In the public office in the Daning Acropolis, which has begun to take shape but is still far from being completed, there are a group of civilian and military generals who followed Zhu Youjian on his expedition, as well as Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou who came from the neighboring Ji Town in western Liaoning, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shuntian who came from Zunhua (Hong Chengchou moved to Shuntian after Zhu Youjian's expedition to Yanshan), all gathered together and were arranged on the left and right.
These are officials who are more capable and more responsible. Many of them were tricked to death by Zhu Youjian or turned into traitors in their previous lives... But now Zhu Youjian knows his stuff. Of course, I will not be tricked by these bureaucrats, nor will I trick people to death in a daze.
There is a map table in the center of the lobby of the office. Two maps are spread out on the table, one is the situation map of Yanshan and the other is the situation map of Shaanxi.
The situation on both situation maps is not very encouraging. The Ming Dynasty had not yet established a stable foothold in Yanshan and occupied a lot of territory. However, the population was insufficient, strongholds were sparse, and major cities were still under construction. Moreover, due to the unexpected defeat of Lindan Batur, the left-wing Mongolian ministries around Yanshan were once again firmly controlled by Houjin. Therefore, Zhu Youjian's army cannot leave Yanshan for the time being.
The situation in Shaanxi is also worrying. Although Zhu Youjian adopted some policies to ease the situation in Shaanxi after coming to power - such as recruiting thousands of knights from Shaanxi and exempting Shaanxi from the Liao salary increase.
But the biggest problems facing Shaanxi - continuous drought and long-term agricultural failure - have not been and cannot be solved.
Therefore, the situation in Shaanxi can be said to be more critical than that in Yanshan.
The latter was nothing more than a foreign invasion, and in the Battle of the Old Hamulin River, the cavalry and artillery coordination of the front army had already demonstrated great power. As long as the Zhangqian Army's more than 10,000 cavalry and 36 3-pound cannons remained in Daning, Huang Taiji should not dare to invade in large numbers. At most, he would send the Mongols to harass Daning, Yingzhou and other places.
What Shaanxi is facing is a comprehensive oscillation caused by drought and long-term poor harvest!
Since senior officials in Shaanxi have been responsible for transporting grain for the people's movement in the five towns of Yulin, Ningxia, Gansu, Guyuan, and Lintao - in fact, one province of Shaanxi supports five towns! If one province runs out of food, the five towns will also be without food.
If the army has no food, it will be in chaos!
And if the military rebellion is combined with the civil unrest, the trouble will be big.
Why were the rogue bandits in the previous life able to rise and fall again and again? And if you can't pounce with your front foot, can you start a prairie fire with your back foot? Is it really caused by a group of hungry people carrying hoes and dung forks to rebel? This is impossible, you have to learn and practice to fight!
I don’t even have enough to eat, how can I still practice martial arts? These rogue bandits came out of nowhere, wasn't it obvious?
Zhu Youjian, who had already circled the map table twice, suddenly stopped and gestured to the left and right, "Come and take a look... Today is a military discussion. How can we discuss it without looking at the map?" come over!"
This was not the first time that the civil and military officials in the hall gathered around the map to discuss military affairs with Zhu Youjian, so when Zhu Youjian told him, they all gathered around to look at the map.
At first glance, they all found that the map was "wrong" and the two military towns of Miyun and Changping were gone. Xuanfu Town expanded, swallowing up the territory of Kaiping Guards and Kaiping Qiantun Guards. There is another Daning Town to the east of Yanshan Town. The area under the jurisdiction of Daning Town is roughly Daning, Xincheng, Fuyu, Huizhou, Kuancheng and other five areas.
In addition, Liaoxi Town also included the Ningyuan Guard, and at the same time subtracted the Yingzhou Front Tunnel and Yingzhou Back Tunguard... which meant that it only captured half of the Daling Valley area for the time being.
Zhu Youjian tapped the map and said with a smile: "That's it for the time being... Do you think it's feasible?"
"Your Majesty," Yuan Chonghuan, Governor of Jiliao, asked as he looked at the Ningyuan Guards on the picture, "Are we not going to give up on Ningyuan?"
The Ji Liao Army led by Yuan Chonghuan has always been opposed to abandoning Ningyuan. Due to their deliberate delay, Ningyuan Acropolis has not yet been abandoned. They have only moved some people from nearby areas to Yingzhou Zhongtunwei and Yingzhou in the Daling Valley. The territory of Youtunwei is tuntian.
"I'm not giving up!" Zhu Youjian shook his head, "But there is no need to station a large number of troops in Ningyuan. Five or six thousand people are enough."
