Dorgon did not catch up with the good time, and the rebellion in Wuqing and other places came too late. The Qing army had already withdrawn from the Great Wall in the Yongping Prefecture defense area half a month ago.
Even though Dorgon's troops did not retreat at that time, due to the warm weather and the blooming of flowers, the Jifu area had thawed. It was blocked by the canal and it was difficult to recruit enough boats. The cavalry could not cross the river smoothly at all.
If the two sides join forces, they may be able to make trouble for a while. No one can poison the lives in the Jifu area just by relying on them.
In order to recover their previous losses, after the Qing army was defeated in the battle with the Ming army, they relied on the advantage of a larger number of cavalry to still circulate in the Yongping Mansion area.
Due to the extremely serious losses of the artillery and infantry, most of the ability to siege the city had been lost, so Dorgon ordered his ministries to mainly loot the countryside.
In order to preserve his strength in Jin Dynasty and to be wary of the Qing army in Ningyuan, Wang Zaijin did not dare to easily send cavalry to fight the Qing army entering Guan. He could only allow Dorgon's troops to plunder at will in Yongping Mansion.
A certain prince pretended not to have seen this, and would not issue an order to reprimand or even remove Wang Zaijin. This place was regarded as a big gift package for Braid.
As long as Braid's activity range is south of the Li River and east of the Chao River, the main force of the Ming army will not be dispatched again.
A large army dispatch, even if there is no war, still requires millions of taels of silver and corresponding food and grass.
If they persist for another two months, the Japanese army can launch their third spring and summer offensive.
Rather than letting the main force of the Ming army mobilize troops, which may not necessarily be able to capture the highly mobile pigtails, it is better to leave the money for the Japanese army to land.
Don’t you like to rob?
This is easy to handle!
The things, people and animals you snatched in autumn and winter will be snatched back by the Japanese army in spring and summer!
Although it is time-consuming, troublesome and expensive to go back and forth, it is better than letting the braids be completely digested.
For the braided cavalry troops, the Ming army did not have the strength and ability to pursue and intercept them, and their combat effectiveness was also very different.
A certain prince would not spend that unjust money. If he was robbed, it would be equivalent to losing a hundred yuan.
Immediately sending troops to snatch it back would be equivalent to investing another hundred yuan, or even more, and the amount of invisible losses would be even greater.
If he stood still, the braid would only cost him a hundred yuan at most.
Although Wang Jiayan, the Minister of War, repeatedly reported, urging a certain prince to send troops to aid Yongping Mansion.
A certain prince didn't have much interest in such a thankless thing.
From this point of view, the pigtails will be knocked off every year in the future. Is it possible that the main force of Master Wang will have to patch them here and there every year?
If you want to save money and food for the Northern Expedition, you must avoid haste and be patient!
They fought hard every year, and in the end there was no money or food left.
Only a massive Northern Expedition is the only and effective way to eradicate braids!
Before this, I could bear it even if you pooped or peed on top of my head!
When the time is right, you can take revenge on both old and new grudges!
On April 15th in the Western calendar, nearly a month had passed since Matsudaira Nobusuo's troops withdrew.
This time, under the command of Lao Zhongqiu Abe Tadaki, one hundred thousand Japanese troops landed on the coastal areas of Jinzhou again!
Wang Zaijin still sent 20,000 cavalry for support, and was extremely cautious when passing Ningyuan.
If Zheng Zhibao had not sent fleets along the coast to provide fire cover, they might have been intercepted by the Qing army and Wu Sangui's troops.
To rescue Zu Dashou?
of course not!
In that case, these 120,000 people would have to be eaten by Huang Taiji.
More importantly, neither a certain prince nor the court can afford to pay 24 million...
Therefore, under the cover of Zheng Zhibao's fleet, the Ming-Japanese allied forces were stationed at the seaside and had no interest in fighting deep inland.
The food in Jinzhou City was enough to last until the end of next year. Huang Taiji wanted to besiege Jinzhou, so he was asked to continue the siege.
