"Since the reorganization of the army in Yunnan and Guangdong provinces is complete, there is no need to bother with the army of the capital. Li Aiqing transferred the 19th Army and the 20th Army from Yunnan to suppress Uszang, and the 19th Army Commander Mu Qiyuan Command the two armies in a unified manner; transfer the 14th Army and the 15th Army from Shaanxi to Dogan, and the commander of the 14th Army Zuo Liangyu will command the two armies in a unified manner."
Zhu Youjian's eyes were firm and his tone was firm, so that the ministers had no room for objection. The ministers wanted to oppose. He could also say that this was a military matter and was decided by the National Defense Agency.
Zhu Youjian estimates that Daming has entered the age of firearms. To quell the riots in Uszang and Dogan, one army is enough, but these newly formed troops have not experienced war, and he wants to give them the opportunity to experience.
In April of the fourth year of Chongzhen (AD 1631), the two armies of Shaanxi and Yunnan of Ming Dynasty were dispatched almost at the same time.
The Shaanxi Army marched westward from Guyuan, passed Lanzhou in the Xingdu Division of Shaanxi, and went straight to Xining in the Dorgandu Division; the Yunnan Army departed from Dali, followed the ancient tea-horse road, and marched westward into Uszang.
In order to speed up the march, Mu Qiyuan and Lin Chengxiang, commander of the 20th Army, agreed that the two would divide their forces in Lijiang. Mu Qiyuan’s 19th Army went west and went straight to Chayu, and pointed to Lhasa with the shortest distance. Lin Chengxiang’s first The Twentieth Army was heading northwest, and the front of the army was Mangkang, the east gate of Uszang.
The first thing Mu Qiyuan had to deal with was the Lancang River. Fortunately, the upper reaches of the Lancang River had a slower water regime and a relatively narrow water surface. The 19th Army spent a day crossing the Lancang River. However, the Yuqu River and the Nujiang River in front of them have relatively low currents. In a hurry, the sergeants used the rafts they prepared in advance, and it took five days to get through.
Thirty thousand troops marched on the high mountains, and they were very far apart. When the heavy troop behind had just crossed the Nu River, the sergeant in front had already arrived in Zayu.
Chayu is close to Yunnan, the elevation is much gentler than the western part of Tibet, and the population is relatively concentrated. However, at this time, Chayu is just a small city with a population of less than five thousand, and there is no regular army.
Although the entire Ustizang area is vast, the population is not large. According to the archives of the Ministry of Households, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the total population of Ustizang was only 600,000, which was less than 10% of that of Jiangnan Province.
After receiving the news that the Ming army had attacked, the gate of Chayu city was closed tightly, and all the people who were farming outside also hid in the city.
The front of the 19th Army encircled Chayu City on all sides. Mu Qiyuan did not know that there were only thousands of people in the city. He regarded Chayu as his first battle in Tibet.
He rode a bay red horse and patrolled all around, but he didn't find any discomfort in the soldiers, so he was relieved.
Mu Qiyuan erected all ten artillery pieces at the Nancheng Gate.
Originally, the new army of the Ming Dynasty had 40 artillery pieces, but when the army was reorganized in the south, the artillery of Beijing could not be transported for a while, and the Guangzhou Firearms Factory had no time to produce enough artillery. Each army had only 20 artillery pieces, but Mu When Qiyuan sent troops to Uszang, he knew that Uszang was inconvenient for transportation, so he only carried ten artillery pieces, but he didn't bring a lot of bombs.
The mountain on the top of the city in Zayu is constantly shaking. It should be a soldier guarding the city.
Mu Qiyuan ordered the infantry to be prepared, and once the city was broken, immediately seized the city gate, while starting to prepare the gunner to bombard the city gate and wall.
Ten artillery guns stood quietly a thousand steps away from the southern city gate. The gunners were busy adjusting the muzzle. These new guns have been equipped with sights, which are better than the old artillery sights used by Zhu You during the Northern Expedition. higher.
The defenders were also watching the artillery outside the city, these behemoths, they had never seen them before, and with the mentality of watching the excitement, they were quick to see them.
"Military seat, the artillery is calibrated, will it be launched immediately?"
"Launch now."
The gunners began to load and ignite the fire. As the fuse was ignited, the firing round entered the countdown to launch. However, this is the countdown in the mind of the gunner, and the artillery itself does not have such a device.
"Boom... Long..."
"Boom... Long..."
"Boom... Long..."
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Ten artillery guns fired almost at the same time, and the blooming shells dragged their tails and flew towards the southern city gate like a wild goose.
Of the ten flowering bombs, only one landed near the southern city gate, and the remaining flowering bombs fell either on the city wall or outside the city wall.
It was this flower bomb that fell in front of the city gate, exploding the ragged wooden city gate to pieces. After the wood chips and smoke ceased, a huge hole appeared at the gate.
Mu Qiyuan was overjoyed, "What gates did these Tibetans build? Didn't this make my soldiers do meritorious service?"
"Military seat, the city gate has been exploded, do you want to let the infantry into the city?"
"Wait, there may be defenders in the city. Let the soldiers fire into the city first, each with two blooming bullets."
"Yes, Army Seat."
This time, the artillery fire was directed at the inside of the city wall, and the huge fire light instantly enveloped the city.
Mu Qiyuan was still worried, "The artillery fire extended two hundred steps forward and continued two rounds of shelling."
After the artillery fire ceased, there was no movement on the front of the city, and the defenders were no longer visible.
