1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 745 Northward
On June 1658, 6, Yunzhou, Zhongxing (now Ishikari City, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan).

Ming Yongwang Zhu Cizhen folded his arms and stared fixedly at several huge maps drawn by Qi people on the wall, which respectively marked Yunzhou, Tamna Island (now Jeju Island, South Korea), Kuye Island (now Russia’s Kyushu Island) Page Island), Zhenzhou (now Vladivostok, Russia) and other overseas territories belonging to Ming Dynasty.

No, it should be an overseas territory owned by the royal family of Ming Dynasty.

Several territories had a population of 22 by the end of last year, among which Yunzhou alone accounted for more than 15.In mid-March, King Yong also ordered to seize the territory of the Japanese Matsumae Domain located at the southern tip of Yunzhou, completely controlling this big island in the hands of Daming.

Just now, Deng Ziyi, the representative of Qi State stationed in Yunzhou, came to inform him that the war between Qi State and several Ming troops against Japan's Satsuma Fan has ended, and the Japanese shogunate will definitely turn its attention to Yunzhou, and may expel the Ming army. Regarding the matter of the Matsumae Domain, a certain response was made, and it was not ruled out that the Hirosaki Domain on the other side of the strait would be dispatched to attack Yunzhou.

Of course, Deng Ziyi once again reiterated his security guarantee for Yunzhou, and promised to send ships and armed volunteers to assist in the defense after the Ming army had an armed conflict with Japan.

With Qi's security guarantee, Yongwang Zhu Cizhao didn't worry too much about possible Japanese attacks.Just relying on the small sampans in Japan, they certainly cannot match the powerful Qi warships.Since the opponent cannot cross the sea smoothly, there is no need to worry about how much Japanese military power can be projected to Yunzhou territory.

Moreover, after capturing the Fukuyama City, Yunzhou immediately dispatched more than a thousand immigrants to the area to repair the city walls, build forts, and at the same time reorganize the arable land, vegetable fields, and orchards left by the Japanese.I believe that by the end of the year, Fukuyama Castle will definitely be built into an indestructible fortress with a certain supply capacity.

After living in Denglai for more than ten years, and then working in Yunzhou for many years, coupled with the influence of the Qi people, the young Yongwang (born in 1633) has deeply realized that a country, or even a region, has absolute control over the sea. various benefits.Not to mention, having a large number of sea-going ships can completely stop the enemy at sea and avoid the enemy's heavy attack on the homeland. Even when you are beyond your strength, you can escape by boat, right?

"Danna Island is the most critical transit point and supply point for my Yunzhou to receive immigrants, but it is isolated on the sea, and it is sandwiched between North Korea and Japan. It is quite inconvenient to communicate with my Yunzhou and Zhenzhou." Yong Wang Zhu Cizhen said softly: "If you can take that Tsushima Island, or get a piece of land on the southeast coast of Korea, you can connect it with our Zhenzhou and echo each other from afar."

"Your Highness wants to use troops against Japan and North Korea?" Pan Xuezhong, the chief soldier of the Yunzhou Navy, couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.Just now, the representative of Qi State in Yunzhou notified His Highness that there should be no conflict with Japan for the time being, so as not to anger the shogunate and attract the opponent's soldiers.

In addition, after being attacked by the Qing captives a few years ago, North Korea no longer regards the Qing captives as its suzerain.This North Korea is considered our ally, how can it rashly send troops to attack?
"Naturally, now is not a good time to mobilize troops." Zhu Cizhao smiled, shook his head and said, "Qi Shi kept encouraging us to colonize the north and try to increase immigration to strengthen Yunzhou's strength. However, the north is bitterly cold and the environment is harsh. It’s really not a place for people to stay. I heard that last year, immigrants sent to Shuozhouwei on Kuye Island (now Kholmsk City on the southwest coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia) died of freezing and starvation during a snowstorm in winter Nearly a hundred people were killed. This king feels extremely sorry for it!"

"Your Highness, it is because Shuozhou Wei Civil Affairs Officer did not do any cold protection and food storage work before winter, and even enough houses were not fully built, so this kind of incident happened." Pan Xuezhong said in relief. : "Actually, I heard from the navy officers and soldiers transporting immigrants that the stronghold is located by the sea and the soil is relatively fertile. Except that it is a little cold in winter, it is a treasure land of geomantic omen."

"Bitter Leaf Island is not far from Yunzhou, and it can be settled by immigrants. But..." Zhu Cizhen smiled wryly, and pointed to a large river (now the Amur River in Russia) more than a thousand kilometers north of Zhenzhou, "But, The State of Qi strongly persuaded us to establish a number of settlements along the banks of this great river, claiming that as long as we control both banks of this great river, we will be able to control all the territory east of the great river. Hehe, with our current strength, do we have the ability?"

