Chapter 716: The Great Victory at Tashan and the Sacrifice of Manchu Women
Moreover, the musketeers on both sides began to approach and shoot.
At an almost face-to-face distance, even with the quality of the Qing army's muskets, the lead bullets fired could break through the armor.
The sturdy heavy armor was almost vulnerable to lead bullets fired from muskets.
Gun smoke spewed out from the muzzle, and in just the blink of an eye, the lead bullet hit the heavily armored soldier.
In just an instant, the solid and thick heavy armor was torn apart by the spinning lead bullets like paper, and blood rushed out from the wounds.
The heavily armored soldiers on both sides were almost fighting for their lives.
The fighting is getting more intense!
The Ming army's artillery is still firing!
The rumbling sound of shelling almost drowned out the sounds of fighting on the battlefield.
The Qing army's cavalry jumped out of the formation, trying to break through the Ming army's array.
However, what greeted them was sharp spears!
The spear pierced the horse's belly, and even pierced the cavalry and war horses on the horse, skewering them into candied haws.
The wails and screams are endless!
However, the heavy armor of the Ming army armed with spears also vomited blood and suffered broken bones and tendons under the terrifying backlash of the horses' sprint.
He was even knocked out and hit the crowd.
Moreover, this was because the Qing cavalry was limited by the battlefield and could not fully charge.
Otherwise, the casualties of the Ming army will only be more severe!
At this moment, the flag of the Ming army's central army changed, and groups of elite cavalry ran out from both sides of their own formation and headed towards the Qing army's array.
Teams of Ming army elite cavalry galloped on the battlefield!
But they did not charge directly into the formation, but began to ride around the Qing army's formation and harass them.
Collapse! Collapse!
The bowstring trembled continuously, and arrows flew one after another.
A shower of arrows fell towards the Qing army's array!
The armor ratio of the Qing army was not high. Those in front had armor because they were elites and were responsible for breaking the formation.
But the Qing army behind them has no armor!
Faced with the cavalry and shooting harassment of the Ming army's elite cavalry, one can imagine the fate of the unarmored Qing army.
The rain of arrows was dense, and each arrow seemed to be free of charge, constantly piercing the bodies of the Qing soldiers.
A cloud of blood exploded!
The Ming army's attack caused chaos in the Qing army's array, and countless Qing soldiers wailed endlessly.
The chaos in the rear formation also affected the morale of the Qing army's front troops.
Yue Le looked at his own terrible situation and regretted it!
I regretted that I should not have thrown all the cavalry in early, and prepared to let the cavalry charge into the formation, but in the end, almost all of them were wiped out under the firepower of the Ming army.
If the main force of the Qing army's cavalry was still there, the Ming army's cavalry would not be able to be so vicious.
"Move forward, keep moving forward!"
Yue Le turned his head, forcing himself not to look at the situation in the rear formation, and ordered his troops to continue attacking forward.
I want to tear apart the Ming army's array!
But it can't advance at all!
Facing the successive charges of the Qing army, the Ming army did not retreat at all.
The fighting between the two sides is getting more and more intense!
Countless bodies fell on the front lines where the two sides were fighting.
Yue Le kept beating the war drums, trying to boost the morale of the army, but it was all in vain.
The Ming army is very resilient, and the soldiers on the front line are all wearing heavy armor. Even if the Qing army now has a strength advantage, it is simply unable to break through the Ming army's defense line.
Time keeps passing!
The fierce battle lasted from morning to afternoon!
At this moment, a Qing army messenger rushed to Yue Le in a panic, pointed in the direction behind him, and said.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
"Something bad is going to happen!"
"Ming...Ming's pursuers are catching up!"
As soon as the messenger finished speaking, Yue Le noticed that the ground was shaking.
Turning around and looking back, I saw a large plume of smoke appearing from behind the horizon.
The flag of the Ming army is flying high!
Teams of elite cavalry quickly appeared on the battlefield.
"kill!"
"Destroy the enemy!"
While the flags were fluttering, the Ming army's cavalry appeared on the battlefield. Without any hesitation, they rushed straight to the Qing army's rear formation.
Collapse! Collapse!
There was only the trembling sound of bowstrings like playing cotton in the world.
The cavalry rode past, arrows rained down, and grenades were thrown into the Qing army's formation.
Amidst the rumbling explosions, the grenades cleared empty areas in the Qing army's formation.
The smell of blood is tangy!
