According to the intelligence provided by the grassland allied tribes, Huangtaiji launched another raid on the grassland area in the spring of the 21st year of Chongzhen.
After opening up wasteland in the hinterland, even though hundreds of thousands of young people were robbed from the pass, Huangtaiji still lacked a large number of laborers, so he once again started thinking about the grassland.
They also changed their previous strategy of coaxing and appeasing them into moving and plundering.
Any tribe willing to move to the Northeast can retain all its personnel.
Otherwise, they will be robbed, and then Mu Min will be scattered among the tribes that have surrendered and moved to the northeast.
The last time they sent troops, they only attacked and annexed the tribes in the eastern part of Khalkha. This time, the targets are the western and southern parts of Khalkha.
The attack reached the Altai Mountains in the west and the customs in Gansu Province in the south. The attack range almost included the entire Menggu capital.
After hearing the news that Donglu had sent troops to the grassland, any tribe that could run away.
Either run to the west of the Altai Mountains, or take refuge in the customs.
To avoid being escorted to Liaodong for grazing, it would be as uncomfortable as being locked in a cage.
What can a certain new emperor do about this?
In fact, apart from protecting some Mu Min in the pass, there is nothing else they can do.
No money?
Nothing can be done!
At the stage of saving money, you can only avoid haste and be patient, and just pretend that you don't see it.
The cost of sending troops to the grasslands is higher than that of sending troops to Liaodong. A certain new emperor cannot afford it at this stage.
After autumn, a certain new emperor received an urgent letter from Hui Wang Zhu Yicheng, saying that his fiefdom had been raided by Donglu soldiers.
The places where Zhu Yicheng moved the feudal vassal were in Habaro and Binhai, which were the closest places to the braided territory. Unexpectedly, they were also attacked recently.
Although the letter said that the number of invading braided cavalry was only a hundred or so, they still defeated thousands of Huiguo soldiers and horses who had Xiaofo Langji.
Judging from the location of the attack, since Braids did not send troops in winter, they would definitely not be able to cross the Black Water and could only take the Asov River (Ussuri River) route.
In summer, the Aso River is not narrow. If you want to transport war horses across it, you must first build some large boats.
Since the information at hand is very imperfect, we can only take a peek at the situation.
This makes it difficult for a certain new emperor to determine whether it is really Huang Taiji's test, or a preparation before launching a large-scale attack.
If Huang Taiji really intends to launch an attack on the Ming Dynasty's northern vassal state, then the problem will be very serious.
There are seven vassal states in the north. Among them, Jin State and Dai State are on Sakhalin Island, so Braid is not a threat for the time being.
Chongguo is in the Kamchatka Peninsula. The braided cavalry had to vomit blood before they could cross. They might have fed the polar bears.
It is nothing more than the territory of Hui Wang Zhu Yicheng, Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, and Lu Wang Zhu Changzi, and it is easy to be attacked by braids.
Especially for the first two, the territory of King Hui Zhu Yicheng stretched across both sides of the Black River, and to the north was the vassal land of King Fu Zhu Changxun.
Braid was able to hunt down Bomu Bogor for thousands of miles, and maybe he could really extend his claws to the Blackwater and Ussuri River areas.
Entering the pass and fighting the main force of the Ming Dynasty King's Division, they suffered heavy losses every time and could not get much advantage.
The results of attacking the Ming Dynasty's northern vassal states were completely different. These vassal states had low combat power and few troops, making it easy to succeed.
The most powerful vassal state, Zhou State, had only five to six thousand troops, including its king Zhu Gongzhen and his thirty-seven princes.
Since their combat power was far inferior to that of the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji could destroy them with just one armored cavalry.
It's just that Zhou State has to cross the black water in Magadan and North Kamchatka, which is beyond the reach of Huang Taiji.
Huiguo, which is just across the Wusuli River, is very close and has a weak military, so it is the best prey.
Let King Hui Zhu Yicheng endure it for three years?
It is estimated that the feudal prince will become a specimen of Emperor Taiji by then...
Fortunately, Hui Wang Zhu Yicheng still had some self-awareness and did not camp at the southernmost point. Instead, he chose to back to Sakhalin Island.
Since the foothold is the west bank of the narrowest point of the strait, the feudal king can run to the other side at any time if the situation goes bad.
After hearing the news, the acting king Zhu Chuanhuo also became anxious. If Hui Kingdom was destroyed, both he and Fu Wang Zhu Changxun might be Huang Taiji's next prey.
In addition to building various types of ships, Zhu Chuanfu was also willing to send 500 troops to support Hui King Zhu Yicheng.
But in the face of the murderous Donglu cavalry, how much can the five hundred vassal soldiers and horses do? ? ?
Jin King Zhu Shenxuan, who was located in the southern part of Sakhalin Island, was also willing to help, but only on naval warships and fishing boats.
Regarding the landing operation, Zhu Shenxuan and even the vassal state's soldiers and horses had no high expectations, so they did not have much hope.
King Zhu Yicheng of Hui sent several urgent letters to King Zhu Changxun of Fu, hoping that he would send troops to help him because of his fellow clan members and his death and tooth cold.
