Chapter 149, the aftermath strategy of the Liaodong Theater (II)

July 17, the sixth year of Chongzhen, Jinzhou

After a battle that was neither short nor too fierce, this core fortress city of the Ming Liaoxi defense line once again changed owners.

Like the rest of the cities in Liaodi, after the Qing troops entered the customs in large numbers, the defense force of Jinzhou City also became very empty. After all, the city was stuck between the Liaodong homeland of the Jurchen Eight Banners and the newly conquered territory of the Central Plains, and it was the only way from Beijing to Shengjing. No matter from which point of view, Huang Taiji would not allow the Guanning Army in Western Liaoning, led by the Zu family and the Wu family, to continue to control this choke point after returning to the Qing Dynasty.

Otherwise, as long as the Guanning Army raises the flag and makes a rebellion, then the Eight Banners on the battlefield in Guannai will have no way to return.

If the Jurchen Eight Banners can squeeze out excess troops, I believe that a heavy army group will definitely be deployed in Jinzhou, just in case.

Helplessly, the most reliable elite soldiers of the Eight Banners under Huang Taiji, a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people, all of them were put into the Central Plains battlefield, which was still too little, where could they be wasted in the Jinzhou area where there was no war? As a result, the overstretched Qing court could only choose to do the opposite, ordering all the Guanning troops to enter the customs and not to leave troops in Jinzhou, in case they suddenly raised troops to entrench themselves in the western Liaoxi corridor on a certain day and cut off the back road of the Jurchen Eight Banners.

The generals of the Guanning Army also gladly agreed to this, and after making great progress in the Central Plains Raid, they successively brought the officers and soldiers who had been closely following to the south. After all, at present, the north is bitterly cold, there are continuous famines, and the livelihood of the people is extremely difficult, for them, the flower world in the southern Central Plains is obviously more attractive. Next, as the Guanning army gradually gained a foothold in the Central Plains, in order to ease the suspicion of the Qing court, the Liaoxi generals also consciously sold the granges in Jinzhou and Ningyuan one after another, and then moved their clansmen into the Central Plains to help them consolidate their new territories.

In this era of paying attention to clans, the vast majority of superiors subconsciously think that it is more comfortable for their relatives to use it.

Wu Sangui, a 21-year-old former Ming guerrilla general and son of the Zhou dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, was captured when he came to Jinzhou to organize the internal migration of distant tribesmen.

Due to some organizational and coordination problems, it was not until the battle in Shengjing had broken out for nearly half a day that the allies launched a strategy against Jinzhou, but due to the distance, the government of Jinzhou did not receive any warning information The flying pigeon in the martial arts novel, after all, it is just a legend, and no dynasty dares to use such an "advanced" means of communication on a large scale in reality. As for the beacon...... Until a year ago, Shengjing and Jinzhou were still two countries, and then they became the rear of the Qing Empire away from the war, how could it be possible to maintain such a high level of reconnaissance?

When hundreds of soldiers of the Funing Army appeared directly in Jinzhou City through the random door, this former Ming frontier town had almost no army to resist, and it was much more empty than Shengjing and Liaoyang In order to show their sincerity to the Qing court, and there was really no nostalgia for Jinzhou Laowo, the Guanning army retreated from Liaoxi very thoroughly, and the so-called "Guanning Iron Cavalry" did not even leave a single soldier at this time. And the Qing court only stationed more than 20 Manchu uncles in the city, and they were also mainly old, weak, sick and disabled, and the strong men who could really fight went to the Central Plains to make a fortune.

As a result, after easily killing a few yamen servants who did not have long eyes, as well as a few clothed servants who were dog-fighting, the 5,000 Funing army led by Chief of Staff Jin Qiude personally took over the entire city almost bloodlessly, killing less than 20 people in the whole process. It was only at the post station in Jinzhou City that the small raiding force of the Funing Army was met with fierce resistance from the vigilant General Wu Sangui and his personal guards. But this was useless, when Wu Sangui, who was the leader, was entangled in a fishing net and pressed down, the remaining Wu family soldiers had no choice but to drop their weapons and surrender.

In fact, until he was knocked to the ground and became a prisoner, Wu Sangui had not yet figured out what was going on, because there were still a considerable number of Funing officers and soldiers who had not yet changed their costumes and were still wearing the robes of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, and the defective Guanning army had also not changed into the uniforms of the Eight Banners, so Wu Sangui and others had a great misunderstanding, thinking that this was a common mutiny or rebellion in the late Ming Dynasty.

