Kim Kook-jin's ancestors were Goryeo nobles, and after the establishment of Joseon, his family's power declined rapidly.

Today, the lord is still a landlord, but he has become a tenant.

Even as a tenant, Jin Guozhen is more noble than ordinary tenants. Because he has a surname, it proves that his ancestors were arrogant, and the real Korean commoners did not even have a surname.

The invasion of Japan and the Manchus led to the collapse of the Korean social order. A large number of civilians took the opportunity to occupy the ownerless land, and by the way, they also stole the surnames of the original landowners.

You heard it right, stealing the last name!

With a surname, you are eligible to own land in North Korea.

Jin Guozhen did not reap the benefits, but was taken captive by the Manchus. With four other Han Chinese and one Korean, they were assigned to the Manchus as serfs - they were not even clothed.

After the beginning of spring, it continues to melt.

This year's weather is good, the snow melts early, and last year it was cold.

During the Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, although there was no drought in Liaodong, the snow disaster was very serious. Even Haizhou could not grow winter wheat, so it could only be sown after the snow melted in spring.

"Hurry up, hurry up, if you rub it again, you'll eat the whip!"

Early in the morning, the Han people slammed the door with a whip, and Jin Guozhen reflexively jumped up from the bed.

While they got dressed and waited for work, the master's family was eating.

This is a family of low-ranking Manchurian Eight Banner officers, the old owner has long since died in battle, leaving three sons, and the daughter is married to other officers. Now the eldest son and the second son have moved to Guannai, and only the third son remains in Haizhou.

The Manchurians who stayed only had two tasks: one was to continue to grow grain; The second is to have more babies and provide a source of soldiers for the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

The masters eat dry breakfast, after all, the masters have to practice martial arts.

This is a tradition formed in recent decades, eat more, grow stronger, and practice martial arts to join the army. Then they went into battle with the army, burned and looted, and distributed the spoils according to military merit, and the spoils of war were livestock, grain, and people.

The masters were full, and the leftovers were eaten by the Han people.

As for the serfs, just eat some multigrain bran porridge. If you don't starve to death, you can't starve to death, they are similar to animals, which owner wants to starve to death?

Of course, if there is not enough food, priority must be given to feeding real livestock, and the status of serfs is far inferior to that of ploughing cattle.

In the middle of the morning, Bao Yi took a few serfs to work in the fields.

The owner, dressed in a set of old cotton armor and with a few small masters, practiced archery near the farmland.

Jin Guozhen squatted in the farmland and had no tools, so he could only pull out the weeds with his bare hands.

When all the grass is pulled out, the coating will be ploughed with oxen.

The use of ploughing cattle is the prerogative of the coating. The serfs had to wait until the ground was turned over before they could pick up a hoe and pit and sow seeds.

Jin Guozhen didn't dare to speak, for fear of being whipped by the coat.

A few feet away from him was Liu Dazhang, a Han serf. It was also taken captive, his hometown was in Beizhili, and he heard that there were more than 30 acres of land, and his life was not bad, and his family even raised a child.

After squatting for a long time, her back and legs hurt, Jin Guozhen subconsciously looked back.

I saw that Lord Baoyi was sitting on the edge of the field resting, and Jin Guozhen was very envious of this. It's good if you can make a coat yourself, although you have to work, but occasionally you are lazy, and you won't be punished by your master.

"Dada-da-da!"

There was a sound of horses' hooves, Jin Guozhen didn't bother to look, there must be where the Manchurian cavalry came from.

The master, who was practicing arrows nearby, had a frightened expression and fled to the direction of Haizhou City with a few little masters. The situation is urgent, and even the hostess of the family can't take care of it.

The Han people also reacted and threw down the leather whip to chase the master.

Jin Guozhen finally realized that something was wrong, this doesn't seem to be a Manchurian iron horse?

Liu Dazhang, a Han serf, slowly stood up, first in disbelief, then burst into tears and shouted: "The soldiers of the Great Tomorrow are coming, the soldiers of the Great Tomorrow are coming!" ”

There were only 100 Datong cavalry in this group, 90 of them went to chase and kill, and the remaining 10 rode horses.

The captain of the cavalry said, "Where is your master's house?" Go back with me to grab food, and I'll take you away. Give you the land, and in the future plant your own land, and no longer be a slave to others! ”

"Long live the Great Tomorrow Soldiers!" Liu Dazhang fell to his knees.

The cavalry captain did not correct either, but said: "Lead the way!" ”

The ninety cavalry who chased out quickly caught up with the Manchurian masters and the Han people.

"The military master spares his life, I am a Han Chinese!" Bao Yi fell to his knees.

Hearing this guy speak Chinese, the cavalry did not make a move, and the horses swept past him.

Seeing that he could not escape, the man simply stopped and protected his child with a bow and arrow.

"Surrender or kill!"

This is the Manchu language newly learned by the officers and men of the whole army.

The man raised his bow and arrow, and slowly lowered it. If he opens his bow, he will surely die, and the child behind him will also die, and at most he will pull an enemy on his back.

Put down the bow and bow and surrender, and maybe save the child.

