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In July of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the east wind clouds of Liao changed color, and the Jin army poured out of the country, and a steady stream of troops set out from Liaozhong to attack Dengzhou Town, which was entrenched in southern Liaoning. Nearly 30,000 people were mobilized in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, including 16,000 people in armor and 13,000 people in Yu Ding. In addition to the Manchurian Eight Banners, there were also the rejuvenated Mongolian left and right wings, Wuzhen Chaoha and Tianyou Army, with nearly 35,000 soldiers.

Karaqin, Korqin, Khalkha, Tumut and other departments also sent men and horses, and the Mongolian tribes of the outer domains were very reluctant to fight southern Liaoning, but Huang Taiji defeated Chahar in the past two years, and repeatedly used suzerainty to punish those tribes who sent troops passively, so the departments still made up more than 11,000 people.

In addition to these fighters, the number of people led by various departments also exceeded 30,000, and about tens of thousands of people were responsible for transporting follow-up military rations and materials, with a total number of more than 100,000. At this time, the Manchurian cattle record is about 240, the Mongolian and coated cattle are about 50, the total number is 290 cattle records, and the normal cattle record is roughly 300 dingkou. It can also be seen that Huang Taiji's determination to break through the cauldron and sink the boat.

In order to deter the Guanning army in western Liaoning, Huang Taiji sent Sakhalian and Shuotuo to lead 500 troops, converge the Mongolian tribes in Guangning, and then loot a pass outside the city of Jinzhou, and Liaozhen closed the city gate tightly and did not go out of the city to counterattack. After the Battle of Dalinghe, Zu Dashou and Houjin had some private channels, and all his relatives in Shenyang knew about the fact that he was summoned by the emperor several times (Note 1).

The Houjin soldiers just came to coerce and suppress the morale of Liaoxi, so that they did not dare to take this opportunity to come out and make trouble. Sakhalian caught hundreds of Dingkou along the way of Xingshan Songshan and retreated to the east of the Sancha River with a high spirit. After Sakhalian came, Zu Dashou went to Beijing to call the police again and again, claiming that the Jin army's 50,000 iron cavalry invaded Liaoxi in a big way. asked for reinforcements from the imperial court, let alone respond to southern Liaoning.

Liaoxi a qiē shun lì, after the Jin forward also shun lì to capture Jinzhou, Huang Taiji's main force along the south four guards south, the south four guards face each other, the daily march on the road of oxen and carriages in an endless stream, inlaid blue flags and positive white flags from the direction of Xiuyan march, restore the last year to abandon the red mouth fort, surrender fort, and leave men and horses to defend. Patrol the coast every day to prevent Mao Chenglu and Shang Kexi from coming up to fight guerrillas.

After the main force of Huang Taiji passed through Fuzhou, the raids of Dengzhou Town were everywhere. Huang Taiji was determined to send a large number of Bayala to kill the stragglers in Dengzhou Town, and these hunters from the mountains and forests were very skilled. The special service team lost the support of the Golden State side and was forced to abandon the advance camp in Dajianshan and other places, and moved to the mountainous area far away from the official road. Later, the Jin soldiers pressed the border, temporarily maintained the safety of the grain road, and the main force began to rush to Jinzhou.

The strikers of Golden State are in a hurry, they have been bombed all the way, and they have not yet passed the South Pass. The location chosen by Chen Xinxuan is no longer the original Haas Drought Pass, but the place where the official road is now controlled. The mountains and rivers near Nanguan are connected, which is a very favorable place for defense, and there are many trenches dug in the mountainous area to the west. Those mountain roads were blocked, and there were Dengzhou cavalry patrols nearby, and the Houjin cavalry did not carry out earth work, and the roots could not be crossed.

To the east is a river. There were several piers along the way, and cavalry was also stationed. And can get reinforcements from Nanguan at any time, the Houjin Sentinel is difficult to pass Guò, and there are a small number of Houjin soldiers who sneaked in on foot at night, Yue Tuo hoped to let them go to Lushun to pre-investigate, but they crossed the Nanguan only to find that there are two scout lines behind Jing Needle Shop and Kiba Station, if they want to go to Lushun, they can only climb over the mountainous Hengshan Mountains, and then turn back after reconnaissance, it may be too late in time.

