were given an opportunity, and finally with the cooperation of Kong Youde, they conquered Lushun and completely solved the thorn in the side of the Liaodong Peninsula.

That Niu Lu Zhenzhen concentrated all the artillery in Jinzhou City at the north gate, and then proudly pointed to the Ming army under the city and said: "I have hundreds of artillery in Jinzhou City, as long as I shoot a cannon shot, those Ming dogs will not dare to commit it again." ”

"What Lord Ezhen said is that my Jinzhou City is solid at the moment, how can Ming Dog be offended." On the side, a Mailer Ezhen, who led the Eight Banners of the Han Army, flattered him, although he was Mailer Ezhen, but as a Han Chinese, his status was definitely not as good as that of Niu Lu Ezhen of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

However, in the compliments of everyone, each of them was a little empty in their hearts. looked at the tens of thousands of Ming troops under the city, but kept beating drums in his heart.

The news that Dai Shan and Hao Ge were killed by the Ming army has long spread throughout Liaodong, how can the Qing army in Jinzhou City not know? It's just that Niu Lu really wants to boost morale, and everyone collectively enters a state of amnesia.

"The subordinates will go to check the deployment situation, so as not to let Minggou have a chance." The Mailer said at this time.

"Go ahead! All those who retreat will be beheaded. The cow nodded and said.

When the Maile Ezhen turned around, the coquettish smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and a rigid coldness appeared, and he glanced at the bull on the city wall with compassion, and walked away quickly.

I saw him quickly walk down the city wall and run towards the city wall, the city wall was all guarded by Han soldiers, the Manchu Qing only left 300 people in the city, it was impossible to run to defend the city wall, but there were more than 20 Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers to supervise the battle.

A Manchurian Eight Banners soldier saw him coming, focused his attention, and saw that Meler Ezhen walked quickly to the cave door, pulled out the Pu knife under the gaze of the Manchurian Eight Banners, and slashed at the neck of the Manchurian Eight Banners, the Manchurian Eight Banners stared at the Pu knife on his neck in shock, and there was a gurgling sound in his throat, and then he fell to the ground with a thud.

"Do it." I saw that Meler really shouted, and more than 30 Han soldiers around him suddenly burst out, cutting down the Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers in the cave gate to the ground one by one.

The whole process was so sudden that even the personal guards of Meler were a little confused, even they didn't know what was going on, and they didn't have any preparation beforehand.

"The king has arrived, it is my comrade who cut off the rat tail, tied a red scarf on the head, and killed all the prisoners, the king will be rewarded when he enters the city, and if he helps the thief to abuse, the king will be severely punished." At this time, a Han soldier suddenly shouted.

Everything came too suddenly, and those Han soldiers had no choice at all, let alone a chance to report the news. They cut off the tail of the money rat one after another, took the red scarf issued by the Han soldier and tied it to their foreheads.

"Open the gates." With a loud shout from the Merler, the gates burst open with a rattling sound. In the distance, the artillery battalion, which was planning to shell the city of Jinzhou, saw this situation and immediately stopped.

"It's a special operations brigade, the whole battalion is attacking, and the artillery is suppressed." Zhao Yong saw the Han soldiers who opened the city gate with red scarves tied on their heads, and immediately understood that it was the result of the rebellion of the Liaodong Special Operations Brigade, and hurriedly ordered an attack.

The 110 75-mm howitzers of the "Boom, Boom, Boom......" artillery battalion immediately opened fire on the artillery on the city's head, and the charge horn sounded in an instant.

The 3,000 Han soldiers who had just been recruited rushed towards the north gate of Jinzhou City with a shout. The soldiers of the 1st Battalion followed suit and also launched an attack on the city of Golden State.

The Qing artillery on the city wall was collectively muted under the bombardment of howitzers, and 3,000 cannon fodder troops and street fighting soldiers of the first battalion swarmed in through the open city gate. The city of Jinzhou suddenly fell into a panic, and I saw the sound of 'killing Tartars' everywhere.

The Han soldiers in the city collectively rebelled at this moment, and the 300 Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers in the city had not had time to run, and they had already been submerged by the sea of people.

Originally, it was a relatively regular siege battle, but under the instigation of the Liaodong Special Operations Brigade, all the battles were resolved in less than an hour, and the Han army in the city collectively defected, and 300 Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers were all wiped out.

The name of the Mailer Ezhen was Li Hai, who was originally a thousand generals, who was captured by the Qing army during the Battle of the Daling River, and became a Maile Ezhen when the Manchu Qing expanded the Eight Banners of the Han Army last winter.

