On August 10, on a big mountain east of Hetuala in eastern Liaodong, many Jianzhou women were really looking for wild fruits all over the mountain.

Hetuara was the second capital city founded by Nuerhachi, and the first capital was called Feiala. Hetuara was established after Nuer Hachi unified most of the Jurchens in the western and eastern seas, and was called Khan here in the 44th year of Wanli, established the Mandate of Heaven, and established the slave-owning regime Houjin.

After the Battle of Lushun, Jiannu abandoned Zhenjiang, and after the Dongjiang town recovered its strength, it reoccupied Zhenjiang Fort, and occupied the six forts of Kuandian all the way to the north, and Hetuara became the front line. At this time, most of Hetuala was still the Jianzhou Department of the year, and some of them lived in the old villages in the mountains and forests, but most of the old and weak were the old, and most of the young and capable of fighting went to settle in Liaozhong and obtained better living conditions.

Since the beginning of this year, there has been a shortage of food everywhere, and Hetuara is no exception, but fortunately, they still have mountains to hunt and pick fruits, although there are many dangers inside, but there is also a way to survive, but after Dongjiang Town restored the six forts of Kuandian, they often come to fight guerrillas. These islanders, who were already dying, were regained with the support of Dengzhou.

Although the Jurchens fought bravely, the Liao people were also fierce, and Dongjiang Town had fought for a long time in the area from Zhenjiang to Hetuara for many years, and was no less familiar with this place than the Jurchens. Dongjiang Town has besieged Hetuala many times in the era of Mao Wenlong, and has also attacked and conquered Salhu City, and now the armament and food are guaranteed, and the number of people is also more than that of Hetuala's Zhenyi Dingkou, the Jurchens feel more and more difficult to deal with them, and the range of activities is limited and smaller, which makes the Jurchens of Hetuala have a lot less opportunities to come out to hunt and pick fruits.

Harvesting fruits and ginseng in the forest. It was the most common thing for these Jurchens to do, and some of the teenagers in it also carried thick bows. Someone was already carrying some rabbits and birds in their hands.

Suddenly, a sharp chirp sounded at the bottom of the mountain, and all the Jurchens on the mountain turned around in unison. Two more chirps sounded from the mountainside.

An old man who took the lead shouted, "Come down, go down!" ”

The mountain was in a hurry, the elders were calling for children, the hunters and fruit pickers were rushing down the mountain, and some of the baskets were lost and no one paid attention.

They were accustomed to life in the mountains, and although there were many women and children among them, the running in the mountains and forests did not seem slow.

"Dongjiang Island Kou is here, go back to the city!" After arriving on the main road. Several armor-clad soldiers shouted and urged everyone to flee to the old city of Hetuala, and along the way, people continued to join from the mountains and forests, forming a stream of fleeing people on the avenue.

Trumpets sounded on the walls of Hetuala, and people from all over the city fled to the city from all directions, and some figures went up to the walls with swords and spears in hand.

After most of the people fled into the city, the east gate was immediately closed, and there were some sporadic Zhenyi who fled here, and they saw that the city gate was closed. I had to go in other directions.

On the official road in the southeast, dozens of gold-armored soldiers galloped on horseback, and the crowds of people on the official road in the distance were surging, and one of them was a red flag of the deputy chief soldier of six feet in one foot, with a big word "Shang" written on it......

Lianshan Pass. The imposing pass is actually a fortress nested in a river valley, and the city guards the official road from southern Liaoning to Shenyang, which is the most important passage in the mountainous areas of southern Liaoning. On the west side of Guancheng is the official road to Liaoyang via Tianshuijing Station, and these two roads make Lianshanguan a strategic location. But Seki itself doesn't have any natural hazards to rely on.

To the west of Lianshan Pass is a majestic mountain with an altitude of more than 900 meters, and here is the Sky Ridge. In the late Qing Dynasty, the world-famous Motianling not only witnessed the bravery of Nie Shicheng's troops during the First Sino-Japanese War, but also witnessed the ridiculous neutrality during the Russo-Japanese War.

On the south gate of Lianshan Pass, Du Du, who had a few mouse whiskers on his upper lip, frowned, Du Du was the son of Chu Ying, the eldest son of Nurhachi, Chu Ying was hanged by Nurhachi's order, but his two sons were not implicated, Du Du was originally awarded as a Taiwan, and in the later period of the old slave, he also became the owner of the white flag, and later Nurhachi gave the white flag to Haoge, making it clear that the two white flags belonged to Huang Taiji father and son, Du Du was transferred to the red flag, Du Du's father Chu Ying and Dai Shan are half-brothers, Nurhachi transferred Dudu into the Red Flag System according to his bloodline, and made it clear that the Red Flag System belonged to the Daishan line.

Du Du himself is relatively low-key, although he lost the position of the flag owner for no reason, but he has been cautious in doing things, as a middle-level cadre in the Houjin aristocracy, avoiding the struggle at the top, Huang Taiji also has a lot of wooing him, this time he was appointed to take the headquarters of the army and Wuzhen Chaoha to garrison Lianshan Pass, but his younger brother Nikan was transferred to Haizhou.

The soldiers and horses he led were five self-managed cattle records, five cattle records of the white flag, 1,300 people of Wuzhen Chaoha under the red flag, 3,000 people in coating, and three Hongyi cannons. After the last spring offensive, Baoyi was also mobilized to build some trenches, and after Du Du arrived, he continued to urge, and after exhausting hundreds of Baoyi, he built a cottage Lushun defense line. This mountain is not suitable for the Houjin cavalry to maneuver, Huang Taiji's order to Du Du is to defend the Lianshan Pass, although there is a road to the west to Liaoyang in front of the pass, but as long as the Lianshan Pass is not down, the Ming army cannot really threaten Liaoyang.

