Li Xing's Third Division has been responsible for the direction of Luzon and Nanyang, and this time it also dispatched a regiment to go north for reinforcements.
When the 2,500 men of this regiment arrived at Port Arthur in ten Galen-type sailing ships, they were divided into another battalion to support the Korean side. The remaining three battalions plus the artillery battalion went to sea again, crossed the Bohai Sea and landed on Juhua Island.
The official name of Juhua Island should be Juehua Island, and local people like to call it Juhua Island. Now this island has become the logistics headquarters of the Chinese Army in western Liaoning. Like other places where the Chinese Army goes, it has also become a large
Large-scale trade bazaar.
The only Westerners who can obtain the right to sail east of the Strait of Malacca are the Francois. To be more precise, the Portuguese. Only they can fly their own flags and sail in the East Asian waters. Of course, they have to pay taxes to the Chinese army for protecting them.
.Except for the Spanish, which can do business in Manila, Luzon, ships from other countries can only sell their goods in Malacca and Banten. Of course, merchants from any country can enter the Strait of Malacca and
However, they must board Chinese or Portuguese ships, and transport goods must also rely on Chinese and Portuguese ships. This is the provision of the "East Asia Navigation Order" issued by Yin Feng, which determines the location of Chinese ships in
Monopoly power in the shipping industry in East Asian waters.
As the only exception to the charter, Portuguese merchant ships have always abided by the regulations of the Chinese army, paid taxes in accordance with regulations, and resolutely did not transport prohibited items or any Chinese slaves.
During the Liaodong War, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Macau, which had made a fortune from doing business in Japan, encouraged its merchant ships to actively respond to the call of the Chinese Army's Liaodong Road Marching Commander and actively join the Chinese Army's logistics transport fleet.
Large pieces of Japanese silver and various Japanese souvenirs brought from Japan were transported directly to Chrysanthemum Island. Some goods, such as Japanese silver, were purchased by the Logistics Department of the Chinese Army as payment for the soldiers, and those with goods were followed by the Chinese Army Logistics Department.
The ginseng provided by local merchants in Liaodong is the most popular, and merchants from all over the country are rushing to get the goods. You know, due to the continuous war in Liaodong, ginseng, velvet antler and other precious Northeastern specialties have been out of stock for two or three years.
Goods have only been available since the beginning of last year, and the price has been monopolized by the Chinese company. Now the vast area east of the Liaohe River and south of the Songhua River has been basically pacified by the Chinese army. After other merchants are allowed to enter, the Chinese company will
The monopoly on the supply of native Liaodong products has been broken.
In the war that invaded various places in western Liaoning, the Liaodong branch of the Chinese Army Logistics Department obtained a large amount of loot. In addition to gold and silver treasures, there were also a large number of Liaodong specialties.
Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Chinese Army Logistics Department to sell loot at low prices, countless merchants from all over the country gathered on Juhua Island. Together with Portuguese merchants and Japanese merchants on Chinese ships, Juhua Island was simply regarded as a trading seaport.
The war between the Ming Army in Liaodong and the Chinese Army was a brutal war that was fought dozens of miles away in the Liaoxi Corridor, but the businessmen did not care about this issue at all. The Chinese Army was responsible for their safety issues, so they did not
do not worry.
Da'an, who led the Luzon indigenous battalion to Juhua Island, found himself at a commercial port. He couldn't believe that it was only a few dozen miles away from the front line.
There are also many Luzon indigenous and Peranakan soldiers in the troops of Li Xing's third division. The Tagalog people are not really a diligent people, so the indigenous soldiers recruited by Li Xing are all mountain people from northern Luzon. They have always
I have never seen so many people gathered in one place, so I couldn't help but make a fuss and talk in their own tribal dialects.
At this time, several messengers wearing feathered helmets came up from the temporary pier of Juhua Island. After boarding the ship, they curiously passed through a group of Luzon indigenous soldiers whose appearance, skin color and clothing were different from the Chinese, and came to the third division.
In front of An Shuihua, the leader of the second regiment, he stood at attention and saluted and handed him a written order.
"We are the messengers for Lieutenant General Zhao, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong March. Here is our identity certificate. Lieutenant General Zhao ordered all troops arriving at Juhua Island to immediately go to the Ningyuan front line and accept the command of Huang Lue, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Liaodong March."
An Shuihua is a family member of An Heping, the chief director and director of the industrial department of the China Company. He is the only son of the An family to join the Chinese Army. He also adheres to the family tradition and is a Christian.
After reading the order, he nodded without saying anything more: "Understood, our troops will set off immediately."
After the messengers disembarked, An Shuihua ordered the troops to prepare for departure and asked the staff officer beside him: "Do we have enough ammunition? I remember that the battalion that went to North Korea took away double ammunition."
The young staff officer looked very excited: "No problem, regiment commander, the ship of the logistics department has replenished a batch of ammunition at Lushunkou."
An Shuihua smiled: "You'd better go down and check, make sure it's accurate. Remember that this battle is not the battle to quell the rebellion we encountered in Luzon, nor is it a battle with a small country on Sumatra Island. This is the Ming Dynasty
In the hinterland of North Korea, this was a war involving more than 100,000 people fighting on both sides."
Soon, the troops of the Third Division were engaged in a battle that they would never forget. It was not because the battle was very difficult, but because it went so smoothly.
