Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Zhu Cijiong also suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Yingwei, with excitement in his eyes.

He didn't expect that Xu Yingwei actually planned to surprise Shengjing, but he liked Xu Yingwei's idea very much. Just thinking about the surprise attack on Shengjing, the old capital of the slaves, made him so excited.

After a long while, Li Cai finally recovered from the huge shock.

Li subconsciously wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare to refuse, because if he refused Xu Yingwei's conditions, it would be impossible for the Ming army to send troops to help him seize the heir apparent.

And once he can't be the son of the world, he loses his value.

In this case, the Ming army would imprison him for a long time at least, or even execute him at worst.

Thinking of this level, Li immediately made a decision, and said: "I would like to ask Mr. Xu to explain clearly, what should I do to help the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty seize Shengjing City?"

"It's very simple." Xu Yingwei said, "Go back to Shengjing, go back to your clan."

"Back to Shengjing?" Li didn't understand for a while, and asked again, "Then what should I do?"

Zhu Cijiong said: "The next thing will be even simpler. As soon as my Ming's heavenly soldiers arrive, you will lead the North Korean army to cooperate with us to wipe out the Jiannu in Shengjing City."

"Ah?" Li Wenyan's expression changed drastically.

"Your Highness King Ding, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to do this. There are quite a few slave-building followers in the North Korean Army, and I can't even command the five thousand North Korean troops in Shengjing City."

Xu Yingwei asked: "Then how many people can you control?"

After thinking for a while, Li said, "Up to 500 people."

"500 people is enough." Xu Yingwei said, "When my soldiers are killed outside Shengjing City, and you find a chance to open the gate of Shengjing City, the next thing will have nothing to do with you."

Li Wenyan breathed a sigh of relief, it didn't seem difficult to say that.

"Okay, you go back and get ready first." Xu Yingwei waved his hand and said, "Leave tonight."

"If that's the case, I will take my leave first." Li bowed to Zhu Cijiong and Xu Yingwei respectively, then turned and left Xu Yingwei's courtyard.

After Li left, Zhu Cijiong couldn't bear it anymore.

"Xu Gejian, is the surprise attack on Shengjing the will of the emperor?"

"No, the Holy Majesty didn't make a decree, but the minister's impromptu idea."

"What, impromptu idea?" Zhu Cijiong couldn't help being startled when he heard the words.

This is disobedience!But Zhu Cijiong didn't say that.

Because he was worried that after saying this, Xu Yingwei would change his mind and stop fighting Shengjing.

However, Xu Yingwei smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, King Ding. Although the surprise attack on Shengjing may be suspected of resisting the order, the Holy Majesty will definitely not blame you and me, because doing so is in line with the grand strategy set by the Holy Majesty."

"Grand strategy?" Zhu Cijiong was stunned, "What kind of grand strategy does Emperor Father have?"

"The Holy Majesty's grand strategy is to consume Jianu as much as possible before the decisive battle."

After talking about this, Xu Yingwei said: "Since our army came to Gaizhou at the beginning of the year, we have not actually achieved the strategic intention of consuming Jiannu, because Jiannu did not invest a single soldier in Gaizhou Guard, but this time, wait When we take Shengjing, Jiannu will definitely launch a crazy counterattack, and then we can severely consume Jiannu."

Xu Yingwei has the most thorough understanding of Chongzhen's strategy.

Many people think of completing all their achievements in one battle and fighting a beautiful strategic decisive battle, but they often ignore the long preparations before the strategic decisive battle.

This preparation process is like gaining momentum.

The greater the amount of water you have accumulated at a high place, the stronger the downward momentum will be when the gate is opened. Conversely, the less water you have accumulated, the weaker the downward momentum will be after the gate is opened.

At this time, a qualified commander will think about saving as much water as possible.

In addition to saving water as much as possible, an excellent commander will also try to destroy the opponent's water storage as much as possible, and increase his own chance of winning as much as possible.

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"Long live, and the prince, take a good look."

As Gao Qiqian spoke, he pulled lightly, followed by a brushing sound.

Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong looked up, and saw a huge scroll of yellow silk hanging on the north wall of Yilun Hall fell down, and when it was unfolded, it turned out to be a huge map.

This map occupies the entire huge wall.

It is conservatively estimated that it is at least six meters high and more than ten meters long.

"Long Live Lord, this is embroidered by the old slave and several slaves in the palace, which took half a month."

Gao Qiqian pointed at the huge map, his face turned into a daisy with a smile: "Every mountain, every river and every road on the map is embroidered according to the new full map drawn by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already drawn up the entire map of Daming.

It must be admitted that this version of the complete map of Ming Dynasty is very close to the maps of later generations.

After several years of busy work, the basic subjects of Ming Dynasty have been established one after another, including geography.

"Gao Banban, you have a heart." Chongzhen couldn't help but praise, the eunuch really knows how to serve people.

With this complete map of the Ming Dynasty, it will be much more intuitive when making decisions related to the dispute between the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the future. Having a map is convenient and clear at a glance.

Zhu Cihong scanned the map, then turned to Chongzhen and said, "Father, my son is unclear about something."

