Chapter 447: Keep the enemy out of the country, attack and defense change
"General Manager, are we just going to watch the Ming Dynasty migrate south? Don't we need to do something?"
Thousands of feet high in the sky above the Linqing City Pier, Wei Jinfan, riding on the back of a huge black eagle with peak level five cultivation, asked Hongmei, who was riding Xiaojin beside him.
"Forget it. I have already discussed this with the commander-in-chief many times. There is no need to do this any more."
Hongmei shook her head and said, "The reason is that our Fuxing Army got too much this time. We got too much territory at once. We have to digest it first before we can really gain a firm foothold."
"Emperor Chongzhen cannot die now. Otherwise, the vast Jiangnan region will inevitably fall into chaos, causing the people to suffer and causing great damage to the foundation of our Han people."
With the current strength of the Fuxing Army, if they make a full-scale attack, it is not impossible to destroy the Ming Dynasty's fleet that is moving the capital south.
The problem is that the half of the Ming Dynasty court north of the Yellow River is now in a power vacuum. Although the Fuxing Army is taking over quickly, it will still take a lot of time to stabilize the order in the towns in the newly occupied areas.
It is true that the Renaissance Army is now very large, but it is still unable to cope with all the tasks and needs to spend a lot of time to sort out all these extremely tedious affairs.
Therefore, allowing the Ming court to smoothly move its capital southward would bring more benefits than disadvantages to the Fuxing Army.
While the two were talking, the huge fleet that stretched for hundreds of miles below, with countless treasure ships, began to set sail one after another in a slightly chaotic manner, and sailed down the Grand Canal.
After a full day and night, all the treasure ships of all sizes in this huge fleet disappeared.
It is conceivable that the number of treasure ships in this large fleet that moved the capital southward was so staggering that it was enough to make people's jaws drop.
At this time, a fleet of about a hundred treasure ships came from the north of the Grand Canal and docked at the large pier outside Linqing City. Teams of Fuxing Army soldiers in black clothes and armor began to officially take over this famous canal hub.
For fear of angering the Restoration Army and thus causing any changes to the plan to move the capital south, the officials, gentry and aristocratic families who were eager to move to the south of the Yangtze River did not have the courage to destroy the buildings in the towns that they had voluntarily abandoned, so that all the buildings were preserved intact.
All they could take away were money, food and supplies, and they had to give up all their real estate helplessly.
This is also the tacit understanding reached between the enemy and us, which is tacitly understood by both parties.
If those officials, gentry and noble families who abandoned their property in the north and moved south dared to burn and destroy urban buildings, Li Dingguo would not let these guys go even if he was thinking about the overall situation, and would probably make them pay an unbearable price.
With the capture of Linqing City, an important city on the canal, it means that the Fuxing Army's operation to take over the area north of the Yellow River has come to an end.
As for the Beijing-Tianjin area, it fell into the control of the Fuxing Army not long ago.
Liang Liping personally led a squadron and stationed in the three guards of Tianjin, commanding the soldiers to cooperate with the large number of craftsmen and civilian workers who were summoned to start the massive renovation and reconstruction work.
Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the Fuxing Army attached great importance to all important coastal ports, especially Tianjin Citadel, Dengzhou Citadel, Jiaozhou Bay and other places.
These ports will be the future naval bases of the Restoration Army and must undergo a massive round of transformation and reconstruction.
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In early winter, a huge fleet arrived at the mouth of the Liaohe River.
This fleet, consisting of thousands of large treasure ships, came from the sea, entered the Sancha River without stopping, and quickly went upstream.
"Send a message to He Lijing of the vanguard fleet to capture the Empress Palace as soon as possible!"
Wan'er stood at the bow of the flagship Dabaochuan, looking at the end of the water in the north, and ordered, "Our army must cut off all the fortress towns on both sides of the Sancha River as quickly as possible to block Huang Taiji's way back!"
"Since he wants to stay outside Jinzhou City, he can forget about coming back easily!"
"After we capture Liaoyang and Haicheng, we'll see if Huang Taiji is impatient!"
"I have just sent Da Meng to Jinzhou City to contact Big Brother. It will be interesting to watch next!"
"Inform the soldiers, this time we are reviving the guerrilla warfare in the heartland of the Tartars initiated by the navy, with the main goal of destroying the Tartars' manpower, not occupying land."
"All Tartar soldiers and civilians encountered along the way will be killed without mercy!"
Huang Taiji dared to lead a large army to besiege his eldest brother in Jinzhou City, which made Wan'er very angry.
This time she led the main naval fleet not only to rescue her elder brother Li Dingguo, but also to teach Huang Taiji a profound lesson.
"Yes, Commander Wan'er!"
