Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 203 The full lineup of famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty

Time entered June, and when the entire Ming Dynasty was mobilized, its war potential fully exploded.

Sun Chuanting and more than [-] generals Qingqi arrived in Guangning City on the eve of the first day of June, and their arrival will also announce the countdown to the battle to recover Liaodong.

More than [-] regular soldiers arrived in Tianjin ten days ago, and then began to board ships and rush to various places in Liaodong.

The auxiliary soldiers accompanying the army also took sea ships and went to Gaizhou, Kuandian and other places.

The [-] [-]-stock grain transport ships, [-] [-]-stock grain transport ships, and more than [-] [-]-stock, [-]-stock, and even [-]-stock merchant ships under the supervision of the Yumajian were recruited to transport troops. .

For a time, the entire north was turbulent, and under such turbulence, Zhu Youjian met the commanders of various ministries recruited by him in the Guangning Jinglue Mansion...

During the two years of counter-insurgency, Sun Chuanting, Wu Aheng, Yang Wenyue, Hong Chengchou and others were all tanned and stronger.

In the meeting hall of the Liaodong Jinglue Mansion, there were hundreds of chairs, all of which were the generals of the battalions, the commanders of the guards, and the generals of the various ministries.
Sitting in the main seat are Qi Wang and Zhu Youjian, the general manager of the Liao Dynasty.

On the left and right of Zhu Youjian were Sun Yingyuan, who commanded the Three Guards Army, and Cao Wenzhao, who commanded the Third Battalion of Duogan.

The two are like King Kong on the left and right, guarding Zhu Youjian, and the two left and right behind Zhu Youjian are Xiong Tingbi, the economic strategist of Liaodong, and Yuan Yingtai, one of the chief envoys of Liaodong.

Next to Yuan Yingtai is Sun Chengzong, who is also the chief envoy.

Sun Chengzong's next six people are Qi Jin, the general soldier of Liaoyang, Qin Bangping, the general soldier of Shenyang, Qin Liangyu, the wife of Zheng Yipin, Ma Xianglin, the general soldier of Zunyi, Qin Minping, the general soldier of Zhenjiang, and Qin Banghan, the general soldier of Jinzhou.

As for the five people including You Shigong, Qi Yuangong, Qi Yuanfu, and Qi Yuanbi, they stayed behind in Shenyang, Liaoyang, and Zhenjiang.

As for the left head and Xiong Tingbi going down, there are the same six rows of chairs, and the people sitting on the chairs are Man Gui, the general soldier of Daning, He Shixian, the general soldier of Kaiyuan, Sun Chuanting, the general soldier of the Liao Dynasty, Hong Chengchou, the general soldier of the Liao Dynasty, General Aid to Liao Wu Aheng, General Aid Liao Yang Wenyue...

It is not difficult to see from the official positions that the imperial court has not yet decided on the official positions of some of them.

The reason is very simple, that is, the battle to revive the Liao Dynasty is about to start. Instead of being canonized now, it is better to wait for the end of the war and Zhu Youjian to return to the capital before canonization.

Zhu Youjian knew all the people in the hall very well, but Zhu Youjian was very unfamiliar with most of them.

Although they all knew that Zhu Youjian defeated the Bayo tribe, set up the Three Guards of Daning outside the Great Wall, let the Karaqin tribe surrender through trade, and defeated the rebels of the White Lotus Sect and Wenxiang Sect internally.

But in any case, these achievements can hardly conceal his age.

In terms of merit, although Zhu Youjian is not comparable to the generals, don't forget that the credits that the generals can obtain are all based on his mobilization.

When Zhu Youjian did not mobilize troops to the southwest, no one believed that She Chongming would rebel.

However, the fact is that he not only rebelled, but also successfully led the chieftains in the Southwest to rebel together.

There is still no sign of the end of the rebellion, perhaps Zhu Xieyuan still needs to be busy in Guinan for a while.

The generals were silent because they didn't know how to speak, and Zhu Youjian, as the general manager of the Liao Dynasty, could be said to be the first.

If it is said that the children of the Ming clan, princes, and emperors led the army, it is not without precedent. Whether it is King Sai in the early Ming Dynasty, or Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Houzhao later, they are all examples.

In terms of age, at the age of thirteen, Zhu Zhanji was brought by Zhu Di to conquer the north and south, and at the age of fifteen he personally led the cavalry to chase the northern captives. This is already a representative of a heroic boy.

But in terms of position, Zhu Wenzheng is undoubtedly a role model for the clan.