The Qing army's array was in chaos!
The next moment, the Ming army's cavalry roared in.
Rushing into the chaotic formation of the Qing army, the cavalry galloped and quickly cut through the already chaotic formation of the Qing army.
And while cutting up the Qing army's array, they were also concentrating superior forces to annihilate the Qing army.
"kill!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements from their own side, the Ming army on the frontal battlefield, which had originally just retreated, also launched a counterattack.
Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, the Ming army launched a counterattack and began to suppress the Qing army's continuous retreat.
The fighting on the battlefield is getting more intense!
At this time, the main infantry force of the Ming army's pursuers also joined the battlefield.
The Qing army under Yue Le's command was completely surrounded.
Amid the shouts of killing, the Qing army's living space was constantly being squeezed.
If this were elsewhere, Yue Le would definitely order the Qing army to break out.
But now they are in the Liaoxi Corridor!
With the Yanshan Mountains on one side and the Bohai Sea on the other, the Qing army had no place to escape.
In order to prevent the Qing army from escaping through the mountains, the intercepting Ming army and the pursuing Ming army began to cooperate with each other and completed the convergence on the side of the Yanshan Mountains, preparing to completely surround the Qing army.
The cavalry rushes, the infantry charges!
The sound of gunshots and shouts of killing shook the sky.
The Ming army quickly completed the encirclement of the Qing army, cutting off the Yanshan Mountains, the Qing army's last retreat.
The Qing army was forced to retreat towards the sea!
After this, the Ming army's naval guns stopped roaring.
Of course, it's not that the Ming army's naval guns can't fire, but because the Qing army and the Ming army are now too close, and the two sides are getting mixed up.
As for naval guns, they are notoriously inaccurate due to the rough seas.
In order not to accidentally injure one's own soldiers and horses, the Ming army's naval guns could only stop firing.
At the same time, the heavy artillery deployed by the Ming army on Tashan continued to roar.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Continuously projecting firepower towards the Qing army array!
Many Qing troops were forced to retreat into the sea under the force of the Ming army.
The blood gathered into a stream on the beach and merged into the sea, dyeing the water near the shore red.
The Qing army was on the shore and began to become increasingly untenable.
Yue Le was even forced to retreat into the sea water, and the cold sea water in late autumn soaked his trousers.
Although it’s not too cold, it’s still uncomfortable!
In the chaos, many Qing troops drowned in the sea.
Collapse! Collapse!
Bang bang! Bang bang bang!
The neat and crisp sound of gunfire and the trembling of bowstrings.
The Ming army stood on the shore, shooting arrows at the Qing army in the sea.
Phew!
A Qing soldier had his throat pierced by an arrow and fell into the cold water.
There was a bang, and a lead bullet opened a hole in the chest of an Eight Banners soldier wearing heavy armor, and blood gurgled out.
Under the unilateral massacre by the Ming army, the number of casualties of the Qing army continued to rise.
Wait until the Qing army's musketeers and archers want to fight back.
However, they found that their gunpowder was soaked in water and their bowstrings were soaked in sea water, making them useless.
Although there were sporadic counterattacks by Qing troops, they were insignificant.
It could not cause any harm to the Ming army.
"Kill!"
The fighting continued, with the Ming army constantly suppressing the Qing army.
Finally, some soldiers of the Qing Dynasty could not stand it anymore and chose to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
As for surrender, basically once you start, you can't stop!
A large number of Qing soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt in the cold water.
Whether it is Green Camp or Eight Banners, in the face of life and death, everyone chooses to follow their hearts.
Yue Le looked at the wave of surrender that was spreading among the Qing army, his eyes full of deep despair.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Fight to the end for the Qing Dynasty!"
Yue Le shouted like a madman, trying to summon the Qing army to continue fighting.
But there is nothing we can do to change anything!
More and more Qing troops chose to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
The wave of surrender spread rapidly like a plague.
Yue Le looked at the desperate scene in front of him, pulled out the saber from his waist with a clang, and wanted to go forward and fight with the Ming army.
In just a moment, all the personal guards around him were lost.
He also fell into the siege of the Ming army!
The next moment, a dense rain of arrows shot over!
Heavy arrows pierced Yue Le's heavy armor and shot into his flesh.
Bang! Bang bang!
Clear gunshots also sounded one after another.
The lead bullets rotated, ruthlessly drilling large holes in Yue Le's body, and blood sprayed out.
