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Chapter 561

Late at night.↖,

In Chifeng, in the Han army's imperial camp, the emperor's imperial tent was still brightly lit.

The Emperor of Han and the civil servants and military generals who accompanied him had not yet rested. There was a huge sand table in the center of the tent, and there were many maps hanging on both sides.

"All the tribes have sent troops, and the tribes in the north and south of the desert, the thirteen marquis, fifty-six nephews, and other sons and princes, all led their troops to attack, and the tribes have a total of 130,000 troops."

Zhang Guozhu, the admiral of the Military Region of the Supreme Court, reported the report.

"If you need to set a reward, they will naturally rush to the forefront." Zhang Guodong, the Marquis of Jinjiang, replied with a smile.

The rewards offered by the Han Dynasty to the Mongolian princes were very high. If the four divisions and ten flags of the Zhelim League were destroyed, who would have more troops and captured the most, then he would have the most rewards for money, grain, population and land.

Although Korqin sent people to surrender, sent his daughter to marry, sent his son as a charity, and sent horses and jewelry to pay tribute, it was unfortunately too late. Liu Jun took the plan and pretended to agree first, and then after they sent a messenger back to report, he immediately arrested the mission, and then immediately transferred the Mongolian tribes to send troops to advance eastward.

"Your Majesty, since Korqin has sent his daughter to marry and sending his son as a charity, this is not like being a false act, why don't Your Majesty agree?" asked Feng Yuanbiao, the assistant minister, asked inexplicably.

"The rebellion is not constant, so how can I keep him if I repeat this repeatedly?"

Feng Yuanbiao was speechless.

However, in fact, Liu Jun certainly did not believe in the sincerity of the Korqin people's surrender, nor was he worried that they would oppose again in the future. The significance behind the dispatch of the four Korqin tribes was greater. First, take this opportunity to eradicate the powerful Ten Banners of the Zhelim League and get a powerful Mongolian tribe.

Secondly, it is because they are too close to the Jurchens, and it is unreliable to be relieved.

Of course, another reason is to use this to warn those Jurchens who surrendered that the great man's thunder wrath was not something they could bear.

It is impossible for people to be respected by having kindness but no power.

What's more, when fighting the four tribes of Korqin, there is no need for the Han army to send troops to fight, and the Mongols compete to fight. After the battle, they can not only destroy Korqin, but also weaken the lower Mongolian tribes, and greatly attack the Jurchens and cut off their arms to help. At the same time, the Han army can also take the opportunity to take down the Songnen Plain in one fell swoop. There are so many reasons, what else can Liu Jun make no decision?

As for Korqin's surrender, Liu Jun only said one sentence, saying that they wanted to surrender.

Sometimes it is so cruel between countries.

"Your Majesty thinks we don't have to send troops, just watch from behind?" Zhang Guodong asked.

"Let them fight well. Although I mobilize 100,000 troops this time, it is not used to deal with Korqin. Korqin keeps the Mongolian princes to fight. We just need to escort the formation behind us and keep watching them. The most important thing is to keep an eye on the Jurchens. Once they come to save Korqin, we must seize the opportunity to annihilate the Jurchens who dare to come."

"What if the Jurchens don't come to save them?"

"Won't that be better? We easily swallowed Korqin and pushed the defense line to Shenyang and Harwen. At that time, the Jurchens will be even more unable to advance or retreat. They either fight against the water or can only continue to escape north." Liu Jun's plan was very ruthless, and he used the Mongols to solve the Jurchens' last help to Korqin.

The Han army pushed forward all the way. If he counterattacked, there would be more than 100,000 Mongolian troops in front and the Han army in the back. With the current Jurchens' strength, it would be impossible to turn the tables. At most, both sides were injured with the Mongols.

If they dare not fight and continue to flee north, then their existing territory will only be even more unable to hold on in the future after being captured by the Han army.

This is like playing chess. After you accidentally lose your double chariot and double cannons in the early stage, even if your chess power is high, facing the situation where the opponent has not even died of a soldier. How can you fight? The opponent has swept away your soldiers and your elephant, now just a few soldiers push forward step by step, which can force you to nowhere to go.

