"Commander, we won, we won...... A full fourteen lucky ships, all of which were buried at the bottom of the sea...... I can see clearly that all these ships have been destroyed by the flowering shells we fired......" The vice-admiral of the fleet, who hurried with all the artillery units of the two field divisions, shouted directly with a light in his eyes and a face full of excitement.

Li Xinlong nodded and affirmed: "It is indeed a victory...... However, the strength of this naval fleet is there after all...... Although we have lost more than a dozen large ships, the remaining more than 90 warships are still not something that our fleet can contend with......"

"So, the situation we are facing now is still very serious, and we still can't relax ......"

The adjutant general nodded in affirmation: "Commander, you are right...... I wonder what you're going to do next, Commander? ”

Li Xinlong replied without hesitation: "Judging from the battle situation just now, this naval fleet sent by the imperial court obviously did not expect that we would deploy so many heavy artillery in the port, and then in the attack just now, we would lose more than ten large Fu ships at one time......

"It's just that what General Ben didn't expect was that this imperial court sailor was so afraid of death...... Just under shelling, they retreated in a hurry...... Otherwise, in this artillery battle, the losses of this naval fleet will be even greater......"

"However, this reaction of the imperial fleet tells us that they are not yet determined to fight a decisive battle with us. After the losses just now, at least for the next few days, this imperial sailor will not dare to attack us again......"

"As for what we need to do, it is to make good use of this time to get more sailors. Climb aboard a warship for training. That's all there is to it. The strength of our fleet will become stronger and stronger. In the end, protect the reinforcements of several divisions, break through the interception of the imperial water division, and reinforce the Liaodong ......"

In the next few days, the imperial court sailors, who retreated beyond the range of the cannons of the Tiger and Leopard Army, really did not take any other actions as Li Xinlong judged.

More than ninety warships, lined up. Outside the port of Dengzhou, an impermeable maritime defense line was formed.

Obviously, knowing that the red-coated cannon was not the opponent of the cannons of the Haw Par Army, the chief general of the imperial court sailor directly grasped the weakness of the Haw Par Army that there was no real sailor fleet. With the maritime defense line that he thought he could not help at all, the reinforcements of the Haw Par Army were blocked in Dengzhou......

When both sides are working hard for their own goals and ideas.

The 30,000 Tiger and Leopard Army stationed in Liaodong attacked too suddenly because of the dispersion of troops. At this moment. The 30,000 Haw Par Army has been reduced to less than 20,000.

What's more, the 20,000 Tiger and Leopard Army has been officially served by the imperial court. The Houjin army and the Korean army were surrounded in the three county towns of Chaoyang, Liaoyang and Andong respectively.

The imperial court invaded Liaodong, and the remaining 25,000 soldiers directly besieged the first cavalry division in Chaoyang City, the original Chaoyang garrison regiment, a total of 6,000 soldiers, in the city, unable to move.

Not only that, the more than 20,000 imperial court soldiers with dozens of heavy artillery pieces seemed to have gone crazy, constantly launching attacks on Chaoyang, using human lives to continuously consume the vitality of the Chaoyang Tiger and Leopard Army.

Liaoyang City, as the residence of the governor of Liaodong, and as a first-line city between Liaodong and the Later Jin Kingdom. There is no doubt that it has become the first target of tens of thousands of elites in Houjin.

Therefore, a field infantry division stationed in Liaodong, a heavy artillery regiment, plus its own garrison regiment, and an infantry regiment that was hastily reinforced, were surrounded by the Houjin army in Liaoyang City before they could make any response, and began to be attacked by tens of thousands of soldiers of the Han and Eight Banners of the Houjin.

There are more than 12,000 soldiers, and after ten days of bloody fighting, at this moment, there are only more than 9,000 people left who can continue to fight.

As for the county town of Andong, which was besieged by the North Korean army. Because the combat effectiveness of the Korean army is far inferior to that of the official army and the rear army. Although it has been attacked for more than ten days in a row. However, the two field infantry regiments besieged in Andong, one garrison regiment, less than six thousand soldiers, and at the moment there were almost five thousand people left, and there were almost no big losses.

Liaoyang City, which was fiercely attacked by the Later Army, was equipped with a large number of heavy artillery by the Later Jin Army. Even though the heavy artillery regiment of the First Army of the Tiger and Par Army tried its best to counterattack, almost half of Houjin's heavy artillery was destroyed. However, under the continuous attack of the heavy artillery units of the Later Jin Army, the houses near the first line of the city wall in Liaoyang City were almost blown into ruins.

Not only that, but the strong walls of Liaoyang City were also bombarded with solid cannonballs.

In particular, the battlements used to protect the bodies of the defenders, at a glance, there are gaps everywhere.

