Dengzhou town said to continue to attack the south gate, the low Fuzhou city wall was hit by Dengzhou artillery fierce direct fire, the city wall could not stand, but the Houjin army this time to defend the city is quite tenacious, once the Ming army has used the ladder to climb the city, they will desperately counterattack, or fire attack or stones, twice the Dengzhou soldiers who are ready to climb the city repulsed.

There are a lot of Jiannu in the city, and the strongest fire oil and other things to defend the city are also sufficient, Chen Xin was worried that the loss was too large, and he did not storm Fuzhou, and the Jiannu were beaten many times, and he was also terrified, and desperately piled bricks, stones and wood into the city gate, and completely closed the gate. The two sides had mutual scruples, and although the confrontation at the south gate was lively, the cruelty was getting lower and lower.

The attack on the south gate lasted for two days, and the burned Dengzhou equipment under the city wall was piled up, and the Houjin soldiers quietly laid bricks and stones at night, or put cloth bags wrapped in sand and gravel once, and restored the bunkers on the city wall.

The frightened Houjin soldiers did not dare to fight hard from the south gate again, and only sent cavalry from the north to contain them. But they defended the city very firmly, and in the siege of the next day, the artillery was missing a piece of cover, and immediately the coat came up to repair it.

The battle at the south gate was fierce, the north of Fuzhou was also thick smoke, the Ming army twenty raiding cavalry groups burned the grain fields all the way, these sentry horses who had just been treated as two horses came and went like the wind, along the way after the Jin soldiers were transferred to Fuzhou, only some old and weak and cloth guarded the fort, watching those sentry horses set fire everywhere in the field, burning most of the wheat fields that were about to ripen.

On the evening of the second day, the disturbed cavalry returned to Fuzhou one after another, and they encountered a small number of cavalry with red flags in Yongningjian, and the town of Dengzhou had achieved the purpose of the battle, and suddenly withdrew from outside Fuzhou before dawn on the second day.

The retreat was also a complicated move, the town of Dengzhou transported the baggage through the flat-bottomed boats on the Guò Fuzhou River, and went directly to the sea from the Fuzhou River, and the infantry evacuated with only their own equipment, and the march was fast. Two hours later, the main cavalry disappeared at Hongshan Pass, southeast of the city, and the rangers set fire to the remaining wheat fields outside the city before leaving.

After the resumption of the state, the Jin soldiers were defeated in many sorties, suspecting that it was a trap of the Ming army, and they sent sentry cavalry to reconnoiter again and again under the suspicion, until it was confirmed that the Ming army retreated, and only sent seven hundred blue flag cavalry from the north gate that did not fill in the obstacles to follow, and at this time the Ming infantry had all crossed the Fuzhou River.

Dengzhou town did not retreat this time, all the combat troops were evacuated by land, cavalry and dragoons were on guard at the two main crossings of the Fuzhou River, Dengzhou town cavalry and dragoons were mixed, and the musketeers were sandwiched between the cavalry arrays, and the musket fire was extremely threatening to the narrow crossing. The Houjin soldiers did not dare to storm the narrow crossing, and the Dengzhou infantry was not disturbed, and the whole army withdrew in an orderly manner after guarding the first general hall.

Just when the Houjin army confronted the Ming army, a sentry cavalry came from Fuzhou to report the emergency, saying that there were Ming army ships near the row of stones, and at least 300 cavalry returned immediately, and the remaining forces of the Houjin soldiers were no longer able to launch an effective attack on the Ming army, which was more like monitoring the withdrawal of the Ming army.

After the infantry crossed the Langu River, the cavalry retreated in turn, and the Houjin soldiers chased the Fuzhou River, and the two sides confronted each other on the side of the Langu River, the Ming cavalry waited for the infantry to retreat again after entering the mountains, and the Mandarin Duck Formation infantry of the Guards Battalion was fortified layer by layer in the mountains, covering the evacuation alternately, and the Houjin soldiers were ambushed by two 10,000-bomb mine cannons, and finally did not dare to continue to follow, and let the Ming army slowly leave.