Chongzhen noticed that Zhu Cilang was looking at Sichuan Province just now, so he asked, "Do you want to ask, why did Emperor Father launch the Sichuan War at the beginning of the year?"

"That's it." Zhu Cihong asked puzzledly, "This year and next year are the most critical two years for accumulating national strength and fighting the decisive battle with Jiannu. Shouldn't we be accumulating strength at this time?"

Chongzhen said: "It's right to accumulate strength, but you can't give up eating because of choking."

"Give up food because of choking?" Zhu Cihong asked in confusion, "What is the explanation of father's words?"

Chongzhen said: "Father's meaning is very simple. The battle of Sichuan will not consume too much national power, and it will not affect the strategic decisive battle with Jiannu, but on the contrary, the battle of Sichuan can be used to train troops."

"Military training?" Hearing this, Zhu Cihong somewhat understood Chongzhen's intentions.

"That's right, it's military training." Chongzhen said, "The chances for the new army to participate in actual combat are still a bit small. Only [-] new troops were used to quell the Yunnan Rebellion, and only [-] new troops were dispatched to Gaizhou Weigagukou. The new army, and a considerable part of the new army first participated in the battle of Yunnan, and then went to Gaizhouwei or Dagukou."

"This leaves a serious shortage of recruits with actual combat experience."

"As of now, less than one-tenth of the new army has actual combat experience."

Of the 27 new troops, less than 3 have actual combat experience, which is indeed a low percentage.

Speaking of this, Chongzhen said again: "If you fight Jiannu at this time, the Ming army will have one of the most fatal weaknesses compared with Jiannu, and the actual combat experience is too scarce!"

Without actual combat experience, the results are disastrous.

Especially at the beginning of the war, there will be huge casualties.

Because almost all Jiannu's side are veterans who have experienced many battles.

Because of this, Chongzhen launched the Battle of Sichuan, and transferred nearly half of the new army to Sichuan, with the purpose of allowing the new army officers and soldiers to receive battlefield training.

Although the combat effectiveness of the rebellious soldiers is far inferior to that of Jiannu, it still allows the new army to accumulate some experience.

Even if there is no war, it is beneficial to let the new army go to Sichuan and walk the Shu Road.

"So that's the case." Zhu Cihong nodded suddenly, and said again, "So, the emperor transferred [-] new troops from Wuchang to Nanjing and Xuzhou more than a month ago, and he also wanted to use Jian slaves to train soldiers?"

More than a month ago, Chongzhen adjusted the deployment of troops again.

Yang Weizhi's 15 town soldiers have returned to Yunnan, and Qin Liangyu has only [-] Huguang town soldiers left under his command. In addition, Li Xiangjun still has [-] Zunyi soldiers under his command. The remaining [-] new troops have returned to Wuchang. Wan Xinjun was transferred to Xuzhou and Nanjing by Chongzhen.

Among them, [-] new troops were transferred to Xuzhou.

The remaining [-] new troops were transferred to Nanjing.

Zhu Cihong didn't understand Chongzhen's intentions before.

But now he has figured it out, it's still for training.

Chongzhen nodded and said: "There is such a plan, but it may not be possible."

"Because Jiannu must have planted many spies in our Daming territory, it is not difficult to know that we are not ready for a decisive battle with Jiannu, so Jiannu may ignore our offensive posture on the Xuzhou battlefield , then the [-] new troops transferred to Xuzhou will not have the opportunity to train."

After a short pause, he continued, "However, the [-] new troops in Nanjing should have a chance."

Zhu Cihong also said clearly: "Father, so Dagukou is going to make a big move?"

"It's not just Dagukou." Chongzhen said with a slight smile, "The action in Liaodong may be even bigger."

In fact, before deciding to send Zhu Cijiong to lead the troops to North Korea, Chongzhen had already brewed a plan in his mind, a plan to stop with static, a plan that could greatly consume the manpower, material and military strength of the slaves. Do everything possible to consume Jiannu's manpower, material and military strength, and weaken Jiannu's war potential as much as possible.

Then a month ago, after receiving an urgent message from Xu Yingwei, the plan finally took shape.

For the sake of confidentiality, Chongzhen didn't even reveal a word about his two sons.

"Liaodong?" Zhu Cihong's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked in surprise, "Father, Xu Yingwei and the third younger brother will not send troops to attack Shengjing, the old capital of Jiannu, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Chengen and Gao Qiqian next to him were also surprised.

Chongzhen said: "Xu Yingweitang didn't mention it in the newspaper, but I predict that he will attack Shengjing."

"But, Father, didn't you issue an imperial edict to strictly prohibit Xu Yingwei from attacking without authorization?" Zhu Cihong said, "Could it be that Xu Yingwei still dares to resist the edict?"

"Don't you hear that the general is not accepting the order of the king outside?"

Smiling, Chongzhen went on to say: "What's more, Xu Yingwei was originally a character of daring to do something. If such a good opportunity is missed, then he is no longer Xu Yingwei."

Chongzhen still knew Xu Yingwei quite well.