Chapter 331: The Storm Between the North and the South (Part II)
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"Three dog things who forgot Ben! Forgot your mother, how did that bitch die in Abahai?! ”
Seeing that the three Dolgon brothers and Huang Taiji's eldest son Haoge led a group of young generals and officials and nobles, they all agreed with and supported the military action of entering the customs and plundering, and then looked at their two sons who looked out of the way and couldn't help but curse in their hearts, completely forgetting that he was also one of the masterminds who forced the death of the eldest concubine Abahai.
As one of the only surviving three Baylors who listened to the government with Huang Taiji back then, Dai Shan came out to prevent Huang Taiji from sending troops to enter the customs and plunder, naturally there was a reason for him.
The last time he entered the customs, he lost a Manchurian Jiala and a Mongolian Jiala with two red flags. originally thought that after returning to Shengjing, he could quickly make up for the losses of these two Jiala, but he didn't want Huang Taiji to play the game of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and allocated the two white flags to the two red flags. This hand mixed with sand, the means of playing are so clever that people have to be breathtaking, whether it is morally or legally, Huang Taiji has stood on an absolute commanding height, so that people can't find the slightest fault, but Dai Shan can't say it.
The soldiers and horses of these two Jiala are under the Red Banner, but you can't stop these people from going back and forth with their relatives and friends under the White Banner. The Dorgon brothers are generous and extravagant. These people come back every time they visit their relatives. They are all gifts and rewards brought back in large bags and small packages, and they can't stop thanking the old master for his kindness.
And some ignorant people in the banner are still there to thank the emperor for his kindness, and replenish the lost soldiers and horses for the Zhenghong Banner, but they don't know that in the face of this group of guys who are in Cao Ying's heart in Han, Dai Shan, the old fox, has the intention of killing them. But I didn't dare.
"You are the red flag of the people who accept the soldiers and horses, you are there to complain for a long time, and the white flag of the soldiers and horses allocated by others has not said anything, why are you complaining?" This is the ironclad thinking of the rest of the flags.
I watched these two nails nailed to the inside of his Zhenghong Banner like two big wedges, constantly releasing their strength outward. Creates a crack in the inside of the red flag that is still strong in itself. How can this not make Dai Shan's heart anxious?
And Huang Taiji himself watched all this with a smile from the throne, watching the intrigue between the Zhenghong Flag and the Zhengbai Flag, until Daishan, the big Baylor, was completely finished.
Since Huang Taiji came to power. Constantly use various means to weaken the power of the major Baylors and the banner owners. successively killed Amin, Mang Gurtai and others. Annexed the two of them.
Later, in the second year of Chongzhen, he entered the customs and plundered, and sent Yuan Mou, the Jiliao governor of the Ming army, to the entrance of the vegetable market. Regardless of whether this Yuan had collusion with the Houjin at that time, it was a great deal to boost the morale of the Houjin military and civilians!
Let alone. The looted property has greatly alleviated the economic crisis in Houjin?
After that, the conquest of Mongolia and Korea was invincible to the enemy wherever he went, and Huang Taiji's strength, prestige, and power quickly distanced himself from the rest of the Beyler princes.
If he succeeds in entering the customs and plundering again this time, will there still be a good life for me, Prince Heshuoli? I'm afraid that it is my two red flags who charge into battle as cannon fodder, but the spoils that are shared after the most are eight points!
How does this kind of thing work?!
Every time he enters the customs or fights abroad, it has become an opportunity for this black fat man on the throne to expand his strength and influence, and this time he will mess up the matter of entering the customs no matter what! Dai Shan secretly made up his mind in his heart.
"Your Majesty! Not long ago, our army just intended to enter the Xuanda entrance, but unexpectedly, the gains outweighed the losses. It can be seen that the strength and combat power of the Ming army are not comparable to those of two years ago. Therefore, the slave thinks that it is better to take care of the matter of entering the customs. ”
What Dai Shan said was a fire reconnaissance of the Xuanda army conducted by the Qing army in the Xuanda area in March.
At the beginning of March, Yang Guozhutang, the chief military officer of the Xuanfu, reported: "The general Kang Youde was sent out to the outpost, and the outpost saw that the camp fire of the thieves was about 30 miles long, and he was afraid that the thieves would attack. ”
Tens of thousands of Qing soldiers and Mongol soldiers gathered 200 miles outside Xuanda and tried to invade the Central Plains from all over Xuanda. After receiving the alarm, the military department and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, were strictly ordered to be on alert, and on the day of hearing the alarm, Lu Xiangsheng galloped from the sun and the starry night to the town of Xuanfu.
