The wind and the sun are beautiful, and the sea is vast.

Li Xiao, who was standing on the bow of the Thang Long, had a red silk cloak on his body blown up like a flying flag by the strong sea breeze. He faced the waves and the wind, looked at the churning waves splashed by the bow of the ship, and his heart was infinitely emotional.

Golden State, Bengong is back!

Li Xiao clearly remembered that the last time he crossed the sea to attack Jinzhou was in May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, but now, exactly three years have passed.

Three years flew by, and in a snap of a finger.

Now, Li Xiao has brought the soldiers and horses of the entire A Battalion of Xingzhong Town, including a total of 30 teams of shield soldiers, 60 teams of spearmen, 2,000 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, 2,000 flying harrier light cavalry, 2,000 rampant sentinels, 2,000 auxiliary soldiers, 4,500 Lu Mi guns, and 200 heavy dragon guns. In addition, there are 4,500 Lu Mi soldiers drawn from the second battalion of Xingzhong Town, with a total strength of more than 25,000 people. These soldiers and horses who went to attack Jinzhou were divided into nearly 100 naval warships and went to Jinzhou in a mighty way.

In this way, among the troops led by Li Xiao, the number of Lu Mi soldiers alone reached as many as 9,000. In addition, with the 200 heavy dragon bombers that the entire Xingzhong Town now has, Li Xiao's troops on this expedition have reached an unprecedented height with the strength of the firearms unit.

Li Xiao believed that in this campaign, these firearms units will certainly be able to exert a more powerful force than the last time they attacked Jinzhou.

In fact, the firearms of the Tang Army now far exceed those of the Ming and Qing armies of this era, and even the Russian Empire in the north is far beyond it, but Li Xiao is ambitious and still has not stopped the pace of firearms research and development.

Now in the Iron Dragon City of Shanxian County, Shandong, the firearms research and development team led by Zhao Jie, which includes Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and other top Chinese and foreign firearms personnel with nearly 100 people, is working overtime day and night to explore and develop.

Of course, because the structure of the flintlock pistol and the arquebus is very different and much more complex and sophisticated, Li Xiao did not stipulate a specific deadline for successful development, but only asked them to develop it as soon as possible. At the same time, he also told them that as long as the development is successful, the whole team from top to bottom will have a heavy reward.

Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, and it can best mobilize the enthusiasm of these R&D technicians. Li Xiao believes that according to the progress reported by Zhao Jie from time to time, perhaps, by next year at the latest, the flintlock gun will be successfully developed.

At this time, it was the end of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, and the fleet traveling all the way to the north was riding the mighty south wind, but in just three days, the coast of Jinzhou was faintly visible like a black line emerging from between the sea and the sky.

Due to the covert actions of Li Xiao's security division personnel, Shen Zhixiang, Wang Tingrui, and others, who had already received the information, had already led all the Qing army's naval divisions to avoid Phi Dao and allowed Li Xiao's naval division to pass freely, not daring to stop them in the slightest.

Now Shen Zhixiang and the others are completely in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and in addition to carrying out large-scale smuggling trade with Li Xiao, they are basically in a state of turning a blind eye to Li Xiaojun's sailor fleet.

In Shen Zhixiang's words, that is, instead of fighting and working hard for the sake of the Tartars, it is better to earn more money, buy more properties and play more women. After all, there are so many unspent silver, so many women who haven't slept enough, and want Lao Tzu to go to war, fuck, beat his mother's eggs!

On the third day, when the sun was setting in the west, all of Li Xiao's ships could finally see the gray and vague shadow of Lushun City in the distance.

Li Xiao put down the clairvoyant mirror, his fists were quietly clenched.

"The whole army obeyed the order, and the whole fleet sailed straight into the mouth of Arthur. After the fleet docked, all the soldiers immediately landed and disembarked at the Port of Arthur! ”

"Obey orders!"

When Li Xiao's Tang fleet was getting closer and closer to Lushunkou, the Qing troops who were lazy and lazy and were preparing to change their guards on the coast observation watchtower finally discovered in astonishment that from the vast sea, there was a huge and large fleet of Ming troops, speeding up.

The mournful sound of the swan horn sounded high-pitched. The alarm of the Ming army's attack quickly spread to the city of Lushun.

Now in this Jinzhou City, the chief of the Qing army is Le Shi Dehun, and the deputy general is Ai Xing. At this time, the two were in the council hall, drinking and chatting.

Luckedhun is the second son of Sakhalian, the former prince of Tingying of the Qing Dynasty. The last time Li Xiao led the army north to attack Jinfu Erzhou, under the city of Fuzhou, he skinned and killed his brother Adali, and ate the corpse.

Then, in front of Huang Taiji, Luck Dehun cut his forehead with a knife and smeared his entire face with the blood that flowed out. expressed to Huang Taiji his determination and will to fight to the end with Li Xiao as enemies.

Therefore, after Li Xiao retreated and returned, Le Kedehun immediately proposed to Huang Taiji that he would personally lead his troops to attack Li Xiao's Miaojie Fort at the mouth of Heilongjiang, but was vetoed by Huang Taiji.

