Chapter 618 Let the bullets fly for a while longer
Three days later.
Zhu Yihai, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, indeed ordered the withdrawal of the siege on the north side of Jinan City. Early in the morning, the Qing troops on the top of the city saw the Ming troops on the north side of the city blowing their horns, then assembled and withdrew to the east and west sides.
Several suspension bridges were also placed on the earthen wall to cross over long trenches.
After half a day, the north side of the city was already quiet without a single soldier.
The defenders of Jinan were a little excited, but Beizibo and Tuo sent Bagala to lead troops to take over the north gate and strictly guard the city gate, prohibiting anyone from approaching, let alone leaving the city.
He himself had no intention of leaving the city to break out of the siege.
He made it very clear to the generals and officials at the Fuyuan meeting that they are now besieged here and have been cut off from news, so they have no idea what is going on outside.
Everything is said by the Ming army, who knows whether it is true or false.
He firmly believed that Beijing was definitely sending reinforcements south, so they just needed to hold on and wait for reinforcements.
Even if they retreat 10,000 steps, if the Ming army really lets them break through, reinforcements from Beijing will not come for a while, but will it be safe after leaving the city? Not to mention whether there is an ambush, even if there is no ambush, where can we go after leaving Jinan?
The important town of Dezhou in the north may have been occupied by the Ming army. If they leave Jinan City, which they can rely on, they will just jump into a larger encirclement without even the slightest barrier. If the Ming army besieges them, it will really be a disaster.
He died without a burial place.
Bo and Tuo Geng guessed that the Ming army was deliberately trying to drive a wedge between them. They first besieged them, then threatened to flood Jinan, and then opened a fence. This was just an encirclement of three areas in the military book. Anyone who has read military books knows that encirclement of three areas
Que Yi's purpose is to undermine the morale of the army and then allow the defenders to voluntarily abandon the fortified city and break out of the siege, but there will inevitably be an ambush outside.
The strategy of leaving the enemy open, preparing an ambush, luring the enemy to flee, and annihilating them in motion can not only shorten the siege time, but also reduce siege casualties.
Anyone who has read some military books, who doesn’t know this?
So that is not a door to life, but a road to death.
Anyone who steps out of the North City Gate will have one foot in the gate of hell.
"Whoever dares to take a step closer to Beicheng will be killed without mercy!"
A group of heavily armored Bajala Jurchen cavalry roared at those who tried to approach, with a fierce look in their eyes.
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"We have been besieging the city for half a month. If we don't attack the city, the Tatar reinforcements will arrive soon."
Northeast of Jinan City, on the south bank of the Yellow River.
The flowers are not in the mountains.
This mountain is also called Huashan. There is the Huayang Ancient Palace on the mountain. During the Jiajing period, the governor of Shandong changed it into Chongzheng Temple. The main hall is dedicated to Feng Choufu and Min Ziqian. The two verandas are dedicated to 22 people including Tie Xuan and 19 people including Huang Fu.
.In the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Huayang Palace and was dedicated to the gods of the four seasons.
There is also the Sanyuan Palace, which respectively worships Bixia Yuanjun and the three gods of heaven, earth and water. There used to be a clear spring next to the temple, which was clear and sweet.
Huabuzhu Mountain is an isolated mountain on the flat ground.
There are temples and palaces on the mountain, with halls and verandas, pavilions and terraces, with ridges and eaves. They are surrounded by walls. In the courtyard, there are towering ancient cypresses, Qiu Pan and scales, and dense forests, with birds chirping all year round. On the side of the temple, on the rock wall, in the forest
, there are many monuments.
Zhu Yihai used this as his camp. He lived on a mountain and had a good view from afar. There was also a sweet spring of spring water at the foot of the mountain.
"Don't worry about Tatar reinforcements."
Zhu Yihai was not afraid of Beijing's reinforcements at all. The Tatars were starved of food and wages and could not send out many troops. If Qingqi came, they had to beware of Beijing's base.
