Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1517 Shandong Earthquake ([-])

"Fortunately, there are more and more experts from the outer Northeast, otherwise, many things may make us burn out." Captain Liao Degong walked through the messy camp and said with emotion: "With these weak combat forces , North Korean soldiers with extremely low vigilance, hehe, forget it, nothing can be done.”

This is the camp of the first part of the North Korean Imperial Army. Because it is far away from the defense system of the people on the east coast, about a thousand people are stationed so that they can have a certain self-sustaining ability when encountering the enemy.But what happened?The people on the east bank still overestimated the fighting power of these North Korean soldiers. They were beaten up by the cavalry of two or three hundred Qing troops who came over. Thousands of people were defeated, and more than 300 people were killed or injured. There were another two or three hundred people. Taking advantage of the chaos, I crossed the Yalu River and ran to the mountains on the other side of North Korea. I don't know if I plan to become a bandit or just slip back to my hometown.

It can be said that this North Korean army has basically been destroyed!The spine was plotted, the backbone was killed, and the loss of equipment was huge, and there was basically no possibility of recovery.So, under the order of Lieutenant Liao Degong, the remaining hundreds of Korean soldiers went to Jiulian City in desperation to help the people on the east bank build the city wall as coolies—since you can’t prove that you dare to fight and can fight, Then you don't deserve to continue to enjoy the treatment of a soldier, and you should become a teacher, which is good for everyone.

The collapse of this North Korean forward army also announced a setback in the attempts of the people on the east bank to colonize the outside world.The tents, food, and clothes brought by the North Korean soldiers were burned by the skyrocketing fire, and the farm implements and baggage were thrown everywhere. The Tartars took away all the livestock that could be taken away, and all those who could not be taken away were also killed. He was stabbed to death on the spot. It seems that he hated the soldiers and civilians on the east bank who were reclaiming in Dandong and Kuandian, and wanted to do everything possible to create difficulties for everyone.

Fortunately, this Qing army cavalry came a little earlier.If they come later, when a large number of Shandong disaster victims are arranged to farm, if they rush over suddenly, the killing must be miserable, not just the loss of materials!Now the North Korean sergeants just came to set up an outpost reclamation camp, their foothold was not stable, and they didn't have time to do anything, so they were directly crushed by the Tartars. Accepted by the upper echelon—as long as the person who dies is not one of our own, it’s fine!Who cares when someone else's child dies?

Of course, again.If it is the Qing army—it is said that the leader of the team is Chong Nian, he is quite famous in the East Coast Army now, because he has been arrested several times but failed to catch him, he can be called an unbeatable Xiaoqiang—no later In a month or two, a large number of naturalized native soldiers from the outer northeast will come here, and they may suffer a big loss. Therefore, the successful raid on the North Koreans is also theirs to some extent. With luck, this is no joke.

"In the future, these North Korean soldiers should just let them guard the fortress. This bunch of waste can even do the work of transporting food and grass as a supply force. It is an insult to the title of soldier." Liao Degong kicked away the scattered ground. A certain scabbard on the ground, then looked at a burnt black wooden pillar standing in front of him, and said with some depression: "Even those Shandan savages transferred from the north are much stronger than them. Those Although the naturalized soldiers' discipline is extremely poor, and they don't know how to fight against the enemy, they at least dare to fight, and their courage is not lacking in the slightest! Spirit is often more critical than discipline. These qualities are so lacking in the North Koreans. It is so disappointing! The order has been passed down and the subsidy (generally including canned food, bacon and salty meat) issued to the sergeants of the North Korean Imperial Army Office this month will be deducted. fish, machine-made flour, some money and a small amount of medicine), if their new Commander Jiang has a different opinion, let him come to me. I don’t believe it, he can be so thick-skinned, and the soldiers are so embarrassed. Come to ask us for a subsidy. I don’t know what the North Korean imperial camp is doing all day long, how the soldiers train, and why their combat effectiveness is similar to that of local county soldiers after doing it for a long time. This is not bad. Mao Jingying soldiers, what a fool!"

