Chapter 482 Brothers Hurry Back Home and Farm, It's Not Worth Working for Dog Tartars and Thief Generals!
The people of the Guards Division began to destroy the forts one by one to clear out the enemy. The policy instructions of the Military Command Hall and the Cabinet for the remaining forts in the Liaodong Corridor were that the leading forces inside would take them to Shanhaiguan and make a circuit around the railway for distribution.
Go to Daning to open up wasteland and mine, and only some civilians will be left here! As for the vacant space, part of it will be allocated to civilians and part of it will be filled by the refugees who have been accommodated in the customs.
This group of people is still related to Daning. When the Manchu Qing accepted Guan Ning's army, a wave of people immigrated to Daning. Now that the Ming Dynasty is back, a large number of them still have to go to Daning for development.
"Sir, what evil have we, the people of Guanjin, done? Why is the imperial court so unwelcome to us? The imperial court has returned to its homeland, and we are ready to welcome us, but the imperial court cannot tolerate us and insists on letting us leave.
Can't the imperial court give us a way to survive when we go to the bitter cold Daning where we have lived for generations? Our ancestors have also fought hard for the imperial court for generations to guard the border. We have no merit, but we have worked hard, right? If we do this, wouldn't it make Liaodong miserable?
The people's teeth are cold?" In front of a small military fort, a village elder blocked the soldiers of the Guards Division who had just breached their fort and were doing screening work, and questioned them.
"Don't say that you are the people of Liaodong. You are obviously a bunch of thieves who drink the blood of soldiers, but you still dare to claim to be the people? We don't know whether you have worked hard before. But if you continue to stay here now, it is unstable.
Factors! These are the original words of the court. If you have any objections, don’t put up with it. As for your life after arriving in Daning, don’t worry about this. The basic living security will not be worse than here. Today’s Daning is not like the previous ones.
In Daning, as long as you are willing to work, there is no problem in living a small life. Of course, it is impossible to live a good life like now, living on the farmland of the guards, the landowners, and the general households as their own tenants. Recognize this.
Given the situation, being a good citizen is your only way out. If you don't be a good citizen, and you starve to death in Daning, don't blame the imperial court for being ruthless. The imperial court was so kind to you before that it turned you all into lawless ruffians who harmed the country and the people! This is
The imperial court returned to Liaodong not only to drive away the captives, but also to root out the military ruffians and thieves, and to return a clean land to Liaodong and the people of the Ming Dynasty."
The Liaodong Corridor needs to be cleared of military landlords rather than the ordinary people living here. This area has long degenerated into a social structure similar to the Prussian Junker military landlords. The parasites crawling on the heads of the civilians must not be removed.
Once the roots are uprooted, society cannot be rebuilt! The way to uproot these parasites is actually very simple, that is, as a family unit, all those who occupy more land will be taken to Daning and allowed to resettle in a new place.
From a legal point of view, this makes sense. Their land is Weisuotian. It has not belonged to them since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. There was no forcible confiscation of their land.
Relocating powerful people and blowing open several gaps in the military fortress is what the Guards Division is doing. There is basically no difficulty or danger. The trouble is that it is too detailed and a bunch of young guys are unwilling to do it.
Yes, I think it is boring.
On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, snowflakes began to fall in Jinzhou City, and a heavy snowfall was coming.
On the wall of Jinzhou City, several Qing generals stood, looking towards the west.
"Master Baylor, this morning I came to report that the Ming army has captured Xingshan Fort and crossed the line of Bijia Mountain. It is estimated that they will arrive at our Jinzhou City tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. How to fight the war, please give me Master Baylor's idea." Jinzhou City is in name only.
The owner, Zu Zerun, who took over Zu Dashou's class, asked Luck Dehun, the grandson of Daishan, the supervisor sent by the Qing Dynasty, about the disposal plan.
Luck Dehun stared at the flying snowflakes in the sky and didn't speak for a long time. He didn't know what to say at this time. Dorgon concentrated all the main forces of the Eight Banners on the Liaoyang line to fight the decisive battle with the Ming army there. Jinzhou at this time
There are only three to four thousand soldiers of the Eight Banners in the city. No matter how they fight, they cannot bear the main battle. The key depends on how the ancestral family in Jinzhou fights.
The Zu family has quite a few troops on the front line in Jinzhou at this time, with a total of 30,000 troops and horses. But the question is how useful they can be? Luck Dehun is confused, and I am afraid that Zu Zerun, the helmsman of the Zu family, is not sure.
It doesn’t matter. After Zu Dashou’s death, the Zu family was actually torn apart. Several military leaders of the Zu family were working against each other and could not be twisted into a rope. Luck Dehun, who was familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, felt that the Zu family was at this time.
The family is exactly the same as the Yuan family after Yuan Shao's death.
"Uh-huh! I'm afraid the Jinzhou soldiers won't be able to leave the city to fight in the field, right? Can you integrate the army and horses and let the generals defend Jinzhou City wholeheartedly?"
