Li Zicheng didn't expect that in less than two hours, Haizhou City would be cleaned up.

When he entered the city, the soldiers had already posted notices in the city, and several groups of soldiers beat gongs and drums, shouting along the streets, so that the people could rest assured, the Mandate of Heaven Army was the people's army, and it was here to rescue the Han people who had been bullied by the Tartars, and as soon as the Mandate of Heaven Army arrived, the Han people were about to turn over......

Li Zicheng nodded with a smile, "Li Aiqing, have you ever caught Shang Kexi?" ”

Li Xin's face suddenly became gloomy, "Back to the emperor, Shang Kexi committed suicide with his family in the palace of Zhishun......"

Whether it's suicide or not, it's still self-aware!

Li Zicheng originally didn't plan to let Shang Kexi go, and the whole family committed suicide, so as not to let him be the executioner for a while.

The people in the city, perhaps recognized the notice of Shang Kexi and the Manchu Qing, at first they still hid at home and did not dare to come out, the propaganda slogans of the Mandate of Heaven Army, they will be suspicious, and then Xu Erxian and Ban Zhifu took to the streets to strengthen propaganda, and the people slowly walked out of their homes, but they were still cautious.

When the people's hearts were first decided, Li Zicheng established Haizhou City as the Haizhou Mansion and appointed Yuan Xingzhi, an accompanying civil official, as the prefect.

In principle, the territory of Haizhou is limited to the territory of the original Haizhou Wei, and can be appropriately adjusted according to the mountains and rivers.

The surrender of troops in the city, more than 1,000 soldiers, was temporarily organized into the White Wolf Battalion, Xu Erxian was the main general, Ban Zhifu was the deputy general, with the red-clothed cannons in the city, and went out with the army.

Li Zicheng ordered the cavalry of the Yang Kun Division of the Fifth Division to go first, followed by the Zhou Fengwu Division of the First Division and the Li Mou Division of the Second Division, along the western foot of Qianshan Mountain, towards Liaoyang.

Wang Guangen, the third division, stayed in Haizhou to defend the city and protect the grain and grass.

However, there was no Manchu cavalry near Haizhou City, there was the North Sea Fleet in the south, and the main force of the third battalion in the north, leaving 20,000 troops to defend the city, which was really a waste.

Li Zicheng thought about it and decided to transfer two regiments of soldiers, with the assistance of the guides of the White Wolf Battalion, to regain the land to the east, all the way to the sea and the Yalu River, and then join the North Sea Fleet.

Everything was arranged, and Li Zichengcai slowly marched towards Liaoyang with Bai Guangen's division of the Fourth Division.

Along the straight official road, go to the Anshan Post in the Ming Dynasty, the journey has been halfway, there is a message from the front, the first division Zhou Fengwu, the second division Li Moubu has surrounded Liaoyang City, approaching the south bank of the Taizi River, but Shengjing, there is still no message.

Li Zicheng felt strange, what happened to Dolgon at this time, did he give up the entire southern Liaoning, or lure the Heavenly Mandate Army to go deeper, and then send cavalry to destroy the grain route and cut off the way back?

He set up a large camp at Anshan Post and unfolded the march map, the west side of the official road is the Liaodong border wall, and the east side is the Qianshan Mountain Range, it is not easy to cut off the return route of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Zicheng closed the map, sent a message to Li Xin in front, sent additional rangers, and probed for information in the direction of Shengjing, and at the same time tried to attack the city, see the reactions of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, and then make corresponding countermeasures.

After thinking for a moment, he sent a message to the Northern Division of the Han Qing Department, staring at Shengjing day and night, once the Manchu cavalry went south, the message must be transmitted as soon as possible.

Li Zicheng went through everything in his brain again, and found no obvious loopholes, so he washed and fell asleep.

When Li Xin received Li Zicheng's message, he was overjoyed, and immediately summoned Zhou Fengwu, Li Mou, and Yang Kun, three division commanders, to discuss the matter of trying to attack the city.

