After Zhao Ming led the army to defeat Hong Chengchou, the remnants of the Manchurian dependents in Shenyang had no intention of resisting, and when the Ming army entered the city, almost all those who could run in Shenyang had fled southward, and those who could not run either committed suicide or were captured by the coalition forces.The Ming soldiers marched into the almost unguarded city of Shenyang, extinguished the sporadic resistance, and occupied the city in less than an hour.After entering the city, Zhao Ming did not order the slaughter of the city, but the coalition forces that entered the city carried out an organized massacre of the residents in the city, and a large number of the dependents of the Eight Banners were driven into the Liao River, and the drowned corpses almost blocked the river.When Zhao Ming entered Shenyang City, the residents of the city had already been killed and wounded, and only thousands of Baoyi and banner slaves barely survived.Shenyang is the old nest of the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the pass, before the Qing army entered the pass, it had entered the pass six times and robbed a large amount of money.When the Qing army entered the customs, the Eight Banners were preparing to enter the customs and loot, and did not carry gold and silver to the battle, and a large amount of money and property were left outside the customs.After Zhao Ming entered the city, he was not idle, while sending troops to chase and kill the Qing army that fled south, while blocking the city and confiscating the gold and silver treasures in the city.In the Manchu Qing Palace in Shenyang City, as well as the mansions of the nobles of the Eight Banners in the city, the army found countless gold and silver treasures, literary toys, calligraphy and paintings.At this time, although most of the Manchu nobles settled in the Guannei, the mansions outside the Guanguan were still being taken care of, and most of the Manchu clans, the homes of the Eight Banners and generals still hid the property they had looted before.Zhao Ming asked people to dig and move in the city for a few days, and Gu Yanwu, who was in charge of the inventory, mobilized a battalion of 3,000 soldiers, loaded more than 100 carts, and had not finished loading the property collected in the city.Among them are not only silver and gold, but also many utensils, antiques, treasures, calligraphy and paintings, the value of which is immeasurable, and it is not at all possible to be calculated with money.In the Manchu Palace in Shenyang City, Zhao Ming stood next to boxes of treasures, and his face could not hide his joy.Zhao Ming took a cursory look at it, and the property obtained from the Manchu Palace in Shenyang alone could already make up for the consumption of Donghai Town's expedition in the past year and a half.With this seizure and the smooth development of maritime trade, Zhao Ming and Donghai Town are not short of money now, but rather a channel to spend the money and what to do with some money."
Dashuai, all the belongings can be transported away, what should we do with these palaces?"
Gu Yanwu asked with a smile.Zhao Ming didn't answer him, but turned his head and asked, "Have the soldiers and horses chasing Hong Chengchou come back?"
”Xie Qian clasped his fists and replied: "Back to the marshal, the horse army chased to the Jinzhou area and came back." ”Zhao Ming frowned slightly, "It's better to let the old thief Hong escape!"
”Xie Qian was also discouraged and said: "The old thief rode a horse and galloped, the cavalry pursued for hundreds of miles, and the grain and grass were approaching, so he didn't dare to go deep into Liaoxi, so he stopped the pursuit." ”Outside the pass, sparsely populated and barren, the Ming army could hardly get supplies, and could not fight too far away from the main force.Zhao Ming waved his hand, "Forget it, the Hong thief lost the pass, even if he escapes into the pass, I'm afraid it won't end well!"
”Zhao Ming paused, and suddenly asked again: "Is there any news from Horqin Mongolia?"
Xie Qian replied: "The scout reported that in the upper reaches of the Liao River, Horqin's rangers were found, but the main force of Horqin was not seen. ”Zhao Ming pondered for a while when he heard this, and then said to Gu Yanwu: "Shenyang City is far away from the coast, and there is no population on the Liaohe Plain, once the Horqin cavalry kills, we are very likely to be trapped in Shenyang City."
Therefore, Ben Shuai prepared to withdraw to Liaodong before the Horqin cavalry arrived, when the heavy snow had not yet closed the mountain.Everything in Shenyang City can be transported away, and if it can't be transported, it will be burned in a fire!
