Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 565: Copying homework, learning from the old slave, pushing Liaoxi~
Wu Jun set up dozens of large pots outside the city of Lushun.

The rice porridge smells delicious.

The hungry people began to gather together with their eyes wide open, their necks stretched out and their stomachs burning.

However, there stood soldiers armed with live ammunition, holding flintlock rifles with fixed bayonets, looking coldly at the huge crowds of hungry people.

There are also black cannons.

The muzzle of the gun was pointed at the crowd.

"Kneel down, everyone."

The old men that Shi Lingyang brought with him from Fujian whipped the crowd like evil spirits. The cotton wool torn by the whip was blown up by the cold wind, like reed wool in late autumn.

Wherever the whip reached, the laborers knelt down one after another.

……

Shi Lingyang rode a war horse with a stern look in his eyes.

"The Hu people have no chance of a century of national prosperity."

"My Han army has already conquered the Forbidden City, and Emperor Qianlong was torn to pieces by five horses. You are still here being traitors. Being a traitor is a heinous crime that will result in the extermination of all nine generations of your clan."

The numb crowd suddenly became awake and agitated.

The soldiers quickly drew their guns, ready to kill the leader at any time.

……

The atmosphere was slightly tense.

Fortunately, no one dared to stand up and lead a rebellion.

Shi Lingyang reined in his horse and slowed down. The thumping sound of the horse's hooves struck everyone's heart.

"Now, I will give you damned people a chance to repent."

"Joining the army and conquering Shengjing will be considered as atonement."

"Those who are willing can stand still and have porridge. Those who are unwilling can stand on their own and go to the beach."

"I'll give you one stick of incense."

Time passed by every second, the soldiers were nervous, and the civilians were even more nervous.

The crowd began to disperse.

After the commotion, people kept getting up and walking towards the beach.

They were unwilling to fight and would rather build shacks in the mountains and forests of southern Liaoning and find some food for the winter. They believed that wandering did not necessarily mean they could not survive.

……

After 2 quarters of an hour, the laborers were separated.

Judging from the appearance, there were about two to three thousand people on the beach.

Shi Lingyang raised his right arm:
"Since we are in the army, we must follow the rules. Line up and eat porridge."

There was another commotion.

They were responded with whips lashing all over their heads.

The laborers were trembling with fear, but were finally sobered up. They lined up to drink the porridge, and when the person in front finished drinking, the bowl was passed to the next person.

After one and a half hours, the porridge was distributed.

Shi Lingyang pointed at the beach:

"Pick up the weapons on the ground and go and kill these traitors."

There was an instant uproar.

……

"Listen carefully, the first 100 people who take up arms and execute military orders will be seventh-rank captains."

"What are you still doing?"

"shot."

After a round of gunfire, dozens of civilians fell.

Finally someone moved.

With a role model, everything else becomes much easier.

Thousands of weapons of various types were collected while cleaning up the battlefield, many of which were damaged to varying degrees. They were now piled up on the open space.

Seeing their former companions coming towards them with swords and guns, the civilians gathered on the beach were so scared that they knelt down and kowtowed.

Wailing for mercy.

"You still won't take action?"

After using both soft and hard tactics, someone finally took the lead and struck the first blow.

after that,

The beach became a slaughterhouse.

……

The Shi tribe held up their swords and shouted along the way:
"Pass on the Marquis of Jinghai's military order. Anyone who kills a person without blood will be killed today."

"Don't fool around, be careful with your heads."

In the naval port, three warships were on standby.

Sailors holding muskets stood in neat rows on the deck.

The azure water beneath your feet gradually turns red, and many fish gather happily to taste the human food.

Without strong military force to maintain order, Shi Lingyang would never dare to do such a thing that would defy the will of heaven and put pressure on others.

……

When there were no more people standing on the beach,
Shi Lingyang ordered with satisfaction:

"Line up and start reorganizing. From now on, you are the glorious Liaodong Army."

He turned his head and whispered to his confidant:
"When appointing officers, choose from those who were active just now and set up the framework of the legion first."

"As ordered."

Soon, the first batch of Qianzong and Bazong appeared based on their enthusiasm and performance in killing people.

There were no official robes, official hats, or official seals.

Just a red scarf wrapped around the head, a set of cotton armor, a waist knife, and an empty title are enough.

These people consciously separated themselves from ordinary laborers, beat and scolded the laborers viciously, and were full of gratitude to Shi Lingyang.

Become an official!
We are officials now!

……

Shi Lingyang looked at the freshly-baked "sheepdog" with satisfaction and reined in his horse to return to the camp.

He was not surprised at all.

Human nature is what it is.

The Jinghaihou family has a history of more than 100 years and has a profound family tradition.

He didn't even despise these common people at all. Deep down he felt that there was no essential difference between himself and these people.

Emperor Wu controls himself, and he controls these common people.

Is there a difference?

In order to keep his hereditary title and gain real favor, he was equally diligent and active. So what reason did he have to laugh at the short-sightedness of these common people?

