As the 15th Division was transferred from the battlefield in Northeast China to Qingdao, Shandong Province for garrison training, it also meant that the large-scale fighting in the Northeast region had stopped. What followed were piecemeal clearing operations, which did not require hundreds of thousands of troops. After all, the remaining population in the vast area north of the Liaodong Great Wall may not necessarily be hundreds of thousands...
Because the population was too small and the area was too large, this also brought some troubles to the Chu Empire in the administrative division of these newly occupied areas.
Because it is not the case to establish a province directly, nor is it not to establish it.
During this period, the population in the area north of Liaodong Province was too small. At the same time, the local area was still dominated by various military operations in the following years. The early population was destined to be dominated by military settlements with a strong military nature. Logically speaking, it is more appropriate to set it directly as a military jurisdiction.
However, the separation of military and political affairs is a general principle. In the Dachu Empire, there is currently no military jurisdiction. Even Jeju Island, which is designated as a military horse farm, administratively belongs to the central and southern part of the Koryo Peninsula. Donghae Province established Jeju Prefecture on the island and dispatched officials.
Even the main population under the government's jurisdiction is only the family members of local soldiers and a small number of racecourse technicians.
But the separation of military and political affairs is a major principle.
The region north of Liaodong is no exception.
Because, by extending the area of Liaodong Province further north, the jurisdiction of Liaodong Province is expanded, and the area of Northern Liaoning Province is extended all the way to the north.
The remaining area is set as Blackwater Province.
Heishui, the ancient name of Heilongjiang, was named after the black water of the river. The Great Chu Empire continued to use the ancient name, and directly changed the messy transliteration of "Aruwu Namolian" to the ancient name of Heishui River, and changed the name of Heishui River to Heishui River. Defined as the main stream of this series of rivers, not the tributaries.
Heishui Province has a governor, and the governor's residence is temporarily designated as Shuangjiang City.
This place is located at the intersection of the Songhua River and the Nen River. It is a choke point. The Chu army attacked this place before and built a simple military fortress here, named Shuangjiang Fort. Then a large number of prisoners of war and A large number of barbarians such as the Haixi Jurchens who surrendered gathered here for cultivation.
At the same time, thousands of people were relocated from Liaodong to this area for reclamation.
This is also the area under the actual control of the Great Chu Empire to the north. Although the further north is also nominally under the Great Chu Empire, the Chu army even sends troops to sweep and build forts for garrison in the areas further north, but... only the garrison does not civilian.
Although the control area of Blackwater Province is only a small amount, its theoretical jurisdiction area is large.
The newly established Heishui Province borders the Kuanchengzi area to the south and Liaodong to the west to the western mountains of the Greater Khingan Mountains. It encompasses a large area of the Philosophical League during the period of control by the Dongji people, and is probably part of the eastern part of Monan Mongolia.
The northwest is bordered by the Mobei Mongolian controlled area, and then goes all the way north... until the Arctic Ocean!
To the east, it extends to the Tongjiang area, and to the northeast is the sea.
(The area of Heishui Province is probably all of Heilongjiang in the early Qing Dynasty, a corner of southwestern Jilin, and the central and northern areas of the Philosophical League, and then extends northward across the Waixing'an Mountains)
In fact, not only the theoretical jurisdiction area of Heishui Sheng is very large, but the jurisdiction area of Liaodong Province has also increased significantly. The entire Liaohe Tao Swamp area, including part of the eastern area controlled by Monan Mongolia, has been included in the bag.
To put it simply, the eastern part of Monan Mongolia is directly divided into two parts, with a small part falling under the jurisdiction of Liaodong and the majority falling under the jurisdiction of Heishui Province.
Liaodong Province at this time was probably Liaodong in the early Qing Dynasty, plus the northwest of the Koryo Peninsula, plus the southeastern Monan Mongolia area.
The area of Liaobei Province is not small. The province's jurisdiction covers the northeastern area of the Koryo Peninsula. To the east and north is the sea, including Sakhalin Island. Its jurisdiction area is also very large (probably in the early Qing Dynasty). Jilin plus all northeastern Korea Peninsula)
But it's just that the place is large. These three places are typically vast and sparsely populated...especially Heishui Province and Liaobei Province, where there are not many ordinary people under the rule of the Chu Empire.
Most of the Chu people in the above two places are soldiers stationed there...
Liaodong Province, which originally had a population of only one million, was a very populous province compared with these two places!