The battle of Fuzhou in the autumn of the fifth year of Chongzhen came to an end, in addition to the great victory of Dengzhou Town in the second day of the battle, the siege of the city in the next two days also caused a total of more than 400 casualties of the Houjin army, mainly Wuzhen Chaoha and Tianyou army, and all the wheat fields from Fuzhou to Yongningjian were burned.

Chen Xin's campaign objectives were mostly achieved, and Fuzhou was not defeated, not only because he was afraid of casualties, but also because of the purpose of letting the Houjin army continue to garrison, and more importantly, the Houjin soldiers were very determined to defend, and Dengzhou's troops did not occupy an absolute advantage. This is a morale hit, but the boosts and combat rewards that come with it will quickly restore morale.

Shenyang's Yue Tuo received an emergency continuously, he only had 3,000 men and horses guarding Shenyang, but the Ming army carried out a sabotage attack on the entire eastern coast of Liaodong, he urgently recruited 5,000 armor soldiers and Yu Ding to the banners, he sent 2,000 people to reinforce Phoenix and Zhenjiang, personally led 3,000 people to reinforce Fuzhou, and received the news of the Ming army's withdrawal when he went to Gaizhou, but the Ming army's sailors appeared in Fuzhou many times, and even a small number of ships arrived at Lianyun Island, Yue Tuo had to leave a thousand cavalry to stay in Gaizhou, and he led 2,000 cavalry to Fuzhou, Along the way, there were burned wheat fields, and even the barren grass that began to dry up in autumn was burned a lot, leaving patches of black on the ground, and the Ming army had left for several days, but the heavy losses of the white flag still frightened him. Mang Gurtai and Dolgon led him to the south gate, where there were still traces of blood and gunshots, and the messy battlements on the wall of the south gate shook him even more, and this time the Ming army had a slightly larger cannon, which was still moving and firing fast.

Dolgon found a few solid iron bullets on the South Gate Street, and after weighing, the weight was about six catties, and the weight of the small shells was about three catties. The smallest shell weighed a pound, and it was determined that it was fired by those Furlong machines.

Yue Tuo remembered that Ding Qiming made the Hongyi cannon, 5,000 catties to fight seven catties of cannons, although it has a certain effect on fighting Da Linghe, but it is far from being able to act with the army like Denglai Army, and it is very difficult to manufacture, the lost wax method and the mud mold method take several months to dry the mold, and ten molds can often produce a qualified cannon. Judging from the Shenmi Island and this operation, although the range of this small cannon is not far, the power and accuracy are very high within one mile, and the rate of fire of scattered projectiles used in field battles is amazing, and if there is no shield car cover, any frontal impact will suffer heavy casualties, and the use of combat is far stronger than that of Hongyi artillery.

Dolgon's expression was gloomy, his white flag array beheaded and captured nearly a thousand people, more than 100 people returned to the city and died of injuries, and more than 1,000 people only escaped back dozens of people, this time it can be described as a great injury. Mang Gurtai has a triumphant face, his blue flag both rescued Dolgon and held Fuzhou, and finally pursued the Dengzhou soldiers, the dead and wounded were less than 100 people, if the loss of 100 people against other Ming troops would definitely make Mang Gurtai angry, but this time he actually felt a little complacent.

Yue Tuo led them to see the position of the Denglai army in Niangniang Palace, the javelins and thistles arranged by the Ming army at that time had been collected by the sailors, the front and rear two breastwork walls and trenches were there, there were some half-height gaps in the chest wall, which should be used for artillery, and a sortie channel would be set aside every other section, and on both sides of the passage in front of the formation, there were all large and small potholes, and the excavated soil was piled on the edge of the pit, stretching until fifty steps in front of the formation.

