This siege of Xinjing required Li Zicheng's own troops to take action, mainly because the troops were too scattered.

The 3rd Battalion and 3rd Division stayed in southern Liaoning to ensure the smooth flow of grain routes; The 4th Division was stationed in Shenyang; The Fifth Division was to open up new ground north of the border wall.

Of the entire third battalion, only the 1st and 2nd infantry divisions participated in the operation.

Fortunately, the Eagle Cavalry took over the defense line west of the Liaodong border wall and liberated the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry.

However, near Xinjing, up to the Changbai Mountain area, there was no main cavalry full of people, most of them were half-soldiers and half-people stragglers, and there should be no large-scale battles, mainly encirclement and annihilation.

Li Zicheng became a waiting tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry, and did not march with all his strength, but stopped and went, along the way was like a tour of the mountains and rivers, and in one day, the march was less than 100 miles.

After another day's travel, after camping in the evening, Li Zicheng received a message from Li Xin that the first and second divisions had approached Xinjing and defeated the Tartars on the outskirts of Xinjing.

Li Zicheng accelerated the speed of the march on the one hand, and sent heralds to urge Gao Yigong and Wang Junzhuo on the other.

Wang Junzhuo received an order to abandon the plan to bypass the Tumen River, cut directly from Tianchi in Changbai Mountain to the source of the Yalu River in the southwest, and joined the Tiger Cavalry.

The encirclement is getting tighter and tighter, and the people in Xinjing are getting more and more nervous.

Although the 1st and 2nd Divisions were infantry, they traveled closer, unlike the cavalry who made a detour through Hada City from the north, but rushed to Xinjing first.

After Li Xin surrounded Xinjing, he did not wait for Li Zicheng, but used the first division to launch a fierce attack, mountain artillery, Xining rifles and other firearms, Xinjing Manchu people had never heard of it, and suffered a big loss for a while, and was beaten by the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Xin took the opportunity to storm the city, and quickly broke through Xinjing, which was not high in the city wall.

After entering the city, the Mandate of Heaven army took advantage of the advantage of firearms in range to massacre in the city, and Xinjing became the next Shengjing, except for the young woman, everyone was slaughtered, who let them resist?

When Li Zicheng arrived in Xinjing, he could only clean up the battlefield, and it was still summer, and if the corpse could not be burned and buried in time, it was very likely to cause a plague.

Li Xin didn't care about meeting with Li Zicheng, and led the infantry to chase and kill the Manchus all over the mountains, and in the deep mountains, although the infantry's actions were slower than the cavalry, it was more convenient.

At this time, it was impossible to identify the soldiers and the people, and it was practical to identify them, and the Manchurians were also soldiers and people, and there was no distinction between soldiers and people.

The tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry ploughed the flat ground along the Yalu River, and they also approached Xinjing.

Manchu people were surrounded in the mountains and forests between Xinjing and the Yalu River.

There is no way out.

To the north were 20,000 cavalry, surrounded in a circle, and to the west, tens of thousands of infantry, searching the mountains and forests.

The gunfire was incessant, sometimes dense, sometimes sparse, and there was a brief ceasefire.

The tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry had already entered the forest area, but they were still one step slower and could only follow behind to bury the corpses.

The Manchu wandered around the mountains and forests for several days, and several times tried to break through, but they were repelled by the rifles of the Mandate of Heaven, and had to return to the original point.

In fact, it is not as good as the origin, no one dares to stay in the same place twice, and the full people who dragged their families were forced to the Yalu River in the south step by step.

In the face of death, there is only oneself.

The Manchurians walked around the mountains for a few days, their physical strength was very exerted, and they lacked the supply of beef and mutton, so their physical strength dropped sharply, and the old people and children who accompanied them gradually fell behind.

And then there are women.

In the eyes of the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven, there are no old people, no children, and no women, only Tartars.

When the children grow up, they are Manchurian warriors, and the scimitars in their hands will bully the Han people; The old man has bullied the Han people, and now it's time for them to repay their debts, retribution; Women don't seem to be able to fight, but they will give birth to Manchu warriors, and twenty years later, they will be murderers of Han Chinese......

Li Xin took the 1st and 2nd divisions, and the speed of the march was the fastest, and he would not carry a burden, and the prisoners of war would not only consume food and water, but also slow down the speed of the pursuit.

The Manchurians finally understood what it meant to "have no way to heaven and no way to enter the earth", just like the Han people who once fell under their scimitars.

In order to speed up the march and chase and kill more Manchus, Li Zicheng personally broke off, not only searching for the remnants of the Manchus, but also responsible for burying the corpses, and at the same time ordering the tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry to leave the ground alone

Corpses, just chase forward.

Step by step, the battle was approaching south.

When Li Zicheng arrived at Wula Mountain, a message came from the front: thousands of Tartars were besieged on the banks of the Yalu River, and the regiments were advancing at full speed......

Thousands?

Li Zicheng was stunned for a while at the message, could it be that in the old nest of the full people, there is only this little population left? Or are there a large number of full people who have slipped through the net?

He immediately gave orders to the third battalion, tiger cavalry, and wolf cavalry in front: stop the pursuit, camp on the spot, and look for the movement of the rest of the Manchurians!

Li Xin was stunned for a moment when he received the message, and in order to verify the correctness of the message, he specially sent a herald to ask the emperor if the military order had been transmitted by mistake.

