Lu Xiangsheng naturally did not choose Mao Chenglu, Kong Youde and others, but ordered Liu Xingzuo, who was demoted to a small flag official.

"Liu Xingzuo, this book has slightly ordered you to temporarily act as the general army of the Dongjiang River, lead the Dongjiang army of 15,000 people on Phi Island, and I will give you another battalion of Janissary soldiers, you will lead the army to attack Zhenjiang Fort Jiulian City from the sea, and then march to the Dingliao Right Guard (Phoenix City), all the Jiannu Tun Village Castle you encounter along the way are conquered, and all the Jiannu you meet, regardless of the army and civilians, the elderly, the weak, the women and children, are all killed, and you can create as much momentum as you can to attract the Jiannu troops to stay behind." Lu Xiangsheng ordered.

"The last general obeys!" Liu Xingzuo was overjoyed, he never thought that he could get such a heavy responsibility after being demoted to a small flag officer.

Mao Chenglu, Kong Youde and others were a little disappointed, but they didn't dare to say more.

"Mao Chenglu, you take the remaining army of Phi Dao and go out with Ben Jinglu as an auxiliary."

Lu Xiangsheng quickly called Mao Chenglu's name, and asked him to lead Kong Youde and other Guanglu generals to lead 5,000 Pidao soldiers and go out with him, which made Mao Chenglu and others, who were a little lost, also happy, although they were only auxiliaries, it meant that they still had a place in the Ming army.

Liu Xingzuo led the troops to take the lead in the expedition, and 15,000 people sailed northwest in various ships. In October, far from the coldest season, and the sea had not yet frozen, Liu Xingzuo's army sailed all the way into the mouth of the Yalu River, went upstream, and went ashore thirty miles south of Zhenjiang Fort.

Zhenjiang Fort, located on the west bank of the Yalu River, is separated from the Yalu River by Uiju in North Korea, stuck on the main road leading from North Korea to Liaodong, and its geographical location is very important. The original battle of Mao Wenlong's career was here.

It stands to reason that in such an important place, Jiannu should be garrisoned with heavy troops. However, in the entire Zhenjiang Fort, the total number of Eight Banners soldiers is more than 1,000, plus 2,000 clothed soldiers, the strength is only more than 3,000 people.

That's it, or Huang Taiji went out to attack Ming, afraid of the Dongjiang army on Phi Island, so he specially transferred seven or eight hundred bannermen to come here with more than 1,000 soldiers, and the original bannermen of Zhenjiang Fort were only two or three hundred.

First, because Huang Taiji looked down on the combat strength of the Dongjiang Army, if it weren't for Liu Xingzuo's annihilation of more than 200 banners in Donggou, Huang Taiji might not have transferred more troops to come.

Moreover, the number of Jiannu bannermen is too small, and the total number of adult bannermen is less than 70,000, even if you count the eight banners of the Han Dynasty and the eight banners of Meng, it is less than 100,000 people, of course, this is not counting the clothed Han slaves in the territory of Jiannu, slaves have no human rights, and they are not on the list of eight banners at all.

In total, there were less than 70,000 banners, and Huang Taiji took more than half of them away when he went out to attack the Ming Dynasty, and he was able to leave 1,000 people in Zhenjiang Fort, which was enough.

In Huang Taiji's opinion, if a thousand banners and two thousand soldiers are in a field battle, it is enough to defeat the Dongjiang army without Mao Wenlong, not to mention the city wall of Zhenjiang Fort!

In Zhenjiang Fort, hearing that the Dongjiang Army was attacking, Ying Erdai frowned slightly. In another history of time and space, Yingordai did not stay here, but followed Huang Taiji to invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

And in this time and space, because of Liu Xingzuo's sudden rise and victory in Donggou, Huang Taiji attached great importance to Liu Xingzuo and ordered Ying Erdai to be responsible for persuading Liu Xingzuo to surrender. So Ying Erdai stayed in Zhenjiang Fort, first to deal with Liu Xingzuo, and then to be responsible for communicating with North Korea. After Liu Xingzuo returned to the Ming Dynasty, diplomatic work with North Korea has been in charge of Yingerdai.

