Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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So after repeated research, Kangxi only deployed a small number of troops in important places on the Jinzhou Peninsula such as Lushunkou, Huangniwa, Jinzhou City, and Nanguanling.Their main task was to delay the opponent's actions when the Ming army made a large-scale landing, and at the same time light the beacon fire on the beacon tower to alert Shengjing and Emperor Kangxi.

However, Kangxi would not allow the Ming army to march north without hindrance. His first nail was nailed very skillfully at the Daheishan in the northeast of Nanguanling!

If you look at it from the map, Daheishan looks like a door god, squatting outside Nanguanling to guard the Jinzhou Peninsula.Even if the Ming army seized the entire Jinzhou Peninsula, as long as they couldn't take down the Dahei Mountain, they would not be able to boldly go northward—the western foot of the Dahei Mountain is only a few miles away from the coastline, and it would be difficult for the Ming army to go around.

Even if they barely bypass the Daheishan and head north, the army's logistics line will always be under the blade of the Qing army in the Daheishan.

And the difficulty of defending Daheishan is more than an order of magnitude lower than deploying defenses at Huangniwa Bay and Lushunkou!

No matter how well built the bastion is, it cannot be compared to a mountain with dense vegetation!

There is also a mountain city named Beisha City on Dahei Mountain, which was built in the Goguryeo era. It is an excellent place to garrison troops.The city was built with stone walls along with the mountain, stretching for about ten miles, and it is magnificent and magnificent.The canyon in the city is winding, and the cliffs are surrounded by cliffs outside the city. Camps are set up in the city, and you can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat.

And the climate in Northeast China is very cold now!Every winter, the Dahei Mountain will be covered with heavy snow, making it very difficult for the army to enter and exit, and it is impossible to attack the city.And the snowmelt season in spring is difficult to enter because of the muddy mountain roads.

Basically, the Qing army guarding Beisha City only needs to survive the summer and autumn to be able to defend it for a whole year.

In addition, Emperor Kangxi also mobilized a military leader composed of Sauron soldiers and Barhu soldiers, and a military leader mainly composed of old Manchurians outside the pass to garrison Beisha City.

Among them, Sauron's soldiers and Barhu's soldiers are very suitable for fighting in the forest, sea and snow field. The little snow on Daheishan can't stop them from going down the mountain to attack the Ming army.

And the leader of the New Eight Banners Army composed of old Manchurians outside the pass received strict training in the use of muskets, sugar thunder and artillery, and was also equipped with a large number of flintlock guns, Weiyuan guns, sugar thunder, and went out to fight in the mountains. Maybe it's not enough to look at, but it's still hard to deal with staying in Beisha Mountain City.

Moreover, this group of old Manchurians, Sauron soldiers, and Barhu soldiers outside the customs are much more fierce and stubborn than the Eight Banners in Beijing, and their families and land are all on Shengjing's side, so guarding Beisha City is guarding their home!

The layout of the Qing army in Deliying City and Dupan Walled City is also similar to that of Beisha City. They are all a combination of old Manchurians outside the pass, Sauron soldiers, and Barhu soldiers. There are not many defenders, so Deliying City released one There are two participating leaders, and Dustpan Walled City also has two participating leaders.

Moreover, Deliying City and Dupan Walled City are also mountain cities stuck on the way of the Ming army's northward march.

Relying on these three mountain cities and less than 5000 old Manchu soldiers, Sauron soldiers, and Barhu soldiers, Kangxi is not particularly worried about how many Ming troops landed on the Jinzhou Peninsula... Of course, if Kangxi is unable to mobilize With reinforcements from the army, these three mountain cities will still be breached by the Ming army sooner or later.

After talking about it for a long time, Kangxi finally let out a sigh of relief: "It's winter now, and the rebels can't attack Beisha Mountain City at all. With Beisha City, Deliying City, and Dustpan Walled City blocked, it is impossible for them to step on the mountain city." As the snow goes north, we can only spend the winter at Lushunkou... next spring, there will still be snowmelt and mud. If we really want to fight, it will be almost summer. Even if the rebels can really fight, if they take down Beisha City in summer and Deliying City in autumn, I still have Dustpan village, if the rebels really want to break into the great plains around the Liaohe River, it will take the next year. Hehe, tens of thousands of troops dragged our thousands of people for two years on the Liaodong Peninsula. That's all there is to skill.”

"Emperor Shengming!"

The Minister of the South Study Room who has been fighting repeatedly in the North and becoming more and more stable as an official, University scholar Tu Hai is standing behind Kangxi with a bowed body at this moment.

