The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 740
Lu Yuanhua, the general of the army, had three stab wounds on his body. Because Zhang Cunren punched him in the face and hit his nose, the bridge of his nose was broken and his face was swollen like a pig's head.

Originally, he was not selected, but he heard that he had a chance to become an officer of the "Red Banner Army" after he returned from meritorious service, so he volunteered to join.

Lu Yuanhua's reason is very good. There must be many wounded among those who were sent back. He was badly injured but did not affect his mobility. It was easier to gain trust when he went to Pyongyang.

Liu Zaiqi saw that Lu Yuanhua was so active and knew that he could read and write, so he agreed with him to participate in the action. He stated on the spot that if Lu Yuanhua returned from meritorious service, he would publicize it as a model of the surrendered army, and would fight for him to be the head of the hundred.

Lu Yuanhua chose to gamble on the future because he wanted to become an officer of the "Red Banner Army". He fantasized about becoming a glorious "Red Banner Army" and returning home to honor his ancestors!

Hearing Liu Zaiqi's statement, Lu Yuanhua immediately knelt down and kowtowed. He would definitely be generous and benevolent if his words were unsuccessful, and he would never be a traitor again.

The "Red Banner Army" took over half a month to take over all the cities south of Seoul. The insignificant resistance was not worth mentioning. Half of North Korea had already been included, spring plowing was in progress, and there was an endless stream of ships transporting immigrants by sea.

When Kong Youde heard the news that Seoul was lost, not only did he not dare to send troops to fight for it, but he also hurriedly evacuated all the soldiers and civilians in Kaesong in an attempt to concentrate all the Qing troops in North Korea to prevent them from sticking to the Pyongyang defense line.

When the Qing army retreated, the "Red Banner Army" of course followed up and stationed in Kaesong without bloodshed to build a line of defense, making the main rice production area in the Han River Basin in Seoul the rear area, allowing the villagers to produce with peace of mind.

Halfway through the battle for North Korea, a large amount of money and food was seized, a population of one million and more than a dozen reasonable cities were obtained. Huang Han could already predict that this battle would bring fame and fortune again.

The essence of supporting war with war is to use the enemy's resources and labor to make up for the loss of materials and food produced by one's own side during the war.

The biggest problem in the late Ming Dynasty was actually not enough food to eat. Even if there was only a [-]-[-]% food gap, it would be enough to cause too many people to starve to death.

Because a group of people who refused to starve to death started burning, killing and looting directly destroyed production, resulting in less and less food production and more and more hungry people.

The "Red Banner Army" won Kaesong, which means that it has crossed the [-]th parallel of later generations, and the battle for the Korean peninsula has been more than half completed.

It is conservatively estimated that the number of Han and Korean people in the land won should not be less than 100 million. It is not advisable to blindly attack, which will affect the spring plowing and delay food production.

If there is not enough food, a large number of hungry people will be formed and refugees will be everywhere. How can such a situation last for a long time?

As the saying goes, "If you have food at home, you don't panic."

It is an established strategy to win a land and stabilize one side. Huang Han did not order his subordinates to pursue and fight fiercely. Instead, he planned to slowly resettle the first batch of 50 immigrants and transport the second batch of 100 million immigrants.

One of the next top tasks is to busy spring plowing and construction of water conservancy, so that more than 250 million villagers can farm and produce food with peace of mind.

As long as one crop is harvested, it will not only solve the food crisis in the new territory, but also save a lot of food for the army.

Shen Ming, Yu Fei and others have been leading the marines to attack and harass the Qing army along the coastline or along navigable rivers.

They not only observed the terrain, but also arrested many Qing soldiers for interrogation. They were able to confirm that the Manchu and Shuoyu Prince Duoduo led three thousand white-flagged troops and six or seven thousand Tartar cavalry to replace Azig to defend the Pyongyang defense line.

Due to Kong Youde's timely contraction of troops, he had fifteen thousand Han soldiers, twenty to thirty thousand Korean soldiers, and Manchu and Mongolian cavalry.

With the addition of Duduo's bannermen and Aha, plus the young and middle-aged men who can be organized, the number of people guarding the Pyongyang defense line will definitely reach [-].

Although Kong Youde was also the prince of the Qing Dynasty, compared with Prince Yu, one of the eight great princes, the traitor king is a heaven and an earth.

Besides, Duduo is still a domineering master, and when he came to Pyongyang, he naturally became the supreme commander here.

Before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it was actually a society of slavery. The nobles of the Eight Banners were all slave owners. In their eyes, all Han people were slaves, and King Sanshun was no exception.

When Azig was in North Korea, he was the top decision-maker here, and he replaced Duduo, who had just arrived, and still commanded and managed all the soldiers and civilians in North Korea.

Kong Youde is not unconvinced, he is used to it, but Duoduo is younger, and his attitude towards Han generals is even worse.

In the past, Azig invited Kong Youde and a group of Han generals to discuss some matters. When Duoduo came, he didn’t have that kind of thing at all. He directly moved into the best house in Pyongyang and ordered Kong Youde to leave the city to station.

The Pyongyang area was managed by Kong Youde for three or four years. Because it was cultivated in a well-selected area, a lot of grain was harvested.

In addition to paying taxes and food to the masters in Shengjing, it can also feed 5 horses, and the Koryo slaves in the fields can also maintain their basic survival.

It's just that their grain storage can only last until the autumn harvest. If an offensive and defensive battle occurs before the autumn harvest, it is impossible for the Qing army to hoard the grain in Pyongyang until the New Year.

Duoduo had already sensed the danger approaching, so of course he didn't want to be in a dangerous situation. Every three days, a memorial was sent to Shengjing.

Such memorials were delivered so much that several times they were not sent across the Yalu River at all, and the envoys were plotted against by Shen Ming's subordinates halfway.

Huang Han and the senior officers of the Zanhua Department saw Duoduo's memorial to Emperor Chongde, and they were able to analyze that not only the Han army and the Goryeo soldiers had no confidence in their future, but even the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry believed that they had lost their future.

Emperor Chongde of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, whose health had just started to improve, was not surprised when he heard the bad news of Seoul's loss, but was shocked when he learned that Geng Zhongming had slaughtered four thousand Manchu and Mongolian cavalry below Alzin and surrendered the city, and finally stopped. The nosebleed was ticking again.

The Eight Banners and the Mongolian generals were in an uproar. Hundreds of people questioned Chongde's attitude towards the Han army and generals. It was obvious that the master's policy of treating the Han people well was stupid.

Chongde was sad and disappointed and began to reflect. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. The emperor laid down a million corpses in his rage.

On the fifth day after the news in Seoul was confirmed, Geng Zhongming, Xue Dahu, and dozens of other generals were confiscated from their homes in Shengjing.

Geng Zhongming's grown-up son Geng Jimao, Xue Dahu's two-year-old son, and all the sons of the "Red Banner Army" generals who defected and surrendered in Seoul were all executed by Ling Chi.

After being cut for seven days in a row, the whole Shengjing was filled with bloody smell, nothing could be more bloody than this.

(End of this chapter)