Following that, Yue Le's body collapsed weakly, half-kneeling in the sea water.
Immediately afterwards, several spears stabbed in neatly!
Puff, puff, the sound of skin and flesh being penetrated was heard one after another, and the spear pierced Yue Le's body mercilessly!
Yue Le felt the pain coming from his body and his eyes widened.
There is blood constantly spilling from the mouth!
But it is very obvious that the look in his eyes is getting weaker and weaker.
Until it disappears completely!
Li Meng wore a suit of armor and came to the front of the battle in person.
Swing your sword and chop it down!
The sword flashed and the head fell to the ground!
Li Meng held Yue Le's hair by the money rat tail on the back of his head and raised Yue Le's head high.
Blood drips down!
Li Meng shouted!
"The commander-in-chief of the Qing army will confer his head, and those who kneel down and surrender will not be killed!"
When the surrounding Ming troops saw this scene, they all started to drink together.
"The commander-in-chief of the Qing army will confer his head, and those who kneel down and surrender will not be killed!"
"The commander-in-chief of the Qing army will confer his head, and those who kneel down and surrender will not be killed!"
"..."
Amidst bursts of shouting, countless Qing soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt in the cold sea water.
The wave of surrender spreads quickly!
…
The sun was setting in the west, and the setting sun on the horizon dyed the earth blood red.
The sea surface was even redder, making it difficult to tell whether it was the blood that dyed the sea water red or the setting sun that dyed the sea water.
However, the broken limbs and broken corpses floating on the sea showed everyone what a brutal battle had just happened here.
The Ming army began to receive and count prisoners of war. Some uninjured prisoners of war had their weapons confiscated and were intensively detained.
Those injured Qing prisoners of war were held at the seaside and executed centrally.
Although the Ming army did not lack medicinal materials, the manpower of military medical officers was limited.
It was too late to treat the injuries of our own people, but we had no time to take care of those Qing prisoners of war.
Moreover, for some seriously injured people, giving them a break is actually a kind of kindness.
Li Meng met Fang Wei, who was responsible for leading troops to block the Qing army's evacuation, and then they hugged each other and laughed.
The atmosphere is very cheerful!
As time went by, the Ming army's cleanup work on the battlefield was also progressing in an orderly manner.
Data on casualties, battle results, seizures, etc. were constantly presented to Li Meng and the two of them.
"Brother Li, how about reporting victory to the capital?"
Fang Wei asked.
Li Meng received the detailed battle report, signed it for confirmation, and stamped it with his own seal.
This is to show everyone that Li Meng has read this battle report and signed and sealed it to confirm its authenticity.
"Okay, Brother Fang, please sign and seal too!"
"After confirming that the battle report is correct, I will report the victory to the capital together in the names of you and me."
"Haha, after this battle, Jiannu will no longer live up to his responsibilities!"
Fang Wei took the battle report from Li Meng and signed it with his seal.
He nodded and said.
"After this battle, the Ming Dynasty will probably suspend the use of troops in the east of Liaodong and give priority to recovering the lost territory in the pass, right?"
Li Meng nodded and said.
"According to the plan given by the staff department, it should be like this!"
"But my next step depends on His Majesty's decision."
The two of them talked to each other and discussed the future of the battle.
Suddenly, Fang Wei said something.
"I don't know what the situation is like in the Shanxi direction!"
"..."
…
Shanxi, Taiyuan Prefecture!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Qing flag on the city gate has been lowered, and the flag belonging to the Ming Dynasty is flying high over Taiyuan City.
The green soldiers in Taiyuan City had already lined up to have their hair cut, and they took out the military uniforms of the Ming Guardsmen that were kept at the bottom of their boxes at home and put them on themselves.
A large group of soldiers from the Ming Guards, the Dashun Breaking Army, the Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Yiyi Army formed a formation outside Taiyuan City.
They formed a strict formation. The Taiyuan Mansion guard led his own soldiers, leaping on horseback, out of the city gate and came to the neat formation of these Guiyi soldiers.
He yelled and spoke.
"Brothers, now the Ming Dynasty will be restored, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties will withdraw from the Central Plains in embarrassment, and the Ming Dynasty King's Master will soon arrive in Shanxi!"
"Before this, we surrendered to the Manchus and acted as collaborators. This was the sin of confiscating our family and annihilating our clan."
"Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor is kind and has given me a chance to atone for my sins!"
