Chapter 1097 Karaqin people
The scale of the operation of the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven once again refreshed the previous record.
In this attack on the Zhuo Suo Tu League, there were more than 25,000 people in the five regiments of the first battalion, more than 20,000 in the fifth division of the third battalion, and nearly 60,000 cavalry in the battle with the cavalry of the two divisions of Ao Han and Zheman.
Li Zicheng's 10,000 personal soldiers, as a reserve, do some strategic auxiliary work, and may participate in the war at any time.
The first battalion went south along the Xibe River and went straight to the Karaqin Right Banner in the south, and the first division went west out of the border wall, starting from Yingzhou, and marched west along the side wall, while the combined forces of Ao Han and Zheman joined at the northern foot of Nurur Tiger Mountain, and then went straight to Zhuo Suotu, the meeting place of the Zhuo Suotu League.
Li Zicheng was not idle, he led his own soldiers, along the Xibe River and the Laoha River to the south, the area between the two rivers, little by little, naturalized, according to the "village and town system", registered the remnants of the Mongols, demarcated pastures, and developed in the direction of animal husbandry and settlement.
Along the way, Li Zicheng was still inspecting the terrain, hoping to find the avenue from Beijing to Rao Le Fu City through Gubeikou.
The Xibe River originates from the Maojing Dam of the Qilaotu Mountain, which is a combination of seven mountain ranges, separated by a crack, and the Maojing Dam is just on the crack, which is equivalent to a passable mountain pass.
Crossing the Maojing Dam, along the mountain valley for 150 miles, is the confluence of the Luanhe River and Yixun, the terrain is also open, the grassland pasture and the mountain pasture reflect each other, it is indeed the ideal pasture land of the nomads.
The grass was a mess, and even blood could be seen.
The traces of the war are very visible.
There were no herdsmen here, but Liu Yunshui left dozens of soldiers to guard the captured cattle and sheep, as well as the captured women and property, Li Zicheng glanced at it, there were no less than two hundred cattle and thousands of sheep.
What should I do, the cavalry can't herd cattle and sheep here, right?
There was no way, he let his own soldiers take over the cattle and sheep, and the soldiers of the first battalion returned.
Li Zicheng asked his soldiers to set up camp, but he took out the marching map he carried with him, and it can be seen from the map that after crossing the Luan River, there is an ancient road leading to the ancient north entrance of the border wall in the south.
Moreover, this place is only one hundred and fifty miles away from Gubeikou, and it can be reached in one day by fast horse, and it is only four hundred and fifty miles away from Beijing City, which is really not far.
In the future, if the road can be built, the traffic will be very convenient.
He thought about it for a while, and he had already made up his mind in his heart: establish a mansion here, and the mansion city will continue to use the name of the former Ming Dynasty - Daning!
Daning Wei shouldn't be here, it's not important anymore, it's just a title.
Daning Mansion is bordered to the southeast, connected to Raolak Mansion to the north, Shanggu Mansion to the northwest, and Xuanfu to the west, which also extends beyond the side wall.
With the Daning Mansion guard, Beijing will no longer face the nomadic cavalry, and the soldiers on the border wall pass can also breathe a sigh of relief, at least a lot of early warning time has been added.
In Daning Mansion, all the Han people who have migrated to the country, or the naturalized people who have China in their hearts, the speed of development can not be fast, but it must be stable in the early stage, and after a long time in the future, the Mongols will return to their hearts, and there will be no worries about this.
However, the five northern provinces have just undergone land reform, and the people basically have good land, who wants to come to the bitter cold land outside the Guan? There are also various unforeseen risks......
He Xiaomi came over, saw that the emperor was there, waited for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, dinner is ready......
"Dinner?" Li Zicheng's heart moved, the people are busy all their lives, isn't it just for a happy and beautiful life? If the people are allowed to live a good life, have enough food and warm clothing, and marry their mothers-in-law......
He hurriedly had dinner, and then sent a handwritten letter to Liang Wencheng.
In this handwritten letter, Li Zicheng told Liang Wencheng to immediately emigrate to Gubeikou, and the number should not be less than 30,000 ding!
Those who immigrate to Daning Province and counties outside the Gubei Kou will be exempted from agricultural tax for three years, two dings and one cow, and ten sheep per ding, and if the whole family emigrates, the government will issue a mother-in-law to a man over 25 years old and under 45 years old who has not yet married.
Send three prefects and a number of prefects to the outside of the Guan, among which those who serve as the prefects of Daning must rush to the outside of the customs as soon as possible, leaving two prefects, with the relocated people on the same road, out of the Gubeikou, along the avenue, set up a town every fifty miles along the way, each town is about 100 ding, until Daning Mansion, with the town as the center, to the village on both sides of the road, the number of strong men in each village can be ten, or twenty or thirty, to the actual number of people to carry is limited.
Prepare sufficient seeds, wheat, millet, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and all kinds of vegetables, and distribute them to the people free of charge, so that they can come to Daning Province for trial planting, and it is best to let the Ministry of Agriculture send agricultural experts to try planting outside the customs.
Ploughing cattle is exempt, but try to help the people prepare some farming tools.
Li Zicheng believes that crops can be planted within the border wall, and some crops should be planted beyond the border wall, even if the yield is slightly lower, it can always feed the people.
The food of the common people was insufficient, and they could be supplemented with cattle and sheep, but they were absolutely not allowed to raise horses, unless they were authorized by the imperial court.
Li Zicheng packed up the letter and handed it to He Xiaomi, asking him to send it back to Beijing tomorrow, with a slightly larger number, first, for safety, and second, to let some soldiers return from Gubeikou and survey the official road along the way.
