The imperial army that attacked Liaodong by sea consisted of more than 25,000 infantry troops and 20,000 chariot camps. They were two of Emperor Chongzhen's most trusted generals and the generals he considered the most capable. Huang Degong, the former Yongwei camp general, and
Commander Sun Yingyuan.
Going all the way north along the coastline, their destination was not the outlet of the Liao River as Dorgon thought, but Gaizhou Wei.
On the seaside of Gaizhouwei, very close to it, there is a large island called Lianyun Island.
After the army arrived here, it first docked at Lianyun Island, and all the livestock and other animals that needed rest on the ship were unloaded on the island to recover their strength. The army then began to attack Gaizhou Guard.
Gaizhou Guard is a city near the sea, and it is also the barrier to the south of Haizhou City. Although Jianlu mobilized troops from various places for the Jinzhou war, they did not mobilize Gaizhou's troops, and they still had heavy defense.
Of course, this so-called heavy army actually only has less than 10,000 men and horses. This is not because Gaizhou is too small, but because the total strength of Jianlu is just that much. Ten thousand men and horses are already enough for Jianlu.
That's a lot.
When Gaizhou Jianlu saw a large-scale Ming army fleet appearing on the sea, they initially tried to prevent the Ming army from landing. However, they were bombarded by naval warships and fled back in despair.
There is almost no suspense about the battle that will follow.
Under the command of Sun Yingyuan and Huang Degong, the car camp landed and formed a defensive line in the fields outside Gaizhou City. Twenty Hongyi cannons were unloaded from the warships and lined up in a row, before the Ming army could fire.
, the Jianlu prisoners of Gaizhou City fled through the north gate.
Because there are no Hongyi cannon-level artillery in Gaizhou City, and the Ming army can unload more Hongyi cannons from warships, the older Jianlu prisoners have seen the power of Hongyi cannons in siege, so they just
Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army did not encircle Gaizhou, the Thirty-Six Strategy was the best strategy.
Sun Yingyuan and Huang Degong did not immediately send troops to pursue them. Instead, they sent people to extinguish the fire that the Jianlu had set in Gaizhou City before they escaped. After taking full control of Gaizhou, they unloaded grain and grass supplies from the ships and stocked them in Gaizhou.
According to the advance battle plan, the reason why Gaizhou was to be captured first instead of attacking from the mouth of the Liao River was that all the grain, grass, supplies, gunpowder and weapons of the entire Liao army would be stored in Gaizhou first.
After all, for sea transportation, the consumption on the road is much less than that of land transportation.
After the imperial army captured Haizhou, it would not be too late to use boats to transport them inland via the Liao River or something like that.
On the third day after the capture of Gaizhou, the cavalry sent out did not collect at night, and there were rewards one after another.
After Huang Degong heard the news, he said to Sun Yingyuan: "There are only more than 3,000 captives in Yaozhou Post. Those who fled back went directly to Haizhou. Otherwise, I will lead the troops to capture Yaozhou Post first."
Come down?"
Yaozhouyi is a post city between Gaizhou and Haizhou. They are 60 miles apart. It is a transfer station from Gaizhou to Haizhou. Generally speaking, if you rest here for one night, you can arrive the next day.
Haizhou.
This point is also a very important peripheral node for Haizhou, the important town where Jianlu operates.
Therefore, Sun Yingyuan frowned a little after hearing this and said: "Gaizhou is too close to the sea. It is reasonable for the Jianlu to give up when they see our army coming. However, I am afraid that Yaozhouyi will not give up, which is equivalent to the sea."
The south gate of the state is open, and the imperial troops can reach Haizhou City directly. Jianlu will probably send troops to rescue, and then there will be a big war!"
Huang Degong listened and said nonchalantly: "I lead 10,000 infantry troops, 5,000 chariot camps, and 3,000 cavalry troops. I don't believe it. What else can Jianlu do to me? As long as I make the threat to capture Yaozhou Station,
With Haizhou's posture, Jianlu will definitely panic and will definitely ask for help from Jinzhou. Isn't this just a good response?"
Having said this, he paused and added: "Don't worry, I won't go deep alone. If I really have to attack Haizhou, I will put on such a posture to scare Jianlu!"
After hearing this, Sun Yingyuan felt that it made sense, so he said to Huang Degong: "Well, just bring 15,000 infantry troops, 10,000 chariot camps, and 4,000 cavalry troops there! The more troops there are, the more powerful the momentum will be. If there is an encounter,
If there are too many captives, I still have the ability to cope with you. At worst, if you stockpile food and supplies on the island, I will be able to support you with the entire army!"
Huang Degong originally thought there was no need to worry, but after careful consideration, he felt that it would be good to coordinate with Jinzhou. However, his most important task was to protect Gaizhou, where grain and grass were stored. Sending troops to Yaozhou Station could also be regarded as a barrier to Gaizhou.
There is no room for error.
Thinking like this, he agreed with Sun Yingyuan's suggestion.
So, the next day, Huang Degong led his troops and set off.
As a result, while he was still on the road, he came back to report the matter again.
"What, the great victory of Jinzhou?" Huang Degong immediately confirmed again in surprise, "The Haizhou area was full of defeated armies of Jianlu and Japanese pirates?"