Wu Yu, commander of the First Fleet, immediately took orders and left.
After destroying Zheng's army, the main force of their large fleet headed straight for the trenches in the south and easily captured the forward base to the south, cutting off the direct communication channels between the southern Ming families and the white Hu people, thus achieving the goal of strategic blockade.
Wan'er left a squadron and an army of 100,000 men under the command of Li Chang, who was responsible for handling the aftermath. The main force of the fleet began to return north.
She had just led her army back to Lingshan Island when she received an urgent order from Li Dingguo, ordering the large fleet to immediately set out north and launch a major counterattack against Huang Taiji.
After more than a month of sailing day and night, they finally arrived at the mouth of the Liaohe River and implemented the plan discussed by Wan'er and Li Dingguo.
Haizhou, where the Niangniang Palace is located, is the area that Duoduo of the Zhengbai Banner is responsible for defending.
Because of the importance of Liaoyang and Haizhou, they are undoubtedly important outer defense lines of Shengjing City, the Tatars' old nest.
However, this time, in order to deal with Li Dingguo and attack Jinzhou, Ningyuan City, and Shanhaiguan, the main force of the Qing Dynasty had already been mobilized. There were not many Plain White Banner soldiers left behind in the Niangniang Palace and Haizhou City, and there were less than 30,000 of them in total.
Among them, the general Ni Kan stationed in Haizhou City had about 20,000 men under his command.
Under normal circumstances, it would be no problem for these troops to garrison Haizhou City and stabilize the place.
But facing the attack of the main navy of the Restoration Army, they were undoubtedly vulnerable.
The 5,000 Tartar defenders in the Tartar garrison near the Niangniang Palace were wiped out by a charge from the vanguard fleet led by He Lijing, and they were unable to resist for even a moment.
After He Lijing led the soldiers to clear the area, the main force of the navy led by Wan'er had arrived at the large dock in front of the Niangniang Palace.
"Let the soldiers rest for a night. I will go and pay my respects to the goddess Mazu."
Wan'er looked at the huge temple complex on the south bank of the Sancha River and immediately gave the order.
It has to be said that although the Later Jin Tartars were brutal, they were still quite respectful of ghosts and gods.
After the Liaodong region fell into the hands of the Tatars, this Niangniang Palace complex with a long history was not only not destroyed by the Tatars, but was well renovated by them.
Wan'er led more than a hundred naval commanders and, after a grand sacrificial ceremony at the Niangniang Palace, they respectfully withdrew from the temple complex and moved into the nearby naval base that was under construction.
"Commander Wan'er, since our army has brought three level six spirit birds, Da Meng, Da Qing and Xiao Qing, with us on this trip north, we have blocked the Tartars' external spirit pigeon communications, which has greatly ensured that the news of our army's arrival in Liaodong will not be leaked." As the generals took their seats, He Lijing reported, "When our army continues to move north and captures Dongchang Fort, we will go north and south along the Liaohe River, split into two groups and take advantage of the opportunity to capture Liaoyang City and Haizhou City in one fell swoop. After achieving our strategic goal, we don't have to worry about the news of our army's attack being exposed."
"It would be fine if Daishan's Red Banner Army did not leave Shengjing City at that time. If he dares to attack, our army can not only take the opportunity to defeat him in one fell swoop, but also capture Shengjing City, which is short of troops. It is not impossible to do so."
"If that happens, when Huang Taiji returns urgently, he might be so angry that he vomits blood!"
The Liao River has many tributaries, which is very beneficial for the Fuxing Navy to carry out sabotage deep into the Tatar hinterland.
The poor defenses of the various Tartar towns and military forts were simply unable to stop the sweeping advance of the main fleet of the Renaissance Navy.
This would easily achieve the goal of besieging Wei to save Zhao and forcing Huang Taiji to withdraw his troops from Jinzhou.
Unless he really doesn't want his own nest anymore, he will sit idly by and watch the Fuxing Army fleet penetrate deep into Liaodong and carry out burning, killing and looting at will.
Huang Taiji and the Later Jin clan absolutely could not afford such consequences.
The number of soldiers and civilians of the Later Jin Tartars was originally small, and their war potential was far less than that of the Fuxing Army.
Once the Tartars suffered serious population losses due to the indiscriminate slaughter by the Fuxing Army, Huang Taiji would never again be able to realize his dream of dominating the world.
"Well, I have discussed with my elder brother that this joint action between the navy and the army is not just to force Huang Taiji to withdraw his troops."
"The Guangningwei area west of the Daliao River is ten times larger than the Liaoxi Corridor. It has been occupied by the Later Jin Tartars for so long. It's time to take it back."
Wan'er revealed the mission of the main force of the navy heading north this time, and sneered, "If the opportunity is right, the Liaodong Peninsula will also be included in the range of our army's attack!"