"Those are the eight imperial merchants who once made great contributions to the Manchus' entry into the country!"
"Your Majesty said that as long as we can conquer Jiexiu and capture the eight great imperial merchants, we will be able to atone for our sins."
"Brothers, follow me!"
"Capture Jiexiu and atone for your sins!"
The Taiyuan Prefecture general raised his fist and shouted loudly.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Guiyi Army in front of him also followed him and shouted at the top of their lungs.
"Capture Jiexiu and atone for your sins!"
"Capture Jiexiu and atone for your sins!"
"..."
Shouts resounded throughout Taiyuan City and beyond.
"Let's go!"
As the flag of the Chinese army changed, these newly attached Ming troops began to move towards Jiexiu.
The morale was high throughout!
Although there is a reason why he can atone for his sins by taking down Jiexiu.
However, after they win Jiexiu, they can all make a small fortune, which is also one of the important reasons.
The emperor wants to confiscate the homes of the eight Shanxi merchants. Boxes of gold and silver, land deeds, and precious antiques and cultural relics must be taken away by no one.
After all, the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty are not just decorations!
I'm afraid that if you have your life, you can take it, but you can't spend it!
But, then again, if during the process of ransacking the house, the soldiers responsible for the operation secretly hid some scattered gold and silver jewelry or something, the Jin Yiwei would definitely not be able to see it, and they would not be able to see it.
Therefore, for these low-level soldiers, as long as they ransack their homes, they had the opportunity to make a fortune.
The same scene not only happened in Taiyuan Prefecture, but almost the same scene was also staged outside Datong City.
However, the soldiers from Datong City were heading towards Zhangjiakou, which is located outside the pass.
Although the ancestral residence of the eight Shanxi merchant families is in Jiexiu, most of their family businesses are in Zhangjiakou.
The oil and water you can get from Zhangjiakou is no less than that from Jiexiu!
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The Capital, the Forbidden City, and the Wenhua Palace!
After Zhu Hongyu entered the Forbidden City, he turned the Wenhua Palace into his office.
Used for handling government affairs and meeting with foreign ministers!
As for the original imperial study room, it was cleared out and used to store some materials.
Some information about Northland’s population and acreage data!
Zhu Hongyu attached great importance to these materials, and even liked to deliberately free up the imperial study room for the storage and placement of these materials.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Great victory, great victory in Tashan!"
"My Ming Dynasty king's army completely wiped out the Qing army at Shanhaiguan in Tashan, and killed the Manchu Qing and Prince Yue Le of Shuo'an in formation. We won a great victory!"
"..."
Zhu Hongyu was looking through government documents, and the content on them made people frown.
At this moment, there was a burst of noise outside.
He sent an order to bring the people in, and then got such a piece of news.
In an instant, the displeasure on Zhu Hongyu's face disappeared, and a smile appeared instead.
Then came a burst of ecstasy!
"Haha, hahaha!"
"Yeah!"
"The great victory at Tashan, the last field legion of the Qing Dynasty was completely wiped out, and Shanhaiguan was also recovered by the Ming Dynasty!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The smile on Zhu Hongyu's face could hardly be concealed.
The importance of the Tashan battle lies not only in the fact that the Ming Dynasty retook Shanhaiguan and took control of the Liaoxi Corridor.
It's also because the Ming Dynasty finally defeated the last Manchu army with field capabilities!
After this battle, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was like the Ming Dynasty after the Songjin Battle, and rabbit tails could no longer grow.
That is to say, the Ming Dynasty's strategy was to temporarily stop the war in Liaodong after recapturing Shanhaiguan, giving priority to recovering the lost territory within the pass.
Otherwise, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties may not be able to see the sun next year!
After being happy about the good news, Zhu Hongyu picked up the brush in his hand again and wrote in ink.
"I sent an order to Tashan's troops, and then we started preparing to capture Jinzhou and restore the Ming Dynasty and Liaoxi defense line."
"Then we can prepare to withdraw our troops from Liaodong!"
After taking Shanhaiguan and restoring the Liaoxi defense line, there were actually many reasons why the Ming army stopped fighting.
Not only because the Ming Dynasty was planning to resolve the war within the Pass before sending troops to the Northern Expedition!
The more important reason is that it is already September, and winter will begin soon.
However, most of the soldiers of the Ming Army were from the south. Even if they had winter clothes, they could not adapt to the climate of Liaodong.