The Datong army is a man of his word, and he really surrendered and did not kill. They dismounted and knocked him down, forcibly cutting off the thumbs of both hands, including the thumbs of several children.

Losing the thumbs of both hands, let alone fighting in the army, is inconvenient to work, and putting it back can waste Dolgon's food.

Stripping off the cotton armor from the Manchurian and taking away his weapon, the cavalry sentry commander said in Chinese: "You go to Haizhou to report the news, 100,000 Datong troops are here!" ”

Regardless of whether the man understood or not, the cavalry ran farther away.

The man tore his clothes, bandaged the wounds of several children, and bandaged himself to stop the bleeding. After a long time, he lost his soul and set off, taking the crying child to Haizhou City. They are already wasted people, and in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, where the weak eat the strong, they are likely to starve to death.

The Han man was brought back, and Liu Dazhang shouted: "Master Jun, this person is a dog traitor!" ”

The cavalry captain smiled: "If you are angry, each of you will go and punch him twice." Don't kill it, the population of Liaodong is not enough, and you have to stay for hard labor. ”

The Han serfs immediately rushed forward and fisted and kicked at the cloth.

Jin Guozhen hesitated for a while, and also stepped forward to beat someone. He regarded this as a vote, fearing that if he didn't fight, he would be regarded as an enemy by the "Great Tomorrow Soldiers".

When he returned to the Manchurian house, he had a blue nose and swollen face, and led the cavalry into the house to search for food, and also brought out a ploughing ox and two mules.

The hostess was also searched, and there was also a girl.

Kim Guozhen immediately ran forward, kicked the hostess down, rode on the other party and slapped her, shouting in Korean: "Let you beat me, let you beat me." I stole a bite of the bean cake that was fed to the cows, and you almost beat me to death!" I'm a human being, and I'm not as good as an ox plowing a field? ”

The hostess covered her face and cried, and Jin Guozhen became more and more energetic.

"Master Jun, there is a set of cars in the yard," Liu Dazhang said, "You can use the car to pull the grain away." ”

The cavalry captain nodded and asked, "Where is my brother from?" ”

Liu Dazhang hurriedly said: "I don't dare to call my brother, the villain's name is Liu Dazhang, and he is originally from Baodi County." The old father divided the family, and the villain was also divided into dozens of acres of land, which was more or less a small landlord, and the villain's son was still a student. It's these damned tartars, and now the family can't find them, and they don't know if my son is dead or alive. ”

The cavalry captain smiled and said, "When I return to Gaizhou, I will divide the fields for you, and I will also draw lots to divide your mother-in-law and start a family." ”

"Mother-in-law?" Liu Dazhang didn't understand.

The cavalry captain pointed to the hostess who was being beaten: "Do you want this woman?" ”

Liu Dazhang was stunned, then gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!" Her man has caused my wife to be separated, and she will have to pass incense to my son from now on. You have to be diligent and thrifty, farm and work honestly, and if you don't obey, you will be beaten to death! ”

The Northeast is sparsely populated and must be repopulated as soon as possible.

It was too difficult to emigrate all from the south, and the natives had to be kept as much as possible, even the Manchu women.

Jin Guozhen beat the hostess severely, then ran to the cavalry captain, knelt down and said in a broken Chinese language: "Master Jun, there are still many Koreans over there in Shengjing." They all know how to farm, and the small ones can be used as coatings, helping the military master manage the North Koreans' farming! ”

The cavalry captain couldn't help laughing: "Haha, the Datong army has no coats, you work hard in the future, don't think about some mess." ”

After a short time, another cavalryman came with Baoyi and serfs, and two carts of grain were also carried.

At the border of Haizhou, the population has increased significantly.

Several cities around Shenyang, as well as the countryside under the jurisdiction of the city, were the most densely populated areas, and they were operated by the Manchus for many years. Even if the Eight Banners Army were all taken away, and two-thirds of the population of the territory under its jurisdiction was withdrawn, the remaining population would still be far larger than that of the Liaodong Peninsula.

At this time, it was the spring ploughing season, and Hu Dinggui wanted to learn the usual routines of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and snatch up the core base camp of Dolgon.

The population, livestock, and grain were all moved back to Gaizhou.

In the future, Gaizhou will be a military base, and after acquiring a large number of people, it will be able to achieve food self-sufficiency in one or two years.

As for Shenyang, Liaoyang, Haizhou and other cities, no matter whether they can be captured or not, Hu Dinggui will not stay behind. He was afraid that the Manchus would send a large army to kill them back, and they would be trapped in the city and unable to obtain food supplies, and the whole army would definitely be wiped out at that time.

Gaizhou is different, you can defend the city to the death, and if you don't have enough food, you will go by sea.

Moreover, troops can also be sent from Gaizhou to attack Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other cities, and block the Manchu Eight Banners Army in Shanhaiguan.

More than 2,300 Datong cavalry, divided into 23 hundred-man teams, poured out and plundered the countryside everywhere.

Chop off the thumbs of Manchurian men, snatch Manchurian women, take away clothing, serfs, livestock, and grain. The food that really can't be taken away is piled up and guarded, waiting for the infantry of the Datong Army to come and receive it!

