Haizhou.●⌒,.

Dorgon and Dai Shan looked at the empty city and felt like they were about to suffer internal injuries. They sharpened their knives along the way, thinking about dozens of ways to attack and capture Haizhou, and even discussed how to treat the captured Chu army after taking Haizhou many times.

But what they never expected was that the Chu army did not guard Haizhou at all.

Haizhou City between Liaoyang and Gaizhou is completely an empty city. It is a real empty city, with nothing, empty and there is no one in the city. Not only is there no one, there are no other houses and shops. The Chu army did not guard Haizhou, and did not want to return the entire Haizhou to the Qing Dynasty. All those who could be moved were moved away. The fire that could not be moved was burned away. Now Haizhou is just a large encirclement with four doors, with ruins inside.

"Liu Jiye is a genital, ruthless!" Dai Shan sighed. He couldn't understand why Liu Jun gave up Haizhou? He did not defend Haizhou, but defended Liaoyang and surrounded Shenyang. Is Liu Jiye arrogant or stupid? Is he going to break his way back, or do he have to learn from the King of Chu to burn his boats and fight back?

Liu Jun really regarded himself as Xiang Yu and as the King of Chu?

Where did he get the confidence and courage? How dare he fight with all his might?

Dorgon's face was also very gloomy, and he could not have imagined that the Chu army would abandon Haizhou. Originally, he thought that the Chu army would fight to the death to defend Haizhou to protect the Chu army's retreat. Now, this result of completely wronging the other party and unable to understand the other party's intentions made him very upset.

What made Dorgon even more unhappy was that Haizhou was already an empty city, a broken city, and a wall of the city was stripped naked. The grass was so cruel. To defend it, the city had to be rebuilt, but there was no figure nearby. Even Haizhou was turned into a ghost city, so the Chu army naturally did not let go of the surrounding villages and towns, and had been relocated by the Chu army long ago.

"Forget it, let's go directly to Liaoyang." Dorgon said.

"That's right, Liu Jiye abandoned Haizhou. That was to cut off his own retreat. He thought his life was too long. It was good news for us." Dai Shan also said.

On that day, Dorgon and Daishan rested in the ruined Haizhou City for a day, and then dragged hundreds of cannons brought back from western Liaoning to Liaoyang.

It was cold and the road was covered with snow. The Qing army was dragging hundreds of cannons, and Dorgon was unable to bear these cannons. On that day, it was with these cannons that took Wu Sangui to easily blast open Jinzhou City.

Dorgon believed that with these cannons in hand, I had them all in the world.

So what if the Chu army occupied Liaoyang, so what if the city of Liaoyang is strong? With so many cannons, what kind of strong city cannot be blown up.

The detective cavalry had long passed on the news of the Qing army back to Liaoyang City. Fu Shan, who was in charge of the Liaoyang Guard, led 10,000 Chu troops to guard Liaoyang City. After hearing that Dorgon ran to Haizhou and took a break, he just smiled.

What should be prepared was already ready. Two Chu troops assisted with 10,000 Chu troops to guard Liaoyang. Before he came, he had already patted Liu Jun's chest and promised that the city was there. As long as he was not dead, the Tartars would not want to seize Liaoyang.

He heard that Dorgon came from western Liaoning with hundreds of cannons, so he was not worried. The cannons that Dorgon regarded as treasures were all eliminated by the Chu army. In fact, the most advanced cannons among the cannons of Wu Sangui were bought from the Chu army.

When the Chu army dared to sell it, they naturally thought that if one day these cannons fell into the hands of the Tartars, and they were even reversed to deal with the Chu army.

A bunch of rags, what are you afraid of?

There are two defenders in Liaoyang City, and Fu Shan does not lack artillery at all.

Each association of the Chu army had a field artillery battalion. Each division also had a heavy artillery battalion and a town also had a heavy artillery flag.

Although there are only two cooperative forces in Liaoyang City, in addition to having two field artillery battalions under the two cooperatives, Liu Jun also left two heavy artillery battalions in Liaoyang City.

A field artillery battalion has six artillery companies, each company with twenty cannons, and one battalion has one hundred and twenty cannons. Two field artillery battalions have two hundred and forty cannons. Moreover, there are two heavy artillery battalions, each with fifteen cannons, one heavy artillery battalion has ninety cannons, and two heavy artillery battalions have one hundred and eighty cannons.

The four artillery battalions have more than 400 artillery pieces of various types, which does not include the mountain howitzers owned by the two associations. The light mountain grenades equipped under the two associations have no less than 200.

Dorgon snatched a few pieces of broken copper and iron from Wu Sangui and really thought he was a rich man and really thought he had an invincible cannon?

Fu Shan just smiled and said nothing about this.

Comparing artillery with the Chu army is really a matter of being long-lasting for the old birthday star. Before the Liaohe River was frozen, the navy had already transported enough ammunition into Liaoyang City.

With the Liaoyang City, four artillery battalions, and sufficient ammunition and food, Fu Shan had sufficient confidence to use 10,000 Chu troops to block the attack of the Qing army's 50,000 troops.

No matter how they attacked, Fu Shan had the confidence to defend. As long as the Chu army guarded the city and didn't go out, there would be no problem in defending until next summer.

What Fu Shan is worried about now is not that Dorgon attacks Liaoyang forcing him, but that Liaoyang is worried that the firepower of defense is too strong and that Dorgon will scare him away. If Dorgon left Liaoyang and went directly to Shenyang, he would be really worried.

"Don't worry, since the commander dares to surround Shenyang and refuses to retreat, it means that the commander is strong. Even if there are 100,000 Qing troops, what if the commander is guarding the three cities of Shaling Fort and is a supportive force, the Tatars cannot break the city at all. Others do not know the ability of our Chu army to defend the city, do you still know?" The officers in Liaoyang City said with confidence.

