After Kong Youde and others received the information about the loss of Gaizhou, they did not immediately lead their troops south to recapture Gaizhou, but quickly sent a large group of light cavalry to collect information on the Ming army in southern Liaoning.

At the same time, they will hold Haizhou tightly, and draw more strong men from their respective stations.

Now that the Ming army has a cannon that can blast open the city wall in half an hour, it is not how to sweep away this Ming army now, but how to hold Haizhou first.

Troops and horses gathered in Haizhou, and by the end of May, Haizhou had gathered 50,000 horses. Among them, 20,000 were soldiers, and the other 30,000 were young and strong auxiliaries.

At this time, the news of the loss of Jinfu Sanzhou had already reached Liaoyang, and Huang Taiji had already personally gone to Jinzhou to command the siege of Jinzhou, but after learning the news of the loss of southern Liaoning, he had to return to Liaoyang to sit in the town. Huang Taiji also received accurate information about the Ming army's attack on Liaodong, with 30,000 land and water soldiers led by Zhu Ciye, the Marquis of Zhennan in the Ming Dynasty.

"Is it to postpone the siege of Jinzhou and first transfer troops to defeat the invading troops from southern Liaoning?" Dai Shan, one of the four major Baylors, proposed to Huang Taiji. During the reign of Nurhachi, Daishan and three other brothers were made the Four Great Beylers. That is, the Great Belle Daishan, the Second Belle Amin, the Third Belle Mang Gurtai, and the Fourth Belle Huang Taiji.

When Nurhachi died, he asked his brother to make Emperor Taiji the Great Khan, but he had to preside over the government with the other three Great Beylers, who called him Heshubele, "to discuss the affairs of the state together, and to put each of them in office."

Now, Sanbel Manggutai has been dead for seven or eight years, and after his death, he was also exposed for conspiracy and was posthumously knighted. Erbeile Amin was originally the son of Nurhachi's brothers, and his father and son were killed for plotting against Taizu, and his brother Altuna and brother Zasaktu were killed, and their father died in captivity. He was spared from death and raised by Taizu.

Earlier, he made many military exploits, and later became the owner of the blue flag. became the four major Baylors again, and finally co-presided over the government with Huang Taiji, which was deeply jealous of Huang Taiji. Ten years ago, when attacking the Ming Dynasty, he lost the four cities of Yongping due to burning, killing and looting, and was imprisoned by Huang Taiji when he found an opportunity to cut the knight, and he was banned for ten years, and it is estimated that he will not have a chance to come out again until he dies.

Compared to the rest of the Baylors. Dai Shan is also brave and good at fighting, and has many military exploits, but he is well-behaved and loyal to Huang Taiji, so he has won his trust.

Huang Taiji shook his head, "The Battle of Jinzhou has been planned for a long time, and now that the arrow is on the string, we have to send it." The Ming army came prepared this time. Hong Chengchou led eight general soldiers and 130,000 soldiers and horses to aid Jinzhou Zu Dashou, and Qin Liangyu and Sun Chuanting led 50,000 soldiers and horses to aid Liao, and Jinzhou gathered no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses. ”

He sighed, this was exactly what he couldn't ask for. Ning Jin has already become a rope around the neck of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he moves, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably have a big reaction.

He built the Yizhou garrison in Tuntian, just to force the Ming army to gather troops and horses to fight. Jinzhou is far from the Central Plains, and the supply line is long. If the Ming army didn't want to abandon Ning Jin, it would inevitably have to come to the aid of large soldiers. Huang Taiji has the initiative. He wants to fight, he wants to consume, the Ming army will be hung in Jinzhou, and when they can't hold up logistics, the Qing army will break them in one fell swoop, and then Ning Jin will go down.

The plan is good. But what he didn't expect was that the Ming army would be able to put down the bandits in the Central Plains so quickly. Second, he didn't expect that the Ming army would be able to attack southern Liaoning from the sea, and the offensive would be so fierce.

In addition, the Ming army gathered soldiers and horses in Jinzhou. It also seemed to be more than he expected.

Jinzhou can gather no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, this is a force that cannot be underestimated, especially Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou, Sun Chuanting, Qin Liangyu are all capable generals, if you don't get it right, then this fishing will not be successful, but will be swallowed by fish.

In any case, Huang Taiji could not withdraw the soldiers and horses of Jinzhou, and now that the two sides have confronted each other, whoever relaxes will be in danger. Now that the soldiers and horses have withdrawn to Jinzhou, the newly built city of Nauizhou will be lost, and the Ming army may have to counterattack the Daling River, or even recover Guangning.

