1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 479 Good news ([-])

On the wharf of Nanchangshan Island, several oarboats that docked first were landing people continuously.The first to disembark were dozens of wounded who were being carried or supported, followed by a group of marine soldiers and rural soldiers with mournful faces, holding the ashes of the fallen officers and soldiers in both hands.

"In this battle, 28 officers and soldiers were killed, 51 were injured, and the loss amounted to [-]%. In the short term, it may be difficult to restore combat power." Xu Chuanxing said in a deep voice.

"It's good if you can come back." After Zhao Hongxing heard this, he was also silent for a while. He went out to intercept the Jiannu's looting. Intense and brutal.

"However, the interception and killing of Jiannu this time has yielded quite a lot." Xu Chuanxing turned and said with a smile: "Rice, wheat and miscellaneous grains are worth nearly three thousand shi, so if you save a little, it will be enough for thousands of people on the island to eat." In mid-to-late June... In addition, there are more than 1 taels of silver, and a small amount of gold, jade, and precious stones."

"That's good, that's good!" Zhao Hongxing said with relief: "In a few days, we will send people to bring gold, silver and jade, and then send ships to Fujian and Guangdong in the south. Maybe we can buy enough food...you brought people back from the mainland again?"

While talking, Zhao Hongxing caught a glimpse of many women and half-grown children coming down from a boat, and looked there with some surprise.

"After killing Jiannu, we won't throw them to Jiannu again." Xu Chuanxing shook his head and sighed: "There are more than a thousand people who were taken away by Jiannu, and the 300 people we can bring back in the end are no more than [-]." The women and children who arrived. The rest..., I hope they can run a little farther, and don’t be caught by Jiannu again.”

"Forget it, there are so many people gathered on the island anyway, so there are not more than three hundred mouths." Zhao Hongxing smiled wryly.

Bo Bixuechao, head of Penglai County, looked at the two hundred or so armed soldiers disembarking at first, but he didn't take it seriously. The strange military uniforms were all gunfire, and there were no swordsmen, shields, or spearmen. How dare they go to the seaside of Juzhou (Ju County, Zhao City today) to attack Jiannu, and even make false claims that they will destroy Jiannu.No wonder there are so many wounded soldiers and the ashes of dead officers and soldiers, probably just a few rangers who attacked Jiannu.

"My lord, look quickly!... There are Jiannu!" Qiao Long suddenly pointed at the crowd who were disembarking from a boat that had just approached the pier.Among them, five or six Jiannu with an ugly money rattail on the back of their heads were pushed and shoved by soldiers in black military uniforms, and got off the boat.Maybe because they stayed on the boat for a long time, the feet of two Jian slaves went limp, and they fell to their knees with a thump.

The Marine Corps soldiers escorted by the side immediately stepped forward, waved the butts of their guns, and smashed them on the shoulders of the two slaves, yelling at them to stand up quickly.

"Hiss..." Bi Xuechao took a deep breath, alas, the Hanzhou army on this island actually captured Jiannu and came back!
To be able to capture the enemy alive, it must be because he controlled the entire battle process after taking over the battle with Jiannu, so that the captives could be captured.

"Let's go and find their leader." Bi Xuechao said excitedly, "I am in Jiannu ravaging the pass, and all the soldiers and generals in the towns are silent. I can't imagine that the Hanzhou army on this island would dare to confront Jianu head-on. I am a slave, and I have gained something. I Dengzhou Prefecture, and even Penglai County, may use this operation to make use of it."

In the next two days, Bi Xuechao officially visited Changshan Island Commander Zhao Hongxing and Third Marine Corps Company Commander Xu Chuanxing, and inquired in detail about the process and results of last year's Gaizhou Battle and the just-occurred Juzhou seaside massacre and slavery.

In November last year, more than 240 soldiers from Hanzhou attacked Gaizhou City, captured and killed more than [-] Jiannu, captured more than [-] Jiannu family members Dingkou, and rescued [-] Ming people.

