Seventy merchant ships, each time, were constantly traveling back and forth in Longkou, Lushun, and Dalian Bay, and constantly transporting personnel and materials to Liaodong.

Since the Liaodong Peninsula was conquered, the transportation problem has been completely solved.

From Longkou to Lushun, it is only more than 100 kilometers. The fly-scissor boat can run at most four times a day, and the merchant boat can run twice a day, a little further to Dalian Bay.

With such transportation efficiency, a large amount of materials were transported from Shandong to Liaodong, and administrative personnel, technicians, exploration personnel, workers, steel bars, cement, oxen, agricultural tools, seeds, etc. were all unloaded in Lushun and Dalian Bay.

After the workers from Shandong arrived at the Liaodong Peninsula, they worked with local Han people and under the command of professional urban defense engineers, they first repaired the two checkpoints of Jinzhou and Nanguan.

These two levels are related to the safety of landing personnel and materials. As long as these two levels are repaired, even hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers will not rush over.

Especially in Nanguan, the city defense engineers were preparing to expand the north and south of this level, and then set up thirty giant cannons within the pass, plus forty cannons on the city wall, forming absolute death firepower on the narrow north bank of the South Pass.

Under such firepower, as long as there are enough shells to use the cold weapons army of the Qing Dynasty, it is almost impossible to touch the city wall.

Of course, Nanguan is just the second line of defense, and Jinzhou in the north is the first line of defense, and Jinzhou is based on ordinary defense.

With these two levels, there is no need to worry about being sneaked in by the Qing army's cavalry and threatening logistics supplies.

At the same time, workers in Shandong began to build roads in Liaodong, a simple road from Lushun and Dalian to Zhenjiang, while Han people in Liaodong quickly entered the military farm after the arrival of administrative personnel.

Only more than 50,000 Han people did not join the military farm, but arranged for them to build roads together. After the cement factory, shipyard and other factories were established, these workers would be transferred to those factories.

The total number of Han people in Liaodong is only 70,000. If all of them are engaged in military farming, the current land on the Liaodong Peninsula is enough, but it will inevitably destroy some wetlands and forests on the Liaodong Peninsula.

Forests are nothing. Forests in plain areas must be cut down, but forests in mountainous areas cannot be used for cultivation after deforestation, and they must be replanted. Those wetlands are also places where Zhao Yan does not allow military farming. Wetlands are an important part of the ecological system.

There are exactly 50,000 households joining the military farm, each of which is 300 acres, which is exactly the same as the expected number of land acres. The predicted land acres data will generally only be more or less.

If there is really no place, move forward again.

On February 23, the First Battalion advanced towards Yaozhou under the cover of the cavalry battalion. Seeing the First Battalion attack, the Qing army in Yaozhou had already escaped from the city and headed towards Haizhou before the First Battalion launched an attack.

Most of the troops stationed in Yaozhou were Han soldiers, and the Eight Manchu Banners soldiers were defeated in Zhenjiang, and the banner leader Dai Shan was killed in the formation. Seeing that Jinzhou, Lushun and Gaizhou were successively defeated, morale was already depressed to the freezing point, and they were already frightened by the Shandong Army and had no courage to resist.

Zhao Yong conquered Yaozhou without any force, and the second thing was to advance towards Haizhou with Lin Yi.

At the same time, the Qing army fled to Haizhou was eagerly requesting support from Shenyang. Duoduo had just stabilized the situation in Shenyang, and the throne ceremony was being held.

Duoduo, who received the urgent report, was furious when he saw Yaozhou's fall. Fan Wencheng said on the side: "Your Majesty, these Liaoyang and Anshan are important iron production areas of my Qing Dynasty. If Anshan is defeated, the ore required by my Qing army will have to be opened. And once the Ming army advances to Liaoyang, it will be equivalent to directly threatening Chenyang. How can I allow others to snore on the side of my Qing Dynasty bed?"

"You are right, but the Ming army is coming in a fierce manner. How can we resist?" Duoduo's face turned red and a feeling that was extremely tricky rose to his heart.

The defeat of Zhenjiang made Duoduo lose the courage he used to be. At this moment, he didn't know how to resist the advancement of the Ming army.

