Although Zhao Ming wanted to capture Shenyang and give the Qing Dynasty a heavy blow, Shenyang was too far from land, and there were Dai Shan and nearly 10,000 men left behind. Therefore, after Zhao Ming took Gaizhou, he just bluffed and did not go deep into the heart of the Liaohe River.

When Zhang Xianzhong captured Fengyang, he suffered a great blow to the Ming Dynasty. If Zhao Ming could conquer Shenyang and destroy Nurhaci's tomb, he would definitely be able to attack the Qing Dynasty politically.

Although it is just a tomb, people in the world do not think so. The ancestral tombs have been dug up by others, which means that the dragon veins of the Qing Dynasty were destroyed, which will make many people doubt whether the Qing Dynasty can win the world, thereby weakening the strength of the Qing Dynasty.

Although Zhao Ming's naval army is strong now, his infantry is not a rival to the Qing Dynasty. He can only move within a hundred miles of the coast and dare not go deep into the mainland.

This time, Zhao Ming was just bluffing, but he actually wanted to take down Chenyang. But if he didn't work now, it doesn't mean he won't work in the future. For this goal, he will gradually implement the plan to attack Chenyang.

When Duoduo's army was running for thousands of miles and arrived in Chenyang, Zhao Ming was standing at the southernmost end of the Liaodong Peninsula, the Dalian area in later generations.

In March, the grass in Liaodong is growing and the beards are flying. It is located at the former Jinzhouwei site at the southernmost tip of Liaodong. The four fields are already covered with weeds.

At this time, Zhao Ming and his people rode horses to the south of the former Jinzhouwei site. On a hill, he looked at the wilderness and could see the Han villages in Liaodong that were burned by the Qing army many years ago, and the destroyed Jinzhou Acropolis.

In a deserted weed, these ruins were covered with weeds, like a site of a vanishing civilization.

The Qing army captured Shenyang and Liaoyang. After the Ming Dynasty's rule in Liaodong collapsed, Dongjiang Town had moved to Jinzhou Guards and built a fortress. However, later, the Qing army captured Jinzhou. In order to prevent the Ming army from occupying this place, the Qing army destroyed all the fortress villages and abducted all the population and used them as flag slaves.

At this time, Zhao Ming and others ran all the way, but there was no figure in the wilderness. There were plants, trees, mountains and forests everywhere, and all kinds of birds and beasts.

Due to the massacre of Jiannu, the population outside the pass dropped sharply. After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, most of the Eight Banners brought their families to the pass, and hundreds of thousands of banner slaves and Baoyi slaves also followed the Qing Dynasty to enter the pass. There were only a few cities such as Chenyang outside the pass, and some populations were also found. Most areas were like the ruins of Jinzhou Wei, and there were no living people living there.

This is also the reason why Duoduo believes that Zhao Ming cannot stay outside the pass for a long time. If there is no one, there will be no food and there is no food to eat. The Ming army will naturally not be able to stay for long.

Thinking back to the time when Mao Wenlong was in the east and Ningjin's defense line was in the west, trapping the Qing Dynasty in Liaozhong. Duoduo knew how miserable the Qing Dynasty was at that time and how many servants starved to death.

Zhao Ming could not gain a foothold in the bitter and cold land outside the pass. If Zhao Ming had not claimed to attack Chenyang and dig Nurhaci's tomb, Duoduo would not have paid any attention to Zhao Ming.

At this time, Zhao Ming and others ran all the way to Nanguanling, south of Jinzhou Guard.

To the south of Nanguanling is the Luda area, to the north is Jinzhou, and to the east and west is the sea. There is only about twelve or thirteen miles of land between the two seas.

This means that as long as a 123-mile city wall is built in Nanguanling, it can connect the two seas, block the Qing army to the north, and circle the Lushun and Dalian areas.

"I built a long wall here, circled a hundred miles behind me, fished, farmed and herded horses, what do you think?" Zhao Ming raised his horse whip and pointed at the Nanguanling Road.

