Beijing's participation in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony was a major event, and Li Jian did not dare to ignore it.

For North Korea, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is an instinctive choice. When the Jin Kingdom was prospering, even if the Ming Dynasty won less and lost more, North Korea still did not dare to completely fall to the Jin Kingdom until December of the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636)

), Huang Taiji personally conquered North Korea, and Shen Shikui, the last commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, was ready.

In April of the 10th year of Chongzhen, during the second battle, the Pidao Dongjiang Army was defeated, and the commander-in-chief Shen Shikui was captured alive. In front of the Qing army commander Azige, he and another Qing general Ma Futa "sat together".

No fear. Mafuta said: "Why don't you kneel down?" Shen Shikui said: "How could I kneel down? Kill me!" Mafuta asked him to take off his clothes, and Shen Shikui said: "Why should I?

Take off your clothes? Your usual practice is to kill the person and wear his clothes. After you kill me, you can wear my bloody clothes. Why should I take off my clothes for you?" Ma Futa was furious and ordered Shen Shikui to be pushed out.

Behead and show off to the banner”

At this time, North Korea formally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

As a small country, it is actually more sensitive to power. Even if the Ming Dynasty established slaves and broke through the barrier in the second year of Chongzhen, was defeated at Dalinghe in the fourth year of Chongzhen, and broke through again in the seventh year of Chongzhen, it would be defeated in every battle.

, North Korea has actually always believed that Ming Dynasty has the strength to turn the tide of the war.

Of course, in history, they did not wait until the Ming Dynasty finally turned the tide and regained the old rivers and mountains. However, at the same time as the victory of Haizhou Baliwan, Li Zhuo immediately sent a congratulatory letter to Emperor Chongzhen after receiving the news.

Xie Jinglin went to North Korea for two things. The first was to officially pass North Korea. In order to protect the security of North Korea, Cheng Shijie, the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty and the Duke of Haiguo, incorporated the Dongjiang Army and established the Ninghai Navy Pidao Dusi, which was specifically responsible for protecting the security of the Yalu River.

, Considering that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yalu River would be frozen, the Yalu River was not enough to serve as a barrier to North Korea.

For this reason, Duke Hai, General Zheng Shijie, and Cheng Shijie prepared to take over the seven towns of Huining, Qingyuan, Zhongcheng, Qingxing, Wencheng, and Funing Gongshan, and set up seven bureaus with 10,500 people.

garrison troops to prevent the Jian slaves from invading Korea.

Whether this matter will succeed or not, Cheng Shijie did not notify North Korea in an official name. Xie Jinglin is just a businessman. If North Korea does not agree.

Then, the Jiannu slaves will definitely attack North Korea.

If agreed, these seven cities and Xianning North Road will serve as the Ning Navy's garrison to guard the southeast coast of Yalu.

When North Korea relied on the Ming Dynasty, it not only had relative autonomy, but whether it was the Japanese pirates in the south or the slaves in the northeast, the intention to get involved in North Korea was too obvious.

Especially during this period, North Korea was frightened by the slave establishment.

How can I disagree.

Not only did he agree to station Ning Haijun in North Korea, but he also agreed to bear the food and salary for Ning Haijun stationed in North Korea. Each soldier was paid one or two and a half taels of silver per month, and he was responsible for the annual military salary of 189,000 taels of silver, as well as 200,000 shi of food.

Fifty thousand stones of fodder.

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Shenyang City, Dajin Palace.

Although it is said to be an imperial palace, it is actually quite small in size. The Forbidden City in Beijing covers an area of ​​720,000 square meters, equivalent to approximately 1,090 acres of land. The Imperial Palace in Shenyang occupies an area of ​​60,000 square kilometers, equivalent to

Ninety acres and nine cents of land. It is only equivalent to one-twelfth of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

Speaking of which, Cheng Shijie's General Military Mansion in Jinzhou City, the General Military Mansion, occupies one-eighth of Jinzhou City. Of course, Jinzhou City has now become the largest city in Liaodong, and the size of the city is even larger than Dengzhou City.

It is big. In terms of population and city size, it is no less than large cities such as Kaifeng, Xi'an, and Luoyang.

Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun Military Mansion now covers an area of ​​more than 600 acres, more than 300,000 square meters, which is almost a quarter of the Forbidden City.

Of course, this is not Cheng Shijie's private residence, but an official office, which houses Ning Haijun's Military Supervision Department and Military Affairs Department, as well as the current General Staff Department and General Logistics Department.

However, there are actually many private houses much larger than the Shenyang Imperial Palace, such as the ancestral house of the Zhang family in Laiyang and so on.

