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Chapter 407 Dai Zi’s Son

The Liaodong Peninsula was easily captured by the Ming army in less than half a month.

However, this entire vast area, even if the towns and villages such as Xiuyan Hall and Phoenix City that have not surrendered are added up, the total population can reach [-].

It is a truly vast, sparsely populated, bitter and cold place. It can only be said that the Manchu Qing Dynasty wasted so much resources and land in order to remain stubborn and maintain its rule.

Liaoning alone...now Fengtian (Fengtian Chengyun) Prefecture, has the largest iron ore in Asia, the Anshan-Benxi mining area.And although it is mainly poor iron ore, it can support open-pit mining.

The Ming army occupied the Liaodong Peninsula. After interrogating official prisoners in Gaiping and Xiongyue cities, Wang Zongtan quickly learned important military information:

Going further north, although Haicheng and Liaoyang prefectures in the hinterland of Fengtian also have Eight Banners garrison troops, their strength is not more than that of Gaizhou and Xiongyue garrison troops.However, the Shenyang Eight Banners in Shengjing had the largest number of troops, population, and slaves. The Manchu princes and ministers who escaped from Beijing, as well as the Xuantong Emperor and the Queen Mother were all in Shenyang City.

If he could be caught, it would be a great achievement. The emperor would have to give him a title, right?

Wang Zongtan only thought for a moment and then made a decision: "Send the order, the whole army is ready, let's go to Shenyang and capture the little Tatar emperor alive!"

Tang Shun, the deputy general and chief of the dragoons, couldn't help but ask: "What about the food and grass?"

Previously, the four cities of Jinzhou, Fuzhou, Xiongyue, and Gaiping were all located along the coast. Sea ships could be used to transport grain and grass, and even ships could be used to transport troops.

Although Xiao Qian's cavalry and horses were successfully reimbursed, they all became seasick and sick for a long time.

Haicheng, Liaoyang, and Shenyang are all in the hinterland of Liaodong. Even the nearest Haicheng cannot use sea ships to transport food and troops.

After all, Wang Zongtan followed Yang Gong as a deputy general for several years. After making a decision, he naturally quickly thought of the follow-up strategy: "Then directly recruit civilian men from the four cities to assist the army in transporting grain, grass and baggage. Haicheng is located in Liaodong. We can't go there by boat in the hinterland, but it's also impossible for the Tatars to know the situation in Gaiping at the first time. Soldiers are very fast. As long as we are fast enough, we can attack Haicheng first, then take Liaoyang, and finally go straight to Shenyang. Even if we can’t defeat them, we can cut off the Tatars’ retreat.”

This is quite risky to say. With such a lone army deep into the hinterland of Liaodong, if the intelligence is wrong or their front is blocked, and the Tatar army comes back for reinforcements, it is very likely that they will fall into a tight siege.

But in the same way, risks also coexist with benefits. If they succeed, they will be extremely wealthy.

In this era, don't pay too much attention to loyalty and patriotism. Even the new Ming army under Zhu Yijiong was fed by real money and silver.

The soldiers at the grassroots level want to make meritorious service to earn land, money and food for their families, and receive a generous pension even if they die, while the generals also want to make meritorious service and gain promotions.

This should be a normal and benign military system from ancient times to modern times. Huang Taiji was able to do this before he could successfully become powerful.

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"Wake up, get up and go to work. If you don't get up, you won't be allowed to eat!"

Early in the morning, there was a slave slave who was playing fluent Beijing movies and yelling fiercely in the serfs' shack area.

Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is entering the Pass to fight, even the Eight Banners masters do not have enough food.We can only follow the order of the regent, take the coated slaves and assigned serfs to cultivate in various towns, and at least plant some.

When they heard that they were getting up too slowly, they had no food to eat. The serfs in the slum area scrambled to get up. Dai Jing ignored the fatigue and pain in his body and climbed up from the stiff bed.

Fortunately, the spring snow has melted now. Even in the bitterly cold land of Liaodong, it is not that cold anymore. After a while, you will get used to it.

"Hurry up to this point, be careful if you wait any longer and get whipped!"

Bao Yi watched the serfs come out, and then he took the whip and drove these serfs to work in the fields like animals.

A closer look shows that although the serfs have all been whipped, many of them still look neither like Hans nor Manchus.These are all Korean slaves. Last year, Yinhu led his troops to rob Khalkha, Mongolia and North Korea. He not only robbed food, but also robbed people.

Because the entire registered population of Liaodong was too small, less than one million, such a small population could not even support the Eight Banners Army under Yinhu.

In the middle of the morning, the serfs were working hard in the fields under the threat of the whips of the slaves, and they could not rest until their backs ached.

Because they are all slaves and have no human rights, the slaves can only grit their teeth and continue to do it unless they say it is okay.

"Da da da da!"

"Da da da da!"

At this time, Dai Jing suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. He knew without looking that it must be the gang of dog Tatar cavalry coming again.

However, the sound of horse hooves in my ears did not go far away from the city, but got closer and closer, and it sounded like there were still a lot of people.

At the same moment, the coated slave who was still supervising the work suddenly showed fear on his face, then turned around and ran away, shouting as he ran: "Oh no, the Ming army is coming! The Ming army is coming to Liaodong!"

The voice was shouted so loud that all the serfs heard it.

Dai Jing finally realized something was wrong. He stood up quickly and saw countless cavalry in red armor. They were obviously not the Tatar cavalry: "Yes... they are the Ming army, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are coming to kill!"

"The soldiers from tomorrow are coming!"

"Long live the Great Tomorrow Soldier!"

His cry quickly resonated with the Han serfs among the serfs, although many Han serfs had no idea what the Heavenly Soldiers were.

This Ming army cavalry was a small group of cavalry, with only more than 100 people. Most of them dispersed to chase those who escaped, and the remaining twenty or so people rode their horses to the serfs.

The officer leading the cavalry said: "You are free now and are no longer slaves. Stay here and don't move around. Someone will come soon to tell you what to do."

This was the order of Wang Zongtan and Tang Shun. Except for those who escaped, they were all to be killed. The remaining ones were screened out into the Eight Banners and then temporarily incorporated into the order of civilians.

"Long live the Tomorrow Soldiers!" Dai Jing prostrated on the ground again. He had been a serf here for almost a year and was finally free.

The officer nodded and was about to ride his horse and continue to preach orders elsewhere when Dai Jing suddenly said: "This general..."

The officer quickly corrected him: "I'm not a general."

Dai Jing nodded repeatedly: "Master Heavenly Soldier, servant... No, I have a family heirloom here, which I want to dedicate to Heavenly Soldier."

The officer seemed to be amused: "Haha, our Ming Dynasty's new army has strict military discipline and cannot embezzle people's property casually. You should keep your treasures for yourself!"

With so many colleagues around him looking at him, who would dare to randomly collect people's money, and he didn't believe that the serf in front of him had anything good in him.

Dai Jing was a little anxious: "My lord, your lord, my lord... my father is Dai Zi, my lord, I really have a treasure to offer to the heavenly soldiers!"

The officer was startled: "Dai Zi? What Dai...wait, you said you are Dai Zi's son?"

(End of this chapter)