Chapter 146

After the Jin soldiers abandoned their baggage and ran wildly, they arrived at Jinzhou on the same day, the elite evacuated quickly, and the Baoyi who ran out of breath on the way was as many as 100 people, and there were more than 1,000 Baoyi and the Mongols surrendered in total. There were countless soldiers and armor left on the road, and the remnants of the Hongyi cannon also had three wheel frames damaged, so they had to be discarded on the side of the road and turned into trophies in Dengzhou Town.

Relying on careful planning, Huang Taiji finally got out of the most dangerous area, and only paid the price of about 500 armor soldiers. At this time, the Jin army was disheartened, and the walls and grain reserves of Jinzhou gave them a chance to breathe, but Liaonan was still not safe, and they still needed to continue to retreat.

Once they began to flee, the Houjin soldiers were no longer a heavy threat in this campaign, Chen Xin led the main force of Lushun to pursue boldly, and the Dengzhou army pursued to the camp of Nanguan that day, and the Houjin soldiers did not have time to destroy the rough fortress of Nanguan, and the Dengzhou army was stationed inside, and the defense of Nanguan was restored in one day, first of all, to ensure that their defense was stable.

Dengzhou town momentum like a rainbow, the next day Dengzhou cavalry and dragoons on the Jinzhou, not afraid of the other party's strength advantage, Huang Taiji to encourage the morale of the Jin army, personally led the troops out of the city, each flag Beizi brought the white armor into battle, with the numerical advantage of the cavalry to pull the large front, forced back the Dengzhou cavalry.

Houjin's morale recovered slightly, relying on Jinzhou to confront the Ming army, which was nearly half the way away from Fuzhou, their supplies were sufficient, and the roles of the two sides were changed one by one, and the Dengzhou army became the attacking party instead.

Huang Taiji hoped to restore morale in Jinzhou, he sent soldiers from each Niu Lu to Huanggudao Fort, and happened to meet Mao Chenglu, who had retreated, and then the Jin army beat Mao Chenglu severely, which finally lifted the morale of the army. Chen Xin naturally did not fight a decisive battle with the Houjin soldiers who relied on Jiancheng, but continued to consolidate the defense of Nanguan. Then continue to attack with cavalry, consuming the strength of Jiannu.

After only two days of delay, Huang Taiji received the news that the Ming army had landed in Fuzhou Niangniang Palace, and then the Ming army's stragglers frantically attacked between Fuzhou and Jinzhou, and most of the grain transported to Jinzhou was lost that day.

Huang Taiji did not dare to stay long, and gave up Jinzhou to retreat on the second day, and the city wall of Jinzhou only had time to be partially demolished, and the south wall was demolished less than a zhang. In order not to alarm the Dengzhou soldiers, they did not even burn the grain they stored. Dropped directly to the enemy.

When the Jin soldiers retreated, the soldiers were divided into two routes, all the way to Fuzhou, all the way to Xiuyan, making a trap, once the Dengzhou army crossed Jinzhou and went north. The other way you may turn back and cut off the way out.

Chen Xin concluded that the Houjin army did not have the confidence to make a U-turn and outflank operation at this time, and decisively invested cavalry and dragoons to pursue the direction of Fuzhou on the west road, with the third battalion of infantry responding in the rear, and the second battalion of infantry controlling the mountain road to the south of Xiuyan.

After the evacuation began, the Houjin army was somewhat out of control, and the army had no fighting spirit at all. This is the most likely panic to arise in the state of being pursued, and Huang Taiji has no way to eliminate it. In ancient times, when the command system was backward, the psychology of soldiers was very susceptible, even in modern times. Evacuation in front of the enemy is also extremely dangerous, and the slightest carelessness can lead to a thousand miles of collapse. Chen Xin's last attack on Fuzhou was not down, and he had to be cautious in the face of hundreds of Houjin cavalry, and took turns to arrange infantry cavalry to cover in favorable locations. What's more, the Houjin army was sleepy and lacking at this time.

The mountain between the two roads of Jiannu is blocked, and it is impossible to contact in time. The Houjin army in the direction of Xiuyan was also afraid of being bitten by the cavalry of Dengzhou Town. They just tried, and when they met the slightest resistance, they turned around and ran.

The Houjin army that withdrew to Fuzhou was attacked by the mountain soldiers and special service teams of Dengzhou along the way, and the Houjin army, who was eager to withdraw the troops, had no intention of chasing and killing those stragglers, giving the stragglers a great space for activities, and the mountain soldiers in Dengzhou even directly attacked the marching Houjin brigade, causing great panic to the Houjin soldiers.

