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"What?" Li Zicheng asked.

"Your Majesty said," Liu Xiangke said with a smile, "I hope Your Excellency will treat the people kindly to the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi. When the money and food in Nanjing are ready, Your Majesty will raise troops to fetch them. If you know the current affairs, you can also bring your household register and map to Nanjing to vote." offer."

Li Zicheng was already so angry that he laughed: "What a big tone!"

The Datong court has survived the most difficult time, and next year there will be enough military rations.This is to provoke Li Zicheng on purpose. It is best for Li Zicheng to take the initiative to attack and have a big defeat outside Shanxi.

The terrain in Shanxi is really difficult to enter, there are mountains and grand passes everywhere!

Even if the Datong army wanted to attack, they would attack Beizhili first, and then attack Shanxi after finishing cleaning up the Qing Dynasty.

The beheading of Hao Yaoqi this time is also paving the way for Shanxi in the future.The soldiers and civilians may not believe what Xi Zuo said to the merchants, and the five thousand soldiers went back to publicize, and it can quickly spread among the Dashun army-the Emperor Zhao of Nanjing is benevolent and righteous, and he is very kind to the people, and everyone can have enough food.

Many landlords in Shanxi have been persuaded by Xi Zuo that even if their land is divided, they are willing to welcome the Datong army.

Li Zicheng's administration of officials is indeed good, but it is only compared to the Ming Dynasty, and it is also compared to the people at the bottom.

The real situation is: civil servants are suppressed by military generals, and as long as there is a place where troops are stationed, the generals basically have the final say.It is difficult for civil servants to be greedy, but they can only be greedy.The really greedy ones are all local military generals.Moreover, after more than ten years of severe drought and war in Shanxi, there are not many ordinary people left.If military generals want to search, they must attack landlords and businessmen.

The life of the gentry and merchants in Shanxi is not easy.

More importantly, it is the psychological problems of those generals.They climbed out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. After a few years of stability, they felt that they could start to enjoy the blessings.Moreover, they know military affairs. After the Datong army beat the Manchus back to Liaodong, they didn't think that Li Zicheng could win, and he would be wiped out by Zhao Han sooner or later.

That being the case, then take the opportunity to make money and enjoy it.

More than half of Li Zicheng's high-level generals are corrupt, and the hearts and minds of the army have long been scattered.

After waving Liu Xiangke to retreat, Niu Jinxing walked out from the side hall.

"How?" Li Zicheng asked.

Niu Jinxing shook his head: "I don't have a clue. But I can be sure that the surname Zhao didn't take us seriously."

Li Zicheng said: "After storing food for two years, we are ready to fight. If we want to march south, where should we start?"

Niu Jinxing said: "Your Majesty understands war better than my ministers."

Li Zicheng was silent for a moment.

Where else can I start?Of course it is to hit Beizhili.

Li Zicheng occupied most of the entire Northern Zhili, and Zhao Han occupied a small half.In future wars, Hebei will be the battlefield, and there are no natural dangers there, and it will all be defended by cities.

At that time, tricks and so on will no longer be useful, and you will have to compete with real swords and guns in terms of combat effectiveness and logistics.

Niu Jinxing suddenly said: "Why don't you make an appointment with the Tartars and send troops together next year!"

Chapter 518 [Mountain Independent Battalion]

Sometimes, you can't expect someone to uphold righteousness, and even give up your own interests because of it.

If it weren't for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Li Zicheng would still be sitting in the dragon chair in Beijing.Because of this, he hated the Manchu Qing extremely, but he had to compromise with reality. If he didn't contact the Manchu Qing to send troops together, would he rely on his Dashun Army to fight the south?

When Dorgon received Li Zicheng's letter, he was ecstatic, and the two sides agreed to send troops next spring.

The two sides fought their own way, and did not join forces.

Li Zicheng's army left Shanxi to attack Hongnong, Huaiqing, Zhangde and Guangping.The Manchus entered the customs and killed Tianjin all the way.

What about the Datong Army?

Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, two fight together!

Shanxi's terrain is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Li Zicheng dared to come out just in time, so he was afraid that he would keep shrinking.Liaodong is too far away, and it is extremely inconvenient to transport troops and food. If the Manchus dared to come to Tianjin, the supply line would be long enough to drag them to death.Once Liaodong is empty, the Datong Army in southern Liaodong and North Korea can take the opportunity to attack its hinterland.

In the autumn of this year, Zhao Han expanded his army again, forming the new No.16 Division and No.17 Division of the Datong Army.He was temporarily stationed in Nanjing for training, and after the snow melted in spring, he was immediately transferred to the north.

In the direction of Liaodong, there were no large-scale battles, and small-scale frictions continued.

The Datong Army is learning from the Ming Frontier Army and is constantly building fortresses.Basically, a town builds a fort, some are poured with cement, and many are built directly from rammed earth.Every fort has a beacon tower, and when they see the Tartars, they immediately light the beacon.

In the mountains in southern Liaoning, Han people continued to escape and went to the Datong Army to organize households and divide land.