"With that being said, we still have to find a way to drag Dorgon's army under Liaoyang City for as long as possible." Fu Shan understood Liu Jun's plan.

Liu Jun made it clear to him that he would not attack Shenyang again, but would not retreat. When he was nailed to the city of Shenyang, the Tatars could no longer act against western Liaoning. Moreover, at this time, it was too late for the Chu army to retreat. Without the navy, Liu Jun would not dare to leave the city she was stationed in easily. With the city guard, the Tatars could not defeat the Chu army, so they could not break through. But if they abandoned the city and retreated, then the march on land for hundreds of miles would be quite dangerous.

Since that is the case, the Chu army has sufficient food and ammunition, so they might as well wait for this winter with the Tartars. Anyway, Liu Jun is not afraid of the Tartars going to fight Lushun or Zhenjiang. The defenses of the two cities are stronger, so there is no need to worry at all.

Thinking of this, Fu Shan felt that the Chu army was completely invincible.

Run to the capital, occupy the city, and then let them surround them, but they still treat you as a result. Who is more sad and who is more painful? Only the general of his own can fight the war like this. Fu Shan even laughed when he thought about it.

I guess I will be crazy when the Tartars discover this fact.

This is a robber who doesn't invite him, and then he stays there. He has no choice but to invite him, and cannot drive him away. He occupies your house, and his food, wine and meat. Is there anything more devastating in the world than this?

Dorgon and Daishan were still slowly marching with cannons on the road. They never imagined that there was something waiting for them in Liaoyang City ahead. On the contrary, Dorgon and Daishan were both relaxed.

"Liu Jiye had won many victories in Liaodong before, but what he relied on was to take advantage of the fact that his elite troops in the Qing Dynasty were all in western Liaodong. Liaodong was empty and he took advantage of the opportunity to enter. Second, Liu Junye relied on the benefits of giant ships and cannons he obtained from the Red and Barbarians. With those sails and giant ships, he controlled the Liaohai Sea, bullied our Jurchens' masters in cavalry and shooting, and were ignorant of the boat troops on the sea, and relied on the advantage of water. He could land on the coast of Liaodong at will, and could not be defended. Another thing was to rely on the sharpness of muskets and cannons, especially with the advantages of his cannons, there was no city in Liaodong that could stop his profits."

In the temporary camp beside the Liao River, Dorgon and Daishan brothers sat in the tent drinking warm wine. Dorgon carefully analyzed the reasons why Liu Jun was invincible since entering Liao.

"The uninformed person really thinks that Liu Jiye is the reincarnation of the God of War. To put it bluntly, it is nothing. It is just relying on the benefits of the sea warships and the fierce cannons to avoid the real and the weak. Now that Liaodong is frozen, its navy has no place to use its weapons, so it has abandoned Liu Jiye's left arm. Now Liu Jiye foolishly penetrated into the city of Shenyang. His troops are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they are placed in various places on the left and right sides. There are more than 10,000 troops stationed in Zhenjiang and Lushun. Now Liaoyang and Shenyang are stationed in one army. Such a method of using troops, haha!"

After Dorgon broke Songjin, he was now full of confidence and did not take Liu Jun seriously at all.

"Liu Junye is only one gun and cannon left now. Although our Qing Dynasty does not have sharp flintlock guns, we also have a coercive gun. Especially now that we have seized these cannons from Wu Sangui, what else can Liu Jiye fight against our Qing Dynasty?" Dorgon said with great enthusiasm.

Dorgon was not afraid of muskets. Muskets were just cowardly Southerners who could not do anything to ride and shoot, so they wanted to borrow the power of muskets. But muskets also had many weaknesses, which were time-consuming to launch, affected by wind and rain, and had poor accuracy, etc. In fact, the two armies were in duel, how could the muskets compare to Jurchen's cavalry and shoot charge?

The only thing he feared was the cannons. Under the fierce fire of artillery, no city could resist. The Ming people used to be best at hiding in a strong city. No matter how brave the warriors of the Eight Banners were riding and shooting, they could not break the city.

But now, with these cannons, Liu Jiye wants to hide in the city as a turtle, but he has no way.

"If we break through Liaoyang, we can no longer massacre the Chu army like we did in Jinzhou." Dai Shan made his own suggestions, "These Chu army is very good at guns and boats. If these people can be used by the Qing Dynasty, then any pass city in the Southern Dynasty could not resist our guns and cannon attacks. If we have the huge ships of the Chu army, we don't even need to compete with the Southern Dynasty for Guanning step by step. We can directly sail across the sea, attack Shandong, attack Tianjin, and even land directly in the southeast of the Southern Dynasty, bypassing those pass cities guarded by heavy troops. How can the Southern Dynasty block the Eight Banners Warriors of Manchuria?"

Dorgon nodded, "That's true. The captive Chu army should be treated preferentially and the flags can be raised for them. If those Chu army officers are willing to surrender, we can keep their original positions for them. Well, if Liu Jiye is willing to surrender, I think he can be granted a prince, and the title is granted Prince Heshuo Chu, and he is rewarded with a hundred Niulu. What do you think?"

"Prince Heshuo Chu, this is a great favor. Well, I believe Liu Jiye will definitely be moved by this and surrender to my Qing Dynasty!" Dai Shan felt that this reward was not bad, but if Liu Jiye was sincerely willing to surrender, this reward would be worth it.

"Then it's decided that no one will be killed by the Chu army indiscriminately. All officers can be retained in their original positions and Liu Jiye will be appointed as Prince of Heshuo Chu!" Dorgon finally made the decision. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!