According to the analysis and judgment of the situation on all sides, Lu Xiangsheng deduced that the intention of the enemy army outside the Seychelles was to order the soldiers and horses from all over Xuanda to gather in Xuanfu Town, and then they used their mobility to choose a few fortresses with empty troops on the long Xuanda defense line to take advantage of the situation.
By the beginning of April, Lu Xiangsheng said: "The slave is slack, and he can be attacked." ”
After two years of training in cantonment, although there is still a big gap between the overall quality of the Xuanda army and the Qing army, at least, in the face of the temptation of huge rewards, the officers and men of all units dare to send troops to confront the Qing army and the Mongol soldiers.
After several small battles of 1,000 people, the Mongol soldiers lost nearly 1,000 people, the Qing army lost more than 200 people, was beheaded more than 100 ranks, and captured hundreds of armor collars.
Seeing that the Qing soldiers were just like this, the morale of the various armies soared for a while, and they all geared up, preparing to kill the enemy and behead them for meritorious service.
The Qing soldiers outside the fortress saw the momentum of the Xuanda army coming like a rainbow, and prepared for a decisive battle with the Qing soldiers and the Mongolian tribes, and hurriedly fled. After that, Lu Xiangsheng garrisoned Yanghe, and the Qing soldiers outside the Saiwai saw that Xuanda was well defended, although there was a lot of grain and grass accumulated in the territory, they had no choice but to give up.
"It doesn't matter! Let these nikans plant wheat for us, and we will come back to collect it after autumn! ”
A Niu Lu Zhang Jing comforted his subordinates like this.
"Then in the Xuanda army under Lu Xiangsheng, the armor of the Southern Barbarian equipment is only thirty percent, and it is already so capable of fighting, if the Guanning army is so equipped with such an army that is known as a well-known army and dares to fight, what should it do?"
"Our army entered the customs. Either go to the entrance of Xuanda, or from the entrance of Jiliao, if the army in these two places has the combat power of the Xuanda army, our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, which is not conducive to washing the state and county after entering the customs! ”
Dai Shan continued to put on a worried posture to analyze the changes in the strength of the enemy army, and his words unabashedly revealed his concern about the improvement of the equipment of the towns on the nine sides.
"Prince Li, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other."
Fan Wencheng on the side waited for a long time, and finally when Dai Shanyan was a little thirsty. I found a loophole. Sarcastic.
"The Xuan army, in recent years, although the strong armor and sharp soldiers are known as elite, and the tunbao is cultivated everywhere, Lu Xiangsheng reported to the imperial court that the accumulation of millet is as much as hundreds of thousands of stones. Available for Xuanda military supplies. Ran Xuan Dasan up and down the town. It is still stealing and selling weapons and deducting food and wages. Not to mention anything else, how many of the weapons, armor, and gunpowder they purchased in Jizhen, Shanhai Town, Yutian Town, Ningyuan Town, Xuanfu Town, and Datong Town entered our warehouse. Became our equipment? ”
Fan Wencheng's words immediately caused smug laughter from everyone present.
Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town, and the soldiers and horses of each town used the official documents of customs defense to buy armor, weapons, large and small Buddha Lang machines, gunpowder and other items from the Shouhan Dynasty in Beijing's Chaoyang Gate, and then turned around and sold them to Shanxi merchants who traveled all over the country at a higher price for "self-defense".
These sharp weapons used for self-defense soon became a popular fist commodity sold by major merchants in Shanxi to various departments of the Qing army, and they were in short supply and had no price.
Only Lu Xiangsheng's own superintendent battalion and the Tianxiong Army, a direct subordinate unit, were better, and the vast majority of the weapons and armor purchased could be used to equip the troops, rather than changing hands for profit.
"Although Lu Xiangsheng has always dared to fight, and his department is quite powerful, however, my Emperor of the Qing Dynasty has the favor of God. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng should already be on the way back to his hometown, as soon as this person leaves, Xuandajun will not worry! ”
In May of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng was shocked to hear that his father died of illness on the way back to his hometown in Yixing.
