At the end of November, the Liaodong Operations General Staff reported a "Winter Offensive" combat plan.

Winter is a very unsuitable season for combat, but the Liaodong Operations General Staff was preparing to launch a "Winter Offensive" at this time, not just to prepare more military merits as a congratulatory gift before Zhao Yan's wedding.

After reading the combat plan of the "Winter Offensive", Zhao Yan approved the plan.

If this winter offensive can recover Liaodong in one fell swoop, the military system reform will be much simpler next year.

...In Liaodong, Duoduo has stabilized his dominance. The two brothers Jirgalang and Amin also control nearly one-third of the troops.

In the tenth year of Chongzhen, the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia underwent subtle changes.

Many Mongolian tribes separated from the Qing Dynasty's orders and no longer bought the Qing Dynasty's accounts. Some even pulled back the warriors sent by the tribe.

The Qing Dynasty did not allow it?

Let's run back together.

The Mongolians had realized that the late Qing Dynasty was not far away. After nine years of entering the pass to rob and returned home in a great defeat, the Mongolian tribes were shocked.

However, afterwards, the Qing Dynasty was defeated in Zhenjiang, and the Huangtai-Jiang Army was besieged by North Korea and was then completely wiped out. This news was even more shocking.

It was revealed that a general named Zhao Yan appeared in the country and threatened to restore Liao in three years.

At this time, the Ming army had occupied the southeastern part of Liaodong.

The Ming army's attack will continue. The Mongolian tribes lost a lot of tribal warriors in several major defeats. Many tribes no longer want to continue this meaningless war.

They cooperated with the Qing Dynasty and wanted to go south to rob.

But the Qing Dynasty cannot rob now, and it is in danger. How can it still be with the Qing Dynasty? Some tribes are directly out of control of the Qing Dynasty.

For this reason, Duoduo could only appease other tribes, and did not do anything, so he did not dare to conquer those Mongolian tribes.

At this time, Liaodong was extremely dangerous. If you were not careful, the Ming army in the south of Henan would launch an attack. Duoduo had made many efforts to the strength of the Ming army, but it was still not effective.

For example, seek peace with the Ming Kingdom and even pay tribute.

As a result, Duoduo received news that the Emperor of Ming was actually constitutionally established by Zhao Yan from Shandong.

What is constitutionalism?

Duoduo didn't quite understand. Fan Wencheng explained it and Duoduo understood what constitutionalism is, that is, he could not interfere in managing the country, and violated the law and had to be punished with the people.

Is this called the emperor?

After Chongzhen was finished, peace talks were also ruined. The Shandong army to the south was currently aggressive, and Ming cavalry often rushed to the north bank of the Prince River to carry out a strong wind sweep.

This made Duoduo difficult to defend. Liaodong was mainly plains. After these cavalry broke into the north bank of the Prince River, their whereabouts were often vague and they could run around throughout Liaodong.

Cavalry were also sent to encircle them. When the Shandong cavalry saw that the number of people was almost the same, they would run into the battle. When they saw that there were too many enemies, they would run away.

Often, Duoduo's cavalry can't catch up, why? The horses are not as good as others'.

All the horses of the Shandong cavalry were carefully selected and mounted, but the horses of the Qing army were not like this. After several major wars, the Qing horses suffered serious losses, and the horses of many cavalry were getting worse and worse.

Those cavalry often carried firearms, which were very difficult to deal with. Once, a small group of cavalry rushed to the city of Shenyang at night, fired hundreds of rockets towards Shenyang City, and then drove away, causing a fire in Shenyang and burning many houses.

After winter began, the Shandong army in the south finally settled down. In addition, Duoduo strengthened the defense around Chenyang, there was no problem with the craftsman workshop under Chenyang City and the safety of Shenyang City.

Duoduo knew that the beginning of next spring is the time for the Shandong Army to attack, and he had to consider his own way of retreat.

Perhaps, the place in Liaodong is no longer suitable for them to live in. Duoduo turned his attention to the north and west, and Fan Wencheng also pessimistically discovered that there was no future for the Qing Dynasty to work hard.

But what if he didn't work hard for the Qing Dynasty? He had no way out. His name was almost known to the Ming Dynasty. Many people knew that there was such a Han Jong called Fan Wencheng in the Qing Dynasty.

In order to make the future holidays easier, Fan Wencheng suggested that if Duoduo retreated, he should retreat westward. It is said that there are many small countries far west.

Mongolia conquered many countries in the west.

Duoduo did not expect to suffer in the forest in the north, so he accepted Fan Wencheng's suggestion and began to send people to ask the Mongolians about the situation in the west of Mongolia.

Most of the countries that Mongolia conquered in the west were destroyed. However, the Mongolians had some information in their hands and had some understanding of the situation in the west.

After confirming that there were many small countries in the Western Regions, Duoduo prepared for a great migration in winter.

After several major wars, Duoduo had lost the confidence to win the Shandong army. It would be no harm to prepare early, so as not to have no time to prepare.

But Duoduo was not willing to retreat. He wanted to fight again, but he was preparing for his own way of retreat.

However, at this moment, the Shandong army suddenly attacked Hetuara, headed by the Third Battalion led by Li Ran, plus half an artillery battalion, and 20,000-year-old Han army, suddenly launched an attack in late December.

