In the confusion, communication between the various units of the Second Army was cut off, leaving three infantry battalions belonging to two brigades and a cavalry regiment that had come to meet them, as well as some of the scattered artillery, which was stopped by Yue Le, and Azig, who had crossed the Daling River, sent reinforcements.

Fortunately, a deputy brigade commander took over the command, and in the face of the cut off of the back road, he commanded all the troops to break through to the north, occupied the area of Dading Fort on the edge of Songling, built defensive positions with the help of the mountain, arranged artillery, and held out behind enemy lines until the support of the main army, and also attracted a large number of Qing troops to besiege.

Because Dolgon continued to increase troops in the direction of the Daughter River, Li Zhaoji also continued to draw troops and horses from the front line to support, and finally gave up the plan to defend east along the Xiaoling River, but directly retreated across the Xiaoling River and defended it with the river.

Because the Boluo division came through the valley, there was no heavy artillery under his command, and the number of cavalry was relatively small, while Li Zhaoji gathered three elite troops of the Guards Division, the Marine Division, and the Tamsui Brigade of the Third Army, and put on a posture of killing chickens with a knife.

Fortunately, the main force led by Duoduo appeared and pinned down the cavalry division, and Li Zhaoji only got the support of one hussar regiment of the Guards Division and two dragoon squadrons of the Third Army, and there were only more than 900 cavalry, which could not cut off the retreat of Bolo's department.

After the retreat of the Boluo Division, Li Zhaoji did not send people to pursue, but arranged for Liu Shun to lead the main force of the Marine Division to be stationed in the area of the Daughter River, monitor the Boluo Division, and take care of the supply line by the way, and then immediately led the rest of the elite to advance eastward again, taking advantage of the Qing army to leave the mountains, cross the Daling River, and fight a decisive battle with it in the area of the Xiaoling River.

According to the strategic plan formulated by the two brothers, Bolo and Yue Le, Duoduo should lead his headquarters to retreat into the Xiaoling River valley at this time, and Azig should retreat across the Daling River.

But Duoduo, who was in command at the front, really couldn't resist the temptation of annihilating the Eastern thief, and decided to join forces with Azig to resist the main force of the Eastern Legion, and let Yue Le lead his troops to annihilate that army.

What's more, Dordor received the news that Bolo had involved a large number of enemy forces. As a result, Duoduo immediately sent troops to cross the Xiaoling River, occupied Songshan Fort, and successfully relieved the siege of Jinzhou Fortress.

His plan was to use the fortress and a large enough space to constantly involve and delay time, so as to buy time for Yue Le to annihilate the enemy army without a decisive battle as much as possible.

It's just that reality has given Duoduo a hard shot. Li Zhaoji pretended to feint to attack Songshan Fort, but Zhao Dahe directly crossed the Xiaoling River to relieve the siege, Duoduo after discovering it, quickly withdrew his troops, and as a result, Li Zhaoji transferred the main force out of the Daling River, and surrounded Songshan and Jinzhou together, and its rapid action and the decisiveness of the cavalry cut off the pontoon bridge erected by the Qing army in the Jinzhou fortress, resulting in more than 7,000 people stranded on the west bank of the river, of which more than 2,000 people were annihilated, and the rest fled into the Jinzhou fortress.

So, on June 4, the Eastern Army besieged the Jinzhou fortress for the second time, and completed the crossing of the river again on the same day, relieving the besieged army.

At this point, the first battle of the Battle of Western Liaoning ended, from the landing to the siege of Jinzhou fortress twice, which lasted for more than two months, and the Eastern Army suffered more than 3,400 casualties and more than 1,000 serious wounds, which was equivalent to the loss of an infantry brigade.

Because of the expansion of the Third Army, the original reserve battalions were filled into it, and the current losses cannot be effectively replenished.

In his study of the first battle, Lee Siu-kee found that most of the casualties were caused by being routed during movement and involvement, and then by attacking strong fortifications and complex terrain.

The Manchus no longer had the courage to fight a decisive battle with the Oriental Trading Company on the flat ground, but they also had a way to kill and injure. Relatively speaking, the losses of the Qing army were even greater, with 6,100 killed alone, more than 700 wounded who lost their combat effectiveness, and nearly 2,000 people who were captured or fled.

