Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 377 Chang Mao's Tangle

Chang Mao got his wish and stepped on the land on the south bank, but he didn't look very happy.

"Three thousand sons were killed in the river during this forced crossing."

Three thousand lives were exchanged for the victory of crossing the river, Chang Mao felt a tightness in his chest, and when he looked at the star-studded Wubao formation two miles away, Chang Mao felt even more uncomfortable.

The real battle has just begun.

"If these docks cannot be removed as soon as possible and go south, once the time is delayed, Li Chenggui will be given time to dispatch troops in Kaijing. No matter how weak North Korea is, it is still a problem to recruit 40 million troops from various provinces. not big.

At that time, we will have to retreat back to Liaodong in despair. "

After a forced crossing, Chang Mao now also knows that Li Fangyuan's opponent is not an easy one. The latter took advantage and left without rushing for success, and his formation was rigorous.

In addition to these more than [-] forts, Li Fangyuan's Chinese army camped in this fort formation, and the two wings were supplemented by cavalry maneuvers. It was not the defensive strategy of defending an isolated city.

"Tell me what you think."

One person counts the disadvantages, and everyone counts the strengths. Chang Mao still asked the big guy what he thought.

Wang Bijiu was in Liaodong. He participated in the Hongwu Northern Expedition and the Battle of Recovering Liaodong. He was the one who fought the most with the Mongolian and Yuan courts.

"At that time, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, conquered Koryo four times. He fought all the way from Kaijing to Gyeongsang and Jeolla, and finally Jeju Island. The whole territory of Koryo fell and declared the country to die. The king also served as the prime minister of the eastern province. From then on, the Koryo royal family was not allowed to have a posthumous posthumous title.

The land of Three Koreas is the same as our Central Plains. They are good at building strong fortresses, but the Mongols are good at riding, shooting and attacking but not good at attacking fortifications. Why can they destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and Goryeo? "

Wang Bi did not talk about the solution first, but first talked about the historical allusion of the Mongolian Yuan's destruction of Goryeo: "The Mongolian Yuan used the main force of the cavalry to infiltrate in small groups, burned food and grass everywhere in the territory of Goryeo, and kidnapped and killed the people, forcing the Goryeo army to leave the stronghold. Rescue and fire were put out everywhere in the castle, and the main force of the Yuan army, led by its commander, Tou Nian, suppressed the border and conquered more than [-] important cities including Xijing (now Pyongyang, North Korea) one after another.

Half of Koryo's territory fell, and the main force was exhausted. They had to retreat to South Korea to continue to resist. In the end, the whole territory fell and the whole country died. "

No need for Wang Bi to say a solution, everyone present understood what Wang Bi meant.

Master Yi's skills.

"It's really a good idea."

Chang Mao narrowed his eyes: "Right now Li Fangyuan is leading an army of [-] to confront us here, and the rear must be empty. Our army has [-] elite cavalry, all of whom have been fighting in the North for many years and have repeatedly defeated Bei Yuan's elite cavalry. Let them learn from the Mongols and go deep behind the enemy lines, set fire to the food, and support the war with war, and indeed they can force Li Fangyuan to give up the defense line and return to aid."

North Korea, like China, is a typical town-rural civilization. A large number of people live in the city to resist aggression, but the cultivated land is outside the city.

If the food is burned out, what's the point of guarding a dead city, and there is still the risk of starving to death in the end.

The two famous generals under Kublai Khan's account are well aware of this truth, one is the Touian brother mentioned earlier, and the other is.

Big traitor Zhang Hongfan!

That is, the Mongolian Southern Expedition coach who replaced Boyan when the Southern Song Dynasty fell.

Strictly speaking, Brother Tou Nian learned this trick from Zhang Hongfan.

Zhang Hongfan is a Han Chinese who understands the weaknesses of the Han people best. When he was conquering Xiangyang with Boyan in his early years, he came up with a "one-character city" tactic, which divided the defense lines of Xiangyang and Jiangling in the Southern Song Dynasty into two, and finally won a big victory. It became the initial point of the subjugation of the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, this method seems to be easy to use, and there is a key point that cannot be ignored.

That is to say, the strength of one's own side is twice that of the opponent's.

When Kublai Khan destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, although there were not many direct Mongolian troops under his command, there were not many puppet troops.

Of course, it was a bit far-fetched to say traitors in that era, and their identities were precisely Han people in the Jin Dynasty.

That is, the Han people living in the area north of the Yellow River.

If the Zhao and Song Dynasties could recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, without the alliance of Chanyuan and the shame of Jingkang, and if the vast land in Hebei was still Han soil, where would Kublai Khan recruit hundreds of thousands of auxiliary troops?

So don't blame anyone for the subjugation of the Southern Song Dynasty and the pain of Yashan, but blame his own ancestors for not living up to expectations.

Now that Wang Bi proposed this method, seeing that Chang Mao was very interested, he took the initiative to invite Ying and said: "If Chang Shuai agrees, then this matter will be handled by the general."

"Wait a minute."

Chang Mao waved his hand: "Shuai Rong is thinking about it."

consider?

Wang Bi was stunned, what else should be considered in this kind of military affairs, the tactics that can win the battle are good tactics, don't you understand the truth that soldiers are expensive and fast?

But soon Wang Bi came to his senses.

After the destruction of North Korea, the land of the Three Koreas belonged to the Chang family.

Chang Mao doesn't want the land of Sanhan to be turned into scorched earth ruins everywhere.

Regardless of the fact that the battle is not over yet, Chang Mao has already regarded the land of Samhan as his own foundation.

It hurts to think about destroying one's own foundation.

Therefore, Wang Bi couldn't persuade him any more, so he folded his fists and left the tent, leaving Chang Mao and Chang Sheng to discuss on their own.

"Big brother."

When Wang Bi left, Chang Sheng also asked curiously: "Wang Bi's idea is good, what else are you thinking about, the speed of the army is so precious."

"You do not understand."

Chang Mao sighed, and asked back: "Second brother, do you know how much debt we borrowed from Yan Zhenzhi this time when we conquered the dynasty?"

"what?"

Chang Sheng was at a loss when asked this question: "To fight for the country, do we still need to spend money?"

Since ancient times, generals led troops to go abroad, and the imperial court paid for the military expenses. There was no reason for the commander to pay for it. Chang Sheng was surprised.

Seeing that Chang Sheng didn't understand, Chang Mao smiled: "You didn't participate in the Kyushu Meeting, so it's normal if you don't understand."

"Liaozhou belongs to our Chang family, and the imperial court paid to send troops to fight for us. Of course, our Chang family paid for this money."

"That's it."

Chang Sheng smacked it, and it really meant that.

"Then, how much does our family owe Yan Zhenzhi?"

"Now the food and armaments alone are as high as 500 million taels." Chang Mao calculated an account for Chang Sheng with his fingers: "This does not include the follow-up supplies, the salaries and rewards for the 20 troops The money does not include the military expenses for the Southeastern Navy to cooperate with sending troops to attack Jeju Island in the future to realize the outflanking of the north and the south, and does not include the compensation money for the dead and wounded soldiers after the war.

This time, Yan Zhenzhi prepared 3000 million taels of war debt for our Chang family!The second child, 3000 million taels, according to the interest of one hundred and fifty per year, we have to repay 150 million taels a year just for the interest. Tell me, how many years can we pay it off. "

One hundred and five a year, doubled in 20 years.

Chang Sheng gasped suddenly.

He now understands why Chang Mao hesitated, and destroyed the land of Sanhan into ruins. His Chang family will be overwhelmed by this national debt in the future!

(End of this chapter)