Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Chapter 575 Report the Great Khan, the Qing Dynasty is coming to an end!

In the fourth year of Dayuan Tianyou, in the first ten days of March, Kuku Hetun, the blue city on the Tumotechuan grassland, ushered in another new owner—Emperor Dayuan Tianyou, Great Mongolian Genghis Tianyou Khanburni.

It took Altan Khan and his old house-filling wife San Niangzi ten years to build this famous capital on the frontier, also known as Guihua City, which is said to be a copycat version of Yuan Dadu.Although it can't be compared with the genuine Yuan Dadu at all, this city built with green bricks, with a double city outline inside and outside and eight towers, is definitely the only one on the prairie outside the mouth, and it can also be called majestic...

In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, due to the war between Burni's grandfather Lin Danhan and Huang Taiji, Kuku and Tuncheng were once destroyed, causing Huang Taiji's Qing soldiers to set fire to ruins.However, due to the long-term stability of Monan Mongolia after the Qing Dingding, the population continued to rise and the economy developed. Coupled with the immigration of Han immigrants from Shanxi, Tumotechuan, Kuku and Tun also Prosper again.

Unlike other places in the Monan Grassland, the climate in the Tumotechuan area is relatively humid, so there are not only grasslands for grazing around Kuku and Tun, but also a large number of farmland reclaimed by Han immigrants.By the time Kangxi was more than ten years old, there was already a sense of dense villages and dense population.

So when Burni escaped from Beijing a few years ago, he wanted to regard Kuku and Tun as his old nest.However, Emperor Kangxi felt a little more frustrated and courageous. He was not defeated by the "difficulty of the "Two Palaces and Eight Hutongs". Instead, he worked hard and quickly organized forces to kill the grassland to seek revenge.

If Burni hadn't run fast enough, he would have been arrested and killed by Kangxi long ago.

Because he had to run around on the Mongolian grasslands, Burni had no choice but to put aside the plan to establish the capital of Kuku and Tun.

And after having a fight with Galdan on the Khobduo grassland last year, this Genghis God Blessed Khan finally realized that times have changed... He finally realized that the ability to shoot big eagles with a bow alone cannot recover In the Great Mongolian Kingdom, it is a bit difficult to even dominate the grassland.

Because he found that even Galdan, the "pseudo-khan" of the Chuoros family, has many arquebus guns with quite good performance, and the amount of gunpowder is also very sufficient.

Not only Zhungeer's infantry is equipped with a large number of muskets, but even their cavalry have muskets!

In addition, Zhungeer's infantry and cavalry also have very strong chain mail, which can withstand the bows and arrows of Burni's troops, and also has a great advantage in hand-to-hand combat.

If it weren't for Burni who had taken down the three divisions of Mobei Khalkha and the four alliance troops of Monan West Road, the troops were far stronger than Galdan, and there was a small amount of artillery provided by Wu Yingqi, the Khobduo Grassland would have become Bury of Burnie!

Burni, who barely won a draw in Kobdo, finally realized the importance of firearms and gunpowder.I also realized that it is impossible to revive Great Mongolia by relying solely on grassland nomads, and it is impossible to even keep the existing territory... If Burni wants to realize his dream of Great Mongolia, he must have a reliable supply of firearms and gunpowder.

As far as Burni knows, the most important producer of firearms and gunpowder in the north is the city of Beijing... But Burni has no confidence in fighting Beijing again.

In addition, Burni also knew that Kangxi also obtained many new types of firearms through overseas trade, as well as the technology for making firearms.

Therefore, obtaining an outlet to the sea, establishing a large Mongolian navy, and becoming a Mongolian Khan with a "sea" became "a small goal" of Burni.

And the opportunity to achieve this "small goal" actually appeared in the middle of February in the fourth year of Tianyou in the Yuan Dynasty (the 18th year of Kangxi)!

At that time, Shang Zhixin, who was sent to Wu Zhou as an envoy, rushed back to the Khan Court in Houtao Grassland, and also brought back Zhou Tianzi Wu Yingxiong's "Words on the Qing Dynasty" and Zhou Tianzi's five-way plan to attack the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, Shang Zhixin also told Burni that Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong had accepted the titles of King Yan and King Qin given by Wu Yingxiong, and agreed to send [-] troops to attack the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, Burni also received two pieces of the same news from his insiders in the Zhuosutu League, Chao Uda League, and Xilin Gol League.