In fact, he knew in his heart that in this round in Liaodong, there was no one who was not wise.Kangxi used a deserted Liaodong Peninsula, [-] elite soldiers, and three mountain cities to hold back the Ming army's tens of thousands of troops for two years, which is of course holy.

But on the other hand, the Ming army used tens of thousands of troops to spend two years, or even three years, to conquer the Liaodong Peninsula. Can you say that Zhu Hechi is not a saint?

After the Ming army conquered Liaodong, the Qing had to fight the main decisive battle with the Ming army on the Liaodong Plain... If this main decisive battle is ruined, the Qing will directly become a big gold, and it goes without saying in the days to come.

Kangxi smiled faintly, and a confident expression appeared on his pockmarked face, and the brows that had been slightly frowned before were also relaxed.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed a big mistake for the rebels to place tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Liaodong." Shengjing General Ba Hai was also standing behind Kangxi at the moment, "If these tens of thousands of troops are used in North Korea, our army may have to Abandoned and left."

Kangxi nodded and said with a smile: "If these tens of thousands of troops are stationed in Dengzhou, Prince An's [-] troops would be bloodied if they bumped into them! But the rebels sent them to Liaodong. The state is empty, and even Seoul is not real, this is really God bless me!"

"This is the emperor's prosperity!"

"The destiny is on my side after all!"

"After the chaos in the world is put down by the emperor, it must be a great order in the world!"

It was Suo'etu, Mingzhu and Tong Guogang who said these words.

Suo'etu was the uncle of the late Empress Xiaochengren, who was also the uncle of Kangxi's crown prince Yinreng.

Mingzhu has always been Kangxi's confidant, and she is good-looking, well-spoken, talented and knowledgeable, and Kangxi trusts her very much.

Tong Guogang is Kangxi's uncle and Emperor Kangxi's confidant.

In addition, the family backgrounds of these three people are all very good. Needless to say, Suo Etu is the son of the Minister of Gu Ming, Soni, and his disciples and old officials are all over the Qing Dynasty.Mingzhu is the grandson of Jin Taiji, Nurhachi's deadly rival, and a direct descendant of Yehebu.The Tong family behind Tong Guogang has a large number of people and a large number of talents.

These three people are now not only the ministers of the South Study Room, but also the ministers in charge of the Eight Banners New Army. They control the Zhenghuang, Xianghuang, and Zhengbai New Army for Kangxi, and they also hold a Wanhu Gushan in their hands.They are all powerful slaves!

Kang Mazi glanced back at the three of them, nodded and said, "You are right! As long as I can put an end to the current chaos, the world will be in order soon. Because the strength of our Eight Banners Army is far greater than any in the past. At that time... as long as the hypocrisy and rebels can be defeated, Burni and Luocha Kingdom in the northwest, Wu Yingxiong in the southwest, etc., are all no problem.

And to defeat the hypocrisy, now is the best time!Now that the Ming army in Dengzhou has crossed the sea, Prince An's army will definitely be able to take down Dengzhou.And since the puppet elite soldiers have gone to Liaodong, the North Korean soldiers must be fake.

So I have made up my mind... immediately send troops to Seoul, and fight to the death with the rebels in Seoul!The rise and fall of my Qing Dynasty took place in the two battles of Dengzhou and Seoul. I hope you will encourage me to fight to the death! "

Tuhai, Bahai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu and Tong Guogang knelt down together and shouted in unison: "The slaves are waiting to die!"

Chapter 546 Baturu per capita, every Wu Sangui!

North Korea, Seoul Prefecture, Goyang County.November thirteenth.

After three days of marching, the 30 Qing soldiers led by Emperor Kangxi have now arrived in Gaoyang County, which is only more than [-] miles away from the city wall of Seoul, and set up a camp along the Han River that is about to be frozen...

The presence of Emperor Kangxi is placed in the small Gaoyang County.

At this moment, in the main hall where the former Gaoyang County Government and the current emperor of the Qing Dynasty walked, they were all the ministers in charge of the Eight Banners and the Gu Shan Dutong, and several county kings of the Mongolian Zasak Banner.

The reason why they all wear yellow jackets is that they have given Baturu the number of bravery, and everyone has been rewarded with yellow jackets. It is really brave - this Baturu has just started "publishing" "At the time, whoever got one was as if he got some kind of treasure, which was more face-lifting.But if there are too many posts, those who are in charge of the army and lead the troops will have no face if they don't have Ba Tulu or a yellow jacket.So they will ask Kangxi for it!

If this matter happened to Emperor Kangxi in history, he had to be arrested and sent to Ningguta for labor reform.

