1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 573 Make a Bigger Ticket!

On September 1646, 9, Liaoyang City was reoccupied by the Ming army after 13 years.

In view of the fact that the slaves in the city fought fiercely and killed many people.After entering the city, the Ming army picked out the Jiannu who had official ranks first, and then killed all the rest.

In the afternoon, after completely controlling the whole city, the Ming army began to carry out organized looting of Jiannu's residence.Some Hannu who were rescued and released spontaneously picked up sticks and stones, and also liquidated the "master" who was once aloof.After the soldiers of the Ming army plundered the slave houses, they rushed into the houses and conducted a thorough search again.In the end, they crazily abused and killed the ferocious Jianshou "master" and coated slaves in the past.

In this campaign, the allied forces of Ming and Qi conquered Liaoyang, and killed five generals and officers of the Eight Banners, including Ye Keshu, the general manager of Shengjing, Ye Keshu, and more than [-] soldiers of the Eight Banners (including many old, weak and strong women).Although, when the city was broken, Jiannu set fire to the city everywhere, trying to die with the attacking Ming army.Fortunately, the coalition forces entered the city fast enough to extinguish the fires of some major treasury households. It is estimated that after the harvest is counted, the coalition officers and soldiers are somewhat satisfied.

However, more than half of the grain depot, which was valued by the coalition forces most, was burned down, which greatly annoyed Niu Hu and others.Immediately, Li Benshen was ordered to execute the March [-] killing order on the captured Eight Banners general Zuo, women and children as a punishment.

After conquering Liaoyang, the purpose of this trip to conquer Liaodong was basically achieved. The next step was to organize officers and soldiers and the rescued Han people to evacuate the city of Liaoyang, and finally retreated to the seaside and returned to Denglai.Although the coalition forces sent many rangers and sniper officers and soldiers to block all connections in the direction of Shenyang, no one can guarantee that there will be no Jiannu who slipped through the net and escaped back to Shenyang.

However, it would take four or five days at the earliest for the Jiannu in Shenyang to gather troops from all over the country and then come to pursue the coalition forces.At that time, the coalition forces must have withdrawn to the sea.

"Niu Shuai, we have some important news!" Li Benshen rushed to the so-called palace built by the former slave chiefs with a few officers, and said with a happy face: "Jiannu is not only very empty in Liaoyang, but also their capital—— Shenyang is also extremely weak, and there are not only 500 Eight Banners armored soldiers stationed there!"

"Are you sure?" Niu Hu's expression changed when he heard this.

"When the killing order was implemented just now, a member of the Eight Banners from Shenyang actually had a third-class honorary title of General Fengen (the title of a close branch of the royal family is called Enfeng because of his ancestor's entitlement). When he was about to be executed, he suddenly knelt down. The ground begged for surrender, claiming to provide us with information about the situation in Liaodong, just to save our lives." Li Benshen said excitedly: "A general in our department just asked him about the situation in Shenyang at will, but the other party said that Shenyang is like this place, and there is no army. Guard!"

"Could it be to lie to us?" Li Fade asked suspiciously.

Although Jiannu had moved their capital to Beijing, Shenyang was their previous capital after all, and it was also the ruling center of Liaodong. How could there be no troops stationed there.

"So that this General Li will know that Jiannu just told me that Shenyang originally had more than [-] armored soldiers. Half a month ago, their chief officer of Shengjing brought more than [-] armored soldiers to Liaoyang City. Now, The number of soldiers in Shenyang is probably less than four hundred!" Li Ben said with a deep smile.

"Bring him here, and let's inquire carefully." Niu Hu said, "In addition, torture a few more Jiannu to confirm how many troops Shenyang has."

"Niu Shuai, are we really going to fight Shenyang?" Zheng Sen asked in a trembling voice, he only felt that the blood was spurting at this moment, and there was a strange light in his eyes.

That's the capital of slavery!If it can be overcome, the world will be shocked and the world will pay attention to it.

"If you have a chance, you can also consider making a bigger ticket!" Niu Hu also felt some blood rushing upwards at the moment, then took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice.

The initial goal of the Ming-Qi allied forces was to conquer Liaoyang, then destroy its city, and plunder its wealth and population.But to the surprise of all of them, the military deployment of the slaves in Liaodong was weaker than they imagined.

After entering the pass, in order to fight against the Nanming and Peasant Army, Jiannu dispatched armored soldiers from outside the pass to enter the pass several times.After Dorgon led the main force of the Eight Banners into Shanhaiguan with Wu Sangui, he chased Li Zicheng's Shun army all the way to Shanxi.Later, Emperor Shunzhi Fulin entered the pass and moved his capital to Beijing, and brought most of the soldiers and horses left outside the pass to the pass.

With the rapid expansion of the Qing army's power, the combat and defensive troops will definitely increase a lot from the initial 13 to 14 troops.Almost all the strong and armored soldiers in Liaodong were transferred into the pass to consolidate and maintain the ruling order of the Qing army.

