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Seven days later, the army successfully arrived at Tashanpu and approached Haizhou City. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Traveling north, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong basically did not encounter any decent resistance.

Without the support of the main force of the Houjin, whether it is the so-called Tartar master or the minions of the Han Army Banner, they run faster than rabbits one by one.

It's just that because of the division of troops to clear the surrounding post stations, tunbao, and villages, the army's journey was a little slower than originally planned.

But Li Yuanqing brought enough war horses with him on this trip, and Chen Zhong also had more than 1,000 war horses accompanying him, more than 4,000 war horses, and at least 1,000 of them were patrolled every day.

At the same time, as the news of the Ming army's large-scale 'invasion' spread, the Houjin 'Shunmin', who got the news, soon formed a large-scale frenzy of fleeing.

They took their families with their families, cattle, sheep and livestock, and fled desperately to the north, fleeing in the direction of Haizhou and Liaoyang.

For these obedient people, Li Yuanqing adopted the strategy of the Mongols to 'drive the sheep', first by a number of small groups of cavalry behind the drive, the flow of people to one place, when these people converged together, the gathering was almost done, and then the cavalry was inserted in front of them, and the net was exhausted.

The soldiers were still full of sympathy for these Han people and couldn't bear to be ruthless, but under Li Yuanqing's strict orders, these soldiers didn't dare to slack off anymore, so they had to treat it as a war.

The captured men of the Han Shunmin were all used as hard labor to help the auxiliaries take on the duty of transportation, while their women and children were all driven to the rear and escorted to the direction of Gaizhou City.

As for their belongings, of course, they were all used as military supplies.

Tashan Puming Army Temporary Station,

In Li Yuanqing's big tent, Li Yuanqing was sitting opposite Chen Zhong, Wei Liang, and Zhang Qi, listening to Guan Canghai's report on the people and property harvest of this battle.

"General, Chen Shuai, the two prison lords, up to now, our army has captured more than 15,000 people in Dingkou. Among them, more than 3,700 adult males have been recruited into the auxiliary army. There are more than 7,000 middle-aged women, all of whom have been escorted to the direction of Gaizhou City. As for the livestock goods, there are no precise figures at this time, and the townspeople are stepping up their statistics. However, the number of cattle has been counted, and there are more than 5,000 cattle and 7,000 or 8,000 mules and horses......"

Listening to Guan Canghai's report, Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang couldn't help but be speechless.

After many years of getting along, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong have already had a deep tacit understanding with these two prison masters.

Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong grasped the military and political power, and these were the two supervisors of the army, and they were the 'spiritual idols', and they were mainly responsible for the work of the Beijing Division.

Of course, merit and silver are naturally indispensable to theirs.

"Li Shuai, Chen Shuai, this, these people, these people are so rich? This, this is really ......" Wei Liang opened his mouth wide, but he couldn't describe his mood at this time for a while.

If these livestock are divided equally among each household, each family must have at least nearly two cows, nearly three mules, and if you add sheep and other livestock, no matter where you put it in the Ming Dynasty, this can definitely be regarded as a rich family.

You must know that under the influence of the 'shrinkage' policy of old slaves, there are basically no large households in the vast area from Gaizhou to Haizhou.

But all the big families have migrated to the heart of Liaozhong.

These people are just ordinary people, and no matter how good they are, they are just people who are slaves in the banner of the Han army.

Zhang Qiliang also sighed again and again, "Li Shuai is wise." These people, according to their property, want to count on them to work for our Ming Dynasty, this is really, really ......"

Zhang Qiliang didn't know what to say for a while, but the expression on his face clearly showed his thoughts.

Just a few days ago, these two prison lords were still 'competing' with Li Yuanqing.

I hope that Li Yuanqing can take the 'glory' of Wang Shi as the priority, treat these obedient people leniently, and strive to let them take refuge in the arms of the Ming Dynasty.

But at this time, as soon as the results were counted, the two couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

According to the treatment given to these obedient people by the Houjin Tartars, how could Da Ming be attractive to them?

The imperial court can't even eat enough for the army now, so how can it have so much silver to take care of these refugees?

Chen Zhong smiled and said, "Two prison lords, you don't have to be too surprised. In my opinion, this is not that the old slave wants to treat the Han people under his rule well, but in the past few years, the Han people under the rule of Houjin have fled and run, and so much property has naturally remained. The old slave also needs the common people to farm for him and raise livestock for him. ”

Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang also understood what Chen Zhong meant, and couldn't help nodding again and again.

Li Yuanqing smiled: "It's not just these aspects. You see, there are only more than 3,000 men caught this time, while there are nearly 8,000 women in the prime of life. This means that a man must have at least two wives, and their little life is very nourishing. ”

War is the best way to reduce the male population.

At this time, more than ten years have passed since the rise of the old slaves, and during these years, the war in Liaodi has almost never stopped, and there is a serious shortage of men.

It is not surprising that these Han people can receive some dividends.

Historically, the most critical reason why Zhang Pan was sentenced to rebel in Lushun was that he ignored these key elements, and he always thought that the Han soldiers and Han people would be inclined to the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't know that righteousness~~ could not be eaten.

The Ming court could not give them a tael of silver, but their Houjin master could give them cattle and sheep, fields and women.

