Chapter 552 The Legendary Beihai
Qin Yu was busy building a world-class project in Huguang, determined to surpass two senior Qin Emperor and Emperor Yang, and put the hat of the first tyrant on his head. However, the Qin army's pace of rescuing people of all ethnic groups in the world did not stop because of this.
Although Hongying was detained in Hubei, Qin Yu sent Qin Tie to organize the war in the Northeast, and Lu Xiangsheng was responsible for the expedition of Mongolian tribes in the north of the desert.
The war against Yunnan was under the responsibility of Qin Shuang, and Li Dingguo also led the army back to the northwest. Qin Lihua led the White Peak soldiers recruited and were also educating chieftains in the mountains.
After nearly half a year of preparation, the Qin army's several armies were completely thunderous attacks, and no opponent could block them. All they could do was to flee in a hurry.
This did not officially advance in March, but it took only two months before the war was basically over.
Haoge took tens of thousands of Jurchens to see something wrong and had to flee to North Korea, which was why he escaped the fate of being exterminated.
It’s not that Haoge didn’t want to take his clan members back to the northern ancestral land, but he couldn’t go back at all. As the saying goes, it’s easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it’s difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
For decades, the Jurchens have been learning the living habits of the Han people. Men only know how to fight and loot, and women stay at home all day long to enjoy the food and clothing. The food and clothing cost is entirely handled by Han slaves. They have long forgotten how to fish, hunt and grazing.
So no one wants to go back to live a savage life, and even go to the grassland nomad. After surrendering and being rejected, going to North Korea is undoubtedly the best choice. After all, although North Korea is not as good as the Central Plains, it is much better than the deep mountains and forests in the north. With tens of thousands of warriors here, everyone can still live the luxurious life they used to enjoy.
As for whether Daqin will continue to chase after him, Brother Hao and the Jurchens can't control it for the time being, and they are unwilling to think about it.
Fortunately, Qin Tie did not lead his army to chase him, because Qin Yu had issued an order to stop the pursuit and began to govern the Northeast.
First, the Northeast Military Region was established, and the Second Corps was also divided into two corpses, one corps stationed in Beijing and the other corps was stationed in Shenyang. Each corps had 50,000 people, all the excess were retired, and the 100,000 bachelors who were responsible for escorting food, grass and supplies, took root in the Northeast since then, and each 200,000 people were granted a hundred acres of private land and a house.
Because the Jurchens left in a hurry, they not only seized a large number of cattle and horses, but also rescued hundreds of thousands of Han people, including women, and then various craftsmen. However, there were only about 50,000 ordinary young and strong people. Almost all of these people were looted by the Eight Banners in the pass through the past few times.
Almost every 200,000 people were assigned a woman to form a new family and scattered throughout the Northeast.
Most of the retired 100,000 Qin soldiers were over 25 years old or more veterans. Most of the 100,000 people who remained were newly recruits who had just joined, and they were all young men.
Although he retired, the three thousand lieutenants and a few elite soldiers who made military achievements did not directly divide the fields and build families like ordinary soldiers, but wanted to return to Huguang.
These lieutenants did not have enough credit and did not receive titles. Only those who obtained titles could continue to stay in the army as officers. Although there was no title, Qin Yu decided to give them some other compensation.
As for the conquest of the Mongolian tribes in northern Mo, there was no need for a large army to mobilize the troops. Lu Xiangsheng brought 20,000 Mongolian cavalry and 5,000 Han cavalry, and easily cleaned up the Korqin tribe, then killed the nobles, distributed the women, cattle and sheep grassland to the cavalry that had made meritorious efforts, and rushed to the north of Mo.
There was no chance of taking action along the way, because all the Mongolian cavalry were crazy and almost broke their heads in order to make meritorious contributions.
The women's animals who were not assigned to the grassland fought desperately, and the ones who were assigned were not slackened, because although women would no longer be rewarded with cattle and sheep, they would be rewarded with gold and silver.
In this way, the former arrogant prairie overlord actually destroyed himself under the temptation of cattle, sheep, women, gold and silver. Only a few small tribes escaped to the west of the Mo in time and survived.
This is the disadvantage of not having one's own cultural heritage. Without the instigation of the rule of aristocrats, ordinary people have completely become reckless men who are mothers with milk.
Looking at the small city surrounded by earth, which was only five miles in circumference and only one battle with a wall, Lu Xiangsheng still couldn't believe it.
The ultimate goal of the Han generals of all dynasties was easily accomplished by him, making him unable to feel the joy of being so energetic and sealing the wolf.
The five thousand Han soldiers were also a little disappointed. They thought this time they would die for a lifetime, go through hardships, and after several fierce battles, they finally defeated the tribes in the northern Mo and established unparalleled achievements.
But the fact is that they did nothing except maintaining order and distributing cattle, sheep and women.
"General, should this monument be erected?"
"Forget it!"
Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a moment, and finally waved his hand. He originally planned to erect a monument, engrave the names of himself and the five thousand soldiers, and record the process of this war on it for future generations to admire, but now he really can't bear to do such a thing.
Although the generals were a little disappointed when they heard this, they didn't say anything. There was really nothing worth showing off in this war.
"Have the brothers sent to the north to inquire about the situation back? Where is the approximately location of the Beihai? Are there powerful enemies nearby?"
After a while, Lu Xiangsheng asked again, obviously thinking that this Northern Expedition should not end here, so he was somewhat expecting that there would be powerful enemies near the Beihai. After all, the goal this time was to fight to the legendary Beihai.
"The brothers sent to inquire have returned. The situation is similar to those of the prisoners. Here we go four or five hundred miles north of the North Sea. The sea is bottomless and it is frozen all year round. It only thaws in summer every year. Within a radius of five hundred miles, there are only a dozen small tribes, with a population of hundreds and a few dozen. However, there is a Khanate thousands of miles westward. It is said that there is a huge empire further away, and the king seems to be called a Tsar."
A lieutenant quickly replied.
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng was disappointed. Although he wanted to go to the Khanate in the west, it was obviously not within the North Sea. If he continued to fight, he was suspected of using troops without authorization, so he had to give up. However, when he heard it, he was furious.
"It's unreasonable. The barbarian country does not know that the sky is high and the earth is rich. Yelang is arrogant and dares to call himself emperor. This matter must be reported to Your Majesty for attacking him."
"good!"
With Lu Xiangsheng's angrily shouting, the captains were all excited, wishing to send troops to kill them immediately, so that the small country that dared to be called the Tsar knew how big the sky was and how wide the earth was.
After the report was issued on the second day, Lu Xiangsheng took thousands of troops to the Beihai. Although there were only a few small tribes near the Beihai, he still had to go there in person in order to complete the task.
More than a dozen small tribes chose to surrender to the Qin Dynasty without exception. Lu Xiangsheng only rewarded them with some cloth and tea, and then enfeoffed them for a while, and left the care, and went straight to the legendary Beihai.
It was May, and the lake surface in the North Sea had thawed. The lake water was clear and the mountains were surrounded by greenery. It was not like the vast grassland at all, but had a bit of the charm of Jiangnan scenery.
Lu Xiangsheng and thousands of soldiers stood by the lake, looking at the legendary boundless North Sea in front of him, and for a moment he was filled with thoughts.
"A good place, if it can be like this for years, it will be suitable for building cities and living and thriving."
"General, I think Beihai City is the most suitable place to build there."
"Well, let's erect a monument first!" Lu Xiangsheng nodded. The construction of the city was unhurried.
Chapter completed!