Juehua Island has been developed as early as the Tang Dynasty and has a famous port. Its northern harbor, called Mohekou, has become an important port on the island and the throat of the island. By the Ming Dynasty, the island was where military grain was stored.
Huadao then became a base for the Ming army to store grain.
After the fall of Guangning, the Ming army's defense focus was on Ningyuan City, and the grain storage was on Juehua Island. "Juehua Island Ming's grain storage city was rectangular, about 500 meters long from north to south, and about 200 meters wide from east to west.
Fifty meters, the wall is about ten meters high and the bottom is about six meters wide. There is a gate on the north wall, which leads to the port outside the city, which is a passage for the transportation of grain and equipment; there are two gates on the south wall, connected with the "dragon neck".
It is convenient for traveling on the island; there are no gates on the east and west walls, which is convenient for defense. There are grain stores, material piles and barracks for the guards and soldiers in the city, as well as a drainage ditch running from north to south."
At that time, Juehua Island was not only an important place for storing grain, but also had a naval force. It could cooperate with the mainland army to restore the lost land in Liaodong, and it could also coordinate the defense of Ningyuan. As recorded in the literature: "Those who built eight miles built the key points of Ningyuan, and even more guarded it."
Forty thousand of the eight miles should be charged at Ningyuan, which is at the corner of Juehua Island. If the enemy peeks into the city, the soldiers on the island will come out from three directions, burn the pontoon bridge, and circle behind it to attack it horizontally."
As a result, Juehua Island at that time became a must-have for the Ming and Jin armies. In the sixth year of Tianqi (1626), after Nurhachi failed to attack Ningyuan City, he immediately attacked Juehua Island. It was the middle of winter and the sea was icy.
It is sealed and can be reached directly from the shore by walking on the ice.
In order to strengthen their defense, the defenders dug a fifteen-mile-long ice barrier along the island to block the intrusion of Hou Jin's cavalry. However, the weather was extremely cold, and the Ming army on the island had to "cut through the ice and it was bitter. They had neither armor nor weapons.
He was also a sailor and could not withstand the battle. At that time, there was heavy snowfall and the ice was frozen again." Later, the Jin cavalry galloped on the ice, landed from Mohekou, attacked the north gate of the grain storage city, fought fiercely, and then rushed into the city.
This Ming Dynasty's logistics base outside the customs was destroyed.
Now, a similar severe cold natural environment seems to indicate that history will repeat itself. But this Ming army is not the other Ming army, and the power of all firearms cannot be resisted by the Qing army. Although the Qing army once boarded Mohekou and attacked
However, despite the fierce counterattack of the Ming army, they were repulsed at the north gate of the city. Under the cold moonlight, they could only walk sadly across the ice and return to the land camp to lick their wounds.
Ao Bai was born as a general and was proficient in riding and shooting. He had served in the army since his youth. He followed Huang Taiji through more than a hundred battles and made great achievements. If before, he only read the reports and listened to the descriptions of the defeated generals,
He still had doubts, suspecting that the generals were young and ignorant of military affairs. However, the failure of the attack on Juehua Island under his personal command made him finally understand that the previous failures were not accidental.
It stands to reason that Obai, who had experienced the Songmian War, should have a relatively good understanding of the power of the Ming army's firearms, but the intensity of the Ming army's firepower was beyond his expectation and subverted his inherent impression.
The endless rounds of musket fire, the bullets piercing helmets and armor; the artillery shells that exploded on the ground, flying shrapnel, bringing death; and the Ming army shouted counterattacks with their bayonets pointed, and fought with hand-to-hand swords.
The Qing troops who stormed the city wall were repelled. Although the Ming army had a great advantage in the siege because they were transporting troops from the inside, their momentum and bravery were not something that Obai could ignore.
"Amma, we can't fight any longer." His son Dafu came back from his patrol and urged Ao Bai, who was sitting silently, "Even if we can win Juehua with a hard fight, it will still be difficult to hold it for a long time without a navy.
Too much power has been consumed, so what should we do with the Ming army on the Liaodong Peninsula..."
Obai suddenly raised his hand to stop his son, sighed heavily, and said: "I don't think the Ming army has become so strong, our army has lost its vigor, and it is indeed not suitable to fight anymore. But we have to retreat to Ningjin, as my father is the assistant to the government."
I'm afraid the position is not stable either."
Dafo thought for a while, looked around, leaned close to his father, and whispered: "Amma is too worried. Kangxi is still young, Sony is seriously ill and difficult to treat, Suk Saha will probably not come back, and Yu Bilong is of no importance.
Who can shake the position of chief minister? With Ama’s cronies everywhere, who dares to resist?"
Ao Bai smiled bitterly. There were some things he couldn't say to his son too clearly. A powerful minister might be famous for a while, but a minister is a minister, and the emperor above him would always grow up. Will the powerful minister end up well?
Of course, having reached this point, he could not retreat bravely, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to move forward. Moreover, in order to stabilize his position, he even had to intensify his efforts and be the first to clean up those around Kangxi who were hostile to him.
"Send someone to deliver a message to Shanhaiguan, and ask the troops to retreat slowly to organize the Ningjin defense line." Obai paused for a long time and made up his mind, "In addition, you will lead some soldiers to Shengjing to take over the city defense. Do you understand?
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Dafu nodded vigorously. After exiting the customs, Shengjing was just like Beijing before. If he controlled Shengjing's defense, he would control the court.
"Wohe and others around Kangxi——" Obai narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, shook his head, and did not continue.
Wohe was the son of Fei Yanggu and served as Kangxi's bodyguard. He didn't have much respect for Obai. Obai had long wanted to get rid of him to prevent these close guards from slandering him in front of Kangxi. But he needed a charge and he had to eradicate it.
If Wohe wants to kill him, his father and brother cannot keep him alive.
For Kangxi, Ao Bai showed no respect at all. Even Dafu was affected and called him by his first name without showing any respect.
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It was not possible to camp on the ice, and the blood that flowed quickly froze solidly, sticking the lying corpse firmly to the ice, showing various postures of death. Under the cold moonlight, the entire battlefield seemed to be covered.
It's as miserable as a shroud.
Hu Guozhu walked past piles of bonfires and looked up at the city from time to time. A sneak attack at night is theoretically unfeasible, but it does not rule out that the Qing army will make a desperate move. The number of Ming troops in the grain storage city has now reached 15,000
Yu Ming, as the defensive party, also had the advantage of guns and artillery, and could withstand at least twice the Qing army's attack.
The increase in troops on Juehua Island will inevitably affect the Northeast Military Region's operations in the Liaodong Peninsula. At the same time, also for the purpose of material and personnel replenishment, as well as adaptation to the severe cold environment, the General Staff has issued an order to the Northeast Military Region to allow the Northeast Military Region to operate in the Liaodong Peninsula.
The Liaodong Peninsula implements contraction and can even retreat to Jinzhou if necessary.
The purpose is very clear. In the cold winter, the Ming army has greater difficulty in fighting than the Qing army. Moreover, after the Manchu and Qing groups withdraw from the pass, their troop strength will be greatly increased, which will inevitably put greater pressure on the Northeast Military Region. As long as the Ming army can keep Dalian
, Lushun, the fundamental place, is waiting for the counterattack after the weather gets warmer, then the Ming army from the north can come to the rescue in a large scale and regain the overwhelming advantage.
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