In fact, the North Korean Jingying soldiers have also been guided by the East Coast Military Officer Advisory Group in recent years. Originally, Liao Degong and others had some expectations for them. They think they should be able to help?But in the end, the cruel facts slapped many people in the face. The North Koreans are really unbearable. No matter how many military advisers and military equipment are sent to them, they are basically useless words!These guys, it is estimated that they will not break out of fighting power until they are on the verge of national subjugation and extinction, right?You can't expect to fight in battles in normal times. It's better to plant food, medicinal materials, melons and fruits, raise livestock, and cultivate seeds for the people on the east coast. You are good at this.

Hearing these angry words from Liao Degong's mouth, a group of young staff officers behind him all laughed. It seems that the joke about the weak combat power of Korean soldiers has long been known to everyone. They also often use those North Koreans as talking points for jokes.Therefore, when Liao Degong ordered to cut off subsidies to the North Koreans as a show of light punishment, all of them took it for granted.

However, once the thousands of North Korean sergeants are missing from the stall that the people from the east bank are spreading in Liaodong, the strength of the troops will indeed be quite tight.After all, the elite Seventh Mixed Battalion was stationed in Jiaozhou last year, and most of the cavalry regiment was also transferred back this year to stabilize the situation in the newly occupied area of ​​Laizhou Prefecture. The Qing army there is currently active, and it seems that they are using some kind of method. Put pressure on the people on the east bank to give up—or at least postpone—the colonial activities on the right bank of the Yalu River.Therefore, currently stationed on the front line of the Yalu River reclamation, except for half a battalion of the cavalry regiment (approximately a thousand cavalry), and a part of the fourth division of the servant army (the commander of the fourth division, Chen Quanzhong, sent 2000 people across the sea to help. filial piety"), and only the Shandan soldiers from the north remained.

This part adds up to about [-] people at this stage, which sounds quite a lot, but considering that the people on the east coast have a heavy reclamation task, there are many places that need to be guarded and controlled. A quick-response force, so the [-] people are really not enough. After the pepper noodles are sprinkled everywhere, there are not many people on hand, which makes the troops everywhere are in short supply and a little passive.

Therefore, in the original plan of the people on the east bank, the role of these five thousand North Korean sergeants was not small, and they were once expected to rely on their strength to squeeze and force the small Qing army back.It's a pity that if their performance was acceptable and satisfactory at the beginning, the current performance of these North Korean sergeants can only be described as a mess. After being stationed outside for a long time, it is easy to feel homesick. In addition, most of these Korean soldiers are from the south of Korea, and the folk customs there are relatively extravagant and weak. All of them can't stand the hard life in the wild land of Liaodong, and the morale of the troops is lax. It is understandable to be rubbed on the ground by the Tartars.

"North Korean soldiers are not credible and cannot be reused now!" After picking up a blood-stained family member from the ruins—it may be a letter written by a North Korean military officer to his family members—and looked at it casually, Liao Degong put his hands behind his back, Sighing, he said, "Immediately adjust the deployment. The less important strongholds around Zhenjiang Fort, Jiulian City, and Kuandian Sixteen Villages (sixteen small wooden villages roughly built by the people on the east coast) should be Leave it to the North Korean soldiers to guard. The more important positions and key nodes should be guarded by our soldiers, otherwise we may make a joke later. By the way, we will stop the attempt to colonize the outside for the time being, and first control the Let’s talk about it after the wasteland within the range has been reclaimed.”

It is said that people from the east bank have been farming in Liaodong for some time, and even established Dandong and Kuandian counties.The above-mentioned two counties absorbed more than [-] disaster victims from the four prefectures of Shan*dongxi in total, and carried out reclamation in the fertile soil area on the right bank of the Yalu River. Grain, seeds, and livestock—all are supported by the North Korean kingdom on the other side. For this reason, there are even small-scale famines in North Korea’s Hamgyong, Ping’an, and Yellow Sea provinces. The grain is also rising again and again. That's miserable, but who cares?

