Lu Ming

Chapter 577 Meeting at the official residence ([-])

In the Middle Ages, human productivity was low, but any major natural disaster would bring production activities to a standstill.

Disasters do not distinguish between nationality and race.The snow disaster in the north and the waterlogging disaster in the south correspond to the Annan rainy season in the south.

Due to the lower latitude of Annan, it is closer to the tropical climate than Daming, so it is hot and rainy all year round.In Annan in the seventeenth century, the infrastructure was poor, and the rainy season was an out-and-out disaster for the Annan people.

During the period when the time traveler came, most of the Annan Kingdom had entered an official mandatory suspension.Under the continuous rain, the people cannot go out to work, and the army cannot step on the mud to dispatch and assemble remotely.If it is forced out, large-scale infectious diseases will soon occur within the army: the warm and humid rainy season is also a time when various germs are rampant.

In contrast, the traversing forces with a complete logistics supply system, and even a complete epidemic prevention and medical system are not very cold about the current rainy season, but rather welcome it.

Because in this way, although the progress of the project is a bit slower, there is no need to worry about external military pressure. When the initial stage of landing is the most vulnerable, you can concentrate on building the turtle shell.In this way, the advantages and disadvantages are added and subtracted, which is obviously profitable.

In view of the current situation, Shao Qiang, who was in charge of controlling the situation, issued an order: speed up infrastructure construction, reduce peripheral military investment, and allocate most of the resources to the construction of the Hongji Fort-Hongji Port complex.

The originally planned third batch of reinforcements has now also been suspended and replaced with engineering personnel and construction materials.

And so it settled down.In the next few months, Shao Qiang, as well as other traversers who came to Hongji, such as Zheng Yangyang, will seize the rare window period and build vigorously to prepare for the expansion after the rainy season and the possible Military operations have laid a solid material foundation.

And Sha Zhengming, who was in charge of the military, left after the Annan county magistrate left.The current reduction in military pressure has given Sha Zhengming time to go back to Guangzhou to report on his work, where an important meeting is about to be held.

On August 1631, 8, Guangzhou New District, the second floor of the Prime Minister's residence.

The nondescript prime minister's residence has been completed and put into use for some time.At first glance, the building looks like a square building. If you look closely, the third floor seems to be a bit round, probably because the construction schedule was tight and the technical level was not enough.

It can only be said that painting a tiger is not an anti-dog.

However, this little awkwardness is nothing to the traveler, at most it is an after-dinner joke.After all, in the crazy development of the past few years, there are too many similar things to be listed on the hot search.

It doesn't matter, anyway, these ugly temporary buildings, including the supermarket version of the palace, will be demolished sooner or later.

As for the explainer. Of course, Mingren would not understand the stalk of the circular oval office, but they appreciate the mansion. After all, three-story reinforced concrete buildings are still a rare commodity these days.

Those who can enter the rare building are naturally rare people.

Today, the large conference room on the second floor of the mansion was once again full of people.The high-level crossing forces, including the heads of various departments that have been relocated to Guangzhou, were all present.

The most complete ones here are military personnel.Sha Zhengming, who rushed back by the fast boat, was already sitting steadily behind the long table in the outer ring smoking a cigarette.

The person presiding over the meeting was naturally the owner of the mansion, the chief assistant of the empire, Xia Xianze Xia Zhongtang.

The topic of today's meeting is to discuss how to deal with the ongoing battle that took place in the cold far north and determined the fate of Ming and Hou Jin in history: the Battle of Daling River.

After all the participants arrived, the first item was naturally the introduction of the campaign.The next moment, Wang Xiaohui, a chubby man in a white navy uniform, stood up, went to the wall and pulled off the flannelette, picked up the pointer, and began to explain to the large map of Northeast China on the wall.

Daling River was called Yushui in ancient times.

The Daling River and the Xiaoling River downstream run through the middle of the Liaoxi Corridor, and were the transportation hub connecting the Northeast and the Central Plains in ancient times.The Qi State conquered Shanrong in the north, Cao Wei conquered Wuhuan, Qian Yan conquered the Central Plains, Northern Qi attacked Khitan, and Sui and Tang pacified Koryo, all of which took the Daling River Valley as the main road.

In the northeast situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, apart from Lushun, which was alone behind the enemy, the Hou Jin had already occupied most of the Liaodong territory including Shenyang.

As a result, Mingguang Ningwei (Jinzhou) at the head of the Liaoxi Corridor faced enormous military pressure.Dalinghe Fort is just to the east of Jinzhou in later generations, within the jurisdiction of Linghai, a county-level city.

You can find it at a glance by opening the map. The location of Linghai City is at the top of the long and narrow Liaoxi Corridor.After passing through this place, it is the vast land of Liaodong, so the Dalinghe Fort, which is backed by Jinzhou, is undoubtedly the throat of the Liaoxi Corridor.

As early as the Apocalypse years, the government and the public of the Ming Dynasty, who suffered successive disastrous defeats, discovered that the field battle was not the opponent of the Houjin army, and began to try to adjust the national strategy. Dead Jiannu.

Although helpless, this strategy was the only choice for the Ming Dynasty at that time.There is no way, the field battle cannot be fought, and the Ming army lacks mobility and fighting will, so the turtle flow, which can take advantage of defense and scale, is the only correct choice.

Prior to this, Gao Di, the former governor of Liaodong, felt that the supply line was too far away and felt that he could not bear the pressure of the Houjin, so he ordered to abandon the Ming army facilities on the Jinzhou line of the Daling River and move the generals and civilians inward.