"Have the Mongolian princes fought against Korqin?"

Korqin was the strongest among the tribes in the south of the desert after Lin Dankhan. But it was only the strongest. Now they have to face a coalition of 130,000 princes and dozens of troops in the south of the desert. These tribes have joined forces and have just purchased a lot of equipment from the Han.

What are the Han swords and swords, bird guns and tigers, squatting cannons, and their strength has increased greatly. The Han army's intelligence departments provide intelligence guidance, and the Han army staff helped them establish a joint command. The most important thing is that this battle was a sneak attack.

The people of Korqin thought that the Han Emperor had accepted his request to surrender, but at this time, they were afraid that the vigilance of the Ten Banners would have greatly decreased. With the intention to attack but the lack of preparation, Liu Jun could not think of how they would fail.

The four Korqin and others are now dead in Liu Jun's eyes.

His eyes were still staring at the Jurchens.

Liu Jun looked at the sand table, "If the Jurchens dare to turn back and fight, this time we will seize the opportunity and severely damage the Jurchens. We will kill them at all costs so that they will never get up again. If they dare not turn back, then we will take the opportunity to take Shenyang, Liaoyang, and even Harwen in one fell swoop and drive them further north to eat the northwest wind. By then, the cold in the north will freeze most of them to death."

Although the winter in the Northeast is very cold, the small glacier is slowly passing by. In later generations, the Northeast was China's granary. The three plains in the Northeast are extremely fertile and have more than 300 million acres of arable land, which is equivalent to one-fifth of the arable land area owned by the imperial court.

Especially these 300 million mu of land are basically not included in the national arable land area. Taking over the Northeast and developing immigration means that the national arable land area can be expanded to 1.5 billion mu.

This does not include the vast outer northeastern region in the north of Heilongjiang and the southeast of the Ussuri River.

If we count these plains in the outer Xing'an Mountains, at least 200 million mu of arable land can be added.

If the entire territory under the jurisdiction of the Nuergandus established in the early Ming Dynasty was taken back, the increased territory would be even more amazing. Not to mention the reclamation of wasteland, the minerals, forests and other resources in those places were as rich as grazing and breeding, and it could accommodate many people.

Liu Jun planned that the Han Dynasty would sooner or later take back the entire territory of Nuergandusi.

However, the first step at the moment is to eliminate the four tribes including Korqin and drive away the Jurchens from Liaodong. The court will occupy the Liaohe Plain and the Songnen Plain. The next step is to develop these plains and build them into new granaries for the court.

As for the Mongolian princes, after destroying Korqin, Liu Jun would divide the grasslands in the Daxinganling and the Xiliao River area to them. These places are not suitable for farming, so I will give them the right to them. What the court wants is the most fertile eastern plain area.

Harwen, the new capital of the Qing Dynasty.

However, for now, this city has been the capital of the Qing Dynasty for only half a year, the Regent has decided to move the capital again.

Dorgon has been officially appointed as the Regent, one step further than the Auxiliary King. This Regent was supported by Jirgalang and Daishan.

Now the situation is no longer the time for internal struggle.

When the Jurchens reached the critical moment of life and death, Dai Shan was about to die, and his older sons either died of illness or battle. Dai Shan was disheartened and gave the two red flags to Dorgon, allowing him to do his best to save the Qing Dynasty.

The one-armed Jiergalang held the blue flag in his hand, and was also a small soldier. He was guarding Liaoyang City and worried that the Han army would come day and night. Especially when the Liao River was full, he always felt that the Han army would ride warships against the river at any time.

When Dorgon advanced to the regent, his first decision was to move the capital to Yuanhui City.

Chenyang has long been unsafe. Now Harwen is also unsafe. Dorgon has no courage to fight the Han army and can only continue to retreat north. He told himself that this is enduring humiliation and he will return to Liaodong in ten years.

"When will Korqin move northward?"

Dorgon no longer knew how many times he asked his subordinates, and every time he asked, he could not get the result that satisfies him. He was extremely angry, but he could only suppress this anger.

