Dragon Sea Empire

Li Xing's third division has been in charge of Luzon and Nanyang, and this time it also dispatched a regiment to the north for reinforcements.

When the 2500 members of this regiment arrived at Lushunkou in ten Galen-sized galleons, another battalion was separated to support the North Korean side. The remaining three battalions plus the artillery battalion went to sea again, crossed the Bohai Sea and landed on Juhua Island.

The official name of Chrysanthemum Island should be Juehua Island, and the local people like to call it Chrysanthemum Island.Now this island has become the logistics headquarters of the Chinese Army in western Liaoning.Like other places where the Chinese army went, this place has also become a large-scale trading market.

The only Westerners who can obtain the right to navigate east of the Strait of Malacca are the Frangji people.To be more precise, the Portuguese are the only ones who can fly their own flags and sail in the waters of East Asia. Of course, they have to pay taxes for the Chinese army to protect them.Except for the Spaniards who can trade in Manila, Luzon, ships from other countries can only sell their goods in Malacca and Banten.Of course, businessmen from any country can enter the waters managed by the Chinese Army east of the Strait of Malacca, but they must take Chinese or Portuguese ships, and they must rely on Chinese and Portuguese ships to transport goods.This is the stipulation of the "East Asia Navigation Order" issued by Yin Feng, which confirms the monopoly of Chinese ships in the maritime transportation industry in the East Asian waters.

As the only Westerners who were the only exception to the charter, Portuguese merchant ships have always abided by the regulations of the Chinese Army, paid taxes according to the regulations, and resolutely did not transport prohibited items, and did not transport any Chinese slaves.

In this Liaodong War, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Macau, after making a lot of money in Japan, encouraged its merchant ships to actively respond to the call of the Liaodong Road Marching Chief of the Chinese Army and actively joined the Chinese Army's logistics transport fleet.

Large pieces of Japanese silver and various Japanese souvenirs brought from Japan were directly transported to Chrysanthemum Island.Some goods, such as Japanese silver, were purchased by the logistics department of the Chinese Army as the payment of soldiers, and those with goods were purchased by various businessmen who followed the Chinese Army.The ginseng provided by local merchants in Liaodong is the most popular, and merchants from all over the country are scrambling to get the goods. You know, due to the continuous war in Liaodong, ginseng, deer antler and other rare local products in Northeast China have been out of stock for two or three years, and they have only been available since the beginning of last year. For the supply, the prices are monopolized by Chinese companies.Now the vast areas east of the Liaohe River and south of the Songhua River have been basically pacified by the Chinese army. After other businesses were allowed to enter, the Chinese company's monopoly on the supply of various Liaodong local products has been broken.

In this battle that harassed various places in western Liaoning, the Liaodong Branch of the Chinese Army Logistics Department obtained a large amount of spoils. In addition to gold and silver treasures, it was a large number of Liaodong native products.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Chinese Army's logistics department to sell the loot at a low price, countless merchants from all over the country gathered on Juhua Island, plus Portuguese merchants and Japanese merchants on Chinese ships, they simply regarded Juhua Island as a trading seaport.

The war between the Ming army in Liaodong and the Chinese army, a brutal war, was fought in the Liaoxi Corridor dozens of miles away, and the merchants didn't care about this issue at all.Their security is the responsibility of the Chinese Army, so they are not worried.

Da'an, who led the Luzon native battalion to Juhua Island, found himself in a commercial port. He couldn't believe that it was only a few dozen miles away from the front line.

In the troops of Li Xing's third division, there are also many Luzon natives and native Chinese soldiers.The Tagalog people are really not a hardworking people, so the native soldiers recruited by Li Xing are all mountain people in northern Luzon.They had never seen so many people gathered in one place, so they all made a fuss and talked in their own tribal dialect.

At this time, several messengers with feather helmets came up from the temporary pier of Juhua Island.After they boarded the boat, they curiously passed through a group of Luzon native soldiers whose faces, skin colors and costumes were different from those of the Chinese, and came to An Shuihua, the commander of the second regiment of the third division, and handed him a copy of the written order.

"We are the messengers of Lieutenant General Zhao, the chief of the Liaodong March. Here is our identification. Lieutenant General Zhao ordered all the troops who arrived at Juhua Island to go to the front line of Ningyuan immediately and accept the command of Huang Lue, the deputy chief of the Liaodong March."

An Shuihua is a family member of An Heping, the chief director and director of the industrial department of the Chinese company. He is the only child of the An family who joined the Chinese Army. He also inherits the family tradition and is a Christian.

After reading the order, he nodded and said nothing more: "Understood, our department will set off immediately."

After the messengers disembarked, An Shuihua ordered the troops to prepare for departure, and asked the staff officer beside him: "Do we have enough ammunition? I remember that the battalion that went to North Korea took double ammunition."

The young staff officer looked very excited: "No problem, commander, the ship of the logistics department has replenished a batch of ammunition at Lushunkou."

An Shuihua smiled: "You'd better go down and check it out, be sure to be accurate. Remember that this battle is not the battle to suppress the rebellion we encountered in Luzon, nor is it a war against a small country on Sumatra Island. This is Ming Dynasty In the hinterland of the DPRK, this is a great battle with more than [-] combatants on both sides."

Soon, the troops of the third division were involved in a battle that they would never forget.Not because the battle was very difficult, but because it was too smooth.

