Thinking that the future King of Pingnan of the Great Qing Dynasty could actually let go of this family blood feud and surrender to the Manchurians instead, Xiao Lang couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart, no wonder Shang Kexi got the first title of "King Zhishun", and he was really a smart person. But then again, to be able to force such a general who obviously has a deep hatred of Houjin Manchuria to the other side, the failure of the Ming Dynasty's employment can also be seen.

Of course, at present, Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun among the three Shun kings, has already been dismissed and hanged by them, and Kong Youde, the king of Gongshun, has also become a mourning dog. Xiao Lang was bent on competing with Xie Xie's team, and this time he also had the idea of killing one of the three Shun kings again - this certainly did not mean Shang Kexi, who was still an ally at the moment. Since he is a smart person who understands current affairs, he must not hug Houjin's thighs again.

Xiao Lang had many thoughts spinning in his heart, and his mouth was not idle, and he talked with Shang Keyi for a while, and finally got a rough idea of the current situation facing Lushun.

The situation is critical! Very critical! -- This is what Huang Long repeatedly emphasized in his letter asking for help, and the letter may have been exaggerated when it was sent, but at this moment the mouth of Lushun was really not false at all-because the Houjin soldiers had already attacked the city of Lushun at this time.

Of course, the Lushunkou in the Ming Dynasty could not be as flat and developed as the Lushunkou area in later generations. Lushun in this era was full of high mountains and dense forests. The only examples of human dominance are the two small castles, the southern and northern cities of Lushun, built during the reigns of Hongwu and Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. The southern city is located on the Golden Mountain, that is, next to the seaport where Xiao Lang and the others landed, and it was here that the Dengzhou Weihai and military quartermasters were handed over in the past. The north city is on the Baiyu Mountain, which is a little north of the city, guarding the official road from Jinzhouwei and Fuzhouwei.

The two cities, the north and the south, along with the port docks, were breached by the Later Jin army during the Apocalypse, but because the Later Jin army had no sea power at all, this important port was of no use to them, so like all the barbarians, they burned down the castle and the dock and abandoned it.

Fortunately, wooden buildings and trestles are easy to burn. The masonry of the city wall can still be preserved, and the two castles were restored and put into use again after the Dongjiang army reoccupied the place. Now the northern city near the official road has become the battlefield of the Lushun defenders to resist the Houjin army, and the southern city is where their last position is located - Xiao Lang remembers that the golden finger history book records that Huang Long, the general soldier of Dongjiang Town, was later martyred on the Golden Mountain, presumably committed suicide when the southern city was breached.

At present, Huang Long is gathering in the north castle with his capable men who can still fight, as well as almost all weapons, gunpowder and other materials, and arranging the old and weak women and children to the south of the city, which is closer to the sea. Shang Keyi was sent to Nancheng to command here, and he even left his armor to the front combatants, which shows the embarrassment of the situation.

"Aren't you afraid that the other party will bypass Beicheng and come directly to take Nancheng to the end?"

Hearing such a strange arrangement, even Chen Jun, who had no concept of military affairs, couldn't help but open his mouth - this is not a game. You have to finish the previous level to move on to the next one. Lushun South City is just a little out of the way, and the other party doesn't have to make much effort to make a detour.

In this regard, Shang Keyi's face showed a helpless wry smile:

"Nancheng is useless, it is useless to take it, and it is ...... both friend and foe"

It turned out that not only did there be no elite soldiers and war materials on the southern part of the city, but even the food left was almost gone! Huanglong is purely throwing off the burden, leaving all the old and weak who can't fight here to fend for themselves, so those people will still wander the beach in this war period looking for food. Although it was easy for the Houjin army to capture this place, it was also necessary to bear the food supply for these people.

Of course, with the usual brutality of the Manchurians, it is the most common way to kill all these people - but even if you pick up a knife and cut people, it will cost you a lot of body, right? And just break through the northern city. After eliminating the last resistance of the Dongjiang Army, these people became the captive slaves of the Later Jin and the labor force that could be used. Kong Youde is currently short of manpower at hand, and he is bent on destroying Huanglong and looting the human resources of Lushunkou to enrich his "Wuzhen Chaoha". I didn't bother to make a detour to attack Nancheng first.

As for why Kong Youde, as an opposing party, has this tacit understanding with Huanglong, it is because the former was born in Dongjiang Town after all and is familiar with the consistent tactics of the Dongjiang Army. Moreover, the morale of the army on the side of Lushunkou has long been weakened, and it has rebelled from time to time in the past few years. It has long been infiltrated into a sieve by the Houjin army. Even now, there are many people in the army who have quietly fornicated with Kong Youde, and the tactical arrangement of Huanglong's side has not yet been conveyed to the front line. Kong Youde's side probably already knew about it, so Huang Long could only adopt the most clumsy but also the most secure tactic: concentrate all available forces in the northern city, and let the Houjin army slowly gnaw.

