Jinzhou Wei, gunsmoke everywhere.

"Boom, boom, boom", the sound of cannons continued, and the acropolis, less than two miles from the coast, became the best target for the Qiong naval fleet, and the overwhelming shells made the defenders in the city feel like the end was coming.

Although not many people died directly under the fire, this unprecedented high-intensity shelling completely destroyed the defenders' will to resist. By the time the Marines landed under artillery fire and attacked, the range of rifled guns deprived the defenders of the last shred of their determination to hold the city. The battle lasted less than half an hour, and as the gates were blown open by the Marines' re-applied explosives packets, Jinzhouwei was declared lost.

After Murong Longcheng entered the city, Bor suddenly asked: "Master, do you want to give up garrisoning Jinzhou Guard?" ”

"Of course, the established plan will not change."

Bor suddenly felt a little regretful: "It's easy to fight down the first time, if it falls into the hands of the Tartars again, they will eat a trench and grow wise, and the next time they come to attack, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, right?" ”

"Bolhu, don't stare at the petty profits in front of you, but look farther away and understand the general's intentions." Murong Longcheng said, "The general sent us to Liaonan to attack and harass, instead of sending the main force to attack and occupy the points one by one, or he didn't want to spend all his energy here, just to contain the Tartars, and then free up his hands to deal with the Ming Emperor and the Liukou in the Central Plains." If you insist on capturing these strongholds one by one and sending troops to garrison them, you will be contrary to the general's ideas. ”

Boer was ashamed and said: "The subordinates are stupid and don't think long enough. ”

Murong Longcheng soothed: "You are a general who leads the army, and you are a good hand at fighting, so how can you say that you are stupid?" Just do your own thing, the Qiong Navy is much fairer than the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and you won't be reused just because you are the person I brought here, work hard, and you will have a good future in the future. ”

He paused, and then said: "But your statement is also reasonable, since the Jinzhou Wei has been defeated, it can't be returned to the Tartars intact, what should be done." So you took the corpses of the Tartars and threw them into the wells of the city, polluted the water, and set fire to the granaries. This place is a little far away from Shengjing, the old nest of the Tartars, and the supply is inconvenient, and there are ten rooms and nine empty rooms in southern Liaoning, and there is no land to rob them, and there is no water and no food, even if the Tartars send people over again, it will be difficult to stand on their feet for a while. ”

Bol suddenly clenched his fists and said: "The master is wise, and his subordinates will send someone to do it." ”

After easily pulling out the stronghold of Jinzhouwei, the fleet continued to go north, bypassing Changxing Island, abandoning Fuzhou Wei, which was far away from the coast, and rushed to Gaizhou non-stop. The defense of Gaizhouwei was no better than that of Lushunkou and Jinzhou, and in the face of the fire of naval guns and rifled guns, it was also a drum.

Murong Longcheng and the marines led by him performed extremely well, under the cover of the fleet's firepower, they successively captured Lushunkou, Jinzhouwei, Gaizhouwei and other important strongholds in half a month, and only one Fuzhou remained in the entire Liaodong Peninsula, so that the efforts of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji for two generations almost came to naught overnight - in order to solve the hidden dangers in the flanks and rear, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji father and son attacked Jinzhou and Lushun five times successively, and after the two dynasties of Tianqi and Chongzhen, countless casualties were killed and injured before occupying all these places.

The news flew in all directions like wings, triggering all kinds of chain reactions: Sheng Jing was furious, and it is said that the always calm Huang Taiji even lifted the table; The capital of the Ming Dynasty is sad and joyful, the people cheered, and rejoiced that there was an army that could be comparable to or even stronger than the Qi army, and could repeatedly defeat the invincible Jianzhou Tartars, and since Emperor Chongzhen, the civil and military officials lamented that this army can fight again, not under their own control, it is a double-edged sword that can be reversed at any time, whether it is a blessing or a curse, no one can guarantee it.

The capital, the Golden Luan Palace.

Originally, this was just an ordinary early dynasty, but because of the news from southern Liaoning, the atmosphere in the hall was very depressing. It stands to reason that everyone should be happy: Qionghai Town attacked southern Liaoning with its own strength, and was a great success, almost uprooting the stronghold occupied by the Tartars, from Gaizhou to Lushun, changing the flag overnight, and returning to the Ming Dynasty on Dusi South Road in Liaodong. Although this operation did not have the order of the Ministry of War, it was an unauthorized operation, but when Xia Nan was named a general, he had already been granted the autonomy of military operations in Jianyu, and from the perspective of the official process, there was no problem, and the record of "recovering Liaonan" could completely put gold on the face of the court and the emperor.

However, the scene of the Qiong Navy launching a military admonition and brazenly besieging the imperial city is still vivid, and the faces of the court and the emperor were beaten, and this record has become a hot potato, and no one wants to touch it, and they dare not touch it.

Chongzhen rubbed his temples with his hands tiredly and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about Qionghai Town's attack on southern Liaoning?" ”

The civil and military officials looked at each other, and it seemed that everyone had something to say, but no one was willing to speak first and analyze this thorny topic.

In the end, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, who had not been in office for a long time, broke the silence, and he came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that looking at what Xia Nan has done, although it is impossible to determine what the purpose of this attack on Liaonan is, it will never be for the sake of the imperial court and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, but it is harboring evil intentions, and Your Majesty has to guard against it." ”

Shoufu Wen Tiren flashed out and refuted his statement: "Your Majesty, Wen Wen's weak words are inevitably sensational. No matter what intentions Xia Nan has, it is a sure fact that the imperial court will recover the post cities of the guards in southern Liaoning, which is beneficial to the imperial court, so how can it be said that it harbors evil intentions? ”

Originally, the civil and military officials had their own opinions, and they were all brewing rhetoric in their hearts, and when the bigwigs set the tone, they would stand up and show their faces in front of the emperor to show that they were not mediocre people who did nothing. But the two heavyweights clearly showed completely opposite arguments, and the faces of the people who were ready to stand up one after another changed, and they all quietly retracted their feet - just kidding, one is Jane's favorite minister who is honest and popular in the emperor's heart, and the other is the first assistant above 10,000 people under one person, and the two people have different views, no matter who agrees, they will offend the other party, isn't this a side? These two people can't afford to offend! It's safer to wait and see.

Chongzhen thought about it, as if both statements made sense, so he asked Yang Sichang: "Changqing's words also make sense, no matter what the purpose of Xia Nan is, the post cities of the guards on the South Road of Dusi South Road in Liaodong have fallen into the hands of the Tartars for a long time, and now they have been recovered by the sailors, isn't it good?" "He still has something to say: the imperial court uses troops everywhere, and it has no energy to take care of southern Liaoning, and at the same time, it has no ability to repel the Tartars entrenched in Jinzhou, Lushun and other places, and now it is a good thing that Xia Nan has taken back these places with the help of Xia Nan? Of course, this can't be said in public, and to say it is to admit that he is useless, and that millions of officers and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty can't do it, Qionghai Town can do it by sending a partial division at will.