In life, no one can escape the words "fame and fortune".

……

"General Wei, I want to discuss something with you."

"Please speak, Lord Shi."

"First, please send some sailors to help train the new soldiers tomorrow. Second, give me more axes and machetes on the ship to arm these civilians. The army will head north on time the day after tomorrow."

"it is good."

In the cold wind, Shi Lingyang hastily reorganized more than 13000 civilians, of whom only more than 4000 had weapons, and the rest were unarmed.

Time is short and food is scarce.

The one-day on-site training is to establish a clear organizational structure and designate officers for each unit.

Read out military discipline.

This day also allows time for the fleet to sail from the east coast to the west coast.

……

The next morning, it was foggy.

Shi Lingyang couldn't wait to leave Lushun and head north along the west coast of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Advance by land and sea.

The fleet sailed on the sea and the Liaodong Corps marched on land.

Shi Lingyang indirectly commanded this motley crowd by sending more than 300 of his former subordinates down to the enemy lines.

In addition,

The fleet selected hundreds of sailors who could barely ride horses, and had them ride captured Qing army horses at the front of the army, leaving a distance of 2 miles.

If something happens, it will be easier to deal with.

If there were no outposts, a surprise attack by dozens of Qing cavalry would cause the mob of tens of thousands to collapse immediately.

Shi Lingyang knew this very well, but there was nothing he could do.

Integrate as you march.

"If you make noise without reason, you will be killed."

"If you don't obey orders, you will be killed."

"Run away, kill."

"Leaving the team without permission, kill."

As expected, it is very difficult to train a group of rabble into an army.

The supervision team was never idle and kept killing people.

The civilians had no concept of military discipline at all, they kept violating it and were killed.

……

The first city the Liaodong Army arrived at was Fuzhou.

At this time, it was already a burned dead city.

Praise for the first Baturu in southern Liaoning - Su Shun, the deputy governor of Jinzhou who was beaten in half. "See, the Qing army has been scared out of their wits. Before we even started fighting, they were so scared that they set a fire and ran away."

"Look how easily we won."

"Brothers of the Liaodong Corps, don't panic, don't be afraid, march forward with great strides, and conquer Shengjing City. You will have rice and meat soup every day, and everyone will receive a huge reward. If you perform well, you can even get a bannerwoman as a reward."

Shi Lingyang incited and killed people along the way.

Carrots and sticks.

For every mile they advanced, the Liaodong Corps lost more than a dozen heads.

There are many reasons:
Those who fell behind, followed the wrong group, picked wild fruits, took a poop, lost something and wanted to go back to look for it, and quarreled with companions for no reason.

Anyway, no matter the reason.

The supervisory team and Shi's troops killed them all and impaled their heads on wooden sticks for everyone who followed the march to see.

Such high pressure caused the civilians to feel angry.

Shi Lingyang knew very well that it was difficult to predict when a volcano would erupt. He tried to leave the magma to the Qing army or the village in northern Liaoning.

……

Food was quickly consumed.

This is under the premise that only 3 bowls of thick porridge are given every day.

In order to dispel the shadow of food shortage, Shi Lingyang chose to keep silent and told everyone that there was enough food and there was plenty on the ship.

Camping every day,

He sent people to supervise the civilians to go into the mountains and carve wood into weapons so that those without weapons would at least have something to defend themselves.

The fleet was busy fishing.

They don’t like small fish and go straight for the big ones, such as whales.

The bow guns and musketeers worked together to beat the huge whale into a bloody gourd, and then lowered the sampans to cut up the meat.

Since the day of departure, Wei Zilong has not shown a smile on his face. He is very nervous and repeatedly discusses various contingency plans with the main members of the fleet.

On the other hand, the naturalized officers had it easy.

Out of food? We're not in the middle of the ocean.

The Bohai Sea coast is not an uninhabited area. If we change direction, we can go ashore and grab food on the same day.

How could an army with such powerful military force run out of food?

……

Xiongyue City was also burned to the ground.

In Haiping City, nine out of ten houses were empty. All the Bannermen had fled, leaving behind a bunch of empty houses.

Shi Lingyang ordered the mob to burn the city to vent their anger.

He was nervous too.
If we can’t take the town, we’re really going to run out of food.

Wei Zilong even went ashore in person on a sampan and gave an exact number in person: 4 tons.

After 4 meals, the food ran out immediately.

Shi Lingyang told the Liaodong Corps to speed up their march with murderous intent, and anyone who fell behind would be punished by military law.

The reason is:
In front of us was a convoy of silver transport vehicles from the Qing court, as well as the princesses from the palace.

In order to boost the morale of the troops, he kept lying.

As we all know, once you start lying, you can't stop. In order to cover up the lie, you will make up more and more outrageous stories until it challenges everyone's IQ.

……

Finally, we saw the group of bannermen who had escaped from Lushun, many of whom had starved to death on the beach.

suddenly,

A scout returned and finally brought good news:
"My Lord, there is a fort ahead."

"Okay, great."

