The sound of horse hooves treading water could be heard. The two leading horses had already waded across a small stream outside Shenyang City. Dozens of knights followed closely. The first two figures on war horses were both wearing yellow foam-studded cotton armor. The workmanship of the cotton armor was very fine, and you could tell at a glance that it was not for ordinary people.
These two people were Huang Taiji, the Tiancong Khan of the Kingdom of Jin, and his son Hauge.
Behind the two father and son and dozens of white-armored soldiers with two yellow flags, a team wearing red, yellow, and white cotton armor was marching from Shenyang to Wudan on the banks of the Xilamulun River. city.
This Wudan City was originally the acropolis of the Quaning Guard under the Ming Dynasty's Northern Parallel Dusi. Later, Zhu Di gave up the Quanning Guard and shrank. The castle continued to change hands among a group of Mongolian tribes. The last owner was from the host Mongolia (Genghis Khan). Descendants of brothers) Wengniute tribe. The Taijixunduleng and Dongdaiqing of the Wengniute tribe followed Lindan Batur when he moved westward, and now they are nomadic on the grasslands east of the Qianli Pine Forest.
The area around their home base of Wudan City was vacant, so they were selected by Huang Taiji and given to the Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner and the Mongolian Xianghuang Banner... These two Mongolian banners were actually the defeated soldiers of the Karaqin Mongolia. Enter the troops of the Han tribe who surrendered after the battle at the Siramulun River.
Of course, the reason why Huang Taiji made such an arrangement was to compete with Zhu Youjian for Hutu Dunhan's "legacy"...or his widow!
Different from Nizi's idea of taking the sea route to Liaodong to conquer Manchuria, Zhu Youjian's strategy was to recover Yanshan first and then move to Han Dynasty. Then he led the troops out of Yanshan (Yanshan is the remaining branch in western Liaoning) to take the Liaohe River Hetao, and led the Han tribe out of the Huanghe River to take the eastern Mongolia. Mao Wenlong then led the partial army out of Jinzhou to take the Liaodong Peninsula. This compressed the survival of the Later Jin Dynasty from three aspects. Space, finally destroyed Hou Jin and restored Liaodong.
The reason why Zhu Youjian fought like this was not to adopt the two-way strategy of Liaodong and Liaoxi which seemed easier. Mainly because his capital was not in Nanjing, and he did not have a truly reliable navy at hand, so it was impossible to pin all his hopes on a cross-sea expedition.
In addition, Beijing's safety depends on Yanshan, and Shaanxi's stability depends on Tumed River.
Therefore, he could not ignore Yanshan, nor the Chahan tribe occupying the Tumed River, and advance eastward from the Liaoxi Corridor step by step. If most of Yanshan and the Tumed River were all controlled by Hou Jin, Beizhili, Shanxi, etc. , Shandong are all likely to be ravaged by the iron hoof of Hou Jin, and the five towns of Shaanxi must also maintain...even if they "rebellion" the working people of Shaanxi.
From Shanhaiguan to Shenyang, it takes 800 miles to march! During this period, we have to cross several large rivers such as the Liaohe River and the Hunhe River - crossing the river is not something that can be done with a wave of hands. Therefore, even if the Jin army did not stop them, the Ming army would have to march for at least a month!
And how long will it take to attack Shenyang City after a few months? Even if it's less, it's still a month. If it were a little wider, it would take three months.
Can the Ming army march with three months of rations? How much does that weigh? How many chariots and horses are required to accompany you?
As for the transportation by the rear army, the white armor and red armor of the Eight Banners soldiers cannot attack the front and cannot attack the food transportation line?
Therefore, it is impossible for the Ming army to advance from the Liaoxi Corridor, at least before they obtain the garrison garrison in Yingzhou, there is no need to think about it.
This is why Liao Town was unable to "sneak attack" Shenyang when Chongzhen was beaten to death by Huang Taiji in his previous life!
Even after capturing Yingzhou, the Ming army had to gradually build forts and try to restore the Guangning guards and Yizhou guards on both sides of Yiwulu Mountain.
After restoring Guangning and Yizhou, we have to capture the Liaohe River Loop (which was the original core territory of Hutu Dunhan, between Liaohe and Guangning), and then we have the opportunity to march into Liaoyang and Shenyang...
Shenyang and Liaoyang are thrown away very quickly, and it is really not easy to get them back! Five years of Pingliao is really just a dream.