Last time, Ying Erdai used a counter-strategy to try to lure Chen Jisheng and Liu Xingzuo into infighting, so as to profit from it. As he wished, there was infighting on Phi Dao, and Liu Xingzuo killed Chen Jisheng to occupy Phi Dao.

The counter-plot succeeded, but did not achieve the desired effect, Liu Xingzuo not only did not plan to return to Dajin, but instead rectified Phi Dao, got rid of the fine work sent by Ying Erdai, and also sent a fleet to inspect the coast of Daming in North Korea, so that Dajin fine work could no longer approach Phi Island. So much so that Lu Xiangsheng led a huge fleet to Phi Island, but Ying Erdai didn't know it at all.

These days, Ying Erdai has been thinking of ways to complete the task given to him by Huang Taiji, but he has always been at a loss.

Then Huang Taiji led the army to make a detour to Mongolia to attack the Ming Dynasty, and Ying Erdai was ordered to guard Zhenjiang Fort to prevent Liu Xingzuo from leading the Dongjiang army to make trouble. I didn't expect Liu Xingzuo to really lead the army to attack.

"What a Liu Aita, do you really regard yourself as a loyal minister of the Ming Kingdom?" Ingordai sneered.

"Commander, let's send troops, take advantage of the Ming people to land ashore, and kill them if they have no stable foothold." Yutai shouted.

Ying Erdai shook his head: "Liu Aita is cunning, he must be on guard, and he is afraid of his plan to send troops in a hurry." ”

At the beginning of the Battle of Dadonggou, the reinforcements of Zhenjiang Fort fell for Liu Xingzuo's plan and lost more than 200 banners.

"But the staff, if we don't send troops, they will fight to Zhenjiang Fort." Yutai Express.

Ying Erdai sneered: "I have a thousand banners and two thousand soldiers, and the city wall of Zhenjiang Fort can be defended, if Liu Xingzuo wants to attack the city, let the horse come." ”

Ying Erdai is cautious, and he is a little jealous of Liu Xingzuo, and he is unwilling to give up the city wall that he can rely on to fight Liu Xingzuo in the field.

Let's let Liu Xingzuo attack the city, and when he runs out of strength on the wall of Zhenjiang Fort, I will lead the Eight Banners warriors to kill it, and I will definitely be able to annihilate the miscellaneous members of the Dongjiang Army in one fell swoop! Ingordai thought to himself.

Yutai was a little disappointed, when did the Eight Banners warriors have to rely on the city wall to fight the Ming army?

However, Ying Erdai is the chief general appointed by Huang Taiji, and although Yutai and other staff leaders are dissatisfied, they have no choice. The discipline of the Eight Banners was strict, and as subordinates, they could not question the orders of the commander-in-chief.

The soldiers of the Dongjiang Army disembarked one after another and re-lined themselves on the river bank until all the troops landed, and they did not see the Jiannu of Zhenjiang Fort killed, which made Liu Xingzuo feel very disappointed.

In order to deal with the attack of Jiannu, Liu Xingzuo arranged a trap in advance, and the soldiers who disembarked first carried a large number of antlers and set up a spear and shield array, among which there were a thousand Praetorian Guards gunners disembarking in the first wave, but more than ten large sea ships lined up on the west side of the Yalu River, each sea ship was equipped with a Hongyi cannon and more than a dozen Franc machines, and Lu Xiangsheng left all the Hongyi cannons he carried to Liu Xingzuo.

As long as Zhenjiang Fort Jiannu dares to kill, they will be greeted by the bombardment of hundreds of artillery pieces on the sea ships, and then Liu Xingzuo will send elite troops to go around them by boat, and attack the troops who landed first before and after.

The main reason why the Dongjiang Army's original combat strength was weak was that it did not have enough food and strength all year round, and its equipment was extremely poor. And now, they have been fed for more than half a month, and the food and grass they carry with the army are also sufficient, plus some ordnance and weapons brought to them by Lu Xiangsheng, although the equipment cannot be compared with the Praetorian Guard, it is almost the same as the ordinary Ming army, and the combat power and morale are also much higher than before.