"The Ming army of 200,000 horses and horses gathered in Jinzhou, and the consumption of grain and grass was extremely high, as long as we hold on, the Ming army will definitely not be able to hold it first. Send some soldiers and horses from other places to Kong Youde, so that he must recover southern Liaoning. ”

Huang Taiji looked at the map of southern Liaoning, the Ming army in southern Liaoning is now not only containing part of the Qing army's strength, they occupy Jinzhou Lushun and other places, which also allows the Ming army to transport the grain and grass of the Central Plains from the Shandong Sea to Lushun and to Ningjin. Moreover, if the Ming army in southern Liaoning continued to occupy the Gaifu area, they could still threaten the Qing army in Daling River in Jinzhou at any time.

"First to recover the state, we must recover the state, and the state and the golden state can be relieved." Huang Taiji tapped his finger on the map, Gaizhou is too close to Jinzhou, and it is closer to the mouth of the Liao River and the mouth of the Daling River, and the threat to the Qing army is too great.

Liaonan.

While Kong Youde was holding on to Haizhou to gather troops and horses, the Nine-headed Bird troops carried out a large-scale demolition and relocation activity in the three prefectures of Gaifu and Jin. In just over half a month, more than 100,000 people in the three states were relocated, and they first moved to the coastal islands, and then there were ships that transported things back to Lushun, Jinzhou, day and night.

In order to be able to demolish it more thoroughly, Liu Jun even sent people from Tianjin and the registration to issue a notice, asking those merchants to go to the south of Liaodi. When many merchants heard the news, they landed in southern Liaoning with their men in their boats, and began to follow the nine-headed bird like locusts.

For those towns and villages that still had a lot of things that they didn't have time to take with them, Liu Jun asked the nine-headed bird to sell to the merchants who came to them. Not sold by the piece, but by the slice. One village at a time, or even a street, roughly agree on a price, and then they have exclusive rights.

You can buy from the original owner of this area those things that they can't move, all kinds of furniture and even livestock and grain, and many other things, which originally belonged to the private property of the Tartars, are also sold to them cheaply by the nine-headed bird. There are several cities in several states and counties, as well as many villages and market towns, and there are too many things to move away.

Many of the first merchants returned to Hebei, Shandong, and other places with a boatload full of various items bought at low prices, and sold them out, making a lot of money immediately, and then immediately hired more ships and more people to recycle them at low prices.

The coast from Jinzhou to Fuzhou to Gaizhou is full of people, and those small islands along the coast are all crowded, full of all kinds of supplies and many people.

Some shrewd businessmen brought in a boatload of grain from Hebei in Shandong, sold it, and then bought some nice furniture on the shore of the island and shipped it back to Shandong.

Even many fishermen drove boats to help transport the freight people back to Lushun, Golden State. The hot scene makes people feel like they are in a trance. This excitement lasted until the end of May.

By the time we entered June, the bustle along the shore had dissipated, and only a few merchants had piled up piles of cheap goods on the shore. Occasionally, there were Han Chinese people who came from Haizhou and other places, and they also heard about the Ming counterattack on southern Liaoning. When the people moved back to Jinzhou and Shandong, some Han Chinese who were cattle and horses in the hands of the Tartars did not want to be clothed slaves anymore, so they fled, and some even met to kill their Tartar masters and then snatched the horses.

For these people, the nine-headed bird naturally does not refuse to come.

The bustle on the shore is gone, but on many of the islands off the coast, it's still as lively as ever. Too many people have migrated, and too many supplies. Because Kong Youde and others have been in Haizhou and have not immediately gone south, the people still brought a lot of items, not only pots and pans, quilts, and even chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, grain, farm tools, etc. Some things that are really inconvenient to bring are sold cheaply, but many things are still carried. It will take a lot of time to get all these supplies and people back.

The good thing is that now everyone has time.

Since the capture of Gaizhou, the nine-headed bird has not attacked the city again. They are working hard to bring people and supplies back to the Golden State.

Kong Youde and others continued to collect intelligence. Soldiers and horses are gathered.

Jinzhou, across the sea, is in a similar situation, and the Ming army is still gathering soldiers and horses. The Qing army also continued to gather soldiers and horses to Yizhou, and the soldiers and horses on both sides were constantly increasing, and their strength was also expanding.

Whether it is Jinzhou or Jinzhou, it is calm before the big storm, and the war is about to break out, but at this time it is extremely quiet.

Golden State.

Hundreds of ships of people and supplies are delivered every day. Golden State Bay has expedited the construction of a new large wharf where cargo ships dock.

"Golden State has arrived, everyone is ready to get off the ship!"

A flat-bottomed sand boat slowly sailed into the port of Jinzhou Bay, and the dark-skinned boat boss on board shouted loudly. The boss of this ship is not a man of the nine-headed bird, but a Dengzhou boat owner. During this time, he also made a fortune in southern Liaoning, and he co-contracted the right to purchase the items of a small bazaar, and worked for more than half a month, turning the town with dozens of shops and hundreds of people upside down, and moving everything that could be moved.

