Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 509 The Second Guards Army Lands in Lushun
The chief officer of Shengjing, the so-called General Shengjing in the late Qing Dynasty, was the highest official of the Qing Dynasty in the Liao Province outside the customs.

And now the manager of Shengjing is Ye Keshu, the third-class man of Zhenghongqi in Manchuria. It was a headache for the Ming Dynasty's Guards Navy to harass the coast. Now when they heard that a large number of Ming troops landed, they stood up in surprise: "What, there are no less than [-] Ming troops!"

"I dare not lie. The entire sea at Lushunkou is full of warships of the Ming army. People are standing on them, and they are constantly disembarking from the boats. We have too few defenders in Jinzhou, so please send more reinforcements as soon as possible. !"

The leader of the Qing army who was in charge of reporting the news immediately knelt down.

"Soldiers come to block the water and cover the earth. Even if there are tens of thousands of these Ming troops, they only dare to attack along the coast. We have newly trained five thousand cavalry outside the customs. All of them are armored soldiers that I have made up for. One can be used as a ten or even a hundred. Yes, you are good at bows and horses, even the Liao soldiers of the Ming army were no match for us, let alone these southern barbarians, they can do anything but play with firearms!"

At this time, Gao Di, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, confidently expressed his views on the Ming army in front of Ye Keshu. This man was originally the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong army of the Ming Dynasty, but he surrendered to the Manchu Qing in the 17th year of Chongzhen. He is a typical Liaodong soldier. The military landlord class of the Han nationality has long regarded the Qing Dynasty as the mainstay, and is even proud of the bravery of the Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing Dynasty. It is more confident than the Manchurian Ye Keshu with his roots.

And Ye Keshu gained some confidence after being told by Gao Di: "You are right. We are not the opponents of the Ming army at sea, but these Ming troops may not be our opponents on land. The water network in the southern country is crisscrossed, and we The cavalry of the Qing Dynasty were not used to water battles, so they were repeatedly defeated by the Ming army, so that Prince Yu and others were killed by the Ming army, and now they are outside the customs, the root of our Qing Dynasty, how can we tolerate the arrogance of these Ming troops!"

"Gao Di, you lead [-] Han cavalry inlaid with red flags to immediately support the Jinzhou Guard to meet the enemy, and then pretend to be defeated and retreat to Shihe Station. The general manager leads [-] armored soldiers to ambush here. When the time comes, we will join forces with you to attack this Ming army! It never comes back!"

Ye Keshu, the general manager of Shengjing in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, immediately issued a combat order, and soon, the Manchu and Qing general Gao Di personally led [-] Han cavalry with red flags to gallop towards Jinzhouwei.

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At this time, some officers and soldiers of the Second Guards Army also landed at Lushunkou one after another.

The first to land was the First Infantry Battalion of the Second Guards Army led by Zhu Qingchun.

Although it is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, in this Liaodong area, it is even more rime, ice and snow.

However, the officers and soldiers of the Second Army of the Guards did not show symptoms of discomfort, because the development of the textile industry in the Ming Dynasty and the financing of the Northern Expedition allowed the Guards to have enough warm and thick winter clothes.

But now, the officers and soldiers of the First Infantry Battalion of the Second Army of the Guards walked along the official road with rifles in their hands, and the Qing army officer guarding here saw that there were not many Ming troops appearing at this moment, and there was no one there. Fearingly, he rode his horse towards the First Infantry Battalion of the Second Guards Army, trying to use the rapid maneuverability of the cavalry to repel the Ming army's infantry, so as to achieve the purpose of repelling the large-scale landing of the Ming army.

"Kill!"

The leader of the Qing army brandished his saber and came to kill him, baring his teeth and grinning, like a man-eating beast approaching step by step towards the First Infantry Battalion of the Second Guards Army.

The Qing army behind him also rushed over. The officers and soldiers of the Qing army outside the pass did not know much about the Guards, and they thought they could quickly overwhelm the infantry of the Guards with this fast charge.

"Don't panic, it's just a thousand riders, listen to the command of the officer, line up your guns, and form a [-]-style formation! Shoot!"

Under Zhu Qingchun's cry, the infantry of the First Infantry Battalion of the Second Army of the Guards immediately and accurately deployed their formation, and began to calmly shoot the Qing cavalry one by one.

The firepower network composed of rifled guns was indeed very powerful. At this time, the cavalry under the command of the leader had not been charged for a long time, and they all fell to the ground in an instant.

And the leader of the Qing army also fell to the ground, and found that he had been shot twice in the chest.

Thousands of Qing cavalry were wiped out by the infantry of the Guards in an instant, and the remaining cavalry of the Qing Army who were lucky enough not to be hit by the infantry of the Guards fled frantically towards Liaodong Town.

The First Infantry Battalion of the Second Army of the Guards continued to advance and recovered the Jinzhou Zhongzuo Office at Shenshichu on the afternoon of the third day of December.

At this time, in the next two days, the Second Army of the Guards landed ashore one after another, and all landed at Lushunkou on the night of the fifth day of December. mouth area.

After resting for another three days, in the early morning of the eighth day of December, Qin Zuoming, the commander-in-chief of the Second Guards Army, ordered to march towards Jinzhouwei.

Jinzhouwei is the most difficult defensive city of Liaodong Town in the Liaodong Peninsula. The city controls the main road from Lushun Port to the hinterland of Liaodong, so Qin Zuoming, the commander-in-chief of the Second Guards Army, asked to attack Jinzhouwei first.

That day, it happened to be a sunny winter day. Although the eyes were covered with silver, the vision was extremely wide and clear.

The 15 horses of the Second Guards Army pierced deeply into the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty like a black sword spread across the entire white Liaodong region.

Jinzhouwei belongs to Liaodong Dusi, and Liaodong Dusi is based in Liaoyang.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi led the Qing army to occupy Liaoyang, took Liaoyang as the capital, implemented the reform from serfdom to feudalism, and allocated land to the Manchu and Han soldiers and civilians in Liaodong. Therefore, in today's Liaodong area, the rule of the Manchu Qing is very consolidated.

The Manchu and Han scholars and people here are very loyal to the Manchu Qing, and regard the appearance of the guards as invaders.

After all, the Liaodong area has been lost to Jianlu for nearly 30 years, and many people in the north even in Guanguan do not know that the Ming Dynasty is still there after five years, let alone the people in Liao.

The people here are the root of the Manchu Qing's growth and the source of soldiers. Under the guidance of the Manchu government, they all regarded the Ming army as enemies, because many of their relatives were killed by the Ming Guards during the southward expedition. hand.

Because of this, Chongzhen did not dare to easily go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong when the Guards Navy harassed the coast of Liaodong in 20 years.

Qin Zuoming also knew that fighting in Liaodong could not be the same as fighting in the pass. After all, this was the headquarters of the Qing Dynasty. He had to be more careful, and if necessary, he would be more brutal than the Northern Expedition of the Guards in the pass.

The guards not only had no tolerance for the Manchu captives, but also carried out a thorough eradication operation including the Han military landlords in Liao who surrendered to the Manchus.

There are many Han military landlords here, all of them are Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou and other forces. They were supposed to be the strongest force fighting against the Qing army for the Ming Dynasty, but after being fattened by the Ming court with millions of taels of silver every year, they even took over the land. All voted full clear.

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