It was such a dilapidated city wall, and the Tiger and Leopard Army relied on the muskets in their hands to repel the Jinhan Eight Banners to attack again and again, leaving a thick layer of corpses outside Liaoyang City......

In the Liaoyang General Army's Mansion, Wang Feng, commander of the First Army of the Tiger and Leopard Army, was looking at several officers at or above the regimental level in front of him with a solemn face.

After seeing all the worries on their faces, Wang Feng suddenly opened his mouth and scolded: "What's wrong... Are you scared? Isn't it tens of thousands of golden tartars and traitors who follow them....up to now, more than 10,000 traitors and tartars have died in our hands... Ben will believe that as long as we continue to persevere, the final victory will definitely belong to us..."

Wang Feng's words to boost morale like this didn't seem to have an effect at this time.

After saying a sentence, the tired and worried expressions on the faces of his subordinates did not change because of this.

Wang Bo, the commander of the 1st Infantry Division, who was standing at the forefront, reminded with a worried face: "Commander, although we have eliminated a lot of enemies..., those enemies are basically traitor troops used by the Tartars to send them to death. The real post-gold iron riders are still in the rear and have not moved. ”

"And what about us, the elimination of more than 10,000 traitor troops cost more than 3,000 losses ... The last general doesn't know how many of us will be left after we have wiped out all the traitor troops outside the city. ”

"You must know that in the battle of defending the city for more than ten consecutive days, because Liaoyang City is too big. Almost all of the soldiers under our command take turns to defend the city......"

"And the Tartars and traitors outside the city, because their strength far exceeds ours, they can attack us one by one, so that their siege troops will always maintain high morale and fighting spirit, and will continue to attack us without giving us the slightest chance to stop."

"With such a high-intensity battle to defend the city, the last general doesn't know if those soldiers under our command will collapse directly because of exhaustion after holding out for five days, ten days, or even half a month."

As soon as Wang Bo's words that hit morale like this were said, Wang Feng's brows furrowed.

However, he was not dissatisfied with Wang Bo of the second team because of these words. Because, what Wang Bo said was what the regiment commanders in front of him wanted to say but didn't dare to say, and they were all facts that everyone could see, and they were not allowed to defend themselves at all.

Just when Wang Feng frowned and thought about how to answer this question. An exclamation full of excitement sounded directly outside the lobby.

"Commander....good news... The Governor's Palace has sent someone here....The Governor's Palace has sent us a message......"

Before Wang Feng could react, the commander of the guard battalion walked in with a person.

After seeing the lieutenant general's uniform worn by Wang Feng, a messenger dressed as a businessman subconsciously gave Wang Feng a military salute. Then, he replied loudly: "The intelligence staff officer of the General Staff Department of the Governor's Mansion has met the general...."

"Humble to the order of the general, come to meet the general, and convey the latest orders of the commander to the general..."

At this time, Wang Feng finally reacted, and said with a face full of surprise: "Dashuai, I finally received the news from the Governor's Mansion and received the order from Dashuai..."

"Quick, Staff Officer Hua, tell General Sù immediately, what general order did the marshal give us..."

Hua Nan replied without the slightest hesitation: "General, the marshal ordered: General Wang must command all the tiger and leopard armies in Liaodong to hold out for half a month... Half a month later, the marshal will personally command the elite of 30,000 tiger and leopard troops, reinforce Liaodong, and destroy all enemies who have invaded Liaodong. ”

"Half a month..."After hearing this time, the happy expression on Wang Feng's face that had just appeared was directly replaced by solemnity, and he asked with an incredible face.

Because, Wang Feng was not sure that under the attack of an enemy several times his own, the Tiger and Leopard Army, which had less than 20,000 people under his command, would be able to continue to hold out for half a month.

At this moment, a sentence from South China once again pulled back his heart that had sunk into the abyss.

"General Wang misunderstood, the half-month time that the humble post just mentioned is not calculated from now....but from the time when the humble post left Datong..."

"I came all the way from the capital to Liaodong, and it took me ten days on the road... In other words, General Wang only needs to command the Liaodong garrison, and it will take about five days to reinforce Liaodong and relieve the siege of General Wang. ”

"Well... Great....With this military order from the marshal, Ben will believe that it is possible to let the Liaodong garrison hold out for another ten days. Because, this military order of the marshal made the desperate Liaodong garrison finally see hope, survive, defeat the enemy, and avenge the death of their comrades......"

After finishing speaking, Wang Feng directly shifted his gaze to his subordinates who had already begun to shine their eyes, and asked with a happy face: "Everyone heard it... The commander's military order was said lightly, and in five days, the reinforcements under the commander's personal command would rush to Liaodong..."

"Everyone tells the general, do you have the confidence to continue to follow the general and stick to Liaoyang for five days."

"Yes-... Yes...-... Yes..." (To be continued......)