Li Mu is the youngest and the most anxious, "There are only 6,000 soldiers and horses in the city, it is better to take Liaoyang in one go, and then see if Dolgon can calm down!"

Li Xin also had such thoughts, but he glanced at Zhou Fengwu and Yang Kun and said, "Tell me your opinion!"

When Yang Kun was in Liaodong, he had always been bullied by the Tartars, but at this time he finally had a chance to fight back, how could he not be tempted? He bowed his hand to Li Xinyi, "General, the emperor asked us to test the siege, it is better to go all out and storm once......"

Zhou Fengwu also said: "Tentative attack, it's not a small-scale attack, is it in vain to consume food outside the city?" Assault is also a way to tentatively attack, and it can also test the true strength of the city. ”

"Okay,!" Li Xin slammed his fist on the desk, "Since everyone agrees, the siege will start tomorrow!"

He then issued a combat mission: Zhou Fengwu of the 1st Division attacked the West Gate and the North Gate, focusing on the West Gate, and the North Gate was to contain it; The second division of Li Mou attacked the east gate and the south gate, the south gate is an open area, the main direction of attack, but also the main direction of attack of the whole army, howitzers and red-coated artillery are concentrated in the south gate, the east gate with a small part of the troops to contain, disperse the strength of the heavenly soldiers in the city.

The White Wolf Battalion followed the red-coated artillery and also went to the south gate, and once the opportunity arises, it will be the first troops to enter the city.

The cavalry of Yang Kun's division of the fifth division did not directly participate in the siege, but were divided into two, hiding between the north gate and the east gate to prevent the Tianyou soldiers from escaping from the north gate and the east gate.

Li Xin estimated that the south gate and the west gate concentrated most of the troops, and the Tianyou soldiers would never dare to break through from these two gates.

If Liaoyang can't hold it, it is most likely to break through from the north and east gates.

After the meeting, Li Xin contacted the Han Qing personnel in the city, hoping that they would cooperate with the siege operation.

As soon as it got dark, the people of the Han and Qing tribes took action in the city, distributing leaflets and slogans, and pretending to be ghosts...... Leaflets even slipped into people's bedrooms through windows.

Most of the people are illiterate, and if they are suspicious, the goal will be achieved.

Every once in a while, someone shouts from the dark shadows of the city:

"The Mandate of Heaven has entered the city!"

"The Mandate of Heaven Army has rescued the Han people!"

"The days of the Tartars are short......"

……

The people of the city were terrified.

Gradually spreading to the army, the ordinary soldiers of the Tianyou Soldiers also became uneasy, after all, there were tens of thousands of troops outside the city surrounding Liaoyang City.

Kong Youde discussed with Geng Zhongming and sent people to search the city for the spies sent by the Heavenly Mandate Army in the city.

The soldier door tossed all night, no one caught a few, and when it was almost dawn, he just closed his eyes with his clothes, and was awakened: the Mandate of Heaven army is attacking the city!

The Mandate of Heaven has indeed attacked the city.

Under the four walls, countless cannons, the muzzles of the cannons have been aimed at the head of the city, and the runners have already lit torches, just waiting for the final military order.

Kong Youde almost didn't close his eyes overnight, and when he heard that the Heavenly Mandate Army was attacking the city, he fought hard and personally came to Nancheng, which had the largest number of artillery, but asked Geng Zhongming to guard the west gate.

The gunners on the city were cleaning up the artillery, and they were in a hurry, Kong Youde was furious: "When is it, you are still debugging, if the cannon is fired outside the city, you are all ready to take solid bullets......"

"Lord Wang, villain...... The villain searched for the spies of the Mandate of Heaven in the city last night, and he didn't close his eyes all night......"

"Presumptuous!" Kong Youde shouted: "At the moment of the great enemy, how can you lose your spirit because you haven't closed your eyes all night? This king also sleeps all night......"

"Yes, yes, the villain is guilty!"

Kong Youde snorted coldly, "Why don't you go and prepare?" ”

Before the words fell, I heard "boom...... Rumbling, dozens of flowering bombs fell on the head of the city, and one flowering bomb landed less than thirty steps in front of Kong Youde.

