Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1063 Containing the Qing Court
For the Ming Dynasty, the biggest problem was the lack of cavalry. Wang Yan proposed that when the Jin Kingdom was dealing with Zhungeer and was unable to pay attention to Qinghai, he sent troops to collect the southern area of ​​Qinghai in order to obtain horses. The advantage of the Qing army's cavalry played a role in containing the Qing army.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty’s racecourse in Huguang already had more than 5 war horses. If it could control southern Qinghai, the Ming army’s war horses might reach more than [-] horses, and it would obtain a continuous source of war horses, making the Ming Dynasty capable of attacking the north.

Zhungeer went south. With such an opportunity, it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to sit idly by and watch the Kingdom of Jin overcome difficulties and Dorgon grow stronger. It would be better for Dagon to return without success.

War needs to store materials, and the imperial court must purchase a large amount of cloth and other materials from the people, so that it can digest a lot of goods on the market and revitalize the market.

Seeing that Wang Yan did not want to raise a large army to attack the Qing Dynasty, the cabinet was relieved, and the westward advance could be left to the Southwest, and North Korea's containment did not cost much to the court, as long as the weapons eliminated by the Ming army were transported to North Korea, Let North Korea arm itself and regain lost ground.

The cabinet then basically agreed to Wang Yan's proposal, and then submitted a proposal to the council hall according to the procedures. The Governor's Office of the Five Armies immediately sent an order to the two theaters, asking them to deploy and act according to the requirements of the court.

After Wu Sangui evacuated the entire northern Sichuan, He Tengjiao thought of many ways to restore Sichuan, the most important of which was to open a border market and trade with Uszang and the Mongolian tribes in Qinghai.

The imperial court had already decided on the strategy of marching westward to obtain horse herding land, so the Sichuan side has always paid great attention to collecting the situation in Qinghai.

He Tengjiao went deep into the south of Qinghai through the border market and merchants, and found out the road from Qinghai to Sichuan and the distribution of tribes.

After finding out the information, as long as there is a chance, the Sichuan side can start to restore Duo Gandusi.

The Zhungeer tribe went south to attack the Kingdom of Jin. Some small tribes who were nomadic in the Hexi Corridor moved south to the south of Qinghai Lake one after another in order to avoid the disaster of war. This caused chaotic and bloody tribal annexation in the southeast of Qinghai, which has already affected Sichuan. Merchants came here to do business, and even the border market was affected.

He Tengjiao was about to take advantage of the fact that the Kingdom of Jin had no time to take care of Qinghai, and restore Duogan Dusi, and the imperial court's order had already arrived.

He Tengjiao called his subordinates in the palace to discuss, and decided that Chen Youlong would lead an army of [-] infantry and enter Uzang. When the situation stabilized, Zhang Tongchang was transferred to rebuild Duogandusi.

Ma Jinzhong and Li Dingguo trained their troops and were ready to respond at any time.

On the North Korean side, after Xie Qian led the Korean royal family to retreat to Jeju Island, they have been in a confrontation with the puppet North Korea supported by the Manchu Qing.

Jinjun Wang Nikan of the Manchu Qing Dynasty led 2 Qing soldiers to garrison Seoul, and more than [-] puppet North Koreans controlled the relatively prosperous West Wudao, while Xie Qian's [-] Ming troops and Lin Qingye's [-] Korean troops , then control the barren and mountainous Hamgyong-do, Gyeongsang-do, and Gangwon-do in the east.

Judging from the map, it seems that the areas controlled by the two parties are similar, but in fact the gap is huge. Whether it is population or food production, the three eastern provinces cannot compare with the puppet North Korea.

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, which continued to deliver food, grass and supplies to North Korea, Xie Qian might not be able to persist in North Korea.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they were not confident in their hearts, and felt that one day, sooner or later, they would be driven back outside the customs.

After they entered the customs, they left a way out for themselves and prohibited the Han people from leaving the customs, so as to avoid being occupied by the Han people when they returned home.

The position of North Korea was very important to the Ming Dynasty. He could prevent the Manchus from retreating outside the customs, so the Ming Dynasty continued to send resources to North Korea.

After the defeat of the coalition forces last time, the Ming Dynasty was quite speechless about the combat power of the Korean army, thinking that North Korea was simply a douchebag that could not be supported.The Ming Dynasty lost more than 8000 people in the First World War, and nearly 100 million taels was spent on family pensions alone. Adding in the loss of weapons and supplies, it is really not worthwhile to calculate.

After the Ming Dynasty summed up its experience, it felt that the North Koreans still had to contribute their own efforts in the war in North Korea, and they could not rely on the Ming Dynasty for everything, like a dragging oil bottle.

So the Ming Dynasty sent Xia Wanchun, Minister of the Ministry of War, to serve as the minister in the DPRK, and began to help North Korea transform itself and train North Korea's new army, called "Training Camp".

Although the name is a bit sloppy, the generals of the Ming Dynasty are responsible for the training and command, and the equipment used is also the equipment of the Ming army.At first, it was only Lin Qingye's 8000 remnant soldiers, and later recruited [-] more, reaching a strength of [-], and defeated the puppet North Korea's attacking army to the east three times several times.

In North Korea, Nikan’s [-] elite Qing troops were entrenched in Seoul, and the puppet North Korean army was unusable and unable to make progress. Xie Qian was busy training the North Korean army to accumulate strength, and the two sides fell into a two-year confrontation. stage.

Originally, this confrontation would continue for some time, but when the order came from the imperial court, North Korea had to move.

For the sake of safety, to prevent Nikan from suddenly sending troops to raid, although North Korea still controls the three eastern provinces, the North Korean royal court and the base of the Ming army are still set up on Jeju Island.

At this time, in Xie Qian's big tent, many generals gathered. Xia Wanchun stood in front of a hanging map and said to everyone; Zhungeer. If it is allowed to succeed, the Manchu Qing will not only lose the advantage of the future, but also add tens of thousands of soldiers who are good at fighting. Therefore, the imperial court must not let the Manchu Qing wish. At present, the imperial court has increased troops along the Huaihe River, imposing pressure on the Manchu Qing. Pressure, we in North Korea must also move and deal a blow to the Manchus!"

"Lord Xia, we only have more than 1 people, and the North Korean new army has only been training for two years. Is the time to attack now!" Xie Qian frowned. Seoul fled all the way to Jeju Island, which left a deep impression on him.

"Don't worry, Dudu Xie. According to the information provided by the imperial court, the main force of the Qing army has gone to Beijing to assemble. There are no other troops outside the pass. The Qing army we have to deal with is only 1 people from Nikan!" Xia Wanchun laughed and said: "The King of Korea , and Lin Juanshu came to invite us to recover Seoul almost every month, the North Koreans are already in a hurry, I think the morale is available!"

The two North Koreas, one in Seoul and the other in Jeju Island, will go on for a long time, and the one in Seoul will become more popular, while the nature on Jeju Island will gradually be forgotten by the Korean people on land, so they will retreat to Jeju Island The Joseon royal court, as well as the ministers and nobles who came with them, were looking forward to returning to Seoul almost every day.

Xie Qian looked at the map, "If there are only 1 people in Nikan, we can give it a try. However, Nikan nests in Seoul and never moves, and Seoul is considered strong, we are afraid it will not be easy to attack!"

"If Nikan doesn't leave Seoul, we will take down Jeolla Province, Pyongan Province, Hwanghae Province, and Chungcheong Province first, wipe out all the North Korean puppet troops, and then attack Seoul." Xia Wanchun pointed to the map and said: "If Nikan We can set up an ambush and wipe him out of the city."

(End of this chapter)