Chapter 366 New Sea Relocation Order under the Butterfly Effect
The Battle of Shanhaiguan ended in a disastrous defeat with more than half of the Qing troops participating in the battle being annihilated.
After this battle, the Qing army completely lost the possibility of aggressive counterattack in the remaining months of the sixth year of Longwu, and even in the following years.
Moreover, the far-reaching impact of this battle was not all exposed at once. Many consequences will still need to be revealed slowly over a long period of time.
For example, during the more than thirty years of war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when did the Qing army not go south to plunder people during the autumn season? They treated the people of the Ming Dynasty as cash machines in Liaodong?
But this Shanhaiguan battle unexpectedly had a very funny side effect: because the battle took place from August to October, it happened to be the stage when autumn grains were put into storage after the autumn harvest.
Originally, when the Qing army launched a campaign at this time, they also wanted to enter the pass and grab a handful of autumn grain supplies in the areas controlled by the Ming army.
But in the end, the Ming army attacked Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and then retreated by sea, taking away the population, money, food and materials. This is equivalent to the Qing army stationing in Ningyuan and Jinzhou for a year, and in the end all the newly harvested grain was taken away by the Ming army.
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In more than thirty years, only the Ming army's farmland was cut off by the Qing army. Now for the first time, the Qing army's farmland was cut off by the Ming army and they were ready to eat. Although the number was small, the impact on the structure and morale of both sides was very profound.
When the senior officials of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties looked back afterwards, they were filled with anger: The Qing Dynasty actually became the party that was robbed with protection fees during the autumn harvest! Is there any justice?
In the months after this battle, the Qing army had to shrink in the Western Liaoning Corridor, reducing its military presence and forming a no-man's land that neither side dared to pursue.
Jinzhou City still has to be defended, because this place is already relatively close to the heart of Liaodong, and is at the end exit of the Liaoxi Corridor. But a city like Ningyuan, which is only in the middle of the Liaoxi Corridor, absolutely dare not take it.
However, even after reaching this point, Zhang Huangyan did not intend to let go of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. He also adopted a two-pronged approach and arranged two poisonous tactics to weaken both Mongolia and the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the same time.
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Zhang Huangyan's first move was to have the Ming army carry out destructive sneak attacks on other coastal areas of the Liaodong Peninsula, especially at points where the terrain was more protruding and where rapid land reinforcements were difficult to carry out from the core occupied areas of the Qing army.
Anyway, the coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula is so long, as long as there is emptiness, the Ming army can sneak attack.
There is no need to limit the location of the sneak attack to the Liaoxi Corridor! It can also be the west coast of the peninsula, or even the east coast of the peninsula! As long as you don't touch the most concave places at the bottom of the peninsula, you won't be afraid (that is, don't touch the Yingkou in later generations)
Unless the Qing army completely abandons all coastlines and retreats inland! Otherwise, the Ming army can use its naval superiority to attack everywhere!
The Ming army's first real sneak attack on Liaodong took place more than a month after the end of the Shanhaiguan Battle, on October 8, the sixth year of Longwu.
The perpetrators of this battle were still Zhang Mingzhen's navy. The total number of troops mobilized was about 20,000, all of which were navy and artillery. Not many professional land forces were used. The main focus was on an action that came and went like the wind.
flexible.
The location of the Ming army's attack was chosen at Jinzhouwei at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, which would later become the Dalian and Lushun areas.
As we all know, Dalian and Lushun are themselves another long, narrow and protruding peninsula at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, which is also the "peninsula on the peninsula".
Its connection to the hinterland of the Liaodong Peninsula is very narrow, and the terrain of the connection is mountainous (if there were no mountains, it might not be able to form a peninsula, but would be directly cut off by the Bohai Sea and become an island)
Such terrain would of course be very inconvenient for the Qing army whose core was stationed around Shengjing. After the Ming army launched an attack, Qing reinforcements might not arrive on the battlefield for seven or eight days.
If the Ming army lacked heavy artillery, it might be difficult to cross the sea and attack a city that had been firmly garrisoned by the Qing army for decades.
After all, the situation in this place is very different from that of Ningyuan and Jinzhou. After all, the defenders of Ningyuan and Jinzhou have quite a lot of Liaodong Han people, and Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou's old troops were forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Naturally, when the Ming army fought back,
I feel more or less fond of my homeland.
