Wu Huapu tucked one sleeve on his belt, he bent down to cut the snow, and under the withered grass was the soil of Liaodong, the solid earth where he grew up.

Suddenly, Wu Huapu turned on his horse and shouted, "Enter the city!" ”

In the restructuring of the Datong Army, although the Governor's Office of the Five Armies (Five Military Academies) was retained, the jurisdiction of each Governor's Office has changed greatly, and the number of troops has all become numbers.

The 11th Division, division commander Hu Dinggui, chief mission instructor Wang Yaochen.

As for the one-armed Wu Huapu, he was responsible for commanding the cavalry of the 11th Division. He also went to northern Anhui to pick a few horseback riders, all of whom were Liaodong men who fled south together, and came back to the Manchu Qing Dynasty's nest.

The Han people, having killed the officials, stood on both sides of the street to welcome the Datong army into the city.

Hu Dinggui shouted loudly: "Have you ever read a book?" ”

A thin man rushed over, knelt down and said, "General, I've been reading for a few days. ”

"Don't move!"

Hu Dinggui stepped forward, took off the other party's hat, grabbed the tail of the money rat, and cut it off with a knife.

After cutting off the whip, Hu Dinggui held his hat in both hands, put it on this person seriously, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The thin man looked at the money rat tail, and his heart seemed to have been cut off, and he replied with a smile: "General Qiqi, his name is You Jin. ”

Hu Dinggui asked, "What do you do in Golden State?" ”

You Jinzhi replied: "The officials of Jinzhou levied fish bladders from fishermen, and they will boil fish maw glue in the future." After boiling, there will be flag people...... The Tartars came from Gaizhou, took away all the boiled fish maw gum, and left some grain as rations. When they come, in addition to the fish maw glue, they will also take away other military supplies. ”

Hu Dinggui understood that the Han people who stayed in Jinzhou City specially provided military materials for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

For example, fish maw glue is a necessity for making composite bows.

Hu Dinggui asked: "Is there an ordnance factory in Gaizhou City?" ”

You Jinzhi nodded: "Yes, specializing in making bows and arrows and cotton armor." However, after the Tartars moved away, it is estimated that many craftsmen were taken away, and Gaizhou collected less fish maw glue than before. The rations given are also getting smaller and smaller, and people will definitely starve to death after the beginning of spring. ”

Hu Dinggui looked at these people, and there were only two or three thousand people left in the city, and all of them were yellow and thin.

Hu Dinggui had a plan in his heart, and asked Meng Huaien, a civilian officer with the army, to organize the people in the city to go to the sea to carry grain.

First, there is a shortage of manpower, and the local people are just the people who carry grain.

Second, to distribute some food to the people in exchange for work.

Third, they registered and made a book, and took advantage of the transportation of grain and grass to compile the household registration of the people in the city.

Hearing that they would be given rations as a people's husband, the people of Jinzhou suddenly became excited and followed Meng Huaien to the beach.

Hu Dinggui left You Jin and asked, "How much population is left in the Jinzhou territory?" ”

You Jinzhi shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Hu Dinggui asked again: "Where is the nearest Eight Banners Army stationed?" ”

You Jinzhi said: "Gaizhou." ”

Hu Dinggui asked again: "How many Eight Banners Army are there in Gaizhou?" ”

You Jinzhi shook his head again: "I don't know." ”

I don't know about this product, but it's normal. They can't even afford to eat, so how can they have the leisure to focus on other things?

Hu Dinggui occupied Jinzhou, settled the soldiers, and sent cavalry to investigate.

A few days later, the Sentinels came back with news.

Except for the official road leading to Gaizhou, the rest of the roads are mostly flooded with wild grass.

The wilderness is full of ruined villages, houses and land that belong to the banner people. At Dorgon's order, the bannermen not only took the serfs away, but also burned the houses to the ground.

Sometimes I rode a horse and ran all day without seeing people.

It quickly became pristine, and commercial and agricultural activities almost disappeared!

The sentinel who came back from the central left office of Jinzhou (Lushun) reported that there were only a few hundred fishermen left. There are ten families of Han soldiers living in the fort, who are responsible for collecting fish bladders, and they also have to cultivate the land to fish for a living.

Immediately afterwards, the sentinel who went to Fuzhou to investigate also returned.

The forts and checkpoints along the way were all abandoned, and no one could be found, except for a few peasant families occasionally encountered in the wild.

Hearing these news, Wu Huapu found Hu Dinggui: "I want to take a day off and buy some wine from the army." ”

"Why do you suddenly want to drink?" Hu Dinggui asked.

Wu Huapu said sadly: "I can't hold it anymore and want to drink some wine to sleep." I'm from Liaodong, so I know what it's like here. Jinzhou and Fuzhou are both large counties in eastern Liaodong, especially Jinzhou, which used to be full of business travel. The businessmen who used to live in Golden State are more than the population of the whole city now! There is also Fuzhou, which is full of farmland, and there is no need to worry about food at all, but now it is deserted. What the hell has become of this? ”

Hu Dinggui patted Wu Huapu on the shoulder: "Make an exception tonight, I'll drink with you!" ”

Just as they were drinking, six Datong sentinels came to Fuzhou to inquire about the news.

The six of them went straight to the city, wanting to observe the city's defenses.

Suddenly, the city gate opened, and a Han civil official, with officials and officers, nodded and went out of the city to greet him.

"Is this, treating us like Tartars?"

"Perhaps...... Right. ”

"Whatever, let's kill him!"

“……”

Six cavalrymen, speeding towards the city gates.

The officials of Fuzhou did not care, because the Tartar cavalry were elite, and they were used to showing off their might in ordinary times, so they often rode their horses like this in the city.