There was nothing that could be done about it. The local population was not very large to begin with, and with the damage caused by the war, there was not much left.
Of course, the small population mentioned here refers to the civilians under the direct jurisdiction of the Dachu Empire. It does not include the local garrison and military prisoners of war. In addition, it does not include large numbers of people hiding or escaping, or simply remaining in a savage state without being captured. All kinds of messy barbarians found.
During the previous period of the Eastern Captives, they would sweep back and forth in these places every once in a while in order to capture what they called raw Jurchens and wild Jurchens. Many of the slaves under the Eight Banners soldiers of the Eastern Captives were these raw Jurchens.
The Dachu Empire did not engage in slaves. The Dachu Empire generally only engaged in purge operations... If it did not capture slaves, those who surrendered would be gathered together to cultivate and farm, and those who did not surrender would be directly destroyed.
However, whether it is the Dongqi people or the Great Chu Empire, the policies in the Northeast region are all comparative policies to strengthen local control and concentrate the large number of fishermen and hunters who are free from administrative rule.
So when you find a tribe, fight that tribe...
This is very different from the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty found that one tribe canonized one tribe. Just in the northeastern region, the so-called Nurgandusi area, various messy guard posts canonized dozens of people. Hundreds of plans...
The Ming Dynasty felt that the north was a bitter cold land, and it was useless to go there, and it would cost a lot of money. In order to save money, they even gave up the Liaohe Tao and built the Liaohetao Great Wall into a weird V shape... But for In these shabby places further north, the Ming Dynasty's attitude was, don't cause trouble, and then just surrender to me in name. The rest of you will fend for yourself, and don't come to me if anything happens.
The attitude of the Dongji people in these areas is to just swallow them up, and grab some slaves to provide welfare to the Eight Banners soldiers...
The purpose of the Dachu Empire was similar to that of the Eastern captives, but the methods were slightly different... Because the Dachu Empire did not have a slavery system... so the Chu army did not capture slaves, and at the same time, they did not capture prisoners of war because of food shortages.
Those who surrendered were gathered in areas suitable for farming, and those who did not surrender were destroyed on the spot.
It's just that the Chu army's sweep was not small in scale, and it was a drag-net sweep. The local garrison used the same equipment that had been used to suppress bandits in the pass. During the sweep operation, they dispersed the army directly, and then directly attacked according to the area. Clean up by casting a net.
Although this progress is slower, it is better than steady.
After clearing the area after the operation, the Third Army and the garrison headquarters of the three provinces of Liaodong, Liaobei, and Heishui can be proud that Xuancheng is extremely safe and can safely welcome subsequent immigrants for farming, grazing, etc.
The establishment of Heishui Province also means that the Chu Empire's military operations in the entire Northeast region have come to an end. The subsequent purges and sweeps are purely within the scope of public security operations and are not considered military operations at all.
Under such circumstances, the Great Chu Empire gradually transferred the main force of the first-class divisions such as the 15th Division and a group of cavalry divisions, and withdrew a small amount south to Liaodong, East China Sea, and even Shandong, Hebei and other areas within the pass for rest and defense.
Others were transferred to the Monan region and even the northwest Shaanxi-Gansu region, especially the cavalry units!
The First Cavalry Army and the Third Cavalry Army, which had made many military exploits, were directly separated from the combat order of the Third Group Army, and then were transferred to Monan and included in the combat order of the Second Group Army.
This brought the size of the cavalry corps under the Second Army to five corps.
The total number of troops under the jurisdiction of these five cavalry corps has reached about 80,000. Such a huge cavalry force appears in Monan. It can crush almost all the large Mongolian tribes in Monan simply by sheer numbers, and even even Several large tribes in Mongolia in Mobei also had to surrender.
These days, in Central Asia and East Asia, the only country or force that can numerically compete with the cavalry regiment under the Second Army is the Mongolian Mongolia.
For this, the entire Mongolian Mongolia must be brought together, especially the Heshuote tribe and the Zhungeer tribe must unite, and it is estimated that they will be able to compete with the Chu cavalry army in terms of numbers.
After controlling the entire Northeast and a large number of southern Mongolia, the Chu Empire finally no longer had to worry about war horses. As long as there was money and food, it was possible to train hundreds of thousands of cavalry...
Although they are all Mongolian horses, they can only be used as light cavalry, but they are not cavalry.