The place blew up a bomb crater the size of a bathtub, and from such a distance, Kong Youde felt a huge force pushing himself, fortunately, it was the end of the force!

His body swirled, barely standing on his feet, and shouted at the gunners: "Quick, open the cannon, suppress the artillery fire outside the city!"

Kong Youde knew in his heart that the number of the Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city was ten times that of the Heavenly Blessing Army, and if he could not repel the first wave of the Heavenly Mandate Army's attack, the morale would definitely be low, and Tokyo (Liaoyang) City would most likely not be protected.

This is perhaps the most dangerous battle since the Qing Dynasty!

The Heavenly Blessing Soldiers are basically gunners and transporters, and they are not good at hand-to-hand combat, and once they enter the siege battle, they are very likely to be defeated by the experienced Heavenly Mandate Army.

The red-coated cannons, only the red-coated cannons, can suppress the offensive of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and it is best that the Mandate Army cannot get close to the city wall......

The guards watched the city head being bombed by artillery, and they were busy hugging Kong Youde to leave the city, but Kong Youde pushed him away, "This king is with the soldiers!"

"Lord Wang, there is danger in the city!"

"If this king leaves, the city will be even more dangerous!" Kong Youde saw that the gunner door was still calibrating the red-coated cannon, and he couldn't wait to step forward and light the fire in person, "Quick, no need to calibrate, shoot the solid catapult out first!"

"Yes!"

The gunner didn't care about debugging, so he ignited the cannonball first, and even if it was not accurate, it could scare the Destiny Army outside the city.

"Boom...... Long ......"

Watching several solid bullets fly out of the city in a graceful arc, Kong Youde was a little sure that even if this wave was not accurate, the gunners could adjust the artillery according to the landing point of the solid bullets.

Above and below the city, there is a rare artillery battle, and no matter who wins or loses, the battle itself is enough to go down in history!

The red-clothed cannon had already shot two waves, Kong Youde bowed his body and cautiously came to the battlement of the city wall, he wanted to see how many casualties the Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city was.

Yes?

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it!

The solid bullets fired by the red-clothed cannon did not hit the artillery group of the Mandate of Heaven at all, and visually, there were at least hundreds of paces away.

Kong Youde was furious: "Bastard, if you are trained on weekdays, you will lie on the woman's belly, and this time you will become a soft egg?" Aim and shoot for this king!"

"Lord Wang, this is already the limit......"

"What limit?" Kong Youde was taken aback suddenly, "You say, the range of the red-coated cannon is not enough?" ”

"Yes, Lord Wang," the gunner said, "The artillery of the Mandate of Heaven is out of range of the red-clothed cannons!"

Kong Youde suddenly fell into the abyss, Liaoyang City was his fiefdom, there was no cavalry of the Qing Dynasty in the city, what he relied on was the red-coated cannon, but under the suppression of the artillery of the Heavenly Mandate Army, the red-coated cannon turned out to be scrap iron......

This is still in the city, and the red-coated cannons occupy a huge advantage in the terrain.

"Lord Wang, the shells of the Mandate of Heaven will explode after they land, and the brothers are all killed and injured in the explosion......"

"What, it explodes when it hits the ground?" Kong Youde came to his senses at this time, and the shells of the Heavenly Mandate Army fell on the city, blowing up craters one after another at the head of the city......

Blossom bombs!

Could it be that the Providential Destiny Army is using the legendary Blossom Shell?

After Kong Youde surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Tianyoubing has always been famous for its red-coated cannons, however, nowadays, ......

Whether it is the range or the shell itself, it is far inferior to the Mandate of Heaven Army, no wonder Dorgon's army was defeated in Ningyuan!

What to do?

Staying at the head of the city is the target of the Mandate of Heaven, and it makes no sense to continue firing artillery.

"Lord ......"

"Withdraw, remove the red-coated cannon!" Kong Youde has the heart to die, he knew it was like this, why did he defect to the Qing Dynasty in the first place?