Fuzhou, Jinzhou, and Gaizhou have a population of more than 23 including civil servants and military families (excluding the number of troops and excluding children under the age of 12).Although the military rations are still not self-sufficient, they are indeed much more abundant than in previous years.

Baozhou on the North Korean border is even more ridiculous.

After a division of the Datong Army moved in, the peasants in northern North Korea, unbearable to be exploited by the government, defected with their families.In Baozhou, apart from the military family members who immigrated, there are more than 8 Korean civilians under the rule.

Although these North Korean people could not speak Chinese, they were extremely supportive of the Datong Army.

There are two reasons: one is that the food tax is not heavy, and the other is that the households are given surnames.

The people of North Korea have surnames, they can register and divide the land, and the food they grow can barely eat enough. This is simply coming from hell to heaven.

King Li Hao of North Korea finally came to his senses after purging his old ministers.He prohibited the Korean people from migrating towards Baozhou, and even sent an army to drive away the civilians who were close to Baozhou, and killed the whole family without obeying orders.

With the Datong army blocking the Manchus in the north, and the opposition forces being eliminated inside, Li Hao thought he could enjoy it.

Seoul has been shelled many times, and the city wall can be repaired.

The palace has not been repaired for decades, and some halls are leaking, so they can be completely renovated.By the way, if two more halls are built, the king can't live too crowded.

The North Korean people can really bear it. Even though countless people died of starvation, there is still no uprising.

It's just that the people in northern North Korea tried every means to flee to Baozhou secretly, and they could survive there.

……

Mountainous area of ​​southern Liaoning.

A group of strange sergeants are climbing and advancing in the mountains.

The person leading the army is called Yang Zhenqing.

His former name was Yang Fu, and he was a hunter in Yimeng Mountain. His whole family was killed by Duoduo.With a hunting bow, he chased and killed Duoduo all the way, and finally shot Duoduo into a hedgehog.

Now, he has 500 people under his command, and has a special designation—the Liaonan New Independent Battalion.

This army has a variety of sources of troops.

There are good archers in the Datong army, there are mountain hunters in various provinces, and there are Han people in the mountains of southern Liaoning.There are even Jurchens in the mountains of southern Liaoning!

There have always been Han people living in the mountainous area of ​​southern Liaoning.

During the Hongwu period, there was Xiuyan Fort, which belonged to Gaizhouwei.During the Jiajing period, the Xiuyan Fumin Tongju Office was established.During the Wanli period, Xiuyan was set up again to manage the grain warehouses in Jinzhou, Haizhou and Gaizhou.

Mao Wenlong once sent personnel to instigate the Han people in Xiuyan to revolt, which was suppressed by Nurhachi, who captured more than 6700 Han people and plundered more than 4000 livestock.

Later, Jierhalang built Xiuyan City and garrisoned troops to prevent Mao Wenlong's sneak attack.

Today's mountains in southern Liaoning are sparsely populated, and there are very few Han people and Jurchens.The Han people were captured as serfs, and the Jurchen tribes were relocated out. The few who remained were oppressed and exploited by the Manchus.

Therefore, after the Datong Army gained a firm foothold, some Jurchens in the mountains were willing to take refuge in them!

"Yingzheng, in front of you is the residence of the Tartar officials."

"Touch them at night and kill them all!"

The so-called Tartar officials were actually sent by the Qing Dynasty to receive the goods.The Han people and Jurchens in the mountains collect ginseng, animal skins and other things, and they have to pay a certain amount of tribute every year, and they will be punished if they don't make up the amount.

Near dusk, a Jurchen commoner ran over and said in Manchu: "The Tartar officials are drinking, and the officers and soldiers are as many as two hands and two feet."

The Jurchen fighters in the independent battalion immediately translated to Yang Zhenqing.

Yang Zhenqing said happily: "Don't wait for it to get dark, just touch it now!"

Of the 200 independent battalion soldiers, 300 of them can use long spears like white soldiers, and they can climb mountains together.The remaining [-] people all used bows and arrows and waist knives.

As for the armor, it is all leather armor.

In addition, all 500 people are equipped with new-style flintlock guns, but they are only used when encountering a large-scale Eight Banners army.

It was getting dark, and five hundred soldiers approached quietly.The positions of the three Manchu Sentinels who were sitting in a daze had been pointed out by the Jurchen people a long time ago, and they didn't know that they were about to become a living target.

Yang Zhenqing squatted in the grass, like a hunter facing a wild beast, took off his bow and arrow and slowly pulled it away.

"call out!"

With an arrow shot, the enemy sentry fell dead and hit the throat.

Several other archers also shot the remaining sentries to death.

In the house, seventeen Tartars were drinking and eating meat. The meat was roe deer snatched from the people's homes.When they were full of wine and meat, the door of the room was suddenly knocked open. Before they could react, they saw a long spear stabbing towards them.

Searching for loot, there are a lot of ginseng and fur piled here, as well as the hamstrings of some wild animals, all collected from nearby mountain people.

