By early June, the Jiutou Bird had landed in southern Liaoning for a month. During this month, the Jiutou Bird had made quite smooth progress. ▲∴▲∴, not only in the early stages, it successively conquered Lushun, Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Gaizhou Zhucheng, and annihilated thousands of Qing troops, among which thousands of Jurchen Tartars were also thousands.

Although Jiutou then voluntarily evacuated Gaifu states, he finally moved the people of these two states, not only moved the population, but also moved all the people who could move. In the end, all the people who could not move were burned, and even all the crops in the fields were destroyed.

The two states covered by hundreds of miles and the northern part of Jinzhou have all become scorched earth, turning into hundreds of miles of unmanned land.

More than 100,000 people moved to the area south of Jinzhou Daheishan. Some people began to cultivate farms in the 130 miles south of Jinzhou, while the rest were building castles and digging Jinzhou moats.

With so many people working together, several projects are progressing very quickly, especially among the most important of the three fortress castles of Montenegro, Dongshan and Nanshan, which have basically taken shape. Hundreds of large-caliber mortars, fortress long-barrel cannons and cannon howitzers are arranged around the fortress castles on these three mountains around Jinshan City.

The strong artillery fire combined with the latest design of the fortress-style fortresses makes the defense of these fortresses far exceed that of traditional city fortresses. Several small fortress turrets have been established around each fortress, and the artillery fire can support each other.

Jinzhou City has also been re-reinforced, and the original city has deepened trenches, forts, and forts. In addition, several bastions that can garrison thousands of troops outside the city have been added. Today, Jinzhou City is full of trenches and trenches, and there are trenches and traps everywhere.

Moreover, the Jinzhou trenches that have been dug are not far from the south of Jinzhou City. This trench that is ten miles wide has been dug two meters wide and ten meters deep, and is still continuing. According to the plan, it will finally be dug here to be at least two meters deep and seven meters wide, so that the red ships can be directly passed, and even the largest warships of the Beiyang Navy can pass through.

The greatest function of this trench is not to be navigated, but to bypass Lushunkou is at most more than 200 miles. The greatest function of this trench is to protect Lushun Zhenhai and other places in the south of Jinzhou, so that the Tartar cavalry who lack maritime power and good cavalry are unable to break through this natural barrier.

At the same time, this trench can greatly protect Jinzhou City located in the north. In this way, Jinzhou is Daheishan to the north, and Dongshan and Nanshan to the east and west. There are fire platforms on the commanding heights on three sides. The south was originally a plain, but now a trench is cut off. At the same time, it can connect Jinzhou Bay and Qingni Bay, and allow the nine-headed bird's Beiyang Navy gunboat to enter the canal behind Jinshan from the two bays if necessary. It provides artillery support.

Although Jinzhou City is located in the north of the moat, it has become its gateway with its unique location and protection of the surrounding mountain fortress fortress, and it can be safer and better protected for more than 100 miles south.

"The three miners in Shandong are all cowards. They have been hiding in Haizhou for nearly a month and have not dared to come out yet. It is convenient for us to build these defenses smoothly. Now I can't wait to want him to come early. I really want to see these traitors touching their heads under our fortress and turret." Zhang Shan smiled on the outer castle of a newly completed Jinzhou City.

Liu Jun was not surprised. "It's normal for them to do this. If we broke through the three states in a short time, it would be strange if Kong Youde and others rushed over directly. Kong Youde and others have also experienced countless storms. How could they be so impulsive and reckless? During this period, they must be collecting our intelligence and looking for solutions. However, there is no need to worry, he won't be able to shrink for long. The Tartar Emperor will definitely urge them to attack. We'll just wait here."

"If he doesn't come for a day, we'll wait for him for a day?" Wang Qian also expressed his impatience to wait. "Marty, we have been resting for a few days. Now the supplies of the people in the two states have been almost shipped back. Look, can we continue to attack?"

"That's right, we're all waiting a little hard to bear, and everyone wants to go out and relocate."

"Don't be anxious, are you afraid of not fighting? Take it step by step. Last time, we took advantage of the Tatars' lack of defense and suddenly came to the Tartars and gave them a slap. The Jin Dynasty covered the three states. Next, we don't rush to go ashore. We will clean up the coastal islands. Since we are here, there will never be any more Tartar ships on the Liaohai Sea in the future."

On the same day, Liu Jun summoned the senior generals of the army and made a battle plan for them. The first phase of the battle in the Liao Dynasty ended. After sweeping south of Liao, he had to turn around and clear the Qing army on the islands of the Liaohai Sea, especially the Pi Island, Guanglu Island, Shicheng Island, and Pi Island Island that were originally controlled by Dongjiang Town.

"Sink every Tartar ship we can see on the Liao Sea and capture every island occupied by the Tartars! This is our next second phase of war goal."

The battle of island sweeping and island capture is much safer than attacking on land. Don’t worry about the Tartars. With the strength of the Beiyang Navy, the Beiyang Navy warships are there, which are passively beaten islands, and fight whatever they want.

For this reason, Liu Jun stationed his main force in Jinzhou and sent warships to sweep the sea on horseback. With cannons in the giant ship, Liu Jun was not worried about their victory at all.

