Gaizhou, the Qing Emperor is here.
In a hall, several white embryonic tables have been put together to form a long table, and a very carefully drawn topographic map of the Jinzhou Guard is spread out on the table.
The Jinzhou Guard controlled by Mao Wenlong has been a serious problem for Hou Jin since the early years of Chongzhen, so Hou Jin's senior officials have always wanted to pull out this nail stuck in their backs.
But this nail was not easy to pull out. Hou Jin planned for many years and tried many times, and finally had to give up the plan. The map Duduo brought from Hanyang City was carefully drawn when he was planning to defend Jinzhou.
In addition to this map, the post-Jin painters at that time also discovered a loophole in the defense line of the Ming Army's Jinzhou Nanguan!
"Lord Hoshina, this is Qingniwa Bay!" Dodo pointed with his finger at the huge bay on the map that was later called Dalian Bay. Even the Nantou Fortress on the Nanguan Border Wall, which is connected to Qingniwa Bay, is also facing Qingniwa Bay.
The Ming army built a side wall, two forts and eight forts to the west of the Nanguan Canal, and the defense was very tight. To the east of the Nanguan Canal, and between the Jinzhou Wei Ling Fort and the Xiaoheishan Walled City, there are no Guancheng or Forts. Therefore, as long as your people land at Qingniwa Bay, they can quickly advance along the Nanguan Canal and control the entire west bank of the canal. Then, before the Ming army launched a counterattack, they built wooden barriers along the east bank of the canal, thereby cutting off the retreat of the army led by the Ming emperor who marched north to Gaizhou..."
It turns out that the loophole in the Ming Army's Jinzhou Nanguan defense line is the gap between the east bank of the Nanguan Canal and the Xiaoheishan and Jinzhou fortresses - this is not actually a real loophole, because the east bank of the Nanguan Canal reaches Xiaoheishan. , there are about 20 miles of flat plains. If Xiaoheishan and the Jinzhouwei Fort built next to Xiaoheishan and along the Bohai Sea coastline cannot be defended, how can the 20-mile flat plain be defended? Of course, we must concentrate our forces to defend the Nanguan Canal and the canal side wall.
If the Ming army built a bunch of forts on these 20 miles of flat land without losing Xiaoheishan and Jinzhouweibao, then these forts would be useless. Once the Xiaoheishan and Jinzhou Wei Ling Forts are lost, these fortresses built on flat ground will have to be abandoned and occupied by the enemy, becoming the enemy's forward base for attacking the Nanguan Canal and Nanguan City Wall.
Therefore, Mao Wenlong was right not to fortify these 20 miles of flat land. He did not even allow the military households who grew wheat on these 20 miles of flat land to build hundreds of forts nearby - their hundreds of forts were either built within the Nanguan border wall, or It is built on the hillside of Xiaohei Mountain. To plant a field, you have to walk up to 10 miles!
But when the enemy comes from the sea and lands in the northern part of Qingniwa Bay, these 20 miles of undefended flat land will become a loophole in the Ming army's Jinzhou defense line - the Ming army's defense line will be cut into two sections. Xiaoheishan Walled City and Jinzhou Guard Bastion will be attacked from both sides!
Of course, neither the Hou Jin Dynasty nor the Qing Dynasty had a navy strong enough to carry out the landing operation in the northern part of Qingniwa Bay.
Even if the Beiyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty is not at Lushunkou, even if all the naval battalions affiliated with the Pingliao Army are sleeping in the Port of Lushunkou, and the Jin Army and the Qing Army are released to land, there will not be any problems with the Jinzhou Defense Line - - In the future, the maritime transport capabilities of the Jin and Qing countries will be good if they can transport a thousand infantry to land at a time. Even if all of them are Batulu, under the coordinated attack of the Pingliao army's cavalry and artillery, they can only die.
Therefore, the Qing Dynasty knew this loophole and had no way to take action. But the Japanese are different. They have a fleet of 66 that can transport tens of thousands of people to Qingniwa to land at one time!
However, if the more than 20,000 Ping Liao troops in Jinzhou and Fuzhou and the Beiyang Navy fleet stationed in Lushun stayed at home, the tens of thousands of Japanese troops would be in vain as would the Japanese shogunate's Sixty-Sixth Fleet.
Because the main force of the Beiyang Navy was not destroyed, the Japanese shogunate's fleet did not dare to enter Qingniwa Bay to carry out landing operations. Moreover, the Pingliao army of more than 20,000 people was enough to annihilate the more than 10,000 Japanese infantry who landed.