At this time, hearing Li Yuanqing's words, Chen Zhong and the three of them all nodded with deep understanding.

Wei Liang also came to his senses and said busily: "Li Shuai, Chen Shuai, this battle has progressed so far, the journey of our army is so smooth, when will we carry out the offensive in Haizhou?" ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "This matter is not in a hurry." Haizhou City is there, and she won't run away on her own long legs. Let's focus on stabilizing this place first, and then slowly try to figure it out. ”

"Huh? This, Li Shuai, how many days do we have to stay in Tashanpu? Wei Liang said hurriedly, obviously suppressing the eagerness in his heart.

In the first few days of the expedition, Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang had been full of deep worries about Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong's rash advance, and they could only persuade Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong when they knew that they could not be persuaded to do so, "Just recover Gaizhou and Haizhou, and don't continue to push forward." ’

After all, being able to recover Gaizhou and Haizhou was already a great achievement for the imperial court and for the four of them.

But at this time, the war went so smoothly, and the magic box of desire in Wei Liang's heart was also opened, he wanted to take Haizhou City as soon as possible, and if the conditions permitted, he could even look forward to Liaoyang City.

If it is done, then ~~, his future can be ......

Li Yuanqing smiled, "It's probably going to take two or three days." Within seven days, we must take Haizhou City! ”

"It's going to take two or three days." Wei Liang was obviously a little unwilling.

But Li Yuanqing has already spoken, how dare he refute it? I could only reluctantly accept this result.

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After the meeting and dinner together, Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang went back to rest, while Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong came to the map and continued to discuss the military situation.

At this time, although the situation was extremely smooth for the Ming army, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong almost did not encounter decent resistance, and they drove all the way in, and the harvest was also quite rich.

The grain and grass captured from these Han Shunmin alone was enough for the army to sustain itself for a month.

Not to mention, there is also Haizhou City.

As the hub of Shenyang and Liaoyang in the south, although Haizhou City also belongs to the South Four Guards, it is in the policy of the old slave 'abandoning the South Four Guards', but because of the importance of its geographical location, Haizhou City still has more than 20,000 or nearly 30,000 Dingkou.

At this time, although the number of troops stationed in Haizhou City is ominous, Li Yuanqing estimated that Haizhou City would be garrisoned by at least 3,000 Tartar troops, and the follow-up reinforcements from all aspects of Liaozhong may have also arrived.

Moreover, at this time, the old slaves and the main forces of the Houjin who were far away in Mongolia must have also received the news from here, and they should be on the way back to defense by now.

At the beginning, Li Yuanqing also wanted to take Haizhou as soon as possible and coerce the direction of Liaoyang through the 'blitzkrieg', but the Ming army had too few war horses, and the marching speed was obviously insufficient.

After all, this is an army, not a few elites who are light and simple, and all aspects must be taken care of.

In addition, if you have to deal with these Han prisoners and supplies, how can you be 'lightning'?

As the saying goes, 'It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers'.

If you ignore it and blindly rush forward, these seven or eight days have passed, not to mention the capture of Haizhou City, at this time, I am afraid that the army has penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Liaozhong Plain.

Back then, when the Later Jin army conquered Liaoxi, it did exactly that, and the speed was so fast that even the Ming army didn't have time to react.

The Houjin army can do this because they have abundant war horses, and even if they are miscellaneous servants, they are almost one person and two horses.

But the Ming army, obviously, could not achieve such excellent mobility.

Li Yuanqing can only choose to digest the fat in his stomach first, and then plot other things.

To a certain extent, although this negates Li Yuanqing's previous plan, Li Yuanqing is a very pragmatic person, a little vain, he doesn't care at all.

To use a vulgar analogy, Sister Bingbing is good, everyone knows this, but unfortunately, how many people can reach it?

Instead of desperately trying to be unrealistic, how can we grasp the present steadfastly?

"Yuanqing, according to the analysis of the current intelligence, it is estimated that it may not take seven days for the main force of the Tartars to arrive. Here, it is estimated that tomorrow will be almost a day to clean up. The day after tomorrow, we will go straight to Haizhou City. Only by taking Haizhou City can we have support. Defending the city can also give the children more time to adapt. Chen Zhong slowly took a sip of wine, looked into Li Yuanqing's eyes and said.

Li Yuanqing smiled and nodded.

Of course, he understood what Chen Zhong meant.

In the face of the coercion of the main force of Houjin, subconsciously, Chen Zhong still wanted to rely on the city for defense and stalemate.

That's not to say wrong.

It's just that once Haizhou is taken, this also means that the Ming army will be limited to Haizhou City, and it will be difficult to expand the actual results, so it can only stalemate with the main force of Houjin.

According to Li Yuanqing's thoughts, for these cities, they are just floating clouds, which is more real than the population and wealth?

But in this kind of thing, Li Yuanqing's personal interests should also be aligned with everyone's overall interests.

"Big brother, I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, I am ready, and I will send troops to Haizhou City overnight tonight!"

"What?"

Chen Zhong couldn't help but be shocked, but after a moment, he also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and hurriedly laughed: "Yuanqing, this plan is very good!" I'll go back and prepare now. ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Big brother, you and I will both take the elite of the headquarters first, the number of people is not too much, three or five thousand is enough." Before tomorrow morning, Haizhou City must be conquered! ”

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