The arrival of the Great Qing Navy Master was overwhelming. The formation alone was shocking enough!
With no way back, Lushun became an isolated city.
One truth that everyone can understand is that a lonely city cannot be defended.
Sooner or later, Lushun will be captured by the Qing Dynasty! Even if there is no attack, just a siege, how much food can be stored in the small city of Lushun? Without food, even if Lu Xiangsheng is brave enough, and no matter how elite the Ming army soldiers are, they will definitely be doomed!
More importantly, under such terrain, the Lushun Ming Army could not even break through! All in all, the Ming army in the city is destined to die!
At this time, they must be so scared that they want to pee their pants!
Thinking of this, everyone from Daishan, the commander-in-chief of the entire army, to those fake Tatars felt relaxed. Lushun City is indeed a tough nut to crack, but it’s not doomed in the end!
Only a small number of people who have a good relationship with the Tatars who died in the battle just now will feel regret and sadness in their hearts. Originally, they could have survived!
On the sea, King Zhishun Shang Kexi was a little confused. Logically speaking, there should be Ming army warships in this harbor. Even if it’s not much, there must be some! But what I see now is that not only are there no warships, there are not even transport ships! Where have all the ships of the Ming Navy gone?
Along the way, he was chasing a warship of the Ming Dynasty navy. However, after chasing it, he lost track of it in the night. Originally, he thought that he must have escaped here. The result is obvious, he was wrong!
Could it be that when he saw himself leading such a huge naval force, he knew he would be defeated, so he abandoned the Ming army in Lushun City and ran away? However, isn’t there the Governor of Baoding of the Ming Dynasty in this city? Those navy generals were so brave that they dared to abandon him and run away?
For a moment, he really couldn't figure it out! However, when he saw the Qing army on land cheering after seeing their appearance, he temporarily put these doubts behind him. He stood majestically on the deck, pointed at the Ming army at the head of Lushun City in front of him, and shouted loudly: "Your retreat has been cut off. Surrender to the Qing Dynasty quickly, otherwise you will die!"
At the top of Lushun City, seeing so many Manchu navy warships approaching, many Ming army officers and soldiers were indeed in a commotion. However, when they saw Lu Xiangsheng's figure, they settled down again.
Of course, ordinary Ming army soldiers did not know the overall battle plan. But they trust their Lord Governor, that's all!
Lu Xiangsheng's expression didn't change much at all, and he strode towards the city head on the south side by the sea. Looking at the Tatar who was shouting, I could see from the flag that this person was the so-called Zhishun King Shang Kexi from Jianlu.
Before coming here, Lu Xiangsheng naturally had some understanding of the situation on Jianlu's side in Liaodong. Therefore, he knew Shang Kexi, but now that he came to persuade him to surrender, he couldn't help but get angry and shouted sternly: "Are you a rebel general of the Ming Dynasty? Shang Kexi, the former commander of the Dongjiang Town Navy?"
This was a condescending scolding. After hearing this, Ban Zhifu felt that the momentum here was weakened. After all, no one likes to hear the word traitor. Then he shouted loudly: "The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty conferred the title of Prince Zhishun. Are you, the traitorous minister, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Baoding?"
In fact, there is no need to go back. They, the old generals of the Ming Dynasty, should not be too familiar with the official robes of the Ming Dynasty. On top of the city, who is wearing a scarlet robe, besides Lu Xiangsheng, can you find a second frontier official?
Therefore, Shang Kexi didn't wait for Lu Xiangsheng to speak, and shouted loudly: "Since the Zhu Dynasty, the ruler has been ignorant and the ministers have been treacherous, and the affairs on the side have been getting worse day by day. The soldiers are making noises, and it is everywhere. Now that you have the courage to go far away, Coming to Liaodong, you can be regarded as a hero. As the saying goes, a good bird perishes by breaking a tree. I advise you that those who understand the current affairs are heroes. They voted for the Qing Dynasty early. Maybe the emperor will be happy and give you a king with a different surname. Share How about glory and wealth?"
"Shut up!" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help shouting angrily after hearing this, "For the sake of glory and wealth, you don't even want your ancestors! You serve Jianlu as your master, you become Jianlu's slave, you shave your hair and change clothes, you recognize your enemy as your father, you How do you deal with your parents, your wife, children, and other relatives and friends who were killed by Jianlu after they died?"
Many of the sailors in the Manchu Navy were former soldiers of Dongjiang Town, Han Chinese from Liaodong, and they all had enmity with Jianlu. Things that they had deliberately forgotten were now mentioned by Lu Xiangsheng, and the joy of winning the war suddenly disappeared from the faces of many of them. Some people even had a hint of pain in their eyes.
