1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 850
1670, the year of Gengxu, the 28th year of Qianwu in Daqi, the 16th year of Guangde in Ming Dynasty, and the [-]th year of Kangxi in Puppet Qing Dynasty.

In the past year, the most eye-catching event was the ongoing grand war on the mainland of China.

Taking the earthquake in Tancheng, Shandong Province in July 1668 as an introduction, the Ming Dynasty launched the third Northern Expedition in early August.In the early days, the Ming army won first and then lost, losing more than 7 soldiers, and was almost pushed back to the Huaihe River by the Qing captives.Immediately afterwards, the Army of the State of Qi joined forces with the Ming Army of Yunzhou Township to land in Yongping Mansion on the side of the Qing Dynasty, seized Shanhaiguan, cut off the connection between the Qing Dynasty and Liaodong, and put on a posture of intimidating the capital to force the Qing The captives returned to fight against them.

In January last year, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty and the king of Qin, Sun Ke, was expected to use Li Dingguo, a famous general in all battles, to command the East Route Army and launch a new counterattack against the Qing captives.Under the support of the Qi Army and the Ming Army of Yunzhou Town, the Ming Army first attacked Jining with light soldiers and defeated the Qing Army.Subsequently, the Ming army fought steadily and cooperated with a Ming army that landed in Penglai to regain Shandong.

In the summer and autumn of last year, the Ming and Qing dynasties fought repeatedly in Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi and other battlefields.In the end, the Ming army was the first to form a breakthrough in the Henan area with abundant logistical supplies and sharp firearms. In mid-September, Li Dingguo commanded all the way to deviate from the division, and suddenly drove directly to Kaifeng via Caozhou (now Heze City, Shandong Province), intending to cut off the rear of the Qinglu Central Route Army.

The Qing army's middle army immediately retreated, preparing to rescue Kaifeng.Unexpectedly, Bai Wenxuan, the commander-in-chief of the Huguang Battalion of the Ming Army, seized the opportunity to break through Xuzhou (now Xuchang, Henan), and sent his army to Zhengzhou, preparing to attack the army of the Qing army in the middle with Li Dingguo's troops.

The head coach of the Qing army, Luo Keduo, king of Pingjun, was forced to abandon Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, retreat all the way across the Yellow River, and temporarily garrison troops in Fengqiu and Yanjin. At the beginning of October, he retreated to Puyang again, formed a confrontation with the Qing army stationed in Anyang and Handan, and continued to confront the Ming army.

On October 10, Jiang Yongrui, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army in Jizhou (now Hengshui City, Hebei), cut his braids and changed his flag after contacting the representatives sent by the Ming army, announcing that the more than 20 green battalion soldiers under his troops would return to the Ming Dynasty.

On October 10, the Ming army and the Jizhou Green Battalion jointly attacked Zhengding (now Shijiazhuang City, Hebei). The Green Battalion stationed in the city lost their morale.

On November 11th, Shu Mulu Yide, the general of the Qing dynasty Dingyuan who retreated to Cangzhou, in order to save the decline, disregarded the opposition of the generals, and gathered more than 5 elite Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry, and went straight to Jizhou, trying to attack the Ming army's back.

Unexpectedly, Li Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, set up an ambush in a valley in Wuyi, Jizhou, and defeated the Qing army, killing and wounding more than [-] Eight Banners cavalry.Subsequently, the Ming army took advantage of the situation to attack Cangzhou from Jizhou and Dezhou.

Facing the massive attack of the Ming army, the coach of the Qing army, Shu Mulu Yide, was going to defend the city, trying to consume a large amount of the strength of the Ming army with a strong city defense and tens of thousands of defenders.Unexpectedly, some green battalion soldiers in the city could not bear the harsh treatment of food and pay by the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners, so they rebelled and opened the gate of Cangzhou to welcome the Ming army into the city.

Yide led more than [-] Eight Banners to escape from Cangzhou City and Benba County in a hurry, and the capital was less than two hundred miles behind him, and the Qing court was shaken.

Kangxi, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, had sent troops to attack Yongping Mansion and Shanhaiguan several times before, but they were all repelled by the Qi Army and the Ming Army in Yunzhou Town, so that the retreat to Liaodong was still unable to be opened.

When the strong attack failed, the Qing captives tried to bribe Qi's army with money, giving 100 million taels of silver, and asked Qi to give up the passage to Liaodong.

Commander-in-Chief of the Qi Army, Lieutenant Zhaoxin (Colonel) Ren Maoyong and the representatives of the Qing prisoners joked that they would offer 150 million taels of silver. In this way, the Qi Army gave up Shanhaiguan and let the Qing captives retreat to Liaodong.

Unexpectedly, in order not to give up any straw that could save lives, the Qing court made a promise, and in less than half a month, it gathered 150 million taels of silver, which was composed of more than a dozen carts. Loaded, sent to Changli, handed over to the Qi army, and bought a way back to his hometown.

