On March 10, the first year of Chongzhen, all the more than 30,000 border troops in Ningyuan City surrendered.
After fifteen days of bloody fighting, the offensive and defensive sides paid a price of more than 40,000 people, and the Ningyuan War finally came to an end.
With the fall of Ningyuan, the Ming Dynasty only had Shanhaiguan in western Liaoning. According to the current situation, Shanhaiguan was also in danger and could be captured by the Kaiyuan army at any time.
In just three years, the Ming Dynasty lost Liaodong and Liaoxi. The original Jurchen Jurchen in Jianzhou was already a headache for the emperor. Now Liu Zhaosun controls all Jurchen ministries, Liaodong and western Liaoning, plus one from Mongolia and one from Korea, becoming an enhanced version of Nurhaci. Perhaps it can compete with Huang Taiji's Manchu Qing Dynasty at its peak.
But now there is no need to compete with the Qing Dynasty, because Liu Zhaosun has replaced Huang Taiji, and the Kaiyuan Army has replaced the historical position of the Manchu Eight Banners.
In fact, Liu Zhaosun now began to imitate the historical Huang Taiji strategy against the Ming Dynasty, intentionally or unintentionally.
Of course, he will decisively eliminate some of the barbaric elements.
After several internal rectification campaigns, the supreme leader of Liaodong can guarantee that atrocities such as the Hair and No Inscription Prison and the Ten Days in Yangzhou will never happen after entering the customs.
Unless he died suddenly.
Do not massacre the city, do not engage in literary inquisition, this is the bottom line for time travellers.
However, it can be expected that after entering the customs, the purge and killing of certain specific groups will always be unavoidable.
At present, Ping Liaohou has a very close relationship with these groups.
As the Kaiyuan Army continued to advance towards western Liaoning, gentry and wealthy families from all over western Liaoning came to seek refuge with the Kaiyuan Army and served as the leading party for the Kaiyuan Army.
If it weren't for Wang Zaijin's tight defense and strict investigation of spies, Ningyuan City would have been opened from the inside by this group of enthusiastic gentry.
Some wealthy gentry even donated money and grain, saying that they would follow Ping Liao Hou into the pass and make achievements.
Liaodong and Liaoxi were all owned by Liu Zhaosun. In fact, he already had the strength to separate himself and become king.
Of course, according to the previously planned plan, we cannot act too hastily at this time, and all actions will end at Shanhaiguan.
The so-called bomb cannot be dropped at Shanhaiguan.
Before entering the customs, the number of people had soared to 400,000. Liu Zhaosun began to struggle to control the soldiers and civilians. After passing Shanhaiguan, the number of soldiers accompanying him did not know how many times the number would increase. When the time comes that it cannot be controlled, it will only collapse.
Liu Zhaosun knew very well that what needed to be solved now was how to negotiate peace with the imperial court and strive for the best interests of Kaiyuan.
At early noon on March 10th, surrounded by the generals from Kaiyuan, Marquis Pingliao rode his horse slowly into the city from Chunhe Gate. The two streets of Ningyuan were already filled with Zhenfu soldiers responsible for maintaining order.
The Guards were responsible for escorting surrendered border troops out of the city, and then disposing of these prisoners after leaving the city.
When Wang Zaijin and others surrendered to Marquis Pingliao, there were still more than 30,000 soldiers from the frontier army in Ningyuan City. With the strong city, these people could have fought against the Kaiyuan Army. Even if they could not repel the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city, they could still defeat them. The Kaiyuan Army caused certain casualties. However, after the fall of Liao Town, no one was willing to come forward to fight against the Kaiyuan Army without Zu Dashou as a shield.
The frontier army's generals and generals all witnessed the brothers of the ancestral family being burned alive at the top of the city the day before yesterday, and the head servant of the ancestral family was executed by Ling Chi. Liu Zhaosun's cruelty was not inferior to that of the Jiannunu chiefs. No one wanted to provoke this murderous god. Several generals had their own agendas. From now on, Ningyuan could no longer defend itself.
Under the general's banner, which was one foot long and six feet high, Liu Zhaosun and Kang Yingqian's cavalry were walking side by side, surrounded by hundreds of guards in front, back and left.
In the distance, Chunhemen Street was crowded with people. People in the city came from all over and crowded on the roadside to watch the excitement.
On the street next to the Wengcheng, Liaodong's strategic king Zai Jin, together with more than a dozen frontier generals and his model battalion generals, stood there with their heads hanging down, respectfully.
When he was still a hundred steps away from this group of prisoners, Kang Yingqian asked:
"General Liu, to deal with these people, we have to use both grace and power. Yesterday, we killed five hundred servants of the ancestral family in front of them. This is power. How should we win over them next? What are your plans?"
Liu Zhaosun looked at Wang Zaijin who was still messy in the wind in the distance, and said with a stern expression:
"Keep them alive and let them go back and negotiate with the court.
"Wang Jinglue is the official minister of the second rank of the imperial court, and he is also responsible for the economic affairs of Liaodong. His official rank is higher than that of the lower officials. This ceremony cannot be performed, lest he lose the court etiquette."
At that time, I didn't know the power of Kaiyuan's army and offended the Marquis of Ping Liao. Now I know that Kaiyuan's fighting power is unparalleled.
Kang Yingqian pulled Wang Zaijin close to him and lowered his voice:
"Marquis Ping Liao has been restless these past two days. For the sake of our friendship, I leave this matter of peace negotiation to you. In the future, when Marquis Ping Liao enters Guan Ding, he will not forget the good offices of my good brother. .
Wang Zaijin wiped the sweat from his forehead. In the past, when he was in the capital, he often heard officials scolding some supervisors in Liaodong for being shameless. Only today did he see how thick-skinned Kang Yingqian was.
Now that he had boarded the pirate ship, he had no choice but to agree. The emperor would be furious if the frontier troops suffered such heavy losses in aiding the Liao Dynasty. If he could achieve "a great victory at Shanhaiguan", his position as the Liaodong manager would be considered stable, at least he wouldn't need to He was arrested and sent to prison.