The cavalry followed behind the Houjin brigade, constantly discharging the impact posture in the bureau, dragging the speed of the Houjin rearguard, if the main force of the front withdrawal was too fast, the rearguard would be divided, and then it would encounter a large-scale cavalry attack, and the Dengzhou cavalry was like a tail, firmly following behind.

The Dengzhou dragoons also showed their majesty, their maneuver speed could keep up with the cavalry, and the range of muskets exceeded that of bows and arrows, constantly approaching the Houjin guards, killing the Houjin soldiers with a range advantage, once the Houjin guards were backward, they would concentrate their firepower to hit the formation of those Houjin soldiers, creating conditions for the cavalry to attack.

Huang Taiji was well aware of the severity of the form, and did not dare to hand over the task of postponement to the various banner owners, and personally led the guards to control the marching speed of the whole army and prevent the guards from being bitten off piece by piece, even so, the Houjin army continued to lose under the continuous attack of the pursuers, and they gave up more and more baggage, and the few remaining Hongyi cannons were discarded again, and finally the only one who insisted on Fuzhou was left with a seven-pound iron Tianyou cheering general.

Under the containment of the pursuing soldiers, the Houjin army only walked fifty miles that day, they set up camp at night, Dengzhou's consistent night attack came as promised, this time the night attack was not violent caused the camp of Wuzhen Chaoha, the nearby Baoyi was killed in the chaos, and the corpse of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion was full at dawn, and there was little left of this Han army.

The bloodletting attack continued all the way to the Fuzhou River, where the last attack and defense were carried out. Huang Taiji sent the Mandarin Duck Array Iron Armor Army captured in the Daling River, which had expanded to three hundred people at this time, and their treatment in Houjin was better than that of the general Yu Ding, and the will to fight was quite firm, and they repelled the attacking Dengzhou cavalry, and the muskets they used were also flintlock muskets, and the dragoons who came later engaged in battle, and the two sides suffered casualties on both sides, but finally prevented the Dengzhou soldiers from crossing the river. The terrain outside Fuzhou was more suitable for cavalry combat, and the Houjin soldiers finally gained a foothold in the Fuzhou River (Shahe) and resisted the imposing pursuit of Dengzhou Town.

From Jinzhou to Fuzhou, the Houjin army paid the price of thousands of people, including more than 400 Zhenyi, 300 Mongols, and 300 Mandarin Duck Array soldiers formed by Huang Taiji's integration of Zu Dashou ironclad infantry and lost 100 people.

A month ago, the Houjin army, which came violently, returned to Fuzhou in disgrace, and the two sides returned to the situation before the war, and the balance of strength has changed greatly.

In the entire Lushun offensive operation, the Houjin army lost 4,900 Zhenyi, 5,200 Mongols, more than 13,000 coats, Wuzhen Chaoha was almost completely annihilated, and the Tianyou army was only 500 left, and another 2,000 horses, cattle and donkeys were 1,200, and the Hongyi artillery was completely lost. Nearly all the tents were discarded.

The town of Dengzhou opposite them destroyed all the tuntians, and Lushun did not harvest anything this year, with 1,100 soldiers and auxiliaries killed and more than 2,000 wounded, of which 700 were seriously wounded. However, the Dengzhou Army harvested 15,000 veterans who had been tested on the battlefield, and Chen Xin had a steady stream of displaced people to replenish them, relying on the assembly line of soldiers to produce qualified supplementary soldiers, and when combined with these veterans with practical experience, it was a large and fierce army. Of course, the premise is that Chen Xin has enough silver and food.

In the Battle of Lushun, which lasted for more than a month, Dengzhou Town fought against the whole army of Houjin alone, severely damaged the main force of Houjin, and had achieved a strategic advantage in southern Liaoning, and the Houjin army did not even hold Jinzhou. It's even better than Chen Xin's prediction. He originally estimated that it might take several tug-of-wars, but Houjin's ability to resist blows was still under estimate, and even Fuzhou couldn't say how long it would last.