After all, the current Ming army is not fighting with traditional tactics. Zhu Yihai has complete control of the sea. There is a town of elites in Tianxiong Town on Juehua Island in western Liaoning, and there are also several towns of land and water troops in Lushun in southern Liaoning. And under the emperor
There are also troops in Denglai, the base camp.
Not to mention that there are troops of Yang Guohai and Zhang Ding on Dahang Mountain, which are right under the nose of Baoding. If the Tatars dare to attack the city, then the Ming army can attack Beijing and Tianjin with several troops.
Look back and dig out.
Therefore, Zhu Yihai had already calculated that even if the Qing army went south, it would not exceed the force that Yue Le had when he attacked Da Da, which was at most 30,000 to 40,000 people, or roughly this number.
Zhu Yihai is now north of Jinan and has already captured Dezhou, Daming, and Linqing.
Dezhou and Linqing are both important towns on the canal and must be passed through on the way south. Daming is the center of the south of Hebei.
These three cities are controlled by the Ming army. Even if Yue Le is a famous clan general who captured Datong, he cannot easily break through this line of defense.
You must know that Zhu Yihai now sent Yongwei Town, the second town of the Ming Dynasty, to garrison Dezhou, and also assigned a team of troops to assist Ding Qiguang, Xu Anguo and others in guarding Linjin.
This had just been strengthened, with one town on top of the two towns, equipped with artillery, and three cavalry battalions each. They were equipped with nine 12-pound field guns from Shenji Town.
There were Zhang Quan and Meng Xian in the front to intercept, there was Tu Guobao behind, Li Chengdong was fighting guerrillas in the rear, and Lu Xiangguan was threatening the rear on Juehua Island in western Liaoning.
Zhu Yihai was not afraid of Yue Le going south at all, and even hoped that he could bring more of the main force of the Qing army south.
The more soldiers they bring, the more they will consume. If they cannot break through the blockade and reach Jinan City, they will be dragged to death in the wilderness.
This is like the bad wars fought outside the Pass for more than ten or twenty years from the Apocalypse to the Chongzhen Dynasty. This does not mean that there is no one with a military mind. In fact, the decision-making and deployment of many battles are still very clever, but it is simply difficult to execute.
It's not that the generals can't move and the troops can't do it, it's just that the food, pay, and supplies can't support it.
Whether it's the Battle of Ningyuan or the Battle of Songjin, it's basically the same.
Especially the Chongzhen Dynasty, which used troops again and again, was defeated again and again, and wasted again and again, which aggravated the defeat. Most of them were dragged to death rather than directly defeated.
Compared with Qing army reinforcements, Zhu Yihai was more concerned about the situation in Shandong.
Many officials urged to attack Jinan quickly, but Zhu Yihai didn't want to attack by force at all. Just like Xuzhou, wouldn't Xuzhou be recaptured without spending a single soldier?
"The siege of Beicheng was released, but the Tatars had no intention of leaving the city. They seemed to want to fight to the end."
"Not afraid." Zhu Yihai waved his hand, "Jinan is an isolated city now. There are Eight Banners and Green Camps in the city, Manchus and Han people. If we attack urgently, then they will not care about other things and will defend desperately. But if we don't attack now
, and opened the siege to let them go, and promised that those who surrendered would be pardoned, it would inevitably force them to leave, or even force them to split and have internal strife.
Bohetuo is also considered a person. He knows that surrounding Sanque is a trap, but others don't think the same as him.
All they know is that there is a glimmer of hope now.
Some people want to escape and some want to surrender. Whoever stops them and drags everyone to death is the enemy.
So, don't worry, let the bullets fly for a while, Jinan City will not always be so quiet.
How much food is left in Jinan city?
How long does it take to consume energy?
In this way, if you shoot more arrows into the city, if anyone captures Bo and Tuo, regardless of whether they are Manchu or Han soldiers or civilians, they will all be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver. If any captured soldiers come to surrender, I will reward them all, and a Manchu soldier will raise his flag.
Ding's horse armor is rewarded with thirty taels, foot armor is rewarded with twenty taels, Yu Ding's armor is rewarded with ten taels, and his coated slave is rewarded with five taels.
