The only remaining 10,000 strong troops in the Qing Dynasty, the main force of the Blue Banner, rushed towards Hanyang viciously.

On the Liaodong side, Chongzhen was unwilling to stay in Shenyang to waste grain and grass because the war in Liaodong had been pacified, so on the third day after recovering Gaizhou and Fuzhou, he ordered 40,000 troops to set off for Beijing.

A large amount of military rations was left behind to prepare for future emigration.

He left 60,000 troops and 30,000 people to garrison Liaodong, and at the same time prepared to march to Korea.

The Ming army who stayed behind to garrison lived a very nourishing life because of the seizure of a large number of materials, and at the same time, because of the cold weather, they could not go out to measure the land and reclaim the wasteland, and ushered in a rare happy life.

On weekdays, half of the day is spent on military training and repairing the city wall, and the other half day is free, and life is very comfortable.

Thinking of the 50 acres of land they were about to be allocated, and thinking of the immigration policy promised by the imperial court, the soldiers wrote back to Guannei one after another, asking their families, relatives and fellow villagers who lacked land to settle in Liaodong.

This further reduced the pressure on the crown prince to emigrate in Guannai, and jointly contributed to the great winter migration at the end of Chongzhen's 17th year.

According to the historical records of later generations, from October of the 17th year of Chongzhen to May of the 18th year of Chongzhen, a total of 700,000 people went to various parts of Liaodong from Guannei, which effectively promoted the development of Liaodong.

In the following years, the Ming court sent people to reclaim the Songnen Plain and the Sanjiang Plain to the north, laying a good population foundation.

Chongzhen traveled all the way south, passed through Haizhou, and after discussing in detail with Wu Sangui and Chen Yongfu for more than two hours, he headed east and went straight to Jinzhou.

Wu Sangui looked at the army in the distance and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Just five months ago, when he and Li Yutian were besieging Jinzhou, he was given the title of Liaodong Governor.

At that time, he felt that he would never come out, and when would he be able to conquer his own capital territory, Jianyu was so powerful.

He had even been preparing a military plan for 20 years, and for a while he even felt that it was impossible to enter Shenyang in this life.

After taking Jinzhou, he was more optimistic, and roughly estimated that in about 10 years, he should be able to conquer Shenyang, at least Haizhou and Liaoyang.

Later, Dolgon abandoned Guangning and Yizhou and other places, and the unknown Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Sen fought in southern Liaoning.

Wu Sangui's confidence was even more sufficient, thinking that with Guangning as the bridgehead and Liaonan as the pincer, if he could control the 100,000 army, he should be able to fight under the city of Shenyang within 5 years and negotiate peace with Dolgon for the next century.

In the end, Chongzhen drove the expedition in person, took him to a surprise attack for thousands of miles, and appeared on the edge of Shenyang City with sleds and other tools like heavenly soldiers.

Wu Sangui's confidence soared to unimaginable heights.

He used the example of Huang Taiji's attack on Jinzhou, carefully analyzed the changes in the situation between the enemy and us, carefully studied the "Command Manual for Encirclement and Reinforcement" given to him by Chongzhen, and even analyzed the psychological activities of the nobles who were captured by Jianzhen.

He felt that after besieging Shenyang for two years, under the attack of Zhang Huangyan's troops in southern Liaoning, he should be able to recover Fuzhou, Gaizhou, Haizhou, Liaoyang and other places in turn.

Then slowly recover Kaiyuan, Fushun and other places.

In the third year of the siege, Shenyang will be conquered.

Who would have thought that Chongzhen used a trick to blow up the wall, and it only took a month to collapse the city wall of Shenyang and annihilate the defenders.

It took less than half a month to pacify the cities of Liaodong, settle the garrison, and at the same time start the project of immigrating to fill the border.

You must know that these major wars and major projects will take 10, 20, or even 100 years to complete in any era.

Seeing the excitement of the soldiers writing letters, Wu Sangui believed that tens of thousands of people would come to Liaodong this winter, and the seeds of hope would be sown in the thousands of hectares of fertile land in Liaodong next spring.