The captain of the ship calculated that he had earned at least a thousand silver dollars this month, net of expenses. After making money, his face was naturally full of smiles, and the day before yesterday he had already packaged and sold all the remaining things at a low price to another small businessman. However, he was not in a hurry to leave, but drove a boat to help the officers and soldiers transport personnel and materials to Jinzhou.

This is not a mandatory task, and the nine-headed bird is willing to pay him, but the boat boss doesn't care about the money, in fact, the price is very reasonable, but he doesn't make money by running boats. He volunteered to run a boat for the official army for a few days, which can be regarded as a reward for the official army for making him a lot of money this time.

"Mancang, come." The captain of the boat beckoned to a twenty-something junior at the stern.

"Brother Zhang, what's the matter?"

The boat boss laughed and pulled Liu Mancang aside, "Mancang, you have helped me run up and down every day these days, it's been hard." Come, here's your wages. Put it away, and then go ashore, where there will be arrangements for the officers and soldiers. ”

Liu Mancang took a cloth money bag, poured it out and took a look, it was all bright silver dollars, this is the new money of the Ming Dynasty, it is said to be very popular, a silver dollar is worth five dollars of silver, and there is no need to weigh or measure, and there is no need to identify the fineness.

"Big brother, give too much, and say two silver dollars. You see here, it's ten. ”

The shipowner smiled and pushed back the silver dollar handed over by Mancang, "That's right, it's for you." When you were on the island, you said that you were idle, and you were willing to give me a few days of casual work, and I did say two silver dollars. But you kid has been working with me for a while, it's hard for me to have an appetite, do things practically, work hard, work hard, and be a good guy. To tell you the truth, I also made some money this time. What about you, you're about to go ashore for a new life, and you'll definitely need money in the future, take it, don't be polite to the eldest brother. ”

"Big brother, why don't I just follow you as a buddy, you're good."

The shipowner laughed, "What can I do with me, let me tell you, I have been running here every day during this time, and I am also very familiar with this nine-headed bird, these soldiers are different." They built a city and built a fort in this Golden State, which was to be guarded here for a long time, and the Golden State would not be able to change in the future. And you me guy, according to the scale, you have to work for many years, and you can't become a big guy in ten years. ”

"But it's different when you come ashore." The shipowner said to him, "When you come ashore, you can help build a city or dig a trench, not to mention two silver dollars a month, and three meals a day, and tents to live in, and give you clothes and shoes." And when the trenches of this city are finished and dug up, you will be able to divide a piece of your own land, one and fifty acres. This is a family heirloom. ”

"How can so many people have so much land to share?" Although Mancang is young, he is very smart. His family has been from Gaizhou for generations, and his family used to be ordinary farmers, and then when the Tartars came, their family became the coats of the Tartars. Later, the eldest brother showed the horse to the Tartar and accidentally broke the horse's leg, as a result, the eldest brother was beaten to death by the Tartar, and the father went to intercede, but he was also killed.

The mother died within two years, and the sister was forcibly occupied by the owner of the Tartar and jumped into the river and died. He became alone, and when he knew that the official army had captured Gaizhou, Liu Mancang took a guillotine and killed all five members of the Tartar owner's family, and then escaped. Later, he followed to the shore, because there were not enough boats for a while, and while he waited, he followed the owner for a while.

"There are a lot of fields in Jinzhou, and there are not enough points in Jinzhou, so you can go to Taiwan, which is said to be full of wasteland. Besides, when the imperial court runs the state well in the future, it will definitely take Liaodong back, and then you are afraid that there will be no land? Stay in Golden State, maybe one day you can enter the Nine-Headed Bird Army. Even if you don't enter the army, it's good to enter their workshop. Stay in Golden State, and then you will have a place. You came with me, but you didn't qualify. ”

"Since the officials and troops have defeated Gaizhou and Fuzhou, why don't they defend it?"

"The Tartars are fierce, you have to take your time, just guard the Golden State first, cover the state and Fuzhou, and come over. Don't worry, come little by little, there will always be a day when Liaodong will be recovered. ”

When the ship docked, Liu Mancang took the ten silver dollars given by the shipowner and went ashore without anything else.

As soon as he stepped ashore, several Hydra soldiers approached. Liu Mancang stared at several mighty nine-headed bird soldiers, his eyes full of envy.

The soldiers were wearing blue thigh-length crotch-length robes and a red jacket. In the center of the livery is a word of bravery, and the chest is printed with the pattern of a nine-headed bird, they do not wear cotton armor nailed with brass nail bubbles, nor do they wear iron arm armor, the iron helmet has also been replaced by a wide-brimmed hat, with a fire hammer on their shoulders, and a short sword at their waists.

Mancang thought enviously, if only I could wear this one.

"Uncles and aunts who just got off the ship, brothers and sisters, please come with us here to register first." A hydra soldier said with a smile. (To be continued......)