Large-scale casualties occurred on the Daughters River Battlefield and the Songshan Fort Battlefield. As long as the battle began in the plains, the Manchu side suffered huge casualties.

Taking advantage of the complex mountainous valley terrain, the Manchu Qing side could reduce the technical disadvantage of weapons, and could ensure that they would inflict large casualties on the Eastern Army without collapsing.

But the problem is that this method of warfare did not have a next time, the river valley and mountains limited the offensive of the Eastern Army, and at the same time cut off the communication between the various units of the Qing army, making it difficult for them to support each other.

However, another judgment of the Qing army on the Eastern Army is undoubtedly accurate, that is, Li Zhaoji does not want to fight a protracted war and will take the initiative to attack.

At this time, the main force of the Qing army was divided into four parts, the Boluo 1st 30,000 people were in the Daughter River Valley, threatening the flanks and supply lines of the Eastern Army, the Duoduo 1 was 40,000 people in the Xiaoling River Valley, which was the closest to the Jinzhou fortress, and the Azig 1st 40,000 people defended on the east bank of the Daling River, and the rest of the army was stationed in the direction of Chaoyang.

The reason why the whole army was not pressed was because of the difficulty of transportation in the river valley area, and it was difficult to support all the main forces to fight on the front line.

On June 10, Li Zhaoji took the initiative to launch a second campaign, launching an attack in the direction of the Xiaoling River Valley and the Daling River, and the offensive was so fierce that the Qing army could not figure out which direction was the main attack direction of the Eastern Army, and Duoduo and Azig also moved according to the plan.

The so-called plan was to steadily retreat and enter the depths of the valley to attract the Eastern Army to enter. However, Li Zhaoji did not fall for it, he still hoped that he could gather and annihilate the main force of the Qing army in the flat terrain of the western Liaoning corridor, so the second campaign launched was still the idea of attracting the Qing army out of Songling first.

It turned out that although Li Zhaoji's headquarters appeared in the direction of the Xiaoling River Valley, and the Guards Division also appeared immediately, the Daling River direction was the main attack.

Li Zhaoji gave Zhao Dahe a brigade of the entire Third Army and the Second Army, plus a cavalry division, after crossing the Daling River, quickly advanced forward, forcing Azig to completely go all the way to the Daling River Valley, losing Yizhou City and Dakang Fort all the way, and finally even Jiuguantai was lost, and after blocking the Azig headquarters in the Daling River Valley, Zhao Dahe immediately sent a cavalry division and two infantry brigades to continue to advance eastward, putting on a posture of attacking Liaodong.

At first, Dolgon and the others did not believe it, after all, the supply line of the Eastern Army was under the threat of their own side, and the speed of Zhao Dahe's eastward advance was not fast.

But as a series of news reached Dolgon, who was sitting in the rising sun, Dolgon had to believe it.

First of all, the Qing army found that the Eastern Army built artillery forts and dug trenches in the valleys of the Daughter River, Xiaoling River and Daling River, which seemed to be the intention of blocking the Qing army in the valley area for a long time.

Secondly, Abatai's department found that the Marines had once again occupied Lianyun Island at the mouth of Gaizhou, and were building a large number of buildings.

This made Dolgon dare not slack off, if the Eastern Army suddenly retreated, transferred from the sea to Gaizhou to land, or directly gave up logistics and supplies, fought all the way through the Liaoxi Corridor, and then guarded the east entrance of the Liaoxi Corridor with a large army, wouldn't it block the main force of the Qing army in Liaoxi?

Dolgon could only order Dordor to support Azig, and let Bolo quickly attack to break through the mouth of the Daughter River and once again threaten the rear of the Eastern Army.

Dolgon's orders were well executed, and Dordor sent 15,000 men over the mountains to support Azig, and Dolgon also transferred reserve troops from the Chaoyang area to Azig, bringing the number of troops under Azig's command to more than 60,000.

After that, large-scale offensive and defensive battles took place in the direction of the mouth of the Daughter River Valley and Uiju, forming a situation in which the Qing army took the initiative to attack the Eastern Army, which had a geographical advantage, and the Qing army suffered extremely heavy casualties.

