Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 700

After a preliminary understanding of the situation, Yang Menglong asked the army to stay in Jinzhou to rest, and he led a few personal guards to Fuzhou with the army led by Mao Yongjun, Huang Yulang and others.For more than a month, Denglai's new army has been fighting every day, and they are already quite exhausted. They must first stop and rest for a while, and replenish their weapons and ammunition, otherwise their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Don't use it too hard, otherwise it will hurt the vitality of the troops and it will be difficult to handle.

Dalian can be regarded as a relatively warm place in the Northeast. There is no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter, but this is only relative.For Mao Yongjun, Huang Yulang and others, they have long been used to it, but men such as Zhaji Chongweng and Shi Tianbao who lived in the south suffered. Their noses turned red from the cold, they sneezed violently, and covered themselves with cotton coats. Wrapped like a rice dumpling, I was still shivering from the cold.Shi Tianbao rubbed his ears that were so painful from the cold, and murmured: "It's so cold... Although the winter in Huguang is cold and humid, it will never be so cold!"

Zhaji said to Weng with a snot in his nose, "Exactly! We in Guangxi have never encountered such a ghostly weather in 100 years! I really don't understand why the four generations of British lords in the Sui and Tang Dynasties used troops against Liaodong as if they had taken the wrong medicine. They must occupy it." This land is impossible!"

Shi Tianbao said: "That's right, such a cold ghost place is simply unbearable. Why did the British lords of the Sui and Tang Dynasties be so fascinated?"

Yang Menglong smiled and said: "Because since independence, China has never allowed a strong agricultural regime to appear around itself. The greatest threat to an agricultural regime will always be the agricultural regime. Do you understand? And Liaodong is extremely fertile even though it is bitterly cold. , as long as it is developed by several generations, it will immediately become the world's granary, such a precious land, how can it be taken over by others!"

Wu Yong, who huddled up on horseback, nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, there was a great famine in Beizhili. The ministers of the DPRK and Central Government reported to the court, requesting that the Liaodong Valley be transferred to help the hungry people. Although the transfer was not successful, it also proves that in the After 200 years of operation, Liaodong has become a fertile wilderness."

Shi Tianbao didn't believe it: "No way, since Liaodong is so fertile, why do those people not even have enough to eat and are still looting everywhere?"

Mao Yongjun said: "Because those pigs destroyed the fields and canals that our ancestors worked so hard to reclaim, and killed the people who were the best at farming. They deserved to starve to death!"

Zhaji muttered to Weng: "I still don't understand why Emperor Sui Yang and Tang Taizong are so fascinated by Liaodong. There are so many fertile lands in the world, why do they have to stare at Liaodong, a place that is terribly cold?"

Yang Menglong shrugged, too lazy to explain.The war between the Sui and Tang Dynasties and Goguryeo has always been a highly controversial topic. Most people believe that the four generations of British rulers in the Sui and Tang Dynasties expedition to Goguryeo purely for the so-called power of the emperor, regardless of the life and death of the people. This is probably the funniest thing in the world. What a joke.What kind of country was Goguryeo at that time?This country rose up in the late Han Dynasty and expanded rapidly during the Five Husties. When the Sui Dynasty finally unified China, they were surprised to find a country that owned the entire Korean Peninsula and Liaodong, with more than a hundred big cities and more than 500 million people. A population colossus already stands in the north.This behemoth is not those prairie wolves who live on turf and starve to death if they don't loot for a year. They have built countless forts, have millions of hectares of fertile land, and an army of 30. They have very advanced farming and iron smelting technologies. , and even pull out tens of thousands of heavy cavalry to fight with them!Then the Sui Dynasty mobilized millions of troops to launch an overwhelming attack on Goguryeo, as if it were a chicken blood. They went on three expeditions and killed them until mountains of corpses piled up and rivers of blood flowed.Due to improper command and domestic rebellion, the Sui Dynasty's expedition against Goguryeo failed. This short-lived but powerful dynasty collapsed in the waves of uprisings.Goguryeo, which had been beaten to the point of vomiting blood, breathed a sigh of relief and thought they had escaped the disaster. However, they soon discovered that they had breathed a sigh of relief a little too early. Before the blood in the country was dry, a more powerful army seemed to have destroyed the country. The army of addicts came to kill them mightily!
The great Tang Dynasty crushed them like Mount Tai.

Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty was smarter than Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty. He personally conquered Goguryeo several times, and the troops he dispatched did not exceed [-]. He pulled out points all the way in Liaodong. Killed in the dark.In the end, Goguryeo's towns in Liaodong were all destroyed, and Goguryeo's power was compressed to the Korean Peninsula by the Tang army, and it never crossed the Yalu River.But even Tang Taizong failed to destroy Goguryeo. The battle to regain Liaodong exhausted the national strength of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Taizong had to stop the campaign against Goguryeo, otherwise he would follow in the footsteps of Yang Guang.But it doesn't matter, the demise of Goguryeo was a relay race, Emperor Sui Yang ran the first leg, Tang Taizong took the baton and ran the second leg, his son, the famous henpecked softie Li Zhi took the baton for granted and started the final the sprint.Tang Gaozong, who was considered to be a little weak-tempered and mediocre in talent, seemed to have beaten Goguryeo on the issue of Goguryeo. He began to use troops against Goguryeo a few years after he took the throne...Looking at this momentum, if Tang Gaozong did not defeat him, his wife Wu Zetian would still be in power after taking power. You have to keep fighting, if you don't even defeat Wu Zetian, then congratulations to Goguryeo, they have a chance to fight against the famous emperor Li Longji.The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the most powerful dynasties in Chinese history. Even if Goguryeo opened its doors, it could not resist the persistent onslaught that lasted for a hundred years. The immortal Goguryeo finally fell into the century-long wheel war and completely disappeared from the long river of history. up.Yes, it disappeared completely, completely, without even a scum left behind.

Yang Menglong let out a breath of white air, jumped off the horse to push away the snow on the ground, dug up a handful of dirt with a knife and held it in his hand.The soil was black and oily, completely different from the generally yellowed soil in the pass.Yang Menglong said with a smile: "Look, how fertile this land is! The most rare thing is that such fertile land is not just one piece or two, but stretches for thousands of miles. As long as it can be brought down and properly managed, Daming will never be able to do so." Worry about having nothing to eat."

Everyone poked their heads over to take a look, and nodded again and again.Shi Tianbao looked a little sad: "This land is really rich, but unfortunately we don't have our share... The government doesn't allow us to farm on the land, and they keep driving us up the mountain, forcing us to spend time in the barren mountainous area... "

The Miao people are experts in farming. They originally lived in the Central Plains, but were gradually expelled to the south during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.After hundreds of years of operation, the red land that was not suitable for farming has also been turned into ten thousand hectares of fertile land by them, but they continued to be expelled. In the Yuan Dynasty, they began to drive seedlings up the mountains and they were not allowed to farm on the plains.The Ming Dynasty also inherited the national policy of the Yuan Dynasty to drive Miao to the mountains. The difference is that in the Yuan Dynasty, ordinary people did it. In the Ming Dynasty, even officers and soldiers participated. The conflict between Miao and Han was extremely bloody and fierce. Most of the cities and towns established by the Miao people in Hubei were destroyed. The Miao people were forced to abandon the countryside where they had lived for hundreds of years.But this is only temporary. A hundred years later, when the arable land is not enough to support so many people, this wave will definitely rise again. The battle for the living space of the races is so cruel.

Yang Menglong patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I will find a way out for you. The world is so big and there is so much land suitable for farming. There is always a paradise waiting for you." Clapping his hands, he jumped on his horse again and said, "However, before we do that, we have to get rid of Jiannu! If we lose the war against Jiannu, then everything will be over, not only for us, but also for the Miao people and the Yao people." , Zhuang... all ethnic groups will be doomed." Pointing in the direction of Fuzhou with a horsewhip, he shouted loudly: "Follow me, beat them down, and drive them back to Tunguska to gnaw bark!"

Dongjiang soldiers roared in unison: "Beat them!"

Zhaji asked Weng in a low voice: "My lord, where is Tungus?"

Yang Menglong pointed to the north: "There! Walk two thousand miles north, cross a big river, and walk another thousand miles until you reach an endless dense forest that cannot see the sun. That is Tunguska."

Zhaji asked Weng: "Is that place good?"

Yang Menglong glanced at him: "Do you think it's a good place for savages to live?"

Zaghi gave Weng an uh.

Yang Menglong said: "It is not only desolate there, but also extremely cold. A steel plate is frozen overnight, and it will be broken into two halves. Do you want to enjoy the most primitive life there?"

Zaji shivered at Weng and said, "No, I won't even go if I'm killed!"

Yang Menglong laughed loudly and said: "The ghost place that no one wants to go to is the final destination of the slaves. Let's work hard and drive them to Tunguska as soon as possible to become savages. I believe that day is not far away!"

What he said made everyone laugh out loud, especially the Dongjiang soldiers, their chests were boiling hot.For so many years, they have been suppressed in the deep mountains and old forests in southern Liaoning, Lushun, Pidao and other places where they can't even eat acorns. How much they have suffered. Killing Jiannu is no longer enough to appease their anger!

(End of this chapter)