"Your Majesty, although there are nearly 30,000 Shandong troops invading Haizhou, there are only 15,000 real Shandong troops. The rest are all Han soldiers of our Qing Eight Banners, and there are few cavalrymen. You can send 30,000 elite cavalry to invade the Ming army at night, give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, and wait for an opportunity to give the Ming army a thunder attack. In this way, Haizhou can be protected." Fan Wencheng thought for a while and suggested to Duoduo.

At this time, Fan Wencheng was also full of worries. With the current situation, the Qing Dynasty was already severely damaged, while Shandong, which was across the sea, was aggressive and sharp, and the entire situation was in danger.

If the Ming army wins a great victory, where should he go? Will the Ming Dynasty let him go? Maybe, but Fan Wencheng is unwilling to try. He has completely betrayed himself to the Qing Dynasty and has been a lackey for so many years. He is unwilling to fail.

He wanted to help the Qing Dynasty to seize the world, so that he, a teased lackey, would become a founding hero and a role model for literati throughout the world.

In Fan Wencheng's view, the Ming Dynasty was already corrupt, and all officials in the world bought it with money. In such a decay, it would be vulnerable. Although the Qing Dynasty's national strength was not as good as the Ming Dynasty, it was better than the strength of the world, and the world would inevitably be replaced by the Qing Dynasty.

Fan Wencheng's inference is very correct. From the Battle of Sarhu to the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty continued to win great victory against the Ming Dynasty nine years ago.

However, Zhao Yan's rise in Shandong is unexpected. He was defeated within nine years and Huang Taiji personally conquered North Korea for ten years and is still besieged in the North.

At present, the Shandong Army has controlled Niumao Village. The northern part of the Yalu River is under the control of the Shandong Army, and there are sharp firearms to guard it. As long as Liaodong cannot be defeated, Huang Taiji will say that he will not want to return to Liao.

Now Huang Taiji is no longer important, because Duoduo has usurped the throne. What is important is the 70,000 army in Huang Taiji's hands. These 70,000 army are the essence of the Qing Dynasty!

After these forces were lost, the real Eight Banners of Manchu in Liaodong was less than 30,000. Such a weak military force was almost defeated. Fortunately, there were nearly 40,000 Mongolian soldiers and 20,000 Han soldiers. As long as there was enough time, the strength could be restored to a certain level. There were still many Jurchens in the north to capture, and many Han soldiers could be pulled into the army.

At the same time, Fan Wencheng believes that the Shandong Army does not have enough cavalry, and as long as the Qing Dynasty plays its advantages, it will still be able to win!

For his future, Fan Wencheng has reached the point of being desperate and crazy, leaving a rat-tail of money for Fan Wencheng, and he no longer regards himself as a Han person.

...On that day, Duoduo urgently ordered Shuotuo to be Prince Su, leading the Zhenghong Banner and three Mongolian Banners, and Jiergalang led the Enanglan Banner to go south to wait for an opportunity to attack the Shandong Army.

As for the Great Belle Amin, Dodo also named him Prince of Li that day and asked him to form the Yellow Banner. However, Dodo naturally did not want to see that the two brothers Amin and Jirgalang had too much military power, so although he asked him to form the Yellow Banner, he was reluctant to give it to others.

While sending people to block the Shandong army, Duoduo began to recruit soldiers frantically. Duoduo did not have the knowledge of Huang Taiji, but was not very good at governing the country.

However, with Fan Wencheng's assistance and Fan Wencheng's management, Duoduo was spared a lot of trouble. However, when Fan Wencheng suggested that the recruitment level be appropriately reduced and the energy was left to resume production, Duoduo rudely scolded Fan Wencheng.

Duoduo will never forget the scene like hell. Countless shells flew over his head, and the war horses under his crotch were jumping violently. There were only screams and booming shell explosions around him. The terrifying feeling was like the god of death could come at any time.

Whenever Duoduo thinks of that battle, he lacks a sense of security. He usually runs to the harem and pulls out Huang Taiji's concubine [***] and then flips it over to vent his fear.

At the same time, Dodo needs more soldiers to enhance his sense of security.

Jirgalang, who received the "Imperial Imperial", was very dissatisfied with Duoduo's arrangement. Shuodao was just a junior, and it actually surpassed him.

However, Jirgalang knew that this was not the time for internal conflicts again. After receiving the imperial edict, he snorted coldly, and turned around to count the troops.

