In March 277 of the Ming Dynasty, in March, the cold winter was getting farther away, and the northern land began to recover. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and the first to usher in the warm ocean current and monsoon, naturally is the seaside. If you want to talk about the first temperature recovery in the north, it may be the first to promote Liaodong, that is, the Liaodong Peninsula in the future.

This year is the eighteenth year of Chongzhen in history, of course, the name of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen is not used in history. The year 1645 is known in history as the year after the Koshin Rebellion. According to the original history, the Ming Dynasty mourned the whole country, Emperor Chongzhen hanged the coal mountain, and the country broke the mountains and rivers.

Liaodong, a lost place, will not usher in a new regime until 500 years later, after the Xinhai Revolution, and it will take another 500 years for reunification and restoration.

Fortunately, history has changed.

After Zhu Cihong entered Shengjing from plagiarism, the territory of Liaodong has also changed greatly.

Here, finally, once again, the Han army was stationed.

Since Zhu Cihong's main force crossed the Yalu River from North Korea to attack Shengjing, the situation in Liaodong has quietly undergone tremendous changes.

The first is the loss of North Korea.

North Korea is not a small country, but a medium-sized country with a population of millions and an area of thousands of miles. Such a medium-sized country can squeeze out hundreds of thousands of stone of grain every year, provide tens of thousands of troops and masters, and maintain the huge military expenditure of the Qing State.

However, Zhu Cihong's surprise attack on Shengjing not only boosted the morale of the Ming officers and soldiers, but also really refreshed the impression of the Ming army in the eyes of the Koreans. In particular, the permanent presence of the Ming official army in Liaodong gave North Korea the confidence to say no to the Qing State.

Even though the Joseon king Yi Liangdang declared that he would not be at odds with the Qing people, he tried his best to support the Ming Dynasty in eliminating the criminal Manchurian slaves. Such a sentence not only wiped out the military rations and other military supplies that had passed by hundreds of thousands of stones, but also caused a huge strategic disadvantage after one entry and one exit.

This was followed by an even more blatant threat.

And this is the Ming army stationed in Liaodong.

The place where they were stationed was the original Phoenix City, which was the former Dingliao Right Guard. Of course, this is the name of Phoenix.

The Ming army stationed here has a rather significant feature, that is...... The chief general here turned out to be a woman.

Speaking of which, it was originally stationed here that was the general Hu Dawei in the Guards Legion system. But later, the situation in the country was particularly grim, and Hu Dawei naturally led the army back to China, and his troops and horses also returned.

And Liaodong was quietly lost to a woman as the main general. This person is the Red Lady.

The Sixth Infantry Battalion of the Red Lady's Banner was originally a soldier and horse directly under the Guards Regiment, and it was naturally qualified in terms of level to be responsible for the defense of Liaodong. This military reform gave the 6th Infantry Battalion a new banner: the 6th Praetorian Guard Division of the Imperial Guard.

Obviously, this is a very high treatment, and it is also a recognition of the red lady's achievements.

Because just last year, the Red Lady led an expedition of soldiers and horses stationed in Liaodong to cross the sea, risked to leave Liaodong and attacked the Qing army in western Liaoning, and recovered the lost Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan City and Jinzhou City along the way.

After solving the war in Liaoxi, the Red Lady was not idle, but was more entrusted with important responsibilities and served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, officially responsible for the military strategy of the entire Liaodong Theater, including North Korea.

Phoenix City is located in the west of the Yalu River, and it is not like Jiulian City, which has direct support from sailors near the Yalu River, and goes deep into the hinterland, looking around There are strong enemies.

After all, Liaodong is the nest of Jiannu. From Jinzhou in the southwest to Fuzhou Wei and Gaizhou Wei in the middle, they are all the territory controlled by Jiannu.

Zhu Cihong's attack on Shengjing no matter how great his martial arts were, it was only to take advantage of the weakness, and with the later return of Dolgon, the entire Liaodong region also began to be reproduced and enriched.

And when these Jurchens returned home, they found that their old nest had been taken away, their relatives had been killed, and their family wealth had been robbed, although they did the same in the Ming Kingdom. But the Jurchens, who knew all this, must have been furious.

Therefore, after the departure of the main force, Liaodong can be said to be deeply trapped in the enemy country and surrounded by enemies.

But under the rule of the Red Lady, the Liaodong Theater held on to the lost ground that looked like an enclave.