When the Second Regiment of the Third Division arrived at Ningyuan, Xiong Tingbi had already ordered to abandon Ningyuan. The fierce general "Zu Er Madman" Zu Dabi led the remaining Ningyuan garrison out of the south gate of Ningyuan and retreated to Xiaotuan Mountain Fort in the southwest. These ten troops
Those who have been attacking Ningyuan City for the past few days are the Ryukyu detachment of the Marine Corps and the Second Fleet's northward support task force Liu Xiang's headquarters, as well as several Liaodong militia teams.
When the Second Regiment of the Third Division arrived at Ningyuan City, the Marine Corps and the sailors of the Second Fleet had already entered the city, and a messenger came to give an order to Captain An Shuihua: Order your troops to go south immediately to pursue the remaining Ming army.
As a result, the brothers of the Anshui Hua Regiment only rested for a moment outside Ningyuan City, and had to turn south to pursue the defeated Ming army. The regiment's artillery battalion temporarily stayed in Ningyuan City, and they will cooperate with the friendly forces to go north to attack Guangning.
guard.
In front of them, all the defeated Ming troops were defeated. Some coastal fortresses had been breached by the Third Fleet earlier. At this time, these castles had been completely abandoned. Even the fleeing Ming army routed around the city and just headed towards
Run south.
The Anshui Hua regiment caught up with Xiong Tingbi's rear guard and covering troops at Xiaotuan Mountain Fort. With just one attack by hundreds of Luzon native soldiers, the remaining troops at Xiaotuan Mountain Fort opened the city gate and surrendered.
As a result, the Anshui Hua regiment continued to pursue southward. After trekking for a day on the plains of western Liaoning, they arrived at the Ningyuan Zhongyou Post. As a result, there was no one in the fortress of the guard post. Both the Ming army and the local people had fled.
For five consecutive days after that, the Second Regiment of the Third Division drove 300 miles south to Guangning's former garrison before encountering the Ming army defenders again. As a result, no shot was fired, and the Ming army saw their flags.
After that, he immediately abandoned the city and fled.
Before that, they encountered more than ten Ming army fortified fortresses such as Shaheyi Station and Zhonghou Station, all of which were abandoned by their original defenders. The soldiers of the Second Regiment of the Third Division have been walking these days.
, then slept, and then continued to walk, most of them did not fire a shot. In order to pursue the enemy, they did not leave any guards in those empty fortresses. The whole army has been marching forcefully, constantly surpassing those
Refugees from Liaodong staggered in twos and threes. They didn't even have time to take care of the loot in each fortress. They just affixed some seals stamped by the Third Division. They also encountered a group of hundreds of people wandering on the beach.
The Liaodong militiamen almost had a misunderstanding and started fighting with each other. In short, they did not encounter a single Ming soldier firing a gun or arrow at them along the way.
An Shuihua was very depressed and didn't understand. They made a living by running the sea and settled in Manila in their early years. When the Spaniards occupied Luzon, An became a Christian. An Shuihua's ancestral home is Yuegang, Haicheng County, Fujian.
He was born in Luzon, and before the Manila Massacre, he had never returned to his hometown in Tangshan. According to the legends of his grandparents, the Ming Dynasty was a glorious dynasty, and its population and territory were unimaginable for overseas wanderers like them.
It also gave them the illusion that the Ming Dynasty was extremely powerful.
An Shuihua has been fighting in Luzon, Nanyang and other places before. Now it is the first time he has returned to the mainland of his motherland to participate in a war against the Ming Dynasty. To be honest, he is still a little uneasy in his heart. But now, his heart is filled with doubts and
Full of anger: How come the heavenly soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are so vulnerable? Why do they abandon these strong fortresses and just keep running away? How long will our second regiment go on this road?
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The fall of Ningyuan City actually cut off the connection between the Guangning Ming Army and Shanhaiguan, and also completely cut off all sources of supplies for the Guangning Ming Army.
In fact, there were nearly 100,000 Ming troops from various guard posts around Guangning Guard and Wang Huazhen's command. Unless they could defeat the Chinese army and break out south, or detour to the Mongolian tribe grasslands of Duoyan Guard, it would be impossible to return to the pass.
At this time, the Ming army on the front line of Xining Fort was in a complete rout. After the Ming army on the North Route was defeated by the cavalry led by Zhao Tie at Shalingyi, Pingyang Bridge was captured by Li Jicheng's cavalry, resulting in the main road leading to Guangning.
The road was cut off by the Chinese army. After the Ming army's defeated troops hit Pingyang Bridge one after another, they found that their way out was dead, so they had to turn around and go north to Xixing Fort, intending to escape from the south of the border wall.
Guangning.
However, Zhao Tie's cavalry moved quickly and reached Xixing Fort before the Ming army was defeated. They immediately divided their troops and captured East Lianzi Lake, Dujiatun and other places. The original defenders of these places were thousands.
However, due to Wang Huazhen's deployment of troops to supplement the front line of Xining Fort a few days ago, there are now only more than a hundred defenders left in these forts, and they were easily captured by the cavalry brigade commanded by Zhao Tie.
As a result, the largest part of the Ming army's defeat, about 30,000 people, including Wang Huazhen, Zu Dashou and others, fled into Zhenwu Fort, and were then surrounded by the Chinese Legion.
Another part of the defeated troops, including General Liu Qu, General Sun Degong, Mao Wenlong and others, led more than 10,000 defeated troops to cross the defense line of Li Jicheng's Cavalry Regiment in the south of Pingyang Bridge, and fled at night to Zhenning Fort east of Guangning Guard.
, but luckily escaped the encirclement of the Chinese army. Of course, they were still trapped in the larger encirclement of the Chinese army, and it seemed that there was no hope of escaping.