The rumor of Sun Chuanting started very suddenly, because all the soldiers and civilians were concerned about the war situation, and it spread extremely quickly.

The source of the rumors is indeed not easy to investigate, perhaps it was released by Jiannu who had long been hidden in Beijing, but it is more likely that it was from Sun Chuanting's political enemies in the court.

Jiliao Governor can be said to be the first governor in the world, and he has as much as four or five million taels of money and grain every year.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen has a lot of trust in Sun Chuanting, and if he doesn't trust him, he will not promote Sun Chuanting to supervise Liaodong. Moreover, the current battle situation is not caused by Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chuanting's Liaoxi soldiers are just a part of Zhu Youzhen's plan.

It is not easy to find the source of the rumor, but there are other ways to dispel it.

In the following time, the royal people's newspaper began to exert force, vigorously publicizing Sun Chuanting's achievements last year, how to make Ji burn a thousand Jiannu cavalry, how to send cavalry around Jiannu to attack the Jiannu grain transportation team, how to force Jiannu to retreat.

Under the brushstrokes of Lao Wang and other authors next door, a handsome image of benevolence, wisdom and courage appeared in front of all the people. Many people just heard about the war last year, and the specific situation is the first time they have heard of it, and many people are confused, Sun Chuanting also fought with Jiannu last year and killed so many Jiannu, how can he collude with Jiannu to betray Daming now?

In the new issue of the newspaper, Lao Wang next door wrote an article, focusing on the cruelty of the war, the great pressure on the soldiers and generals, and using many examples in history as evidence, telling the people that a wrong decision by the commander will lead to disastrous consequences, so it is not so easy to fight, and the commander cannot just rely on emotion. As a common person, you must trust your generals, and you can't question or even slander them at will.

In this way, with the help of the newspaper, public opinion was gradually reversed.

And Sun Chuanting's Liaoxi soldiers also moved in time, left the Jingdong camp, moved to the south of Beijing, and camped in the area of Lugou Bridge on the Yongding River, preparing to block the retreat of Jiannu.

The Jiannu army is located in the south of Beijing, and the two counties of Liangxiang and Gu'an, which have been broken, are attacking Zhuozhou, and if they want to attack Beijing, they must cross the Lugou Bridge, and Sun Chuanting's Liaoxi army is enough to block its retreat, which can be regarded as a response to public opinion. As for the pursuit of Jiannu, Sun Chuanting didn't think about it, and Zhu Youzhen wouldn't let him make such a choice.

Jiannu's attack will cause great losses to the Ming Dynasty, and many people will be slaughtered and ravaged, Zhu Youzhen feels very sad about this, but it is a helpless choice. The longer Jiannu was dragged in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the more time the Praetorian Guard would have in Liaodong to obtain results.

Now, it's time for the Praetorian Guards and the Liaoxi Iron Cavalry to take the action! Zhu Youzhen thought secretly.

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Time moved forward, on October 18, the second year of Chongzhen, Guanglu Island, Zhou Yuji had just received the news sent by Sun Chuanting and Tian Ergeng, and the Jiannu army had been dispatched.

Zhou Yuji first sent someone to Phi Island by boat to deliver a letter to Lu Xiangsheng, and then immediately reorganized the team on Guanglu Island and prepared for the expedition. This time the counterattack against Jiannu will be launched first in southern Liaoning.

Lu Xiangsheng left Zhou Yuji with a battalion of 3,000 Praetorian Guards, as well as more than 1,000 sailors from the original coastal defense battalion, plus the defenders of Guanglu Island and nearby islands, with a total strength of more than 13,000 troops.

As mentioned above, because Mao Chenglu, the defender of Guanglu Island, and other generals were taken away by Lu Xiangsheng, Zhou Yuji was able to easily rectify the Guangludao army, a large amount of money and grain were distributed, and a group of capable but suppressed officers were promoted in the line of fire, and the Dongjiang Army in southern Liaoning was completely controlled in his hands.

