In the lobby of the Governor's Office of Jiliao in Ningyuan, there are generals from the Jiliao army wearing patches with animal patterns sewn on them. When these generals of the Ji Liao Army usually gather together, each one shouts louder than the other, and each one shouts louder than the other when Ping Liao exterminates the slaves. It seems that as soon as these Ming Dynasty generals send troops, Huang Taiji, Daishan, and Amin will not be affected.
But something was wrong today. These Liao army generals who usually regarded the Donglu as nothing were now all mute. They all stood there with solemn expressions, without even speaking a single glance, like wooden men.
To be honest, before today's Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was still very popular with these Liao army generals - they were given five million yuan in food and salary a year, and they were not urged to fight against Hou Jin. He sent troops to regain most of the Yanshan Mountains, and used most of the strength of the Han tribe to become the five noble concubines Orduo, thereby controlling most of the Bashang grassland.
Once Yanshan and Bashang Grassland became the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Liao Town would feel comfortable.
Originally, they guarded the "coastal defense line" from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan. They lived in trepidation and could not sleep well. No one knew whether the Jin army would suddenly penetrate from the mountainous area to the north of the "coastal defense line" in Liao Town and attack Liao. The military's "coastal defense line" was cut into several sections!
However, after Zhu Youjian personally captured Yanshan and Bashang Grasslands, the Liao army also followed suit and captured Yingzhou Zhongtunwei and Yingzhou Youtunwei in the Daling River Basin, and also gave up letting the Ming army in Liao Town The heartbroken Jinzhou front line retreated to the south of Xiaoling River, using the three cities of Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan near the Bohai Bay as buffers to defend Ningyuan Jiancheng.
After such adjustments, the situation in western Liaoning has turned around. The west of Ningyuan has become a safe zone, and you can safely develop the rear areas.
The valleys and river valleys of Yingzhou Liangwei are also relatively safe. As long as you guard a few mountain passes in front, these territories will become a very comfortable rear area.
With two safe rear areas, the Jiliao Army has become a "production and construction corps" in recent years. Every year, it recruits a large number of Liao people from within the customs (Xiong Tingbi once recruited more than 2 million Liao people to Shanhaiguan) to go out to colonize the customs. More than two million acres of land were reclaimed from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan and Yingzhou Erwei, and 22 thousand-household offices were established.
These Qianhusuo are actually the private territories of Liao Town generals, used to support their servants - the so-called Qianhusuo is actually just a name, each of them has more than 1,000 households, and the number of servants they support is The number is around 300 households.
The 22 thousand-household households support a total of 6,600 servants, and these servants constitute the core backbone of the 130,000 (book) Liao Town Army!
These are 6600 strong and powerful cavalry!
Due to the additional bond of land, the retainers of General Liao Zhen are more cohesive than a few years ago, and their combat effectiveness is also stronger.
Therefore, the current strength of the generals of Liao Town can almost catch up with the generals of the Liao Army before the Imjin Japanese Rebellion!
While the generals of Liao Town were recovering their strength, the strength of the Liao Army was also rising rapidly.
Although Governor Yuan did not know how to fight, he still paid close attention to the training and management of the army. Among the 5 million yuan in food and salary a year, at least 3 million and 300 million were actually spent.
Moreover, Yuan Chonghuan had been the governor of Liao for five or six years, and his control over the Liao army was not comparable to that of the Battle of Ningjin. Therefore, the organization of the subordinate armies and divisions (the organization and tactics of the Liao Army are now also learned from the Zhangqian Army) are also relatively substantial. The number of 130,000 is definitely a bit inflated, but there are still 100,000 strong soldiers!
Moreover, these 100,000 strong soldiers can still receive enough food and drink to support their families.
100,000 troops, 6,600 cavalry, and equipped with a lot of 12-pound maneuverable Hongyi short cannons and 3-pound field cannons... In terms of paper strength, the current Liao army is compared to the Imchen Japanese Rebellion The Liao army before was much stronger!
Just those 12-pound cannons and 3-pound cannons that could be used as mobile units were not available to the Liao army back then. It is estimated that there is no army of 100,000 people with sufficient pay and food.
Although the number, equipment, and even training level of this Liao army are not low. Among the current Ming army, apart from the two armies in front of the imperial court and the army in front of the tent, they are probably the most powerful.
