Chapter 296: The Four Great Traitors

"It's so easy, it turns out that the battle can still be fought like this. Master Hou, why don't we continue to attack north, and take a few more cities! After seeing that Gaizhou was easily taken and a large number of supplies and tens of thousands of people were seized, many officers were excited and thought about coming a few more times.

"Take it when you see it!" Liu Jun rejected them without hesitation this time. Gaizhou is far away from Jinzhou Lushun, especially very close to Liaoyang, and now there are many Qing troops there. Liu Jun didn't want to be surrounded by the cavalry of the Qing army, although the nine-headed bird cannon was powerful, he couldn't underestimate the cavalry of this era.

Even two hundred years later, cavalry is still a formidable force.

"We don't have to fight to the north, after we retreat, we will stabilize Jinzhou Lushun, there is a strong fleet of sailors, this coastal area of hundreds of miles, we can't go anywhere, why do we have to run under the noses of the Tartars?" Liu Jun said with a smile.

Send scout cavalry to keep an eye on the border of Haizhou to prevent the captives from suddenly appearing.

When Liu Jun assured that as long as he moved to Jinzhou, he would not only be able to ensure the safety of his life and property, but also that he would be able to have food and work, and even perform well and have a land share, many people would be suspicious and finally moved obediently. If you don't relocate, you can't do it, and under the guns and spears of the giant cannon, there is no second choice.

If you don't move away, you are a traitor. No one wants to memorize such a name, and under the Tartars, the Han people are indeed not doing well. As for those of the Manchu and Mongolian tribes, they preferred to stay, but unfortunately the nine-headed bird did not give them a chance to choose. All of them became captives, and unlike the Han people, the safety of their lives and property could be guaranteed for the time being, but only if they were obedient.

There are more than 20,000 people in Gaizhou City, and the fleet of so many people can't transport it back at once, especially a large amount of livestock, grain and other materials. However, Liu Jun had already made arrangements, and there was a Lianyun Island on the sea not far from the dock where the fleet docked. Liu Jun asked the people in Gaizhou City to transport all the materials they could take with them to the wharf twenty miles away, and then transport them to the island by boat first.

When the time comes, they will be transported back to Jinzhou in batches, and even if the Tartars come, they will not have a sailor. The people on the island are helpless.

To the west and north of Gaizhou, there is already the Liaohe Plain, where villages and towns are dense and populous. Although Liu Jun did not plan to go north to attack Haizhou, he did not plan to let go of the population of those villages and towns in Gaizhou.

After taking Gaizhou, Liu Jun immediately dispatched troops and horses to begin to sweep the surrounding area in several divisions, and moved the population, livestock, food, and property to Lianyun Island. Fu Shan even led a dozen fleets directly along the coast to the north, and then went up the river from the Sancha River, the estuary of the Liao River, to attack the villages and towns dozens of miles near the estuary. Forcibly relocated.

Although the troops were divided into units, Kegai Prefecture was lost, and there was no large Qing army nearby. A small group of Qing soldiers was not at all the opponent of these attacking nine-headed birds, and for a time, the villages and towns along the coast from Gaizhou to the mouth of the Liaohe River were full of the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flags and the Chu army's nine-headed bird flags.

Everywhere the soldiers went, they immediately posted notices, declaring that the 100,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army led by Nanhou of Daming Town had captured southern Liaoning. Then he asked those people to move to southern Liaoning.

The nine-headed birds asked the people to take everything they could. They are transported to the nearest seashore and then delivered by boat to the nearest island. Then move back a second and third time until it is completely empty.

Gaizhou North, Haizhou.

Gongshun Wang Kong Youde, Huaishun Wang Geng Zhongming, Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi, and Xu Shun Gong Shen Zhishen gathered together. The faces of the four traitors were full of worry, they were all ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but they rebelled against Houjin one after another. After the Houjin was lowered, Jianyu also valued them very much. After Huang Taiji changed the name of the country to the Qing Dynasty and officially called the emperor, and named the three traitors as the king, Shen Zhishen rebelled in ten years, and was also named the Duke of Xushun.

There were many Han soldiers and horses in the Jianyu, and in the early years, they were Wuzhen Chaoha. Later, it was changed to two wings, and the two wings were divided into four flags. The number reached more than 7,000 people, but the four banners of the Han Dynasty did not include the soldiers and horses of the four traitors at this time.

When Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming crossed the sea from Shandong to the Qing Dynasty, they brought tens of thousands of people, including thousands of soldiers and horses. Later, the Manchu Qing Dynasty attached great importance to this army of soldiers and horses from Shandong, especially for them to set up a territory, as if it became a far more than Wuzhen Chaoha Han army, and later named this army Tianyu soldiers, and later the army was still gratifying to descend to the heavenly army.