Sending 120,000 people to cheer for Zu Dashou is already worthy of Zu Dashou!
The Denglai Navy and the Tianjin Navy continued to be ordered to send fleets to the Liaodong Peninsula to grab whatever they had!
In this regard, Huangtaiji, which has suffered losses many times, was already prepared.
Azig led five Jia La to defend the Jinzhou guards, Duduo led five Jia La to defend the Fuzhou guards, and Dorgon led five Jia La to defend the Gaizhou guards.
Lushun is a coastal city, and warships can cover it with artillery fire, so it is completely impossible to hold on, so Huang Taiji voluntarily abandoned it.
Heavy troops have been stationed in the remaining three strategic locations, waiting for the Ming army to kill them...
In order to strictly maintain confidentiality, Huang Taiji also ordered the coastal people to retreat thirty miles inland.
Land within thirty miles of the peninsula must be relocated north, and anyone who disobeys this order will be executed immediately!
As a result, almost all the people along the coast were moved to the area north of Fuzhouwei.
To the south of Fuzhou Guard, except for a small number of troops stationed in Lushun and other places, everything has become a no man's land!
However, the implementation of the new order was not strict, and the people of Ming Dynasty still wanted to escape from the tiger's mouth, and ran to a nearby island to hide, waiting for King Kaichun's army to attack.
After Mao Yuanyi led his troops to the war zone, he searched around the surrounding islands. The target might have been hiding Donglu's informants. It was a surprise to find people who knew the truth.
Coupled with the confession of the Donglu scouts captured on the shore, Mao Yuanyi basically understood Huang Taiji's strategy and intentions.
Therefore, Denglai Navy Commander-in-Chief Mao Yuanyi and Tianjin Navy Commander-in-Chief Su Guansheng agreed that the latter would lead the Tianjin Navy as a feint to attract the attention of the Donglu on the west bank.
The former led the Denglai Navy, which had stronger combat effectiveness, and was responsible for cleaning up the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula. According to intelligence reports, there were not many Donglu troops stationed there.
Although Donglu has taken strict precautions, this strategy may not yield many gains, but it is still much better than retreating directly and returning empty-handed.
Mao Yuanyi didn't believe that Donglu didn't even leave a single soldier on the east coast of the peninsula. Even if he captured and killed hundreds of people, they were still soldiers of the Han army or King Sanshun. His troops' trip was not in vain.
They arrived at the war zone before the end of March in the Eastern calendar. According to the plan, if nothing unexpected happened, there would be about four months of combat time.
This is enough to play a cat and mouse game with Donglu. Don't you want to wait and see?
Then let me wait patiently, wait a month or two first!
First, the troops were divided into two groups and led the fleet to sweep along the coast.
No matter any ship appears on the shore, as long as it is not our own, it will either be sunk or burned down, and Donglu will never let the Donglu board go to sea!
Secondly, for the coastal islands, no one will be spared. Send more troops to the big islands and less to the small islands.
The cavalry, infantry, and artillery all attack together, never giving the Donglu any chance to counterattack.
After these two processes are completed, the final step is to land on a certain shore depending on the specific situation.
Donglu had no informants in the navy, so he was determined not to guess the temporarily decided landing site, let alone block the Ming army's landing.
After waiting for a month, Azig, who was stationed in the Jinzhou Guard, heard that Ming troops were already present on Guanglu Island and other islands, and that a large number of Ming troops were harassing the east coast of the peninsula. After that, he sent people to report the matter to Duo Ergon.
From Azig's point of view, it was Dorgon's business to deal with this barbarian tribe that evaded the truth and attacked the false. It was enough for him to do a good job in the defense of the Jinzhou Guard and the surrounding areas.
Once troops and horses are mobilized from oneself to rush over, the Jinzhou Guards are empty, and the dog barbarians take the opportunity to break through, how can one explain to the emperor?
