Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1210
At the mouth of the Yalu River, on one side is the area outside the customs controlled by the Manchu Qing, and on the other side is Uiju in North Korea.

At this time, Uiju had become the military port of the Ming and Korean armies. Hundreds of warships were moored in the bay, and the four large Fuchuan were particularly conspicuous.

Near the port, there are more than 5000 large tents, and the barracks cover an area of ​​more than ten miles. The flags are like clouds, and there are many soldiers, which is very spectacular.

After Nikan withdrew [-] Qing soldiers from North Korea last year, the puppet Joseon Dynasty lost the support of the Qing soldiers, and was soon captured by the Ming Dynasty coalition forces.

King Li Hao of Joseon moved the Korean royal court in exile in Jeju back to Seoul, and executed the puppet Joseon king who was canonized by the Qing court, as well as a large number of Korean ministers who had defected to the Qing court.

Li Hao hated them to the bone, and the North Koreans retaliated against the North Koreans, which was really more vicious than the Central Plains Dynasty dealt with the traitors.

Not only were these people tortured in various ways before execution, but they were also tortured to death by cutting them alive and peeling their skins.

After the royal court of Joseon moved back to Seoul, the king of Joseon regained control of Eight Provinces, and the Korean War, which was fought from the first year of the co-rule to the fifth year of the co-rule, finally came to an end.

In the past five years of war, North Korea, which was not rich at all, was completely destroyed, with a population loss of more than 200 million, and it owed a huge amount of money to the Ming Dynasty. It may take several years to recover.

After regaining control of the Eight Ways, North Korea urgently needs to recuperate. However, because of the Ming Dynasty's request and the Ming Dynasty's infiltration of the North Korean army, North Korea continues to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and prepares to send troops outside the customs.

At this time, 1 coalition troops were stationed near Yizhou, including [-] Ming troops and [-] Korean troops.

It is worth mentioning that Xie Qian is a member of King Lu's family, but he did not participate in King Lu's rebellion, so he was not implicated.

After Wang Yan pacified King Lu, considering that he had been in Korea for many years, he did not replace him. Instead, he gave his wife an imperial order and granted him a hundred acres of fertile land.

At this time, Xie Qian and Xia Wanchun were standing on the pier, seeing the military rations and supplies brought by the ship being taken down by the soldiers, Xia Wanchun smiled lightly and said: "Master Hou, the last batch of supplies has arrived, we should act now!"

Xie Qian nodded, "Okay, this town will notify the whole army now to prepare to cross the river!"

Xia Wanchun was the supervising army sent by Wang Yan and also the minister in the court. Although Xie Qian was the governor, considering Xia Wanchun's background, he almost obeyed his words.

The army has been stationed here for several months. The defense of the Qing army on the other side is very weak, but the army has not moved, waiting for the imperial court to deliver food.

There was no way, North Korea was too poor, and Liao outside the pass was uninhabited, the army could not get supplies, and the army had no rations, so they couldn't go deep at all, so even though the king of Chu urged them to send troops, they still had to wait for the food and gunpowder to arrive.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they actually had no confidence in ruling the Central Plains, and they themselves did not expect to be able to control the Central Plains.

Because of this lack of self-confidence, they slaughtered wantonly to frighten the Han people inside the pass, and at the same time left a way out for themselves, that is, they were always ready to retreat outside the pass.

The Manchus moved their capital to Beijing, and moved most of the population outside the pass to the Gyeonggi area. The Manchus called it "entering the pass from the dragon", and the large area of ​​land outside the pass presented a scene of "thousands of miles of fertile fields, with land and no people".

In the early days of entering the customs, the Manchus also sent people to go outside the customs to help the remaining Manchus cultivate land. However, as the situation deteriorated, Dorgon worried that if the Manchus could not gain a foothold in the customs, they would inevitably return to the outside of the customs. There are too many Han people outside the pass, which will occupy a space full of people and form an unstable factor, so he ordered the closure of the pass to prohibit the Han people from fleeing outside the pass.

This runs counter to the Ming Dynasty's strategy of actively immigrating outside the customs. It was precisely because of the Manchu ban that the population outside the customs was empty, and Russia could easily occupy large tracts of land.

At this time, the population of the Manchus outside the customs was mainly the Manchus who stayed in the "Shengjing" area, the Han slaves who worked for them, and the Xihai Jurchens and wild Jurchens scattered in the mountains and forests. The army mainly dealt with the Manchus in "Shengjing".

The population outside the pass is sparsely populated and there are thousands of miles of uninhabited people. It is difficult to obtain food supplies. The old slaves and Huang Taiji also have to rely on robbing the Ming Dynasty to survive. The Ming army only needs to take Shenyang and control the nearby cultivated land and the grain storage of the Qing Dynasty. There is no place to get food if you want to retreat outside the customs, and most of the more than [-] Manchus will starve to death.

