Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 425 Lessons from the past
Although Hauge's troops were cavalry, under the attack of such artillery fire, it was too late to run, so he dared to charge.

Hauge originally wanted to flee back, but in order to surround Hauge, Cao Wenzhao mobilized more than 6 people in total. Li Dingguo even blocked all the roads leading to Shenyang. Can't stop shrinking, and was finally besieged in Tianshui Town.

At this point, Hauge finally knew that he had nowhere to escape.

Hauge didn't think about asking for reinforcements. At this time, let alone Huang Taiji has no soldiers to send, even if he has soldiers to send, how dare he come to rescue?Hauge knew very well that under the powerful artillery fire of the Ming army, how many people came would not be enough to blow up, and maybe Cao Wenzhao was waiting for Huang Taiji to send troops to rescue him.

Hauge’s judgment was correct, Cao Wenzhao was indeed waiting for Hauge to send someone back to rescue the soldiers, and for Huang Taiji to send troops to rescue Hauge. In order to wait for the reinforcements from the Donglu, Cao Wenzhao surrounded Hauge for three days The final attack was not launched either.

But after waiting for three days, Cao Wenzhao did not wait until Hauge sent people to break through to seek rescue, and there was no movement of Donglu rescue troops in Shenyang and Liaoyang.

In desperation, Cao Wenzhao finally ordered a general attack. It wasn't that Cao Wenzhao didn't want to wait any longer, but that he couldn't wait any longer.There are nearly 20 troops in Liaodong, and the soldiers need to eat more than 2000 stones of grain a day, and they need to prepare fodder for tens of thousands of horses.For every day he waits, the logistics need to take on an extra day of pressure.

If a big fish came, it would be worth waiting for a few days, but if a few small shrimps came, the deal would be a big loss.

On March 28, the tenth year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao ordered a general attack on Hauge.

Under the powerful artillery fire, Hauge's troops were quickly annihilated by Cao Wenzhao.

A total of more than [-] enemies were wiped out in this battle. More than [-] soldiers were directly killed, and more than [-] were injured and captured. Hauge was injured and captured because he was stunned by artillery.

Cao Wenzhao immediately led his troops back to Zhenwu, and at the same time asked Sun Hutou to quickly intercept Abate's retreat, intending to encircle Abate with Chen Guozhu's troops between the Liaohe River and the Hunhe River, encircle and wipe them out.

However, because Cao Wenzhao wanted to lure reinforcements when encircling and annihilating Haoge's troops, he was delayed in Tianshui Town for three days. At this time, Abate was already alert. Before Chen Guozhu returned to his division, he had jumped out of the encirclement, passed between Anshan (anshan post road in the Ming Dynasty) and Haizhou, and headed towards the south of Liaoning. Caught off guard, he almost suffered a big loss. Fortunately, Abatai was afraid of being surrounded and did not dare to fight for a long time. After defeating the Ming army, he quickly left the battle.

Knowing that Abatai had fled to southern Liaoning, Cao Wenzhao couldn't help sighing: "People's hearts are not enough. If I didn't want to lure and annihilate the reinforcements of Donglu, I wouldn't delay three days in Tianshui Town. If I annihilated Haug, maybe Abate won't be able to escape."

Li Dingguo hurriedly said: "The commander-in-chief doesn't need to blame himself. I think that Abatai has a long history of war and has extremely rich combat experience, especially when he suffered our big losses during the Datong Battle and the Gyeonggi Battle. How can he understand our army's movements?" Careless? According to the general, as long as there is a disturbance on our side, he will run away without fighting, otherwise, he will not run away as soon as Big Brother Hutou makes a move."

Cao Wenzhao nodded silently, sighed and said: "But I was delayed for three days after all. These three days cost money and food, and made Abatai flee to southern Liaoning. The terrain in southern Liaoning is complicated. I want to stay here. It will not be easy to wipe out the Abatean tribe."

Li Dingguo said with a smile: "Abatai's scabies disease, the commander-in-chief doesn't have to worry about it, we just need to take down Liaoyang, and he will have nowhere to escape."

Cao Wenzhao waved his hand: "It's not as simple as you imagined. If the Abatean army is not destroyed, Wu Sangui's logistics supplies will be threatened. We still have to find a way to eliminate the Abatean army."

Li Dingguo pondered for a while and said: "Abatai has become a frightened bird, we can't use more than [-] troops to arrest him like a mouse in southern Liaoning, can we?"

Cao Wenzhao shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not true, he is not worthy of my mobilization, and he is not worth the food and grass consumed by our army."

Speaking of which, Cao Wenzhao turned around and summoned a soldier: "You immediately inform Wu Sangui and order him to send a cavalry unit to keep a close eye on Abatai. You tell Wu Sangui that it doesn't matter if you can't catch up or beat him. , just can’t let Abatai disappear from his sight. I’ll look for an opportunity to eliminate him after I take down Liaoyang.”

The soldier was ordered to send a letter to Wu Sangui in a hurry.

After Cao Wenzhao finished making arrangements, Li Dingguo smiled and said, "Supervisor, I don't know what to do with Hauge caught this time?"

Cao Wenzhao shook his head: "Although Haoge is a prisoner from the East, he is the son of Huang Taiji and he is brave in battle. As the saying goes, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, so we can't humiliate him. Order someone to take him to the capital. Well, and Those captives will be escorted to Beijing, let the commander deal with them."

After a pause, Cao Wenzhao continued with a smile: "The commander-in-chief hates the Jurchens deeply. I'm afraid they will suffer if they are sent to the capital."

Li Dingguo sighed lightly when he heard the words.

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On the eighth day of April in the tenth year of Chongzhen, when it was learned that Cao Wenzhao had captured Hauge, the son of Huang Taiji, and escorted a large number of captives to Beijing, the court and the public were jubilant.

