Chapter 202 The punishment of foot binding leads to bankruptcy

Author: tx Cheng Zhi

Chapter 202 The punishment of foot binding leads to bankruptcy

Chapter 201

Huang Taiji knew very well that the consequences of the failure of the Battle of Liaoyang were very serious. In the final analysis, it was the myth that the Jin Kingdom lost its Jurchens and was not able to fight if they were dissatisfied with thousands of Jurchens. The Eight Banners elites were no longer invincible in the eyes of their former defeated generals.

rival!

The consequences of this are quite serious, because grassland nomads have always had milk, and enemies they cannot defeat will actively join in, just like the Huns and Xianbei during the Han Dynasty, and the Turks during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Whether it is the Xiongnu or Xianbei,

Or the Turks, both rose very quickly and collapsed very suddenly.

The prairie people's intuition about power is very accurate. Once they find that the force they have surrendered to begins to weaken, they will immediately turn their backs. Rebellion is considered a light thing, and attacking in groups is the way for the prairie wolf tribe to survive!

After the defeat in the Battle of Liaoyang, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and persisted, no matter the ice and snow, the lack of food and grass, the lack of men and horses, and transferred more than 4,000 elites from the 40,000 surviving Jianzhou elites. These four thousand

Among the remaining elites, there are as many as 640 white-armored soldiers. This is also the only white-armored soldier left in Dajin.

Therefore, Huang Taiji made a huge gamble. If the expedition to the Chechen Khan tribe failed, Daikin would collapse instantly. For this expedition, Huang Taiji personally led the army and even killed more than 5,000 war horses to use as military rations.

These more than 5,000 war horses, if it were in the past, building slaves would not be a big deal, but after the defeat of Liaoyang, the entire country of Daijin only had more than 50,000 war horses, and one-third of them were ponies.

Qi was unable to fight at all. However, Huang Taiji was like a gambler who lost his eyes and lost all the wealth of the Jin Kingdom in one fell swoop.

This time, Huang Taiji won the bet.

The Khan King of Chechnya is called Shuolei. He was originally Lin Dan Khan's ally and brother-in-law. This Lin Dan Khan, I have to say, is a strange thing. Lin Dan Khan was also a famous figure in the history of the late Ming Dynasty. He was nominally the

The co-leader of the various Mongolian tribes and the master of the Chahar tribe is determined to unify the various Mongolian tribes and restore the glory of the Genghis Khan era.

However, this "Genghis Khan" was very unlucky. He encountered the rise of Hou Jin early and inevitably broke out in war with Hou Jin. Then he was defeated and fled again and again. Like Chongzhen, he was completely Huang Taiji's sandbag.

, punch twice when you are in a good mood, kick twice when you are in a bad mood.

When the Jin Dynasty was strong, he adopted the strategy of uniting with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Jin Dynasty, which was wise. However, after repeated defeats, he unexpectedly sent troops to loot the nine border areas of the Ming Dynasty in an attempt to get some compensation from the Ming Dynasty. This kind of move

He can only be described as "mentally retarded". Not only did he fail to save his tribe, but he also turned himself into a target for both the Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

Because in January of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Lin Dan Khan marched eastward to the Xilamulun River and attacked the Alukorqindalai Chuhu'er pasture that had surrendered to Jiannujin. Chuhu'er was defeated by Lin Dan Khan and more than 8,000 people were killed.

He asked Huang Taiji for help. Huang Taiji led the slave-building elite and joined forces with the Mongolian Horqin tribe, with a total of more than 40,000 men and horses to attack Lin Dan Khan. Lin Dan Khan's tribe only had more than 20,000 horsemen, and their equipment was very poor, so they were defeated by Huang Taiji.

, was forced to flee westward.

As Lin Dan Khan fled to Qinghai, Lin Dan Khan's rule in Mongolia also collapsed instantly. Lin Dan Khan's original ally, his brother-in-law Shuo Lei Jinong, took the opportunity to declare himself Chechen Khan, and Lin Dan Khan's subordinates Uzhumuchin and Sunit

, Haochite and other troops took refuge in him.

Under this situation, Shuolei was actually very nervous. He was ready to escape at any time. However, the news of Huang Taiji's defeat came in the Battle of Baliwan. Shuolei was thinking about forming an alliance with Cheng Shijie, but because of the heavy snow

The reason is that he wants to send people south after the beginning of spring.

However, Shuolei did not expect that when Huang Taiji was seriously injured, he led more than 4,000 elites to raid the Barhu Grassland (now northwest of Hulunbuir City), the temporary residence of his Khan Court. When Huang Taiji led the army to attack,

At that time, Shuolei was completely unprepared, and the elite Mongolian troops he had gathered were scattered to various places.

