Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 619 Let the bullets fly a little longer

three days later.

Zhu Yihai, son of the Great Tomorrow, ordered the withdrawal of the siege to the north of Jinan City. The Qing army on the top of the city saw the Ming army blowing horns in the north of the city early in the morning, and then assembled and retreated to the east and west sides.

Several suspension bridges were deliberately placed on the earthen wall to bridge the long trench.

Half a day later, there was no one in the north of the city.

The defenders in Jinan were a little excited, but Bei Zibo and Tuo Que sent Ba Yala to take over the north gate, strictly guarding the gate, and forbidding anyone from approaching, let alone leaving the city.

He himself did not intend to go out of the city to break through.

He made it very clear to the generals and officials at the Fuyuan meeting that now they are besieged here and the news has long been cut off, so they don't even know what's going on outside now.

Everything is said by the Ming army, who knows if it is true or not.

He firmly believes that Beijing must send reinforcements to the south, so they just need to hold on and wait for reinforcements.

Even if they retreated [-] steps, the Ming army really let them break through, and the reinforcements from Beijing would not be able to come for a while, but would it be safe to leave the city?Not to mention whether there was an ambush, even if there was no ambush, where would he go after leaving Jinan?

The important town of Dezhou in the north may have been occupied by the Ming army. If they leave the reliable Jinan city, they will just jump into a bigger encirclement circle, and even the slightest barrier will be gone. death without a place to bury.

Bo and Tuo were even more certain that the Ming army was deliberately trying to drive them apart. First, they deliberately encircled Jinan, then threatened to flood Jinan, and then opened the net.Anyone who has read military books knows that the purpose of encircling Three Queyi is to break the morale of the army, and then let the defenders voluntarily give up the strong city to break through, but there will inevitably be ambushes outside.

Opening one side, presetting ambushes, luring the enemy to flee, and annihilating them in the movement can not only reduce the siege time, but also reduce the siege casualties.

Anyone who has read some military books, who doesn't know this?

So that is not a life gate, but a dead end.

Anyone who stepped out of the north city gate would have stepped into the gate of hell with one foot.

"Whoever dares to take a step closer to Beicheng will be killed without mercy!"

A group of heavily armored Bajala Jurchen cavalry roared at those who tried to approach, with fierce eyes.

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"We have been besieged for half a month. If we don't attack the city, the Tartar reinforcements will arrive soon."

Northeast of Jinan City, south bank of the Yellow River.

China does not pay attention to mountains.

This mountain is also known as Mount Hua. There is Huayang Ancient Palace on the mountain. During the Jiajing period, the governor of Shandong changed it to Chongzheng Temple. The main hall worships Feng Choufu and Min Ziqian.In the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it was called Huayang Palace again, and it was dedicated to the gods of the four seasons.

There is also the Sanyuan Palace, which is dedicated to Bixia Yuanjun and the three gods of heaven, earth and water.There used to be a clear spring beside the temple, which was clear and sweet.

Huabuzhu Mountain is a flat and lonely mountain.

There are temples and Taoist palaces on the mountain, with halls and verandahs, pavilions and platforms, with ridges and eaves leading.Surrounded by walls, the ancient cypresses in the courtyard are towering, the scales are knotted, gloomy, and birds are singing in all seasons.There are many steles on the side of the sky, on the rock walls, and in the forest.

Zhu Yihai took this as his camp. He lived on the mountain and had a good view from a distance, and there was a spiritual spring at the foot of the mountain.

"Don't worry about Tartar reinforcements."

Zhu Yihai was not afraid of Beijing's reinforcements at all, the Tartars were heavily fed and paid, so they could not dispatch many soldiers and horses, if Qingqi came, but they had to beware of Beijing's old nest.

After all, the current Ming army is not fighting traditional tactics. Zhu Yihai has completely controlled the sea. On Juehua Island in western Liaoning, there is an elite town from Tianxiong Town, and there are also several towns of land and water troops in Lvshun in southern Liaoning.And in Denglai, the emperor's stronghold, there were also troops.

Not to mention that on Daxing Mountain, there is still the army of the national treasure Yang Guohai and Zhang Ding, which is right under the nose of Baoding. If the Tartars dare to pour out of the city, then the Ming army can attack Beijing and Tianjin together. Look back and dig.

So Zhu Yihai had already calculated that even if the Qing army went south, it would not exceed the strength of Yue Le's previous attack, that is, at most 4 to [-] people, which is about this number.

And Zhu Yihai is now in the north of Jinan, and has already won Dezhou, Daming, and Linqing.

Dezhou and Linqing are both important towns on the canal, and they are also places that must pass through when going south. The name is the center of the southern part of Hebei.

These three cities are controlled by the Ming army, even if Yue Le is a famous clan general who took down Datong, it is impossible for him to easily break through this line of defense.

You must know that Zhu Yihai has now sent Yongwei Town, the second town of Daming, to garrison Dezhou, and also assigned a team to assist Ding Qiguang, Xu Anguo and others to guard Linjin.

