The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 691 Reappearing the Battle of Changping (Today's update)
Shao Jiechun asked at this time: "How much grain can you buy with 30 silver this year?"

Ma Zhengfu said with a smile, in May, there were floods in the three places of Susong Lake, and the price of grain once rose to 30 taels and [-] shi, and now it is still around [-], [-]. Xiaguan sold [-] shi in the middle of last month, exactly [-] taels.

"Isn't this a disaster for the country? How can it be sold so expensive?" Zhao Guangyan frowned.

Ma Zhengfu looked at him suspiciously: "We don't sell it, but others will. Besides, we only sell three taels, and others will sell three taels."

"Local wealthy businessmen and even officials are selling it. If we hadn't had Jinan Mansion and Liu Duxian as the backstage, others wouldn't let our food in."

Zhao Guangzhang wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and sighed helplessly.

The three areas of Susong Lake were all heavily taxed areas in the late Ming Dynasty. The price of grain in this high-grain area can reach four taels and one shi. Isn’t it the result of the local noble officials hoarding the goods and selling them when they are high.

Some officials and gentry have hundreds of thousands of stone grains in their homes, but they deliberately sell them little by little to raise the price and earn money from the common people.

As Ma Zhengfu said, if it weren't for the governor Liu Yuan and Ding Yi's soldiers and horses behind, it would be difficult for them to sell their grain.

Liu Yuan said with a smile at this time: "This year, thanks to the hard work of all of you, we can still have a little surplus food."

"Now there are still 50 shi left. I mentioned to Zongbing Ding that the reconstruction of Jinan is not easy. At the end of the year, [-] shi will be rewarded to officials and officials, as well as officers and soldiers stationed in Jinan."

"Four adults, each can get five hundred stones."

Swipe, Zhao Guangyan's face flushed immediately, and a breath rushed from his chest to his forehead. He really wanted to complain, and said loudly: "Don't bribe me, I don't need it."

He has always been an upright official and acted impartially, but in Jinan, he was suppressed by Liu Yuan everywhere. He was very angry at first, but after working with Liu Yuan for more than a year, he found that Liu Yuan was also fair and honest, and he was dedicated to Jinan The common people really can't pick any thorns, at most they have no court, but Chongzhen has no objection, so what opinion can he have.

Now that Liu Yuan suddenly distributed the food, he didn't know what to say.

"Thank you, Lord Duxian." Chang Hui smiled happily at this moment. His family was levied a lot of taxes this year, and he finally made up for it.

Xia and Shao also thanked at the same time.

The word-of-mouth of these two officials is also considered good, but there is an extra 1000 taels of grain, and the current grain price is more than [-] taels, who would not like it.

"This is what you deserve. It was rewarded to you by the governor's office in Shandong. It is not a bribe from the gentry and the officials below, nor is it the income of the common people. Take it with confidence."

When Liu Yuan said this, Zhao Guangyan had nothing to say, he wanted to stand up, but finally swallowed the words.

At this time, after more than a year of hard work, Jinan Prefecture has already begun to have surplus grain, and the business tax will be increased next year. In addition, as long as there are no natural disasters next year, there may be a grain tax of millions of shi. Jinan Prefecture has the largest population and the most land. , is slowly emerging.
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Back in June of the 13th year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji, who was staying in Shengjing, finally couldn't bear it anymore. After the Manchus repaired Yizhou City, they no longer had to worry about the future, so just like in history, they launched the Songjin Battle.

The Qing soldiers mobilized [-] soldiers and horses for this battle, [-] fewer than in the original history.

In the original history, the Qing soldiers mobilized 11 soldiers. This time, because of the need to guard against Ding Yi, Huang Taiji only dispatched [-] troops. It was almost the whole country except for the soldiers and horses guarding Ding Yi in the domestic cities. soldier.

Huang Taiji first sent Prince Rui Dorgon as the commander-in-chief of the Jinzhou front line, and ordered the Qing army not to be negligent and block all the roads outside Jinzhou.

The guard of Jinzhou is Zu Dashou, who has [-] soldiers and horses. He has suffered from the battle of Daling River, so he has stored food in Jinzhou that can be used by the whole army for three years. It seems that he is determined to consume it with Huang Taiji .

In the early stage, Dorgon followed Huang Taiji's arrangement, focusing on encirclement, and wanted to force his ancestor to surrender to his birthday.

The Manchus now also have a lot of experience in besieging cities. They just dig holes and build fences.

But after only two months, many people began to feel that it was meaningless.

Because I have nothing to do all day, I just dig holes and build walls. I am bitter and tired, and I don’t fight. At this time, some people say that the autumn harvest is coming soon, so I miss the farmland at home.

Seeing the low morale, Dorgon changed his strategy without authorization. In order to ensure that the soldiers took turns, he ordered three Niulujia soldiers to go home once, and later allowed five Niulujia soldiers and one Qi Zhangjing to go home once.

But this still can't satisfy everyone, because after the early stage is dug, there is nothing to do later. Isn't it a waste of troops and physical strength to surround here with so many people?

All the generals complained to Duo ErGun.

Therefore, in order to maintain his strength, recharge his batteries, and at the same time establish a good relationship with the generals of the army, Dorgon ordered the soldiers and horses to be divided into two groups, which took turns to be stationed in the encirclement every month, and the Qing soldiers who surrounded Jinzhou were withdrawn for three months. Ten miles camped.

This is all right, Zu Dashou seized the opportunity and smuggled another batch of grain in. There was more grain in the city, and the morale of the guards was stronger.

