Outside Datong in the west, Zhu Youjian was robbing girls, showing off his martial arts, and forming an alliance with Lin Dan Batur. He also gained the title of one Wuliangha Ten Thousand Households of Orduo and most of the territory of Da Qingshan. .....I am so happy.
And after being extremely happy, it is very likely that there will be sadness!
The reason for the sadness is, of course, that Huang Taiji, the Donglu, did not develop according to the road map of his previous life - Huang Taiji was not reborn with a script. How did he know that his first entrance battle should take place in October of the third year of Tiancong? ? And even if he really knows, he has to do it in advance!
Because in his previous life, he met a foolish king who thought he was a saint. He was deceived by Yuan Chonghuan, a braggadocio who focused on strengthening Liaoxi, ignoring the defenses of Jizhen, Xuanfu, and Datong, and even had a fight with Hutu Dunhan. A lose-lose melee.
Yuan Chonghuan also made many stupid moves. On the one hand, he started selling grain to support the famine-stricken Mongolia, causing a lot of grain to be resold for future money; on the other hand, he killed Dongjiang Mao Wenlong and thought wildly about how to kill his commander and use him. Soldiers...
Faced with such two opponents who were making mistakes one after another, Huang Taiji could naturally prepare for the battle calmly and not be in a hurry to enter.
But now the Southern Emperor, who has become an old fox, does not have so many stupid moves. Not long after he came to power, he began to withdraw and defend western Liaoning, strengthening Jizhen, Xuanfu and Datong. Moreover, he also strengthened Mao Wenlong's strength and allowed Mao Wenlong to establish a large stronghold in Jinzhou Guard. Now Mao Wenlong's main energy is on Jinzhou's defense, so there is not much spare power to harass Houjin's rear, but once he The Jinzhou Guard's defense has withstood the test of this winter. After the beginning of next spring, the activities of the Pingliao Army will definitely intensify.
The news coming from the western front also prompted Huang Taiji to speed up the pace of the southern invasion - now more and more news has come, indicating that the army won victory in Datong and Hutu Dun Khan suffered heavy losses!
Although I don't know how Zhu Youjian will deal with the defeated Han tribe in this way, there are two things that are certain. First, Zhu Youjian will be the strongest opponent Hou Jin has ever encountered! Second, Zhu Youjian and his elite troops are not in Beizhili, but in Datong Town...
So if Huang Taiji doesn't break into the border wall of Jizhen, whose defense is still weak, then when will he wait?
Of course, the changes outside the Great Wall in Jizhen that began in early July of the first year of Chongzhen could not be completely hidden from the eyes and ears of the newly appointed commander-in-chief of Jizhen, Zhao Lijiao.
The news that the Jiannu army has arrived outside the Great Wall in Jizhen and that the Karaqin Mongolian tribes have defected to the Jiannu and will be the vanguard of the slaves has been flying like snowflakes to the northwest of Yongping Prefecture, near Zunhua, since mid-July. The three villages of the county were encamped.
This Santunying City is only a small town that can only accommodate a few hundred households, but it is the seat of Jizhou Town, one of the important towns on the nine sides.
This small town of Santunying is the seat of the town, which to some extent also illustrates the weakness of Jizhou Town. Although Jizhou Town is also ranked among the nine, it also has the responsibility of guarding the more than 1,000-mile Great Wall defense line of Beijing. heavy responsibility. However, unlike neighboring Liao Town, Xuanfu Town, and Datong Town, Jizhou Town has no solid soil.
No real territory means that it only manages the army and does not visit the people. It only has a Great Wall defense line and some gates, and other than that it has no territory of its own.
This kind of military town without real soil seems to be normal in the eyes of later generations. Military and civil affairs should be separated! However, the military basis of the Ming Dynasty was the military garrison system, which meant that the troops were raised in the fields and the land was used to support the troops.
Therefore, on the land of the Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of solid military bases, that is, military and civilian guard bases. Considering that these guard posts have long implemented the feudal military system, they can also be regarded as feudal vassal towns. The military serf soldiers criticized by later generations were actually serfs of the feudal military nobles, not real warriors. .....
The military system of the Ming Dynasty was full of strong feudal military characteristics from the beginning, and was not a Song Dynasty-style recruitment system.
The weakening of the Ming Dynasty's military force was also due to the gradual disintegration of this feudal military system that relied on the soil to support its troops. The disintegration of this feudal military system that relied on the soil to support its troops was not unique to the Ming Dynasty. Historically, Turkey, India, Persia, etc. Countries that have implemented various land military service systems have all experienced the disintegration of the land military service system.