Kong Youde and others later became the king of Sanshun, but up to now, there are 20,000 Tianyou soldiers, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming each command more than 10,000, and there are nearly 10,000 Tianzhu soldiers who are still gratifying. Kong Youde originally called himself Marshal of the Capital during the Shandong Rebellion, and after arriving in Liaodong, Huang Taiji designated Haizhou as his garrison, and even now, Kong Youde still maintains the official title of Marshal of the Capital, and Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Shen Zhishen also retain the title of General Army.

Although the Qing army had already redefined the names of officials, such as Niu Lu Ezhen changed to Niu Lu Zhangjing, each Niu Lu was changed to 200 Zhuang Ding, etc., but these four traitors had a transcendent status in the Qing army. They have their own garrison territory, their own population minions, and even they are not only crowned kings and dukes, but their subordinates do not belong to the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han and the Four Banners of Han, and even their army establishment and military generals are still the same set in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, these people can get this treatment, and it is not just that they surrender.

Kong Youde and others were actually the people of the four guards in southern Liaoning in their early years, Kong Youde's father also rebelled against the Tartars and died, and later they fled to the Dongjiang River to join Mao Wenlong's troops, and fought with the Qing army for many years.

Later, Mao Wenlong died, and Kong Youde went to Dengzhou, which coincided with the time when the imperial court was training a new army in Dengzhou, and invited the Portuguese to train gunners and equip them with new artillery guns. This army of soldiers and horses was the product of Chongzhen's ambition to reorganize the soldiers and horses and use firearms at that time, and spent a lot of silver, and its firearms equipment rate ranked first in the national army.

But such an army was also short of pay later, and in the end, the Liaodong soldiers were not treated well by the Shandong people, and so on, and the unruly Kong Youde finally reversed. After he rebelled, he led his subordinates to fight in Dengzhou, and the officers and soldiers who were encircled and suppressed at that time lost their armor and died many high-ranking officers and generals.

Even if the army was defeated in the end, there were still many Liaodong soldiers and Shandong soldiers following him.

What the Qing people fancy was the combat effectiveness of Kong Youde and others, and Kong Youde's soldiers and horses were also the best at firearms in the Ming and Later Jin dynasties at that time, especially the Hongyi artillery.

In addition, they are making trouble in Dengzhou, and it is impossible for them to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, so Huang Taiji trusts them very much. After the expedition to Korea and the capture of Phi Dao. Kong Youde and others once asked to belong to the Four Banners of the Han Dynasty, but this request was not accepted by Huang Taiji. He still kept them outside the flags, maintaining a transcendent status.

Kong Youde's name Turui, although he is said to be a big traitor, when it comes to fighting, he is indeed capable. He is not old, but he has fought countless battles in the east and west, and he has rich battlefield experience. After the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, he attacked Jinzhou and broke Lushun, conquered Korea to fight Phi Island, and also participated in the Battle of Daling River.

But now, Kong Youde's face is full of ugliness.

Liaonan Jingai Fuhai Siwei has always been regarded by them as their own territory, which is also a place of ointment. It has a large number of Hermes-Epitek.

But now, Kong Youde looked at the report in front of him, but he couldn't believe it.

When he was transferred back to southern Liaoning by Huang Taiji from the Jinzhou front, he was still a little puzzled. The emperor said that a Ming army would land in southern Liaoning from the sea, and specially sent them to defend. He didn't believe it very much, and felt that the Ming army was no longer capable of attacking from the sea after the fall of Phi Island.

Even if a ship was built to attack, there were thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in Lushun Golden State. The Ming army is no opponent.

Since the Qing Dynasty, Kong Youde has unswervingly stood on the side of the Qing court. Fight the Ming army wholeheartedly. His loyalty was also rewarded handsomely, he was named the king of obedience, and he still retained the title of marshal of the capital, and even had his own territory of soldiers and horses, just like the princes of the Eight Banners.

Just received an urgent report. There was really a Ming army attacking from the sea, and it had already broken through Lushun and Jinzhou, and also captured Fuzhou.

The news came as a big surprise to him. He thought that even if the Ming army really sent a group of soldiers and horses from the sea, at most it was just to respond to the battle situation in Jinzhou and send troops and horses to Liaonan to harass them. As for more things, they can't do it. Back then, tens of thousands of horses and horses in Dongjiang Town could only fight a little, what kind of ability can the imperial court have at sea now?

But the report was placed on his desk, and the four guards in southern Liaoning lost two guards.

What shocked him the most was that the Ming army landed and captured Lushun on the sixth day of May, and Jinzhou was also lost on the sixth day of May. On the same day, two cities separated by one hundred and thirty miles were lost at the same time.

According to his experience, if you want to take these two cities at the same time in one day, it means that there are a lot of Ming troops who are coming. The rumored 100,000 soldiers and horses are impossible, while another figure, 50,000 soldiers and horses is highly likely. It is very likely that the Ming army divided into two routes, came from the sea, and launched an attack on the two cities at the same time.

