Jinzhou.

Huang Taiji swept away the gloomy mood of the past few days and was full of spirits.

In the first battle of Yizhou, the Qing Dynasty reversed the situation and changed the unfavorable situation that had been suppressed and beaten by the Ming army in the past few months. He looked at the battle reports sent back from the front, and laughed from time to time. The city of Yizhou was defended, the aggressive Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou were defeated, more than 13,000 enemies were annihilated, more than 25,000 prisoners were captured, and all of Wu Sangui's baggage, grain and grass were also captured, especially Wu Sangui's hundreds of cannons were captured under the city of Yizhou, and the cannons were all intact, as long as they were equipped with gun trucks and artillery tools, they could be pulled out and used at any time.

Hundreds of cannons, since the Qing Dynasty successfully imitated the Hongyi cannon in the early years, the output of only twenty or thirty cannons a year is only twenty or thirty, but now it has hundreds of large and small guns all at once.

Now the city of Jinzhou has been besieged again, and more than ten fort cities in Yizhou and the periphery of Jinzhou that were captured by the Ming army have also been recaptured one by one.

"Wu Sanguizu retreated to Songshan, Ma Ke and Wang Pu retreated to Xingshan, Liu Zhaoji and Qin Liangyu were stationed in Tashan, Gao Qiqian and Qiu Minyang were stationed in Ningyuan."

Huang Taiji surrounded Jinzhou and netted a few big fish.

"Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, the governor of the five northwestern provinces and Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Miyun, Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of the Western Association, Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of the Central Association, and Wang Tingchen, the chief soldier of Qiantun, and more than 50,000 people of the five general soldiers of the two governors are trapped in Jinzhou."

The situation is much better now than it was during the first siege of Jinzhou.

After the defeat of Yizhou, the 200,000 Ming troops in western Liaoning had been torn apart, and each of them was discouraged.

"Surround Jinzhou, don't be in a hurry to fight, dig trenches and build walls around Jinzhou, dig a few more trenches, this time we will besiege the city to help, see who dares to come to help. Come one and kill the other. Huang Taiji sneered.

In the Battle of the Daling River that year, Huang Taiji used this method to deal with the Ming army, besieged the city and sent reinforcements, defeated the reinforcements one by one, and finally forced the Ming army in the city to surrender without food.

"When the artillery is transported over from Yizhou, the siege of Jinzhou will have a better chance of winning this time. Hahaha! ”

"Report!"

"Report to the emperor, Gaizhou is lost, Kong Youde and the rest of the army are annihilated!"

A military academy hurried over and reported a piece of news that caught Huang Taiji off guard.

"What? How is this possible? Huang Taiji's laughter stopped abruptly and turned into a rage. Kong Youde and others led more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, there were more than 10,000 people in Gaizhou City, and more than 50,000 people defended a Gaizhou City, and there was no shortage of food or water, facing the attack of 30,000 Ming troops. It's only been half a month, and the city has been broken, and the whole army has been wiped out?

"Is Kong Youde a pig? Even if it is a pig, then he leads 50,000 pigs, how can he lose the city in half a month and wipe out the whole army? Huang Taiji was really furious, he had already received information before the Ming army crossed the sea to attack Liao.

At that time, Huang Taiji hesitated. Or transfer Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and the four of them from Jinzhou City to Liaodong for defense. But these people went all the way slowly, and as a result, Liu Jun broke the cities of Lushun, Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Gaizhou. They had just arrived in Haizhou.

The Ming army attacked fiercely, breaking through the cities, and Huang Taiji repeatedly issued orders urging them to march to recover the lost territory, but these guys dragged left and right, and they refused to fight against the Ming army.

As a result, in less than half a year, the coast of eastern Liaoning was lost. Hundreds of castles were broken, four or five hundred thousand people were moved into the two base camps established by the Ming army in Lushun and Zhenjiang, Kong Youdekong led tens of thousands of horses, but he just watched all this happen.

If it weren't for the huge pressure on Jinzhou's side, Huang Taiji would have immediately held these four people accountable. Originally, Huang Taiji was still thinking. Bear with me. Kong Youde and others passively avoided the war, so they did not expect to recover the lost territory in Liaodong for the time being, at least they had to prevent the Liaojiang Ming army from attacking Liaoyang and Shenyang. After he won the battle of Jinzhou, he turned around and fought the Ming army in Liaodong.

