It was only two or three days ago that Zhu Youjian first proposed to go beyond the border wall to open up the mountainous areas of Yanshan and Liaoxi. Logically speaking, such a big matter should wait until we return to Beijing to discuss it with the cabinet before finalizing it, right?
But Zhu Youjian decided to leave the cabinet and do it on his own, and even before Huang Taiji retreated, he had already finalized the plan to break out of the wall and develop.
In this finalized plan, Ming Dynasty will set up 90 thousand-household (sanitary) stations in the mountains of Yanshan and Liaoxi outside the wall... This does not include the two thousand-households in Wuliangha and Duoyan. The Mongolian Qianhu to which Orduo belongs.
These 90 thousand-household stations will be under the jurisdiction of Liaoxi and Yanshan towns. Among them, Liaoxi Town has 30 thousand-household offices, and a large number of Liao troops will be stationed (at least half of them need to settle accounts). Zu Dashou will serve as the chief military officer, and He Kegang will serve as his deputy.
Yanshan Town has 60 thousand-household (guard) stations under its jurisdiction. Zhao Lijiao serves as the chief military officer, and Sun Zushou serves as his deputy. Fifteen thousand recruits will also be stationed there.
In addition, the original East Road Association of Shanhaiguan Town and Ji Town will be merged to become the new Ji Town. The former commander-in-chief of Liao Town, Ma Dengyun, was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and he was deputyly appointed by Wang Wei's son Wang Shiqin. Zhu Mei, the former commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, was transferred to Changzhen to replace Zhang Weixian, who resigned because Tianshou Mountain was burned down.
In the towns of Ji and Liao (western Liaoning), Zhu Youjian established a new Jiliao Governor's Office, with Yuan Chonghuan as the governor - of course, his governor could not supervise Mao Wenlong, but could only supervise Divisions in Liaoxi and Shanhaiguan.
The original governor of Ji Liao, Wang Zhichen, was dismissed by Zhu Youjian because of the breach of the Ji Town Great Wall and sent home to retire. He was actually tricked by Yuan Chonghuan, but Yuan Chonghuan was the governor of Liaodong, and his defense area had no There was a little problem, and he also led troops into the pass and won the battle. It was impossible to take the blame, right?
The Middle Road Xie and West Road Xie in Ji Town merged and established Miyun Town. Miyun's general army was assigned to Hou Shilu, who led his troops into the Wei from Xuan Mansion.
In the two towns of Yanshan and Miyun, there was also a Yanyun Governor's Office, with Gao Hongtu serving as the Governor of Yanyun. Gao Hongtu's governor of Shuntian was succeeded by Hong Chengchou.
In addition, due to Hou Shilu's transfer to Miyun, the post of Xuanfu general soldier was vacant. Zhu Youjian asked Hei Yunlong, who was born in Xuanfu, to take over. At the same time, he asked Cao Wenzhao to take over Hei Yunlong's position and serve as the commander-in-chief of Zhangqian army. Cao Wenzhao's position as regimental counselor was taken over by Ji Zhuji, the original battalion tour leader (from the third battalion of Yuma Supervisor).
The governor of Xuanfu was also replaced by Yang Sichang, who had "contributed to the fight against slavery".
If this dizzying personnel transfer was left alone in normal times, I wonder how long it would take for the court to discuss it? But now is an extraordinary period. The emperor himself went on an expedition and won a great victory! Therefore, when it comes to personnel transfers involving military affairs, of course, they can monopolize the power, and the cabinet can only cooperate obediently and draft decrees, and the efficiency is surprisingly high. By the fifth day of October, which was the third day after the first battle of Tang Zhishan, the formal edict with the supplementary decree (vote draft) had been sent to the civil and military officials who had adjusted their duties.
After some adjustments, Zhu Youjian's "real control territory" has expanded a lot. Following Datong Town, Xuanfu Town and Miyun Town were also completely controlled by Zhu Youjian. The most important Shuntian Mansion has partly fallen into the hands of Zhu Youjian's cronies... As for Yanshan Town, of course it will also be Zhu Youjian's "actual control territory". The reason why it is "will be" is Because on the fifth day of October, Zhu Youjian's army was still facing off against Huang Taiji's army in Tangzhishan.
Although Huang Taiji's defeat in this entrance battle was determined, he did not lose much after all, and he still had a lot of wheat cut from the farmland in his mouth or looted from the broken manor, which could still support him. A lot of time.
But Zhu Youjian was not prepared to stay with Huang Taiji at the foot of Tangzhi Mountain for a long time.
Because Zhu Youjian, who is the best in the world in military art, knows that what the enemy wants to do is generally detrimental to his own side... Since Huang Taiji wants to confront each other at Tangzhi Mountain, then the confrontation must be detrimental to the Ming army.