Seeing that Dai Shan's old face was red and white for a while, and the colors were constantly changing, Huang Taiji was very happy in his heart, cut a piece of fat pork with a knife, dipped it slightly on the condiments mixed by the guards with soy sauce, sesame oil, fine salt, spices and many condiments, and put it in his mouth to chew, and the fat and juicy aroma of meat instantly diffused in his mouth.
"Even if you rush to these good things sent by Brother Li, you have to go in and grab a handful!"
As he chewed, the thought crossed his mind.
Over there, Prince Li Daishan was too lazy to argue with Fan Wencheng, a minion, and instead threw out another reason why he was not suitable for entering the customs.
"Your Majesty, although the Ming army is vulnerable, it is just a group of coolies who transport armor, swords, grain and grass and me, but in the humble opinion of the slaves, there is still one thing to worry about!"
Dai Shan threw out a trump card that made everyone present look different.
"In the territory of the Ming Kingdom, epidemics are epidemic, and there is often a city that is dead, and there is no one in a place, and it is said that there are thousands of miles of white bones. Most of my Qing Dynasty military horses are born and have never had pox, how can they resist the epidemic? Even if the noble figure of Lin Dan Khan was unable to resist this disease, if our army entered the customs and coincided with the spread of this disease, what should we do? ”
As soon as Dai Shan's words came out, everyone present immediately became silent.
Although Lin Dan Khan has been defeated for a long time, not to mention that even a few wives of his subordinates were divided between the Huang Taiji brothers and several ministers, but after all, he was the co-leader of the Mongolian tribes back then, and the last bloodline of the Golden Family. Lin Dan, who was once known as the lord of 400,000 Mongolian tribes, built the city of Vazartucha Han (also known as: Baicheng, now Chifeng, Inner Mongolia) on the steppe, and used this place as the political, military, economic, and cultural center of the whole Mongolia. The strength and momentum were so strong that the Ming Dynasty and the Liaodong thieves at that time did not dare to underestimate it.
Under the combined blows of Huang Taiji's father and son's military, political, marriage, digging walls and feet, coupled with the help of a series of stupid tricks of this lovely Lin Dan Khan, Xuanhe's Monan Mongolia was finally defeated, and Lin Dan Khan led his troops to go away to Dacaotan, where he died of pox.
After his death, his Fujin and his son surrendered to Huang Taiji with the jade seal of the Yuan Dynasty.
Thinking of this past, and then thinking about the horror of the plague, I couldn't help but make everyone's faces white. Several of the Eight Banners Mongolian princes' teeth began to knock together up and down, making a gurgling sound.
"You old thing! Luckily, I've been prepared! Otherwise, you will really be caught off guard! Huang Taiji swallowed a piece of fat meat. I drank a few glasses of wine very easily.
"Prince Li's words of seeking the country are very gratifying. You also have to learn from Prince Li for advice. ”
praised Prince Li for his kindness, and rewarded him with a good horse with a carved saddle.
Seeing that Dai Shan's kowtow and thanking him had been completed, he stood up and his old face was full of pride, and Huang Taiji knew that the heat was enough.
"You old immortal, I must give you a big slap this time, and I have to make you say that I played well, and I have to hit your right cheek after beating your left cheek!"
"Turai, go and invite the guests out in the back."
Zhenghuang Banner Baya Lama Zhangjing Tulai led the order to go. After a while. led the group out of the side hall and appeared in front of everyone. There was also a car behind him full of verdant fresh grass, and I didn't know what to do.
"Merchants and others see the emperor!"
The head of the Huang Da shopkeeper kowtowed to Huang Taiji under the guidance of the young master of the owner.
"Huang Da Shopkeeper, you are my meritorious minister of the Qing Dynasty. Excuse me. Bestow the seat. Meat. ”
After a series of graces. Only then did Huang Taiji explain to everyone who saw that it was inexplicable as falling into the clouds.
"The shopkeeper of Huang Da has just returned from the land of Li Shouhan's root a few days ago, and he has made great contributions to my Qing Dynasty."
After Huang Taiji said this, Tulai, who was standing next to Huang Da's shopkeeper, lightly touched Huang Da's shopkeeper. motioned for him to come out and give an account to the kings and their ministers.
The shopkeeper of Huang Da called the grass people in front of Huang Taiji, but in front of these ministers of the king, he looked a little arrogant, stood up, and bowed to the four outside.
