Liaodong, Phoenix.

A few hundred years later, the Manchus accounted for more than 70% of the city's population, making it one of the largest Manchu settlements in the country.

But most of those Manchus moved later, and the Qing Dynasty intended to enrich this "land of dragon prosperity". Buddha Manchuria is a descendant of the Jurchens of Changbai Mountain, Yiche Manchuria originally settled in Jilin, and Baoyi Manchuria was a Han Chinese who worked as an errand in the Shenyang Internal Affairs Office. There are also Xibe Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners, which were also moved from the north.

At this time, Phoenix City, inside and outside the city, had a population of less than 30,000.

At the end of March, when the snow melted, the Datong Army of Baozhou (the border of Korea) crossed the Yalu River and moved to Dandong City, which had not yet been repaired.

In the northeast of Dandong, is the ruins of the Nine Cities of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiulian City is also called Zhenjiang Fort, which is used to guard against the Japanese invaders of the Yalu River. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty broke through the city, not only did they destroy the castle, but even the population was all moved, and neither the Manchu nor the Han were allowed to live here.

The dangerous hill fort further north is also deserted.

Only the closest to Phoenix, Fort Tangzhan, in the past two years, in order to guard against the Datong army, Dolgon has relocated some troops and their families.

Around Phoenix. The fortress defense system built by the Ming Dynasty was abandoned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty more than ninety percent.

Lu Xiangsheng had already been promoted to division commander and commanded the 14th Division stationed in Baozhou, North Korea. He led his troops all the way north, encountered no obstacles, and quickly came to the repaired Tangzhan Fort.

Tangzhan Fort, originally a post station, was founded in the fifth year of Chenghua.

There are two sub-mother cities, the mother city is 400 meters long on the side and 150 meters on the side of the sub-city.

Moreover, the sub-city is within the mother city!

Obviously, the city is not big.

The garrison, their families, craftsmen, coats, and serfs all withdrew into the city, and together with livestock and grain, the two small cities were crowded enough.

"Fire!"

Lu Xiangsheng did not talk nonsense, and immediately after setting up camp, he shelled it.

These two small towns are connected together, and although there is no moat, there are two natural rivers, both of which are tributaries of the Oina River (Love River).

There are rivers on three sides and mountains on one side, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack!

"Boom, boom!"

To deal with this kind of castle, unless it is absolutely necessary, a fool will cross the river and climb the city to attack.

It's shelling, shelling, shelling!

After six days of shelling, the southern wall next to the river had been cracked as thick as a head.

There were only 150 Eight Banners stationed here, and the guards saw that the situation was not good, and quickly decided to evacuate. And the orderly retreat, let the families of the soldiers with money, food and livestock, cross the river to the north bank of the North River and leave, and then row over to pick up the defenders.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't do anything about it, and without the help of a hot air balloon, he wouldn't even be able to see the enemy's movements.

Because there were also mountains on the north bank of the river, the Datong army could only shell on the south bank of the river to the south, and there was no way to display troops elsewhere.

"Shizheng, the enemy has withdrawn!"

After falling to refuel, in the hot air balloon that lifted off again, there were soon sentries waving flags to deliver the news.

"Cross the river and take the city!" Lu Xiangsheng ordered.

There were only more than 1,000 serfs left in the city, and there were no Han Chinese, all of them were Korean serfs. The Han people here were all taken away by Huang Taiji as early as seven years ago.

After a day's rest, go up the river valley, dozens of miles away is Phoenix.

The area of Phoenix City, which is about the same as Tangzhan Fort, is square as a whole, and the four walls are 350 meters long on each side.

Similarly, it is surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains on one side.

However, it is far stronger than the Yuzhan Fort!

"Shizheng, catch a few Tartars and work carefully."

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng's 14th Division set up camp, four people were captured by Soshan soldiers.

The leader knelt down when he saw him, and shouted: "Wen Enxun, a small citizen of the lower country, meet the general of the Heavenly Dynasty of the upper country!" ”

"Are you Han?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

Wen Enxun replied: "General Qiyu, Xiaomin is a Korean. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was puzzled: "Since you are a North Korean, why are you in the mountains south of Phoenix City?" ”

Moon Eun-xun explained: "General Rongyu, my father was originally a Korean garrison...... Diplomatic envoy in Shenyang (translator). After his father died of illness, the current head of North Korea killed his father and usurped the throne, and the Wen family ...... It was also liquidated and killed. Unable to return to North Korea, it was useless to stay in Shenyang, so they asked to settle down in Liaodong to farm. The Tatar chieftain Dolgon promised dozens of acres of land and gave it back to a few Korean serfs, allowing the small people to cultivate in the ravine of Phoenix. ”

This old man is one of the ancestors of the Wen family in Fengcheng City hundreds of years later.

Lu Xiangsheng asked, "Why don't you retreat into the city?" ”

Wen Enxun said: "When the heavenly soldiers come, where can the Tartars stop it? Xiaomin is a Korean, how can he help the Tartars defend the city? Therefore, after the wolf smoke was lit in Tangzhan Fort, the small people took their families and serfs and hid in the mountains to wait for the arrival of the heavenly soldiers. ”

Gu said this thing well, but in fact, he was afraid of death, so he took the opportunity to stand on the side of the Datong Army.

After the king of Joseon usurped the throne, he killed a lot of Wen, indicating that the Wen family was close to the Manchus and belonged to the dogs raised by the Manchus in Korea. In the past, he turned his back on the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now he has taken refuge in the Datong Imperial Court.

