Four hundred miles west of Liaoning returned to the hands of the Han people. But this time, it was no longer Guan Ning's army that was attached to the civilian officials, but Li Zhi's Tiger Army that occupied western Liaoning.
Zu Dashou stood behind Li Zhi, holding on to the wall of Jinzhou City, trembling slightly.
Jinzhou is the northernmost point of the 400-mile Western Liaoning Corridor. Reoccupying Jinzhou City was a huge event for Zu Dashou, and he could not tolerate being less than excited.
Jinzhou City is the nest of Zu Dashou. He stayed in Jinzhou from the time he was promoted to the commander-in-chief in the first year of Chongzhen. In the summer of the 17th year of Chongzhen, he was transferred by the Donglin Party to conquer Li Zhi and stayed in Jinzhou for sixteen years.
, has regarded this place as his home. There are more than a dozen ancestral houses in the city, which used to be the place where the Zu Dashou family lived and rested.
Many of the ancestral family’s nephews and nephews were born and raised in Jinzhou.
After entering the customs, Zu Dashou once thought that it would take five or ten years to regain Ningjin in the long run. Although the Tatars were defeated in the Battle of Jinzhou, the Manchus were always a powerful enemy in Zu Dashou's mind. Even if
Zu Dashou believed that Li Zhi would definitely take back Liaoxi, but he did not dare to hope that he could return to Jinzhou in one year.
However, in front of Li Zhi's Tiger and Ben troops, the Tatar cavalry seemed as fragile as paper. The Ningjin defense line abandoned by the Donglin Party was easily recaptured by Li Zhi.
Behind Zu Dashou, Zu Dashou's cavalry burst into tears. One by one, they touched the city wall of Jinzhou and howled loudly.
The main body of the Guan Ning Army is the Liao people who fled to western Liaoning. When they fled south under the slaughter of the Tatars, Jinzhou took them in. For these cavalry, known as the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, Jinzhou is their base camp
, is their home. How can it not be exciting to regain our home?
Li Zhi looked at Zu Dashou and said with a smile: "Captain Zu, I will return these ancestral houses in the city to you! More than 600,000 Liao residents in western Liaoning are in Tianjin and Shandong. The houses in the city were originally
Whoever belongs to them belongs to them now, and I will send clerks to register and investigate them carefully so that all these houses can be returned to their original owners."
When Zu Dashou heard Li Zhi's words, he was overjoyed and knelt down on the ground with a plop: "The great hero of the country, you have recovered four hundred miles of land in western Liaoning for us and the sons of the Han family! Zu Dashou is a warrior who has no talent and only wants to serve for
The great cause of the Duke has been shattered to pieces."
The cavalrymen behind Zu Dashou all knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "I am willing to die for the sake of the Duke!"
"I am willing to die for the sake of the Duke!"
Recovering the mountains and rivers has always been an exciting thing, let alone for the authorities? For these Guan Ning cavalry at this time, even if Li Zhi asked them to charge into battle and die, they might not hesitate.
Li Zhi smiled and helped the emotional Zu Dashou.
Hong Chengchou walked up, bowed deeply to Li Zhi, and then raised his hands and said: "My lord, this Jinzhou is the throat of Ning Jin. After we occupy it, we must deploy troops to defend it to ensure the smooth flow of supplies."
Li Zhi looked at Jinzhou City and said nothing.
Hong Chengchou said: "The two thousand miles of Liaodong Plain north of Jinzhou are all Jurchen territory. Even if we can capture Shenyang, the slave chief Dorgon can flee north. This time we attack Dongnu Liting and sweep
hole, we must pursue Dorgon. The further north you go, the more important the supply line becomes."
"We have a powerful navy and can use warships to transport supplies directly from Tianjin to the south coast of Jinzhou. But only by controlling Jinzhou can we ensure that the supplies can land smoothly. Otherwise, if the Jinzhou area is controlled by slaves, our supplies will not be able to land.
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Li Zhi asked: "What does Staff Hong mean?"