Therefore, Zhu Hongyu is planning to wait until spring next year before launching troops to regain Liaodong!
Just like this year's Northern Expedition of the Ming Army, it was also launched after the beginning of spring and the weather got warmer.
Of course, the reason why Zhu Hongyu was not in a hurry to launch the northern expedition to Liaodong is also related to the fact that the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was wiped out by the Ming army in the Western Liaoning Corridor. With the remaining strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it could not make any waves at all!
Compared with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, whose main force has been completely wiped out, Wu Sangui's side is obviously a greater threat to the Ming Dynasty.
Although Wu Sangui now claims to be Aisin Gioro Sangui, he is a Han after all, and he does not have as many scruples as the Manchus when using the name Han.
Although Wu Sangui lost a battle in Huguang, the defeat was quite tragic, but as long as he dared to use people, it would be much easier to restore his strength than the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
After the Huguang War ended, how long had it passed before Wu Sangui had already regained some of his strength!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The evidence is Wu Yingqi’s big victory in Guihua City!
Tens of thousands of Mongolians were beheaded and countless horses, cattle and sheep were captured. Guan Ning's army used the blood of tens of thousands of Mongolians to prove to everyone that their fighting power still existed.
Then, Zhu Hongyu realized that the current threat to him from Guan Ning's army was much greater than the threat to him from the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
As the withdrawal of troops from Liaodong was finalized, the news of the Tashan victory was also sent to Nanjing at an accelerated speed of 800 miles.
With the continuous accumulation of victories one after another, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty court is also constantly increasing!
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Shengjing City, inside Chongzheng Hall!
Important figures from all over the Qing Dynasty gathered together to discuss the future of the Qing Dynasty.
The final result of the Battle of Tashan has been announced. Shanhaiguan fell, Prince An Yue Le was killed in battle, and the last main army of the Qing Dynasty with field strength was destroyed.
Coupled with the deterioration of the civil war in Guan, Beizhili, Shanxi and other places were recovered by the Ming Dynasty one after another!
Everyone seems to have seen the future of the Qing Dynasty!
Many people realize that the fall of the Qing Dynasty is imminent!
After next spring, if the Ming army launches a large-scale northern expedition to Liaodong, the Qing Dynasty will surely fall!
"Now that the situation in the world is unstable, we, the Qing Dynasty, are actually at a critical juncture of life and death!"
"Do you have a way to break the situation? To extend our Qing Dynasty to Zuo?"
Mr. Borzigit sat behind the bead curtain, and the young Kangxi imitated the adults' appearance, sitting on the dragon chair with a straight face, looking at the courtiers below with bright eyes.
The leader of the Zhenghong Banner, Aixinjueluo Jieshu, heard this and stood up and said.
"Report to your Majesty, the Queen Mother!"
"The current dilemma that the Qing Dynasty is facing is that the defense line in western Liaoning has been lost, and the Ming thieves have the ability to threaten the capital of the Qing Dynasty at any time."
"The second is the shortage of troops. The last field legion of the Qing Dynasty was destroyed at the hands of Ming thieves."
"In this regard, my slave's suggestion is that we, the Qing Dynasty, should continue to move north!"
"Go back to Hetuala, back to the white mountains and black waters, my place of dragon prosperity in the Qing Dynasty!"
"In this way, firstly, we can avoid the front of the Ming army and use the high mountains and mountains in Liaodong to re-build the defense line."
"The second is that our Qing Dynasty can use Hetuala as the center to spread the influence of our Qing Dynasty outwards and capture the wild Jurchens to join the army to supplement the current shortage of soldiers in our Qing Dynasty."
Jieshu felt that since Shengjing City couldn't stay any longer, let's continue to retreat northward!
Return to Hetuala!
However, just as Jieshu finished speaking, Sony stood up and objected.
"Your Majesty, your words are wrong!"
"By retreating to the White Mountains and Black Waters, we, the Qing Dynasty, can indeed avoid the Ming army's front. However, there is simply not enough money and food in the White Mountains and Black Waters to supply our Qing Dynasty's needs."
"What should I do next in Qing Dynasty? Between the white mountains and black waters, there is no way out!"
"If I, the Qing Dynasty, retreated to the white mountains and black waters, it would be nothing more than a slow death!"
When Jie Shu saw that he was being opposed, he was not upset, he just frowned and said.
"What does Suo Xiang mean?"
Sony bowed to Kangxi and Borjigit, and then spoke.