The former Phoenix City has vanished, all the bricks and tiles have been torn down, and a new city has risen at the confluence of the Grass River and the Great Worm River, thanks to a steady stream of quick-drying building materials such as cement from the old country.

Relying on the fertile land at the confluence of the two rivers, tens of thousands of Han people who were struggling to survive from Shengjing, Liaodong, and various isolated islands overseas seemed to see a bright light in the dark night, and a lighthouse to guide them back after a storm.

They braved the cold of winter, escaped the hunger of early spring, and with the full support of the empire, they reclaimed the fields, built fortresses, and even took up arms to defend this enclave within a radius of hundreds of miles.

From then on, the southeast direction from Phoenix City gradually calmed down, and no group of Jiannu dared to attack and disturb it.

Because, not only did the powerful Ming army retaliate with a resolute will at any time, but none of the ordinary people who walked in the countryside were easy to get along with.

Those Han people who were originally struggling to survive in the hands of Jiannu, were squeezed for decades, and accumulated hatred for decades, not to mention, naturally wanted to eat Jiannu alive.

Even those Liao people who are living on overseas desert islands do not have a strong will to fight and strong fighting skills.

Once these people were organized and armed under the banner of the Empire, the weakened Tartars could no longer be regarded as fat and slaughtered at will.

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Nine Links City.

Facing the warm breeze of late spring, the red lady shrunk her hands in her sleeves, today, she is not wearing the usual military uniform for a hundred years, but a court uniform, very formal, standing on the trestle, looking at the wide Yalu River.

The Yalu River is a large river, and it is also a good river that allows ships to dock directly on the shore, giving birth to many good ports on both sides. In later generations, it was said that Dandong and Yiju were one place, and now, the center of everything has been transformed into Jiulian City.

Because, the site of the newly built Jiulian City was also selected at the place where the Grass River flows into the Yalu River upstream. That's right, from here, you can also go north to Phoenix.

The Red Lady rushed here from Phoenix overnight, and what she was looking forward to was a transport ship from the mainland.

Previously, the Bohai Sea was frozen, and the ordnance built in Beijing was quite inconvenient to transport, so it could only be diverted to the south of the Yangtze River, and there were many detours. And now, a big war is about to start, and even more huge military supplies and powerful weapons will quickly gather and rush here.

The Red Lady knows the desire of the soldiers under her command to update their armaments and replenish military resources, and in such a place of four wars, the Tuntian ploughing war can only make up for a small part, and the main thing is that they need local support.

And even more exciting......

But it was a letter from the red lady who played it before.

Otherwise, the red lady would not have heard that there would be a holy decree in this batch of military ships, so she rushed over in person. Now she is busy with affairs, and she can't leave for a moment.

In the gap where such a chaotic thought flashed, on the Yalu River, a yellow dot cut through the emptiness in the line between the sea and the sky. Slowly, the black dot became bigger and bigger, and with the help of the southeast sea breeze, the sea ship SF Express went straight into the Yalu River.

Finally, I don't know how long the red lady waited until her body was about to freeze, the sea ship docked.

First, boxes of military materials were transported into the military warehouse in the city by Lifu, and it was not until the people on the ship heard that the red lady of the Liaodong General Army was waiting in person, which caused a panic among everyone on the ship.

Not long after, a young official who hurriedly changed into his official robe was dizzy and walked down with vague steps, following closely behind him.

"I thought that I would have to wait for the junior officials to pass it on first, so that I could wait for the soldiers of Jiulian City to come to greet me, but I never thought that it was because I was tired of waiting for the general soldiers Zhu to greet him for a long time, which really moved the junior officials and couldn't help it." The official name who came was Zhuang Chi, who was originally a member of the Hanlin Academy, but now his identity is Langzhong of the Privy Council.

As a reserve of Zaifu, Hanlin Yuan was originally an extremely noble place.

But with the gradual duality of the cabinet, quietly reformed, and the current emperor is the person who dislikes to talk about everything practically. The original noble aura of this Privy Council has gradually diminished a little.

The aura of nobility of the place has diminished, but the people in the Privy Council are alive.

The prophet of Chunjiang plumbing duck, the Hanlin people in it are naturally thinking of ways to find a new place. Zhuang Chi was also transferred to the Privy Council General Administration Office under this background.

Although the General Administration Office has the same name as the General Administration Department, it does the work of uploading and distributing documents, similar to the office of later generations. But originally, he was not looked down upon, because he couldn't make a meritorious deed because he was disgusted.

As a person who was transferred, Zhuang Chi naturally did not dislike it, and after the transfer, he also worked hard.