When Zhu Wenzheng followed his mother to seek refuge with his uncle Zhu Yuanzhang, he was only a teenager, but he was brave and good at fighting, so that the generals of the army did not dare to underestimate him.

Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to attack Jiqing (Nanjing), Zhu Wenzheng took the lead. He won Jiqing at the age of [-], and was promoted to the Privy Council because of his military exploits.

Five years later, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the Privy Council to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and appointed Zhu Wenzheng, a member of the Privy Council, as the Metropolitan Governor to control Chinese and foreign military forces. At this time, Zhu Wenzheng was only twenty-five years old.

In contrast, when Zhu Di was twenty-five years old, he only commanded more than ten thousand troops and was training in Beiping.

But now it's all right, Zhu Wenzheng's record will be surpassed by Zhu Youjian...

"The sand table is here, and you can speak freely if you have any ideas."

In the meeting hall, Zhu Youjian took the initiative to speak, and did not belittle the generals because of his past achievements, but accepted advice humbly.

To be honest, he didn't think that with his current level, he could decide the direction of such a big battle.

There were [-] soldiers on both sides of the Ming and Jin Dynasties alone. Such a scale is worthy of a page in the entire military history.

Zhu Youjian used to command hundreds of thousands of troops to fight in the north and south, but it was commanded by remote control. The actual commanders were Zhu Xieyuan and Xiong Tingbi.

Now that it's practical, he can put forward opinions and listen to them, but he can't just go his own way.

Therefore, when he glanced at the people in the hall, it was Xiong Tingbi who spoke first:

"In my opinion, the heavy troops should be placed in Shenyang and divided into two groups."

"Attack Tieling and Kaiyuan all the way, recover the Liaodong Great Wall in the north, and go eastward along the Hun River to recover Fushun."

"If we can regain Saarhu City on this basis, then it will be enough to severely damage the old slave."

"As for the two roads of Liaoyang and Kuandian, in view of the high mountains and dense forests in the east, and the rugged terrain of the road, it is still necessary to fight steadily and use the five-pound cannon to gnaw down the stone fortresses of Jianlu one by one."

"Right now, Liaoshen and Zhenjiang have plenty of military rations. Even if they fight for a year, they still have capital. This old slave can't afford it."

When Xiong Tingbi said this, he had actually explained the tactics in great detail, so everyone couldn't help but nodded in approval.

Zhu Youjian also knows that this is the safest and safest tactic. After all, flying dragons can win by riding on the face and fighting hard. It is true that there is no need to take too much risk to go deep into Hetuala.

"Jinglue, I have a question..."

Suddenly, someone spoke, and Zhu Youjian, Xiong Tingbi, and everyone looked over, and what they saw was Hong Chengchou who was bowing.

"Hong Zongbing just ask questions." Zhu Youjian is very concerned about Hong Chengchou's opinion. After all, apart from those things after Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou's ability in history is definitely the top three level of the Chongzhen Dynasty. , it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first.

Lu Xiangsheng died early in battle, Yuan Keli was also frozen, and Sun Chuanting was still imprisoned...

The potential of these people has not been brought into play, and their historical records are naturally not as good as Hong Chengchou's.

"The lower officer thought that with the old slave's previous method of using troops, he might use light cavalry to go around the mountain road, and when our army's artillery arrived at the front line, he would make a detour in the rear and disrupt our army's arrangement."

Hong Chengchou accurately stated that Nurhachi might implement a tactic of avoiding and not fighting against the artillery of the Ming army, and once this tactic was proposed, everyone was vigilant.

Only Xiong Tingbi and Zhu Youjian had already guessed that Nurhachi might do this, so they made preparations early.

Zhu Youjian answered Hong Chengchou's question and said to him:

"When the war begins, the Four Cavalry Guards will be stationed in Guangning all the time. Once they find out that the Jian captives have taken a detour and entered our Liao land on Qingqi, they will attack overnight and join forces with troops from all over the country to encircle and suppress this army."

"In addition, Liaoyang, Shenyang and other grain roads that are most likely to be disturbed will go by water with the army. If the situation is not good, the artillery on the grain transport ship will fire, so don't worry."

"If that's the case, then there's no doubt about being an official." Hong Chengchou also withdrew his bow when he heard Zhu Youjian and Xiong Tingbi's arrangement.

"Do you have any questions?" Zhu Youjian glanced at the crowd and asked, but no one answered the question.

To put it bluntly, it is because the tactics of this battle are very simple, because every soldier and horse drawn out is the main force, which is a quantity that Nurhachi can't eat in one breath.

