Gao Mingcheng, Huang Long and others did not understand the combat effectiveness of the Dongjiang New Army, so they were quite worried, but Zhu Daolin's explanation was very clear, and it seemed that even if they could not achieve the goal of a surprise attack on Kuandian, it would not have much impact on the entire battle situation.

Therefore, after some thought, Huang Long and the others turned to look at the huge arrow in the middle lane.

Zhu Daolin continued to explain: "In addition to 6 spear battalions, 2 artillery battalions and 1 cavalry battalion, the four fast warships of the naval division will also go up the river to assist in the battle. ”

"A total of 6,000 soldiers of each department, under the cover of more than 30 artillery, launched a river-crossing operation from the upper and lower reaches of the river section of five miles each, and there were only 2,800 Tartar soldiers in the Jiulian City on the opposite side, which could not prevent our army from crossing the river at all, so we had to shrink in the city to resist and wait for the reinforcements from Phoenix City to arrive, but the Jiulian City in the middle was not the main direction of our army's attack, and the main direction of our army's attack was here......"

"Big Lonely Mountain?!"

Huang Long and Gao Mingcheng exclaimed in unison.

Zhu Daolin's baton was pointed on the east bank of the Spoon River east of the Gushan camp: "Azig's 3,000 soldiers and horses are stationed here, and the morning after tomorrow, 6,000 officers and men of our army will forcibly land under the cover of 8 warships and 100 guns, occupy the east bank of the Spoon River and quickly deploy their formations." ”

"Azig's 300 cavalry either crossed the river to meet the battle, or held the camp, and could only watch our cavalry burn, kill and loot on the east bank, and take away tens of thousands of Liaodong Han people, cattle, sheep and horses, and then cross the Spoon River and attack the camp of Gushan."

Huang Long and the others took a deep breath.

On the way to Phi Dao, they saw two 500-ton warships shelling the Gushan camp on the shore, so they believed Zhu Daolin's words.

Thousands of new troops and 800 cavalrymen armed with advanced muskets. They must have landed easily under the cover of hundreds of naval guns, but they did not know who would be superior or inferior in the battle between the muskets and the cavalry, so they thought that the 3,000 iron cavalry led by Azig would definitely rise to the battle.

Shang Kexi expressed his opinion rather worriedly: "Azig has a violent personality. The 15 Niu Lu under his command are very powerful, and they will never watch tens of thousands of Liaodong Han people and cattle, sheep and horses being taken away, and it may be a vicious battle at that time! ”

Zhu Daolin said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of him fighting, I'm afraid that he will run away without a fight, haha...... By the way, General Shang, when are you going to hand over Hirokashima to me? ”

Shang Kexi, Huang Long and the others were slightly surprised. Seeing Guo Zhongjun, Jiang Yulong and other generals standing aside, Shang Kexi thought about it for a long time and reluctantly delayed: "This ...... There are more than 3,000 brothers living on the island. More than 2,000 of the brothers also lived on the island. ”

"In the past few years, the old and young have relied on more than 1,000 acres of land and a salt field on the island to live, and if they move away, there will be no place to settle for a while!"

Zhu Daolin nodded: "In fact, as early as after the documents of the Ministry of War were issued, General Shang should have acted on orders. Bring the soldiers under his command to Jinzhouwei. Send the family to the resettlement area south of Shanhaiguan. ”

"But...... I can also understand General Shang's difficulties, so let's do this, the brothers and villagers on the island are counted as 6,000 people, I will give 5 taels of silver per day for the relocation fee, and I will give General Shang another 2,000 stone of grain, which General Shang can take with him when he returns tomorrow...... What do you think? ”

That's it. Shang Kexi couldn't be more reluctant and couldn't do it, he had more than 60 large and small warships and more than 30 artillery pieces. For several years, he had occupied Guanglu Island and watched the wall, and Zhu Daolin's sudden request completely cut off the retreat of the Manchu Tartars in his heart if he didn't work, so Shang Kexi hesitated for a long time and was very contradictory.