In this way, Huang Taiji successfully raided Shuolei's tent and killed more than 2,000 Shuolei's horsemen. Shuolei fled in confusion at first, gathering his troops while escaping.

In February of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Shuolei gathered nearly 30,000 Mongolian cavalry in Kukuhetun (named "Guihua City" by the Ming court) to launch a decisive battle with Huang Taiji. It was a pity that Shuolei fell into Huang Taiji's plan.

, Huang Taiji saw that Shuolei had gathered a large number of troops, so he pretended to retreat.

Huang Taiji first retreated towards Liaodong at a speed of fifty or sixty miles a day. On the third day, Huang Taiji's troops were already more than 200 miles away from Kuku and Tun. Shuolei once again relaxed his vigilance. As a result, Huang Taiji stayed day and night.

He went out and spent a night returning to Kukuhe Tun. More than 600 white-armored soldiers under his command had been lurking near Kukuhe Tun. There was no shortage of people and horses, and they launched a night attack on Kukuhe Tun.

It is said that no matter how powerful the white-armored soldiers are, there are more than 30,000 Mongolian cavalry in Kukuhetun. How many people can the white-armored soldiers under Huang Taiji kill even if they are exhausted? But the problem is that there is chaos under Shuolei's command in the dark night, and the slaves are well-equipped, the Mongolians

The weapons of the cavalry could not cause damage to the white-armored soldiers. This kind of battle made the Mongols very desperate.

In desperation, Shuolei surrendered to Huang Taiji.

After the battle in Kukuhetun, the various Mongolian tribes who originally had different ideas understood one thing. Although the Ming army could defeat the Jiannu, the Jiannu still had no problem in dealing with the Mongols.

In this case, Huang Taiji not only stabilized the military morale of Mongolia, its main ally, but also used Shuolei's wealth to survive the most difficult moment.

With the food of cattle and sheep seized from the Chechen Khan, the Jiannu no longer had a food crisis. But the problem is that the biggest problem of Shenyang, the capital of the Jin Dynasty, is that it is too close to Liaodong.

As the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, Lushun is only over 400 kilometers away from Shenyang, which is over 800 miles away. As the administrative center of Liaodong, Jinzhou is only over 360 kilometers away, which is over 700 miles away.

The distance from Liaoyang controlled by Cheng Shijie is only 80 kilometers, which is more than 170 miles. If Cheng Shijie wants to attack Shenyang, with Ning Haijun's marching speed, he can even do it in the morning and in the evening.

This made Huang Taiji very insecure. If it were before the Battle of Baliwan, Huang Taiji would not have worried about this problem, because "if there are less than ten thousand Jurchens, they will be invincible!" With this powerful political legacy, even if he was released in Shenyang

With 20,000 troops, the Ming Dynasty did not have an army of 100,000 and did not dare to think of attacking Shenyang.

But the problem is, with the defeat of Bali Bay, the defeat of Liaozhong, and the Battle of Liaoyang, Ning Haijun used tough and brutal methods to tear off the disguise of Jiannu.

In fact, this cannot be regarded as a pretense of Jiannu. They are really powerful. Huang Taiji knows it very well. Without the myth that "the Jurchens are less than ten thousand, they are invincible", the offensive and defensive positions of Dajin and Ming Dynasty changed instantly.

Now that Cheng Shijie had strong soldiers and horses, he got news that Emperor Chongzhen sent Cheng Shijie fifteen guards and eight independent thousand-household stations, which was nearly one hundred thousand troops.

According to the past, he could easily deal with the nearly 100,000 Ming army by sending out at most one banner, which was tens of thousands of Jiannu cavalry. However, now, if Cheng Shijie attacks Shenyang, he will have to garrison a large number of troops in Shenyang City.

But the problem is that Jiannu still has about 40,000 troops when he is full, and quite a few of them have great fear of the Ming army. He is really afraid that Cheng Shijie will lead the army to attack Shenyang.

He was stationed in Shenyang, but he did not have the strength to feed a huge army. Each unit had to feed its own army. For this reason, Huang Taiji became thinner day by day. He has now grown from a fat old man to a strong old man.

That's right, his saddle was originally an extra-large size, otherwise it wouldn't be able to fit his fat ass. But now it's better. He can ride a normal saddle, and he has successfully lost weight.

However, Huang Taiji couldn't laugh.

