"It's so easy. It turns out that the war can be fought like this. Marquis, why don't we continue to attack north and take a few more cities!" After seeing Gaizhou easily seized it, many officers were very excited and thought about coming to do it a few more times.

"Stop when you see it is good!" Liu Jun refused them without hesitation this time. Gaizhou is far away from Jinzhou Lushun, especially from Liaoyang, and there are many Qing troops there. Liu Jun does not want to be surrounded by Qing cavalry. Although the nine-headed bird gun cannon is powerful, he cannot underestimate the cavalry of this era.

Even two hundred years later, the cavalry is still a fierce force.

"We don't have to fight to the north. After we retreat, we will stabilize Lushun, Jinzhou, and have a powerful navy fleet. There are hundreds of miles of coastal areas, so why do we have to run to the eyes of the Tartars?" Liu Jun said with a smile.

Send reconnaissance cavalry to stare at the Haizhou border to prevent the enemy from appearing suddenly.

When Liu Jun was guaranteed that as long as he moved to Jinzhou, he could not only ensure the safety of his life and property, but also have food, work, and even good performance, and land. Many people were skeptical and finally relocated accordingly. It would not be possible not to relocate, and there was no second choice under the giant cannon, fire gun, spear.

If you don't move away, you will be focused on the Tartars and are traitors. No one is willing to recite such a name, and under the Tartars, the Han people are indeed not doing well. As for those of the Manchu and Mongolian tribes, they are more willing to stay, but unfortunately the Nine-Headed Birds don't give them a chance to choose. They all became prisoners. Unlike the Han people, their lives and property safety can be guaranteed for the time being, but the premise is that they have to be obedient.

The population of Gaizhou City is more than 20,000, and so many people cannot transport it back at once, especially the large number of livestock, food and other supplies. However, Liu Jun had already made arrangements, and there was a Lianyun Island on the sea not far from the dock where the fleet was stopped. Liu Jun asked the people in Gaizhou City to transport all the materials they could take away to the dock twenty miles away, and then transport them to the island first by boat.

Then they will be transported back to Jinzhou in batches. Even if the Tartars come, they will have no navy. They will have no choice but to do anything to the people on the island.

To the west and north of Gaizhou are already in the Liaohe Plain, where villages and towns are dense and have a large population. Although Liu Jun did not plan to attack Haizhou further north, he did not intend to let go of the villages and towns in Gaizhou.

After taking down Gaizhou, Liu Jun immediately dispatched troops to sweep the surrounding area into several parts, and moved all the population, livestock, food and property to Lianyun Island. Fu Shan even took more than a dozen fleets directly along the coast, and then went up the Sancha River from the entrance of the Liao River to attack the villages and towns dozens of miles near the entrance of the sea. He forced the relocation.

Although the troops were divided into several groups, Gaizhou lost its territory and there were no large Qing troops nearby. The small Qing troops were not the opponents of these nine-headed birds who attacked. For a time, villages and towns and markets dozens of miles along the coast from Gaizhou to the sea entrance of the Liaohe River were filled with the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flags and the nine-headed bird flags of the Chu army.

Whenever the soldiers went, they immediately posted notices, claiming that the Nanhou of Daming Town led 100,000 Eastern Expedition troops had captured southern Liao. Then they asked the people to move to southern Liao.

The nine-headed birds asked the people to take away everything they could. They first transported them to the nearest beach, and then ships delivered the supplies to the nearest island. Then they moved back the second and third trips until they were completely empty.

North of Gaizhou, Haizhou.

King Kong Youde of Gongshu, King Geng Zhongming of Huaishun, King Geng Zhongming of Zhishun, King Shangkexi of Xushun, Duke Shen Zhixiang of Xushun gathered together. The four traitors were full of worries on their faces. They were all ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but they successively rebelled and surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty. After surrendering to the Later Jin Dynasty, Jianlu also attached great importance to them. In Huangtaiji, he changed the country's name to the Qing Dynasty and officially proclaimed emperor, and appointed three traitors as kings. In the tenth year, Shen Zhixiang rebelled and surrendered, and was also named Duke Xushun.

There were a lot of Han soldiers and horses in Jianlu, and they were Wu Zhenchao in the early years. Later, they were changed to two wings, and the two wings were divided into four flags. The number reached more than 7,000, but the four Han flags did not include the soldiers and horses of the four traitors at this time.

When Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming first crossed the sea from Shandong to the Qing Dynasty, they brought tens of thousands of people, including thousands of soldiers. Later, the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to this army from Shandong and specially set up territory for them, becoming the Han army far beyond Wu Zhen and Ha. Later, they named this army Tianyou Bing, and later, they surrendered to the army to help the soldiers of Tianjia.