It wasn't until Jin Qiude, He Dingyuan and several other generals of the Funing Army who had been born in Liaodong came to check on the prisoners proudly that Wu Sangui was stunned to learn the truth of the attack, and suddenly felt as if his mind was "buzzing", and all common sense and concepts collapsed in an instant.

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In the backyard warehouse of the Yamen of the Jinzhou General Army, Wu Sangui, who still had a blue nose and swollen face, was reading a text with undried ink with a dull gaze:

“…… On the orders of the headquarters of the Chinese League and the East Asian Republic of the Chinese League, the East Asian Theater of the Chinese League sent troops to suppress the Jurchen Tatar bandits on the same day. This time, our army gathered all over the world, in order to save the common people from the sea of suffering, the people of Li should eat pot pulp, in order to welcome the king, do not do the act of using the mantis arm as a car. The death of the Jurchen bandits is approaching, and since the capture of Huang Taiji, the only way to return is to tie up and obey the ear. Otherwise, once the GIs arrive, everything will be unpredictable. In other words, I hope to cherish it.

Huang Shi, Commander-in-Chief of the East Asian Theater Command of the Huameng League"

Looking at this domineering and flying essay, which regarded the Jurchen Iron Rider as nothing, the young Wu Sangui's mind was full of thoughts for a while.

If it was another military general who wrote such wild words, he would have slapped it a long time ago: how could the Eight Banners warriors be so easy to deal with?

But if it's Yellowstone...... Wu Sangui had to admit that this guy was really qualified to slaughter Liaodong Jiannu as cattle and sheep!

I remember that in the Liaodong War during the Apocalypse, from Huang Taiji to Mang Gurtai, all of them were defeated by Huangshi's subordinates, from the Battle of Lushun to the victory on Juehua Island, the pigtailed soldiers of the Eight Banners who were fierce in front of the Guanning Army were beaten and beaten by Huangshi over and over again in various postures. Whether it is a field battle, an ambush, or an attack or defense of the city, the Eight Banners are not only defeated or defeated in front of the military flag of Huangshi. Even the discordant plan jointly planned by Huang Taiji and Yuan Chonghuan was single-handedly resolved by Huang Shi, and for this reason, the old wild boar Pinurhachi also lost his life in Huang Shi's hands!

When Wu Sangui was young, he also grew up listening to the legendary war history of Huangshi. And at the time when the Battle of Dalinghe broke out the year before last, his father Wu Xiang also sighed in private, thinking that if Huangshi was still in Liaodong, he would never let Jiannu be so rampant!

Unexpectedly, although Huangshi is no longer the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, he still led the army back to Liaodong, the place where he started......

In the last years of the Apocalypse, when Huangshi was transferred to Fujian, the Liaoxi generals not only played the crown to celebrate the defeat of a competitor, and every great victory won by Huangshi in Dongjiang Town reflected the decay and incompetence of the Guanning army from the side, so that the Guanning army, which did not dare to fight Jiannu, gritted its teeth with hatred; But he is also worried that Jiannu will be very difficult to control because of this: sure enough, after only a few years, the pigtail soldiers of the Eight Banners have already entered Beijing!

Although it was the Guan Ning army that took the initiative to defect, get out of the way, and led the Eight Banners to enter the Shanhaiguan Pass, which made Beijing change its owner......

Just when Wu Sangui's mind was full of confusion, his little servant came over with a few things and scolded, "...... Master! The Funing Army is really too deceitful! I obviously recognize who you are, and you actually give us this kind of coarse food that dogs don't want to gnaw! ”

“…… Hey, what's the solution? Now it's people who are swordsmen, and I'm fish and meat! Uncle Huangshi didn't have much friendship with his father, when Mao Wenlong was still there, there were still a lot of old grievances between Liaoxi and Dongjiang, and his subordinates didn't cut down the master, so he was already lucky! ”

Wu Sangui put down the text in his hand and said disapprerovitically. Now that he is a prisoner, instead of making the young man give up on himself, he has become extraordinarily pragmatic and good-tempered," ...... Do you still want them to treat me like a guest? ”

“…… So, the people of the Funing Army said that General Huangshi has entered Shengjing, do you think it is true? The little guy handed Wu Sangui the "prison food" he had received, and continued to ask, "...... That's the hometown of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, can it be so unbeaten? ”

“…… This one...... It's hard to say! After all, it was the Huangshi Huanggong Bao who swept through Liaodong in the past year! Wu Sangui sighed and shook his head, "...... Speaking of which, how did this Jinzhou City be lost, I am also confused! At present, the southeast, northwest, and northwest of Jinzhou City have already become the territory of the Qing Dynasty, could it be that these Funing troops fell from the sky? Even if you come from the sea, you won't enter the city without any movement, right? Could it be that there is their inner duty in the city...... Belch? This dry food is actually square, and it is still so hard? How do you look like bricks? ”

“…… Tell the young master, those Funing soldiers really call this thing a grain brick......"