One is that Emperor Kangxi was at a disadvantage in the battle with Zhu Heqi in North Korea. He was defeated and retreated near Seoul. He was taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army had difficulty advancing in winter, desperately searching for the population and property in northern North Korea, and was still destroying roads and bridges. The army was defeated.

The second is that the army of the Ming Dynasty marched across the sea and landed at Lushunkou on the Liaodong Peninsula!

Obviously, the hometown of Shengjing in the Qing Dynasty is already in danger, and will soon be attacked by the Ming army!

This week, the Son of Heaven's five-way campaign against the Qing has almost succeeded!

Now that the matter of the five-way attack on the Qing Dynasty is almost over, Burni Khan made a decisive decision and prepared to fight.

Therefore, Burni immediately pulled [-] elite soldiers from Chahar headquarters to leave Houtao Grassland, and later gathered [-] elite soldiers from Alashan, Tumed, and Ordos to march into Kuku and Tun together. At the beginning of the month, soldiers entered Kuku and Tun, which had been controlled by a small number of Qing troops for the past two years, without bloodshed.

And Kukuhetun immediately became the base camp for Burni to advance eastward and fight Kangxi decisively!

According to the plan, Burni will wait for Wu Yingqi's army and the [-] army of Mobei Khalkha Sanbu in Kukuhetun.

If all goes well, by May at the latest, there will be 12 Mongols in Kuku and Tun - the Great Zhou Allied Forces!

By that time, Kangxi and the Qing Dynasty will probably be over!

During this period of time, Kuku and Tun's Burni were so happy that they were a little bit drifting.Although re-entering Beijing is not very dare to think, but to unify Monan, Mobei, and Mongolia as the host, and then build a piece of land near the sea in Liaoxi and Liaodong, and establish a Mongolian navy... There is still hope!

But where is the best choice in Haikou?

In the main hall, Burni stood in front of a map of Liaodong and Liaoxi with his hands behind his back, his eyes swept slowly, as if he wanted to find a suitable place.

When he was looking for it, the voice of his brother Luo Buzangtaiji suddenly sounded from behind him: "Khan, I just got the news... The Qing Dynasty is coming to an end!"

"What?" When Burni heard what his brother said, the expression on his face became wonderful, "What happened?"

"Khan," Luo Buzang said beamingly, "The people we sent in Beijing just sent a secret report that Xuan Ye is really going to move the capital!"

"Really?" Burnie still couldn't believe it.

"Really!" Luo Buzang nodded, "Xuanye is going to move the capital to Shengjing... Zhu and Qi's two armies crossed the Yalu River all the way, and took down Daheishan City (Beisha City) all the way. Zhou Tianzi Wu Yingxiong's An army of [-] has also left Xiangjing to go north!

Now that hundreds of thousands of troops are crushing the Qing Dynasty together, Xuan Ye is really unable to defend the pass... so he has to move the capital to Shengjing. "

"Is the news confirmed?" Burni was still skeptical, "If Beijing is abandoned, then the Qing Dynasty will really be over."

"It's unmistakable, it's spread all over Beijing!" Luo Buzang said, "People in Beijing are panicking now, those rich and powerful are running outside the pass, and the official road to Shanhaiguan is full of cars going east. horse!

It seems that the Great Mosque is really coming to an end... Big Khan, shall we march right away? "

Burni was a little convinced now, but he still remained vigilant, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Wait a minute...Wu Yingqi will be here soon, and the soldiers from the Mobei Khalkha Division [-] will also be here soon. Not only can you be sure of winning, but you can also bargain with Zhu Hechi."

"Haggle with Zhu and Qi?" Luo Buzang was taken aback, "Khan, what can we talk about with him?"

Burni laughed and said, "Of course there is...he wants the city of Beijing, and he must want to enter Beijing before Wu Yingqi. And this time we must get a seaport in western and eastern Liaoning!"

"Exit to the sea?"

Burni nodded, then turned his head to look at the maps of Liaodong and Liaoxi, and said in a very firm tone: "Yes, we Mongolians must have an outlet to the sea...we can't be sealed on the grassland, otherwise our Mongolian In the end it will be defeated by muskets and cannon!"

Chapter 576: The Worst Japanese Bandit in History!

Burnie must have been fooled!

Because in early March, Zhu and Qi's Da Ming soldiers never captured Beisha City or crossed the Yalu River.

