The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 855
Obviously, the "King of the Hanjiang River" is not prepared to forgive the traitorous generals. The town governor understands, interrogates, and mobilizes grassroots officers and soldiers to report the crimes of these generals.

This time, there was a new situation. More than [-] Jiannu and [-]-odd Tatars were found to have surrendered voluntarily by the town governor, and all of them received preferential treatment.

Knowing that almost all Jiannu armored soldiers had Han blood on their hands, Huang Han also resisted the urge to carry out a massacre.

The Ping-Liao War gradually reached its climax, and it will face more than 20 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry. If these people have the will to die and fight the "Red Banner Army" desperately, there is a possibility that they will kill [-] enemies and lose [-].

Whether you like it or not, it is imperative to give the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry a way out. Of course, these people who voluntarily surrendered cannot be sent to labor reform, and all of them are left as auxiliary soldiers.

The Manchu and Mongolian cavalry surrendered with apprehension and became auxiliary soldiers. Unexpectedly, they would have the opportunity to eat three meals a day, and they would have cakes every day. They would definitely be able to eat four taels of meat within five days.

Their enthusiasm was high, and many people took the initiative to ask the town governor to swear allegiance, expressing their desire to join the "Red Banner Army".

The assessment of riding and combat skills is really difficult for more than 2000 Tartars and Jiannu. Their riding skills are indeed better than most of the "Red Banner Army".

Of course, the governor of the town will not digest all the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry who have just surrendered in a short period of time. They converted more than a hundred Jurchens and Mongols who are fluent in Chinese.

The rest organized them to study on the grounds that they were culturally unqualified, and asked them to take the initiative to shave off their pigtails and re-grow their hair.

Knowing that those who can learn Chinese quickly can be treated as regular soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" as soon as possible, more than [-] people are studying hard, and the propagandists and town governors took the opportunity to brainwash them with pyramid schemes.

Huang Han led the "Red Banner Army" to take all of North Korea and obtained a large amount of territory, and managed Chifengwei and encircled many territories. Now it can be regarded as having a lot of land and a small population.

All the 10,000+ soldiers and civilians in the city do not need to stay in Jinzhou. The fields in the east, south, and north of Jinzhou will at least temporarily abandon cultivation next spring.

This is the front line, and it is possible to face a surprise attack by the Manchurian cavalry at any time. The gains outweigh the losses, and the soldiers and civilians who do not get [-] acres of farmland can be evacuated to "Hanjiang Province" and Chifengwei to work and farm.

There is not much food in Jinzhou City, which should be enough for 10,000+ people to consume for about two months. However, when the property of traitors, slaves, and Tartars was cleared, the gold and silver treasures confiscated in terms of silver exceeded 200 million taels.

To guard Jinzhou, it is enough to leave two B-type battalions and six thousand general guards. There are only three thousand households with less than 2 people in the village. Next spring, each household can choose [-] acres of good land in Jinzhou East.

As long as the output of 15 mu of fertile land reaches the middle and lower standards, the grain harvested is enough to feed more than [-] soldiers and civilians in Jinzhou City. If one-third of the land is planted with potatoes, Jinzhou will definitely have a surplus of grain.

In the outskirts of Lianjinzhou, more than 15 soldiers and civilians have surrendered or taken prisoner, and 12 people will be scattered to work in mining areas and villages. It is only the end of August, and there are still nearly two months before the freezing weather.

In order to ensure the defense of Jinzhou, [-] "Red Banner Army" infantry and engineers led more than [-] Jinzhou soldiers and civilians to rush to build a defense line from Jinzhou Port to Jiazi Mountain in the southeast of Jinzhou to Jinzhou Beitai Mountain.

The piers and waiting platforms built by the original Ming army on the west bank of the Xiaoling River were repaired, and several forts in the north of Jinzhou were restored.

It is a hundred miles from Jinzhou Port to the northern mountainous area of ​​Jinzhou. The original defense system of the Ming Dynasty was to build a fortress Great Wall with Jinzhou as the focus and cut off the Liaoxi Corridor.

Although the plan was good, it is a pity that the soldiers of the Ming army had no fighting spirit and all huddled in the cities and fortresses, waiting to be smashed one by one by the slaves and Tartars. Many castles built with labor and money were useless.

The "Red Banner Army" carried out repairs on the original Daming defense system. Because of the cement, the firmness of the repaired fortress is beyond doubt.

Observers in the fortress and waiting platform used binoculars and fixed telescopes to monitor the [-]-mile defense line east of Jinzhou, and thousands of "Red Banner Army" cavalry maneuvered.

After the new line of defense is completed, the Tashan line of defense will become the second line, leaving only outposts and a small number of defenders. Most of the garrison troops will enter the west of Xiaoling River.

Jinzhou City is only fifty miles away from Jinzhou Port. For the "Red Banner Army" with a powerful navy, within a hundred miles along the coast, as long as the "Red Banner Army" wants to defend the city, it is impossible for the enemy to break through.

It is a consensus that isolated cities are difficult to defend. The "Red Banner Army" can continuously provide soldiers, food, and equipment support to cities attacked by the enemy from the sea. There is no doubt that the attacking side will eventually face a disastrous defeat.

Of course, the "Red Banner Army" regained Jinzhou with a lot of publicity. "Red Flag Daily" published an article on the front page for three consecutive days to tell the world that the "Jinzhou Great Victory" captured 15 Manchu soldiers and civilians, and beheaded two to three thousand Qing troops.

The commentator's article on the second edition expounded that today's Qing army is like a weasel and a mouse, and that where the "Red Banner Army" pointed its sword, the Qing army surrendered in anticipation.

It was not only the Han and Goryeo soldiers in the Qing army who actively surrendered, but also the Tartars and real slaves who chose to surrender abound.

It is an indisputable fact that the "Great Victory of Jinzhou" captured a huge number of people. Officials, soldiers and civilians who read the "Red Flag Daily" were all amazed at the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Qing army.

No one doubts the authenticity of the five-year Ping Liao. Everyone expects Wang Shibei to set the Liaodong Day, and to comfort the ancestors with this good news during the sacrifice.

Jinzhou is in the bag, and the new defense line is being deployed intensively. It is almost impossible to defeat Jiannu within two years.

However, if the Jiannu and Tartars who were subdued and frightened choose to surrender, it can also avoid the state of conquest on the prairie all the time.

For this reason, Huang Han changed the bloody mode of killing one by one, and patiently publicized the policy of preferential treatment of captives and surrendered troops.

It is so difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Even if the slaves go to the prairie, after a few years of nomadic, fishing and hunting, they may bring their tribes to join the richer "Red Banner Army".

There is no need to worry too much about the disobedience of the Mongols and Jurchens. Not only should they adopt the model of divide and rule and small tribes to prevent problems before they happen, but they must also continuously recruit a large number of young and middle-aged people to form pioneer groups.

The biggest advantage of the Han people is not only intelligence and hard work, but also the world's largest population advantage. When they go to America and Australia to open up, they only need to bring one-third of the aliens with them, and the population ratio of the northern nomads can be greatly reduced. .

As the mineral deposits in the north continued to be explored, some preferential policies were given to the Han people who went out to work and do business, and several large cities were built in the distant prairie to form a resource-based economic belt.

In the long run, achieving long-term peace and stability is not a dream!
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