Chapter 2498

Although Chongzhen admitted defeat, completing the transfer of power between the two countries was not something that could be accomplished overnight.

Haihan was militarily well prepared to compete in the Central Plains, but he was far from fully prepared in terms of human resources to govern such a vast country. Many places still need to maintain their existing rule for a period of time.

System, the most Haihan can do is to replace the yamen with a sign.

People in some inland and remote areas may not realize that the ruler of the world has been replaced by someone else until two or three years or even longer.

However, after the results of the peace talks in Dagukou were transmitted back to Haihan, it still caused a great sensation. For a country that was only established more than 20 years ago, replacing the Ming Dynasty was simply an unattainable goal, and even

Many people who have joined the Haihan nationality still regard the Ming Dynasty as orthodox. But when this day comes, everyone finds that achieving this goal is much easier than imagined.

The war had only been going on for a few months, and the Ming Dynasty actually surrendered. This was much faster than the three to five years of hard work the Executive Committee said during the pre-war mobilization. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had already issued an edict to the world not to attack Haihan again.

If he takes hostile action, he will probably formally abdicate soon.

But the actions of the Haihan Army did not stop there. As Tao Donglai said, since the Ming Dynasty was at peace, there was no need for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to continue to exist.

Tens of thousands of Haihan troops were immediately transported to the north of Liaodong Bay and landed, and then advanced north to launch an offensive against the Manchus.

The Ming army guarding Shenyang City had received Chongzhen's imperial edict at this time, and opened the city to welcome the Haihan army. Yan Chujie, who commanded this battle, set up the frontline headquarters in the city.

Tao Donglai invited Chongzhen to watch the battle in Liaodong as promised. But Chongzhen had nothing to worry about at this time, so he came to Dagukou from the capital again, and then took a boat to Liaodong with Tao Donglai.

Haihan's latest sailing ironclad made Chongzhen quickly understand why the Ming Dynasty Navy was unable to fight back. The tonnage of this kind of warship was eight times that of the largest Fuchuan of the Ming Navy, regardless of firepower output or at sea.

The speed is far beyond the reach of Fuzhou, so the fight can only be a one-sided situation.

After they landed at Gaizhouwei, they took a car prepared in advance and rushed to Shenyang along the official road. Chongzhen was very surprised by this kind of transportation that did not require animal power. When Tao Donglai saw this, he said that he would wait for the Northeast to be pacified.

Give him a car as a means of transportation.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty was weak at this time and retreated to the north of Shenyang, its territory was not small. It basically took over the jurisdiction of the former Nurgandusi, stretching north to the northern part of Sakhalin Island. From the Liaodong Peninsula to the northern end of its territory, it was almost as large as

The distance from Sanya to Jinzhou is almost the same.

These areas are sparsely populated and lack infrastructure. To assemble large forces for combat, both transportation and supplies will become a big problem. The Haihan Army, which relies heavily on later combat methods, is not suitable for this special environment.

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Even if the Haihan army has a complete advantage in terms of strength, it is actually unrealistic to completely wipe out the Manchu forces. Therefore, the goal set by Haihan is not to kill the Jurchen clan, but to make the Manchus completely surrender and become

One of the vassal states of Haihan.

Since the Manchu and Qing Dynasties signed the Golden State Agreement with Haihan in 1639, they have opened trade to Haihan. Over the years, under Haihan's deliberate management, it has basically become the only foreign trade channel for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

The dependence on this is also becoming more and more obvious.

Indispensable supplies such as salt, iron, tea, sugar, and cigarettes must be provided by Haihan. When the year is bad, they even have to buy food from Haihan to tide over the difficulties.

Dorgon, the regent of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, had passed away a few years ago, and Shunzhi, who is now in power, was only sixteen years old. When he came to the throne at the age of six, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had already ceased war with Haihan. And his understanding of Haihan was

It is a view like "Haihan's army is extremely ferocious and invincible", and it is difficult to think of Haihan as his main opponent.

When Haihan went to war with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties last year, there were still people around Shunzhi who were ready to make a move, thinking that this was a good opportunity to attack the Ming Dynasty. But instead of waiting for the right time to attack, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties waited for tens of thousands of troops who suddenly appeared in the direction of Liaodong.

Haihan Army.

The Haihan side asked the Manchu and Qing merchants to bring back the news, requiring the Qing court to surrender unconditionally, downgrade to a vassal status, and surrender to Haihan, otherwise it would be an all-out war. Of course, as a necessary measure before the war, all trade activities between the two countries were suspended.

It has been stopped by Haihan, and no more supplies will be transported from the south to the Qing Dynasty in the near future.

At the same time as this news came back, there was another news that could not be said to be good or bad - the Ming Dynasty had ceased war with Haihan, and Emperor Chongzhen personally asked for his surrender.

It is naturally a happy thing to see an old rival suffer misfortune, but with the Ming Dynasty gone, Haihan was able to free up his hands to deal with the Manchu Qing Dynasty with all his strength, which makes it hard to laugh.

The young Emperor Shunzhi did not want to provoke such a powerful opponent, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty had been defeated, could the Manchu Qing survive?

However, there were also some ruthless people in the Manchu and Qing court who liked to take advantage of others, so the two armies finally had a head-on confrontation on a plain three hundred miles north of Shenyang.

Of course, there was no suspense about the outcome of the battle. The Manchu Qing lost more than 20,000 soldiers in this battle, while the opponent Haihan's casualty rate was only about one percent.

It is worth mentioning that at this time, the Qing army also had a large number of muskets and artillery installed, but it was still unable to fight back when facing the Haihan army with more advanced weapons and equipment.

Chongzhen, who was on the front line in person, witnessed the entire battle between the two armies. This time he was really convinced. The Haihan Army's combat effectiveness, which was said to be the best in the world, was not just a boast. It harvested the enemy's lives at an unimaginable speed. Chongzhen also

Some are glad that their previous decisions were not wrong, otherwise it would be unimaginable to imagine the tragic consequences.

Almost all the militants on the Manchu and Qing side were exhausted in this decisive battle. There were only two ways left for Shunzhi. Either to lead the people to flee north to a bitter and cold place beyond the reach of the Haihan army;

Well, just decisively beg for surrender so that the Manchu tribes can continue to live in their hometown.

Shunzhi finally chose the latter.

Half a month later, the surrender ceremony was held in Shenyang, the former capital of the Qing Dynasty. Chongzhen did not leave immediately to return to Beijing after the war, but chose to stay and watch this scene.

The Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been fighting for decades, but the rulers of both sides met for the first time. But the irony is that both sides are the kings of subjugation. The only winner here is Haihan, and they are just foils.

After signing the letter of surrender, the young Shunzhi felt relieved, but Chongzhen felt a sense of loss after witnessing this historic scene.

Two countries that existed for less than twenty years and one with a history of more than two hundred years came to an end in the same year.
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