Chapter 389 Final Chapter

The offensive and defensive battles in Yutian and Suxian lasted for more than three months and ended with Duoergun leading his army to withdraw to Shanhaiguan.

In this battle, the puppet troops of Wu Sangui, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others suffered 210,000 casualties, and the Qing army suffered nearly 40,000 casualties, while the Yutian and Suxian defense lines were as solid as a rock.

Seeing that his own casualties were heavy and morale was low, while the morale of the Ming army was high, and reinforcements were arriving continuously, coupled with the approaching winter, Duoergun had to order a withdrawal.

Subsequently, Zhu Youjian appointed Qin Liangyu as the commander-in-chief, Lan Fang as the deputy commander, and military advisor Gu Junming as the chief of staff to command the first and second battle groups to launch the battle to recapture Shanhaiguan.

More than 300 large and small caliber cannons bombarded Shanhaiguan. Although the puppet army and the Qing army wanted to defend this strong city to the death, they suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of artillery fire. In addition, the people and puppet troops in the city could not bear the humiliation of the Qing army, so they spontaneously organized themselves, cooperated internally and externally, opened the city gates, and welcomed the army into the city.

The Qing army and the puppet army retreated in a hurry. Because the city fell too quickly, Dorgon took the people of the city back to the outside of the pass. The plan to set fire to the city failed. Ajige and other famous generals were also killed by snipers in the chaos.

After the army recaptured Shanhaiguan, Zhu Youjian transported a large amount of cement and masons to rebuild the scarred Shanhaiguan City. The Ming Dynasty entered a two-year recuperation period.

During the battle to recapture Shanhaiguan, more than a dozen riots planned by the nobles and powerful families broke out in the Ming Dynasty, but they were all suppressed by the army led by Sun Chuanting, Lan Fang, and Hong Niangzi.

The largest and most dangerous riot was jointly planned by the Donglin Party and the nobles and powerful families in the capital. They took advantage of the tight battle on the front line and the third battle group rushed to reinforce. They first controlled the four gates of the capital through bribery and other means, and then concentrated their forces to attack the palace. They were just a little bit away from breaking through the palace, killing the dog tyrant.

However, they didn't know that this was a big trap set by Zhu Youjian. He even used himself as bait and transferred the third battle group led by Xu Yu to the Yutian defense line. Only Chang Buzhou's Royal Guards were left in the capital to guard the palace. When these people launched a rebellion, Xu Yu led the third battle group to kill them back.

The Royal First Division was originally an elite division that had experienced the test of blood and fire, and the entire division was equipped with D2 rifles, and its combat power soared. How could the private soldiers of the nobles and tyrants who still used cold weapons such as swords and knives be able to compete with them? In addition, these private soldiers suffered heavy casualties when attacking the palace, and their morale dropped early. The third battle group collapsed as soon as they came back.

For Zhu Youjian, this was a great opportunity to clear all obstacles. He not only ordered all the Donglin Party members and nobles who participated in the rebellion to be wiped out, but also cleared out all the nobles and tyrants who were neutral on the surface but secretly supported the rebellion, and made a lot of money.

With the power of the iron-blooded suppression of the rebellion, Zhu Youjian did not stop, and took advantage of the opportunity to eliminate the eight imperial merchants who were only interested in profit, secretly aided the enemy, and even defected to the Qing Empire.

The wealth he made this time was enough for him to build a hundred new divisions in one go.

After this thunderous iron-blooded means, Zhu Youjian cleared up the internal hidden dangers and was able to let go and launch new policies that benefited the country and the people. The Ming Dynasty, which had entered a period of recuperation, was able to slowly recover its vitality. Even if it did not reach its heyday, it was already showing signs of revival.

During this period, after a major defeat and the loss of many soldiers and generals, Dorgon was almost killed by the opposition after returning to Shengjing. Fortunately, he was lucky and was only injured. Then he assembled a large army to clear the court, punish the treacherous and vain, and killed all political enemies, consolidating his throne as regent.

However, because of this great civil strife, the Qing court was seriously injured and could not go south to the Central Plains in the short term. He could only slowly accumulate strength and wait until the time was right to enter the pass to compete for the Central Plains.

Three years later, the war against the Qing Empire began. Zhu Youjian ordered Xu Yu, Lan Fang, Hong Niangzi, Qin Liangyu, and Lu Yiming to lead a battle group out of the pass and attack Shengjing in five directions.

This was a war to destroy the country. Zhu Youjian bet all his assets on it. The five battle groups had a total of 100 divisions and 1.5 million troops, all of which were d2 rifles, and as many as 3,000 improved large and small caliber artillery, and even 100 newly developed water-cooled heavy machine guns that were rushed to build overtime.

Of course, in order to ensure the normal transportation of logistical materials, the number of civilians recruited was as high as one million. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had plenty of people, otherwise, the logistics supply alone would not be something that any small country could afford.

The five armies seemed to be fighting on their own, but in fact they coordinated with each other, and slowly advanced with a conservative tactic of steady and steady progress, compressing the living space of the Qing Empire bit by bit.