Hong Chengchou said: "More than 600,000 Liao people in western Liaoning are clearing up wasteland in three land reclamation sites in Tianjin and Shandong, and the personnel are concentrated. We can select 10,000 young and strong people from them and give them weapons to defend Jinzhou City. With these 10,000 strong people
For defense, even if tens of thousands of slaves surround Jinzhou, Jinzhou can still be defended for a few months, and we can calmly return reinforcements."
Li Zhi felt that what Hong Chengchou said was quite reasonable, but he did not want to overly elevate the status of Hong Chengchou, an outsider. The officers of the Huben Army were all promoted based on their seniority and military exploits, allowing Hong Chengchou, who had just arrived, to influence major events and to those who had been following Li Zhi.
Not a good thing for "old people".
Li Zhi turned to look at Li Laosi and asked: "Li Laosi, what do you think?"
Li Laosi said: "My lord, I also think that we can recruit the people. The supply line for this battle is very long. And we only have 44,000 soldiers. It is a good idea to recruit militiamen to guard the supply line. We can deploy some officers to command these militiamen."
.Western Liaoning is the homeland of these Liao people, and they will definitely fight to the death to defend the city. There is no problem for the militia to defend the big city."
Li Zhi then nodded and said: "Okay, let's follow the instructions of Commander Li and Staff Officer Hong and recruit the people. But next we have to attack Shenyang and go all the way north. Ten thousand people are not enough."
We selected 50,000 strong men from among the civilians in western Liaoning, gave them weapons and armor, and were responsible for guarding the cities we captured next."
"Let Zheng Kaicheng do this. Let Zheng Chenggong organize a fleet to transport the selected Liao people within half a month."
Zheng Kaicheng cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, Lord, I will take a boat back to Tianjin and go to the wasteland reclamation camp as quickly as possible to recruit young men."
Li Zhi was arranging guards on the supply line there when he saw ten scouts galloping in the distance. The scouts passed through many confinements and walked all the way to Li Zhi. He knelt down on one knee and said, "Master Guo, let's go deep into the east."
We faced 200 miles to detect the enemy's situation, and found that the Qing Dynasty had abandoned Yizhou and Guangning, and fled north with their families. As soon as our people engaged with the Taqing scouts, the Taqing scouts fled in a panic, seemingly without any reason.
Fighting spirit."
Xue Sanku, acting commander of the Selective Division, was stunned and asked: "Guangning has also been recaptured? Is Dongnu going to flee without a fight?"
Li Laosi took a breath and said: "Master Guo, I think the Tatars are using a strategy to strengthen the wall and clear the country."
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Dorgon turned around and took one last look at the Shengjing Palace, and let out a long sigh.
"I never expected that the palace my father built would be abandoned by me."
Hearing Dorgon's emotion, Dorgon's brother Azig's eyes were filled with blood red, and he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, we have hundreds of thousands of warriors who can fight. Even if we go out of the city to fight against Li Zhi's 40,000 people, it will be impossible."
It may not be invincible. This Shengjing is the foundation built by my father with blood, how can we give up so easily?"
"As long as the emperor gives the order, I, Azig, will lead hundreds of thousands of warriors to fight to the death with Li Zhi'er."
Dorgon closed his eyes when he heard Azig's words.
After a long time, he said: "Back then, the late emperor used 50,000 elite troops to attack Li Zhi's more than 10,000 people, and was ultimately defeated. Now Li Zhi has more than 40,000 people, how can we defeat more than 100,000 people?"
"Prince of England, this is a time of life and death for our family. If you make a mistake, your country will be destroyed. You must be calm at this time and don't say any impulsive words."
Azig glanced at the Chongzheng Hall of the imperial palace and couldn't stop his tears from flowing down. But he did not dare to say anything depressing and just knelt on the ground with a plop.
"This battle is related to the life and death of our clan. How to fight and defend depends on the Emperor's words. But Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must be careful, everything must be calculated carefully! Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of my clan will die without burial. The place!”
After Azig said this, all the Manchu nobles around him knelt on the ground and knelt down and kowtowed to Dorgon. Many people couldn't hold back their tears and started crying.
Giving up Shenyang, the capital held by Nurhaci, was really an unbearable burden for the Manchu nobles.
Dorgon looked to the southwest, looked in the direction of Li Zhi, and sighed.