Guo Zhong licked his lips and shook his head and said, "Master Mao, he built a wall and fort here, but in order to build a fortress, the Qing army's cavalry suddenly arrived and destroyed the fortress and the wall. Dongjiang Town was seriously injured. If the general wanted to build the wall, it would be difficult to succeed in less than a year or two. The Qing cavalry set out from Chenyang and could reach it in a few days. The last general thought it was difficult to build the wall!"

Zhao Ming frowned slightly when he heard the words, but he didn't want to give up. He pondered: "There is Jiannu's nest outside the pass. If I am in Liaodong and stationed a military force and threatened Chenyang, Jiannu would not tolerate it. At that time, Jiannu will definitely increase his troops outside the pass, so that the pressure on the official army and the rebel army within the pass can be reduced. This Nanguan must be repaired, but it does not have to be built very strongly from the beginning."

Zhao Ming and everyone stood on the hillside, and the horse whip pointed at the Nanguan ruins and continued: "There are rolling hills on both sides of the Nanguan, and there is a plain in the middle. First build a section of earth wall. As long as you can guard against the raid of the Qing cavalry, you can fight for the soldiers and the residents to transfer to the island."

Guo Zhong said: "The meaning of the Grand Marshal is to take the island as the foundation."

Zhao Ming nodded slightly, then shook his head again, "Although occupying the island can make us invincible, we cannot defeat the Qing army. To defeat the Qing army and recover the lost land, we must go ashore, otherwise we will become pirates if we occupy the island all year round. Moreover, I now have more than 7,000 war horses and also need a place to shed horses."

Everyone couldn't help but nodded slightly after hearing this, and no longer had any objections.

Shandong and Liaodong are across the sea. This time, many Shandong people will be transported to Liaodong to settle down and herd horses.

If the Ming army could gain a foothold in Denglai and Liaodong, Jiannu would not have the best efforts to move south in the future.

Zhao Ming visited Nanguan for half a day and led the generals and shogunate to join the army, as well as several red-haired ghosts to draw a topographic map of Nanguanling, and based on the terrain, he planned an earthen wall about ten miles long.

After taking the drawings and looking at his plan, Zhao Ming couldn't help but sigh: "Now it can only be built in a simpler way. After strengthening it later, it will be surrounded by all this area, and then build a dock to the south to transport soldiers, soldiers and food. This commander will be invincible here."

Zhao Ming had an iron helmet on his head, holding a drawing in his hand, giving instructions to the country, and starting his old career, he looked like a contractor.

After patrolling Nanguanling, the group came to the Jinzhou Zhongzuo Guard at the southern end of the peninsula, which is the later Lushun.

The Jinzhou Zhongzuo Guard was also destroyed by the Qing army, but many bricks and stones are still there.

At this time, Zhao Ming called it Lushun. Thousands of civilians from Shandong were working hard on the ruins of Zhongzuowei in Jinzhou to build Lushun Fort.

The entire fortress was personally planned and drawn up by Zhao Dashuai. The fortress was built near the Lushunkou, with two sides facing the mountains, one facing the sea, and the other side facing the sea.

At this time, everyone inspected the construction site. Xia Wanchun said: "If the general had food and was continuously transported into the fort from the sea, the Qing army would be very difficult to conquer the fort!"

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "There are food shortages in the area outside the pass. The Qing army wanted to conquer Liaodong. Just the transportation of military food can drag them down."

The Qing army wanted to clear out Liaodong, which was actually more difficult than encircling Shandong. The encirclement and suppression of Shandong could be transferred from Hebei, Henan, the two Huaihe Rivers, and Jiangnan to transfer grain and troops. However, if the encirclement and suppression of Liaodong, the grain must first be transported to Tongzhou through the Grand Canal, and then go out of Shanhaiguan by land and travel thousands of miles along the Liaoxi Corridor, which consumes unimaginable.

This will increase the difficulty of the Qing army encircling and suppressing Liaodong, so Zhao Ming took a fancy to Lushun. However, it was not easy for the Qing army to transport grain, and Zhao Ming's food was not enough, but it was actually a pound of ounces.
Chapter completed!