"Mao Wenlong, see your Majesty!" Mao Wenlong knelt in front of Zhu Youjian's seat. His whole body was bowed like a large grass shrimp.
"General Mao is flat, look and sit down!" Zhu Youjian pointed to the side.
"Your Majesty Xie!" Mao Wenlong sat tremblingly on a low chair under Zhu Youjian.
"General Mao has always been good?"
"Thanks to your majesty, since the Marine Corps entered Liaodong, we can basically eat." Mao Wenlong's nose was sour, but he just held back his tears.
"General Mao has worked hard. For the sake of Daming, General Mao has suffered from the establishment of slavery!" Zhu Youjian has been watching Mao Wenlong slowly, "Fortunately, everything has passed... The good days of establishing slaves have passed, our sufferings The days are also gone."
"Your Majesty... The bitter days are finally over!" If it weren't for the emperor, Mao Wenlong really wanted to cry and cry. Since the establishment of slaves has implemented the policy of "firm walls and clear fields", more of his soldiers have died of starvation than battle.
"Wenlong has suffered!"
"Your Majesty praised! But the general failed to prevent Jian slaves from plundering Liaodong."
"At that time, the slave building was too strong. The Ningjin line, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, were all invincible to build slaves, not to mention the Dongjiang Army, which was far from being supplied. However, Wenlong was in Liaodong and fully contained the blue inlay of the slaves. Qi, it is you. When the building of slaves was in full swing, Jiannu saw the unyielding will of the Han and Daming to resist."
"Your Majesty..."
"Wenlong, what plans does it have in the future?"
"Your Majesty..." Mao Wenlong thought of Daming's Marine Corps, whose combat effectiveness is hundreds of times stronger than that of the Dongjiang Army. "Your Majesty, the establishment of slaves has been destroyed, and I will finally hope to disarm and return to the field."
"Disarming and returning to the fields?" Zhu Youjian was puzzled. "The establishment of slaves is gone. Wenlong should change to serve the country in a different way. You have survived such a difficult environment. Why do you want to return to the fields now?"
"Your Majesty, the combat effectiveness of the new army of Ming Dynasty... I am afraid it will be difficult for the general to adapt to the new army."
"Wenlong was born in a martial arts examination, so his writing style should be good? I heard that Wenlong has been familiar with military books?"
"Your Majesty means..."
"Wenlong is also considered half of Liaodong people. Now Liaodong has returned to Daming. To build Liaodong, there is a lack of people who are familiar with Liaodong like Wenlong."
"Your Majesty, Wenlong is just a martial artist..."
"Wenlong doesn't need to be humble. How about giving you a Jinzhou prefect?"
"The last general... I would like to thank your majesty Hong En!" Mao Wenlong knelt in court, prostrate in front of Zhu Youjian.
"Wenlong, get up!" Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "Don't be too happy too early, Daming's new officials all have to sign integrity documents."
"This... Chen Wei has heard of it."
"It's good to know, besides, I still have one thing for you to complete."
"The minister should do his best to complete the mission entrusted to the minister by your majesty."
"Wenlong, tell the truth, how many soldiers are there in the Dongjiang Army now?"
"Your Majesty, we won't give us a grain of food to build slaves. Brothers can't make it anymore... Now the Dongjiang Army only has more than 10,000 soldiers."
"Are they all familiar with water?"
"Of course, your Majesty, the brothers have been living on islands in the open sea starting from Phi Island, dealing with the sea every day, and now they have become water ducks."
"That's it," Zhu Youjian relaxed. "Before you go to Jinzhou to take over, you should first handle the Dongjiang Army's soldiers. Anyone who is willing to continue to join the army will be selected by the Marine Corps. Those who do not want to join the army will return to the field. , Settled on the spot in Liaodong, each soldier was allocated 50 acres of land as a reward for their fight against slavery over the years, what's the problem?"
"Your Majesty, most of these soldiers were originally from Liaodong. It should be no problem for them to be naturalized in Liaodong, but they don't have houses and farming tools. It will take some time to get them set up."
"Let them build the house by themselves, and the court will subsidize them with appropriate farming tools."
"There should be no problem. The minister promised to arrange this matter smoothly."
"In addition, there are too few residents in Liaodong now, and the population is gender imbalanced. I happened to capture five thousand young women in Duoyan Sanbu. As long as the sergeants can settle down in Liaodong, I will give each of them a daughter-in-law."
"Your Majesty, do you really give it out?" Mao Wenlong widened his eyes and gave out his wife. This was unprecedented.
"Of course it is true, Jun has no joking!" Zhu Youjian glared at Mao Wenlong, "However, I said, there are only five thousand women, and priority is given to those who join the Marine Corps."
"Your Majesty, the minister understands." Mao Wenlong twitched, "The minister must arrange the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army according to your majesty's wishes."
"You first arrange the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, and then go to Jinzhou to take up the post after the beginning of the new year."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After pacifying Sun Chengzong and Mao Wenlong, Zhu Youjian did not assign combat missions to the commanders, but only asked them to make all kinds of preparations. Congyou Tugege has not yet returned.
Four days later, the Ming army soldiers who accompanied Congyou Tugege to Xingjing returned, and they brought back unfortunate messages to Zhu Youzhen.
When Congyou Tuge went to Xingjing to persuade Abate, he was flatly rejected by Abate. Abate uttered a rhetoric that he would fight Zhu from a prosecutor to a single soldier, and would never surrender to the thief.
Abate’s hard-line statement was strongly supported by the Xingjing Jurchen nobles, which further stimulated Abate’s hard-line stance.