However, these generals in Liao Town have been beaten by the Hou Jin Army for more than ten years. From the Battle of Saarhu to now, they have not won many battles.
Even though the strength and weakness on the battlefield in western Liaoning have been completely reversed in the past two years, the Liao army still fights with trepidation.
Zhao Lijiao, who is in his 60s, Zu Dashou, who is in his 50s, and He Kegang, who is in his 40s, all have a seat in the lobby of Governor Jiliao. Their three generals also have solemn faces. Not a word was spoken.
Now the organization of the Jiliao army has been reorganized. Under the governor of Jiliao are the three generals of Jizhou, Liaoxi and Ningyuan.
Among them, Zhao, the commander-in-chief of Jizhou, led his troops to Shanhaiguan (Shanhaiguan Town has been withdrawn), and was in charge of Shanhaiguan City and the eastern section of the Jizhou Great Wall. Dashou, the commander-in-chief of the Western Liao Dynasty, was stationed in the middle garrison of Yingzhou and was in charge of the two garrison guards in Yingzhou. He Kegang, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, guarded the Liaoxi Corridor between Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan.
Yuan Chonghuan's governor's office is located in Ningyuan, which can be regarded as a personal presence.
The three generals discussed military affairs with Yuan Chonghuan and Liu Ce for most of the day yesterday, and finally came up with a plan to first use 80,000 soldiers to transport grain into Songshan, and then occupy Xiaoling River to confront the enemy.
The person stationed in Jinzhou now is Huang Taiji himself!
It is impossible for the three generals of Liao Town to lead their troops to besiege Jinzhou. It would be extremely daring to allow them to lead the main force to Xiaoling River.
Now I don’t know if Liu Ce, the left minister of the Ministry of War, can agree...
While the three general soldiers were contemplating their speculations, the sound of boots came from behind the screen. Zhao Lejiao, Zu Dashou, and He Kegang looked at each other. With a snap, he stood up from the chair. When the generals below saw the three of them standing up, they quickly stood up according to their orders and waited for the arrival of Governor Yuan and Liu Shilang.
Everyone was waiting to hear the outcome of the discussion between Yuan Chonghuan and Liu Ce, and everyone's hearts were lifted... But it must not be a decisive battle across the Xiaoling River!
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Of course, Yuan Chonghuan's subordinates are not the only ones who are worried. Hauge and Amin, the two Baylor masters in Jinzhou City on the north bank of the Xiaoling River, are also worried.
Of course the two of them are very courageous, but they don't have much strength in their hands!
Amin had earlier been ordered to lead men and horses with a blue flag to garrison in the fields in Jinzhou, Guangning, and Yingzhou. His task was to stand in a corner of the mountainous area in western Liaoning and block the eastward advance of the Ming army.
However, the focus of his fielding was not in Jinzhou, but around Yiwulu Mountain. There were only a few thousand troops stationed in front of and behind Jinzhou and Yingzhou, and this still included the total number of bannermen and Baoyi. Later, when the Dorgon brothers came back from conquering North Korea, Huang Taiji replenished Amin with a batch of Korean coatings, and by the way, transferred some of the coatings with blue flags to the Han army. Even though Amin had tens of thousands of flags on hand, his troops were still very weak.
Hauge, on the other hand, came to Jinzhou with more than 10,000 bannermen and Baoyi. The number of people seemed to be quite large, but these people were all drawn from various Niulu, so most of them were Mongolians, Koreans, and Han people. , there are not many in Manchuria.
The two Baylors only have 23,000 people on hand (including about 15,000 bannermen), while their opponents have at least 100,000 troops!
If Yuan Chonghuan attacked with all his strength, Hauge and Amin's troops would not be able to resist at all.
But it doesn't work if you can't resist. Huang Taiji is playing a big game, and he has to pretend that the main force is in Jinzhou... so Hauge and Amin will not be allowed to retreat at all.
If the two of them dare to retreat privately, they will have to deprive Niu Lu and the status of banner leader even if they don't lose their heads in Shenyang!
So after hearing the news that a large number of Ming troops were marching eastward from Ningyuan, these two Belles had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead their troops out of Jinzhou and began to defend on the north bank of the Xiaoling River.
It's impossible to defend Jinzhou... Huang Taiji came with an army of 100,000 people. How could he defend the castle?
Although Haoge and Amin were scared to death, they did not dare to show their cowardice. They had to show their teeth and claws!
