1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 428

In February 1642, in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, Songshan had been besieged by Jiannu for a long time. Chongzhen ordered Governor Yang Shengwu of Shuntian to rescue Hong Chengchou, and also sent Fan Zhiwan, the servant of the Ministry of War.Deputy General Jiao Yu went to aid, but he was defeated as soon as he left Shanhaiguan.At this time, the whole city was eaten up and was in danger.At that time, Songshan's deputy general Xia Chengde sent his son to Jiannu as a hostage, and agreed with him on the date of siege, which was his internal response. On the 2th, the Jiannu army attacked it, and the city was broken.The governor Qiu Minyang, the general officer Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen all died.Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou were captured.As Songshan fell, Jinzhou ran out of food, and people ate each other.Zu Dashou was poor in battle, so he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Jinzhou.At that time, the Ningjin defense line that had been defended for many years was broken.

On February 2, the Dutch East India Company conquered the Portuguese stronghold of Malacca, killing nearly half of them, and surrendering the rest.

In March, Zhang Xianzhong conquered Shucheng.There is no county magistrate in Shucheng, and the participating general Kong Tingxun and editor Hu Shouheng lead the people to guard together.When the imperial court surrendered, it taught the enemy to use chariots to hole the city, and the city penetrated several places, and the conservative governors made up for it.Zhang Xianzhong shot the book to make him surrender, Shou Heng burned his book on the city, and held on for several months without being conquered by the bandits.

On March 3, the Great Qi Kingdom of Hanzhou was formally established, Qi Tian ascended the throne and proclaimed himself king, and the kings of Nanyang countries came in person or sent envoys to congratulate Da Qi on the establishment of the country.

April 1642, 3, Hanzhou, Montenegro Barracks.

Erjitu is a descendant of the Jurchen Tala family, but he belongs to the distant branch of the relative branch, and is Yu Ding in the family. He has two older brothers, and he has never had the opportunity to join Qi Ding.As a result, the elders in the family directly sent him to the remote Jinzhou garrison camp. While gaining qualifications, he waited for the opportunity to enter the Eight Banners, hoping to get the opportunity to fight the enemy (enter the customs and plunder).

Who would have thought that in August, a group of gray-clothed thieves would suddenly attack Jinzhou in three large ships and land on the shore.He followed the commander and the more than [-] horses and infantry stationed here to meet the enemy with forty or fifty coats. As a result, the opponent fired several rows of muskets continuously, killing them, the warriors of the Qing Dynasty who are skilled in swords and horses. All fell down on the way to the charge.

Erjitu was lucky, the horse under his crotch was knocked down by the musket, and he was thrown off, one leg was crushed under the dead horse, and then captured by a group of gray-clothed thieves with bright faces.

From the afternoon to the evening of the same day, these gray-clothed thieves drove the horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock in the stockade, together with all the captives of the Qing warriors, the coats, and the Han slaves, to three large ships.

After traveling on the sea for a day and night, they came to a small island near Shandong. The gray clothes thief left all the Han slaves and livestock on the island.After resting for two days, the big ship took them, the Qing warriors and the captives, and drifted on the sea for another four or five days, and arrived at a southern island.Afterwards, these wounded warriors of the Qing Dynasty were captured by the gray clothes thief, and three or four of them died one after another during the period.

Their living Qing warriors have been imprisoned on the island. As the temperature drops, it is estimated that it will be December or January, and they will start drifting again along with thousands of Ming people being loaded into more than a dozen large ships. Crossing the ocean, passing through several islands and supply points all the way, it may have taken more than a month to arrive at this place that is said to be the mainland of Hanzhou.During this period, because several Qing warriors could not bear the torment of the sea, two or three died on the road.In the end, only Erjitu and a child of the Tong family were the only warriors of the Qing Dynasty who could reach Hanzhou alive.

They were held in a military camp for several months. At the beginning, many black-clothed thieves with bright faces came to watch the two Qing warriors from time to time, and they didn't torture them much, let alone recruit them. Watch them as if they were a monkey.

This made Erjitu and the children of the Tong family very angry and felt a deep humiliation, but they would not commit suicide for this. After being captured for nearly half a year, the idea of ​​begging for death has long been went out.They can only turn a blind eye to all the Hanzhou people who come to "watch" them with a cold face, eat as much as they want, and drink as much as they want, the big deal is that they will just give the man a knife.

However, one day, these Hanzhou people suddenly provided them with a sumptuous meal for the captive Qing warriors and Bao Yi, and what's more, there were also strong wine and sweet wine.Erjitu and the boy of Tong's family immediately beamed with joy, and started eating and drinking, enjoying themselves.But those coats seemed mournful, too sad to swallow.Out of curiosity, I asked them what they meant.