This time, as a messenger, he came all the way to Liaodong.

Along with Zhuang Chi's politeness and etiquette, the honor guard that got off the ship also quickly set off. Obviously, this is the dependence of the Son of Heaven.

After a lot of commotion, the red lady was a little blind.

To be promoted to the general soldier, especially a woman, the red lady is naturally trained, and she keeps in mind the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.

After the dizzying etiquette, the red lady finally understood the meaning in Zhuang Chi's words.

The first thing to understand is naturally the name of Zhuang Chi.

The Red Lady has always been a nickname, or rather, a nickname. In these days, men basically have a name, but many women are so-and-so, and it is extremely difficult to leave their full names.

As for the Red Lady, as a general who rebelled and surrendered, no one has ever asked her real name. is the red lady herself, and she has always called herself the red lady, she has never changed, and she refuses to say what her real name is.

Therefore, in the past few years, no one knows what the real name of the red lady is.

It wasn't until Zhu Cihong received the Red Lady's autograph that he found out that the Red Lady had always called herself the Red Lady.

After some investigation, it turned out that no one really knew their real names. For this reason, Zhu Cihong took up a pen and gave the red lady the surname: Zhu.

And the full name is Zhu Di.

This is also the intention of Zhuang Chi to call Zhu Zongbing.

Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to use a red lady on official occasions.

The red lady naturally doesn't care about these false courtesies, but she doesn't mind these red tapes, and when she heard that she was given a new name with a national surname, she was naturally excited in her heart, but she just endured her appearance as a general and didn't have a seizure.

After that, there is a list of the entire convoy.

Listening to Zhuang Chi go out the list of the entire fleet one by one, the red lady gradually showed an expectant smile on her face.

She guessed that there might have been a surprising response in his previous letter.

All the trestle bridges in the entire Jiulian City were occupied by this transport fleet, and with a large amount of materials entering the city, everyone understood that Liaodong was going to use troops.

Especially looking at the new artillery covered under the layers of covers, the red lady was even more eager to try, and her heart was extremely excited.

At this time, Zhuang Chi stopped a group of soldiers who were transporting and said, "Stop for the time being, it just so happens that General Zhu is here, so I will open it and talk about this new type of artillery!" ”

Seeing this, the red lady's eyes lit up in vain.

As a general in the army, the red lady is of course an expert, but just by looking at the appearance, she compared the existing cannons in the army.

Especially when I saw that this huge cannon only needed four big men to push off the ship and move, I instantly thought of what kind of revolutionary role this highly mobile artillery would play in entering the battlefield!

"This is a new type of artillery developed by the Beijing Division at the beginning of the year, manufactured by the Beijing Division Ordnance Workshop, and even the Praetorian Guards are not equipped much, and this time it has been allocated to Liaodong for a full twelve. To know...... These are all made of bronze, 2,000 pounds of heavy artillery! It looks lighter than those big three or four thousand pound Hongyi cannons, but this is copper! Heavenly punishment is a formula, and you can also use flowering...... In short, this is a powerful weapon far stronger than the Hongyi cannon, moving fast, with a long range, and fierce firepower! ”

As he spoke, Zhuang Chi couldn't help but think of a few small thieves who didn't have long eyes at sea this time.

The sea is never easy, especially with the slow presence of transport fleets.

Although Zhuang Chi hung the banner of the imperial army this time, he still couldn't stand the uneagerly eager to take the risk. Before the sailor brothers who accompanied the escort of the army could exert their might, Zhuang Chi, who had heard his colleagues in the army boast of a new artillery all the way, made the decision to use it.

Compared with the solid bullets of the past, the flowering bullets of the whole stronger generation are obviously more powerful.

In the past, no matter how powerful the solid bullet was, it could only break a ship, and it was difficult to sink. However, as soon as this kind of flowering shell is fired, it can explode a cloud of sparks, burning most of the pirate ship with only three or five small cannons, and it is no longer combative. I saw the countless covetousness of the sailor brothers who were still armed with the old artillery.

Of course, the blossom bomb is still confidential information, and Zhuang Chi closed his mouth in time.

When everyone heard this, they all watched. It's those who don't know how to do it, and when they heard that it was a two-thousand-pound bronze cannon, they all converted it. Two thousand catties of bronze contain at least 1,500 catties of copper. Just listening to it makes me feel rich, let alone using it?

It must be amazing!

"How powerful?" The general beside the red lady asked.

"Let that Jiannu fall apart!" (To be continued.) )