Kong Youde and others later were later named Sanshun King, but now, Tianyou has 20,000 troops, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming each command more than 10,000, and Shang Kexi's Tianjia's soldiers also have nearly 10,000. Kong Youde claimed to be the Marshal of the Capital during the rebellion in Shandong. After arriving in Liaodong, Huang Taiji assigned Haizhou as his garrison. Even now, Kong Youde still maintains the title of Marshal of the Capital. Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Shen Zhixiang also retained the title of General.

Although the Qing army had long re-established official titles, such as Niu Luezhen changed to Niu Lu Zhangjing, and each Niu Lu was changed to 200 strong men, these four major traitors had a transcendent position in the Qing army. They had their own garrison territory and their own population and slaves. Not only were they granted titles to be kings and dukes, but their subordinates were not among the Mongolian and Han Eight Banners and Han Four Banners. Even their military organization and military generals were the same as those in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, these people are not just surrendering.

Kong Youde and others were actually from the Four Guards of Southern Liao in their early years. Kong Youde's father also rebelled against the Tartars and died. Later, they fled to Dongjiang to join Mao Wenlong's troops and fought with the Qing army for many years. Their performance was remarkable, which made the Tartars angry and hated.

Later, Mao Wenlong died and Kong Youde went to Dengzhou. At that time, the imperial court trained a new army in Dengzhou. He invited the Portuguese to train gunners and equipped them with new types of artillery guns. This army was the product of Chongzhen's ambition to rectify the army and use firearms, and spent a lot of money. Its firearm equipment ranks first in the entire ** team.

But such an army was short of wages later, and the Liaodong soldiers were not favored by Shandong people. The rebellious Kong Youde finally rebelled. After he rebelled, he led his subordinates to fight in Dengzhou and the encirclement and soldiers at that time were abandoned and many high-ranking generals were killed.

Even if he was finally defeated, there were still many Liaodong soldiers and Shandong soldiers following him.

What the Qing people valued was the combat effectiveness of Kong Youde and others, and Kong Youde's army was also the best-selling troops in the Ming Dynasty and Later Jin at that time, especially the Red Barbarian artillery.

In addition, they were in trouble in Dengzhou, and it was impossible for them to become clear anyway, so Huangtai trusted them very much. After going to Korea and conquering Pi Island, Kong Youde and others once asked to be affiliated with the four Han flags, but this request was not accepted by Huangtaiji. He still allowed them to remain outside the flags and maintain a transcendent position.

Kong Youde was called Turui. Although he was a big traitor, he was indeed capable when fighting. He was not old, but he fought countless times in the east and west and had rich experience in the battlefield. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he attacked Jinzhou and defeated Lushun, conquered Korea to attack Pi Island, and participated in the Battle of Dalinghe River.

But now, Kong Youde's face is ugly.

The Jingai Fuhai Guards in southern Liaoning have always been regarded as their territory by them, and this is also a fertile land. They have a large number of Han people.

But now, Kong Youde looked at the report in front of him, but couldn't believe it.

When he was transferred back to southern Liaoning by Huang Taiji from the Jinzhou front line, he was still a little confused. The emperor said that a Ming army general landed in southern Liaoning from the sea and specially transferred them to defend. He did not believe it very much, and felt that the Ming army was no longer able to attack from the sea since the pilgrimage was destroyed.

Even if the ship was built to attack, there were thousands of troops stationed in Jinzhou, Lushun. How could the Ming army be the opponent?

Since his surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Kong Youde has been firmly standing on the side of the Qing court and fighting with the Ming army wholeheartedly. His loyalty has also been rewarded with generous rewards. He was named King Gongshun, and he still retained the title of Marshal of Du, and even had his own military and horse population territory, just like the princes of the Eight Banners.

I just received an urgent report. There was really a Ming army attacking from the sea, and it had already captured Lushun, Jinzhou, and Fuzhou.

This news was largely out of his expectations. He thought that even if the Ming army really sent a group of troops from the sea, at most it would just support the situation in Jinzhou and send troops to Liaonan to harassment. As for more things, they could not do. At that time, tens of thousands of people in Dongjiang Town could only make small fuss. What abilities could the court have at sea now?

But the report was placed on his table, and the four guards in southern Liaoning lost two guards.

What shocked him the most was that the Ming army landed in the sixth day of the fifth month to capture Lushun, and Jinzhou was also lost on the sixth day of the fifth month. On the same day, two cities, 130 miles apart, were lost at the same time.

According to his experience, if you want to capture these two cities at the same time in one day, it means that there are many invading Ming troops. The rumored 100,000 soldiers and horses are impossible, while the other number is 50,000 soldiers and horses is very likely. The Ming army is very likely to have divided the troops from the sea and launched an attack on the two cities at the same time.

