The cross-sea raid fleet of the merchant army crossed the Bohai Sea at dusk on September 18th, and arrived at Ninghai, the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula, landed in Ninghai. Ninghai was the Jinzhouwei of the Ming Dynasty and the Dalian City in later generations. **Book!Bar*
It also occupied Ninghai City in full that night and achieved the first cross-sea raid.
The main target of this raid was Shengjing, the old capital of the Qing court. It was about 700 miles from Ninghai to Shengjing. The main cities passed by were Fuzhou, Gaiping, Xiongyue, Haizhou, Liaoyang, etc.
Although Ninghai is located on the coast, it is too far from Shengjing. Therefore, the return boarding point for this cross-sea raid was not located in Ninghai, but was changed to Gaiping. Therefore, the raid fleet did not leave troops in Ninghai to garrison.
Gaiping is also a sea-side city, located on the east coast of Liaodong Bay, across the sea from Lianyun Island. It is also located in the middle between Ninghai and Shengjing, so you can save half of the journey to the sea on the way back.
When you get to the sea, you will be basically safe.
The troops landed in Liaodong were the Fifth Division of the First Army, the Third Regiment of the Seventh Army's Special Division, and a cavalry battalion, with a total of about 15,000 people. The head general was Cheng Peijing, the commander of the Fifth Division, and the deputy general was He Chong, the commander of the Special Division.
The fleet that was responsible for the Liaodong battlefield was mainly composed of the First Navy Fleet, with a total of 57 ships of all sizes, including 35 warships and 22 transport ships, with a total of soldiers and naval forces.
Nearly eight thousand people can send 2,500 to 3,000 landing troops.
After capturing Ninghai, everyone also decided to stay in Ninghai area to attract the attention of the Qing army in Liaodong and gradually advance northward. The First Squadron led the Third Regiment of Special Forces and Forces Regiment to detour from the sea and directly seize Gaiping.
The two sides met in Gaiping and then advanced to Shengjing. This time, Gaiping was commanded by Cheng Gang, the commander-in-chief of the cross-sea raid fleet.
On September 20, the cross-sea raid troops left Ninghai and marched north from both water and land.
After leaving Ninghai, the Fifth Division, which was attacking by land, left the north, passed Shihebao and Changdianfu, crossed the Fuzhou River on September 22, captured Yingdeli City, and approached Xiongyue City.
At this time, the Qing army's attention was indeed attracted by the troops. In fact, the Qing army near Ninghai had also received news that the merchant army had landed in Liaodong, but they did not know how many troops the merchant army had.
Whether it is a real merchant army has not yet been fully understood. Because in the Manchus' concept, it is indeed an unimaginable thing to attack across the sea. Some guards in some places thought that they were just some pirates who came to the shore.
Invading, there are only two or three thousand people on the left.
It was not until after winning the Licheng was conquered that he became a little nervous. Xiong Yue and Gaiping defenders reported to Shengjing, while joining forces to attack and actively launched an attack on the Fifth Division of the Merchant Army. This is also the Merchant Army.
The first battle I encountered after landing in Liaodong
Xiong Yue and Gaiping joined forces, with about 1,200 people, all local troops stationed at the local garrison, without the Manchu and Han flag army. Because almost all of these Manchu and Han flag army had been set in the pass, they stayed there.
The small number of troops in Liaodong were all stationed in Shengjing. The Qing army had only such a small force, so they dared to take the initiative to attack the merchant army. In addition to the factors of information disconnection, Liaodong was also too far from the south after all, so for merchants
Although the situation of the army cannot be said to be completely unknown, there is not much knowledge. Moreover, the army of the Ming Dynasty has always been despised, and it ends up in a daze.
Cheng Peijing was also very surprised to hear the scouts that he found a Qing army with more than 1,000 people attacking him. Now his troops have more than 1,100 troops, and even more than 1,000 people dare to attack.
I don't know whether the Qing army was brave or stupid. But even if the Qing army took the initiative to attack, I can't be polite. This is the first battle to land in Liaodong. Not only do I have to win, but I also have to win beauty. I must wipe out this.
Lead the Qing army.
So Cheng Peijing immediately ordered the Sixth Regiment to block the front, and the Eighteenth Regiment surrounded it from left to right, and the Cavalry Battalion dug the Qing army's rear route and pursued the defeated soldiers who had fled. The Eleventh Regiment was the reserve team.
In fact, there is no suspense in this battle at all. After the two sides faced off, although there was only one regiment responsible for the frontal blocking, the Qing army had found that the situation was a little bad, because the gap between the two sides was too big, and the merchant army did not
If any position is arranged, attack the Qing army. Before the soldiers on both sides had joined the battle, they had just a few rounds of volleys of gunfire, and the Qing army's formation was immediately disrupted and they were defeated and fled. At this time, the merchant army's left and right wings
All the troops had been encircled, and the cavalry battalion blocked the Qing army's retreat.
The Qing army was surrounded by merchant army corps, and nearly half of the troops were injured. The remaining soldiers were not as powerful as when they first sent troops, and they surrendered one after another. However, at this time, it was impossible for the merchant army to take in prisoners.
No matter how the Qing army was asked to surrender, they were all killed mercilessly. As a result, none of the Qing army escaped and all died. The entire battle took less than an hour from the beginning to the end. And the fifth one
After the army won, they immediately took advantage of the situation to march and captured Xiong Yue City.
