I want to be emperor

Chapter 572 The East-West Situation

As the No.15 division was transferred from the Northeast battlefield to Qingdao, Shandong for garrison training, it also meant that the large-scale war in the Northeast had stopped, and the follow-up operations were all piecemeal clearing operations, which did not require hundreds of thousands Dajun, after all, the remaining population in the vast area north of the Great Wall of Liaodong may not necessarily have hundreds of thousands of people...

Because the population is too small, but the place is too large, this also brought some troubles to the administrative division of the newly occupied areas of the Great Chu Empire.

Because it’s not right to set up a province directly, and it’s not right if you don’t set it up.

During this period, the population in the area north of Liaodong Province was too small. At the same time, in the next few years, the local area was still dominated by various military operations. The early population was also destined to be dominated by military settlements with a strong military nature. Logically speaking, it is more appropriate to directly set it as a military jurisdiction.

However, the separation of the military and the government is a major principle. In the Great Chu Empire, there is currently no such thing as a military jurisdiction. Even Jeju Island, which is designated as a military horse farm as a whole, belongs to the central and southern part of the Koryo Peninsula administratively. Donghae Province, Donghae Province established Jeju Prefecture on the island and dispatched officials.

Even if the main population under the government's jurisdiction is only the family members of local soldiers and a small number of racecourse technicians.

But the separation of military and government is a major principle.

The area north of Liaodong is no exception.

Because, extending the area of ​​Liaodong Province to the north further expanded the jurisdiction area of ​​Liaodong Province, and extended the area of ​​Liaobei Province all the way to the north.

The rest of the region is set as Blackwater Province.

Heishui, the ancient name of Heilongjiang, got its name because of the black water of the river. The Great Chu Empire continued to use the ancient name, and directly changed the messy transliteration of "Aluwu Namolian" to the ancient name of Heishuihe, and changed the name of Heishui Defined as the main stream of the series of rivers, not the tributaries.

Heishui Province has a governor, and the governor's resident is tentatively designated as Shuangjiang City.

This place is located at the confluence of the Songhua River and the Nen River, which is the main throat. Before the Chu army came to this place, they also established a simple military fort here, named Shuangjiang Fort, and then took a large number of prisoners of war and A large number of barbarians such as the surrendered Haixi Jurchen gathered here for reclamation.

At the same time, thousands of people were relocated from Liaodong to this place for reclamation.

This is also the actual control area of ​​the Great Chu Empire to the north. Even though it belongs to the Great Chu Empire in name, the Chu Army even sent troops to sweep and build fortresses in the northerly area, but... only the garrison did not civilian.

Although the control area of ​​Heishui Province is only so small, its theoretical jurisdiction area is large.

The newly established Heishui Province is bordered by the Kuanchengzi area in the south and Liaodong, and goes west to the western mountains of the Daxinganling Mountains. It includes a large area of ​​the Zhelimu League during the control period of the Dongyao people, which is probably a part of the eastern part of Monan Mongolia.

The northwest is bordered by the Mobei Mongolia-controlled area, and then go north... until the Arctic Ocean!

On the east side, it extends to the Tongjiang area, and its northeast direction is the sea.

(The area of ​​Heishui Province is probably the whole of Heilongjiang in the early Qing Dynasty, the southwestern corner of Jilin, the central and northern area of ​​Zheli Mumeng, and then crossed the outer Xing'an Mountains and continued to the north)
In fact, not only the theoretical jurisdiction area of ​​Heishuisheng is very large, but the jurisdiction area of ​​Liaodong Province has also increased significantly. The entire Liaohetao swamp area, including part of the eastern area controlled by Monan Mongolia, has been included in the bag.

To put it simply, the eastern region of Monan Mongolia was directly divided into two, with a small part belonging to Liaodong and most of it under the jurisdiction of Heishui Province.

Liaodong Province at this time is probably Liaodong in the early Qing Dynasty, plus the northwest of the Koryo Peninsula, plus the southeastern region of Monan Mongolia.

And the area of ​​Northern Liaobei Province is not small. The jurisdiction area of ​​this province includes the northeastern part of the Koryo Peninsula. To the east and north is the sea, including Sakhalin Island. Its jurisdiction area is also very large, (probably in the early Qing Dynasty Jilin plus the entire Northeast of the Koryo Peninsula)

But it's just that the places are big, these three places are typical of the sparsely populated... Especially Heishui Province and Liaobei Province, where there are not many ordinary people under the rule of the Great Chu Empire.