Can Batulu and Huang Magua be asked for by themselves?This can only be given by the emperor, and the people below will follow.

But now Kangxi has to coax those army leaders, how much is a short Batulug plus a yellow jacket worth?How could he not give it?Besides, he gave so much, and those who didn't get it felt uncomfortable, felt neglected by the emperor, and the brothers below also felt ashamed...so let's give it!

It's just a matter of making concessions to the military leader, and it is very likely that you will not be able to stop at the beginning. It is easy to make more and more concessions, and eventually the military leader becomes a warlord!

However, the short-term benefits brought about by delegating power to the military leaders are still very impressive!For example, the combat effectiveness of the troops has been improved, while the maintenance cost of the troops has decreased.

I don't know if it was given to Batulu, the yellow jacket, or if he was about to be "spoiled" by Kangxi.These ministers, Du Tong and the county king are now speaking in a much rougher voice. Before Kangxi came, they were all chatting and laughing with each other loudly and vigorously.

Kangxi gathered an army of [-] this time, among which there were eight people from the Eight Banners New Army in Gushan, one for each banner, and [-] cavalry from the Four Leagues of Monan and Dongdao Mongolia, led by four princes. .

There are a total of twelve generals leading the army, plus twelve capital commanders or deputy capital commanders, a total of 24 people, and now the per capita yellow jacket, one is more airy than the other.

Including the four Mongolian Zasak kings, the troops they led have undergone radical changes in the past two or three years.

And the combat effectiveness of the troops, at least in their own opinion, has really been greatly improved!

In the process of dispatching troops to North Korea this time, experts like them who have brought veteran soldiers can feel it.The assembly speed and marching speed of the troops have been significantly improved, and they can also endure hardships.After entering North Korea, the several battles with the North Korean rebels were fought cleanly... all of them were won by big scores!

If one or two die on my side, the North Koreans will be beaten to death!

In these battles, the flintlock team of the Qing army relied on the fire support of the sugar or sugar-free flowering bullets fired by the Weiyuan artillery, and they could often approach the enemy easily, and then the opponent basically collapsed after a few bursts of gunfire.In the end, the Eight Banners cavalry came to the field to sweep the tail, and a charge battle was over.

In the battle of Pyongyang, the largest battle since entering the DPRK, the North Korean rebels defended the city, while the Qing army launched a strong attack on Mudantai, which is known as the natural danger.With the support of sugar bombs fired by Weiyuan artillery, the Qing army with flintlock guns only took a wave of charges to attack Mudantai. In less than an hour, the fortress in the north of Pyongyang was completely captured. Thousands of North Korean rebels were killed, but their own casualties were only more than a dozen people, most of whom were scalded by "golden juice" and hot porridge when they climbed the ladder.

At that time, those who guarded Pyongyang were all the regular army of the original Korean kingdom, and they were still under the banner of the Ming army. It is said that there were officers of the Ming army from Seoul who were in command, but the result was still so miserable.

This shows that the North Korean soldiers are just adou who cannot be supported... And that Zhu Heqi in Seoul (there are Zhu Hechi everywhere now, I don’t know who is real?), actually recruited a large number of North Korean soldiers, trying to make this group of only Knowing that a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death is carrying a flintlock gun and shooting at the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners, isn't this just for fun!

And the road from Kaesong to the south seems to prove that the advantage is on the side of the Qing Dynasty.

Because Seoul couldn't even send out a small group of harassing troops that delayed the Qing soldiers, the gateways to the north of Seoul, Imjin River, Paju, and Goyang County, simply gave up.

So everyone thinks that the chances of winning this time against Seoul are great... The emperor can say that if you defeat Seoul, you will not be sealed for ten days!

This benefit is obvious, can this group of Batulu's voices be kept from getting louder?

"The emperor is here!" Following the male-duck voice of Xiaoguizi's father-in-law, the group of Batulus in yellow jackets stopped immediately, and each and every one of them happily knelt down and saluted Emperor Kang Mazi who came in, shouting Long live.Then I heard Kangxi's voice that couldn't hide his smile: "Pingshen, Pingshen!"

Everyone got up, looked up at Kangxi with a smile on their faces, and saw Kang Mazi sitting on the throne in court clothes, smiling and twisting the court beads, his pockmarked face was full of victorious smiles.

Kangxi smiled and said: "I called everyone here today, just to discuss with you how to fight in this city? The weather is getting colder and colder these days, and the Han River is about to freeze... Although the Han River is frozen, it will be convenient for us to march , we can also walk around the ice surface of the Han River to the south bank of the Han River, and go directly to take down Namhan Mountain City. However, Zhu Heqi, who does not know the truth in the Hancheng City, may also give up the Han River and go south. The people in the Hancheng City may also follow Walk across the ice of the Han River and retreat towards Asan.