Yue Tuo muttered, "This is to protect our shield car. ”

Dolgon said a little weakly: "When I saw them do this, I knew that this Dengzhou soldier is difficult to fight, these holes and mounds not only prevent shield vehicles, but also prevent our rangers, and the horses cannot run in front of the formation at all, this is still the second day, if it drags on for a few more days, I don't know what they will do." ”

Mang Gurtai said indifferently: "Add some boiled poisonous thistle terrestris to the pit, and you can't live when you step into it, and at night at the ferry, a few armor soldiers sent by Lao Tzu to attack at night are stepping on this thing, and now they are all dead, and there is a kind of roadside ambush mine, as soon as the stones are blown out, the armor soldiers pursued by Lao Tzu were blown up twice, and seven or eight died. There are too many mountains in Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and the Dengzhou soldiers are really fierce, Yue Tuo, since you are in charge of the military department, tell the Great Khan, this Nansi Wei is thrown to Chen Xin, see if he dares to ask for it. ”

"What Sibeiler said is that this group of Ming troops is not easy to deal with, and there are more and more soldiers and horses, they are entrenched in Jinzhou, and they will become a big trouble for me." Yue Tuo suddenly sighed, "Now Fuzhou is not guarded, not guarded, if it is not guarded, the next time Chen Xin comes, Liaozhong will have nothing to protect, and he can go straight to the land of Haizhou; If you guard Fuzhou, you can't have fewer soldiers, and you will have more grain and grass...... Let's wait for the Khan to come back. ”

Mang Gurtai still said: "Do you know that these Dengzhou soldiers not only have excellent guns, but even the battle has beaten Xiao Fourteen's armor soldiers to the ground, if it weren't for Lao Tzu coming quickly, Xiao Fourteen would have to explain it." If someone still says that they want to defend it, then all eight families will send troops to defend it, and it is a matter of letting the two flags come over, isn't it, little fourteen. ”

Dolgon listened and glanced at the two of them, he was next to him, but the two of them talked to themselves, according to them, everyone is a relative, Mang Gurtai is the half-brother, Yue Tuo is still a cousin, although now the two of them are as usual on the surface, but there is some contempt in the words, or the loss of the white flag is large, most of it is still Dolgon's own cattle record, Dolgon's right to speak is somewhat reduced, this time there are three hundred people who are recorded by Azig Niu, and Dolgon does not know how to deal with Azig's anger at that time.

Yue Tuo waited for Mang Gurtai to complain, and called a pen post to ask him to draw down the defense line of the Ming army, which must be razed here, so as not to be used by the Ming army next time, but the trench of the Ming army can be learned.

These military aristocrats of the Later Jin Dynasty are also very strong in learning ability, very good at summing up experience from the battle, all the excellent tactics and weapons encountered in the battle, they all hope to be able to use for themselves, the Ming army is not long equipped with the Hongyi artillery will soon be valued by them, and the captured Hongyi gunners will be given the best treatment. Now they are also imitating the armament and tactics of Dengzhou Town, and they are also stronger than the Ming army in digging trenches.

The trench dug by the Later Jin soldiers in the later stage of the Battle of Dalinghe was improved, becoming an inverted triangle with a wide upper and narrow lower part, with a slope of about 60 degrees, and it was difficult for those who fell down to climb up, and the bottom was even so narrow that they could not stand on it.

When drawing the pattern in the pen style, Yue Tuo walked to the beach alone, the Changsheng Island on the opposite side was clearly visible, his brows furrowed slightly, his biggest worry about the Denglai army was not how good their weapons were, but that they now dared to fight with the Dajin soldiers without falling behind, this army showed a strong will to fight from Gu'an, and after arriving in Lushun, the attack was even stronger, and now the east of the Pingyang River has actually become a forbidden place for Dajin scouts, and the reputation of the Dajin soldiers seems to have no effect on them at all.

