Chapter 526: Liao Dongfeng Yun
In the Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhou Zhong was reviewing the official documents from Liaodong, speaking of the situation in Liaodong, this period of time can be described as a sudden change, Li Anliang with 50,000 Japanese servants and the main army to destroy the Jianzhou Jurchens, just after winter came, so they spent the winter in the nest of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and about one-third of the Jianzhou Jurchens were forced by them to flee to the mountains in winter to earn their lives.
At the beginning of the spring of the second year, Li Anliang did not forget the Jurchens who fled into the mountains, so he divided the army into several ways to search, and finally let him find most of the Jurchens who fled to the mountains, but most of these Jurchens died because of the cold and lack of food, and even the phenomenon of cannibalism in some places can be said to be very miserable, but Li Anliang, who was hated by the country and the family, did not have any mercy, and still ordered the extermination of these remnants of the Jianzhou Jurchens. There is no longer the title of Jianzhou Jurchen in the world.
After exterminating the Jianzhou Jurchens, Li Anliang immediately waved his army eastward and began to attack the territory of the savage Jurchens, and at the same time the North Korean side also organized an army, so the two Ming armies began to attack the savage Jurchens from the east and west.
At the beginning of the war, the savage Jurchen relied on his fierce habits and knowledge of the mountains and forests to gain the upper hand, and Li Anliang and the Korean army suffered certain losses, but as time went by, the savage Jurchen suddenly lost its combat effectiveness, and there were even some savage Jurchens who fled on the battlefield.
For this situation, Li Anliang and the generals on the Korean side were not surprised, even before the war, they had already expected that the main reason for this kind of thing was the savage Jurchen themselves, these savage Jurchens were not like the Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens who could plant, they usually only relied on hunting for a living, and did not grow crops at all, which also made their tribe basically have no food reserves. In addition, as soon as spring began, Li Anliang and the North Korean army were killed, and the grain stored by the savage Jurchens was exhausted in the winter, and there was no time to replenish it.
It can be said that the savage Jurchens basically didn't bring much food except for the weapons in their hands, not because they didn't want to bring it, but because the tribe behind them didn't have food at all. Previously when they were hungry. They would bring weapons and go into Korea to rob them, where there was enough food for them to eat, but now the war was born in the territory of the savage Jurchens, and these savage Jurchens were poorer than the other, so they had nowhere to grab if they wanted to, so when the food they brought was eaten. Naturally, these savage Jurchens had greatly reduced their combat effectiveness, and even fled.
Li Anliang and the others were waiting for this opportunity, otherwise they would not have waited for the spring to attack, so when the savage Jurchen was greatly reduced in combat effectiveness due to lack of food, they were immediately defeated by Li Anliang and the Korean army, and then these two armies broke into the territory of the savage Jurchen, killing people and setting fires. As long as they encounter their Jurchens, they will never escape their poisonous hands.
At the same time that Li Anliang and the Korean army surrounded and suppressed the savage Jurchen, Zhengde, who had rested for a winter in Daning, finally began to act, and he gathered the 60,000 fire dragoons who had initially formed combat effectiveness, personally served as the commander of this cavalry, and then killed the only remaining Funingwei of Duoyan Sanwei with the fastest degree.
Before, Fu Ningwei had always been worried that after Daming destroyed Duoyanwei and Tainingwei, he would directly attack them, but he didn't expect Daming's army to stay in Daning. There was no intention of moving north, which made Fu Ningwei slowly put his mind at ease, thinking that the main targets of the Ming Dynasty this time were only Duoyanwei and Tainingwei, and as for himself further north, he was not in the list of the Ming Dynasty's crusade.
But Fu Ningwei never thought that the Ming army, which had been in Daning for half a year, would suddenly attack them, and as soon as it was dispatched, it was 60,000 cavalry. This kind of strength is not to mention his small Funingwei, even the little prince of Tatar may have to meet the enemy with all his might, and who wins and who loses is still between the two.
In addition, Fu Ningwei also faced the same problems as the savage Jurchens, and life on the grassland was also very difficult. In particular, food is not enough at any time, after a winter of consumption, Funing Weizhong is also short of food, plus the spring grassland is the most important season, they have to shear the heavy wool on the sheep, and then they have to deliver the ewes, and at the same time also have to find a place with abundant water and grass to let the cattle and sheep grow fat, it can be said that if this season is delayed, then the tribes on the grassland don't think about it all year round.
But at this critical time, the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty suddenly arrived, which made Fu Ningwei have to give up his work, take up arms and ride on war horses to defend his tribe. In fact, what the steppe people don't know is that this is the advantage of the professional army over the non-professional army, the army of the Ming Dynasty does not need to be distracted by other things, they have only one task, that is, to obey the orders of their superiors and defeat all the enemies.
