Chapter 908 Liaoyang is not far away. Shenyang is not far away.

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【Today's fourth update is delivered!】

Liaodong Bay, near Gaizhouwei, Lianyun Island.

Zhang Zhun stood at the highest point of the island, holding a thousand-mile mirror, silently observing the direction of Gaizhou Guard. His face was a little gloomy, obviously because he was not very happy. However, the reason for his unhappiness had nothing to do with everything in front of him.

This is the second time Zhang Zhun has appeared on Lianyun Island. Last time, he led his army to land here and annihilate hundreds of Tartars, which makes the Tartars still feel scared until now. Even though he knew that Zhang Zhun was on Lianyun Island at this moment, there was no Tartar who dared to come and cause trouble for Zhang Zhun.

In fact, this time when he returned to his hometown, Zhang Zhun did not carry any main force with him. Only an unarmed three-masted gunship brought him here. Beside him, there were only five brand new Cangshan ships responsible for protection.

There is Yang Zhiyuan in western Liaoning and Lu Xiangsheng in Liaoning. Zhang Zhun can basically let go. They can all stand on their own. Zhang Zhun only needs to make general policies and strategies, and then all the following meticulous affairs can be handed over to them. Unless there is an emergency, Zhang Zhun does not need to interfere frequently. The only weaker one is the southern Liaoning region.

In the huge area of ​​southern Liaoning, the Hu Ben Army only had one battalion of the army and one battalion of artillery, without cavalry and marines. The total force was only more than 2,000. Compared with other directions, the force was indeed weak. However, the Tatars in southern Liaoning were also weak. The number of Tatars in the Gaizhou Guards would definitely not exceed 3,000. Including the rebels and the Korean vassal army, there would be no more than 10,000 people at most.

The one who stationed in the Guards of Geizhou was Yuetuo. Yuetuo, who was not very good at fighting than Ajige and others. Among so many commanders of the Tartars, Yuetuo's light has never been particularly bright. Many people think that the biggest reason why Yuetuo was able to lead troops for a long time was because of his identity. He was Daishan's eldest son and was the one who replaced Shan's troops. As long as Daishan was still alive, his military power would not be deprived.

In fact, after Zhang Zhun's research, he found that Yue Tuo was quite good at leading troops to fight. It can be said that Yue Tuo's military command ability is of equality. He would not create a very dazzling record. It is impossible for him to shine on the battlefield like Amin, Ajige, Dorgon and others. However, it is not easy for others to gain any benefits from him.

In Northern Zhili, Zhang Zhun could ambush generals like Abatai, but he had no way to ambush Yuetuo. Because Yuetuo would not easily leave the large army and act in a *** operation. Even when he was operating, he would be very cautious and would not give others the chance to ambush. Therefore, until now, Yuetuo has lived well, but Abatai is dead and Amin is also imprisoned.

Well, the statement about Amin is not very accurate. The latest news sent by Ma Yi was that Amin was released and his military power was restored. He took the soldiers of the Three Thousand Forward Battalions to the Changbai Mountain Pass and prepared to block the way forward of the Sino-Korean coalition forces here.

Regardless of the outside world's rumors about Amin, Amin's military ability is unquestionable. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng and Li Jue's path forward are actually adding another obstacle. Whether he can defeat Amin depends on Lu Xiangsheng's ability. Amin is already the last magic weapon that Huang Taiji can sacrifice. As long as he knocks out this magic weapon, Huang Taiji will be desperate.

In fact, Zhang Zhun didn't do anything, just stayed in Lianyun Island. As long as his people were in Lianyun Island, Gaizhouwei, Liaoyang, and even Chenyang, they could feel heavy pressure. It is said that Huang Taiji's sleep has never been very good. I believe that after learning about Zhang Zhun's news on Lianyun Island, the quality of his sleep must be even more unfortunate.