When the second regiment of the third division arrived in Ningyuan, Xiong Tingbi had already ordered to abandon Ningyuan, and the fierce general "Zu Erlunatic" Zu Dabi led the remaining Ningyuan defenders out of the south gate of Ningyuan and retreated southwest to Xiaotuan Mountain Fort.Those who have been attacking Ningyuan City in the past ten days are the Ryukyu Squadron of the Marine Corps and the Liu Xiang Division of the Northward Support Task Force of the Second Fleet, as well as several Liaodong militia teams.

When the second regiment of the third division arrived at Ningyuan City, the Marine Corps and the sailors of the Second Fleet had already entered the city, and a messenger came to send an order to Commander An Shuihua: order your troops to go south immediately and pursue the rest of the Ming army.

As a result, the brothers of the Anshuihua regiment only rested outside Ningyuan City for a while, and had to turn around and go south to pursue the defeated Ming army.The artillery battalion belonging to the regiment stayed in Ningyuan City for the time being, and they will cooperate with the friendly army to go north to attack Guangningwei.

In front of them, all the defeated Ming army.Some coastal fortresses had already been breached by the Third Fleet earlier. At this time, these castles had been completely abandoned, and even the fled Ming army's rout passed around the city, just running south.

The Anshuihua Regiment caught up with Xiong Tingbi's guard guard troops in Xiaotuanshan Fort. It was only an attack by hundreds of Luzon native soldiers, and the troops left behind in Xiaotuanshan Fort opened the city gate and surrendered.

So, the Anshuihua regiment continued to pursue southward, and after trekking on the Liaoxi plain for a day, they arrived at Ningyuan Zhongyousuo. As a result, there was no one in the fortress of the guard, whether it was the defeated Ming army or the local people, all fled.For five consecutive days thereafter, the Second Regiment of the Third Division traveled [-] miles southward and drove directly to the Qiantunwei of Guangning, only to encounter the Ming army defenders again.As a result, there was still no shot fired, and the Ming army immediately abandoned the city and fled after seeing their flag.

Before that, the more than ten Ming army fortified fortresses such as Shaheyi and Zhonghousuo they encountered were all abandoned by their original defenders.The soldiers of the [-]nd Regiment of the [-]rd Division have been walking, sleeping, and walking these days, most of them without firing a shot.In order to pursue the enemy, they left no guards at all in those empty fortresses. The whole army has been marching forcibly, constantly surpassing the Liaodong refugees who staggered in twos and threes.They didn't even have time to take care of the spoils in the various fortresses, they just pasted some seals with the seal of the third division.They also encountered a Liaodong militia with hundreds of people wandering on the seashore. They almost misunderstood and fought each other.In short, they did not encounter a single Ming soldier who fired a gun at them along the way.

An Shuihua was very depressed and did not understand.They settled in the sea for a living, and settled in Manila in their early years. When the Spaniards occupied Luzon, they settled down and became Christians.An Shuihua's ancestral home is Yuegang, Haicheng County, Fujian Province. He was born in Luzon. Before the Manila massacre, he had never returned to his hometown in Tangshan.According to the legends of their grandparents, the Ming Dynasty was the kingdom of the Huanghuang Dynasty, regardless of the population and territory, it was unimaginably huge for overseas wanderers like them, which also instilled in them the illusion that the Ming Dynasty was extremely powerful.

An Shuihua had been fighting in Luzon, Nanyang and other places before, and now it was the first time he returned to the mainland to participate in a war against the Ming Dynasty. To be honest, he was still somewhat uneasy.But now, his heart is filled with doubts and anger: How can the Heavenly Soldiers of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty be so vulnerable?Why did they abandon these strong fortresses and just keep running away?How long will our second regiment be on this road?

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The fall of Ningyuan City had actually cut off the connection between the Guangning Ming Army and Shanhaiguan, and completely cut off all sources of supplies for the Guangning Ming Army.

In fact, there were nearly 10 troops in the guards around Guangningwei and the Ming army under Wang Huazhen's command. Unless they could defeat the Chinese army and go south to break through, or bypass the Mongolian tribal grasslands of Duoyanwei, it was impossible to return to the pass.

At this time, the Ming army on the front line of Xiningbao was completely retreating.After the Ming army on the North Road was defeated by the cavalry led by Zhao Tie at Shalingyi, the Pingyang Bridge was captured by Li Jicheng's cavalry, causing the main road leading to Guangning to be cut off by the Chinese army.After the Ming army crashed into Pingyang Bridge one after another, they found that the way was dead, so they had to turn around and go north to Xixing Fort, planning to escape to Guangning by taking the road south of the side wall.

However, Zhao Tie's cavalry moved quickly and reached Xixing Fort before the Ming army was defeated, and immediately divided up and captured Donglianzi Lake, Dujiatun and other places.The original defenders in these places were around a thousand people, but because Wang Huazhen deployed troops to supplement the front line of Xining Fort a few days ago, the defenders of these forts are now only a few hundred people left, and they were easily captured by the cavalry brigade commanded by Zhao Tie.

As a result, the largest part of the defeated Ming army, about [-] people, including Wang Huazhen and Zu Dashou, fled into Zhenwu Fort and was surrounded by the Chinese Army.

Another part of the rout, including General Liu Qu, General Sun Degong, Mao Wenlong and others, led more than [-] routs across the defense line of Li Jicheng's cavalry regiment in the south of Pingyang Bridge, and fled to Zhenning Fort east of Guangningwei in the dark , but luckily escaped the encirclement of the Chinese army.Of course, they are still trapped in a larger encirclement circle of the Chinese army, and it seems that there is no hope of escape.