Just when Yide was defeated in Cangzhou, a group of more than [-] Eight Banners cavalry cautiously left Luanzhou and headed for Shanhaiguan.

When passing through Changli, the Qing army who explored the road was not attacked by the Qi army. The leading general was overjoyed, and then drove his troops straight to Shanhaiguan.

However, before the Qing army arrived at Shanhaiguan, they were shocked to find that there were still soldiers stationed in Guancheng. Although they were not the troublesome Qi army, they were the Ming army in Yunzhou Town!

The angry Qing army sent people to Changli to ask the Qi army why.How did you take the money and not keep your word?
Qi Jun responded plausibly that after receiving the road money from the Qing government, they withdrew from Shanhaiguan as soon as possible, and all stationed in Changli, Funing, Jieshi Port and other places, organizing many refugees to transfer to the seaside.As for why Shanhaiguan was occupied by the Ming army again, it is unknown.You didn't say that Shanhaiguan will be directly handed over to you!

The implication is that the movements of my soldiers and horses in the Qing Dynasty are too slow, and let others take the lead.

When the general of the Qing army heard the words, he almost vomited blood.Nima's, 150 million taels of silver, the co-author is to let you withdraw from Shanhaiguan, and then replace the Ming army to garrison.

How can you guys of the Qi State be so shameless that you even cheated us of our money when our Qing Dynasty was in such a difficult time!
The resentful but helpless Qing army slowly returned to the capital after tentatively attacking Shanhaiguan several times and failed.

However, when the Qing court tried to win Shanhaiguan, it also made other arrangements.Numerous gold and silver materials, food and silk, along with a large number of princes and nobles, were first evacuated to Huailai and Baoan Prefecture. When the capital was ready to be policed, they could leave the fortress through Xuanhua and Zhangjiakou, and then return to Liaodong.

When the Qing court learned that the bribery of Qi Guofan was being tricked, it stopped thinking about it, and immediately began to make two-handed preparations. While consolidating and strengthening the defense of the capital, it was preparing to fight to the death with the attacking Ming army in the capital. The nobles, women and children of the Eight Banners were transferred to Xuanhua Mansion one after another in case of emergency.

But judging from the overall situation, it seems irreversible that we were defeated by the Qing Dynasty and then withdrew from the pass.
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January 1, Java Island, Haian (now Surabaya, Indonesia).

Two immigrant boats docked on the shore, and a group of haggard immigrants staggered onto the pier, supported each other, and walked towards the temporary camp in the distance under the guidance of dozens of immigration officials and township soldiers.

These refugees are all from the Qinglu-controlled area in the northern part of the mainland. They are all sallow and emaciated, in extremely poor physical condition, and after a long journey by sea, their expressions are even more fatigued. They barely survived until now with only a desire to survive in their hearts.

On the way the refugees passed, two porridge sheds were set up, and each refugee would fill a bowl when they passed by, so that everyone could recover a little bit of strength.

Hai'anbao and the surrounding area within 1657 kilometers were leased by the State of Qi from the Sultan Kingdom of Matalan in [-]. After more than ten years of development, it has become the most prosperous seaport city nearby, almost monopolizing and Controls all import and export trade in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Mataland.

In terms of administrative affiliation, the Hai'an area is under the jurisdiction of the Guangning District, with a population of more than [-] people. There are more than ten immigrant settlements, and the army has stationed a company of troops here, as if the area is regarded as its own territory. generally.

On both sides of the long immigrant queue, in addition to the township soldiers and local civil affairs officials maintaining order, there were also many people and children who came to watch the excitement.

"Father, I'm hungry. I want to eat too..."

A local boy holding steamed buns looked curiously at the passing refugee team, his mouth was stuffed, and he forgot to swallow for a while. A gray puppy raised its head and stared at its little master. With the steamed bun in his hand, he kept wagging his tail.

"Meizi is good, just bear with it, there will be something to eat in a while." The girl's father glanced at the child holding the steamed bun, and subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva in his throat.

"I'm hungry..." The girl watched helplessly as the boy tore off a piece of steamed bun in his hand and threw it to the puppy next to him.

"..." The father held his daughter's little hand tightly and remained silent.

"If you become my daughter-in-law, I'll give you steamed buns!" Seeing this, the boy said with a smile.

"...Okay, you give me the steamed buns, and I... I'll be your wife." The girl said timidly.

"Hahaha..." The surrounding soldiers and local people burst out laughing when they heard the two children's conversation.

"You little bastard, at this age you know you have to find a wife first!"

"Look, this little guy is very capable of trouble. He just wants to trick other girls into being his daughter-in-law with a steamed bun!"

"Damn it, if I had half the heart of this brat back then, I wouldn't be able to get a wife now!"

