Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 395 Chaos ([-])

The Ming Dynasty at the end of May 1644 was in chaos.First, Li Zicheng's 5 Shun Army and more than [-] Guanning Army fought in Shanhaiguan. When victory was in sight, the Qing Army's [-] cavalry army rushed out from the right, followed by [-] infantry troops. The Shun Army was caught off guard.At that time, the Shun army had been fighting hard all day and night, exhausted, coupled with the strong wind, flying sand and rocks, they couldn't support fighting against the wind immediately, general Liu Zongmin was shot by an arrow and fell off his horse and was injured.Since Li established Ma Xiaogangfu, he saw that the defeat was irreversible, so he ordered to retreat. Wu Sangui and the Qing army chased and killed for twenty miles.

The next day (May 5), Li Zicheng went to Yongping, killed Wu Sangui's father in Fanjiazhuang, and gathered tens of thousands of defeated soldiers.In fact, it can be seen from this that the tens of thousands of Shun troops led by Li Zicheng's relatives are still very powerful. Excluding the more than 28 troops from Tang Tong and Bai Guangen's Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's troops participating in the Battle of Piece of Stone had 4 when the Qing army appeared. More than 4 people, these 1 people defeated Wu Sangui's more than [-] soldiers and Gao Yi's more than [-] soldiers and horses, and when the Qing army needed to pursue and expand the results after the surprise attack and defeat of the Shun army, Wu Sangui had only more than [-] people who could fight.

When the [-] Qing army made a surprise attack, the Shun army persisted in fighting for half a day under the unfavorable situation of being injured by an arrow and braving the strong wind, and finally retreated successfully, gathering nearly [-] defeated troops in Yongping.In the case of twice the raid of the Qing army, it can still retreat without the entire army being wiped out. Which one of the Ming army can do this.Moreover, in this battle, Wu Sangui’s Guanning army lost more than half, and the commander-in-chief He Jinzhong died in battle; Mu and others were killed.

In the Denglai area at this time, the news of Li Zicheng's defeat at Shanhaiguan had not yet come. Guo Sheng, the general of power appointed by Dashun, was still counting the treasury silver in Jining, and sending donations to the landlords and gentry in various places through the Rating Department. The gentry and literati and clans who owned 10,000+ acres of land and hundreds of thousands of acres found a reason to kill them, and then distributed the land to those poor farmers.His behavior undoubtedly aroused a strong reaction from these gentry and literati. For this reason, Guo Sheng has been riding around with his three thousand steps to suppress the rebellion. encroachment.

Seeing this, Zeng Hualong, who was self-defending in Dengzhou, also heaved a sigh of relief. He hadn't figured out what to do if Guo Sheng led the army to come, should he fight up or submit quietly?If you stand up to fight, the soldiers in the city may not be willing, and if you surrender to the "intruder", you will not be able to pass the test in your heart. How should this be done?Fortunately, he doesn't need to make a decision so quickly now, because the thieves Yao Yingfeng and Zhao Yingyuan only brought more than 500 people to Qingzhou. They can only go around in circles around Qingzhou City, and almost all their enemies are outside the four fields.

Of course, although the Shun Army only controlled a small part of Qingzhou, it did not mean that they had no idea about the neighboring Dengzhou and Laizhou.They wantonly recruited the local armed forces in the two places. As long as they were bandits, bandits, regiments, and village brave leaders who were a little bit famous, they all received a letter of appointment from Guo Sheng, the envoy of Dashun Shandong Jiedu.For example, Qin Shangxing, Guo Bapai, and Monk Zhai Wu from Zonghengdeng, Lai, and Qing areas once "borrowed" the banner of the Dashun "Yijun" and so on, and these people also accepted the appointment of the Shunjun.The most bizarre thing is that this group of Shun soldiers did not know where they got the news, but they even sent someone to Yantai Fortress to send a letter of appointment to Chief Mo Mingmo. The official title was "Da Shun Ninghai Defense Envoy".

What's even more strange is that Li Zhengang, the new county magistrate of Fushan County, Dengzhou Prefecture, Dashun, who sent this letter of appointment, also came to Yantai Fortress together, calling himself a "lower official" to Mo Ming over and over again, so that the person who was holding the letter of appointment Mo Ming couldn't laugh or cry.

Mo Ming was hesitant, but he didn't know that at this time Li Zhengang was also worried.He saw that the rather famous leader Mo was holding the letter of appointment upside down, and his heart skipped a beat: Could it be that the leader Mo is illiterate?Or was he unwilling to accept Dashun's official position?

Thinking of this, he felt that it was time to increase the fire, so he said: "Master Mo, Dashun will rule the world, Guo Jieshuai obeyed Fengtian's order to take Shandong, and there are dozens of generals under his command. There are tens of thousands of soldiers. Since they entered Shandong, the people of the six prefectures have eaten pots of pulp to welcome the king. Now, Dezhou, Jinan, Jining, Linqing, and Qingzhou have all surrendered, and Yanzhou has also fallen overnight. Only this There are still stubborn people like Zeng Hualong in the two states of Denglai, who gather together to defend themselves and do not obey the king. It's a pity that Zeng Hualong has read a lot of books in vain, but he doesn't know the fate of the great fortune and the change of dynasty. The matter is now just bringing disaster to the family, and I am afraid that it will be destroyed in an instant. The general is a brave general in Denglai. He came here by boat for more than a year. He suppressed the bandits and evil gentry, and won dozens of battles. He is famous for his bravery. It spreads all over Dengzhou. If the general voted for Guo Jieshuai and sent troops to attack the city of Dengzhou once defended by Hualong, why would Guo Jieshuai recommend a general to your lord? I hope you think twice!"