Later Jin in the northern regime of the past dynasties, the strength belongs to the bottom, compared with the history of the Xiongnu, Rouran, Jin, Liao, Mongolia and other far behind, Nuer Hachi period of the barbaric policy hollowed out the foundation of Liaodong, the strength of the body is low. It's all up to that warlike army. I was beaten several times by Dengzhou analgesia before, but they were all small-scale, and there was a reason to be perfunctory, and the impact was relatively small. This time, the whole division came. The audience also includes Baoyi and Mongolians, which can be said to be impossible to hide. The Later Jin had always used force to coerce the Mongol tribes and the Han Chinese, and once their invincible tiger skin was revealed, it would soon become dangerous......

The town of Dengzhou faces off at the Fuzhou River a day later. He withdrew to Golden State, collecting the spoils along the way. All the armor of the soldiers was transported away, and hundreds of fleeing coats were also searched on the way, and all of them were escorted back to Jinzhou, and then Jin Binggen did not dare to pursue.

After the Dengzhou cavalry retreated, they also fled quickly, Chen Xin put on an active defensive posture, the mountain soldiers and special service teams were still active on the east bank of the Fuzhou River, the third battalion was stationed in the Pingyang River to respond, the second battalion controlled the mountains northeast of Jinzhou, and swept along the Hongzui Fort, the Houjin army on the coast of Liaodong fled and retreated all the way to Xiuyan.

The town of Dengzhou mobilized the captured Baoyi and Mongolian people to restore Jinzhou, and began to build trenches around it, preparing to officially control the Jinzhou Isthmus. Chen Xin also strengthened his confidence, Jiannu's prestige had indeed affected his mentality, and now there was nothing to be afraid of. If Jiannu still dared to come, Chen Xin planned to carry out a thorough mobilization at Denglai and fight a decisive battle with the Houjin army at the Jinzhou Isthmus.

After deciding to hold on to the Jinzhou Isthmus, the various departments of Lushun gathered in Jinzhou to turn Nanguan and Jinzhou into a large barracks and a large construction site, and the construction of the port on the east side of Qingniwa and Nanguan was also started.

At this time, Dengzhou Town has become the strongest town in the Ming Dynasty, and the traditional strongest Jiubian is also difficult to match. The nine-sided elite fled in the face of Jiannu, Dengzhou Town not only gave Jiannu a head-on blow, but also chased and killed three hundred miles, this time the Zhenyi head was more than three thousand, more than three hundred prisoners, and a large number of Mongolians and Baoyi, Chen Xin estimated that Wu Xiang should come again, thinking of Wu Xiang's expression that he would definitely open his mouth in shock, and he couldn't help but be proud.

Outside the battlefield is a place to gain more benefits than on the battlefield, and force in troubled times is a better credit guarantee than gold. In the course of more than a month of war, with the propaganda offensive of the Propaganda Bureau, countless military newspapers spread to all parts of the Ming Dynasty along the trade routes, and the invincible reputation of Dengzhou began to imperceptibly enter the hearts of the people.

Chen Xin was busy with post-war affairs in Jinzhou, and every day he participated in the summary and improvement meetings of various divisions and battalions, and discussed with Liu Pojun, Li Donghua and others about the deployment of Jinzhou......

On September 15, a bird boat docked at the east side of the Nanguan River, Liu Minyou wore a fur hat and walked down the newly restored Nanguan wharf, Chen Xin wanted to officially operate the Jinzhou Isthmus, the previous Jinzhou may be abandoned at any time, the civil administration did not send people to manage it, it was actually in a state of military control, and now of course the civil affairs should be joined in, so Chen Xin wrote an urgent letter to Liu Minyou, asking him to bring the people of the civil affairs to make more detailed plans.

Liu Minyou stretched out his hand to probe in the air for a while, and he already had a very cold feeling, and he sighed softly. The winter snow during the Xiaoice River often comes very early, and the climate often has extremely strange conditions, Guangdong and Fujian in the south never snow, in the late Ming Dynasty for eight consecutive days, Hainan Island snow more than a foot thick, Yunnan in June and the next month of cold death. In addition to the heavy snow, there is a big drought, just in the sixth year of Chongzhen this year, Shanxi and Shaanxi are in drought again, fighting rice and thousands of dollars, and it is not uncommon for people to eat people.

The world in which Liu Min is present is at the coldest stage in the history of mankind, and it is at its peak. This peak just ended in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. Liu Minyou doesn't believe in the destiny of heaven very much, but there are many indescribable coincidences in the fate of Da Ming, especially when he is here, the feeling is even stronger.