"Huang Taiji's hand has stretched too far. This time we must cut it off!"
"In order to deal with Huang Taiji's Qing Dynasty, our Fuxing Army had to take the initiative to allow the northern Ming court and those northern aristocratic families to go south with a huge amount of money. How great are these losses?"
"If I don't get it back from the Houjin clan, it will be difficult to get rid of this evil feeling in my heart!"
It has to be said that Huang Taiji's taking advantage of the situation this time really disgusted Li Dingguo and Wan'er.
However, the opponent was very good at seizing opportunities, which greatly disrupted the steady development rhythm of the Renaissance Army and caused great trouble to the Renaissance Army.
Come and don't go indecent.
Since the other party dares to target the Fusion Army in this way, how can we not make them pay a sufficient price?
Therefore, the purpose of this battle is not just to recapture the entire Liaoxi Corridor.
The once huge Guangning Wei and even the Liaodong Peninsula area were included in the plan of this conquest.
Only in this way can we significantly weaken the war potential of the Later Jin clan, completely stabilize the defense line in the Northeast region, and create favorable conditions for the subsequent major development of the Renaissance Army.
In the future, the tug-of-war between the Fuxing Army and the Later Jin clan will be fought on the Liaodong Plain by Li Dingguo.
As long as the Qing Dynasty dares to invade, the Fuxing Army will dare to confront it head-on and set off wars everywhere on the Liaodong Plain. It will depend on who can hold out to the end.
This is the strategy formulated by Li Dingguo and the military to keep the enemy out of the country.
In the future, any wars waged by the Fusion Army against foreign enemies will be conducted outside the country, and the enemy will not be allowed to develop internally and cause any damage to the country.
It would have been fine if they did not have sufficient capabilities in the past, but now that the Fuxing Army has grown stronger, it is natural that it will have to change its future warfare model. It will no longer be possible to allow foreign enemies to enter its jurisdiction and cause trouble.
"That's great!"
"That's right! When it comes to fighting the Tartars, we in the Fuxing Army have never been afraid!"
"That's how it should be! From now on, the Liaodong Plain will become a place where the Later Jin clan bleeds until their blood is completely drained!"
"That's right! Our army has paid so much, how can we not make Huang Taiji exhausted?"...
The hundreds of naval generals at the scene were very excited when they heard this, and they were rubbing their hands in anticipation.
As for whether you are worried that you cannot defeat the Tartars?
Ha ha!
Do the Tartars still have a navy?
The navies they formed twice were both easily wiped out by the Fuxing Navy in Jiaozhou Bay. What could they use to fight against the Fuxing Navy?
It would be easy to deal with the corrupt and fragmented Ming Dynasty, but once the Later Jin Tartars encounter the Restoration Army, all their shortcomings will be exposed.
The inability to produce treasure ships and spiritual weapons independently is the biggest weakness of the Later Jin clan.
These barbarians can't even farm, let alone produce their own treasure ships and spiritual soldiers.
Once they completely lost the support of those Ming dynasty aristocratic families who had collaborated with the enemy and sold out their country, the Later Jin clan would be nothing but a piece of cake in the eyes of the Restoration Army, and nothing to worry about.
After learning the true intentions of the military, the generals of the Fuxing Navy were naturally full of confidence, and each of them was eager to try.
After discussing for an hour, they perfected the next strategic deployment and then dispersed, each returning to their camp to carry out various pre-war preparations.
Early the next morning, the naval officers and soldiers, who had rested and recovered to their peak condition, boarded the ship in an orderly manner.
"Dudu..."
The deafening naval horn sounded, and one after another, the huge treasure ships left the Niangniang Palace wharf, lined up on the wide Sancha River, went upstream, and headed towards Dongchang Fort!
……
"what?"
In Shengjing City, the remaining Tartar commander, Prince Li Daishan, heard the urgent intelligence sent by the scouts. He jumped up from his chair in fear and said in disbelief, "Haizhou has been lost? The Fuxing Army's large fleet has arrived at the foot of Liaoyang City and is launching a fierce attack?"
"Has Nikan been defeated and killed?"
"How dare the Fuxing Army be so bold and presumptuous!"
There is no doubt that this shocking news completely threw the usually steady Daishan into disarray.
Once Liaoyang City fell, the Fuxing Army would inevitably turn its attention to Shengjing City.
The problem was that the main force of the Qing Dynasty had already gone out in full force to Jinzhou to besiege the Fuxing Army, and the only intact army left was the Zhenghong Banner.
It was difficult for the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Zhenghong Banner to defend Shengjing City, so where would the reinforcements come from to save Liaoyang City?
(End of this chapter)