"The grass people were assigned by the owner of the family to go to the south of Li Shouhan's nest. Originally, he planned to purchase grain, wrought iron, weapons, gunpowder, cloth and other materials for his masters, but Nanzhong had very strict control over such items, and it was difficult to purchase them in large quantities for a while. I didn't want to find something more precious than weapons, armor, gunpowder! ”
"What is that?"
Hearing that the Huang Da shopkeeper admired this thing so much, and seeing the emperor's grace to the Huang Da shopkeeper, everyone knew that the Huang family firm must have offered a heavy treasure to be able to make the emperor's majesty so loving. A few Baylors began to imagine what kind of treasure it was, and a greedy look appeared in the eyes of several Eight Banner Mongolian banner lords on the side.
"This is it."
The shopkeeper Huang pointed to the vehicle behind him, and several soldiers from the Ge Bush Xianchao Ha Battalion were holding a bundle of grass for the masters to watch.
"Go! You brute! What's so rare about a sheaf of grass? If grass is also a treasure, there will be as much as there is on the grassland of this king! ”
The banner owner of the Red Flag Mongolia, Gushan Ezhen, and Efu Buyan Dynasty, because he married a daughter of Huang Taiji and had a respected status in the Eight Banners Mongolia, was very disdainful of the forage in front of him.
"Lord Buyandai, your pasture is rich in water and grass, which is well known. However, the grass farmers are going to ask, I wonder how much grass can be produced in one acre of your pasture in a year? How many livestock are fed? In Nanban's words, what is the carrying capacity per unit area? ”
"You! You damned Nikan! Bu Yandai was speechless when asked by Huang Da's shopkeeper in a few words, and some of them couldn't get off the stage, so they were about to get up and attack.
"Buyan Dai, the emperor is here, Hugh has to make a time!" Yue Tuo on the side coldly gave Bu Yandai a sentence and secretly gave him a step. Turning his head, Yue Tuo put down the knife in his hand and asked the shopkeeper of Huang Da very politely.
"Dare to ask the shopkeeper Huang, I don't know how this thing is compared to ordinary forage? To be able to make Mr. so respectful, I want to determine something extraordinary. ”
"Yue Tobel is polite. This thing is called corn grass in the south. Households raise cattle and horses, raise pigs, and feed fish in fish ponds. It is said that the yield per mu can reach about 10,000 catties per year. ”
"Poof", Engetu, the Mongolian flag owner of the Red Banner who was doing behind Yue Tuo, didn't know if Lu Dao had eaten too much wine or what, and he actually fell aside. The rest of the banner owners of the Mongolian Eight Banners were also dumbfounded.
"10,000 catties per mu?!"
"10,000 catties per mu?!"
"Yes, it is 10,000 catties per mu. The grass people will have another number for the reference of the flag owners. This kind of forage, produced by one acre of grassland, can supply five or six cows, or twenty or thirty sheep. ”
"This thing is very suitable for my Qing planting."
Huang Taiji, who was on the throne, spoke at the right time.
"I got the forage that Huang Qing's family had worked so hard to bring from Nanzhong, and at first I was skeptical, and I ordered someone to try to feed my two beloved horses, Dabai and Xiaobai, and the effect was really different."
Huang Taiji was obese, and because of the habit of years of war, he wore two layers of armor on his body, and his two imperial horses had to be replaced when he walked dozens of miles on his back, otherwise the horses would be exhausted. Since he said that this thing is very good, he must have made a comparison below to say this.
The people sitting in their seats were thinking about how to ask for some seeds in front of Huang Taiji and go back to the Ahabs in their respective farms to choose the land to plant, and also raise more cattle, sheep and horses.
Only Prince Li Daishan, seeing that Huang Taiji easily changed the topic with a bundle of grass, he was a little dissatisfied, and was about to open his mouth to ask about the entry into the customs, when Huang Taiji over there caught a glimpse of his expression with a pair of eyes on the throne.
"What Prince Fang Caili said about the acne, the shopkeeper Huang has found a way to crack it for my Daqing!"
In order to promote the art of planting pox, Li Shouhan planted his children and the children of officials and generals on the spot in front of everyone. When the pox was planted, the grass people and others were present to watch, and afterwards, all the military and civilians in Nanzhong who had not had pox were organized by the official family to plant pox. Among all the pox people, the dead are only one in ten thousand. (To be continued......)