Li Zicheng did not send any more heralds, but hurried forward and summoned Li Xin, Gao Yigong, and Wang Junzhuo on the west bank of the Zhupo River.

Wang Junzhuo is still anxious, "Your Majesty, the Manchurians are besieged for dozens of miles at the confluence of the Zhupo River and the Yalu River, as long as we continue to march, we can all rush to the river to feed the fish......"

Gao Yigong followed: "Yes, Your Majesty, which Manchurian has not been stained with Han blood on his hands, did he let them go?" ”

"Put?" Li Zicheng said coldly: "None of these Manchurians who have killed the Han people can escape, but the time has not yet come......"

Li Xin felt that it was wrong, now the Manchus were besieged at the confluence of the two rivers, divided by the pig generals, and blocked by the Yalu River, even if the infantry pushed them over, they could be annihilated.

Such a simple truth, Wang Junzhuo and Gao Yigong can see it, could the emperor not know?

With the emperor's temperament, I'm afraid it's hard to let go of these Manchurians, is it to surrender?

He bowed his hand to Li Zicheng and said, "The minister is stupid, ask the emperor to make it clear!"

"Stupid?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "If you can think that you are stupid, you can guess about it!"

Gao Yigong and Wang Junzhuo also heard the meaning, and unconsciously said in unison: "Your Majesty ......"

Li Zicheng smiled mysteriously and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you should have sent rangers to investigate, where can you cross the Yalu River?" ”

"Your Majesty, on the Yalu River, there are many places where you can cross the river, that is, the place where people are concentrated, and you can cross the river near the side wall," Li Xin said: "However, the emperor can rest assured, the people are all landlubbers, and they are used to living in the deep mountains and old forests, so they can't cross the ......river at all."

Gao Yigong also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Manchurians don't know water at all, and they can't build pontoon bridges, last time the tiger cavalry chased a few Manchus to the river, and the minister watched them drown in the river!"

Li Zicheng

frowned, "What do you mean, these thousands of people are about to be drowned in the approaching Yalu River?" ”

"Yes, so our three departments, no, plus the emperor's personal soldiers, and the four departments cooperate, and the Manchu people will be driven to the Yalu River and let them feed the fish," Gao Yigong said: "Who let them kill the Han people before?" Now, it's time for them to pay off their debts, no, they killed so many Han people, even if they killed all the Manchurians, it was not enough......"

"Yes, killing all the Manchus is not enough for them to atone for their sins," Li Ziji took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Yigong, if these Manchus can make some contributions to Huaxia before they are drowned, are they atoning for the Manchus?" ”

"Atonement?" Gao Yigong was stunned, "Is the emperor saying that these Manchurians will make meritorious contributions to Huaxia to atone for their sins?" It's unlikely, these people are still very stubborn when they die......"

Li Xin hesitated for a moment and said, "The emperor is saying that let these Manchurians help Huaxia build roads?" Just build a road in Liaodong? ”

"Li Aiqing's words actually make sense," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Sooner or later, Liaodong will have to build a wide avenue, and it will take a lot of young and strong laborers, if these Manchus are willing, I am willing to keep them." ”

Gao Yigong shook his head, "Your Majesty, these Manchurians are very cunning, let them build roads, maybe they will make it bad in secret!"

Li Xin retorted: "General Gao, you can't say that, isn't the Eagle Cavalry full of people?" ”

"You ......" Gao Yi was poor in merit, but he still used strong words, and said: "Isn't the Eagle Cavalry a Han national?" ”

"Okay, okay, don't fight," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Whether these Manchurian people on the banks of the Yalu River are sincere in atonement, I don't know now, but I have a way to let them inadvertently make meritorious contributions to Huaxia, and they don't know yet......"

Li Xinzhong moved, the emperor really had a plan, "The emperor's meaning ......"

"Come here, come here," Li Zicheng made a gesture and whispered a few words, "How about it, tell me, are these Manchurians expanding their territory for China?" ”

"This ......" Gao Yigong thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, is this okay?" ”

"You will only know if you try it," Li Zicheng said: "If they can't open up territory for China, the result is nothing more than a death, what's the difference between us and killing them with our own hands?" ”

Li Xin thought for a while, felt that this was a sure deal, and said busily: "Your Majesty, what are we going to do now?" ”

"It's very simple, you have to do two things now," Li Zicheng said: "Teach the Manchurians how to cross the river, let them cross the Yalu River, be careful, don't persecute too much, let them cross the river with war horses and scimitars; Secondly, these Manchus can be let go, but the Manchus who stay in the deep mountains and have no time to escape cannot be spared, so you must divide your forces and wipe out the Manchus who have slipped through the net......"

"Wait for you to understand!"

After this short military meeting, Li Zicheng began to withdraw his troops, surveying the terrain along the way.

The Ming Dynasty set up the Jianzhou Acropolis in the seventh year of Yongle (1409 AD), the geographical location is good, it is at the confluence of the Zhupo River and the Hani River, and the terrain is relatively open.

Li Zicheng planned to establish a mansion here, and Li Zicheng originally didn't want to use the name "Jianzhou", but he was relieved to think that the Manchus had already destroyed the country and the clan.

The Jianzhou Mansion has a long and narrow structure that runs from north to south and narrow from east to west, so that it can be connected with Hada Province in the north.

Li Zicheng walked from north to south, then crossed the border wall from Fushun Pass and returned to Shenyang.

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