The Shandong army entered Zhenjiang without much effort. Zhenjiang City was already in a sea of fire at this time, and Duoduo first killed the Han officials and Hanmin before evacuating Zhenjiang, and then set a fire.

The city was littered with corpses, and when the fire was extinguished, only a dozen surviving Han people were found.

Seeing such a tragic situation, all the soldiers were indignant, and Li Ran said angrily: "Damn Tartar, he said that he should slaughter his people." ”

"Even if they run to the ends of the earth, they will be chased to the end." Lin Yi's face was also iron-blue.

"There are millions of Manchurian savages, but they are all laborers, and it is best to pull them to mine and build roads, wouldn't it be too cheap to kill them directly." Liu Heng smiled coldly, "Don't care about him in Zhenjiang City, the third battalion immediately blockades the banks of Zhenjiang, and divides Phoenix Fort, Xuancheng, and the artillery battalion to attack the dangerous mountain fort, Changdian, Yongdian, Dadian, Kuandian, Xindian and other places, and completely blockade the banks of the Yalu River." ”

"Yes."

"The cavalry battalion sent 2,000 men to sweep away small groups of enemy troops within a radius of 100 miles, and to collect the Han people."

"Yes."

"The scout brigade always reconnoiters the movements of the main force of the Qing army, and reports back immediately as soon as there is a situation."

"Yes."

Soon Liu Heng assigned the task, and after Duoduo retreated from Zhenjiang, the area around Zhenjiang was already extremely empty, and it was simply within reach.

But it was said that Duoduo, after slaughtering the Han people in Zhenjiang, returned to Shenyang directly with the army, and there was no army left on the road.

Duoduo naturally had ulterior motives, first let the Ming army occupy Zhenjiang and block Huang Taiji in North Korea, and then when he took control of the power, he was coming to deal with these Ming troops, and then incorporated the Qing army in Korea.

Duoduo's army was inserted from the mountains all the way to Liaoyang, leaving 5,000 troops at Qingtaiyu and Yanshan Pass on the way. At the same time, he left an order for 20,000 troops in Liaoyang, and ordered 20,000 people to guard the line of Liaoyang, Anshan, Haizhou, Yaozhou, and Gaizhou, and at the same time he took 60,000 troops and went straight to Shenyang.

Most of the people, horses, iron mines, and craftsmen were distributed in the plains around Shenyang, where the essence of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was, and even if the mountainous area north of Zhenjiang was lost, there would be no major losses.

…… On 11 March, the 3rd Battalion completely blockaded the entire Yalu River, with six warships and four warships blockading the entire Zhenjiang River, and 10 armed merchant ships blocking the Yalu River port.

At the same time, the artillery battalion and the infantry battalion cooperated, all the way to the northeast, all the way to the southwest, to capture the towns along the way. The Qing army in these towns was very small, only four or five hundred at most, and they had no courage to resist at all, most of them abandoned the city and fled, and few of them resisted stubbornly.

On 12 March, the first battalion landed in Zhenjiang, and the troops that the staff could mobilize were suddenly sufficient, and Liu Heng immediately ordered the third battalion to dispatch all of them, and then attack Yanshanguan and Qingtaiyu to the north, completely opening up the route from Zhenjiang to the northeast plain.

In the mountainous area in the north of Zhenjiang, there are two routes that can be passed, one is Phoenix City, Qingtaiyu, and the other is Dangerous Mountain Fort, Changdian, Yongdian, Dadian, Kuandian, Xindian, and Yanshanguan.

In this mountainous area, it was very easy to defend, and there was no need to contain too much force, so Liu Heng immediately ordered Li Ran to attack.

At the same time, the first battalion of Zhao Yong was ordered to be stationed in Zhenjiang and wait for the order of the Longkou Military Department.

On the twelfth, the flying clippers brought back the latest battle situation in Liaodong, and Zhao Yan's headquarters in Longkou was greatly surprised, and Li Ran actually killed the two Manchu princes, Haoge and Daishan.

At the same time, Duoduo did not resist and gave up Zhenjiang.

"Zhisheng, what do you think we want to do next?" Zhao Yan asked Mao Yuanyi whether the problem in front of him now was to solve Liaodong first or North Korea first.

"My lord, I don't think Liaodong and North Korea should be too fast." Mao Yuanyi said.

"Why?" Zhao Yan asked puzzled.

