Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

The news of the change in southern Liaoning quickly reached the Great Khan Lianhua who was still in Hetuala. After taking Hetuala, the capital of the Manchus, Sultan found that the city had become an empty city. Not only was there no grain left in the treasury, but all the people in the city had also moved away. The Horqin prince Dushihuoer led his army in pursuit, but only captured three teams that were migrating north and brought back 3,000 Manchu people.

"Haha, Bahai wants to build a strong defense and use logistics to drag down our army!" The great Khan Lianhua said to himself and saw through the enemy's trick at a glance.

But what? Snow and cold are the biggest enemies of the Guards. The long supply line and bad weather make the Guards' military supplies insufficient. The right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, Harahuli, who is responsible for logistics, reported that the current military rations are only enough for the army for two months, the fodder is only enough for the horses for three months, and there is not enough gunpowder and artillery shells. Even the arrogant Khan had to bow to reality and sighed helplessly: "We have just arrived in Hetuala, and it is so difficult to get supplies. If we go to Ningguta, which is farther away, God knows what will happen! Let the army stop in Hetuala to rest and wait until the end of April when the snow and wind are less, and then march again. Send a message to Shenyang, and send the supplies needed by the army as soon as possible at all costs."

The army cannot be too idle, otherwise it is easy to cause trouble. The Great Khan, who has been in power for a long time, naturally knows this and uses the rare rest period to strengthen training. In addition to military affairs, he also has politics in his eyes. He sent envoys to the Solon and Jurchen tribes to publicize David's good governance, grant official positions and make promises to win them over. These tribes are the foundation of the Qing army in Ningguta. If they give up their support for the Qing army, the enemy's doom will soon come. Kesharhuda and Bahai, father and son, have guarded Ningguta for many years and led the army to repel the invasion of Tsarist Russia many times. They have a high prestige among the tribes outside the Great Wall. It is difficult to get those tribes to abandon the Qing and return to the Wei. The envoys sent out one after another, although some tribes showed two-faced, but so far there is still no one who is really willing to surrender to the Wei. The Great Khan is not in a hurry, waiting for those tribes to change their attitudes like waiting for his own supplies. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. As long as you work hard, you can grind an iron rod into a needle. I am not in a hurry, I will wait slowly. Little did he know that instead of waiting for good news, he received the battle report from King Baoyin of Chu.

When Baoyin reported in the first battle report that the Qing army crossed the sea to aid Liao, that Fuzhou garrison commander Gu Si rebelled and forced prefect Pan Zonghan to surrender to the enemy, that Liaonan Town Zuoying guerrilla commander Yang Hui and Jinzhou garrison commander Jin Weifan died of inexplicable poisoning, and that Jinzhou prefect Chen Zhanyuan died for his country, he was so angry that he slammed the imperial desk and said, "Little Sanzi is incompetent. Why didn't you send more troops to garrison Liaonan? You are causing trouble for my rear at the critical moment. How annoying!"

The dragon was furious, as loud as thunder, and none of the ministers dared to respond. It was the veteran Guanglingbo Tarhun who said something fair: "I thought that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command. The Khan ordered him to sweep the remnants of the Qing army in southern Liaoning and intimidate Korea. After taking away 6,000 elite soldiers, southern Liaoning was naturally empty of troops. It can't be blamed entirely on His Royal Highness. Besides, His Royal Highness has completely wiped out the army left by Bahai in southern Liaoning and forced Korea to pay tribute, so the merits and demerits can be offset." Tarhun was a veteran of the David Kingdom and the seventh uncle of Queen Ulijibayar. He had made many military achievements. If he had not been a member of the Queen's family, the Khan would have worried that the power of the foreign relatives would be too great and affect the imperial power, so he deliberately suppressed it and only conferred him the second-class Guanglingbo. His merits were enough to make him a marquis.

