Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1036 The Great Migration

With the galloping horseshoes, the news of the Ming army's recovery of Shenyang was quickly transmitted back to Beijing, and then spread across the country at an extremely fast speed through messengers. Soon, there were deafening cheers from all over the country, both inside and outside the Great Wall. In Tianjin, Beijing, Jinan, Taiyuan, Kaifeng, Nanyang, Luoyang and other places, parades and celebrations with tens of thousands of people were even held.The people of Nanyang and Luoyang released more than 10 lanterns at night to celebrate the final fall of the most terrible enemy of the Ming Dynasty.The people in Kaifeng and Tianjin made hundreds of small boats, each with a bright light on it, and sailed down the river in the night, to celebrate the victory, and to pray for no more wars .

Once there is war in the north, the people who suffer the most are always the people in Henan and Hebei.

Emperor Longwu fulfilled his promise: Ma stepped into Shenyang, killed Manqing, and washed away the shame of the fall of the capital.Needless to say, the people all over the country are rejoicing. They don't have to worry about when the terrible enemy in the north will break through again and enter the people who killed them and rob them of their belongings, and they don't have to pay bloody for that scene anymore. The war bears a heavy tax.When Emperor Longwu issued an edict to the world through newspapers, declaring that Jiannu had been destroyed and Liao pay would no longer be collected, people cheered wherever the sun shone.And when Emperor Longwu then announced that all the land in Liaodong was unclaimed, that people with poor or little land in the pass could immigrate to Liaodong, and that the government distributed seeds, cattle, and agricultural tools for free, the cheers almost shook the sky.

It's not easy. For the war in Liaodong, they have endured heavy taxes for decades, and their bone marrow has been sucked dry. Now it is finally rewarding!
There were thunderous cheers from the people, but the reaction of the imperial court center to the capture of Shenyang was a bit dull, because it was an expected victory.The six elite regiments of the Heluo New Army and Tianxiong Army were all on top, plus the Panjin Army who was determined to revenge, not to mention that the skeleton of the Qing Army was smashed by Yang Menglong. Wan couldn't resist such a powerful offensive, and the outcome was doomed from the moment Heluo Xinjun and Tianxiong's army left the customs, even if they won, there was nothing to be excited about.Emperor Longwu took the victory report and said: "Shenzong, Xizong, and Sizong can finally rest in peace." He held a simple but grand model, dedicated to the Taimiao, and then what to do.Of course, after the army triumphantly returned, he would still reward the three armies. No matter how you say it, he had wiped out Daming's powerful enemy. This couldn't be worse.

To be honest, Yang Menglong and Zhu Yujian were not satisfied with the result of the battle of Shenyang. Although the battle was resolved in less than three days, which can be described as extremely fast, they failed to capture Huang Taiji's harem, especially the pregnant concubine Zhuang. He didn't catch Pu Luo either.It is not a big deal for others to run away, but it is very troublesome for Concubine Zhuang and Pu Luo to run away. The former conceived the flesh and blood of Huang Taiji, and she is also a strong political woman. The woman is very likely to integrate the remnants of the banner people; and the latter is a heroic general who took thousands of elite soldiers with him when he fled. It is possible to become the number one figure among the bannermen. It has to be said that such a combination is always a hidden danger for Daming.Therefore, Zhu Yujian issued an edict to Liaodong, asking the soldiers of the three armies to make persistent efforts, plow the hole to sweep the snow, and must capture Concubine Zhuang and Pu Luo, so that there will be no future troubles. If you can't live, you can die!
The Tianxiong Army and the Guan Ning Army could not stay outside the pass for a long time. After defeating Shenyang, except for Yan Yingyuan and his army who stayed in Shenyang, the other five armies all retreated to Shanhaiguan and the Beijing-Tianjin area.Yan Yingyuan and his regiment stayed in Shenyang to adapt to the northeast climate while waiting for immigrants from the pass.His legion will stay in the Shenyang area for two years, and after two years, he will bring at least 2000 immigrants to the Alchuka Fortress (today's Harbin area), where he will establish the Nuergan Dudu Mansion and guard it for the Ming Dynasty. Gateway to the Northland.Li Weiluan was entrusted with the task of eliminating the remaining resistance forces of the Bannermen and chasing down Concubine Zhuang and Pu Luo. He and his Liaodong soldiers hated the Bannermen so much that they had waited for many years for today. Like chicken blood, each with [-] people, divided into eight groups to carry out the most thorough sweep of the area occupied by the Bannermen, and those barbarians who were servants of the Bannermen were not spared. Day does not fight.The bannermen and their servants are still extremely brave, but facing the Ming army, which is several generations ahead of them in terms of equipment and tactics, it is useless to rely on bravery alone. Their resistance was ruthlessly smashed by muskets and cannons, and one village after another After being razed to the ground, a group of leaders were killed or captured, and then executed after being tortured. The Ming army's revenge was extremely cruel. They wanted to let all the ethnic groups in the Northeast know the fate of going against Ming!
Of course, Li Weiluan did not kill indiscriminately. While ruthlessly suppressing all those who dared to resist, he also stretched out his warm hands to those tribes who had longed for Ming Dynasty, and presented them with large quantities of ironware, cloth, and food. , farm tools, and many exquisite luxury items were given to the tribal leaders, giving them the status of servants of the Ming Dynasty, allowing them to send troops to fight side by side with the Ming army, and crusade against those tribes who occupy the mountains as kings.Many tribes fell to Ming Dynasty and enthusiastically sent warriors to fight side by side with the Ming army. In the end, Ming army soldiers were rarely seen on the battlefield between the white mountains and the black waters. They were all commanded by several Ming army officers. Thousands and hundreds of barbarian warriors are besieging and beating the barbarians who refuse to obey the king—of course, those barbarian soldiers who obey the command of the Ming army officers firmly refuse to admit that they are barbarians outside the Huai Dynasty. They firmly believe that they are the authentic Ming army Soldiers, calling them barbarians is the greatest insult to them.