After that, the ruling and opposition parties went through a strategic see-saw with Hou Jin, and the fortification faction gradually gained the upper hand.During the reign of Tianqi, Yuan Chonghuan, then governor of Liaodong, ordered the Guanning Army to move forward after the Battle of Ningjin, trying to restore the two cities of Linghe and Linghe that were demolished by the Houjin Army.

The reason is simple: Dalinghe Fort is too important, no matter the advantages or disadvantages, they have to fight for it.

If the Ming army wanted to consolidate Liao, it had to build Dalinghe City, and if the Jin Dynasty wanted to attack Ming, it had to demolish the city.Therefore, as early as Yuan Chonghuan's governor of the Liao Dynasty, the competition between Ming and Jin for the two cities of Linghe and Linghe was very fierce.

However, things are not that simple.

Hou Jin's attack on Ning Jin was a battle far from the rear, and its combat effectiveness and logistical supply capabilities were limited.This is also the reason why the Houjin army finally retreated from the front line of Jinzhou in the Battle of Ningjin.

While fighting in the Daling River area, the logistics supply route of the Houjin troops was greatly shortened, and the combat effectiveness was correspondingly enhanced.

In contrast, the tortoises in the Ming Dynasty reached the critical point when they reached the front line of Dalinghe Fort, and the marginal effect was reduced.The two sides are fighting in this area, and no one will benefit.Considering the field advantage of the Houjin Army, the Ming Dynasty even suffered a disadvantage.

Facts have also proved this.

The Ming army rushed to repair Dalinghe Fort twice, but in the end they returned without success. Dalinghe Fort was repeatedly demolished by Houjin.Hou Jin would not allow the Dalinghe Fort, which could pose a huge threat to his own family, to be built.

Time continued to move, and at this point in August 1631, the Dalinghe Fort located on the banks of the Daling River once again became the winner of the front-line confrontation between the Ming and Jin Dynasties.

This matter has to start with the entry of Hou Jin Dajun last year.

It can be said that Hou Jin entered the customs for the first time in history, and it can be said to have achieved great success.After that, the Ming Kingdom, which suffered huge losses, organized a counterattack.

How to fight back?It is still rushing to repair Dalinghe Fort outside the pass.

In the original history, shortly after the Jin army withdrew from outside the pass, Emperor Chongzhen once again appointed the old minister Sun Chengzong to supervise the military affairs outside the pass. According to the established policy, he dispatched the main force of the Guanning army entrenched in Jinzhou to rush to build the Dalinghe Fort for the third time.

Facing the rebuilding of the Ming army, Huang Taiji certainly could not sit idly by.Subsequently, Huang Taiji mobilized 5 troops, including Mongolian soldiers, and set off from Shenyang on August 1631, 8. The troops were divided into two groups and went straight to Dalinghe Fort, which was being repaired.

Due to the short distance between Daling River and Shenyang, after just 7 days, the two armies of the Houjin Army converged in front of the gate of Daling River Fort on September 9st.

Having just snatched a ticket from the Ming Dynasty, the Houjin army with sufficient logistics, this time changed their attitude of attacking in the past, and carried out a long-term siege on the hastily repaired Dalinghe Fort.

After that, Huang Taiji adopted the tactic of encircling and attacking reinforcements, and eliminated 4 waves of Ming army reinforcements with a total number of more than 10.

The Zu Dashou Department, who was in charge of rushing to repair the Dalinghe Fort, was besieged for three months.In the end, after eating up all 2 soldiers and civilians in the city, Zu Dashou, who was awarded the title of "Ogre", left the city with 11 remnants to surrender on November 21.

Ten days later, on December 10, 1631, the Battle of Dalinghe ended.

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When Wang Xiaohui put down the pointer in his hand, the traversers sitting in the big meeting room also turned around one after another, sat upright, and returned to their proper posture during the meeting.

The next moment, Xia Xianze, who was sitting at the end of the long table, spoke: "After listening, let's talk about everything, and speak freely. Today is already August, and there is a situation about the Daling River in the northeast, how should we deal with it here. "

As soon as Xia Xianze finished speaking, a haha ​​came out of the empty conference room: "What are you going to do, the show is over."

Everyone turned their heads and saw that the person speaking was another traverser in a white military uniform: the commander of the Navy's First Fleet, Mu Longcheng.

Mu Longcheng, who is regarded as an old handsome guy among the crossing crowd, puts his hands behind his head and leans back, with a smile that sees through the world. He almost put his feet on the table: "Guan Ningjun and Huang Taiji Is it not a good thing to tear each other outside the pass and lose the Ming Field Army in the direction of Shanhaiguan? What else should we do?"

Speaking of which, seeing that the scene was still silent, Mu Longcheng shook his head and clarified his words: "Don't pretend, everyone seems to be really concerned about the country and the people. If you really want to interfere with your complacency, do it sooner." Why did you go? Today is already August 8st, and Zu Dashou has already started to build the city wall. Intervene, how can you interfere? Is it too late?"

Hearing what Mu Longcheng said became more and more shameless, Han Xiaobo, the commander of the army, coughed dryly and interrupted someone's speech: "Although we can sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight on the Daling River, it's not No interference. The army currently has half a battalion of 300 regular cavalry and 200 trainers deployed in Tianjin."

"Huang Taiji is bringing 5 younger brothers at the door this time. What's the use of your 300 cavalry?"

"It's okay to fight guerrillas and harass a little."

Mu Longcheng rolled his eyes when he heard the words, and stopped talking.

(End of this chapter)