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Chapter 456 New "Sea Relocation Order" under the Butterfly Effect

The Battle of Shanhaiguan ended in a disastrous defeat in which more than half of the Qing troops participating in the war were wiped out.

After this battle, the Qing army completely lost the possibility of an aggressive counterattack in the remaining months of the sixth year of Longwu, and even in the subsequent years.

Moreover, the far-reaching impact of this battle was not revealed all at once, and many consequences still need to be revealed slowly over a long period of time.

For example, during the more than [-] years of war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when did the Qing army go south to plunder when autumn was high and horses were fat?Treat the common people of Ming Dynasty as a cash machine in Liaodong?
However, this Shanhaiguan battle had an unexpected and funny side effect: because the battle took place from August to October, it happened to be the stage of autumn grain storage after the autumn harvest.

Originally, when the Qing army launched a battle at this time, it also wanted to enter the customs to snatch the autumn grain and materials in the area controlled by the Ming army.

But in the end, the Ming army attacked Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and all the people, money, food and materials were withdrawn by sea. This is equivalent to the Qing army's farming in Ningyuan and Jinzhou for a year, and finally the newly harvested grain was cut off by the Ming army. .

For more than 30 years, only the Ming army's fields were cut off by the Qing army. Now, for the first time, the Qing army's farming was cut off by the Ming army.Although the number is small, the impact on the structure and morale of both parties is very far-reaching.

Afterwards, the high-level officials of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were filled with anger when they recalled the incident: The Qing Dynasty was actually the one that was robbed by the protection fee during the autumn harvest!Is there any reason!
In the months after this battle, the Qing army had to shrink in the Liaoxi Corridor, reducing its military presence, forming a no man's land that neither side dared to want.

Jinzhou City has to be guarded, because this place is relatively close to the heart of Liaodong, and it is at the end of the Liaoxi Corridor.But a city like Ningyuan, which is only at the waist in the middle of the West Liaoning Corridor, is absolutely not dared to take it.

However, even at this point, Zhang Huangyan did not plan to let the Manchus go, and he planned two poisonous tricks to weaken Mongolia and Manchus at the same time.

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Zhang Huangyan's first move was to let the Ming army carry out destructive sneak attacks on other coastal areas of the Liaodong Peninsula, especially those points where the terrain was relatively protruding and it was difficult to quickly reinforce land from the core occupied area of ​​​​the Qing army.

Anyway, the coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula is so long, as long as there is emptiness, the Ming army can sneak attack.

The location of the sneak attack doesn't have to be limited to the Liaoxi Corridor!It can also be the west coast of the peninsula, or even the east coast of the peninsula!As long as you don't touch the most sunken places at the bottom of the peninsula (that is, don't touch the Yingkou of later generations)

Unless the Qing army completely abandons all coastlines and retreats back to the inland!Otherwise, the Ming army can take advantage of the navy to attack everywhere!
The Ming army's first real sneak attack on Liaodong occurred more than a month after the end of the Shanhaiguan War, on October [-]th in the sixth year of Longwu.

The implementer of this battle is still mainly Zhang Mingzhen's navy. The total number of troops used is about 2, all of which are navy and artillery. Not many professional troops are used. flexible.

The location of the Ming army's attack was chosen at the most advanced Jinzhouwei on the Liaodong Peninsula, which is the Dalian and Lushun areas in later generations.

As we all know, the area around Dalian and Lushun itself is another narrow and prominent peninsula at the tip of Liaodong Peninsula, that is, "a peninsula on a peninsula".

The connecting part connecting the hinterland of the Liaodong Peninsula is very narrow, and the terrain of the connecting part is still mountainous (if there are no mountains, maybe there is no way to form a peninsula, but it will be directly separated by the Bohai Sea and become an island)

With such a terrain, reinforcements would of course be very inconvenient for the Qing army whose core was stationed around Shengjing.After the Ming army launches an offensive, the Qing army's reinforcements may not be able to reach the battlefield for seven or eight days.

If the Ming army lacked heavy artillery, it might be difficult to cross the sea to attack a city that had been firmly garrisoned by the Qing army for decades.

After all, the situation here is very different from Ningyuan and Jinzhou.After all, the defenders of Ningyuan and Jinzhou had quite a lot of Liaodong Han people, and the old troops of Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou were forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Naturally, when the Ming army came back, they would have their homeland more or less in their hearts.

