1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 571 Attacking Liaoyang

Haizhou, December 1646, 9.

More than a dozen soldiers of the Qi State Marine Corps held bayonet-mounted muskets and surrounded several Jian slaves who managed the ranch. There were forty or fifty Han slaves grazing in the distance, looking at this side with unease.

"Stab them to death!" Seeing that the Jiannu had no intention of surrendering at all, a Marine Corps platoon leader kept waving his horsewhip and yelling, and then ordered loudly.

Although their legs were lame, their hands were broken, they were blind and their ears were missing, and their faces were covered with scars, but their ferocious energy was evident on the outside.Because the marines came quickly and suddenly, these slaves were surrounded by dozens of Ming and Qi allied troops in the pastoral prison outside Haizhou City before they had time to put on armor and equip weapons.

"Kill!" five marine soldiers shouted, stopped their bayonets, and stabbed over.

"Ah!" Several Jiannu who were surrounded by the circle did not retreat but advanced, desperately rushed towards the marines, as if they were brandishing long knives, and violently swung the whips in their hands.

Pan Xuezhong led more than a dozen Ming army scouts to gather the Han slaves who were scattered everywhere, and then told them that the Great Ming army had come, and all the Han slaves were released and their status as slaves was lifted.At the same time, they were ordered to gather the cattle and horses in the pasture, waiting for the Ming army to take over.

Leaving aside those Han slaves who knelt on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude, Pan Xuezhong walked quickly to a group of Qi Marine Corps and asked what to do next.

"The army probably has already surrounded Haizhou." Yue Zhongwu looked up at Haizhou City in the distance, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's rest for half an hour, and when someone comes to collect the pasture, let's go north again." Tantan, rob and kill the Jianshou sentry who may come from Anshan."

"There are nearly a thousand cattle and horses in this ranch, which is enough for us to haul supplies and supplies, and we can also build a cavalry of hundreds of people." Pan Xuezhong said: "How about we quickly rush to the vicinity of Liaoyang and see Jiannu What's the situation now?"

"Old Pan, you are so courageous!" Yue Zhongwu said with a smile, "I'm not afraid of encountering the Slavery Brigade and arresting us all."

"A few years ago, I never dared to go to Liaoyang." Pan Xuezhong said, "But in the past year or so, we have visited Liaodong many times and found that there are fewer and fewer soldiers here. .There are only a few Jiannu guarding such a large pasture outside Haizhou City, and they are old, weak, sick and disabled. Even in the two cities of Liaoyang and Shenyang, it is estimated that there are not many Jiannu soldiers."

"Is Liaoyang City... rich?" Yue Zhongwu asked.

"Jiannu robbed us of Ming Dynasty for decades, and accumulated a lot of wealth. Moreover, Liaoyang City was the earliest capital city of Jiannu, do you think there will be less oil and water?" Pan Xuezhong's eyes also released some eager light.

"Then if we can break Liaoyang City, everyone will get rich!" Yue Zhongwu licked his lips with longing.

Get more money, so that you can marry Ziyu, the princess' maid, back to Hanzhou as a daughter-in-law! ——
On September 1646, 9, Liaoyang City.

The second-class Adahafan of the Qing Dynasty (named Qingche Duwei in Chinese), the general manager of Shengjing (in the first year of Kangxi, that is, in 1662, he was changed to Liaodong general; in 1665, he was changed to Fengtian general; in 1747, he was designated as Shengjing general) Ye Keshu recently For a few days, my eyelids twitched violently, and I always felt that something was going to happen.After beating and killing several Han slaves, and drinking and having fun in the mansion for several days, I still don't understand the depression in my heart.

He knew that the reason for his depression was his position as the manager of Shengjing.Although the hundreds of thousands of Manchu, Han and Mongolian bannermen in the entire area outside the pass, as well as millions of Han Chinese and servants, and more than a hundred large and small cities and fortresses, are all under his control. It can be said that everyone's life and death can be decided by himself. Of course, the premise is that as long as he is not a bannerman.

But Ye Keshu still felt unhappy, even depressed and full of complaints.

Without him, it is only because he failed to enter the customs, and gained more opportunities to make contributions, and even get promoted and make a fortune.I think back then, before I entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, he fought with the army and won many military exploits, reaching Melezhangjing.

After entering the customs, he conscripted Li Zicheng's Dashun army and led the infantry to directly attack the enemy's formation. He was wounded 31 times and destroyed one eye. Adahaha, the second-class world class.

However, two years ago, when Ye Keshu followed Prince Su Haoge to conquer Shandong and Denglai, he won first and then lost. He was attacked by the black army of Qi and the Ming army, cut off the food road, and then retreated all the way back to Jinan. .Afterwards, Prince Su was confiscated, dismissed, and imprisoned, and these generals who accompanied the Eight Banners were also quite implicated. They were either demoted, demoted, or fined and dismissed.