Huang Taiji soon found out about this, and he was furious, and immediately sent Jierhalang to replace Dorgon.

After Jierhalang arrived in Jinzhou, he immediately rearranged and mobilized [-] troops to encircle Jinzhou. The forts were all breached, completely cutting off Jinzhou's connection with the periphery.

During the autumn harvest in November, all the grain fields around Jinzhou were harvested by the Ming army.

I don't know whether Zu Dashou did this on purpose or negligently, because they didn't destroy the grain fields in advance. When the Manchus were besieging Jinzhou, they also got a large amount of grain, saving part of the logistical pressure, exactly the same as in the original history.

Then Jierhalang played the same way as in the original history, personally leading people, setting up camps on all sides, digging deep trenches, and besieging the surrounding areas of Jinzhou.Between each camp, long trenches were also dug to partition them, and they patrolled day and night.The encirclement was so tight that the history books stated that "garrisoning the farmland prevented farming in Ningjin outside the Ming Shanhaiguan".

At this time, the battle between the two sides is very similar to the battle of Changping in the Warring States Period.

The Qing Dynasty was equivalent to the Qin State on the attacking side, and Zu Dashou was the Zhao State on the defending side.

As long as Zu Dashou can't hold out for three years, the Manchus may have no choice but to retreat.

Nearly [-] soldiers and horses of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were on the scene, and both men and horses had to eat. The logistical pressure was extremely high. Over time, getting enough to eat was a problem.

It depends on who can't withstand the pressure of logistics first.

Soon, the news of Jinzhou's siege also spread to Beijing, and there were great differences in the opinions of the capital at that time about the reinforcement of Jinzhou.

Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, believed that the army should be divided into three routes: starting from Tashan and attacking the northwest of the Qing army; The main force of the Ming army set out from Songshan to attack the south of the Qing army.

And all the premise of this plan is a quick battle. Judging from the starting point of Chen Xinjia's plan, this seems to be in line with the basic situation of the precarious Ming Dynasty at that time, because the peasant army movement in the northwest region has reached a very rampant level. Under the circumstances, it was simply impossible to provide enough military pay to the Ming army at the pass, and at this time the court (including Chongzhen himself) needed a real victory to ease the crisis of the empire.

However, Hong Chengchou, the coach of Liaodong, the "Governor of the Liao Dynasty", believes that the method of fighting a protracted war should be used to deal with it. Try to avoid decisive battles with the main force of the enemy or attack easily. Drag down the besieging Qing army, and then force it to retreat.

But the biggest disadvantage of this kind of strategic thinking is "protracted time, costing money and food". The Ming Empire, which has sunk down, can no longer afford such a huge military expenditure to fight Hong Chengchou's so-called protracted war.

In the end, Emperor Chongzhen, who has always been eager for quick success and quick profit, gave up Hong Chengchou's cheap and steady defense tactics like the battle of Changping in history, and chose the plan of Chen Xinjia and others' quick-war faction, and ordered Hong Chengchou to go out immediately to relieve the siege of Jinzhou .

The end result of this is that it is a trivial matter to send a head across a thousand miles, and the key is to send a large amount of food, grass and firearms.

Also in June of the 13th year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen ordered the rescue order to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, had no choice but to immediately mobilize all kinds of troops to Shanhaiguan. There were more than 5000 soldiers from Datong General Wang Pu (Datong Town Standard + Yanghe Superintendent Standard), and Xuanfu General Yang Guozhu/Li Fuming (Xuanfu Town There are more than 3000 people in the town of Biao + Huailai Supervision Biao + Liugou Town Biao), more than 1 people in Tang Tong (Changping Town Biao), the commander-in-chief of Changping, more than 1 people in Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of aid and suppression, and Xu Fuzuo, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen 3000 people, including more than [-] people from Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of the ASEAN Branch, [-] people from Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of the Shanhaiguan Branch, Wang Tingchen, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Branch ([-] people), and Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Regiment (Ningyuan Mobile Force) ——[-] people in Tuanlian Township, [-] people in Fubiao in Liaodong).

The army has 8 people, known as 13, and there are more than 4 mules and horses supporting Jinzhou with a large amount of food, more than 3000 various artillery pieces and sufficient ammunition.

However, Hong Chengchou knew that the Qing soldiers used the same method of encircling and fighting for reinforcements, and he also learned the lesson of Sarhu who divided his troops into four groups. He did not adopt Chen Xinjia's strategy of dividing his troops into three groups. It took a full nine months to order to clear the siege, to gather soldiers and horses, and to go to Songshan, a hundred miles away. (In the original history, he left for ten months)
It took nine months for the one-hundred-mile journey, and according to what Xu Fuzuo reported to Ding Yi afterwards, the entire army climbed outside Jinzhou.

Of course, we can consider that Hong Chengchou also wanted to waste money with Huang Taiji at that time. It is estimated that Huang Taiji did not have much food, so he walked slowly. He planned to walk for a year and a half to consume the Qing soldiers.

It's just that he didn't expect that during the autumn harvest, the Qing soldiers collected all the fields hoarded by the Ming army in the outskirts of Jinzhou, got a lot of food, and continued to surround Zu Dashou.

If Zu Dashou had been replaced by Ding Yi, he would have burned all the food in the periphery by himself, and it would have been left to the Qing soldiers.

In this way, when Hong Chengchou came to Songshan with his army, it was already March of the following year (the 14th year of Chongzhen).

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