As for Jinzhouwei, people for several generations have considered themselves citizens of the Qing Dynasty/Post-Jin Dynasty. Almost no one was born during the reign of the Ming Dynasty and has never been a citizen of the Ming Dynasty in his life (unless he was born during the Li Chengliang era)
The old man may have been a subject of the Ming Dynasty. None of the local middle-aged people under the age of 40 or 50 were ever ruled by the Ming Dynasty)
Therefore, when the Ming army attacked, they still had the will to resist. Unfortunately, the Ming army already had flexible heavy artillery that could switch between sea and land and transport thousands of miles long distances.
The speed of the Ming army's heavy artillery on ships at sea was definitely faster than that of the Qing army's artillery on land. Each gun was assigned six horses to pull the gun carriage, and the march was faster.
The Ming army had the absolute advantage of concentrating its forces and could easily smash through the city. Of course, the Qing army was completely unable to resist it.
On the ninth day of October, the day after the Ming army landed, the Jinzhou Guard Post, later known as Dalian, was captured by the Ming army.
The Qing army did not have many defenders at the Jinzhou Guard Post, but after all, this was the hinterland of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Manchu population was still quite large. In the end, more than 2,000 soldiers were killed, and 10,000 Manchus were killed and captured.
More than five thousand people.
The Ming army had strict military discipline and made it clear that as long as they were Han people, even those who had been enslaved by the Tatars for many years, they could seek revenge. Moreover, the Ming army would not harm Han people unless there was clear evidence that they were famous traitors.
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After a purge, all the remaining local people defected to the Ming Dynasty.
Just three days later, on October 12th, the Jinzhou Wei Zhongsuo, the former post, which was later known as Lushun, was also defeated by the Ming army. Up to this moment, the Qing army had not sent reinforcements from the direction of Shengjing.
After capturing the entire Jinzhou Guard, this time the Ming army did not intend to plunder and then give up like Ning Yuan, but instead chose to settle down.
If we go back more than ten years and leave a stronghold across the sea from Denglai that is connected to the hinterland of the Liaodong Peninsula by land, it would be absolutely unthinkable.
But today is different from the past. The Ming Dynasty's navy under Zhu Shuren's rule was more than ten times stronger than during the Chongzhen period. It was easy for the Ming Dynasty to maintain a year-round maritime supply line between the tip of the Shandong Peninsula and the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.
If the Qing Navy navy dared to harass us, they would definitely be seeking death.
After being incompetently furious for more than a month and having their two tentative rescue efforts repulsed, the Shengjing and Puppet Dynasty felt good and simply abandoned the Jinzhou Guard and allowed the Ming army to wreak havoc on the tip of the peninsula.
And the Ming army had such a natural port that would be famous in later generations, which was naturally even more powerful for the Ming Navy's subsequent supply, dispatch, and coordination.
Zhang Huangyan wrote a letter of advice, asking Zhu Shuren to allocate funds to turn Jinzhouwei into a fortress and carry out port construction in order to completely eliminate the Tartar plan in the future.
After receiving the report, Zhu Shuren deeply agreed with his cousin's vision, held a symbolic discussion within the Nanjing court, and finally issued an edict in the name of Emperor Longwu——
In the next few years, there will be no need for the six northern provinces to provide money and food. They will rely on the financial support of Jiangnan to transport weapons, money and food by sea. The north only needs to provide some building materials and be responsible for turning Jinzhou Guard into a fortress.
Build bastions when necessary, build bastions when necessary, and build deep-water ports when necessary. Nothing is missing. Materials can be transported by sea anyway, and the transportation cost is very low, so construction expenses are completely controllable.
Moreover, after Zhu Shuren looked at the map, he discovered that the location of Jinzhouwei on the Ming Dynasty map did not completely coincide with the Dalian Port in later generations. Dalian in later generations is still just a fishing village.
So with a stroke of his pen, he directly upgraded the local administrative level and established "Dalian Prefecture" in the Liao Province of the Ming Dynasty, which was regarded as the administrative seat and provincial capital of the newly restored Liao Province in the Ming Dynasty.
The main reason is that the rest of Liaodong is still in the hands of the Tatars. The Ming Dynasty only recovered one place in total. Of course, it can only be used as a provincial capital.
In the future, if Shengjing can be captured, it will not be too late to move the provincial capital of Liaodong to Shenyang. These can be discussed again.
After having the first state-level city-level foothold on the Liaodong Peninsula, there is another advantage, that is, the Ming Dynasty can finally reset the "Liaodong Governor" position that has been abandoned for many years.
Before the Ming Dynasty, during the Chongzhen period, the governor of Liaodong had always been retained as an official. Even if the territory in Liaodong had actually been lost, the governor of Liaodong would continue to be appointed and his headquarters would be located in Shanhaiguan.