The six cavalry in front of him, although they were dressed a little strangely, did not look like the various cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But in the land of Liaodong, who else can there be besides the master of the Eight Banners? Maybe it's time to change your clothes.

The Datong cavalry rushed closer and closer, and the Fuzhou officials greeted each other with smiling faces, and finally bent down and lowered their heads.

"Bang Bang!"

Six waist knives were drawn and slashed at the officials.

"Spare your life!"

The surviving officials scattered and fled, and six Datong cavalry, four of whom rushed into the city, pursued the remaining two outside the city.

The people in the city couldn't figure out what was going on, so they hid in fright.

In this way, the six cavalry who came to inquire about the news directly occupied Fuzhou City.

After some interrogation, important news was obtained: the city of Gaizhou, further north, was garrisoned with 50 people from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and 100 from the Eight Banners of the Han Army, with a total of only 150 defenders.

Don't think it's too little, it's too much!

There are only 15 cities left in the northeast with troops left, and even Shengjing (Shenyang), the old nest of the Tartars, has only 800 troops left to garrison. Xingjing (Xinbin County), as the land of Longxing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, had a garrison of only 50 people.

Gaizhou is a strategic location and must be taken seriously, so 150 soldiers are left behind.

"Is there really only a hundred soldiers?" Hu Dinggui was incredulous.

Wang Yaochen said with a smile: "The soldiers are fast, take a boat to fight." ”

Due to the terrain, once Gaizhou is taken, it is equivalent to controlling the Liaodong Peninsula, and a fool will let go of this good opportunity!

And until now, the Manchu defenders in Gaizhou did not know that Jinzhou and Fuzhou had been taken away by the Datong army. After all, the snow has not melted, and the wilderness is deserted, who the wants to run around?

Hu Dinggui built hundreds of simple wooden ladders in Jinzhou, and immediately the whole army went to Gaizhou by boat.

After landing on the beach, he pushed the artillery and carried the improvised ladder to the city of Gaizhou.

Due to taking a boat all the way and stepping on the snow to find out the news, there were only more than 2,300 war horses left under Wu Huapu's command, and dozens of them were sick and thrown in Jinzhou. With these cavalry, he immediately went around to the north and cut off the escape route of the enemy troops in the city.

Thousands of soldiers, armed with artillery, attacked the city garrisoned by 150 men.

What suspense can there be?

The people in the city were so frightened that they all hid, and the Eight Banners did not dare to force the people to defend the city, for fear that they would all turn against each other.

The defenders didn't even prepare supplies to defend the city, relying on bows and arrows to shoot.

After only a few moments of siege, the Datong army climbed the city wall and formed a formation to fight with the eight banners on the city.

Moreover, 50 Manchurian Eight Banners were fighting, but 100 Han Army Eight Banners ran away.

The real elite has long been sucked away by Dolgon, and how many of those who remain can fight?

"None of them will be left!"

Seeing the Han army's Eight Banners fleeing from the city, Wu Huapu rushed over with cavalry. He hated the Tartars, and he hated the traitors, and it was best to kill them all.

More than 2,300 cavalry, with 100 Han Army Eight Banners infantry chasing and killing.

"Spare my life, I'm Han!"

An officer knelt down directly, Wu Huapu clamped his horse's belly between his legs, and his only arm no longer pulled the reins, and drew his knife and slashed at the officer of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Blood splattered.

Wu Huapu laughed: "Hurry, hurry, this life is worth it!" ”

Hu Dinggui, who had already landed in the city, shouted: "Don't kill them all, leave a few live mouths for interrogation!" ”

There were still more than a dozen Manchurian Eight Banners left, and seeing that they could not escape, they simply gathered and charged.

"Array!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Taking advantage of the melee siege, the musketeers had already lit the arquebus, loaded their ammunition, and climbed up the walls.

Seeing the enemy charging, Hu Dinggui was too lazy to fight hard, and directly let the firecrackers shoot.

The battle was outrageous, and the original plan was to rebuild Dongjiang Town on Phi Dao.

After learning about the situation in the northeast, it changed to occupy Jinzhou as a military base. Who knew that the six cavalry captured Fuzhou, and now they will take the military town of Gaizhou.

Except for the mountainous areas, the entire Liaodong Peninsula was controlled by the Datong Army.

But in this vast area, the total population of the three cities, plus the wild villages, is less than 100,000.

After some interrogation, the military situation was soon learned.

Both Haizhou and Liaoyang had defenders, and the number was about the same as that of Gaizhou.

The population around Shenyang is the largest, many Manchus have not migrated, and there are still a large number of domestic slaves and serfs.

"Do you want to fight?" Wang Yaochen asked.

Hu Dinggui gritted his teeth: "Take Shenyang directly and lift the Tartar's nest!" ”

"How do you transport the grain and grass?" Wang Yaochen asked.

The previous three cities were all on the seashore, but the next one is going deep into the hinterland.

Hu Dinggui said: "The snow has almost melted, and the people of the three cities are requisitioned to transport grain. The soldiers are fast, don't bring artillery, first take Haizhou, then Liaoyang, and finally Shenyang. ”

Hu Dinggui instructed Wu Huapu again: "The cavalry will go first and bypass Haizhou." According to the captive's confession, after Haizhou, there will be more farmers outside the city. If there is no food, they will rush all the way, and the cavalry will kill the Tartars when they see them. The population of Shenyang and Liaoyang was reserved for the purpose of providing soldiers for the Eight Banners of Manchuria. The more they killed in those places, the less troops the Manchus had outside the gates. ”

"Okay, this military order is exactly what I want!" Wu Huapu was overjoyed.

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