Last autumn, Dandong County, which was developed earlier, harvested more than 6 tons of grains such as rye, wheat, and oats. In addition, corn, potatoes, soybeans, and other "miscellaneous grains" also harvested almost the same number, which has been able to feed quite a lot of people. There are fewer people—at least the [-] people resettled in Liaodong can barely make ends meet, provided that the Heishui area sends more salted fish or bacon to reduce their consumption of grains—Tuntian has gained a lot. Great success, the North Korean government on the other side probably let out a long sigh of relief, thinking that the three of them should be able to breathe a sigh of relief this year. The demands are endless.

The land reclamation in Dandong County has been so successful, and this news naturally cannot be hidden from the Tazi court who is close at hand, so they became extremely impatient. The foundation can be seen.It's a pity that the painful terrain and traffic conditions in the east of Liaodong limit their ability to dispatch troops on a large scale, and the army on the east bank is not as weak as the North Koreans back then-Huang Taiji led more than 1 people across Liaodong and entered North Korea. It is very difficult to copy, and no one dares to copy it, because if the soldiers are stationed in Zhenjiang Fort, which is stationed by the people on the east bank, or even on the front line of the city, the army that cannot be supported may collapse-so it can only be dispatched on the largest scale. The cavalry of hundreds of people harassed, but the effect can only be said to be mediocre. It caused a certain threat to the people on the east bank, killed some people, and destroyed some supplies. Despite the resistance, they were still unable to win and drive away the people from the east coast, which made the Qing court extremely helpless.

This time, Chongnian led a team of [-] horses to raid a North Korean army that went out to establish a military outpost, which would become a reclamation village in the future.Now they are extremely sad that they cannot completely drive away the people on the east bank, they are extremely disappointed that the thieves in yellow have harvested grain in Dandong and gained a firm foothold, and they are extremely angry that the people on the east bank are still trying to expand the reclamation area, so after careful investigation Afterwards, they raided Dandong County, destroyed the attempt of the people on the east bank, and by the way beat thousands of North Korean soldiers to the ground, cultivating their self-confidence.

However, their success this time is just to take advantage of the insensitivity of the people on the east coast. It is really impossible to hurt the people on the east coast—see you, Liao Degong will be able to "reimburse" the lost materials, food, and livestock to the Kingdom of Korea the next day—at most, it will only make the people on the east coast more careful and more cautious in the future.If you want to drive them away, it's still a long way off!

And since it is impossible to drive away the people on the east bank who depend on the right bank of the Yalu River like psoriasis, it is doomed that the strategic disadvantage of the Qing Dynasty will become more and more serious.Especially when they are about to use the power of the whole country to carry out the Southern Expedition to completely eliminate the southern separatist regime-if the people on the east bank hadn't held back a large number of Qing troops in Shandong*dong and Jiangnan, it is estimated that the soldiers and materials that can be drawn from the Southern Expedition will still be large. Ask for more—it sucks to be nailed in the back, but what can you do?After much deliberation, while continuing to harass the people on the east bank and slow down their pace, we can only strengthen the defense of key areas, there is no other way!

Captain Liao Degong, who has been appointed as the highest person in charge of Liaodong, does not care about what the Qing court thinks. What he is doing now is how to use the limited troops at hand to better serve the [-] Shandong disaster victims in Dandong, The reclamation work in the two counties of Kuandian was escorted.As for taking the initiative to attack the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty to expand his territory, he, who is more conservative in character, did not adopt it after all. He felt that it is better to be stable in everything. A firm foothold in Liaodong and success in farming are victory!Let’s talk about the later things later, everything must be done step by step!

In late July 1668, just after Liao Degong adjusted the military deployment of Dandong and Kuandian counties and disrupted several raids by the Qing army on the two counties, several ships were loaded with black water fish, equipment and supplementary soldiers (many The ships of the naturalized Shandan native soldiers also slowly approached the sea off Zhenjiang Fort, which made Liao Degong smile suddenly-with these supplies and personnel, the Tartar court would have nothing to do with him.

And at this moment, he was going to meet the fleet at the mouth of the Yalu River, and he suddenly felt a slight shaking of the ground, which made him a little puzzled: Could it be that there was a violent earthquake somewhere, and the side of the Yalu River Estuary also felt a slight tremor?

(End of this chapter)