As for Jinzhouwei, it is said that generations of people feel that they are the people of the Qing Dynasty/post-Jin Dynasty. Almost no one was born during the Ming Dynasty, and they have never been a citizen of the Ming Dynasty in their entire lives (unless they were born in the Li Chengliang era. The old man may have been a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and the local middle-aged people under the age of 50 and [-] have never been ruled by the Ming Dynasty)
Therefore, when the Ming army attacked, their will to resist was still possible.It's a pity that the Ming army already has flexible heavy artillery, which can also be switched by sea and land, and transported over thousands of miles.

The speed of the Ming army's heavy artillery on the sea is definitely faster than that of the Qing army's cannon on land, and each cannon is assigned six horses to pull the artillery cart.

The Ming army had the absolute advantage of concentrating its troops, and could easily break open the city. Of course, the Qing army could not resist it at all.

On the ninth day of October, the second day after the Ming army landed, the Jinzhou Weihou, which is later known as Dalian, was breached by the Ming army.

The Qing army did not have many defenders in the Jinzhou Guard Post, but after all, this is the hinterland of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the population of Manchu people is still quite large.In the end, more than [-] soldiers were killed, and more than [-] Manchu and Han people were killed and captured.

The Ming army also had strict military discipline, and made it clear that as long as they were Han people, even those who had been enslaved by the Tartars for many years, they could take revenge.Moreover, the Ming army will not harm the Han people unless there is clear evidence that they are famous traitors.

After some cleansing, the rest of the local people all took refuge in Daming.

Only three days later, on the twelfth day of October, Jinzhou Weizhong Station and Qiansuo, later known as Lushun, were also breached by the Ming army.Until now, the Qing army has not sent reinforcements from Shengjing.

After taking down the entire territory of Jinzhouwei, the Ming army did not intend to give up after looting like Ning Yuan did this time, but chose to live in a down-to-earth manner.

If we go back more than ten years and want to leave a stronghold connected to the hinterland of the Liaodong Peninsula on the other side of Denglai across the sea, it is absolutely unthinkable.

But today is different. The Ming navy under Zhu Shuren’s rule is more than ten times stronger than that of Chongzhen. It is easy for Ming to maintain a perennial maritime supply line between the tip of the Shandong Peninsula and the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.If the navy of the Qing army dared to harass them, they would definitely seek death.

After being incompetent and furious for more than a month, and the two tentative rescues were repulsed, the Shengjing Puppet Dynasty felt obedient and gave up the Jinzhou Guard directly, allowing the Ming army to wreak havoc on the tip of the peninsula.

And the Ming army won such a natural harbor that is famous in later generations, which is naturally like a tiger with wings for the subsequent supply, dispatch, and support of the Daming Navy.

Zhang Huangyan wrote a letter admonishing him, asking Zhu Shuren to allocate funds to fortify Jinzhouwei, and to carry out port construction, so as to completely wipe out the plan of the Tartars in the future.

After Zhu Shuren got the report, he also deeply agreed with his cousin's vision, discussed it symbolically within the Nanjing court, and finally issued an edict in the name of Emperor Longwu——

In the next few years, there will be no need for the six northern provinces to provide money and food, but relying on the financial support of Jiangnan to transport weapons, money and food by sea. The north only needs to provide some building materials to be responsible for the fortification of Jinzhouwei.

Building bastions and building bastions, and building deep-water ports should build ports, all of which are indispensable.The materials can be shipped by sea anyway, the transportation cost is very low, and the construction expenditure is completely controllable.

Moreover, after Zhu Shuren looked at the map, he found that the location of Jinzhouwei on the map of the Ming Dynasty did not completely coincide with the Dalian Port in later generations. Dalian in later generations still exists like a fishing village.

So with a swipe of his pen, he directly raised the local administrative level, and set up "Dalian Mansion" in the Liao Province of the Ming Dynasty, which can be regarded as the administrative seat and provincial capital of some areas of the newly restored Liao Province of the Ming Dynasty.

The main reason is that other places in Eastern Liaodong are still in the hands of the Tartars, and there is only one place recovered by Ming Dynasty. Of course, this place can only be used as the provincial capital.

In the future, it will not be too late to conquer Shengjing and move the provincial capital of Liaodong to Shenyang. These are all negotiable.

After owning the first prefecture-level foothold on the Liaodong Peninsula, there is another advantage, that is, Daming can finally reset the "Liaodong Governor" position that has been abandoned for many years.

Before the Ming Dynasty, during the reign of Chongzhen, the governor of Liaodong had always been retained. Even if the territory of Liaodong was actually lost, the governor of Liaodong would continue to be established and the station would be located in Shanhaiguan.