Most of the Dachu people in the above two places are soldiers stationed there...

Compared with these two places, Liaodong Province, which has a population of only one million, is a province with a large population!
This is also helpless, the local population is not much, coupled with the destruction of the war, the local population is also depleted.

Of course, the small population mentioned here refers to the civilians under the direct jurisdiction of the Great Chu Empire, excluding local garrisons and military prisoners of war, and also does not include a large number of people hiding or fleeing, or simply being savages all the time. All kinds of messy barbarians found.

During the Dongyaoren period, they would sweep back and forth in these places every once in a while, in order to catch those raw Jurchens and wild Jurchens they called. Many of the slaves under the soldiers of the Dongyao people's Eight Banners were these raw Jurchens.

The Great Chu Empire does not engage in slavery, the Great Chu Empire generally only engages in purge operations... If slaves are not captured, those who submit will be gathered to cultivate and farm, and those who do not submit will generally be wiped out immediately.

However, whether it is the Eastern captives or the Great Chu Empire, the policies in the Northeast region are all brain comparison policies to strengthen local control and gather a large number of fishing and hunting populations who are wandering under administrative rule.

So if you find a tribe, you fight a tribe...

This point is very different from the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty discovered that a tribe canonize a tribe. Only in the Northeast region, which is the so-called Nuergandusi area, all kinds of messy guards canonized more than a dozen Hundreds of tricks...

The Ming Dynasty felt that the north was a place of bitter cold, and it was useless to come here, and they had to spend a lot of money. In order to save money, they even gave up on the Liaohetao, and built the Liaohetao Great Wall into a wonderful V-shaped... But for the In these ruined places further north, the attitude of the Ming Dynasty is, don’t make trouble, and then just submit to me in name, and the rest of you will fend for yourself, and don’t look for me if you have anything to do.

The attitude of the Dongbao people in these areas is to swallow them in one gulp, and grab some slaves to give benefits to the soldiers of the Eight Banners by the way...

The purpose of the Great Chu Empire was similar to that of the Eastern Captives, but the means were somewhat different...Because the Great Chu Empire did not have a slave system...so the Chu Army did not capture slaves, and at the same time did not capture prisoners of war because of food shortages.

Those who surrendered were concentrated in places suitable for farming to let them cultivate, and those who did not surrender were wiped out on the spot.

It's just that the scale of the Chu army's sweep and purge is not small, and it is still a net-type purge. The local garrison took out the end of the bandit suppression in the pass. Sweeping nets.

Although this progress is slower, it is more stable.

After clearing the area after the battle, the Third Group Army and the garrison headquarters of Liaodong, Liaobei, and Heishui provinces can proudly declare that these places in the city are extremely safe, and they can completely welcome the follow-up immigrants for reclamation and grazing, etc.

The establishment of a province in Heishui also means that the military operations of the Great Chu Empire in the entire northeast region have come to an end, and the follow-up purges are purely in the scope of security operations, not military operations at all.

Under such circumstances, the Great Chu Empire transferred the main force of the first-class division No. 15 and a group of cavalry divisions one after another, and a small number of them retreated southward to Liaodong, Donghai, and even Shandong and Hebei in the pass for rest and replacement.

Some of them were transferred to the Monan area and even the Northwest Shaanxi-Gansu area, especially the cavalry!
The First Cavalry Army and the Third Cavalry Army, which had made many achievements in combat, were directly separated from the third army's combat order, and then transferred to Monan, where they were included in the second army's operational order.

This brought the size of the cavalry army under the jurisdiction of the Second Army to five armies.

The total number of troops under the jurisdiction of these five cavalry armies reached about [-] cavalry. Such a huge cavalry force appeared in Monan, and it could crush almost all the large tribes in Monan Mongolia by its numbers alone. Several large tribes in Mobei Mongolia also had to bow down.

In Central Asia and East Asia these days, the only country or force that can compete quantitatively with the cavalry corps under the Second Army is Moxi Mongolia.

For this, the entire Moxi Mongolia must be brought together, especially the two tribes of Heshuote and Zhungeer, and it is estimated that they will be able to compete with the Chu cavalry army in terms of numbers.

After controlling the entire Northeast and a large number of Monan Mongolia, the Great Chu Empire finally did not have to worry about war horses. As long as they have money and food, even hundreds of thousands of cavalry can be trained...

Although they are all Mongolian horses, they can only engage in light cavalry, but that is also cavalry, right?