How about it?Do you think it should be done before the Han River freezes, or are you waiting for a few days until the Han River freezes? "

Wang Fuchen walked out of the class with a smile, then knelt down to Kangxi, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this slave advocates starting the war as soon as possible!"

Kangxi nodded, and asked again: "If the rebels stick to Seoul, can we break through the city as cleanly as we did when we attacked Pyongyang?"

Wang Fuchen said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan to force the thieves in Seoul to take the initiative or to abandon the city in a hurry."

"What's the best way?" Kangxi asked.

"The slave suggests that the emperor divide his troops into two groups. The main force can approach Seoul southward along the Han River. The slave leads the headquarters as a partial division and seizes Beihan Mountain." Wang Fuchen said, "Seoul is between the Beihan Mountain and the Han River. If Beihan Mountain is If I own it, Seoul will lose its barrier, and the Han River will freeze soon. Therefore, the rebels must either abandon the city in a hurry, or send troops to fight in a hurry.”

Kangxi asked again: "What if the rebels set up troops on Beihan Mountain first?"

Wang Fuchen patted his chest: "The slave is willing to guarantee with his life that he will definitely take Beihan Mountain for the Lord Long Live. But... the slave still wants to ask for a reward from the Lord Long Live for his son!"

This is to negotiate conditions!

Kangxi frowned slightly, and then glanced at the twenty or so "Batulu" in the hall, and saw that all of them had expressions of anticipation.

Needless to say, everyone wants to negotiate terms!

Thinking of this, Kangxi smiled boldly: "Tell me, what do you want? Do you want to be the first to enter the city to rob?"

"Your Majesty, I don't dare to think of such a good thing." Wang Fuchen smiled, "I just want to ask for a stay-at-home job for my brothers after the North Korea is pacified!"

You kid wants to be "Pingdong King"?Kangxi immediately understood that this Wang Fuchen wanted to be "Wang Sangui"!

However, Kang Mazi remained calm, just smiled and looked at the other ministers in charge of the army and Dutong present: "Tuhai, Bahai, Mingzhu, Suo'etu, Tong Guogang... What do you guys think? Do you want to stay?" Town North Korea?"

Ba Hai was the first to "kneel out" and said, "Your Majesty, it is enough for the servant to guard Shengjing for the Emperor."

Kangxi nodded, but immediately felt something was wrong...Stay in Shengjing?Isn't that just guarding one side?You are "Ba Kexi"!

"Your Majesty," Tu Hai continued Ba Hai's words, "after defeating North Korea, the servant is willing to take Wu Yingqi from Shaanxi for the Emperor!"

Kangxi said in his heart: "Well, your Tuhai, do you also want to be Tu Youde and Tu Jimao?"

Even though he thought so in his heart, Kangxi still had to smile on his face and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, with you good ministers guarding the Quartet for me, the Qing Dynasty can sit back and relax... Then I will follow what Wang Fuchen said , Tomorrow, we will divide our troops into two groups, press against Seoul together, force the rebels, let’s see if they will fight or leave?”

Chapter 547 Can You Fight?Rely on whom?

November [-]th, early morning.

Before dawn, a river composed of torches was flowing southward on the east bank of the Han River full of ice floes. It was mighty and unstoppable, and it was coming straight to Seoul.

Such a big movement, of course, would alarm the pacesetters of the North Korean Governor’s Yamen who were sentry at the Dunui Gate, the west gate of Seoul... So Zhu Heqi, who was sleeping soundly with Da Boling in his arms in the Daejo Hall of Changdeok Palace, was caught by a burst of " Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, the warning gong woke me up.

After waking up, he soon got a report from the Military Division of the Palace.So he didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly dressed neatly, and together with Da Boling, braved the howling northwest wind, and went straight to Dunyi Gate.

When Zhu Heqi and Da Boling, escorted by a group of frozen Cantonese guards, braved the severe cold of minus degrees to climb the Dunyimen tower, they found that the tower was already crowded with people.

Song Shilie, Yin Kai, Li Yongxi, Jin Xuan and other senior officials of the former Korean kingdom, as well as Ming army generals such as Hu Dedi, Su Zhanshan, Yu Xiaoqian, Ling Zongjun, Liu Yan, Ma Weixing, Zhao Desheng, etc., have all arrived.Princess Ming'an Li Wenji also arrived, wearing a white jacket trimmed with white fox fur on her upper body, a white moonlight dress on her lower body, and a white fox fur shawl, she looked like a very warm little fox , people have an urge to hold in their arms to keep warm.