The Tartars are now paying great attention to Zhang Zhun's whereabouts. No matter where Zhang Zhun appears, there will always be some detailed works of the Tartars. Now, Zhang Zhun appears on Lianyun Island. When he left Shandong, Zhang Zhun had publicly stated that he would go to Liaodong. Therefore, I believe that the Tartars already know it.

This is exactly what Zhang Zhun needs. He wants to use his actions to cover the Hu Ben Army in other places and launch military plans. When the Tatars focused their attention on Zhang Zhun, the Hu Ben Army had already deployed all its forces in other directions.

In fact, when Zhang Zhun arrived at Lianyun Island, the plan of the Hu Ben Army to attack the outer periphery of Guangning City had already begun. The troops of the Hu Ben Army in Liaodong were approaching Guangning City step by step. According to Zhang Zhun's plan, in this summer, the Hu Ben Army must conquer Guangning City.

If we conquer Guangning City before summer comes, the Hu Ben Army will be able to conquer Liaoyang before winter comes and then surround Shenyang. This winter, I don’t know what the climate will be like, but as long as it is winter, it will be enough to freeze all the Tartars who are short of food and clothing into popsicles. Once the Tartar slave chiefs are surrounded in Shenyang, their doomsday will come.

Of course, if an accident occurs and the Hu Ben Army cannot conquer Guangning City before the arrival of summer, then the Hu Ben Army's attack plan will have to make a slight adjustment. It is definitely not a wise choice for the Hu Ben Army to launch an attack in the ice and snow.

Muskets and cannons will be greatly reduced in severe cold, windy and snowy weather. Therefore, if you cannot conquer Guangning City before summer comes, the plan to attack Liaoyang will be postponed until next spring.

No matter what the situation is, Zhang Zhun will not change his plan. From three directions, the centripetal attack towards Liaoyang was planned early in the morning and would never be changed easily. Judging from the current situation, the progress in western Liaoning and southern Liaoning is relatively satisfactory. If there is no accident, it is entirely possible to siege Liaoyang before winter comes.

What made Zhang Zhun a little dissatisfied with was the situation of the Sino-Korean coalition forces. After this cold winter, some bad situations occurred. Although there was no formal feedback, judging from the Sephas report, some people in North Korea obviously wanted to make some small moves to strive for what they called complete "*** autonomy".

When did the vassal states like the Kingdom of Korea have completely independent? What a joke! These guys have forgotten the pain after their scars. When the Tartars bullied them, they had a good attitude. Now that the Tartars were defeated, they began to repeat the same trick, wanting to squeeze the Tiger Ben Army out of North Korea in some special ways.

When the Ming army won the victory, they were also stimulated by some cold words or crazy words to leave North Korea. The ungratefulness of *** was not something that only happened in later generations. They have always had this kind of personality. When they asked for help, they called their grandpa and grandma. Once they were not needed, they kicked their benefactor aside.

However, when encountering people like Zhang Zhun, there was no market for ***'s cold words and rumors. It was inevitable that the Hu Ben Army would station troops in North Korea. Even if Li Zonglai spoke to Zhang Zhun himself, Zhang Zhun would not change. The Hu Ben Army not only had to station the army in North Korea, but also had to control several natural ports in North Korea and requisition them in full.

"grown ups……"

Wang Shide found that Zhang Zhun's face looked a little ugly, so he asked in a low voice.

He understood that the fuse of Zhang Zhun's unhappiness was the report sent by Lu Xiangsheng. In the report, Lu Xiangsheng vaguely mentioned that after driving all the Tartars out of North Korea, some of the North Korean imperial guards began to feel war-weary.

Specifically, they were a little afraid of attacking Liaoyang. The main reason was that the Korean army was all beaten by the Tartars. They were worried that once they participated in the attack on Liaoyang, their lives might not be saved.

At the beginning, this kind of mentality was only the grassroots officers and soldiers. Later, it slowly spread to the middle-level officers. In the end, even the senior officers had such bad signs. Lu Xiangsheng felt that the psychological changes in the front-line troops may be related to some changes in the situation within the Kingdom of Korea.