The offensive and defensive battles of Yutian and Suxian lasted for more than three months, and ended with Duoergun leading his troops to withdraw to Shanhaiguan.

In this battle, Wu Sangui, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and other puppet troops suffered 210,000 casualties, and the Qing army suffered nearly 40,000 casualties, while the Yutian and Suxian defense lines were as solid as a rock.

Seeing that his own casualties were heavy and morale was low, the morale of the Ming army was high, and reinforcements were arriving continuously, coupled with the approaching winter, Duoergun had to order a withdrawal.

Subsequently, Zhu Youjian appointed Qin Liangyu as the commander-in-chief, Lan Fang as the deputy commander, and military advisor Gu Junming as the chief of staff, commanding the first and second battle groups to launch the battle to recapture Shanhaiguan.

More than 300 cannons of various calibers bombarded Shanhaiguan. Although the puppet troops and the Qing army wanted to defend this fortified city to the death, they suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment. In addition, the people and puppet troops in the city could not bear the bullying of the Qing army, so they spontaneously organized themselves, cooperated inside and outside, opened the city gates, and welcomed the army into the city.

The Qing army and the puppet army retreated in a hurry. Because the city fell too quickly, Dorgon took the people of the city back to the outside of the pass. The plan to set fire to the city failed. Ajige and other famous generals were also killed by snipers in the chaos.

After the army recaptured Shanhaiguan, Zhu Youjian transported a large amount of cement and masons to rebuild the scarred Shanhaiguan City. The Ming Dynasty entered a two-year recuperation period.

During the battle to recapture Shanhaiguan, more than a dozen riots planned by the nobles and powerful families broke out in the Ming Dynasty, but they were all suppressed by the army led by Sun Chuanting, Lan Fang, and Hong Niangzi.

The largest and most dangerous riot was jointly planned by the Donglin Party and the nobles and powerful families in the capital. They took advantage of the tight battle on the front line and the third battle group rushed to reinforce. They first controlled the four gates of the capital through bribery and other means, and then concentrated their forces to attack the palace. They were just a little bit away from breaking through the palace, killing the dog emperor.

However, they didn't know that this was a big trap set by Zhu Youjian. He even used himself as bait and transferred the third battle group led by Xu Yu to the Yutian defense line. Only Chang Buzhou's Royal Guards were left in the capital to guard the palace. When these people launched a rebellion, Xu Yu led the third battle group to kill them back.

The Royal First Division was originally an elite division that had experienced the test of blood and fire, and the entire division was equipped with D2 rifles, and its combat power soared. How could the private soldiers of the nobles and tyrants who still used cold weapons such as swords and knives be able to compete with them? In addition, these private soldiers suffered heavy casualties when attacking the palace, and their morale dropped early. The third battle group collapsed as soon as they came back.

For Zhu Youjian, this was a great opportunity to clear all obstacles. He not only ordered all the Donglin Party members and nobles who participated in the rebellion to be wiped out, but also cleared out all the nobles and tyrants who were neutral on the surface but secretly supported the rebellion, and made a lot of money.

With the power of the iron-blooded suppression of the rebellion, Zhu Youjian did not stop, and took advantage of the opportunity to eliminate the eight imperial merchants who were only interested in profit, secretly aided the enemy, and even defected to the Qing Empire.

The wealth he made this time was enough for him to build a hundred new divisions in one go.

After this thunderous iron-blooded means, Zhu Youjian cleared up the internal hidden dangers and was able to let go and launch new policies that benefited the country and the people. The Ming Dynasty, which had entered a period of recuperation, was able to slowly recover its vitality. Even if it did not reach its heyday, it was already showing signs of revival.

During this period, after a major defeat and the loss of many soldiers and generals, Dorgon was almost killed by the opposition after returning to Shengjing. Fortunately, he was lucky and was only injured. Then he assembled a large army to clear the court, punish the treacherous and vain, and killed all political enemies, consolidating his throne as regent.

However, because of this great civil strife, the Qing court was seriously injured and could not go south to the Central Plains in the short term. He could only slowly accumulate strength and wait until the time was right to enter the pass to compete for the Central Plains.

Three years later, the war against the Qing Empire began. Zhu Youjian ordered Xu Yu, Lan Fang, Hong Niangzi, Qin Liangyu, and Lu Yiming to lead a battle group out of the pass and attack Shengjing in five directions.

This was a war to destroy the country. Zhu Youjian bet all his assets on it. The five battle groups had a total of 100 divisions and 1.5 million troops, all of which were d2 rifles, and as many as 3,000 improved large and small caliber artillery, and even 100 newly developed water-cooled heavy machine guns that were rushed to build overtime.

Of course, in order to ensure the normal transportation of logistical materials, the number of civilians recruited was as high as one million. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had plenty of people, otherwise, the logistics supply alone would not be something that any small country could afford.

Although the five armies seemed to be fighting independently, they actually coordinated with each other, adopted a conservative tactic of steady progress, and slowly advanced, gradually squeezing the living space of the Qing Empire.