Liu Ziguang's two thousand elite soldiers sometimes rode horses and sometimes took boats. They were elusive and plundered all over the land of Liaodong. The Qing army was so disturbed that it was exhausted and exhausted. Although the Qing army was good at bows and horses, the red shirt army's riding skills were even better.
, people learned the way of the Mongols, they can march around the clock, sleep, eat, pee and defecate immediately. Otherwise, why would the elimination rate of the Red Shirt Army be so high, with a military salary of one hundred taels of silver per month?
It's not that easy to earn.
In the Forbidden City in Beijing, in the boardroom of the Military Aircraft Department, the military ministers were ashen-faced. The Ming army burned the ancestral tomb of the Qing emperor, robbed the Shengjing Palace, and set fire to the whole city. This news came almost a month ago
It was only transmitted to the capital because the front line of the Great Wall was basically blocked by the Ming army, and the sea route was even more impassable. The Ming army's warships were prohibited from sailing into the sea. The communication between the capital and Liaodong could only go around Mongolia and make a big circle to transmit the information.
arrive.
Kangxi resisted his anger and burned people's ancestral graves and hometowns. This shame was too great. If the banner people in the capital knew that the Qing Dynasty could not even protect the ancestral graves, it would be a huge blow to the morale of the army, so he ordered a strict blockade
According to the news, they also stepped up the production of copper cannons and shells. Only when the weapons kept up could they compete with the Ming army.
Fortunately, the battle report from Hong Chengchou's side was quite gratifying. The Qing army also built plank roads secretly in Chencang. On the surface, they pretended to prepare to forcefully cross the Yellow River. In fact, they built pontoon bridges elsewhere, and a hundred thousand troops crossed the river overnight. Xu Zengshou was inexperienced in the battle.
, was taken back by the Qing army, fought fiercely for a day, and retreated to Jinan. The battle line gradually moved south, and victory was just around the corner. However, the grain road was often harassed by small groups of Ming troops, which made it miserable.
The east is not bright and the west is bright. As long as the front moves further south, the enemies of Shanhaiguan will inevitably retreat without a fight. Moreover, Kangxi also trusted Mingzhu's ability. With him in charge of military affairs in Shengjing, the situation will definitely improve.
At this time, Kangxi did not know the news that the Goryeo reinforcements had mutinied, but Mingzhu already knew that the burning of Shengjing and the imperial mausoleum was equivalent to a sap blow to his head. He had not yet recovered from the news that the Goryeo army had mutinied.
The news was passed over, and the 100,000 dans of military rations that were shipped with this group of troops were also lost and disappeared.
It was really a leaky house and it rained all night. Mingzhu immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Goryeo, sternly demanding that the King of Goryeo send troops to suppress the rebellion, otherwise Goryeo would be destroyed as soon as the Qing Dynasty took action. Li Zhu was shocked when he received the letter.
Never expecting that the general recommended by Bing Cao's verdict would rebel, he was furious and ordered Huang Changye to lead the troops to put down the rebellion. Huang Changye ordered ten thousand Hwarang troops to rush northward.
However, Huang Changye was a civil servant, and the Hwarang Army was a newly formed army. Although it had superior strength, it was no match for Kim Jae-Cao. In order to effectively control the Manchu and Goryeo forces, Liu Ziguang re-armed the Goryeo camp and issued
They have new swords, guns, armor, hand-delivered bombs, and a large number of export-type canned meat as military rations. It is said that these export-type cans are different from those used by the regular military. The raw materials used are chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs that have been killed by plague and steamed at high temperatures.
It was made with a lot of condiments and it smelled quite delicious. The soldiers of the Koryo camp ate white rice and canned meat every day. They all ate fat and white, and then wore the Ming army's standard armor.
, it feels almost like a heavenly soldier or a heavenly general.
Jin Zaicao was a smart man and knew how to win people's hearts. He had completely different attitudes towards the towns on both sides of the Yalu River. He mainly looted, burned and killed the Qing Dynasty, while he mainly used deterrence and appeasement towards the Koreans. He led a large number of troops to conquer the border.
The city of Sinuiju not only did not burn or kill, but also distributed military supplies to the local poor people. The people of the Koryo camp responded to their wishes and won consecutive battles. After Huang Changye's Hwarang Army arrived, the two armies fought. The Koryo camp relied on the people's reports
and advanced bombs, the Hwarang Army was unable to parry. Gradually, the Goryeo Battalion became famous in the mountainous areas of northern Goryeo. All the old subordinates who had been deserters and hid in the mountains came to seek refuge. Kim Jae-Cao gradually became dissatisfied.
After being stationed at a corner of Pi Island, he raised troops and marched eastward, occupying Sinuiju. After obtaining Liu Ziguang's consent, he changed the name to the Ming Dynasty Koryo Brigade. Kim Jae-Cao called himself a general and became a great warlord in northern Koryo.
Li Jian was very angry. It was not bad that a little Jin Zaicao could dominate the north. He ordered all the family members of the rebels to be arrested, killed and imprisoned. Hanyang was filled with blood and blood, and Jin Zaicao was everywhere.
After being beheaded, the heads of his parents, wife and children were put in boxes and sent to Sinuiju. However, this move not only failed to break the morale of Kim Jae-chao's department, but instead aroused their anger even more, and they vowed to become enemies of the imperial court.
The Goryeo Navy, which was expected to be in the limelight, was also disgraced. The Ming Navy that came over from the Shandong Peninsula was blocked in the harbor and bombarded. Most of the proud turtle ship of the Navy sank, and even the important ships of the Navy sank.
