Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 153 Heilongjiang Estuary!Liberation of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun [seeking further reading]

Soon after, countless explorers and conquerors of Europa were eager to start their dream of conquering the world.

And the Rus people on the Eurasian continent will also embark on the road of barbaric expansion. The Mongols of the Golden Horde cannot contain the rise of the Rus people at all. Once these expansionist old men start to rise, the Ming Dynasty will Add a strong opponent on land.

Therefore, in order to better deal with competitors on land and sea in the future, the Ming Dynasty must take the Northeast, a barren land within easy reach, under its own control as soon as possible.

"Then what does His Highness mean, the Jurchens in the north must subdue them?" Mao Gui asked.

Zhu Han nodded and said with certainty: "That's right, we must not only conquer them militarily, but also psychologically, so that the Jurchens in these barren lands will accept the fact that they are citizens of the Ming Dynasty. Let them dedicate their loyalty to Daming."

Zhu Han's words showed that the conquest of the Jurchens in the north was not just in name.

What's more, it needs actual control.

"Your Highness, the last general is still worried about the difficulty of marching along the way!" Mao Gui said with some embarrassment.

Next to him, Liu Bowen and others also hurriedly explained to Mao Gui.

Their reasons are nothing more than that the roads are difficult to travel, the logistics supplies cannot keep up, and the forest, sea and snowfields in the northeast are normal. After the short summer, it will immediately become a place of bitter cold that cannot survive. Not enough for God to clean up.

"It's summer now, and those deep mountains and old forests are covered with lakes and swamps. There is no place for horse-drawn carts. If we only use people to carry horses, no amount of food and grass can be transported to the front line." Liu Bowen hurriedly persuaded from the side.

After hearing these words, Zhu Han smiled slightly.

"Since this road doesn't work, let's take another road!"

Mao Gui, Liu Bowen and the others were taken aback for a moment. They never knew that there was another road leading to the north.

And Mao Gui, who was at a loss, was even more puzzled. He had been dealing with the Jurchens for several years, but he had never heard of any other roads leading to the north.

"May I ask Your Highness, where is this road?" Mao Gui asked suspiciously.

Zhu Han immediately sent someone to fetch his battle map. He unfolded the map on the table and pointed, and said to Mao Gui, Liu Bowen and others.

"You see, this is the way to go!"

Mao Gui, Liu Bowen and others looked down and suddenly realized.

"Your Highness, did you mean the sea route?"

That's right, Zhu Han wanted to enter the outer northeast, and the way he wanted to go was to advance by sea.

There may be no roads at all in the swamps in the middle of the Northeast Great Plains, and without decades of land reclamation and construction, the Ming army would not even think about passing through it safely.

After all, today's Ming army is very dependent on supplies and artillery. These things are very heavy, and it is impossible to reach the battlefield ahead without those heavy carriages.

The road Zhu Han chose started from the seaport in the south of Liaonan, Shandong, bypassed the Koryo Peninsula, then crossed the Sea of ​​Whales, and headed north to the mouth of Heilongjiang.

As long as the Ming army builds a fortress base at the mouth of Heilongjiang, it can hoard a large amount of materials and equipment here.

Heilongjiang has plenty of water and many tributaries, and there is a water network throughout the outer northeast.

The Ming army can regard Heilongjiang as its own natural canal, and use the naval warships as tools to spread the power of the Ming army to various places in the outer northeast.

As long as there are sufficient logistical supplies and weapons and equipment, the Ming army is doomed to be invincible in this land, and it is only a matter of time before other Jurchen and other tribes are conquered.

When Zhu Han described his route of conquest by means of navy and warships, Mao Gui, Liu Bowen and others immediately admired him.

It's just that Mao Gui soon discovered another shortcoming.

"Your Highness, the water transportation in Heilongjiang is indeed convenient, but the bitterly cold place in the Northeast is frozen for most of the year, and the river must also be frozen. At that time, there is no way for ships to pass. What should we do? " Mao Gui asked.

"Haha, this is not a problem at all. If the rivers in the northeast are frozen, then they are natural roads. As long as I, Ming, are equipped with this new type of sled, I will be able to fly like the wind on the ice." Zhu Han said As he spoke, he took out a charcoal pen and quickly drew a model picture of a sled on the straw paper.