Those Baoyi sadly told the two former Manchu masters that there is a kind of meal in the Han tradition, called the cut-off meal, which is to let the criminals have a good meal before they are executed.Now, these bandits in black who claim to be Hanzhou people provide them with such a sumptuous meal and fine wine, are they going to behead them all?
Erjitu and Tong Yanghui suddenly felt that the food and wine in their mouths had lost their taste, and their faces also showed a disheartened look.These Hanzhou thieves are really hateful, you have to come and ask the men some of the internal affairs of our Qing Dynasty!Although, the man's status is low and he doesn't know much, but he can always tell you some information about my Qing Dynasty that is not known to outsiders!You can't just chop off the man's head so easily.

But after many days, those Hanzhou bandits in black never dragged them out and beheaded them. A few coat-coated slaves, who were in a state of surprise, took advantage of a meal delivery opportunity from the Hanzhou bandits to discover something that made them dumbfounded. information.The Hanzhou people didn't even think about beheading them. They were allowed to enjoy the good wine and food that day, just because the leader of the Hanzhou people ascended the throne and proclaimed himself king, officially establishing a country called Daqi State.

"Tch, some exiled Ming people fled here, just to build a kingdom and call themselves a king. It's not like my Qing Dynasty, but there is an emperor, and that is a big country that stands side by side with the Ming country. Hey, no, the Ming country has always been our Qing Dynasty. I can't find Bei, my Qing Dynasty should be the most powerful country in the world! This Daqi country must be even worse than my Qing Dynasty." Erjitu said to Tong Yanghui with a smile.

"But we were wiped out at the first sight, and we were taken to the border of Hanzhou, which is tens of thousands of miles away from the Qing Dynasty." Tong Yanghui sighed: "It is estimated that we will never return in our lifetime. Shenyang."

When Erjitu heard this, his face collapsed immediately, and he lamented that his luck was so bad, he was shot down by a volley of guns before he made any contribution and fully demonstrated his bravery, he was really unwilling!

"Huh la la..." Suddenly, the temporary cell where the two were held was opened, and then it was roughly pushed open, and five or six thieves in black with stern expressions rushed in from the door. Erjitu and Tong Yanghui picked them up respectively and dragged them outside.

After a while, the two former warriors of the Qing Dynasty were dragged into a well-designed interrogation room like dead pigs, and then were chained to their legs, wrists and necks by several iron chains, and fell to their knees on the ground.

Cao Ming, the commander of the black guard, looked at Qi Yuanshan, the head of the polling office, and asked with a smile, "Which one of us will come first?"

"Building slaves should be a foreign matter. It's the job of your black guards. You should ask first." Qi Yuanshan said politely.

Qi Tian heard that Qi Dajiang took three warships to the coast of Jinzhou, Liaodong, and met with Jiannu, and captured some Jiannu prisoners, among them there were actually a few real Jiannu, and he immediately became interested. Order the Black Clothes Guards and the polling office to pry from the captives everything they know about slavery.

Since the king of Qi attaches great importance to this, the intelligence units of the two Great Qi kingdoms, the Black Yiwei and the Public Investigation Department, will naturally follow the king's will and use all means to obtain all the information about Jiannu.All the real Jiannu and Baoyi brought back must be carefully interrogated, including the organizational structure of Jiannu, the composition of the military system, the number of troops, the command mode, as well as the brief introduction of the main Jiannu figures headed by Huang Taiji, as well as the details of the Jiannu. The basic situation of the slave control area, etc.

Cao Ming and others originally thought that these warriors and loyal slaves of the Qing Dynasty would show a firm and unyielding attitude and the belief that they would die when facing their interrogation, but their actual performance made Qi State's intelligence agency The detective was somewhat disappointed.

There is no whipping or beating, let alone death threats. Whether it is a real slave or a Han Chinese, the attitude of the interrogation is very cooperative, and the question is answered. Even if I really don’t know, I will try my best to help the agents of the Qi State Intelligence Agency Make speculations and assumptions about the uninformed part, and strive to complete an in-depth understanding of the basic situation of my Qing Dynasty.

"Have they been repeatedly questioned about the information they confessed?" Qi Tian asked softly while flipping through a thick stack of interrogation questionnaires casually.

"Back to Your Majesty, everyone's interrogation records have been interrogated four or five times, basically there is no inconsistency." Cao Ming said with a smile: "Their cooperation attitude is better than those Dutch prisoners we interrogated before. Be honest. Looking at this Jiannu, he is not as fierce and stubborn as in the legend."

"Hehe..., tens of thousands of miles away from home, traveling for several months, and arriving in a completely unfamiliar environment, I am afraid that the acceptance and approval of the same kind is most needed." Qi Tian said: "If they meet a barbarian with red hair and green eyes, Or a creature with the appearance of a ghost may have a mentality of resistance and avoidance in his heart."

