Chapter 56 The biggest difficulty in developing Northeast China
Xie Zaixing surrendered, and all his previous achievements were gone. Wait until Zhu Yuanzhang defeats Zhang Shicheng. No one in the Xie family was left alive. After all, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's laws, if he shows his noble hand to traitors, he will be punished. How do you face those people who have not betrayed you?
Ma Yun and Ye Wang were Xie Zaixing's subordinates. When Xie Zaixing rebelled, the two of them immediately apologized to Zhu Yuanzhang and received Zhu Yuanzhang's forgiveness. But that’s about it.
Although, the two of them were not involved in the rebellion. But there are people in the court who like to be officials. Something like this happened behind the scenes with their immediate superiors. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang is not punished. But in the court, he also became a lonely ghost.
Important matters and meritorious battles were not their turn, and they fought hard and fiercely. Every corner of the war is their business.
Such as Liaodong. Ma Yun and Ye Wang have been guarding Liaodong since they conquered Liaodong in the fourth year of Hongwu. It was not until last year that Ma Yun was transferred back to the capital for retirement because of his contribution to the Battle of Monan. And Ye Wang has been guarding Liaodong until his death.
They are the political fringes.
Although Zhang He is a Marquis of Hangzhou, he can be regarded as an old subordinate of Tang He. Huaixi old man. He has his own confidence. But people like Ma Yun and Ye Wang couldn't find the temple gate even if they carried the pig's head. I can guard every corner of Liaodong for a lifetime. That's because Liaodong is indeed remote. Even if there is a war, most of it will be troops transferred from the Central Plains.
There's no way they could get involved.
Therefore, it is completely okay for He Xi to offend Ye Wang. Ye Wang was determined not to say one more word.
Zhang He also understood this, and he thought to himself: "I'll just send him to Liaodong, and it's none of my business." So he didn't dwell on this point. Instead, he said: "The prince-in-law asked me to borrow a boat, but he asked the wrong person. It is impossible for my boat to sail in the Liao River. It is better to call it Liao Ze than the Liao River. The west bank of the Liao River is two hundred miles from east to west and thousands of miles from north to south. The rest of the mile is a swamp. The water is not deep. It can be as high as the top or as low as the knee. People have to trek through it. Of course, there are also rivers that come and go for no reason and are connected to the Liaohe River. The Liaohe River has not been regulated. It can only Small boats can still sail from Niuzhuang to Laomi Bay. It is said that there are many transshipment ships. However, not a single big ship at sea can get in. "
He Xi felt a shiver in his heart. In fact, he had already had a premonition when he borrowed the boat. After all, sea ships are different from river ships. He Xi already knew this. It was not surprising to He Xi that sea ships could not reach the Liao River. But what surprised him most was the news from Liaoze.
Liaoze, he had some vague impressions. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao's Northern Expedition is described by Liao Ze. But these are things deep in my memory. In his impression, it was always the Northeast Plain and the Liaohe Plain. How come a Liaoze escapes now?
Moreover, it is more than two hundred miles from east to west and more than a thousand miles from north to south. What a concept.
He Xi felt that in his impression, the Liaohe Plain was probably only that big.
This made He Xi not know what to do with many things. Because of what He Xi said to Zhu Yuanzhang, He Xi was sure that there would be a major conquest in Liaodong in the future. Especially for the Jurchens.
The most important thing in a war is food.
Or food road.
If the Liaohe Plain can become a grain production base, the Ming army's external attack limit will be greatly increased. Not to mention another Liting visit, coupled with the operation of Nuergandusi, it is estimated that the army can be permanently stationed in the northeastern region.
But the word "Liaoze" made He Xi feel as if a big stone was pressing on his chest.
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Because of worries about Liaoze, He Xi took a sea ship from Lushun to Niuzhuang Port without stopping.
Niuzhuang Port is a strange port to many people, but there is another port that many people are familiar with, and that is Yingkou. The rise of Yingkou Port happened after Niuzhuang Port was silted up by silt. Yingkou Port is downstream of Niuzhuang Port.
Today's Niuzhuang Port has just been established.