At this time, Li Jue was under the greatest pressure. In North Korea, someone has already mentioned the old things again, saying that Li Jue cannot be allowed to be in the army for a long time, so as not to be respectful to him. It must be admitted that such rumors are very marketable. Li Zong can care nothing, but he cannot ignore his throne.

"Tell Li Jue that he must take Shenyang, otherwise, I will only ask. Fighting a good war is his only task. He should not think about other things, nor listen to them, and don't worry about them. Naturally, someone will deal with them for him."

Zhang Zhun said clearly.

The North Koreans want to pull their hands at this time? They think beautifully.

If those bastards who make rumors in the rear are found out by Xia Feis, they must be beautiful. When necessary, Zhang Zhun doesn't mind and let Liu Xianqian be the queen of North Korea. What? Queen? Damn, it's the queen! There have been no queens in North Korea's history! Whoever doesn't accept it, stand up! Look at how many heads you have!

Zhang Zhun was a little dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng's handling. This boss was indeed too straightforward and had almost no sinister side. If Sun Chuanting led his troops, those Korean troops would not be tired of war, even if they had some delays in their daily operations, Sun Chuanting would make him lose a layer of skin. Want to negotiate conditions with his boss? Touch his own heads before talking about it! This person is really different from others.

In the reply, Zhang Zhun and Lu Xiangsheng said bluntly that all measures must be taken to eliminate the Koreans' war-weariness. When necessary, some necessary measures can be taken. Zhang Zhun hopes that Lu Xiangsheng can understand what he means. If Lu Xiangsheng still doesn't understand, or although he understands it, but cannot do it, then Zhang Zhun has to send him a more gloomy deputy.

"Sir, the Weizi Camp has arrived."

At this time, Huang Xian walked up the mountain to report.

Zhang Zhun nodded, walked down the mountain, then boarded the boat and left Lianyun Island.

The three-masted gunship slowly headed south, walked about dozens of miles before slowly approaching.

Standing on the deck, listening carefully, you can vaguely hear some guns and cannons. These guns and cannons are the unique symbols of the Hu Ben Army. Since there are guns and cannons, it means that the Hu Ben Army has marched to a place not far from here.

In fact, this is indeed the case. In a place that Zhang Zhun could not see for the time being. The soldiers of the Huben Army Wei Battalion, with the support of Li Yang's artillery battalion, were advancing along the seaside and heading towards the Gaizhou Guard. They had captured Xiong Yueyi and were attacking Shenjingdun.

Along the way, the Taurus cavalry adopted sporadic harassing tactics and continuously launched harassing attacks on the Hu Ben Army, trying to stop the Hu Ben Army from advancing. Such tactics of the Taurus were once very effective against the Ming army. In the past, many large Ming army troops were exhausted by their harassing tactics, and their morale dropped. In the end, they had almost no combat effectiveness. Once they were rushed by the large cavalry of the Taurus, they all collapsed.

However, if such a harassing strategy is used to deal with the Hu Ben Army, it will be a bit troublesome. The Hu Ben Gun's range is so long that there is no need to wait for the Tartar cavalry to come, and they can be given a rogue gun and directly overturned to the ground. Unless they encounter a few sporadic Hu Ben Army soldiers, they have the chance to kill the Hu Ben Army.

However, how could the Hu Ben Army troops have only a few sporadic Hu Ben Army soldiers? If you want to act, at least one team will be there. In the face of fifty or sixty Hu Ben guns, how could the small number of Taurus cavalry be ahead? If there are too many, it will inevitably attract more Hu Ben Army troops.

Therefore, for the Tartar cavalry, this is also a dilemma strategy. If you rush up rashly, you will most likely be killed by muskets. If you make up for it, you will not be able to attack the other party smoothly. You can't hide aside and watch the Hu Ben Army swaying all the way and march to Shenyang, right?

Of course, the Tartar cavalry did not have any chance. They have occupied Liaodong for more than ten years and are very familiar with the situation here. They themselves also have an effective way of harassing. This method does not work, and there are other ways.