So no one had any objections at all, and when Zhu Youjian saw this scene, he also stated the route he and Xiong Tingbi re-established:

"The battle to restore Liao is divided into four routes, Shenyang occupies two routes, and Daning can't defend it."

"The Ninth Battalion of the Zhejiang Army is under the jurisdiction of General Qi Jin, the Ninth Battalion of the Shenyang Army is under the jurisdiction of Xiong Jinglue, and the Sixth Battalion of the Liao Army is under the jurisdiction of General He Shixian. The [-]th Battalion is stationed outside the northern city of Shenyang..."

"In addition, the headquarters of Yang Wenyue's general army, the headquarters of Wu Aheng's general army and the eleventh battalion were also stationed outside the northern city of Shenyang. Soldiers, one hundred and six thousand people."

"The second route, the headquarters of Sun Chuanting's general army, the headquarters of Sun Yingyuan's general army, and the headquarters of Cao Wenzhao's general army, including the thirteenth battalion of three guards, with more than [-] people, set out from the east of Shenyang, broke Fushun, and waited for an opportunity to recover Sa Erhu, if you can't take it back, don't force it."

"The third route of soldiers and horses, led by Hong Chengchou's general headquarters, controlled the sixth battalion of You Shigong's general headquarters and the fourth battalion of Ma Xianglin's general headquarters, a total of [-] battalions with more than [-] people, and marched eastward through the Taizi River in Liaoyang , regain Qinghe Fort, and join forces at Yaful Pass."

"The fourth army..." Speaking of this army, Zhu Youjian looked at Qin Liangyu, who was sitting on a chair, five feet two three inches tall, and well-proportioned.

Although she is nearly fifty years old, it can still be seen that she is the kind of person who was also heroic when she was young.

"Old Madam Qin, I want you to be in charge of the soldiers of the Fourth Route together with General Qin Bangping. What do you think?"

Zhu Youjian used the "I" to express his closeness, and he even used your respectful address.

Such a posture made Qin Liangyu a little restless, and he quickly stood up and bowed in return:

"Your Highness arranged, how can the old woman refuse to accept the reason? My brother has been confronted with Jianlu for two years, so he is naturally more familiar with the old woman. This fourth army should be under the control of my brother."

Qin Liangyu didn't mean to be courteous, but she thought it should be arranged like this.

Seeing her serious appearance, Zhu Youjian understood that this was not a joke, so he said to Qin Bangping:
"Old General Qin, the fourth route consists of the Liaodong Seventh Battalion under the headquarters of the three generals Qi Yuangong, Qi Yuanfu, and Qin Minping, and the two battalions of Sichuan soldiers under the old general's headquarters, and the sixth battalion of Sichuan soldiers under Mrs. Qin's command. More than [-] people marched northward from Kuandian, and joined forces with the third army at Yahu Pass."

"The last general takes orders!" Qin Bangping got up and bowed solemnly, and the other generals also stood up and bowed after hearing the words.

From this, the four routes of soldiers and horses, a total of [-] battalions of three guards, and more than [-] soldiers and horses were formed.

Behind them, there is the Liaodong Tenth Battalion, the Daning Three Guards and the Four Cavalry Guards to protect the rear, with a total of nearly [-] soldiers and horses.

However, this is a mobilization of soldiers and horses, so it will not be discussed.

"Folkmen from all walks of life, report it after you have done your calculations."

Zhu Youjian continued to speak, and this was the big head.

The population of Liaodong has exceeded [-] million through the migration of Henan people, and most of them do not have their own arable land.

Zhu Youjian has even figured out how to recruit civilian husbands at the lowest price.

Naturally, this price cannot be corvee, but...

"Recruiting civilian husbands, in addition to the rice of the disaster victims, three catties of rice will be distributed every day, and then the victims will come to recruit civilian husbands. After the Tieling and other places are conquered, each person will be given three acres of arable land."

As soon as Zhu Youjian opened his mouth, everyone's hearts tightened.

This is a big deal, a real big deal, and they all know why Zhu Youjian dares to make such a big deal.

It's very simple. Tangqi of the Ming army has long been aware of the forcible relocation of Han people in Fushun, Puhesuo and other places.

Not to mention anything else, the arable land in these two lands alone has hundreds of thousands of mu, which can be distributed to nearly [-] peasants.

Based on Lao Nu's current relocation method, it is not ruled out that he will relocate the people of Tieling and Kaiyuan to the rear later.

Where is this rear?Zhu Youjian didn't know either, but he knew which way this guy was going.

It's just that this matter can't be said, so Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said, "Do you still have any questions?"

Zhu Youjian asked, but the generals looked at me and I looked at you, no one wanted to speak.