This was strengthened just now. One town surpassed two towns, equipped with three battalions of guns and three battalions of cavalry. Shenji Town's twelve-pound field guns were equipped with nine for them.

Zhang Quan and Meng Xian intercepted in front, Tu Guobao and Li Chengdong fought guerrillas behind, and Lu Xiangguan threatened the rear on Juehua Island in western Liaoning.

Zhu Yihai was not afraid of Yue Le's going south at all, and even wished that he could bring more main forces of the Qing army to go south.

The more soldiers you bring, the more you consume. If they can't break through the blockade and reach the city of Jinan, they will be dragged to death in the wilderness.

This is like from the Apocalypse to the Chongzhen Dynasty, more than 20 or [-] years of bad battles were fought outside the customs. It does not mean that no one has a military mind. It's not that the generals can't do the soldiers, it's that the food, salaries and supplies can't support it.

Whether it is the battle of Ningyuan or the battle of Songjin, it is basically the same.

Especially in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the troops were used again and again, defeated again and again, and consumed again and again, which exacerbated the defeat.Most of them were dragged to death rather than directly defeated.

Compared with the reinforcements from the Qing army, Zhu Yihai paid more attention to the situation in Shandong.

Many officials urged to attack Jinan quickly, but Zhu Yihai didn't want to attack by force at all, just like Xuzhou, wouldn't he recover Xuzhou now without a single soldier?

"Beicheng let go of the siege, but the tartars have no intention of leaving the city. It seems that they want to resist to the end."

"Don't be afraid." Zhu Yihai waved his hand, "Jinan is now an isolated city. There are Eight Banners and Green Battalions in the city. There are Manchus and Han Chinese. If we attack urgently, they will not care about other things and will defend desperately. But if we don't attack now , and open the siege, let them go, and promise that those who surrender will be pardoned, then they will inevitably be forced to leave, and even force them to split and fight among themselves.

Bo and Tuo can be regarded as personalities, knowing that Wei San Que Yi is a trap, but other people don't think the same as him.

All they know is that there is now a chance.

Some people want to escape, some people want to surrender, whoever stops them and insists on dragging everyone to die together, then whoever is the enemy.

So, don't worry, let the bullets fly for a while, Jinan City won't be so quiet all the time.

How much food is there in Jinan City?

How long will it consume?

In this way, shoot some arrows into the city, and if anyone captures and entrusts them, they will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, regardless of the Manchu and Han soldiers and civilians.If there are beheaded soldiers who come to surrender, I will reward them all. A man full of flags and vests will be rewarded with 30 taels;

The Mongolian Banner Ding Zhun lowered the first-class reward, and the Eight Banners Han Army lowered the first-class reward again.

Also, every other day after the city is broken, I will kill one out of a hundred prisoners of war. "

"As long as you come out of the city to surrender, even if you don't kill the Tartars, you will still accept it, and you will be given one silver dollar as a severance fee. If you have armor, weapons, horses, etc., you will be rewarded with silver according to the seizure standard. A war horse will be given ten taels of silver. One blunderbuss for one tael of silver..."

Huang Zongxi, the governor of Shandong Province, was secretly startled when he heard the emperor's words. Jinan City was already in a state of instability.

Regardless of whether the generals can be killed or not, at least there will be chaos, and if the city is not destroyed, the hearts of the people will be lost, and it will be difficult to fight again.

"Jinan City is already a ripe fruit, so why should we worry about it?"

"Huang Qing, you are the governor. Now there are only two cities left in Shandong. What's your plan for recovery?"

Huang Zongxi replied confidently, "I think that since the imperial court's Northern Expedition, the policies for the restored lands are all ready-made, and there is already a set of excellent restoration methods. As long as the laws are implemented, it is nothing more than inviting exile. Reward land reclamation.

Clear up all the fields in Shandong, regardless of whether they are owned or not, plant all the barren land first, and the government will loan cattle seeds at low or no interest to help them resume farming.

For these newly recovered and reclaimed lands, the policy of exempting the former landowners can also be granted.

In addition, it is to dispatch food to the Xinfu area to release food for disaster relief and resettle the people so that everyone can return to their hometowns and resume their businesses.

You can also use work as relief, recruit hungry people to strengthen river embankments, dredge rivers, etc.

The imperial court should dispatch officials in time to restore the local government offices, and the local government will reorganize Baojia, establish regiment training, and strengthen security patrols.

The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Battalion divided their troops into various places, recruited bandits, encircled and suppressed recalcitrants, and took a multi-pronged approach. As long as they stabilized, they would be able to recover slowly.

However, there are also several difficult problems in Shandong. First, the two important towns of Jinan and Yanzhou have not yet been recovered, and there are still [-] to [-] enemy troops stubbornly resisting. This is an unstable factor.

The other is the Yellow River.

It has been almost two years since the Yellow River broke its embankment and diverted its course at Tongwaxiangji in Henan Province, but no one has taken care of it. The gap has been there, and the old river course has been completely abandoned. The Yellow River took the Daqing River into the sea. Except for this mainstream, There are also two tributaries that took Hebei and Shandong rivers.

