When spring is warm and flowers are blooming, the sea ice is gradually melting. Xu Kailu Lu Jiji crosses Li Xin, Zhang Nai, 30,000 soldiers and a group of people to Juehua Island. The sea ice between Juehua Island and Ningyuan has been scattered and broken, floating and sinking with the waves.

The bandit army took the lead with warships, and the transport ship followed closely behind, carrying Marines soldiers to attack Ningyuan.

The Ningyuan city wall is three meters high, nearly two miles in length, about ten miles away from the sea. Ningyuan River passes around the city. Dorgon stood at the top of the city, looking at the surging warships of the bandits on the sea with a gloomy face. He was secretly shocked, and then he turned his eyes to Ningyuan River, one mile away from the city.

The site of Ningyuan City is mainly considered that ships from Juehua Island can directly enter the Ningyuan River, unload the cargo from the riverside dock, and transport it directly to Ningyuan, but the threat from the sea has not been considered. Cargo ships can enter the Ningyuan River, and warships can also enter the Ningyuan River.

The bandits could have driven the warships into the Ningyuan River and fired fire at the top of the city.

"Regent, the bandits can reach two miles away, so let's retreat."

Hong Chengchou sighed and advised.

Dorgon was full of reluctance and asked, "If the believer continues to attack Jinzhou, will he still have to retreat again and again?"

Hong Chengchou said: "If a trusted thief attacks Jinzhou, you must conquer Jinxi and Songshan Fort along the way. These two places are all for a one-man who is at the pass and ten thousand men cannot open. Even if his artillery is sharp, it is not possible for the shells to be bombed. I think that if a trusted thief really dares to attack Jinzhou, it may be beneficial to our Qing Dynasty."

"Yeah~~"

Dorgon nodded slowly.

Hong Chengchou meant that if Li Xin wanted to fight to Jinzhou, it would not be possible to achieve it in a short time. The Ming Dynasty built two forts, Songshan and Tashan, outside Jinzhou, built on the mountain, and the terrain was majestic. Especially when he went from Ningyuan to Jinzhou, he had to go to Tashan. During the Songjin War, Huang Taiji attacked Jinzhou, but did not attack directly, but surrounded but did not attack, and defeated Hong Chengchou's main force, so that Jinzhou and Tashan surrendered without fighting.

Later, a large army besieged Songshan Fort, the Ming army had no ammunition and food, and opened the door to offer surrender.

Therefore, it is very difficult to attack directly. If Li Xin wants to attack Jinzhou, he must invest huge amounts of troops and massive materials, which will take a very long time. Dorgon has sent an envoy to discuss with Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting. Although there has not been any reply yet, Dorgon believes that whether it is Li Zicheng or Sun Chuanting, he will inevitably form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty and jointly attack Li Xin.

If Li Xin trapped a large number of troops in Liaodong, the situation would be very unfavorable when facing the attack between Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting. If Cang Emperor retreated, he might be able to seize the opportunity and follow and pursue the enemy forces.

The only unexpected factor is Hauge!

But Dorgon didn't take Haoge seriously.

After a while, Dorgon said, "Get back!"

Ningyuan has no ordinary people. When Wu Sangui was in Chongzhen's imperial edict to go to Beijing to serve the king, he moved the people of Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan. Tens of thousands of Qing troops rushed out of Ningyuan like a tide and retreated to Jinzhou. What left Li Xin was an empty city.

The warships of the bandits entered the Ningyuan River one by one, and the soldiers landed on the shore. When Li Xin stood on the top of Ningyuan City, the Qing army had already gone ten miles away.

"Damn it, Dorgon ran faster than a rabbit. Commander-in-chief, why not take advantage of the situation to attack Jinzhou."

Erju cursed and said.

Zhang Nai's eyes also showed hope.

In fact, Li Xin had no intention of attacking Jinzhou. Liaodong was mountainous, and attacking by city was just a thankless act. To be honest, if the Ming army had not been corrupt, and relying on the strong cities of each fortress, Nurhaci and Huang Taiji would have been locked up even though they were not for the corruption of the Ming army.

What's more, the Qing army is still very powerful nowadays, so Li Xin didn't need to pay a terrible price to forcibly destroy the Qing Dynasty. His strategy for the Qing Dynasty was always to block and encircle it, so that civil strife would arise.

His only purpose of occupying Ningyuan was to occupy a frontier position in Liaodong.

Because the Qing army was defeated one after another, the Mongols had a mother. With the help of Fei San, Ezhe recovered Chahar very smoothly. Many tribes came to Ezhe, and joined him in an alliance with him, supported Ezhe as the Chahar Khan. Some others who did not surrender in time also took a wait-and-see attitude, at least they would not be in conflict with the Qing Dynasty on the surface. Therefore, the passage between the Qing Dynasty and the Western Association and the Chinese Association was almost blocked, unless they could defeat Ezhe and reoccupy Chahar.

However, the Qing Dynasty was worried and difficult inside and outside. If it was to attack Chahar with heavy troops, Liaodong would inevitably be empty, and the bandits could attack from Ningyuan to Jinzhou.

Ning Yuan’s function is a nail, deeply nailed to the body of the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, Li Xin strongly occupied Ningyuan, and built a real queen ship to cut off wood.

Zheng Zhilong has decades of heritage, has hundreds of warships and nearly 2,000 merchant ships of various types, which are very powerful. He also collects 3,000 taels of silver taxes for each ship traveling between Japan, Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He is rich enough to rival a country.

Li Xin could not compete with Zheng Zhilong for quantity. Only by building more advanced and more powerful warships can he compete with Zheng Zhilong on the sea.

Tanasa asked from the side: "Commander, when can you hand over the glazed technology to us? We have been delaying for a long time."

Li Xin smiled and said, "Don't be anxious, I'll give it to you soon. My intention to occupy Ningyuan is to log wood in the nearby forest. As long as I build a real queen's ship, I will exchange the glass technology for you. Don't worry, I am the Regent of the Ming Dynasty, with golden words and jade words, keep my word."

"snort!"

Tanahsha snorted: "We have to ask for a few ships, otherwise we can't go back to England."

"Do you have so many people?"

Li Xinqi said.

Tanahsha said: "Of course there is, for Zheng Zhilong you just mentioned, there are us English people in his mercenaries. My father can send someone to Fujian and contact them quietly. As long as you can afford the price, you can hire them."

"oh?"

Li Xin moved his heart and asked, "How could Zheng Zhilong have English men under him?"

Tanahsha glared at Li Xin strangely: "Many Europeans come to the Far East to make a living. It wouldn't be normal for Zheng Zhilong to pay for his life? If the Spanish hadn't chased us, we might have been in Zheng Zhilong's fleet."

Li Xin was overjoyed and said, "Can you hire them to serve me?"

"this……"

Tanahsha said in a vain: "It's a fatal loss to be found out by Zheng Zhilong." As she said that, her green eyes looked at the sky proudly.

Li Xin understood and smiled: "How much money Zheng Zhilong gave me, I will give you twice. In the future, those Europeans are willing to go back to England with you. I can pay a commission of three years. As for your family..."

While Li Xin was calculating, Tanahsha was already shouting: "We want ten queen ships!"

"Okay, deal!"

Li Xin responded in one go.

Tanahsha turned around and said, "Brother, you will go back to Nanjing tomorrow. Tell dad about this and ask him to send someone to Fujian, and then let dad bring someone to build a ship!"

"good!"

John nodded.
Chapter completed!