"I feel that we, the Qing Dynasty, should not go north to Hetuala. Perhaps we should go south to conquer the dynasty!"
"By conquering North Korea, we can obtain the money, food and population that our Qing Dynasty is currently in urgent need of. We, the Qing Dynasty, can even use North Korea as a springboard to march eastward to conquer the Japanese."
For the Qing Dynasty, the Western Expedition was undesirable.
Because the nationality of the Qing Dynasty was the Manchus, not the Mongols.
If the Qing Dynasty went on an expedition to the west, it would most likely be untenable on the grasslands.
What’s more, the grasslands are also poor!
When the Qing Dynasty went to the grassland, there was a high probability that they would be so poor that they would eat dirt.
But fighting North Korea is different!
The Korean soldiers were weak and relatively wealthy, especially those wealthy families. Each one was richer than the last. As long as the castles of several wealthy families were broken, the Qing Dynasty could gain a lot.
As for the results...
What could be the result?!
Anyway, we, the Qing Dynasty, are not planning to stay in North Korea for a long time. We don’t need those worldly nobles to cooperate with us in ruling the place, so we can just kill them. What can they do to the Qing Dynasty?
Sony continued.
"The Japanese country is rich in gold and silver and has a dense population."
"If the Qing Dynasty can gain a firm foothold in the Japanese country, it is not impossible to counterattack the Ming thieves in the future!"
Sony very exaggeratedly painted cakes for the Manchu cabinet ministers, but as for whether the cakes could be eaten, it was not certain.
Hearing this, Suk Saha frowned and said.
"If we were to conquer the dynasty, how would we solve the problem of the shortage of troops in the Qing Dynasty?"
"The current number of nationalities in our Qing Dynasty..."
As Suk Saha spoke, he sighed helplessly.
Because there are basically no young and strong men in the Qing Dynasty now!
Due to the successive battles within the pass and a disastrous defeat at Tashan, the Qing Dynasty's male population was basically wiped out.
Currently, most of the Eight Banners stationed in Shengjing City are old and weak, and even many healthy women have been incorporated into the Eight Banners Army to supplement their numbers.
Women are needed to go to the battlefield, which shows how big the manpower gap is now in the Qing Dynasty!
Sony said.
"Carry the flag to the green soldiers below and turn them into flag men."
"Also, cancel the distinction between the Eight Banners of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Dynasties, and unify them all under the name of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty!"
The reason why Sony did this was to expand the Qing forces.
The second is to reduce the crisis of division within the Manchu Qing Dynasty!
If the Qing Dynasty was strong and powerful, it would naturally not matter if it divided the Eight Banners of Manchu, Mongolian and Han, and then divided them into the Han people.
A clear hierarchical system will only make those below risk their lives on the battlefield in order to raise the flag and improve their status.
But now the Qing Dynasty has declined!
If we continue to deliberately distinguish between the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners, it is no different from deliberately reminding the other party that you are not one of the Qing Dynasty's own people.
It’s definitely not conducive to unity!
That's why Sony is now proposing that all the green soldiers below should raise their flags and cancel the distinction between the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners, and call them all the Eight Banners.
The purpose is to make the Manchu and Qing Dynasties twist into a rope!
Only when the Manchus and Qing Dynasties united themselves could they be able to cope with Ming's offensive.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Otherwise, in the face of the Ming Dynasty's offensive, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties themselves were not of the same mind, and there was really no other possibility except destruction.
Jieshu frowned and retorted.
"But even so, there is no guarantee that those newly promoted Green Camps who have been promoted to the Eight Banners will be loyal enough to our Qing Dynasty, right?"
These days, even the Eight Banners have taken the initiative to join the Ming Dynasty.
There is no doubt that what his Jie Shu is talking about is the rubbish from the Haixi Jurchen Department!
Jieshu seriously doubts, is it reliable to raise the flag for Green Camp?
After those green soldiers raised the flag, would they really be loyal to the Qing Dynasty?
Obviously impossible!
Even raising the flag does not prevent them from surrendering when it is time to surrender.
Ye Bilong opened his mouth and said.
"You can use your family to contain them!"
When Jie Shu heard this, he immediately retorted.
"But those Green Camp soldiers are mostly bachelors without wives or families!"
Of course, the Green Camp soldiers who had wives and families would not follow the Manchus out of customs and continue to be traitors.
Suksaha said.
"Then get them wives!"
