There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Yizhou City is located about ninety miles north of Jinzhou, on the south bank of the Daling River.

August 26th was the day after Lin Feng arrived in Datong City.

Lu Xiangsheng led an army of 26,000 to about 20 miles away from Yizhou City.

He first arranged sentry horses to conduct an investigation. Currently, Manta's eldest son, Prince Su Hauge, was responsible for the defense of Yizhou and the continuation of the siege of Jinzhou.

Hauge had a rough character and no political skills. Later, he did not fight for the Han position after Huang Taiji's death, but he was very brave in fighting.

Lu Xiangsheng led the generals of the First Cavalry Division to make an analysis. Although the Tatars were not good at defending the city, they always suffered more casualties when they stormed the city.

So Lu Xiangsheng sent Wu En, the cavalry commander of the Ordos Right Banner, to lead 3,000 cavalry, pretending to go from the direction of Mongolia to support Jinzhou.

Hauge saw a Mongolian cavalry of about 3,000 men preparing to go directly to Jinzhou City. He did not take him seriously at all.

Before the Ming and Qing Dynasties formed a collusion, he was demoted to the county king by Huang Taiji because of the lax sealing and control of Jinzhou, which caused the Ming army to transport grain and grass there.

Therefore, he is now very sensitive to any troops entering Jinzhou. Once he detects the movements of the Mongolian cavalry, he personally leads 5,000 full Eight Banners cavalry to intercept them.

In his opinion, five thousand Qing cavalry can conquer the world in field battles, and there is no danger to defend from Yizhou to Jinzhou, so he is not worried about encountering any trouble.

Just when Hauge and his troops were about to catch up with Uen's three thousand Mongolian cavalry, the three thousand Chaolu cavalry who had been ambushing in front rushed over.

Although Hauge was stunned, when did these Mongolian Tatars learn to use tricks and ambush a troop of soldiers and horses.

However, facing the Mongolian cavalry of about 6,000 people, Hauge showed no fear and led the Eight Banners cavalry to meet them.

The two cavalrymen quickly fought together. Although the Mongolian cavalrymen had a thousand more people, the Mantar Eight Banners soldiers had more elite armor and weapons and stronger personal combat capabilities, and they quickly gained the upper hand.

Chaolu and Wuen immediately led the cavalry to retreat to the originally planned area.

The thought of whether there might be an ambush flashed through Hauge's mind, but he thought that the Mongolian tribe had been dismembered into many small tribes by his father.

Except for the Horqin tribe, which can pull up more than 10,000 cavalry, no other Mongolian tribe has so many soldiers and horses, so there is no extra force that can be used for an ambush.

Besides, the grassland is connected in all directions. Even if there is an ambush, as long as he is not blocked in the canyon, Hauge has nothing to fear.

So he whipped his horse whip and took the lead in chasing after them.

After running forward for five or six miles, his forward had caught the rear of the Mongolian cavalry.

Suddenly, countless Han cavalry poured out from both sides. These Han people were not very martial and did not dare to fight. Instead, they fired volleys with firecrackers.

Hauge was not only brave in fighting, but also experienced in commanding. He was by no means a fool. He immediately realized that he was ambushed, ordered the cavalry to disperse the formation, and broke out separately to return to Yizhou.

He himself led a hundred or so personal guards, brandishing swords, and rushed to the front.

Using an extremely sharp blade, he broke through the interception of the 1st Cavalry Division and began to quickly evacuate towards Yiju City.

When they ran to the vicinity of Yizhou City out of breath, several sentry horses ran in panic from the direction of the city, shouting: "King Su, Yizhou City is lost, let's run away quickly."

"What, how did Yizhou City get lost?" Hauge was shocked.

"Prince, after you led the troops out to intercept the Mongolian cavalry, more than 10,000 Han cavalry launched an siege. Because there were too few defenders in the city, Yizhou City was captured in just an hour." The sentry horse returned.

"Ah! I fell into the trap! I shouldn't have gone after the Mongolian cavalry." Haug was filled with regret.

"Prince, what should we do now?" his bodyguard asked.

