Chapter 2460

From the end of 1644 to the spring of 1645, the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty once again launched a brutal tug-of-war outside Shanhaiguan. The participants on both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Ming Dynasty knew that if it could not hold its nerve and allowed the Qing army to break through Shanhaiguan, it was very likely that

It will lead to a total collapse. And the Manchu Qing also knows that it is impossible to invade the Ming Dynasty to plunder materials and people as easily as before. If the Ming Dynasty cannot be completely defeated on the frontal battlefield, the war will turn into a long-term war of attrition, and

This is definitely not a good thing for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which does not have an advantage in national strength.

These two families were furious, and Haihan took the opportunity to make a fortune from the war. The Ministry of Commerce went to great lengths to conduct various large-scale transactions with the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. During the war, the two countries had huge needs for funds and combat supplies.

, and Haihan saw the opportunity, lowered the purchase price of various raw materials, and increased the selling prices of various industrial products and combat supplies.

It is not only the Haihan Ministry of Commerce that is making a lot of money, but also the garrisons in Liaodong, Shandong, Zhejiang and other places responsible for executing these transactions. The areas under the jurisdiction of Chen Yixin and Shi Diwen have both expanded in the past year.

Quite a few, so the request for garrison expansion was naturally approved. At the same time, the Ministry of National Defense made new adjustments to the overseas garrison establishment north of the Taiwan Strait.

The Beihai Theater Command was established, which has jurisdiction over Dengzhou, Shandong, Jinzhou, Liaodong, and all the garrisons at the Datong River Base in North Korea. The Nanguanling Camp in Jinzhou is the location of the headquarters, and its jurisdiction includes the Liaodong Peninsula, Shandong Peninsula, Korean Peninsula, and the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea.

area.

The East China Sea Theater Command is established, which has jurisdiction over all the garrisons in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Jeju Island, North Korea, and Sasebo Base, Japan. Ningbo Zhoushan Dinghaigang Base is the location of the headquarters, and its jurisdiction covers the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang from the south of Haizhou Bay to the north of the Taiwan Strait, North Korea

Jeju Island, Kyushu Island region, Japan.

The top commanders of these two headquarters are Chen Yixin and Shi Diwen respectively. Thanks to the large increase in population after the expansion of their jurisdiction, they finally have a relatively sufficient supply of troops to achieve expansion. And Haihan also needs to be in these areas.

Maintain a relatively strong military deployment, so that if the Ming Dynasty suddenly collapses, Haihan can send troops in time to clean up the mess and avoid allowing the Qing army to move south in large numbers and impact the wealthy areas of the Ming Dynasty.

But at this time, something happened in North Korea that caught Haihan off guard. At this time, King Li Zhen of North Korea had completely taken control of the domestic military and political power. After six or seven years of recuperation after he ascended the throne, the economic situation of the entire country also improved significantly.

Improvement. The new army formed with Haihan's help has a strength of more than 8,000. All senior officers in the army have studied in Haihan and received military training. Its combat effectiveness is no less than any of Haihan's auxiliary armies.

Perhaps it was the increase in national and military power that made Li Zhi a little arrogant. In the summer of 1645, he publicly issued a petition against the Qing Dynasty, stating that he would send troops to Liaodong to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty in order to avenge the Qing Dynasty's oppression and invasion.

Although Chen Yixin immediately sent a telegram to the diplomats stationed in Seoul to negotiate with North Korea after learning the news, and asked Li Zhi to cancel the order to send troops, Li Zhi, who was eager for revenge, did not listen to his advice and ordered the North Korean troops to cross from Uiju.

Crossed the Yalu River and launched an offensive against the Manchu-controlled areas.

At this time, almost all the main forces of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were deployed on the battlefield along the Liaodong Bay. They never expected that North Korea would have the courage to launch a surprise attack on them, and they were not prepared for it. They were defeated at the beginning of the battle.

.Such a battle situation made Li Zhi even more convinced that his decision to take the initiative was the correct strategy, so he suggested that Haihan directly send troops to Gaizhou Guards to form a pincer attack from the east and west with the Korean army, which might give him a chance to complete his victory in one battle.

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However, Chen Yixin did not agree with the North Koreans' ideas. Although this new army had been established for a certain period of time, was trained and armed in full accordance with Haihan's arrangements, and had a certain combat effectiveness, it did not actually participate in the new army after its establishment. For large-scale battles, actual combat experience is obviously lacking. The north bank of the Yalu River is a relatively unfamiliar area to this army. The hundreds of miles from Yiju to Shenyang are all mountainous areas, and the terrain is very complex, both in terms of marching speed and logistics. The guarantee is difficult to reach the ideal level, which will give the opponent sufficient time to organize a counterattack.

Once the Qing army launched a counterattack, Chen Yixin was not optimistic about the Koreans at all. This country had almost never won an independent war against the Qing Dynasty in the past, and its self-confidence was not as sufficient as Li Zhi thought. What's more, Haihan is now desperate Extracting money from the Manchus and starting a war rashly would cause Haihan to suffer considerable economic losses. Chen Yixin now needed a lot of funds to expand the strength of his troops, so naturally he was not willing to go to war easily.

Chen Yixin called Seoul to express that Haihan would not immediately take military action against the Manchus in the Liaodong Peninsula, and hoped that North Korea would also accept the situation and not let the situation worsen.

However, at this time, Li Xie, who knew that the frontline troops were advancing rapidly, could no longer listen to Chen Yixin's advice. He still did not order the withdrawal of troops. Instead, he encouraged the frontline generals to continue advancing north. Even if they could not defeat Shenyang City, they would at least capture the city south of Shenyang. Benxi County will push North Korea's national border 300 miles north.

Dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel. The Korean army was ambushed by the Qing army at Lianshanguan, eighty miles south of Benxi. After a day and night of hard fighting, only 50% of the troops left the battlefield and successfully retreated. After that, these originally deployed The Qing army in Shenyang pursued all the way south and drove the Korean army back to the south of the Yalu River. In the process, the Korean army lost about a quarter of its troops, and many senior military attachés were killed in the battle.

Although the North Korean army also eliminated many local armed forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty during this raid, the final collision with the iron plate was so seriously injured that more than half of the new army unit that was finally formed was lost in one fell swoop. , the losses were quite heavy. It is said that after Li Zhi received the news of the disastrous defeat on the front line, he did not sleep a wink for five days and five nights, which shows that it was difficult for him to accept this defeat.

At this time, some unfavorable voices emerged in the Korean court, believing that one of the reasons for the defeat was that Haihan, as an ally, did not send troops to cooperate in time, which allowed the Qing army to unscrupulously concentrate its forces to deal with the single-handed attack into the interior of Liaodong. The North Korean Army. Although no one dared to hold the Haihan Army accountable, Chen Yixin was very dissatisfied with this and informed Li Xie that officials who publicly expressed such views must be punished to ensure that the diplomatic relations between the two countries would not be affected.

Although Li Zhi was forced to do so, he also believed that Haihan's refusal to send troops was the main reason for the defeat of the Korean army, and he complained privately. However, by this time, Haihan's eyes and ears in North Korea were all-pervasive, so Li Zhi These complaints in the palace were still grasped by the Haihan Intelligence Agency.
Chapter completed!