However, Emperor Chongzhen, who had learned how to fight in this life, had already adopted the correct line of Ping Liao and regarded Yanshan as the home ground for the battle with Hou Jin.
Yanshan is at the door of Beizhili. The Ming army has a huge logistical advantage in both offense and defense. However, Hou Jin is a poor man and cannot afford a protracted war. Therefore, the Ming army could slowly take the entire Yanshan into its hands by building forts, stationing fields, and consuming military supplies.
And once the Ming army captures Yanshan, the initiative in the Ming-Jin war will completely change hands!
With the initiative, Ming Dynasty can calmly clean up the internal affairs, organize the army and train troops, and then slowly clean up the rear finance...
With Huang Taiji's level, it can certainly be seen that Zhu Youjian has gradually gained the initiative in the Ming-Jin war... Fortunately, Hutu Dunhan's adventurous advance deprived Beiyuan of a leader who could unify all parties.
This is very beneficial to the Great Jin Kingdom!
Because the Jurchens of the Later Jin Dynasty were very sophisticated, during the Wanli Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty once wrote letters in Jurchen script to negotiate with the Later Jin Dynasty. As a result, Hou Jin couldn't understand it, so he asked the Ming Dynasty to use Mongolian characters to communicate with them.
The Mongols also called the Later Jin Dynasty Golden Mongolia, which shows that the relationship between Mongolia and the Manchus is very close. Maybe the Manchus are the Mongols who put up the sign of the Jin Kingdom.
Therefore, Hou Jin had a clear advantage over Zhu Youjian, the "dead enemy of the Yuan Dynasty" on the issue of unifying Mongolia.
But if Lindan Batur is still there, Houjin's advantage will cause an irreconcilable conflict between him and Lindan Batur.
Once Lindan Batur dies, before his son can assume the responsibility of the Great Khan of Mongolia, Hou Jin will have the opportunity to swallow up Lindan Batur's "legacy" bit by bit!
"Hauge, after sending you thousands of miles away, you will eventually have to say goodbye... I will send you here!" Huang Taiji reined in his horse at the edge of this unknown stream and stopped moving forward.
"Amma," Haug said as if he was filial to his son, wiping his tears, "My son is going to the northwest, and I don't know when he will be able to return... Amma must take good care of her health and not work too hard. "
"You also have to take care," Huang Taiji said with a smile, "Hauge, remember, what you lead is just a weak brigade, which is enough to deal with the Mongols. The ordinary Ming army is not your opponent, but you can't compete with the Ming Dynasty. The elite soldiers of the little emperor collide. So after passing through the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest, you must act carefully, avoid the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty, target the scattered Han tribes, and annex them as much as possible. If you meet the widow of Hutu Dun Khan , if you can catch it, you must catch it!"
"I understand," Hauge nodded, "I will definitely act carefully."
Huang Taiji nodded and said: "In addition, don't be in a hurry to cross the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest. You must arrange the defense of Wudan City. Thousands of Han troops led by Li Yongfang and Bao Yi will go with you this time. Arrange it properly. Wudan City is an important chess piece we have deployed north of Yanshan Mountain and east of the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest... As long as Wudan is not lost, the surrounding Mongolian tribes will not defect to the Ming Dynasty, and sooner or later they will be completely controlled by us. . If these Mongolians don't surrender to the Ming Dynasty, we won't worry about the Ming Dynasty's influence penetrating into the Mongolian host, and our rear will be stable."
"Don't worry, Ama, I understand..."
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"Long live my Lord, I have just been diagnosed with Ximai, why are you leaving? Now that you are gone, when can you come back?"
In the imperial city of Xuanfu, Queen Zhou had just heard that Zhu Youjian had issued an order to go to Shaanxi, so she hurriedly carried Zhu Cixiang to her husband's palace, and told her about her pregnancy with tears in her eyes.
The one who is pregnant this time should be Princess Zhu Ainao of Kunxing...Zhu Youjian is counting the days!
Zhu Youjian took another look at Zhu Cixiang who was licking his fingers beautifully - the way he licked his fingers looked cunning! He exhaled and thought: This is good, he will not be overthrown by his brother Xin Wang in the future.
He turned his head, smiled and said to his wife who had tears on her face: "Queen, when you give me a daughter, I should come back."
It's time to create the third prince Zhu when he comes back. Zhu Youjian is also planning to make him the contemporary king!
"Oh," Zhou Hou nodded, but then she thought it was wrong and muttered in a low voice, "Long live my lord, how do you know that I am pregnant with a daughter?"
(End of chapter)