Cao Ming peeked at Qi Yuanshan, he didn't quite understand what Qi Tian said.Why is it that the ferocious and savage Jiannu in the legend came to the unfamiliar Hanzhou because of Fubo thousands of miles, so he would agree with them Hanzhou people, oh, no, they are Qi people.

"Your Majesty, the most important enemy of our emigration from Ming Dynasty is probably the rogues who ravaged the north. As for the establishment of slaves, it should have nothing to do with our country of Qi." Cao Ming asked softly.

"The thieves in the north are raging, and sooner or later Ming will be destroyed." Qi Tian said in a deep voice: "However, the mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. In the future, this slave may finally take advantage of the gap to plot the Ming Dynasty. We will To immigrate from mainland China for a long time, we must make long-term plans."

Cao Ming and Qi Yuanshan quickly said yes, they had studied with Qi Tian for several years, and they knew that the King has a long-term vision, and many inferences and predictions can almost come true.As Qi Tian once said, one can show one's skill in a small area, and the truth can be seen in the subtleties. The occurrence of some big events can be seen from a known small event.For this, they admire Qi Tian's ability very much.

"My lord, how do we deal with those people?" Cao Ming asked.

"The Han people were coated and dispersed to distribute the colonial areas, so that they could farm the land honestly. However, those who were proficient in horse warfare were thrown into the cavalry brigade to help us train cavalry. And we had to use the cavalry tactics they were good at. , and practice cavalry confrontation with the marines." Qi Tian thought for a while, and quickly made a decision.

"Your Majesty, we... want to meet Jiannu?" Qi Yuanshan asked.

"maybe."

If the Ming Dynasty perished, it would mean that the Qing Dynasty occupied the mainland of China.If our Great Qi Kingdom wants to continue to immigrate from the mainland, and wants to make a plan during the decades of Ming Dynasty's fall and Qing Dynasty's prosperity, the army of Great Qi Kingdom will inevitably face the mighty Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

While Qi Yuanshan and Cao Ming were reporting to Qi Tian the situation of Jiannu's interrogation, in the Heishan barracks, Niu Hu, the commander of the Marine Corps, was also inquiring about the combat situation of several village soldiers who had met Jiannu cavalry.

After Fang Xiquan and several township soldiers fought Jiannu on the coast of Jinzhou in the Liaodong Peninsula, they returned to Changshan Island, then went to Hanxing Island, and then in December, along with many immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, they traveled all the way by boat and arrived at Jianye City, the native of Hanzhou, has remained in the Heishan Military Camp since then, and no one will bother.On March [-]st, they celebrated Qi Tian's enthronement ceremony together with the soldiers and civilians here.
But within a few days, they were suddenly valued by the military and political departments, and they were flattered by various preferential treatment and condolences.Today, Qi Dajiang, the commander of the Navy of the Great Qi Kingdom, and Niu Hu, the commander of the Marine Corps, came to the barracks in person, bringing many officers and instructors from the army school to discuss with them how to deal with the attack of the slave cavalry.

"Based on what a villain sees, if we have an organized army, oh, our Daqi Kingdom's army forms a tight formation and fires with three or four platoons, it should be able to defeat the slave cavalry with the same number as us. Fang Xiquan said cautiously: "The range of our muskets is slightly longer than that of Jiannu's bow and arrow. As long as we can stabilize the formation and face the charge of Jiannu cavalry, we should be able to shoot continuously without letting Jiannu get close." In the case of not many opponents, easily defeat Jiannu."

"If we use artillery to bombard Jiannu first, will the effect be better?" Niu Hu asked.

"The villain doesn't know." Fang Xiquan thought for a while, then shook his head and replied: "The Jiannu cavalry we faced at that time had only twenty cavalry, and we just used muskets to kill them all on the way. If there were hundreds of Jiannu cavalry, Presumably the artillery bombardment can crush their charge."

"Would you like to join my Marine Corps and guide my officers and soldiers to deal with the slave cavalry?" Niu Hu asked.

"The villain is willing." Fang Xiquan happily agreed.After staying in the barracks for several months, he also learned that the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps are paid very well. They can actually get two yuan and fifty cents a month, which is equivalent to more than three taels of silver. Subsidies, and even a lot of battlefield seizures can fall into the pockets of officers and soldiers.After serving in the army for three years, he can definitely accumulate a considerable amount of wealth. Whether it is building houses and land in the towns below, or doing some business in the city to make a living, he can easily join the wealthy class of Hanzhou.

"In the future, our Marine Corps will have to practice riding combat as a basic combat skill in the army." Niu Hu turned his head and said to Qi Dajiang: "Based on the king's intention, our Daqi army is likely to Facing the strong army of Jiannu and Eight Banners."

(End of this chapter)