The Mongolian Banner Ding Zhun was given a first-class reward, and the Eight Banners Han Army was given another first-class reward.
Also, every other day after the city fails to surrender, I will kill one in a hundred of all the prisoners of war. If the city does not surrender for a hundred days, I will kill them all!"
"As long as you come out of the city to surrender, even if you don't kill the Tartars, you will still be accepted, and you will be given a silver dollar as a severance payment. If there are horses carrying armor, weapons, etc., they will also be rewarded with silver according to the capture standard. A war horse will be given ten taels of silver.
A blunderbuss and a tael of silver..."
Huang Zongxi, the governor of Shandong, was secretly frightened when he heard the emperor's words. Jinan City was already in such a state that people were already unstable. If the emperor was so agitated again, there would really be internal strife.
Regardless of whether we can kill the generals and present the city, at least there will be chaos. If we don't break the city, we will lose the hearts of the people and it will be difficult to fight again.
"Jinan City is already a ripe fruit, so why should we be anxious?"
"Huang Qing, you are the governor. Now there are only two cities left in Shandong that have not been restored. What are your plans for recovery?"
Huang Zongxi answered confidently, "I believe that since the Northern Expedition, the imperial court's policies for the recovered areas have been ready-made, and there is already a set of excellent recovery methods. As long as they are implemented according to the law, it is nothing more than inviting exile.
Reward land reclamation.
All the fields in Shandong were cleared, regardless of whether they were owned or not, and the barren land was planted first. The government loaned seeds to the cattle at low or no interest to help them resume farming.
For these newly restored and reclaimed lands, policies can also be given to exempt them from landownership.
In addition, food is dispatched to the Xinfu area to provide disaster relief and resettle the people so that they can return to their hometowns and resume their businesses.
You can also use work as relief, recruit hungry people to strengthen river embankments, dredge river channels, etc.
The imperial court must promptly dispatch officials, restore local government offices, set up local security guards, establish regiment training, and strengthen security patrols.
The imperial camp officers and soldiers were divided into various places, recruiting bandits, encircling and suppressing the stubborn resistance, using a multi-pronged approach. As long as the situation stabilizes, it can slowly recover.
However, Shandong also has several more difficult problems. First, the two important towns of Jinan and Yanzhou have not yet been recovered, and there are still 20,000 to 30,000 enemy troops who are stubbornly resisting. This is a factor of instability.
The other is the Yellow River.
It has been almost two years since the Yellow River burst its embankment at Tongwaxiangji in Henan Province and changed its course, but no one has taken care of it. The gap has always been there. The old river channel is completely destroyed. The Yellow River has taken over the Daqing River and entered the sea. Except for this main stream,
There are two other tributaries that also take over the rivers in Hebei and Shandong.
Whether the Yellow River should restore its old course or follow a new course, no matter which way it is, the river must be regulated. To restore the old course, it must block the mouth and close the river. If it takes the river course, it must strengthen the new river dam and dredge the Daqing River. Otherwise, it will be
Some rivers will still overflow during the flood season, endangering people.
No matter which plan is chosen, the river repair project is huge and cannot be completed within three to five years, and at least two to three million taels of silver or more will be invested every year.
Countless manpower needs to be used.
Another problem is that if a new river channel is used to divert the Qing River into the Bohai Sea, another big problem is that the water transport canals will be abandoned. Without the water of the Yellow River, the canals in Shandong will be silted up and blocked and cannot be maintained.
There are actually two factions fighting in the court now. One is the Restoration of the Yellow River Old Route faction. Most of them are officials from Henan, Shandong, and Hebei. After the diversion, these three provinces were severely affected. Moreover, the loss of the canal will also seriously affect the economy of the canal belt. For example,
Places like Jining and Linqing all prospered due to water transportation, and Jinan was also greatly affected by water transportation.
The other sect is the New Daoist sect. They support using the current new river channel to enter the Bohai Sea and not restoring the old channel.