Because Huang Taiji believes that this time the Qing army entered the customs, it suffered a heavy blow in Jinan, and the morale of the army was sluggish.

However, in order to appease the extremely angry Le Ke Dehun, and also to give an explanation to the Manchu clan magnates about Li Xiao's brutal killing of the Aixin Jueluo clan, Huang Taiji thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to send Adali's younger brother Le Ke Dehun to serve as the garrison general of Jinzhou.

And the deputy general who defended the city with him was the grandson of the former Qing army Gushan Ezhen Yangguli, Aixinga.

Yang Guli, the general of the Qing army, was shot and killed by Li Xiao in Fangshan County, south of Beijing, in the ninth year of Chongzhen, and his son Tazhan was also cut into meat sauce by Li Xiaojun in this battle. After Yanguli's body was transported back to Shengjing by the Qing army, his grandson, Ta Zhan's eldest son, Ai Xing, wept bitterly and vowed to avenge his grandfather and father.

This love star, in the official history, in the eighth year of Shunzhi, led the Minister of the Guard, Ren Dingxi General Zhengyungui, Burma, and Wu Sangui, captured the Yongli Emperor, crowned the Taibao, and finally watched the whole process of the Yongli Emperor being hanged together, and the blood of the Chinese people was stained on his hands.

When Chongzhen was nine years old, Aixing Ah was only fifteen years old and had just served in the Qing army. Now six years have passed, Ai Xing A has grown into a twenty-one-year-old young general, because of his outstanding talent, and his grandfather's two generations, both died tragically in the hands of Li Xiao, so the emperor Taiji took great pity on him, and deliberately promoted him, so that he was able to go from an ordinary white tooth soldier to a second-class Meler Zhangjing after the passage of these years.

Just last year, Huang Taiji ordered him to become the deputy general of Luck Dehun, and stationed in Jinzhou City with Le Ke Dehun.

Due to the lesson of Li Xiao's last sneak attack, 8,000 heavy troops are now stationed in Lushun City, and there are 2,000 patrol and sentry soldiers outside the city. The city defenses destroyed by Li Xiao have also been fully built, and the city walls and gates have been greatly strengthened, which is much stronger than the original city walls. In addition, Huang Taiji did not hesitate to blood the local area, and equipped Lushun City with twenty cannons, so that the defense of Lushun City was greatly strengthened.

When the alarm was heard, Luckedhun and Ai Xing Ah were in the city council chamber, drinking and discussing together.

The main content of the talks between the two of them was how many captures the Qing army could capture and how many Ming troops could be eliminated when they attacked Liaoxi this time.

The more engaged the two of them were, the more comfortable they became. In their hearts, both of them were convinced of the Qing army that was about to win a big victory in Liaoxi.

When they heard the alarm outside, the two of them were shocked.

It's strange, how is it so good, why did this alarm go off?

With a bang, the door of the official hall lobby was slammed open. A panting messenger creep scurried in.

"Why are you so rude, you dare to trespass into the official court, but do you want to beg for a beating?!" Luckedhun let go of the wine glass and shouted, but asked again: "Why is the alarm suddenly going off outside?!" ”

"Master, it's a big thing, it's a big thing!" The little soldier replied loudly with a frightened face: "Master, yes, there is a large number of Ming fleets, which are galloping straight in the direction of the east gate of Lushunkou!" ”

What the?

The Ariake fleet is coming to Golden State?

Didn't you listen to the details, the Ming army rushed to rescue Liaoxi, which blind Ming army dared to attack the city of Lushun, which is now strong and artillery, and has many soldiers and horses?

Lecset stared at a pair of blood-red eyes and rose from his chair, his bull eyes full of shock and disbelief.

It has been three years since Li Xiao attacked Jinzhou last time, and the land of Jinzhou is peaceful, and no half of the Ming army has come to sneak attack. Which Ming army is coming from this who doesn't know whether to live or die, the chief general of the Ming army, has he eaten the gall of a leopard?

"You slave have taken a closer look, is it true that the ship is under the banner of the Ming army?" Luckard shouted angrily.

"Lord Belle, the slave can see clearly. These Ming ships are all hung high with the sun and moon double dragon flags of the Ming army. Xiao Bing said loudly, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly added: "By the way, on every boat of the Ming Army, there is also a huge Tang character military flag flying high." ”

The word "Tang"?!

Could it be that the Ming army that came here was the Tang army of Li Xiao in Shandong? !

So, after an interval of more than three years, did the Tang army attack Jinzhou City again?

Luckedhun's bull's eyes instantly widened like copper bells, and his pupils were suddenly filled with uncontrollable anger.

And next to him, the slender Ai Xing also had a murderous face and resentment, how could he speak.

"Wow! Li Xiao, Li Xiao of the dog! Lao Tzu has waited for three years, and finally waited for the opportunity to fight again, this bastard, today, I want to avenge my tragic death of my brother Adali! Luckard threw a punch on the table, causing several glasses to jump.

"Humph! I will also avenge my Marfa and Amma! Use the dog life of the Tang Army under Li Xiao to pay tribute to their spirits in the sky! Aixing Ah Yi Teng stood up suddenly, and the expression on his face was very hideous.