Just when the land merchant army won the first victory of landing in Liaodong, the fleet arrived in Gaiping silently, because at this time the defenders of Gaiping were sent out to fight the land merchant army, so the special forces three
The regiments captured Gaiping without bloodshed. The fleet also found a suitable location to shore and anchor.
It was less than forty miles from Xiongyue City to Gaiping County, so Cheng Gang also decided that the Fifth Division would not be used to meet Gaiping, but would immediately go north and head towards Shengjing. There was only one special forces camp left in Gaiping County.
He was stationed with the navy's landing troops and led the remaining three battalions of the Third Special Forces Regiment from Gaiping County, joined the Fifth Division on the road, and rushed to attack Shengjing together.
The troops left behind in Gaiping County are not nothing to do. On the one hand, they sent spies to pay attention to reinforcements from Beijing. On the other hand, they also built some simple docks, harbors and other facilities where the fleet was anchored to facilitate future boarding and returning.
At the same time, he also built defense positions in the Gaiping County area to prepare for unexpected needs. Manpower is of course the recruitment of the people.
The two merchant armies converged near Tashan and then headed north together. Haizhou, Liaoyang and other places along the route all detoured. On the tenth and two days, they finally arrived in front of Shengjing City. At this time, the merchant armies landed in Liaodong.
It's been fifteen days.
Since Shengjing is located in the mainland of the Liaodong Peninsula, although the merchant army arrived in Liaodong for more than ten days, it was not until September 30 that the governor of Shengjing, Angbang Zhangjing, Ye Keshu, received the exact news, a merchant army.
On September 20, the people and horses crossed the sea by boat, landed in Liaodong in Ninghai, and successively occupied Ninghai, Xiong Yue, and Gaiping. They were heading towards Shengjing at this time.
Shengjing is Chenyang. The Ming Dynasty set up the Shenyang Zhongwei here. In the sixth year of Tianming (1621), Nurhaci was captured by the Later Jin at that time. In the tenth year of Tianming (1625), Nurhaci's capital was moved from Liaoyang to Chenyang and was designated as the Later Jin capital. , it was twenty years before the Qing Dynasty entered the pass. In the eighth year of Tiancong in Huang Taiji (1634), Shenyang was changed to Shengjing.
After the Qing army entered the pass, it established its capital in Beijing, and Shengjing was changed to the capital of the Qing court. It still had five ministries in Shengjing, including households, rituals, military, punishment and work. Each ministries set up ministers to handle affairs and appointed ministers as ministers. The general manager was staying in Shengjing. The system was generally equivalent to the status of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty. In the third year of Shunzhi (1646), the Minister of the Interior was changed to the garrison of Angbang Zhangjing.
The current governor of Shengjing, Angbang Zhangjing Ye Keshu, was a man of the Zhenghong Banner of Manchuria. Although he was not Aisin Jueluo, he was also an old minister of the Qing court. Since the time of Nurhaci, he has served for the Later Jin Dynasty. When Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he was ** One of the ministers is still considered a veteran of the three dynasties of the Qing court. In March of the second year of Shunzhi (1645), Ye Keshu appointed Meile Zhangjing as the general manager of Shengjing; in May of the third year of Shunzhi, he was appointed as the governor of Angbang Zhangjing and guarded Shengjing. ; and the emperor ordered the third-class Ashanihafan, the third-class baron.
Moreover, for more than 20 years, Ye Keshu has been fighting for the Qing court. He has basically participated in all the battles of the Qing court and made many contributions. In April of the first year of Shunzhi, a part of the Qing army entered the pass. During the Battle of Shi, Ye Keshu led the infantry to attack the Dashun Army. He was very brave. He was injured thirty-one and was destroyed at a glance. He still fought hard and finally defeated the Dashun Army. It is absolutely politically reliable, and A person with military achievements would not have been able to hand over such a heavy position to him.
However, the Qing army did not have much force in Shengjing. Among them, the main force was Jiala from Zhenghuang Banner, with a total of only 1,500 people. In addition to other followers, Baoyi, Han army, etc., There are less than 10,000 people, and most of them are so-called.
Ye Keshu only participated in the battle in the early stages of entering the pass, and did not advance south with the army, so he did not fight with the merchant army. However, he was a man who had experienced many battles after all.
Now Shengjing is guarding Angbang and Zhangjing. He knows the dynamics of the court and the war situation in the south more clearly than others in Liaodong. He knows that the merchant army is not another Ming army now, and the south is in full swing. Aba Almost all the famous Qing generals of the Qing Dynasty suffered great losses at the hands of the merchant army, but they didn't know why they suddenly came to Liaodong.
Moreover, Ye Keshu still can't figure out how many troops the merchant army landed in Liaodong is, but the news is full of controversy, from 10,000 to 100,000, but no matter which one, it is better than the current Shengjing. The troops were strong, so Ye Keshu did not dare to take it lightly. Once Shengjing was lost, he might not be able to escape and die. So he immediately wrote an emergency document and sent it to Beijing, asking for help from the Qing court to send troops to rescue Liaodong immediately, and ordered to go to Liaoyang. , Tieling, Fushun and other places mobilized people to help guard Shengjing.