At this time, in Shenyang City, almost every household was mourning. Hundreds of filial piety banners were hung everywhere. The whole city was covered in snow. Of course, this was not because of the snow, but because too many people had died.

In the past, Shenyang City would be very lively when the New Year was approaching. Mongolians from the Mongolian grasslands, Koreans from North Korea, and many Japanese people. Of course, there were also representatives of Shanxi merchants. Many Mongolians came to visit relatives.

, and some are doing business.

All in all, it was very lively.

But now Shenyang City has almost disappeared, and there are also many fewer Han and Mongolian people, giving people a feeling that it is different from what it used to be.

Huang Taiji fell ill after retreating from Liaoyang. After being ill for nearly a month, he finally recovered. When he walked to the street and looked at the cold street, Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel sad.

But the question is, who told Daikin to lose the Battle of Baliwan?

In fact, it doesn't matter if we lose this battle. Dajin has been in Liaodong for more than 30 years, and it's not like he has never lost a battle, but... But it's a loss, don't lose so many troops!

In the Battle of Bali Bay, more than 40,000 Jurchen soldiers died in the battle. The Mongols killed more than 10,000 people, and more than 8,000 people surrendered. Of the 120,000 troops before and after, only four of them managed to escape.

10,000 years ago.

This disastrous defeat caused Huang Taiji to vomit blood, and also triggered a magnitude 10 earthquake throughout the Jin Kingdom, shaking everyone to their cores. After the Battle of Liaoyang, North Korea immediately announced that it would become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty again.

, kicked the covenant with Dai Jin into the Yalu River.

Of course Dajin was furious, and Huang Taiji wanted to annihilate the Korean peninsula. However, this matter could only be thought about. Although there were still more than 40,000 soldiers in the establishment of slaves, the problem was that they lacked food, supplies, and armor.

Not entirely, not to mention that Ning Haijun would not watch them attack North Korea. Even if Ning Haijun sat on the sidelines and watched, they would not be able to go to North Korea.

The reaction of the Mongols is not that exaggerated. So far, no Mongolian tribe has announced that it has severed ties with Dajin. After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if Jiannu is defeated again, there are still more than 40,000 men and horses, and only two troops are needed.

With tens of thousands of elites, they can press the Mongols to the ground and rub them.

Although the Mongols did not dare to break away from Dai Jin or betray Dai Jin, the problem was that the Mongols began to change their gender. Facing the Jurchen warriors, the Mongolian warriors dared to show their knives at them and start fighting if they disagreed.

The most troublesome thing for Huang Taiji was that Fan Yongdou's family was raided. Although Shanxi merchants still dared to transport goods to Daikin, the problem was that the prices of these goods had increased three to five times compared with before, and some were even more than ten times higher.

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Now in Shenyang City, even the amount of paper money burned for the dead has increased more than ten times, making it difficult for every household to save money, and some can't even afford to burn paper money.

The prices of almost all materials including cloth, grain, salt, tea, and porcelain have risen sharply, which troubled Huang Taiji. All these problems are ultimately due to the Battle of Bali Bay, which shattered Dajin's "Jurchens cannot fight if they are not satisfied with ten thousand."

"The myth of Dajin Eight Banners is no longer an invincible opponent in the eyes of the defeated generals in the past!

The prairie people's intuition about power is very accurate. Once they find that the force they have surrendered to has begun to weaken, they will immediately turn their backs. Rebellion is considered a minor thing, and attacking in groups is the way for the prairie wolf tribe to survive!

Now Dajin has not yet been attacked by those guys who have breasts and are mothers. The great reputation gained through decades of battles still makes the prairie wolves fearful, but as time goes by, this little capital will also

It will be eaten up slowly.

Daikin must win a big victory over the Ming army before all this capital is lost to prove that it is still a powerful Daijin and deter centrifugal allies, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

There is no way. The disadvantage of establishing a country by force is that once the surrounding forces discover that your force is not as strong as they thought, they will immediately have second thoughts. Only by constantly winning can your position be stable, so you have to fight no matter how difficult the battle is.

Go down.

I had to finish the sex appointment with tears in my eyes.

Soon, Huang Taiji found a target, which was Khalkha Mongolia, because the Ujumqin, Sunit, Haqit and other tribes under Lin Dan Khan took refuge with Chechen Khan in order to escape the war.

Huang Taiji had no choice. They had no supplies for the winter, and no food for the winter. The remaining food in Shenyang City was less than 50,000 shi, but for the small Jurchen tribe of 200,000 people, how long could they last with this little food?

Twenty or thirty days at most, what about after twenty or thirty days? They will only have a dead end.