Countless primitive people surrendered and countless primitive villages were leveled. The barbarians living in the dense forests either surrendered or were forcibly moved out of the forests after defeat and moved to the plains to establish villages and towns and live a farming life. Those who refused to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty either became To eat a delicious meal from the wild beasts in the forest is to leave their hometown and embark on a long migration road.No one knows how many people were forced to migrate and how many people fell on the migration road, and no one cares.The Ming Dynasty has used its own experience to prove that "if you fall behind, you will be beaten." The Ming Dynasty just lagged behind the bannermen in its military system, so it almost perished. Those barbarians who are still in the primitive social stage are not on the same level as the Ming Dynasty. It is best to surrender. If you choose not to submit, your family will be ruined. This world is so cruel.

However, the Ming army failed to capture Pu Luo and Concubine Zhuang.The migration speed of the bannermen along this route was very fast. When the Ming army was busy pacifying the tribes of Sauron, they built a pontoon bridge to cross the Ussuri River, came to Vladivostok, and easily conquered the locals.After the Ming army arrived, they resolutely burned the pontoon bridge, took the looted population and supplies and continued to migrate north.The chasing troops were too few in number, and the rainy season had come and the river was soaring, making it extremely difficult to build ships or build bridges to cross the river. Therefore, Mao Yongjun, who had finally chased to the edge of the Wusuli River, could only look across the Wusuli River. Looking at the billowing smoke from the village on the opposite bank, I sighed.

Guan Ning's army, who was assisting in the battle, arrived shortly afterwards. They were eager to perform their duties and built more than a dozen small boats using driftwood, regardless of the rough waves on the river. More than 1000 people crossed the river in such small boats and launched a pursuit.As expected, a few days later they were ambushed by Pu Luo. At the end of the road, the Qing army fought extremely crazily. Some guys were still roaring and charging even after being hit with several bullets. Some even stabbed several bayonets through their bodies. Still swinging their swords to kill, the Guan Ning Army, after changing their uniforms, had the same weapons and equipment as the Heluo New Army and Tianxiong Army, but did not have their steel-like record and indestructible will. They were immediately frightened to death. They threw down their guns and fled, but there were ambushes on all sides, where could they escape?In just half a day, the team of more than 1000 people was completely wiped out. The pursuit had no effect. More than 1000 rifled flintlock guns and a large number of bullets and grenades were given to the Qing army in vain.After Mao Yongjun crossed the Wusuli River, all he saw was dead bodies on the ground. As for weapons and ammunition, there were no weapons and ammunition left. He was so angry that he stamped his feet and cursed Guan Ningjun as a pig teammate!

Criticism is irrelevant, but the facts cannot be ignored: the occupation of Vladivostok is already the limit of the Ming army. The Qing army can continue to migrate north without a rear to fight, but the Ming army can't.In desperation, Mao Yongjun ordered to stop the pursuit, establish a stronghold in Vladivostok and immigrate here, first to accumulate strength, and then continue to chase.