Due to the considerable difference in the accents and grammatical habits of the two sides, Shang Keyi took a lot of time to speak, and from time to time with the help of the translation next to him, Xiao Lang and Chen Jun understood the current situation. And in the process, he also threw off his cheeks and ate when he saw the opportunity to insert the needle, and killed four two or two big white flour steamed buns plus eight butter shortbread cakes in one go, and finally licked the steamed bun crumbs and sesame seeds that fell on the placket very carefully, and then patted his belly, waiting for Xiao Lang with a satisfied look - this is obviously also a smart person, although he has never dealt with the Qiong Navy before, but just by looking at the posture in front of him, he knows that the other party must be coming strongly, So I didn't mention anything about the host and guest army at all, anyway, you also hung the Ming banner and could take out food, so it's the uncle here!

Xiao Lang discussed with Chen Jun a little, and the current situation was a little unexpected for them, but it was not a bad thing. Xiao Lang originally wanted to set up a defensive position on the top of the Golden Mountain, which was the location of the Golden Mountain Fort in later generations, overlooking the bay from a high position, and as long as a few cannons were dragged up, he could control a large area around him. But now that there is a ready-made castle waiting for them, it seems a bit of a pity not to use it.

Of course, the price of their occupation of this castle was to bear the food supply of the old and weak Ming army, but this was never a problem for the Qiong navy. Moreover, Xiao Lang and the others were originally coming for the human resources of the remnants of the Dongjiang Army in Lushunkou this time, and the rear had already made a detailed enough plan for the resettlement of a large number of people.

But before they could do so, they had to deal with the threat of the Houjin army, which was already close at hand - just now when the monk was talking, they heard the sound of gunpowder explosions from the north several times, and there was a faint sound of shouting and fighting, and it was obvious that the fierce battle was raging on the northern side. No matter what Xiao Lang and the others planned for the Ming generals of the Dongjiang Army Huanglong, they must first enter the battle at this time. After helping to defeat the Jin soldiers, they can do it.

And Xiao Lang has no evasive thoughts about this battle at all - in a sense, he is here for this, and the current crisis in Lushunkou is exactly what he wants.

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Looking back at the beach landing grounds, almost half of the battalion had already landed. Xiao Lang estimated that he could draw a company of about 200 people from it without affecting the vigilance, so he stood up:

"Old Chen, you continue to direct the landing here, and by the way, supervise the distribution of food to those refugees - it is better to organize them and assist us in some physical work. I'll take a company to the north to reconnoiter and see what is going on in the north castle. ”

And Chen Jun looked at him with an expression of "sure enough":

"Scouting? Do you think that's what you should be doing? You are the commander-in-chief of this operation! The dignified base commander running away to do the scout's work? ”

Xiao Lang smiled a little scoundrelly:

"Eh, isn't it because the other brothers haven't come up yet? I'll take that for now. ”

Chen Jun shook his head helplessly, of course he knew that Xiao Lang said this purely because of strong words - the third regiment had full-time scouts, or was personally trained by the soldier Wang Beiwei of the Qiong Navy, and landed first as the top soldier of the whole army, and at this time it had already been scattered around to explore the shape. Xiao Lang got more than 200 people to engage in "reconnaissance" in one go, just because he wanted to fight with Houjin Bing.

Of course, he knew Xiao Lang's true intention to encourage everyone to send troops to Liaodong, and now that he had come to this Lushun Pass, it was impossible not to fight with the Manchurians, but it was just ......

I said. Lao Xiao, since you are the supreme commander of this army, you should always show the corresponding bearing. As long as we gain a firm foothold here, are we afraid that we will not have a chance to fight Houjin in the future? I'm sure we're going to make a name for ourselves on this plane in the future. Why rush to shoot the first shot? Each of us has our own responsibilities, and yours is obviously not in this area. ”

When Chen Jun said this, Xiao Lang had to admit that he was really in a hurry, and then assigned the deputy battalion commander Ah Shui to be the commander of this "reconnaissance" - this Ah Shui was the sharpshooter scout who accompanied Pang Yu Ao Sayan and them when they first went to Luzon. Oshayan has always valued him. When he was the commander of the 1st Battalion, he was promoted to his deputy, and when Ao Sayan returned to Hainan Island, Ah Shui continued to be in charge of the operation and training of the 1st Battalion as the deputy battalion commander. Until Xiao Lang parachuted in with the appointment of the committee.

It was obviously more appropriate for him to command the soldiers of the first battalion to fight than Xiao Lang, who had not been parachuted in for a short time, to lead the team personally, and in terms of actual effect, it was indeed the case - not long after Ah Shui led a company of light infantry, led by Shang Keyi and a few guides, into the woods heading for Beicheng, news came from there that the Houjin army had completely retreated - strangely there was no gunshot.

And when Ah Shui and the others came back, they all had an unpleasant expression, and Xiao Lang and the others inquired before they learned that they hadn't been able to fight at all - the short-haired soldiers in green uniforms had just entered the opponent's field of vision, and before they could enter the range of the rifle, the Houjin army formation on the opposite side collapsed by itself. The originally neat formation instantly turned into a plate of scattered sand, and several large flags marked with the surnames of the generals were even more covered together, and even more so that Ah Shui adjusted the telescope to the highest multiple, but he couldn't find where the other party's commander was. After all, there were few people on his side, and he didn't dare to disperse to chase for his life, so he had to drive a little way, and then turned back to return to his life. (To be continued......) T