Before Wu Sangui switched on and off, there were Wang Yongji, governor of Liaoji, Li Yutian, governor of Liaodong, and others, who could theoretically restrain Wu Sangui.It's a pity that Wang Yongji and Li Yutian also became second ministers later.

Now, after six or seven years of vacancy, Daming can finally reset Liaodong Governor.Zhu Shuren also made a selection within the Nanjing court, wanting to see if anyone volunteered to go.

Unexpectedly, most of the waste snacks in the Nanjing court. I heard that there is actually only one Jinzhou Guard in the Liaodong governor's jurisdiction. reinforce……

In the end, there was no civil servant who was of sufficient rank and willing to become a civil servant.

Other people of insight who are willing to share the country's worries are either too high or too low in official positions, so they are not suitable-for example, loyal people like Shi Kefa are not afraid of serving the country and risking their own lives, but he How could it be possible to go to such a crappy place after being the chief minister of the cabinet.

Zhu Shuren ran out of those timid waste snacks, and finally promoted the young man to be the governor.

At the beginning, he proposed that Zhang Mingzhen be the governor of Liaodong directly!
But this matter is too much a violation of the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty. The civil and military divisions of the Ming Dynasty were separated in 80, and the status of generals was low. How could there be any reason for a person who was born as a general or a general to be the governor?
Naturally, this proposal was persuaded by countless cowardly civil servants because it was too shocking.

Fortunately, Zhu Shuren didn't intend to promote Zhang Mingzhen as a civil servant at the beginning. After throwing stones and asking directions to frighten the conservatives, he threw out the second candidate and let Zheng Chenggong be the governor of Liaodong.

Zheng Chenggong also has absolute naval strength, and Zheng Zhilong has been dead for more than three years, Zheng Chenggong has also served Xiao, and the strength of the Zheng family is completely controlled by him alone.After Zheng Chenggong became the governor of Liaodong, was he still afraid that the Zheng family's sea power would not go all out?

As soon as this personnel proposal was put forward, many people subconsciously wanted to oppose it at first.And the reason is naturally that Zheng Chenggong's rank is a little lower - Zheng Chenggong was already a doctor-level official of the Ministry of Household Affairs many years ago, and later he was promoted through previous achievements, and now he also has a resume at the level of a servant. Half a class short.

But the main reason against Zheng Chenggong is that he is too young and his seniority as an official is too short.Zheng Chenggong was basically a newcomer who had just entered the official career in the last years of Chongzhen, and he became an official at the age of sixteen or seventeen.The rapid promotion was mainly in the six years of the Longwu period.

A young man who is only 26 years old, let him be the governor of a province, what do those old-school seniors think?
It's a pity that they have already opposed Zhu Shuren's decision once, and most of the potential energy of opposition has been consumed. It would be too unwise to continue to oppose Zhu Shuren now.

Moreover, Zhu Shuren gave them a chance, but they themselves did not want to be the governor of Liaodong, which actually only has one jurisdiction and is extremely dangerous.If Zhu Shuren wanted to push someone again, and the person who pushed was indeed a civil servant, they would have no face to object.

In the end, after some court games, Zhu Shuren successfully promoted Zheng Chenggong to the position of governor of Liaodong, and let him take office within three months. When the appointment was issued, it was already the end of November in the sixth year of Longwu. After all, the Dalian government had been recovered before. It was also at the end of October, and it only took one month for the news of the appointment decision to be exchanged, which is already very fast.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong has to ensure that he arrives in Dalian to take office before the end of February next year.

Calculating the time, the Bohai Sea will freeze over in the twelfth lunar month of winter, and when we set sail northward in February, it will be able to thaw just in time for sea transportation season, and we can still go northward after celebrating the new year in Nanjing. Zhu Shuren can take care of his little one at this time rhythm. bro.

Zheng Chenggong was naturally grateful when he learned that he had finally become a great official of the frontier and a governor at the young age of 27.

He felt that the two generations of Zheng's family had struggled so far, and they had finally made it to the top of the local political arena.

His father, Zheng Zhilong, has worked hard all his life. Because of his bad background, the highest is Fujian General Soldier, and he can only be the highest military officer in the province until he dies.

He is only 27 after the new year, and he has already become the highest civil servant in the province, which is definitely a glory for his ancestors.

Before leaving, he inevitably asked Zhu Shuren in Nanjing to give gifts to treat guests, express his gratitude, and spent several million taels of silver to help pay.