As a result, the latter ignored him, as if he was deliberately watching the fun, and Zhu Yicheng was so angry that he cursed...
Although the population of Hui State has reached more than 20,000, Zhu Yicheng had already ordered the construction of camps and the digging of circular trenches.
But all the vassal kings knew that in the face of a fierce attack by thousands of Donglu armored soldiers, their capital might not be able to hold on for even three days.
In this regard, a certain new emperor has three methods.
First, a large Ming army of about a thousand people was sent to assist in the battle.
Secondly, the Tianjin Navy and the Denglai Navy were ordered to send a thousand men each to station there.
Third, Zheng Zhilong was asked to mobilize a thousand men to fight alongside the king's divisions and the vassal troops.
If you still can't stand it, then the losers of the Tokugawa generals will come on stage.
With 3,000 reinforcements at the base, a certain new emperor could not believe that he could not defeat the braided expeditionary force sent by Emperor Taiji.
The divisions of the Ming Dynasty's armies did not go deep into the interior and fought on the coast. It was easy to obtain supplies from the sea.
On the contrary, it would be even more difficult for the Braided Expeditionary Army to get Huang Taiji's baggage.
But it’s not impossible, because the Songhua River will eventually merge into Blackwater.
As long as Huang Taiji orders shipbuilding in the upper reaches of the Songhua River, the Braided Army will really be able to get help from naval warships.
If they go down the river, it will take up to twenty days for the Braided Navy to reach the outlet of Blackwater and directly threaten Huiguo.
Previously, Yang Zhan's command had completed the mission of suppressing the entire territory of Sakhalin Island. Except for generals and lieutenants at all levels, all soldiers had completed their rotation.
The families of generals and officers are permanently stationed on Sakhalin Island. Since they are fighting in a bitter cold land, their military pay is twice that of the mainland, and they are never in arrears.
The family settled on the island, military pay was fully paid, and supplies could be obtained from the fleet, which dispelled all the officers' concerns.
A certain new emperor can still maintain a regular army of less than 5,000 people in the "Northland" for a long time.
In order to ensure that rotation does not affect the combat effectiveness of the unit, soldiers can be replaced every three years, officers every five years, and generals every ten years.
After expiration, I can choose to stay for another period or directly return to my hometown to continue serving.
The temperatures in the northern vassals are much colder than those in the Ming Dynasty. Even in summer, there are very few sweaty days.
But when serving here, everyone can get double pay, and the food is unbelievably good.
Starting from breakfast, there is meat every meal, which even the guard battalion of a certain new emperor's direct line cannot do.
Since Yang Zhan arrived at Sakhalin Island and started the campaign, he ordered his soldiers not to disturb the people.
Except for food, everything is adapted to local conditions and is self-sufficient. When you are hungry, you can go fishing and hunt wild boars without violating military regulations.
Similar to the suppression of rogue bandits in the mainland, many regular army soldiers in the North carry fishing nets with them.
As long as the war is not serious, they can go fishing or hunting in small groups.
Once a wild boar is hunted, all the soldiers in the platoon or even the company can beat it as a sacrifice.
With sufficient food and salary and the ability to rely on their own efforts, the morale of Yang Zhan's troops has always been relatively high, and their combat effectiveness has been maintained at a high level.
In addition, both the acting king Zhu Chuanfu and the Jin king Zhu Shenxuan deliberately wooed Yang Zhan, so that their troops had both sides and never suffered from logistical supply troubles.
When Huiguo was attacked by the Donglu cavalry, the main force of Yang Zhan's army was searching for the Rakshasa cavalry discovered previously on the territory of Lu King Zhu Changzi.
The troops of the Ming Dynasty king had eliminated hundreds of Rakshasa soldiers in the past few years, but unexpectedly, traces of Rakshasa soldiers were discovered in the hinterland in the past two years.
Moreover, a camp about a hundred miles deep in the Lu Kingdom was raided by dozens of Rakshasa cavalry. The entire camp was destroyed, and soldiers, hunters, and people were all killed.
King Zhu Changzi of Lu was furious when he heard the news, but he did not get hot-headed because a certain new emperor had reminded the vassal kings that the combat power of the Rakshasa soldiers was not inferior to that of the Donglu soldiers.
Therefore, on the one hand, they ordered their own troops to shrink their defenses and move the people to the coastal areas.
On the one hand, he wrote a letter asking for help. After Yang Zhan learned of this, he led his troops to Lu State by boat to assist in the defense.
In September of the 20th year of Chongzhen, about a thousand people from Yang Zhan's tribe and more than 800 people from King Lu's tribe fought fiercely with hundreds of Rakshasa cavalry fifty miles in the hinterland.
Not only did he defeat him, but he also wiped out nearly eighty enemies, which was a breath of relief for King Zhu Changzi of Lu.
Yang Zhan then led his troops to pursue for hundreds of miles. After failing to expand the results again, he returned to the army.
Through this battle, both Yang Zhan and Lu Wang Zhu Changzi realized that the Rakshasa people had extended their claws to places thousands of miles away from their home base.