From May [-]th to [-]th, Wu Juzhou, the Hanzhou Army, fought two battles with Jiannu at the coast of Juzhou. About [-] Jiannu were killed, and six of the Jiannu Eight Banners were captured.

When Bi Xuechao first heard about these victories, he didn't quite believe them.The Hanzhou army killed hundreds of slaves, why didn't they behead them to test their military exploits?
However, through the confirmation of the slaves and prisoners in the hard labor camp outside the city, the results of the battle in Gaizhou were confirmed with certainty.Through the interrogation of several captured Han Eight Banners officers, some of the results of the battle at the Juzhou seaside were also confirmed.At the same time, he also got a surprising news. On the seaside of Juzhou, the Hanzhou army actually wiped out more than [-] real Manchurian Eight Banners Jiaqi.

This is a great victory!

In the past, in the Liaodong Army Town of the Ming Dynasty, we beheaded tens of hundreds of slaves, which can be called unprecedented victories.Today, the Hanzhou army on this island has built slaves in two wars, destroyed one city, built two small fortresses, captured and killed nearly a thousand, which can be described as an unprecedented victory!
When Bi Xuechao heard what Zhao Hongxing said, their envoys from Hanzhou Qi had already brought a large number of gifts to Beijing to pay homage to the Ming Emperor in August last year, and tried to establish formal diplomatic relations.

Although it is a foreign country outside the territory, it is a country of Han and Miao descendants of our Ming Dynasty. It also sent envoys to pay homage to our Ming court.If I, Penglai County, report this news to the capital, wouldn't it make my entire Penglai County feel honored, promoted and rewarded.

Bi Xuechao discussed with several officials of Qi State on Changshan Island, and asked whether the news of the great victory could be reported to the imperial court.

In this regard, Zhao Hongxing and others readily agreed.In this way, the prestige of the Qi State can be demonstrated, and the envoys of the Qi State in the capital can gain a good impression and respect from the Ming court, or establish diplomatic relations.

Bi Xuechao didn't delay anymore, and immediately took a small boat to return to Penglai County and report to the county magistrate.

Two days later, several letters of victory were sent from Penglai County, first to Dengzhou Prefecture.

After the magistrate inquired about the content and process of the victory report in detail, he immediately attached a statement from the state government, and sent it directly to the capital together with the victory report document.

At the beginning of May 1643, after seven months of ravaging the customs, Jiannu began to return north one after another.This time when they entered the customs and plundered, Jiannu gained even more. They plundered 5 taels of gold, 1 million taels of silver, 2 taels of pearls, more than 220 pieces of silk and satin of various colors, 4400 collars of satin and fur coats, sable foxes, leopards and tigers. Waiting for more than 52000 skins, as for the gold and silver property looted by the soldiers and the servants of the king Baylor's generals, it is innumerable.In addition, 13800 people were captured, including 500 camels, horses, mules, cattle, donkeys and sheep.

Although the Ming court mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses, claiming to be 39 people, "the reinforcements did not add up to each other." Jiannu occupied Linqing, but the Ming army moved far away to Wei County, Jiannu attacked Hejian, and the Ming army went far away to Shanxi , and wantonly plundered the people of prefectures and counties along the way, "everywhere"!
Jiannu moved to Qingzhou and Yanzhou, but Zhao Guangbian, governor of Jiliao, stationed troops in Liangxiang, thousands of miles away, and did not move.Jiannu also seemed to see through that the generals of the Ming court had no intention of fighting, so they boldly plundered everywhere, as if entering a land of no one, and hesitated to leave. Just like in Liaodong's own territory.

When Jiannu returned to the north, the team started from Jinmen in the east and went to Zhuolu in the west. The carts and camels stretched for more than [-] miles. It took more than ten days for the Lugou Bridge to cross the river.

However, Ming generals Liu Zeqing, Tang Tong, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong and other strong soldiers were all concentrated in Tongzhou. The supervisor Zhou Yanru did not dare to say a word to block the attack. Sooner or later, he flew to the palace twice to report the "Great Victory". Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed and ordered many times to express condolences.When Jiannu left the border, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen and others joined forces to attack, but Jiannu killed him with a carbine and returned in defeat.

