1. "The purpose of this landing on the Liaodong Peninsula is to establish a solid bridgehead in the face of Houjin. Then, using this as a base, it gradually expanded inland to Houjin.

With this goal in mind, we finally decided to target Lushun.

Lushun City is divided into two cities, the north city in the third year of the Apocalypse, was demolished by the Tartars, at present, the Ming Dynasty defenders are stationed, is the south city.

Lushun South City, the circumference of the city is 1500 meters, the moat is 7 meters 5 wide, and there is a city gate on the south and north sides. Because this place is on the front line of war all year round, the defenders are extremely well guarded and cannot carry out sneak attacks.

However, the intelligence department helped a lot this time, they actually persuaded the Ming Dynasty defenders inside to surrender, and we could take the southern city of Lushun without blood, which is really powerful. ”

This is the pre-war briefing meeting of the front headquarters on the warship outside the port of Arthur, and in the face of Zachdan's praise, the participants of the intelligence department smiled reservedly and expressed their gratitude to everyone's applause.

After waiting for the applause to subside, Zachdan picked up the baton again and pointed out on the large map drawn by multiple units such as scouts, intelligence officers, and staff headquarters.

"The easy occupation of Lushunkou has made a big step forward in our army's operational planning, so next, our army can start to conduct operations against the second target.

In the original plan, after the capture of Lushun, our army would launch an attack on Jinzhou.

This Golden State is located about 60 kilometers north of Lushun, with a circumference of more than 2,500 meters and a city wall of more than 10 meters. The location of Jinzhou is relatively dangerous, and it is stuck in the throat of Lushun to the north, and it is the only way for our army to attack Jin after going north.

Three years after the Apocalypse, it has been under the control of the Houjin, at first, it was the Blue Flag Department stationed here, and later, as Amin entered Korea to establish himself, these people also followed.

Subsequently, Huang Taiji rebuilt the Eight Banners, captured a large number of Jurchens, and formed a new inlaid blue flag, which was still assigned to this flag.

According to the reconnaissance, a Jurchen from Niulu was stationed here, plus a large number of Mongols, counting those coats, the combat strength that could be gathered ranged from about 1,200 to 1,500 people.

And most importantly, on this 60-kilometer road, our army could not get help from the locals, could not get supplies, and could only transport them from the rear. And, most importantly, the enemy had fortified cities to defend, and our troops could not find even a decent camp on the roads during the period. ”

A new officer asked suspiciously, "How can we not get supplies?" Even if there are no Han villages on the road, there won't even be a Jurchen Zhuangzi, right? Now that our army has revised the relevant policies, we don't have to be soft on the stubborn enemy, we can always get some food, shelter and so on from these Zhuangzi! ”

Zachdan sighed and shook his head, "No, nothing, according to the reconnaissance of our army, on this road of more than 60 kilometers, it is completely depressed, except for a small number of Houjin Tartars in the horses, there is no trace of human smoke at all." ”

"Huh? How can it be? This place is more than 60 kilometers long, not to mention 20 kilometers wide, how can there be no people in such a vast area? General, did you get the information wrong? Oh, I'm sorry, it's the subordinate who lost his word. ”

Zachdan was silent for a while, he himself was originally a born Jurchen in the deep mountains of Liaodong, and his whole family was killed because he resisted Houjin's policy of arresting Ding.

For a long time as a slave, he was well aware of the hardships of the natives.

These hardships were unimaginable for officers who immigrated to China due to famine in the interior of the Ming Dynasty and joined the army.

Therefore, he did not blame the new officer for his gaffes, but just silently lowered his head, recalling the miserable life of the past.

Chen Xin interjected at this time, alleviating the embarrassment, he turned his head to Liu Xingzuo, who was sitting on the side, and said, "If you want to talk about the things on the border of Lushun and Jinzhou, Mr. Liu has the most right to speak here." ”

Chen Xinzhong kept recalling Liu Xingzuo's historical information, and every time he couldn't help but praise in his heart, this is really a good material for a spy, if his life is longer, maybe he will be a character like Li Kenong of the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately, his arrival made that legendary scene not happen, it is really a pity.

Liu Xingzuo hurriedly stood up and said modestly, "Don't dare, don't dare, how can you call your subordinates so much, and call your subordinates Lao Liu, and your subordinates are already grateful." ”

Chen Xin smiled and waved his hand to signal the other party to sit down, "You, you are too polite, too unconfident, in the past few years, with your previous qualifications, in the two aspects of Daming and Houjin, how many internal responses have you helped the kingdom contact, how much work have you done, if you can't afford to be a gentleman?" ”

"The king raised his love, his subordinates, I really dare not be ashamed, although there have been occasional small achievements in recent years, but my subordinates will never dare to forget the old things by the Yalu River, and have been taking that incident as a warning, warning themselves, not to be complacent, and please also ask the king to learn from it."

Chen Xin was stunned for a moment, and then remembered what Liu Xingzuo was talking about, indeed, that scene was really thrilling at the beginning, and it was really good that Liu Xingzuo was able to take this as a warning.

Thinking of this, Chen Xin was no longer polite, "Okay, since you are so insistent, then change to another title, Liu Qing, please explain to us what happened at the beginning." ”

After that, Chen Xin turned to the people in the conference room again and said, "Most of you here know Liu Qing, but in order to make it easier for the new comrades to know Liu Qing, this king will make an introduction.

Liu Xingzuo (?-1630) was called Liu Aita by the Later Jin people, and the documents we collected in the Korean Kingdom called it Liu Hai, a native of Kaiyuan in Liaodong. Later, it was plundered by [Shiyi] to the Jurchen area of Jianzhou, when it was the thirty-third year of Wanli (1605).

In Jianzhou, he was outstanding in talent, and [clever and understanding], which won the respect and appreciation of Nurhachi, and was assigned to the red flag of the Great Belle Daishan.

He participated in the Later Jin attack on the Ming Dynasty and the battle of Liaoshen. With the defeat of the enemy, chasing and fleeing and other merits, and quickly promoted, until the deputy general, he was ordered to govern Jinzhou, Fuzhou, Haizhou, Gaizhou, and the land of the four guards in the south. He became a well-known Han official in the Later Jin Kingdom.

However, the cruel national oppression and enslavement of the Later Jin Dynasty and the tragic ravages of the Han people deeply shook his unresolved conscience and aroused a strong sense of national righteousness, and he began to take confrontational actions.

When Yuan Keli, the governor of Liaodong, was "single-mindedly governing the division, plugging key points, burning and stealing grain, contacting the islands, and recovering Lushun" step by step, Liu Xingzuo, who had been plundered by Houjin for 18 years, finally had a firm belief in escaping from Houjin and serving the country. Since then, he has embarked on the road of abandoning gold and returning to the Ming without hesitation.

He is not afraid of danger and obstacles, and he is indomitable. In the third year of the Apocalypse (the eighth year of the Mandate of Heaven, 1623), that is, the second year of Yuan Keli's governor Denglai, Liu Xingzuo organized the people of Fuzhou to flee.

In the end, he successfully came to Huaxia and followed us to fight against the tyranny of the Later Jin Tartars, and became an excellent anti-Jin intelligence officer. ”

Liu Xingzuo breathed a long sigh of relief, bowed down and said, "Minister, thank you for your praise, Minister, I am ashamed!" ”