"Let's talk about North Korea first, the 70,000 Manchu army is trapped in North Korea, and it is no longer a boiled duck that can't fly, but if we want to annex North Korea, we must first let these Qing troops make trouble in North Korea, and then our army will enter North Korea again, all the way to the clear wilderness, and the Qing army will have no source of supply, so it will naturally collapse." Mao Yuanyi pointed to the map and said: "For the 70,000 Qing troops in North Korea, we can continue to drive them south, and at the same time send people to recruit them, promise heavy profits and preferential treatment to those Qing troops, and then disarm them after they surrender, and pull them all to mine, and we can also get tens of thousands of war horses." ”

"It's a brilliant plan." Zhao Yan agreed, pretending to surrender this calculation, he didn't feel the slightest inappropriateness, and the group of barbarians in the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to talk about credit, it was almost a fool.

"In Liaodong, the reason why we are slow is mainly because of the imperial court. We can't swallow Liaodong in one bite yet, so we should first capture the Liaodong Peninsula and the mountainous areas north of Zhenjiang, and then set up a fortress to stabilize our position. Then we attacked the Manchu Laozhai from the northeast, and then attacked the Shenyang area to the southwest, and after occupying the northeast of the Liaodong Plain, we left a narrow strip to bring to the Qing army, and waited for the next year to attack it, so as not to prematurely connect with the Guanning army and let the imperial court meddle in the affairs of Liaodong. ”

"The most important thing is that the Liaodong Theater can be self-sufficient, so the development of tuntian in Liaodong is the top priority, there is a narrow plain on both sides of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the middle is a hilly area, the land is very fertile, and the Han people can be moved here first." Mao Yuanyi said very worriedly: "If our merchant ships do not withdraw from Liaodong, this year's fiscal revenue will inevitably drop sharply. ”

What happens if you don't have money?

There is no money that will lead to slow infrastructure construction, how many places to build roads, how many places to build water conservancy, how many people need education, how many boats to build, and how many places to ...... You can't do anything without money.

Tens of millions of taels of silver seem to be a lot, but for such a big country, it is actually very small, Zhao Yan is not a thief, it is impossible to use violent means to turn over the silver in the warehouses of those rich people for circulation, the only way at present is to obtain silver from overseas.

"It is obviously impossible to get out of Liaodong as soon as possible, we still have a few battalions to be put into the battlefield in Liaodong, and we have to transport supplies to Liaodong. It is inevitable that this year's fiscal revenue will shrink seriously, but fortunately, our bank is raising funds in various parts of Shandong, and there should be a lot of silver that can be used next year. Zhao Yan estimated.

"But the money borrowed must always be repaid."

"By settling the war, the Manchu inventory should be relatively rich." Zhao Yan said, and then said to Mao Yuanyi: "Or we can also extort a sum of money from Yueben." ”

"How to blackmail?" Mao Yuanyi was a little dazed, how could Zhao Yan put his thoughts on the book, this was too jumpy.

"At present, the biggest profit point of our sea trade is the capital, but now the capital has been coping, which has caused our profits to shrink repeatedly." Zhao Yan pointed to the Edo area, "We will use war to bring Samoto to its knees. ”

"The lord is going to send troops to attack Yuben?" Mao Yuanyi carefully looked at the direction of Yueben, "There is a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers from Shandong to Yueben Edo. However, with our current strength, there should be no problem in sending a battalion to land. ”

"All we have to do is bring the Tokugawa shogunate to its knees, and then sign a treaty with them and make them lose some money. At the same time, we can trade in people and arms in the city, and we can sell arms to other daimyo in order to provoke civil strife in the city, and then we can buy a large number of slaves in the book. With enough slaves, we can save a lot of money on road construction and mining. Zhao Yan said the plan that had been in his mind for a long time.

"When does the lord plan to launch it?" Mao Yuanyi asked.

"It's best to start this war in the first half of the year." Zhao Yan replied, Mao Yuanyi was dumbfounded, and reminded Zhao Yan: "Then we are fighting on three fronts......

"The third line is the third line, and the troops in the North Korean area are temporarily raised by the DPRK anyway, as long as they support the ammunition. It is said that this war zone can be maintained by looting, and it is enough to bring more ammunition to the past, and you can still grab silver, so why not? In the Liaodong Theater, we should immediately organize reclamation, plant more potatoes, and build a few more cement factories and shipyards, so that we will no longer have to transport supplies to Liaodong next year. "Zhao Yan is completely a bandit to other countries, since he has force, how can he not go out and slap Ben?

"This ...... It does work. Mao Yuanyi thought about it carefully, but couldn't find anything wrong.

