1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 447 Attacking Liaodong ([-])

On August 1642, 10, South Changshan Island.

Chen Dalang, the general manager of Hanxing Island, was wrapped in a thick fur coat, standing on the shore, watching the four armed merchant ships of the Qi State slowly docking beside the wooden trestle.In August, he came to Nanchangshan Island with the immigrant fleet, inspected the stronghold closest to Ming Dynasty, and supervised the progress of the construction of the fortress here, and stayed until then.

Seeing the arrival of the Hanzhou ship, a group of boatmen from Penglai, near Shandong Province, led by several local soldiers, rushed to the side of the ship, and then looked at the sailors on the ship eagerly, hoping that the fleet would bring them urgently needed supplies. All kinds of living materials.

"[-] beds of quilts, [-] bolts of cloth, [-] shi of rice, and the rest are military equipment, farm tools, and building materials." Luo Rucheng got off the boat and looked at Chen Dalang with concern, "It's cold, and the sea breeze is also Daddy, you are not in good health, so you shouldn't have come out to meet us."

"Hehe..." Chen Dalang smiled, and said loudly: "I just lost an arm, and it's not that I'm sick! It's been so long, and I guess, you have to send a boat over. Now, the island has gathered More than 3000 refugees and hungry people have landed on the island. The weather is getting colder every day, and most of the hungry people must be quickly transported to Hanxing Island for winter.”

"Why are there so many fleeing hungry people?" Luo Rucheng asked curiously as he followed Chen Dalang and Xu Chuanxing, the company commander of the 600rd Marine Corps, towards the castle in the distance: "I remember when I came here in August, there were also people on this island. Only [-] people. Where are these refugees from?"

"The Tartars have entered the customs again." Chen Dalang frowned and said, "According to the refugees who came to the island, the Tartars broke through the Gubei Pass in early October and rushed into the territory of Hebei. Except for the slight resistance from the Jizhou town officers and troops, The military towns in the rest of the prefectures and counties are almost unable to withstand Jiannu's attack. Damn, the entire Hebei defense line is like paper. Jiannu has penetrated into the Tongzhou area within more than ten days. Seeing Jiannu's appearance, it may be another They came to Shandong. Therefore, people from all over Jiaoxi fled to Jiaodong to avoid the massacre of Jiannu."

"Why are the Ming officials and soldiers so useless!" Luo Rucheng shook his head and said, "Let Jiannu break through again and again. In this way, how many Ming people will be ruined by Jiannu."

"From February to April this year, Daming was defeated by Jiannu in Songshan, Jinzhou, and Xingshan. More than [-] masters were killed, and the elite were all wiped out. How could there be room to resist Jiannu's breakthrough again." Chen Dalang sighed. : "Moreover, the battle between the Ming army and the bandits in Kaifeng in Henan was also a big defeat, and the whole city of Kaifeng was destroyed by the Yellow River's embankment. Afterwards, Li Zicheng entered Shaanxi again and defeated Sun Chuanting. Resistance. Sigh, this Ming Dynasty may really be as the king said, it will perish in the world."

"Dalang, do you think that this time the establishment of slaves and entry into the customs will break Beijing and destroy Ming Dynasty?" Luo Rucheng's heart tightened when he heard this.

"It's hard to say." Chen Dalang shook his head and said, "I heard that Jiannu also has a lot of red cannons in his hands, and it is not difficult to attack the city. If this Jiannu is really ruthless, the army will surround Beijing and transport the artillery Come on, bombard the city wall day and night, with the fighting power of the Ming army, it is really possible for Jiannu to break through the capital."

"Our envoy to meet with the Ming Emperor is still in the capital!" Luo Rucheng said, "If the capital is going to be captured by Jiannu, then wouldn't it be the case that Jiannu will also take it to him?"

"It's too late to go to Tianjin to pick up people now." Chen Dalang said in a deep voice: "If Jiannu wants to really want the city of Beijing, at this time, there must be a large army gathered around the capital, and there will be tens of thousands of people."

"If Huang Zijia and others reveal their status as envoys of the Great Qi Kingdom, how will they be dealt with as slaves?" Luo Rucheng said, "Could it be that they were chopped off with a single knife?"

Chen Dalang was silent, although all of them were born in Dengzhou, Shandong, and Liaodong was only separated by hundreds of miles of sea, but they really didn't understand how to build slaves.It's just heard that Jiannu likes to be brutal and bullies and abuses the Han people.If the city of Beijing was really captured by Jiannu, then the Daqi envoy Huang Zijia and his party would either be killed by Jiannu massacring the city, or they would be taken captive to Liaodong as slaves for life.

"How about, let's go to Liaodong to capture some Jian slaves." Xu Chuanxing interrupted suddenly: "If the Jian slaves who entered the customs really broke the city of Beijing and captured my envoy of Daqi, there should be some hostages to exchange them back."

When Chen Dalang heard this, he looked at Xu Chuanxing in astonishment, and then turned his head to look at Luo Rucheng.

"The Jiannu army entered the customs, maybe their lair is really empty." Luo Rucheng smiled, and then asked Xu Chuanxing: "Then how many people do we need to bring there?"

"There are more than 120 members of our third marine corps on the island, plus more than 100 local soldiers here, we can also make up 300 people." Xu Chuanxing said: "At that time, when we reach the shore of Liaodong, some sailors can also be transferred ashore. , In this way, we have an armed force of more than [-] people, even if we encounter thousands of slaves, even if they can't chew, we can safely retreat to the ship."

