Chapter 736: Millions of Corpses
Lu Yuanhua, the general manager of the 100th army, had three knife wounds on his body, and because he was punched head-on by Zhang Cunren, he was hit in the nose, causing his nose bridge to be broken, and his face was swollen like a pig's head.
Originally, he was not selected, but when he heard that he had the opportunity to become an officer of the "Red Banner Army" after returning from meritorious service, he took the initiative to ask to join.
Lu Yuanhua's reason is very good, there should always be a lot of wounded people who are scattered back, he is injured ugly but does not affect his mobility, and it is easier to gain trust when he goes to Pyongyang.
Liu Zaiqi saw that Lu Yuanhua was so active, and knew that he was literate, so he agreed to let him participate in the operation, and said on the spot that if Lu Yuanhua returned from meritorious service, he would be used as a model for the surrender of the army to carry out propaganda, and he would fight for him for the position of 100 generals.
Lu Yuanhua just wanted to become an official of the "Red Banner Army" and chose to gamble on the future, he fantasized about becoming a glorious "Red Banner Army" and returning to his hometown to glorify his ancestors!
Hearing Liu Zaiqi's statement, Lu Yuanhua immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and if his words were not successful, he would definitely be generous and benevolent, and he would never be a traitor again.
The "Red Banner Army" spent half a month taking over all the cities south of Seoul, and the negligible resistance was not worth mentioning, half of Korea was already in the bag, spring plowing was underway, and ships transporting migrants by sea were endless.
When Kong Youde learned of the loss of Seoul, not only did he not dare to send troops to fight for it, but he also hurriedly evacuated all the soldiers and civilians of Kaesong, in a vain attempt to concentrate all the Qing troops in Korea and strictly defend the Pyongyang defense line.
The Qing army retreated, and the "Red Banner Army" of course followed up, and the soldiers were stationed in Kaesong to build a defensive line without bloodshed, making the main rice-producing area in the Han River basin in Seoul a large rear, and more able to let the people of Tuncheng produce with peace of mind.
Halfway through the Korean war, with a large amount of money and grain captured, a million people and a dozen plausible cities, Huang Han was able to predict that this battle would be another one of fame and fortune.
The essence of using war to feed war is to use the enemy's resources and labor to make up for the loss of materials and food generated by one's own side in the war.
The biggest problem at the end of the Ming Dynasty was actually that there was not enough food to eat, even if there was only one or two percent of the food shortage, it was enough to develop into too many people starving to death.
Because a group of people who refused to starve to death began to burn, kill and loot, directly destroying production, resulting in less and less food production, and more and more hungry people.
The capture of Kaesong by the "Red Banner Army" means that the 38th parallel has been crossed, and more than half of the battle for the Korean Peninsula has been completed.
It is conservatively estimated that the Han and Goryeo people should not be less than one million on the territory they have won, and it is not advisable to blindly attack, which affects the spring ploughing and will delay grain production.
If there is not enough food, a large number of hungry people will be formed, and the displacement will be everywhere.
As the saying goes, "If you have food at home, you don't panic in your heart".
Huang Han did not order his subordinates to chase and fight fiercely, but prepared to slow down the resettlement of the first batch of 500,000 immigrants and transport the second batch of 1 million immigrants in place.
One of the next priorities is to be busy with spring plowing and water conservancy construction, so that more than 2.5 million people can farm and produce grain with peace of mind.
As long as one harvest is grabbed, not only will the food crisis in the new territory be solved, but the surplus will not be used for military rations.
Shen Ming, Yu Fei and others have been leading the marines to attack and harass the Qing army along the coastline or along navigable rivers.
They not only observed the terrain but also captured many Qing soldiers for interrogation, and were able to confirm that the Manchu Qing and Shuoyu Prince Duoduo led 3,000 men and horses with white flags and 6,000 or 7,000 Tatar cavalry to replace Azig to defend the Pyongyang defense line.
Due to Kong Youde's timely contraction of troops, he had 15,000 Han troops, 20,000 Goryeo soldiers, plus Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, and 50,000 men and horses to defend Pyongyang.
With the addition of the Banners and Aha of Duoduo's army, plus the young men who can be organized, the number of people who can guard Pyongyang's defense line will definitely reach 100,000.
Although Kong Youde is also a prince of the Manchu Dynasty, the traitor king compares Prince Yu, one of the eight major people, to a heaven and an underground.
Moreover, Duoduo is still the master of flying and domineering, and when he came to Pyongyang, he naturally became the supreme commander here.
Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it was actually a slave society, and the nobles of the Eight Banners were all slave owners, and in their eyes, all Han people were slaves, and King Sanshun was no exception.
Azig was the top decision-maker in Korea when he was there, and he was replaced by a newcomer Duoduo who still commanded and managed all the military and civilians in Korea.
Kong Youde was not convinced, he was used to it, but Duoduo was younger and his attitude towards the Han generals was even worse.
In the past, Azig decided to discuss some things and invited Kong Youde and a group of Han generals to discuss together, but Duoduo came, but he didn't have that at all, and directly stayed in the best house in Pyongyang City, and directly ordered Kong Youde to go out of the city and station.
The Pyongyang area was run by Kong Youde for three or four years, and because it was a well-chosen land for cultivation, a lot of grain was harvested.
In addition to paying taxes and grain to the masters of Shengjing, Xiaojing was also able to feed 50,000 horses and horses, and the Goryeo slaves in Tuntian were also able to maintain their basic survival.
It's just that their grain reserves can only survive until the autumn harvest, and if there is an offensive and defensive battle before the autumn harvest, it is impossible for the Qing army to survive the Chinese New Year with the grain hoarded in Pyongyang.
Duoduo had already smelled the danger approaching, and of course he refused to be in danger, and every three days he sent a note to Shengjing, the content was similar, he was young and embarrassed, and asked to send an experienced man to Pyongyang to replace him.
There were so many such performances that they were not sent to the Yalu River at all, and the messenger was plotted by Shen Ming's subordinates halfway.
Huang Han and the senior staff of the Zanhua Department saw Duoduo's note to Emperor Chongzhen, and were able to analyze that not only the Han army and the Goryeo soldiers had no confidence in the future, but even the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry thought that they had lost the future.
Emperor Chongde of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who had just shown a trend of improvement, was not surprised to learn the bad news of the loss of Hancheng, but was shocked when he learned that Geng Zhongming had slaughtered 4,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry under Arzin and surrendered the city, and the nosebleed that had finally stopped was ticking again.
The children of the Eight Banners and the Mongol generals were in an uproar, and hundreds of people questioned Chongde's attitude towards the Han army and Han generals, and it was obvious that the master's policy of treating the Han people well was stupid, and even if he gave the Han people a title, he could not get their loyal ministers.
Chongde was sad and disappointed and began to reflect, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, the emperor was angry and ambushed millions of corpses, although Chongde did not have such a bull to break, thousands of corpses could still be done.
On the fifth day after the news of Seoul was confirmed, Geng Zhongming, Xue Dahu and dozens of other generals were raided from their homes in Shengjing, and all the female dependents of the family were enslaved by the armored people
Geng Zhongming's adult son Geng Jimao, Xue Dahu's two-year-old son, and all the sons of the generals of the "Red Banner Army" who defected and surrendered in Seoul were all executed by Ling Chi.
It took seven days in a row, which made the entire Shengjing filled with blood, and the bloody rain and bloody wind could not be better than this.