The reason is of course that the Yellow River diverted the Huai River into the sea. After hundreds of years, this old road is now an above-ground river. Forcing the Yellow River to flow south for water transportation has become more and more costly. Even the Huai-Si area is suffering from the Yellow River
flood.
If the old route is abandoned and the Daqing River passes through Shandong and enters the Bohai Sea, then the Huaisi line between Anhui and Jiangsu will be stable. Even if water transportation is blocked, don't be afraid. At most, it will enter the sea at Huai'an or Yangzhou. Maritime water transportation will not affect the south of the Yangtze River.
Region.
Therefore, southern officials strongly supported the new way.
Because the Shao Tian Dynasty started in eastern Zhejiang and conquered from the south to the north, the new Taoist sect is now the mainstream in the country.
Huang Zongxi was also an official in the south of the Yangtze River, and he also supported the new route. He believed that there was no need to waste efforts to restore the old route and spend a lot of money to maintain the Shandong Canal. The north of the Huaihe River should be directly converted to sea transportation.
In this way, the biggest problem is that we must fully invest in new river channels and intensify the construction of river embankments and dredging of river channels across the board to solve the flood problem in the Yellow River Flood Area. Otherwise, it will be difficult for Shandong to restore its economy. After all, 20 or 30 prefectures and counties are affected by this.
The cost of repairing the river is high. This is not a patchwork, but a brand new Yellow River waterway. The investment is huge, and Shandong itself cannot afford it.
"The Yellow River is full of dangers and must be cured. I have been thinking about this for a long time. Now we will finally fully restore the Central Plains. The Yellow River is also an urgent issue that we must face immediately after regaining the Central Plains.
The old route of the Yellow River diverted the Huaihe River to the sea for hundreds of years, and it has indeed accumulated too high. If it is just to divert the Yellow River to facilitate transportation and maintain water transportation, the cost is really too high, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Therefore, I think that we can take advantage of the situation and open a new river channel to introduce the Daqing River into the Bohai Sea. Now we will start building embankments and dredging the river. I will set up a special river governor to be responsible for river repairs and the cost of river repairs.
, and will also allocate funds specifically for this purpose,
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! There are many disaster victims in Shandong now, so we can provide relief through work and provide food to these victims to hire them to build rivers.
The project of repairing the new river channel is huge, so let’s do it step by step.
We must also start rebuilding the cities, towns, and villages that were submerged due to diversion."
"When rebuilding cities and towns, the original vassal vassal palaces in various places can be demolished to obtain wood and bricks for use. While recruiting refugees to resume farming, various places must also clear out fields, vassal fields, military fields, and various official fields.
All the fields that have been cultivated and unregistered, and the fields that have been donated by name must all be cleared out.
What should be distributed to the soldiers should be divided. If there is any surplus, it can be sold to the people. If there is any surplus, it can be divided into post fields, official fields, school fields, etc., and rented out to post soldiers, officials, gentlemen, etc.
Family sharecropping.”
Shandong's top priority is to restore people's livelihood and restore order.
The biggest problem in all this is that it has to rely on the court to spend money and allocate funds to adjust grain, and it has to guarantee that the people of Shandong will have two or three years to recover. Of course, it is not easy to rebuild the organization of the local government offices in Shandong.
Fortunately, the Shaotian Dynasty from south to north was already very experienced in this area. Huang Zongxi, the governor of Shandong, had already governed Denglai Qingxin for more than a year, so it was not difficult to say how to start.
And Zhu Yihai still had some money and food in his hand, and he was willing to take it out.
Huang Zongxi praised the emperor endlessly.
Zhu Yihai smiled bitterly. Although his words were harsh, his heart was bleeding. After this battle, Henan and Shandong were recovered, but this huge mess would really suck the blood of the imperial court.
But I can’t do it without memorizing it, so I can only take it one step at a time.
After saving for more than a year, he was left penniless after one battle. He regained two provinces and suffered a huge financial burden.
It seems that we have to issue national bonds.
Otherwise, we really have no money to maintain it.