In the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen, in the spring of the ninth year of Haojing, in 1652 AD, a certain new emperor launched the third Northern Expedition.
There is enough food, and there are so many soldiers and horses to feed. If we don't braid, wouldn't it be an act of aggression?
After a certain new emperor worked hard and worked hard, Daming Glasses has now entered the stage of strategic counterattack.
In the past, the emperor Taiji could knock on gates and plunder as he pleased, but now a certain new emperor can make northern expeditions to Liaodong for consecutive years.
For being able to make a lot of money for two consecutive years, everyone in the Japanese country has benefited and expressed their full support.
Every time General Tokugawa sent troops to aid the Ming Dynasty, he could get good things that were more affordable than normal trade.
This time the Japanese army dispatched nearly half a million troops. A certain new emperor did not hesitate at all and directly gave the opponent a gift package worth one million taels of silver.
Ten airships, twenty steam tanks, one hundred revolvers, and novelty merchandise worth one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Other than that, snow candy is considered the normal income of the second-rate general.
As long as he nods, the gift package will be delivered directly to his door.
Of course the useless general would nod, because he knew that the new emperor would never fight an unprepared and uncertain battle.
Not only will they not lose, but the Japanese casualties will not be too great. Regardless of whether they have food or seafood, they can still make money.
To satisfy the daimyo and to continuously enhance one's own strength, this is what the second-rate general really values.
No way, in order to completely eliminate Huang Taiji and his gang, a certain new emperor had to be taken advantage of again...
Thanks to the unremitting efforts of Mazarin and the French fleet, the strength of the Franco-German coalition this time has increased to 180,000.
The scale of foreign aid alone is as high as nearly 680,000, plus 50,000 Baigan Army, 110,000 Qin Army, 20,000 Jifu Army, 50,000 East Palace Guards, 10,000 Baoding Army, 20,000 Shandong Army, 10,000 Xuan Army, Hong Chengchou's old army, the Marine Corps, Zheng Zhilong's troops, Wang Zaijin's army, etc.
The total number of troops in this Northern Expedition exceeds 1.05 million, which is slightly more than the last time. Counting Beichang, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Minfu, etc. who are accompanying the army, the number will reach about 1.2 million!
Since the combat distance may exceed 500 kilometers, the number of miners hired reaches one hundred thousand, and their main task is to transport grain and grass.
The marching route has already been selected, which is to follow the last "armed outing" route in Gaizhou, Haizhou, Liaoyang, and Shenyang. It would be better if Braid dares to join in the fun.
On February 22nd in the Eastern Calendar and March 1st in the Western Calendar, the main force of the Ming Dynasty's joint forces left the capital. One month later, all troops gathered in the eastern part of Liaodong Bay.
After assembling steam tanks and other vehicles in mid-April, and enjoying a bunch of seafood nearby, the army officially began to advance toward the hinterland of Liaodong on April 20.
According to reports from agents lurking throughout Liaodong, it seems that Huang Taiji gave up on Shenyang and chose to move his wife and children to Tieling with the army.
Therefore, the first target of a new emperor this time is Tieling. After burning Shenyang and other cities, there is basically no ignition value south of Shenyang.
After learning from the experience and lessons learned last time, this time a certain new emperor brought enough food and prepared to spark lightning all the way and have a good time in the hinterland of Huangtaiji!
Judging from on-site inspections, Huang Taiji has abandoned all four cities: Gaizhou, Haizhou, Liaoyang, and Shenyang, and even the so-called "Imperial Palace" is in dilapidated condition.
The traces of the last burning were clearly visible. Huang Taiji might have sent someone to inspect it. If it was not serious, he might consider moving back, but a certain new emperor helped him give up this idea.
After marching for twenty-two days, the army approached Tieling, but the main force of Braided was still not found nearby, and only a small number of Braided scouts were active.
Did Huang Taiji even give up on Tieling?
This is the center of the universe!
When the army arrived at its first destination, a certain new emperor realized that he had really underestimated the chicken.
Except for a few civilians, not a single braided soldier could be seen in Tieling City.
According to locals, the braided garrison withdrew half a month ago.
Stimulated by the reward of silver, some locals said that Huangtaiji returned to Jianzhouwei, which is Hetuala.
Some people said they went to the hinterland hundreds of miles north, while others said they went to find Wu Sangui...
These speculations without any evidence are simply replicas of the rumors in the capital city.
However, based on these statements, a certain new emperor basically identified three locations for Huang Taiji.
Either they were preparing to attack somewhere north of Tieling, or they had withdrawn to Jianzhou Guard and prepared to outflank themselves.
The worst option is to cross the Songhua River, intending to occupy the magpie's nest and occupy the stronghold that Wu Sangui has been operating for many years.
