Daming pirates

Bird guns were not a high-tech thing in the late Ming Dynasty. Many craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty had learned how to make bird guns, and their actual power was not too small.

A high-quality blunderbuss is actually not bad in terms of range, accuracy and power. In the hands of a good shooter, it can also exert quite good power.

However, in the past, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were extremely corrupt. The eunuchs and officials in charge of making weapons always used iron materials to line their own pockets, so the craftsmen had to cut corners and shoddy materials, and made some substandard muskets and delivered them to the Ming army as useless weapons.

As a result, the quality of many bird guns used by the Ming army was very poor, and accidents of explosive chambers often occurred. It also led to the fact that bird guns never officially became the main battle equipment of the Ming army, and they left a bad reputation. Few people used them. Willing to use blunderbuss as weapons.

However, after these craftsmen were captured by the slaves, they were selected and concentrated in workshops outside Shengjing. The Shenyang area itself was rich in coal and iron, so many workshops were built here, and a large number of blacksmiths were gathered to work for the slaves. The army manufactured various weapons and armors, forming a large production scale.

Jiannu fought for many years, and the demand for armor was also very high, and the management was strict. The quality of the armor they made far exceeded the quality of the armor used by the Ming Dynasty's army before. They established an extremely strict management system to supervise the craftsmen. Make various armors. Once a craftsman cuts corners and creates unqualified armor, he will be severely punished.

So when Huang Taiji decreed to build as many muskets as possible at all costs, they did not cut corners and cut corners to make up for the damage as they did before the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, after Jiannu successfully trial-produced bird guns, the quality of the bird guns they produced far exceeded the quality of the bird guns used by the Ming army before, and the range and power were also improved. They could reach as far as seventy steps and still have a certain amount of damage. However, it was limited to this. After all, they couldn't figure out the rifling of the Minie rifle, and they didn't understand the principle of the Minie bullet, so being able to do this was an incredible move.

While Huang Taiji was paying attention to the situation in the Ming Dynasty in Guan Dynasty, he found out that Yu Xiaotian had no plans to use troops against Liaodong and the Jin Dynasty for the time being. He only retained the Guan Ning Army to temporarily stay in the Guan Jin area to monitor them. He was concentrating all his efforts on cleaning up the officialdom in the Ming Dynasty and replacing officials. , control the situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time concentrate on suppressing the Central Plains refugee army in the pass, and there is no sign of using troops outside the pass in a short period of time.

Huang Taiji knew that this was his last chance, so he devoted all his national strength and ordered craftsmen to build various artillery guns day and night, trying to use these when Yu Xiaotian used troops against Houjin in Liaodong in the future. New firearms compete with it.

The idea that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was founded on cavalry and archery had long been thrown out of the window by Huang Taiji. Through the lessons of being defeated by the Yu family's firearms, they realized the power of firearms on the battlefield, and also learned to leave firearms in the future. , no matter how brave the warrior is, he will only be slaughtered.

They put aside their previous dependence and pride on cavalry and archery, tightened their belts and began to make desperate preparations. In the past two years, they had actually built a lot of red barbarian cannons, muskets and other items.

However, the life of Houjin outside the pass became more and more difficult day by day, because after Yu Xiaotian came to power, Yu Xiaotian implemented extremely strict control over the export of materials from inside the pass to outside the pass, and arrested and killed a large number of former slaves who had collaborated with the establishment of the pass. Food and other materials were smuggled out of the customs and sold to profiteers who built slaves and officials who colluded with profiteers, causing many families of profiteers to suffer disaster.

In this way, the source of grain export outside the customs was blocked from the source, and then the land roads leading to the outside of the customs were gradually controlled. In addition, the navy also completely blocked the coastal areas of Liaodong, and also blocked the sea routes, basically blocking the

All channels for Jiannu to obtain food from within the customs.

Under the heavy pressure, it completely suppressed the momentum of profiteers in the customs to risk transporting supplies outside the customs, which was equivalent to strangulating the neck of the slaves.

Due to the climate influence of the Little Ice Age in the Liaodong area, it was extremely cold outside the Guanhai Pass and the frost-free period was very short throughout the year. It also seriously affected the grain production and the development of the agricultural economy outside the Guanxi Pass.

This also led to the fact that the food produced by the Jiannu all year round was not enough to meet their needs. This is also the reason why the Jiannu insisted on taking risks to enter the pass for many years. First, they could obtain food or property through plunder, and then use these

The funds were instead used to purchase grain, cloth and other daily necessities from profiteers in the customs. They even made strict regulations on the types of imported goods. They did not want any luxuries for enjoyment and only purchased the necessities for their daily lives.

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Nowadays, Yu Xiaotian has implemented a strict control system, which has cut off their way to continue to obtain food and other daily necessities from within the customs. They themselves produce insufficient grain, which has also led to a serious shortage of food outside the customs in the past two or three years.

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Although Huang Taiji tried his best and ordered all ministries to find ways to open up wasteland and grow grain, the short frost-free period limited their grain output, and they were still unable to fundamentally solve the food problem.

This is also the reason why Nurhaci massacred Han people outside the Pass. It was precisely because of the shortage of food outside the Pass. In order to survive, Ye Bo Pi came up with such unscrupulous methods to reduce the population and save food by massacring the Han people outside the Pass. Even the earliest

Some of the big traitors who took refuge in the slave establishment were almost killed, which shows how tight the food supply outside the customs was.

For three consecutive years, there has been a serious food shortage outside the customs, and a large number of slaves have even starved to death. Even the soldiers who built the slaves themselves have been in a state of semi-starvation all year round, and they are no longer as brave as they used to be.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also used a cruel trick, which was to try every means to sow discord between the Mongolian tribes and the Jian slaves. After the Yu's army in the pass defeated the Jian slave army, the Mongolian tribes also suffered serious losses.