Later, because the regent issued an order to shave their hair, common people and gentry in Hebei, Henan, Shanxi and other northern prefectures and counties gathered to rebel. Ye Keshu was ordered to lead the army to suppress the rebellion in Hebei. The meritorious service was rewarded, and the world position and title were restored.

Last year, He Luohui flattered the regent and was transferred from Shengjing to go out to follow Azig's attack on the northwest. Ye Keshu was then appointed as the second general manager of Shengjing to take charge of Liaodong affairs.

Although the position is high and powerful, and he is respected as a prince, the bitter cold in Liaodong has nothing to do with it, let alone want to make any contribution.In addition, there are many powerful family members and children in various parts of Liaodong. A random bannerman might have something to do with Bei Le, the prince of Beijing.

After staying in Shengjing for a few months, life was really depressing. Ye Keshu simply moved to Liaoyang with a few favored concubines. Show off your prestige.

Last night was another night of banquets in the dark, the sun was high, and when Ye Keshu was still sleeping soundly with a beautiful maidservant in his arms, a leader of the Eight Banners, sweating like a bean, came galloping from outside the yard.

Seeing this, several Bao Yi who were waiting outside the house hurriedly stopped the Eight Banners leader. If he disturbed the master, he would be whipped, and maybe dragged out to feed the dogs.

"Go away! Dog slave!" The Eight Banners leader kicked away a coat, then slapped away another coat who wanted to stop him with his right hand, and then slammed into Ye Keshu's bedroom.

"Lord Dutong!...Lord Dutong!" The Baqizuo first took a look at the naked man and woman on the bed, swallowed a few times, and then pushed the sleeping Ye Keshu vigorously with one hand.

"...Huh?" Ye Keshu opened his eyes with difficulty, and looked at the bed curtain above his head blankly. For a moment, he didn't know whether he was still in a dream or in reality.

"Master Dutong!" Seeing Ye Keshu's eyes turned, the leader of the Eight Banners hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Master Dutong, there are Ming troops appearing outside the city!"

"Come to the Ming army?" Ye Keshu was still a little confused, "...just cut them all off!"

"My lord Dutong, thousands of Ming troops have come from outside the city!" The leader of the Eight Banners couldn't laugh or cry, there were only a few soldiers in Liaoyang City, how dare he go out and chop him up.Furthermore, since people dared to make a sudden raid to Liaoyang, it must be not a good thing.

"Huh?" Ye Keshu was stunned for a moment, "Our Liaoyang City is the hinterland of Liaodong. How could there be thousands of Ming troops here? Could it be that you want to play tricks on your master?"

"How dare a slave lie to Lord Dutong!" The leader of the Eight Banners said with a bitter face, "Thousands of Ming troops have indeed come outside the city. It looks like they want to attack my Liaoyang City."

"Where did the Ming army come from?!" Ye Keshu sat up immediately after hearing the words, staring fiercely at the leader of the Eight Banners who came to report the news with his only one eye.

"Slave... I don't know."

"Trash!" Ye Keshu reprimanded, then kicked the beautiful maid on the bed away, and got down with one step, "Have the soldiers in the city assembled?"

"When the servants came, they had ordered someone to blow the trumpet to assemble the team."

"Can someone prepare the defense equipment?" Ye Keshu grabbed the robe on the bed and put it on indiscriminately.

"I also ordered people to start carrying it."

"...Huh?" Ye Keshu stopped what he was doing, and looked at the leader in astonishment, "Didn't the city guard prepare the defense equipment in advance?"

"Lord Dutong, Liaoyang City has not encountered... the Ming army for decades." The leader of the Eight Banners swallowed and said with an embarrassed expression.

"...prepare to mobilize all banner men and strong women in the city!" Ye Keshu looked at the Eight Banners leader coldly, "Immediately send a few fast horses out of the city to Shengjing and Fushun for help!"

"Lord Dutong..." The leader of the Eight Banners hesitated for a moment.

"Since the Ming army dared to attack Liaoyang, it must have something to back it up." Ye Keshu had already put on his armor at this time, and untied the long knife hanging on the wall with his right hand, "Get ready to fight to the death!"

"...Hey!" the leader of the Eight Banners promised loudly, showing a bit of sternness in his expression.
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"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." With the sound of musket guns, several Jiannu cavalry who had just crossed the line of the Ming and Qi allied forces fell to the ground. The slave head was cut off.

Ye Keshu, who was standing at the head of Liaoyang city, suddenly became dimmed. The few fast horses who had just jumped out of the city were all shot and killed by the Ming army outside the city without exception. None of them could report the situation here to Shengjing.There are also Ming army rangers running around to patrol around, obviously trying to block all external connections of Liaoyang City.

