Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 189 Cleaning Up the Old Rivers and Mountains

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Yin's time has arrived."

Taichang opened his eyes in a daze, looked at the familiar Cao Huachun, then looked at the strange room, was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses.

In the past few days, he was really exhausted. Not only did he lead an army to attack for thousands of miles, but he also slept in the handsome tent every day, and he couldn't sleep well at all.

Still sound asleep on the bed!

He secretly sighed, then turned over and got out of bed, put on his coat and washed in a hurry, then put on his armor with the assistance of Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou, had some breakfast, it was almost dawn up.

At about ten o'clock, a group of civil servants and military generals gathered in the Dazheng Hall. Taichang took the high seat and said with a slight smile, "I tell you a good news. We found more than 200 million taels of gold and silver in the Jiannu Bank. There is no need to distribute military rewards in installments, and when they are over, you can go to Luo Sigong to collect them, and distribute them today to make the soldiers happy."

Hearing the words, all civil servants and generals hurriedly cupped their hands and said in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then solemnly said: "The Jiannu cavalry is probably coming back in a month or so at most. How should we deal with it? We will definitely not dare to confront Nurhachi head-on. It is probably useless for us to gather an army." , they will definitely run around, you say, what should I do?"

This is really a headache, people don't fight with your main force at all, they just harass and sneak attack, what should I do?

All the civil servants and military generals frowned in thought and remained silent, and the Dazheng Hall was suddenly very quiet.

In the end, Sun Chengzong cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have come up with three clumsy plans. First, we can send troops to destroy the Jianzhou Weiwei City and destroy the foundation of Jiannu. Second, we can send troops to quickly occupy Tielingwei, Ding Liao Youwei, Anle Prefecture, Zhenjiang City and other places, recover the entire Liaodong, and let the Jiannu rush into the Great Wall and have nowhere to live. Third, we can repair all the passes outside the Great Wall and send troops to guard them so that the Jiannu cavalry cannot enter Liaodong. I wonder which plan the emperor thinks is better?"

When Taichang heard this, his eyes lit up.

These three strategies are all good, if possible, he would like to use all three strategies at the same time!
In this way, even if Nurhachi ran back, he probably wanted to cry without tears.

The problem is, he doesn't have so many people!
Looks like I can only pick one or two.

Of these three strategies, the one he most wanted to implement was to rush to Jiannu's lair, destroy Jianzhou Acropolis, that is, Hetuala, and completely destroy the foundation of Jiannu.

Unfortunately, this plan is the most difficult to implement.

Because Hetuala is four to five hundred miles away from Shenyang, and the mountain road in the middle is winding, it is extremely inconvenient for the army to advance, even if the cavalry passes, it may take four or five days.

The problem is that the cavalry alone can't make it through, because Jiannu built several strongholds along the way, and if there were no infantry, the strongholds would not be able to be defeated at all.

If you send infantry to fight all the way, it will take at least half a month.

Moreover, Hetuala, as the lair of Jianshou, will definitely defend it desperately. If there are fewer people going, it may not be possible to take it down. If there are too many people going, they may not be able to come back.

Because it must take more than a month to go back and forth and attack the city. By then, the slave cavalry will return. In the mountains and forests they are familiar with, the infantry will not be beaten to the ground by them!

He didn't want to repeat the fiasco of the Battle of Salhu, and let Jiannu take advantage of it for nothing.

So, let's bear with this plan.

To use this strategy, at least wait until Liaodong is stabilized first, and the Jiannu cavalry can't rush into Liaodong and run around, before they can gather an army and push all the way.

To say that the safest of these three strategies is naturally to repair the Great Wall outside the pass, so that the Jiannu cavalry cannot enter Liaodong.

Question, the Great Wall outside the pass is more than 1000 miles long!

Can it be fixed in a month?

Even if it can be repaired, how many people are needed to guard it?
Taichang is really not very clear about this, so he can only ask helplessly: "Zhensheng, the Great Wall outside the pass is more than 1000 miles long, can we repair it within a month? How many people will we send to guard it after the restoration? Is there enough manpower?"