In addition, the Mongolian tribes also realized that Jiannu would be in trouble, and if they continued to follow Jiannu, they might end up with a very tragic end. Therefore, after the second half of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Eight Banners of Mongolia no longer listened to Jiannu's orders.

Huang Taiji also noticed the restlessness of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and decided to strike first, sending troops to regularly attack and massacre the Mongolian tribes, using this method to eliminate the threat to them from the Mongolian tribes.

This also caused the various Mongolian tribes to completely turn against the Jian Nu. They regarded the Jian Nu as enemies again, and began to have constant conflicts and resistance with the Jian Nu for the survival of their own tribes.

Yu Xiaotian also ordered the officials in the Xuanda area to deliberately throw out some bait to the Mongolian tribes.

As we all know, after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian tribes were driven back to the grasslands, and their economy and technology suffered a serious setback. In particular, many of the necessities of life were heavily dependent on the supplies within the customs.

The Ming Dynasty restricted the development of the Mongolian tribes through mutual trade and exploited the Mongolian tribes through mutual trade. Later, due to the establishment of slaves, the mutual trade was closed, which led to the majority of the Mongolian tribes eventually turning to the establishment of slaves.

Jiannuhuang obtained various daily necessities by looting from the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention other things, there are two things that the Mongolians cannot do without from the Ming Dynasty, namely tea and salt. Mongolia does not produce salt, and it is not near the sea. All salt is supplied by the customs. Without salt to eat, people will not be able to survive.

For strength, even their cattle and horses needed salt supplements, so their demand for salt also caused them to be highly dependent on the pass.

The other thing is tea. Due to the structure of their food, most people in the Mongolian tribes mainly eat meat. Because they are nomadic people and do not cultivate themselves, they naturally have no vegetables and food to eat. They can only eat meat such as grazing cattle and sheep.

, which resulted in their heavy dependence on tea, and they could not live without tea.

After the Ming Dynasty closed the mutual trade, the Mongolian tribes became heavily dependent on the slaves. They obtained tea, salt and other items through the slaves. In addition, they did not know how to smelt iron, so all ironware needed to be obtained from the customs or the slaves.

Although the Jiannu themselves do not produce salt and tea, they have always been able to obtain these commodities through profiteers in the customs, and they themselves produce iron. When the Mongolian tribes obtain these materials, they are inevitably exploited by the Jiannu.

Act as a second-hand dealer, obtain war horses from various Mongolian tribes, and make a lot of money.

However, as the situation changed, Yu Xiaotian cut off the smuggling activities of materials outside the customs and also cut off the channels for Jiannu to obtain tea and salt. Jiannu himself was not enough, and of course he could no longer act as a second-tier dealer for the Mongolian tribes.

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In addition, the slave builders realized that the Mongolian tribes would not listen to their orders and treated them as thieves to guard against them. Naturally, they would not provide them with iron tools. In this way, the Mongolian tribes would be in dire straits.

After a year, tea and salt were all gone, and iron tools could not be replenished. Without iron, there was no way to make weapons. So in just one year, the Mongolian tribes returned to their primitive state, and weapons could not be replenished. Even bows and arrows could not be replenished.

The arrow clusters are not made of iron, so they can only reuse the bones of some animals as arrow clusters. Not to mention weapons such as knives and guns, there is no supplement at all.

The Mongolian tribes still thought of using the old method to enter the pass and plunder. However, after Yu Xiaotian took control of the court, he continued to use his family troops to replace the border troops and guard the borders. It was no longer possible for the Mongols to enter the pass and plunder as before. Every time

They took risks, but in the end they were beaten to the head, suffered heavy casualties and suffered heavy casualties. They did not make much money but lost a lot of money, which caused them to start losing blood seriously.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty threw out a bait, which was to spread the news and tell the Mongolian tribes that they could obtain tea and salt, but they must be freed from the control of the Jian slaves, and they must not act as doglegs for the Jian slaves in the future.

If they gave up cooperating with the Jiannu slaves and continued to help the Jiannu slaves, they could reopen the mutual market in the Xuanda area and trade tea, salt and other products with them, so that they could survive.

By this time, the Mongolian tribes had been forced into a corner and continued to mix with the Jiannu. The Jiannu did not trust them and often attacked and massacred them. They could not get any benefits. Going against the Ming Dynasty had become a dead end, so they

The only choice is to surrender.

Some Mongolian tribes began to express their surrender to the Ming Dynasty, stating that as long as the Ming Dynasty provided them with tea and salt trade, then they were willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and no longer serve as slaves.

So Yu Xiaotian opened his mind and agreed to allow some Mongolian tribes to use their cattle, sheep, and war horses to trade with the Ming Dynasty at the pass designated by Xuanda, and exchange tea and salt for their war horses, cattle, sheep, skins and other items. The Mongols tasted

When you feel the sweetness, you will find that Ming Dynasty is about credibility.

Moreover, Yu Xiaotian also issued an order to release a group of Mongolians who had been captured and surrendered in the Guan Civil War, and sent them out of the Guan and back to their tribes to act as spies for the Ming Dynasty and monitor the activities of various ministries. This province

He helped the Mongols and used the tea and salt obtained through the mutual trade to trade with the slaves.

These captured Mongolian generals saw the power of the Yu family army in the pass and were completely convinced. After being released, they did not dare to have any second thoughts and became loyal servants of the Ming Dynasty. They began to serve the Ming Dynasty in various ministries.

Acting as an informant and spy, he constantly spread the news about the power of the Yu Family Army, intimidating the tribesmen so that they would not dare to have the idea of ​​continuing to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

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