What's even more terrifying is the speed of their expansion, Chongzhen only had more than 2,000 people in the second year, and when Chongzhen suppressed the Dengzhou Rebellion in the fourth year, Kong Youde thought that there were at least 4,000 people, including a few hundred cavalry, and this time more than 5,000 people were mobilized in southern Liaoning alone, and there were nearly 2,000 cavalry. Yue Tuo knew the system of the Ming army, but from the description of Dolgon and others, the other Ming armies were all in the same pattern, which shows that they were all controlled by Chen Xin, and according to Yue Tuo's understanding, it was already a military town similar to the ancestral army, the only difference was that Chen Xin was more aggressive and hated Dajin. If he is allowed to expand at this speed, the power will be completely reversed in a few years.

His gaze turned to the direction of Lushun in the southeast, which was the key point in southern Liaoning......

Chen Xin had already returned to Nanguan at this time, and the nearly 1,000 war horses captured could double the cavalry, and the flat terrain near Nanguan was suitable for training cavalry, and it was relatively safe here, unlike Jinzhou in the front line.

In view of the excellent performance of the heavy weapons flag team this time, he also planned to equip this rocket car with the Thousand Headquarters of the Dragoons, its mobility was similar to that of the four-pounder gun car, and the spokes were also of the same shape, so it did not add unnecessary difficulty to maintenance. For the ordinary phalanx thousand headquarters, it is placed in the next step.

Next is a series of things such as pension, placement of wounded soldiers, meritorious service, replenishment of soldiers, battle summary, and training improvement, but now Chen Xin himself does not have much to do, and there are various functional divisions to deal with it below.

The most complicated thing in this is to report the merits, after the completion of the internal meritorious service, the military exploits reported to the imperial court is another set, the military affairs department needs to replace Dengzhou Town's own approved military merits with human head merits, corresponding to different meritorious personnel, this work is more troublesome than the verification of military merits, Chen Xin will not report too many people every time, in order to reduce the influence of the imperial court in Dengzhou Town, often have to be revised many times.

This time, the cavalry and cavalry infantry suffered large losses, and he had to face the possible retaliation of Jiannu in Jinzhou, so Chen Xin temporarily changed the method of replenishment, directly drawing troops from the fourth battalion of the Phalanx Thousand Headquarters to replenish the Dragoon, and then transferring reserves from Dengzhou to supplement the Phalanx Thousand Headquarters, but the replenishment of the cavalry battalion could only be drawn from Dengzhou.

The First Guards General participated in the operation of clearing and attacking the city wall this time, and he could be transferred back to Dengzhou to supplement, and Chen Xin planned to change the headquarters of the second battalion of the Mandarin Duck Formation to fight in turn, and all of them would be under the jurisdiction of Zhu Guobin.

He stayed in Nanguan for more than 10 days, completed the summing up of the operation, took part in several tactical improvement exercises, and when the military merits were completed, he personally awarded medals to the meritorious service personnel of various departments, and the amount of the combat reward this time was also notified to each soldier, and the quartermaster department gave them each person's military registration number, which they could receive after returning to Dengzhou.

After these things were done, Chen Xin returned to Lushun, and the route was still desolate, with only a few military households in Lushun hoeing the plains south of Nanguan to clear weeds and prepare to sow alfalfa.

This kind of forage grass is called the king of pasture, it is a group of people in agriculture who built yì after the real yàn in southern Liaoning, and the selection is a relatively cold-tolerant species, alfalfa can be eaten by horses and people, rich in crude protein, carbohydrates and vitamins, strong adaptability to the land, and can also improve soil quality. It's just that the seedling stage is susceptible to weeds, so the land should be turned over first, and the weeds will soon be sown in August and will soon be winter, and the weeds will be frozen to death, while alfalfa seeds are adaptable, and they can grab nutrients after early emergence, and the root system can effectively inhibit weeds after they grow.

By next year, the alfalfa near Nanguan can start to harvest grass, and after two years, they can be harvested many times, and the horse feed will be very sufficient, and their root system can still fertilize the soil, and they can also save the step of fertilizing the field when they switch to grain in the future.

