The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 139 Hong Chengchou Fights Qian Qianyi

The hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty suddenly came to Shanhaiguan in a fierce manner, which really shocked Dorgon. He had to temporarily give up his plan to conquer Mobei and went to Jinzhou to sit in the town in person.

If Shanhaiguan is the west entrance of the entire Liaoxi Corridor, then the east entrance is undoubtedly Jinzhou.

Since returning to Shenyang after failing to stay in the Central Plains last year, Dorgon began to follow Hong Chengchou's suggestion and set up a defense line centered on Jinzhou.

A total of [-] Han troops were recruited to garrison Jinzhou City and the nearby castles, and these castles were almost all built by the Ming Dynasty after spending countless manpower and material resources.

In addition to the [-] Han soldiers, there are also [-] real Jiannu and [-] Mongolian Tartars, which shows how much they attach importance to Jinzhou.

There is no way, just like Shanhaiguan was against Daming, once the Ming army breaks through Jinzhou, it means controlling the entire Liaoxi Corridor, and the army can drive straight in.

These [-] Han soldiers also followed the guard system of the Ming Dynasty, and guarded the border while farming.

It's just that the commander and Qianhu were replaced by the Eight Banners, and the Baihu Banner Officer was an old man soldier. As long as he performed well and made military exploits, he could directly raise the flag and accept the fields, and even reward North Korean women.

So these [-] Han soldiers have almost given up their hearts to the Eight Banners, and their morale is very high. Whether it is farming, training, or repairing the city wall, they are all extraordinarily hard.

This may be the huge gap from hell to heaven, which made all the Han men in Liaodong come back to life at once.

In fact, Hong Chengchou's complete suggestion to Doergun is completely in accordance with the Qin Dynasty's farming and warfare model.

It's a pity that in the past 20 years, the women of the Eight Banners have been pampered and pampered. There are a lot of slaves and women in the upper echelons. Once Hong Chengchou's suggestion is really followed and they are asked to release their slaves and divide their land, I am afraid that people will lose their hearts immediately.

Coupled with the tragic death of Brother Aji, Dorgon lost an arm, and he didn't dare to make drastic reforms at all.

In the end, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to castrate, that is, to conscript some Han male servants into the army first.

After meritorious service, raising the flag and conferring titles, granting land and starting a family, it can be said that it is still very attractive to Han men.

As for Han women, they can still only be reduced to the slaves and reproductive tools of the men of the Eight Banners.

After taking over North Korea, the top leaders of the Eight Banners will be supplemented with male servants for raising horses and farming. The beautiful women will go to the Eight Banners, and the ordinary ones will be rewarded to the Han Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners.

And the large amount of land obtained was also distributed completely according to military merits, which made the entire Eight Banners high-level compromise and willing to hand over [-] Han male slaves.

It can be said that it was too late for Huang Taiji to obtain Hong Chengchou. If Hong Chengchou had been captured a few years earlier, it would have been a disaster.

Because of the existence of the Jinzhou defense line, Dorgon was not very worried about the attack of the Ming army, but he still gave Duduo an order to deal with North Korea as soon as possible.

At this time, Duoduo had already brought his army to Gyeonggi-do in North Korea, and the siege of Seoul, the capital of North Korea, was impenetrable.

The Duduo army was very fast and did not give North Korea any time to react. After the army entered North Korea's Ping'an Road, North Korea's [-] to [-] troops hastily assembled, in front of the Eight Banners' iron cavalry, it was like paper. .

Duoduo also followed Hong Chengchou's strategy. He didn't chase down the defeated soldiers, and didn't care about the cities along the way. He just plundered some food in the four fields, and went directly to Seoul to capture the thief and the king.

There are eight provinces in North Korea, which are equivalent to the provinces of Ming Dynasty.

However, each province is about the same size as a prefecture and has a similar population. The richest province is naturally Gyeonggi Province.

Looking at the slave-building army outside the city at this moment, the faces of King Li Ji and all the civil and military officials were ashen.

Although Qian Jianyi on the side had an air of superiority on his face, he felt guilty in his heart, and more often than not, he cursed bad luck.

He just arrived yesterday, and today the Tartar cavalry came to besiege the city.

Now even if I want to run, I can't run away, but looking at the tall city wall, I finally felt relieved, and asked the king Li Yu who was beside me: "Master Li, how many soldiers are there in the city?"

"I want to teach the envoy to know that there are fifty thousand soldiers in the city, and the envoy does not know when the heavenly soldiers from the kingdom will arrive?"

Li Zhen hurriedly replied, and then looked at Qian Qianyi expectantly, and the others also looked straight at Qian Qianyi, obviously taking it as a life-saving straw.

"Well... Calculate the time. At this time, our Da Ming army may have reached Shanhaiguan. The news will reach North Korea. It will take up to [-] days. Therefore, as long as Li Guozhu sticks to it for [-] days, the Tartars will retreat!"

Qian Qianyi stroked his beard, pondered for a while and said.

Everyone's hearts suddenly turned cold, and they obviously didn't have the confidence to stick to the [-]th day.

Li Zhen tremblingly said: "It will take another [-] days, what should I do?

"Guozhu Li needn't worry. Jiannu is not good at attacking cities. The city of Seoul is tall and thick, with plenty of food and grass, and an army of [-]. As long as the people are united, it won't be a problem to keep it for three or five months, not to mention twenty days.

What's more, the Jiannu army went deep alone this time. Li Guozhu can send reinforcements from all directions to come to the rescue. On the [-]th. "

With his hands behind his back, Qian Qianyi looked calm and calm, and said one thing after another.

This pair of celebrities and noble demeanor made all the Korean civil officials and military generals nod frequently after hearing this.

I can't help but shout in my heart, I really deserve to be a great Confucian from Shangguo.

With the snap of his fingers, he has already thought of a strategy to turn defeat into victory, and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and ourselves clearly and clearly.

"That's right, what the envoy said makes sense. I still have hundreds of thousands of troops in North Korea. It's just a short-term plan. I was caught off guard by Jiannu."

Li Jing also nodded, regaining his confidence again.

Immediately, he handed over the heavy responsibility of defense to his nephew, and then took Qian Qianyi and a group of civil servants back to the palace to enjoy singing and dancing, and enjoy delicious food and wine.

Outside the city, Duoduo was also humbly asking Hong Chengchou, a celebrity of Han origin, for advice.

It has to be said that for people of other ethnic groups, Han literati in this era know astronomy from above and geography from below.

The knowledge reserve is simply not comparable to other nations.

As for marching and fighting, anyone who has read a few military books or history books can talk about military affairs on paper and speak clearly and logically.

The difference lies in the combination of theory and practice.

A good combination is a great talent with both civil and military skills, such as Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting.

If the combination is not good, it is Yang Sichang, Shi Kefa and his like, who will not pay for their lives if they kill people.

"Mr. Hong, should our army attack immediately, or surround and not attack?"

"The surrounding terrain of Seoul is open, which is suitable for cavalry. Our army only needs to besiege rather than attack, wait for work at leisure, and continue to attract reinforcements from all over North Korea to come to rescue, and then annihilate them."

Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and said slowly.

They came to destroy North Korea this time, so naturally they wanted to focus on destroying the North Korean army. As long as the standing armies of North Korea were attracted to Seoul and destroyed, and then the capital of North Korea was captured, the subsequent occupation would be much easier.

(End of this chapter)