Mao Gui, Liu Bowen and others stepped forward, looked at it carefully, and immediately recognized the key points.

"Your Highness, I understand, this sled uses two teeth made of refined iron?" Liu Bowen asked looking at the picture above.

Zhu Han nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu is right. The sleds on this are all made of refined iron forged poles, which are stronger than the wooden ones used by the Jurchens, and can transport more goods and people. As long as there are enough cold-resistant horses and sled dogs, our Ming army can still travel unimpeded in the Heilongjiang area when the sky is freezing."

Zhu Han's strategy was basically the general method used by the later Tsarist Russia to conquer Siberia and the outer Northeast.

In history, Tsarist Russia took less than 100 years to expand.

It expanded from the Volga River all the way to the Greater Khingan Mountains in the outer northeast.

On that frozen snow field, the Cossacks of Tsarist Russia rode forward on horses in spring and summer, and attacked on special sledges in autumn and winter.

The fishing and hunting peoples in the entire Siberia and the outer northeast were unable to resist these Russian Cossacks who were advancing by leaps and bounds. With only a few hundred desperadoes, Tsarist Russia conquered tens of thousands of Siberian natives along the way and expanded 600 million square kilometers soil of.

Therefore, Zhu Han naturally took over the means of transportation used by the Tsarist Russian Cossacks without hesitation.

As long as the Ming army uses its powerful navy to establish a base camp at the mouth of Heilongjiang, it can then use horses and sleds to completely conquer the local Jurchen and other tribes along the Heilongjiang River.

As for the subsequent enlightenment, which is actually assimilation, it couldn't be easier for the Ming Dynasty. In the matter of assimilating the barbarians, the Chinese civilization is not much higher than the Tsarist Russia.

"Hu Dahai!" Zhu Han shouted.

Hu Dahai, who had been listening for a long time, immediately realized that his opportunity to make contributions had come.

During the Ming army’s Northern Expedition to the Mongols, almost all infantry and cavalry were making meritorious deeds. In addition to transporting troops and supplies, the navy under the command of Hu Dahai was just a spectator during the whole process. The entire Ming navy was full of indignation Seeing the infantry and cavalry being rewarded for their meritorious deeds, they can only be greedy.

"Your Highness, the end is here!"

Hu Dahai responded immediately.

Zhu Han pointed to the map on the table and said to Hu Dahai.

"You have heard what I said just now. This king has decided to set up the Haidong Protectorate in Heilongjiang. With you Hu Dahai as the chief protector of Haidong Protectorate, all the soldiers, supplies and equipment in the Haidong Protectorate It is necessary for you to lead the naval warships to transport there, and you will also be responsible for setting up forts and deploying troops here in the early stage!" Zhu Han said.

Hu Dahai immediately became excited when he heard this.

The map on the table clearly shows that it is a very vast land.

Almost as big as half of the Central Plains.

If I can conquer such a large piece of land, what a great feat I have made, enough for the descendants of the old Hu family to benefit endlessly!
Moreover, His Royal Highness has given Hu Dahai full trust in this matter. The Haidong Metropolitan Protectorate started from scratch, and Hu Dahai was in charge of almost all of it independently.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the last general will fulfill his mission!" Hu Dahai said immediately.

Under Zhu Han's instruction, Hu Dahai immediately used the navy as the main force to gather troops from southern Liaoning and Dengzhou, Shandong, and marched towards the mouth of Heilongjiang.

This distance is actually very far, but because of the chart guidance given by Zhu Han, it took less than a month for Hu Dahai to lead the Daming Navy to find a very suitable base at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River.

By June of the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Han had already received Hu Dahai's performance.

The Ming army has built a fortress that has begun to take shape at the mouth of Heilongjiang.

As the headquarters of the Haidong Protectorate, the Ming army deployed more than 1000 troops in this fortress, hoarded a large amount of food, weapons and ammunition, and built a simple pier by the sea.

The surrounding Jurchen tribes were all terrified when they saw the Ming army suddenly appearing at this moment.

These tribes have different attitudes towards the Ming army. Some tribes are hostile to the Ming army, and even repeatedly attacked the scouting cavalry of the Ming army outside, while some tribes approached the Ming army on their own initiative and used the golden animal skins in their hands to attack the Ming army. Waiting to trade with the Ming army in exchange for rare items such as salt and sugar.