At this moment, the Red Banner, which governed the Zhenghong Banner and the three Eight Mongolian Banners, were full of energy and arrogant.

"The reason why Zhenjiang was defeated was because Dai Shan and Haoge were so stupid that they attacked the Shandong army with a good geographical location. If it were me, they would not fight hard with them, and would lead the troops to kill them when they came out." Shuotu said arrogantly in front of Jiergalang: "My Qing children have been practicing riding and shooting since childhood. How could Minggou be his opponent?"

"Haha! Prince Su said well." Jirhalang responded with a slight smile, and Shuotuo was a little proud again when he heard this.

The next day, the 30,000 cavalrymen stepped on the rumbling horse hooves and went down the Hun River. In less than half a day, they reached the intersection of Hun River and Taizi River, and then crossed the river and appeared west of Liaoyang, and then went south without stopping.

The first battalion's propulsion was not fast because the artillery battalion and the baggage battalion were not fast. For the sake of stability, the first battalion did not advance rashly.

At the same time, the later Yaozhou has not completely solved the problem.

After entering Yaozhou and Liaoyang, the number of Han people and Manchus increased. Take Yaozhou as an example. There were hundreds of farms, all of which were enslaved Han people.

At the same time, there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 people, but these people need to be dealt with. Therefore, Zhao Yong sent most of the cannon fodder troops to carry out a thorough purge in Yaozhou.

After these cannon fodder troops were trained, the soldiers from the First Battalion were installed and the inspection team was set up, the discipline was no longer very important.

Because in less than five or six days, Zhao Yong cut down hundreds of soldiers who violated military law. The included Han soldiers were now extremely afraid of military law.

Whether it is privately hiding property or disturbing the Han people, they will be beheaded and displayed in public immediately. The only military discipline of killing the Qing prisoners was that they would kill only one person and beat the military sticks.

However, those thirty military sticks could not be beaten a few times.

The Qing Dynasty in Liaodong was at least more than 2 million. These more than 2 million people cut them directly, and at least sent them to lifelong labor reform to make up for their sins.

At the same time, if most of these more than two million people were captured, then the infrastructure of Shandong and Liaodong should not be worried about manpower.

Seven thousand cannon fodder troops, inside and outside Yaozhou, launched a large-scale purge of the Qing Dynasty, and Han people were constantly rescued.

Many Han people howled and cried when they saw the arrival of the army. Many members developed by the Liaodong Special Forces Brigade led the army and began to settle the people everywhere and arrested them one by one.

Under the constraints, these cannon fodder troops are very useful, which allows the first battalion to divide its troops for the aftermath and saves time.

On February 25, after a day and a half march, the first battalion finally arrived at the city of Haizhou. The defensive forces in Haizhou had reached as many as 8,000.

However, this could not stop the advancement of the First Battalion at all. On the afternoon of the arrival of the First Battalion, he made a meal in a hurry. With the cooperation of the Artillery Battalion, Zhao Yong launched an attack on Haizhou.

In less than half an hour, the artillery battalion exploded a huge gap in Haizhou city walls, and at the same time it exploded within a few hundred meters of the surrounding area into an unmanned land.

With Zhao Yong's order, the fully armed 8,000 cannon fodder troops rushed into Haizhou City like wolves and tigers under the supervision of the inspection team.

This itself is a small city. The eight thousand defenders inside are no match for the eight thousand cannon fodder troops ruled by the first battalion.

All of these eight thousand cannon fodder troops use captured Qing army armor. In addition, there are many horses in Liaodong. Everyone has a horse for transportation when they march. They don’t walk very quickly and their physical strength is not exhausted at all.

On the other hand, many of the defenders in the city were armourless Han and Mongolian soldiers, and their equipment was very different. In addition, the 8,000 cannon fodder troops in the first battalion were supervised by the inspectors, so their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

Once the street battle in Haizhou City began, it was a one-sided result. The Han soldiers in the city turned against each other, and the Mongolian soldiers did not have the will to resist decisively. In addition, the cavalry battalion surrounded and pursued, before dark, the street battle in the city had basically ended, and only scattered remaining Qing troops were waiting to be resolved.

The First Battalion blocked three gates outside the city and did not move at all. Instead, it was responsible for cutting down thousands of Qing soldiers and capturing more than 500 people in the hidden cavalry battalion in the north of the north gate.