The people who moved back from the north and the people of Jinzhou were now under the control of Liu Jun, and the islands such as Changsheng, and have a population of no less than 200,000. This number is very large, but Jinzhou does not have so much land to support so many people.

Now these people are still helping to build cities and dig moats, and they have enough food to eat every day and still have wages to receive. However, as most of the project is close to completion, some manpower is starting to be left.

Liu Jun began to post a notice, introducing Taiwan to them and recommending them to go there. So far he gave very generous conditions. He went to Taiwan to reclaim land and farm, and each of them was divided into 100 acres of wasteland, and sent a boat to send them to them. After arriving in Taiwan, Sihai Bank also provided them with a low-interest loan for them to settle down and cultivate land and produce.

This is a very good condition, especially for those Baoyi slaves who escaped from the Tartars. They don’t want to return to the Tartars and are worried that the court will not be able to defend Jinzhou. If there is a better place to settle down, even if it is far away, there will still be someone willing to go. In the past few years in the Tartars, life is worse than death, and no one is willing to live such a life.

There were many people who signed up, which was a bit beyond his expectations. Even many people who were still on the construction site wanted to go there, so Liu Jun had to promise again that after the project was completed, they could go to Taiwan as long as they were willing, and each of them had to reclaim ten acres of wasteland.

In early June of the 13th year of Chongzhen, Wu Bashi, the commander of Jinzhou East Pass, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing army captured the outer city of Jinzhou.

At this point, the Qing army, led by Prince Zheng Jiergalang, Dorobel Duoduo and others, completed the siege of Jinzhou City. After surrounding Jinzhou, the Qing army and the nine-headed birds in Jinzhou began to fill the moats and destroy the trenches and approach the city of Jinzhou.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Ji Liao, led an army of 130,000 generals in the eight towns. At this time, he also gathered in Ningyuan, which was only 150 miles away from Jinzhou.

After arriving in Ningyuan, Hong Chengchou did not immediately continue to march into Jinzhou, but instead began to stop at Ningyuan. Although Hong Chengchou was a Jinshi, he was a good literati among the literati in this dynasty. Especially when the Central Plains suppressed bandits, they were killed by people and showed their might. If the Tartars had not invaded the pass, the court was eager to transfer Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and others to lead troops north, which forced Xiong Wencan to replace the bandit suppression, but I was afraid that the bandits would have disappeared long ago. There would be no such thing as Liu Jun and others, and Mei Zhihuan, Li Changgeng and others would not have activated them again.

Although Hong Chengchou was the most powerful warrior in the court's dispatch of troops this time, he had his own plans for the war when he returned to the war. He had heavy troops in hand, so Hong Chengchou was not in a hurry to go.

Ningyuan was only 150 miles away from Jinzhou. He was stationed in Ningyuan, not far away. However, it could not make the Qing army surrounded and attacked Jinzhou with all its strength, because he could reach Ningyuan at any time. On the other hand, Jinzhou City was strong and there were powerful generals like Zu Dashou. They would not be lost for a while.

The army of more than 100,000 is not in a hurry to go, so the pressure on logistics and food will be lighter. On the other hand, Hong Chengchou is still waiting, waiting for Sun Chuanting, his old partner, and Qin Liangyu, the female general, to join. Moreover, he is still waiting for Liu Jun. After he knew that Liu Jun crossed the sea to attack southern Liaoning, he was waiting for the victory of the now-famous marquis.

When Liu Jun crossed the sea to attack the Liaodong Peninsula, it would be like a sharp knife, stabbing a knife from the Tatars' ribs. At that time, the Tatars would be very difficult to love. If he had to pay attention to Liu Jun and divided his troops to defend, he would lead a large army to Jinzhou. If the Tatars did not divide their troops, he would defend in Daning and not rush to go up.

In short, Hong Chengchou was stationed in Ningyuan and not Jinzhou. In his opinion, he clenched his fist, but this fist was huddled backwards in front of his chest. This was when he was charging up his strength and was at the strongest time. He could attack at any time and always threatened the Tartars.

Of course, if the Tartars took the initiative to withdraw the siege of Jinzhou, it would be better. In this way, he won without fighting, and this achievement would be indispensable. Moreover, now that the war is happening, all kinds of soldiers gather in Ningjin, and the court's food and salary are also continuously transported, and they dare not have any owed. This is also an excellent opportunity for Hong Chengchou, Shangguan, who came from Shaanxi to governor Ji Liao, to strengthen the Guanning Army.

Ningyuan, Jinzhou, Jinzhou, Haizhou.

After waiting for more than half a month, Kong Youde finally ordered troops to go south, recover and restore Jinzhou.

The four traitors led 30,000 troops and horses to the south, claiming to be 100,000, going south along the way, becoming more and more desolate. It was obviously midsummer in June and the busy farming season, but there were not many people in the wild.

Especially when they approached Gaizhou, they felt more and more desolate.

When I entered Gaizhou, I passed several villages in a row, and they were all empty. The houses were burned, the wells were buried, and the crops in the fields were destroyed, and they were covered with weeds.

A few days later, Kong Youde led his army into Gaizhou City, an empty ghost town.

Standing by the city wall with a big gap, Kong Youde looked at it for a long time, and finally said coldly, "Immediately go to Liaodong to report your victory to Your Majesty. We will conquer the state on the tenth day of June!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!