"You're not leaving?"
Feng Zhaoji, commander of the 33rd Brigade of the Third Front Army of the Ming Dynasty in the Liaodong Theater, put down the telescope in his hand and sighed with emotion.
"It's been a long time since I met such a courageous Eight Banner."
The commander of the 32nd Brigade smiled at Da Zai.
Three brigades of the 3rd Front.
The 11th Brigade is an old unit transferred from the pass.
The 32nd Brigade was expanded from the garrison of the Liaodong Reclamation Division.
The 33rd Brigade is a new unit formed from strong men from military camps in Liaodong.
Now Peng Jun, the commander-in-chief of the Third Front Army, and the commanders of the three brigades have arrived at the forefront of the fort.
It was originally based on the staff's estimate.
There is no need for the Qing army to guard this fortress.
Because this is a forward part, defending this fort requires a lot of troops, and there is also the risk of being surrounded and besieged.
With how much the Qing government cherished the Eight Banners, how could they be willing to kill thousands of Eight Banners on such a fortress with little strategic value?
Therefore, I thought that the enemy would have to flee as soon as the army arrived. Unexpectedly, they actually put on a defensive appearance now, but this made the four Ming Dynasty military officers a little surprised.
A hot air balloon observation.
The layout plan and troop strength estimate of Tieling Tunbao were in Peng Jun's hands.
"In addition to more than a thousand Eight Banners soldiers, there are actually about 10,000 Eight Banners old, weak, women and children living in this fort."
Peng Jun said.
"This makes sense. It seems that the Eight Banners outside the pass are very short of food. Even the old and weak of the Eight Banners have to come out to cultivate land."
Chen Jianhui, commander of the 11th Brigade, thought for a moment and said: "In that case, if we send partial troops to destroy all the crop fields cultivated by the Eight Banners in various parts of Liaodong, will a lot of the 200,000 Eight Banners outside the Pass have to starve to death?"
"Starve to death? It's not possible." Feng Zhaoji, commander of the 33rd Brigade, shook his head and said, "The old forests in Liaodi are rich in prey and produce. Even if there is not a grain of food, you can survive hunting in the mountains, right?"
"It's natural." Peng Jun said with a smile, "It's so easy to wipe out a whole clan, so this time our army came out with the purpose of leaving no further trouble!"
"Leave no future troubles." Xiang Dazai was stunned, pondering the weight of this sentence.
The more I thought about it, the colder I felt on my back.
"Headquarters, this is not included in the military orders of the General Staff."
Peng Jun said coldly: "How can we just drive away the Qing Tatars when tens of thousands of troops sweep across northern Liaoning? The emperor is so kind, how can he issue a clear edict? We and other ministers will share your worries for you, pass on orders, and break the stronghold." , slaughter all its people!"
"Follow the order!"
The three brigade commanders looked at each other and said in unison.
"The world is different now. There is a stronger place in the north now, and it is a completely different enemy from the Xiongnu, Turks, and Mongolia."
"The main town is talking about Russia? Tsarist Russia is said to be the hegemon of Europe. England dominates the sea and Russia dominates the land. It is not easy for someone to become the hegemon of Europe."
Feng Zhaoji said.
"The Emperor has something to say. Today's world is like the chaotic times of the Warring States Period, when countries are vying for hegemony. If we, the Ming Dynasty, want to dominate the world and expand China's living space, we need to unite the power of China. Since Tsarist Russia is the hegemon of Europe, then this bed He couldn't be allowed to sleep soundly next to him! The emperor paid so much attention to the Liao land and sent troops to reclaim Haishengwei. His purpose must not only be to cut off the Manchu Qing's retreat, but he might also have the intention of driving away Tsarist Russia. ."
Peng Jun explained.
"In my opinion, after decades of expansion, Tsarist Russia has expanded thousands of miles from Eastern Europe. The country's desire for expansion is so strong that it has now expanded eastward to the seashore. If it wants to continue to expand, it can only go south. From From this point of view, there will definitely be a war between Ming and Russia. If this is the case, then we, the Ming Dynasty, will consolidate the Liao territory first, and it is best to immigrate tens of millions of people, so that we can be invincible in the future battle between Ming and Russia."
The three brigade commanders looked at each other. They didn't think so far, but they heard what Peng Jun said.
I also think it makes sense.
In fact, Peng Jun still had something he didn't say, that is, he believed that the emperor's investment of so many resources in Liao was not just to consolidate Liao.
Maybe he was very interested in the eastern lands of Tsarist Russia.
It's just that Manchuria is rich and can easily support tens of millions of people, but what does he want from the North?
Manchuria further north is the far north.
In addition to the severe cold and dense forests, you might be able to hunt some furs, but you can't farm, and grazing is difficult.
What are you going to do?
Peng Jun stood against the fortress in front and suddenly said: "The attack plan is suspended."
Feng Zhaoji, commander of the 33rd Brigade, was stunned and couldn't help but ask: "Headquarters, our army can enter such a fortress with only one round of shelling and a single assault. Why wait?"
"Just wait two days."
Peng Jun smiled.
"There are more than ten thousand Eight Banners soldiers, old and weak, inside."
"This town believes that Qing Tatar may not be willing to give up."
Of course I can't bear to give up.
When Jinchang, the deputy commander of the Xianglan Banner stationed in Haicheng, received the urgent news from Lin Guoliang, he was so angry that he almost drew his sword and killed someone.
That reckless man in Husong'e actually dared to stand in front of more than 10,000 Ming troops just by relying on the earthen village of Tieling Tunbao.
He just wanted to die.
He actually pulled tens of thousands of flags!
This bastard deserves death!
What are hundreds of thousands of acres of crops?
If you lose it, you lose it.
At worst, go to North Korea to grab one.