Unsure that the opponent would make a comeback in the near future, Yang Zhan decided to temporarily lead his troops to garrison Lu State, lest he just left and the Rakshasa people planned to raise troops again.
Through this battle, Yang Zhan also discovered that the fighting power of the Rakshasa people far exceeded that of the local indigenous barbarians. It was extremely difficult for the soldiers of the three vassal states to attack one Rakshasa people.
If the Rakshasa soldiers reach thousands of people, they may destroy a Ming vassal state overnight.
The soldiers and horses of the vassal state have only received simple training, and their morale is out of the question. They can only fight with the wind at best.
If Yang Zhan hadn't arrived with his troops, I'm afraid Lu State would have been tortured by a mere hundred or so Rakshasa soldiers.
It's just that due to the numerous vassal states in the north and the coast stretching thousands of miles from south to north, it is really difficult for our troops to take care of them at the same time.
King Zhou had a large number of people, and King Chong was in a corner. Their territory was relatively safe.
The three places of King Fu, King Lu, and King Hui are much more difficult. We must always be alert to possible raids by the Rakshasa people.
The next year, Yang Zhan thought that the Rakshasa people had been taught a serious lesson and had no intention of making a comeback.
As a result, the Donglu soldiers raided Hui State again, which was really hard to guard against.
If the Rakshasa people and the Donglu soldiers attacked the Ming vassal state at the same time from the south to the north, Yang Zhan would have no time to clone himself.
The Rakshasa people's home base is thousands of miles away. After all, the number of soldiers and horses coming to the east is only a small number, but the Donglu people are different.
A team of a hundred people can only be responsible for reconnaissance, and they must be followed by thousands of cavalry, so they must be on guard.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the 22nd year of Chongzhen, thousands of Donglu cavalry passed through the Asu River and attacked Huiguo on a large scale.
Yang Zhan's troops garrisoned the capital of Hui State with less than 2,000 men, and Hui King Zhu Yichen's troops were less than 3,000 men.
The capital of Hui State was actually a camp with trenches outside, nothing more.
Facing the siege of the Donglu cavalry, they relied on dozens of small Folang machines, tiger squatting cannons, thousands of muskets, and thousands of grenades to repel the invading enemy.
Although the victory was achieved, it was still temporary. The captive cavalry did not go far after the failed attack, but chose to camp more than ten miles away from the capital of Hui State.
As a result, the two sides began a protracted confrontation.
Yang Zhan mobilized all his troops from the local area, and other vassal kings also continued to increase their troops to Hui State.
The garrison strength reached nearly 8,000, and they finally had the strength to protect themselves. Moreover, they were stationed on the coast and could receive support from the fleet at any time without worrying about their retreat being cut off.
After all, this is not a long-term solution. If there is any negligence, Donglu will take advantage of it and even the whole army may be annihilated.
Fortunately, a few days later, reinforcements from a certain new emperor arrived in Huiguo. The first batch included two thousand marines from Tianjin and Denglai.
Less than ten days later, a group of troops from the capital also arrived on a Tianjin Navy warship.
Then Zhenhai Gong Zheng Zhilong sent Zheng Zhiwan to bring thousands of Zheng army and land divisions with a fleet.
As a result, the reinforcements alone amounted to four thousand, and they also carried a large number of artillery, which was enough to help Hui King Zhu Yicheng repel the captives.
But I didn't expect that the other side also received reinforcements, so that the number of Donglu on the opposite side was no less than 2,000 by visual inspection.
Although the total strength of the Ming army has reached tens of thousands, due to the lack of horses, it is difficult to match the Donglu cavalry in mobility.
In the end, they had to continue to garrison along the coastline and endure the cold sea breeze.
Fortunately, there is a lot of firewood, grain, and meat, so the defenders will not starve.
Yang Zhan didn't know the true intention of Donglu on the opposite side, but the defenders' mobility was extremely limited and they were unable to take the initiative to attack.
For the current plan, we can only hold on and wait for Donglu to attack again. After severely damaging them, we may be able to force them back.
Later, King Fu Zhu Changxun sent another urgent letter, saying that the Donglu cavalry raided Fu State, causing heavy losses.
There were vague complaints and threats in the letter. In order to take the overall situation into consideration, Yang Zhan had to divide his troops to help Fuguo.
King Fu Zhu Changxun, instead of thanking the reinforcements, repeatedly criticized them for their slow advance.
He also reported what happened locally to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to severely punish generals who were procrastinating in advancing troops and who were timid in fighting due to fear of the enemy.
This move aroused the indignation of the reinforcements officers, but they could only hold back for the time being and return immediately after the Donglu soldiers had retreated.
Yang Zhan also knew what Prince Fu was like, and none of the other northern vassal kings wanted to associate with him.
Rushing to aid Fu Guo was entirely out of one's own responsibility, and actually had little to do with King Fu's emergency letter.
Since King Fu wrote a letter of complaint, Yang Zhan will also share the true information with a certain new emperor.
A certain new emperor has sharp eyes and will not be blinded by the arrogance of a certain vassal king.
After receiving the letter, what else could a certain new emperor say?
This self-reliant pig was either slaughtered by Li Zicheng or Huang Taiji!