Of course, there will be many difficulties in sending troops in the spring, such as the melting of the ice and snow in winter, making the roads very muddy, which brings many difficulties to the supply of logistics for the army, and the weather in spring is also very changeable, in case of a cold spring, and then a snowfall, it is likely to make the army pay some casualties. However, nothing can be sure of everything, especially for war, and as long as you can achieve your goals, it is worth taking some risks.
The risk and the benefit are directly proportional, when the Ming army appeared in the south of Fu Ningwei's tribe, Fu Ningwei only hastily organized an army of more than 10,000 people, and was not prepared for a big war at all. Even if you take a step back, even if Fu Ningwei knows the news in advance and organizes the entire army, but whether it can win in the end is not to say, when these steppe cavalry fight, not only can they not help the tribe to work, but also consume a lot of food, even if they can repel the army of the Ming Dynasty, in the end, the entire Fu Ningwei will fall into collapse, because as long as there is no food, it is impossible for any tribe to survive.
What's worse is that the Jianzhou Jurchens on the east side of Funingwei have been wiped out by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming army can be killed from the east at any time.
In this unfavorable situation, Fu Ningwei's leader made a very wise choice, that is, to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, because he had no other choice, and he couldn't even escape if he wanted to, the cattle and sheep in the tribe needed to be taken care of, and they had no extra food, so they couldn't support the large-scale migration at all.
For Fu Ningwei's surrender, it was not unexpected by Zhengde, and even his entire battle plan was carefully calculated by a group of cadets who graduated from the staff department of the military academy, not only taking into account the favorable time, place and people, but also taking into account the enemy's reaction, so the army of the Ming Dynasty is now like a sophisticated machine, every step is calculated in advance, even if there is an accident, there is a remedy.
After Funingwei surrendered, Zhengde immediately mobilized the officials and food prepared in the rear, and then the officials of the Ming Dynasty officially took over the management of Funingwei, and at the same time, Funingwei's army was not disbanded, but all assembled, under the command of Zhengde, immediately army Haixi Jurchen.
The place where the Haixi Jurchens live is located in the northeast of Funingwei, and the two are not very far apart, and although the Haixi Jurchens are far away from the Ming Dynasty, they are more willing to learn the advanced culture of the Ming Dynasty, and the tribe will not only grow crops, but also smelt steel, which can be said to be the fastest among the three Jurchens, and the strongest at the same time.
However, although the strength of the Haixi Jurchens is strong, it is only among the Jurchens, in comparison, their strength is similar to the previous Duoyanwei, so when facing the 80,000 cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, there is no power to fight back, and the tens of thousands of troops led by the Haixi Jurchens who worked hard to organize were defeated one after another, and finally completely defeated.
For the Jurchens, Da Ming did not have any good feelings for them, whether it was the Jianzhou Jurchen or the Haixi Jurchen, so Zhengde also implemented a cruel slaughter policy against them, but it was Fu Ningwei who had just surrendered who entertained the massacre, one was to let them show their loyalty to Da Ming, and the other was to deter Fu Ning Wei and let them know the fate of not surrendering to Da Ming.
After destroying the Haixi Jurchens, Zhengde commanded the army to turn to the east, which is the territory of the Savage Jurchens, speaking of which the Savage Jurchens are just a general term, all the Jurchens who do not belong to the Jianzhou Jurchens and the Haixi Jurchens belong to the Savage Jurchens, and the Savage Jurchens attacked by Li Anliang and North Korea are only the Savage Jurchens who are located in the south and are closer to the Ming Dynasty, and further north, especially on Sakhalin Island, there will be more Savage Jurchens, but it is too cold there, even if they are defeated, there is no value, Therefore, Zhengde only needs to purge all the Jurchens in Liaodong.
Zhengde's fire dragon cavalry, Li Anliang's servant army, plus the army organized by the North Korean side, the three Ming armies swept through Liaodong like a comb several times, and finally cleaned up the remnants of the Jurchens, even if the Ming Dynasty does not station troops here in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Jurchens to form too much climate, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty will never give up the land of Liaodong.
After cleaning up Liaodong, Zhengde's fire dragon cavalry was finally integrated after this training and became a real cavalry team, which also made Zhengde's confidence soar, and immediately began to implement the gradual encroachment plan on the Mongolian steppe, and Zhou Chong, who had already been prepared, also gave the greatest support, not only increased efforts to purchase wool and other commodities on the grassland, but also sent a road construction team to start building cement roads leading to the depths of the grassland.