Although he deliberately suppressed the title, the Great Khan still respected this veteran very much. After listening to him, he thought for a moment and nodded, "Guanglingbo is right. We can't blame the third son entirely. He really has too few soldiers and horses. He has to annihilate the remnants of Bahai left in southern Liaoning, and deal with Korea, which is in a dilemma. Southern Liaoning is full of beaches for landing and lacks navy."

Seeing that the Khan agreed with his point of view, Tarhun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was the seventh uncle of the Queen and naturally a loyal supporter of the Crown Prince Zhuo Ligetu. Because his mother was of humble status and had no chance of becoming Khan, Prince Chu Baoyin had always been on good terms with the Crown Prince. In his eyes, he was one of his own, so he naturally spoke for Prince Chu. The old general continued to advise: "Khan, the most urgent task is to annihilate the Qing troops that have landed as soon as possible to prevent them from harassing our rear."

"Khan, I think the Qing Dynasty does not have many warships in the north and its transportation capacity is limited. The number of Qing troops landing will not exceed 20,000. Therefore, there is no need to send additional troops to southern Liaoning. We only need to order Babai, the chief of the southern desert, to assist His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and then come to Hetuala after the Qing army is annihilated," suggested Grand Secretary Bobe.

"No, even if the Qing troops that landed were annihilated, Babai doesn't have to come to Hetuala. He can just stay there and help Baoyin defend southern Liaoning. Alas, we don't have a navy. We must leave more soldiers to prevent the enemy from coming again," Sultan ordered after thinking. He had his own considerations. Ningguta has a bad climate and inconvenient transportation. If there are too many troops, the logistical pressure will be too great. When attacking Jianzhou, there were more than 80,000 troops, and thousands were lost in the war. Thousands more were needed to stay in various places. If Babai's 7,000 troops were left in southern Liaoning, the army that could be used to attack Ningguta would be less than 70,000. Although the number of troops was reduced, the burden of logistics was objectively reduced.

"The Khan is wise," Bobe praised hurriedly.

"Hmph! Navy~Navy~" the Great Khan muttered to himself, and suddenly said fiercely: "Order the formation of the Liaodong Navy, temporarily divided into two camps, Jinzhou and Haizhou. Each camp will have a thousand officers and soldiers and forty warships. Naval ports will be built in Haizhou and Jinzhou, and a shipyard will be built in Haizhou. Seter will be stationed in Jinzhou as the navy lieutenant general, in charge of the Jinzhou water camp and the Haizhou water camp. Ayuqi will be stationed in Haizhou as the navy guerrilla, in charge of the Haizhou water camp. In addition, we will investigate the locations of suitable naval ports in Jinzhou, Gaizhou and Fuzhou for future use. Hmph! The two hundred thousand taels of silver presented to me by the Kingdom of Korea does not need to be transported to Shenyang. All of it should be kept in southern Liaoning for the construction of the navy."

"Your Majesty, Seter and Ayuqi are too young and not good at naval warfare. Isn't it too risky to hand over the navy to them?" Left Censor-in-Chief Hu Lianqi expressed his concerns. Although Seter and Ayuqi were both Mongolian nobles with strong backgrounds, the governor was devoted to the country, so why would he be afraid of offending the powerful?
"It is precisely because they are young that they can learn naval warfare faster and better. If we send those old men, I am afraid that no matter how hard they try, they will not be able to learn it." Sultan looked at Hu Lianqi and smiled, "Hu Qing, in fact, I also know that the Han people are better at naval warfare, but most of the Han people who surrendered to me are civil officials, and there are very few military generals, and most of them are surrendered generals. I am not at ease with these surrendered generals, and Gu Si is an example. The navy is a money-eating beast, and the silver spent is huge. If they are allowed to surrender to the Qing Dynasty with the navy that was built with great difficulty, I will not have time to cry. However, you are right, they really have no experience in naval warfare. How about this, select a thousand soldiers who can sail from the various armies in southern Liaoning, and then recruit a thousand sailors on the coast. Tell Setel to pay attention to discovering talents, whether they are fishermen or pirates, as long as they know how to sail and are good at naval warfare, they will be given official positions and silver." (End of this chapter)