But this also forced Zhao Dahe to stop the pace of eastward advance, and after more than 20 days of fierce fighting in the direction of Yizhou, Zhao Dahe was forced to choose to retreat and retreated to the west bank of the Daling River again, while Azig led the main force to pursue immediately.

Zhao Dahe's troops fought and retreated, discarding supplies and ammunition along the way, allowing Azig to continue to advance by force, which once made Dolgon think that he was going to win the battle.

But they didn't know that they had fallen into Li Zhaoji's trap. Li Zhaoji, who was in the valley of the Xiaoling River, did not lead his army to retreat to support Zhao Dahe, and even Chen Ping's troops, which were drawn from the besieging force, did not reinforce him.

Li Zhaoji gathered the Guards Division, a regiment of the Tamsui Brigade and Chen Ping's Division, a total of 14,000 men, and launched an attack on the frontal Duoduo Division, Li Zhaoji organized the elite troops of the grenadiers and chasseurs in each unit, and constantly sent them to attack the rear of the Qing army from the flank, forcing the Duoduo Division to constantly retreat.

The 40,000 Duoduo Division, which had suffered the largest casualties in the first battle, dispatched 15,000 people to support Azig, and the number of people under his command was less than 10,000.

However, Li Zhaoji did not pursue, but abandoned the baggage and heavy artillery of his headquarters, and directly followed the mountain road of the Duoduo Department to support Azig, all the way to the east, and smoothly entered the Daling River Valley, and along this rich valley that had been developed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty all the way to the east, directly cutting off the retreat of the main force of the Qing army commanded by Azig.

And on July 2, it formed a flanking attack with the Zhao Dahe Department in front of it. Azig was unable to reach the left and right, and finally chose to break through to the Xiaoling River valley, but it was too late, only 20,000 cavalry and 4,000 infantry fled into the Xiaoling River valley, and the rest of the main force was annihilated and defeated, and about 17,000 people retreated into the Jinzhou fortress.

Although the second battle did not achieve a large-scale annihilation battle, the Eastern Army produced a large number of routs and prisoners during the movement, resulting in the loss of more than 7,000 people in the Eastern Army, but the losses of the Qing army were significantly greater, especially the Qing army's large-scale attack on the strong fortifications of the Eastern Army in the river valley, resulting in a large number of casualties.

For the Qing army, the most disadvantageous thing was that the Qing army retreated into the Jinzhou fortress, and two successive groups of troops retreated, so that the defenders of the Jinzhou fortress exceeded 40,000 people, which greatly exceeded the bearing capacity of the Jinzhou fortress.

Of course, the depletion of grain and grass is not a problem for the time being, the key is that 40,000 people in Jinzhou Fortress have become an immovable dead chess.

In order to make the Golden State Fortress an unfallable fortress, Yue Le tried his best to carefully select the address and let the fortress be surrounded by water on three sides.

Yue Le once proudly claimed that the Jinzhou Fortress could block the siege of 100,000 Dongfan thieves, but the problem was that this fortress could also besiege all the defenders inside with a small number of troops due to the location problem.

During the first two battles, Chen Ping was in charge of besieging the fortress, and his headquarters of 3,000 men plus a regiment of the Second Army, more than 1,000 marines on each ship, as well as some temporarily armed sailors, and more than 700 cavalry, with a total strength of more than 7,000 people, trapped twice as many defenders.

Now that the defenders have become 40,000 people, Li Zhaoji only needs to transfer some troops slightly to surround the defenders.

In fact, in the next two battles, the Eastern Army besieged these 40,000 people with 10,000 men, and the Eastern Army also received reinforcements.

The Third Army on the peninsula sent five battalions to form an infantry brigade, while the Navy sent three regiments from the previous year, which had been organized for training, plus some armed sailors, to form a new division.

These newly arrived troops were mainly recruits, and Li Zhaoji assigned them to some infantry brigades with relatively large casualties, and was responsible for carrying out the three tasks of garrisoning Ningyuan Fortress, blocking Jinzhou Fortress, and blocking the mouth of the Daughter River Valley.