Faced with Huang Taiji's hidden worries, Fan Wencheng was very relaxed: "King Khan, you don't have to worry!"

"How can this make King Khan not worry?"

Huang Taiji looked at the huge map in front of him. This was the defense map of the Ming army. Of course, this was not the real defense map of the Ning Navy, but the defense map of the Fifteen Guards and Eight Thousand Households.

Now there are 8,000 households in the Fifteen Guards. From the east of the Liao River to the south of the Taizi River, from west to east, fifteen new guard posts have been established. This makes Huang Taiji very worried.

Fan Wencheng explained: "King Khan, what would King Khan think if Cheng Shijie continued to order the pursuit when he was in Liaoyang?"

"The consequences could be disastrous!"

"Then why didn't Cheng Shijie pursue him?"

"Is it difficult for the Ming army to sustain food and grass?"

"No!"

Fan Wencheng said solemnly: "Cheng Shijie is not short of food and grass, and he is not short of soldiers and horses. The reason why he did not pursue us is actually very simple. Cheng Shijie knew how to stop when he was ready!"

Huang Taiji understood.

Cheng Shijie is also playing tricks on the bandits.

In fact, if Li Chengliang didn't play to support the bandits, then Nurhachi would not have the chance to raise an army with the Seven Hatreds. Now Cheng Shijie has become the original Li Chengliang.

Huang Taiji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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In mid-April of the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, the warm spring breeze blew green across the land of Liaodong. After a long cold winter, the dormant life began to sprout with vitality again. The solid ice in the river had already turned into rushing water, and the river banks, The fields, mountains, forests, and swamps are all green again, with brilliant mountain flowers, dancing butterflies and orioles, and a clear sky and clear water.

After following Zhu Weiti to southern Liaoning, they learned that Cheng Shijie had five adopted sons and daughters, namely Cheng Shi, Cheng Hu, Cheng Jing and Cheng An Ning.

The youngest one is Xiao Jiaxin.

When Zhu Weiti saw little Jiaxin for the first time, she liked her very much. At this time, little Jiaxin could already run around, and because of Cheng Shijie's pampering, little Jiaxin was not like most children of this era. , she seemed very bold.

The first time I saw Princess Zhu Weiti, I looked at her with big watery eyes and said, "Who are you and why do you come to my house?"

When Zhu Weiti asked Xiao Jiaxin to call her mother, Xiao Jiaxin asked instead: "What are the benefits of calling you mother?"

In the end, with Zhu Weiti's bribe of three cakes, Xiao Jiaxin became Zhu Weiti's daughter, and Yang Yunniang became Xiao Jiaxin's aunt.

As spring blossomed, Cheng Shijie also felt that he had been very busy at work recently and it was time to relax. His suggestion was agreed by Yang Yunniang, Jin Qiaoer, Yang Waner, Wang Wei and others.

Cheng Shijie's so-called spring outing was actually to inspect the farm conditions in various parts of southern Liaoning. Just looking at the data and reports, Cheng Shijie naturally knew that the spring plowing work in southern Liaoning had come to an end.

But in fact, you still need to see it with your own eyes.

After several days of preparation, Cheng Shijie's team set off from Jinzhou, and the first stop was Xinghai City in southern Liaoning. On the way to Xinghai City, the farmers working in the fields stood up with their hoes and looked at them happily.

Driving past mightily.

The originally wasteland is now covered with tender green wheat seedlings and potato seedlings. The green color is very pleasant. The river flows happily along the long ditch, bringing necessary moisture to the fields.

There was a lot of snow last winter, but there were only a few light rains since the beginning of spring. There was some drought in various places, but southern Liaoning was not affected by the drought. At least, in Cheng Shijie's sight, neither military fields nor civilian fields were affected.

Effects of drought.

At this time, many factories were built in Jinzhou. Without exception, these factories used a large amount of coal. Although it had not officially entered the steam era, the advantages of coal had been fully utilized in southern Liaoning.

For example, imitation factories need to wash fabrics and dry them, which requires a lot of coal. The same is true for woodworking factories. Of course, there are also some factories that are purely for the welfare of workers.

Because of Cheng Shijie's request, there are almost no slovenly people in southern Liaoning. No matter what the factory is, collective bathrooms must be built. Bathing frequently and hot baths can not only relieve fatigue, but the key is to reduce illness.

The spread of lice and other insects can ensure people's health and safety.

But the problem is that there are gains and losses. Although a large amount of coal is burned, there are already particles of dust in the air. Even if Cheng Shijie is sitting in the carriage, there are still traces of dust on his white clothes.
To be continued...