Shang Kexi's expression also changed after hearing this, but it was not because he felt ashamed, but because he was afraid that Lu Xiangsheng's words would affect the morale of the army, so he immediately turned his head and looked. Sure enough, he found that Lu Xiangsheng's words had an impact on the morale of his soldiers.
So, he immediately turned his head, stared at Lu Xiangsheng on the top of the city, and shouted loudly: "I kindly advise you, but since you are stubborn, then go to hell!"
Lu Xiangsheng originally wanted to persuade him to turn back in time. In this case, he could still avoid Shang Kexi's death penalty, and maybe he could take credit for his performance. However, since Shang Kexi is so stubborn, he is too lazy to waste his words.
He was seen scanning the ships on the sea, looking at the warships with the Korean flag, and then shouted loudly: "Who is the commander of the Korean Navy? Helping the tyrants and invading the Ming Dynasty, do you know the consequences?"
Of course Park Zhenyu was there. He saw that all the governors of the Ming Dynasty were in this isolated city. To be honest, he was very impressed. It is impossible to find such a courageous senior civil servant, at least in North Korea.
However, now that North Korea has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the suzerain country is not the Ming Dynasty, but the Qing Dynasty. What's the use of just talking like this?
While he was thinking about it, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't see anyone responding, so he pointed at the Korean warships and shouted again: "If you persist in your stubbornness, his Japanese officials will definitely report to the emperor to crusade against North Korea and swear to destroy North Korea!"
Taizu of the Ming Dynasty once decreed that Korea would not conquer the country and would always be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. This has always been the case. North Korea was invaded by the Japanese and was about to be destroyed. It was the Ming Emperor who sent troops to drive the Japanese into the sea on behalf of North Korea.
However, now North Korea has not only adopted the Ming Dynasty as its suzerain, but has even sent troops to attack the Ming army. In this case, there is no need to abide by Taizu's will. What Lu Xiangsheng said was definitely not just a scare. At this time, he made up his mind to report to Emperor Chongzhen and send troops to attack North Korea in the future.
When Park Zhenyu heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, before he could say anything, Shang Kexi laughed loudly and said loudly: "Now that you, a dog official, can't protect yourself, you still want to threaten North Korea? Are you thinking about dying when you are about to die?"
Having said this, he turned to look at where Park Zhenyu was, and shouted sternly: "Reply, I would like to hear this. Are you North Korea loyal to the Qing Dynasty?"
Under the current circumstances, if the North Korean navy wants to rebel, it will be a disaster. However, he knew the North Koreans, so he was not afraid at all and forced Park Zhenyu to express his stance.
Pu Zhenyu had no choice but to reply loudly in Ming Dynasty Mandarin: "Your Excellency, don't waste your words when you are about to die. The last general came to obey the orders of the Qing Dynasty according to the will of the king. Now he and the Ming Dynasty are already enemies. I agree. Come to reality and give up!"
After finishing speaking, he secretly added in his heart: "You are all going to die here, how can you report to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty? If you really have the ability to conquer North Korea, you have to destroy the Qing Dynasty in advance!" "
Because the Ming Dynasty gave preferential treatment to the Korean dynasties, and the practice of building captives harmed the interests of the Korean monarchs and ministers, so they actually still thought of the Ming Dynasty in their hearts. Of course, that's all.
In the original history, after Jianlu conquered North Korea, in addition to asking for property, he did not ask North Korea to send troops. However, now, instigated by the butterfly effect of Emperor Chongzhen, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has encountered a dilemma that it has never encountered in history. Therefore, not only did they ask for more food and supplies from North Korea, but they also asked for the navy to be sent to assist in the war.
In this case, if North Korea wields its sword and the navy cuts off the Ming army's retreat, there will be no friendship left. If you really want to be loyal and rebel at this time, the Manchu navy has no power to resist at all. Assisting the Ming army to retreat to the sea is equivalent to saving the governor of the Ming Dynasty and thousands of officers and soldiers. It is more or less repaying the Ming Dynasty several times. The favor of rescuing North Korea. However, no!
Besides, when Lu Xiangsheng saw that all of them were stubborn, he sneered in his heart and thought: This is good, we can see true love in times of trouble. At least in their opinion, the Ming army is now in a desperate situation, and everyone thinks that their death is imminent without any scruples. Then, it will be time for you to cry later!
With this in mind, Lu Xiangsheng no longer wasted any words, and immediately sent an order to prepare for the attack and guard Lushun.