The south wall of Lianshan Pass has a wide field of vision, and you can see a long distance to the south, and some vague dots in the distance are wriggling, which you can't see if you don't observe carefully, but Du Du, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, knows very well that it is the forward of the Ming ** team on the march.

The sentinel cavalry has already brought the movement of the Ming army, starting from July, a large number of Ming troops have appeared in Tongyuan Fort, Phoenix City, Caohe Fort and other places, the ships transporting grain and grass to and fro fill the river, the Ming army small group of men and horses along the official road to advance, and the Houjin army sentry cavalry in the Caohekou to Lianshan Pass line repeatedly clashed.

The biggest feeling for Du Du is that the combat power of Dongjiang Town has been significantly improved, these Liao soldiers used to only have blood bravery, but now they have certain combat skills, and the equipment is far better than before, and the Jin soldiers are no longer so easy to deal with them.

Shenyang constantly had Tang Ma bring Huang Taiji's orders, and told Du Du that the Ming army in the entire Liaodong was increasing, and Du Du accelerated the arrangement while strengthening the reconnaissance in the direction of Tongyuan Fort. Yesterday, the Baya sentry found a large number of Ming troops between the mouth of the grass river and the watershed, belonging to the headquarters of Mao Chenglu of Guangludao, and supported by a small number of Dengzhou soldiers, with the number of forward numbers of about 600 people.

After Du Du got the news, he knew that the offensive of the Ming army had finally arrived. In the last spring offensive, Du Du followed Yue Tuo to garrison Lianshan Pass, and learned the advantages of the Dengzhou firearms array in the terrain of the river valley.

Du Du turned his head to Jia Lazhang Jing behind him and said: "Take three hundred armor soldiers and one hundred white armor soldiers to fight and repel the strikers of Ming Dog." ”

Najia Lazhangjing responded to the call, the city gate under his feet opened, and the soldiers of the armor lined up, crossed the trench position in front of the city, and went south along the official road to meet the attack.

The horn sounded, Du Du let out a long sigh, he had no confidence in the upcoming battle, but there was no way back, there was a drum in front of him, Du Du said softly: "Started......" ......

In August of the eighth year of Chongzhen, with the successive transfer of the army of Dengzhou Town to the Gaizhou front, the war clouds in Liaodong were thick. The Houjin soldiers also noticed the change in the strength of the front, and the two sides continued to conduct reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance. On 10 August, Dongjiang Town on the northern front took the lead in the attack, and the autumn offensive of Dengzhou Town was officially launched.

The northern front was in the middle of a vast mountain, and the fighting was fought around Hetuala. Hetuara is the old nest of the Jianzhou Department, and after the Jiannu conquered Liaozhong, the population here was relatively sparse, and the political significance was greater than the military significance.

Dongjiang Town has been attacking Jiannu in this direction since the establishment of the town, and the last spring offensive has not been attacked, and this time more troops have been invested. There was a mutiny on Zhangzidao in early August, and Shang Keyi took control of the situation, assisting Shang Keyi's Wu Baiyu soldiers, and the Jimo Qian Headquarters stationed in Phoenix City also sent Wu Bai's soldiers to stand by on the coast opposite Zhangzi Island.

With the support of these two external forces, Shang Keyi quickly took control of Zhangzidao, sent Huang Long and his nearly 100 henchmen and family members to Lushun under house arrest, and then announced that he would take over the Zhangzidao army.

The main force of the people and horses on Zhangzi Island is still Liaomin, because the relationship between Huanglong and Dengzhou is not good, the living conditions of Zhangzi Island are worse than those of other islands, and Huanglong's corrupt style has not changed at all, so ordinary island soldiers have no nostalgia for him.

At the time of the mutiny, most of the island soldiers had already gone ashore and were preparing to launch the autumn offensive, so Shang Keyi received little resistance, and he immediately landed after taking control of Huanglong and went to the assembly area near Kuandian to take over the army.

A Dengzhou fleet immediately sent a batch of food and military equipment, Shang Keyi originally had some prestige on the island, and now there is Dengzhou Town in southern Liaoning behind him, after the food and military equipment were divided, ordinary island soldiers cheered, and grassroots officers took refuge in Shang Keyi, and Shang Keyi's department, this time Dengzhou Town also sent a team of instructors to guide the soldiers and horses on Zhangzi Island.

Phi Dao, which is not far from Zhangzi Island, quickly got the news, Shen Shikui had just returned not long ago, of course he would not believe that it was an accidental mutiny, it must be Shang Keyi who accepted Chen Xin's instructions when he was on Nancheng God's Island, supported by Shang Kexi and Jimo Qian's headquarters, Shang Keyi launched a mutiny, and the speed can be described as very fast.

Shen Shikui was frightened, it turned out that Huang Long was a backward element in Dongjiang Town, and now he suddenly found that he was already the most distant from Dengzhou, so he quickly sent people to Kuandian, put on a more positive posture, and expressed his willingness to put the men and horses stationed in Zhenjiang Fort into the northern line to attack and help Shang Keyi.

The battles of Lianshanguan and Hetualala were prelude, but the town of Dengzhou in the direction of Xiuyan and Gaizhou was still quiet, and the rain in the mountains of Liaodong was coming, and the Houjin army in Gaizhou and Haizhou was waiting for it, and at the same time, the Houjin also began the final mobilization. (To be continued......)