Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 206 Recovering Liaodong
However, even if Amin's current continuous migration to the northeast encounters no obstacles, the Ming army has been chasing after him. Judging from the current situation, sooner or later he will have no way to retreat.

Although Mang Gurtai temporarily avoided the Ming army's front in Aihui, the Ming army had no intention of giving up. Instead, they planned to eradicate him, so Mang Gurtai was also considering whether to continue to attack him. Migrate north.

The worst one was Dorgon. Since the Ming army attacked Shenyang City, he had moved to the Horqin tribe where Chahar belonged. However, at this time, only a few of the Horqin tribes were willing to accept him.

The west side of Chahar has been occupied by the Ming army, and tens of thousands of Ming troops are stationed in Guihua City. Although the Ming army went northward after coming out of Guihua City and did not attack Chahar, the various tribes in Chahar also It is clear that once the Ming army attacks, they will be absolutely powerless to stop it.

But now, as the Ming army marches north, they build strongholds every hundred miles, as if they have opened a front and built a "Great Wall", completely cutting off the paths of the Chahar tribes trying to move westward.

Therefore, the Chahar tribes were in a very embarrassing situation. Their westward migration was cut off by the Ming army. The Ming army was marching in large numbers to the east. Even Dorgon was beaten so much that he abandoned Shenyang and fled. They were even more hostile to the Ming army. The Ming army in the east could not avoid it.

Caught between the east and west Ming armies, the Chahar tribes could only live in panic.

The entire Chahar was shrouded in an aura of fear, and Dorgon, who had fled from Shenyang City, naturally felt uncomfortable staying here.

Even though the Horqin tribes in Chahar were once conquered by the Jiannu, the Jiannu at this time was no longer the glorious moment in the past, and Dorgon was like a bereaved dog. He is now completely dependent on others in Horqin, let alone with others. The leaders of these subordinates were showing off their authority, and even if they didn't look at him seriously, he had to tolerate it.

But Dorgon's ability to endure it does not mean that the arrogant and domineering generals under his command with the White Flag and the Zhengbai Flag can endure it. The Horqin tribes were once defeated by Dorgon, but now Dorgon is in decline. These The Tatars did not take them seriously. How could they bear this tone?

You guys, if you can’t deal with the Ming army, why can’t you deal with you?
Dorgon's troops soon started fighting with the Tatar soldiers of the Horqin tribes. Although Dorgon stepped forward to control the situation and prevent the situation from escalating, the incident still completely angered the Horqin tribes. .

Several leaders thought that Jiannu wanted to occupy the magpie's nest, and began to secretly discuss a solution.

Now that Chahar is caught in the middle by the Ming army, it is only a matter of time before they are conquered by the Ming army. So since they are unable to resist the Ming army, instead of being conquered by the Ming army, it is better to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and maybe get rewards and canonization from the Ming Dynasty. .

But surrender also requires methods. When Lin Dan Khan was defeated by the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty once called on the Tatar tribes to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. However, the Horqin tribes to which Chahar belonged did not respond to this, and did not even think about it. Ming Dynasty took the initiative to show its goodwill by paying tribute.

Of course, the reason why they did that was not because they had so much backbone, but because Jiannu hadn’t completely collapsed at that time, and they didn’t dare to betray Jiannu and switch to Daming. After all, they were close to Jiannu and far away from Daming. If Jiannu really wanted to make trouble because of this, even if Da Ming wanted to lend a helping hand, it would be beyond his reach.

But the Ming Dynasty did not care whether they had such concerns and difficulties. Since they did not take the initiative to surrender to the Ming Dynasty or show favor to the Ming Dynasty, it meant that they would continue to be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

So even if they surrender to Daming now, Da Ming might blame them for not voluntarily surrendering at the beginning, so surrendering to Daming now may not really taste any sweetness.

But if you bring a generous gift to Daming when you surrender and show enough sincerity, then the outcome is not certain.

Several leaders of the Horqin tribes set their sights on Dorgon in a tacit understanding. Originally, they were only forced to surrender due to the threat of establishing slaves, and there was no loyalty or friendship. So now that they want to recruit Dorgon, they not only There is no psychological pressure at all, but it feels very satisfying.

Several leaders hit it off and made an immediate decision. That night, several people went to see Dorgon, apologized to Dorgon on the grounds of the conflict between the slave army and the Tatar army, and expressed their desire to They offered wine and meat and held a banquet to apologize to the brave warriors of Dajin.

Dorgon didn't think much about it. For him, it was best for both parties to be in harmony. Otherwise, if he left here, he would really have no place to stay. So even if he accepted the apologies from several leaders, He also agreed to let his troops attend the banquet, drank and talked happily with the soldiers of the Tatar army, and reconciled.