In addition, with the help of 3,000 Praetorian Guards, Liu Xingzuo was still sure to win the Jiannu soldiers and horses in Zhenjiang Fort.

But he didn't expect that Ying Ordai was cunning and didn't send troops to attack, making Liu Xingzuo's arrangement completely useless.

However, Liu Xingzuo was not discouraged, but waved his army up the river, approached Zhenjiang Fort, and set up a large camp five miles away from Zhenjiang Fort.

Zhenjiang Fort, the length and width of the city wall is only half a mile, and the scale is only a small town. However, because it is small, it does not require many troops to defend, and it is very difficult to attack strongly.

However, if you have more than a dozen Hongyi cannons, it is different.

Liu Xingzuo ordered the Hongyi cannon on the ship to be unloaded and prepared to shell Zhenjiang.

"Chief soldier, Jiannu sent someone to shoot an arrow book." Suddenly, a soldier came to report.

Liu Xingzuo took the letter and read it, and sneered.

"Big brother?" Liu Xingzhi asked.

"Inordai invited me to meet." Liu Xingzuo said lightly and handed the letter to Liu Xingzhi casually.

Liu Xingzhi shook his head after reading it: "Big brother, it's better not to see it." ”

After all, his own brother had stayed with Jiannu for many years, and when he met with the Jiannu generals when he was about to fight, Liu Xingzhi was afraid that it would be unfavorable to his brother when it was passed on to the Ming court.

"After all, they have been friends for many years, and since Yingordai wants to meet, it doesn't hurt to meet." Liu Xingzuo said lightly.

As long as Zhenjiang is captured and Ying Ordai is killed, then there is no need to be afraid of anything.

The next morning, in the middle of Zhenjiang Fort and the Dongjiang Army camp, Liu Xingzuo and Ying Erdai met on horseback.

"Isn't it okay to love the tower?" Yingordai hugging fists.

Liu Xingzuo said: "Thanks to my concern, Liu is quite comfortable in Daming. Before the two armies, don't talk nonsense, if you have anything to say, just say it. ”

Ingordai said sincerely: "Aita is a smart man, and should know what I have to say. Needless to say, nonsense. The Great Khan said that as long as Aitaken returns to Dajin, he will crown you as the commander of the capital, the title of Duke of Zhenguo! ”

Dutong, also known as Gushan Ezhen, has only three Dutong under each banner, respectively commanding Manchu, Mongolian, and Han soldiers and horses, and is the highest officer below the Eight Banners Banner Lord Baylor. Of course, Liu Xingzuo is a Han and can only serve as the commander of the Han army, but this is already a high authority! Not to mention that Liu Xingzuo was given the title of Duke of Zhenguo, it can be seen that in order to recruit Liu Xingzuo, Huang Taiji really invested a lot of money.

Liu Xingzuo only smiled slightly: "I'm a Han Erlang, how can I be a barbarian?" The Great Khan's kindness Liu received it, and he couldn't accept it. ”

Yingordai persuaded: "Aita, if you don't think about yourself, don't you think about your mother and family in Shenyang?" ”

Liu Xingzuo raised his head and looked at the sky, was silent for a while, and said: "The Han people have a saying that 'loyalty and filial piety cannot be both'. Ever since I fled Shenyang, I've been sorry for my mother. If I hurt my mother, then I can only avenge my mother! ”

Inordai sighed: "Please also ask Etador to think about it." ”

Liu Xingzuo resolutely said: "Don't think about it, I, Liu Xingzuo, will never vote for barbarians again in this life!" Ying Ordai, for the sake of the past situation, I advise you, if you surrender now, read on the past situation, I will spare your life in the imperial court, otherwise the army will attack the city and burn the jade! ”

Ying Erdai let out a long laugh: "If Aita has the ability to capture Zhenjiang Fort, you will be the one to kill at that time." ”

The two looked at each other, turned their horses back, and never looked back.

"Open the cannon, attack the city!" As soon as he returned to the camp, Liu Xingzuo said in a deep voice.

"Boom Boom"

More than a dozen Hongyi cannons opened fire one after another, shooting huge projectiles at Zhenjiang Fort.

