Jinzhou City is backed by the sea and controlled the isthmus, which is the key place to manage the Lushun Zhenhai. ¤, Daheishan, north of Jinzhou City, was the location of Beisha City during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Beisha City was the center of Goguryeo's control of Dalian in Lushun at that time.

It is easier to defend Jinzhou than to defend Zhenhai or Lushun. After all, its geographical location is unique and one cannon cannot be opened. Especially for the Nine-Headed Bird with cannons, it is a pity to build a fortress at the commanding heights on three sides of Jinzhou, and the two bays are close to each other, and naval cannons can support it. It would be a pity if this place is not guarded.

Especially if you guard Jinzhou, then dig up the isthmus south of Jinzhou. In this way, the 130-mile south of Lushun Zhenhai and other places will be a safe rear island.

However, it is not easy to dig the isthmus. Although it is only ten miles wide, there are no mountains, they are all flat ground. But Liu Jun calculated that he had to dig at least twenty meters wide. As for the depth of six to eight meters, if it is twenty meters wide, ten meters deep and five thousand meters long, it would be a million cubic digging operation.

One person digs two square meters of soil a day, and ten thousand people have to dig for three months.

The project volume is a bit large, but if you dig a trench first, one meter deep and one meter wide first, it will greatly reduce the project volume. Digging trenches is always easier than building a city. Liu Jun plans to build a castle first and then dig a trench.

"The people in Jinzhou City and nearby people are recruited to build forts and dig trenches. First build three castles, arrange cannons, then strengthen Jinshan City, and then dig trenches."

"There may not be a hundred miles of young and strong people in the entire Jinzhou area! We will build two fortress ports in Lushun and Zhenhai, and operate Jinzhou again. Would it be too difficult to do it? If we have worked for a long time and the Tartars come over, will we be in vain?" Some generals raised concerns.

Liu Jun tapped the table with his fingers. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be operating Jinzhou Lushun Zhenhai here. He should lead the fleet to rob the coast. But he had a strong impulse in his heart, wanting to occupy this place. If you want to grab it, grab it. What's the point of making small fuss?

Thinking of this, he said loudly, "I think there is nothing wrong with us operating here. If the population is not enough, we will rob it. When we operate our home, we do not need to defend blindly, but to treat it as a big rear. We still have to continue attacking. Attack is the best defense. We also need a rear when we attack, even if it is used to transport people, money and food to return to the Central Plains. We also need a place like this."

"If we only need a rear, then it would be nice to capture Changsheng Island in Fuzhou South. It is a big island and is not far from the coast of Fuzhou."

"There is no excellent port in Changsheng Island." Liu Jun refuted this reason.

At this time, we came to report that the Qing army that left the city of Jinzhou was defeated by the First Brigade and was fleeing back to Jinzhou.

"Intercept them, don't let them run away!" Liu Jun said hurriedly.

When the Qing army, which was defeated by the First Brigade, finally escaped back to the Jinzhou City, he suddenly discovered that the Jinzhou City had actually changed its flag.

The red flag of the Ming army fluttered at the top of the city wall, and the city gate opened. A cavalry was rushing towards him.

At this time, this cavalry unit, which was originally 1,500 cavalry, is less than 800 left, and is still completely devoid of fighting spirit.

The rumbling sound of artillery fire began to support the cavalry leaving the city.

"The Qing army's combat effectiveness was quite good. One thousand,500 people left the city and met more than 10,000 troops in the First Brigade, and more than half of them could escape back."

"After all, it's a cavalry."

"Yes, our cavalry unit is still too small. Once the enemy escapes, they will be unable to catch up and cannot take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle." Liu Jun also nodded.

"This time we attacked the Liaodong Peninsula. Are you afraid that there will be no war horses?" Wang Qian laughed. When he arrived in Liaodong, he could grab as many war horses as there were inadequacies.

Under the city, the Tartars, who had no way to escape, struggled to death, and the two cavalry started a cavalry battle. However, the two cavalry fighting methods were very different. The Tartars rely on cavalry shooting, while the Nine-Headed Birds also rely on cavalry shooting, but they were not suitable for bows and arrows. Instead, each person had two short guns, and then shot two guns from close range when approaching, then rushed over and then got off the horse and fired at a volley with a long musket. Then they got on the horse and charged with a spear.

"Our cavalry is better!"

The officers watching the battle on the top of the city said with relief that the Nine-Headed Cavalry with a musket is more lethal than the Tartar cavalry with a bow, especially whenever the Tartars want to complete a team, the Nine-Headed Cavalry will fire artillery at the right time to disrupt their formation.

After several rounds of exchanges between the two sides, the cavalry of the First Brigade chased and joined the battle group.

The nine-headed birds attacked the few with more attacks and had artillery support, and soon gained the upper hand. The Qing army fought for a while, and the infantry of the First Brigade also arrived, and they were surrounded.

In the end, the Qing army finally surrendered, and the remaining hundreds of cavalry knew that if they continued to fight, they would be able to lose all the troops.

"Give them a life and take them to build a city."

Jinzhou City was captured, and the Qing army stationed in the garrison was annihilated. Next, Liu Jun planned to take advantage of the victory and attack Fuzhou.

"Continue to divide the troops into two groups, and some of them marched on land. Along the way, swept the Tartars castles and villages. All the people along the way north of Jinzhou City moved them to Jinzhou. Take away all the people who can be taken away. If they can't be taken away, they will burn them down and clear the fields." Liu Jun issued a combat plan.