If in the Central Plains dynasty, such a situation was encountered, the slave-building slaves who focused on stability and could establish the country by force could only focus on fighting: "The Chechen Khan dared to take in the remnants of Lin Dan Khan's command, and was disrespectful to this Khan. He must send troops to conquer!" "

Under Dorgon's instruction, Duduo yelled: "Yes, we must show them some color!"

Regardless of his recovery from a serious illness, Huang Taiji hurriedly took advantage of the fact that the slave-building warriors still had some strength to go out in full force and send troops to the Chechen Khan tribe.

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On December 26, the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, although it was snowing in the sky and the cold wind was howling, the cold wind could not stop people's enthusiasm. The people in the prefectures and counties around Beijing were dragging their families with them and could not even live a single day. Some even traveled two to three hundred miles day and night to catch up with them, specifically to watch the prisoner dedication ceremony held by Emperor Chongzhen.

In fact, it had been more than half a month since Cheng Shijie came to the capital, and he was already too busy. The real reason why Emperor Chongzhen never held a grand ceremony was because of a few international friends.

Among these international friends, the first one to arrive in Beijing was King Li Zhu of North Korea, and the second one to arrive was King Shangfeng of Ryukyu. King Shangfeng was more miserable. Before he succeeded to the throne, as early as the 44th year of Wanli, Shangfeng He went to the Satsuma Domain as a hostage, and in 1621 he adopted King Shōning and succeeded him to the throne because he had no children.

During his tenure as king, he had been bullied by the Satsuma clan. This time, thanks to Zheng Zhilong, a black-tailed ship under Zheng Zhilong sank in the waters controlled by the Satsuma clan. In fact, Zheng Zhilong also knew that it was an accident and the ship sank on the sea. It is a normal phenomenon.

But the problem is that Zheng Zhibao lost money in gambling and insisted on asking the Satsuma Domain to give him an explanation. In order to intimidate the Satsuma Domain, Zheng Zhibao led more than a hundred large and small warships to bombard the coast of the Satsuma Domain.

As the two powers fought, they had no energy to take care of Shang Feng. Shang Feng was in no hurry to take a boat and ran north. He arrived in Beijing on December 16, the fifth year of Chongzhen, and asked Emperor Chongzhen to provide him with justice.

In addition to these two overseas vassal kings, there were also the envoys of Lin Dan Khan who could not survive, and several tribal leaders.

The area outside Andingmen was crowded with people, and the most terrible thing was that people kept pouring in. This was the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty that the people of the Ming Dynasty broke out with such fanaticism for the army to win a war.

In order to hold this grand ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen basically had to sell everything, but when he climbed up to the city tower and saw the huge crowds of people and thunderous cheers below, he felt that the money was well spent. No matter how poor you are, you have to organize such a grand event, and it has to be big. A special investigation should be carried out to boost the morale of the people. Otherwise, there will always be endless bad news, and the people will go crazy if they don't go crazy.

The Mongols, who had always been as good as a pair of trousers with the slaves, were actually just outsiders. In the Battle of Daling River last year, the Ming Dynasty lost 50,000 to 60,000 troops, which was tragic. But the problem is that the Ming Dynasty was too powerful. Last year, the slaves were conquered by the slaves. After a slap in the face, an army of 100,000 people was organized this year to push the slaves to the ground and rub them.

Following the Battle of Baliwan, the Battle of Liaozhong, and the Battle of Liaoyang, after these battles, Huang Taiji's 120,000-strong army only had 40,000 left. This news spread on the Mongolian grasslands, and it became more and more outrageous. Some people said that slaves were established. The entire army was almost wiped out, and only about 10,000 troops were left to flee back to Shenyang.

These Mongolian wallflowers immediately saw a problem.

The Ming Dynasty is still the same Ming Dynasty. According to the Ming Dynasty where Mongolia rubbed against the ground, Jiannu won countless times, and the Ming Dynasty lost countless times. The Ming Dynasty could afford to lose, but Jiannu failed only once and they couldn't bear it.

These outsiders quickly sent people with gifts to Beijing to apologize to Emperor Chongzhen. They did not come empty-handed, but brought war horses, furs, and precious treasures. Emperor Chongzhen unexpectedly received tens of thousands of good horses, which was considered a blessing.

Returned some blood.

These outsiders expressed that they would join forces with Ming Dynasty to deal with Jiannujin as before.

What does this mean? This means that the prestige of the Ming Dynasty has increased, severely overpowering Jian Nujin.

The face-loving Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very happy.

Of course, he also knew that these guys might just come here to get some benefits, so he offered to let them visit the military parade. If they dared to ask for benefits after seeing Ning Haijun's reputation, then they would be considered wise.

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To be continued...