The Ming people of Shenyang called Shenyang Zhongwei, and the Qing army was called Shengjing, which was the capital of the Qing army after entering the customs and setting the capital of Beijing.

The city of Shenyang itself was not a huge city, but now it has only become larger due to the relocation of the capital by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This is a square city with internal and external brick and stone structures, three feet and five feet high, one foot and eight feet thick, and three hundred and thirty-one steps in circumference.

As early as the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when the city wall was built, there were only four gates in Shencheng. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he changed the four gates to eight gates, making it more convenient and faster to enter and exit the city gate. Each city wall of Shenyang has two gate towers, and one corner tower is built at the four corners of the square city wall. The style of the gate tower and the corner tower can be said to be the same, both are three-storey corridor buildings, similar to the Fenglou model. Soldiers stand on top of the towers and corner towers of the city, and can look in all directions to observe the enemy's situation.

"Dashuai, in fact, Shenyang City is nine city gates."

Shenyang City is close at hand, Zhou Huchen is accompanied by several people to understand Shenyang City, and Shang Kexi on the side suddenly said this.

"Oh, I want to hear the details, General Shang, please speak." Zhou Huchen has been very satisfied with Shang Kexi recently, this old general of Liaodong is too familiar with this place, and it has played a very good role in appeasing the people who occupy the place, which can be said to have saved Zhou Huchen a lot of effort.

Shang Kexi hugged his fists: "Back to the handsome, this ninth gate is actually a secret door, which is rebuilt by the north gate of my ancient city of the Ming Dynasty, this gate used to be called the town side gate, which happens to communicate with a hollow horse-faced wall, and there is a deep passage on both sides of the doorway behind the gatehouse, which is used for hiding soldiers. ”

"Is there a reserve cave?" Zhou Huchen asked:

"Back to Dashuai, it is indeed a hidden soldier cave, and the function of this invisible city gate is to make it easy to advance and retreat, making it easy for the city wall to get reinforcements from the troops in the city."

"Thank you General Shang for clarifying your doubts, this message is very useful, after completely defeating Jiannu, this marshal will definitely give General Shang a credit!" Zhou Huchen politely said:

In fact, the cave may have played a crucial role in siege warfare between cold weapons. But Zhou Huchen's army no longer belongs to the cold weapon army, he will never use the tragic siege method attached to the ants, that hidden soldier cave is just a trick of the ancients to him.

Shang Kexi actually knew Zhou Huchen's way of fighting, he would use a huge cannon to collapse the city wall of Shenyang City, there is no doubt about it, but this ninth door matter is Shang Kexi's flattering behavior to Zhou Huchen, close to get close, this is the experience of officialdom.

And Zhou Huchen did not disappoint Shang Kexi, he continued to learn about the situation in Shenyang from Shang Kexi: "How many Hongyi cannons are there in Shenyang City, needless to say small cannons. ”

"As far as the subordinates know. The original Shenyang City had twenty Hongyi cannons, as for now, it should be more, and the specific number of subordinates is still unknown. ”

Zhou Huchen nodded and continued: "General Shang is familiar with the north, it is estimated that there will be many Jiannu defense forces in this Shenyang City, and what are the material reserves?" ”

Shang Kexi thought for a moment and replied: "Dashuai, Jiannu used to draw one out of ten to the Han people, and now we should call all the slaves of the tuokesuo (farm)." The Manchurians were all from 12 to 60 years old, plus the Eight Banners Mongol soldiers. With a small number of Korean soldiers, the defense of Shenyang City should not be less than 150,000. As for the material reserves, if the commander adopts siege tactics, there should be no problem for Shenyang City to hold on for half a year. ”

This is similar to what Zhou Huchen expected. He nodded slightly and changed the topic: "There is nothing to do left and right, General Shang will tell Ben Shuai about the drawing of the Eight Banners." ”

Shang Kexi was pleasantly surprised, this can be regarded as gaining Zhou Huchen's trust, and he hurriedly spoke again: "In the past, Nurhachi entered the Liaoshen region. A large number of Han Chinese were plundered into slavery and incorporated into the Eight Banners of Manchuria to become domestic slaves or to be used as cattle and horses in the tow of the kso. And in order to expand the army, some strong men began to be drawn from these slave Han people. It was stipulated that the horses and equipment required were purchased by these twenty Han people. This strong man was designated as a Han military household, and Nurhachi treated the Han military household well. For example, you can show your trust by moving your family to a nearby city. Later, in the era of Huang Taiji, it was changed to ten people to draw one ding, and at the same time, they began to accept the surrender of my Ming Dynasty, and drew soldiers who were good at fighting from it to supplement the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty."

The Manchus are all based on the flag, also known as the banner people, these banner people are a combination of soldiers and people, farming and warfare, therefore, except for the Manchu who were relegated to slaves, all the Manchu strong men are soldiers, all belong to the hereditary soldiers of the Eight Banners. The Eight Banners of Mongolia were originally composed of the Mongols in the land of Jianzhou and the territory of the state, and later, with the three expeditions to Chahar, after most of the Southern Mongolia returned to Shun, Huang Taiji combined the original Mongolian Niulu that originally belonged to the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the newly arrived Inner and Outer Karaqin Mongols into the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and added a large number of Ding Ding in Inner Mongolia to the Eight Banners.

