Outside the pass, after the Qing army was defeated in Gaizhou, 50,000 Chahar cavalry and more than 40,000 Horqin cavalry retreated to the front line of Haizhou.In addition, there were originally 30,000 troops outside the Guan, and the Qing army still had 120,000 troops.However, in the first battle of Gaizhou, the Manchurian headquarters suffered heavy losses, which dealt a great blow to the Qing army, the morale of the army was shaken, and the morale was low, and more than 100,000 Qing troops faced the Wu Yue army, but they did not dare to move forward again.In September, after Wu Yue's army regained Gaizhou, the forward advanced to Tashan, and the partial division seized the mouth of the Sancha River and established an advance fortress.In addition, 30,000 Korean troops entered Lianshan Pass and threatened the flank of the Qing army.In the face of the pressure of the Wu Yue army, Yue Le lifted his spirits, re-sent troops to deploy the formation, sent the Han army to Gushan Liu Zhiyuan with a yellow flag, led 3,000 Han army flags, and 7,000 green battalion soldiers to garrison Jinzhou and Ningyuan in the west to prevent the Wu Yue army from cutting off the western Liaoxi corridor and cutting off the supply in the pass.Then, he ordered Bel Jidu to lead 20,000 Horqin cavalry, 5,000 green battalion soldiers, reinforcement Lianshan Pass, and 15,000 Manchu and Han infantry troops to garrison Shengjing, Liaoyang, Hetuara and other cities, and he led 60,000 Mongolian cavalry and 3,000 Manchurian cavalry to garrison the Haizhou line.Due to the large number of soldiers and horses of the Qing army, after Yue Le retreated to Haizhou, he gradually stabilized his position, and began to take advantage of the cavalry advantage to send a small force of cavalry to infiltrate to the south and attack the Wu Yue army in the Gaizhou area.At this time, in the camp of the Qing army in Haizhou, Yue Le was standing in the tent, looking at the map, and a group of Manchurian generals stood behind him.Yue Le turned around and cheered everyone up: "Although the defeat of Gaizhou is painful, after all, we still have more than 100,000 troops, and the barbarians do not dare to rush into the Liaohe Plain!"
There is a flat river here, unlike Gaizhou and Liaodong, the barbarians really dare to kill, and the king's interest cavalry can fight with it. ”In the Liaohe Plain, the cavalry of the Qing army came and went without a trace, and the Wu Yue army went to Shengjing from Gaizhou to Shengjing, more than 400 miles, and it was not easy for the infantry army to kill the city under the supervision of the cavalry.When the generals heard this, they bowed their heads slightly, and gradually calmed down.At this time, Yue Le was about to continue the arrangement, but the curtain suddenly opened, and a gust of cold wind poured in, and the generals looked sideways."
Ledu!"
Yue Le couldn't help frowning, the person who came was Doramin Jianjun Wang Ledu, the son of Zierharang, and the others should be in Beijing, and they didn't want to suddenly appear in Haizhou.Ledu entered the big tent, followed by a group of blue-armored soldiers, as well as a full-ranking official of the third grade.This made Yue Le's color change, knowing that it should be Jingshi, and a will has come, and Ao Bai on the side lowered his head and took a step back.Yue Le's face sank, but then he regained his composure, he was responsible for the defeat of Gaizhou, but the main thing was to worship the enemy and advance rashly, he was removed from the title of Prince of Lizheng at most, and the mess in Liaodong still needs to be cleaned up, and he still has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.At this time, Ledu glanced at everyone in the tent, and the blue-armored soldier behind him clenched the hilt of his sword, blocking the door of the tent, and staring only at everyone.Ledu said in a deep voice: "Spread the emperor's will!"
”The Manchurian official next to him immediately unfolded the yellow scroll and shouted loudly: "Zhao Li Zheng'an Prince Yue Le, return to Beijing quickly to obey the order, order the guards to all bow down, temporarily act as General Shengjing, and preside over military affairs outside the Guan." ”Yue Le asked, his face full of disbelief, he reacted, and looked back at Ao Bai suddenly.Ao Bai had already received the news from Zierharang in advance, so he had already known that the imperial court had placed all the blame on Yue Le."
Aobai, you harm the king!"