In July of the first year of Shunzhi, Dorgon ordered He Luohui, who stayed in Shengjing, to send 1 more armored officers to Guannei on the basis of sending one armored officer per cow.In October, he also ordered He Luohui to send two more armored men to the city of Niulu.

In the first year of Shunzhi, the total strength of the Qing army in Shengjing and Xingjing (Hetuala), the "Longxing important places", was only 870.It can be seen from this that the war in the pass had a great impact on the distribution of the Qing army's rear.

While fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty had no time to take care of their hometown in the Northeast. When the Korean envoy who was sent to the Qing court returned, he said: "Beijing has more than [-] troops, so that it is invincible in the world. But outside Shanhaiguan, it is the same. It's the realm of man."

Except for a garrison of only [-] in Shengjing, the Qing army was almost undefended in more than a dozen strategically important places in Liaodong, including Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Fenghuang, Yizhou, Xincheng, Niuzhuang, Xiuyan, In Haizhou, Gaizhou, Anshan and other places, there were as many as [-] to [-] garrisons, and as few as a dozen or so. However, the number of Baoyi and Han slaves under the jurisdiction of Liaodong was in the hundreds of thousands.

---------

September 9, Shengjing.

Shengjing City, which used to be bustling and bustling, has become extremely depressed because I moved the capital to Beijing in the Qing Dynasty two years ago.The population, business travel, and wealth are as prosperous as they were countless years ago. Now, in order to conquer the customs, even the armored soldiers and the strong people are extremely rare.The people who come and go on the street, apart from the old, weak and disabled retired armored soldiers, are many women and children who stay outside the pass.

Although the population is sparse and the market is dying, the nobles gathered in tea shops, restaurants, and restaurants are still enthusiastically discussing the countless victories that the Qing Dynasty has won in the customs, and the boy of a certain family was awarded a title for meritorious service, Or get a high position.Of course, amidst the sighs, there is also no lack of nostalgia for how I followed the two old khans to conquer Liaodong and severely damaged the Ming army, which established the good situation of our Qing Dynasty.

However, in today's Shengjing City, many bannermen suddenly spread rumors that the Ming army had already landed on the coast of Liaodong, and went all the way north, and attacked Liaoyang two days ago and broke it.Yesterday, some bannerman in Liaoyang City fled back to Shengjing, claiming that the Ming army had five or six thousand people and carried a large number of firearms, and that they might come to Shengjing soon.

Most of the banner people did not believe that the Ming army landed in Liaodong and attacked Liaoyang. In other words, my Qing Dynasty seems to have reached the south of the Yangtze River, and the Ming army ran under my Qing cavalry without exception.How dare they cross the sea to attack Liaodong?

Although there are not many armored soldiers in my Shengjing City, there are many bannermen who can't wield swords and who can't rob.Even if the bold Ming army really dared to attack our Shengjing, as long as the nobles above give an order, then we men can put on armor, mount horses, and defeat the incoming Ming army in a single battle. like that.

However, in the Shengjing Imperial Palace, Xihan, Gushan Ezhen (dutong) of the Xianghuang Banner, knelt before the Empress Dowager Borzigit of the Central Palace (the aunt of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who was granted the title of Borzigit for Huang Taiji) In front of the King Fujin, Huang Taiji passed away, and Fulin ascended the throne, honored as the Lord Fujin or the Empress Dowager of the Central Palace) in front of him, his expression was extremely dignified.

"Will the Ming army really come to attack Shengjing?" Borzigit asked softly after being silent for a while.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, if the Ming army finds out that Shengjing City is empty, they will definitely attack." Xihan said in a deep voice, "Please also pack up your luggage and go out of the city with your slaves to avoid Fushun, and then to Xingjing, so as to hide from the sharp edge of the Ming army. .”

"Unexpectedly, in the past few decades, the Ming army would attack Shengjing." Borzigit sighed softly and said, "If the late emperor found out, he would be furious."

After hearing this, Xihan remained silent.This time the Ming army raided Liaodong, and the regent will be furious when he hears about it. Of course, Ye Keshu, the general manager of Shengjing, will be severely punished for this, and he may even die.I only hope that he can safely evacuate many nobles in the palace from Shengjing, maybe the regent will see this and spare his life.

After leaving the palace, Xihan immediately sent scouts to investigate outside the city, and gathered the only [-] armored cavalry in the city, preparing to escort the nobles who stayed in Shengjing to Xingjing for a while.

I don't know where the news leaked out, so that the whole city of Shengjing became panic-stricken. There were nobles, women and children rushing out of the city in a horse-drawn carriage, and there were also old banner men, fully armed, holding horses and knives, clamoring and clamoring in the streets of the city, saying, Go south out of the city and fight to the death with the incoming Ming army.

The more Baoyis and Hannus in the city looked at the chaotic Shengjing City with complex expressions, feeling both a little apprehensive and a little hopeful, and most of them were at a loss.

In the afternoon, several nobles in the palace had just packed up. Under the protection of more than [-] Eight Banners armored cavalry, a group of more than [-] vehicles drove slowly out of the palace and headed for the north gate of Shengjing City.