"The people of Qi state said that the Raksha people from the far west have touched the vicinity of this big river. If they are allowed to enclose the land wantonly, this rich land will be taken away by them sooner or later. In this way, those Raksha people will definitely Threatening our Zhenzhou." Pan Xuezhong said: "In addition, the people of Qi suggest that there is no need for large-scale immigration at present, but only to establish a few key strongholds along the coast of the big river. Prevent them from settling here."

"However, if the power is dispersed like this, if there is any change in the Ming Dynasty, how can I deal with myself in Yunzhou?" Zhu Cizhen said leisurely: "The news from Nanjing is that Sun Kewang is becoming more and more domineering now, and he doesn't care about the emperor at all. Li. The government affairs of the court, the appointment and dismissal of officials of various ministries and local personnel, all come out of the Qin Palace. Thinking about it, it may not be long before this Sun Ni will carry out the act of Sima usurping Wei and overthrow the world."

"Your Highness, the King of Qin...Sun Ni fears that he will not dare to do such a rebellious act, not to mention that everyone in the country belongs to my Great Ming and is working together to expel the Qing captives. Even the Qi State will prevent him from doing such rebellious acts. In order to prevent the situation in Ming Dynasty from collapsing." Pan Xuezhong said: "In addition, as long as our Yunzhou territory gradually develops and grows, it will definitely form a deterrent to Sun Ni, so that he will not dare to murder His Majesty and usurp Daming Jiangshan."

"General Pan's words are reasonable." Zhu Cizhao nodded and said, "As long as our Yunzhou develops strong enough and our fists are hard enough, Sun Ni will definitely be afraid. So, do your best to colonize the north and wait a little longer. The hard-won immigration resources will be wasted. In addition, when will the three warships promised by the Qi State be delivered to Yunzhou?"

"Your Highness, the State of Qi has temporarily requisitioned three warships that were supposed to be handed over to Yunzhou because of its military attack on the Satsuma Domain. Now, the war in the Satsuma Domain is over, and they will hand over the ships to us in the near future."

"We bought these three warships with a lot of furs and ginseng. After General Pan brings them into the navy, they must be well-trained under the guidance of Qi's naval instructors to form effective combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Highness." Pan Xuezhong bowed and promised.

"This year's summer hunting will continue as usual. Your navy and Yunzhou Town will go down and make a plan to find out where to attack this year, and then report to me as soon as possible." Zhu Cizhen said: "Harassing the northern part of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to seizing population and In addition to property, we must temper our Yunzhou soldiers and horses. As the Qi State said, a strong army is fought one by one."

"It's Your Highness." Seeing King Yong turned back and continued to stare at the maps on the wall, Pan Xuezhong felt that he should leave now.

"Your Highness, there is an urgent report from Zhenzhou (now Vladivostok, Russia)." A servant hurried into the hall and presented a document to King Yong.

King Yong took the document with some surprise, opened it and read it.

"Hehe..." King Yong chuckled a few times, looking at the curious Pan Xuezhong, "The remnants of the Qing who rebelled from North Korea a few years ago actually found Zhenzhou and wanted to ask us for some food and ordnance. For this reason , in addition to paying a large amount of fur and Dongzhu in exchange, he is also willing to establish an alliance with me to fight against the Qing captives."

"The Qing rebels are willing to establish an alliance with our Ming Dynasty to attack the Qing?" Pan Xuezhong was stunned, and felt that this matter was too psychedelic for a while, "...to control the captives with captives?"
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On June 6, Zhenzhou.

Ba Hai, the former ginseng leader of the Manchurian Banner inlaid with blue flags in the Qing Dynasty, stood bored in front of the window, while looking at the two guards standing outside the courtyard with knives, while playing with a huge Dongzhu in his hand, with a thin outer layer, Under the light, there is a faint white fluorescence.Seeing one of the guards peeking over from time to time, his face full of curiosity and surprise, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"My lord, why are you sighing?" Tabu, the leader of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty, was lying on a bed made of rammed earth (earth kang), and looked over, "These Ming people should not embarrass us, after all. Both of us have a common enemy. Hey, no, there should be two common enemies, the Aixinjueluo family and those Raksha people. I think, our general's estimate should not be bad. Apart from the Manchurians in Beijing, those Rakshas are definitely not welcome."

"Having said that, I'm worried that these Ming people still regard us as the same as the Aixinjueluo family in Beijing." Bahai turned his head and said, "For more than ten years, we Jurchens have killed countless people. There are few Han people. Who knows if they will turn us away indiscriminately and let us fight the Raksha people to death."

"The Han people are cowardly, and their combat power is far inferior to our Jurchens. If the Ming people here don't form an alliance with us and supply food and armaments, it is better to go back and gather an army, pull out their strongholds here, and take everything they have." Tower Bu sat up, with a somewhat ferocious expression on his face.