"If that's the case, then..."

"Cough cough..."

Zhu Youjian was about to end the meeting, but he didn't want a general sitting in the back row to cough suddenly, Zhu Youjian and everyone also looked at him.

This general was strong and strong, seeing everyone looking at him, he still couldn't stop hiccupping, his face flushed red.

"Wang Chong! This is discussing the resumption of the Liao war. If you want to hiccup, go out!"

Lu Qin, the general of Taiyuan in the crowd, frowned, and he could tell that Wang Chong belonged to him.

When Wang Chong was scolded, he immediately knelt down on one knee, hiccupped and said:

"Your Highness... hiccup... the general... hiccup... the general choked on eating too many cakes."

"Hahahaha..." Hearing Wang Chong's words, Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing, and all the generals followed suit.

Lu Qin also looked embarrassed, and Wang Chong was about to choke to death.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian picked up his own tea, got up and walked to Wang Chong, and handed out the tea with one hand:
"Drink, don't tell others that the generals of Fu Liao have no water to drink."

"Thank... Thank you, Your Highness..." Wang Chong thanked hurriedly, then took the tea and drank it in one gulp, and he calmed down after a while.

Seeing his appearance, Zhu Youjian didn't blame him, but patted him on the shoulder, and then said to everyone:
"Okay, the discussion is over, let's all step back, Man Guiyou stay."

People with a discerning eye knew that Zhu Youjian had something to tell Man Gui about what he said, but they couldn't stay and listen, so everyone bowed in return, sang His Highness's thousand years old, and then left the hall.

Zhu Youjian watched them exit the hall, and then smiled at Man Gui:
"How? Didn't arrange things for you, are you depressed?"

"If you say you're not depressed, that's a lie..." A bitter smile appeared on Man Gui's black face, and Zhu Youjian also smiled when he saw this:
"You are not allowed to participate in the Battle of Liao Dynasty because I have more important things for you to do."

After all, Zhu Youjian pointed to Kaiyuan Road in the north of Tieling:

"The Fusi of Beizhen investigated the news. The old slave is currently farming in Wuyewuwei. Presumably, he is planning to build Wuyewuwei into the second Hetuala."

"In this way, the old slave will inevitably move more than [-] Han Chinese from Tieling Kaiyuan and other places to this place, and if they leave the pastures of the Horqin Department at that time, then I need you to lead the iron cavalry to pursue them."

"From Daning?" Man Gui's eyes lit up, and his heart was itchy, after all, he had been resting for almost three years.

"No, from Guangning!" Zhu Youjian measured the sand table with his hand and said:
"From Kaiyuan to Wuyewuwei, the distance is five hundred and twenty miles. If they move the people, they will have to walk fifty miles a day at most."

"You and I sit in Guangning. If they really relocate the people, even if Guangning is a thousand miles away from Wuyewuwei, the four cavalry guards and the three guard cavalry in Daning in your hand, totaling more than [-] cavalry, are all alone Four horses for one poor horse."

"In terms of horse speed, it doesn't need to be as fast as the last attack on the Bayo tribe. It only needs to attack and kill Xiangwuyewuwei within ten days. It is best to get back the people of Liaodong."

"If these people are relocated to Wuyewuwei, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of people will not survive even [-] people."

Zhu Youjian's words made Man Gui's heart sink, and he immediately nodded heavily and said:

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the general will know!"

Man Gui's reaction made Zhu Youjian a little satisfied. He patted Man Gui on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"I kept you here mainly because I was afraid that you would feel frustrated without you in this battle. Now that you know everything, you should prepare well. Eat more during this time, and don't rush back like last time and become as thin as a bamboo pole."

"Hey, that's not going to happen." Man Gui grinned, and then bowed to express his resignation, and Zhu Youjian also waved his hand to signal him to retreat.

Seeing this, Man Gui also turned and left, while Zhu Youjian looked at his back, sighed, and looked up at the sky outside the courtyard of Jinglue Mansion:

"It's finally about to start..."

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"Hurry up!"

"Snapped--"

Tieling, when Zhu Youjian still thought that Nurhachi would wait for the autumn harvest to grab the grain and then relocate the people, but he didn't want Nurhachi to choose to leave the soldiers to harvest and drive most of the people out of the pass.

The destination where they were expelled was also Wuyewuwei who was inquired by Beizhen Fusi.

Several Jian captives took four or five women together, two of the older women kept weeping, while the two younger ones didn't care and laughed freely.

Two Jian captives chased after them to snatch these women, and even several Jian captives fought against each other and fought together...

