By the beginning of June, it had been a month since the nine-headed bird landed in southern Liaoning, and in this month's time, the progress of the nine-headed bird was quite smooth. Not only did they conquer the cities of Lushun, Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Gaizhou in the early stage, and annihilated thousands of Qing troops, including thousands of Jurchen Tartars.

Although the nine-headed bird then took the initiative to evacuate the two states, in the end, it also moved the people of the two states basically, not only the population was moved, but also everything that could be moved was emptied, and in the end, all the people who could not be moved were burned, and even the crops in the fields were destroyed.

Hundreds of miles of covering the two states and the northern part of the Golden State have all become a scorched earth, turning into hundreds of miles of no man's land.

More than 100,000 people moved to the south of Jinzhou's Great Black Mountain, and some of the people began to plant in the 130 miles south of Jinzhou, while the rest were mostly rushing to build castles and digging Jinzhou moats.

There are so many people working together, several projects are progressing very quickly, especially the most important of the three fortress castles of Montenegro, Dongshan and Nanshan, which have basically taken shape, and hundreds of large-caliber mortar guns and fortress long-barreled cannons and cannon howitzers have been arranged on the fortress forts on these three hills around Jinshan City.

Powerful artillery fire, combined with the latest bastion-style fortress design, made these forts far more defensive than traditional fortresses. A number of small fort batteries were also erected around each fort, and the artillery could support each other.

The city of Jinzhou was also re-fortified, and the original city was deepened with moats, fortresses, and forts, and several fortresses capable of garrisoning thousands of troops were added outside the city. Today's Jinzhou City is full of fortress forts and trenches and traps everywhere.

And not far south of Jinzhou City is the Jinzhou trench that has been excavated, this ten-mile-wide trench has been dug two zhang wide and one zhang deep, and it is still continuing, according to the plan. In the end, it is necessary to dig at least two zhang deep and seven zhang wide, which can directly pass through the red ships, and even the largest warships of the Beiyang Naval Division can pass through.

The biggest function of this trench is not for navigation, and it is at most more than 200 miles to bypass the mouth of Arthur. The biggest effect of this trench is to protect Lushun Zhenhai and other places south of Jinzhou, so that the Tartar cavalry, who lack sea strength and are longer than cavalry, cannot break through this moat.

At the same time, this ditch can also greatly protect the city of Jinzhou located in the north. And so it goes. The north of Jinzhou is the Great Black Mountain, there are Dongshan and Nanshan in the east and west, there are batteries on the commanding heights on three sides, the south was originally a plain, and now a trench is cut off, and at the same time, the two bays of Jinzhou Bay and Qingni Bay can be connected, and the gunboats of the Beiyang Naval Division of the Nine Birds can enter the canal behind Jinshan from the two bays if necessary, and provide artillery support to them.

Although Jinzhou City is in the north of the trench, it has a unique location. and the protection of the fort fort on the surrounding mountain, but it can be safer, and better protect the more than 100 miles to the south, becoming its gateway.

"The three miners in Shandong are all cowards, and they have shrunk in Haizhou for nearly a month, and they have not dared to come out until now, but it is convenient for us to build these defenses smoothly. Now I can't wait for him to come sooner, and I really want to see these traitors bleeding from their heads under our fort batteries. Zhang Shan said with a smile as he stood on a newly completed fortress outside the city of Jinzhou.

Liu Jun was not surprised. "It's normal for them to do this, we broke three states in a short period of time. If Kong Youde and the others rushed over directly, it would be strange. Kong Youde and the others are also people who have experienced countless winds and waves, how could they be so impulsive and reckless. During this time, they must have been gathering our intelligence and looking for ways to deal with it. Don't worry, though. He won't be able to shrink for long, the Tartar Emperor will definitely urge them to attack, and we will just wait here. ”

"If he doesn't come for a day, let's just wait for him for a day?" Wang Qian also said that he was a little impatient to wait. "Master Hou, we've been resting for a few days. Now the supplies of the people in the two states have almost been brought back. Look, can we keep attacking? ”

"It's just that we're all waiting a little unbearable, and everyone wants to go out and relocate."

"Don't worry, are you still afraid of fighting? One step at a time. Last time, we took advantage of the fact that the Tartars were defenseless, and suddenly killed, and gave the Tartars a slap in the face, and even broke the gold cover of the three states. Next, we are not in a hurry to go ashore again, we will next clean up the coastal island. Since we are here, there must be no more Tartar ships going to sea in the Liaohai Sea from now on. ”

On the same day, Liu Jun summoned the senior generals of the army and made a battle plan to them. After the end of the first phase of the war in Liao, after sweeping southern Liaoning, the next step was to turn back and clean up the Qing army on the Liaohai islands, especially the Phi Dao, Guanglu Dao, Shicheng Dao, and Phi Dao Islands that were originally controlled by Dongjiang Town.

"Sink every Tartar ship we can see on the Vast Sea, and take every island occupied by Tartars! This is our goal for the next second stage. ”

Sweeping the sea and seizing the islands are much safer than attacking the land, don't worry about the Tartars, with the strength of the Beiyang Naval Division, you can completely walk sideways on the sea, and those islands controlled by the Tartars have the battleships of the Beiyang Naval Division, which are passively beaten islands, and you can fight as you want.

Because of this, Liu Jun still stationed the main force in Jinzhou, and sent warships to sweep the sea with soldiers and horses. There were cannons on the giant ship, and Liu Jun was not worried about their victory in the slightest.

The people who moved back from the north plus the people of the original Jinzhou, and now the more than 100 miles of land controlled by Liu Jun, plus the islands such as Changsheng, have a population of no less than 200,000. That's a lot of money, and the Golden State doesn't have that much land to support so many people.

