Chapter 10 Asking for advice
How many people were there in Jinyiwei? How could they draw such a detailed map?
Feng Sheng couldn't understand.
However, he didn't have any intention of figuring it out. After he was ready to go back, he wrote to Zhu Yuanzhang and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to give him the map.
Feng Sheng said: "Master He, you have done a good job. If local officials from all over the country can do as well as you, I won't have to worry too much."
He Xi said: "The Duke of the country is so complimentary. This is what a lower official should do."
Feng Sheng said, "Since you have prepared so much, let me ask you, when is the best time to march?"
He Xi pondered for a moment and said, "May, to be precise, the beginning of summer."
Feng Sheng frowned slightly and said, "Why?"
He Xi said: "Firstly, spring comes late in the Northeast, and secondly, after the ice and snow melt in the spring, the land becomes extremely muddy. At least north of Liaodong, it is like this for hundreds of miles. It is extremely difficult to transport baggage. Therefore, next time The official thinks that we should wait at least for this period of time before talking."
Feng Sheng muttered secretly: "I really didn't expect this."
Feng Sheng's previous consideration was mostly to send troops from the grassland, that is, Daning. This road takes mostly grassland. This is the border area between the northeastern plains and grasslands. Generally speaking, it is relatively dry. That kind of situation is not easy to happen on the northeastern plains.
Therefore, Feng Sheng did not consider the mud after the snow melted in early spring.
Feng Sheng still knew the situation of the Tatars very well.
For Daming, winter is very sad. For Tatars at higher latitudes, winter will only be more difficult. If the Ming Dynasty winter can only freeze people to death, the Mongolian winter is such that almost all elderly people cannot survive.
Therefore, the period just after winter is when the Tatars are at their weakest.
Both men and horses were in a state of extreme weakness.
And this weakness will get better little by little as the days get warmer.
Therefore, if you postpone it for one day, the weather will be warmer, the enemy will be stronger, and the price paid for the war will be higher.
Of course, when Feng Sheng reached his current position, he could accomplish thousands of things with one general. For the sake of victory, tens of thousands of people were thrown in, but for Feng Sheng, he didn't even blink an eye. However, when the temple is calculating. Feng Sheng still hopes that some casualties can be reduced. Just reduce some casualties.
Feng Sheng said: "If we want to march from Liaodong? Is there any way to advance it?"
He Xi heard the sound of strings and knew the elegant meaning. Immediately he understood what Feng Sheng meant. He pondered for a while and said, "It's not that there is no way. It's just that this method is a little difficult."
Feng Sheng said; "What can I do?"
He Xi said: "Then we will launch troops at the end of February or the beginning of March."
Feng Sheng said: "At this time, it is still winter for Zhaozhou, right?"
He Xi said: "The Duke is wise. That's right. Zhaozhou thawed in mid-March, while Liaodong thawed in about February. It's because the land hasn't thawed yet. It's almost as hard as iron. Even some rivers can As long as you prepare dry food, it only takes a few days from Zhenbeiguan to Zhaozhou. And the army can also take advantage of the ground not thawing to send a batch of baggage first. Then after half a month or a month, send the third batch. It’s not too late for the second batch.”
"Of course, if you win, it's also great to fight to support fighting."
"And at this time, although the freeze has not yet thawed, the climate has warmed up. At least it is not like now, where the wind is like a knife. Non-combat casualties will not be too many."
"Of course, this is what my family says. Lord, please just listen to it. Don't take it seriously."
Although He Xi said it very excitedly, she also knew how much she weighed. In front of ordinary people, he can give military advice. But in front of Feng Sheng, a veteran of many battles, he didn't dare to talk nonsense. To avoid embarrassment.
Feng Sheng said: "No. Your opinion is very good. Do you have many things to do in Liaodong?"
He Xi pointed to the files on one side and said, "How can there not be many? There are too many things in Liaodong. I can't be busy at all."
In fact, this is a problem with He Xi's management style.