Hauge hesitated for a moment, then immediately turned his horse's head and said, "Let's go back to Shengjing!"

Yizhou was lost, and he had to keep the few men and horses he had and bring the news back.

Jinzhou City.

Zu Dashou was chatting with his two sons, Zu Zeqing and Zu Zerun, in the public room of the General Military Mansion.

The Qing army besieged Jinzhou very strictly, and there was a shortage of supplies in the city. Although Zu Dashou was the lord of the city, he had nowhere to go and could only stay in the General Military Mansion most of the time.

At this time, the Chinese army Ge Xun came in and reported: "Commander Zu, the sentry horse came to report that about thirty or forty miles south of Yizhou City, there were two cavalry fighting fiercely. One was the Eight Banners soldiers commanded by Hauge in Yizhou City, and the other was It seems to be Mongolian cavalry, which is very strange. "

"Oh, is this happening? Send more sentries immediately to investigate again! Could it be that the imperial court persuaded the Mongolian soldiers to come to the rescue?" Zu Dashou wondered.

"Yes!" The Chinese army took the order and left.

But Zu Dashou didn't wonder for too long, the Chinese army Ge Xun came again.

"Ge Xun, did you find out the news so quickly?" Zu Dashou asked.

"Commander Zu, it was Governor Lu of the Zhenming Army who sent people here. The Mongolian soldiers outside Yizhou City are from the Zhenming Army. They have already occupied Yizhou." Ge Xun replied.

"What, the Zhenming Army has occupied Yiju, how did they get here?"

"I don't know. We won't know the details until we meet the envoy."

"Director Lu of the Zhenming Army?" Zu Dashou asked doubtfully.

"It's Lu Xiangsheng, who turned out to be the governor of the imperial court and served the king's troops all over the world!"

"Ah, is Governor Lu here in person?"

"The Zhenming Army sent a close aide of Governor Lu over, shall we see it or not?" Ge Xun asked.

After hearing this, Zu Dashou stood up and turned around a few times and said, "I definitely want to see you. What do you think Lu Xiangsheng's purpose is for sending the envoy here?"

"Dad, he must have persuaded us to surrender. But Governor Hong brought a large group of troops into the pass to attack the Zhenming Army. Why did they suddenly appear in Yiju?" Zu Zeqing said.

"The eldest son is right. He should be here to persuade our troops to surrender. Could it be that Governor Hong is having trouble attacking the Zhenming Army in the pass? There have been very few reports from the court recently, but they are all bad news. The Zhenming Army seems to be sweeping the country. The power of the world." Ge Xun continued.

"Let's listen to what the Zhenming Army envoy has to say and bring him in first." Zu Dashou ordered. After a while, the envoy of the Zhenming Army arrived. He bowed slightly and saluted: "He Pengfei, the commander-in-chief of the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army of the Zhenming Army, the commander-in-chief of the Tartar Regiment, and the general Lu Xiangsheng's accompanying army, has met Mr. Zu Zongbing!"

"Supervisor of the Tartar Regiment?" Zu Dashou was very depressed when he heard this. We were almost beaten into dogs by the Tatars. As rebels, your Zhenming Army actually formed some kind of Tartar Regiment.

"Yes, our Lord Zhenming Wang Linfeng not only severely damaged the Manchu Tatars in Shanxi and Gyeonggi Province several times, but also specially ordered Governor Lu to command the Tatar conquest corps and attack deep into the hinterland of the Tatars. How can we let the Tatars attack us Han people if they want? His hometown is safe and sound!" He Pengfei said proudly.

"Then has Governor Lu come here?" Zu Dashou asked. Lu Xiangsheng's position in the Ming court was far above him, and he was very capable of commanding troops. They, the generals, were still in awe of him.

"Director Lu is in Yizhou City. We defeated the Mongolian Horqin tribe a few days ago and annihilated more than 15,000 captured Mongolian cavalry. Today, we defeated the 5,000 Eight Banners soldiers of Manta Haug in another battle. We only used They captured Yiju City in an hour.

