Chapter 374: The Enemies of the North
The weather is getting colder and colder, but it can't stop the pace of the People's Army's advance, the People's Army needs to occupy all the land it can occupy as soon as possible, large-scale battles are no longer there, occasionally there are only skirmishes of up to a few thousand people, and the enemies encountered by the People's Army are easily defeated, and those who are still loyal to the Ming Court are dying.
Waiting for the ice of the Yellow River to thicken, the follow-up People's Army will continue to the north to join the vanguard army led by Wang Shengrong.
It is expected that by the spring of next year at the latest, the fighting will end in most areas of the land of China, including the bandits and bandits who occupy the mountains.
To the north of the border pass is the territory of the Tatars, whose territory is almost half of the current control of the KPA, but the population of the Tatars is relatively small, perhaps only a little more than the total strength of the KPA.
As a nomadic people, the main food is grazing cattle and sheep, and the food source greatly limits the population growth of the Tatars and all nomadic peoples.
Food is the most important point of population growth, the Tatars need enough food, grazing cattle and sheep are not enough to eat, then go to plunder, and the southern land of China has countless food, as well as beautiful women, there is a land of wealth, attracting the Tatars to rush to the land of China again and again.
Every autumn, either the Khan personally commanded the army, or several tribes jointly sent troops, stormed the border pass, and successfully rushed into the pass, they were able to obtain food and women, and failed to reduce the population, so that the people who were still alive could survive the winter.
He is the current Khan of the Tatars, who succeeded to the throne last year, and can be called Buyan Chechen Khan.
Before succeeding to the throne of Khan, since the second year of Wanli, Buyan Chechen Khan has repeatedly united with his uncle Hei Shitan and the five chiefs of the Inner Khalkha Sect to attack the Ming Liaodong and Jizhen sides, but they were all repelled by the Ming army, and an important general who commanded the Ming army was Li Chengliang, who was the commander-in-chief of Liaodong at the time.
Although he was defeated many times, Buyan Chechen Khan never gave up, and the rich land of China made Buyan Chechen Khan unforgettable, and Buyan Chechen Khan wanted to lead his people to occupy the land of China like his ancestors, rob them of their food, rob their women, and even reduce them to slavery.
The opportunity to occupy the land of China seems to have come, and the Ming Dynasty has civil strife.
Buyan Chechen Khan has been paying attention to the changes in the land of China, and with the appearance of a Tatar, he cannot enter the land of China to obtain information, but there are Chinese people who are willing to obtain information for Buyan Chechen Khan.
In fact, six or seven years ago, when the People's Army occupied Guangdong Province and fought many battles with the Ming Dynasty, Buyan Chechen Khan personally led the army to attack the border pass, but the Ming army guarding the border pass was not transferred much, and the tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry led by Buyan Chechen Khan were repulsed.
Every time the People's Army fought a major battle with the Ming court, Buyan Chechen Khan would lead the Tatar cavalry to attack the border passes, but without success.
A new war broke out between the People's Army and the Ming Court, and some Chinese people who had taken refuge in Buyan Chechen Khan speculated that in this war, the People's Army and the Ming Court were either both defeated, or one was killed and one was disabled, and it was the best opportunity for Buyan Chechen Khan to break through the border pass and occupy the land of China.
As a khan, Buyan Chechen Khan is not only brave, but also has a mind, looking through the information, Buyan Chechen Khan also thinks that this is the best opportunity, if this opportunity is given up, it will be difficult to find such a good opportunity in the future.
After attempting to attack the border pass in the autumn, the retreating Buyan Chechen Khan sent an order to the Tatar tribes under his command to gather a large army at Chahar when spring came, and this time "certainly" be able to break through the defense line, enter the land of China to plunder wantonly, and even occupy the land of China like his ancestors, so that the tribesmen will no longer be frozen to death and starved to death in the future, and can also obtain a large number of slaves.
The tribal leaders all believed it, after all, it was relatively easy to determine the outbreak of war on the land of China, and the land of China that was mired in civil strife was obviously not enough to resist their invasion, and the rich land of China was what most tribal leaders longed for, and if they could choose, they were willing to live in the land of China instead of grazing on the grassland.
Grazing is the living habit of nomads, but it does not mean that nomads really like grazing, they can't get enough food just by grazing, they also want to cultivate land, but they can't cultivate land and farm, and the prairie is not suitable for farming, because the environment of the prairie allows the people living on it to graze for a living.
When the ancestors occupied the land of China, it should be the happiest time for the clansmen to live, warm houses, gorgeous clothes, and endless food, but it is a pity that the ancestors were driven out of the land of China.
Now they will inherit the legacy of their ancestors and once again challenge the land of China, conquer, conquer!
The Tatars longed for the land of China, and the Jurchens and the Wa kingdoms also longed for the land of China.
Goryeo, which had been deprived of military equipment, had been completely occupied by the Wa kingdom that had emerged from the Warring States period, and the king of Goryeo fled to Liaodong with his people.
Nurhachi, the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens, sent people to Goryeo and expressed his willingness to form an alliance with the Wa state and attack the Haixi Jurchens together.
The high-level Japanese officials who had just conquered Goryeo thought very highly of themselves, and they did not take the small Jianzhou Jurchens in their eyes at all, and it was impossible to form an alliance, and surrender could still be considered.
Hearing the words brought back by his subordinates, Nurhachi accepted it with a sneer, the superficial surrender is okay, and when the Haixi Jurchens are destroyed and their own side becomes stronger, then we will talk about the situation.
Soon, the Jianzhou Jurchen expressed its submission to the Wa State, and the Wa State did not care about the submission of the Jianzhou Jurchens, but the Haixi Jurchens were indeed an enemy, and other forces joined together to destroy the Haixi Jurchens to reduce the casualties of the Wa State, and also reduce the strength of other forces.
With the Jianzhou Jurchens and the Wa Kingdom attacking the Haixi Jurchens together, the Haixi Jurchens have now lost one-third of their land.
Originally, the Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens were all enshrined by the Ming court, and the Jianzhou Jurchens had to pay tribute to the Ming court every year, but now the Ming court is too busy to take care of itself, and even the Ming State did not send troops to support the invasion of the Ming vassal state Goryeo, which shows how bad the situation of the Ming Dynasty was at this time.
It seems that the Ming court is coming to an end, and this year, Nurhachi did not pay tribute to the Ming court, and now he has turned to surrender to the Wa State and attack the Haixi Jurchen with the Wa State.
For the change of Jianzhou Jurchen, the Liaodong Ming army was angry, but they didn't dare to do more, there were enemies on three sides, and the Liaodong Ming army could only defend and was unable to attack.
While waiting, the news that the emperor was dead and the Ming Dynasty was dead finally reached Liaodong, and the sky fell!