Zhu Guobin instead reconnoitred the strength of the Houjin forward, he led the cavalry battalion and dragoons to defend Nanguan, and the sentry cavalry continued to reconnoiter Jinzhou, which was thirty-five miles away. The boarding division had already rushed to Qingniwa and Jinzhou Bay in advance, cruising near the coast, making the illusion of sending troops to counterattack Jinzhou at any time, and some fast bird boats were moving on the coast of Fuzhou, constantly sending stragglers ashore to reconnoiter the movements of Jin's main force.

Yue Tuo was in a hurry to march to Jinzhou, with the army only ten days of food and grass, plus the vicinity of Jinzhou was burned, he was a little hesitant to continue to attack Nanguan, obviously the defenders of Nanguan were prepared, they guarded Nanguan, shielded the reconnaissance of the Jin soldiers, so that the situation south of Nanguan was still covered by the fog of war, but the order given to him by Huang Taiji was to besiege Jinzhou, or go straight to the city of Lushun, to open the way for the army.

After the arrival of 1,000 people on the east road, Yue Tuo led 5,000 men and horses to attack Nanguan, Zhu Guobin set fire to the west side of Nanguan, blocked the west road with mountain fires, and then took the initiative to attack by taking advantage of the narrow terrain of Nanguan.

The two sides stalemate for two days, the sentinel cavalry continued to fight, and on the evening of the second day, the water division came with the news that the Jin army was coming after the South Fourth Guard, Zhu Guobin gave up Nanguan that night, and the Ming army laid mines on the official road of Nanguan, and took the initiative to retreat after setting fire to the Nanguan city before dawn, and even the Jingzhen shop was not guarded, and retreated to the last checkpoint before Lushun.

Kiba Station is fifty miles away from Lushun, in the flat place on the west bank of the Jinzhou Isthmus (now Ranch Station), formed by the mud and sand impact of the Hengshan Mountain Range, the north is the coast, the northeast is the direction of Jinzhou is the continuous hills, the highest place is 300 meters above sea level, the grass and trees on the mountain are vertical and horizontal, the terrain is undulating, the cavalry is difficult to pass, and the south is the undulating Hengshan Mountain Range. The official road from Jinzhou is due east, passing between these two mountains, and the place suitable for cavalry movement is less than a mile, and there is no room for cavalry maneuver at all, which is most suitable for the dense formation of Dengzhou cavalry to exert its power.

This is a more suitable area for short-term resistance than Nanguan, Zhu Guobin has already set up two lines of defense here, the first is in the narrow passage in the east, he dug a line of defense with a breast wall and a trench, Zhu Guobin deployed the headquarters of the dragoon behind the breastwork, and more than 1,200 regular cavalry maneuvers behind the defense line.

The second line of defense was one mile south of Kiba-e, where there was a river flowing from the mountains, two crossing points, and a wooden bridge, where fortifications were also built, and at this time a detachment was stationed.

Yue Tuo rushed to the east of the Kiba Station on the same day, he climbed the hill on the northeast side, and was speechless for a long time after looking at the terrain, the Dengzhou soldiers could choose the most favorable battlefield every time, the defense line was roughly the same as Yue Tuo had seen in the Fuzhou Niangniang Palace, the front of the trench was also full of large and small potholes, and the Dengzhou soldiers and infantry behind were about 1,000 people, and the spears were lined up in a strict formation.

Yue Tuo said to Baya Lama Zhangjing beside him: "Call the white flag of Buck Mountain to come over." ”

That Zhang Jing immediately sent someone to the side of the white flag Bayala. Soon attracted Buck Mountain, Buck Mountain was originally inlaid with the white flag Baya Layu Zhangjing, in Fuzhou in the first battle of the loss of the general, although in the end the control of the inlaid white flag Baya La, but on the whole the table xiàn poor. After the war, he was fined a Zhuangzi and ten horses by Huang Taiji, and the position in the banner was reduced to an ordinary Niu Lu Ezhen, and the military position was reduced to a reserve for the emperor.

After he came to Yue Tuo's side, he looked in the direction Yue Tuo was pointing, and the familiar feeling made him palpitate. During the Battle of Fuzhou, the flanks were cut off by mountains and rivers, and the cavalry could not pass through Guò. The terrain is similar here, but the mountains have been replaced by the more majestic Hengshan Mountains, and the Fuzhou River has become the sea.