So in order to establish Daming's prestige here, Hu Dahai launched two campaigns in succession.

Annihilated several small tribes around who dared to offend the Ming army, demonstrating the thunderous methods of the Ming army.

And for those fishing and hunting tribes who are willing to cooperate with themselves.

Hu Dahai sent people to give them a lot of food, salt, sugar and medicinal materials, and also absorbed them into the Ming army's sequence and compiled them into auxiliary soldiers.

In less than two months.

It was here that Hu Dahai gave both kindness and power, initially establishing a new order led by Ming Dynasty.

June tenth.

Zhu Han led his guards to Fuzhou. From here, he will take a sea boat to Hebei to witness the last moment of his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang's march into Dadu.

After the Northern Expeditionary Army of Daming Middle Road led by Zhu Yuanzhang captured Hejian Mansion Baoding, no one could stop the Ming army from entering Dadu.

The Mongolian and Yuan courts had already fled from Dadu in a hurry, leaving almost only an empty city.

Many Han people in Dadu City gathered spontaneously, drove away the remaining Mongolian officials and soldiers, took control of the city defense inside and outside Dadu City, and quickly sent people south to send a letter of dedication to the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

The Han Dynasty lost the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures since the Five Dynasties period, and now they are finally recovering.

At such a famous moment in history, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally would not forget to let Zhu Han come. He issued three imperial decrees in succession, urging Zhu Han to hurry up and enter the metropolis together with him.

Zhu Han couldn't resist the insistence of his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, so he had no choice but to go to Hebei.

On the wharf in Fuzhou, Zhu Han met Hu Dahai and others.

"Hu Dahai, what are you going to transport?" Zhu Han asked Hu Dahai as he pulled Hu Dahai from the side.

After hearing Zhu Han's question, Hu Dahai said in a flaunting tone, "Your Highness, our Haidong capital is too big now, and one person and one horse are not enough. No matter how many times I come to Fuzhou this time, Carry five hundred horses back!"

"I have read the battle report you sent me several times. You have done a good job. You must not be soft-hearted to these Jurchen tribes. Kill what you deserve, and win what you deserve. Don't let them think that I am weak and can be bullied." Zhu Han nodded beside him and said.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the general has always kept His Highness's teachings in mind. This time, if we transport another five hundred horses back, we will be able to defeat two disobedient savage tribes." Hu Dahai said with a smile.

"Oh, aren't these two savage tribes very disobedient?" Zhu Han asked.

Hu Dahai smiled, "Your Highness, these two savage tribes are not very disobedient, but they are really unlucky. The subordinates of the last general found a huge gold mine on their territory. If a savage tribe is eradicated, wouldn't this gold mine be shared by them?"

Zhu Han understood the reason, so he just smiled and stopped talking. It was just some unlucky tribe of savages, not worthy of his concern.

This time Hu Dahai transported [-] horses and used [-] warships.

After leaving Fuzhou, this fleet first passed Dengzhou, Shandong, and then circled the southernmost tip of the Koryo Peninsula.

After the fleet entered the Whale Sea, they suddenly discovered that the weather on the sea began to gradually become worse.

Hu Dahai's fleet ventured to sail in summer, and finally encountered bad luck.

A storm is coming!
Dark clouds covered the sky, and the storm raged on the sea as if it would never stop.

The monstrous waves shook the boat like a leaf.

Hu Dahai's fleet was drifting forward aimlessly in this storm. In order to prevent the ship from capsizing, they had lowered all the sails, and some ships had cut off the main and tail booms in order to lower their center of gravity. .

A sailboat that cannot rely on the wind can only rely on its own luck to sail aimlessly in the storm.

"God, please open your eyes, we, more than 1000 people, can't die here!" Hu Dahai stood at the bow of the ship and watched the terrible storm outside, praying inwardly.

Their team all use fast sailing ships, their size is limited, and their ability to withstand damage in the storm is also very limited. Once the storm continues, these ships will fall apart sooner or later. Will go into the sea to feed the fish.

However, God did not stop the violent storm because of Hu Dahai's prayer. After a day and a night, the storm gradually became smaller, but the rain still kept falling.

(End of this chapter)