The reason why it is called Niuzhuang Port is because there is a large inn here called Niuzhuang Inn. This is the beginning of this port. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, the port was even forced to open to the outside world. At that time, Niuzhuang Port was at its most prosperous. As silt accumulated and ships became larger and larger, the requirements for the port became higher and higher. As Yingkou emerged, Niuzhuang became lonely.
However, at this moment, Niuzhuang Port is just a land and water station.
Not too big.
The so-called Liao River water transportation sounds very powerful. There are thousands of ships in the Liao River. But the Liaohe River itself is thousands of miles long. Coupled with the conditions of the Liao River, the ships will not be too big. The carrying capacity of the Liaohe River can be imagined.
He Xi and his entourage took five ships.
Without him, He Xi's entourage increased again.
He Xi's own bodyguards and staff, etc. There were about two hundred people. But after knowing that He Xi was going to be transported by water to Shenyang, Ye Wang, who was far away in Shenyang, rushed even faster and issued a military order to dispatch a hundred households to escort him.
Ye Wang couldn't help but feel calm.
There is no Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty at this moment. There is no substantial boundary between Ming Dynasty and Can Yuan. But there are a large number of buffer zones. Just like the army is stationed in Monan, it does not mean that it completely controls Monan. Monan is a prairie. There are countless imports and exports. Unless you build a wall and enclose it all, you won't be able to stop the enemy from entering. However, many cities were built on the Monan grassland. No matter how courageous the Tatars were, they would not dare to easily cross these cities and go south, because it would be easy to take the back route.
The same is true for Liaodong.
Now Daning Dusi, that is, the area in western Liaoning, is already under the control of the Ming Dynasty. It seems that the Ming Dynasty's frontier has advanced far to the north. But in fact, what Liaodong Dusi faced was the Liaoyang Province in the north, which was still in the Yuan Dynasty.
Of course, the Liaoyang Province of the Can Yuan Dynasty only bears the same name, and its headquarters is not in Liaoyang, but in Zhaozhou. It's just west of Harbin.
From the Liaoyang Province of the Can Yuan Dynasty to the west bank of the Liao River, there was no military defense line.
After all, the west bank of the Liaohe River is a large swamp. Because of thousands of years of travel, there are still several roads that can pass. But it is difficult to garrison troops in the swamp. In the future, if the Liaoxi Corridor is maintained, there will be many thousand-household settlements, and there will be swamps outside the city walls.
But the Western Liaoning Corridor has gradually transformed from a swamp into a land over thousands of years of evolution. And garrisoning troops deep in the swamp is more difficult than this.
Therefore, the Liaohe River is actually the actual control line of the Ming Dynasty. To the east of the Liao River, it is generally safe. But west of the Liao River, it cannot be said to be unsafe. It can only be said to be a buffer zone. It is a place where the enemy can go and I can go too.
Given Ye Wang's rather embarrassing position in the court. If something happened to He Xi on the Liaohe River, it would be a shame.
Ye Wang's matter is not a small matter.
Therefore, the army was urgently dispatched to escort.
However, the Ming army had its own rules and regulations. Even in border areas, the army cannot be deployed at will. We can only send one hundred elites to escort them first, and there will be arrangements to follow.
This is a small matter for He Xi. After all, the guards around him were all from Luan Yiwei, the best among the best in the world. Moreover, there are military forts on the east bank of the Liao River, which can be used as a temporary refuge. In addition, although He Xi's boat was small, the Tatars had very few boats, so he didn't think there was any problem in fighting on the water.
And the flow of news is very slow these days. His identity and importance may not have spread to the Tatars yet.
He has been observing Liaoze and even ventured deep into it.
Except for a few roads, if you want to pass through, you must use straw and leaves to build a road layer by layer. Legend has it that when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, two roads were forcibly built from here. Not to mention, it's summer now, and there are so many mosquitoes in this swamp, which is deeper than in Taiwan. The mosquitoes are layer upon layer, almost trying to eat people.
He Xi was accidentally hit several times and suffered a lot of big bruises. In the end, I could only hide in the cabin and put down the heavy screens. Used to ward off mosquitoes.
Although He Xi was itchy all over. But he didn't pay attention to his own situation, and was more laughing at himself.
Laugh at your own idiot.
If there's one thing that seems obvious to you, the ancients didn't do it. The most likely reason is that there are factors that you are not aware of that are blocking the idea. The second is the flaw in the thinking of the ancients.