For the time being, these people are still helping to build the city and dig trenches, and they have enough food to eat every day, and they can also receive wages. But as most of the work was nearing completion, there was a surplus of manpower.

Liu Jun began putting up notices introducing them to Taiwan and recommending them to go there. So far, he has given very generous conditions, and those who go to Taiwan to reclaim the barren land will be divided into 100 acres of wasteland, and they will be sent to send a boat to send them there, and after arriving in Taiwan, the Four Seas Bank will also provide them with a low-interest loan for them to settle down and reclaim the wasteland for production.

That's a good condition, especially for the coated minions who have escaped from the Tartars. They didn't want to go back to the Tartars, and they were worried that the imperial court would not be able to hold Jinzhou, and if they could have a better place to live, even if it was far away, there would still be people willing to go. All these years in the hands of the Tartars, it is better to live than to die. No one wants to live like that again.

There were quite a few people who signed up, but some of them were unexpected. Even many people who were still on the construction site wanted to go, so Liu Jun had to promise again to those who were still building the city and digging trenches that after the project was completed, they could go to Taiwan as long as they wanted, and they would each add ten acres of wasteland to reclaim.

At the beginning of June of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen. The Jinzhou Dongguan guard Wu Bashi surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing army captured the outer city of Jinzhou.

At this point, the Qing army, led by Prince Zheng Zierharang, Dorobelle Duoduo and others, completed the siege of Jinzhou City. After besieging Jinzhou, the Qing army, contrary to the nine-headed birds in Jinzhou, began to constantly fill in the trenches and destroy the trenches, approaching the city of Jinzhou.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, led an army of 130,000 troops in the eight towns, and at this time also gathered in Ningyuan, which was only 150 miles away from Jinzhou.

After arriving in Ningyuan, Hong Chengchou did not immediately continue to march into Jinzhou. Instead, it began to stop at Ningyuan. Although Hong Chengchou was born as a jinshi, he can be regarded as a relatively knowledgeable soldier among the literati in this dynasty. Especially when the Central Plains suppressed bandits, they cut off people's heads and killed them with majesty. If it weren't for the fact that the Tartars entered the Kou Pass, the imperial court was in a hurry to transfer Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and others to lead the troops north, so that Xiong Wencan had to be transferred to take over the suppression of the bandits, but I was afraid that the bandits would have disappeared long ago. There will be nothing to do with Liu Jun and others at all, and Mei Zhihuan, Li Changgeng and others will not be used again.

Although Hong Chengchou was the most powerful main fighter in the imperial court's troops this time. But the main battle is the main battle, and he has his own plans for how to fight this battle. With heavy troops in hand, Hong Chengchou was not in a hurry.

Ning is only one hundred and fifty miles away from Jinzhou, and he is stationed in Ningyuan, which is not far away. But it can make it impossible for the Qing army to encircle and attack Jinzhou with all its strength, because he can kill from Ningyuan at any time. On the other hand. Jinzhou City is strong, and there are fierce generals like Zu Dashou, and it will not be lost for a while.

The army of more than 100,000 is not in a hurry to go for a while, so the pressure on logistics and grain will be lighter. On the other hand, Hong Chengchou is still waiting. Wait for Sun Chuanting, an old partner, and Qin Liangyu, a female general soldier, to lead an army of 50,000 to converge. Moreover, he is still waiting for Liu Jun. He knew that after Liu Jun crossed the sea to attack southern Liaoning, he was waiting for the victory of the now famous Hou Ye.

Liu Jun crossed the sea to attack the Liaodong Peninsula, which was like a sharp knife, inserting a knife from the ribs of the Tartar. At that time, the Tartars will be quite unlovable, and if he wants to ignore Liu Jun and divide his troops to defend, he will lead a large army to Jinzhou. If the Tartars do not divide their troops, then he will stay in Daning and will not be in a hurry to go up.

In short, Hong Chengchou is stationed in Ningyuan and not Jinzhou, in his thoughts, that is, he clenched his fist, but this fist was retracted in front of his chest, this is when he is about to hit and not hit, when he is the strongest, he can attack at any time, and he always threatens the Tartars.

Of course, if the Tartars took the initiative to withdraw the siege of Jinzhou, then it would naturally be better. In this way, he won without a fight, and this merit is indispensable. Moreover, now that the war is going on, all kinds of soldiers and horses are gathered in Ningjin, and the food and salary of the imperial court are also being transported in a steady stream, and they dare not have the slightest arrears, which is also an excellent opportunity for Hong Chengchou, a Shangguan who came from Shaanxi to be the governor of Jiliao, to strengthen the Guanning army.

Ningyuan, Jinzhou, Jinzhou, Haizhou.

After waiting for more than half a month, Kong Youde finally ordered to send troops south to recover the prefectures of Gai, Fu and Jin.

The four traitors led 30,000 soldiers and horses, claiming to be 100,000, out of the city and went south, and the further south they went, the more desolate they became. It was the height of summer in June, and it was the busy farming season, but there were not many people in the wild.

Especially when they approached Gaizhou, they felt more and more desolate.

When we entered the territory of Gaizhou, we passed through several villages in a row, all of which were empty, the houses had been burned down, the wells were buried, and the crops in the fields were destroyed and overgrown with weeds.

A few days later, Kong Youde led his army into Gaizhou City, an empty ghost town.

Standing on the edge of the city wall that exposed a big gap, Kong Youde looked at it for a long time, and finally said coldly, "Immediately go to Liaodong to report to Your Majesty, I am equal to the tenth day of the first month of June, Kefu Prefecture!" (To be continued......)

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