"Mao Wenlong see His Majesty!" Mao Wenlong knelt in front of Zhu Youzhen's seat, and his whole body was bowed like a big grass shrimp.

"General Mao is flat, watch and sit!" Zhu Youzhen pointed to the side.

"Thank you!" Mao Wenlong sat down tremblingly on a low chair under Zhu Youzhen.

"General Mao has always been good?"

"Thanks to His Majesty, since the Marine Corps entered Liaodong, we can basically eat enough." Mao Wenlong's nose was sour, but he held back his tears.

"General Mao has worked hard, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, General Mao has suffered a lot from Jiannu!" Zhu Youzhen kept looking at Mao Wenlong gently, "Fortunately, everything has passed-the good days of Jiannu have passed, and our hard days have also passed." ”

"陛xià...... The hard days are finally over! If it weren't for the emperor's presence, Mao Wenlong really wanted to cry, since Jiannu implemented the policy of "strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness", his soldiers died of starvation more than they died in battle.

"Wenlong has suffered!"

"Your Majesty has won a prize! However, the last general failed to stop Jiannu from plundering Liaodong. ”

"At that time, Jiannu was too strong, Ningjin line, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, all of them could not move Jiannu's cavalry, not to mention the Dongjiang army, which was far from enough to supply, but Wenlong was in Liaodong, fully containing Jiannu's inlaid blue flag, it was you, when Jiannu was in full swing, let Jiannu see the Han people and the Ming Dynasty's unyielding will to resist."

"陛xià......"

"What are Wenlong's plans in the future?"

"Your Majesty ......" Mao Wenlong thought of the Ming Dynasty's Marine Corps, whose combat effectiveness was hundreds of times stronger than that of the Dongjiang Army, "Your Majesty, the Jiannu has been destroyed, and the last general hopes to be disarmed and returned to the field." ”

"Disarming and returning to the field?" Zhu Youzhen was puzzled, "Jiannu has been destroyed, Wenlong should serve the country in another way, you have survived such a difficult environment, why do you want to return to the field now?" ”

"Your Majesty, the combat effectiveness of the Ming New Army...... I am afraid that the last general will not be able to adapt to the new army. ”

"Wenlong was born in Wuju, his writing should be good, right? I heard that Wenlong is familiar with the book of soldiers? ”

"陛xià means ......"

"Wenlong is also half a Liaodong person, and now that Liaodong has returned to the Ming Dynasty, to build Liaodong, there is a lack of people like Wenlong who are familiar with Liaodong."

"Your Majesty, Wenlong is just a martial artist......

"Wenlong doesn't need to be modest, how about giving you a Jinzhou prefect?"

"The last general...... Thank you, Your Majesty! Mao Wenlong knelt in court and prostrated in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"Wenlong, get up!" Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "Don't be too happy, the new officials of the Ming Dynasty all have to sign clean government documents." ”

"This ...... The minister has heard of it. ”

"It's good to know, besides, I have one more thing for you to complete."

"The minister should do his best to complete the mission given to the minister by His Majesty."

"Wenlong, you tell the truth, how many soldiers are there in the Dongjiang Army now?"

"Your Majesty, Jiannu didn't give us a grain of food, and the brothers really couldn't hold on anymore -- now the Dongjiang Army has only more than 10,000 soldiers."

"Are they all familiar with water?"

"Of course, Your Majesty, the brethren have been living on various islands in the open sea, dealing with the sea every day, and now they are all water ducks."

"Then it will be," Zhu Youzhen put his mind at ease, "Before going to Jinzhou to take over, you must first deal with the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, those who are willing to continue to serve in the army will accept the selection of the marines, and those who do not want to join the army will all return to the fields and settle down in Liaodong, and each soldier will be given fifty acres of land as a reward for their years of fighting with Jiannu, but what's the problem?" ”

"Your Majesty, most of these soldiers are originally from Liaodong, and there should be no problem for them to be naturalized in Liaodong, but they don't have houses and farm tools, and it will take some time to settle them down."

"Let them build their own houses, and the court will fund them with proper farming tools."

"There should be no problem, the minister promises to arrange this matter smoothly."

"In addition, there are too few residents in Liaodong now, and the population is unbalanced by gender, so I just captured five thousand young women in the three departments of Duoyan, as long as the soldiers can settle down in Liaodong with peace of mind, I will give each of them a daughter-in-law."

"陛xià, really issued?" Mao Wenlong's eyes widened and he issued his daughter-in-law, which was unprecedented.

"Of course it's true, you don't joke!" Zhu Youzhen glared at Mao Wenlong, "However, I said that there are only five thousand women, and they will be given priority to those who participate in the Marine Corps." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister understands." Mao Wenlong shook his body, "The minister must settle the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army in accordance with His Majesty's meaning." ”

"You first settle the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, and then go to Jinzhou to take up your post after the New Year."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After leveling Sun Chengzong and Mao Wenlong, Zhu Youzhen did not give combat missions to the various army commanders, but just asked them to make various preparations, and Cong Youtuge has not yet returned.

Four days later, the Ming soldiers who accompanied Congyou Tugege to Xingjing returned, and they brought back a message of misfortune to Zhu Youzhen.

When Cong Youtuge went to Xingjing to persuade Abatai, he was categorically rejected by Abatai, and Abatai made a bold statement that he would fight with Zhu Youzhen to a soldier and would never surrender to the thief.

Abatai's tough stance was strongly supported by the Jurchen nobles of Xingjing, which further stimulated Abatai's tough # stance.