This is the most important reason why the Weishenme Mongols did not fight desperately with Zhou Huchen's army, because the Manchu Qing Dynasty removed the strongest bannermen in Inner Mongolia, and the final ownership of these bannermen also became a pain for the Mongols, because these Mongolian bannermen no longer belonged to Mongolia, they became professional soldiers in Jianzhou, and there was almost no possibility of returning to Mongolia.

The Manchus were carrying out a cycle of the Mongols, constantly drawing Ding, and with the increase in the amount of Dingding, the strongest warriors in Inner Mongolia were constantly taken away, and the result of the removal was that the tribal combat effectiveness in Mongolia could never be too strong. The Manchu policy of drawing Ding undoubtedly stifled the strength of the Mongols, and acquiesced in allowing some fighting between the Mongol tribes, which was undoubtedly the most correct political choice of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is, the historical reduction of Ding.

"Awesome!"

Zhou Huchen had to sigh, the people of Jianzhou really have a set, showing the demeanor of the ruler of an era, and this style is full of brutality and tricks hidden in the darkness, but this is the wisdom of politics, Zhou Huchen admires it!

Zhou Huchen sighed with emotion for a long time, but it didn't seem to be over today, Zhou Huchen continued to ask Shang Kexi: "General Shang followed Mao Shuai in the Dongjiang River in his early years, and I heard that he also went deep into North Korea, I heard that the place is good, I don't know how General Shang knows about North Korea?" ”

This is a scar in the past, Shang Kexi was a subordinate of Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, and later Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, which also caused most of Mao Wenlong's generals to lead his subordinates to surrender to the Houjin at that time, and these generals played a key role in the Jiannu conquest and rule of Liaodong, because this is the land they are most familiar with.

Shang Kexi's face was a little unnatural, and he obviously didn't want to mention these sad old things.

"Ben Shuai knows that those former helplessness, everything is over! General Shang is now the chief military officer of my Ming Dynasty, this North Korean commander wants to give it the most haode ending, if General Shang is very familiar with North Korea, after the battle of Shenyang, is he willing to enter North Korea? ”

Zhou Huchen said a few words of relief disappreciatively, and said his thoughts with a smile.

North Korea is also a bitter cold place, what is there to say? Shang Kexi hesitated for a moment, and immediately replied: "His subordinates are very familiar with Korea, and they once accompanied Dolgon to conquer Korea and forced the Korean king Li Cong to sign an alliance under the city. If the marshal wants to enter North Korea, how to do it, his subordinates have no other words. ”

"In ancient times, there were Goguryeo, Silla, and Goryeo, and now it is called Korea. How much of the old land of my Ming Dynasty has been occupied by this North Korea? It's better to change it to a province of my Ming Dynasty in the future, and it can be regarded as a great merit! ”

Shang Kexi understood what Zhou Huchen meant, this North Korean Zhou Huchen didn't want him to exist, but this non-existence needed someone to do it, and Zhou Huchen obviously wanted Shang Kexi to do it.

This was a loyal subject of the Ming Dynasty for many years, but at the same time, North Korea also betrayed the Ming Dynasty, even though it was forced. Shang Kexi clearly remembers that North Korea also brought a lot of funding to Dongjiang Town in the era of Mao Wenlong, and at the same time, in the later period, there were also Korean generals who surrendered to Jianzhou to bring trouble to Dongjiang, and when Jiannu entered the customs, there were also soldiers who entered the territory of Daming with Jiannu, but on the whole, North Korea still had a heart for Daming. Zhou Huchen's meaning should be to "change the land and return to the stream" of this North Korea, and this wicked man needs Shang Kexi to do it.

"North Korea will not resist the good intentions of the imperial court, General Shang, don't you say?" Shang Kexi was still thinking, and Zhou Huchen followed closely.

"In the future, they will all be my Ming people, and they will completely belong to my Ming Dynasty, and the marshal can be said to have great merit to the North Koreans, where will there be any resistance? Subordinates know how to do it! "Shang Kexi suddenly enlightened, with Zhou Huchen's decisiveness and political wisdom, he will not keep North Korea, this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the previous history Zhou Huchen does not want to repeat it, and it is the most haode solution to completely let North Korea be attached.

Zhou Huchen was still satisfied with Shang Kexi's comprehension, and he smiled: "I will make my own arrangements for the affairs of North Korea in the future, and the commander of the imperial court will have an explanation. ”

A few words decide the fate of a country, Zhou Huchen revealed his handle of life and death that turned his hands into rain and clouds into clouds, and the fate of North Korea was already doomed.

"But by the command of the commander!"

Although he wants to be a villain, it is enough to leave a name in history, Zhou Huchen's trust has exceeded Shang Kexi's expectations, Shang Kexi, the wicked man, has made up his mind, and he looks willing.

Between talking and laughing, it added a province to the Ming Dynasty, and this increase was not necessarily welcomed by the imperial court, and it would be attacked by the courtiers. But Zhou Huchen's style of dictating everything and ignoring the rules has continued for a long time, this North Korea is not a problem for him, and those bombastic courtiers are not a problem, so Shang Kexi has nothing to hesitate about, what is Zhou Huchen afraid of?

The land of Korea is bordered by the Wa Kingdom to the east and the sea to the east and west, and it has been known as the throat of China since ancient times, and this most important peninsula of later generations is also important now because it is too close to Japan to directly threaten Japan. Of course, Zhou Huchen occupied Korea for the future, and now he did not have the time and energy to conquer Japan, but Korea must now belong to the Ming Dynasty, and it is necessary to completely make Korea a province of the Ming Dynasty.

(To be continued......)