1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2466
In view of the fact that the situation in Liaodong was already developing in a direction that was unfavorable to the Manchu Qing, the Haihan Army stationed there also strengthened the monitoring measures of the battle situation in order to be able to grasp the situation on the battlefield in time.

Although the Haihan army will not directly participate in the war between the two countries, they still sent troops to reconnaissance near the north shore of Liaodong Bay, and landed on the coast near Panshan County in a grand manner, dispatching a small group of cavalry to carry out public activities in the area.

This behavior did not attract the attacks of the two warring parties. On the contrary, the Ming army and the Qing army were very afraid of the Haihan army appearing here, and took the initiative to keep a distance from it to avoid unnecessary conflicts.Under the current delicate situation, neither of the warring parties wants to provoke Haihan, so that he can have an excuse to send troops to interfere in the current battle situation.

After the beginning of the spring of 1647, the Ming and Qing Dynasties fought again, and the two sides invested heavily again, fighting on the battlefield less than a hundred miles wide between the southern foot of Lushan Mountain and the mouth of the Shuangtaizi River.To the west of this battlefield is Jinzhou City, the current outpost of the Ming Dynasty, and to the east is Yimapingchuan. As long as the Ming army breaks through this front line, Shenyang City, the capital of the Qing Dynasty, will be three hundred miles away.

The situation at this time is quite similar to when the Qing army invaded Shandong eight years ago. One side is like a wolf like a tiger, and the other side is struggling to support it. It is just that the roles are reversed at the moment, and the offense and defense change hands. After the Qing army continued the war of attrition, It is no longer the bravery it used to be.However, after the Ming army invested a lot of money in equipment upgrades, its combat effectiveness has indeed improved qualitatively compared with that of the past, and a head-on confrontation can obviously suppress the opponent.

If it weren't for the fact that the Qing army still maintained a large number of cavalry and had a little advantage in mobility, I am afraid that this line of defense would not last a few days under the continuous onslaught of the Ming army.

In late April, the Ming army finally broke through Panshan County, an important town on this front. The defeated Qing army retreated for more than a hundred miles in one breath. resistance.

However, the flow of the Liaohe River system is not large, and the river surface is often only ten or twenty feet wide. Soldiers with better water quality can even swim across armed. It is not difficult to build floating bridges to allow large troops to pass.The artillery power of the Ming army is obviously superior, and it is completely possible to clear a landing area across the river from the air.

Therefore, the implementation effect of this countermeasure by the Qing army is not ideal, and it can only be delayed for a day and a half at the longest. Once other places upstream and downstream are breached, the defense on the entire river bank will collapse.Although there are many tributaries in the Liaohe River Basin, they still failed to stop the Ming army's offensive in the end. In less than ten days, the Liaohe River defense line was completely broken.

At this time, the forward battalion of the Ming army was less than a hundred miles away from Shenyang, and there were only two roads left before Huang Taiji. One was to concentrate the remaining troops of the Qing Dynasty to defend Shenyang City and fight to the death with the Ming army here; the other was to give up. Shenyang retreated to the north, trying to preserve its strength as much as possible, and seek the right time to make a comeback in the future.

But at this time, Huang Taiji's physical condition was already extremely poor. He thought that even if he evacuated Shenyang, he might not be able to make a comeback.So he decided to pass the throne to his ninth son Fulin in advance, and he would lead the Qing army to evacuate Shenyang in advance, and go to the Wuliangha area further north to start again.And he himself continued to stay in Shenyang, no matter whether he won or lost, he did not intend to leave.

At the end of May, Fulin succeeded to the throne in the Imperial Palace in Shenyang, with the reign title Shunzhi.Since Shunzhi was only ten years old at this time, his uncle, Prince Rui Dorgon, would still be assisting in ruling.Shunzhi and Dorgon took away the elite of the Eight Banners and the few remaining money in the treasury, leaving Huang Taiji to lead [-] Qing troops to stay in Shenyang.

In June, the main force of the Ming army arrived at the foot of Shenyang City. Three days later, 20 Ming troops completed the siege of Shenyang City and launched an offensive.Hundreds of artillery bombarded Shenyang City for several days, blasting several city gates to pieces.

After the city was broken, the two armies fought bloody battles in the city for another three days, and finally took Shenyang City.In the end, Huang Taiji led more than a hundred guards to shrink in the palace, refused to surrender, and finally set fire to himself, but it did not directly fall into the hands of the Ming army.

In the original history, Huang Taiji should have died of illness four years ago, but under the influence of various unexpected factors in this time and space, he lived an extra four years by accident, which is actually a profit.At this time, it has only been 11 years since Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor in Shenyang.

However, shortly after the Ming army conquered Shenyang City, Haihan issued a notice to Daming. In view of the fact that Haihan’s domestic ordnance department needs to upgrade and maintain equipment, it must stop production for a period of time. The military equipment that should have been delivered to Daming within this year, The delivery time may need to be delayed by about a year.Considering that the funds that Daming purchased these arms originally came from a special loan provided by Haihan, Haihan decided to waive the interest on the loan during the delay period.

This is actually the content of the agreement that Chen Yixin and Huang Taiji secretly negotiated earlier. As long as the Ming army conquers Shenyang, Haihan will suspend military assistance to Daming.As for whether Man Qing can seize this respite to make a living, that is not something that Hai Han needs to worry about.

Leaving such a way out for Man Qing, Hai Han's idea is also to let Man Qing continue to restrain Daming's attention, so as to prevent Daming from turning around and tearing himself apart immediately after eliminating Man Qing.On the other hand, if these two families continue to fight, Da Ming will have to continue to rely on the assistance provided by Haihan, which will also help Haihan further obtain various benefits from Da Ming.

Stopping the supply means that Da Ming can no longer rely on the advantages of weapons and equipment to suppress opponents, but the current situation is obviously beneficial to Da Ming. Even without Haihan's assistance, Da Ming is unlikely to stop at this time.

The Ming army rested for more than ten days after conquering Shenyang, and then continued to march northward, obviously intending to wipe out the remnants of the Manchu Qing forces.

However, the northeast of Shenyang is full of mountains and hills, and it is difficult for large troops to form a combat formation here. However, the Qing army can use its familiarity with the terrain and stronger mobility to launch surprise attacks in the mountains and forests from time to time, coming and going like the wind, Make it difficult for the Ming army to guard against.

The Ming army only traveled more than a hundred miles to the north after leaving Shenyang, and had encountered more than 40 large and small attacks, with nearly a thousand casualties. This also made Yang Sichang and others who were supervising the battle on the front line realize that the surrounding environment was not suitable for the Ming army's combat methods. , and then using the previous set of tactics will only increase casualties.

Moreover, the ammunition inventory of the Ming army was running low at this time. If the firearms troops continued to act as the main force to carry out combat missions, supply would become a huge problem.But if it were to be replaced by a cold weapon force, its combat effectiveness could no longer satisfy Da Ming.

(End of this chapter)