Therefore, the action of landing at Qingniwa Bay is tantamount to a big gamble!
The bet was that the Ming Beiyang Navy would not be near the Jinzhou Peninsula. It was also a bet that the main force of the Liao Army would advance northward, leaving the Jin and Fu states empty.
Sony has translated Dodo's words into Japanese, while Masayuki Hoshina frowned slightly and seemed to be thinking over and over again. After a long while, he said: "If the frontline war in Gaizhou becomes tense, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely let the Beiyang Navy go to sea to transport troops. ...This is our opportunity to raid Qingniwa Bay! The question now is, can we confirm that the Beiyang Navy has left Lushunkou?"
"You can give it a try," Hauge said. "Near Lushunkou is the entrance and exit of the Bohai Bay. There are many ships coming and going. Our craftsmanship can easily disguise itself as a Ming Dynasty ship and approach Lushunkou... But we found that Beiyang Water After the division goes to sea, how do you notify your country's navy?"
Sony continued to act as a translator and translated Hauge's words into Japanese.
"The shogunate's navy can find a bay to hide in along the West Sea coast in northern Korea." Hoshina Masayuki said.
"Then let's go to Pi Island," Duduo took up the topic, "Our people are very familiar with that area...and our navy from the Qing Dynasty is also stationed on Pi Island, which can help protect your country's Navy."
He thought for a while and added another thing: "There is one more thing that we must keep in mind... Once the landing is successful, we must immediately deploy defenses along the Nanguan Canal with deep ditches and high fortresses. We must not try to capture Xiaohei." Mountain’s thoughts.”
"Why can't we attack Xiaoheishan?" Masayuki Hoshina looked at the map, "If we capture Xiaoheishan...even if we only capture part of it, we can get a few more points!"
Looking at Masayuki Hoshina's expression, Dodo knew that this man's thoughts were similar to Ma Su in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He wanted to occupy a favorable terrain, condescendingly, and have a field battle with the Ming army... But that was not possible. of! Zhu Youjian is not Li Xin or Mao Wenlong. The Japanese cannon soldiers and spear soldiers are no match for this long live master.
Thinking of this, he did not wait for Sony to translate, and spoke directly to Bao Kezheng: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was good at using cavalry and artillery. Once the retreat was cut off, he would definitely return to the army quickly. If you can't block the front line of the Nanguan Canal, Ming Dynasty will The emperor will break through the blockade and return to Port Arthur, and all our plans will be in vain!"
After listening to Sony's translation, Baoke nodded and said, "Yao Xi, I will convey the Emperor's suggestions to His Highness!"
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"Long live my Lord, the army of slaves and thieves has gathered in Gaizhou... According to the report of the detective horse, the slaves and thieves pretended to be the emperor Welfare, the fake queen mother Taisong, the fake Ama Daishan, Mang Gurtai, Amin, and Duo Ergon, Duduo, Azige, Yuetuo, Hauge and others have all gathered in Gaizhou!"
At Lushunkou Fortress, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was marching in. Shi Kefa, the governor of Liaodong and the commander-in-chief of Pingliao, was reporting to Zhu Youjian the military report he had just received.
Zhu Youjian nodded with a smile: "Okay, the thieves and chiefs are all here... It seems that the slaves and thieves really fought hard this time, which is exactly what I want!"
Mao Wenlong, who had resigned from his official post, did not leave, but temporarily stayed in Zhu Youjian's business as a senior adviser. He said solemnly: "Long live the Lord, since the slave thieves are desperate, we can't Let them get what they want. It is better to fight steadily, fight a protracted war with the slave thieves for several months, consume the slave thieves' food, and when the slave thieves' food is exhausted and retreat, we can attack together from the three directions of Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Nenjiang. We should be able to make a big impact. Complete victory."
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "It is not easy to gather the main force of the slave thieves. We can defeat them in one fell swoop. Then we can plow the court and sweep the gates and dig the foundation of the slave thieves' country. In this way, in the 16th or 17th year of Chongzhen, I will be able to recover Liaodong, Nuerdusi, and North Korea are the land. If we don’t wipe out the enemy now, when the slave thieves are scattered, the government and army will divide their troops to attack. The land of Liaodong and Nuerdusi is extremely vast, with high mountains and dense forests, which is not conducive to a large army. Attack. If you are not careful, you will make the same mistake as Saarhu. In this way, the battle to pacify Liao and restore Korea will be protracted!"