Sun Chengzong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, the emperor, the place where the Great Wall is built outside the pass is still very particular. It is either built between the mountains or along the banks of the river. Basically, except for the passes connected to the outside, the army from other places can't pass at all." Come on. As for the passes of the Great Wall outside the pass, there are not many that are suitable for cavalry to pass through. Moreover, Jiannu cavalry are not good at attacking cities. As long as there are 5000 troops stationed at each important pass, [-] Jiannu cavalry will definitely be able to attack in a few days. Those who can’t come down, and there are beacon fires on the Great Wall, which can spread more than a thousand miles in a day, so as long as they can hold on for a day or two, when the reinforcements arrive, the slave cavalry will have to retreat.”

It turned out to be the case.

When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help asking: "Then how many passes can the Jiannu cavalry enter Liaodong? Have you calculated it carefully?"

Sun Chengzong said without hesitation: "There are not many passes where Jiannu cavalry can enter Liaodong. It can be said that there is no pass between Shenyang and Guangning Zhongwei at the moment, because the Great Wall between Shenyang and Guangning was built along the river, and the section The rivers around the Great Wall are crisscrossed, and no one is building bridges on the rivers. Before winter, the cavalry basically can’t pass. The rest, there are only four or five passes in Guangning, and roughly four or five passes in the north of Shenyang. , as long as we repair these passes and send people to garrison them, the slave cavalry will not be able to pass. If they go to other places, even if people come over, the horses will not be able to pass.”

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being pleasantly surprised and said: "You mean only about [-] troops can guard all the important passes?"

Sun Chengzong nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, your majesty, as long as all the passes are repaired, and then 5 horses are stationed to guard them, and then about [-] troops are stationed in Guangning and Shenyang to prepare for support at any time, the slave cavalry should be It is impossible to rush into Liaodong through the pass of the Great Wall."

It's fine now.

Taichang immediately excitedly said: "Map."

The two royal guards quickly unfolded a huge map of Liaodong in front of him.

It seems that the restoration of the Great Wall outside the pass and the recovery of Liaodong can be carried out at the same time.

Taichang stared at the map for a while, and then ordered decisively: "Luo Sigong, immediately send someone eight hundred miles to send an urgent summons, ordering Yuan Keli to lead the Denglai Navy and Nansiwei Navy to recover Zhenjiang City."

The Zhenjiang city mentioned here is not the Zhenjiang of the later generations, but the Dandong of the later generations. Although this important border town is important, there are not many troops stationed there because of the limited strength of Jiannu.

Historically, when Mao Wenlong went to attack Zhenjiang City, there were only a few hundred defenders in the city.

Yuan Keli's chief Denglai Navy and Nansiwei Navy combined had tens of thousands of people, plus the Dengzhou Guard and Laizhou Guard's infantry, there were more than 5000 troops, and it would definitely not be a problem to win Zhenjiang City.

Taichang thought for a while, and then ordered: "Liu Xingzuo, Li Yangeng, you rush back to Liaoyang immediately, and lead the infantry who surrendered there to recover Dingliao Youwei."

Dingliao Youwei is between Liaoyang and Zhenjiang, and there is a huge watershed between Liaoyang and Zhenjiang. There is only one road for the army to cross. This Dingliao Youwei is in the middle of this passage, and its position is very important. .However, there are not many Jiannu troops stationed in Dingliao Youwei, at most a thousand troops, and more than ten thousand soldiers to recover it must be enough.

Taichang immediately ordered: "Cao Wenzhao, you immediately lead the Shenwu Camp to recover Fushun Guard and Fushun Pass. Mangui, you lead 3 troops to recover Tieling Guard and Anle Prefecture."

When Cao Wenzhao and Man Gui heard the words, they quickly cupped their hands and said, "Observe the order."

In this way, as long as the armies from all walks of life successfully capture their respective targets, the entire old rivers and mountains in Liaodong will be recovered!

Liaodong is finally about to return to the embrace of Daming.

Taichang stared at the map of Liaodong excitedly for a long time, then waved his hand to order Jin Yiwei to put the map away.

He thought about it carefully and then solemnly said to Sun Chengzong: "Children, I will take the Shenji Battalion here to guard Shenyang, and the other troops are at your disposal, and there are more than [-] captives in the south of the city. Go to work, and I will leave it to you to repair the Great Wall outside the pass and arrange for people to be stationed."

Sun Chengzong hastily cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order."

(End of this chapter)