At the same time as hearing a series of violent explosions in the north, Yue Tuo's city gate building was also slightly shaken by the shock wave of the explosion, and this shocking change made Yue Tuo and the one who followed him involuntarily pick up their heads and squatted on the ground.

"Hurry up there and see what's going on."

It wasn't until he felt that the explosion had passed, and there was no more of it, and even the shaking of the city gate tower was not felt in the slightest, Yue Tuo hurriedly sent the Mel Zhangjing down the city tower to take a look.

After Mel Zhangjing left, Yue Tuo heard a few Goshha beside him, still talking in a low voice, although he didn't hear it clearly, Yue Tuo couldn't help frowning.

"It's really unruly." In the end, though, he didn't say anything.

At this moment, he didn't choose to scold, because, even in his own heart, he was a little frightened, so he just closed his eyes lightly and shook his head.

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In August of the ninth year of the fire, Liaodong once again set off a series of storms, and the Jin army poured out of the country, making this area change color in an instant.

A steady stream of troops united by the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Jurchen, the left and right wings of the Mongols, and the Han Army Banner, set out from Shenyang and its surrounding areas as a starting point, and launched an attack on the Huaxia Army entrenched in Jinzhou City and Lushun in southern Liaoning.

The Jurchen Eight Banners mobilized more than 30,000 horses, of which there were about 15,000 people in armor such as horse armor and infantry armor, and more than 15,000 people in Yu Ding.

Of course, this is only the number of troops sent by the Jurchen Eight Banners, in addition to the Jurchen Eight Banners, which are the supreme rulers of the Later Jin, there are more than 15,000 people on the left and right wings of the Mongols who have recovered a certain vitality after the conquest of Mongolia last year.

The left and right flanks of Mongolia came out, and the Han army banner formed in the post-Jin Taiji period naturally could not be absent, whether it was Wuzhen Chaoha, which was the so-called "heavy army", or the Tianyou army, which had only been in the Later Jin for a few years, there were a lot of men and horses, and this part was about 20,000 horses.

In addition, there were also Karaqin, Korqin, Khalkha, Tumut and other foreign Mongolian tribes, which also sent a large number of men and horses to help in the war.

Originally, the current strength of the foreign vassal Mongolia, as well as the habit of picking and pinching persimmons that have been formed over the years, made the various departments very reluctant to come to southern Liaoning for an expedition.

However, in the early two years, Huang Taiji continued to squeeze Lin Dan Khan's territory, and took advantage of his illness to launch an expedition to seize the general sovereignty of the Mongol tribes, and then repeatedly used the suzerainty to punish some tribes who did not listen to greetings or were not very active in sending troops.

In addition, last year, after Huang Taiji was killed by Chen Xin, several small tribes in Mongolia were kicked out of the Houjin strength, and after being beaten by Dolgon, they finally obeyed Houjin's orders in peace, so this time, the Mongolian tribes of the outer domains also made up more than 20,000 people and horses to support their own suzerain.

In addition to these fighters, the team dispatched by the Houjin side also had more than 40,000 people led by various departments, as well as tens of thousands of Baoyi and aha controlled by the Jurchens who were responsible for transporting follow-up military rations and baggage, and the total number of them was uncountable, at least more than 100,000 horses.

According to the compilation of the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Jurchen, under normal circumstances, it should be about 300 dingkou, of which the Niu Lu composed of all Jurchens occupies the majority, about more than 250 Niu Lu, and the other Mongolian Niu Lu and Han Army Niu Lu are less than 50, and the total number is about 300 Niu Lu.

In the normal Niu Lu, there are roughly 300 dings, and this time, Houjin dispatched so many people and horses, and the proportion of Ding has exceeded the usual specifications of three Ding and one ding.

In the future, if Jin's current national strength is calculated, they can almost be regarded as pouring out of the nest. From this aspect, it is enough to see the determination of the four major councilors headed by Dolgon, Baylor to break the kettle.

This time, the main target of the Later Jin army was the Huaxia army in Jinzhou and Lushun, but they also had to be careful of the Ming army in western Liao. In order to deter the Guanning army in the western Liaoxi region, Dolgon also sent Sakhalian to lead a thousand troops, and a part of the Mongols from the outer vassals converged in Quang Ninh.

Then, they looted a lot outside Jinzhou City, and they were disturbed by this attack, and they had already suffered enough losses in the hands of Houjin, and even Liaozhen, where many sons and nephews of the chief soldier Zu Dashou's family were captured by Huang Taiji, never dared to take the initiative to attack the enemy, but they kept the city gate closed and hid behind the deep city wall.

In fact, since the Battle of Dalinghe, Zu Dashou has also had some private contacts with Houjin because many of his sons and nephews are still in the hands of Houjin. He was summoned by Chongzhen several times and couldn't go, and all his relatives who stayed in Shenyang as hostages also knew about it.

The Houjin Army, a partial division, just came to coerce, giving Zu Dashou an excuse not to send troops, and at the same time suppressing the morale of the Ming army in Liaoxi, and also making other people who were not subordinate to Zu Dashou dare not take this opportunity to come out and make trouble.

On the way to the Jinzhou defense line, Sakhalian led his troops to capture hundreds of Han people who stayed here to cultivate, and only after showing off his military might did he return to the starting point with pride.

After Sakhalian came to such a trip, Zu Dashou really had an excuse, not only did he not need to send troops, but he repeatedly reported to the Beijing division for help. After the announcement, tens of thousands of iron cavalry of the Jin army invaded the defense line of Jinzhou in western Liaoxi, and asked the imperial court to reinforce soldiers and horses, and support silver taels, weapons, baggage, and grain and grass.

Anyway, it doesn't mention at all that the Houjin Army is attacking the Huaxia Army, let alone taking advantage of the emptiness inside the Houjin to send troops to raid the hinterland of the Tartars.

When the Ming army in western Liaoxi was successfully leveled, the Houjin forward cavalry troops led by Yue Tuo also successfully captured Jinzhou City.

The main force of the Houjin army under the leadership of Dolgon went south along the southern four guards.

Since then, among the four cities in the South Siwei, as well as on the pipelines along the way, there are simply a sea of people waving flags, and cows, horses, and donkeys marching on the pipelines every day. There is an endless stream of carts of mules and other livestock.

The men and horses inlaid with blue flags and red flags, with their own coats, aha and some Mongolian left and right wing soldiers and horses, plus some Han troops, marched all the way from the coast to the direction of Dongjiang Town.

Along the way, they restored several bunkers abandoned last year due to the surprise attack of the small Chinese army, and left some men and horses to defend them.

In order to prevent the remnants of Dongjiang Town, such as Mao Chenglu and Shang Kexi, from taking advantage of the emptiness inside Houjin, they went up to the shore to harass and fight guerrillas, and these people had to be responsible for patrolling the coastline every day in areas where a large number of people could land.