In contrast, the Kuandian battlefield on the northern front was a different look.

With the assistance of two small warships, the 1,200 soldiers of the two musket battalions successfully captured the Chahekou camp garrisoned by 400 Tatar soldiers in only half an hour, and immediately pursued the typing rout army that fled north in a hurry, and encountered stubborn resistance from thousands of Tatar soldiers and civilians when they reached Changdian Town, 20 miles away.

After more than three hours of arduous fighting, the officers and men of the two battalions, without artillery, relied on the power of the flintlock pistols and the range beyond the bow and arrow, captured the town of Yongdian, which was undefendable, and achieved the record of killing more than 300 enemies and wounding hundreds of enemies, and also paid a heavy price of 67 killed and more than 330 seriously wounded, and basically achieved the task of containing the enemy and covering the assault battalion's attack on Kuandian.

The cost of nearly half of the casualties made Zhang Yuanmei and Chi Zhaoyuan, commanders of the Dongjiang Army Musket Battalion in charge of the North Road battlefield, angry, and after a little discussion, they issued an order to kill and burn Yongdian Town.

More than 600 red-eyed surviving officers and soldiers of the two battalions, led by their respective commanders, carried out a bloody massacre of more than 1,000 Tartar civilians who had no time to escape, threw their bodies into wells and ponds as far as they could see, forcibly gathered more than 1,700 Han people and Koreans who were slaves of the Tartars, and set fire to all the houses, mills and stables within a five-mile radius of Yongdian Town before the arrival of the Tartar army guarding Kwandian in the north, and then escorted more than 1,700 Han people and Koreans. More than 400 horses and 16 ploughing oxen carrying grain were driven back to the estuary camp.

The more than 600 soldiers of the assault battalion who attacked Kuandian were the most relaxed, and Zhan Butai, the main Tatar general stationed in Kuandian, was shocked when he received the urgent report of the attack on Hekou and Yongdian Town, and in anger, he not only took away the 1,200 soldiers with the strongest combat strength under his command, but also urgently summoned 2,500 young men in the town to rush south to help. Who knew that his every move had already been under the watchful eye of the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army assault battalion who had sneaked in place in advance.

At dusk on the 10th day of the first month of May, Zhan Butai led more than 3,700 armor soldiers and Tatar Qingzhuang to the south for nearly half an hour, and the bold and careful assault battalion commander Zhao Yipeng and the scout captain Cui Jingzong issued a surprise attack order in advance.

More than 600 elite soldiers armed with flintlock pistols and Tang knives were divided into 11 squads. Quickly pounced on the barracks, grain and grass warehouses, horse farms in the south of the town and other targets, and carried out indiscriminate killings of the soldiers and civilians in the town, setting fire to the granaries, barracks, houses and all buildings in sight.

Four of the squads rushed into the stable, where the horses had just been recovered and closed on the fence, and mercilessly shot more than 2,000 horses and more than a dozen families of horse wranglers who could not be taken away.

The men and horses of all walks of life fought until 9 o'clock in the evening before retreating into the mountains and retreating rapidly, and on the evening of 12 May, they all returned to the old ferry station on the east bank of the Yalu River.

None of the more than 600 soldiers who completely destroyed Kuandian, an important town in eastern Liaodong, were injured, and each of them had two or three Tartar officers and soldiers left behind and the heads of Tartars hanging from their waists.

At noon on 13 May, the last group of Han people forcibly rescued by the Dongjiang Army left Dadonggou in dozens of large and small warships and arrived at Phi Island in the evening, and the four-day Liaodong Campaign came to an end. It was only at this time that the Huanglong Division, which was stationed in Jinzhou, led his troops north and launched a feint attack on Fuzhou and Zhuanghe, which were empty.

In this battle, the Dongjiang New Army invested 18,000 troops and mobilized 45,000 people in the form of remuneration to completely destroy Jiulian City, Kuandian Town, Hekou Military Camp and Gushan Town, which were regarded as strategic places by the Later Jin regime, and burned or destroyed more than 25,000 acres of tasseled wheat, two horse farms and tens of thousands of houses. More than 65,000 Han people in Liaodong were forcibly abducted and looted for the Later Jin regime to cultivate, graze, process and manufacture various tools. More than 4,200 horses, more than 640 pieces of iron armor, more than 2,500 knives and guns, more than 370 ploughing cattle and more than 30,000 stone grains were seized, and the heads of more than 1,700 Tartar officers and soldiers and more than 3,000 young Tartars were cut off.

