The Daliao River is another name for the downstream section formed after the confluence of the Hun River and the Taizi River in the Liao River system in eastern Liaoning. It means that after the Hun River joins the Sancha River and the Taizi River in the Haizhouwei section, it starts from the Sancha River and flows southwest to the mouth of the Daliao River in Yongkou City, later Yingkou City, and then flows into the Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Sea, with a total length of nine Fourteen kilometers of river section.
The sky in the east was slightly white, and when a ray of morning light shone on the earth, the fleet that had been waiting at sea slowly approached the beach at the mouth of the Liao River.
At this time, there is no one around. Otherwise, if someone sees more than a thousand ships appearing on the sea, they will definitely be surprised.
This fleet has no flag, but there are more than 500 large ships and even more small ships. With such a large scale, only the Ming Dynasty can have this fleet size nearby. Whether they use banners or not, they are actually the same.
After those big ships washed up on the beach, many people and horses quickly disembarked from the ships. Yes, they were people and horses. The people were silent, the horses were harnessed, and there were basically no people shouting or neighing.
It can be seen that many people seem to be very tired after landing. However, there was also a group of people who immediately left the beach and went deeper after landing.
This fleet, needless to say, is Gu San Mazi's fleet. It is affiliated to the Shanhaiguan General Military Mansion and is under the jurisdiction of Governor Shan Yong.
The big ships were loaded with five thousand cavalry troops led by Li Laiheng, and the small boats were loaded with supplies for this cavalry army. By the time we reached the mouth of the Liaohe River, many boats were already empty.
Preparing for such an expedition still consumes a lot of supplies.
When they got ashore, Li Laiheng's original more than a thousand men had no strength at all. During these days of sailing far away from the coastline, most of them were from Qin, and they had never been on a boat for so long.
Although people who are used to riding horses are less likely to get seasick. But this time at sea was too long, and these Qin people, who were taking a boat for the first time, were really uncomfortable.
To be honest, many people were excited when they saw the sea and boarded the ship.
However, they are also used to life and death. They have escaped from any harsh environment. Faced with the endless sea, they gritted their teeth and boarded the ship.
Compared with them, the Guan Ning Cavalry is better. After all, they grew up on the Bohai Sea and have a certain understanding of the sea.
At this time, the troops were still disembarking one after another, and a group of people were already standing on the beach. One of them was Chen Mingyu, the governor of Jiangyin who succeeded Yan Yingyuan. Of course, he was also a guerrilla under Shanhaiguan at this time. .
I saw him saying with a serious face to a general who was younger than him: "Li Youqi, are you really not planning to attack the Gaizhou Guard?"
Their combat targets have been selected before, including Lushun, Jinzhou Guard and Fuzhou Guard. However, the distance to get there by sea is a bit far. If you go there from Dengzhou Prefecture, it is the closest. Unfortunately, their starting point is Shanhaiguan.
Therefore, the first target of this battle was to select Gaizhou Guards.
According to the news, Jianlu set up a defensive officer's office in Gaizhou and set up defensive officers to defend the Manchu and Han Dynasties. This place has never been attacked by the Ming army. The defenses here have certainly been more lax over the years.
In addition, Gaizhou Guard is close to the seaside, and there is Lianyun Island on the sea eighteen miles away, which can be used for the army to rest, which can be regarded as an ideal target.
Of course, the Haizhou Guard was also selected as an alternative target. The specific location to attack ultimately had to be decided by the general who went on the expedition based on the actual situation.
At this time, Chen Mingyu was very worried because Li Laiheng chose Haizhou Guard as his target, so he confirmed it with Li Laiheng again.
Li Laiheng is still patient with this new partner.
After he heard Chen Mingyu's question, he emphasized his reasons again: "This is the first time that our... imperial officers and soldiers have attacked Liaodong. The incident happened suddenly, and Jianlu must not have thought of it. If they want to attack again in the future, they There will definitely be defense. Therefore, in this first war, either we don’t fight. Since we are going to fight, we must make good use of this first opportunity and beat him. This can also meet the requirements of the Duke of the country. It must be He inflicted heavy damage on Jianlu and hurt Jianlu, forcing Jianlu not to dare to assemble heavy troops to invade the pass!"
This is indeed the truth, but Haizhouwei is not an ordinary town! They all knew this when they were still in Shanhaiguan.
Haizhou Wei Nantong connects to Lushun and Shandong, and reaches Liaoxi and the capital in the north. Its strategic location is very important.
And before the rise of Jianlu, the most prosperous places in Liaodong were Liaoyang and Haicheng.
Liaoyang was the political and military center of Liaodong at that time; and Haicheng, because of its key transportation artery, was a key node to Liaodong in the north, North Korea and Shandong in the east, and western Liaoning and the capital in the west.