The appearance of so many Chu cavalry in Monan was undoubtedly a disaster for the remaining tribes in Monan that had not surrendered to Da Chu.
The Chu army took advantage of the fact that winter had not yet arrived and launched a new round of attacks on Monan in the autumn. Two cavalry armies marched westward from eastern Monan into the hinterland of central Monan.
In addition, three cavalry corps launched an attack northward from Fengzhou Prefecture, the original pasture area of the Tumut tribe.
The two cavalry armies swept all the way, clearing up the few tribes in the eastern and central areas of Monan that were still unwilling to submit. After cleaning up, the entire central and eastern areas of Monan officially declared their surrender.
Of all the tribes in the above two regions, a few have completely disappeared in the long river of history, while most have accepted the transformation of customary pastoralism from the Great Chu Empire.
Young men who were good at riding and shooting were all recruited into the army. Some of the tribal leaders joined the army, and some were sent to the Central Plains to eat and wait to die. Ordinary herdsmen were divided according to the administrative divisions of prefectures and counties. Those who had the conditions to settle settled down, and those who did not had the conditions to settle down. The route is nomadic.
For this reason, in the autumn, the Chu Empire officially established the central area of Monan and part of the eastern area as Monan Province, and the governor's residence was Fengzhou.
The establishment of Monan Province, coupled with the previous establishment of Heishui Province, and the adjustment of the territorial division of Liaobei Province and Liaodong Province, also mean that the Great Chu Empire has completely completed the actual implementation of the plan in the entire central and eastern Monan and northeastern areas. military control and entered the subsequent period of civil administration construction.
It also means that the Chu Empire can shift its strategic focus from the northeastern region to the Mobei region further north and the Moxi region to the west.
Mobei is better. Several large tribes in Mobei Mongolia have been having a hard time in recent years. They have been frequently invaded by Russia and have no power or dare to continue wars with other forces.
After the Eastern captives became stronger, Mobei Mongolia did not hesitate much and directly expressed their submission to the Eastern captives in order to obtain the help of the Eastern captives to fight against the Russian invasion. No matter what happened, they must avoid it... The attack of the Dongjiu people caused our side to be attacked from both sides.
After the Chu Empire killed the Dongji people, especially in the north of the Nenjiang River and the Horqin tribe, and effectively controlled the entire eastern Monan Mongolia area, they took the initiative to send envoys over, saying that they wanted to pay tribute to the Chu Empire. Emperor, request to be canonized...
It's not that they are shameless and eager to be their little brother, but that the Russians have put too much pressure on them in recent years.
This is a necessary means to avoid second-line combat and ensure survival. They cannot continue to show shame to the Chu Empire while fighting the Russians. What if the Chu Empire is unhappy and sends troops to attack them? Will they be blinded? .
Being so knowledgeable about the Mongolian tribes in Mobei, plus it is too far away, there is no railway or anything these days, and having Mobei blocking Tsarist Russia will also allow the Chu Empire to have more time in the northern region Gather strength.
Therefore, after the news reached Jinling City, Luo Zhixue personally approved the tribute request of the three Mongolian tribes in Mobei and granted them the corresponding canonization. He also allowed trade with them and sold them various cold weapons and even matchlock guns and light artillery. , to help them fight against Tsarist Russia.
Therefore, in Mobei, there is no danger for the Chu Empire for the time being. Even if there is a threat, it is a threat from Tsarist Russia. But as long as several tribes in Mobei are still there, then the Great Chu Empire does not have to face Tsarist Russia directly. threats.
The real threat is from the direction of Moxi!
The Jungar tribe in the Moxi direction was too ambitious and continued to occupy large areas of surrounding territory. Although the Yarkand Khanate also resisted, it still could not stop the invasion of the Jungar tribe.
If it were not for the support of the Dachu Empire, the Yarkand Khanate would probably have perished...
At the same time, the Heshuo Special Department, which entered the snow area in a large scale, had a bad relationship because the two sides were competing for the snow area. The other party wanted to express surrender, but this surrender was only in name...
The Great Chu Empire has never been shy about this so-called nominal surrender and tribute system.
The only two vassal regions, namely the Yarkand Khanate and the Mobei region, were fighting for Da Chu, and now they are fighting for Da Chu against Jungar and Tsarist Russia.
The Heshuo Special Department did not block Da Chu's attacks. On the contrary, they fought for territory with the Da Chu Empire... The senior officials of the Da Chu Empire naturally would not accept that they were only paying tribute and receiving canonization, but in fact they were still independent and independent in the name of surrender.
