The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 772

He Luohui had a secret talk with Dorgon before coming to Pyongyang, and said that he would spare no effort to help Doduo bring the troops back to Liaodong. At this time, how could Duoduo take the initiative to provoke the "Red Banner Army".

In fact, He Luo would have persuaded Doduo to leave long ago, but this young and vigorous master refused to accept his faithful advice, and must wait and see, saying that he would come behind the "Red Banner Army" when they attacked Pyongyang City Take a hard look at the effect.

No way, he is a prince, He Luohui is just a Jialaerzhen, Na Duoduo's status is very different, Duoduo refused to retreat immediately, he did not dare to take his troops to go first, he could only accompany The master is wasting.

It's a pity that waiting for the "Red Banner Army" to attack Pyongyang and copy others was ruined. The "Red Banner Army" did not attack Pyongyang and directly attacked Doduo's camp.

Doduo was furious. He knew that the "Red Banner Army" had not enough troops to trap his [-] Mongolian cavalry outside Pyongyang.

It seems that it is impossible to run away if it is cheap.Go empty-handed!
The Manchu and Mongolian cavalry headed east with about [-] coated slaves without facing the battle. The infantry and artillery of the "Red Banner Army" did not participate in the pursuit and retreated to the outer line of Pyongyang that day.

The cavalry followed for a whole day, forcing the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry back for more than two hundred miles before they set up camp. Hundreds of military dogs participated in patrolling the camp, and the possibility of being successfully raided by the enemy did not exist.

Including the cavalry of the Guards Battalion, the more than [-] "Red Banner Army" cavalry will not go back to participate in the battle for Pyongyang City, but will participate in the encirclement and annihilation of Duoduo as a mobile force.

Anyway, Kong Youde's troops without horses couldn't run away, and Liu Fenyong personally led two thousand cavalry on the outskirts of Pyongyang to pick up what's left and make up for the omissions!
Kong Youde is suffering!After finishing the spring plowing, it was not his turn to harvest the autumn. Seeing that the wheat was turning yellow, the "Red Banner Army" came to kill him.

On August 20th, five days after the "Red Banner Army" took over the outer positions in Pyongyang, no one was worried about being attacked by the Duoduo Department. Nearly [-] people used scythes to harvest wheat.

The year around Pyongyang is mediocre, and the land is not fertile. Most of them are wheat, and the rest are miscellaneous grains. No new crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn are planted.

The average harvest of one mu of wheat field can only reach nine buckets, and 400 million mu of cultivated wheat fields can harvest 360 million shi of wheat.

It is estimated that no less than 100 shi of miscellaneous grains can be obtained from fields with less than 50 million mu of miscellaneous grains.

With these grains, 200 million people can be fed.

Because there are many mountains in North Korea, after the war, a large number of mountain people or soldiers and civilians who ran into the mountains were discovered or voluntarily went down the mountain to ask for shelter.

It is estimated that the area from the east of the Yalu River to Kaesong should be able to find at least 100 million people, plus the dispatched troops of 10,000+ need to eat, and the remaining food can meet the needs of 50 immigrants.

The Tun area south of Kaesong has been formed, most of which are rice planted, and only a small amount of sweet potato and potato are planted due to the limited number of breeding.

This year's harvest can't be wrong. The average yield per mu is close to two stones of rice. It is estimated that there will be a lot of food left over, and it will not be a problem to meet the needs of a population of 100 million.

After seizing North Korea, the "Red Banner Army" system had enough food to help the hungry people in the interior in large quantities, and transferred them to the "Hanjiang Province" for reclamation.

Jiannu lost this piece of land and couldn't buy food through Shanxi merchants. How will they live in the famine next year?
In the year of Tianqi, Xiong Tingbi's plan was to starve to death and build slaves. When the population of Houjin died due to severe food shortages, they would launch an offensive with all their strength to completely pacify Liaodong. Unfortunately, although his plan was good, it would be in vain without a concerted government.

Under the leadership of Huang Han, the "Red Banner Army" system has done everything possible, blocking the Yalu River and the coastline, and defending the side walls of Jizhen, Xuanda, and Taiyuan, so that Jiannu can't get a grain of rice and an iron nail. can do it.

Another large-scale attack will be launched on the eve of the autumn harvest next year, which will make it impossible for the Jiannu-occupied area to harvest normally, and will cause even more food shortages for the villagers who are already unsustainable. It is estimated that many people will starve to death in winter.

Gongsun Wang Kong Youde finally became the real order issuer. The first thing he did when he entered Pyongyang was to evacuate the first line of defense. Among the 10,000+ soldiers and civilians, he believed that they could not be trusted, and put them on the second line of defense.

Kong Youde retreated to Pyongyang City and resisted stubbornly, determined not to surrender!Why is this person so stubborn, like a bastard who is determined to kill the traitor to the end?
It was a few days after the end of the Battle of Seoul, the news of Geng Zhongming's sudden death was published in the Da Ming Mansion newspaper, so Huang Han couldn't hide the news, so he just ignored it.

Soon the "Red Flag Daily" continuously published commentators' articles. Of course, they would not say a good word for Geng Zhongming. On the contrary, they all agreed that evil will be rewarded with evil.

Kong Youde also had sources of information. He even got the Daming Mansion Newspaper and the "Red Flag Daily". He learned that Geng Zhongming, who had defected and surrendered, had killed three or four thousand Jiannu and Tartars and died suddenly for no apparent reason.

Knowing that after Zhang Cunren was captured, he was hacked into pieces at the Caishikou of the capital for three days. It took [-] knives before he died. The meat was eaten by the soldiers and civilians of the capital.

Kong Youde believed that surrender would lead to death, and being captured would not escape the fate of being hacked into pieces.

It is obvious that Geng Zhongming's death had something to do with Huang Han. From this, it can be seen that surrendering to the "Red Banner Army" is probably a dead end, and there may be a glimmer of hope in resisting the reinforcements waiting for the master.

These years, Kong Youde can't help recalling the past. He thought that when he retreated from Denglai, he had hundreds of cannons, more than 1 troops, and wealth worth more than 500 million taels of snowflake silver. Everything went so smoothly. The cicada and the oriole are behind.

Now it can be asserted that it was not a coincidence at all, that fellow Huang Han had been plotting against the Denglai rebels for at least half a year.

Huang Han was so sinister and vicious, he designed a trap early on and waited for the Denglai rebels to take the bait. Every time he thought of that sea adventure, Kong Youde was always indignant.

It's not that Kong Youde never thought about rebelling against the Qing Dynasty again, but he will always pass Huang Han's test. Geng Er has already tried it. If Kong Youde is sent to be slaughtered again, wouldn't it make the world laugh out loud?

Kong Youde called the generals stationed in Pyongyang to discuss matters. Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng, Liu Shiying, Sheng Zhong, Chen Bianwu, Fang Xianke, Liu Wuyuan and other generals listened carefully to Kong Youde's reading of the "Red Flag Daily" which described the fate of Zhang Cunren and Geng Zhongming.

The vast majority of these were generals of the Ming army who were either captured in the four-year Dalinghe battle in Chongzhen, or surrendered to become slaves.

They heard that their old friend Zhang Cunren was hacked into pieces by the soldiers and civilians of the capital, and they were all dripping with cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)