It seems that at this time, there is only a fight to the death.

Turning his head to look at the hundreds of soldiers of the Eight Banners who were sparsely scattered at the top of the city, Ye Keshu couldn't help frowning.There are too few soldiers and horses stationed in Liaoyang City, only a few hundred, and they are afraid that they will have a hard battle.But outside the city, there are thousands of Ming troops lined up in front of them, and there are nearly a thousand black soldiers from the Qi State who have repeatedly defeated the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and more than a dozen artillery pieces that make people daunting.

"It is estimated that there are less than 1000 soldiers and horses in the city, and there are still many old and weak." Niu Hu put down his binoculars, smiled and said to the several staff officers around him: "Maybe, work harder today, and take these soldiers before noon." Liaoyang City has been destroyed."

"If we can break the city before noon, we still have time to clean up the property and population in the city." Li Fade also said with a smile: "Even if the Jiannu in Shenyang got the news and rushed over as soon as possible, it would be two days later."

"Let the artillery move faster, and after the calibration is completed, hurry up and blast the city." Niu Hu ordered: "Also, let Li Benshen prepare to break into the city."

"Let them take the lead again?" Li Fade said with a smile: "If they enter the city first, they will be ruthless enough."

"Let someone tell them that after breaking into the city, don't kill too hard, at least keep some slaves with status. Also, don't kill anyone with braids indiscriminately. Bringing more Han Chinese captives."

In 1616, Nurhachi unified the various tribes of the Jurchen tribe, and then in 1621 led the Jurchen elite to occupy Liaoyang City for three days and three nights. Then the capital was moved to Liaoyang, and a new city, Tokyo City, was built on the east bank of the Taizi River in Liaoyang City.However, later, Nurhachi moved the capital from Liaoyang to Shenyang Zhongwei in 1625, and started to build the imperial palace in Shenyang, renamed Shengjing, and established it as the capital.

After the Qing army entered the customs, Liaoyang was placed under the jurisdiction of Shengjing and after several adjustments, it finally formed a garrison city system that "takes the city as the key link, while roads and side gates belong to it".Fengtian Deputy Commander has jurisdiction over six garrison cities including Xingjing City (Hetuala), Liaoyang City, Niuzhuang City, Kaiyuan City, Tieling City, and Fushun City, and Liaoyang is the most critical garrison city among them.

Because they wanted to enter the pass to seize the world, the Qing army not only brought all the soldiers from Liaodong into the pass, but also brought almost all the artillery into the pass as a heavy weapon for attacking the city.Therefore, when Liaoyang City was suddenly besieged by the Ming and Qi allied forces, it faced a very embarrassing predicament. Not only were the garrison troops pitifully small, but there were not even a few decent cannons for defense.

When the artillerymen of the Qi Marine Corps first bombarded Liaoyang City, out of the principle of caution, they did not approach Liaoyang City. Instead, they bombarded a section of the city wall on the west side about 200 meters away from the city wall.

However, during the bombardment of the artillery, Liaoyang City never launched any counterattack, which made the artillery of the Qi Marine Corps more and more courageous, calling on the civilians to continue to push the artillery forward.

It may be that Liaoyang is located in the hinterland of Liaodong, and this place has not experienced war for many years, so that the trenches dug and the horses set up were all abandoned.The coalition forces drove hundreds of rescued civilians to fill up several sections of trenches very easily and remove some of the refusal horses.During the period, they did not receive any counterattack from Jiannu, allowing the coalition forces to do what they did, as if they were waiting wholeheartedly for street fighting with the coalition forces after the city was broken.

The plan to break the city before noon had to be postponed because of the unusual fortification of Liaoyang City.After Jiannu captured Liaoyang, tens of thousands of Han slaves were expropriated, and most of the original city buildings were demolished to rebuild this new city. There is a huge crack, and it may take some time to completely collapse it.

"Order, if the city is broken, let all the bannermen escape from the city." Ye Keshu looked at the artillery bombardment outside the city with a gloomy face, and ordered in a deep voice: "Everyone, except for food and water, and the sword commander Spear, take nothing."

"The Ming army guarded several city gates, and it is estimated that few people escaped." Raibu said worriedly.

"As long as one person escapes back to Shengjing, it doesn't matter if we all die." Ye Keshu said coldly: "We always have to give the nobles in Shengjing a little more time to escape."

"Do they still dare to attack Shengjing?" Raibu asked in a trembling voice.

"What do you think?" Ye Keshu said gloomily, "This Ming army must have come from the sea, and then rushed all the way to Liaoyang. And we don't have many soldiers in Liaodong!"

(End of this chapter)