The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 778 Capture Lushun Port

Huang Sheng felt a little ashamed after reading the letter from his mother-in-law. He deliberately recruited white soldiers into the group so that Qin Liangyu didn't have enough troops to participate in the civil war.

Huang Sheng can only comfort himself by saying that those who make big things don't care about small things, and it is really a last resort to plot against the mother-in-law.

Huang Sheng wrote to his wife, Ma Xiangling, telling her not to leave her mother unless she got orders from him. The battalion of female soldiers under his command would be ignored by anyone. The task was to guard the stone pillars and defend the Qin and Ma families.

If Qin Liangyu is going to go out to fight against the thieves, he must be restrained so that she cannot make it.

Huang Sheng still believes in the combat effectiveness of the female barracks. As long as they don't take the initiative to attack the intruders, it is not a problem to defend a fortified city. Over the years, they have spared no effort to help Qin Liangyu. The economic conditions of Shizhu have been greatly improved, and food is not a problem.

Qin Liangyu was able to ensure that the stone pillars were not lost, and Ma Xiangling's battalion of hot-armed female soldiers should be considered a double insurance.

It is Huang Sheng's strategy to ensure that the Land of Abundance will not be plundered by bandits and soldiers, which will save tens of millions of Han people from dying in the war.

Keeping Qin Liangyu out of the Central Plains, which has been devastated by disasters, is the top priority.The transfer of a large number of white soldiers was a means of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot, and sending Ma Xiangling to stay with her mother was of course to be prepared.

Presumably at the critical juncture of the decisive battle between his son and son-in-law in Liaodong, Qin Liangyu should adopt a defensive position as much as possible, and would not take the initiative to send troops to attack the intruders. Without absolute strength, anyone would avoid fighting on two fronts.

The task of the "Liaonan Front Army" was to capture Lushun and Jinzhou and then control the Jinzhou Isthmus. After capturing Lushunkou, it immediately began to operate here, and built a military port at Qingniwakou, named Dalian Port.

The Central Army had a temporarily formed Northern Expedition General Zanhua Department. Huang Donghai, Gu Shanhe, Zhang Youlu, Bian Jicheng, Lu Chengzu, Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng, etc. were all senior Zanhua generals.

After Lushunkou was seized, the Northern Expedition Army General Praise and Painting Department would work here for a few years until the entire north was completely surrendered.

In the future, the Lushunkou area will be the sea gateway of Liaodong. The city of Lushun will be rebuilt and expanded to make it a window city for foreign trade in Liaodong. The headquarters of the Northern Expedition coalition forces will be stationed in Lushun, where they will accumulate grass and store food and store military supplies to provide support for the army's logistics.

Jiannu's military strength was already stretched, and it would be even more difficult to continue after being strategically divided by the Yalu River. The Northern Expedition coalition forces were not in a hurry, and they still fought in a stalemate, waiting for the arrival of the whole cavalry group to concentrate their superior forces. Drive Liaodong Jiannu to Shenyang to encircle and annihilate them.

This battle is not opportunistic, it is directly pushed and crushed, and it is our duty to minimize our own casualties, and we do not allow soldiers to take risks to show military talent.

Because in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are in vain. The Northern Expedition coalition forces will win, and there is no need to take military risks. It just takes more time.

The "Nanming" had a strong economy and could afford it, but the Manchus were so poor that they couldn't afford it. The war time was prolonged, and it was still going up and down.

At the beginning of April, Hongzhe is about to wait for a surprise, because the Northern Expedition Allied Forces' attack on all sides has begun.

The "Liaonan Front Army" attack on Lushunkou has not yet started, and Lushunkou has already been beaten into darkness. That is when Brother Shang Keyi learned that the Southern King Yujia personally marched, and he was going to command the overall situation at Lushunkou.

If you wait until the "God of War" troops attack, Lushunkou will of course be covered by the artillery fire of the "Huaxia Navy" fleet, who doesn't know who the shells and guns are?Wouldn’t it be too wrong for the Dongjiang soldiers who were about to turn against to die in the shelling? Besides, it’s not cost-effective to rebuild this place after it’s broken down.
Shang Keyi and Huang Sheng's starting point is different, Huang Sheng would rather smash an enemy city than casualty his own robes in order to capture the complete city.

The poor and frightened Shang Keyi was going to use his life to fill it up, and tried his best to take Lushunkou and dedicate it to King Nan, because many houses here were the homes of his brothers.

On the night of April [-]th, the moon was dark and the wind was high. On the fourth watch, more than [-] people from the old part of Dongjiang Town turned against the water. The rest resisted.

The Han army stationed at Lushunkou has grown to more than 1000 in recent years, and there are more than [-] slaves, but there are only half of them in Lushun City, and now they are fighting indiscriminately.

The shouts of killing in the city resounded loudly, and everyone entered into a scuffle. They had the same armor, and Shang Keyi and Shang Kexi didn't even wear a red belt or a white towel to show their difference during the uprising. Even they can't tell the difference between friend and foe when they are in a pot of porridge.

Shang Kexi was eager to make meritorious deeds, and took a small path to capture Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming alive and present them to the King of the South, but he thought of a place with Kong Youde and the others.

Kong Youde believed that Shang Keyi must have rebelled, so he joined Geng Zhongming and gathered his family members to follow this path to prepare for the beheading operation. Their purpose was to kill Shang Keyi's two brothers.

When they met each other on a narrow road, Shang Kexi suffered a disadvantage. His servants were not as many as Kong Youde, and their equipment was not as good.

Shang Kexi, who has returned to blood, is brave and fearless. He personally charged and led his family to attack Geng Zhongming's troops with all his strength, and he really defeated Geng Zhongming's family and killed Geng Zhongming.

Kong Youde, who found that the momentum was wrong, ordered his servants to shoot indiscriminately. Shang Kexi was hit by several bullets and fell into a pool of blood. He died in a glorious battle to dispel his reputation as a traitor, and he had the face to meet his ancestors.

Shang Keyi, who turned against the water, had no numerical advantage, and gradually fell into a disadvantage. Kong Youde kept yelling, telling everyone not to listen to Shang Keyi's bewitching, and following him was on the road of no return. I can't take care of it, how can I take care of my brothers.

Kong Youde's department presented Shang Kexi's head as evidence, which greatly shook the fighting spirit of the rebel army.
When Shang Keyi found out that his younger brother had been killed by Kong Youde, his eyes were tearing apart, just when Shang Keyi gathered his confidantes and some reliable old troops to line up, and they were about to launch a surprise attack to break into Kong Youde's army and give the enemy a center to bloom. .

Suddenly, deafening gunfire resounded through Lushunkou, and both sides of the battle temporarily ceased fighting, and both were looking towards the seaside port.

Shang Keyi, who was about to launch a deadly attack, seized the gap between the gunfire and shouted: "Brothers in Dongjiang Town, that is the artillery fire of the 'God of War', you choose to submit to King Nan from now on, or choose to follow the traitor Kong Youde You have to figure it out as cannon fodder."

The morale of the Dongjiang soldiers who chose to revolt all returned at the moment they heard the sound of the guns, but Kong Youde's troops were just the opposite. Their courage to fight was shattered by the rumbling guns from the sea.

(End of this chapter)