Haizhou and Liaoyang, each with 150 defenders.

The Datong cavalry, with the population and booty, swaggered through the outside of the city, and the defenders inside the city did not dare to come out. They don't even know where the enemy is coming from.

Or, who exactly is the enemy?

As for Shenyang, there are 800 Eight Banners Army garrisoned, and the troops are really strong.

Gaizhou and Haizhou are 120 miles apart, Hu Dinggui couldn't wait for more people, so he only asked the people of Gaizhou City to help transport grain, and set off directly with half a month's military rations.

On the way, he received a large number of serfs sent by cavalry as people's husbands, and surrounded Haizhou City.

The Manchu officials in Haizhou had already organized the people to defend the city.

The garrison of the city has 50 Manchurian Eight Banners, 100 Han Army Eight Banners, more than 1,000 Manchurian civilians, more than 3,000 Han civilians, and more than 2,000 Han people. Among them, one-third of the Manchurian civilians had their thumbs cut off.

The city wall of Haizhou is eight meters high, which can be called majestic.

Hu Dinggui didn't even bring enough food, let alone artillery and siege equipment.

All the missionaries in the army were dispatched, and they also took many local serfs and ran outside the city to shout and persuade them to surrender: "The Han brothers in the city, Huang Taiji was poisoned and killed by Dolgon. Dolgon occupied the Queen Mother, and had long had an affair with the Queen Mother, and the puppet Qing Emperor was also Dolgon's wild seed. Hauge led his troops to fight with Dolgon, and my Han emperor had sent troops to surround Beijing. The Manchu Qing is about to be gone, and the Han brothers quickly surrender anyway. The Han people who coated the Tartars, as well as the Eight Banners of the Han Army in the city, as long as they helped kill the Tartars, they could divide the fields equally in the future. Let's kill the Tartars together! ”

Not only is it shouting in Chinese, but there are also people who can speak Manchu, and they are also shouting in Manchu.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of the Han Army were shocked, and they had just turned snow in spring, and they didn't know the news of the Guannai at all, and they thought that the Manchu halal infighting was about to fall.

Otherwise, how could the Han army reach Haizhou?

This is not a sneak attack by a small force, a large number of cavalry appeared two days ago, and now there are thousands of elite foot soldiers. With so many enemy troops, they must have been killed from Shanhaiguan, and the speed of the troops was so fast that the friendly troops on the front line could not report it.

The Manchu court, it must be gone!

As for the cause of Huang Taiji's death, there are indeed many theories. Some people say that Hauge killed him, some people say that he killed Dolgon, anyway, within two months of entering the customs, Huang Taiji died in a daze.

Of course, this happened a few years ago.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs and plundered, killing all the way to Shandong. After successive battles, the fierce general Yue Tuo was infected with smallpox and died......

After some shouting, thousands of Han people defending the city were ready to move.

It is mainly the Ming army, which has not been to Haizhou for 20 years. This belongs to the absolute rear, and it is inexplicably surrounded and besieged, and the situation is too weird. Not to mention the Han Chinese, even the Manchurian Eight Banners who defended the city had some belief that the Manchus were really going to die.

"Kill the Tartars!"

The first to do it was the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Moreover, they did not dare to attack the Manchurian Eight Banners, and directly killed the civilians defending the city of Manchuria.

Han people and Han civilians also followed suit.

The Han emperor has already sent troops to kill him, if he does not submit to obedience at this time, will he wait to be liquidated in the future?

An even more situation appeared, the Eight Banners of the Han Army only dared to kill Manchurian civilians, and the long-term fear mentality made them farther and farther away from the Manchurian Eight Banners.

And the 50 Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers actually killed thousands of Han people defending the city and fled in embarrassment.

The city was filled with porridge, and finally two gates came one after another.

"General help!"

A Han army leader ran out with the remnants of the soldiers, crying and shouting for Hu Dinggui to save him.

Hu Dinggui said disdainfully: "What a bunch of wretched, I finally know how Liaodong was lost!" ”

50 Manchurian Eight Banners, with more than 1,000 Manchurian civilians, actually killed 100 Han Army Eight Banners and more than 5,000 Han people defending the city.

Although the Eight Banners of the Han Army were more numerous, they did not dare to fight at all, and fled when they saw the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty coming.

"Raise the gun!"

"Bang bang bang!"

After a volley of guns, the melee soldiers rushed into the city gates, and the Datong musketeers also loaded their bayonets to kill them.

The Han army staff leader walked around Hu Dinggui and exclaimed: "The general's command is all elite, no wonder he can kill all the way from Shanhaiguan!" ”

Hu Dinggui said: "What are you still doing in a daze, killing Tartars?" ”

The Han army commander hurriedly drew his sword: "Sons, kill the Tartars with me!" ”

With the Datong Army opening the way, these Eight Banners of the Han Army, which had defected to the battle, suddenly became extremely brave. After rushing into the city, he chased the Manchurian civilians and slashed indiscriminately, slashing and chopping, really thinking of himself as a national hero.