Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Are we already so unbearable?" Da Yu'er was stunned. The formerly proud bannermen had already begun to lose their self-esteem, which was definitely not a good sign.

A country or a race, when their national power is on the rise, when their national destiny comes, they are always very confident, and this confidence permeates everyone.

When the Eight Banners first entered the capital, it was such an honor. They could drive out all the Han people in the inner city and live there by themselves.

They also regard themselves as nobles and all others as slaves.Just like people with certain surnames, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has fallen for many years, and they still think they are nobles.

And they forget that their ancestors were actually savages in the slave society hundreds of years ago.

"Don't worry, Queen Mother, most of us Han people still have our hearts attached to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager." Hong Chengchou certainly wasn't talking about the majority, because he and a group of traitors like him were offering their allegiance to Dayuer.

"Aijia believes in Mr. Hong." Da Yuer smiled bitterly, but her heart had already begun to shake.

If the ruling class in this capital city was not dominated by banner people, then how could her status be stable.The so-called allegiance of the Han people is just that they are looking for the Houjin Banner people, a force that has a hostile relationship with Ming Dynasty, to warm each other up.

These people can't wait to take the Eight Banners and replace them, but they don't have the strength to rebel yet.

Women are born politicians, because women are only selfless to themselves and their children, which is maternal love.But women are very selfish towards other people and other people's children. This is also the nature of women. This kind of selfishness is very similar to politicians, so women are born politicians.

"Mr. Hong, if there are any more banner people changing clothes, please don't punish them. These are all courtiers who mourn the family." Da Yuer didn't want Tiandi to be suppressed by his own people when they assassinated the banner people.

Of course, Hong Chengchou actually understands Da Yuer's thoughts very well, he is not an idiot.

"Qi Queen Mother, there are some former generals in the capital. These people seem to be a little restless." Hong Chengchou has no soldiers in his hands. He wants to hold the military power in his own hands as much as possible. Starting with it, he can't get the military power of the Eight Banners at all.

"If you find something, just punish it severely."

"Cha!" Hong Chengchou was very happy.

Chapter 489: Liaodong under local influence

Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty was a local powerful situation under the control of the clan left by the Weisuo system.

One is the family members who have held important military positions in Liaodong for generations. They used their power to annex land and exploit the land to become extremely rich.For example, the Li family in Tieling was the number one powerful family in Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty.During the Wanli period, Li Chengliang was guarding Liaodong, and he was granted the title of Uncle Ning Yuan, and his brothers, nephews and nephews held military power for a long time.His younger brother Li Chengcai once served as the commander-in-chief, and his nephews Li Rusong, Li Rumei, Li Rubai, Li Ruzhen, Li Ruzi, and Li Ruwu all held important military positions such as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

Among the powerful families in Liaodong, the great families who have held important military positions for generations have a greater influence. In addition to the Li family in Tieling, there are also the Han family and Cui family in Liaoyang, the Ma family in Yizhou, the Yang family in Qiantun, and the Ningyuanzu family.

The second is that he was originally a local rich man, but he was awarded a military post by the Ming government for recruiting soldiers, thus gaining political and military power.After the mid-Ming Dynasty, border preparations were slackened, border troops were insufficient, and border troubles became more and more serious.The Ming government called several times on the rich and powerful in Liaodong to recruit soldiers and confer military posts, thus creating a new batch of military families.Liaoyang Haoshou Qu Qinqi, Sun Xian and others were ordered to recruit and were awarded military posts.Although the official positions held by such powerful families are not high and their influence is not great, their influence cannot be ignored.

The third is the rich merchants in Liaodong. Although they did not serve in the military, they colluded with the feudal regime to control the local economy and influence local politics.For example, the Tong family is a well-known aristocratic family in Liaodong. At the end of Ming Dynasty, they originally did business in Kaiyuan and later moved to Fushun.The Tong family is "a party of great capital" and "able to serve its fellow villagers".After the establishment of the Houjin regime, Tong Yangxing in the Tong family was connected with the Houjin regime. He secretly imported the embargoed materials of the Ming Dynasty for the Houjin regime, but was discovered by the border officials of the Ming Dynasty, put in prison, and escaped to join the Houjin regime.

In addition, the powerful families in Liaodong include the Gao family, Tong family, Shi family, Zhu family, and Lu family in Liaoyang, the Wang family in Jinzhou, the Li family in Yizhou, the Bi family in Qiantunwei, and the Liu family in southern Liaoning. Shi et al.

The No. 1 ones who surrendered wild boar skins to the Han people are Li Yongfang from Yizhou and Tong from Liaoyang.Gu, Li Yongfang won the honor of not killing three times when the wild boar skin was alive.

People like Zu Dashou still have some background in the Han army flag, and the Li family is the grasshopper on the banner man's rope, so naturally they have a deeper foundation.Moreover, the Li family, like Hong Chengchou and others, even if all the bannermen surrendered, their Li family would fight Daming to the end, and there was no turning back for them.

It is said that in this era it is impossible to escape overseas, otherwise Li Yongfang's sons would definitely think of fleeing overseas.Li Yongfang had nine sons, three of whom survived: Li Sutai, Gang Atai, and Bayan.

From the name, it can be seen that Li Yongfang has been named Qihua since his son, or they themselves have denied their Han identity and regarded themselves as foreigners.Just as Zhu Youjian believed that many Chinese would be named James Lee and John Hong, many people in later generations tried various methods to Westernize, just to deny their Han blood from the root.

Although Li Sutai was defeated by the East China Sea Division, he himself did not die, and the Li family is now the supreme commander of Houjinshan Customs——Shanhai Customs Commander-in-Chief.