"Baylor understands that it is indeed a bit inadequate to send the army out of the city to fight with the Ming army in the field now, and it is easy to suffer losses. If we defend the city, we can have the strength to fight. Jinzhou City is a strong city, and it has snowed heavily in the past two days. For attacking the city
There are many restrictions for the Ming army, and the generals who defend the city are still somewhat confident. However, the art of war has it that if you defend the city for a long time, you will lose it. Baylor needs to think of more ways to support the reinforcements, so that our army cannot continue to defend the city and turn it into a dead place.
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"For reinforcements, we can only hope that the regent of Liaoyang will defeat the main force of the Ming army as soon as possible. Other than that, there is really nothing we can do."
"Can't Prince Zheng, who is on the left guard of Guangning, send some troops over?"
"Prince Zheng is also facing the military front now. Their pressure is no less than ours. They also have to deal with 40,000 to 50,000 Ming troops."
"Isn't there help from Horqin's tribe over there? Horqin's tribe can gather an army of 40,000 to 50,000 no matter what."
"The Horqin tribe can't spare any manpower now. The Ming people have encouraged tens of thousands of Mongols to attack the Horqin tribe. They are still counting on the Qing Dynasty to help them."
After listening to Luck Dehun's introduction to the situation, Zu Zerun could only respond in silence. How had it only been a few years? How could the Qing Dynasty, which was at its peak, end up in a situation where it was surrounded by enemies and had no troops? This was still the Ming Dynasty that he was familiar with.
Did they clear the situation? Did the Ming army reverse the situation too quickly? How could they gather 200,000 elite troops in just a few years and attack Liaodong with overwhelming force? Three-way attack, all
With a strong army of elite soldiers, who would have thought that we would be in the situation we are in today!
"Uh-huh, tell me the truth, can the military morale in Jinzhou City be stable at present? Although the weather is good and snow has fallen, if the military morale is not stable, everything will be idle. Ningyuan City is also a fortified city, tomorrow
If the army breaks the city in one day, Jinzhou City cannot make the same mistake again. The only way to go now is to stand firm and wait for help, but we must not make any mistakes."
"In terms of military morale, Baylor can rest assured. The defenders of Jinzhou City are more willing to fight to the death than ever before."
"Huh? Why do you really make such an assertion?" Luck Dehun glanced at Zu Zerun in disbelief! The purpose of his question was actually to disperse the more than 3,000 people he led to the Jinzhou Army.
Zhongdang supervised the battle team and forced the Jinzhou soldiers to fight to the death with steel knives.
Are you more willing to fight to the death than ever before? Are you Jinzhou soldiers that loyal to me, the Qing Dynasty? Someone must believe this.
"Is it possible that Belle doesn't know what the Ming army did after they destroyed Ningyuan City? In the past few days, they are taking the leading families in the original military fort into custody one by one, and then transporting them to the pass. I heard that they are going to Daning.
Isn't this just pulling out the roots of my general, Guan Ning? If Jinzhou City is destroyed, the fate will be similar to that of Ningyuan's gang. If we don't fight to the death at this time, the glory and wealth of Jinzhou General will be completely in vain.
Is there any reason to fight to the death?"
"Is the Ming army really doing this?"
"That's exactly what you're doing!"
"Haha, this battle has been fought! The battle is nothing more than the right time, the right place and the right people. Now these three things are all taken by our army. God is really helping me."
Luck Dehun was in a good mood due to Zu Zerun's words. Before, he looked at the white snow and felt sad, but now the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the heavy snow was helping him.
Is the right time, the right location, and the right people really on the side of the Jinzhou defenders? Mayou Liang, who has arrived at the outskirts of Jinzhou City, doesn't think so.
At this time, he was also gathering several generals together to hold a meeting with the former enemies to discuss how to fight the next Jinzhou siege.
"You may think that the heavy snowfall is disadvantageous to me, but I don't think so. Your Majesty said that any weather is fair to both the enemy and us. The so-called disadvantage is just because we don't know how to use the weather. Right now.
What we have to do is to take advantage of the snowfall to quickly transport the required military supplies to the front line in Jinzhou. The snow has not yet melted or frozen, so the carriages can pass without any problems. The advantage to me is that it is snowing.
At that time, it was difficult for the cavalry in the city to dispatch. Even if they did, it would be easier to pursue them. The wind and snow had a greater impact on the accuracy and difficulty of the enemy's bow and arrow shooting than our muskets. This is the advantage of the weather.
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"Commander, when shall we attack the city?"
"Wait until the snow stops, be fully prepared, and then attack with all your strength. Anyway, we have already advanced to the gate of Jinzhou City at this time, so there is no need to rush to attack the city. The meaning of the principal's order is similar to my idea. Let us not be impatient.
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"After the snow stops, the roads will be more difficult to pass. I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack the city, right? The tactics of digging trenches and advancing that we have been using before are probably not very effective anymore."