Whether the Yellow River wants to go back to the old way, or follow the new way, but no matter what it is, the river must be controlled.To restore the old road, it is necessary to block the mouth and close the dragon, and to follow the river course, it is necessary to strengthen the embankment of the Xinhe River and dredge the Daqing River course, otherwise the existing river course will still flood during the flood season, endangering the people.

No matter what the plan is, the river repair project is very huge, and it will not be completed in three to five years, and at least two or three million taels of silver or even more will be invested every year.

Countless manpower has to be used.

Another problem is that if the new river channel is used to divert the Qinghe River into the Bohai Sea, another big problem is that the canals for water transportation will be abolished. Without the water of the Yellow River, the canals in Shandong will be blocked by siltation and cannot be maintained.

Now there are actually two factions in the imperial court. One faction is the restoration of the old way of the Yellow River. Most of them are officials from Henan, Shandong and Hebei. Places such as Jining and Linqing were prospered because of water transportation, and Jinan was also greatly affected by water transportation.

The other faction is the Xindao faction. They support the use of the new river to enter the Bohai Sea and not restore the old way.

The reason, of course, is that the Yellow River seized the Huaihe River and entered the sea. After hundreds of years, this old road is now a river hanging above the ground. The cost of forcing the Yellow River to flow south for water transportation has become higher and higher, and even the Huaisi area is suffering from the Yellow River. flood.

If the old road is abolished and the Daqing River passes through Shandong into the Bohai Sea, the Huaisi line in Anhui and Jiangsu will be stable in the future.Even if the water transportation is blocked, don't be afraid, the big deal is to enter the sea in Huai'an or Yangzhou, and the water transportation by sea will not affect the Jiangnan area.

Therefore, officials from the south strongly supported Xindao.

Because the Shaotian Dynasty started in the east of Zhejiang Province and started from the south to the north, the Xindao sect is now the mainstream in the court.

Huang Zongxi is also an official in the south of the Yangtze River, and he also supports the new road. He believes that there is no need to waste effort to restore the old road, and then spend a lot of money to maintain the Shandong Canal. North of the Huaihe River, directly change to sea transportation.

In this way, the biggest problem is that we must devote all our efforts to repairing embankments and dredging the new river channel to solve the flood problem in the Yellow River flooding area. Otherwise, it will be difficult for Shandong to recover its economy. After all, [-] or [-] counties are affected by this.

The cost of building the river is high. This is not a repair, but a brand new Yellow River waterway. The investment is huge, and Shandong itself cannot afford it.

"The Yellow River is full of harm and must be cured. I have considered this matter for a long time, and now I will finally recover the Central Plains. The Yellow River is also an urgent problem that we must face immediately after we recover the Central Plains.
The old course of the Yellow River has taken the Huaihe River into the sea for hundreds of years, and the accumulation has indeed been too high. If it is only for diverting the Yellow River to aid transportation and maintain water transportation, the cost is too high, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, I think that we can make the best use of the situation and use a new river channel to introduce the Daqing River into the Bohai Sea.Now we are going to start repairing dikes and dredging the river. I will set up a special governor of the river to be responsible for the repair of the river.
There are many disaster victims in Shandong now, so they can use work as relief, pay for food and hire these victims to build rivers.

It is a huge project to repair the new river course, so let's take it step by step.

For cities, townships, and villages that were submerged due to diversions, reconstruction must also begin. "

"When rebuilding cities and towns, we can dismantle the original vassal vassal mansions in various places to get wood and bricks. While recruiting refugees to resume farming in various places, we must also clear out the fields as soon as possible. Fan fields, military fields, and various official fields All those fields that have been reclaimed and not registered, and all the fields that have been donated by names must be cleared out.
What should be distributed to the soldiers should be divided, and those with surplus can be sold to the common people, and those with surplus can be divided into post fields, official fields, school fields, etc., and rented out to post soldiers, officials, gentlemen, etc. The family farms. "

The primary issue in Shandong is to restore people's livelihood and restore order.

The biggest problem with all this is that it has to rely on the imperial court to spend money to allocate funds for food adjustments, and it has to guarantee that the people of Shandong will be given two or three years to recover.Of course, it was not easy to rebuild the organization of the local government offices in Shandong.

Fortunately, the Shaotian Dynasty was from south to north, and now it is very experienced in this area. Huang Zongxi, the governor of Shandong, has also governed Denglai Qingxin for more than a year before, so it is not impossible to say that he has no way to start.

And Zhu Yihai also had some money and food in his hand, and he was willing to take it out.

Huang Zongxi praised the emperor endlessly.

Zhu Yihai smiled wryly. Although he spoke harshly, his heart was also bleeding. After this battle, Henan and Shandong were recovered, but this huge mess would really suck the blood of the imperial court.

But if you don’t memorize it, you can’t do it. You can only take one step at a time.

After saving for more than a year, he became a pauper after fighting a war. The two provinces were recovered, and the financial burden was even greater.

It seems that we have to issue treasury bonds.

Otherwise, there is really no money to maintain it.

(End of this chapter)