Of course Zhu Shuren didn't care about the little brother's money, he just patted Zheng Chenggong on the shoulder and encouraged him to do a good job:
"Your Zheng family's boat is not suitable for sailing in the Yellow Sea, but the boat is not a problem. The imperial court will subsidize you. You have to provide refreshments for sailors and armaments, and the Tartars may not be willing to launch a counterattack.

I just hope that Dalian Mansion can also become a meat grinder for the Tartars to continue bloodletting in the next few years. If they don't come to your door, you can take the initiative to provoke them until the Tartars completely abandon all coastlines and retreat back to the inland. Otherwise, this matter will not matter. Finished. "

Zheng Chenggong hastily said that everything should be handed over to him, and he would definitely live up to his elder brother's kindness.

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After arranging Zheng Chenggong's move, Zhu Shuren of course has other supporting means, but the purpose is the same.

The time quietly came to the seventh year of Longwu. With Zheng Chenggong successfully taking office at the end of February, the last force of Daming's harassment from the sea also completely tore apart from the puppet Qing and launched a strategic counterattack.

This force is Li Yu, the general soldier of Dongjiang Town that Zhu Shuren had ambushed in North Korea before.

It has been a year and a half since Li Yu returned to North Korea. At first he brought back 1 soldiers. Now, after expanding and reorganizing the army, recruiting local soldiers from North Korea, the number has expanded to [-] in the third battalion.North Korea's national strength can still bear this amount, and it can also sell him enough military rations at a parity price that is significantly lower than the market price.

Moreover, in the past year and a half, the situation in North Korea has undergone new changes.When Li Yu first returned, the incumbent King of Joseon, Lee Chan, finally died of illness last year.

The eldest son Li Hao also formally ascended the throne, and Li Yu and his father Li Shibai's popularity increased again. With the support of Zhu Shuren, they already had power in North Korea.

Li Yu, who was supported by all the national power of North Korea, finally officially tore up the peace with the puppet Qing Dynasty, and sent troops to further occupy Zhangzi Island at the mouth of the Yalu River—of course, Li Yu sent troops to occupy the land as the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty. It is also considered the territory directly under the Ming Dynasty, not the territory of the vassal North Korea, this cannot be ambiguous.Otherwise, wouldn't it be North Korea helping Daming fight against the puppet Qing Dynasty, and finally North Korea itself can expand its territory? Zhu Shuren will definitely not make such a low-level mistake.

(Note: The current Zhangzi Island is in the waters east of Dalian, but the Zhangzi Island on the map of the Ming Dynasty is at the mouth of the Yalu River. That place no longer exists, because of siltation, it has been integrated with the main land of Donggang City and has become a part of the harbor breakwater)

Because the location of Zhangzi Island is closer to the Yalu River Estuary than Mao Wenlong’s Phi Island more than 20 years ago, after Li Yu succeeded, it can be regarded as completely cutting off the shipping from the Yalu River Estuary.The waterway traffic between the eastern and western parts of the Puppet Qing Dynasty was cut off, and they could only communicate directly by land over Changbai Mountain.

The steepness of Changbai Mountain is destined to greatly restrict military deployment. There is no need to wait for winter, and the mountain can be covered by heavy snow for at least half of the year.Therefore, after August every year, and in February and March of the next year, as long as the mountains are blocked by heavy snow and the troops from the direction of Shengjing cannot come to reinforce them, the Ming army can clear and suppress the land south of the Beiling of Changbai Mountain at will.

For a while, even the Manchu tribe nestled in Changbai Mountain suffered disaster. As long as they were caught by the Ming army, the soldiers would kill them all, women and children would be captured, and they would gradually eat away and weaken.

Being harassed by the Ming army with Shanhaiguan Li Dingguo in the west, Zheng Chenggong in Dalian Prefecture in the middle, and Li Yu in Zhangzidao in the east, the puppet Qing finally couldn't hold on in the seventh year of Longwu, and finally completely abandoned all coastal territories. Different, at least [-] miles inland, and some regions even require retreating more than [-] miles away from the coastline.

This can also be regarded as the butterfly effect, which forced out the sea-moving order that lasted from the 18th year of Shunzhi to the 23rd year of Kangxi in history.

The only difference is that in history, Kang Mazi chose to block Zheng Chenggong and prevent Zheng Chenggong from getting trade supplies.

But now Shunzhi and Haoge were blocked and besieged by Zheng Chenggong in turn, unable to bear the pain of being continuously annihilated and bloodletted by the Manchurians along the coast, they fled to the inland by themselves.

(End of this chapter)