"The navy left part of it in Qingniwan, and the rest returned to Lushun, entered the Bohai Sea from the Laotie Mountain Waterway, first seized the Changsheng Island, and then landed directly on the coast south of Fuzhou."

"Fuzhou should have more population, money and money." Several officers said.

"Take as much as you have, and don't be polite to them at all." Liu Jun smiled. This time, he was not fighting in the Ming Dynasty, but in the enemy country. As long as he could move away, he could move away anything. No one would say that you plunder the place and harass the people.

"But there is one thing that everyone should pay attention to, and we must maintain military discipline. We must move away people and property, but this is a military action, not an undisciplined robbery, nor will there be any cases of adultery, nor will we kill people for no reason, nor will we hold plunder privately, and those who disobey will have to be severely punished." Liu Jun said seriously that military plunder and private robbery are completely different. One is a disciplined and organized behavior, and the other is a private behavior. This kind of private robbery may corrupt military discipline and cause worse situations in the army, causing the troops to lose control, etc.

Five days later, the nine-headed birds gathered again on the water and land, surrounding Fuzhou City.

Along the way, the nine-headed bird did not rush to march, but moved forward in a sweeping manner, sweeping all the towns and markets of the Tatars along the way. While moving forward, the population from Jinzhou to Fuzhou was forcibly moved to Jinzhou City, and organized these people to transport food and other food together. The cattle, sheep, livestock, commercial goods, etc. were not left behind. In the end, the empty village market was burned with fire.

Since we are only preparing to defend the Jinzhou, there is no need to keep the rest of the Tartars. Anyway, the Nine-headed Birds can rely on sea routes to replenish their food and supplies. Now that they burn these, the solid walls and clearing the fields will only cause trouble for the Tatars' counterattack in the future.

When the powerful relocation brigade of Jiutoudi drove all the way to Fuzhou City, the Tartars in Fuzhou City did not dare to come out and move. When the water and land troops arrived first, the Tartars in Fuzhou City attacked, but were bombarded to death by hundreds of them, and they all retreated to the city and never dared to come out again.

It took only six days from landing in Lushun to the city of Fuzhou. However, it took only twelve days from the nine-headed bird to start the army from Wuchang.

At this time, the Tartar court had just received information about the Ming army's large-scale attack from the sea. They knew nothing about how many troops came, the number of troops, firepower configuration, etc.

Not to mention sending reinforcements right away.

After the land troops led by Liu Jun arrived, they officially launched a siege.

Half a day later, the red flag of the Ming army was replaced by the city wall.

The process of breaking through Fuzhou City was quite easy. After bombing a few grenades on the top of the city, the artillery pushed the twenty-four-pound siege cannons under the city and blasted the city gate. There were eighteen 24-pound siege cannons, without any interference, and in just three rounds, the city gate of Fuzhou was collapsed.

Then the infantry appeared, and one infantry bureau had four infantry flags and two cold weapon flags guarding two flintlock rifles and infantry flags, and rushed in from the collapsed city gate. The sharp flintlock rifle, accompanied by a large number of light small cannons such as tiger squats and Folang machines, made the Qing army in the city complain.

The defenders in Fuzhou City were worse than those in Jinzhou. This place was not close to the front line of the Ming Dynasty. Especially after the Qing army destroyed Dongjiang Town, the coast became stable. They never expected that such a powerful Ming army was coming from the sea.

The troops stationed in the city were even less than those stationed in the city of Lushun. There were only about 200 Qing troops and other Mongolian and Han dynasties to about 500 people.

Moreover, not long ago, Huang Taiji even drew 100 Manchu soldiers and 200 Mongolian and Han soldiers from Fuzhou to go north to participate in the siege of Jinzhou. As a result, there were less than 500 soldiers left in the city.

When the Nine-Headed Birds blasted the city gate with their cannons, although they fought desperately, they were still quickly annihilated.

After the defenders were annihilated, Fuzhou City fell into the hands of Jiutou.

"These guys didn't even have time to burn the grain and cloth in the warehouse." Fu Shan reported to Liu Jun with a loud laugh.

"But there are not many." A staff officer reported with the numbers he had just collected, "This Fuzhou is really poor."

"How much does it count, organize the people to relocate immediately, first move to Changsheng Island, and then slowly transport it back to Jinzhou Lushun by boat." Liu Jun said. Although Fuzhou doesn't have much money, there are two gains. One is the population. Fuzhou has a large population, with tens of thousands of people, and the other is horses. Fuzhou has a pasture of the Qing army and has raised many war horses, and now it is all Liu Jun's.

"In just a few days, we have successively broken through Lushun, Qingniwa, Nanguanbao, Jinzhou City, and Fuzhou City. I believe the Tatars will soon know that their troops will come." Liu Jun didn't care about this, and he didn't want to defend Fuzhou anyway. However, he was a little dissatisfied with the harvest, especially the population, money and food, and he had harvested too little.

"It is estimated that the Tartars' troops will have to take some time to move south. Take advantage of this opportunity. Let's send troops to Fuzhou and Jinzhou to conduct a thorough storm, completely relocate all the people, and give the Tartars a complete solid wall and clear the country." Fu Shan suggested.
Chapter completed!