The four tribes and ten flags of the Zhelim League are the only Mongolians who still follow the Qing Dynasty.

"Return to the Nine Kings. It's the news from yesterday, and the four Korqin tribes have not yet responded."

"What are they thinking? Do they also want to surrender to the Han people? They think that Liu Jiye can treat them well when surrendering at this time?"

Waving his hand, Dorgon asked him to withdraw, and he sat alone in the room, feeling waves of fatigue.

The reaction of Korqin was already very abnormal. He had a very bad premonition in his heart. Perhaps these damn Mongolians were really indifferent.

Wait a little longer, Dorgon suppressed the urge to send people to question the crime, and he still needed these damn Mongolians.

But he only waited for a long time and received an emergency report.

"The four tribes of the Korqin tribes of the Zhelim League have all surrendered to the Han Dynasty. They have secretly offered surrender to the Han Dynasty a few days ago, and have sent their daughters to marry, their sons to serve as protons, and many gold, silver and jewelry. Liu Jiye has already ordered the four tribes to surrender, and the ten flag owners have all given titles to the Marquis."

Upon hearing this news, Dorgon angrily tore the letter to pieces.

After hearing this news, Daishan died of fear.

In the city of Harwen, the Jurchens were extremely frightened.

"Transfer the order to move the capital to Yuanhui, immediately."

Dorgon didn't even dare to take revenge. Once Korqin surrendered, they were directly exposed to the guns of the Han army. The most important thing is to leave thirty-six strategies.

At this time, by the Huolin River.

The Ten Flags of Korqin are still in the alliance, but compared to the anxiety and worries a few days ago, they are much more relaxed at this time.

The two brothers Ukshan and Manzhu Xili even concentrated their main forces and arranged them to the east to prevent the Jurchens from knowing their attacks after surrendering to the Han Dynasty. They faced the direction of the Han Dynasty in the west, and they were not prepared at all.

The leaders of Ukshan and others even took the initiative to shave their heads and put on newly made Han-style official robes. They also called each other Hou Bo, no longer called Prince Heshuo, Prince Duluo, Taiji, Beile, etc.

Every day when people sit in the tent, they no longer study how to defend against the Han army. Instead, they are studying how to defend against the Qing army and whether to send troops to attack the Qing army, and to give their controversy.

The night is as bright as ink, and it is like a huge curtain that holds everything.

The herdsmen and soldiers from various banners in the camp gathered in front of the fire, roasting lambs and drinking wine. It was very cold at night, but everyone was in a good mood. After surrendering to the great man, there was no need to fight. In the future, they could trade with the great man. At that time, the silk cloth, fine wine and tea of ​​the Han people were continuously transported in.

"I heard that the Han Emperor granted the title of Hou Bozi's fifth-class title to the Mongolian tribes that he had previously accepted, and also specially granted the title of knight and warrior to the low-level officers below." A ten-man chief said in a somewhat envious tone, "I heard that Hou Bo and other five-class titles are considered to be the princes of the Han Dynasty. Each prince has a territory, and all taxes in the territory can be divided into one third. If the Han people immigrated to reclaim land or mine, they could also get one third of the tax they paid."

"I heard that although knights and warriors do not have fiefs, once they are enthroned, they will be hereditary and will receive the salary given by the Han court every year."

Another man couldn't help but say, "Will this knight and warrior become military officers from the Ming Dynasty's former military garrison? It's hereditary?"

"The court really gives a salary? That's not bad. I heard that the salaries of officials in the Han Dynasty are very high now."

"Can everyone block it?"

"Of course it's impossible. I heard that only a hundred households can be granted a knight, and warriors must at least have a brand name."

A brand usually controls ten cavalry, and a hundred households controls hundreds of cavalry. This is also the basic organization of Mongolian tribal soldiers and horses. It is both an administrative unit in normal times and a military unit in war.

The news of the hundreds of households being named knights and the brand being named warriors was very excited. It seems that it is a good result to submit to the Han Dynasty and get a title and salary. (To be continued.)
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