Port Arthur.After several days of attack, the coalition forces gradually pulled out the Lushun Pass, the strongholds on the outskirts of the Qing army, and captured various batteries.At this time, Tang Tong had already shrunk the remaining 20,000 Qing troops into Lushun City.Lushun City, which was operated by Dongjiang Town earlier, was later destroyed by the Qing army.A few years ago, Zhao Ming led the fleet to the north, reoccupied the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, and transferred more than 100,000 Shandong people to reclaim the land.In order to contain the Qing army in the north, Zhao Ming sent a lot of supplies to the Liaodong Peninsula and rebuilt the city of Lushun to strengthen the city's defenses.Not long ago, the Qing army took advantage of the fact that the main force of the Ming army was in the south of the Yangtze River to resist the attack of Mandahai, and had no time to take care of Liaodong, so they sent troops to raid and occupy the city of Arthur.This time, the Qing soldiers did not destroy the city, but continued to strengthen and improve the defense of Arthur City under the suggestion of Hong Chengchou.At this time, Lushun was not so much a city as a fortress.On the city wall of Lushun, Tang Tong led Han Chaoxuan, Yu Yin, Li Qisheng and other generals to inspect the city wall.In the past two days, the coalition forces stopped attacking, but the Qing army was not surprised by this, but was a little worried about what plan the Ming army was brewing.At this time, Tang Tong walked to the edge of the city wall, holding the wall battlement with one hand, looking at the coalition camp in the distance, with a solemn expression."
I didn't expect that the enemy army could recruit so many soldiers and horses!"
Han Chaoxuan on the side snorted.North Korea is far away from Zhao Ming's lair, and Han Chaoxuan has always thought that there are only 10,000 or 20,000 Ming troops, but he doesn't want Zhao Ming to bring nearly 100,000 troops."
You don't have to worry!"
Tang Tong glanced at Han Chaoxuan, slapped it on the wall, and said in a deep voice: "This Lushun City is well defended, not to mention that Zhao Zamao brought 100,000 rabble, even if he came to a million, he would not easily capture Lushun." ”Tang Tong said this with confidence.When Zhao Ming rebuilt Lushun City, considering the threat faced by Lushun, he focused on choosing a terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.Tang Tong introduced: "You see this city, built on the mountain, backed by the bay, the enemy wants to capture the city, it is impossible not to kill and wound tens of thousands, and the soldiers of the Lord Zhongtang are gathered in Shengjing, which is equivalent to being behind the Haikou Kou, the Haikou will not dare to attack the city with all his strength, and will eventually retreat." ”The defense of Lushun City is indeed relatively complete, after years of operation, it has become a fortress, and Lushun and Shenyang are each other's horns, so it is indeed relatively difficult to attack.After listening to Tang Tong's words, everyone nodded reluctantly, but Yu Yin said: "Junmen, it is true that Lushun has strong defense, and it is not false that it echoes with Hong Zhongtang.If there is enough food in the city, it is no problem to hold on for a year.However, now there is a lack of food and grass in the city, and the enemy army does not need to attack, at most half a month, and can take Lushun without blood. ”Tang Tong frowned, Lushun City is a military city, there are no people in the city, and there are no dependents, and all the soldiers stationed in the city are Qing soldiers.In this way, it is impossible for the Qing army to loot the people, and there is no grain in the treasury as much as there is grain.Tang Tong couldn't help asking, "How long is there enough food in the city?"
”Yu Yin managed the grain and grass of the Qing army, "It's only enough for ten days!"
”When many Qing generals heard this, there was an uproar, and Tang Tong hurriedly took everyone aside to avoid being heard by the soldiers defending the city."
Only enough for ten days?"
Tang Tong confirmed.Yu Yin said: "Grain and grass are a major event in the army, how dare you laugh at your humble position."
Since the Shandong side transported 6,000 Yu troops, it has not docked again.Now we are in the city, which is equivalent to sitting and eating empty. ”The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, which illustrates the position of grain in the war.If the Qing army in the city knew that the food was only enough for ten days, the army's heart would have been shaken.Tang Tong saw that everyone looked melancholy, and hurriedly comforted: "Don't panic about food.Lord Zhongtang has already written to the imperial court to allocate grain, and it is said that the imperial court has decided to ferry grain by sea, and presumably the fleet carrying grain will dock in the near future. ”As he was talking, the city sergeant suddenly exclaimed, "There is a ship on the sea!"
”"Could it be a grain ship?"
When they heard this, they hurried to the edge of the city wall.Tang Tong hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, he saw a sail shadow in the distance, but he couldn't see it really.Tang Tong hurriedly brought a clairvoyant mirror to watch, the camera looked at the sea, and the circular vision was just filled with a three-masted gunboat with sails agitated.Tang Tong's heart sank, and when he moved the camera up, he saw a sun and moon flag hanging on the main mast with a blue background, and his face suddenly sank, "It's the Ming army!"
”Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and their faces were difficult to look at when they looked at the huge fleet in the distance.In the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the Ming army inflicted heavy losses on the Qing army's naval division, sank and damaged hundreds of warships, captured more than 100 ships, and only a few dozen warships and a small number of grain ships, and fled back to Shandong.At this time, when Tang Tongguan was ascertaining the military fleet, Zhao Ming also took out a clairvoyant mirror and observed Lushun City.Zhao Ming looked at the city wall, saw that flags were planted all over it, and knew that there were enough troops in the city, but he was not worried at all.Although there are many Qing soldiers in the city, the connection between Shenyang by land has been cut off by the Ming army, and now the Ming army has defeated the Qing army's naval division, cut off the connection between Lushun and Shandong, and completely cut off the supply of Lushun, and the defeat of the Qing army in Lushun is inevitable.Now the Qing army has no choice but to starve to death, and there are almost no other options.Zhao Ming observed for a while, and then ordered: "After landing, show the captured to the enemy army in the city to see, and then behead Shi Lang in front of the city, and order the Qing army in the city to open the city and surrender within three days, otherwise the day the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”"Yes!"
The generals of the Ming army clenched their fists loudly.Not long after, the Ming fleet, under the watchful eye of the Qing army in Lushun, sailed into the mouth of Lushun.At this time, the fleet docked, and the Ming army immediately sent a team of soldiers to pile up the captured Qing army flags, weapons, and armor under the city of Lushun.Seeing this, Tang Tong and the others looked gloomy to the extreme, but at this moment, Han Chaoxuan and the others exclaimed, "It's Admiral Shi Langshi!"
”The officers and soldiers of the Qing army of the Jin army and the Henan army boarded the ship from Dengzhou and came to Liaodong.When they were in Dengzhou, most of them had visited Shi Lang, so they knew Shi Lang.The exclamation of everyone made Tang Tong shocked, he hurriedly looked at it, only to see that the Ming army escorted a person to the city, not Shi Lang, who was it?
The Ming saber and axe hand pressed Shi Lang to his knees, and then shouted loudly: "This is Shi Lang, the commander of the Manshui Division!"
”As soon as the words fell, a white light flashed, blood spurted, and Shi Lang's head was cut off.This scene instantly shocked Tang Tong and the others, and made everyone look at each other with a squirming Adam's apple."
The handsome man has an order, it will not fall for three days, and the chickens and dogs will not be left after the city is broken!"
The Ming soldiers roared loudly, and the sound shook the entire Lushun City.()