The Ming army that landed on the Liaodong Peninsula is still busy building infrastructure and developing farmland south of Nanguanling (the narrowest part of the Jinzhou Peninsula), and has no time to attack Beisha City.Of course, they would not let Beisha City go, but adopted the method of siege by fortresses, building dozens of forts around Dahei Mountain, blocking all the mountain passes in and out... and even deployed snipers among these fortresses... …

On the North Korean side, the Ming army has not seen the Yalu River yet, and they have just advanced to the vicinity of the Qingchuan River-due to the scorched earth tactics adopted by the Qing army during the retreat, the Ming army advancing north encountered a lot of trouble.They needed to build bridges along the way, clear roads, relieve the hungry (there were still many who were not caught or killed by the Qing army), establish strongholds, and organize the people to resume production.However, the time for planting wheat and rice had already been missed, so the Ming army marching north could only organize North Korean farmers to rush to plant some sweet potatoes and potatoes.

In addition, due to the "washing" by the Qing army from the north of the Linjin River to the Yalu River, the two classes of nobles who originally ruled the local grassroots no longer existed.

Therefore, Zhu Heqi wanted to allocate the land on the narrow plain between the Linjin River and the Yalu River and near the Yellow Sea to the soldiers of the Ming army of Korean nationality, so as to cultivate a group of Ming loyalists.

In order to successfully complete the land distribution, Zhu and Qi needed the villainous Qing Dynasty to maintain a certain amount of pressure on North Korea... So it is not a good idea to immediately advance to the bank of the Yalu River.

While advancing slowly to the north, the Ming army stationed in North Korea also faced a very difficult task-resisting Japan!

For the Ming army that has expanded to six divisions with a total strength of more than 20, it is really not easy to resist the Japanese... because the Japanese invaders trapped in the Japanese pavilion in Caoliang were cut off by the Ming army for [-] days. No one dared to take a step out of the Waguan to launch a war of aggression against Daming Korea Province!

"Your Majesty, according to Wan Dahong's memorial, the Japanese invaders in the Caoliang Japanese Hall have run out of food, and the day before yesterday there were Japanese people who came out of the Japanese Hall to find food for our people..."

In the Palace of Qingde, Zhu Heqi, who was listening to Yan Yuan's report, immediately became angry when he heard that there were Japanese pirates begging for food, "Bastard, what kind of Japanese pirates are these? Why are they asking for food? Aren't Japanese pirates all warriors? Warriors Even harakiri can’t beg for food!”

Quan Shangxia who was at the side listened to Zhu Heqi's words, and actually laughed "hahaha" a few times, and found that Zhu Dajian was casting a rather unkind look, so he quickly stopped laughing, and looked at Zhu Hechi in embarrassment. Said: "My lord, I thought you were joking... Not all the Japanese in the Japanese hall are warriors, many are servants of merchants and warriors. And even warriors, it is normal for them to ask for food when they are too hungry of.

We don't sell them food now, and we don't let them go... If they don't want food, won't they starve to death? "

"Will they not rob?" Zhu Heqi asked back, "Aren't Japanese pirates all robbers?"

Zhu Heqi is a great Confucian, so it is quite reasonable, you can't slander Japanese pirates for no reason!

Gotta be a little solid, right?

The Caoliang Waguan was not occupied by the Japanese, but was allocated by the Korean Kingdom itself for the Japanese. This approach seems to be a concession to the Japanese in the eyes of later generations, which is an act of losing power and humiliating the country.

But in the 17th century and even earlier, it was quite normal to allocate a piece of land for foreign businessmen to govern themselves.Such a method is not only convenient for management, but also convenient for tax collection, and it can also avoid unnecessary conflicts between foreign businessmen and locals.

If Zhu Heqi believed that the existence of the Caoliang Japanese Pavilion violated the sovereignty of Ming Dynasty, he could have asked the Japanese to evacuate... and if he really asked, the Japanese pirates would probably have withdrawn.

But Zhu Hesheng couldn't let the robbers escape!

"But robbers are also afraid of flintlock guns!" Quan Shangxia explained with a smile, "Even real Japanese pirates only dare to bully the weak. How can they dare to steal food from the heavenly soldiers?"

Zhu Heqi shook his head again and again, almost scolding "Ba Ga" in his heart, the Japanese invaders can't do it this time, why are they so cowardly?Are they a shameless navy?

He thought for a while, then asked, "Are they going to have dinner?"

Yan Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "It's coming... After all, starving the Japanese pirates to death is not an option!"

It's really coming!

It turned out that the Ming army who was in charge of besieging the Choryang Wakan had to order food for them because they were worried that the Japanese pirates would starve to death and would not be able to invade North Korea.This thing is really difficult!