Lu Xiangsheng asked, "Do you know the military situation in Phoenix?" ”

Wen Enxun said: "Phoenix City has 1,200 Tartar soldiers, and 150 people have been withdrawn from Tangzhan Fort, and the regular army quota should be 1,350 people. However, there were quite a few bannermen scattered in the ravine, and now all of them were withdrawn into the city, and if the bannermen also defended the city together, the Tartar soldiers in the city were afraid that there would be four or five thousand, or even five or six thousand. Also, the Tartars in the city are all Han Jurchens. ”

The Han Jurchen is the Sinicized Jurchen.

These Jurchens, who spoke Chinese and used Han surnames, were assimilated by the Ming military households in Phoenix, so they were all compiled into the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Wen Enxun was bent on making meritorious contributions, and continued: "The defender of Phoenix City is Naodai, the youngest son of Shuerhaqi. In his early years, he was involved in Amin's case and was deposed as a concubine. Two years ago, in order to win over Zilharang, Dolgon re-granted Naudai the title and let Naudai garrison Phoenix. ”

Naudai is Nurhachi's own nephew, and has been a personal guard for Nurhachi for several years, and he can barely be regarded as battle-experienced.

Lu Xiangsheng knows most of this information.

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "There are many Korean serfs in the city, and the Tartars must have forced the Koreans to help defend the city." Can you go and shout to persuade you to surrender? ”

"This ......" Wen Enxun was afraid of death, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he said stubbornly, "Xiaomin is willing to serve the general!" ”

Instead of immediately persuading him to surrender, he fired his artillery first and confronted the defenders of Phoenix across the river.

Phoenix City has six guns, and it is condescending, and the artillery of the Datong Army does not dare to underestimate it. First let the people withstand the artillery fire, build a fort with earth and stones, and form an earthen wall on the shore, the barrel of the cannon can extend from the muzzle, but the cannon body is blocked by the earthen wall.

Under the pouring of artillery fire from the defenders, more than 70 people died, and this section of the earthen wall was finally built.

Although not sturdy, the soft earthen walls can effectively absorb the kinetic energy of enemy shells.

"Boom, boom!"

The two sides bombarded each other for five days, and Wen Enxun was sent to shout and persuade him to surrender.

The cargo was sitting in a small boat, and the shells around it were splashing, and it didn't advance a few meters before it shivered with fright.

The rowing Datong soldier smiled: "Mr. Wen, don't be afraid. Our ship is small, and it is so far away from the spear, it is not easy for Tartar shells to hit. ”

"Yes...... It's ......" Wen Enxun trembled as he lay on the boat.

Seeing that the boat was approaching the north shore, the artillery of the Datong Army stopped firing.

"Mr. Wen, the sound of the Tartar cannon has also stopped, you should hurry up and seize the opportunity to shout."

"Boom!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another cannonball hit, and the water even splashed on Wen Enxun's body, and the hull of the ship was almost overturned by the ripples.

The boat continued to move forward, and had already entered the dead end of the fire of the city defense guns.

Moon Eun-xun was urged to stand up, picked up the tin horn, and shouted in Korean: "Listen to the North Korean people in the city, my name is Moon Eun-xun, and I am also a North Korean." Don't help the Tartars defend the city anymore, the army of the Celestial Empire has arrived, and Phoenix City will be breached sooner or later. Quickly pick up your weapons and rebel, take the opportunity to make great achievements, and ...... in the future Yes! ”

Because of the angle of fire, the artillery could not hit them, but the bow and arrow could, and a rain of arrows came over.

Wen Enxun retreated in a panic and fell on the boat, the nearest arrow was only half a meter away from him.

After risking death and shouting twice, Wen Enxun finally returned, and was directly paralyzed by fright, and finally was dragged off the boat.

On the city wall, Naudai frowned and said: "The Koreans in the city only give one meal a day, and they can only drink one bowl of porridge per meal. If you don't starve, you can still work. Ropes are tied to both hands and feet, so that they can only walk half a step at a time. “

After thinking about it, Naudai said again: "Gather the warriors and go out of the city tonight to attack at night!" ”

Capable generals who defend the city will generally look for opportunities to go out of the city to attack and harass, otherwise they will be besieged all the time and it will hurt their morale.

Naodai followed Nurhachi's side and fought with the Ming Dynasty for several years, and he was by no means a wine bag and rice bag who did not understand the military. Of course, he has been deposed as a concubine for more than ten years, and he has not fought a hard battle for so long, and it is possible that his skills will resurge.

Waste is a concubine, not a real concubine.

After being stripped of all titles, Naudai is still helping with things. For example, Ningyuan City, because the outer city was destroyed, the restoration of the outer city of Ningyuan was presided over by Nao Dai.

He has studied the structure of Ningyuan City very much, and he is naturally very good at how to defend the city.

After coming to Phoenix, Naudai also added the "Great Acute Angle" in Phoenix, which is a similar style to the Western Fortress. Therefore, the Phoenix City in front of him is particularly troublesome, in the face of a close-range siege, there are no dead ends with firearms and bows and arrows.

Lu Xiangsheng's choice was to divide the troops.

One is stationed in the southwest, that is, the "Fengcheng Gymnasium" hundreds of years later. There are rivers in the north and east, and there are mountains in the southeast, so as to protect the passage from the southwest, which is also the grain route of the Datong army.

One crosses the river to the east, goes around the north and comes back from the crossing, camping between the mountains and the river, where there is a 600-meter-wide passage where trenches can be dug all the way.

Fortunately, Phoenix is small in size, with a side length of only 350 meters from east to west, north and south, so it is impossible to make perfect use of this terrain.

If the area of Phoenix City was several times larger, then Lu Xiangsheng would be completely blind. Surrounded by water on three sides, backed by a mountain on one side, and with the large acute angle of the fortress, there is no other way than to collapse it with artillery.

After Lu Xiangsheng observed the terrain, he seized the loophole and divided his troops to dig a trench, and Nao Dai also sent people to attack at night from the mountains.