However, no matter how this feudal land military service system is dismantled, those military towns with real land will still have stronger combat effectiveness than military towns without real land or state capitals completely ruled by civilian officials - although the guard military system has ceased to exist in name only. , but the folk customs in Shitu Army Town are still relatively strong, and it is easy to recruit elite soldiers.
Moreover, the general military authority of Shitu Army Town is relatively large and has relatively large resources. When necessary, it can mobilize a large number of strong military personnel to participate in the war. These military men may not be able to participate in field battles, but they can still be used to defend the castle.
As for Jizhou Town, an important town responsible for guarding the Great Wall and protecting the capital, because the military land in the Gyeonggi area has long been occupied by more than 70 Beijing military guards, there is no space to allocate to Jizhou Town. Therefore, Jizhou Town can only become a military town with no real land and no access to the people.
The general military office of Jizhou Town cannot be placed in a strong and huge castle like Xuanfu Town and Datong Town, but can only be placed in an inconspicuous small castle like Santun Yingcheng.
Although this Santun Camp City was rebuilt under the leadership of Qi Jiguang, no matter how much it was rebuilt, it was still a small city with only three castles and nine enemy towers. Besides, in addition to thousands of officers and soldiers of the town standard and servants of the main town, the city had only three castles and nine enemy towers. There are no other strong men to mobilize.
Once Zhenbiao and his servants leave the city, Santunying City will be an empty city!
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"Father, the Mongols outside the three border walls at Lengkou, Jielingkou, and Yiyuankou have been particularly active recently! The night guards we sent out to investigate also suffered heavy losses. It seems that Jiannu wanted to break through the three border walls and steal them. There is no way out of Shanhaiguan!"
The person who was talking to Zhao Shujiao, who was nearly sixty years old, in the General Military Office of Jizhou Town in Santunying City was his son Zhao Guangyuan, who was also the general of the town.
The father and son gathered in front of a hung map, their eyes fixed on the Great Wall in the area of Lengkou, Jielingkou and Yiyuankou - this line of Great Wall happened to guard the back road of Shanhaiguan. In the eyes of Zhao Shujiao and Zhao Guangyuan and his son who were transferred from Liao Town, it is particularly important.
In their opinion, due to the shrinkage of the Ming army in western Liaoning, the strategic depth in front of Shanhaiguan was insufficient. It was easy for the Jin army to bypass Ningyuan and push directly outside Shanhaiguan. If another group of Houjin soldiers breaks through the wall from Lengkou, Jielingkou, and Yiyuankou, and goes around to attack behind Shanhaiguan, Shanhaixiongguan will most likely be broken through!
Because the main defense direction of Shanhaiguan is outside the pass, not inside the pass.
"What do you think of Yuan Futai?" Zhao Shujiao asked his son.
Zhao Guangyuan had just returned from Shanhaiguan - Shanhaiguan was originally the defense area of Jizhou Town, but Zhu Youjian assigned it to Liao Town and became the territory of Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan.
In this way, the Shanhaiguan defense line was split into two parts: Shanhaiguan and the Long Wall at Lengkou, Jielingkou, and Yiyuankou. There was no need for wrangling and coordination. Therefore, Zhao Guangyuan often went to Shanhaiguan, and Yuan Chonghuan would also meet and discuss with Zhao Guangyuan there.
"Yuan Futai is also worried that Shanhaiguan's retreat will be outflanked by Donglu. He hopes that we can place at least 10,000 elite troops from Liao Town at Lengkou, Jielingkou, and Yiyuankou."
"But the Great Wall in Jizhou Town is seven to eight hundred miles long and must be guarded against!" Zhao Shujiao frowned as he looked at the Great Wall on the map.
Such a long defense line cannot be defended without more than 100,000 elite soldiers... Moreover, a governor should be set up in Shuntian and Yongping to take charge of Jizhou Town's backup. But now there are only 30,000 available soldiers in Jizhou's town, and there is no big governor who can take charge of the military and civilian cities in Shuntian and Yongping.
Although the emperor sent several capable defenders to guard some cities in Shuntian Prefecture near the border wall of Jizhou Town, overall, the defenses of Jizhou Town, Shuntian Prefecture, and Yongping Prefecture still did not become a whole. .
There was nothing Zhao Lingjiao could do, so he had to concentrate some of his limited troops in the Three Tun Camps, and the rest were sprinkled with pepper and scattered along the hundreds of miles of the Great Wall.
Just when both father and son had a headache, there were rapid footsteps outside the door, and then the voice of Zhao Guangrong, another son of Zhao Zhijiao: "Father, there is an emergency at the gate of the courtyard! Jiannu's soldiers and horses are attacking. The wall at the entrance of the courtyard!"
