In the Ming Dynasty, the Han Liao people living in eastern Liaodong were in the atmosphere of the vast border ethnic minorities, influenced by the culture of various ethnic groups outside the Saiwai and the militarized life of the border guards, and the living customs, values, and social psychology of many ethnic groups were blended together, so that the Liao people of the Han nationality in the northeast formed the bold and rough character of the Han residents in the frontier, and many of them were good at riding and shooting.

The Han and Liao people living in Liaodong mainly live in the capital of Liaodong, and most of them are military households and homeless people. According to the saying of the late Ming Dynasty, "the Chinese seventeen, the Goryeo and the indigenous belong to the Jurchen savage thirteen", which belongs to the multi-ethnic mixed area.

However, there are certain cultural differences between the Han people in the Northeast and the Han people in the interior, but there are more communication points with the border ethnic groups. The "Liao people" live in the northeastern frontier region. The Han people in the interior call them "Liao people", which is not without discrimination, mainly because the border is more desolate than the mainland, the climate is cold, the culture is backward, and the folk customs are strong.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there have been three major Liao army forces in the eastern Liaodong region, one is the Liao army of Li Chengliang's system, the second is the Guanning Liao army of Zu Dashou's system, and the third is the Dongjiang Island army of Mao Wenlong's system.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the Liao army was one of the main forces of the Ming army. When the Later Jin raised troops against the Ming Dynasty and the Eight Banners conquered Liaoshen, the "Liao Army" of Li Chengliang's system had actually collapsed. In the second year of Chongzhen, Liao Governor Yuan Chonghuan planned to kill Mao Wenlong, causing the people on the island to be disheartened, and the cause of anti-gold at sea was severely damaged.

The strong insertion of the Far East Company not only completely accepted the military and civilians of Dongjiang Town, but also sent the Dongjiang Three Mine Disciples who had surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history to the South Vietnamese occupation state. So now there is only the Guan Ning Army of the Zu Dashou system in Liaodong, "Guan" refers to Shanhaiguan, and "Ning" refers to Ningyuan. At that time, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, proposed to return to Liao, and the Liao people continued to recruit into the army.

In the second year of Chongzhen, in the first military operation of the army led by Huang Taiji to harass Gyeonggi, Yuan Chonghuan was killed, and Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui were killed in battle. Zu Dashou became the leader of the "Guanning Liao Army" and formed a military group with Zu Dabi, Zu Kefa, Zu Zerun and other "ancestral generals" as the core.

The main body of this army is the Saishang athletes, who have lived in the border areas for a long time. Not only is it a living custom, but it is also strong in combat effectiveness, relatively united internally, and generally has a sense of allegiance to the leader. With the prominence of Zu Dashou's status, the strength of the "Zujia Army" has also swelled day by day, and Zu Dashou has gathered a group of strategists and good generals around him, which has attracted the attention of the world and has also attracted the attention of Huang Taiji.

In the fifth year of Tiancong, Huang Taiji besieged the Daling River with heavy troops, and Zu Dashou and his main force were suitable in the city. The reason why Huang Taiji made a great determination to trap Linghe City for a long time was, in his own words: "Ming people are good at ** soldiers, all in this city, and there is nothing else." The strong soldiers of Fu Mingguo are trapped in this city, and there are no worries about reinforcements elsewhere. ”

After the Battle of Dalinghe, more than 12,000 people, including Zu Dashou, Zu Kefa, Zu Zerun, about 40 deputy generals, generals, guerrillas, and remnants of the army and civilians, surrendered to Huang Taiji. In history, Zu Dashou suggested to Huang Taiji, saying that his wife and children were in Jinzhou City, and while Jinzhou did not know that he had surrendered, he was willing to take a group of soldiers and horses to Jinzhou, and should be in the city to seize Jinzhou City. In fact, as soon as Zu Dashou returned to Jinzhou City, he organized a defense and continued to lead the Guanning army to resist the Qing army.

However, because of the preservation of the Far East, Huang Taiji did not agree with Zu Dashou's construction, but brought him and more than 10,000 Guan Ning troops back. Although Zu Dashou wanted to return to Ningjin very much, he was regarded by Yangguli as dead and never made the trip.

What's even more bitter is that when the Far East Army attacked Liaodong, he also led more than 10,000 Guanning troops to rush south with Yangguli to aid Shenyang, but he didn't expect to get into the pocket arranged by the Far East and was killed in the chaos by the intensive artillery fire of the Far East. There are more than 10,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry, and only a few thousand people remain.

Because Zu Dashou and the generals of the ancestral family surrendered to the east, the Guanning army in Jinzhou was temporarily led by Wu Xiang and his son. Later, it was rumored that Zu Dashou died in the chaos, and the Wu father and son gradually became the core of the new generation of the Guanning Army.

On the western shore of the Daling River, a large number of Liao people were escorted to the river bank by a group of Ming soldiers to gather, and the Liao people helped the old and the young, and there were miserable cries everywhere. From time to time, the cavalry of the Ming army whipped the Liao people and shouted and scolded them.

Wu Xiang and his son sat on their war horses, looking at the other side of the Daling River with complicated eyes. Last time, Wu Xiang and Fan Wencheng had an exchange, and both parties had the intention of trading. Fan Wencheng reported the situation to the company when he returned to Shenyang, and the company attached great importance to it and sent an intelligence team to meet with Wu Xiang in Jinzhou.

This time, Wu Xiang came with more than 10,000 Liao people, just to make the first transaction with the Far East, and most of these more than 10,000 Liao people were the families of those Guanning troops who surrendered to Jin, and Wu Xiang didn't want those Guanning troops to return to Jinzhou. After all, these Guan Ning troops who participated in the Battle of Daling River with Zu Dashou are all descendants of the ancestral family.