"Are five or six thousand people less?" Yuan Chonghuan frowned and said, "Now the slave thieves are already farming in Jinzhou... According to the spies, the scale of their farming is huge, with more than 500,000 acres sown this spring. , I'm afraid we can harvest hundreds of thousands of stones in the autumn. With these hundreds of thousands of stones, the slave thieves can send a large army to surround Ningyuan."
The Jin army cannot defeat Ningyuan Castle and will not fight again. Nurhaci and Huang Taiji have both fought twice, and both of them are full of problems, which already shows the problem.
But Houjin can still surround the points and provide reinforcements!
Zhu Youjian's previous insistence on abandoning Ningyuan was not to save five or six thousand defenders. The strength of the Jiliao Army had not yet reached this level. He was mainly worried about Ningyuan being surrounded. In the last battle of Ningjin, Ningyuan was surrounded for more than 20 days.
Although Huang Taiji finally withdrew his troops empty-handed, if Huang Taiji had hundreds of thousands more dans of food on hand, Ning Yuan would most likely be surrounded and killed!
Will Zhu You save him or not when the time comes?
"I'm not afraid anymore!" Zhu Youjian waved his hand, then pointed to Sun Yuanhua and said half-jokingly, "I have Sun Dapao, why should I be afraid of Huang Taiji?"
Yes, Sun Dapao is the nemesis of Manchuria!
Zhu Youjian said: "I will keep the main force of the cavalry and artillery in front of the tent in Daning. If the slave thieves besiege Ningyuan, the cavalry and artillery in front of the tent will be able to come to relieve the siege in 20 days at most."
Although the cavalry in front of the tent adopted some Western-style cavalry shock tactics and training methods, they still could not defeat the Manchurian cavalry. Because the cavalry in front of the tent only learned other people's shock tactics, but there were no ocean horses to ride. Their Mongolian ponies have limited physical strength and cannot charge fast or far. Moreover, the Eight Banners soldiers of the slave thieves would also dismount and form a formation. As long as they formed a formation, even if they escorted Bao Yi and formed a spear formation with the Han army, the cavalry in front of the tent would not be able to rush forward.
But with Sun Dapao's 36 "black cannons", there is no need to worry about the slave thieves forming an array. Wouldn't it be convenient to bombard them if they form an array?
Moreover, with the coordination of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, the cavalry and artillerymen in front of the tent can build a strong formation that the slaves and thieves cannot chew down as long as they recruit some capable infantry.
After Zhu Youjian finished explaining the arrangements for Liaoxi, he turned to Hong Chengchou and said: "Hong Futai, I am planning to establish a new Daning town to govern Daning, Xincheng, Fuyu, Huizhou, Kuancheng and other five areas.
But I do not plan to appoint the commander-in-chief of Daning Town. Instead, I will send a governor and commander-in-chief. Hong Chengchou, you are a civil servant, a former military officer, and my teacher. It is most suitable for you to be the governor of Daning and to control all the armies. "
"Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou, accepts the order." Hong Chengchou said nothing and immediately saluted and accepted the order.
Zhu Youjian said to Gao Hongtu again: "Gao Hongtu, you are now the governor of Yanyun, but Miyun is no longer a border area. Yun Town will also be abolished, and the military strength will be transferred to Yan and Ning towns, so I want you to take up the post. Governor of Yanning's military affairs, grain storage, and patrol of Yanshan. He also used Jehol City as his base, and together with Hong Chengchou, guarded the land of Yanning for me."
Gao Hongtu did not accept the order immediately, but asked: "Your Majesty, do you want the teacher to return to the court?"
Zhu Youjian smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "It's time for me to leave Daning...but I can't return to the court yet!"
Not going back yet?
Gao Hong said sincerely: Isn't this little emperor too wild? He is away from home all year round, rarely returns to Beijing, and has never been to the palace. What's inside the palace? Are you so unwilling to go back?
Zhu Youjian gave another wry smile and continued: "I also want to go back to the palace and have a good rest, but the national situation is difficult and I cannot rest... These days, chaos has arisen in the northwest again, and I have to go to the northwest to catch thieves. ah!"
Catch a thief?
Hong Chengchou disagreed after hearing this, and quickly added: "Your Majesty, the northwest has been hit by disasters in recent years. The people are in dire straits, and the army is also in difficulty... We are thieves and bandits all because God does not provide us with food. If God doesn't give them food, what can the court do to them? I thought that these thieves from the northwest should still be killed!"
Well, Hong Chengchou, you are still so vicious!
Zhu Youjian shook his head and said: "I am a benevolent king, how can I bear to commit more crimes? So when I go to the northwest, I am going to catch some Western thieves to farm in Yanshan and Daning! I will catch the Western thieves to ward off the Eastern captives. You and others think how?"