The Liaodong Special Operations Brigade was very cautious in its activities in Liaodong, and only after observing Lehi for several months did he reveal his identity and successfully rebelled against Lehi, and Lehi did not tell the second person about this, because he knew that the composition of the Han people in Liaodong was too complicated.

The Han people of Liaodong come from all over the north, and some of them were born and raised in Liaodong, and if they are impatient to develop members, they can easily be secreted.

Whistleblowers are generally rewarded, and not every Hermes-Epitek has a national mind to resist that temptation. After a month or two, Li Hai specially sought out the Qing army to destroy his family, had hatred for the Manchus, knew that he was a Han soldier, and successfully developed dozens of members.

Finally at this point came into play, and under Lehi's rebellion, the 1st Battalion captured Golden State without much effort.

After Zhao Yong entered Jinzhou, he immediately purged the Manchus in Jinzhou City, and all the Manchus in the city were arrested, and the Han officials were also imprisoned.

The staff headquarters of the 1st Battalion posted a notice to appease the Han people in the city, and at the same time issued a curfew and sent soldiers to patrol the streets.

The full takeover of Jinzhou City had to wait for the arrival of the administrative personnel, and the first battalion only carried out preliminary security management in accordance with the state of war, so as not to fall into a state of chaos in Jinzhou City.

After capturing Jinzhou City, the problem of Nanguan and Lushun was much simpler, the Qing army that stuck Jinzhou City, Nanguan and Lushun had no way to go to the sky, no way to escape, at most a few boats could take some people away.

Zhao Yong attached great importance to the 5,000 Han soldiers who rebelled, and immediately conducted simple training outside Jinzhou City together with the original 3,000 Han soldiers.

As a unit specially used for street fighting, the first thing to ensure is discipline, otherwise after entering the city, it will be looted and killed everywhere.

Zhao Yong mobilized the Central Education Committee of the battalion, borrowed some people from the cavalry battalion and the artillery battalion, and at the same time placed 500 soldiers in it, half of them as a supervision team, and half as a management team of Han soldiers, each leading 20 people. Then these Han soldiers were trained on the spot.

Zhao Yong's requirements for these Han soldiers were not to defect in battle, to abide by discipline in street fighting, and there were no other requirements for combat effectiveness.

Then Zhao Yong led the army south to attack Nanguan and Lushun, and the cavalry battalion stayed in Jinzhou to support Xiuyan and other places at any time. At the same time, the cavalry battalion was responsible for guarding the 8,000 Han soldiers who had just been recruited.

The 1st Battalion and the Artillery Battalion broke through the Nanguan Pass all the way, and on 16 March, they broke through Lushun again, annihilating more than 8,000 Qing troops and recruiting more than 6,000 people.

Zhao Yong also sent these more than 6,000 people to Jinzhou for intensive training, and at present, the first battalion is responsible for the attack on the western road, and it is necessary to defend the captured city, and the manpower is inevitably insufficient.

Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate these Eight Banners of the Han Army, but these Eight Banners of the Han Army still can't be trusted too much, so they can only be used for a temporary surname.

After the Liaodong Army arrived in Liaodong, those cities would be defended by the Liaodong Army, while the Shandong Army would be responsible for the main offensive combat missions.

At the same time, Zhao Yong began to have people build a wharf in Dalian Bay and deliver war reports to Longkou. After capturing Dalian Bay, it will be much easier to transport troops and supplies to Liaodong in the future.

When Zhao Yong attacked Nanguan and Lushun, the Manchu Qing did not carry out any counterattack, which gave Zhao Yong ample time, and after returning to Jinzhou, he immediately took 14,000 Han soldiers with his recruits, and the front line of Fuzhou, Yongning, and Gaizhou was pointed directly.

After the western front was conquered, the Liaodong Peninsula would be fully controlled. Zhao Yong's combat order was to advance to the Taizi River, and the north of the Taizi River was the Hunhe River, and the Hunhe River could be reached by crossing the Hunhe River.

In addition to Fuzhou, Yongning, and Gaizhou, the first battalion also needed to capture Yaozhou, Haizhou, Anshan, and Liaoyang. Anshan was an extremely important area, which was the main source of iron ore in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The smelting base of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in Anshan, why could a barbaric and primitive people burst out with such a huge destructive force? The reason is that they absorbed the power of civilization from the Han Chinese.

They relied on the management of Han officials, and they could obtain food, and they could also produce steel and artillery by themselves. But as long as their production is cut off, they can be beaten back to their original shape.

Therefore, Anshan is a strategic area that must be captured.

…… Huang Taiji received the news of Jiangbei on the 10th day of March, and was shocked all the way, and finally arrived at Yizhou on March 13, raised his eyes, only to see the warships on the river patrolling back and forth, and there was a beacon tower every ten miles on the opposite bank, and all kinds of signs showed that Zhenjiang had been captured by the Ming army.

