The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 402
In April of the seventh year of Chongzhen, because of the lack of food in the country, and the loss of Jinzhou and Fuzhou, Huang Taiji decided to enter the customs again, this time earlier than the original history. It's been a month, and it's also thanks to Ding Yi.

Huang Taiji gathered troops in April, and divided into four routes on the Great Wall in May, breaking through the pass from Datong and Xuanhua.

Their goal this time was obvious. They did not attack the city, but only plundered the village fort, just to grab food and people.

Emperor Chongzhen in the capital was startled and angry when he heard the news, and he quickly decreed that in view of the lessons learned last time, many people fled without fighting, and whoever could not defend the city would be executed.

But such a decree is completely useless, and many people just abandon the city and flee without taking the imperial decree to heart.

At the beginning of August, twenty or so cavalrymen from the Later Jin Dynasty captured more than a thousand women and children in Chunxian County, Shanxi Province. Passing by the city of Daizhou, the captives saw their relatives on the city, calling and crying to each other. He didn't dare to shoot an arrow, and watched the Houjin soldiers escort the captives away.

Chun County fell, and Hou Jin robbed wantonly, loaded more than 300 carts full of looted property and left.A few days later, after the Jin army left for a long time, the magistrate of Chun County reported to the Ming court that the city was honorably recovered.

Then the soldiers and horses of the later Jin army gathered in Yingzhou and conquered Daizhou. The Ming army nestled in the city of Datong, not daring to take a breath.Then the Hou Jin army captured Wanquan Zuowei, killed the guard Chang Ruzhong, wiped out more than a thousand people from the Ming army, left the fortress from Shangfangbao, and left happily. Traveling thousands of miles, it was like entering a land without people .

This entry did not do much harm to the Ming Dynasty, but it was extremely insulting. All the ministries of the Ming army shrank in the city. Seeing that Houjin was like an invincible enemy in the territory, Emperor Chongzhen and his officials were ruthless by Huang Taiji. He slapped him hard a few times.

Of course, the officials of the Ming Dynasty had very thick skins. As soon as Houjin left the customs, they forgot about it, and they were very happy, singing about the victory of the Ming army and repelling Jiannu.

This battle did not affect Ding Yi either.

In May, Chongzhen wanted to call Ding Yi to fight against Jin, but he was guilty because he ordered not to sell saltpeter and sulfur to North Korea a few days ago, forcing North Korea not to give food to Yupi Island.

He wanted to force Ding Yi to bow his head and give in by Yuan Chonghuan's way of cutting off Pidao's food.

So he was afraid that Ding Yi would be as disobedient as Zu Dashou, and the court would lose face.

So someone offered a suggestion to test Ding Yi and let him send troops all the way. Don't let him lead the troops, let his subordinates lead the troops.

If he wins, promote his subordinates and divide him and his subordinates.

He also said that there were 2000 people in Wang Weizhong's Department of Dengzhou Camp, who were originally Ding Yi's subordinates, and now they are in Dengzhou.

Chongzhen felt that it made sense, and immediately ordered Wang Weizhong to lead the troops to Datong to fight against the gold.

One is to see if Wang Weizhong is obedient, and the other is to see how Ding Yi reacts.

When the news reached Wang Weizhong, Wang Weizhong immediately sent someone to ask Phi Dao for instructions.

At this time, he was under the supervision of Xu Fu, the commander-in-chief of Denglai, and Xu did not urge him. He said privately, you can ask Ding Yi, if you need anything, you should tell me, it is also a show of loyalty.

Xu this person has also learned to be smart now, he has no backer in the court, and the only one he can rely on right now is Ding Yi, a fierce general who will never lose in a battle.

At this time, Ding Yi had just returned from North Korea not long ago, and quickly replied to Wang Weizhong that he could send troops and how to fight, he could decide on his own, but he had to make sure he came back alive and brought his brothers back.

Wang Weizhong immediately opened his mouth to Xu He's court, asking for iron armor, food and gunpowder.

The imperial court agreed one by one, and gave Wang Weizhong five hundred armors for the first time.