Nowadays, after the ravages of Jianlu, the prosperity of Haicheng has faded a lot. Not only has the population been greatly reduced, but the flow of merchants and people traveling from south to north has also been greatly reduced. In addition, the capital of Haicheng has been established in Liaoyang and the capital has been moved to Shenyang. Of course, Haicheng There is no way to compare with Liaoyang.
However, as one of the most prosperous towns in Liaodong, its heritage is still there. If the Ming army could capture this place, the impact would definitely be extraordinary, far from comparable to places like Gaizhou and Jinzhou.
Haizhou City, formerly a Tucheng, was built by Governor Jinghaihou (Wu Zhen) in the ninth year of Hongwu and commanded by Liu Cheng and other guards, and was covered with bricks. It is six miles and fifty-three steps and three feet in circumference, and is three feet and four feet high. The pool is one foot or two feet deep, three feet and five feet wide, and is six miles and eighty-three paces around. There are four gates in the city: Zhenwu in the east, Guangwei in the south, Linqing in the west, and Laiyuan in the north.
Speaking of this city, it must be strong and difficult to fight. However, at the original time, facing Jianlu's attack, it did not play its due role at all.
At this time, after hearing Li Laiheng's reply, Chen Mingyu was still worried, so he reminded: "Haicheng is so important, Jianlu must have heavy defense. We only have five thousand cavalry, so attacking cities is not our specialty!"
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs!" Li Laiheng heard this, but he said disapprovingly, "We came to Liaodong under orders, and we put life and death at risk. If we can't defeat them, we are cavalry, so we can just run!"
This was because he was used to fighting such battles, so he naturally came up with a strategy to deal with it.
And Chen Mingyu, who had fought a war of this scale, was able to get the guerrilla position because Yan Yingyuan needed someone who knew the basics as a helper. In addition, Zhang Mingwei also knew from history that he was loyal and loyal, not his military talents.
Therefore, when a veteran like Li Laiheng said this, he was speechless and unable to refute.
Although Chen Mingyu was still very worried at this time, he could not convince Li Laiheng, and since Li Laiheng was the commander this time and someone whom Duke Xingguo valued, he had no choice but to accept it.
Li Laiheng was actually very clear about Chen Mingyu's thoughts and worries, but he didn't care at all.
Although the Duke of Guo had told him when he was leaving that he wanted him to take his soldiers back alive as much as possible after completing the task, and then lead the troops with him to conquer Liaodong one day, Li Laiheng did not shrink back.
He has been in the bandit army since he was young. At that time, life and death were already disregarded. If you constantly worry about whether you will die or not, you will probably die long ago.
All you have to do at this time is to increase your chances of winning as much as possible.
Therefore, although Li Laiheng was also very tired due to being on the boat for a long time, he persisted, deploying and spreading out on a large scale all night long. There is only one request: if you encounter any living creatures, leave them all behind, and absolutely do not let the news of the army's landing leak out.
In addition, he ordered the soldiers who disembarked to rest immediately and strive to regain their physical strength and spirit as soon as possible. He left this piece of content to Chen Mingyu.
While we were busy like this, the sun slowly rose.
Suddenly, at the mouth of the Liao River, a ship came towards where the army was gathering. Behind this ship, there is a smaller ship hanging.
After docking, a group of Ming soldiers came over with a man in plain clothes, but with a money rat tail on his head.
All the Ming army officers and soldiers who saw this scene stared at the money rat tail with curiosity. Especially those Qin soldiers, they had basically never seen Jianlu. When they saw this man's strange hairstyle, they knew that this was the legendary Jianlu, so they all stared at him, a little disapproving in their hearts.
I thought that the legendary Jianlu was really a freak, but it turned out that he was just like the Han people, with two eyes and one mouth, and there was no difference.
And when the Money Rat Tail saw that such a large naval force had gathered here, and so many imperial officers and soldiers came ashore, and they were all cavalry, he couldn't hide the surprise on his face.
However, if an ordinary Jianlu saw this scene, he would be shocked, fearful, or have other negative emotions. However, on this Jianlu's face, in addition to shock, there was also a hint of excitement, which was a bit strange.
It didn't take long for the Money Rat Tail to be brought to Li Laiheng. The leading soldier reported to Li Laiheng: "Sir, my subordinates pretended to be fishermen along the Liao River to explore the road, and found this man going south along the river. He should have taken advantage of the night. So I went over and caught him, but he said that he had something very important to see the Lord!"
Li Laiheng was a little surprised after hearing this. It is very dangerous to sail a boat at night. This man not only sailed the boat at night, but also said he wanted to see me and had something important to do. What was going on?
As he was thinking about it, the money rat tail was also looking at him, with obvious surprise on his face. He didn't expect that the leader of this Ming army would be so young, which made him hesitate for a moment.
"Who are you? Do you want to see me for something important?" Li Laiheng had already asked with a Qin accent.