The coalition army has been stationed in Yizhou for a long time, but they have not marched yet because they are trapped by food. Now that the army food has arrived, the army will naturally move immediately.

After Xie Qian finished speaking, he went to the camp, ready to beat the drums and gather generals. Xia Wanchun followed him back and said as he walked, "Master Hou, the Manchus outside the pass are mainly in Shenyang and Xinbinbao. On the plain, it is the main gathering place of the Manchus outside the pass, while Xinbinbao is located in the Changbai Mountains, which is the old nest of the Manchus.”

Shenyang is near "Shengjing", where there are more than 40 Manchus, old and weak, and about [-] to [-] Liao people who help them cultivate.

Xinbinbao is also the place where the old slave called Khan, also known as Hetuala. After the old slave moved his capital to Shenyang, he changed his name to Xingjing, and there are still more than a thousand Manchus living there.

"What does the supervisor mean?" Xie Qian asked after hearing this.

Xia Wanchun said: "If the Manchus retreat to Changbai Mountain, it will be very troublesome to encircle and suppress them. In addition to the division of troops in Saerhu, the other reason is that the terrain is too complicated!"

"The supervisor means that I will annihilate the Manchus in Shenyang?" Xie Qian pursed his lips.

Xia Wanchun nodded, "That's right, if He Luohui retreats to Xinbinbao, it will be a big trouble."

Xie Qian stopped and thought for a while, "Don't worry, the supervisor, I will send an elite soldier to take down Xinbinbao first, and I won't give He Luo a chance."

Xia Wanchun nodded slightly, he had nothing to say, he and Xie Qian went to the big tent together, and then called all the generals to discuss the matter of crossing the river.

At night, under the cover of the heavy night, Xie Qian's general Ding Keze led more than 500 elite Ming troops to rush northward, bypassing the Qing army pier on the opposite bank, looking for a new crossing point.

The strength of the Qing army outside the pass was very tense, with only more than 3000 people, but He Luohui still placed 150 elite bannermen on the opposite side of Yizhou.

Naturally, this kind of person couldn't stop the coalition forces of the Ming Dynasty from crossing the river. What he wanted was that they could report to him as soon as they discovered any changes.

Since the Ming army wanted to annihilate the Qing army outside the pass in Shenyang, He Luohui couldn't let He Luohui know, so before crossing the river, they had to pull out the Qing army's fortress.

Most of the banks of the Yalu River were low and gentle hills, with large deserted fields interspersed in between. The road to march was not difficult. Ding Keze found a place to cross the river after walking for more than ten miles.

Ding Keze looked around, there were dense forests, and the water surface in the river was relatively flat, making it a good place to cross the river.He immediately ordered the soldiers to work together to cut down the trees and quickly made a raft, and the soldiers crossed the river on the raft.

The Qing army had two piers by the river. At the fourth watch, most of the Qing army had already fallen asleep, and only a few soldiers in charge of the night watch were outside the piers, lighting a bonfire and roasting a wild deer.

They left Shenyang and came to the Yalu River, and the food they brought had already been eaten. More than 150 people could only rely on hunting to make a living, but hunting did not catch prey every day, so they could only eat when they were hungry. , In the end, there was no way but to kill the horse.

They hunted a deer tonight, and they couldn't manage so many, so they lit a fire and roasted it at night.

After Ding Keze crossed the river, he had to spend a lot of effort to find the Qing army's piers. They lit a fire, but they saved the Ming army a lot of effort and came directly to the fire.

At such a long distance, the Qing army set fire and smoke, and Shenyang could not see it. The Ming army only needed to find the Qing army, surround them, and prevent them from jumping.

At this time, Ding Keze was lying on the outside of the pier, and asked softly, "Are there any secret whistles around?"

"Don't worry, general, the brothers have seen it all, there is no secret sentry, and all the Qing troops are here!" The scout Baihu replied.

At this time, several bandits were eating happily. Niu Lu, who just got up and came to patrol, smelled the aroma, and also came over, directly cutting off a large piece of venison with a knife.

As soon as he brought the venison to his mouth, several black shadows rushed up from behind, knocked several Qing soldiers to the ground, stretched their knives down their necks, and pulled them, blood spurted out, ending their fight life.

The scout Baihu yelled a few times, indicating that all the sentries had been pulled out, Ding Keze immediately drew his knife and roared: "Kill me!"

Five hundred Ming troops surrounded the two stewed castles, and rushed out of the woods in all directions. Within a quarter of an hour, they pulled out two piers and killed 150 flag soldiers...

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