Early May of the sixth year of Chengshun, Liaoxi Corridor.

Ningyuan Zhongyousuo, this small city in the Western Liaoning Corridor, has experienced a hundred years of ups and downs, the Ming Dynasty, and the Eastern capture of people, and it has welcomed its third owner: the Great Chu Empire!

The Chu army occupied this place without spending a single soldier at the end of April, but this place was abandoned by the Dongluo people on their own initiative. Before withdrawing, the Dongniu people destroyed almost all the facilities in the city that could be destroyed.<

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As for money and food, nothing was left behind. Even various houses and buildings were burned as they could be burned.

Even all the wells in the city were polluted by the rotting corpses dropped by the Eastern captives.

Therefore, although the Chu army seemed to have obtained a city, in fact the city was no different from ruins. Because there were so many ruins in the city, it was difficult to even get drinking water. Therefore, in the first few days after the Chu army entered the city, they were all

Mainly stationed outside the city.

Because the cleanup project was relatively large and the city was originally small, the Chu army simply did not let a large number of main forces garrison in the city. They just treated it as a military fortress and stationed several thousand people.

A large number of main troops are stationed in the wilderness south of Zhongyou Station, and are relatively close to the seaside.

The main reason why the main force is deployed at the seaside is to more conveniently obtain supplies at sea, and at the same time cover the navy's transport fleet to dock and load and unload supplies.

In the Battle of Western Liaoning, the Chu Empire's logistical supplies were carried out simultaneously by sea and land. On the one hand, a large number of civilians were mobilized to form a large number of transportation groups, and a land route was built from Tianjin Wei to Shanhaiguan, and then to Shanhaiguan as a transfer station to the front lines.

Supply lines.

There is another route that goes directly to the east by sea and provides supplies nearby along the coast.

Especially with the gradual eastward advance, the main force of the Chu army was already hundreds of kilometers away from Shanhaiguan in the rear. As the distance lengthened, the difficulty of land transportation gradually increased, so the Chu army also increased its supply by sea.

Strength.

The troops directly under the Third Army and the Ninth Army currently stationed at the Zhongyou Station in Ningyuan captured the First Cavalry Corps and the Guards Cavalry Detachment in Jinzhuang one step ahead of schedule, and captured the Third Division of the Guards at Xiaotuan Mountain Fort.

, the Sixth Mixed Regiment of the Second Division captured the Eighth Army of Xingshui County Fort and Baitayu Fort. There were more than 100,000 troops in total, half of which relied on sea transportation for supplies.

Many ships of the Chu Empire were loaded with various supplies from various coastal ports in the rear, and then transported to the north under the escort of naval warships.

Some of these ships docked at Shanhaiguan and unloaded their cargo, while others unloaded their cargo at several small ports along the way, while others unloaded their cargo at the newly occupied Ningyuan Zhongyou Station.

The reason why all materials are not transported to Ning Zhongyousuo is simply because the material throughput of these ports is limited...

The Chu Empire's hundreds of thousands of troops consumed a huge amount of materials, and there were also many ships mobilized from the rear.

However, there are relatively few ports that can reliably dock and unload cargo, and the throughput of these ports is also relatively limited.

Among the series of ports in the Western Liaoning Corridor, only the port at Shanhaiguan can berth a large number of ships, because this place has undergone two years of infrastructure construction by the Chu Army.

Not only have various defense facilities in Shanhaiguan been improved, but a military port with numerous berths and hoisting facilities has also been built.

Nowadays, the port terminal at Shanhaiguan can meet the throughput of materials consumed by hundreds of thousands of troops in an emergency.

In the previous two cold winters, when the Youhang Canal froze and the northern land was frozen, the Chu army used sea transportation on a large scale to transport supplies to the northern garrison.

Although there are some problems of one kind or another, it can still be transported.

But except for Shanhaiguan, there are no large-scale ports in some coastal areas of the Liaoxi Corridor that the frontline has just occupied. Some of them are just primitive small ports. These small ports can berth a small number of large ships, but don't expect to be able to berth them.

A large number of sea-going ships are berthed at the same time, and there are not enough berths at the pier...

Supporting facilities such as hoisting facilities and dock warehouses are even more inadequate.