On the second day after the First Battalion conquered Haizhou, the 30,000 troops led by Shuotuo and Jirgalang had already reached a hundred miles north of Haizhou.

That night, a man rode a fast horse from the north and quickly entered the camp outside Haizhou City. The man not only rode one, but also led two. The man on the horse had a small braid behind his head, but a red scarf was tied to his forehead. He encountered a checkpoint along the way, and he passed through unimpededly.

"Sir, Duoduo held the throne ceremony on February 23, and at the same time sent Shuotuo and Jirgalang led 30,000 cavalry south." The man entered Zhao Yong's tough battle and reported quickly.

"When will Shuotuo and Jirgalang set out?" Zhao Yong asked.

"When you set out, it's dusk on February 23."

Zhao Yong hurriedly called in the staff officers, and the staff officers of the first battalion immediately spread out the map. After a moment of calculation, they said to Zhao Yong: "Battery Commander, Jiannu's 30,000 troops will arrive tomorrow."

"Send half of the scouts out, and conduct investigations within a radius of thirty miles, and strengthen the alert tonight." Zhao Yong ordered that the First Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion and the Artillery Battalion were not used to stationing in the city, and all of them were not in the city.

Staying in the city is a very bad habit, which makes soldiers lose their vigilance and is more susceptible to attack than outside the city.

Then Zhao Yong asked Lin Yi and the deputy battalion commander of the artillery battalion to discuss the next trends together.

Lin Yi learned about the information and was excited and ready to whisper: "It's finally our cavalry battalion's turn to show off."

Zhao Yong hurriedly said, "I said Lao Lin, you can't do anything wrong. Now that the Qing army's 30,000 cavalry are attacking, it's not a joke. If something happens to your cavalry battalion, then my first battalion and artillery battalion will not be able to advance."

"Who wants to do something wrong? Am I a fool? You can do whatever you want." Lin Yi said loudly, and then said in a low voice: "But last time Jiannu was beaten too badly by that boy Li Ran in Zhenjiang, it is probably not so easy to get caught! You have to think of a solution."

"It is best to fight one battle so that Jiannu knows how powerful we are in the field. But now is a critical moment, we cannot take dangerous moves. According to the notice of the Liaodong General Staff, in three days, the first cavalry battalion of the Liaodong Army and the cavalry and artillery battalion of our Shandong Army will go north to meet with us. At that time, we can let go of our hands and feet and fight him hard." Zhao Yong said.

"Yes! The war in Liaodong is of great importance. You can't go too aggressive at this time. If something goes wrong, the battlefield on the Western Front will be difficult to deal with." Lin Yi also nodded, "The 7,000-line troops in Yaozhou have not yet kept up. It is better for us to keep our troops in Haizhou and respond to changes in the same way as the third-line troops will follow up before advancing slowly."

"Well! As long as you do not make any mistakes in the investigation and do not cut corners when setting up camp, we have enough time to react during the advancement."

"That's it! Let's wait until the third-line troops follow."

Soon their opinions reached an agreement, and neither the infantry battalion, cavalry battalion nor the artillery battalion could do without.

If the infantry battalion does not have the cover of the cavalry battalion, it will only be difficult to move forward. If the artillery battalion is gone, it will take a lot of casualties and time to attack the city. If the cavalry battalion does not have artillery from the infantry battalion and artillery battalion, no matter how well the training and equipment are, it will easily be overwhelmed by the Qing army by its numerical advantage, and the artillery battalion needs the protection of the infantry battalion and cavalry battalion.

That night, the artillery battalion and cavalry battalion scattered half of the scouts for thirty miles. The next morning, another half of the scouts were sent to take over the task of the original scouts and began to cruise within thirty miles.

The lines from Gaizhou to Liaoyang are all plains. Under the intensive scout investigation, it was almost impossible for the Qing army to raid.

As for night attacks, ancient cold weapon wars, night attacks must be achieved with the help of a certain amount of starlight. On nights with starlight, the scouts of the Shandong Army can still see them.

If the Qing army ignited the torch to attack at night, it would be discovered from afar.

As long as there is enough reaction time, the Shandong Army can form a formation to meet the enemy. The infantry relies on cavalry, the cavalry relies on artillery, and the baggage battalion has enough food and grass to support for about five days, with almost no flaws.

(To be continued)
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