"Hey, man! I'll give you a fish to eat, and promise your daughter to my boy!"

"Bah, shameless. A steamed bun, a fish, just want to trick someone's daughter into a wife. Hey, brother, I will give you a sheep as a bride price, let your daughter and my second boy make a baby marriage, you don't have to?" ?”

"..."

"Father, mother, will I be his wife in the future?" Looking at the boy who was gradually running away amidst the laughter of many adults, the little girl asked his parents while gnawing on half a steamed bun.

"We are now under the rule of the Qi State, and we will have a house to live in in the future, and we will have enough to eat. Naturally, you can't be replaced by half a steamed bun." The man looked at his wife beside him, with a look of infinite desire on his face. look.

Zhan Ziyan, the head of the Hai'an area, stood on the watchtower of the city tower, looking at the winding immigration team in the direction of the pier, he couldn't help shaking his head.

"Why, looking at the appearance of Director Zhan, he seems to be dissatisfied with the arrival of immigrants? Didn't you beg the immigration department to allocate more immigrants to you?" Lu Guangjin, the commander of the 13nd Company of the 2th Battalion of the Army, asked with a smile.

"There are more than [-] migrants allocated this time, which is a little bit too much, and women, children and children account for more than [-]%, and they cannot all be used as labor for land reclamation. It will inevitably consume the resources of our Hai'an area. Material reserves." Zhan Ziyan said: "In addition, most of these immigrants came from the areas controlled by the Qing Dynasty in the north of the mainland. With blood and courage, how do you compete for space with the natives?"

"Director Zhan, you are worrying too much." Lu Guangjin said proudly: "With the power of our Qi State today, which of the surrounding natives would dare to invade the Hai'an area? Even if the natives really dare to invade, I will have more than 100 officers and soldiers Let them have a bloody fight under the city of Hai'an! These immigrants, although they come from the Qinglu-controlled area in the north of the mainland, are still Han people after all. If they have been reformed and educated for a few years, they will naturally get rid of their servility and become a little bit more Qi people. bloody."

"Having said that, we still need to be more careful when we live in the land of the natives." Zhan Ziyan glanced at Lu Guangjin and said lightly: "I heard that the Matalan Sultan Kingdom forced to buy their domestic grain because of the Nanyang Trading Company. , caused a certain degree of famine among the natives, and the whole country is already dissatisfied with Qi. The natives are ignorant and reckless, and maybe they will do some unexpected things."

"If they really have the guts to make a radical move, it will be ours." Lu Guangjin smiled, "The battle with the Kingdom of Mataran just happened to change the land lease of Hai'an to a permanent cession."

"You soldiers, you just look forward to more wars." Zhan Ziyan said with a wry smile: "This Matalan Kingdom is not as easy to fight as that Gowa Kingdom. After all, it is also a big country in Southeast Asia, with millions of people and a large army. Tens of thousands."

"It's just a bunch of chickens and dogs!" Lu Guangjin said disdainfully: "Decades ago, the Dutch were able to defeat the siege of tens of thousands of troops organized by the Matalan Kingdom several times under the city of Batavia. To this day, I still don't believe how many times their force can be increased?"

After Zhan Ziyan heard this, he couldn't help being a little dissatisfied with the arrogance of this gang of Ziqiu Ba, but after thinking about it, it seems that there is indeed no Tubang kingdom in the land of Nanyang that can pose a threat to the Qi State. Given the reputation of defeat, it's no wonder these Qiu Ba are so arrogant.

"Boss! Boss!..." A scribe hurried to the tower with an eager expression on his face.

"What's the matter?" Zhan Ziyan couldn't help but shudder when he saw that the visitor was running out of breath, his face was covered with sweat, and it was obvious that something serious had happened.

"Sir, a flying fish fast boat has arrived in Hai'an, and there is news from the Kingdom of Mataland." The clerk wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Five days ago, the capital of the Kingdom of Mataland, Surakarta (now A large-scale mob attack on Han people occurred in Solo City, Java Island, Indonesia, and hundreds of Han people were killed or injured...Among them, more than a dozen Chinese businessmen from Qi State were affected.”

"Huh?" Zhan Ziyan was stunned when he heard the words, and then turned to look at Lu Guangjin.

"Why did the natives attack the people of our country of Qi?" Lu Guangjin's expression was a bit ferocious, but also a little...excited.

"...the messenger did not elaborate."

"Director Zhan, although the news came that the natives of Surakarta attacked and killed our Han people, it does not rule out that the Mataran Kingdom took advantage of the situation to launch an attack on our Hai'an area." Lu Guangjin looked at Zhan Ziyan with burning eyes, " In this case, please Director Zhan issue an emergency mobilization order and declare that the entire region has entered a state of war, in case of emergency! "

(End of this chapter)