When Shang Kexi and others saw that Lu Xiangsheng ignored them, they felt a little reluctant. While asking people to shout at the Ming army to undermine the morale of the Ming army, they also sent people ashore to get in touch with Daishan. This task fell to Ban Zhifu.
On the sea side, when Jianlu attacked the city, of course there was no attack and there was no way to attack. Therefore, after Ban Zhifu got off the boat, he didn't see anything, so he happily walked around the city and rushed to where Daishan Shuaiqi was.
His excitement is understandable. After all, due to the arrival of the navy, the Ming army in Lushun became a turtle in the urn. Sooner or later, the city of Lushun belonged to the Qing Dynasty. The navy's contribution was not small.
However, when Ban Zhifu got ashore and walked around to the side, he saw the post-war scene below the city at a glance.
After all, he was a veteran who had been fighting for many years. Just by looking at it, he could almost deduce what it was like to siege the city at that time. It was really what he could deduce that made him stop for a moment, without any smile on his face, and stared at the low-rise Lushun City in shock. He couldn't understand why the Qing Dynasty's siege caused such heavy losses.
After a while, he took steps and continued moving forward. However, this time, he took three steps and looked back again. There was no excitement at all at the beginning. It could be seen from his expression that he really couldn't understand why the Ming army in the city was so powerful. Nothing like the Ming army in his memory!
It wasn't until he was about to enter the Chinese army's tent that he came back to his senses, rubbed his face to get rid of all the thoughts in his mind, then put a smile on his face and went inside to report the situation of the navy to Dai Shan.
"What?" When Dai Shan heard this, his face darkened and he said, "You came all the way here and didn't have a decisive battle with the Ming Navy?"
He had not seen the Ming Navy before, so he thought that the Ming Navy just went out and would fight first when meeting the Qing Navy.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ban Zhifu kneeled down and replied, "Your Majesty... My Prince thought that when the Ming Dynasty Navy saw the huge Daqing Navy, they knew they were outmatched, so they should have fled back. Went to Dengzhou."
This is the only possible answer that Shang Kexi came up with after thinking about it for a long time.
Thinking about it, the Ming Dynasty must have known that there were no shipyards in the Qing Dynasty, but now more than 300 ships suddenly appeared. In such a short period of time, they would definitely be frightened to death.
Of course, just in case, Shang Kexi also sent a boat to the nearby island to check to see if the Ming Dynasty ship did not escape back to Dengzhou, but was hiding.
He didn't care much about this situation. So what if you hide, do you still dare to come and attack such a huge naval force? Are you crazy?
After Daishan probably understood the situation, he started to get into trouble again. Not for anything else, just for food.
Originally, I thought that in attacking Lushun this time, I would bring the artillery battalion of the Tianyou Army, and the army was several times the size of the Ming Army, and it was still the elite of the Qing Dynasty. In addition, a large naval force was transferred from North Korea, which cut off the Ming army's retreat at sea. In this way, it would only take a day or two to conquer Port Arthur. Therefore, there is not so much to carry military rations.
But after this battle, Dai Shan knew in his heart that if he attacked Lushun forcefully, he would not know how many lives would be lost. However, the Qing Dynasty only had so much military strength, and it would not be able to make up for the losses, nor could it afford the losses!
Therefore, in the next strategy of play, Daishan is more inclined to encircle Lushun. In this way, he would have to have so much food to support the besieging army until the day when the city of Lushun ran out of ammunition and food! By then, the Ming army in Lushun City would be eating and drinking there, while the Qing army besieging the city would be eating grass roots and bark!
Thinking like this, he was dissatisfied with the more than 10,000 troops in the North Korean navy. How much extra food was wasted every day!
Finally, Daishan made a decision and ordered the navy to try to attack the city under the cover of warship artillery. Maybe the Ming army didn't have such complete defenses on the side near the sea! Of course, he will also send troops to contain them on other occasions.
When Ban Zhifu came back with this military order with a grimace, Shang Kexi said indifferently: "It's absolutely possible. When the tide rises, the big ship will be able to approach Lushun City quite a lot, and it should be able to bombard it. Maybe, this The first victory in capturing Lushun City belongs to my Navy again!"
"Prince, you...you..." Ban Zhifu originally wanted to say, you are thinking too much, but when he thought about it, it was too rude, so he had to say, "There is something strange in Lushun City. The Qing Dynasty had already attacked it before we came here." Once, the general saw it from the side and suffered heavy casualties!"
"Ah..." Shang Ke was delighted to hear this and was a little dumbfounded!