It is more than 200 miles from Shanhaiguan to Huludao. It is impossible for the Ming army to put food, grass and supplies so far away, so it is necessary to find a place in the middle as the most forward base. ) is the best choice.

However, the Suizhong area is only sixty miles from the sea to the mountains, which is a very suitable distance for cavalry raids.Qiantunwei is a small fort, not enough to hoard a large amount of supplies, and although the Liugu River next to Suizhong can be used by small boats, Suizhong is a small village without any defensive facilities.

The tactics of the army are also a process of gradual growth. With the new equipment, the Ming army cannot rely on the so-called single tactic to kill all the enemies in seconds.Tactics can play different roles in the face of enemies with specific terrain and characteristics. It is obviously like a dream to fight all battles by platooning or courage.

Now, in front of Hao Yaoqi is the problem of camping and establishing a stable place to hoard supplies.

The current equipment of the Ming army is roughly equivalent to the level of weapons and equipment in the Napoleon period. The shooting movements of the infantry are formulated according to the famous "12 beat shooting game", that is to say, under the guidance of this standard twelve movements, 1 It can fire four rounds per minute.

All the bullets are packed in a cardboard bag, which contains about 10 grams of black powder and a lead bullet, from the barrel to the projectile, because there is no rifling, and the air-tightness problem, the caliber of the flintlock is smaller than that of later generations Rifles are much larger, and each soldier carries twenty rounds of ammunition.

Coupled with the Ming army's cannons, grenades and other equipment, this requires the Ming army's logistics to be much more complicated than that of the Jin soldiers.

The Eighth Army set off from Huludao, went all the way west along the Jinning line, walked 120 miles for two days, and arrived in Suizhong.

"Commander, don't you think it's strange that we haven't encountered a single enemy in this 100-odd miles, and we haven't even encountered a single commoner along the way." A small staff officer looked at the empty village and chatted with Hao Yaoqi.

The village in front of me is very poor, with low-rise houses, dilapidated roads, and filth everywhere.One of the most conspicuous shops in the village is the three shaving shops under the guise.The Han people did not have the business of barbers before, but since the Manchu occupation, this business has become prosperous.

"Sleep outside the village tonight, don't live in this village." Hao Yaoqi followed the military regulations of the Ming army, or explained that the military discipline of the army has heavy penalties for disturbing the people.This does not mean that the army cares so much about word of mouth, but that it is afraid that there are enemies hidden in the village.

As soon as it got dark, with a "boom" explosion, the pre-set warning mines outside the camp exploded three or four in succession.For a moment, the sound of shouting and killing filled the direction of the village.Looking from a distance, the village was lit by fire, and the enemy was in the village.

Hao Yaoqi got up immediately, and even he, the army commander, was startled. It seemed that there was indeed a lot of movement.

"What happened?" Hao Yaoqi stood outside the tent and tried to observe the enemy's situation with a telescope.

"Report: Our army was attacked at night." The guard quickly replied.

"Hurry up to check the situation and see how many enemies have come." Hao Yaoqi was very puzzled. Since he joined the Shunming Army, he has rarely encountered enemy attacks on the camp. Anyway, this was also Daming's territory before, so why? Has the village become an enemy?

A minefield was set up around the camp, and the continuous explosions forced the attackers to shout outside, but no enemy dared to rush over; the Ming army also attacked from both sides.When the Ming army chased to the village, the enemy had already run far away with torches, and the Ming army could not catch up at all.

Just as Hao Yaoqi lay down again, there were several explosions in the northwest of the camp, and another wave of enemies attacked the camp.

"What's the matter?" This time Hao Yaoqi was angry, and this made people sleep?

"Report to the commander, the enemy attacked our camp from the northwest at night." The guard replied hastily.

After waiting for a while, the pursuit team came back, and Hao Yaoqi asked, "Are there any casualties?"

"No, it just killed two cows..." Before the guard could finish his reply, another explosion occurred in another direction.

The next day, Hao Yaoqi had a pair of giant panda eyes and had to announce the suspension of the march, and the whole army would catch up on sleep during the day.

Chapter 4 Ninety: The stronghold still has to fight

Soldiers can sleep, but Hao Yaoqi can't sleep. He has to figure out a way to deal with it during the day.

Judging from the enemy's attack methods last night, the opponent has already mastered the method of cracking the minefields. If they don't come up with a safe method, the enemy will play the real game tonight.

The reason why ancient marches were slow was not that people's feet were slow, but that a campsite with defensive functions needed to be established before camping every day to prevent the enemy from attacking at night.The camp itself takes a lot of time to build.A smart general will send a battalion ahead of time to build it in advance, but when encountering enemy-occupied areas, the marching speed will be very slow, especially for pure infantry units of agricultural civilization.

The current marching speed of the Ming army is much faster than that of the old Ming army. It is entirely because Zhu Youjian has paid attention to the use of carriages since he crossed the south, which is very critical.

Zhu Youjian actually wanted to ask many talented people why the reform of the army didn't start from the point of marching logistics?A soldier with a flintlock gun is actually marching at the same speed as a soldier with a single knife.Unless you have a particularly professional engineering unit accompanying you.However, Daming does not have a professional engineering unit now, they only need logistics and supply units, and to put it bluntly, there are a group of horsemen who can drive horse-drawn carriages.

The staff of the Eighth Army has been arguing about how to deal with the enemy's night attack.

"Commander, according to the enemy's footprints last night, they are all cavalry, they come and go so fast, we can't catch up at all."

"Not only can't catch up, on this great plain, we can't even figure out where the opponent is attacking."

"This ghost can't find even a piece of woods everywhere, otherwise we can also assume a large number of fences and deer villages."