You don’t have to go to Tieling, to be precise, go to Fushun. Just leave the city and head east into the vast mountainous area.
The famous Sarhu is located east of Fushun Pass and south of Hun River.
To the east and south of Sarhu, that is, on the upper reaches of the Suzi River, is Jianzhouwei.
The terrain in this area is very unfavorable for tanks to move, but it is extremely beneficial for braided infantry and cavalry.
If the main force of the braid is really hiding here, a certain new emperor will not be able to attack him.
If the terrain is unfavorable, they can only rely on Qin Liangyu's white pole army and numerous infantry.
The steam tank is completely useless, but this thing is a "gift" prepared for Huang Taiji at a huge cost...
After discussing with Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Zheng Chongjian, Qin Liangyu and others, a certain new emperor decided to send troops to the hinterland north of Tieling first.
Let's see how much land Huangtai Chicken has cultivated there, which can help it raise 300,000 to 400,000 horses.
No matter whether the main force of braids is discovered or not, the local spring plowing will be disrupted!
Not only this year, but every year in the future.
It only costs 10 million silver to come here, but it will make the wrappers of Huangtai Chicken unable to farm.
This money is well spent!
In the past, the Ming Dynasty suffered from natural disasters for many years, but now let Huangtaiji experience the man-made disasters for many years!
To the north of Anle Prefecture, beyond the Great Wall, was the place where the Jurchen tribe used to have frequent activities.
In the past, there was no Han Chinese in this area, but now Wang Shi's reconnaissance cavalry was able to capture many coated slaves.
This shows that Huang Taiji has indeed spent a lot of effort to cultivate the land in the rear. From the confessions of the slaves, it seems that the local harvest is not bad.
Based on five million acres of cultivated land, Huangtai Chicken can obtain at least two million shi of grain every year.
Although many of them are quasi-non-staple foods such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, as long as they are well fed, the basic combat effectiveness of the braided soldiers can be guaranteed.
After preliminary estimation, based on the harvest, it is estimated that Huangtai Chicken can really support 300,000 to 400,000 horses.
This number was only a few years ago. How many people this guy has now is unknown.
However, raising an army requires food, salt, iron, and even more money. If you don't have money, it's useless.
The further north the Ming combined forces advanced, the more coated slaves the cavalry captured.
Walking to the original territory of Yidong Hewei, the scenery on both sides of the road was mostly endless cultivated land.
A certain new emperor didn't know where all the farmers had gone. According to the captured slaves, they were taken away by their masters.
They are old, disabled, or sick, and have been abandoned by their masters.
Some slaves said that almost all the land from the original Anle Prefecture to Laluwei has been turned into cultivated land.
Some people even say that this is the case all the way to Tunhewei, otherwise it would be impossible for each strong slave to be allocated hundreds of acres of land for farming.
A local family of three can get two hundred acres of land. The more people in the family, the larger the land area they will get.
Some slaves have more than a dozen people in their families, and the land area on the land deed is as much as thousands of acres, which is equal to the landowners in the pass.
This is not hearsay, it is stated on the land deed found by the detective cavalry.
A certain new emperor didn't believe that Huang Taiji would deliberately use this thing to deceive him. Even if he believed it, it would have no use value.
The larger the area of land that Huang Taiji sends people to farm, the more advantageous it will be for the new emperor to take over the land.
The problem is how to find the main force of Huang Taiji and force it to engage in a decisive battle with its own troops.
At the moment, Braid is obviously trying to evade the edge again, taking the initiative to move away, just because he doesn't want to have a head-on confrontation with the Ming Dynasty's joint forces.
If you go to Hetuala, you have to fight in the mountains. If you don't protect everything, it will become the second Salhu, which is definitely not possible.
The Ming God of War can only braid his hair on the plains, and cannot be tricked into the mountains by his braids.
Now even if it is known that the main force of Huangtaiji is ambushing in the Salhu area, a certain new emperor will not go over to deliver food to him.
Anyway, I won’t go into the mountain for life or death. If you are good, you can go down the mountain!
In the remaining time, a certain new emperor ordered his millions of troops to rest along the river. They could fish and catch shrimps, but they could not let the local slaves do spring plowing.
Every three days, the army would change positions to rest. In short, the land north of Anle Prefecture and south of Songhua River would not be able to be cultivated normally from May to July.
If the temperature and weather are the most critical to crop growth during these three months, it will be basically impossible to harvest crops in the Northeast.
Can't you bear it?
I will do this every year from now on!
See how long you can endure it!
If the army has no boats, it will definitely not be able to cross the Songhua River, but on the vast plain south of the Songhua River, it can wave as much as it wants!
