Chapter 256: Later Jin Perishes
The Battle of Guihai, also known as the 'Guihai Tieling Victory', the battle of the Ming army broke the Houjin, slaughtered the Houjin army of nearly 80,000 people, and then the Jin perished.
In this battle alone, Houjin lost everything, and only 20,000 troops retreated into the cold land, and it can no longer be called a country.
When the victory of Tieling was transmitted back to Beijing, the government and the opposition were shocked, and the Ming army had not won such a huge military victory for a long, long time.
Many people don't understand why the Ming army was suddenly able to complete the great reversal of the situation and officially defeat the invincible Jiannu in one fell swoop.
But the officials in the government and the opposition understood that this was all a victory of the emperor with silver.
In the third year of the Apocalypse, the military budget of the Ming court reached 36 million yuan, and the emperor also set aside 30 million yuan in the internal treasury to deal with the overspending of military spending.
It is equivalent to saying that this victory was actually a victory of the Ming Dynasty in fiscal policy. Or rather, the victory obtained by the emperor under various means of accumulating money.
In the Wuying Palace, Zhu Youxiao was listening to the war report.
In this battle, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court captured a total of more than 81,300 Jiannu and nearly 100,000 war horses. In addition, more than 6,600 officers and soldiers of the imperial court were killed and wounded, including more than 2,700 killed and several pieces of equipment damaged...... "Lu Xiangsheng read the battle report to the emperor, looking very excited.
Zhu Youxiao's expression was also excited, but then his face suddenly fell, and he saw Lu Xiangsheng continue: "According to the statistics of the General Staff, the military expenditure for this battle is 16.3 million yuan, plus the next rewards and pensions, it will cost 20 million yuan in military expenses. In addition, the official army has captured Tieling and is preparing to carry out a thorough ploughing and sweeping of the caves of the Jiannu who have escaped into the mountains, as well as building a defensive system. It is estimated that military spending will not be less than 10 million yuan. Expected down. The military expenditure was overspent by about 18 million yuan. ”
"The cannon went off. Ten thousand taels of gold, I can't stand the toss! Zhu Youxiao sighed worriedly, the natural disasters will become more and more serious in the next few years, and the Ming Dynasty urgently needs to withdraw from the huge military expenditure and focus on internal construction.
"The emperor doesn't have to worry, after this battle, it is no longer possible to build slaves, and the 40,000 cavalry trained by our imperial court will be completed next year. At that time, in the direction of Liaodong, there is no need to invest too many troops to prevent the resurgence of Jiannu. When the time comes, you can consider getting rid of the burden of the nine sides. Lu Xiangsheng said.
"This time to recover Liaodong, the abolition of the nine sides can indeed be implemented." Zhu Youxiao nodded. The nine-sided military household has become a big burden for the imperial court, and it is time to get rid of it.
Of course, to get rid of this burden, it is necessary to properly resettle military households. And the large tract of land in Liaodong obviously gave the imperial court the ability to settle these military households.
The price is that the consortium makes concessions on land dividends, and as long as the land is distributed to the demobilized military households in Liaodong, then everything is easy to say.
The area of cultivated land in the entire Liaodong recovery area is about 50 million mu, which is enough to house the military households of the Nine Frontiers.
The strategic plan to recover Liaodong was brought forward by more than a year, which made the royal consortium incapable of developing large swathes of land in Liaodong.
After all, even if this land is acquired, it is still necessary to invest manpower and material resources to restore production. There is a lot of spending on them.
In this case, give these lands to the soldiers. It is obviously a good choice to settle the military households of the nine borders, so that Liaodong can be quickly developed and become a commercial grain supply base in the north of the Ming Dynasty to solve the problem of food shortage.
As for the land, as long as it expands outward in the future, there will naturally be a lot of it, and there is no need to stare at these lands in Liaodong.
After figuring this out, the next thing was relatively simple for Zhu Youxiao. Cutting military spending is also an inevitable need to do in the next few years, so that we can concentrate on dealing with the impact of those natural disasters.
This year's military spending has already exceeded by 18 million yuan, but fortunately, there is still 12 million yuan of reserved treasury in the interior, which is enough to toss for a period of time.
At this time, the war was not over, and the Ming army won the battle and immediately waved Tieling as fast as possible. As soon as the Ming army arrived in Tieling, more than 200,000 Jiannu old and weak women and children who had not had time to retreat in Tieling were in chaos, and they all rushed to flee, but they were slashed and killed by the Ming army in large numbers and were blocked back into Tieling City.
Then the artillery unit of the Ming army rushed to Tieling, and under the bombardment of artillery, the wall of Tieling collapsed, and the Ming army immediately rushed into Tieling like a wolf.
After the defeat of Jiannu's army, Huang Taiji did not flee in the direction of Tieling, but went west. So much so that the Jiannu in Tieling City did not know the bad news of the defeat, and at the same time, they were powerless to resist the Ming army's attack on Tieling. In order to compete with the increasingly powerful Ming army, Wild Boar Skin has long trained those who can fight into soldiers. So much so that in Tieling City, there was only a group of old and weak women and children, as well as a small number of defenders.
On this day, the Ming army washed the city of Tieling in blood, and blood flowed out of the sewers of the entire city. In the end, only about 40,000 women and girls survived and were imprisoned in concentration camps by the Ming army, and these foreign women were to be sold as goods.
Those crooked melons and cracked dates were all cut down, and only these 40,000 were left with passable appearances.
However, these Jiannu in Tieling are far from all, and more than 200,000 people have already migrated to the surrounding mountains. Naturally, it was impossible for the Ming army to let go of these Jiannu.