Governor Lu said that General Zu had made great contributions to the country in guarding Liaodong. Not far away, the Han compatriots met with soldiers. He specially ordered me to meet with Mr. Zu and understand his thoughts. "He Pengfei said the purpose straight to the point.

"Are you serious about annihilating Horqin's cavalry?" Zu Dashou asked in disbelief, why were the Mongolians behind him so reluctant to fight.

"Of course it's true. Our Zhenming Army never rushes to report military exploits from top to bottom! The head of the leader of the Horqin tribe is still in our army. If Master Zu is interested, you can send someone to check it out." He Pengfei replied calmly.

Zu Dashou saw that what he said was so confident, and he believed it in his heart. Besides, the occupation of Yiju City cannot be fake.

They were overwhelmed by the pressure of the Manchu Banner in Yiju, but they were occupied by the Zhenming Army in an hour, which shows their strength.

"Master Lu is ready to recruit us and surrender, but what are the conditions?" Zu Dashou wanted to hear the price.

"Our Zhenming Army always treats surrendered generals equally and hires them according to their talents. The first person in the Zhenming Army, Governor Lu, comes from the Ming Dynasty. Our main division commanders Cao Xiong, Zhuang Hong, Ma Mingjie, Zhou Yuji, etc. are all from the original Ming Army. What other conditions does Mr. Zu need?" He Pengfei asked.

"This, this, is there nothing else to look forward to?" Zu Dashou complained crazily in his heart. Huang Taiji's recruitment and surrender were all promised with the post of commander-in-chief, and he could even be granted the title of marquis or king. Why didn't the Zhenming Army appoint officials and make wishes?

"If Lord Ancestor is able to surrender the whole city, our lord will definitely make appropriate arrangements based on your merit and ability, and protect all your personal property and other rights, but will not bargain on the issue of surrender.

The deputy commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Zhou Cong, and the brigade general Yang Lukai, led by our Commander Lu, are also famous generals. As long as they are talented and want to do something, they can quickly get ahead in our Zhenming Army.

If you are unwilling to continue joining the army, our Zhenming Army has a complete security system, which can grant certain shares of Zhenming Group and its subordinate shops according to your rank, ensuring that lifelong wealth will not be a problem. "He Pengfei continued to introduce.

After hearing this, Zu Dashou pondered for a long time and said: "This matter is of great importance. We will discuss it further and give you a reply later."

"Okay, I would like to ask Master Zu to make a decision as soon as possible. In addition, let me tell you that the reinforcements led by Hong Chengchou and Dorgon have been defeated by the Zhenming Army led by our lord Lin Feng in Datong.

Our army will soon sweep across the world, and the Ming army is expected to be in large numbers anyway. The earlier it is, the more priority will be given to its use. "He Pengfei said without any urgency.

Zu Dashou and others discussed it all night, but were still hesitant. This person's biggest wish is to maintain the independence of his ancestral family and be able to stand on his own in Liaodong, so he doesn't want to surrender, but he is worried that he will not be able to withstand the Zhenming Army.

On the other hand, Zu Dashou still had doubts about the results of the Zhenming Army mentioned by He Pengfei, and he felt that he had to verify it again.

But Lu Xiangsheng was obviously impatient and led an army to threaten Jinzhou City the next day.

In the afternoon of the same day, Ling Wuen sent a Mongolian envoy to sneak into the Mongolian military camp in the outer city of Jinzhou. The Mongolian Belenomqi stationed in the outer city of Jinzhou originally surrendered to the Manchus in history. This time, someone from his own tribe came to persuade him to surrender. He also heard that Zhenming The army even defeated the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and simply chose to surrender.

After the Mongolian soldiers surrendered in the outer city, Lu Xiangsheng ordered all artillery to turn their muzzles to point toward the inner city, and dispatched field artillery from the artillery battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division to conduct a test firing.

After looking at it, Zu Dashou in the inner city felt that the situation was over, so he had no choice but to lead his lieutenants Yang Zhen and Xu Changyong, and his two sons Zu Zeqing and Zu Zerun out of the city to surrender.

Lu Xiangsheng personally accepted Zu Dashou's surrender and comforted him to wait patiently for King Zhenming's arrangements.