With so many Great Chu cavalry appearing in Monan, it is undoubtedly a disaster for the remaining tribes in Monan who have not surrendered to Great Chu.

The Chu army launched a new round of attacks on Monan in autumn, taking advantage of the fact that winter had not yet arrived. Two cavalry armies marched westward from East Monan into the central hinterland of Monan.

There are also three cavalry corps attacking northward from Fengzhou Prefecture, which is the original pasture area of ​​​​Tumote Department.

The two cavalry armies swept all the way, and cleaned up the few tribes in the eastern and central areas of Monan who were still unwilling to surrender. After clearing up, the entire central and eastern areas of Monan officially declared their surrender.

Of all the tribes in the above two regions, a few have completely disappeared in the long river of history, and most of them have accepted the transformation of the Great Chu Empire as a herd.

The young and strong who are good at riding and archery are conscripted into the army. Some tribal leaders join the army, and some are sent to the Central Plains to eat and die. Ordinary herdsmen are divided according to the administrative division of prefectures and counties. Those who have conditions are settled, and those who are not are fixed Route nomad.

For this reason, the Great Chu Empire officially established the central region of Monan and a part of the eastern part as Monan Province in autumn, and the governor's resident was Fengzhou.

The establishment of Monan Province, coupled with the previous establishment of Heishui Province, and the adjustment of the territorial division of Liaobei Province and Liaodong Province, also means that the Great Chu Empire has completely completed the actual situation in the entire central and eastern part of Monan and the northeast. Military control, and entered the subsequent period of civil administration construction.

It also means that the Great Chu Empire can shift its strategic vision from the northeast region to the northerly Mobei region and the west Moxi region.

Mobei is better. Several large tribes in Mobei Mongolia have had a hard time in recent years. They have been frequently attacked by Russia, and they are completely powerless and dare not continue to fight with other forces.

After the Dongyao people became stronger, Mobei Mongolia did not hesitate too much, and directly expressed their submission to the Dongyao people in order to obtain the help of the Dongyao people to resist the invasion of the Russians. No matter how bad it is... also to avoid The attack of the Dongbang people caused one's own side to suffer from the enemy.

After the Great Chu Empire killed the Dongyao people, especially in the northern part of the Nenjiang River, after killing the Horqin tribe, and in fact controlled the entire eastern region of Monan Mongolia, they took the initiative to send envoys, saying that they wanted to pay tribute to the Great Chu Empire Emperor, request canonization and so on...

It's not that they are shameless and eager to become younger brothers, but that the Russians have put too much pressure on them in recent years.

This is a necessary means to avoid second-line combat and ensure survival. They can't continue to show the face of the Great Chu Empire while fighting against the Russians. If the Great Chu Empire looks unhappy and sends troops to attack them, wouldn't they want to catch them blind? .

The few tribes in Mobei Mongolia are so knowledgeable, plus it is too far away, there is no railway or anything these days, and Mobei is blocking Tsarist Russia, which will allow the Great Chu Empire to spend more time in the northern region Gather strength.

Therefore, after the news reached Jinling City, Luo Zhixue personally approved the tribute request of the three tribes of Mobei Mongolia, and granted the corresponding canonization, and also allowed to trade with the other party, and sold all kinds of cold weapons, even matchlock guns and light artillery to them , to help them fight against Tsarist Russia.

Therefore, in the area of ​​Mobei, there is no danger to the Great Chu Empire for the time being. Even if there is a threat, it is a threat from Tsarist Russia. But as long as a few tribes in Mobei are still there, the Great Chu Empire will not have to face Tsarist Russia directly. threat.

The real threat is the direction of Moxi!

The Zhungeer tribe in the western direction of Moxi was too ambitious and continued to capture a large area of ​​​​the surrounding territory. Although the Yarkand Khanate also resisted, it still could not stop the Zhungeer tribe's invasion.

If it weren't for the support of the Great Chu Empire, the Yeerqiang Khanate would probably have perished...

At the same time, the Heshuo Special Forces that entered the snow area in a large scale also had a bad relationship because the two sides were competing for the snow area. The other party wanted to show submission, but this submission was only in name...

The Great Chu Empire has never been uncommon for this so-called nominal surrender and tribute system.

The only two vassal regions, namely the Yarkand Khanate and the Mobei region, were all swords and guns for Dachu, and now they are acting as swords for Zhungeer and Tsarist Russia for Dachu.

The Heshuo Special Department did not stand in the way of the Great Chu, but instead competed with the Great Chu Empire for territory... Naturally, the upper echelons of the Great Chu Empire would not accept that they were only paying tribute and accepting canonization, but in fact they still surrendered in the name of independence.