Looking back further back in history, the incomparable Mongol Empire ended the Southern Song Dynasty, and from some of the Song Dynasty books he has seen in recent years, the Southern Song Dynasty is more open than the Ming Dynasty, and has gone to the sea, which seems to be more likely to sprout capitalism. Zhu Yuanzhang drove away the Mongols. But it absorbed a lot of the dregs of the Meng Yuan Zheng zhì system.

The complete loss of control of the government at the grassroots level at the end of the Ming Dynasty led to great ideological, economic, and technological development in the late Ming Dynasty, but the military and financial affairs fell into an extremely weak process, and the state's forces could not be mobilized at all. The defects of the top-level system, widespread corruption, Xiaoice River, and Houjin are all intertwined. It also gave birth to the terminator of Liukou, so that the last Han regime came to an abrupt end in the year at the peak of the Xiaoice River, and became a half-barbaric and half-ignorant colony. If the government at the end of the Ming Dynasty had the mobilization ability of the Southern Song Dynasty, there would be nothing to do with Jiannu.

Liu Minyou shook his head, he didn't know if the heavens had specially drawn a 300 mm rainfall line, that is, to use that line to limit the development of this land.

Wu Xiang's figure appeared on the bow of another ship, this merchant general had a keen sense of smell. It was inferred from the Dengzhou military newspaper that Jiannu might be in trouble, so he rushed to Dengzhou again, and he didn't know anyone on the army side, so he had to find Liu Minyou. Liu Minyou is not interested in Liao Town. But the impression of Wu Xiangren is not bad, this person is very good at coming to things, and most of the time he came to talk to Chen Xin about business, and specially changed the landing place to Nanguan. In this way, the forbidden land of Lushun was avoided.

Liu Minyou stepped off the springboard, and several officers were waiting below.

"Your Excellency. His subordinate is Zhu Feng, a staff officer of the Military Orders Department, who made a special trip to pick up the adults, Lord Liu, are you riding in a carriage or on a horse? Underneath the gangplank was a young officer, who saluted and looked at Liu Minyou with a smile on his face.

"Horseback riding." After Liu Minyou finished speaking, he also looked at the staff officer in front of him with a smile, "Zhu Feng, you are different from when you were in the vocational school, you are a lot stronger." ”

That Zhu Feng said a few words modestly, and then led Liu Minyou across the trestle bridge, and said with a smile as he walked: "It turns out that the adults still remember their subordinates, when Lord Liu came to teach in person, the villain still remembers it vividly, but there are many adults and nobles, and the villain thinks that the adults have forgotten it." ”

Liu Minyou laughed and said: "You are the hope of Dengzhou Town, I still remember to many students, many people in the literacy class were the backbone of each department, you were the first in the class back then, and then the workshop wanted you, but you had to go to the army, so I still remember this." ”

At this time, when I arrived at the place where the horse was tethered, there were several people from the General Guard waiting here, they all knew Liu Minyou, and after saluting Liu Minyou, they pulled a good horse over.

Zhu Feng said to Liu Min at this time: "The villain had no other ideas at that time, the workshop gave a higher salary, but the villain wanted to fight, at that time, the general instructor Huang came to the school to speak, saying that the man should be a hand to Wu Hook, sweep away the world's injustices, when the soldiers of Dengzhou Town are the most glorious in the world, the fate of the people in the world is on our shoulders, the villain was deeply encouraged, and he was determined to join the army, many classmates were also in the army, and there were two of the rocket soldiers who made meritorious contributions this time. ”

Liu Min patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, but he had always had a bad impression of Huang Side as a student, so he didn't comment on Huang Side's words, but encouraged Zhu Feng: "Each industry has its own use, and the workshop may also change the world in the future, but if there is chaos today, there is a world of men in the army, follow Master Chen to do a good job." ”

Zhu Feng happily agreed, his smile was as bright as the sun, Liu Minyou also smiled, and then turned back to Wu Xiang and said: "General Wu, please stay at the dock for a while, this is the defense of the Dengzhou Left Association, without the permission of Lord Chen, it is quite inconvenient for General Wu to go to Jinzhou, as long as you ask your lord to stay at the dock, there are people here to entertain the general's food and lodging." Fortunately, it is not far from Golden State, and maybe someone will not come to pick up the adults in a day. ”

"Lord Liu just goes, your lord can bring the official here, which is already a great help." Wu Xiang has always been personable and unimpressed.

After bidding farewell to Wu Xiang, Liu Minyou mounted the horse and galloped away with several officers in the direction of Jinzhou.