Yue Tuo asked him with a calm face, "Buckshan, you met in Fuzhou." Is that the kind of centaur you are? ”

"Back to the master, that's it, the Dengzhou soldiers are not afraid of death in battle, and the muskets and small cannons are powerful, if this spear array is placed like this, it will definitely not be broken, unless it is bombarded by Hongyi artillery. Or several times the siege of men and horses, the terrain here is narrow, and we have no shield carts, if we rush up. I'm afraid that there will be heavy casualties. ”

After Ba Keshan finished speaking, he peeked at Yue Tuo's face, in fact, he thought that no matter how many people died, he would not be able to rush over, he had seen the power of the Dengzhou spear array, and Fuzhou Ji was exchanging his life for his life. In the end, it proves that the other party is more tenacious, and that is still on the ground. There is still a trench, and unless there is a shield cart on this terrain at the moment, it will only kill people in vain. But this time they were the forwards, and they didn't bring enough clothing, and if they did it themselves, they would waste the soldiers' bodies, and they would be strict and affect the battle.

Yue Tuo understood what he meant, the striker he led was already disgraced, and the lethality of the mine cannon was not high, but the effect of hitting morale was very good. The morale of the Houjin soldiers was very low, and there were no captures along the way to stimulate their battles, and the various banner owners could only tell the soldiers that there was a lot of gold and silver in Lushun City, as well as a lot of food, and for the time being, they could only quench their thirst.

Yue Tuo looked at the mountains to the west and asked Buck Mountain, "Do you think it is feasible for us to have two thousand men dismount and cross the mountains on both sides and attack them from both sides?" ”

"Master, no." Buckshan pointed to a few small formations behind the defensive line, "The small formation behind the spearmen is the kind of musketeers with spear blades, when they are mixed with the cavalry, they use muskets to hit the cavalry impact, if we have to march on foot, we can't beat it, the minions have seen it in Fuzhou." ”

Yue Tuo stared at the Dengzhou defense line for a while, his eyes kept changing, Buckshan knew that Yue Tuo was thinking about whether to attack, Buckshan couldn't help but feel nervous, he was unwilling to attack the Dengzhou soldiers deployed like this.

Finally, Yue Tuo opened his mouth, "Buckshan, do you want to be reinstated?" ”

Buck Mountain's face was like ashes, but all he could say was, "The minions are willing." ”

"You take your cattle to record the ja tooth, cross the mountains in the south to Lushun, be sure to see how the city of Lushun is armed, and you must report back within two days."

Buck Mountain breathed a long sigh of relief, he also thought that Yue Tuo was going to let him go to the defense line in front of him, although it was hard to climb the mountain, but he didn't have to lose his life, but it was extremely difficult to go back for two days, there was no road in this mountain, and he was not sure if he could catch back in time.

He raised his head and wanted to plead a few sentences, but met Yue Tuo's cold gaze, and Buckshan hurriedly lowered his head, "Wow! Minions obey. ”……

On the opposite side of Yue Tuo, Zhu Guobin was using a telescope to observe the hills in the distance, the red flag on it was very conspicuous, and there seemed to be white lines on the side, which was estimated to be the Manchurian red flag, and the other three flags were all red-edged, only this one-sided red flag was white-edged.

Zhu Guobin has already gotten information from the recent sentry cavalry battle, and the leader is Jiannu's military department Shangshu Yuetuo, this person fights steadily and bravely, Zhu Guobin does not dare to despise it, so he does not even guard the needle shop.

Tan Shen next to him, also holding a telescope, with the mark of the Dengzhou Town Workshop, he used the first batch of Dengzhou Town production, Jiangnan can make glass during the Wanli period, but the process is relatively rough (Note: see "Matteo Ricci Notes"), Liu Minyou asked the trading company to dig two craftsmen at a high price, let them demonstrate the process of making zuò, and then go to the University Hall and the Industrial Research Laboratory to study separately, after a large number of realizations, has been able to produce a small batch of high-quality glass, the principle of the telescope is very simple, with the research of the University Hall, The workshop quickly made copycats and no longer had to buy them from Fujian and Macau.

Tan Shen said to Zhu Guobin: "It should be Yue Tuo who is here." ”

"He has to watch when he comes, unless he is willing to lose one or two thousand men, if the striker plays like this, Yue Tuo's future will be useless."

Tan Shen laughed, "My lord, how long will we stay here?" ”

Zhu Guobin looked at the banner with interest, "Let's just block the Houjin Qianfeng to reconnoiter Lushun's defense line, and leave until the arrival of the Huang Taiji army, as long as Huang Taiji passes Jinzhou, he will have no steps to go down, and Jiannu will not be able to come to Lushun if he wants to, and when they see Lushun, I really want to see Huang Taiji's expression." ”