In the second year of Xingfu, in 1662 AD, the Ming army issued an ultimatum to the French in the Iroquois area, asking them to drive out the Manchukuo who had fled to this place.

In April, Chen Qice led 30,000 elite troops from Ottawa to attack Quebec City in the Iroquois region. At this time, Quebec City was originally only a residential area established for the fur trade, but in the past ten years, due to the expansion of the Ming Dynasty in the Great Wilderness, the French felt the danger, and they had built city gates, castles and other fortifications under the auspices of Pullen.

In Quebec City, the French army had less than 1,000 men, but Manchukuo had 5,000 soldiers stationed nearby, and when the Ming army attacked, the 5,000 Manchurian army retreated into Quebec City and joined the 1,000 French army to resist the Ming attack.

In the battle of Quebec City, the Ming army fought very hard. After three days of attacking Quebec City, Chen realized that Quebec was stronger than expected, and he decided to leave 5,000 men to continue the siege of Quebec City, while the rest of his troops attacked the Manchukuo stronghold northwest of Quebec City.

In response to the Ming attack, Manchukuo expanded its army again to 40,000 men, but more than half of them were recruits. Among the new recruits of the Manchurian Army, there were even some soldiers who were not as tall as horses. The Ming army inflicted heavy losses on the Manchurian army one after another, which not only greatly weakened the vital strength of Manchukuo, but also caused tremendous psychological pressure on the Manchurian army, so that many Manchurian troops now dare not face the Ming army.

The main force of the Ming army bypassed Quebec City and launched an attack on the stronghold of Manchukuo in the northwest, leaving Manchukuo facing a situation of fighting against the water. Now Manchukuo can be said to have no way to retreat, and if it retreats again, there will be the Atlantic Ocean behind it, unless the Manchukuos can swim across the Atlantic.

But Chen Qice was not in a hurry to attack Manchukuo, he knew that Manchukuo was now in a desperate situation, as the saying goes: the mourning army will win, he was worried that if he acted too hastily, it might cause unnecessary losses, he let the army maintain a speed of thirty miles a day to advance Manchukuo, so as to not only put enough pressure on Manchukuo, but also to ensure that Manchukuo would not fight to the death because of too much pressure.

At the same time, against Manchukuo, the Ming army had a more important plan to implement.

The Manchukuo were composed of the Mongolian Horqin tribe and the Jurchens, and before the Battle of Rocky Mountain, the Jurchens' power in Manchukuo had always been stronger than that of the Horqin tribe, but after the Battle of Rocky Mountain, the Jurchens' power was weakened, and at that time, some people from the Horqin tribe suggested that they break away from Manchukuo and go south, but they were forcibly suppressed by the Jurchens. After the Battle of Ottawa, the power of the Horqin tribe was already equal to that of the Jurchens.

Before this expedition, the Governor's Mansion and Dongchang had discussed the separation of Horqin and the Jurchens, and this plan had been implemented a year earlier.

Chen Qice's crusade against Manchukuo again forced the Horqin tribe to make a final choice.

May 30th, night.

The Horqin tribe took advantage of the night to suddenly launch an attack on the Jurchens, and at this moment the Jurchens had just fallen asleep, and when they faced the sudden attack of the Horqin tribe, they thought they were attacked by the Ming army at first, but soon the Jurchens knew that the attack came from their own brothers and sisters, but it was too late for the Jurchens to know, and the soldiers of the Horqin tribe were already massacring the Jurchens, and the Jurchens could not organize effective counterattack methods at all.

Before the Horqin Department decided to attack at night, Chen Qice had already received the news, but he couldn't be completely sure whether the night attack of the Horqin Department was real. When he led 5,000 dragoons to the stronghold of Manchukuo, he did not join the battle, but watched from the sidelines.

Although Chen Qice did not join the battle, he caused great pressure on the Jurchens, making the Jurchens, who were already at a disadvantage, collapse faster. And the Horqin Department also had to attack the Jurchens with 100% strength, after all, this was an opportunity to show loyalty to the Ming army.

The battle lasted just over an hour before it was basically over, leaving only sporadic fighting, and the Jurchens were scattered and fled by the Korqin tribe. The dragoons, who had been watching, immediately launched a final pursuit of the scattered Jurchens under Chen Qice's order.

A long time ago, Zhu Youxiao issued an order to make the Jurchens disappear completely, and it was this order that made the attack on Manchukuo never stop, even if Zhu Youxiao was in the throne. This was also the first foreign war launched by Zhu Ciyan after he succeeded to the throne.

"Prince Alashan, take the order." After Chen Qice saw Alashan, the leader of the Horqin Tribe, he immediately took out Zhu Ciyan's holy decree.

"The minister takes the order!"

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said......" Chen Qice said with the holy decree.

The content of the decree was to allow Alashan to return to the mainland of the empire, while his tribesmen were to stay in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou. Alashan didn't expect that the first holy decree he received was to deprive him of his military power, but now he had to bow his head under the roof of people.

"Your Majesty has prepared the palace for the prince in Jingshi, after the prince returns to Jingshi, he can choose to stay in Jingshi, or choose to go to Naturalization City, if the prince is willing to stay in Jingshi, His Majesty can arrange for the prince to enter the noble house directly. The prince's property in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, His Majesty will order someone to come to calculate, and after the prince returns to Beijing, His Majesty will convert it into cash to the prince. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!"

"The prince abandoned the darkness and turned to the light this time, and after the prince returns to Beijing, His Majesty will definitely have another reward."

"I don't dare to ask for a reward anymore, but how are these sons and daughters of Horqin going to be arranged?" Arashan asked.

"Your Majesty has an order, the army of the Horqin Department will be incorporated into the Ming army and continue to encircle and suppress the remnants of Manchukuo, while the other officials will give them pastures." Chen Qice replied.

"Manchukuo is completely dead!" Alashan said softly.

"The Emperor Taishang decreed that the Jurchens must not leave a single remnant of their sins, and they must be killed completely. The last general will not dare to slack off. If there is still a Jurchen, the military operations in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou will not stop, and the soldiers of the Horqin Department are the most familiar with the Jurchens, so the military operations in the future will need the assistance of the Horqin army. Chen Qice confessed.

Although Ah Lashan didn't understand why Zhu Youxiao had such hatred for the Jurchens, he couldn't control this matter, he just said with a wry smile: "I hope the general will treat the sons of the Horqin Department well." ”

"Although the prince can rest assured in this matter, many of the dragoons in the Ming army are cavalry from Mongolia, they have made meritorious contributions to the empire, and the empire has never treated them badly."

There should be one more chapter left to finish the book!

(End of chapter)