At the mouth of the Yalu River, on one side is the Manchu-controlled area outside the Guanwai, and on the other side is the North Korean area of Uiju.

At this time, Uiju had become a military port for the Ming and Korean armies, and hundreds of warships were moored in the bay, especially the four larger Fu ships.

In the vicinity of the port, there are more than 5,000 big tents, the military camp covers an area of more than ten miles, the flags are like clouds, and the soldiers are standing in a forest, which is very spectacular.

After Nikan withdrew from Korea with 10,000 Qing soldiers, the puppet Joseon Dynasty lost the support of Qing soldiers and was soon captured by the Ming Dynasty coalition forces.

The Joseon king Yi Hao moved the Joseon royal court in exile in Jeju back to Seoul and executed the puppet Joseon kings canonized by the Qing court, as well as a large number of Korean ministers who had defected to the Qing court.

Li Hao hated them to the core, and the Koreans took revenge on the Koreans, which was really more ferocious than the Central Plains Dynasty dealing with traitors.

Not only were these people tortured in various ways before execution, but they were also tortured by chopping alive and skinning.

After the Joseon royal court moved back to Seoul, the Joseon king took control of Badao again, and the Korean campaign from the first year of the reign to the fifth year of the reign of the Joseon dynasty finally ended.

In the past five years of war, North Korea, which was not wealthy, was completely destroyed, with a population loss of more than 2 million, and it also owed a huge amount of silver money to the Ming Dynasty.

After regaining control of Badao, North Korea urgently needed to recuperate, but because of the requirements of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty's penetration of the Korean army too strongly, North Korea continued to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and prepared to send troops outside the Guanwai.

At this time, 30,000 coalition troops were stationed near Yizhou, including 10,000 Ming troops and 20,000 Korean troops.

It is worth mentioning that Xie Qian is a member of King Lu's family, but he did not participate in King Lu's rebellion, so he was not implicated.

After Wang Yan pacified King Lu, considering that he had been in Korea for many years, he did not remove him, but gave his wife a decree and gave him a hundred acres of fertile land.

At this time, Xie Qian and Xia Wanchun were standing on the dock, and when they saw that the military rations and supplies sent by the ship were moved down by the soldiers, Xia Wanchun smiled faintly: "Master Hou, this last batch of materials is here, we should act!" ”

Xie Qian nodded, "Okay, this town will notify the whole army now and prepare to cross the river!" ”

Xia Wanchun is a supervisor sent by Wang Yan and a minister stationed in the court, although Xie Qian is the governor, but considering Xia Wanchun's background, he almost obeys his words.

The army has been stationed here for several months, and the defense of the Qing army on the other side is very weak, but the army has not moved, waiting for the imperial court to send military rations.

Helpless, Korea is too poor, and Liao outside the Guanxi is uninhabited, the army cannot get supplies, and the army has no military rations, so it can't go deep at all, so although the king of Chu repeatedly urged to send troops, they can only wait for food and gunpowder to arrive.

After the Manchus entered the customs, they actually had little confidence in ruling the Central Plains, and they themselves did not expect to control the Central Plains.

Because of this lack of self-confidence, they slaughtered on the one hand to deter the Han people in Guannei, and on the other hand, they also left a way back for themselves, that is, they were always ready to retreat outside the Guanwai.

The Manchu people moved the capital to Beijing, and most of the population outside the Guanxi was moved to the Gyeonggi area, which was called "from the dragon into the pass", and the large area of land outside the Guanxi thus presented a scene of "fertile fields for thousands of miles, with land and no people".

In the early days of entering the customs, the Manchus also asked people to go to the Guanwai to help the Manchus who stayed behind to farm, but as the situation deteriorated, Dolgon was worried that if the Manchus could not gain a foothold in the Guan, they would inevitably retreat outside the Guan, and if there were too many Han people outside the Guan, it would occupy the space of the Manchus and form an unstable factor, so he ordered the closure of the customs and forbade the Han people from escaping outside the Guan.

This is contrary to the Ming Dynasty's strategy of actively emigrating to Guanwai, and it is precisely because of the ban of the Manchu Qing Dynasty that the population outside Guanwai was empty, and Russia was able to occupy large tracts of land so easily.

At this time, the population of the Manchu Qing outside the pass was mainly the Manchus who stayed in the area of "Shengjing", as well as the Han slaves who cultivated for them, and the Shaomin people such as the Jurchens of the West Sea and the Savage Jurchens scattered among the mountains and forests, but the Ming army mainly dealt with the Manchus in "Shengjing".