Before Wu Sangui switched power, there were Wang Yongji, the governor of Liaoji, and Li Yutian, the governor of Liaodong, who could theoretically restrain Wu Sangui. Unfortunately, Wang Yongji and Li Yutian later became two ministers.
Now, after being vacant for six or seven years, the Ming Dynasty could finally reset the governor of Liaodong. Zhu Shuren also made a selection within the Nanjing court to see if anyone would volunteer to go.
Who knows, most of the useless snacks in the Nanjing court. I heard that there is actually only one Jinzhou Guard in the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Governor. It was just defeated by the chaos of war, and it is still alone overseas and surrounded by the Tatars. I don’t know if they can get the rear in time once the war starts.
reinforce……
In the end, there was no civil servant who was of sufficient rank and willing to become a civil servant.
Other knowledgeable people who are willing to share the country's worries are either too high or too low in official positions, so they are not suitable. For example, a loyal person like Shi Kefa is certainly not afraid of risking his life by serving the country, but he
How could he possibly go to such a shabby place when he is already the chief minister of the cabinet?
Zhu Shuren squeezed those timid trash snacks, and finally promoted the young man to be the governor.
At the beginning, he proposed that Zhang Mingzhen should also serve as governor of Liaodong!
But this is too contrary to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty. In the 2780s of the Ming Dynasty, the civil and military branches were separated. The status of military generals was low. How could there be any reason to let people with general background as governors?
Naturally, this proposal was too shocking and was discouraged by countless cowardly civil servants.
Fortunately, Zhu Shuren did not intend to promote Zhang Mingzhen as a civil servant at the beginning. After throwing stones and asking for directions to frighten the conservatives, he threw out the second candidate and made Zheng Chenggong the governor of Liaodong.
Zheng Chenggong also has absolute naval strength, and Zheng Zhilong has been dead for more than three years. Zheng Chenggong has also served his filial piety, and the strength of the Zheng family is completely controlled by him alone. After Zheng Chenggong became the governor of Liaodong, he was afraid that the Zheng family's maritime power would not allow him to
Try your best?
As soon as this personnel proposal was put forward, many people subconsciously wanted to oppose it at first. The reason was naturally that Zheng Chenggong was a slightly lower level - Zheng Chenggong was already a doctor-level official in the Ministry of Household Affairs many years ago, and later he was promoted through meritorious service.
He does have a resume at the level of a minister, but if he wants to be posted as a governor, he will only be half a level up at most.
But the main reason against Zheng Chenggong is that he is too young and his official qualifications are too short. Zheng Chenggong was basically a newcomer who had just entered the official career in the last years of Chongzhen, and he became an official when he was only sixteen or seventeen years old. He was promoted quickly.
, mainly the six years during the Longwu period.
A young man who is only 26 years old is asked to be the governor of a province. What does this make those old-school people who wait for seniority think?
It's a pity that they have already opposed Zhu Shuren's decision once, and most of their opposition energy has been consumed. It would be unethical to continue to oppose it now.
Moreover, Zhu Shuren had given them a chance, but they themselves were unwilling to serve as governors in Liaodong, which had only one jurisdiction and was extremely dangerous. Zhu Shuren wanted to recommend someone again, and the person he recommended was indeed a civil servant, so they had no shame to object.
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In the end, after a court game, Zhu Shuren successfully promoted Zheng Chenggong to the position of governor of Liaodong, and asked him to take office within three months. When the appointment was issued, it was already the end of November of the sixth year of Longwu. After all, Dalian Prefecture had been recovered before.
It was also the end of October, and it only took a month for the appointment decision to be exchanged, which was already very fast.
Therefore, Zheng Chenggong must ensure that he arrives in Dalian to take office before the end of February next year.
Calculating the time, the Bohai Sea will freeze in the twelfth lunar month of winter. Setting sail for the north in February will be just in time to thaw and catch up with the sea and canal transport season. He can also spend the New Year in Nanjing before heading north. At this time, Zhu Shuren can take care of his little one.
Brothers.
Knowing that he had finally become a feudal official and a governor at the young age of twenty-seven, Zheng Chenggong naturally shed tears of gratitude.
He felt that two generations of the Zheng family had struggled so far and finally reached the top of local politics.
His father, Zheng Zhilong, worked hard all his life. Because of his poor background, his highest position was the Fujian General Soldier, and he could only be the highest military attache in the province until his death.
He was only twenty-seven after the New Year, and he had already become the highest civil servant in the province. He was definitely a proud ancestor.
Before leaving, he inevitably went to Nanjing to send gifts and treats to Zhu Shuren to express his gratitude, and also took out millions of taels of silver to support his expenses.
