Jiang Wan doesn't know how to read the sky, let alone predict the weather.
But he knows one thing, that is, the winter of the Chongzhen Year will definitely be colder than previous years. People in this era don't know what the Little Ice Age is, but he does.
Therefore, in his opinion, Huang Taiji did not send troops to Liaoyang until October, either in preparation for a quick victory, or simply to maintain a strategic offensive against Ming Dynasty and continue to put pressure on Ming Dynasty.
Of course, even if Liaoyang cannot defeat it, it would still be considered a victory if the Xiguan Fort between Liaoyang and Jinzhou is successfully cleared and Liaoyang becomes an isolated city.
If Huang Taiji really intends to not give up until Liaoyang is captured, then he may have to face God who is more troublesome than the Ming army.
From the very beginning, Jiang Wan had no intention of sending troops to aid Liaoyang, and sacrificing his own troops on the way to aid Liaoyang was like adding fuel to the fire. That was something he absolutely could not tolerate.
However, this does not mean that he just sits back and watches Liaoyang's precarious situation.
Encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao is actually an aid to Liaoyang. Just like the last battle of Dalinghe, it was far away from Dongjiang Town. However, Dongjiang Town sent troops to Zhenjiang Fort, but it still slightly disrupted the Tatars' rhythm, and even directly let Ah
The reinforcements led by Jige to block the journey from Jinzhou to Daling River were transferred to Dongjiang Town.
This also gave the Jinzhou army the opportunity to come out to rescue Daling River City.
Although the Ming Dynasty lost this battle, Daling River City was not saved, and even Zu Dashou and thousands of his cavalry surrendered to the enemy. However, this can only be said to be a defeat on the frontal battlefield. Without Dongjiang Town,
Due to the constraints, perhaps this opportunity for frontal battlefield combat will come later.
The harassment in Dongjiang Town obviously did not hurt Huang Taiji. If they really came to Shengjing City, it is estimated that the Tartar army under Dalinghe City would abandon Dalinghe City without hesitation and turn around towards the city.
Dongjiang Town pounced.
It was originally just a big stone blocking the road in front of the house. If there is no home, there is no point in cleaning the stone.
However, this time Jiang Wan planned to touch Huang Taiji's sore spot.
The two military forts at Panjiakou and Malanyu are basically the barriers to the east of Shengjing. Behind these two military forts, there was the Kuandian swamp that originally stretched for hundreds of miles. However, since the Tang and Song Dynasties, this huge swamp has gradually shrunk.
, and now there are large tracts of land.
The Jin people built several small military forts in this swamp, with Kuandian Army Fort as the center, as support for Panjiakou and Malanyu. However, once it extends from Panjiakou to Malanyu to Kuandian,
All the military fortresses were uprooted by Dongjiang Town. So, if Dongjiang Town was originally like a nail nailed to the east of the Tartars, now this nail has become a piece of nails.
From a point, it becomes a surface.
If the war goes well and God favors him, Jiang Wan can even order his army to advance westward in an orderly manner and attack Shengjing. He can even proceed step by step and not care about the gains and losses of one city or one place.
As the war in Liaoyang gradually became more intense, Zhenjiang Fort finally took action.
In the name of the outside world, it is a change of defense. The Nanhai Battalion and the Guards Battalion, which participated in the war a month ago, will return to Pi Island to rest and recuperate, while the Huwei and Huben Battalions stationed on Pi Island will change defense to Zhenjiang Fort.
With the current strength of Zhenjiang Fort's eight battalions of nearly 30,000 people, and the replacement of 10,000 people from Nanhai Battalion and Guards Battalion, it does not affect Zhenjiang Fort's defense capabilities. This news did not even cause many people in Zhenjiang Fort to panic, but these people did not
What we know is that the soldiers and horses of the two battalions who were nominally on guard left Zhenjiang Fort and passed through North Korea. However, they did not go to Tieshan City. Instead, they immediately changed direction shortly after leaving Zhenjiang Fort. North Korea
Go in the direction of Guoning'an Road.
At this time, only three days had passed since Li Guo and his troops, who had set off first, entered the Hou Jin people's territory from North Korea and captured the first military fortress in Kuandian.
Panjiakou and Malanyu, where the Tartars were stationed with heavy troops, were directly bypassed by this large army. They took the risk of crossing the swamp and unexpectedly appeared behind the two military fortresses where heavy troops were stationed.
The severe cold made the swamp less scary, and the ground outcropping was frozen harder than stone. Within a few dozen miles of entering the Kuandian swamp, they saw the ruins of a military fort—Changdian Fort.
Once here, Nanhai Camp and Guards Camp will be separated.
Jiang Wan's orders to them were very clear. Li Zicheng's personal guard battalion thoroughly cleaned out all the enemy troops in Kuandian, and the Nanhai battalion was on guard against the enemies in Malanyu and Panjiakou to ensure that while Li Zicheng completed the cleaning task, these two military forts
The enemy army will not have any supporting troops coming.
After Li Zicheng completed the cleaning task, the two battalions joined forces and cooperated with the army sent by Zhenjiang Fort to completely capture the two military forts in Malanyu, Panjiakou, and turned the two military forts into barriers against the Tartars.
All these operations were conducted by Li Zicheng's personal guard battalion. Therefore, this group of troops behind enemy lines had Li Zi as the chief general and Wu Sangui as the deputy general.
The two battalions parted ways here, with the Nanhai Battalion staying where it was, while the Guards Battalion headed towards the largest military fort in the Kuandian Swamp.
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It’s the fourth day!
Qin Wu began to feel that the team leader's words were not entirely trustworthy. After staying in the wild for the first night, their group unexpectedly encountered a large group of Tartar cavalry on their way to the third military fort.
.
This encounter started almost off guard.
By the time a large group of Tartar cavalry was discovered, the Tartars had already rushed over. Although the guys from the Fire Gun Team shot many Tartar cavalry in time, some of the Tartar cavalry were still killed.
rushed into their queue.
Although Qin Wu and his companions immediately entered the battle after a slight panic, the men and horses of both sides were already entangled together. At this time, the people in the cavalry battalion had completely lost the advantage of speed and distance, and were almost
In an instant, they were fighting with the Tartars.
In the fierce collision between the cavalry of both sides, the soldiers of the Fire Gun Corps suffered heavy casualties. Later, when they were about to be surrounded by the Tartars, the guerrilla master was not allowed to order a breakout.
The last scene Qi Wu saw while lying on his horse and looking back was that without the protection of his own cavalry, the brothers in the Fire Gun Team were like driven cattle and sheep, being chased wantonly by the Tartar cavalry in the wilderness.
Killing.
The sound of the firecrackers was still roaring, but as the distance became farther and farther, the sound of the firecrackers gradually weakened, and finally, no more firecrackers could be heard.
Qin Wu survived and fled the battlefield with the brigade, and he knew clearly that the reason why he could escape from the battlefield was not because of how fast his horse was, but because of the lives of the brothers who were left behind by them.
The Tartars lived there.
He owes those brothers his life!
Everyone who survives owes a life to the brothers they left behind!