The attitude of the Da Chu Empire towards the Heshuo Special Tribunal entering the snowy area has always been very clear. The Snowy Area is the territory of Dachu, and the Heshuo Special Tribunal's intrusion into the snowy area is a treasonous act and cannot be tolerated by the empire. Therefore, the Heshuo Special Tribunal must either surrender completely. , or die!
Well, you can just get out. After all, if they want to run away, the Chu army may not be able to catch up.
The premise is that you are not afraid of being annexed by the Zhungeer tribe after you run out...
The reason why the Heshuote tribe entered the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is to avoid the Jungar tribe... If you tell them to get out, as soon as the front foot leaves the plateau, the back foot will probably be annexed by the Jungar tribe.
Therefore, the senior leaders of the Heshuote Department are also very distressed now.
Looking around, although the world is vast, there is no room for them!
what to do?
They won't be happy if you ask them to surrender completely. Now they still control most of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area. They can also watch the slogans of the Chu Empire shouting loudly, but in fact the Chu army can only be on the plateau. A small fight in the eastern region.
The extremely complex terrain in the plateau area is very unfriendly to the Chu army, which relies heavily on logistics and uses a large number of guns and artillery. Therefore, military operations in this direction are often very restrained, focusing on gradual encroachment without engaging in What a large-scale military operation.
Well, it can't be done.
You can't even pull up a five-pound artillery piece, and you can't fight a large-scale battle.
On the Chu army's side, they plan to recruit a few troops specialized in mountain warfare, and then slowly build roads before fighting over. As for now, they will just take their time.
Therefore, the threat of the Heshuote Department's destruction in a short period of time is actually not great. It's just that in the eastern region, it is very uncomfortable to be beaten by the Chu army every two days.
Casualties, casualties, and loss of territory are all trivial matters. The key point is that the Chu army continues to invade. The Heshuote Department united with local snow area leaders and the like. In order to resist the Chu army's invasion, they had to deploy heavy troops and build cities in a large number of nearby areas. Line of defense...
This is the real fatal part!
Because it costs money to deploy troops and build defense lines. At the same time, the extreme complexity of the terrain caused great difficulties to the Chu army, but it was also very difficult for them themselves.
Every bag of grain transported to the front line had to be carried over mountains and ridges by cattle and horses, which was very expensive.
In this case, the Heshuote tribe and their local allies found that after several years of fighting, they seemed to have blocked the Chu army's large-scale invasion, but their family fortunes were almost wiped out.
If they continue like this, without the Chu army continuing to fight, they themselves will starve to death first...
Under such circumstances, many local chieftains or religious leaders also hesitated to support the Heshuote tribe.
When people first welcomed the Heshuo Special Forces into the plateau area, they wanted to find thugs as bodyguards so that they could continue to live a good life.
But after this thug came over, he immediately became the master and even provoked the Chu Empire.
Then the two of them fought to death, but they, the local chieftains, were in bad luck.
Many of the chieftains close to the Chu Empire had their families broken up and their families were destroyed. Even the chieftains who were far away from the Chu Empire and seemed to have no connection with them had to go north to bear a heavy tax burden.
The Heshuote tribe had nothing but men, cattle, horses, and bows, arrows, and scimitars... All kinds of military supplies, especially food, had to be provided locally.
As a result, they found that their life was getting worse and worse, and they thought that they could not continue like this and needed to change something.
As for completely surrendering to the Chu Empire... they would not do that unless it was absolutely necessary.
Because under the rule of the Great Chu Empire, there was no such thing as a chieftain, and there were no so-called religious leaders. The Great Chu Empire even banned slaves...
If you ask these local chieftains and religious leaders to surrender completely... you are asking them to give up not only their current power, but also all their serfs and land.
In the end, except for a small life and a small amount of personal property that was carried with him, it is estimated that nothing will be left.
They will not surrender completely until they have to, and this is seriously not in their interests.
It's just that these chieftains and religious leaders are more stubborn, but the Heshuote tribe has different ideas...
The Da Chu Empire wants the snow area and wants them and the Shuote tribe to be their younger brothers. These are all negotiable, as long as they and the Shuote tribe are given a good pasture.
For example, they and the Shuote Department think that Zhungeer's current territory is quite suitable for them.
If we could occupy the territory of Jungar, no one would want to go to a poor place with extreme terrain like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