The attitude of the Great Chu Empire towards the Heshuo Special Forces entering the snow area has always been very clear. The snow area is the territory of the Great Chu, and the invasion of the Snow Area by the Heshuo Special Forces is treasonous, and the empire cannot tolerate it, so the Heshuo Special Forces must completely surrender , or die!
Well, it's okay to get out, after all, if they want to run, Chu Jun may not be able to catch up.

The premise is that after running out, you are not afraid of being annexed by the Zhungeer Ministry...

The reason why the Heshuote Department entered the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was to avoid the Zhungeer Department... If you let them go, as soon as the front foot leaves the plateau, the rear foot may have to be annexed by the Zhungeer Department.

Therefore, the senior leaders of Pegatron's special department are also very distressed now.

Looking around, although the world is vast, there is no room for them at all!

How to do?
They are not happy to let them completely surrender. Now they still control most of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area. They also watch the slogan of the Great Chu Empire shout loudly, but in fact the Chu army can only fight on the plateau. Small fights in the eastern region.

The extremely complex terrain in the plateau area is very unfriendly to the Chu army, which is more dependent on logistics and uses a lot of guns. Therefore, military operations in this direction are often very restrained, focusing on gradually encroaching What a large-scale military operation.

Well, I can't do it either.

Even the five-jin artillery can't be pulled up, so it's a large-scale battle.

On the side of the Chu army, they intend to hold back a few troops specializing in mountain warfare, and then slowly build roads before fighting over. As for now, they are slowly tossing.

Therefore, the threat of annihilation of the Heshuo Special Department in a short period of time is actually not great, but in the eastern region, it is very uncomfortable to be beaten up by the Chu army twice in three days.

Casualties and loss of territory are trivial matters. The key is that the Chu army continued to invade. The Heshuo Special Forces united with the local leaders of the snow area. In order to resist the invasion of the Chu army, they had to deploy heavy troops in a large number of nearby areas and build cities. line of defense...

This is where it really kills!

Because it costs money to deploy troops and build defense lines. At the same time, the extreme complexity of the terrain has caused great difficulties for the Chu army, but it is also great for them.

Every bag of grain transported to the front line has to be transported up the mountains and ridges, and the cattle and horses are carried up, which is very costly.

Under such circumstances, the Heshuo Special Forces and their local allies found that after several years of fighting, they seemed to have blocked the large-scale invasion of the Chu army, but their family fortunes were almost wiped out.

If we continue to do this, without the Chu army continuing to fight, they themselves will have to starve to death...

Under such circumstances, many local chieftains or religious leaders also hesitated to support the Heshuo Special Ministry.

When they welcomed the Heshuo Special Forces into the plateau area, it was to find a thug to be a bodyguard so that they could continue to live a good life.

But after the thug came over, he turned himself over and became the master without saying anything, and even provoked the Great Chu Empire.

Then the two fought to the death, but they, the local chieftains, were in bad luck.

There are not a few chieftains close to the Great Chu Empire whose families have been ruined. Even if they are far away from the Great Chu Empire, the chieftains who seem to have nothing to do with them have to go north to pay a heavy tax burden.

Other than people, cows, horses, bows, arrows, and scimitars, the Heshuo Special Department has nothing... All kinds of military supplies, especially food, must be provided locally.

Ever since, they found that their lives were getting worse and worse, thinking that they couldn't go on like this, and they had to change something.

As for completely surrendering to the Great Chu Empire... they would not do so unless it was absolutely necessary.

Because under the rule of the Great Chu Empire, there was no such thing as a chieftain, let alone a so-called religious leader. The Great Chu Empire even banned slaves...

You let these local chieftains and religious leaders play a complete surrender... It is tantamount to letting them give up their current power, not to mention all the serfs and land.

In the end, except for a little life and a small amount of personal property, it is estimated that there will be nothing left.

They will not completely surrender until it is absolutely necessary, which is seriously not in their interests.

It's just that these chieftains and religious leaders are more stubborn, but the Heshuo Special Department has a different idea...

The Great Chu Empire wants a snowy area and wants them to be younger brothers of the Heshuote Department. These are all negotiable, as long as they are given a good pasture for the Heshuote Department.

For example, Zhungeer's current territory, they and Shuo Te Department think it is quite suitable for them.

If you can occupy the territory of Zhungeer, who wants to go to such a broken place with extreme terrain like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

(End of this chapter)