Thinking of this, Zhu Heqian snorted: "This matter can't be dragged on... Quan Shangxia!"

"Chen is here!"

Zhu Hechi said: "Go to Busan and ask them when they plan to invade Daming's North Korean province? Then tell them that my Daming already knows that they have colluded with foreigners, left Asia and entered Europe, and gave the Netherlands and Spain foreign lands. It's an attempt by Yi to be a running dog!"

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The Japanese pirates are all said by Daming, and now the shogunate Masao Tsuchiya who is in charge of the Caoliang Japanese Museum does not think he is a Japanese pirate... His family is not a pirate, how could he be a Japanese pirate?The ancestors of their Tsuchiya family were loyal ministers of Koshu Takeda!

Masahiro Tsuchiya, who is known as "Thousands of Thousands of People on Tianmu Mountain", is the great-grandfather of Masao Tsuchiya who is currently starving in the Caoliang Japanese Pavilion by the Ming army.

Masao's great-grandfather was brutal back then. After Takeda Katsuyori committed suicide and the Takeda family perished, he was still unwilling to fail and hid alone in Tianmu Mountain to attack the passing Oda army.He was shot to death after killing many people, so he got the title of "Heaven and Man Slash".

But this ferocity was not passed on to Masao Tsuchiya... This high-ranking samurai born well, his father was a feudal lord and a shogunate, but he was actually a "check-in samurai", serving as a servant, performer, or Jodai.Do things carefully and make no mistakes on weekdays, and you can do a good job in all aspects of the relationship.If there were no accidents, he would probably be able to become an old middle school like his father.

And the reason why he was able to get this job at the Choryang Wakan was because he was cautious enough, so the elders all agreed that letting him come to North Korea would not ruin the big deal anyway.

What is this "big thing"?

In fact, those old middle schoolers who are fooling around don't know it either.

The current Tokugawa shogunate is no longer the heyday under the rule of Ieyasu, Hidetada, and Iemitsu, and it has also gone downhill.In particular, Jia Gang, the "stupid public Fang" general of the fourth generation, is not only stupid, but also has been unable to give birth to a son.The shogunate is now facing the danger of extinction. A group of veterans are investing heavily in the issue of succession. How can they have time to think about external things?

The reason why he joined the so-called "Sixteen Nations Anti-Ming Alliance" was actually because Zhu Heqi sent Zheng Chenggong's brother Tagawa Qizaemon as a special envoy to raise the issue of Ryukyu suzerainty to the shogunate.

A group of veterans of the shogunate were afraid of taking responsibility for the Ryukyu issue, so they formed an alliance with Kangxi in a daze, and wanted to use this as a bargaining chip.

This time the shogunate sent more people to the Choryo Wakan, and also sent important ministers like Masao Tsuchiya. In fact, they wanted to use the "Sixteen Nations Alliance" and the increase in personnel stationed in North Korea as bargaining chips to start negotiations with Ming Dynasty.

But who knew that Daming did not negotiate with Tsuchiya at all, and even took a very strange behavior. At first, he transferred all the officials and garrisons from Busan.Then they suddenly sent a fleet to occupy Jueying Island, and then the army also came over, surrounded the Wakan, and cut off the food supply... As a result, there was not much food in the Wakan (I didn't expect that there would be so many people) , I will soon finish eating and running out of food.

This is really a bit at a loss, this Daming is a country of etiquette, how can it become so unreasonable now?

But Tsuchiya didn't dare to fight against Daming. His troops looked very organized, and they were equipped with a large number of flintlock guns and various artillery pieces. It was obvious at a glance that Tsuchiya couldn't beat the opponent at all... So Tsuchiya also He could only try his best to solve the problem of food while waiting for Daming's envoy.

Chapter 577 Tell me clearly, you can go home!

"Dian! Dian!" A small but eager shout spread from the end of a corridor in the Caoliang Wakan to this large and spacious Japanese room.Along with the shout, there was the sound of "Teng Teng" made by walking barefoot on the floor.

Sitting in the room, Masamu Tsuchiya gave a wry smile, and what came to mind was a bowl of steaming, fragrant white rice... because the person who shouted "Dian! Dian!" was the Tsuchiya family who was in charge of "begging rice". Important minister, the current Hitachi Tsuchiura "beggar" Masataka Kanamaru...

