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- Liaodong, Phoenix.
Hundreds of years later, the Manchus accounted for more than 70% of the city's population, making it one of the largest Manchu settlements in the country.
However, most of those Manchus moved there later, and the Qing Dynasty deliberately enriched this "Land of Longxing". Fo Manchu is a descendant of Changbai Mountain Jurchen, Yiche Manchu originally settled in Jilin, and Baoyi Manchu is a Han Chinese who worked as an errand in Shenyang's Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Eight Banners of Xibo and Eight Banners of Mongolia also moved from the north.
At this time, Phoenix City has a population of less than 30,000, both inside and outside the city.
At the end of March, when the snow melted, the Baozhou (North Korean border) Datong Army crossed the Yalu River and moved to Dandong City, which had not yet been repaired. .
In the northeast of Dandong is the ruins of Jiulian City in Ming Dynasty.
Jiulian City, also known as Zhenjiang Fort, was used to guard against Japanese pirates on the Yalu River. After the Manchus broke through the city, they not only destroyed the castle, but also moved all the population away, so that neither Manchu nor Han could live here.
The dangerous mountain castle further north is also deserted.
Only Tangzhanbao, which is the closest to Phoenix City, Dorgon moved some troops and their families here in order to guard against the Datong Army in the past two years.
around Phoenix. More than 90% of the fortress defense system built by the Ming Dynasty was abandoned by the Qing Dynasty.
Lu Xiangsheng has already been promoted to division commander, commanding the 14th Division stationed in Baozhou, North Korea. He led his troops all the way north without encountering any obstacles, and quickly arrived at the repaired Tangzhan Fort.
Tangzhanbao, originally a post station, was founded in Chenghua five years ago.
There are two son-mother cities, big and small. The side length of the mother city is 400 meters, and the side length of the son city is 150 meters.
Moreover, the sub-city is within the mother city!
Obviously, the city is not big.
The garrison, family members, craftsmen, coaters, and serfs all withdrew into the city, plus livestock and food, and the two small cities were crowded enough.
"Fire!"
Lu Xiangsheng didn't talk nonsense. After setting up camp, he immediately shelled.
These two small cities are connected together. Although there is no moat, there are two natural rivers, both of which are tributaries of the Da Chong River (Love River).
There are rivers on three sides and mountains on one side, easy to defend but difficult to attack!
"Boom boom boom!"
To deal with this kind of castle, only a fool will cross the river and climb the city to attack it unless it is absolutely necessary.
It's shelling, shelling, shelling!
After six full days of shelling, the southern city wall next to the river has been punched with a crack as thick as a head.
There are only 150 Eight Banners soldiers stationed here. Seeing that the situation is not good, the guard quickly decided to withdraw. And retreat in an orderly manner, let the family members of the soldiers bring money, food and livestock, cross the river to the north bank of the Beihe River and leave, and then row over to pick up the defenders.
Lu Xiangsheng had nothing to do about it. Without the help of hot air balloons, he would not even be able to see the enemy's movements clearly.
Because there are also mountains on the north bank of the river, the Datong army can only shell on the south bank of the river in the south, and there is no way to display troops in other places.
"Master Zheng, the enemy has withdrawn!"
After falling down to refuel, in the hot air balloon that rose again, soon there were sentries waving flags to pass the news.
"Cross the river and seize the city!" Lu Xiangsheng ordered.
There are only more than 1,000 serfs left in the city, and there are no Han Chinese, all of them are Korean serfs. The Han people here were all taken away by Huang Taiji as early as seven years ago.
After a day of rest, go up the river valley, and you will find Phoenix City dozens of miles away.
The area of ??Fenghuang City is about the same as that of Tangzhanbao. The overall shape is square, and the four walls are each 350 meters long.
Similarly, it is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side.
However, it is far stronger than Tangzhanbao!
"Master Zheng, I caught a few Tartars and worked carefully."
Just as Lu Xiangsheng's 14th Division set up camp, four people were arrested by soldiers from the mountains.
The leader kneels down upon meeting, and shouts: "Wen Enxun, a small citizen of the lower kingdom, pays homage to the general of the Heavenly Dynasty of the upper kingdom!"
"Are you Han?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.
Wen Enxun replied: "General Qi, Xiaomin is a Korean."
Lu Xiangsheng wondered: "Since you are Korean, why are you in the mountains south of Phoenix City?"
Wen Enxun explained: "General Rong, my father was originally the Korean envoy (translator) stationed in Sheng Shenyang. After my father died of illness, the current North Korean king killed his father and usurped the throne, and the Wen family was also liquidated and killed. Xiaomin couldn't return to North Korea, and it was useless to stay in Shenyang, so he asked to settle down in Liaodong and farm. Tatar chief Dorgon promised dozens of acres of land and gave it back to several Korean serfs, so that Xiaomin's family could live in Liaodong. farming in the ravines of Phoenix."
This old man is one of the ancestors of the Wen family in Fengcheng City hundreds of years later.
Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Why don't you retreat into the city?"
After being stripped of all titles, Nao Dai is still helping out. For example, Ningyuan City, because the outer city was destroyed, Nao Dai presided over the restoration of the Ningyuan Outer City.
He has studied the structure of Ningyuan City very well, and is naturally good at how to defend the city.
After arriving in Phoenix, Nao Dai also built a "big acute angle" in Phoenix, which is a similar style of the Western Bastion. Therefore, the Phoenix City in front of them is particularly troublesome. Facing a close-range siege, neither the firecrackers nor the bows and arrows have a dead angle.
Lu Xiangsheng's choice was to divide his forces.
One is stationed in the southwest, that is, the "Fengcheng Stadium" a few hundred years later. There are rivers to the north and east, and mountains to the southeast. Protect the passage from the southwest. This is also the food road for the Datong Army.
One part crossed the river to the east, went back to the north, and camped between the mountains and the river. There is a 600-meter-wide passage here, and trenches can be dug all the way.
Fortunately, the area of ??Phoenix City is small, and the length of the east, west, north and south sides is only 350 meters, so it is impossible to make perfect use of this terrain.
If the area of ??Phoenix City was several times larger, then Lu Xiangsheng would be completely blind. Surrounded by water on three sides, with mountains on one side, and the sharp corners of the bastion, there is no other way but to bombard it with artillery.
After Lu Xiangsheng observed the terrain, he seized the loopholes and divided his troops to dig trenches. Nao Dai also sent people from the mountains to attack at night. ( - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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