"Going to Liaodong, the sea route is hundreds of miles, and it only takes four or five days to go back and forth. When we land in Liaodong, we should be able to beat a Jiannu by surprise!" Luo Rucheng said, licking his lips.

"You...you really want to go to Liaodong...for a while?" Chen Dalang heard the two begin to seriously discuss how to raid the Liaodong coast to build slave strongholds, and he was a little bit at a loss for a while.

"Our navy has been doing raids on coastal towns and strongholds for three consecutive years in Guangnan." Luo Rucheng said with a smile: "This building of slaves is nothing more than a stronger force than that of Guangnan, and there are some cavalry. Last year , the Great Governor (Qi Dajiang) only took some township soldiers, and dared to land on the opposite Jinzhou, killed dozens of Jiannu cavalry, captured several people, and rescued more than two hundred of our Han people. Now, we have more than 100 soldiers in our hands Soldiers of the Marine Corps who are good at fighting, why don't they dare to go to Liaodong again?"

Chen Dalang looked at the expressions of Luo Rucheng and Xu Chuanxing eager to try, he was startled for a while, and then he smiled, "Tartars are not superhuman! The Ming officers and soldiers are afraid of them, but we will meet them. You landed in Liaodong, don't you?" If you want to go too far, catch a Baishijian slave and come back quickly. The weather is getting colder and there are not many winter supplies on the island, so we have to transfer the immigrants here to Hanxing Island earlier."
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October 10, Liaodong Bay, Gaizhou (now Gaizhou City, Liaoning).

Two fishing boats were slowly paddling seven or eight miles away from the mouth of the Shangxi River (now the Daqing River in Gaizhou, Yingkou). The fishermen on board were all wearing thin and torn sackcloth, their lips were purple from the cold, and their hands and feet were stiff. Fishing nets are thrown again and again, but the catch is almost nothing.But the fishermen on the two boats still kept their spirits high, keeping their eyes on the sea surface, trying to find the migrating fish.

At this time, Liaodong has entered winter, and the land is covered with a thin layer of snow, but the sea has not yet frozen.This season is not supposed to go fishing at sea. Apart from the cold weather, fish schools are afraid of the cold, and most of them dive into deep water areas. With the simple fishing nets on the boat, it is not easy to catch fish.

But the fishermen on the boat did not dare to make any complaints. The bannerman masters in the city wanted to eat fish, so they were watched by several soldiers of the Han army banner. Near the mouth of the Xihe River, it is difficult to cast fishing nets.After half a day, the general caught twenty or thirty sea fish, which were not very big.The Han Banner soldiers sitting on the boat watching were afraid that they would be punished by their masters after returning, so they continued to order the fishermen to cast their nets for fishing, at least to catch a few fat sea fish to satisfy the Banner Masters.

"This time, it would be great if there was a pot of hot wine!" Fang Alin, the flag Ding of the Han army flag with a white flag, tightened his cotton jacket around his body, and said to his companion.

"Drinking? Dreaming!" Tao Quancheng folded his hands in his cuffs and let out a breath of white air, "Let alone Gaizhou City, even Liaoyang City in the north may not have many jars of wine! Even if there are so many jugs, Why don't you drink it before the Banner Man master."

"It's a pity, we are guarding this Gaizhou, and we don't have much money on weekdays. If we can follow Qibeile (Abatai, the commander-in-chief of slavery and entry this time) to enter the customs and rob Daming, that day will be so beautiful ! The worst thing is, you can get dozens of taels of silver, and maybe you can bring back a gentle lady to warm us up. Hehehe..."

"Yes, it's a pity!" Tao Quancheng glanced at the stiff-faced fishermen on the boat, with a trace of regret on his face, "We don't have such a good life, not only do we have no money to fish, but we also have to help the bannermen in the cold." The master went fishing in the sea. Damn it, I was reincarnated in this life, and I didn't do it well!"

"What's the matter, thinking about being reincarnated in the next life, can I join the family of the Banner Master?" Fang Alin sneered, "The Banner Master also fought all the way with a knife, and earned his luck with his life. Alas, when it comes to chopping People, we Han people are really no match for the Bannerman master. At the beginning of the year, our Qing emperor took the main force of the Eight Banners to encircle the elite of Daming Shuzhen. They not only had an army of 13, but also hundreds of large and small guns, and more There is a solid city as evidence. But in the end, we were forced to be rounded up by our warriors from the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and their commander Hong Dushi was also captured."

"Let's see, this Da Ming's luck may really be at an end, and it's up to me to win the world." Tao Quancheng echoed: "During the past few decades, Da Ming has been beaten by the Qing, and there are few victories. This time Qibeile enters the customs, and it is estimated that a large amount of money, people, and livestock will be brought back. In this way, our life can be improved a little next year. During the whole day, birds have faded out of our mouths.... Hey, I Say, what are you doing? Why this expression?"

"...boat." Fang Alin widened his eyes, pointed to the left side of the fishing boat, "a big boat is coming..."

Tao Quancheng looked in the direction of Fang Alin's finger, and saw to their left, about two or three miles away on the sea, four large ships with huge sails were sailing straight towards them.

(End of this chapter)