Even if the engineering troops of the Third Group Army and the engineering troops of the Navy's Beiyang Fleet worked day and night to expand and build the dock at Ningyuan Zhongyou Station, they could not accommodate the huge maritime transport fleet of the Dachu Empire.

Therefore, the Chu army's maritime transportation can only be dispersed to various ports for unloading, and then continued to the front line through land transshipment.

With the urgent construction of Ningyuan Zhongyousuo Port, this place will become the main material transfer station for the follow-up operations of the Third Army of the Dachu Empire and the Guards.

According to the plan of the Logistics Department, this port will be responsible for supplying at least half of the supplies to the frontline army in half a month.

In fact, General Zuo Yingzhe, commander of the Third Army, was still a little dissatisfied with this, but he had nothing to do.

Land transportation is too troublesome, requires too many people to be mobilized, and is slow. Most importantly, it will face the threat of cavalry from the East.

Although the Chu army had already defeated 20,000 Dongfeng cavalry at Guangning Zhongqian... But the Dongfang people did not only have 20,000 cavalry...

They also have tens of thousands of cavalry, and the Monan Mongolia controlled by the Eastern Banishers also includes the Duoyan Sanwei area.

The Mongolian cavalry in these areas can also threaten the security of the Chu army's supply line in the Liaoxi Corridor in the south.

Speaking of this Duoyan Sanwei, its changes are very interesting!

From the changes in the three guards of Duoyan, we can basically see the changes in the Ming Dynasty's domestic and foreign policies during the four decades of Wanli, Tianqi, Taichang, and Chongzhen.

In the early years, especially after being beaten by Qi Jiguang, the three guards of Duoyan basically chose to submit to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in the middle and late Wanli period, the three Duoyan guards were loyal vassals or mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty.

Regardless of the name, the Duoyan Three Guards at that time were used by the Ming Dynasty.

After the rise of the Dongji people, the Ming Dynasty continued to win over and support the three guards of Duoyan, using their power to continue to suppress and suppress the Dongji people.

However, subsequent changes gradually occurred. First, Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar tribe of Monan Mongolia ambitiously wanted to unify Monan Mongolia and launched a war of conquest against many Monan Mongolian troops.

During this process, many Monan Mongolian tribes turned to the Eastern Captives to protect themselves, including some tribes from Duoyan Sanwei.

Part of the reason why these Duoyan Sanwei tribes betrayed the Ming Dynasty was that the Ming Dynasty chose to cooperate with Lin Dan Khan...

In the early years, the situation in Monan Mongolia was very complicated. The Ming Dynasty, the Dongji people, Lin Dan Khan and other tribes in Monan Mongolia got together and united and fought for their own interests.<

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During this period, Monan Mongolia was actually a piece of loose sand. Instead of relying on their power, the Eastern Captives were threatened by them. The Ming Dynasty was also able to obtain the power of Lin Dan Khan and part of the Duoyan Three Guards.

But things have changed since more than ten years ago... On the one hand, after Huang Taiji came to power, he gradually stabilized his internal situation and shifted his strategic direction, changing the main direction of expansion from western Liaoning to Monan Mongolia and the Korean Peninsula.

Conquer these areas to obtain people, money, food, livestock and other materials.

Monan Mongolia simply cannot withstand Huang Taiji’s Eight Banners Army!

As for the Ming Dynasty, after Chongzhen came to power, its foreign policy underwent major changes, and the previous co-optation and differentiation gradually disappeared... replaced by a tough foreign policy...

The changes in Duoyan Sanwei are a typical manifestation of this policy.

As Lin Dan Khan, who was a close friend of the Ming Dynasty, gradually went on war and tried to unify Monan Mongolia, some of the Duoyan Sanwei tribe went to the East to protect themselves.

But at that time, some tribes still chose to be neutral or vote for the Ming Dynasty...

It's just that the Chongzhen emperor and his ministers may have misjudged, may be arrogant, or have some other messy reasons... They actually gave up their previous strategy of wooing and supporting the three guards of Duoyan.

As a result, the remaining Duoyan Sanwei tribe who had not defected to the Eastern captives finally defected to the Eastern captives in order to protect themselves.