This was the first time he had seen human habitation since leaving Lushun. Shi Lingyang didn't want to know how big the garrison was or how many soldiers were stationed there.

He ran back and forth excitedly:

"Brothers, there is a rich town ahead."

"Go in and rob."

The fooled civilians jogged along with their swords and guns in hand.

The regular army composed of the army and navy gathered silently, dragged their cannons around the civilians, and advanced from the flank.

……

Tieling Tunbao has the same name as the big city Tieling, but it is not.

Inside the fort, smoke signals were lit and the sound of gongs became louder and louder.

The flag bearers rushed up the wall with their weapons in hand, looked outside, and were instantly frightened.

The enemies outside are everywhere, covering the mountains and plains, and are boundless.

A flag bearer asked in a crying voice:
"Master Zuoling, what should we do?"

"Fight, all men, young and old, go to the fort and fight them."

A quarter of an hour later, the two sides exchanged fire.

This was the first time Shi Lingyang had fought such a chaotic battle without any rules or strategies. He had no ladders, no shield carts, and no formation. He just rushed forward without any hesitation.

……

There are guns and bows and arrows in Tieling Tunbao.

No matter how bad the flag soldiers are, they are better at fighting than the civilians.

Chaos, a melee.

The civilians' stabbing had only one purpose at this moment, which was to consume the enemy's bullets.

Shi Lingyang shouted while riding on his horse:
"No running away is allowed. Anyone who retreats will be killed."

His old subordinates gathered in groups of three or five to act as supervisors, and from time to time they hacked to death those cowardly people who tried to run back.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

The regular army detoured to their positions, unloaded the artillery carriages, and set up artillery positions.

5 out of 3 shots!
The garrison collapsed, smoke and dust billowed, and the men and women of Tieling suffered a heavy blow.

……

The mob raised their swords and guns and charged in through the gap.

Shi Lingyang felt relieved. He had no intention of entering the city, nor did he intend to know what happened inside. It was nothing more than the madness of human nature.
Thousands of people poured into the small garrison with a circumference of only two miles. With such a high density, not even a dog would have a chance to survive.

A very few lucky ones managed to grab gold and silver, and proudly showed off to their companions.

One hour later,

Ming Jin withdraws his troops.

They got more than 300 shi of grain and dozens of pigs and sheep, and had another meal.

Shi Lingyang was extremely grateful that these were a group of civilians who had never had a good life. They thought a bowl of thick porridge with minced fatty meat was the ultimate delicacy.

Morale still needs to be boosted.

"Brothers, there are dozens of such fortresses along the way from here to Shengjing. They are all soft persimmons and easy to squeeze."

"march."

……

The next day,

The excited mob marched at a very fast speed.

Under the escort of Wu's artillery, they captured Yaozhou Fort, Dongchang Fort, Taiping Fort, Yingkou Port, and Tashanpu.

Tashan has no strategic location to defend.

Shi Lingyang only wanted the food near Tashan and the lives of the flag soldiers.

Wherever the Liaodong Corps went, they killed whoever they could, robbed whoever they could, and finally set fire to the place.

Who could believe that 15 days ago they were a group of timid and honest civilians, but now their brutality is only slightly less than that of the dispatched army.

but,

The number of the corps was rapidly reduced from 13000 to 9000, with various losses.

Although the population has decreased, the armor and weapon penetration rates have increased rapidly.

The civilians took everything they could find along the way.

Cotton-padded armor, sheepskin jackets, cotton-padded clothes, even women's cotton-padded jackets are good things.

Every time a war broke out, a group of people would change into new clothes, and occasionally you would see people wearing leather boots.

For any non-mechanized light infantry, military boots are extremely important supplies. It is no exaggeration to say that they are related to combat effectiveness.

……

The troops were pushed here.

Shi Lingyang once again faced an embarrassing problem - the infantry had to advance deep into the hinterland of northern Liaoning, and the fleet could not accompany them.

Wei Zilong discussed with his officers for a long time and made a bold decision.

The fleet anchored at the mouth of the Liaohe River.

At the same time, 50 ship-borne guns were removed and handed over to the army, and 600 gunners and 200 sailors were allocated.

The fleet was temporarily stationed at Tianzhuangtai, a small town at the mouth of the Liaohe River, and remained motionless, waiting for good news from the army brothers. He repeatedly told Shi Lingyang to be cautious, cautious, and cautious again after going deep into Liaobei.

As a result,
Shi Lingyang had 2000 regular troops, 700 war horses, more than 400 large livestock, 55 cannons, and a mob of 9000 cold weapon soldiers under his command.

Attacking Shengjing with such a force is a test of command art.

And luck.

……

Before leaving, he left all the food to the navy.

The army was fed by the enemy along the way.

He also guessed that Wei Zilong dared to trust him so much because he knew that he had no way out and could only fight to the death in Liaodong.

The Shi family first rebelled against the Ming, then against the Qing, and now they are rebelling against Wu?
Who would dare to have such a subordinate?

Only by conquering Shengjing can the Shi family have a chance to survive.

(End of this chapter)