Yang Zhenqing said to a Jurchen warrior: "Go around and tell the people in the mountains to come over tomorrow and take away your things."

"Okay!" The Jurchen warrior grinned.

At the beginning, Yang Zhenqing attacked and killed the Jurchens when he saw them in the mountains of southern Liaoning.It wasn't until one day that he saw Manchu officers and soldiers beating those Jurchen people who didn't pay enough goods, that Yang Zhenqing realized that Tartars would also bully Tartars.

So when he reported the situation, Lu Xiangsheng tried his best to get in touch with the Jurchen people, and actually established a friendly relationship.

The next day.

Some Jurchen mountain people came with meat.

Yang Zhenqing took out the silver and bought the meat.And the Jurchen mountain people can take the silver and go down the mountain to buy grain and salt.

Through this transaction, Yang Zhenqing's independent battalion does not have to worry about logistical issues when operating in the mountains.

On the territory of the Jurchens, it is nonsense to say that they can actually win the support of the Jurchen people, and that they can supply food on the spot.

Yang Zhenqing said to the Jurchen mountain people again: "When the Tartars come again, you will report and promise to take back the things. Your mountain goods will be collected by Han people in the future, and they will give you enough money. You will never take things for nothing."

The Jurchen mountain people cheered up and sang hunter songs around Yang Zhen.

This is the Independent Battalion, the first time it attacked the Manqing team collecting mountain goods.About a month later, the Manchu Qing officials in Xiuyan City finally realized that something was wrong, and sent more than 200 Eight Banners soldiers to check.

Xiuyan City was built in the mountains, controlling the main roads in the mountains.

But it is very difficult to march in the mountains. Even if you really pass here and go straight to Jinzhou across the mountains, at most a few thousand surprise soldiers can come to attack.Moreover, the food production in the mountains is not enough, so it is not suitable for large troops to be stationed. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty built Xiuyan City, only 202 Eight Banners soldiers were stationed there.

As the Datong Army gained a firm foothold in southern Liaoning, Dorgon also paid more attention to Xiuyan City, and the garrison in the city increased to 800 Eight Banners soldiers.

But there are too few mountain people, and 800 to [-]% of the Han people farming near Xiuyan City have long been abducted by the Qing Dynasty. The [-] Eight Banners soldiers stationed here are already at the limit of logistics, and any more will have to transport food in from outside the mountain.

The 200 Eight Banners soldiers who left the city this time were all riding bad horses.They are not considered cavalry, only mounted infantry.

The Eight Banners soldiers only marched more than ten miles in the mountains, and there were mountain people of the Jurchen tribe who rushed to inform the independent battalion.The Independence Battalion has been stationed in the mountains all year round and dispatched immediately upon receiving the news.

"Where are the harvesters?"

"I went to the south and never came back."

"Where is the south side? Come and lead the way!"

Two hundred soldiers of the Manchu Eight Banners were led by the Jurchen mountain people in this way, and headed all the way to the ambush point of the Independence Camp.

"Shut up!"

The copper whistle sounded, and upon hearing the whistle, the Jurchen mountain people immediately lay down on the ground as agreed.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Go back quickly!"

Gunshots rang out on both sides of the valley, and the Eight Banners soldiers were ambushed, turned around and fled in panic.But the valley is too narrow, only two or three horses can go side by side, and the Eight Banners Army with [-] horses still dragged into a long snake formation.

A Jurchen mountain dweller who was leading the way was not hit by a bullet after lying on the ground, but was unfortunately trampled to death by a horseshoe.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

There was another row of gunshots, and the Eight Banners soldiers who could not speed up, more than 30 people fell off their horses again.

The surviving Eight Banners soldiers finally ran half a mile away, and gunshots rang out again from the hillside in front of them.

After an ambush, of the two hundred and eight banner soldiers, only more than 40 people fled back.

This is a serious injury, and the entire Xiuyan City has only 800 defenders in the Qing Dynasty.

Yang Zhenqing pointed to the corpses of the two horses and said: "The Jurchen people who sacrificed, these two dead horses belong to their family. The remaining dead horses, take them back to your stockade and divide them. The armor and weapons of the Tartar soldiers also exist temporarily. You are in the village. The whole army is resting, and we will set up an ambush in the north tomorrow. After hearing the news, the Tazi soldiers will probably come a lot more. If they don’t come, let’s go to the vicinity of Xiuyan City and pick up the Han people there!”

Yang Zhenqing was very courageous, his superiors asked him to go into the mountains to fight guerrillas, but he wanted to take down Xiuyan City.

Chapter 519 [Manchu Zhizhi]

The guard of Xiuyan City is called Duopolo, the grandson of Fei Yingdong, the five founding ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty.

It stands to reason that with his status, he should have been in a high position long ago.However, although grandpa is awesome, but his grandfather has ten sons, and a nephew like Oboi, how can he climb up quickly?

What's more, Dopoluo's father, Suohai, is still a real scumbag.