The population outside the customs is sparse, thousands of miles of uninhabited, it is difficult to obtain food supplies, the old slave and Huang Taiji also have to rob the Ming Dynasty to survive, as long as the Ming army takes Shenyang, control the nearby arable land and the Manchu Qing grain stocks, Fulin wants to retreat into the customs and there is no place to get food, more than 100,000 Manchu people are mostly starving to death.

The coalition army has been stationed in Uiju for a long time, and has not marched into the army, but it is trapped by food, and now that the military rations have arrived, the army naturally has to act immediately.

After Xie Qian finished speaking, he walked to the camp, preparing to beat drums and gather generals, Xia Wanchun followed him and walked back, saying as he walked, "Master Hou, the Manchus outside the Guanxi are mainly in Shenyang and Xinbinbao, of which Shenyang is located on the plain and is the main gathering place for the Manchus outside the Guan, while Xinbinbao is located in the Changbai Mountain, which is the nest of the Manchus. ”

Shenyang, which is also near "Shengjing", there are more than 10,000 Manchurian people and about 300,000 Liao people, helping them to farm.

Xinbinbao is the place where the old slave was called Khan, also called Hetuala, after the old slave moved the capital to Shenyang, it was renamed Xingjing, and there are still more than 1,000 Manchurians living there.

"What do you mean?" Xie Qian asked.

Xia Wanchun said: "If the Manchu people retreat to the Changbai Mountain, it will be very troublesome to encircle and suppress them. Back then, in addition to the division of troops, another reason was because the terrain was too complicated! ”

"Do you mean to let me annihilate the Manchurians in Shenyang?" Xie Qian pursed his lips and said.

Xia Wanchun nodded, "Yes, if He Luo retreats to Xinbinburg, it will be a big trouble." ”

Xie Qian stopped and thought for a while, "Don't worry, I will send an elite army to take Xinbinbao first, and I won't give He Luohui a chance." ”

Xia Wanchun bowed slightly, he had nothing to say, he went to the big tent with Xie Qian, and then gathered the generals to discuss the matter of crossing the river.

At night, under the cover of the dreary night, Xie Qian's general Ding Keze led more than 500 elite Ming troops to the north, bypassing the Qing army's bunkers on the opposite bank and looking for a new crossing point.

The strength of the Qing army outside the Guanxi was very tight, only more than 3,000 people, but He Luohui still placed 150 elite flag soldiers opposite Yizhou.

Naturally, it was impossible for this person to stop the Ming Dynasty coalition army from crossing the river, all he wanted was that once they found something wrong, they could report to him quickly.

Since the Ming army wanted to annihilate the Qing army outside the pass in Shenyang, it could not let He Luohui know, so before crossing the river, it was necessary to pull out the Qing army's forts.

Most of the banks of the Yalu River are low hills, interspersed with large deserted fields, and the march road is not difficult.

Ding Keze looked around, there were dense forests, and the water surface in the river was relatively gentle, which was a good place to cross the river. He immediately ordered his soldiers to cut down the trees and quickly make a raft, which they crossed the river on the raft.

The Qing army had two forts by the river, and at the fourth watch, most of the Qing troops had fallen asleep, and only a few soldiers in charge of the night vigil were outside the forts, lighting a bonfire and roasting a wild deer.

They left Shenyang and came to the Yalu River, and the food they brought had already been eaten, and more than 150 people could only rely on hunting to make a living, but hunting was not every day to catch prey, so they could only starve and be full, and in the end they had no choice but to kill horses.

They hunted a deer tonight, and they couldn't care so much, so they just made a fire and roasted it in the night.

After Ding Keze crossed the river, he originally had to spend a lot of effort to find the pier platform of the Qing army, but they had a little fire, but they saved a lot of effort for the Ming army, and came directly to the fire.

At such a distance, the Qing army set fire and smoke, and Shenyang couldn't see it, as long as the Ming army found the Qing army, surrounded them, and didn't let them jump off.

At this time, Ding Keze lay on the periphery of the pier platform and asked softly, "Is there a dark post around?" ”

"General rest assured, the brothers have seen it, there is no secret post, the Qing army is all here!" Scouts replied.

At this time, several thieves were eating happily, and Niu Lu, who had just gotten up and came to inspect, smelled the fragrance, and also came over and directly cut off a large piece of venison with a knife.

As soon as he brought the venison to his mouth, several black shadows swooped up from behind, pressed several Qing soldiers directly to the ground, stretched the knife under their necks, and then pulled it, blood shot out, ending their lives.

The scouts screamed a few times, indicating that all the sentries had been pulled out, and Ding Keze suddenly drew his sword and roared: "Kill me!" ”

Five hundred Ming troops surrounded the two forts, rushed out of the woods on all sides, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they uprooted two piers and slaughtered one hundred and fifty banner soldiers.

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