"Order the 2nd Infantry Battalion and the 1st Cavalry Battalion of the Liaodong Army to land in Liaodong and launch a 'Southeast Offensive' with the Shandong Army to completely control the Liaodong Peninsula and the mountainous areas north of Zhenjiang. At the same time, administrative personnel were mobilized to enter Liaodong, register household registration, and organize cantonment. At the same time, a cement plant and shipyard were established in Liaodong. ”

"Then order the 1st Infantry Battalion, the 3rd Infantry Battalion, the 2nd Cavalry Battalion, and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion of the Shandong Army to land in Tieshan, Korea, drive the Manchus to the south, and clear the field in the Korean strongwall."

"Mobilize a large number of sweet potatoes to Longkou."

"The General Staff will sort out the order of transportation and improve the battle plan." Zhao Yan gave a series of orders, "Also, now that Zhenjiang has been occupied, let the First Fleet withdraw from the Yalu River, and clear the Qing Army and Naval Division." Then after returning to Shandong to replenish ammunition, he took ten freshly built frigates with him. They went south to plunder the Dutch and Portuguese merchant ships, and if they encountered Spanish merchant ships, they would rob them if they had the chance. ”

"My lord, we have an alliance with the Spaniards." Mao Yuanyi reminded.

"Next year's financial revenue will be robbed, what are the Spaniards afraid of, we will use frigates to rob them, and if you ask, they will say that it is our privateer." Zhao Yan said that according to European rules, privateers can be robbed everywhere, but they cannot be the other side's navy.

If the navy is involved in the raid, it will cause a war between the two sides.

The ten frigates that the shipyard had just launched were originally built to support the Americas, but the American fleet was developing well in the Americas, and these frigates did not need to be transferred to the Americas.

These frigates are not made of paulownia and have a high level of protection against shells. However, under superior artillery, it is generally not subject to enemy shelling.

The staff quickly sorted out Zhao Yan's orders, and at the same time began to formulate a detailed battle plan.

According to Zhao Yan's battle plan, Shandong was to transport troops, materials, as well as administrative personnel and shipwrights to Liaodong and Korea, and the Liaodong region was mainly stable, first attacking the mountainous areas in the northeast of Zhenjiang and the Liaodong Peninsula, and then building fortresses to defend and reclaim. In the Korean region, he gradually controlled various towns in Korea, established a strategy of cutting off the supply of the Qing army in the clear field of fortification, and then fought several battles before surrendering.

The First Fleet, after destroying the Qing army's sailors, took ten frigates south to Southeast Asia to plunder.

As for the war against the Japanese war, only after these transportation tasks have been completed can the troops be transported to the Japanese war. The General Staff repeatedly calculated the order of the transports so as not to cause any confusion.

At present, there are a total of seventy merchant ships mobilized, half of which are high-speed clippers, and the other half are stolen merchant ships, which is all the old capital that Zhao Yan can mobilize.

It took the General Staff nearly half a day to submit the battle plan.

Zhao Yan looked at the detailed battle plan and nodded with satisfaction, this plan took into account many unexpected situations that might be encountered.

Now the war that Zhao Yan is waging has become more and more complicated, and the benefits brought are also great.

According to the calculations of the General Staff, with the current strength of Liaodong, only one more cavalry battalion needs to be transferred over to deal with it, after all, it only needs to swallow the Liaodong Peninsula and the northern mountainous areas this year.

The mountainous area is very easy to defend, it does not require too many troops, the main defensive area is still the Liaodong Peninsula, and sending an infantry battalion over is enough to deal with it.

In the Korean theater, it is enough to transfer the first battalion of the Liaodong Army first, capture Tieshan, and then take it slowly, and it will not be a big problem to delay it for two or three years.

In this way, it only takes one month to transport enough supplies to Liaodong, and after a month, only thirty ships need to be left behind to cope with the delivery of the follow-up troops.

The remaining forty ships, plus the ten armed merchant ships in Yan Shiliang's hands, could be put into the battle.

"My lord, our good news to the imperial court has not yet been issued, and this matter cannot be delayed any longer, otherwise it will easily arouse the suspicion of the saints." Mao Yuanyi said to Zhao Yan.

"Then send it~!" Zhao Yan doesn't care, anyway, Chongzhen has already begun to be suspicious. If it is said when the two will fall out, according to Zhao Yan's estimate, it will be after the battle in Liaodong is calmed down.

It stands to reason that Liaodong was pacified, and Liaodong should be managed by the imperial court. But Zhao Yan doesn't plan to do so, he also plans to raise horses in Liaodong! At that time, there will inevitably be a deeper rift between the two sides.

…… The battle order was very transmitted to Liaodong, and the port of Longkou began to be nervous about the shipment of personnel and supplies.