Seeing the power of artillery for the first time on the battlefield, Mu Qiyuan exclaimed with excitement: "Infantry, enter the city, watch out for the defenders ambush inside the city wall."
"Brothers, enter the city." Liu Zhenyu, the commander of the 55th Division, won the first opportunity to enter the city. With a wave of his hand, he grabbed the front of the soldiers.
Seeing the division commander steal the limelight, how can the soldiers lag behind? One by one seemed to have been beaten up with duck blood, and soon caught up. Before entering the city gate cave, a large number of soldiers had already passed Liu Zhenyu.
In the southern city gate, except for the burning flames, which are the corpses of the defenders, the soldiers who have not yet died are rolling and howling. They are not far from death. Even if the Ming army does not shoot, they will not be able to survive. An hour.
The Ming army did not let them continue to suffer. When the enemy has no hope of survival, let him get out of the sea of suffering sooner, reincarnate earlier, and become another hero earlier, but don't be Daming's enemy anymore! Liu Zhenyu silently prayed for these Tibetan defenders.
Entering the inner city, there was no decent resistance. The temporarily armed serf gate held wooden sticks, farm tools, and under the leadership of the chief man, blocking in front of the Ming army.
As long as he holds a weapon, he is the enemy.
Liu Zhenyu is not a person who loves and cherishes jade, besides, the enemy's soldier is on the opposite side, not a fragrant jade.
Under the long-range blow of the flintlock, the Tibetan serfs could not get close to the Ming army within a hundred steps. They were just moving targets.
Although the target would move, the Ming army had far more people than them. If the first soldier did not shoot, there would be second and third soldiers.
Liu Zhenyu was so successful that he forgot to open the other city gates and accept the friendly forces into the city until Mu Qiyuan followed the army into the city.
After Mu Qiyuan entered the city, he asked Liu Zhenyu to open the other three city gates and issued a massacre order.
Mu Qiyuan has his reasons: the army has to expedition, and no one has the time and energy to take care of the prisoners. Moreover, the reason for their expedition is because of the riot in Uszang, and this riot has evolved into a robbery against the Han people. , Rape and massacre. Since you dare to slaughter the Han people, you should think that one day you will be slaughtered by the Han people and be retaliated by the Han people hundreds of times.
Mu Qiyuan's slaughter order was quickly communicated to every soldier. The Tibetans in the city had no chance of surrendering. As long as they met the Ming army, it was their death date, whether it was the elderly or women and children.
The city of Zayu was not large. The Ming army quickly searched the city. There were not many jewellery items. However, in a warehouse in the southwest corner, more than a thousand slaves wearing fetters were found.
The soldiers in charge of searching the warehouse wanted to slaughter, but when they heard someone call "forgiveness" in Chinese, the soldiers kept an eye on them. Upon asking, they realized that they were not Tibetans, but nearby Han people, who were arrested and used as slaves. To prevent them from escaping, they always wear fetters when they are not working.
The person who searched the warehouse was from the 55th Division. The commander Liu Zhenyu did not dare to call the shots, so he had to ask Mu Qiyuan for instructions: "Military seat, how should these Han people deal with?"
"How to deal with it? Naturally it was let go, and the army entered Tibet. One is to quell the riots, and the other is to rescue the local Han people. Do you even kill the Han brothers?" Mu Qiyuan participated in the meeting before the expedition and knew the purpose of the imperial court's use of troops. Although he is not Han chauvinism, he still has a sense of national identity.
"Yes, military seat, I will let them go now." Liu Zhenyu gave a military salute and was about to leave.
"Zhen Yu, you first let them have a full meal, and then bring a few leaders to meet with me." Although Mu Qiyuan is the state lord of King Mu's Mansion, Yunnan is a place full of alien races. After a long military career, let He lost a little dullness and a little more general demeanor. His mind turned fast. Since the army will not be stationed in Chayu, it is good to arm these Han people to defend the city and help transport some supplies.
Soon, Liu Zhenyu took ten Han slaves.
"This is our army seat. It was the army seat who ordered you to be released. It is a courtesy to the army seat."
"I have seen the army seat, thank you for the salvation of the army seat." The ten slaves knelt to Mu Qiyuan together.
"Get up, you are all Han brothers. We are Daming's army. It should be yours to save you. You should tell me exactly what happened in Usi." Mu Qiyuan let ten Han slaves sit on him. Below the side.
"Returning to the army, since the end of last year, Tibetans have been robbing Han Chinese of property. If they don't follow it, they will beat or scold them. Because they usually eat mutton, they have short knives on their bodies. They may give you a knife at any time." The person named Liu Feiyu has obviously seen a lot of cruel scenes, and his eyes are full of horror.
"Later, the Tibetans developed to the point where they burned down Han Chinese shops and even killed innocent people," an old man said tremblingly when he saw Mu Qiyuan's harmony.
"Zayu is just a small city, how come there are so many Han people?" Mu Qiyuan didn't understand. If this ratio is really to be achieved, the Han people can resist.
"We were not originally in Chayu, and we were living in nearby Medog, Ranwu, etc., and after the Tibetan riots, we were arrested by the Tibetans to work." Liu Feiyu gradually calmed down, with an angry expression hidden in his eyes.
"You have suffered, how about Daming's army coming to rescue you? Do you want this piece of land under your feet?"
"Military seat means..."
"I will give you a hundred sabers, and you will organize a hundred Han Chinese armed forces to garrison Chayu, and the rest will work nearby, and you won't have to pay taxes to Tibetans in the future."
"Thank you Army Seat, Army Seat is really our reborn parent." Everyone knelt together, knocking their heads to the ground.