He Xi's governor's office serves as the decision-making center and directly interfaces with the capital department. There are thousands of households under the capital, and all of them act according to military law. He Xi sent many people down as supervision and technical guidance. This management model turned Liaodong into a large military camp and was also very efficient.
But efficient at the same time. This greatly increased He Xi's workload.
He Xi almost bypassed Ye Wang and directly connected with more than a dozen health centers and dozens of independent thousand-household centers below. As well as some inns and hundreds of important locations. Even though He Xi had two great advisers and dozens of Imperial College students to help him, he was still very busy.
Today's management model and organizational model are somewhat similar to modern organizational models, but there is a huge gap. However, there are many similarities with the classical military empires of Qin and Han. Qin's millions of people could almost create an army of nearly one million. It is estimated that it also has a similar organizational model, controlling everyone at every level. Every strong man.
He Xi also knew that this model could not last long. However, it is not too late to make adjustments after fighting the Northern Expedition first.
After all, if the war is won, the pressure on Liaodong will be reduced a lot.
He Xi has much more room for reform.
Feng Sheng pondered for a moment and said, "No, no matter how busy you are, just give me a break. Follow me back to Peking."
He Xi said; "Why?"
Feng Sheng said: "Participate in this pre-war meeting for the Northern Expedition." Feng Sheng paused slightly and said, "I need what you just said."
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Half a month later, in Beiping City.
Today's Beiping City is not yet the Beijing City of later generations. The Beijing City of later generations was built during the Yongle period. Today's Beiping City is actually the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.
After the Ming Dynasty conquered Dadu of Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xu Da to make some changes to Dadu of Yuan Dynasty in order to vent his royal power. But once you hear it, you will know that the scale of this transformation is not large. After all, at the beginning of the founding of the country, not to mention the lack of manpower and material resources, the Tatars were in Monan at that time. He even went in and out of Peiping City.
There are not so many manpower and material resources to do these things.
Even on the city walls, the palaces of the Yuan Dynasty, and other places, some Feng Shui arrangements were made. Just like, it is said that Qin Shihuang opened the Qinhuai River to vent the anger of the Jinling King. Zhu Yuanzhang also made a similar arrangement, but it was not as grand as Qin Shihuang.
Later, Zhu Dijing was unable to raise his troops and was trapped in the city of Beiping. The Southern Army could not penetrate. This was certainly because the defenders were resolute, but also because the city of Beiping was originally a capital city and the city walls had not been changed much.
But it's the same reason.
When Zhu Di built the northern city of Beijing, he did not repair and expand it on the basis of the Yuan Dynasty. Instead, he used the northern city wall of the Yuan Dynasty as the south wall of the northern capital, moved the northern city to the north, and added a huge Quantity of work.
He was probably also worried that Zhu Yuanzhang had done something in the past that would really hinder Beijing's royal aura.
Today's Beiping City is a military city.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed inside and outside Beiping City. This was only part of the main force of this Northern Expedition. Some of the other ministries are already in Daning. Some are elsewhere, ready to go. No matter where they were, most of the generals came to Beiping City.
But it was because the commander-in-chief, Song Guogong Feng Sheng, ordered the generals to gather together. After hearing the order, the generals rushed to Peiping one after another.
He Xi is also among them.
At this moment, He Xi was both nervous and exhausted.
The journey from Shenyang to Peiping was exhausting.
They first rode south from Shenyang to Port Arthur. As mentioned earlier, Port Arthur is a frost-free port and can naturally sail. From Lushun to Tanggu. Although Tanggu, later known as Tianjin Port, sometimes froze, the degree of icing was incomparable to that of the Liaodong coast.
Barely able to get ashore.
After landing, he hurriedly arrived at Peiping City.
There was no time to rest. The blood on my thighs was frozen layer by layer. Riding the horse and whipping the whip looks so cool, but whoever rides knows it. He Xi misses his little electric donkey countless times, misses the car, and even misses the tractor in the village.
Either way is much better than riding a horse.
No matter how tired he was, he became nervous when he thought about what he had to face. He gave up everything in Liaodong and came here. It was because of what Feng Sheng told him.