When Congyou Tugege persuaded Abate again the next day, he was slapped severely and yelled at Congyou Tugege. He should not follow Zhu Youjian as a thief and lost his daughter. The face of a real person.
The soldiers didn't know what happened after that. They only knew that after Congyou Tuge returned to his room, one day white silk hung from the roof and ended his young life.
"Boom!"
Zhu Youjian thumped the case, and the case fell apart immediately.
"According to the order, the Seventh Cavalry Army from Guilin crossed the gap in the Great Wall of Liaodong from Tieling, cut off the route of the Jurchens' escape from north to south, and besieged Xingjing; Hong Chengchou's Fourth Army, from the north bank of the Prince River, along Xianning Qinghe, crossing the Great Wall of Liaodong, from west to east, encircled Xingjing; Du Wenhuan's Second Army marched north along the Yalu River from south to north, and the goal was still Xingjing."
In order to vent the anger in his heart, when Zhu Youjian issued the military order, he deliberately selected several army commanders who were bloodthirsty.
Zhu Youzhen originally hated the Jurchens who let Daming annihilate the country, but he really couldn't bear to kill them all. He just wanted to reduce the population of Jurchens, and had no plan to exterminate the clan. The death of Cong You Tuge let Zhu Youjian find With the excuse of killing, Cong You Tu Ge is already his Jurchen, and he can't even keep his own woman. What else is there to talk about revitalizing Daming
Congyou Tuge died for her own sake. Although she committed suicide, Zhu Youjian directly counted this account on Abatai, and counted it on all the descendants of Nurhachi.
Man Gui and the three of them all heard Zhu Youjian's anger, especially Man Gui, and his heart was so happy that he could finally fight for a while.
On June 25th in the second year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1629), the three-way army, from the north, middle and south three roads, went straight to the Jurchen’s last lair, Xingjing. To the east of Xingjing, there is already the sea, except Desperately, Abate has no retreat.
The 100,000 Ming army quickly swept away tens of thousands of Jurchen herders in the periphery. The Ming army killed people when they saw money and grabbed money when they saw money. In less than five days, all the tribes outside the city of Xingjing were slaughtered. , Only their cattle, horses and sheep are the captives of the Ming army.
This time, Man Gui had an addiction. His Seventh Army was a real cavalry army. In the foothills of the Changbai Mountains, it was really like a fish in the water. He was lightly dressed all the way and chased all the Jurchen tribes madly. He slaughtered more than 25,000 Jurchen herders.
The vast areas east of the Great Wall of Liaodong, west of the Yalu River, and south of the Songhua River have become ghost places, and there is no longer the magnificence of "seeing cattle and sheep when the wind blows through the grass."
Xingjing has become a solitary city. One hundred thousand Ming troops encircled Xingjing. The Second Army, Du Wenhuan, brought ten artillery pieces.
Xingjing was the capital of Nurhachi when the nation was founded. It was the place where Nurhachi announced the "Seven Hats". They were called Hetuala at that time.
The establishment of a city in Xingjing was a sign of the Jurchens’ transition from a nomadic nation to a farming nation. However, Xingjing itself was not a strong city. At that time, the Dajin Nation was still weak and suffering. When Dajin Nation became prosperous and strong, their The construction center is no longer Xingjing, but Liaoyang and Shenyang.
Abatai was stationed in Xingjing, not because Nurhachi and Huang Taiji trusted him. On the contrary, he was exiled to Xingjing after being deprived of the right to lead soldiers by Nurhachi. In Dajin Nation, he was deprived of the right to lead soldiers. That is a kind of Political discrimination, not only oneself, but also the future generations have lost the opportunity to be nominated.
When the news of Shengjing’s fall and Huang Taiji’s suicide reached Xingjing, on the one hand, Jurchen’s strong character and strong national psychological advantage established over the past few decades did not allow Abate to surrender. On the other hand, Abate believed that, The opportunity to turn himself over came, so he encouraged the Jurchen nobles in Xingjing City to firmly oppose the surrender of Zhu Youjian, and for this reason, he also forced Congyou Tuge to death.
When the One Hundred Thousand Ming Army surrounded the city of Xingjing, Abate was panicked. There were less than 10,000 Jurchen cavalry in the city, and these cavalry were all left behind by the Jurchen Eight Banners, and their combat effectiveness was less than the same number of Eight Banners Cavalry. .
The Ming army occupies a huge advantage in terms of number, combat effectiveness, and psychology. The three commanders ignored Abate's thoughts, and they followed their own ideas completely.
The ten artillery pieces brought by Du Wenhuan were all set up at the southern city gate. The bombs were used to destroy the southern city gate. They not only destroyed the southern city gate, but also defeated the Jurchen people’s final resistance, but the Ming army refused to accept the surrender. Soldiers and tens of thousands of herdsmen were slaughtered by the Ming army. Even after the herdsmen surrendered, Man Gui was not merciless. He justified all the Jurchens and the aborigines in Xingjing City according to Zhu Youjian’s dictum. , There are only nearly a thousand Han Chinese coats left.
Jianzhou Jurchen, as the most dazzling tribe in Northeast Asia, has been annihilated so far. The very few herdsmen who have escaped by chance will join other ethnic groups and disappear in the long river of history.
When Zhu Youjian heard the news of the broken city of Xingjing, he didn't have much joy. He had hoped to eliminate the establishment of slaves in his dreams, but when the goal was achieved, he was particularly calm.
Although the establishment of slaves annihilated the clan and the country, the Northern Expedition launched by Zhu Youjian did not end. He was already brewing a new stage of development.