”The population outside the pass is sparse, the population on the Liaohe Plain is almost empty, if the coalition army is stationed in Shenyang, it will need to send supplies to Shenyang, not to mention the huge consumption, but also face the attack of the Mongol cavalry.Now that the coalition forces occupy the Liaodong region, there is no population to develop Tuntian for a while, and there is no need for Donghai Town to maintain a garrison in Shenyang and travel hundreds of miles to transport supplies.Therefore, Zhao Ming does not plan to occupy Shenyang for a long time now, which is not cost-effective, and second, the Manchu court will not rest with him.In this battle outside the Guan, the Ming army has been going on for a year and a half, and both Zhao Ming and Donghai Town need time to rest.Gu Yanwu listened to Zhao Ming's words, then nodded and saluted, "I understand my humble position!"
”In the next few days, the Ming army was busy carrying property, taking advantage of the fact that the Liao River had not yet frozen, loading the property on ships, going down the river, transporting them to the mouth of the Liao River, and then transferring them to sea ships to Lushun, North Korea and Jiangnan.In late October, it snowed heavily in Shenyang, and at this time, scouts came to report that Wu Keshan, the prince of Horqin, had led tens of thousands of cavalry into the Liaohe Plain.Wu Keshan was afraid of the momentum of the coalition army, and did not dare to approach Shenyang, the Mongolian cavalry did not engage the coalition army head-on, but mobile attack, raid the supply of the coalition army's various strongholds, cut off the grain route, and when the stronghold coalition army retreated, then launched a surprise attack, so that the Korean army guarding Tieling, Pinglubao, Jinglubao and other places suffered great losses.In view of this, coupled with the huge consumption of grain and grass of more than 100,000 allied troops, and the shortage of food in the army, Zhao Ming immediately decided to abandon Shenyang, envelop the captured population, and retreat to Liaodong.On October 28, the city of Shenyang burst into flames, and more than 100,000 allied troops, under the billowing smoke behind them, stepped on the white snow and retreated to Liaodong.The news of the retreat of the Ming army was soon discovered by the Horqin cavalry, and Wu Keshan immediately emboldened himself and marched to Shenyang.Along the way, the Mongol cavalry did not encounter the allied forces and reached the northern suburbs of Shenyang on the 30th.At this time, the fire in Shenyang was still burning, and the Mongolian cavalry saw the black smoke billowing in Shenyang from afar, and then there was a cavalry report, and the mausoleums of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji outside Shenyang were destroyed.Wu Keshan was the elder brother of the Manchu Empress Dowager Bumu Butai and the father of the Shunzhi Empress Borzigit Meng Guqing, and when he learned that the mausoleum of his brother-in-law Huang Taiji had been destroyed, Wu Keshan hurriedly rushed to Beiling with the nobles of Horqin.At this time, the Beiling Tomb was already in a mess, the palace was burned, the stone statues were blackened, knocked down, and smashed, the mausoleum of Huang Taiji was dug up, and the underground palace was exposed, and the means were very rough.Wu Keshan rushed to Beiling and saw the scene in front of him, especially the remains of Huang Taiji, who were actually violently corpsed in broad daylight, and couldn't help but be furious.Huang Taiji in Wu Keshan's heart, is a very accomplished, eloquent monarch, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in the Huang Taiji period, laid the foundation for hegemony.As a slave of the Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and killed countless Liao people, and it is not an exaggeration to kill countless Liao people, but Huang Taiji is already the second generation, and it can only be regarded as a different position, that is, the king is defeated, Wu Keshan thought that the Ming army actually treated his brother-in-law like this, so it was a little too much.At that moment, Wu Keshan, who was angry, urgently ordered his subordinates to hunt down and kill the coalition army to avenge Huang Taiji.The Horqin cavalry pursued southward, fought with the coalition forces several times, but did not bargain, and finally pursued to Lianshan Pass, where the coalition troops entered the hilly area before pulling out their horses and returning to Shenyang.()