Yue Le was furious.Ao Bai was not to be outdone, "Slave, I don't know what the prince means." ”Ledu said in a deep voice: "Prince An, hand over the seal letter and follow this king into Beijing!"
”~~~~~~ Liaodong, Gaizhou front.The mouth of the Sancha River, also known as the mouth of the Liao River, is still a large wasteland.In September, after the victory of Wu Yue's army in Gaizhou, they occupied this place, and built a wharf, a water village, and a fortress as a base for Wu Yue's army to advance along the Sancha River to the hinterland of central Liao.At this time, a team of cavalry came to the mouth of the Sancha River, and Zhao Ming grabbed the reins of the horse, watched the boiling river, and poured into the Bohai Sea.In later generations, it was called Yingkou, and at this time it was just an alluvial plain without human population, and there were river beaches."
Your Highness, the captured war horses will be kept here in captivity for the time being."
Xie Qian raised his horsewhip and pointed to the distance.Zhao Ming looked at the large river beach along his finger, and saw that there were war horses everywhere on both sides of the Sancha River, so he smiled and said, "There seem to be a lot of horses!"
”"Back to Your Highness, there are about 10,000 horses.More could have been captured, but many of the horses were injured and washed away by the Qingshui River, so only these horses were obtained. ”Xie Qian's mouth was modest, but his face was full of triumph.Zhao Ming bowed his head slightly and asked, "After the Battle of Gaizhou, what is the situation outside the Guan?"
”When Xie Qian heard this, his face sank, and he said: "Your Highness, you have defeated the Qing army in Gaizhou, but the main force of the Qing army still exists, and if you continue to advance, it is the Liaohe Plain, the terrain is flat, and the ministers lack cavalry, so they dare not rush into the army, so the forward stops at the front line of Tashan." ”The infantry of the Wu Yue army is powerful, but fighting in the northern plains, without the assistance of cavalry, no matter how powerful the infantry is, there will be a danger of being attacked by surprise and the grain route being cut off.When Zhao Ming heard this, he said in a deep voice: "Have you ever selected soldiers for cavalry training. ”Xie Qian said: "The selection of cavalry is a matter for soldiers, and the ministers have no right to train on their own!"
”Zhao Ming nodded, glanced at Xie Qian approvingly, and said with a smile: "The matter is urgent, the Lone King allows you to select 10,000 soldiers as soon as possible for training." ”"No!"
Xie Qian immediately clenched his fists.Zhao Ming immediately raised his horsewhip, "Go!"
Check it out at the camp!
”~~~~~~ east of Shengjing, south of Xingkai Lake, there is a bay, which is Vladivostok.It is in the east of the old nest of the Jurchens in Jianzhou, which belongs to the territory of the Jurchens in Haidong, but with the rise of the Manchu Qing, the Jurchens and savages outside the Guanxi have all surrendered to the Manchus.At the beginning of the year, Zhao Ming raised troops and captured Zhenjiang, the Qing army learned that Zhao Ming had a flowering bomb, and then Hong Chengchou returned to Beijing, so he secretly went to Guanwai and came to Vladivostok.Today, there is a camp here, where more than 2,000 Qing troops are stationed, and there is a shipyard.At this time, a sea ship docked at Vladivostok, the ship's board was docked, and a group of Qing soldiers immediately boarded the ship and moved barrels of goods down.Wu Yue's naval division was strong and blocked the Manchu Qing's shipping channel to the sea, and the Manchu Qingshui division was trapped in the Bohai Sea and did not dare to come out, and it was difficult for ships trading with various countries to reach the Manchu Qing.As a result, the Manchus were unable to obtain supplies through maritime trade.Generally speaking, the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not need overseas things, but there were a few things that were scarce not only in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also in the Ming Dynasty, which were copper and the sulfur and fire nitrate needed to make gunpowder.Today, both the Manchu and Ming dynasties were heavily armed with firearms, requiring copper to cast their cannons, as well as key components for flintlock pistols, as well as large quantities of sulfur and nitrate to make gunpowder.These things were strictly blocked by the Ming Dynasty and Zhao Ming, so Hong Chengchou came to Vladivostok and secretly opened a route to northern Japan to trade copper and sulfur with Mutsu.()