"Shh..." Bahai hurriedly made a silent gesture when he heard the words, then carefully looked out the window, then turned his head and shouted in a low voice: "What crazy words are you talking about? We came all the way from Dahe, the distance is no less than two thousand miles How do we bring the army over here? In addition, there are more than ten strongholds of the Ming people here, and the most unbearable ones also have civil fortresses. And this Zhenzhou City, the walls are all built of huge stones (cement), seamless , There are more than a thousand defenders in the city. In addition, there are more than ten cannons on the city wall. With our current strength, how can we conquer them."

"The old Khan (Nurhachi) of Aixinjueluo's family started with only a few thousand people. In just a few decades, he captured the huge land of Liaodong." Tabu said unconvinced: "Now, we have conquered the big river. On both sides of the river, there are dozens of tribes in the deep mountains and old forests, and they drew a large number of Saurons as our army, and more than [-] soldiers and horses have gathered. This strength is much stronger than when Lao Khan started his family."

"But do we have a fixed city? Do we have many people to farm for us? Do we have countless horses to build fast cavalry? More importantly, do we have continuous replenishment of ordnance?" Bahai stared at the tower Bu, said bitterly: "Our current situation is only a little better than those raw girls in the forest!"

"...Didn't we go to the northwestern region of North Korea last summer and kidnap more than 2 people to help us farm? In addition, we also robbed a lot of supplies... Back then, Lao Khan often robbed Liaodong, and The old eighth master (Huang Taiji) entered the customs more frequently to plunder, which gradually strengthened our Eight Banners, and finally took advantage of the situation to enter the customs and seized the Great Tomorrow."

"At this time, at that time." Bahai listened, and said with some regret: "Back then, Lao Khan and Lao Baye, it was a good time to catch up. Our current situation, in addition to invading North Korea, robbing some people and supplies , where dare to go deep into Liaodong? Our capital is too little... You know, Boli (now Khabarovsk, Russia) occupied by the Raksha people is just a small wooden village. Attacks failed to capture it, but lost more than 200 people."

"Didn't the Raksha people defend the city just because they had firearms?" Hearing Bahai mention Boli, Tabu was also indignant, "If they dare to rush out of the stockade and throw away the firearms in their hands, I will One person can overthrow all three of them!"

"Tch!" Bahai sneered, "Why do people want to throw away their firearms and fight you face to face? Let me see, if we don't have artillery or other firearms, we may not be able to beat them. If we can spend more money For some price, getting some firearms from the Ming people will be even more powerful for our survival and growth in the northern region."

"Firearms are regarded as life-saving by the Ming people. I'm afraid they won't sell them to us easily." Tabu said rather pessimistically: "I guess they won't even let us get a piece of iron. At most, sell them to us." some grain with us."

Bahai was stunned when he heard the words, and after thinking about it for a while, he felt that what Tabu said was very reasonable.In this bitter cold place, the Ming people would certainly not arm a huge local force for nothing, and this force was once a remnant of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

Just when the two were silent, thinking about how to complete the envoy mission assigned by Sarhuda, the door opened with a bang, and an officer of the Qi State in blue and black uniform walked in.

"I heard that you are willing to join forces with Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and are committed to cooperating with both parties to eliminate the Raksha people in the Northeast region?" You Daqi, the representative of Qi State in Yunzhou Heiyiwei, Renyong Xiaowei (Lieutenant) looked into the room The two former Qing generals of the Eight Banners raised their voices and asked.

"That's right." Bahai and Tabu looked at each other, then nodded and said, "We are going to rebel against the Jurchen emperor in Beijing. As for the Raksha people, they wantonly ruined the place and caused troubles in the Northeast, so they should be expelled." or wiped out."

"It's as if you have never harmed the local tribe's natives?" You Daqi asked with a smile.

"...We, we are organizing those savage tribes to fight against the attacking Jianzhou people, and put them under our protection. And, in this way, we can also protect them from the Raksha people's bullying." Ba Haiqiang defended himself.

"For us, there seems to be no difference between the Jianzhou Jurchen of the Aixinjueluo family, your Haixi Jurchen, and the East China Sea Jurchen." You Daqi said, "You were all once members of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, weren't you? However, by the side of the Yalu River, I was defeated by Qi State in the first battle, and then fled all the way to the deep mountains and old forests. Why, life is hard now, and you are going to come here to beg for food?"

"If you think that we are here to beg for food, begging for peace in exchange for some supplies. Then you... are wrong!" Ba Hai glared at You Daqi angrily, "So, we will leave this place today and won't bother you anymore."

"Hehe..." You Daqi smiled, "Eastern Liaodong is already bitterly cold, not to mention the northern region thousands of miles away. Since you are returning today, why don't you take me along to see you there."

"What are you doing with us?" Taboo asked in amazement.

"Look at how your little days are going. By the way, let's see if there is any chance for us to cooperate." You Daqi said leisurely: "If it is possible, it is okay to support you a little or two!"

(End of this chapter)