Li Zicheng lay on the marching bed and thought for a long time before falling asleep.
At dawn the next day, he personally summoned the captured Mongol women, who had remained behind were young women who had just lost their loved ones, and all of them had varying degrees of worry and fear on their faces.
Li Zicheng knows that they can't choose their own lives, but they are definitely not innocent people!
When the Mongol cavalry invaded the Han land, although they did not harm the Han people with the army, their fathers and brothers did not harm the Han people, they were the beneficiaries, and now they should atone for the Han people in all forms!
If they are men's property and can't comfort their own men, then now let them really become women, enjoy women's lives, and assume the obligations that women should bear, Huaxia is rescuing them!
Li Zicheng smiled suddenly, this is a war, it is the conquest of another nation, casualties are inevitable, killing is inevitable, they can survive, it is already a great luck.
He told them that they would first herd cattle and sheep around Daning Mansion, and then find a good family for them to marry in the future, so as to ensure that they would not have to worry about food and clothing, and if they did not obey the resettlement or wanted to escape, the Heavenly Mandate Army would never spare them, and would even let them serve the soldiers with the army.
The women were suspicious and could only obey Li Zicheng's arrangement, and in front of the wolf-like cavalry, they could not have a chance to escape.
Li Zicheng divided the soldiers into two groups, a regiment of more than 5,000 soldiers, on the north bank of the Luan River to establish a city, the population of Daning Mansion is not much, the city does not need to be too big, twelve miles is enough, if necessary, it can be expanded in the future, and the city wall does not need to be too high, tentatively set at six feet.
The strong men captured on the battlefield will also join the city building army.
The soldiers of another team, led by Li Zicheng, settled the people who returned to Shun.
In the southwest, there were herdsmen from the Karaqin Right Banner who were willing to submit to China, and Li Zicheng asked the officials accompanying the army to naturalize them into Han Chinese according to the rules and regulations of Shanggu and Raole Prefectures, and after registering the population, they returned their original property and divided pastures for them.
The first herdsmen were placed in the upper reaches of the Xibe River, but they were not voluntarily converted, they were sinful people, and all the strong men had to build the city in Daning for a month before they could return home.
Li Zicheng looked at the marching map, the upper reaches of the Xibe River were established as Xibe County, plus the two banners of Ao Han and Qiman would be established as Baizhou and Juyue two counties, Rao Le Fu was finally completed, and the Zhaowu Da League of the Manchu Qing Dynasty became Han land.
Next up is the Zoso Tumeng, which is closer to the side wall.
The construction of Daning Mansion City has begun, and the key is that the counties to which it belongs must completely cover the north of Beijing.
Liu Yunshui was an excellent general, his only interest was war, and this time the emperor made him the main force to conquer from west to east, and there was no restriction on his killing, which made him very excited.
He scattered his army in regiments at the southern foot of Yanshan, as long as he encountered the Mongol tribe, he did not need to declare war, and he rushed directly to kill.
However, Liu Yunshui told the soldiers that young women should not be killed, kept and brought back, the emperor should make full use of them, and cattle, horses and sheep, in addition to killing and eating meat, are all concentrated, ordinary property, Liu Yunshui can't look down on it at all, but armor and weapons will be collected, so as not to fall into the hands of the Mongols in the future.
Along the way are the small tribes of the Mongolian Karaqin Right Banner, except for women, river cattle, horses and sheep, there are almost no living mouths, and the strong men can only kneel down and beg for mercy, so that they will become prisoners of war and temporarily leave their lives.
There are more and more women, cattle and sheep, and armor and weapons, which have affected the combat effectiveness, and Liu Yunshui has no choice but to be escorted to Daning Mansion and handed over to the emperor for disposal.
Liu Yunshui found that there were more and more Karaqin people who took the initiative to submit to him, could it be that they discovered their own scheme? The emperor did not give an order, and he, the lord, had the right to decide the attitude towards the Karaqin people.
These Karaqin people, if they are allowed to survive, sooner or later they will become a scourge in China, take advantage of this opportunity, it is better to slaughter them, and they will be a hundred!
But the Karaqin people took the initiative to submit to obedience, and when they saw the Kyushu military flag in China, they were far away from kneeling to greet him, and he really couldn't do it, if he let the emperor know that he killed and surrendered, he would also be dealt with in the future.
Why is that?
Aren't the Karaqin people Mongols, don't they like to ride and shoot, don't they like to come to the Han land to plunder, and now that the Han people are here, why have they become weak lambs?
Liu Yunshui soon discovered that among the various small tribes, there were many Han people shuttling: it turned out to be people from the Han and Qing Dynasties!
He couldn't wait to cut these people from the Han Qing Department in two, such a good opportunity, they actually made trouble from it! If you miss today, it will be difficult to have such a good opportunity in the future, can you still kill the Karaqin people after they return to Huaxia?
Liu Yunshui knew that with the emperor's temperament, he would never allow the obedient Mongols to be killed!
But who can guarantee that in the future, when they get the chance, these Karaqin people will not point their scimitars at the soldiers of Huaxia and the people? Not to mention, during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, these Karaqin people slaughtered the Han people and plundered their property, right?
But what Liu Yunshui didn't know was that the Karaqin Department was originally the Taining Department, and in the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they had been subjugated to the Ming Dynasty, but later the Ming Dynasty's national strength declined and gradually lost its borders, so they were forced to submit to the Manchu Dynasty.
Although Liu Yunshui gritted his teeth with hatred for the people of the Han Qing Dynasty, he knew that the people of the Han Qing Department were ordered by the emperor and had to send the obedient Karaqin people to the emperor for disposal.