"My lord is not good, the demon-clearing brigade is coming, there are [-] if not [-]!"

Just when Zhu Heqi was thinking of wrapping the "little fox princess" in his arms to keep warm, an old man with a white beard rushed to him, and the first thing he said was "the king is not good"...

This old man is Song Shilie who just paid homage to the deputy prime minister.

Old man Song is of course very satisfied with the position of Deputy Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, but he did not rush to Nanjing to take up the post, but has been following Zhu Heqi, discussing Neo Confucianism with him whenever he has time...not because of Apple. Mao's theory of physics, which falls to the ground and does not fly to the sky, is the Neo-Confucianism passed down by Zhu Xi.

Zhu Heqi nodded, with a confident smile on his face, "Okay! It's just in time... I already have five towns in my hands, enough to defeat Kangxi's [-] demons!"

Hearing what Zhu Heqi said, Song Shiye, Yin Kai, Li Yongxi, and Jin Xuan, the local officials in North Korea, were all taken aback.

Song Shilie said: "My lord, three of your five towns are newly built, and the proportion of Koreans among the officers and soldiers in the five towns is too high!"

Yin Kai, who insisted on the "Northern Expedition Theory" when he was an official for Li Yun in the early days, also quickly echoed: "My lord, if the five towns in your hand are composed of elite soldiers from the Ming Dynasty, of course you don't have to be afraid of a hundred thousand demons. But North Koreans account for half of the 6 people in these five towns..."

"Yes, yes, the North Koreans can't defeat the Qing Yao!" Li Yongxi said, "The previous battle in Pyongyang is a clear proof!"

Jin Xuan also said: "Your Majesty, you should retreat to Nanhan Mountain City as soon as possible!"

After hearing the words of these North Korean officials, Zhu and Qi were also a little strange-how did you agree?Shouldn't you be partying?Aren't you divided into the Southern Party and the Western Party?How did you unite this time?

Zhu Heqi couldn't figure out what the methods of the North Korean officials were, but he still wanted to hear Li Wenji's opinion, "Ming An, what do you think?"

"Me?" Li Wenji was taken aback.

Zhu Hechi nodded with a smile: "Ming An, when I inspected the towns for training in combat readiness these days, you followed me all the time. Do you think the North Koreans in the army can fight?"

Li Wenji shook her head, "Your Majesty, I can't tell who is a Korean by my identity... The soldiers of the Ming army all wear the same costumes, hold the same weapons, and form a shoulder-to-shoulder formation, and can advance and retreat according to the sound of the golden drum and the suona , it is really difficult to tell who is from North Korea.”

In fact, there is a big difference between the Koreans in the five towns of the Ming army stationed in Seoul and the officers and soldiers from the six provinces of the Ming Dynasty... Most of the former are joining the army for the first time, and the enlistment time is not long, except for some former third-hand The officers and soldiers, and others are recruits who have been in the army for about two months. They have just learned to use flintlock guns and make some simple tactical actions under the officer's password.The latter have completed at least three months of recruit training and three months of camp training, and a considerable number of them are veterans who have been in the army for one or two years.

However, when these veterans and recruits were joined together to form a leader (company-level) horizontal team, and then together to form a battalion-level large horizontal team, because the North Korean recruits were escorted and led by officers and veterans from the six local provinces, Therefore, it is normal for the inexperienced Li Wenji to be difficult to distinguish.

Zhu Heqi nodded, and looked at Yu Xiaoqian, Su Zhanshan, Ling Zongjun, Liu Yan, Ma Weixing, Zhao Desheng and other six people. Except for Yu Xiaoqian, who was the marching division, the rest were the commanders of the town.

"What do you think?"

Ling Zong's soldiers didn't speak much, and they were the first to answer: "Your Majesty, you can fight!"

Yu Xiaoqian also nodded and said: "The Korean recruits in the army have mastered the basic formation and spear stabbing skills, and they can also load and fire flintlock guns. Each of them has fired at least [-] live ammunition shots. Very good! I heard that the number of fusiliers in many Western countries could not be enough for several years!

And they can also fire a flintlock volley according to the sound of the suona and the command of the officer... This is considered a qualified infantry! "

Liu Yan, who beheaded Fuquan with his own hands, obviously looked down on the Qing army, and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, I also think it is possible to fight. The North Korean flintlock soldiers and pikemen are a bit inferior, but grenadiers, snipers Soldiers, artillery, cavalry are solid veterans, and most of the officers are good."

Su Zhanshan, the second-generation leader of the Su family general, also nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I also feel that I can fight..."