For example, night attack.

In Liaodong, night attacks have always been the best for the Tartars. The Tartar infantry was good at night attacks, and the Tartar cavalry was also good at night attacks. They wrapped the horse's hooves in thick cotton cloth and wrapped the horse's mouth with cloth strips, which effectively prevented the war horses from making any sounds. Hundreds or even thousands of Tartar cavalry acted at night and could almost not make any sounds. If they were not careful, they would be successfully attacked.

To this end, when the Hu Ben Army camped at night, it was necessary to be vigilant and guard against each other. The number of secret whistles has always been more than that of the open whistles. If you find something wrong, shoot immediately. Zhou Yanyu and Li Yang were both very cautious. When camping at night, they would definitely choose favorable terrain and try not to give the Tartars the chance to attack themselves.

The consequence of this is that the speed of advancement is indeed very slow. Most of the time, the Hu Ben Army can only be less than twenty miles a day. During this period, it has to repeatedly fight with the Tatar cavalry. However, it doesn't matter. The Hu Ben Army in southern Liao did not force time. Their purpose is to attract the attention of the Tatars here. It would be even better if the Tatars mobilized large troops and thought of making a fuck in southern Liaoning.

In a sense, the Hu Ben Army deliberately arranged a small amount of troops in southern Liaoning, which also wanted to create the illusion that the Tatars could counterattack in southern Liaoning. The Tatars had so many troops, and the number of people transferred to southern Liaoning would inevitably be reduced. In this way, the speed of advancement in Liaodong and western Liaoning could be greatly accelerated.

Unfortunately, for some reason, the top leaders of the Tatars have never been confused by Zhang Zhun's illusion. The deployment of the Tatars' troops has not changed much. In southern Liaoning, the Tatars' troops are not much. Such a battle between the two sides is a bit unfavorable than Liaodong and western Liaoning. Because of this, Zhang Zhun no longer has the interest in direct command and has left it to Zhou Yanyu and Li Yang to make trouble.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

The sound of gunfire kept coming, becoming clearer and clearer.

Zhang Zhun raised the thousand-mile mirror and could vaguely see that in the direction of the deep well pier, someone swayed and white smoke floated. Occasionally, some black smoke could be seen. Something should be burning, and it was most likely that it was hay near the deep well pier.

Information shows that there are less than 100 Tartars in charge of the Shenjingdun and about 2,000 rebels. The purpose of these Tartars is to supervise the rebels' operations. Basically, these Tartars are also completely prepared for death.

In this regard, the purpose of the Tartars is very simple, that is, killing one counts one, killing two counts one. It must be admitted that the closer they are to Liaoyang and Shenyang, the stronger the Tartars' spirit of self-destruction is. So far, the Tiger Army has not captured any Tartars alive - well, those who were seriously injured and captured after being captured.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a dazzling flame burst out from the direction of the deep well pier.

This is the Hu Ben Army that blasted the deep well pier, opened the city gate, and developed into the city. If nothing unexpected happened, the battle would have ended soon. Once the Hu Ben Army invaded the city, the defenders would definitely be wiped out. Sure enough, about half an hour later, the sound of gunfire gradually stopped.

Immediately, someone came to report that the Huben Army's Wei Battalion had successfully captured Shenjingdun under the cover of the artillery battalion. All the Tartars stationed in Shenjingdun were beaten to death. The rebels were beaten to death and more than 1,500 were captured. More than 100 Korean servants were beaten to death and more than 800 were captured.

"very good!"

"After rest, keep moving forward!"

After reading the battle report, Zhang Zhun said calmly.

After passing the deep well, it is Yulinpu, after passing the Yulinpu, it is Gaizhouwei. After passing the Gaizhouwei, it is Haizhouwei. After passing the Haizhouwei, it is Liaoyang. After passing the Liaoyang, it is Shenyang. When passing the Liaoyang, it is not far away. Shenyang is also not far away.
Chapter completed!