He had already received that the Ming army had surrounded Gaizhou, and when he learned that the Ming army had surrounded Kong Youde and began to dig trenches and besiege the city like he did in the first battle of the Daling River, Huang Taiji was also relieved.

Trenches were dug to besiege the city, which was intended to be besieged for a long time.

He thought about it, Kong Youde had 50,000 horses, a big city, and enough food, 50,000 against 30,000, and it was always no problem to hold on for half a year and a year. With this time to drag the Ming army under the city of Gaizhou, he can go all out to deal with the Ming army in western Liaoxi first.

With 20,000 defenders in Yizhou, Jierharang could withstand the attack of Wu Sangui's 100,000 Ming army, and Kong Youde's 50,000 horses could not hold the attack of 30,000 Ming troops for half a month.

Gaizhou was lost, and all 50,000 horses were put in.

"The Han people are still unreliable after all." Huang Taiji said hatefully, when Kong Youde came to surrender, how polite he was. Up to now, Kong Youde still led his own headquarters, and gave them the place to garrison, and gave them population fields, and their men and horses were not even incorporated into the Eight Banners, nor into the Four Banners of the Han Dynasty, they were even a special banner, which belonged directly to him personally.

He even crowned Kong Youde and others all kings.

In the end, when you want to use them, it's so useless. At first, he only knew how to preserve his strength, but when he was suddenly surrounded, he was vulnerable.

Annoyed for a long time, Huang Taiji gradually calmed down.

Gaizhou has been lost, and Kong Youde and other 50,000 horses have also been destroyed. Now is not the time to be angry, but to consider the serious consequences of this.

Gaizhou lost 50,000 men and horses, which means that the gap between Gaizhou and Liaoyang is quite empty, and there are not enough soldiers and horses to intercept and defend the Ming army's northward attack.

Liaoyang was an important town of the Qing army and an important gateway to the south of the capital Shenyang. If Liaoyang is lost, not only will Shenyang be in danger, but the Qing army in western Liaoning may also be cut off.

"Gaizhou is lost, Haizhou is empty, there are no soldiers to defend, and Haizhou will definitely not be able to hold it. Liaoyang also has only a few soldiers and horses, and must be defended. ”

Looking at the map, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth.

Seeing that after the victory of Yizhou, he can take advantage of the situation to win Jinzhou again, and even continue to capture the cities of Songshan, Tashan, and Xingshan, and kill until Ningyuan City.

But now, Hong Taiji had to go back to his rear.

"Your Majesty, let the minister lead a group of soldiers and horses to recapture Gaizhou and repel Liu Jiye." Dai Shan took the initiative to ask for help.

Huang Taiji shook his head, "Although Kong Youde is dedicated to self-preservation, he still has two hands in the war, since he only defended for half a month before the city was broken and the whole army was wiped out, it is enough to prove that Liu Jiye is indeed powerful." We still have to fight the battle of Jinzhou now. Gaizhou is lost, and even Haizhou is lost, just hold Liaoyang first, as long as we break through Jinzhou, then tens of thousands of Ming troops in Liaodong can still turn the sky upside down? ”

"I personally returned to Liaoyang to take charge of the defense. You continue to be in charge of the siege here. The fourteenth brother was responsible for leading the army to clear the Ming army on the periphery and hunt down the rout. ”

Huang Taiji had to go back, if Liaoyang was lost, Shenyang would be in danger.

After a quick explanation, Huang Taiji began to hurry back to Liaoyang with 20,000 horses.

Liaodong.

After breaking through Gaizhou City, Liu Jun did not stop marching, he took advantage of the empty defense in the north, quickly led the army to the north, and swept all the way to Boluo Fort, Tangchi Fort, Yaozhou City, Dongchang Fort, Taiping Fort, and Tashanpu. The forts were simply vulnerable, and either they surrendered or their doors were bombarded by artillery.

In just two days, Liu Jun had already killed the city of Haizhou.

After Gaizhou, the Chu army in the north has not yet come, and this time the large-scale attack is like a bamboo, and the defense around Haizhou is empty. The main force of the Qing army went to Liaoxi, and the rest were wiped out with Kong Youde as he went south. Now only a small number of Manchus and Hermes-Epitek remain.