The Liaodong General Staff, which received a detailed operational plan, began to implement the plan, which was only strategic, and the details of its implementation had to be worked out by the Liaodong General Staff.

After several days of continuous attacks, the 3rd Battalion had already captured Phoenix Fort, Xuancheng, Dangerous Mountain Fort, Dadian, Yongdian and other places, and was advancing deep into the mountains.

"Order Zhao Yong's first battalion to attack the Liaodong Peninsula and destroy all the Qing troops in the area, the whole cavalry battalion, and half a battalion of the artillery battalion to assist in the battle." In the Liaodong General Staff, Liu Heng immediately began to deploy tasks according to the battle plan.

"The third battalion attacked all the Qing army fortress passes in the northern mountainous area, stationed soldiers along the way, and set up beacon towers along the Yalu River to prevent the Qing army from breaking through on the south bank."

"The First Fleet withdrew from the Yalu River, cleared the Manchu Qingshui Division, ordered Yan Shiliang to withdraw to Longkou, and armed merchant ships to join the transport queue."

"Then send someone to survey the terrain in detail for the purpose of building a fort."

The orders were sent out one by one, and Zhao Yong received the order, and immediately fought with Lin Yi's cavalry battalion and half an artillery battalion to the Liaodong Peninsula.

The siege is about to begin!

The Liaodong Peninsula was not like the mountainous area of the 3rd Battalion, where there were not many Qing troops stationed in that area, because the terrain was more dangerous, but under the heavy artillery fire of the 3rd Battalion, those passes were easily overcome.

The Manchu cavalry could not exert combat effectiveness in the mountains, and the third battalion could do it without the cover of the cavalry battalion.

There are more Qing troops on the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Qing army on the entire peninsula adds up to at least 20,000 people, although they are all some Han Army Eight Banners, but if there is no artillery battalion, it is obviously difficult to attack with the artillery of Zhao Yong's infantry battalion.

At the same time, the Manchus could support the Liaodong Peninsula at any time, so Lin Yi's cavalry battalion must cover the battle, and without the cavalry battalion cover, the first battalion would be very passive.

At the same time, Duoduo was under the city of Shenyang and was not allowed to enter. Haoge's Zhenglan Banner Town guarded Shenyang, and without receiving an order, he did not open the city gate at all to let Duoduo enter, which was a death order given by Haoge when he took the Menghan Eight Banners to support Zhenjiang.

After two days of grinding between the two sides, Duoduo brought the news of Hauge's death into the city, but the city gate just wouldn't open, and Zilharang, who got the news, also rushed back to Shenyang.

The arrival of Zilharan surprised Dord. Zilharang's task was the most important, he had to contain the Ming army in western Liaoning, if the Ming army in western Liaoxi launched an attack at this time, and the Shandong army in Zhenjiang was flanked on both sides, Liaodong would inevitably be in danger.

"Ji'er Harang, what are you doing when you don't contain the Ming army in Liaoxi, and run back to Shenyang?" Dodor asked Zilharan.

"Humph! You didn't come to Zhenjiang to rescue Shengshang Guiliao, but you came to Shenyang, what are you trying to do? Zilharang asked back without showing weakness.

I saw him sneer and said, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, I want to replace it!" ”

"What do you want?" Instead of answering directly, Dodor asked Zilharang, implying a showdown, and the 60,000 army in his hand made him fearless.

But it would be great if Zilharang could cooperate. Duoduo understood that at this time, the Qing Dynasty was already facing a huge crisis, and the Shandong army had launched an attack on Liaodong, and if it wanted to resist the powerful Shandong army, the strength of the Qing Dynasty could be saved.

"Let my eldest brother go, and in the future, my eldest brother and I will each receive a flag, and the rest is up to you." Zilharang offered his own terms, and Duoduo was overjoyed and smiled, "Okay, no problem. ”

Duoduo readily agreed, and Aziharang's eldest brother was the former Great Bel Amin, and he and Amin were the sons of Nurhachi's younger brother, who once wanted to set up another mountain, but was cut down by Nurhachi.

Since Nurhachi's death, Amin has expressed his dissatisfaction. And Aziharang could only bury the revenge of killing his father deeply, and then he didn't dare to show it in his heart, and he felt deeply ashamed in his heart.

The day before yesterday, he received the news that Haoge and Daishan were killed by the Ming army's shells, and immediately ignored the Ming army in western Liaoning, and rushed back to Shenyang non-stop, preparing to rescue the imprisoned eldest brother Amin.

With Azharan's compromise, a coup d'état was about to take place......

(To be continued)