Pu Luo was lucky enough to get a respite. After learning that Mao Yongjun hadn't chased him again, he slowed down, attacked the tribes along the way while migrating, and tried his best to absorb the population.Now the number of banner people is too small. It is not easy to survive in this cruel land. The best way is to expand. The more people you have, the higher the chance of survival.Suffering from the huge gap in equipment and tactics, the Qing army could not fight against the Ming army, but it couldn't be easier to deal with those primitive tribes living in the Siberian wasteland. Thousands of Qing troops swept across Siberia like a gust of wind, and countless people They died because of them, and countless people embarked on a migration journey because of them.

But the Siberian wasteland was not a deserted land. Soon, the Qing army encountered a strong opponent: the fierce Cossacks.

At this time, Tsarist Russia was also trying its best to expand to the east. A large number of adventurous and bloodthirsty Cossacks rode on warriors, armed with muskets, scimitars and axes, and rushed to the east. The stronghold of the series, the indigenous people living in Siberia are definitely not their opponents, they were either expelled or massacred.When the Qing army moved westward, it happened to collide with the Cossacks...

In the original historical time and space, the Qing Dynasty allowed Tsarist Russia to bully enough. From Kangxi to Puyi, they almost never took advantage of it.But Pu Luo is not afraid of these brats... Besides, it's useless even if you are afraid, you can't escape back to Vladivostok, right?In order to fight for a way out, let's fight, if you don't fight, you can only be extinct.

A series of fierce battles broke out.

The result of the fierce battle was one-sided.It's not that the Qing army has equipment advantages. Of course the Qing army has equipment advantages - just destroying the Guan Ning army allowed them to seize more than 1000 and 6000 rifled flintlock muskets, tens of thousands of bullets and With more than [-] grenades, Pu Luo used these weapons to equip a full-armed guard army, which is a terrifying force.But Puluo also knew very well that every time one of these ammunition was used, one would be lost, so he used this power sparingly, and never used guns in battles that could be solved with hand-to-hand combat.The tactics of the Cossack cavalry were similar to those of the mainstream European revolving cavalry at this time, which was to charge close to the enemy on horseback and then shoot with a pistol. After firing a shot, they would retreat to reload, charge again, and wait until the opponent was disorganized by shooting with the pistol before rushing forward. Hacking with a saber is a relatively advanced cavalry tactic in Europe.But Pu Luo said that I was fighting advanced cavalry tactics like yours. He ordered the Qing cavalry to throw away their bows and arrows when fighting the Cossacks. All the cavalry armed with five-meter spears lined up in a dense formation to face the Cossacks' muzzles. Charge until the spear pierces the Cossack's chest!After one round, the Cossack pissed all over, indicating that they had never seen such a fearless guy!Of course, there are very few Cossacks who survived a round and shouted, "I'm so scared." Most of them were trampled into the ground by the Qing cavalry.

The Cossacks, who are accustomed to fighting alone and relying on personal bravery to win, met their nemesis this time. They had no chance to display their superhuman martial arts, and they were stabbed off the horse by long spears. useless.What frustrates them the most is that the formidable bastion in Europe seems to have lost its due function. These guys with money rattails dig trenches and approach the bastion, throw powerful grenades, and then charge.The grenades they threw were too terrifying. One hit would cause a large number of casualties, and it would also cause fires in the wooden bastions. The bastions built by the Cossacks were extremely fragile under their attacks, and they were destroyed one by one.On the banks of the Shilka River, the Cossacks gathered more than [-] people and launched a decisive battle with the Qing army to determine the ownership of the Siberia region. The Qing army fought with [-] infantry and [-] cavalry.The encirclement of the Qing army charging like a wall broke the formation of the Cossack cavalry in an instant, and even swept away the rear of the Cossacks. The Cossacks were forced to abandon their horses and fight on foot. A round of hand grenades exploded into blood and flesh, and then they were stabbed into idiots by thousands of dense spears... For the Cossacks who are accustomed to using machetes and axes, the heavy infantry of the Qing army with the assistance of grenadiers The formation is indestructible, and attacking is tantamount to death; the heavy cavalry of the Qing army are also unstoppable, and escaping is also death!After a bloody battle, [-] Cossacks and their servants were wiped out, and only less than a hundred escaped.

However, the casualties of the Qing army under Pu Luo's command were less than a hundred.

The Battle of the Shilka River almost ruined all the achievements of Tsarist Russia's expansion to the east. For a long time, they would not be able to muster the strength and courage to fight the brutal Qing army.The Qing army finally won a foothold - no one would have any objection to their settlement in the Siberian wasteland.

Except for the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)