Most of the shells flew over the city walls and landed in the city, collapsing houses and splattering large clouds of dust. Cannonballs fell on the top of the city, and the battlements were broken and bricks flew one after another, and the walls shook violently.

Yingordaihuo Ran looked back out of the city, unable to believe what he saw.

At such a distance from the Dongjiang Army camp, such a powerful artillery is clearly a Hongyi cannon!

When did the Dongjiang Army on Phi Island actually have Hongyi cannons? And there are so many?

How dare this make Yingordai believe!

Is this still the group of Phi Dao soldiers who can't eat enough and are called Hanako?

It is clear that the most elite Liaoxi soldiers of the Ming Kingdom have such might!

Could it be that the Liaoxi soldiers came here and moved the Hongyi cannon at the head of Ningyuan City?

But it shouldn't be, the Great Khan orthodox led a large army to attack the Ming Kingdom, and the Liaoxi soldiers didn't go to the rescue in the Guannei, how could they have the energy to come here?

For a moment, Yingordai's mind was spinning, and he didn't know why this was happening. But what he can be sure of is that it is not only the Pidao soldiers outside Zhenjiang Fort, they must be the elite of the Ming Kingdom!

When the Great Khan sent troops to attack the Ming, the Ming Kingdom actually sent an elite to come here, and the plan must not be small! This is to force the Great Khan to withdraw from the territory of the Ming Kingdom!

In any case, the news here should be transmitted to Shenyang first, and it will be decided by the Erbel Amin who stayed behind. And the only thing I have to do is to defend Zhenjiang Fort, how long can I keep it!

After thinking about it, Ying Erdai immediately returned to the town guard mansion, and in the rumbling cannons, he wrote a letter in his own hand, ordering his henchman Qiding to immediately ride to Shenyang on horseback and tell Amin what happened in Zhenjiang.

In the following time, Yingordai inspected the city wall day and night to prevent the Ming army from attacking.

Although the Hongyi cannon is powerful, it is not so easy to break through the city wall, and he still has a thousand banners and two thousand soldiers, and it is not a problem to defend Zhenjiang Fort, Ying Erdai said to himself secretly.

As for going out of the city to fight the Ming army, he had long since stopped thinking about it. Outside is the elite of Liaoxi in the Ming Kingdom, how can he be an opponent of his own thousand banners?

However, many times, things do not depend on people's will, and Jiannu does not have Hongyi cannons, so naturally they do not know the power of Hongyi cannons. What the Hongyi cannon is really good at is not defending the city, but using it to siege the city.

This batch of Hongyi cannons made by the arsenal weighs 3,000 catties, the barrel is three meters long, the firing range is seven miles away, the Ming army camp is only five miles away from Zhenjiang, it is in the best range, the shells are made of lead, weighing fifteen or sixteen catties, and the power of shooting out is enough to destroy the mountain and crack the stone!

More than 10 Hongyi cannons fired repeatedly, it took only three days, the south city wall collapsed more than a zhang wide, most of the battlements on the city wall were bombarded and shattered, because it was a solid cannonball, the casualties of the bannermen defending the city were not very large, a total of more than 20 people were stoned to death, but the damage to morale was great, the buildings in the city were blown down more than 100 rooms, the whole Zhenjiang Fort can be described as panicked!

"Commander, you must go out of the city and destroy the Ming artillery!" The coated soldiers desperately used bricks and stones to seal the collapsed gap, and Zuoling Yutai said to Yingordai.

Ying Erdai nodded cautiously, if it goes on like this, it won't be long before the entire southern city wall will be blown down, and the most important thing is that the army in the city will be shocked by the Ming army's cannons, and I am afraid that there will be no morale and no fighting spirit! Although the Eight Banners are fierce, they are also flesh and blood, and they also know to be afraid. When the Ming army comes along the gap in the city wall, how can it resist? Even for the sake of morale, the Ming artillery had to be destroyed!

"Order, gather all the bannermen, everyone ride horses and charge with me, and destroy the Ming Hongyi cannon!" Inordai commanded in a deep voice.