Along the way, Chen Xin saw a number of beacon towers on the top of the mountain, as long as there are qualified soldiers, these piers can play a great role, there are also a number of forts around Jinzhou, and there are more than 100 people stationed in Pingshu, which can not only serve as a supply point for sentinels, but also play an early warning role.

When he arrived in Lushun, it caused a boom in the local tunhu, and this time Dengzhou Town killed more than 1,000 people, which raised the morale of the entire southern Liaoning, and Dongjiang Town in eastern Liaodong was also quite captured, which was better than the half-dead in the previous two years.

When Chen Xin arrived at his palace in the city, Song Wenxian had not yet returned from Phi Dao, and a director of the foreign affairs department who stayed behind hurried over, along with him, Qin Lufang, the deputy battalion officer of the water division, who is now the chief of the water camp resident in Lushun.

The person from the Foreign Affairs Department reported to Chen Xin: "My lord, Vice General Mao of Guanglu Island and Vice General Shang of Shicheng Island are coming, saying that they are going to pay tribute to General Mao and come to visit your lordship by the way, but they have been waiting for a few days, and Lord Qin is not allowed to enter Hong Kong, so they have to go to Shuangdao first." He seemed to have a lot of opinions about Qin Lufang in his words.

"So fast." Chen Xin was slightly surprised, these two had just finished the raid battle, and they heard that they had made some gains, so they actually came to visit Lushun so quickly.

Shang Kexi is familiar with him, and his feelings about this person are also a little complicated, he presided over the Guangzhou Massacre after entering the customs, one of the most tragic massacres, but at this time, he was still the most active person to resist the Houjin, his father Shang Xueli was an anti-Jin martyr, and died on the way to break Hetuala. The last time Huanglong was held hostage by the rebels, it was Shang Kexi who desperately went to the island, organized the old man of Dongjiang to fight back, and killed the leader Geng Zhongyu, Geng Zhongyu is Geng Zhongming's younger brother, he is the old man of Dongjiang Town, and he has always been dissatisfied with Huanglong, an airborne cadre, and his troubles have also affected Geng Zhongming, one of the reasons why Geng Zhongming was able to resolutely rebel at that time was that he was worried about being implicated by this younger brother.

Huang Long was mistreated by Geng Zhongyu badly enough, his nose was gone, he didn't want to stay in Phi Dao anymore, and now he changed his station to Ludao, and Shang Kexi was on Shicheng Island, and he had been promoted to deputy general.

Originally, in history, Huang Long went to Lushun, and more than 100 members of Shang Kexi's family were martyred in Lushun, including his brother Shang Keyi, who had a common enmity with Hou Jin.

After the fall of Lushun, the Ming court had more and more doubts about the Dongjiang River, and the support became less and less, but the people of Dongjiang Town were still busy with infighting, Shen Shikui became the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, because Shang Kexi saved Huanglong last time, he was dissatisfied with him, and summoned him to Phi Island to prepare to kill, and was Shang Kexi learned the news in advance, feeling cornered, and finally threw himself into the arms of the enemy of Houjin, and killed the Dongjiang soldiers on several islands in the southeast by the way, and his sailors changed the balance of power in Liaohai, and the Ming army often fled, making Dongjiang Town completely declined.

His fate always made Chen Xin feel unspeakably depressed, while Mao Chenglu lost the opportunity to participate in the Dengzhou rebellion and saved his life.

Chen Xin nodded, and said to the two of them: "Lushun is the important military affairs of my Dengzhou Town, all foreign ship personnel are not allowed to enter the port without permission, Deputy Battalion Officer Qin did the right thing, Director Wang arranged them in Shuangdao, it is also very decent, you go to inform them first that this official has returned to Lushun, but there are still some military affairs to deal with, and I will see them after I finish it." ”

(To be continued)