Although the Dongjiang Army was formed by Mao Wenlong, for the vast majority of ordinary soldiers, they were more concerned with money, food, and silver. And now, as soon as Zhou Yuji arrived on the island, he allocated half a year's money and food, how could he not make everyone ecstatic?

Controlling the army, and taking out food for these soldiers to eat for several days, now these Dongjiang soldiers are at least no longer as weak as they were at the beginning, and it may not be possible to fight a tough battle with Jiannu, but there is no problem in waving the flag and shouting.

On October 20, leaving a small number of troops to defend the island, Zhou Yuji led an army of 12,000 and swore an army from Guanglu Island, targeting the entire Liaonan Peninsula!

The first target of the army's attack was Lushun.

Lushun, also known as Lushunkou, is located in the southernmost part of the Liaoning Peninsula and is the most important seaport in eastern Liaoning, responsible for the communication between Dengzhou and Liaodong in Shandong.

The Dongjiang Army and even the Liaoxi Army, a large part of the money and grain had to be transferred from Shandong, and the grain ships departed from Dengzhou Port, and the first stop was Lushun.

In order to protect the harbor channel, the Ming Dynasty built two cities in the north and south in Lushun, and the distance between the two cities was less than 100 zhang. Beicheng garrison is the location of the military command organization, and the Lushun Thousand Households Office is located in Beicheng. The main storage in Nancheng, the shipping agency is located in Nancheng. The money and grain goods transported from Shandong will generally be stored in Lushun first, and then run around the country, which shows the importance of Lushun's location.

After Jiannu occupied southern Liao, he destroyed the northern city of Lushun, but the southern city was retained. Later, Jiannu and the Dongjiang army repeatedly fought in southern Liaoning, and Mao Wenlong once sent the general Zhang Pan to garrison Lushun and rebuilt the northern city. In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Jiannu launched an attack on southern Liaoning, and due to the rebellion of the newly surrendered Han army and the lack of effective reinforcement, Zhang Pan was besieged and died heroically, and Lushun also fell again.

Because it occupied the land of Liaoshen and Shen, most of which were mountainous areas in southern Liaoning, Jiannu did not leave too many people here, but for the purpose of containing the Dongjiang army, hundreds of banners were stationed in Lushun and Jinzhou. After Zhang Pan and other fierce generals died one after another, Mao Wenlong also completely lost his enterprising spirit and no longer had the intention of fighting for southern Liaoning.

After a lapse of several years, the Ming army once again drove outside the mouth of Lushun and launched an attack on the north and south cities of Lushun.

There were more than 20 large sea ships in Zhou Yuji's fleet, and each sea ship was loaded with a Hongyi cannon. More than 20 seagoing ships lined up in the middle of the sea and opened fire on Arthur City in turn.

The north and south cities of Lushun were built on the seaside, both within the range of Hongyi cannons, and Jiannu did not have a sailor in Lushun, and the Jiannu bannermen who stayed behind could only be beaten passively for shelling.

This attack on southern Liaoning, just to bluff to attract the defenders of Jiannu Liaoyang to the south, Zhou Yuji was not in a hurry to capture Lushun, but first launched an artillery bombardment, Hongyi artillery bombarded for two days, successfully collapsed a large section of the walls of the north and south cities, as for the buildings in the city, it has already collapsed countless times.

Then, the army landed on the shore.

The two-day artillery bombardment has long been wiped out of the Jiannu's spirit, and the total strength of the Jiannu banner in Lushun City is only more than 300 people, and when the Ming army landed, they also tried to block it with bows and arrows, but they were killed by a round of bombardment by the ship's Franc machine artillery, and then retreated.

There was too much difference in the strength of the two sides, and Lushun Jiannu did not dare to resist and retreated towards Jinzhou City, which was dozens of miles away.

Zhou Yuji reorganized his army in Lushun and launched another attack on Jinzhou.