On February 18, the second year of the Apocalypse, Shen Yourong led the people of Dengzhen to recover Changsheng Island and Xizhong Island, and carried out a tentative landing at the southern and northern Xinkou, making a gesture of feint attack on Fuzhou.

On February 19 of the second year of the Apocalypse, in addition to cruising along the southern coast of Youtunwei to show assistance, the Tianjin Navy Division divided its troops and reoccupied Donghai Fort (belonging to Youtunwei in Guangning, now southeast east beach of Linghai City, Liaoning).

Although Donghai Fort was given up by the Ming army on its own initiative, and was not guarded by Jiannu, and the Ming army occupying the fort only made a big banner and boarded the ship to withdraw before Jiannu arrived, but it played a role in containing the Jin army under the Youtun Acropolis.

On February 19 of the second year of the Apocalypse, Shen Yourong led the army to break into Pulandian Bay at night, landed a surprise attack, and occupied Shiheyi. In the following day, the officers and soldiers of Dengzhen burned all the surrounding villages and towns, relocated thousands of people, and boarded the boat.

On February 20 of the second year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong led the Dongjiang Army to occupy Hongzui Fort again, and it was another round of destroying villages and relocating people, and cooperated with Dengzhen to the east and west, cooperating tacitly, so that the Jiannu of Jinzhou and Fuzhou took care of one and lost the other.

On February 22 of the second year of the Apocalypse, Dengzhen's soldiers and horses acted together with the Dongjiang Army, landed on the east and west sides at the same time, and besieged Nanguan.

Nanguan is also called Nanguanling, Nanguandao, is located in the narrowest part of the Liaodong Peninsula, the sea is on both sides, and the distance is only more than ten miles.

Historically, after Zhang Pan, the general of the Dongjiang Army, occupied Lushun, he once played a proposal to open the river. It was to dig deep ditches and wide trenches in the narrowest part of South Guam, divert sea water to consolidate itself, and set up forts for defense.

Nanguan Jiannu soldiers were only 200, and seeing that thousands of Ming troops were violent, they did not dare to defend the city, so they fled to Jinzhou in panic, and Nanguan was restored.

After occupying Nanguan, taking advantage of the cold weather, thousands of Ming troops cut wood and erected fences, watered and built ice, and built a wall of more than ten miles in two days, completely cutting off the retreat of Jinzhou Jiannu.

On February 25, the second year of the Apocalypse, the Tianjin Navy Division received a report to come to the rescue, and the three Ming troops had reached 26,000, so they went south to surround Jinzhou and besiege this city guarded by only more than 1,000 enemies.

At this point, from the attack to the siege, the Ming army took advantage of the sea and ships, and also took advantage of the main force of the Houjin army to guard the weakness of the emptiness, and began the largest siege and annihilation operation since the rise of Jiannu and the repeated defeats of the Ming army.

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Qianqing Palace, in the imperial study.

Zhang Yu'er looked at the young emperor playing with some confusion, and didn't know what the emperor was crazy about in the past two days.

But seeing Zhu Youxiao holding Xiaobai in his hand, he put it on his head for a while, grabbed two little paws and paws for a while and stared affectionately, and then carried the cat on his back and pinched the two little paws and paws on his shoulders.

On the one hand, there are all kinds of strange shapes and actions, and on the other hand, I close my eyes from time to time, and I have words in my mouth, and I look like a god chattering.

Fly, fly, fly with me, take me to pretend to be 13, fly with you!

Zhu Youxiao finally gave up and put down the cats who had no love and kept "meowing" in protest.

"Meow!" Xiaobai shook his head, glared at Zhu Youxiao fiercely with his different pupils, jumped a few times, and escaped into Zhang Yuer's arms.

"Emperor, you-take a break?" Zhang Yuer stroked the white lady with some distress and smoothed the hair on her head and body.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, with a helpless and disappointed look, paced to the sand table and touched his chin and pondered.