According to the records of Chongzhen, in the early days, outside the Great Wall of Guangning, there were tribes such as Chaohua, Nuantu, and Guiying. There were thirty-six gatekeeper tribes in Sanxie, Jizhen. All of them were rewarded. As a result, both China and foreign countries welcomed the decree and revoked their rewards.

.The barbarians were in a panic. They were hungry outside the barrier and asked for millet. Shangjian refused to give it, and blamed those who came out. So the tribes in the east gathered in groups and fled, and the Qing Dynasty collected all the tribes and could not do anything on the frontier.

Don't worry, because this passage is an official history written by the Donglu people, you have to read it carefully and slowly.

For example, "If you are hungry outside the Great Wall, please ask for millet. The emperor will not give it, and the crime will be punished." Just reading this sentence, you would think that the Ming Dynasty was very stingy, or that Chongzhen had no brains, and directly kicked Duoyan Sanwei into the hands of the Eastern captives.

What?

In fact, the Duoyan Three Guards had been divided into many parts at that time, some of which had defected to the Eastern Banishers, some were conquered by Lin Dan Khan, some remained neutral, and some defected to the Ming Dynasty.

When the Ming Dynasty abandoned the Duoyan Three Guards during this period, it actually gave up only a small part of them... As for the other Duoyan Three Guards, they had already gone to the East to kidnap people...

But the people who captured people from the East did not write about this situation...but they cherished the words like gold, talking about the thirty-six families in the first, and the barbarians in the second.

In this way, when you see the paragraph "If you are hungry outside the wall, ask for millet. The superior will not give it, and the sin will come out.", you will subconsciously think that it is the entire thirty-six families of Duoyan... In actual circumstances,

At that time, only a few tribes from the Duoyan Tribe who were neutral or favored the Ming Dynasty approached the Ming Dynasty for help... but were rejected by Chongzhen.

This paragraph, "Then the tribes from the east gathered together and fled, and the Qing Dynasty collected all the tribes, and the border affairs could not be done anymore" is even more ridiculous.

At first glance, it seems that the three Duoyan guards defected to the Eastern captives only after Chongzhen refused to rescue them. However, in fact, the Eastern captives had already regained some of the tribes through war more than ten years ago, and some tribes were still there.

Lin Danhan was forced to flee to Japan to protect himself...

The three guards of Duoyan eventually defected to the East, largely due to Lin Dan Khan's attempt to unify Monan Mongolia. They had some relationship with the Ming Dynasty, but the relationship was not that big...

To put it bluntly, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was difficult to protect itself, and it simply did not have enough ability to determine the overall direction of the Duoyan Three Guards. It was just that they did not continue to win over them.

But without going into detail, if you just look at the Ming history or the actual records of Chongzhen written by the people from the East, you will come to the conclusion that the reason why the three guards of Duoyan defected to the East was because Chongzhen was too stupid...

History books, especially the official history compiled by the later dynasties of the previous dynasties, must be viewed with suspicion and dialectics. Otherwise, the history you see is just the history of the previous dynasty that the later dynasties want you to see.

Because the words you see are not 100% accurate, but nine times out of ten they are missing a point. If different words record the same thing, then what you see will be completely different.<

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The above paragraph is the true record of Chongzhen written by the Dongji people.

How should I put it, although Chongzhen is quite stupid, he is not stupid enough to force the entire Duoyan Sanwei to the Dongji people...

Even if he is stupid, his ministers will not be so stupid...

There must be a more complicated and deep-seated reason here, but a closer look is enough to write a historical paper of hundreds of thousands of words. Those who are interested can learn about it on their own.

However, from this record, we can still understand that during the Chongzhen Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's policy towards the three guards of Duoyan underwent tremendous changes.

I won’t comment on the good or bad of this change in policy. I’ll just talk about the results: During the Tianqi period, the Duoyan Sanwei, who served as the northeastern barrier of the Ming Dynasty, completely changed from the mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty to the enemies of the Ming Dynasty after the Chongzhen period...

Not only did the Dongjiu people's strength increase greatly, but the border areas such as Jizhen, Miyun and even Xuanda were directly exposed to the Dongjiu people's military front.

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