Emperor Chongzhen was unaware of the incompetence of the Ming army, but he was extremely satisfied with the results of his supervisor Zhou Yanru's "defeating several slaves and beheading thousands of people".

After Zhou Yanru returned to the court in May, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to make him a grand master.But shortly thereafter, his actions during his supervisory period were investigated by Luo Yangxing, the governor of Jinyiwei, and Wang Zhixin, the eunuch of Dongchang, and they sued Emperor Chongzhen.Emperor Chongzhen was furious, and ordered the ministers of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War to conduct a public investigation of Zhou Yanru's "blindly recommending committees" and other cases.Afterwards, he was ordered to retire and return to his hometown.

At the time when the court was in turmoil due to the resignation of the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, who was dismissed and returned to his hometown in the capital, the Department of General Administration of the Ming Dynasty received a report from Dengzhou, Shandong, and Penglai County under its jurisdiction for several days, stating that the Daming Fan belonged to Hanzhou, and the army of Qi State was in Dengzhou. "Under the cross-linking" of the prefectures and counties, they went to attack Jiannu, beheaded and killed more than [-] Jiannu armored soldiers (only exaggerated three times), smashed several Gaizhou City and its affiliated fortresses in Liaodong, and captured the number of high-ranking Jiannu generals people.

Because in the capital, Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant and supervisor of the cabinet, and his fellow generals forged military information to deceive the emperor just happened.The local Weisuo army town is still unable to meet the enemy to resist Jiannu, but you are good, and you can get an army of our Daming vassal state. Under the multi-planning of local officials, we also attacked Jiannu twice, capturing and killing thousands of people, and breaking through Gaizhou in Eastern Liaodong .

What absurdity!Are you waiting for Shandong officials to be afraid of committing a crime of deceiving the emperor, robbing your future, or even going to jail for a crime? !
However, it seems that the officials of Dengzhou Prefecture in Shandong are not afraid of committing the crime of deceiving the emperor. For several days in a row, the Secretary of the General Administration received many documents of their victory, which clearly stated that the Qi State Army attacked Gaizhou in November last year. The process, and the battle to break the slavery at the seaside of Juzhou, Shandong in early May.At the end, at the back of the document, there is also a list of the captured high-ranking generals of the Jiannu Eight Banners Han Army, with names, surnames, and military ranks.

When the left and right envoys of the General Administration saw each other, they couldn't help but look at each other. Could it be that the so-called vassal state Qi's army who temporarily lived on the island near Shandong really smashed Gaizhou City, which was established as a slave in Liaodong? Build a slave army, capture and kill thousands of people?
The two did not dare to be self-reliant, and submitted the official documents of Shandong Baojie that they had received continuously to Song Mengning, the envoy in charge of the administration.

After careful review of the victory report document, the envoy Song Mengning pondered for a long time, but did not dare to submit it to the palace, so he handed it over to Chen Yan, the new chief minister of the cabinet.

Chen Yancai was mediocre and mean. During his official career, he ruled out dissidents, avenged his personal revenge, and deceived Chongzhen several times.In April 13, Chongzhen was promoted to Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites and a Bachelor of Dongge University, and entered the cabinet. In 15, he served as the Minister of the Household Department and the University of Wuyingdian for his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion in Shandong. There is no plan, but bribery.

When he learned from the Secretary of General Administration that near Penglai County, Dengzhou, Shandong, the vassal state temporarily residing on a small island had lost twice to build slaves, gained a lot, and even broke through the city of Gaizhou where slaves were built, and he immediately became interested.Immediately ordered people to send a letter to Dengzhou, and sent all the captured slaves to the capital to prove their achievements.

At the same time, the Minister of Honglu Temple went to the envoy of Qi State to stay in the embassy, ​​inquired about the relevant reasons, and proved the authenticity of the fact that the Qi State Army defeated Gaizhou and Shandong Dasheng was established as a slave.

(End of this chapter)