Considering that there were many surrendered officers in the Jinzhou Ming Army, Lu Xiangsheng ordered the first cavalry division town governor to hold a field training course for anti-corruption officers to strengthen the transformation of anti-corruption officers.

Synchronous organizations screened the Jinzhou Ming Army, executed several officers who had great public outrage among the grassroots officers and soldiers, eliminated the old and weak, and left 5,000 people to form a supplementary brigade, and asked Lin Feng to make arrangements.

Of course, Zu Dashou and other high-level officials in the Ming army were not included in the accusations.

Then, the 1st Cavalry Division showed off the Zhenming Army’s field food supply. The Jinzhou Ming Army, who was starving almost every day, burst into tears. There was actually an army with such good food in the world.

After the initial transformation was completed, the First Cavalry Division's Soothing Office immediately issued the first month's military pay.

As a result of the attack on the Horqin tribe, a large amount of cash was obtained, and all the troops that surrendered to the Ming army were found in cash.

For the first time, the former soldiers of Jinzhou received their pay in full, and the standard was more than twice the original rate. Many officers and soldiers cried with excitement and swore to the sky that they would be loyal to the Zhenming Army.

Zu Dashou and others saw that after the Zhenming Army took over the Ming Army, they only used three measures: complaint meeting, food, and pay to win the recognition of the vast majority of the Ming Army officers and soldiers, especially the grassroots officers and soldiers, and their ancestors were in the army. The prestige that had been in business for more than ten years collapsed in an instant. I was stunned and had a new understanding of the strength of the Zhenming Army.

These people also immediately put away their thoughts about Xiao Jiujiu and began to fully cooperate with the Zhenming Army in their mission to seize other important places in western Liaoning.

After Lu Xiangsheng defeated Zu Dashou who had surrendered to Jinzhou, he quickly reorganized the ancestral army and horsemen. Without any delay, he sent deputy division commander Zhou Cong to lead a brigade of 6,000 people and 3,000 Ordos Left Banner troops, bypassing Songshan, Xingshan and other places, and attacked directly. Shanhaiguan.

Before the Shanhaiguan Ming army could react, a small group of officers and soldiers were sent to pretend to be messengers from Jinzhou and sneak into Guancheng.

The defenders of Shanhaiguan had formed a collusion between the Ming and Qing Dynasties and sent troops to the pass together, so the defense was very lax and it was easy for the Zhenming Army to sneak in.

When it gets dark, the Zhenming Army inside the pass should light a fire to create chaos, take advantage of the chaos to open the city gate, and allow Zhou Cong's troops to enter the pass.

He quickly captured this level, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and mastered the key to opening and closing the Liaoxi Corridor.

After taking control of Shanhaiguan, the Ming army from Jinzhou to Ningyuan established a turtle in the urn.

As soon as the news spread, the Ming army in the Liaoxi Corridor immediately fell into a huge panic.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng personally took Zu Dashou to various cities in Liaodong to recruit surrender.

The Ming army saw that Jinzhou's always the most stubborn general, Zu Dashou, had surrendered. Lu Xiangsheng, the former governor of the Ming Dynasty, came to surrender in person. All cities surrendered under the leadership of Liu Zhaoji, the Liaodong general in Ningyuan City.

The Ningjin defense line, which the Ming Dynasty had painstakingly managed for hundreds of years, all fell into the hands of the Zhenming army.

After taking full control of the Western Liaoning Corridor, Lu Xiangsheng wrote a report, detailing his consideration of controlling the Ningjin front line first, and asking for instructions on the arrangements for the surrender of generals such as Zu Dashou and the surrender of Ming troops.

After the report was sent, Lu Xiangsheng ordered Zhou Cong to lead a brigade of officers and soldiers and 3000 Ordos Left Banner cavalry to control Shanhaiguan, and he returned to Jinzhou.

On the one hand, he needs to continue to preside over the transformation of the Ming army and surrender troops, and on the other hand, he needs to be prepared to go north to support Zhou Rui's Shanxi combat division at any time. (End of chapter)