Jieshu fell silent after hearing this. After pondering for a while, he continued to speak.
"Where can we find so many women? Go to North Korea to rob them?"
Sony said.
"Why do we need so much trouble? Aren't there many women whose husbands died in the war under various banners of the Qing Dynasty?"
"Pair these women with the new green battalion soldiers carrying the flag!"
"As long as they can have children together, there is no need to worry that these new bannermen will not be loyal to the Qing Dynasty."
"Even if he can't give birth to a child, he will still care about his wife. He will not surrender to the traitor so easily until his life and death are at stake!"
Nowadays, the population of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty is scarce, but the only shortage is young and strong men.
Because 89% of the men of the Eight Banners died on the battlefields of the Ming and Qing Dynasties!
However, although most of the men died, there were still a lot of old and weak, women and children in the Eight Banners, adding up to two or three hundred thousand.
It was not that the Ming Dynasty deliberately spared these old and weak, women and children, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty moved these people outside the customs in advance before the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition.
He has never been caught by Daming!
Sony feels that now is the time for these old and weak, women and children to contribute to the Qing Dynasty!
When Jie Shu heard this, his expression changed drastically and he retorted.
"No, absolutely not!"
"How can I, a Manchu woman, marry a lowly Chinese dog?"
It’s hard to tell that Jieshu is still a nationalist.
Sony snorted coldly and said.
"Otherwise? If you don't let these women get married, how can you ensure that the new Green Camp Han troops who have joined the banner will be loyal enough to the Qing Dynasty?"
Sony retorted without hesitation, causing Jieshu's expression to keep changing.
But I couldn’t say anything to refute it!
In the end, everyone turned their attention to Kangxi and Borzigit, hoping that they would come up with the final idea.
Kangxi saw everyone looking at him, his childish little face full of confusion.
Obviously, he did not understand what Sony and others were discussing.
He is only over ten years old this year, so he is still young and cannot make the final decision in government affairs.
After hearing this, the Borzigit family behind the bead curtain sighed heavily, and then spoke.
"That's all, just feel sorry for the women under those banners!"
"For the Qing Dynasty, some sacrifices are inevitable!"
"Back then, the Empress Dowager made sacrifices for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, committed herself to Dorgon, and suffered injustice to protect the late emperor. Now, it is a last resort for these Manchu women to commit themselves to the new Han people who joined the banner for the sake of the Qing Dynasty."
"Hey, the Qing Dynasty will never forget their sacrifices and efforts!"
Mr. Borzigit spoke personally and finalized the matter.
And told Sony to make appropriate preparations for this matter!
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Capital, inside the Forbidden City!
As time goes by, it is now the beginning of October in the first year of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, and winter is about to begin.
Zhu Hongyu was also preparing to return to the DPRK with his troops and was preparing to lead his team back to Nanjing.
Although the Ming Dynasty has now regained its capital, Zhu Hongyu is not planning to move the capital of the Ming Dynasty back to the capital, but is planning to officially establish the capital as Nanjing.
The main reason for this is that the current Beizhili is too dilapidated, especially near the capital, where most of the population has been plundered by the Manchus and outside the customs.
Without enough population, there is no way to build a capital city!
Of course, there are also social changes and the bourgeois revolution is brewing, which is why Ming Dynasty wants to ensure its control over the important financial and taxation areas in Jiangnan.
Once the bourgeois revolution was completed, the importance of Jiangnan as the financial and taxation center of the Ming Dynasty and the place where capitalism first sprouted is self-evident.
If the Ming court wanted to ensure its control over the world, Jiangnan had to be firmly controlled by the court.
Nanjing, the capital, is really the best choice at the moment!
As Zhu Hongyu prepared to teach, the prefectures and towns he passed along the way continued to send people to meet the Emperor of Heaven.
Many local big players have chosen to sell to Daming!
Zhu Hongyu was given a large number of congratulatory gifts, including many extremely precious antiques and cultural relics.
But what amazed Zhu Hongyu the most was a bronze square tripod presented to him by a family named Li from Shandong!
It looks a bit like the Stepmother Wu Ding, but it is smaller than the Stepmother Wu Ding, and the pattern inscriptions on the tripod are also different.
But its value is self-evident!
Absolutely priceless!
In addition, there are many famous calligraphy and paintings, as well as the Four Treasures of the Study once used by some famous figures in history.
Zhu Hongyu expressed great satisfaction with this!