When Cong Youtuge persuaded Abatai again the next day, he was slapped by Abatai fiercely, and scolded Cong Youtuge that he should not have obeyed Zhu Youzhen, and he lost the face of the Jurchens with his body as a thief.

What happened after this, the soldiers couldn't tell clearly, they only knew that after Satoshi Youtuge returned to his room, one day Bai Aya hung on the roof of the house, ending his young life.

"Boom!"

Zhu Youzhen slammed it on the case, and the case immediately broke up.

"The order was that Mangui's Seventh Cavalry Corps crossed the gap in the Great Wall of Liaodong from Tieling, cut off the route of the Jurchens to flee north, and besieged Xingjing from north to south; Hong Chengchou's Fourth Army, from the north bank of the Taizi River, along the Xianning and Qinghe rivers, crossed the Great Wall of Liaodong, and encircled Xingjing from west to east; Du Wenhuan's Second Army, along the Yalu River, went north, from south to north, and the goal was still Xingjing. ”

In order to vent the anger in his heart, when Zhu Youzhen issued the military order, he deliberately chose several military commanders who were thirsty for killing, "You have remembered to me that for the remnants of Jiannu, you will not be killed, and you will not be left alive." ”

Zhu Youzhen originally hated the Jurchens who let the Ming Dynasty destroy the country, but he really couldn't bear to kill them all, he just wanted to reduce the population of the Jurchens, and he had no intention of exterminating the clan.

Cong Youtuge died for herself, although she committed suicide, but Zhu Youzhen directly counted this account on Abatai's head and on all the descendants of Nurhachi.

Man Gui and the other three all heard Zhu Youzhen's anger, especially Man Gui, his heart was simply happy, he could finally fight justifiably.

On June 25, the second year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1629 AD), the three-way army, from the north, middle and south, smashed the last nest of the Jurchens, Xingjing, the east of Xingjing, is already the sea, except for a desperate fight, Abatai has no way to retreat.

100,000 Ming troops, with the momentum of the wind and clouds, quickly swept away the tens of thousands of Jurchen herdsmen on the periphery, the Ming army killed people when they saw them, and robbed them when they saw money, and in less than five days, all the tribes outside Xingjing City were slaughtered, and only their cattle, horses and sheep were captured by the Ming army.

This time, Man Gui was addicted, his seventh army was a real cavalry army, in the hilly area of the foothills of the Changbai Mountains, it was really like a fish in water, he traveled lightly, crazy to chase and kill all the Jurchen tribes, just he slaughtered more than 25,000 Jurchen herdsmen.

The vast area east of the Great Wall of Liaodong, west of the Yalu River, and south of the Songhua River has become a ghost land, and there is no longer the spectacular of "the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep".

Xingjing has become a lonely city, 100,000 Ming troops, Xingjing is surrounded by water, of which the second army Du Wenhuan did not bring ten artillery.

Xingjing was the capital of Nurhachi when he raised his army and founded the country, and it was the place where Nurhachi published his "Seven Hatreds", and they were called Hetuala at that time.

Xingjing established a city, is a sign of the Jurchens from the nomadic people to the agricultural people, but Xingjing itself is not a strong city, at that time the Dajin State, or the country is weak and the people are suffering, and when the Dajin State is rich and strong, their construction center is no longer Xingjing, but Liaoyang, Shenyang.

Abatai stationed in Xingjing, not because Nurhachi and Huang Taiji trusted him, on the contrary, he was exiled to Xingjing after being deprived of the right to lead troops by Nurhachi, and in Dajin State, he was deprived of the right to lead troops, which was a kind of political discrimination, not only himself, but also future generations lost the opportunity to be knighted.

When the news of the fall of Shengjing and the suicide of Huang Taiji reached Xingjing, on the one hand, the strong character of the Jurchens and the strong psychological advantage of the nation established over the decades did not allow Abatai to surrender, on the other hand, Abatai thought that his chance to turn over had come, so he encouraged the Jurchen nobles in Xingjing City to resolutely oppose the surrender of Zhu Youzhen, and for this reason, he also forced Congyou Tugege to death.

When the 100,000 Ming army surrounded Xingjing, Abatai panicked, the Jurchen cavalry in the city was less than 10,000, and these cavalry were all left over from the Jurchen Eight Banners, and the combat effectiveness was less than the same number of Eight Banner cavalry.

The Ming army had a huge advantage in numbers, combat effectiveness and psychology, and the three army commanders did not pay attention to Abatai's thoughts, they completely followed their own ideas.

The ten artillery pieces brought by Du Wenhuan were all erected at the south city gate, and the flowering bombs were used to destroy the withering and decaying momentum, not only destroying the south city gate, but crushing the last will of the Jurchens to resist, but the Ming army refused to surrender, and the 10,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of herdsmen in the city were slaughtered by the Ming army, and even after the herdsmen surrendered, Man Gui was not merciless, he justifiably slaughtered all the Jurchens in accordance with Zhu Youzhen's instructions, and the aborigines in Xingjing City were left, leaving only nearly a thousand Han people.

The Jianzhou Jurchens, as the most dazzling tribe in Northeast Asia, have been extinct so far, and the very few herdsmen who have escaped the catastrophe will also join other ethnic groups and disappear in the long river of history.

When Zhu Youzhen heard the news of the destruction of Xingjing City, he didn't have much joy, he had hoped to destroy Jiannu in his dreams, but when the goal was achieved, he was very calm.

Although Jiannu exterminated the clan and the country, the Northern Expedition launched by Zhu Youzhen did not end, and he was already brewing a new stage of development.