There are more than 10,000 Eight Banners. If you die, you will really die.
You must know that the total population of the Eight Banners is just over one million.
More than 10,000 people died at once.
How many times can you die?
Back then, the Eight Banners entered the Pass and killed so many Han people. Now that they have come back, how can you complain?
to be honest.
He really wanted to give up the more than 10,000 eight banners in Husong'e and Tieling Tunbu.
But I really can’t bear to be cruel.
Even if you are ruthless, I am afraid you will be settled by Qiu Hou in the future.
no way.
Jinchang had no choice but to order eight thousand cavalry to go south to meet the reckless man Hu Song'e.
Now under the command of General Shengjing.
There are more than 13,000 soldiers under the Eight Banners.
Recently, more than 6,000 strong men from the local animal hunting tribe have been gathered.
In addition, there were 7,000 Eight Banners soldiers sent by General Jilin and General Heilongjiang to support.
The people of Fengtian Eight Banners, all men over 13 years old and capable of wielding swords and guns, were also organized, with a total number of more than 30,000.
This is all the troops that can be used outside the customs now.
If there is a loss in the eight thousand horse team.
That was definitely nerve-wracking.
Just when the Third Front Army was stationed at Tieling Tunbao, it tried to use the Eight Banners people in Tieling Tunbao to lure the main force of the Eight Banners in Haicheng out of the city.
On the sea east of Port Arthur.
The sails covered the sea.
The army commanded by the Emperor of Heaven came across the sea and finally arrived at Port Arthur!
At this time, Lushun Port had been built into a somewhat crude deep-water port, but thanks to the good harbor conditions, it could berth a large number of large ships with thousands of stones.
The first thing to dock was the fleet carrying the emperor's guards.
As the ship docked.
A soldier of the Guards with his head held high got off the ship and quickly took over the entire port.
A big ship slowly docked on the deck of the big ship.
You can vaguely see the red background dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty emperor and the sun and moon national flag of the Ming Dynasty.
"The emperor is coming tomorrow!"
With the roll call of a young official wearing a red official uniform.
Officials from Lushun Port greeted him with salutes at the pier.
An officer gives a military salute.
The civil servants bowed their hands.
And in this.
Zheng Minshi, the special envoy of the King of Korea who came from Korea, was a little at a loss.
Because he didn't know how to salute.
Because North Korea is still theoretically a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.
North Korea has never taken the initiative to contact the Ming Dynasty in the south - in fact, there are considerable pro-Ming forces in North Korea.
But the person he was kissing was not the current Daming Zhu Daohua.
It is the former suzerain country that has made North Korea grateful for hundreds of years.
In fact, there is not no discussion within North Korea that North Korea should take the initiative to belong to the Ming Dynasty.
But on the one hand, North Korea is adjacent to Liaodong and is worried that the Ming Dynasty is far to the south. If it offends the Qing court and the Qing court raises troops to investigate, how can North Korea resist?
on the other hand.
Emperor Zhu Daohua had good relations with Japan when he was in Nanyang.
Now he is the biggest backer of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
It also built embassies and commercial buildings in Edo, and leased ports.
It looks like the two countries will be intimate tomorrow.
This makes everyone in North Korea very happy.
After all, the relationship between North Korea and Japan is not harmonious, and this has been the case for the past two hundred years.
This new Ming Dynasty had good relations with Japan.
Japan was not even asked to claim vassal status.
Why should North Korea take the initiative to attach it?
Originally, this small idea was enough. North Korea was far away in the northeast and Ming Dynasty was in the south. It would be a long way to make contact for a while.
But who would have thought.
The Ming Dynasty actually established military camps in Liaodong and Vladivostok, the east and west of the Korean Peninsula.
Moreover, in the military camp over Haishengwei, a large number of Japanese girls were bought to serve as wives for the strong men in the military camp.
Ming Dynasty left the Korean women who were so close at hand and wanted Japanese women?
What does it mean?
Do you have any opinions on North Korea?
This makes everyone in North Korea anxious.
I originally thought that I could watch the fire from the other side because it was far away.
Who would have thought that Ming Dynasty's power would expand so quickly and reach Liaodong in a short period of time.
Now it is even heard that the Emperor of Heaven will personally conquer Liaodong.
The King of North Korea, Li Zuo, hurriedly sent his trusted ministers, including North Korean Bing Cao Panshu, Zhuang Yongwei General, and Pandun Ning Prefecture Minister Zheng Minshi, to Lushun to pay homage to the Emperor of Heaven.
For abandoning the Qing Dynasty and voting for the Ming Dynasty.
There are basically not many obstacles in North Korea.
Although it has been a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty for more than a hundred years.
But up to now, North Korea still wears Ming Dynasty clothes, which is completely different from the Qing court.
Even when Yan Xingxing went to the capital, some Han officials shed tears when they saw the Ming Dynasty's clothes. In the past, the Korean envoys who went to Beijing in the Ming Dynasty were called Chao Angel. Later, during the Qing Dynasty, they were changed to Yan Xingxing. This shows that the surrender of North Korea to the Qing Dynasty was not So convinced.
If I wanted to take refuge with the Ming Dynasty before, I would still be worried about being retaliated by the Qing Dynasty.
Now that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has personally come to Liaodong, the Qing Dynasty itself is in danger.
Naturally, North Korea has no scruples. Zheng Minshi came here this time to make North Korea a Ming vassal state again.
But now the rules of the Ming Dynasty have changed again.
Everyone stopped kneeling. In this way, Zheng Minshi, who was wearing a uniform that was somewhat similar to the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty today, but the obvious difference could be seen, knelt among a group of Ming civil servants who were bowing their hands.
It seemed very eye-catching.
At least Zhu Daohua saw the North Korean envoy at the first glance when he got off the boat.
(End of chapter)