Jinzhou Guard is the bridgehead against the barbarians landing on the Liaodong Peninsula, and its importance is even greater than that of Lushun City, which exists in name only.
As long as the Jinzhou Guard is not lost, Gou Manzi can only go to the Fuzhou Guard or even the Gaizhou Guard further north.
Attacking those two important places is much more difficult than attacking the Jinzhou Guard, which is almost coastal.
The dog barbarians could not conquer the Jinzhou Guard, and most likely they would not be able to conquer the Fuzhou Guard and Gaizhou Guard.
Otherwise, once the Jinzhou Guard is lost, the Fuzhou Guard will also suffer, and the significance of heavily deploying troops to defend the peninsula will be lost.
Azige doesn't care about things on the east coast, and Duduo, who is guarding his uncle in Fuzhou, will not meddle in other people's affairs.
Duduo was not even willing to leave Fuzhou City. If he really left the city, he would lead his troops back north.
Going out to fight in the city?
What if you fall into the trap of the barbarian?
Especially smallpox and poison, which have killed tens of thousands of Qing warriors!
Besides, the hot weather makes it difficult for the Qing warriors to fully display their combat power. Duduo believes that the current troops must focus on holding on!
After Dorgon got his revenge, he thought about it and finally decided to stand still, lest he fall into the trap of the barbarian to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
The population and important areas on the east coast of the peninsula are completely different from those on the west coast, and it is completely unworthy of sending heavy troops to support there.
Allocating troops from the West Bank to support the East Bank is putting the cart before the horse.
The enemy's situation is still unclear, and it is unclear how much force the barbarians actually invested.
The king's division, which is dominated by the two white flags, must be dominated by the three guards of Jinzhou, Fuzhou and Gaizhou guarding the west bank!
In the winter battle at the beginning of the year, Dorgon caused the king's division to lose more than 30,000 armored soldiers, and nearly 40,000 armored soldiers died on the battlefield inside the pass.
The corresponding results were very few, and they only captured about 50,000 shi of grain and more than 30,000 taels of silver. They had a population of about 30,000 and more than 1,000 livestock.
This time, 110,000 troops were dispatched, and another 50,000 coated Aha were dispatched, which was equivalent to a huge defeat.
Dorgon also wanted to use his own cavalry advantage after the Luanhe Battle to wait for an opportunity to make up for the previous losses.
It's a pity that the devil boy returned directly to the capital with the main force of the Ming army, which was completely a passive avoidance of war!
After repeated provocations to no avail, Dorgon led his troops to circle twice in the eastern areas of Yongping Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture, and finally chose to retreat.
After returning to Shenyang, he explained the cause and effect to Huang Taiji. In order to explain to the families of the soldiers and soldiers who accompanied the army, he took the initiative to demand severe punishment for himself and to remove himself from the title of Prince Rui.
As a result, Huang Taiji also received a brand-new news, that is, the demon boy not only hired a large number of Japanese soldiers as his minions, but also hired tens of thousands of tall and strong Westerners.
These Western Yi and Qing warriors always suffered losses in close combat, and always relied on brute force to win. This was the real reason why Wang Shi failed to win this time.
Not only Dorgon said this, but King Sanshun and many generals who were lucky enough to escape from the Han army and the four banners also said the same. The content was very similar, and it did not look like it had been discussed in advance.
The military setback was not serious for the time being. Taizu suffered a setback at the foot of Ningyuan City back then. Wasn't Ningyuan City taken down without bloodshed now?
The important thing is how to solve the problem of food shortage in the Qing Dynasty. According to this inference, if we enter the customs and fight in the future, we may not be able to grab much food.
After the Shanxi merchants were wiped out by the devil boy, the food shipped outside the customs was less than 10% of what it was before.
When you can't buy food or grab food, you must find a feasible way as soon as possible.
Ning Wan, I suggest large-scale planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are already high-yielding in Guanhai. The same cultivated land area can more than double the yield.