Just when Zhu Hongyu led the team to Linqing, he received a message from Nanjing.
Wu Sangui sent an envoy to Nanjing, hoping to surrender to him in exchange for the opportunity for peace talks.
Moreover, Zhu Hongyu also received a confession from Zhou Tianxu.
In response, Zhu Hongyu showed a thoughtful expression.
This Wu Sangui is a bit interesting!
What really makes Zhu Hongyu feel interesting is not that Wu Sangui wants to surrender to him, but that according to intelligence, the current Guan Ning Army is preparing for the Western Expedition.
It can be seen that Wu Sangui has now realized that he may not be able to stand in the Central Plains and is ready to run away.
Well, this is very conscious!
After thinking for a while, Zhu Hongyu made a decision.
"Please pass on the order and wait until I return to Beijing before making a decision!"
"..."
After giving the order, the imperial driver's speed increased even more.
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When Zhu Hongyu's imperial chariot arrived in Huai'an, detailed news came from Shanxi.
Jinyiwei cooperated with the Guiyi Army in Shanxi and completed the inspection of Jiexiu County and Zhangjiakou.
Almost all the heads of the eight Shanxi merchant families were arrested, and nearly 40 million silver dollars were confiscated from their homes!
This calculation only counts the floating wealth of the eight imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty. The value of the real estate owned by their families is still being calculated.
The clan members of the eight great imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the confiscated silver coins, are preparing to be shipped.
In fact, Fan Yongdou and other eight imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty wanted to escape, but those Green Camp soldiers who had the idea of surrendering to the Ming Dynasty began to monitor Jiexiu and Zhangjiakou early.
Therefore, Fan Yongdou and the others were not able to escape!
After Daming took action, almost all of them were arrested!
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and ordered Wang Ruxian beside him.
"I am ordering the Ming Dynasty Daily to carry out corresponding publicity work."
"Make the crimes of the eight imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty public and use their fate as a reminder to merchants all over the world."
"Although business knows no borders, businessmen must have national borders!"
"Some businesses can be done, but some businesses will die if you touch them."
Halfway through, Zhu Hongyu seemed to have remembered something, and then opened his mouth to give instructions.
"Order Nanjing to find a few executioners who have mastered the art of Ling Chi, and execute all the family heads of the eight imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty in Ling Chi."
"Especially the eight people headed by Fan Yongdou. Those who are alive must be cut with 3,600 knives, and those who are dead must be taken out and their bones crushed and ashes thrown away!"
Zhu Hongyu said murderously.
Even when dealing with Ao Bai, Fei Yanggu, Yue Le and other important officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Hongyu just beheaded them.
They would even order their bodies to be collected and buried afterwards.
Because he and these people are in opposing positions.
Everyone has different positions and they are enemies. Since they are enemies, it is fine to kill them, but there is no need to humiliate their corpses.
But this was not the case for the eight great imperial merchants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou, Kong Yanzhi and other traitors.
The two devils are more hateful than the devils, and the traitors deserve to die more than the enemies!
Based on this principle, he made a kneeling statue of Hong Chengchou's body, and even if Kong Yanzhi was dead, his bones were dug out and his ashes scattered...
This time the Eight Traitors fell into his hands, how could Zhu Hongyu let them die happily!
Wang Ruxian bowed to accept the order. Just when he was about to resign, Zhu Hongyu suddenly asked.
"Have all the money, food and materials allocated from the south of the Yangtze River been distributed to the north?"
When Wang Ruxian heard this, his face straightened and he spoke.
"Your Majesty, all the money and food have been distributed and distributed to the local officials."
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and then asked.
"How many fish bit the hook?"
This time, the imperial court allocated a large amount of money and food from the south of the Yangtze River, which was enough to ensure that the people in the north could survive this winter safely and survive the spring of next year.
This is not a small amount of money. Zhu Hongyu doesn't believe that those officials can't bear to look at this big piece of fat on their lips and not be tempted!
Wang Ruxian bowed slightly and spoke.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Jinyiwei has now obtained criminal evidence of nearly 370 officials above the county level."
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"That's almost half the time!"
There are more than 1,400 counties in the Ming Dynasty. On average, there are almost 700 counties in the north.
Including the lost territory that the Ming Dynasty failed to recover, the Ming Dynasty now controls up to 500 northern counties.
As a result, Zhu Hongyu caught more than half of the fish in one go!