"Don't fight for women!"

The behavior of several Jianlu was seen by a general, who whipped them on their backs with a whip, and when they saw this, they nodded frantically like chickens pecking at rice.

But after the general left, a prisoner carried a young woman to the tree to have sex with him, and the other two women were also raped. The old woman cried and begged not to, and the two young women also cried.

But even so, it can't stop Jianlu's strength, and he can't break free after all.

When they met, the Jianlu who followed behind saw this and surrounded them with a smile. After a while, more than ten Jianlu gathered around, and some of them were drawn from the women who were driven away.

Half an hour passed before Jianlu slowly left this place, and after another half an hour, there were only a dozen or so naked female corpses left on the side of the road...

Seeing this, the passing Han people sighed and covered their faces and sobbed...

It's just that while they were weeping, the prisoners who committed the atrocity were laughing and discussing how the woman who died just now felt like, as if for them, such behavior was commonplace.

Naturally, when they committed these atrocities, the general in red armor on the short hill in the distance took off his helmet, revealing his face hidden under the helmet.

"How many acres of land has Wuye Wuwei reclaimed now..."

The red-armored general was Daishan, and the person he asked was naturally Amin who was in charge of land reclamation.

Facing Daishan's inquiry, Amin only felt boring, so he responded:
"[-] mu have been reclaimed, but more than [-] people have died. It's a pity..."

The pity in A Min's mouth is that these people died too early and too fast. It would be better if they could cultivate more before they died.

"It's not bad. The stone fortress in Beishan has also gradually reclaimed more than [-] mu."

"Not counting Kaiyuan and Tieling now, my Dajin has more than [-] mu of farmland."

Dai Shan didn't care about the life and death of the Han people, he just glanced at the Han people who were being driven away and said:

"Wu Ye Wu Wei is still a little unsafe. You take this group of slaves back this time, remember not to use them too hard."

"After reclaiming Wuyewuwei, you can try to move them north to Ciluwei again. Ciluwei is more level than Wuyewuwei."

Daishan was explaining to Amin, but Amin frowned and said:
"Ciluwei is too far away, there are still five hundred miles away from Wuyewuwei. When it comes to attacking the Ming Kingdom, it will not be easy to mobilize food and grass..."

"Call back?" Hearing Amin's words, Daishan frowned.

To be honest, he didn't think Dajin could easily fight back to Liaodong, and even in his opinion, the most important thing to do right now was to move all Hetuala's craftsmen to Wuyewuwei or Ciluwei.

Although the merchants in Liaodong were unable to move around, they still had other means to obtain some unimportant information, so Daishan also knew that the current Ming Dynasty was still continuing to deploy troops.

Right now, Liaodong has enough soldiers and horses, almost three times that of Dajin, and under such a situation, the Ming Dynasty is still continuing to mobilize troops...

When he heard the news, what Daishan felt was an unprecedented pressure.

Being able to mobilize so many soldiers and horses can only show that Daming's "reform" was successful, and the advantage of Dajin has gradually become smaller or even disappeared under the deployment of the Ming army.

Daishan didn't know what his Khan Amanuerhachi was thinking, but judging by his intelligence, it was almost impossible to win this battle.

The Ming army prepared enough food and supplies, and mobilized enough soldiers and horses.

Although Daishan does not yet know the specific plan of the Ming army to send troops, in his opinion, Tieling and Kaiyuan must be the main direction of attack, otherwise his Khan Ama would not let him move the women and children of Tieling and Kaiyuan in advance, leaving only men .

Leaving only men means that they need to be snapped up when necessary.

Dajin’s family background, Daishan, knows that since the trade with North Korea was cut off a few months ago, Dajin’s grain has basically fluctuated above and below the red line.

The reason why there is still room for floating is also because Dajin followed Horqin's route and bought grain from Harqin at a high price.

As for the silver for grain?Since they are not planning to take control of Liaodong, those Han gentry living in Dajin do not need to be sympathized.

It was the bloody silver found on them that helped Da Jin survive until now.

But now it seems that the Ming army is not even ready to give them the opportunity of the autumn harvest.

Looking at the posture of deploying troops, it is obvious that the troops will be mobilized before the autumn harvest begins, and if the Ming army wants to mobilize troops before the autumn harvest, then all the plans of Dajin will need to be overthrown and restarted.

It's just that this plan has nothing to do with me. Right now, I only need to be responsible for the migration of women and children.

Thinking of this, Daishan let out a foul breath, and tightened the reins in his hand, whispering:
"After this battle is over, I don't know how many children will survive..."

(End of this chapter)