Lucked said with a sneer: "My Lushun City has been built very firmly now, far from being comparable to that day. The number of troops in the city is also sufficient. And the Tang army came from afar, it was bound to be tired, and when it got off the ship, it must be the most panicked time, but we just waited for work, stationed on the shore in advance, and when it was in chaos after going ashore, we immediately waved our troops to attack and kill, launched a surprise attack, and won in one fell swoop! ‘

Ai Xing Ah agreed: "What Baylor said is very true, according to the following statistics, there are now more than 10,000 soldiers in the city, plus soldiers and horses outside the city. Among them, there were nearly 4,000 Manchurian cavalry. In my opinion, we can concentrate all our cavalry, set up an ambush in the woods outside the east gate of Lushun, and when the Tang army is halfway ashore, we will immediately wave our troops to raid, even if we cannot destroy their living forces, we can bite him fiercely and inflict a big defeat on him. ”

Luck Dehun nodded and said, "Aixing, you have a very good plan. However, after all, we don't know the number of soldiers and horses from the Tang army, so in order to prevent accidents, we still need to urgently send people to Shengjing and neighboring prefectures and counties to ask for help. After winning the first battle, he tried to encircle and annihilate the Tang army ashore with all his might. At the same time, Ben Beile would order Shen Zhixiang, a Han dog from Dongjiang Town in the former Ming Dynasty, to lead our army's sailors from Phi Dao to urgently aid Lushun, in order to wipe out the Tang army's sailors. “

Ai Xing Ah smiled and praised: "Baylor's plan is very thorough, if he can really eliminate this Tang army, both sea and land, then it can be concluded that Li Xiao, a hateful Han dog, will definitely be greatly damaged, I am afraid that within a few years, I will not dare to have the idea of raising troops to the north." ”

Luckedhun shouted hello and said, "Aixing, that Ben Belle ordered you to lead 4,000 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, ambush outside Lushun City, and wait for the plane to raid the Tang army that came ashore. This city of Arthur was defended by Benbel. And remember, as long as you bite the Tang army hard, after beating him into a big mess, you will bring your troops back to the city of Lushun, and you must not fall in love with the battle, in case the Tang army will trap you on the coast by virtue of the superiority of troops. ”

Ai Xing Ah said loudly: "Don't worry, Lord Belle, you have your own plans when you go here." will definitely give you a good start, and beat it hard, Li Xiao, that mouthful of dog teeth! ”

The two of them made up their minds and immediately began to act separately.

Soon, the sentinels who went to Shengjing and neighboring prefectures and counties to ask for help were dispatched one after another, and the troops stationed outside the city had all been urgently gathered in Lushun City.

Subsequently, the main general Luck Dehun personally commanded the soldiers and horses in the city to urgently deploy defenses at the head of Lushun City, and all the artillery pieces at the head of the city were also urgently debugged and ready to fire.

The deputy general Ai Xing'a led 4,000 elite Manchurian cavalry with full armor and full armament out of the east gate of Lushun and quickly ambushed in the grove outside the city.

Soon, Li Xiao's huge fleet cleaved the waves all the way, rode the mighty south wind, galloped with full sails, and rushed all the way to the mouth of Lushun.

At the head of Lushun City, looking at Li Xiao's overwhelming fleet emerging on the sea, Luck unconsciously gasped.

The momentum of the Tang Army is so huge, can he really prevent it, Luck De felt uneasy in his heart, subconsciously.

However, he cheered himself up.

Hmph, although there are many Tang warships, the number of its soldiers is not much, and the strength of Lushun City now is comparable to the number of soldiers and horses in the city three years ago.

Li Xiao wanted to capture Lushun immediately as if it had been three years, but it was impossible!

At this time, the Qing troops who were observing the watchtowers on the seashore had already fled back to the city of Lushun, leaving only empty forts standing on the beach.

The deputy leader of Li Xiaojun's sailors, Joseph of the Dutchman, saw that the Qing army had fled, and he did not dare to fight on the shore at all, and a contemptuous smile flashed in his pale blue eyes.

However, he still ordered that the ships that docked first should be fired by rows of cannons, and those empty bunkers were smashed to pieces, which was regarded as a fire reconnaissance and a bad breath in his heart.

Subsequently, after the entire fleet entered the port, Li Xiao gave an order, and all the Tang army ships docked one after another, and then lowered their gangways, and the Tang army, with a total number of more than 25,000 people, came down from the ship like a flood that opened the gates.

Shieldmen, spearmen, heavy riders, harriers, sentry men, musketeers, and finally heavy dragon artillery units rolled down from the boats.

After all the troops had landed, Li Xiaoye had already sent a large number of flying harrier cavalry to explore the way, and asked them to go around to spy and check the surrounding situation.

In a short time, the sentinels returned.

"Tang Guogong, the Qing army has withdrawn a large number of field troops, and all of them have gathered in Lushun City. Now the soldiers and horses of the Qing army in the city have been prepared for defense at the four walls of Lushun. In the open areas outside the city, no trace of enemy troops was found. The sentry rider reported loudly to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao sighed, but frowned unconsciously.