With the surprise of surprise and the advantage in the number of soldiers and horses, he finally captured two cities.

"The Ming army is not good!" Shen Zhi said in detail. In the Qing army, his status was far inferior to that of the three traitors in Shandong, and he was also from Dongjiang Town, and was the nephew of Shen Shikui, the last general soldier of Dongjiang Town. Shen Shikui was just a businessman back then, and later married his daughter to Mao Wenlong as a concubine, and also became a general of the Dongjiang River.

However, although Shen Shikui was a businessman, he was still bent on fighting against the Qing army, Chongzhen was defeated and killed in ten years, and his nephew Shen Zhishen cleaned up the defeated soldiers and wanted to be the chief soldier of the Dongjiang River, but the court did not agree, he called himself the chief soldier, and as a result, the official army was attacked, and he turned to surrender to the Qing. After entering the Qing Dynasty, he got the title of Duke of Xushun, and also led a group of Dongjiang troops to surrender.

"Where did the Ming court come from such an army, could it be that Zheng Zhilong from the southeast went north?"

Kong Youde didn't know this, they were originally going to lead troops to participate in the siege of Jinzhou, but they were transferred back halfway, and as soon as they returned to Haizhou, they received the news that Lushun Jinzhou and Fuzhou had been lost. He didn't have time to collect intelligence, but it is conceivable that the Ming army that came must be extremely strong, and it can take Jinzhou Fuzhou in a short time, but it is not only strong at sea, but also strong on land.

"I heard that there have been two young generals in the army who can fight in recent years, a nephew Wu Sangui, the son of Wu Xiang in Liaoxi, and he became the chief soldier of Ningyuan at a young age. The other is even more powerful, and I don't know where it came from, and it only took a year to go from a Bai Ding martial artist to the position of the governor of Huguang. ”

"Do you mean Liu Jiye, I heard that he is a disciple of Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng, two cabinet scholars."

Geng Zhongming said on the side, "I have also heard some rumors about this Liu Jun, it is said that he is actually the illegitimate son of the Emperor of the Apocalypse. ”

Kong Youde shook his head, "It's not an illegitimate child, it's a righteous son." Although this person is young, he is born with the talent of a general and is very good at generals. In just over half a year, more than 100,000 bandits in the Central Plains were pacified. If it's him this time, then everything really makes sense. ”

"No matter how powerful he is, he is only a twenty-year-old young man, and he dares to claim to be a famous general when he pacifies some bandits? Hehe! Shang Kexi smiled disdainfully.

"If it's really this Liu Jun who came, then we happened to capture him alive this time, hmph, Emperor Chongzhen's righteous son, the disciple of the first and second assistants of the cabinet, and the old Huguang Admiral, if it is dedicated to the emperor, we will have a generous reward, haha."

Several people laughed, but only Kong Youde did not laugh.

"The marshal is too worried, a stinky boy, it is estimated that the bird feathers have not yet grown, and he is just in front of the bandits, and when he comes to Liaodong, we will let him know what it means to fight." Geng Zhongming said.

Shang Kexi also smiled and said, "To deal with such a kid, first come to a cannon bombardment, and then send a cavalry to attack, he will definitely be defeated, if he is not defeated, I will lose ten minions." ”

"I bet that he can withstand two rounds of impact before he collapses, and I also bet on ten minions, and I will add ten more handmaidens." Shen Zhishen followed.

Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside.

"Report!"

"Report to the marshal, report urgently, Gaizhou is lost, and many Ming troops have been found on the border of Haizhou!" The soldiers reported loudly and sent an urgent message to Kong Youde.

Kong Youde hurriedly took it and opened it to look at it, and the urgent report showed that the Ming army had conquered Gaizhou, and the soldiers and horses were still advancing north. Now between Haizhou and Gaizhou, there are Ming troops everywhere. And the one who commanded this army was Liu Jun, the Marquis of Zhennan, whom they had just guessed.

The urgent report also reported an important news, the Ming army had a lot of artillery, when they attacked Gaizhou, they even used a cannon that can fire a hundred catties of stone shells, and there are also some Hongyi cannons that are larger than the cannon of the Zhenguo Longwei general, and it took less than an hour to collapse the Gaizhou city wall.

After the Ming army broke through Gaizhou, it did not intend to send troops to garrison, but moved the people to leave.

Finally, they also reported that the Ming army attacking Gaizhou came from the sea, landed near Gaizhou, raided Gaizhou, and directly blasted the city wall with artillery.

"Look, we're in trouble this time!" Kong Youde let out a long sigh and handed the report to the other three.

"In less than half an hour, the city wall of Gaizhou collapsed? How is this possible! "Just now, he was still laughing and saying that it only takes one artillery bombardment and a cavalry charge to defeat the attacking Ming army, Geng Zhongming exclaimed! (To be continued......)

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