However, several leaders had already done something in the wine and meat. Dorgon and his two banners fell unconscious after a few bowls of wine. When they woke up again, they were all tied up with hemp ropes. The rice dumplings were made into rice dumplings and sent to the camp of the Ming army.

Yuan Chonghuan temporarily detained Dorgon's [-] surrendered soldiers, sent Dorgon to the capital, handed them over to the imperial court, and accepted the surrender of the Chahar tribes on behalf of the imperial court.

At this point, Dorgon's forces were completely destroyed, and the Chahar area completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

After Chahar surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the situation of the Karkha tribes in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty became embarrassing, because directly south of the Karkha tribes was the territory of Lindan Khan. After Lindan Khan was conquered by the Ming Dynasty, the Karkha tribes Although the tribe sent envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty to show friendship, it did not pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, at that time, Qarkha was adjacent to Jiannu and Chahar to the east and southeast, and was separated from the Ming Dynasty by one layer. It was normal for them not to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

But now that Chahar surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the entire southern part of Khalkha is bordering the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence. What's even more interesting is that the Buriyati tribe in the north of Khalkha has also surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became the Ming Dynasty. After being a vassal of Ming Dynasty, Khalkha was caught in the middle, could he still be comfortable?

The most uncomfortable ones are the Tushetu Khan tribe and the Chechen Khan tribe located in the central and eastern parts of Khalkha. The Zasaktu Khan tribe located in the far west is better off. After all, the north of it is not the Brigadier tribe. But Wu Liangha was not surrounded by the forces of the Ming Dynasty.

But even so, the Zasaktu Khan tribe did not intend to continue their fearless struggle, because they had already heard that the Ming army had occupied the Western Siberian Plain and established a defense line along the Ural Mountains, even if there were still troops to their north. The Liangha tribe is separated from the Ming army, but once the Ming army really wants to go south, what can the Wuliangha tribe do?

Therefore, the Zasaktu Khan tribe also decisively chose to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and the entire Khalkha also became a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

For the entire Mobei land newly included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Tianqi not only conferred titles on the leaders of each tribe, but also immediately sent troops to establish many guard posts within each tribe, established a capital command department, and dispatched a capital commander department. Manage local military affairs.

However, although the Ming army established guards in the various tribes in Mobei and dispatched the commanders of the capital, they did not interfere much with the internal affairs of the tribes. Instead, they followed the model of garrisoning troops in North Korea. To ensure security and peace, if it is not a major military matter, the local leaders still rely on autonomy.

Only when something major happens, you need to report it to the capital in a timely manner, report it to the court, and then follow the treatment plan given by the court.

Generally speaking, after the Mobei tribes surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, their original lives were not affected in any way. On the contrary, after the Ming Dynasty began to build guard cities in Mobei, it began to rely on the city to open many markets, allowing the tribes to Both soldiers and civilians can obtain a lot of daily necessities through trade, and their living standards have been greatly improved as a result.After the Mobei tribes surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, they had to fulfill their obligations to the suzerain country, the Ming Dynasty. In addition to conditions similar to those set by the Ming Dynasty for North Korea, they were also responsible for paying tribute to a certain number of horses to the Ming Dynasty. With so many tribes raising them for the Ming Dynasty, they also had to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Horses, after the Ming Dynasty, we no longer have to worry about the lack of horses.

The imperial court was busy accepting the surrender of the tribes in Mobei and canonizing the leaders of each tribe, which could be regarded as giving Mang Gurtai a period of breathing space.

But Mang Gurtai has no way out. He is surrounded by the Outer Xing'an Mountains to the north and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to the east. The only way to survive is in the west.

However, as the Mobei tribes surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and joined forces with the Chechen Khan, their plans to move westward also came to nothing.

Ming Dynasty naturally saw clearly the situation of Mang Gurtai, and immediately ordered the Chechen Khan to send troops to block the northeastern border and strictly prohibit the slaves from entering the Chechen Khan from the west.

Subsequently, Zhao led the army to march northward. In August, after paying tribute to Aihui, Mang Gurtai fled north to Yaksa. The Ming army captured Yebushu and Yanzha, the young Khans who established the slaves in Aihui.

In order to win over the hearts and minds of various Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou, Zhu Tianqi ordered Yebushu and Yanzha's mother and son to be treated well, and allowed Yebushu to inherit his ancestral throne and serve as the commander of Jianzhou's guard capital, the governor of Qianshi, and the general Longhu.

After that, Zhao led the teaching and continued to pursue Mang Gurtai. After the fall of Aihui, Mang Gurtai was already disheartened. He was drunk all day in Yaksa and fell unconscious. His subordinates were killed every day. Dozens of people fled or surrendered to the Ming army.