"We are mainly infantry. The impact of roads is definitely not as great as that of cavalry. If you are slow, move slower! Digging trenches and advancing is restricted, so you can use sandbags and build pushing points to push the gun positions forward. Jinzhou defenders
Although they have heavy artillery in their hands, their cannons are all solid old cannons, which can be defended by thicker sandbags. When they attacked Ningyuan, those bastards fought hard, but they saved a lot of artillery shells for the army. This time they attacked Jinzhou.
You have to use the cannon well."
Although Mayu Liang was born in a family of generals, his current temperament is all about firearms, and he really doesn't like hand-to-hand combat.
"I heard from investigators that there are quite a few local tycoons from Liaodong who have recently fled to Jinzhou from the Ningyuan area. They are afraid that they have revealed all the imperial policies in Ningyuan to the gang of thieves in Jinzhou. When the army attacks the city, will the Jinzhou soldiers
Fight to the death?"
"It is Jinzhou generals who will fight to the death, not Jinzhou soldiers! The imperial court's policy in Ningyuan is to eliminate the generals in Ningjin area. Not only are ordinary military households not affected, they can also be assigned to the field and no longer need to be military households to be punished by generals.
This matter has reminded me to arrange for people to invite some military households from Ningyuan, especially those who are related to the Jinzhou defenders. When the city is attacked, ask them to shout to the defenders in the city.
Just say that the land has been allocated to the family, and there is no need to serve the generals anymore, so quickly put down your weapons and return to the court, because the family is short of manpower for farming."
Jinzhou soldiers are serious landlords' armed forces, and Zhu Youjian has a lot of homework to deal with them. When Mayu asked them to leave the capital, Zhu Youjian specially told them to fully understand the advantages of the policy carried out by the imperial court in Ningjinzhou.
The policy of the imperial court is not to beat the people of Ningjin to death with a stick, but to uproot the scavenger class that is pressing down on the military accounts of Ningjin, so that the decent people of Shengdou can live a good life and take back the land that originally belonged to them.
It snowed for several days and did not stop until the 27th of the twelfth lunar month. The snow outside Jinzhou City was two to three feet thick. Such heavy snow is rare even in Liaodong.
As soon as the heavy snow stopped, the Ming army outside the city began to take action. Braving the snow that was up to their knees, the soldiers dragged sports cars and carried sandbags, and pushed hard towards the Jinzhou city wall.
"Grandma, it's a good thing I put some extra urala grass in my boots, otherwise my feet would have been frozen these days." An old soldier sighed as he walked forward with a sandbag on his back. Liaodong is freezing every day.
, if we were not well prepared, the frostbite loss alone would be enough for one person to drink a pot after a heavy snowfall.
This time the army advancing into Liaodong was equipped with a pair of cowhide boots and a sheep felt hat. Due to the large number of people, they really couldn't afford fur coats, but each person had a cotton coat, and they were also woven with urethane.
A straw mat that can be used as a mattress and can be draped over the body to keep out the cold! With these equipment to keep out the cold, the army dared to march into Liaodong in the cold winter.
"Baylor, it seems that the Ming army is going to brave the snow to attack the city! It's time to activate the cannons on our city." Zu Zerun looked at the Ming army advancing in small groups like ants outside the city, and couldn't help but feel anxious, and hurriedly
Ask Luck Dehun for instructions and prepare for an artillery battle!
At the same time as the artillery in Jinzhou City fired, the Ming army's artillery outside the city also opened fire.
The artillery battle lasted for a whole day, and in the evening, Zu Zerun's face turned livid. After a day of artillery fire, not only did it not stop the Ming army from advancing towards the city, but the heavy artillery in the city actually lost several of its guns due to the weather.
The barrel exploded! Many of the Ming army's explosive shells had already landed on the city wall, injuring countless defenders.
The most terrible thing is that four to five hundred meters outside the city, the Ming army built several sand castles and drove nails into the city near Chi Chi. The Ming army was also insidious. The sand castles they built not only defended the city from the front
In order to prevent the shelling, wooden beams were also set up on the top and covered with sandbags, leaving only the shelling opening. In this way, the artillery on the city had no advantage of being in a commanding position, and we could only watch them fire artillery into the city. The war started
After a day of fighting and being so passive, I'm afraid future battles will be even harder to fight.
"Brothers in the city, listen, I am Liu San from Liujiabao in Ningyuan. Brothers, there is no need for you to sacrifice your life to the dog Tatars and thieves who drink the blood of soldiers! Hurry up and put down your weapons and return to the court! The military generals who have been given to us by the court will be punished.
The land occupied by the thieves has been divided into hands. The land is divided according to the number of people. No family will be left behind! In the future, we no longer need to be military households. The fields we are assigned have land deeds! In the next three years, we will be free of grain.
Tax! Go home and farm quickly, and give your life to the dog Tatars and thieves who sell it? When people are enjoying the hot and spicy food, have they thought of us?" The battlefield did not stop at night, and the Ming army organized a group of people.
The military household who came from Ningyuan took a loudspeaker and shouted to Jinzhou City!