His admiration for Chongzhen is difficult to describe in words. He felt that even if Chongzhen didn't reward him, just allowing him to follow him for life would be a great blessing for him, Wu Sangui.

After Chongzhen went south, King Ding selected 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 people from the defenders of Shenyang, went south to Haizhou, joined Wu Sangui's 10,000 army, and sent a large number of night guards to North Korea to prepare for the expedition.

Before he came back after the night, the secret envoy of the DPRK had already arrived in Haizhou.

Originally, they wanted to continue north and see Chongzhen, but when they heard that Chongzhen had gone east, they were in a hurry, and they rushed to the direction of Jinzhou, but they were told that Emperor Chongzhen had handed over the war to King Ding.

The Korean envoys were overjoyed, not only because they had found someone who could take charge of the matter, but also because they made it clear that the Ming Dynasty was willing to send troops.

The secret envoy found King Ding, handed a letter from the king of Joseon, Yi Liang, to the young highness, and respectfully told him about the situation in Korea.

King Ding summoned Wu Sangui and Chen Yongfu to discuss together.

Chen Yongfu combined the news from all parties and said in a deep voice: "Assuming that Li Liang is sincerely returning to the Ming Dynasty, not Haoge's strategy, then it is a very good time to attack Yizhou at this time."

But we have not returned from the night we sent out, and it is difficult to determine whether this matter is true or not, so I suggest waiting a few more days! ”

Wu Sangui disagreed, he believed that the opportunity could not be lost, and he must go on the expedition immediately.

King Ding also preferred to go on the expedition immediately, but he remembered his father's instructions and asked Chen Yongfu to state all the things he had considered.

Chen Yongfu was cautious and meticulous by nature, and after a little thought, he took the trouble to elaborate on the military strength and grain and grass transportation in Liaodong, the problem of North Korean troops and supplies, the possible movements of Haoge, the possibility of falling into Haoge's tricks, and the consequences of missing the warplane.

Then, he raised various problems to himself, made countermeasures one by one, and even arranged centralized plans in some places to deal with different emergencies.

In the end, Chen Yongfu made a summary, for the sake of prudence, he will not send troops for the time being, so as to respond to all changes without change.

The North Korean secret envoy listened to it, and pinched his teeth, this general is too careful to think about it, and his temperament is too safe, in case Haoge finds out Li Liang's true intentions, it will be a big deal, at this time, how can he be so slow and methodical.

When Wu Sangui was speaking to Chen Yongfu, he had already begun to follow Chen Yongfu's train of thought, standing in front of the map, analyzing step by step, and sorting out his thoughts again in combination with the deduction of Tong Chongzhen a few days ago.

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Just when the Korean secret envoy and King Dingwang and others were discussing, Haoge had already rode south, killed Xuanchuan, Guoshan, and Dingzhou all the way, and arrived at the city of Anzhou.

When the defenders of Anzhou saw that the army was really coming, they were so frightened that their faces were bloodless, and they immediately sent people out to sue for peace.

Hauge had only one sentence, opened the door and surrendered, and then went south to Hanyang as a vanguard.

Although the Korean garrison was afraid of death, he was still unwilling to surrender, and he looked back at the newly arrived Hanyang soldiers yesterday, and looked at the Jurchens under the city, and felt that he would not die here. So he closed the gates of the city and put on a posture of holding on and waiting for help.

Seeing that he was ready to defend to the death, Hauge didn't say much, and immediately drove the Korean people who had been carrying him all the way to storm the city wall.

The Korean soldiers couldn't bear to shoot their compatriots at first, but when they saw that the Qing soldiers were killed, they would be wiped out if they didn't attack, so they had to shoot arrows with bows.

But there were too many people, and they rushed to the city, and the Qing army followed, and climbed up the ladder.

As soon as the North Korean defenders raised their sagiles to defend, they heard three or five explosions sounding one after another, and when they saw a piece of stumps and broken arms, they were immediately frightened and lost their fighting spirit.

Just an hour later, the Qing army took control of the city. Hauge looked down at the 5,000 Korean soldiers kneeling on the ground, and spat fiercely, "It's a pity to waste five mortar shells of this king!" ”