The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 849 Surrounding Jinzhou
There are silver mines and lead mines on Tsushima Island, and there are abundant fishery resources nearby. The mining and fishing industries will be vigorously developed here.

A lot of waste is waiting to be done, and Zhang Pu, who has taken office, has too many real things to do. I believe that he will use his excess energy to govern one side, and he will be able to manage this place into a prosperous paradise.

Chen Mingyu was appointed as the magistrate of Wudao County, and concurrently appointed the general manager and Feng Houdun as the magistrate of Hirado County, and concurrently served as the guard of Qianhu.

Leaving aside other civilian and military generals, history has proven that Yan Yingyuan, Zhang Pu, Chen Mingyu, and Feng Houdun are not idle people. With the backing of a powerful "Red Banner Army" system, they will definitely be able to make a difference in Jeju Prefecture.

Seeing that it is August, 10,000+ soldiers and civilians have worked hard for about half a year. The main building of Chifeng Acropolis and all small and medium-sized bastions have been completed. Now it is the finishing work, and they already have defensive functions.

Due to the arrival of a large number of reform-through-labor prisoners, the mining of iron ore and coal mines has formed a large scale. There are as many as [-] young and middle-aged people engaged in the mining industry, and [-]% of them come to reform through labor.

Not only free people brought their children, but also rogues and refugees who were sentenced to three to ten years of labor reform basically brought their families with them.

The reason is simple. Before being captured by the "Red Banner Army", these people were all reduced to rogues and refugees because they lost their land and food.

Young and middle-aged men are the support of the family. Even if the young and middle-aged men in the family are sentenced to exile or exile, the family members are willing to follow.

What's more, the "Red Banner Army" town governor also supported the prisoner's family members, and promised that no ordinary people would starve to death.

Family members of rogues who are facing the fate of starving to death or being beaten to death at any time are considered lucky if they can survive in this world. There are not many roads to choose from. It is enough to get the promise that they will not starve to death. No one cares where they go.

Although working in Chifengwei is very hard, it is much better than eating in the soil of my hometown and not getting enough food and clothing. At least the most basic food and clothing are enough.

The reform-through-labour prisoners will be organized to study for half an hour every day. It is not a brainwashing education, but basically a clear definition of rights and obligations plus literacy.

The uneasiness of these people at the beginning gradually stabilized their emotions, and they worked hard to strive for a reduction in sentence and become free workers with monthly wages, which became the pursuit of most reform-through-labour prisoners.

A large amount of iron ore will be processed into pig iron at the ironworks in Acropolis of Chifeng and shipped out. The whole process requires tens of thousands of laborers. Just crushing iron ore requires no less than [-] strong laborers.

Cities and fortresses have been preliminarily completed, housing has not yet started, soldiers and civilians are still crowded in yurts, and there are so many houses that need to be built.

Burning bricks and cement required a huge amount of labor. Among the reform-through-labor prisoners who had the skills of carpenters, plasterers, and blacksmiths, they were allowed to return to their old jobs.

There are many young and middle-aged laborers who work hard and sweat profusely outside the Great Wall, which directly drives the development of the tertiary industry.

After all, there are about [-] troops stationed on the defense line from Chifengwei to Ningyuan, and there are tens of thousands of freelance workers who are paid, and the monthly salary is not low. The demand for consumption is huge.

The families of workers, soldiers, and prisoners of labor reform can not only grow food, vegetables, melons and fruits, but also raise chickens, ducks, geese, herd sheep, and feed pigs.

Mending, opening a snack bar, working in quilt factories, wine workshops, sauce and vinegar workshops, brick kilns, ceramic kilns and other industries, women can also reach half the sky.

It is estimated that by next autumn, Chifeng Acropolis will develop into a prosperous resource-based city, and the economic circle can radiate three hundred miles around.

Yang Danian's reinforced battalion stayed behind at the Chifeng Guards, a Type B battalion and six Thousand Household Guards were under his command, and there were no less than five thousand township warriors trained every three days. Their task was to ensure that all those who approached the defense line were intercepted. anyone.

Many Mongols who had experienced confrontation with the Manchurian cavalry led by Hauge were treated as regular soldiers, and many academic youths became cavalry fighters, making the "Red Banner Army" have fifteen first-class battalions and six reinforced battalions. .

After eight months of training and actual combat in the Guards Battalion, the number of people capable of riding and fighting has increased to [-]%.

This means that when the cavalry was intensively used in Liaodong, the "Red Banner Army" regular army cavalry was as high as [-]. Although this number did not have an overwhelming advantage against the Qing army, it was enough to form a rush to drink a pot.

The Qing army did not have the confidence to stick to Jinzhou, and it was impossible for the Red Army, who was well versed in the art of war, to disperse the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry so that the "Red Banner Army" could defeat them one by one.

The Haoge Legion, which returned to defend Jinzhou in May, was stationed in less than a month before being transferred back to Shengjing by Chongde. Now the vast majority of Jinzhou guards are Han troops, and there are [-] Manchu and Mongolian cavalry led by Du Du in the east of Jinzhou.

Shortening the supply line and concentrating the elite for a decisive battle in Shengjing City is the established strategy of Nu Chief, and his determination is not easy to be shaken.

As for how much the Han army can play, Hongguo has also considered it, and now focuses on training more than [-] people from the Wuzhenchao Ha battalion stationed outside Shengjing City.

The more than 10,000 Han troops were selected from [-]+ Han troops, and they were all gunners and musketeers. Chongde not only gave them relatively high treatment compared to other Han troops, but also took care of their families.

Whether Jinzhou can be defended, how long Zu Dashou can last, Chongde has no idea, the task of the few Manchurian cavalry left in Jinzhou City is to supervise the battle, and strive to consume more "Red Banner Army" during the battle for the city.

On August [-], when Liaodong was about to harvest, the battle to recover Jinzhou officially started.

Subtracting the number of cavalry necessary to defend Chifengwei and Ningyuan, the concentrated cavalry of [-] cavalry led by Hanzi, Wang Zhicheng, Sang Yu, etc. went straight to the Dudu barracks in the east of Jinzhou.

At the same time, the infantry and artillery-based attacking corps began to deploy the siege of Jinzhou City from four directions. In Jinzhou City, there were no less than [-] servants of the Han Army and Koryo, and the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry should be less than [-].

The Painting Department of the Zongzan did not expect to get the chance to encircle the spot for reinforcements, because Sun Chuanting, Chen Qiyu, Song Pengfei and other high-ranking officers based on intelligence analysis, had already forced the Qing army on the defensive to have no possibility of dispatching a large army to Jinzhou City for a decisive battle.

Facts have proved that this is true. Du Du has long been ordered by Chongde not to compete with the "Red Banner Army" in the outskirts of Jinzhou. When he found that the "Red Banner Army" cavalry was overwhelming, he immediately led the troops to abandon the camp and run eastward. .

The cavalry regiment led by Hanzi waited for a hundred miles before retreating.

Since Jinzhou's general Zu Dashou was like a walking corpse without a soul, he drank and got drunk all day long, and did not send troops out of the city to harass him at all.

Half a month later, the line of defense was completed, achieving the effect of completely encircling Jinzhou.

(End of this chapter)