Fan Wencheng suggested sending 100,000 soldiers to open up wasteland in the plain areas of Yidonghewei and Yimihewei north of Tieling.
Based on the calculation of one stone of grain per mu, one million acres of land can increase the production of one million stone of grain, which can alleviate the food shortage problem of the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop.
Perhaps this year's output will be much less, but starting next year, with the bumper harvest of potatoes and sweet potatoes, it will be enough to feed a million people.
This area is the back hinterland of the Qing Dynasty. It is thousands of miles away from Man Ming. It is impossible for Man Ming to send troops to harass it.
After thinking about it, Huang Taiji agreed with these two suggestions and asked the ten flags, including the two gray flags, to each contribute 10,000 bags to open up wasteland.
It is not too tiring for a baggage to cultivate ten acres of land, and the rations he carries are not too much. The burden on the Qing Dynasty is not too big. He can also fish and hunt on the spot, and he can basically complete the land reclamation plan.
Bao Chengxian suggested that in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the baggage workers to open up wasteland and cultivate land, 30% of the harvest per mu should be kept for themselves, and the remaining 70% should be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
This statement was strongly criticized by Hauge, bachelors Ganglin, Xifu and others, and they accused Bao Chengxian of having ulterior motives.
Giving Bao Yi such a high reward is equivalent to giving him flag-raising treatment. Where will the Qing soldiers who fought bravely be left behind? Therefore this method cannot be opened!
However, after thinking about it for a while, Huang Taiji agreed to Bao Chengxian's proposal.
On the one hand, he wants to turn wasteland into fertile farmland and obtain millions of grains.
At the same time, I want to get 90% of the harvest, just to prevent Baoyi from starving to death!
You are obviously daydreaming!
Huang Taiji will not be as short-sighted as Hauge and others, because as Wang Shi suffered repeated defeats, the situation between the Qing and Ming Dynasties has quietly changed.
Man Ming seems to have gradually gotten rid of the vicious cycle of being beaten and defeated repeatedly.
Although it is still impossible to defeat the Qing Dynasty in the field, with the addition of muskets, artillery, chariots, airships and other weapons, the firepower and combat effectiveness have been greatly improved.
It will be very difficult to defeat, severely damage or even annihilate the main force of the Ming army in the future.
In order to be able to maintain a long-term confrontation with the Ming Dynasty, whose national power still far exceeded that of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji had to make foresight.
With not much food available from within the pass, heading north to open up wasteland was the only way out.
The prerequisite for realizing rapid land reclamation is to encourage people to make them feel that land reclamation is profitable for them.
Give up 30% of the harvest and obtain one million acres of fertile land, and the ownership of the fertile land will still belong to each banner.
Of course, the banner owners agreed that this was a good way to obtain food, otherwise they would have to raise their subordinates Bao Yi in vain, which would not be worth the gain.
Bao Chengxian also suggested that since the land reclamation area is vast, the one million acres is only the first phase of the land reclamation plan, and there will be two and three phases in the future.
Once the Qing Dynasty obtained three to five million acres of fertile land in the hinterland of the north, even if one acre of land only yielded one stone per year, the total would be as high as three to five million stones!
This would allow the Qing Dynasty to achieve self-sufficiency in food within three years, and it could also take care of all the ministries of Menggu, and its national power would be rapidly improved to achieve the ability to compete with the Ming Dynasty.
One million stones of rations can support 200,000 infantry. If the Qing Dynasty's non-mobilized standing army reaches more than 300,000, and cooperates with the elite Eight Banners and Menggu cavalry, they can still defeat the Man Ming tribe!
What Bao Chengxian said was very much in line with Huang Taiji's wishes, so he was appointed as the "governor of wasteland reclamation" and went to the designated area to be responsible for the reclamation of wasteland and farming.
Regardless of whether they are bannermen or soldiers, they must obey Bao Chengxian's command and instructions, and those who disobey orders will be severely punished.
Even if food cannot be obtained within the customs, the Qing Dynasty can still grow it from outside the customs!