The Songhua River also has a shoal several meters deep. In fact, if the engineers throw stones into it, they can pave a way out.
But after crossing the river, if we return to the army in time for the flood season in August, it will be the end of the road.
For safety reasons, a certain new emperor had no intention of crossing the river to "visit" Wu Sangui!
This time it was enough to wander around the area south of the Songhua River.
I basically understood what kind of shameful things Huangtaiji did in this area.
When there are still more than twenty days of food for the whole army, the army will have to embark on the return journey.
This time, Huang Taiji's braided army was still not severely damaged, and the new emperor felt a little helpless.
Thinking of the trick to crack Huang Taiji, in addition to frequent harassment, he also had to send troops to garrison the city that had been burned before.
Use these cities as bait, just like Jinzhou back then, to lure the emperor's chicken to the bait.
But from north to south, Tieling, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Haizhou, and Gaizhou are completely five nodes, which are connected by four sections of road.
The defenders of these five cities were unable to rush to their aid when large groups of cavalry were dispatched, and could only become isolated tactical islands.
What Zu Dashou's troops were back then, they will become like that, unless a new emperor's million-strong army can be stationed in Liaodong for nine months of the year.
Perhaps this is what Huang Taiji expected to happen. The Ming Dynasty's joint forces were busy rushing to and from the rescue, and eventually exhausted. This was the easiest opportunity to take action.
Without firing a single shot, the troops returned to the court?
A certain new emperor was unwilling to do so, so an idea suddenly came to his mind.
The army was stationed in Shenyang for the winter. The journey was long and heavy transportation was inconvenient, and it was extremely easy to be raided by the braided cavalry.
But it was completely different when stationed in Gaizhou. Liaodong Bay would only freeze for three months. After these three months, the army would be able to receive supplies from Zheng Zhilong's fleet at any time.
It's just that winter is colder, and wooden houses need to be built in advance to prevent soldiers from frostbite.
Otherwise, the new emperor would be tired of having to come from the northern capital every year.
Whether this method would work or not, a certain new emperor still found a group of lords to discuss it.
The Japanese army absolutely supports it, because as long as they are in Liaodong for one day, they can earn one more day of money.
The Franco-German coalition is meaningless, as the French and German mainland is not much warmer than the winter in Liaodong.
The rest is an internal matter within the Ming Dynasty. They must at least discuss with Zheng Zhilong whether the fleet can quickly transport the supplies needed for the army to survive the winter.
Liaodong Bay will freeze in December, and before then, the fleet must transport enough supplies.
The army needs about 500,000 shi of rice per month, and the amount of fodder is almost the same. With cotton clothes, medicine, non-staple food, ammunition, and coal, the amount is quite huge.
Zheng Zhilong did not dare to be negligent at all, and he could not guarantee it. Finally, a certain new emperor made the decision to let the fleet transport it once, and then calculate the approximate result according to the time and transportation volume.
If it takes half a month at a time to transport the supplies needed by the army for a month, then it is basically feasible. If the time is longer, we can directly return to the court.
Fortunately, the Kailuan Coal Mine is very close to Liaodong, and other supplies such as grain and grass can also depart from Beidu, Tianjin, Denglai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
As long as it is not shipped from Zheng Zhilong's hometown, this temporary plan can still be implemented successfully.
In this way, the dragon crossing the river has become a local snake. Let's see what Huang Taiji will do!
A certain new emperor has done this continuously for three years. I don’t believe Huang Taiji can bear it!
Didn’t the blame-shifting father intend to laugh at his own jokes?
Then let him wait!
In the spring of next year, Zheng Zhilong will be asked to transport 200,000 to 300,000 yuan of disaster relief. We will also be generous and give each family thousands of acres of land for free!
In this way, the land in the northern and eastern areas of Liaodong Bay can be gradually digested, and a certain new emperor can support war with war.
Huang Taiji, if you can, continue to endure it. Anyway, there will always be a day when you can't endure it anymore.
People suffering from disasters in the three provinces of Henan, Shanxi, and Shandong, as well as people in mountainous areas, can come to Liaodong for free. Everything is ready here, except for survivors.
As long as you are brave enough, you can get Shenyang household registration in one day and become a serious city dweller!
It doesn't matter if you don't want to come. Doesn't Mazarin not have many prisoners in his hands?
Then let the French army go to Africa to capture the black uncle, and transport them all to Liaodong for farming!
The land in North Africa is barren and there is very little precipitation, making it a perfect place to settle in Liaodong.
Assuming that a strong laborer is worth twenty silver coins, I believe Mazarin will also be tempted.
Regardless of whether he uses his own people or foreign aid, a certain new emperor plans to completely fill this buffer zone.
Let Huang Taiji's wonderful move turn into his own death move!