Mo Ming pondered for a while, but did not speak, while Xiao Xi, Mao Desheng, Li Wenchang and other officers sitting beside him looked at Li Zhengang with relaxed and playful expressions, whispering to each other from time to time; His face was serious and he didn't speak.

This is the first time you have encountered this kind of thing. Someone came to your door to do it for you. This is a big deal!Although Mo Ming is the captain of the Blackwater Pioneering Team appointed by the state with full authority, it seems that this kind of acceptance of an official position by a foreign government is beyond his authority.The matter of accepting the official position appointed by Dashun is quite sensitive, and if he is not careful, it will attract criticism from the local people. Even if he has the support of several retired elders of the country, he will probably be quite embarrassing.Moreover, look at Xiao, Mao, and Li sitting at the bottom. They also independently wrote work reports to the local people. Who knows what they will say in their letters?Although I have a good relationship with them, and I am also their nominal boss, but that's all.I have a background in the intelligence system, and I have nothing to do with this group of military officials, Qiu Ba, maybe they just want to leave by themselves so that they can take over.

Be careful about this!But it's not appropriate to refuse clearly. After thinking about it, Mo Ming decided to delay it. First, discuss it among himself and come up with a unified opinion. In this way, the collective decision can also share some politics for himself. on the risk.So, he began to talk about him from left to right: "Magistrate Li, I am very happy to hear that you will go to Fushan to take up the post. It's just that Fushan County was originally a former Ming city, which was captured by my army a few days ago. Now all the people in the city have been moved to Yantai by me, and the city walls have also been blown up. If County Magistrate Li goes to take office at this time, I am afraid that there will be a lot of inconvenience."

Before Li Zhengang came to Yantai, he had already seen the current tragedy of Fushan. Hearing this, he immediately said: "What is wrong with the general pulling out the county where the dog officials of the former Ming Dynasty were guarding? It's just the duty of the lower officials. I have to ask Mr. Mo for advice. If you send back some common people and grain seeds to the subordinate officials, the subordinate officials can also organize them to cultivate the fields. It is already mid-April, and if there is no spring sowing, I am afraid that the farming season will be delayed. General Wanwang will agree to this matter. "

How could Mo Ming be willing to spit out the meat that had already been eaten in his stomach!What's more, the 1000 residents who moved from Fukuyama County have now been dispersed to Dadomari Port, Rishiri Island, and the Yantai Fortress for farming and sowing. How can they return them?A few days ago, Yantai Port evacuated two batches of 2 refugees to Heishui Port and Rishiri Island, making the total number of residents in these two places exceed [-], a record high.After sending so many people away, there are still more than [-] Ming people gathered in the Zhifu Island area behind the Yantai Fortress, and the refugee resettlement camp with a capacity of only [-] is beginning to be overwhelmed.

As a last resort, Mo Ming began to build a temporary resettlement camp on Kongtong Island in Zhifu Bay, and transported nearly 6000 people to the island.While building residential wooden houses, piers, coastal defense forts, navigation lighthouses and other facilities on the island, they opened up nitrate fields to collect nitrate soil. Prepare gunpowder so as to become self-sufficient as quickly as possible.

Now the total population of people on the east bank has reached more than 3, and there are still more than 8 tons of various grains (nearly [-] tons of potatoes were consumed in spring planting), although these grains are not enough to support the people on the east coast until the end of August The first batch of grain is harvested, but if you catch some fish during this period, hunt some moose on Sakhalin Island, buy a batch of rice from Matsumae, and then go to North Korea to "borrow" a handful of grain, you can almost fool it—— —The premise is that the number of refugees in Yantai Fortress cannot continue to increase on a large scale.At worst, there are still a large number of livestock such as cattle, sheep, and horses in the fortress. If it is impossible to slaughter all of them, you can get tens or hundreds of tons of meat, which is worth hundreds of tons of grain.

Since there is a way to plug the food gap, why push the population out?Therefore, after thinking for a while, Mo Ming said: "These people are now naturalized in Yantai, planting fields, living and working in peace and contentment, and they must not want to go back to Fushan to suffer. How about this, County Magistrate Li, why don't you go back and ask Guo Jie Shuai reported and said that the old county of Fushan had been destroyed and it was not easy to recover. Now you are going to come to Yantai to be the county magistrate, how about it?"

Li Zhengang frowned and thought about it for a while. He didn't want the position of county magistrate, which he had so hard to get, to go to waste. So he sighed and said in a compassionate tone: "It's human nature for the people to relocate. The general organized the people to relocate." There is nothing good about reclaiming wasteland, and let me repay Jinan Guo Shuai. Guo Shuai is also a farmer, and he will definitely praise you. It's just the capture of Dengzhou City..."

"It's not in a hurry." Mo Ming waved his hand, and then said to the orderly behind him, "Is the food ready? Let's go eat first."

(End of this chapter)