The battle started suddenly. Without warning, the Later Jin regime was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses, causing far more damage than any attack on Liaodong led by General Mao Wenlong, and it was difficult for the three major towns destroyed to recover to their original level for at least five years.

More importantly, the war disrupted the expansion of the Later Jin regime led by Huang Taiji. In one fell swoop, changing the situation in Liaodong and even the political situation in North Korea also had a far-reaching impact on the trend of the situation in the whole world.

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On 14 May, all units of the Dongjiang New Army withdrew to Phi Dao and the east bank of the Yalu River, and officers at and above the battalion level of the navy and land forces who participated in the battle gathered at the base camp on Phi Dao.

It took three days to summarize the Liaodong Campaign, and the heads of each department reviewed the gains and losses of the battle on their own!

In the general's mansion of the Phidao battalion, 92 officers of the Dongjiang New Army above the battalion commander level began a three-day painful reflection, and the soldiers of the battalion had already prepared the combat records, operational maps, and sand tables of each battlefield in this battle for discussion and summarization, and the sounds of arguments, angry scolding, and sighs of remorse soon resounded in the general's compound.

Late at night, dozens of generals and colonels who had been arguing all day had already slept, and the candlelight was still bright in the independent courtyard on the east side of the general's mansion.

Zhu Daolin and his subordinate generals Wu Jicheng, Guo Zhongjun, Jiang Yulong, Li Yuming, and Zhang Yizhen continued to sum up, and Zhao Yipeng, the commander of the assault battalion, and Cui Jingzong, the scout captain who had distinguished themselves in the surprise attack on Kuandian, were allowed to participate in this important meeting.

After Wu Jicheng, Guo Zhongjun, Zhang Yizhen, and other generals and colonels made a summary, Zhu Daolin asked quietly: "Just now, several people thought that the end of this battle was too fast, and they thought that since our army had mastered the battlefield advantage, it should take advantage of the victory to advance, and take advantage of the enemy's empty strength to quickly attack the deep area of Liaodong in order to achieve greater results, and they were unwilling to end this battle in a hurry. ”

"Most of the generals and colonels in the army have been discussing for a day without a result, it seems that their opinions are the same as yours, am I right?"

Several henchmen nodded slightly, but none of them dared to say yes.

Zhu Daolin motioned to the guards standing aside to add tea to everyone: "My Dongjiang New Army and the Beihai Fleet have only been established for half a year, and it is already very good to have such a remarkable record with today's scale, I don't believe you recall, over the years, when did my Ming army achieve the record of cutting off thousands of Tartar heads in World War I?" ”

"Although there are only 1,722 real Tartar soldiers among the thousands of heads, and the remaining 3,206 heads are Tartar youth, but such a record is already terrifying enough, I dare to say that the emperor and the civil and military officials of the imperial court not only do not believe it after receiving our good news, but I am afraid that they will also criticize the impeachment, and only when we send the pickled Tartar heads pickled with lime to the capital can we prove that our Dongjiang New Army is not lying about its war exploits."

"However, even if thousands of Tartar heads are sent to the capital, it is not necessarily of much benefit, and the reward cannot be counted on, and it is good to be able to obtain a few generals and guerrilla titles."

"It's true, since its establishment, our army has never received a grain or a penny of copper from the imperial court, and such a great achievement as recovering Dengzhou and opening up Yingzhou has not brought much benefit."

As soon as Wu Jicheng's noisy words came out, they immediately aroused strong resonance from everyone.

Zhu Daolin waved his hand: "Don't complain, since you have the heart of serving the country with loyalty, don't dwell on so many gains and losses, our army has never needed other people's charity since its establishment, let alone look at other people's faces, open your mind, you will see more far-reaching, don't look at me so far I have not given any rewards to the officers and soldiers under my command, in fact, I am very satisfied with this Liaodong Campaign!" ”

"This battle not only successfully dealt a blow to the enemy's arrogance, achieved the record of destroying thousands of enemies and rescuing tens of thousands of Han compatriots, but also destroyed the three major towns of Liaodong Tartar and shook the enemy's foundation."

"More importantly, through this battle, we will completely change the embarrassing situation of our Dongjiang New Army, and force the North Korean people to stand with us, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the fierce retaliation of the Liaodong Tartars, which is the biggest gain of this battle! Do you understand now? ”

Several henchmen understood after taking the lead, and couldn't help but show a smug smile.

However, except for Guo Zhongjun, no one understands the more far-reaching meaning hidden behind this battle - this battle not only changed the situation between Liaodong and Korea, but also changed the situation between the Ming Dynasty and Liaodong.

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PS: Thank you for not finding a big commuter pass yet! (To be continued.) )