Juehua Island has been opened as early as the Tang Dynasty, the port is famous, and its northern harbor, called the mouth of the Yangtze River, has been the island to the port, in and out of the throat of the island.! By the time of the Ming Dynasty, Juehua Island, an island for military grain storage, became a base for the Ming army to hoard grain.

After the fall of Guangning, the Ming army's imperial defense focused on Ningyuan City, and the grain storage was on Juehua Island. "Juehua Island Ming hoarding grain city, the city is rectangular, about 500 meters long from north to south, about 250 meters wide from east to west, about 10 meters high wall, about 6 meters wide at the bottom. There is a gate on the north wall, which leads to the port outside the city, which is a passage for the transportation of grain and equipment; There are two gates on the south wall, which are connected with the 'dragon neck', which is convenient for the island to come and go, and there are no doors on the east and west walls, which is conducive to defense. There are grain hoards, stockpiles, barracks for officers and soldiers defending the city, and a drainage ditch running from north to south. ”

At that time, Juehua Island was not only a heavy land for grain hoarding, but also a sailor, which could cooperate with the 6th Division to restore the lost land in Liaodong, and also respond to the city defense of Ningyuan - as recorded in the literature: "Those who build eight miles build the key points of Ningyuan, and even more defend the 40,000 of eight miles as the rush of Ningyuan, and Juehua Island is a horn." As for the city, the soldiers on the island went out three forks, burned its pontoon bridge, and went around it to attack it. ”

As a result, Juehua Island at that time became a necessary place for the Ming army and the Later Jin army. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626), after Nurhachi attacked Ningyuan City, he immediately attacked Juehua Island. It's the middle of winter, the sea is frozen, and you can walk on the ice from the shore to reach the island.

In order to strengthen the defense, the defenders carved a fifteen-mile-long ice wall along the island to block the breakthrough of the Houjin cavalry. However, the weather was bitterly cold, and the Ming army on the island was "cold and bitter, with no armor, no weapons, and sailors, so they could not withstand war." At that time, it was snowing heavily. Ice refreeze". The Houjin cavalry galloped on the ice, landed from the mouth of the Jian, attacked the north gate of the grain hoarding city, and rushed into the city after a fierce fight, destroying the logistics base outside the Ming Dynasty.

Now, a similarly frigid natural environment seems to herald a repeat of history. But this Ming army is not the Ming army, and the power of all firearms is not something that the Qing army can resist. Although the Qing army had climbed the mouth of the Yan Dynasty and attacked the north gate of the grain hoarding city, it was still repelled under the fierce counterattack of the Ming army. In the cold moonlight, he could only walk over the ice and return to the 6 camps to lick his wounds.

Ao Bai was born as a general, proficient in mounted archery, and served in the army from his youth. He followed Huang Taiji through more than 100 battles and made great achievements. If he only watched the report and only listened to the description of the defeated generals before, he still had doubts, suspecting that the generals were too little and did not understand military affairs. However, the failure of the attack on Juehua Island under his personal command finally made him realize that the previous failures were not accidental.

It stands to reason that it has experienced the worship of the Songmian War. He should have a good understanding of the power of the Ming army's firearms, but now the fierceness of the Ming army's firepower is even more unexpected to him. Subverting his stereotypes.

Round after round of endless musket fire, bullets tearing armor; The shells that exploded on the ground, shrapnel flew fiercely, bringing death; There were also Ming troops who shouted counter-charge with bayonets, and repelled the Qing soldiers who attacked the city wall with white-knuckle warfare. Of course, in the siege battle, the number of the Ming army can occupy a great advantage because it is an internal line of troops. But that momentum and bravery are not something that can be ignored by Aobai.

"Amma, you can't fight anymore." When his son Dafu came back from his camp tour, he persuaded Ao Bai, who was sitting silently: "Even if you can win Juehua in a hard battle, there is no sailor. It's still hard to hold on for long. Too much strength has been consumed, so what should the Ming army on the Liaodong Peninsula do......"

Ao Bai suddenly raised his hand to stop his son, sighed heavily, and said: "I don't want the Ming army to be strong, and our army has lost its sharpness, so it is indeed not suitable to fight again." However, if you want to retreat to Ning Jin, the position of auxiliary government for your father is not stable. ”

Dafoe thought for a moment, looked around, leaned closer to his father, and whispered, "Amma is too worried." Kangxi is still young, Sony is seriously ill and difficult to treat, Suke Saha will probably not be able to come back, Curb Bilong is insignificant, who can shake the auxiliary position? Coupled with the fact that Amma's cronies are all over the place, who would dare to resist? ”

Ao Bai smiled bitterly, some things he said to his son too thoroughly. The ministers may be able to make noise for a while, but the ministers are the ministers, and the emperor above will always grow up, and the fate of the ministers is good? Of course, at this point, it is impossible for him to retreat bravely, so he can only continue to move forward. Moreover, in order to stabilize his position, he even had to intensify his efforts and be the first to clean up the guys around Kangxi who were hostile to him.

"Send someone to Shanhaiguan to deliver a letter, let the brigade slowly retreat, and organize the Ningjin defense line." Ao Bai paused for a long time and made up his mind, "In addition, you will bring some soldiers to Shengjing and take over the city defense." Do you understand? ”

Da Fu nodded vigorously, and after withdrawing from Guanwai, Shengjing was like Beijing before, controlling Shengjing's defense and controlling the imperial court.

"Wu He and the others beside Kangxi—" Ao Bai narrowed his eyes, groaned, shook his head, and did not continue.

He was the son of Feiyangu and served as a guard by Kangxi's side, so he did not have much respect for Aobai. Ao Bai wanted to get rid of it for a long time, so as not to slander himself in front of Kangxi by these close guards. But he needs a crime, and he has to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and he wants to kill him, and his father and brother can't keep it.

For Kangxi, Ao Bai has no respect at all, and even Dafu is affected, calling him by his name, and there is no respect.

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It was impossible to camp on the ice, and the blood that flowed out quickly froze solid, sticking the lying corpse firmly to the ice, showing various postures of death. In the cold moonlight, the entire battlefield was as miserable as a shroud.

Hu Guozhu walked past piles of bonfires, looking up at the city from time to time. A sneak attack at night is theoretically not feasible, but it is not ruled out that the Qing army will be desperate. Now the number of Ming troops in the grain hoarding city has reached more than 15,000, as a defensive side, and has the advantage of muskets and artillery, it can at least resist the attack of more than twice the Qing army.

And the increase in troops on Juehua Island inevitably affected the operations of the Northeast Military Region on the Liaodong Peninsula. At the same time, also out of the replenishment of materials and personnel, as well as the adaptation to the severe cold environment, the General Staff Headquarters has issued an order to the Northeast Military Region to carry out contraction on the Liaodong Peninsula, and if necessary, even retreat to Jinzhou.

The purpose is clear, in the cold winter, the Ming army will have more difficulty fighting than the Qing army. Moreover, after the Manchu clique withdraws from the pass, the number of troops will be greatly increased, which will inevitably exert greater pressure on the Northeast Military Region. As long as the Ming army can keep the fundamental places of Dalian and Lushun, and wait for the counterattack after the weather warms, then the Ming army in the north can come to the aid in a big way and regain the overwhelming advantage.

…………… (To be continued!)

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