This is also the first time that the Chu army has stayed away from the coast and has been fighting so far inland, and it is also close to the hinterland of the Qing army.

This time under the city of Haizhou, Liu Jun did not besiege the city or dig trenches, and there were not many Qing troops in the city at all. They were all improvised patchwork of men and horses, and after the cannons arrived, they bombarded the city directly, and the gap was blasted out in half a day, and then after a struggle. Under the cover of the fire of the mountain grenades and platoons of the gates, the heavy infantry seized the gap and fought into the city.

After half a day of street fighting, the nine-headed bird cleared the streets and alleys one by one and captured the whole city.

After seizing Haizhou, Liu Jun immediately ordered the relocation of the people in the city, and took all the prisoners to Lianyungang in Gaizhou, and then transported them back to Lushun in batches.

In the city of Haizhou, Liu Junzheng and his subordinates discussed taking advantage of the victory to go north along the east bank of the Liao River and attack Liaoyang to cooperate with the offensive of the Ming army in western Liao.

At this moment, the envoy of the imperial court arrived.

The angel decreed, Liu Jun was promoted to the governor of Beijing, and took charge of the affairs of the military capital.

After receiving the holy decree, Liu Jun didn't say anything. But the generals of the nine-headed bird were full of anger one by one. It is said to be a reward, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a bright rise and a dark fall. The governor of Jingying, Jingying has long been in ruins, saying that it is now composed of nine towns, but in fact it is all old and weak and unbearable.

As for the affairs of the military governor's mansion in charge, does the governor's mansion still have any real power now?

"How could the imperial court make such a will, the marshal is gone, who will rule us?"

"We broke Gaizhou, captured Haizhou, attacked like fire, annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, and were about to take advantage of the victory to attack Liaoyang and Shenyang, did we do anything wrong? Why did the imperial court transfer the marshal at this time? ”

Many of the generals of the nine-headed bird felt very unconvinced, and the imperial court transferred Liu Jun from the governor of Liangguang to the governor of Liaodong, which can also be said to be in order to pacify Liao and conquer Liaodong. At that time, the imperial court cut the military power of the marshal, and if the marshal didn't say anything, everyone put up with it.

But now, in the past half a year since entering Liao, the nine-headed bird has made meritorious achievements, recovering countless cities, annihilating tens of thousands of Qing captives, and rescuing hundreds of thousands of people.

Breaking Gaizhou and seizing Haizhou, seeing that he was about to march into Liaoyang and go straight to Shenyang, the imperial court issued such an order at this time, to transfer the marshal, to be the governor of Beijing, and to supervise the affairs of the military capital in charge, what does this mean?

"Don't talk about it." Liu Jun was also uncomfortable in his heart, and he understood the intention of the emperor's will at a glance. To put it bluntly, he is afraid that the merit will be high, and the power of the courtiers is too strong, and he has cut the military power of one town before, but he still holds three towns. The nine-headed bird is so capable of fighting, and it is normal for the emperor to be worried.

But to understand it, it is still unpleasant.

However, the displeasure cannot be expressed, and perhaps one of these people who came to announce the decree was from Dongchang, who was ordered to observe their reactions. If you are dissatisfied, you will report it to the emperor when you turn around, and then the emperor's worries will be more and more confirmed.

"I'm promoted, and everyone should celebrate me. In the future, the affairs of Liaodong will be handed over to Governor Fu and Governor Fan, as well as Wang and Lu, and Li and Qu, two inspectors and supervisors. Fu Shan, Zhang Shan, and Liu Yunsheng are the three general soldiers, and they must obey the dispatch of the governors and governors in the future. ”

Fu Zonglong and the others were also unaware of this will, but when Liu Jun left, their hearts were still very complicated. On the one hand, with Liu Jun in Liaodong, these officials can't meddle in Liaodong's military affairs at all, and they can't control the military power. As soon as Liu Jun left, Chu Jun naturally couldn't be like the original anymore. But on the other hand, Liu Jun controls the Chu army and can indeed fight well, and as soon as Liu Jun leaves, the good situation in Liaodong is afraid that there will be changes. (To be continued.) )

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