Hetuala was an old village in the Qing Dynasty, and it was the so-called "land of dragon development". Because it was close to the Shandong army, Duoduo arranged nearly 20,000 defenders there.

The third battalion of Li Ran suddenly launched an attack, which was beyond the expectations of the Qing Dynasty. The defenders of Hetulane were instantly shocked by fierce artillery fire.

The walls of Hetuara were very short and the city was still small. The artillery battalion bombed Hetuara for about a day, and the Qing defenders in the city were killed and injured by the shelling.

Second, Li Ran ordered the siege of the city.

The 20,000 cannon fodder troops rushed into Hetuala in an instant, but these cannon fodder troops were replaced with cannons, and their armor was replaced with plate armor. Although they were cannon fodder troops, the Liaodong Operations General Staff still hoped to reduce casualties.

At the same time, the weapons in their hands were replaced with spears, hand axes and waist knives.

The armor-breaking ability of long spears and hand axes is very strong, and it is most suitable for dealing with those Qing soldiers wearing heavy armor, one long and one short. At the same time, the waist knife is also the standard used by the Shandong army. Each handful of hair can be broken, and the chopping weight is a little heavier, so the armor on the Qing army cannot be stopped, but the lethality is not as strong as the hand axes, but the hand axes are shorter.

Hetuala was between the mountains, and 20,000 cannon fodder troops rushed into Hetuala, rushing and fighting hard. In less than half a day, the battle in the city was solved and successfully captured Hetuala.

However, Li Ran, who captured Hetulala, did not stop there. Instead, after three days of rest, he led the army out of the mountainous area and rushed straight to Fushun.

The Ming army launched an offensive in winter, which was far beyond the expectations of the Qing army.

After all, in such cold weather, soldiers are prone to non-combat casualties, and logistics transportation is almost impossible, so it is very difficult for cavalry to fight in the snow.

But in fact, this is just what the Qing Dynasty thought.

Li Ran's third battalion made very sufficient preparations before, and the troops were equipped with a large number of sleds, and there were a lot of cotton coats and fuel preparations.

Along the way, the Third Battalion defeated three passes at lightning speed and went straight to the plains outside the mountainous area.

On the continuous march line, groups of soldiers sat on sleds and were dragged by horses to march quickly. On the sled behind, a large amount of logistics supplies were dragged.

In the snow, sleds are transported and supplies are transported, and a horse can drag half a ton of weight. Each sled can carry six soldiers.

With such convenient transportation, the Third Battalion prepared a lot of food and grass, which was enough to support the needs of two months, and brought a lot of ammunition.

Taking advantage of the advantages of sleds, the Liaodong Operations Command determined the winter offensive two months ago. Not only did the third battalion led by Li Ran launch an attack, but the south bank of the Prince River will also launch a winter offensive.

Li Ran's third battalion was closer to Chenyang, and in this area, the Qing Dynasty had fewer troops, so it was the first to launch the first shot of the winter offensive in late December.

...Of course, the advantages of snow operations were not unique to the Shandong army, but also to the Qing Dynasty.

Nurhaci also had an ice skating force under his command. According to legend, when Nurhaci was trapped in Mogen City and the city was about to fall, a skating force "all with Ula skates" fell from the sky and lifted the siege of Mogen City. This special forces advanced completely on ice skating, marched more than 700 miles a day and night, and artillery was also transported on ice sleds.

The Ula slider is an ice skate, and there are also sleds, which are only called "ice sled". However, there were not many troops like the Qing Dynasty, and there were only ones. If you bump into it, you would die.

Li Ran's third battalion marched very fast. He only used it overnight and marched for more than 200 miles. Before the Qing Dynasty could detect it, he was already at the city of Fushun.

The third battalion brought a lot of horses, not just one horse to pull for two hundred miles, but horses were dragged in rotation. Although they were not as fast as ice skating, they were still easy to walk for two hundred miles at night.

Fushun, this is the acropolis of Chenyang, only a few dozen miles away from Chenyang.

The third battalion came to Fushun City at dawn and then launched a fierce attack on Fushun. Before that, the main force of the Qing army had been attracted to the bank of the Prince River to prevent the Shandong army from going north to harassing.

However, Fushun, as a Acropolis near Chenyang, has not been empty in defense. The city has 10,000 elite defenders and 30,000 Mongolian and Han soldiers.

When the Qing Dynasty stationed troops, it did not have the habit of putting a large number of troops outside the city. Except for Chenyang, which is their "Shengjing", most of the troops were stationed outside the city.

The rumbling sound of artillery quickly woke the defenders in the city.

The artillery of the Artillery Battalion and the Third Battalion began to bomb Fushun indiscriminately, and fired thousands of rockets into the city, the artillery battalion's artillery battalion's artillery battalion's artillery battalion's artillery battalion's artillery battalion's artillery battalion's artillery battalion's artillery battalion's art

Under the fierce artillery, it took only about fifteen minutes to blow a gap in the city wall.

This surprise attack caught the Qing army in the city off guard.

When they were awakened, a fire had already lit up in the city, and artillery shells would fall from the sky from time to time. Tens of thousands of Qing troops gathered in chaos and rushed to the city wall to defend.

The artillery on the city wall had long been destroyed, and the Ming army was bombing the city wall, the city top, and there was no means of counterattack for a while.

(To be continued)
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