It is a pity that the troops pulled up by various travelers in this time and space have not learned much from the PLA's tradition of preferential treatment of prisoners of war, and they will not have the noble spirit of fraternity that would rather not have enough to eat themselves than give up the only food to the prisoners of war. Its prisoner-of-war policy was basically similar to that of modern Western armies. Probably not as a last resort, I will not kill the prisoners casually, and when the supplies are sufficient, try to make the prisoners eat, that's all.

Therefore, the food provided by the Funing Army to the prisoners of war was the military compressed biscuits commonly made by various crossing groups. Specifically, high-yield crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are steamed and dried, polished into powder, mixed with a small amount of condiments and dried vegetable leaves, and finally mechanically pressed into bricks. Although this thing has the advantages of small size and long shelf life, the taste is really not flattering. Even more unpalatable than the vacuum-packed compressed biscuits sold in supermarkets in the modern world.

Generally speaking, people who get this kind of compressed biscuit have to take a pot and add water to boil the biscuits into a paste before they can barely swallow it, and some elaborate ones will be mixed with some vegetables and game collected on the spot. However, the soldiers of the Funing Army, who were in charge of guarding the prisoners, obviously did not have the heart to cook for the prisoners of war, and the prisoners who had nothing could not open a small stove themselves, so Wu Sangui and his cronies and entourage could only try another way to eat compressed biscuits with cold water from the well in the backyard: dry eating.

I have to admit that for General Wu Sangui, who has been pampered since childhood, this is really an extremely painful experience.

Just when he showed a bitter and hateful expression, he wanted to use chopsticks to stab the "grain brick" in his mouth directly into his stomach with chopsticks down his throat. Li Yunrui, who has followed Huangshi's intelligence director since the apocalypse, is extremely frightened by his sexual orientation and is famous for raping a mare, but he quietly appeared in front of him, so frightened that Wu Sangui choked and coughed for a while before relieving his breath.

It wasn't until Wu Sangui finished coughing that Li Yunrui said slowly, "...... General Xiao Wu, hurry up and pack up and get ready to hit the road! ”

“…… What the? Hit the road?! This word, which had a double meaning, suddenly made Wu Sangui's eyes widen again.

And Li Yunrui continued to admire his distorted expression for a while with evil taste, and then explained unhurriedly, "...... Don't think too much, it's General Huang who wants to see you for something! Hurry up and freshen up and get on the boat and go to Shengjing with us, uh, no, it's to Shenyang! ”

“…… Go to Shengjing?! You have really knocked down the Jurchen nest?! ”

“…… Is that still fake? The whole of Liaodong is ours now! General Wu, freshen up and change your clothes and come with me. Rest assured, it's a good thing to let you go to Shenyang, don't lie to you. General Huang wants to negotiate a deal with your family......"

So, Wu Sangui followed Li Yunrui out of the city to the beach with half a doubt, boarded a small steamer, and then first traveled east along the coastline, then traced the Liao River, all the way to Shenyang. What he saw and heard along the way, especially the piles of pigtailed heads hanging on the trees in the countryside, made Wu Sangui finally have to admit that in just a few days, the huge Liaodong had changed owners!

Then, in the main hall of the Shengjing Imperial Palace, Wu Sangui was received by General Huangshi and had a secret meeting for two hours.

After more than half a month, in the Wu family's mansion in Beijing City, the figure of Young Master Wu Sangui quietly appeared......

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On the other hand, for the instant change of hands of Liaodong's homeland, after hearing the news, the Manchurian banner people in Shanhaiguan were naturally incredulous at first, and then they were extremely angry, and they immediately gathered troops and horses to return to their hometown outside the Guan.

However, before the Manchurian soldiers, who were determined to take revenge, could gather from all over North China when they were disrupted by another bad news.

After being dormant for nearly a year, Chen Xinshuai, who was in the Jiaodong Peninsula, also launched his soldiers and horses in Dengzhou Town at this time, and launched a fierce attack on the Qing army entrenched in Qingzhou and Jinan!