Of course, "begging for food" is not a permanent duty of the Tsuchiya family, and the Tsuchiura clan, which has a fief of [-] shi, is not so poor as to beg for food.At most, their family relied on the fact that the head of the family became the shogunate and did not pay back the debts.

But at the Caoliang Wakan, there really needs to be a Tsuchiya retainer who can put down his face and who can speak Chinese to discuss with the besieged Ming army outside for some food... So this important task was given to a close relative of Tsuchiya Masao (The ancestor of the Tsuchiya family came from the Kinmaru family in Koshu), and he also studied Confucianism with Shu Shunsui, so Masataka Kinmaru, who knew Chinese, was in charge.

Masataka Kanamaru did have a talent for begging. Every time he could get a little rice from the Ming army who besieged the Wakan, that's why he was dubbed "begging for food" by a group of samurai who couldn't beg for food but wanted to eat cheap food.

And today is the "working day" when beggars are enshrined... Listen to the hurried footsteps to see if it's time for dinner.

The footsteps and shouts became louder and louder, and the door of the Japanese room's entrance was pulled open at once.What caught the eyes of a group of high-ranking warriors whose stomachs were growling with hunger was Masataka Kanamaru, who was begging for food with an excited expression on his face. From his expression, did he want fish and meat?Did those unreasonable Ming soldiers show kindness?

Tsuchiya remained calm, while Jinwan gasped for several breaths, staring straight at his young master. After a while, he finally burst out: "Dian! The imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Quan Shangxia, has arrived at Pusanpo , let you go to Pusan ​​Pucheng and meet right away."

Great, this inexplicable "hungry meal incident" finally has a head!

All the high-ranking warriors in the room showed joy... They are all banner warriors with hundreds of Shijialu. Although they are not rich, they have no experience of starvation, and now they are killed by a group of flintlock guns. The Ming army was trapped in the Caoliang Japanese Pavilion and was starving, and they were not allowed to leave. What is this?

"Oh..." Masao Tsuchiya did not rush to get up, but looked at his retainers, and asked slowly: "Has the supply problem of Caoliang Pavilion been solved?"

What does he mean by this is the meal coming?

"It will be resolved soon!" Masataka Kanemaru said, "Master Quan said that as long as we can clarify Japan's alliance with the Qing Dynasty, the Netherlands, and Spain, as well as Japan's attitude towards Ming's merger with North Korea, and Japan's China's claim to the Ryukyu country...they will restore the supply and let us go back to the country."

"Baga!" Masao Tsuchiya stood up abruptly, and all the samurai in the room were startled by his actions and stared at him blankly.

One of the older Banner samurai asked gently: "Tsuchiya Temple... Is it forbidden to say these things? Has the shogunate issued any instructions in this regard?"

Tsuchiya glared at the old guy bitterly, and said coldly: "There is nothing that cannot be said about these things, but once it is made clear, war will be inevitable!"

"War? Tsuchiya Temple, is it possible that Ming will invade Ryukyu?"

Tsuchiya was almost annoyed by this old fool with a family salary of eight hundred stones, "It would be great if it was only Ryukyu!"

The Kingdom of Ryukyu was captured by Japan’s Satsuma Domain in the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. King Shang Ning and more than a hundred people were captured and imprisoned in Kagoshima for two years. Finally, they had to sign the "Fifteen Articles" and recognized the Satsuma Domain Control of Ryukyu.

In addition, the Ryukyu Kingdom had to send envoys to visit the shogunate in Edo, thus being incorporated into Japan's "Huayi System", and the Satsuma Fan set up "Zaiban Fengxing" in Naha, the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom. country to monitor.

Although Edo also gained the reputation of pioneering territory from the capture of Ryukyu by the Satsuma clan, it was the Satsuma clan who got the benefits.Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty "takes back" Ryukyu, there will be no actual loss to the Edo shogunate, but it will weaken the strength of the Satsuma clan.

What really caused the shogunate a headache in the past two years was not that the Ming army wanted to send troops to Ryukyu, but that the Ming army did not send troops and only fired guns. , Constantly packaging himself as an anti-Ming hero.It made the shogunate very passive, so they had to sing high-profile along with it.

Under such circumstances, when the Dutch, the Qing Dynasty and the Korean Kingdom proposed a joint resistance to the Ming Dynasty, the public opinion in Japan was of course overwhelmingly supportive.At this time, if powerful generals like Ieyasu, Hidetada, and Iemitsu are in power at this time, they will not be influenced by public opinion, and they will probably be able to make the right choice.