Mang Gurtai's men all advised him to continue going north. There were still many places where he could stay after crossing the Waixing'an Mountains.

But Mang Gurtai looked at the endless mountains in front of him, but it was difficult to make up his mind, because he really didn't know where else he could escape, and how long he would have to escape. The Ming army didn't seem to intend to let him go. I am afraid that even if I escape to the ends of the earth, I will not be able to escape the pursuit of the Ming army.

In the end, Mang Gurtai did not make up his mind to cross the Waixing'an Mountains. When the Ming army approached Yaksa City, he raised his knife and committed suicide.

As for Zu Dashou, he was also chasing after Amin's tail. Amin hardly dared to stop for a moment. Under the pursuit of the Ming army, Amin and his men seemed to have turned into bandits. They were like bandits wherever they went. Locusts passed through the border and plundered everything.

When the Ming army did not attack him before, Amin only gradually moved his tribe to the northeast. Every time he occupied a place, he had to restrain the army and appease the people in order to gain a firm foothold.

But things are different now. The Ming army attacked in large numbers and chased after him. Even though he snatched the territory from Mang Gurtai, he didn't even have a chance to stop and take a breath. He would soon be defeated. The Ming army behind them occupied.

So now Amin doesn't care about anything anymore and just sends troops to loot and plunder for military needs. The entire army has turned into a group of rogue bandits, burning, killing and looting all the way. How can he still regard his fellow people as human beings?

Amin's behavior instantly aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou, and the locals organized their own armed forces to resist Amin.

In addition, after the Ming army captured Ye Bushu and Yan Zha's family, Ye Busu and Yan Zha's family accepted Daming's canonization, which meant that Jiannu had become the subjects of Daming again, and some Jianzhou people naturally began to I hate Amin.

As the saying goes, those who do evil will inevitably die. When Amin fled to Pulu and had no way to escape, he was stabbed in the back by his men when he was about to cross the sea and escape to Kuwu Island. His head was cut off and presented to the Ming army. Some of his tribe surrendered to the Ming army, while others fled to various places and became bandits.

So far, all the forces of Jiannu have been eliminated by the Ming Dynasty, and the entire territory of Liaodong has been recovered by the Ming Dynasty.

Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, Li Banghua, the governor of Denglai, Zhao Lijiao, the commander-in-chief of Pingliao, and Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of the vanguard of the Liao expedition, were summoned to Beijing for an audience.

Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao who had returned to the capital a long time ago, was also summoned to the palace. As the governor of Jiliao, he should be the first to recover Liaodong. Moreover, Sun Chengzong had already proposed to retire and return to his hometown, so there was no need to give him a reward. Too many worries.

Moreover, Zhu Tianqi had already thought about the rewards for Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan and the Liaodong generals in advance. At this time, he directly asked Wang Yuanbao to announce the decree in public, naming Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao, as the Marquis of Gaoyang, adding the title of Grand Tutor, and rewarding him with a python robe and jade belt.

Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, was granted the title of Jinzhou Bo, and was granted the title of Shaobao. He was also rewarded with gold and silver.

Li Banghua, the governor of coastal defense, was granted the title of Prince Shaobao, and was rewarded with Shang Fang's sword, silk, gold and silver.

Zhao Shujiao, the commander-in-chief of Liao Dynasty in Fengping, became the commander-in-chief of Liaodong and took charge of Liaodong.

Fengzu Dashou became the commander-in-chief of Nuergandu Sidu and commanded the military affairs north of Liaodong.

After the news of the imperial court's recapture of Liaodong was announced to the world, the whole world celebrated, and everyone everywhere was as happy as the New Year.

However, the imperial court has lost Liaodong for a long time. It will still take a long time to gain a firm foothold in Liaodong and run Liaodong well.

Sun Chengzong officially retired and returned to his hometown in Gaoyang for retirement. Yuan Chonghuan became the real leader of Liaodong. He returned to Liaodong again with the important task of running and building Liaodong assigned to him by Zhu Tianqi.

Dorgon, who had been sent back before, had been publicly executed like Huang Taiji and Daishan before. As for the captured soldiers of Jiannu and the soldiers who had been surrendered by Jiannu, they were dealt with according to the situation.

Those who could be incorporated were dispersed to various health stations for incorporation, and those who were less loyal were sent directly to Nuergandusi to do construction and work as coolies.

After finishing the affairs in Liaodong, it happened to be August, and it was time for the annual imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty. Now it is the new imperial examination in the second year after the reform of the imperial examination. The imperial court can no longer just hold the first-level county examination, but must also Registration for prefectural and provincial exams is open!
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