With his sudden unpredictability and the advantage of the number of troops, he finally won two cities.

"The Ming army is not good!" Shen Zhi said carefully. In the Qing army, his status was far inferior to that of the three traitors in Shandong. He was also from Dongjiang Town and the nephew of Shen Shikui, the last general of Dongjiang Town. Shen Shikui was just a businessman at that time, and later married his daughter to Mao Wenlong as his concubine and became a general in Dongjiang. After Mao Wenlong's death, he became the last general after the civil strife in Dongjiang.

However, although Shen Shikui was a merchant, he was still determined to fight against the Qing army. After Chongzhen was defeated and killed in the tenth year, his nephew Shen Zhixiang took over the defeated soldiers and wanted to be the general of Dongjiang. However, the court disagreed, so he called himself the general, which led to the attack of the official army, and he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. After entering the Qing Dynasty, he obtained the title of Xu Shun Gong and led a group of surrendered troops in Dongjiang.

"Where did the Ming court come from such a large army? Could it be that Zheng Zhilong from the southeast went north?"

Kong Youde didn't know this either. They originally led their troops to participate in the Jinzhou siege, but were transferred back halfway. As soon as they returned to Haizhou, they received news that Jinzhou and Fuzhou were lost. He had no time to collect information, but it was conceivable that the Ming army that came must be extremely strong. They could win Jinzhou Fuzhou in a short time, but not only strong at sea, but also strong at land.

"It turns out that in recent years, two young generals who can fight were produced in the army. One was Wu Sangui, the son of Wu Xiang in western Liaoning, and he became General Ningyuan at a young age. The other was even more powerful, and he didn't know where it came out. It took only a year to get from a Bai Ding Wusheng and take the position of Admiral of Huguang."

"Does Liu Jiye mean? I heard that he is a disciple of two cabinet ministers, Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng."

Geng Zhongming said on the side, "I have also heard of some rumors about this Liu Jun. It is said that he is actually the illegitimate son of Emperor Tianqi."

Kong Youde shook his head, "It's not an illegitimate son, but an adopted son. Although this man is young, he is born with a talented general and is very good at generals. In just over half a year, he has pacified more than 100,000 bandits in the Central Plains. If he came this time, everything would make sense."

"No matter how powerful he is, he is only a twenty-year-old young man. If he put down some bandits, he dares to claim to be famous generals? Haha!" Shang Kexi smiled disdainfully.

"If this Liu Jun is really here, then we will capture him alive this time. Humph, Emperor Chongzhen's adopted son, the disciple of the cabinet chief and the second assistant, and the old Admiral Huguang, if we present it to the emperor, we will have a generous reward, haha."

Several people laughed, but only Kong Youde did not.

"The Marshal is too worried. A boy with a stinky breast is probably not growing all his hair. He is just taking full advantage of the bandits. When he comes to Liaodong, we will let him know what war is called." Geng Zhongming said.

Shang Kexi also smiled and said, "To deal with such a boy, first take a cannon and then send a cavalry to attack him. He will definitely be defeated. If he doesn't defeat, I will lose ten slaves."

"I bet that he can withstand two rounds of impact before he will be defeated. I also bet that ten slaves, and I will add ten maids." Shen Zhixiang said.

A sudden sound of rapid footsteps sounded outside.

"Report!"

"Report to the Marshal, urgently, Gaizhou was lost, and many Ming troops were found on the border of Haizhou!" The personal soldiers reported loudly and reported an urgent letter to Kong Youde.

Kong Youde hurriedly took it and opened it and read it. The urgent report showed that the Ming army had captured Gaizhou and the troops were still advancing north. Now there were Ming troops everywhere between Haizhou and Gaizhou. The one who commanded this army was Liu Jun, the Marquis of Zhennan, whom they had just guessed.

An important news was also reported in the emergency report that the Ming army had many artillery. When they attacked Gaizhou, they even used a cannon that could fire 100 kilograms of stone bullets, and some red cannons larger than the Longwei General's cannon in Zhenguo. In less than an hour, the Gaizhou city wall collapsed.

After the Ming army captured Gaizhou, it did not intend to send troops to garrison, but instead moved the people and left.

Finally, they also reported that the Ming army attacking Gaizhou came from the sea, landed near Gaizhou, raided Gaizhou, and directly bombarded the city wall with cannons.

"You see, we have met an opponent this time!" Kong Youde sighed and handed the report to the other three.

"The Gaizhou City Wall was knocked down in less than half an hour? How is this possible!" Geng Zhongming was laughing at the scene just now and said that he only needed a bombardment and a cavalry charge to defeat the invading Ming army. Geng Zhongming exclaimed in a burst of voice! (To be continued...)
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