The Saurons, who were climbing like apes, or other savage tribesmen came to the city with ferocious faces, but were shot down neatly by crossbow arrows.
A hasty night raid left hundreds of corpses behind and left in a hurry.
Jia Yan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Damn it, he stayed up in the middle of the night and carried out a night attack. He really took the wrong medicine."
The use of firearms is particularly restricted at night, and due to the strong wind, dry and cold conditions, it is difficult not only to start a fire, but even to keep the fire intact.
Therefore, in these days, the Qing army mainly carried out night attacks, and especially liked to sneak up on the wall by sending ape-like soldiers to act as the first to ascend.
He adapted to the climate of Liaodong, was not afraid of severe cold, and even climbed in such difficult conditions. His bravery greatly shocked the Ming army.
"Send sentries and continue to stand guard!"
Jia Yan felt the pain on his bones, gritted his teeth and ordered.
"Guerrilla, we don't have much wine left."
At this time, the clerk in charge of the baggage ran over and muttered: "If you win today, don't use the celebration wine."
"How can this be done? If there is no wine, the men will not be able to hold on for long."
Jia Yan shook his head like a rattle.
In northern Liaoning, apart from meat being available everywhere, the only thing the soldiers relied on for support was wine.
Not only can it warm the body, but it is also a good drink, which can help soldiers forget their fatigue and continue to persevere.
The sentries are always on duty, and without wine to warm themselves up, standing guard is no less than a torture, and they have no energy left.
"Take a few jars from me." Jia Yan's throat moved and he said while holding back his heartache. It seemed like it was killing him.
"Then you won't be able to hold on for a few more days. You still have to go to Shenyang to get it!"
"I see!"
After waving his hand, Jia Yan reluctantly left.
The next day, he went to a nearby castle early in the morning to find his future son and daughter, Shi Jinbao.
"As long as there are one hundred altars, that won't be a problem, right?"
"Eighty, the lowest..."
"Thirty, as long as you can make do with it, are you really prepared to spoil them?"
Shi Jinbao's words left Jia Yan speechless.
In normal times, it would be okay to drink less, but this is a battlefield, and a little negligence can cost someone's life.
Without this group of soldiers who risked their lives, how could he achieve any meritorious service?
After returning to the castle, Jia Yan did not stop for a moment, writing notes and asking for more drinks. He usually took his brothers to hunt and eat some meat to replenish their health.
That's the good thing about northern Liaoning. There is no shortage of meat. After a snowfall, there are stupid roe deer everywhere.
Shenyang.
After the recovery of Liaodong, preparations for Liaodong Province were immediately put on the agenda.
The Western Liaoning Corridor, a stretch of land from Shanhaiguan to Guangning, is long and narrow and is an important passage into the customs, so Jinzhou Prefecture was directly established.
Its territorial boundaries basically followed the Manchu and Qing planning, and its government was in Jin County.
It has jurisdiction over four counties including Ningyuan County, Jin County, Yizhou County and Guangning County.
Due to years of reproduction, Jinzhou Prefecture has a population of nearly half a million, and its area is extremely vast, almost the same as Fengyang, which was not dismantled in the past.
Now it is temporarily under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court. Whether it will be returned to Liaodong or Hebei Province is unclear.
After all, its location is sensitive and is related to the stability of the capital.
In Liaodong Province, the old name was changed and the province was governed in Shenyang.
The area was successively transformed into Shenyang Prefecture, Jinzhou Prefecture (Lvda area), Gaizhou Prefecture, Haizhou Prefecture, Liaoyang Prefecture, Dingliao Prefecture, and the northernmost Tieling Prefecture.
The land of Qifu has a total population of over one million people. Although it is a little thin, it has a bright future.
After all, there will be a large number of immigrants in the future, so we have to set up the airs in advance to accommodate these people.
According to the cabinet's discussions, with the help of the Bohai Sea, millions of people can be relocated from Shandong to enrich Liaodong.
However, for the trio of Chen Yongfu, Li Jizu, and Wu Sangui, the most important thing at the moment is to ensure the production of alcohol.
Despite adequate preparations, the drinks were unexpected and their importance was beyond imagination.
"Let the imperial court transport some grain to make wine as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult when the Bohai Sea freezes."
"We must control our drinking. If this continues, the Beijing Camp will be abolished."
Chen Yongfu sighed, feeling a little helpless.
These days, there are countless letters asking for alcohol, and almost all the soldiers in the army have become drunkards. If the military judge hadn't been watching, he would have banned alcohol long ago.
Drinking will delay things, but not having alcohol will affect morale.
It was hard for him to imagine that when these Beijing soldiers returned to Beijing, they would all turn out to be drunkards. What would he do then?
The emperor's accusations and the cabinet's nagging were enough to give him a headache.
Li Jizu was open-minded and said: "Soldiers are already in a difficult situation. If they don't have wine, they may have to rebel."
"Since the founding of the army at Dasanguan, I have never heard of any soldiers rioting. When the news reaches Beijing, all of us will be in trouble."
Wu Sangui's face twitched a few times, feeling that he was also implicated.
At this time, he noticed the gazes of the two people and could only say helplessly: "Wine is necessary, otherwise you will not be able to survive this winter, but drinking too much wine will delay the war. The Kaiyuan area has been very busy recently."
"Then control your drinking to the point where it won't affect the battle." Chen Yongfu said decisively, obviously it had been brewing for a long time.
"As for the open source war, it's nothing to worry about."
"There were nearly 20,000 people guarding the place. The Manchus were just trying to make a desperate struggle while the time was good."
At these words, the two of them nodded in agreement.
In fact, the grasshoppers in this autumn are not as simple as imagined, they jump very fiercely.
It turned out that the siege was just an illusion. They were just attacking in the east and west. Their main purpose was to plunder food and grass, attack transport convoys, and obtain supplies by surprise.
After several successes, the Ming army immediately added manpower to guard it and strictly defended it. The Qing army had no choice but to give up.
As soon as the jubilant Qing army returned to Jilin City, they were met with an angry rebuke from the regent Dorgon.
It turned out that this sneak attack was a battle commanded by Azig after Dorgon fell seriously ill and fainted.
Azig is based in Changtu, guarding this southern gateway, and has many elite soldiers under his command.
Although Jilin City has been under construction for several years now, a large number of people have moved in in a short period of time, which is enough to overwhelm this small place.
So Azig wanted to establish his prestige so as to better prepare to succeed Dorgon.
When Dorgon learned about this, he scolded him: "Robbing 10,000 shi of military rations looks good, but it exposes our true nature."
"The Ming army must have guessed that our supplies were insufficient and difficult to spend, so they grabbed food."
Azigyou was dissatisfied and said: "There is a shortage of food now. There are so many more mouths in Jilin. If we grab them, we can save a lot of people."
"You are greedy for small profits and don't care about the overall situation. You bastard, get out of here——"