He received the order in mid-May, and sent troops only on June [-]rd. He lingered on the road and went to the big cities. Every time he went to a city, he asked the locals for food, and sent people into the city to search for artisans in the name of buying food.

In July, before arriving in Datong, Huang Taiji was ready to go back.

On July [-]th, Wang Weizhong met Cao Wenzhao who also came to fight against Jin in Datong.

Cao Wenzhao had been fighting against the peasant army before. Originally, Zuo Liangyu and other Ming troops had surrounded Gao Yingxiang, Wang Weiguo, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others in Henan.

But after the Jin invaded, the imperial court called him back to fight against the Jin. These peasant troops took the opportunity to break through from the royal servants and escaped.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao was the commander-in-chief of Lintao, and his subordinates were all Guandongning, with a total of more than 2000 cavalry, all of which were cavalry.

Both Wang Weizhong and Cao Wenzhao were ordered to stay in Huairen County, along with Governor Zhang Zongheng.
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Going back to the beginning of May, Ding Yi returned to Phi Island from North Korea with a lot of silver and grain stones, and Dongjiang Town was full of joy again.

This campaign against North Korea was also a great victory, with 50 taels of silver and 20 shi of grain and rice, which was as good as the harvest that day when the day was cut.

But the casualties were not small. Zhang Jing's cavalry suffered more than 500 casualties, and more than half of them were lost.

Ding Yi and the North Korean infantry fought in Xinling, with more than 400 casualties, and a total of 1000 casualties.

After returning, as usual, they will pay compensation first, visit the families of the casualties, and then reward them for meritorious service.

Zhang Jing almost wiped out his entire army, but he became a great success because he surrendered more than 1 infantry, which made him proud.

Not long after Ding Yi came back, Song Fei also came back from Japan with a boat.

Song Fei's Second Navy Division, after sending troops to Ganghwa Island for the first time, brought artillery and blunderbuss to Japan for trading.

He brought 30 cannons and 300 firecrackers, and sold half of them to the shogunate and half to his father-in-law, for a total of 8 taels, making a huge profit.

These firearms are all simplified versions of Lushun, with a short lifespan and limited power.

For example, Ding Yi’s soldiers and horses use Lumi gunpowder, which costs 12 yuan for the granular gunpowder, while the gunpowder sold by Ding Yi for the shogunate can only use 5 yuan for gunpowder because of the difference in the walls and gunpowder. It is only one-third worse than the power.

Seinfeld came back with the ship and there were a lot of copper and iron ore, saltpeter, sulfur and other things.

Next, he specially traveled to Pidao, Japan, and North Korea. Each time, he would stay here for about ten days, Japan for about ten days, and North Korea for five days. Jeju Island, it is much more convenient to travel to Japan now, and you can go to Jeju Island to replenish and rest at any time in the middle.

Although it was tough at sea, Seinfeld and Fran expressed their love for the time in Japan and North Korea, and the girls on both sides were very gentle.

In May, the imperial court asked Wang Weizhong to send troops, and Ding Yi agreed.

Because he knew that he didn't need to send troops, Ding Yi planned to go to Songjiang Fujian to meet Zheng Zhilong and discuss something.

In addition, he now needs a large number of people, especially in Jeju, where there are too many local people, and he needs to transport some Ming people to go there.

Before Wang Weizhong sent troops, Ding Yi brought Ruan Siqing and others to Dengzhou, and Du Ruhai and others met them in Dengzhou.

After Wang Weizhong left, Wei Jiye was also transferred to Jeju, where Du Ruhai was not only in charge of salt affairs, but also responsible for recruiting refugees, hoarding land, and mining.

As soon as Ding Yi arrived at Dengzhou Port, he saw a large number of ships entering and leaving the port, which was very lively.

After Ding Yi's drainage policy in recent years, coupled with the increasingly violent peasant army in Daming, Dengzhou City and the wharf are full of people, and refugees are everywhere.

All the generals praised Mr. Ding for his good work in the early stage. He set up porridge restaurants in the whole province and spent money to hire local officials. Only in this way can the refugees who poured into Shandong from all over the place come to Denglai in an orderly manner.

(End of this chapter)