For the forts and cities close to the sea, such as the Liaodong Peninsula, most of the defenses of the Houjin army were not strict, and they also knew that there were so many fortresses along the coast, and there were no troops stationed at all.

In history, Zhang Pan recovered Lushun, and even Jinzhou, without much effort, and there were not many people in his hands. Strictly speaking, it was the Houjin Army that took the initiative to give up and take it without a fight.

Of course, now is not the time for Mr. Yuan to run Denglai for several years, and the sea attack has shown its might, forcing Jiannu to retreat.

From a local point of view, the situation was quite favorable to the Ming army. More than 20,000 people besieged Jinzhou, and the defending enemy was only a few hundred Jiannu and a few hundred Mongolian vassals, adding up to a thousand people, and the certainty of victory was great.

What is worrying is that the Jiannu of Fuzhou and Gaizhou rushed to the rescue, and there were only more than 2,000 horses and horses who poured out, relying on the ten-mile ice wall, could the Ming army resist it?

Zhu Youxiao turned his head and glanced at Xiaobai again, I really hope to fly again!

There is no telephone telegram or anything, and it takes several days for the news to come and go, which is too slow.

Shaking his head, Zhu Youxiao sighed, returned to the bookcase, took the music casually, looked at it for a while, and then threw it down, and instructed the palace people: "Let Liu Ruoyu come over." ”

It's not that I can't understand the music, but there is really no punctuation, and it looks too much trouble.

Liu Ruoyu hasn't come yet, and there is a palace person to report, and Zou Yuanbiao, the left attendant of the ministry, will see him.

Zhu Youxiao asked the palace people to see him, beckoned, and asked the palace people to move the embroidery pier.

"The old minister knocks on my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Zou Yuanbiao knelt down and kowtowed when he entered the hall.

"Zou Qing is exempt." Zhu Youxiao raised his hand on the throne and said, "Give the seat." ”

Zou Yuanbiao kowtowed again, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Waiting for Zou Yuanbiao to sit down on the embroidery pier, Zhu Youxiao asked: "Zou Qing has repeatedly asked for his resignation, but because Zhu Tongmeng, Guo Yunhou, Guo Xingzhi and others have been impeached in chapters?" ”

Zou Yuanbiao bowed and said: "The old minister is old and frail, and he is no longer able to use the country. ”

Zhu Youxiao pursed the corners of his mouth, Zou Yuanbiao did not sue, he thought he was a gentleman. But he has already investigated the purpose of several people who have been attacked one after another.

Zou Yuanbiao, who is the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, is in charge of the assessment of officials from other places this year, and next year is the period of Beijing inspection, Guo Yunhou and others want to drive Zou Yuanbiao away, because they are worried that it will be unfavorable to themselves.

In addition, because he called on the courtiers to eliminate the prejudice of the door and work together, some people wondered if he was old and exhausted.

Even many people in Donglin laughed at him at both ends. This is also one of the reasons why Zou Yuanbiao begged to go.

After a deep groan, Zhu Youxiao said slowly: "Since Zou Qing is eager to go, I will approve it." ”

"The old minister bows to His Majesty Longen." Zou Yuanbiao knelt down to give a salute, took out the song from his sleeve, presented it with both hands, and said: "The old minister can no longer serve the power of dogs and horses for His Majesty. ”

Zhu Youxiao motioned for the palace people to forward it, opened it and looked at it, nodded and said, "Zou Qing is loyal to the country, I am very relieved." Then, he said: "Pass the decree, add Zou Yuanbiao Prince Taibao, and return home in a stagecoach to raise it." ”

Zou Yuanbiao kowtowed and thanked him, got up and said goodbye.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zou Yuanbiao who disappeared outside the hall gate, and sighed softly.

Zou Yuanbiao, as one of the three monarchs of Donglin, definitely did not expect that the Donglin Party, which was directly related to him, would become a civilian group that misled the country. When you are old, you can see clearly, and only then can you have a heartfelt understanding, but you are already seventy years old, and your time is short.