"Lord Du Tong, the Ming army's cavalry was found outside the city!" Before the convoy reached the city gate, an Eight Banners armored cavalry rushed over and told Xihan a desperate news.

"It might be possible to drive him away so that the nobleman can leave Beijing quickly." Xihan held a glimmer of hope.

"My lord, the Ming army's cavalry is no less than three hundred. And..." the Eight Banners armored cavalry had a strange look on his face, "Moreover, the Ming army cavalry is holding firecrackers, and the shooting distance is surprisingly far and accurate. ...five of us have been shot and killed by the Ming army."

"..." Xihan's face immediately changed when he heard the words.The number of rangers in the front of the Ming army is not less than three hundred, so the number of troops attacked by them may be five or six thousand, as the bannerman who fled back from Liaoyang said.

"Fudu, take more than a hundred armored cavalry to protect the nobleman and return to the palace immediately." Xihan turned his head and told a leader of the Eight Banners: "The rest, follow me to the city!"

Borzigit turned his head and watched Xihan and other armored riders galloping towards the city wall, his brows were furrowed, then he put down the curtains and sat on the carriage again.

"After returning to the palace, send a knife to the other nobles." Mrs. Borzigit ordered lightly.

-----------

At dusk, troops from the Ming-Qi Allied Forces appeared in front of the city of Shenyang one after another.

Niu Hu and other coalition generals confiscated almost all the mules, horses, donkeys and other livestock in Liaoyang City. Apart from leaving a battalion of self-rescue troops to continue to search for supplies and goods in Liaoyang City, the remaining [-] soldiers quickly attacked Shenyang, hoping to Before Jiannu reacted, he entered the former capital of Jiannu.

At noon, the coalition brigade crossed the Hun River easily through two bridges that had been controlled by the forward troops, and then arrived at Shenyang City unimpeded all the way.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Shenyang City looked unusually peaceful. Several city gates had long been closed, and hundreds of Jiannu armored soldiers and Bannermen Zhuang were sparsely lined up on the top of the city. In front of the huge Shenyang City, it was so "weak and powerless".

"Destroy the city tonight, and occupy Shenyang tomorrow!" Niu Hu put down the binoculars, feeling a little better.

"The artillery bombarded the city at night, the effect is not good,... and the sight is not good." Zheng Sen said beside him.

"No artillery." Niu Hu shook his head and said, "We have a lot of people, so we dug holes and planted explosives under several sections of the city wall to bring down the city wall."

"Jiannu won't let us bury explosives easily."

"We don't have time to delay." Niu Hu said coldly: "Even if hundreds of people are killed, the city walls must be blown down. In such a big city, there are few slave soldiers, so it may not be able to guard all the city walls."

Zheng Sen heard the words and stopped talking.Thousands of coalition forces can always dig pits and bury explosives under the section of the city wall where Jiannu can't take care of it. Even if a few construction Ming troops are discovered and let them shoot them with bows and arrows, it will not harm the overall situation. As long as one city wall is blown down, then even It is to strip off the "beautiful" coat of Shenyang City, and then let the coalition forces do what they want.

With the sound of two violent explosions at midnight (03:05 to [-]:[-]), the entire city of Shenyang fell into chaos.Although the Ming army did not enter the city for the time being because of the darkness, all the bannermen knew what the fate awaited them.

More than [-] Eight Banners armored soldiers led more than a thousand banner people, old, weak and strong women, trying to break into the city gate and escape out of the city under the cover of night.However, the Ming army blocked the gates of Shenyang City in a leisurely manner. With muskets, bows and arrows, they shot and killed the Jiannu who had seized the city one by one at the gates, forcing them to retreat in embarrassment.

However, some well-intentioned Jiannu passed through the city wall that the Ming army failed to guard, and used ropes to hang out. When the Ming army's cavalry did not find it in time, they took advantage of the cover of night and fled towards the four fields.

Xihan looked at the brightly lit Ming army camps outside the city, as well as the sound of firecrackers shooting and the screams of bannermen dying from time to time outside the city gates, and closed his eyes in pain, holding the handle of the knife tightly with his right hand , blue veins throbbing.

"After dawn, we'll wait... to fight to the death!"

　Explanation on the remaining troops in Liaodong after the Qing army entered the customs:

　　In historical documents, in the first year of Shunzhi, only the troops of Shengjing (Shenyang) and Xingjing (Hetuala) were provided, while Jilin and Heilongjiang were absent.Ten years after Shunzhi, it was a little more detailed.

　　It is recorded in the "Guangxu Dynasty Daqing Huidian Case": In the first year of Shunzhi, 18 soldiers from the Eight Banners, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han armies were stationed in Shengjing, and 603 arrowsmiths and 930 blacksmiths each.Fifty Manchurian soldiers stationed in the Eight Banners of Xingjing.In the [-]th and [-]th years of Shunzhi, Shengjing added [-] troops to the original base, and Jilin and Heilongjiang had [-] troops.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)