The base and Jianghua Island, Hanyang's sea gateway, were lost. Fortunately, the Ming army only occupied it in a deterrent manner and did not make any gesture of continuing to advance inland. Li Jian felt a little relieved. After these few battles, he deeply understood the Ming army.
After discussing with the courtiers, they proposed peace to the Ming army occupying Ganghwa Island. The Ming army received the letter from the Emperor of Goryeo and sent it back to the country. This was a lot.
Time, during the peace talks, the two sides did not take the initiative to provoke war. In fact, Goryeo had withdrawn from the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
The only ones who occupied Ganghwa Island were three medium-sized gunboats of the Beiyang Navy and 200 naval infantrymen. The warships of the Beiyang Navy were responsible for transporting supplies, blocking the Bohai Sea, and carrying Liu Ziguang's troops to harass everywhere. The force was stretched thin.
, it is not bad to be able to use these forces to deal with Goryeo. Three ships and two hundred soldiers, plus the Goryeo brigade in the north, can contain a country. Think about it, it is still cost-effective.
During the Ming Dynasty's three-front war, money was flowing like water. Luggage and supplies were transported northward one by one, and military provisions, salaries and additional troops were transported westward one by one. If it were not for the support of war bonds and stocks, the Ministry of Household's
No matter how much money you have, you can't afford this kind of spending method. Fortunately, the news of the Northern Route's successes came frequently, and even the common people knew about it. The imperial mausoleum of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was burned by Zhenwu Marquis. A group of old scholars shook their heads and criticized this, saying that this was not kind.
In fact, they were very happy secretly. In their minds, the Tatars did not belong to civilized human beings, so it was just right to use uncivilized methods to deal with them.
The fertile land in Liaodong is thousands of miles away, but it is all ownerless land. According to the description of war stocks, these lands will become the spoils of Ming Dynasty. Shareholders holding war stocks can choose physical dividends or cash dividends. In other words, shareholders only need
If you hold on to the stocks, you will be able to receive hundreds of acres of fertile land or thousands of taels of dividends in a year. This is not bad. The price of Beifang shares suddenly skyrocketed, from one hundred taels per share to two thousand taels.
One share, as the news of the armistice in Goryeo came, it exceeded 3,000 taels in one day. Don’t think it’s too expensive. Even if you have money, you can’t buy it. A song became popular among stockholders, called “I won’t sell it even if I die.”
", which shows how much they love Beipiao.
In contrast, no one cares about Xipiao, because Yuan Chonghuan's tactics are completely different from Liu Ziguang's, and he is so stable. Commander Yuan is still training in Zhengzhou, and Wu Sangui's Huguang Army has not received any orders for two months.
The order to go to war and the letters asking for help from Xi'an came one after another. Later, there was no news at all. I heard from people who had escaped over there that the Xixia army had besieged the city of Xi'an for several months and was almost running out of food. Yuan Chonghuan couldn't do anything.
All he wanted to do was consume Zhou Zhenglong's vitality. He didn't care how many Xi'an people died.
Governor Yuan's strategy is known to Zhu Youxiao, and whether the emperor and the cabinet have any objections, it would be better to use enemies to consume the separatist forces. Although the people in the city are all Han compatriots, politics is politics, and will not be allowed.
Warmth and kindness.
What Liu Ziguang engaged in in Liaodong was to encircle the cities from the countryside. He had few soldiers and lacked heavy artillery. He could not attack the big cities that were already prepared for defense. So he went rampant in rural towns, hunting down Qing officials, burning the land deeds registered by the government, and announcing
Confiscated Manchu land was distributed to poor Han people.
This move is very poisonous and stirs up ethnic conflicts and class hatred. The Manchus are usually superior aristocrats and big landowners, and their families support many Han long-term workers. Liu Ziguang's land movement turned these poor Han people into the landed middle class.
They were grateful and fearful that the Manchus would come back and seize the land, so they tried every means to help the Ming army. Liu Ziguang organized the Han people in Liaodong and set up Xiangyong in each village to protect each other. When they saw the Qing army leaving the city, they would send a message and fight in small groups.
The big ones hid, and the Qing soldiers in Jinzhou and Ningyuan cities did not even have enough food to eat. Although Master Mingzhu was resourceful, he had no choice in the face of this incredible national war.
The fight outside the pass was vigorous and vigorous, and it was no secret inside the pass. Li Yan had controlled nearly half of the counties in Zhili through cannibalization. In fact, the strategic mission of the Red Shirt Army had been completed. All that was left was to wait for Xu Zengshou's army to defeat Hong Chengchou.
Then they attacked Beijing from both sides and destroyed the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. After all, the Qing Dynasty has been in power for so many years and still has some strength. Although it is possible to capture Beijing in a hasty advance, the losses will be huge. The red shirt army is Liu Ziguang's family background and is a refined soldier.
We must not waste it on such a meaningless battle. Besides, people may not be happy if they risk their own family foundation and take Beijing. You, Liu Ziguang, have already made enough contributions and the halo on your head is already very dazzling. Why bother?
To seize the limelight again, Liu Ziguang's strategic thinking is to fight steadily and fight a protracted war. The war is about force on the one hand, and economy on the other hand. The Ming Dynasty has money, and even if it burns money, it can bring down the Qing Dynasty.
The Red Shirt Army also created an unprecedented precedent in the history of war. Their officers and soldiers can actually take turns. After three months of front-line combat, they can take a month off. They can take a boat back to Qingdao or go to Shanghai for vacation. Those who want to go home can also visit relatives.
, as long as you don’t forget to come back in time to cancel your leave, being a red shirt soldier is simply a blessing! This is the common aspiration of all Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers.