Jin Palace, Chengyun Hall.
General Counselor of the Zhangqian Army Chen Qiyu, Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi, Liu Ce, the Left Minister of the Ministry of War, Cao Wenzhao, Chief Soldier of the Zhangqian Army, Jiang Rang, the new Chief Soldier of Shanxi Town, Zhou Yanru, Imperial Scholar, Xu Xianchun, commander of Jinyiwei, Liu Chao, factory minister, and Eunuch Mao Gao Qiqian and others all received Zhu Youjian's oral instructions and gathered in Chengyun Hall.
When they arrived at the shipping point, they discovered that the furniture layout style had changed. Zhu Youjian's guards (all staff students) moved several long tables from somewhere and put them together into a long table near the main door of the hall, and spread a large table on top. A very detailed map of the situation in western Liaoning.
On this situation map, many small wooden signs have been placed along the line from Jinzhou to Ningyuan. On the wooden signs are written the numbers of the Jiliao armies and the names of the generals of the Ming and Jin sides - they look a bit like small spiritual tablets.
The nine ministers and the father-in-law took a look and found that Huang Taiji's spiritual tablet was placed in the location of Jinzhou City!
The nine people looked at each other and said to themselves: Long Live Lord, Huang Taiji's spiritual tablet has been prepared... Are they determined to kill Huang Taiji?
While he was thinking about it, Cao Huachun's voice came: "Long live the Lord is here!"
Zhu Youjian is here!
Wearing an archery suit, his face was gloomy and scary, as if he wanted to kill someone.
"I respectfully send you your holy greetings..."
The nine ministers immediately bowed and saluted.
Zhu Youjian waved his hand, "Pingsheng!"
Seeing the nine people standing up, Zhu Youjian did not go to the throne, but walked to the edge of the map - today is a military meeting, of course, we have to gather around the map, otherwise there will be no southeast, northwest, northwest, where can we do it? Gotta understand?
Zhu Youjian did not come out alone. He was accompanied by several guards, General Hei Wentao, several other officers, and a prince of Jin. A group of people arrived at the map table, and Chen Qiyu, Geng Ruqi, Liu Ce, Cao Wenzhao, Jiang Rang, Zhou Yanru, Xu Xianchun, Liu Chao, Gao Qiqian and others also joined in.
Seeing everyone gathered around, Zhu Youjian said: "Yuan Chonghuan reported that Huang Taiji has led an army to Jinzhou and seems to be seeking a decisive battle on the line from Jinzhou to Ningyuan! The slaves want to take advantage of the famine in my direction to rob... ....It’s really abominable! I will never spare the thief Huang Taiji lightly!”
"Long live my Lord," Chen Qiyu, the general counselor of the Zhangqian Army, still didn't believe Yuan Chonghuan's report, "Songshan City, Xingshan City, Tashan City, Ningyuan City, Juehuadao City, Ningyuan Zhongyousuo City, Guangning City in western Liaoning Zhonghousuo City, Guangning Qiantunwei City, Guangning Zhongqiansuo City and other cities are all extremely strong. They have sufficient reserves, sophisticated equipment, and well-trained defenders. The nearby mountainous areas in western Liaoning are also in our hands... .... It is simply impossible for Huang Taiji to uproot these castles one by one. Even if he does not hesitate to pay, he still cannot do it!
Therefore, Huang Taiji's purpose of gathering an army in Jinzhou should be to bluff rather than seek a decisive battle. Chen believes that Huang Taiji's target is still the grassland west of Qianli Pine Forest. "
Chen Qiyu had some military talent to begin with. In his previous life, he was self-taught and almost wiped out Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. However, like Yang He and Xiong Wencan, he later focused on recruitment—in fact, he focused on endless natural disasters. If God had rewarded us with food at that time, and there would be a good harvest in a few years, and the people would have food to eat, the spirit of rebellion would not be so strong, and the recruitment would be successful.
In this life, he was selected by Zhu Youjian to be an official. He could learn the art of war left by Grandpa Taizu from Zhu Youjian, a good student, and his level of course improved a lot.
Moreover, he was previously ordered to inspect Jiliao to guide the training and fortification of Jiliao army, and passed on Taizu's spear array and sandbag fortification method to Jiliao army.
Because he learned the trick of using sandbags to build bastions, Yuan Chonghuan was able to build Songshan City, Xingshan City, Tashan City, Ningyuan City, Juehua Island City, Ningyuan Zhongyousuo City, and Guangning Zhonghousuo City at a very low cost. , Guangning Qiantun Aiwei City, Guangning Zhongqiansuo City and other cities were all turned into solid fortresses.
Now is the era of large-scale use of artillery, and artillery plus bastions are a perfect match!
The Ji Liao Army, which has sufficient military expenditures in recent years, is also equipped with many 3-pound cannons, turtle dove guns and 12-pound short-barreled Hongyi cannons - these artillery pieces are bronze cannons, cast by the Xuanfu Gun Factory based on Zhu Youjian's drawings. Because the casting of short cannons was not difficult, Yuan Chonghuan also opened a cannon factory in Shanhaiguan to make some imitations. The Liaoxi Corridor and the big cities in the Liaoxi Mountains are divided into several gates. Although there are not many, the blunderbuss mounted on the bastion (the blunderbusses are all prismatic and have a wide shooting angle) can still cause a lot of trouble and casualties to the attacking troops.
Zhu Youjian listened to Chen Qiyu's analysis and nodded in agreement, "What Mr. Chen said makes sense...but Huang Taiji's banner did appear in Jinzhou. Moreover, the number of slave thieves around Jinzhou has also increased a lot. Maybe twenty or thirty thousand... Huh, if I can't catch those little rats who hide their heads and show their tails, I'll give Huang Taiji a good beating first!"
"Long live my Lord," Chen Qiyu reminded, "Yuan Chonghuan exaggerated, and the Ji Liao army was afraid of slave thieves deep in their bones."
Zhu Youjian snorted: "Of course I know the capabilities of Yuan Chonghuan and Ji Liaojun... But they have spent a lot of money and food in the past few years! The Yanyun Yushi Yamen raised at least five million for them a year , the expenses of my tent, palace, Yanning, and Xuanda armies together are only this amount. Looking at the accounts, Yuan Chonghuan should have 130,000 troops under his command. Is it possible that he is not capable of a decisive battle? "
It is now the sixth year of Chongzhen!
Zhu Youjian has been in charge of Yuan Chonghuan's family for six years! Seeing the famine getting worse and worse, Zhu Youjian asked for food himself, how could he allow Governor Yuan to spend money without getting any results?
Since Huang Taiji has delivered the goods to your door this time, he must be beaten hard!
"Long live my lord," Chen Qiyu reminded again, "Yuan Zhijun's Ji Liao army is quite strong... It's just that the generals of Yuan Zhijun, Zu Zongbing, and Zhao Zongbing are limited, and they are not as good as Huang Taiji, let alone His Majesty. "
This sounds sound, and of course it is true!
Zhu Youjian is a tiger general who is brave enough to win all three armies. A handsome man dare not say it, but there must be generals who can charge into battle. If it were a one-on-one battle, none of the four Baylors of Houjin could beat Zhu Youjian!
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "You can let Yuan Chonghuan send troops first... Yuan Chonghuan was very courageous when he was not in battle, but he was very timid when he was in battle, so he couldn't cause any major problems. When he has mobilized all the troops, I will Rush to command and supervise the battle!
If Huang Taiji doesn't leave by then, I will be able to severely injure the slave thieves! "
Zhu Youjian doesn't want to leave Shanxi right away - he still wants to catch mice! His most important task during his six years in Chongzhen was to nip the plague in Shanxi in its bud.
He couldn't do anything about the locust plague, and he couldn't spray pesticides, but the plague had to be extinguished anyway!
To eradicate the plague, Taiyuan and Datong must remain under lockdown.
And this kind of blockade can only be maintained by him personally. He will be gone for a long time, and the cat eunuch Gao Qiqian cannot suppress him... How many people's livelihoods will be affected by blocking the two mansions? Moreover, the sixth year of Chongzhen was also the year of the Provincial Examination. When the Autumn Festival was really held, would those civil servants with exam backgrounds stop the scholars in the epidemic areas from rushing to take the exam?
After hearing this, Liu Ce, the left minister of the Ministry of War, always felt that something was wrong, "Long live my Lord, you are changing generals on the spot... This is a taboo for military strategists!"
Zhu Youjian waved his hand, "What are you afraid of? I have Sun Dapao, so I am not afraid of fighting this kind of step-by-step battle!"
Liu Shilang, take my edict and go to the Xuan Mansion, make up the decrees and scientific records, and then go to Yuan Chonghuan's army to supervise the battle in person... You must keep a good eye on Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou for me! "
Zhu Youjian asked Liu Ce to make this trip, also to let Liu Ce seek revenge from Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou. Although Liu Ce in his previous life asked Zhu Youjian to issue an order to behead him, in the final analysis, this matter was Yuan Chonghuan's fault. !
So we must give these two a hard time this time, and don't make them too comfortable!