After receiving Ye Bushou's reaffirmation, Huang Degong was very excited and immediately ordered the entire army to march faster.
When Huang Degong rushed to Yaozhou Post in the evening, he found that the Jianlu here had set fire to Yaozhou Post, and then left the building empty.
When the forward cavalry approached here, they could still see the defeated army. However, when the defeated army saw the Ming army appear, they all ran away.
Therefore, Huang Degong first stationed himself at Yaozhou Station, and then sent out cavalry to explore the enemy's situation.
The next day, the news was further confirmed. Before they arrived in Gaizhou, the winner of the Jinzhou War had already been decided, and the Jianlu and Japanese pirates were defeated.
Nowadays, it can be said that the entire land of Liaodong is full of defeated armies fleeing for their lives in a hurry.
Over in Haizhou City, there was originally a puppet emperor named Jianlu, but after hearing that the battle in Jinzhou was defeated, he had already fled back to Liaoyang overnight.
The pursuing imperial officers and troops had not yet reached Haizhou. The main reason was that there were too few cavalry and they had all been transferred to the grassland.
Huang Degong went to verify it himself, but did not dare to take advantage of the chaos because it was too chaotic. He also wanted to ensure the smooth flow of the grain road from Yaozhou Station to Gaizhou.
Therefore, he first sent troops to clear out the defeated troops from Yaozhou Station to Gaizhou.
As a result, the next day, they came back all night to report that there was a fire in Haizhou, and the fire was very powerful.
Upon hearing the news, Huang Degong couldn't sit still and immediately led three thousand cavalry troops and rushed over to see the situation.
Before arriving in Haizhou, I could already see the flames of Haizhou City rising into the sky from a distance.
When he got closer, he discovered that everything around Haizhou City was in chaos.
There are corpses everywhere, including men, women, old and young. Of course, they are all captives of the Money Rat Tail. As for the culprits, needless to say, they are Japanese pirates.
Huang Degong saw with his own eyes that Japanese pirates were plundering in groups, carrying large and small packages on their bodies and holding Japanese knives in their hands.
As soon as he saw this situation, he understood what was going on.
Among the defeated troops in Jinzhou, Japanese pirates accounted for the vast majority. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates had fled into the Haizhou area unorganized. Their military discipline had lost control. Of course, they may not have had much military discipline in the first place, and they were burned and killed during the defeat.
The nature of looting was naturally exposed. Conflict with the Haizhou garrison and plundering the common people were what would naturally happen.
When the Japanese pirates saw the Ming army coming, they did not attack them, but scattered and fled.
Huang Degong did not chase after him. He just looked at the burning Haizhou City and patrolled the surrounding area. He saw the common people dying in various ways and felt a little emotional in his heart. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates dispersed into Liaodong, like Haizhou.
Scenes like this are expected to happen everywhere in Liaodong.
He had no sympathy for this, because Jianlu asked for it!
In this land of Liaodong, buildings such as Haizhou and Yaozhou Station were all built by Han people. It can be said that the prosperity of Liaodong was created by Han people with their own hands.
As a result, millions of Han people in Liaodong were massacred one after another by the rebels. How many old and weak women and children, how many families were destroyed, and how many human tragedies were staged on the land of Liaodong!
The evil done by the Jianlu and the captives can be said to be too numerous to describe!
Not only that, they also carried out the burning, killing and looting into the pass. Every few years, they would enter the pass and plunder. I don’t know how many Han people were killed because of this, and their bones were scattered in the wild!
I originally thought that this revenge would be impossible to avenge! When the imperial officers and soldiers faced the Jianlu, they suffered repeated defeats. They gradually lost the entire Liaodong, and even allowed the Jianlu to enter and exit the pass freely.
It feels like Jianlu is already invincible!
Unexpectedly, Emperor Taizu appeared and gave treasures to the current emperor. Under the guidance of Emperor Taizu, first there was a great victory in Jizhou, and then there was a great victory in Ningyuan.
The Jianlu captives, slave chiefs who had never thought they would be captured before, were escorted to the capital to Ming Zhengdianfa.
Step by step, the imperial court is getting better and stronger. Now, the imperial army has counterattacked into Liaodong and defeated the Jianlu army. Even if they seduced the Japanese pirates to help, it was of no avail.
Haha, now, Jianlu has suffered retribution. He was burned, killed, and looted by the defeated Japanese pirates. Judging from the scene in front of him, the Japanese pirates went there with the purpose of killing, burning, and robbing them all.
Huang Degong thought about this, and just sneered in his heart, waiting for you dog to bite dog first; when the imperial army arrives, no matter whether they are Jianlu or Japanese pirates, they will be wiped out. No, according to the current strategy of the imperial court, they should all be captured and mined.
We can’t kill them! We also need to build the railway, but we can’t kill them!
The land of Liaodong is finally about to expel the barbarians and restore the Han family to the world!
Thinking of this, Huang Degong, even though he was a martial artist, couldn't help but feel a little emotional: The turmoil since the end of Wanli will finally be put down! Those Han people who died unjustly and the sons of the Han family who died in battle can finally rest in peace!
On the day when Liaodong is liberated, if nothing happens to the court, there should be a grand ceremony, right?