Those Han people around Gyeonggi who have been repeatedly harassed by the Jurchens in recent years, led by a group of gentry and wealthy businessmen, wrote petitions one after another, hoping that Li Jing would kill these Jurchens.Even some officials in the imperial court wrote letters one after another, hoping that Li Jing could kill these Jurchens.

Looking at these petitions, Li Jing frowned slightly.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing said to Wen Qing: "Inform everyone, go to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters."

After finishing speaking, Li Jing looked at Zhu Youjian and said, "Your Majesty, go and change into formal clothes, let's hold a court meeting."

When Zhu Youjian heard the words, he was both surprised and happy, and pondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid it's not right for me to go to listen to the government?"

Li Jing smiled: "This great victory, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, don't you want to be congratulated by the officials? Moreover, this time is a court meeting, and all the officials in the court are present. What do people think if you are not sitting in the emperor's place?" I?"

After hearing this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help feeling disappointed.

When Zhu Youjian went to change the dragon robe, Li Jing shook his head lightly, and then ordered Wen Qing to fetch his imperial robe and put it on again.

After a while, the guards informed the ministers that they had arrived, Li Jingjing nodded, and when Zhu Youjian came out after changing his dragon robe, the two came to Qianqing Palace side by side.

When they arrived at the main hall, Li Jing asked Zhu Youjian to sit on the dragon chair. Seeing Wang Chengen moved the chair to the side of the dragon chair, Li Jing shook his head and ordered Xiao Jiu to move the chair to the side.

When the preparations were finished, the guards opened the gate of the palace, and all the officials entered the palace one by one.

When everyone stood in their seats, Li Jing got up and shouted: "A good news has been sent from the front today. Cao Wenzhao defeated the enemy army, captured Haoge, the son of Emperor Taiji, and captured more than [-] people from the East. I wish you all the best!" The emperor is overjoyed."

"The ministers and others wish the emperor great joy." All the ministers hurriedly bowed and shouted after hearing the words.

"Everyone loves you, please take a seat without courtesy. Li Aiqing, please sit down." Zhu Youjian stood up and smiled.

Li Jing bowed again before returning to his seat.

Seeing that the ministers looked at him with puzzled faces, Li Jing smiled and said, "Do you think it's a bit of a fuss to hold a court meeting because of such a trivial matter as the captives in the East?"

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Li Jing sighed, pointed to the memorial held by Wang Chengen and said: "These are letters from the ministers and the common people who were once invaded by the Eastern captives. The common people are ignorant, so are so many of our ministers ignorant?
Yes, I was a prisoner who killed Donglu before, and I did not kill less.

But killing prisoners in Datong, and killing prisoners after the last battle of Gyeonggi, is because we are simply unable to treat those wounded soldiers from the east.So many of our common people were injured in these two wars and there was no medicine to treat them. How can I take medicine to treat those prisoners?
In addition, there was a shortage of food at that time, and I couldn't provide so much food to feed these useless people.At the same time, they just captured and plundered our Daming, and the people of Daming were massacred by them, not killing them would not be enough to anger the people.

It can be said that it was a combination of many reasons that I decided to kill the wounded soldiers and captives of Donglu.

But I didn't kill those harmless ones.why?Because we are in short supply of manpower now, we need people to build water conservancy projects and build factories. Wouldn’t it be a pity to kill such a strong labor force instead of letting them work? "

After everyone understood the meaning of his words for a while, Li Jing continued: "But this time is different. This time we sent troops to the Eastern Captives. We are not resisting the invasion of the Eastern Captives, but to recover the lost land of Liaodong. In the future, Liaodong will return to Daming. Territory, at that time these Jurchens were the people of our Daming, I can't kill all the Jurchens, can I?

I am a soldier, and killing people on the battlefield is a last resort, but I can't even kill the people of Ming Dynasty, so how can I be different from those Mongolians in Qianyuan?

We are all educated people, so we should understand that killing people is easy, but conquering people's hearts is difficult.

I remember that Taizu of this dynasty didn't seem to have an official name before, right?Qianyuan didn’t even allow us Han people to choose a name, which shows how they will treat us Han people, and the result?We Han people couldn't bear it anymore, and finally rebelled.Finally, under the leadership of Taizu, Bao Yuan was overthrown.

Back then, if the former Yuan could treat us Han people and Mongols the same way, why did they only rule in the Central Plains for 90 years?

Going forward, in the former Song Dynasty, everyone should be very clear about how the Liao Kingdom treated the Jurchens, right?In the end, the Jurchen Wanyan beat the bones to establish the Kingdom of Jin and overthrew the Kingdom of Liao.

These lessons learned are not far away from us, why don't everyone remember them?Why do so many people write letters asking me to kill these captives?

Also, do you know the population of Liaodong?Including the Mongols, Koreans, and the Han Chinese who have been taken captive by them over the years, the population is only more than 300 million.But do you know how big the territory of Liaodong is?Not to mention Nuer Gandusi, but the territory occupied by the Haixi Jurchen tribe is as large as the combined provinces of Beizhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan.

With such a large territory, but only this small population, may I ask, how will we rule these places in the future?It's too late for me to move the population, how can I still kill people?
Don't you think that the Jurchens are barbaric and undisciplined, aren't the Mongols the same?Haven't they also been against our Daming for so many years?how nowMonan has become a province of our Ming Dynasty. After the last disaster relief, those Mongolians are all grateful to Ming Dynasty. As long as we stick to the current policy, within a few years, the Mongolians will completely regard themselves as people of Ming Dynasty.

　The chapter names of these two chapters were wrongly written and have been changed

　　
　
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