"Your Majesty," Hei Yunlong, who had just been promoted to the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the Xuan Mansion but had not yet taken up his post, now guest-starred as Zhu Youjian's "senior counselor" and made suggestions at the military meeting on the fifth day of October, "Now our army has gathered together. , there are already 100,000 people, and they can completely attack Tangzhishan!"
After winning many battles in succession, Hei Yunlong became more energetic.
Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said with a smile: "A strong attack will cause too many casualties and is not worthwhile. Although our army is numerous, there are not many elites. If the losses are too great, morale will inevitably be low and it will be difficult to fight again."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Yuan Chonghuan said, "Our army has sufficient food supplies and is far superior to the slave thieves. As long as it takes a long time and exhausts the slave thieves' food and grass, victory will be within easy reach."
Haha, now you know that military rations can also be used as weapons? Zhu Youjian smiled inwardly, but shook his head, "There is no way to delay it. It is already October... If we delay it any longer, it will be freezing! I want to march before the heavy snow closes the mountains and roads. He, spend the winter in Rehe.”
The Rehe he was talking about was the Zhenwu Water near the Chengde Mountain Resort in later generations. Because the hot springs in the Chengde Mountain Resort flowed into the Zhenwu Water, the Zhenwu Water did not freeze in winter, so it was called "Rehe" by the locals.
In addition to this "Re River" that can provide warm water in winter, there are many fertile valleys around the Chengde Summer Resort in later generations, which can be cultivated for farming, and most of them are easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as you can spend some time and invest some capital, you will definitely be able to run it.
After Rehe was managed, the Ming Dynasty had a large stronghold deep in Yanshan Mountain.
About 300 miles northwest of Rehe, there is another important place, the highland grassland called Saihanba, which is part of the Bashang grassland and is extremely fertile. Since the Liao and Jin Dynasties, it has been the royal hunting ground of the emperors of the two dynasties. . Zhu Youjian has asked Princess Ulyanha to gather as many Mongolians as possible in the Yanshan Mountains into Duoyan Wanhu Orduo, and then use Saihanba as a base.
In this way, with Saihanba in the north and Rehe in the south, the Ming Dynasty's situation in Yanshan Town was somewhat stable.
Now that Saihanba is under control, all that is left is Rehe!
"Long live my lord," Gao Hongtu, the governor of Yanyun, was a little confused. "We want to enter Rehe before the weather gets cold. If we don't attack now, it might be too late, right?"
Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "I plan to withdraw our troops and retreat from the enemy!"
"Can you retreat the enemy by withdrawing your troops?" Gao Hongtu didn't quite understand.
"Yes!" Zhu Youjian said, "The man on Tangzhi Mountain has a guilty conscience! He must be afraid that we will cross the border wall and detour behind."
Now that most of the openings in the Jizhen Great Wall are still in the hands of the Ming army, it will not be difficult for Zhu Youjian to get out of the Great Wall, and many generals have made such suggestions.
"Your Majesty," Hong Chengchou suggested, "Why don't we actually go out of the Great Wall in a section?"
"The Great Wall must be built," Zhu Youjian said, "but there is no need to take detours behind enemy lines. Detours must be made with light troops. Going deep alone is no match for white-armored soldiers and red-armored soldiers... We should scare Huang Taiji." enough!"
He was unwilling to do this because he knew that the Hou Jin Army had a great advantage in mountain battles. In the Battle of Sarhu, the Hou Jin Army relied on its excellent combat power to make a roundabout attack in the mountains. Defeat each one?
Zhu Youjian said: "We can do this... first retreat, then lurk, and then use the cavalry in front of the tent to cover it, making it difficult for Huang Taiji to know the true situation. He will definitely move eastward for a few days at most. Then we will make a big move After leaving the fortress, the world is ours to the west of Mameng Mountain."
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"Father Khan, Father Khan, the southern soldiers are retreating!"
The sound of almost cheering came from outside the big tent, waking up Huang Taiji who had just fallen asleep. Huang Taiji was in a daze and did not hear clearly. Because the Ming army was about to attack, he was so frightened that he climbed up from the bed. He was about to leave the tent with a knife, but he bumped into a young man who came in from outside.
That young man was Hauge, and he said to Huang Taiji urgently and quickly: "Father, the Southern Army has retreated... and is evacuating in large numbers. Should we go after it?"
"No!" Huang Taiji narrowed his eyes, "Nan Di is cheating again... If we chase him, we will definitely get beaten!"
"Then what should we do?" Haug said, "The Southern Army's retreat is probably to get out of Gubeikou or some other exit..."
"Let's retreat too!" Huang Taiji said with a smile, "Then we will use a trick to lure the little emperor of the Southern Dynasties to chase us!"