In order to consolidate his position in the Guanning Army, Wu Xiang regarded the families of these Guanning Army as the first batch of people to trade with the Far East.

Wu Sangui looked at the other side of the Daling River, turned his head and said to Wu Xiang: "Dad, I always feel that the Far East will enter the customs sooner or later, with the strength of the Far East, we will definitely not be able to hold Ningjin and Shanhaiguan, and even the Ming Dynasty may not be able to stop the Far East." Shouldn't we also find a way out for our brothers, anyway, we can't vote for those guys in the Far East, if we vote for the Far East, they will swallow up our military power. ”

Wu Xiang smiled bitterly: "Child, it's not like you've never seen the military might of the Far East, how can Da Ming bear it." Do you think that I am doing business with the Far East to get some money, and I am here to leave a way back for the two of us. If we are really going to be forced to the end of the mountains and rivers, we can only defect to the Far East, and we can at least be rich for a lifetime without military power. ”

"Dad, now we have more than 10,000 Guanning Iron Horses in our hands, the world is so big, we can eat anywhere. Why bother to live by looking at the faces of those people in the Far East. ”

Wu Xiang made a straight face and said gloomily: "What kind of bastard are you talking about, those people in the Far East are ambitious." Didn't you see the Mongolian Tartars who came from the Hetao a few days ago and said that the Far East actually swept all the tribes in the Hetao with troops. They killed the Hetao so much blood that tens of thousands of men and women alone were captured, and the captured herds of cattle, sheep and horses stretched for dozens of miles.

It would have to be a ruthless means to do such a thing. Even the Jurchen Tartars were not as ruthless as the Far East against the tribes of the Hetao back then. I've told you a few times, you must be respectful when you see people in the Far East, the little soldiers in our hands are not enough to stuff your teeth in the Far East. ”

Although Wu Sangui was still not convinced, he didn't say anything. He is now hard-mouthed, since he was cleaned up by Song Tao last time, he is now afraid as long as he hears Far East.

"My lord, there's a boat over there." A housekeeper shouted as he pointed into the distance.

Wu Xiang and his son followed the fingers of the famous man, and saw that on the river in the distance, there was a dense shadow of a boat sailing here. Wu Xiang gave some orders to a few family members next to him, and then took Wu Sangui off the horse and came to the shore to welcome the arrival of the Far East.

A large number of river barges drove over one after another, covering almost the entire surface of the river, and the steam barges roared, and countless thick black smoke spread across the river.

Fan Wencheng jumped onto the shore from a barge, Wu Xiang hurriedly caught up, hugged his fists and said, "Why did Mr. come in person." ”

"Didn't the general come here in person, haha...... We have traded with the general for the first time in the Far East, and if I don't come, how can I rest assured. ”

After he finished speaking, he saw a dense crowd of people in the distance, men, women and children, who were being escorted to the shore by the Ming army. Fan Wencheng smiled: "General, these people don't look like homeless people, they are ......"

Wu Xiang hurriedly explained: "These are the families of those Ming generals who surrendered to the Tartars in the Battle of the Daling River, and I heard that many of those generals are now under the rule of the Far East, so I sent them over, which can be regarded as reuniting them with their families." ”

Fan Wencheng turned his head, and in an instant, he understood Wu Xiang's thoughts. He smiled and said: "The general is really compassionate, and he can't bear to see the separation of the flesh and blood of the Guanning army, which is really a great merit." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and nodded at the group of Far Eastern officers and soldiers on the ship, and the officers and men on several boats on the shore suddenly became busy. A large number of mink, herbs, mountain goods, leather goods and old ginseng were successively removed from the ship by the officers and soldiers of the Far East.

After the Far East broke Shenyang and Liaoyang, there were more of these things in the mansions of the Houjin magnates in the city. If all these things are invested in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Song Shiping, it really can't be used, after all, only big households can afford to consume it. So the Far East used it to trade with the Guanning Army.

The commodities traded by the Guanning army with the Far East were mainly population, grain, cloth, and silk. No way, the Far East doesn't want anything but that. Fortunately, there are many displaced people in the Ming Dynasty, and the grain and grass of the Guanning Army are always sufficient, and the cloth and silk are easy to raise in the Ming Dynasty. That's why both sides can make a deal.

The Far East can not only take out the special products of Liaodong and trade them with the Guanning Army under Wu Xiang's control, but also dump them with low-priced commodities, such as matches, soap, mosquito coils, umbrellas, toilet water, alabaster, toothpaste and toothbrushes, sanitary napkins, low-grade paper towels, glasses and other daily commodities, small hardware tools and other industrial products in the Far East.

At present, the Far East has already dumped the special products of Liaodong and the Far East industrial products on Daming.

In addition to the Ming Dynasty, Japan's Tanegashima has already controlled Japan's import and export trade with the Ming Dynasty and Nanban goods, and goods from the Far East have also been dumped on a large scale in various parts of Japan. The Shimazu clan of the Satsuma domain has completely become the lackeys of the Far East, they represent some goods in the Far East, make a lot of money, live a very prosperous life, and are now developing armaments on a large scale.

Every year they collect large quantities of copper, sulfur, women and laborers in Japan and send them to Tanegashima and then to Vladivostok.

The port of Jeongui on Jeju Island in North Korea is now also crowded with sails, and ships from North Korea come here every day to trade. The intelligence department of the Far East Company has stationed two intelligence teams, and the intelligence officers of Korean origin have already fought with some dignitaries and dignitaries in North Korea, and now Far East goods have spread all over North Korea. Moreover, the Far East also controlled the trade channel between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty, and the North Korean authorities did not even dare to let a fart go, so they could only let the Far East exploit it. R1152