On June 27, the twenty-third year of Chongzhen, Rao was in the western Liaoning region, and he could also feel that the weather had become a little hot.

The Xingshui outside Ningyuan City has also turned into a trickle after months of ice.

The ice-covered sea near Juehua Island in Ning Yuanwei has also melted, revealing a large area of green.

However, Juehua Island, which was once an important military port of the Ming Dynasty, is still barren even if it is unsealed by ice and snow, and it has lost the excitement of the former Ming military port.

All this naturally stems from the war that took place on Juehua Island in the first month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse.

At that time, Nurhachi led the Qing army to successfully attack Juehua Island, slaughtering more than 7,000 Ming officers and soldiers and more than 7,000 merchants on Juehua Island, and burning more than 80,000 grains and grass and more than 2,000 ships.

And according to the historical records at the time, the Ming soldiers and civilians on Juehua Island were all abused to death.

Now, when the Zheng Sen Department of the Guards Navy reappears here, all you can see is the crow of crows on this deserted island.

The corpses of the past are gone, and a few half-buried firecrackers may be found sporadically under the ruins, which have been embroidered.

"On the opposite side is Cao Zhuangyi, the first fortress of Ningyuan Zhongyou, where Zu Dashou arranged twenty cannons, which are the latest cannons made by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and have a very long range."

Zhang Huangyan, the governor of the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards, came to Juehua Island to be responsible for handing over the logistics baggage from Zheng Chenggong, the commander of the Guards Navy Forward Battalion.

"Swing Hu Kou, get rid of the traitors, I hope that after this war, I can restore the old hatred, so that the heroic souls on this island can rest in peace."

Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but sigh, even if someone carried a large number of logistics baggage from the ship, now the sea control of the entire Liaodong Bay has been controlled by the Ming Dynasty, Zu Dashou and other Qing troops are naturally helpless against the Ming Dynasty's actions on Awakening Island, and the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army directly turned this place into a supply base at the forefront of the war.

After receiving sufficient logistical replenishment, the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Ming Guards began to continue the offensive in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

The first point to conquer was Cao Zhuangyi on the other side of the Xingshui of the Ningyuan Acropolis.

On the afternoon of the 27th, the Korean army had crossed the river and marched to Caozhuang, but as soon as they crossed the river, the Korean army was bombarded by the Qing army's red-coated artillery.

The huge iron bullet rushed into the camp of the North Korean army like a rushing beast, and immediately smashed and injured hundreds of North Korean soldiers, and the North Korean army rushed over fearlessly.

At this time, the artillery battalion of the Guards Army also began to judge the approximate area where the Qing army's artillery was concentrated according to the sound of the Qing army's artillery and the direction of the shells.

Thirty newly reequipped heavy rifled howitzers began to exert their might, and the shells that had been changed to light yellow exploded in Caozhuangyi like autumn chrysanthemums blooming, and the earth-shattering sound of bombardment sounded.

The sprinting North Korean army couldn't help but be stunned when they heard such a deafening voice, only to see that the Cao Zhuangyi in front of them was already full of dust and smoke.

The sound of wailing came from Cao Zhuangyi.

The Qing army that was strictly ordered by Zu Dashou to guard here has been bombed to the ground.

Zu Dashou spit out Wu Zhang's mouth full of dirt, got up, and couldn't help but exclaim: "God, this is the defense line that my marshal has carefully prepared for a long time, and at the expense of Ning Yuan, why was it broken by the river here." ”

"Kill!"

The Korean army, which was in the vanguard of the Second Corps of the Second Guards Army, rushed over again at this time.

Seeing this, Wu Zhang also raised his knife: "Kill!" ”

Boom Boom!

Boom Boom!

Another burst of artillery rang out.

Cao Zhuangyi was once again covered with artillery fired by the Guards, until the entire Caozhuang Station was reduced to a field of rubble.

Almost all of the Qing troops at Cao Zhuangyi were killed, and a small part of the Qing troops were all executed by the Korean army and the cavalry of the Guards who rushed to kill.

In less than an hour, the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army directly occupied Caozhuangyi.

At this time, Dashou, the ancestor of Ningyuan's middle and right sides, also heard the sound of cannons from Cao Zhuangyi, and laughed a little proudly: "It seems that the direction of Cao Zhuangyi is fighting, let these Ming troops taste the power of Western cannons, I think that if the old man relied on this to defend the territory of his Ming Dynasty for many years, now he Zhu Youzhen dares to send troops to the old man's territory to find trouble, and the old man will let them have no return." ”

Saying that, Zu Dashou instructed his second son, Zu Zepu: "You can support Cao Zhuangyi now with two thousand elite cavalry, and suddenly kill when the Ming army dares to suffer artillery bombardment and the army is unstable, and kill its formation!" ”

"Erchen takes orders!"

Zu Zepu arched his hand, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and led the cavalry to Caozhuang Station to kill.

However, when Zu Zepu came to Caozhuang Station with two thousand Ding Jing horses, he was directly dumbfounded: "What's the matter, why did Caozhuang Station become a ruin, what about our people?" ”

"Kill!"

At that time, the killing was loud.

The Korean army rushed from all directions, and armed with Chongzhen's 19-style flintlock pistol with bayonets, killed Zu Zepu's 2,000 Ding Jing cavalry.

The Guards infantry also followed behind and fired their guns.

"Not good! Evacuate! ”

Zu Zepu didn't expect Cao Zhuangyi to be in such a situation at this time, nor did he expect that there would suddenly be so many Ming troops here.

Zu Zepu and his family Ding Jing rode hurriedly to take the road.

But at this time, the guards could not allow him to escape easily, tens of thousands of muskets fired at these cavalry, and in a moment, thousands of Zu Zepu's cavalry fell under their horses.

"Ahh

Zu Zepu only felt a sharp pain in his back, and suddenly felt fear in his heart, and fell to the ground.

The Korean and Guards cavalry pursued the remnants of the Qing army, while the Guards infantry came over to capture Zu Zepu.

A basin of cold water woke Zu Zepu up, and Zu Zepu saw that there were two Ming court officials and a cadre of Ming officers and soldiers sitting in front of him, and suddenly understood everything, knowing that he had been captured alive by the Ming army, so he knelt down directly:

"Master, master, slave Zu Zepu to the masters, the masters are Zu Zepu's reborn parents, the masters want the slaves to do what the slaves do, the slaves are willing to help the masters capture the traitor of Zu Dashou alive, I hope the masters will give the slaves a chance!"

Jiao Lian and Zhang Huangyan were dumbfounded, they didn't expect Zu Zepu to come out like this suddenly.

"You raise your head first, don't be in a hurry to speak, the official asks you a question and you answer", Zhang Huangyan opened his mouth at this time.

And Zu Zepu laughed cheaply: "Yes, master, hehe!" ”

"Don't come to this set, what kind of master and slave, don't come to us here!" Jiao Lian suddenly slapped the table, and Zu Zepu was frightened: "Yes, yes, little guilt." ”

"You just said that the slave Zu Zepu, you are the second son of Zu Dashou, after the gate?"

Zhang Huangyan asked.

"Yes, the small one is Zu Zepu, if the adults are willing, the small ones are willing to make meritorious contributions to persuade their father to surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"

Zu Zepu said.

"Then don't ask again, come on, pull it down, Ling Chi will be executed! Two thousand cuts! ”

Zhang Huangyan was responsible for the execution of war criminals by the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army, and now when he saw Zu Zepu admit to saying so, he said it directly.

(End of chapter)