If these Jiannu are allowed to escape, maybe the wildfire will not be exhausted, and the spring breeze will blow and regenerate.
In order to prevent the resurgence of Jiannu, it is necessary to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. This task soon fell to Mao Wenlong, and Sun Chengzong ordered Mao Wenlong to continue to attack the mountainous areas to build slaves. At the same time, Wang Guoxiong was ordered to lead two divisions of the Wuxiang Cavalry Army to continue to sweep the Jiannu community to the plains of northeastern Liao.
"We must drive out all the Jiannu within a thousand miles." Sun Chengzong ordered, this is also the emperor's will. Even if they can't kill all of them, they must drive these slaves far away, and they can't be given a chance to recuperate.
Turmoil will inevitably produce losses, and if the Jiannu tribe cannot live in one place safely, then their strength will inevitably become weaker and weaker during the migration.
After this battle, only 20,000 cavalry were left to flee in disarray, and they were no longer able to resist the sweep of the Ming cavalry on the plain.
If the main force of Jiannu dares to appear, then I can't wait for it! With the combat effectiveness of the Ming cavalry, 10,000 cavalry can definitely defeat it in the face of 20,000 cavalry.
Hence the sweep. It's going to be very easy.
The same is true for sweeps in the mountains. The young men of Jiannu all became soldiers. Most of them have been killed by the Ming army, and most of the Jiannu in the mountains are some old and weak women and children, young and strong, and they are also very easy to sweep. The next thing the Ming army had to do was to keep sweeping outward, constantly driving the remnants of the Jiannu forces to the northern, more cold and bitter regions, so that they were completely reduced to barbarian land, unable to contact the civilized world, let alone the productive forces and products obtained from the civilized world. In the end, step by step, it was completely reduced to a weak tribe.
The main force of the Ming army reorganized the defense system in Tieling, Shenyang and other places. After the imperial court redigested the territory of Liaodong, it continued to expand northward, thus controlling the entire Northeast Plain.
After this battle, Jiannu will no longer have a foothold in Liaodong.
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It's a season of autumn breezy winds, and you can see dead leaves everywhere. And the defeated main force of Jiannu, the only remaining 20,000 cavalry, is also very depressed in their hearts.
They failed.
Their Great Khan, the boar skin, the myth of invincibility was also ended.
After withdrawing from the battlefield, it was expected that the Ming army would raid Tieling with cavalry, and Huang Taiji was directly defeated with 20,000 remnants. Flee directly in the direction of Mongolia.
After a day and a night, the unconscious boar skin woke up. At this time, the wild boar's skin was so pale that there was no trace of blood. When he woke up, he asked weakly, "Where is this?" ”
"Father Khan, we are almost to the Mongol royal city." Huang Taiji replied softly, and the wild boar skin was silent for a while, and then affirmed Huang Taiji's decision and said, "You did a good job. ”
"After this war, our Daikin no longer exists. If you don't want to be driven into the cold, you have to take refuge in the Mongols. Once Mongolia learns of the defeat of our Dajin, it will inevitably be jealous of the Ming Kingdom, and will definitely give us a place to rest and recuperate. Wild Boar Skin said weakly.
"Father Khan, our people are all lost in Liaodong." Huang Taiji said with some despair. The wild boar skin grabbed Huang Taiji's hand, and his face suddenly flushed and said, "It doesn't matter, as long as we can grab the woman, we will have a new clan." You have to remember, remember, my Dajin and the Ming Kingdom have a deep hatred, and this hatred is not shared......"
As soon as he finished speaking, the wild boar skin snorted and highlighted a mouthful of black blood, and then his eyes widened, and he directly braided his hair.
"Father Khan."
"Great Khan ......"
Huang Taiji shook the body of the wild boar skin with tears, the wild boar skin no longer understood, and a large group of people suddenly knelt down around him, all crying.
It has to be said that the decision of the wild boar skin before his death was very successful, and after some external attrition, the only remaining 20,000 Jiannu at this time did not have internal strife and division under the defeat. Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that these cavalrymen are descendants of wild boar skins.
The boar skin died, dead on the way to escape.
Huang Taiji became the new 'Great Khan' of these 20,000 Jiannu without any suspense, but Huang Taiji no longer called Khan, because he was going to seek refuge in Mongolia Lin Dan Khan, and this was no longer the time to call Khan. In order to avoid the pursuit of the Ming army and go to the Mongolian royal city as soon as possible, Huang Taiji did not even mourn the wild boar skin.
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In the capital, after this unprecedented victory came, the firecrackers were set off for three days before they stopped. The people of Beijing are celebrating this great victory, and the merchants have even launched various jumping promotions. Promotions have become very popular since many businesses do promotions in newspapers to attract customers. Doing promotions as soon as there is a name has become a habit for those merchants.
"Look at the newspaper, read the newspaper, the official army has fully recovered Liaodong, and the official army has fully recovered Liaodong."
"Look at the newspaper, read the newspaper, the official army slaughtered 200,000 people in Jiannu......"
The news of this victory spread like wings to the north and south of the country and all parts of the country through the Daming Daily. The shock was absolutely extraordinary.
Previously, the imperial court officials and troops were defeated again and again in Liaodong, which made many people think that the Daming Mansion would fall and the national fortunes were exhausted. They jumped out one after another to make waves and harm one party.
However, this victory took everyone by surprise, and those ambitious people with bad intentions were shocked when they heard the news.
As long as you are not a fool, you can see that the Ming Dynasty has regrouped militarily, and with the defeat of Jiannu, it will soon be able to free up its hands from Liaodong to deal with the internal rebellion. (To be continued......)