But Zhu Daolin's request was justified, and the compensation given was indeed rich, Huang Long and Gao Mingcheng on the side were jealous, if he still didn't agree, not only would he offend Zhu Daolin, who saluted first and then soldiers, but also offended Huang Long and Gao Mingcheng, the top bosses who had been repeatedly urging him to lead his troops to enrich Jinzhouwei.

In this case, Shang Kexi could only stubbornly agree: "When does the general plan to take over?" ”

Zhu Daolin replied clearly: "After the battle of the Gushan Battalion, thousands of officers and soldiers and 8 large and small warships will sail to Guanglu Island to station, watch each other and fight side by side with the soldiers of Jinzhouwei. ”

Shang Kexi nodded helplessly: "Okay, after I go back, I will immediately move to Jinzhouwei, and I will never delay the general's affairs." ”

Huang Long was overjoyed to receive thousands of soldiers under Shang Kexi's command, and promised Zhu Daolin loudly with a smile: "General, please rest assured, after returning to the next place, immediately lead his brothers to attack Gaizhou and Zhuanghe, and no matter how you want to contain the 2,000 Tartars of Gaizhou and Zhuanghe." ”

Zhu Daolin responded with satisfaction: "After this battle, I will definitely go to the court and the emperor to ask for credit for the general and the soldiers of Jinzhouwei!" ”

Huang Long and Gao Mingcheng were overjoyed, and immediately thanked Zhu Daolin, but Shang Kexi had a wry smile on his face and was helpless.

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In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the tenth day of the fifth month, eight o'clock in the morning.

Nine 150-300-ton galleys sailed into the main channel on the west side of Weihua Island and continued to shell the city of Jiulian occupied by the Tatar army on the west bank of the Yalu River for more than an hour.

From the moment the shelling began, the 6,000 soldiers of the Dongjiang New Army, led by Wu Jicheng, the chief general, and Li Yuming, the chief magistrate of the town, quickly stepped onto the pontoon bridge formed by more than 100 civilian boats, and carried a large number of weapons and equipment to land on Weihua Island in a steady stream.

The chaos in and around the fortress of Uiju, which was guarded by North Korea's 5,000 troops, was at this point.

Tens of thousands of Korean civilians, Liaodong refugees, and businessmen from all over the country gathered on the river bank between the city and the river, and looked forward to the Jiulian City on the other side of the river, which was shrouded in gunpowder smoke and fire, and the thousands of new troops of the Ming Dynasty who were on the Dongjiang River and dragged artillery horses to and from the river to and from the river.

Bursts of exclamations and excited cheers came and went.

The western wall of Uiju, which is about 800 meters long and less than six meters high, was crowded with Korean officers and soldiers who were nervously watching and watching, and for the first time they saw hundreds of artillery pieces mounted on battleships continuously attacking enemy positions and castles.

The vast majority of officers and men were stunned by the hour-long shelling.

Including the North Korean generals including the defense envoy of Yiju Zheng Jinyi and the Anju defense envoy Li Kan who rushed to Yiju to watch the battle, at this moment have been shocked by the advanced weapons and equipment and powerful attack power of the Ming army, no one noticed that the new army of the Dongjiang River that has been boarding Weihua Island in a steady stream is also mixed with 66 forged artillery and high-powered mortar cannons carried by horse-drawn carriages, and no one knows that at this moment, in addition to launching a large-scale attack in the direction of Yizhou, the two sides of the estuary of the 70 miles upstream are also thundering, and guns and bullets are raining.

More than 400 Tatar troops, more than 600 Tatar merchants and herdsmen who were stubbornly defending the camp at the mouth of the river were killed and wounded in just over half an hour under the blow of two mortars and intensive bullets and rain of bullets by 1,200 Ming soldiers.

More than 1,000 Ming soldiers with high morale had already rushed into the fence of the camp that had been blown up by mortars and fired intensively at the remnants of more than 200 Tartars who were cowering in the depths of the camp.

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PS: Thank you Biao cavalry for the encouragement of the big monthly pass! (To be continued.) )