Of course Zhu Shuren didn't care about his little brother's money. He just patted Zheng Chenggong on the shoulder and encouraged him to do a good job:
"Your Zheng family's ship is not suitable for sailing in the Yellow Sea, but the ship is not a problem, the court will subsidize it for you. You have to provide snacks for the navy and military equipment, because the Tatars may not be willing to launch a counterattack.
I hope that Dalian Prefecture can also become a meat grinder that will continue to bleed the Tatars in the next few years. If they don't come, you can also take the initiative to provoke until the Tatars completely abandon all coastlines and retreat back to the interior. Otherwise, this matter will not happen.
Done."
Zheng Chenggong quickly said that even if everything was left to him, he would definitely live up to his elder brother's kindness.
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After arranging Zheng Chenggong's move, Zhu Shuren of course had other supporting means, but the purpose was the same.
Time quietly came to the seventh year of Longwu. With Zheng Chenggong successfully taking office at the end of February, the last force of the Ming Dynasty's harassment by sea completely broke with the puppet Qing Dynasty and launched a strategic counterattack.
This force is Li Yu, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, who Zhu Shuren had previously ambushed in North Korea.
It has been a year and a half since Li Yu returned to North Korea. He originally brought back 4,000 soldiers. Now, after expanding, reorganizing the army, and recruiting local North Korean soldiers, it has expanded to 12,000 people in the third battalion. North Korea's national strength can still handle this number.
If you can afford it, you can sell him enough military rations at a price that is significantly lower than the market price.
Moreover, the situation in North Korea has also undergone new changes in the past year and a half. When Li Yu first returned, the reigning King of North Korea, Li Ju, finally died of illness last year.
The crown prince Li Hao also officially ascended the throne, and the importance of Li Yu and his father Li Shibai was once again increased. With the support of Zhu Shuren, they had become extremely powerful in North Korea.
Li Yu, who received the support of all the national power of North Korea, finally officially broke the peace with the puppet Qing Dynasty and sent troops to further occupy Zhangzi Island at the mouth of the Yalu River - of course, Li Yu sent troops to occupy the area as the general soldier of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty.
It is also considered the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, not the territory of the tributary country North Korea. This cannot be ignored. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be North Korea helping the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty? In the end, North Korea would be able to expand its territory. This kind of low-level mistake must be made by Zhu Shuren
Wouldn't do it.
(Note: The current Zhangzi Island is in the sea east of Dalian, but the Zhangzi Island on the Ming Dynasty map is at the mouth of the Yalu River. That place no longer exists. Due to siltation, it has been integrated with the main land of Donggang City and became
part of the harbor breakwater)
Because the location of Zhangzi Island is closer to the Yalu River Estuary than Mao Wenlong's original Pi Island more than 20 years ago, after Li Yu succeeded, he could be regarded as completely cutting off the shipping from the Yalu River Estuary.
Waterway transportation has been cut off, and we can only communicate directly by land via Changbai Mountain.
The steepness of Changbai Mountain is destined to greatly restrict military dispatch. There is no need to wait for winter. The mountain can be closed by heavy snow for at least half of the year. Therefore, after August every year, in February and March of the next year, as long as the mountain is closed by heavy snow, Sheng
Since the troops from the Beijing direction could not come for reinforcements, the Ming army could clear out the land south of the North Ridge of Changbai Mountain at will.
For a time, even the Manchu tribes nesting in the Changbai Mountains suffered disaster. As long as they were caught by the Ming army, the soldiers would kill them all, taking the women and children prisoner, and gradually weakened them.
They were harassed by the Ming army in turn, including Li Dingguo of Shanhaiguan in the west, Zheng Chenggong of Dalian in the middle, and Li Yu of Zhangzi Island in the east. The puppet Qing Dynasty finally couldn't hold on for seven years in Longwu, and finally completely gave up all coastal territories. According to the regional
Differently, we must retreat at least fifty miles inland, and some areas even require retreating more than a hundred miles away from the coastline.
This can be regarded as the butterfly effect, which forced the sea relocation order that lasted from the 18th year of Shunzhi to the 23rd year of Kangxi in advance.
The only difference is that historically Kang Mazi wanted to encircle Zheng Chenggong and prevent Zheng Chenggong from receiving trade supplies, so he chose to do this.
But now, Shunzhi and Hauge were blocked and surrounded by Zheng Chenggong. Unable to bear the harassment, they could not bear the pain of the coastal Manchus being continuously annihilated and the prisoners were bloodletted, so they fled inland on their own.