"The Ming army has captured Zhenjiang, what can you do to let the army return to Liaodong?" Huang Taiji asked Dolgon, Yue Tuo, and the others.

"There is no need to worry about the saint, the Ming dog is not enough to block the west, and the passage back to Liao is not only the west, there are still three mountain roads to go to the east." Yue Tuo said that he did not care about the blockade of the Ming army, because in his opinion, it was almost possible for the Ming army to intercept them from returning to Liaodong.

"Yes, the Ming army wants to block us in North Korea, and that is impossible to achieve. Your Majesty, we can make two preparations, you take the eastern mountain road first, and the minister will recruit the Korean people in Korea, if Your Majesty cannot go through the mountain road, we will collect the strength of the whole of Korea to help our army force across the Yalu River. Dorgon said.

After listening to Dolgon's suggestion, Huang Taiji thought for a moment, didn't feel any problem, then nodded and said: "Then that's it, Ming said that our army will return to Liao from the east mountain road, and Dolgon, you stay in Korea and prepare to force the Yalu River." ”

"Slag." Dolgon knelt down in agreement, and the moment he bowed his head, a grim smile appeared on his face. Huang Taiji didn't know what was happening on the North Shore, but he Dolgon did.

When Dordor evacuated Zhenjiang, he sent a dozen small boats across the river overnight to deliver a message to him, and when Dolgon received the letter, he cut down all the messengers.

In the whole of Korea, only Dolgon knew the situation in Liaodong.

The Ming army has launched a large-scale attack on Liaodong, intending to completely block Huang Taiji in Korea. If it was a normal situation, Dorgon did not dare to make any changes.

However, the letter said that Hauge and Daishan were killed by the Ming artillery, and that 80,000 troops fell into the hands of Dordor, which made Dolgon flash all kinds of thoughts for a moment.

The most important thing is to return to Liaodong with a large army.

If you want to leave Huang Taiji, the only way to return to Liaodong with the white flag is to take the sea route, and Kong Youde's sailors can barely load a flag of men and horses.

Huang Taiji naturally considered taking the sea route, but he would not adopt this method until the rest of the plans were shattered, after all, as the emperor, it was impossible for him to leave his men and horses behind and run away by himself.

At the same time, Huang Taiji, who did not understand the changes in Liaodong, naturally would not have thought that Dolgon would want to take the ship first.

After Dolgon wanted to be with them, he immediately suggested that he stay in Korea, as a follow-up to Huang Taiji's departure from the court, and Huang Taiji really agreed.

This backhand is destined to become a lore.

On March 14, Huang Taiji set out with an army of 60,000, intending to go all over the Pu line and go straight to Laozhai. Huang Taiji led the army in a hurry, and Huang Taiji estimated that even if the Ming army attacked the city in Jiangbei, it would not be able to hit Niumaozhai in such a short time.

As long as they were ahead of the Ming army, the army would be able to cross the Yalu River smoothly. If someone is sent to investigate, I am afraid that the opportunity will be delayed.

Huang Taiji left, and Dolgon immediately rushed to Iron Mountain without stopping.

Kong Youde was confused, and he was controlled by Dolgui. Dolgon immediately ordered the white flag to board the ship, and the white flag boarded more than 50 warships, and with some Han soldiers who sailed the ships, they sailed and fled Korea on March 15.

As soon as Dolgon left, Kong Youde immediately reported the situation to Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji listened to Kong Youde's report, his fat body trembled violently, and he screamed, spit out a mouthful of blood, and then passed out directly.

Dolgon's escape was an incomparably huge blow to Huang Taiji, and at this moment, no matter how stupid Huang Taiji was, he could think that something must have happened in Liaodong.

If nothing had happened, Dorgon would not have dared to leave him with his troops and flee Korea.

As soon as Huang Taiji fainted, the Qing army suddenly stagnated, and had to be stationed in the same place. But the news of Dorgon's escape spread like wings.

An inexplicable concern spread among the Qing army.

At this time, Li Ran's third battalion had already reached Niumaozhai and was just blocked on the route chosen by Huang Taiji.

It wasn't until three days later that Huang Taiji woke up, and as soon as he woke up, Yue Tuo reported to him the reconnaissance of the mountain road to the east.

"Your Majesty, Minggou sent troops into North Korea last year, blocking the three mountain roads in the east, and the ministers sent people to take a dangerous path to the shore, and also saw Minggou's beacon tower." Yue Tuo told the truth about the situation.

"Wow......" Huang Taiji vomited blood again, and fainted again without saying a word.

(To be continued)