Um?
Everyone was confused when they heard Yuan Keli's sigh.
Is this praising Huang Taiji or derogating Huang Taiji?
Yuan Keli did not speak immediately, but walked to the map on the side, drew a few circles on the map with a pen, and then connected the circles together.
"Your Majesty, the circle I drew is Liaoze!"
Without waiting for Chongzhen's response, Yuan Keli continued to explain: "Your Majesty, the Liao River flows through the desert area of Inner Mongolia. The river water has a very high sand content. After entering the central Liaoning Plain, the flow rate slows down and the sediment is deposited, forming an above-ground suspended river.
It is extremely easy to burst the embankments during heavy rains, and floods occur on average every seven or eight years. Therefore, Liaoze is formed in the low-lying areas of the plain. Its approximate scope is west of Guangning City, north of Panshan, Taian, and Liaozhong, and west of Xinmin County. s position,
Mainly in the Raoyang River Basin, it is basically located on the left bank of the Liao River, which is the location I drew! "
"After Liaodong was occupied by Nurhachi, the capital was established in Liaoyang in the first year of Tianqi, and the capital was moved to Shenyang five years later. In the past few years, fertile fields have been reclaimed and the Liao River has been renovated to prevent the Liao River from bursting its banks and flooding the fertile fields. Liaoze has not appeared for several years. ,
Therefore, I did not think about it.
But I never thought that Huang Taiji would be so decisive and dug up the Liaohe River Embankment and Liuhe River Embankment near Xinmin City. The river water overflowed and entered the Liaoze area, and Liaoze reappeared.
As a result, the area of Liaoze expanded rapidly, blocking the Liaohe River area from Xinmin to Panshan. If you want to cross the Liaohe River, you must either attack Xinmin and cross the river from Xinmin, but the southern part of Xinmin may now be part of Liaoze.
Either cross the river from the lower reaches of the winding mountain, but there is a plain on the opposite side, which is most suitable for the horses to charge in formation. Jiannu can maximize the advantage of the cavalry.
The most terrifying thing is that if there are one or two heavy rainstorms, the road from Jinzhou to Panjin will be completely submerged, and even extend to the Liaoxi Corridor. "
"There have been many cases in history where Liaoze blocked the Central Plains dynasty from attacking Liaodong. For example, Sima Yi of the Three Kingdoms conquered Gongsun Yuan. When a heavy rain came, the Wei army was soaked in water. If Sima Yi hadn't been very strict in commanding his troops, Sima Yi would probably have been there. Liao Ze is angry."
"Your Majesty, after Mr. Yuan Ge said this, I also remembered something. It is recorded in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" that in the eighth year of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo with a million troops. Suddenly, the Liao River was flooded and he had to cross the river. Failure, a large number of soldiers were trapped in Liaoze,
So much so that when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty conquered Liaodong, he could still see the corpses of Sui soldiers in Liaoze. Although he successfully crossed Liaoze in the end, he also suffered a lot of losses. This is a rare case of successfully crossing Liaoze! "
hiss……
Listening to Yuan Keli and Li Guopu's words, everyone took a breath.
I really didn't expect that Liao Ze existed, let alone that Huang Taiji artificially created Liao Ze.
"Huang Taiji dug a dyke and created Liaoze. Doesn't it mean that all the villages, towns and fertile fields in Liaoze will be covered by floods?"
"right!"
"The Queen has a very cruel heart and will do whatever it takes to stop us!"
Chongzhen's eyes flashed with cold light, filled with murderous intent.
According to Yuan Keli's painting of tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Liaoze, the number of people ranging from 40,000 to 50,000 to as many as more than 100,000 was simply submerged, and several years of hard work were wasted.
Huang Taiji is worthy of being a hero, not only ruthless to his enemies, but also ruthless to himself.
However, it is also understandable that tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland are nothing compared to defeating the enemy and destroying the country and annihilating the species.
He was even more fortunate that Sun Chuanting's army did not take advantage of the capture of Guangning to continue attacking Wangping County in the north and beyond, otherwise Huang Taiji's move might have trapped them in Liaoze.
"Mr. Yuan Ge, according to what you said, wouldn't that mean that this time we..."
Seeing Li Ruolian's hesitation, Yuan Ke immediately understood the meaning of his words, shook his head, and said softly: "The situation is not that bad. In recent years, there have been droughts and the river water has decreased. Although Huang Taiji dug embankments, he wanted to move Liao River It is impossible to be completely covered by marsh, and it is even more impossible to be submerged.
At best, the water is only a few feet deep, and the possibility of flooding Taian is not high, but it is enough.
After being soaked in water, vehicles and horses cannot pass, artillery and supplies cannot be transported, and cavalry cannot pass. To use infantry against cavalry is to seek death.
I guess Huang Taiji's original intention was to block the road from Xinmin to Taian and concentrate his troops on the section from Taian to the mouth of the Liaohe River. As long as we hold this section, we will fight a war of attrition.
What’s even more frightening is that if we really cross the Liaohe River and go deep into the hinterland of Jiannu, and there happens to be heavy rain, the area of Liaoze expands and spreads to the western Liaoning Corridor, cutting off the passage between Liaodong and Shanhaiguan, then our supplies will be exhausted.
And when they fight on the mainland, supplies can be replenished quickly. Without supplies, hundreds of thousands of troops will immediately be in chaos. They can counterattack and break the dike to create Liaoze. This is an offensive and defensive strategy.
It is worth trading tens of thousands of acres of fertile land for the lives of hundreds of thousands of enemies, and even being able to take control of the Central Plains.
I have to say that Huang Taiji grasped the timing of breaching the embankment very well. The army was approaching Shanhaiguan before breaching the embankment. In this case, our retreat would have a great impact on the morale of the army and would also disappoint the people who were looking forward to it. The court Having lost all his prestige, he could only attack with all his might.
But the attack will be frustrated. If you can't attack for a long time, you will lose all your energy. Even if you are lucky enough to cross the river, you will suffer heavy losses. It's a good calculation!
It’s just a pity…”
Yuan Keli looked at the map, shook his head and sighed.
Everyone who heard his sigh was confused, but Chongzhen chuckled. He seemed to understand the meaning of Yuan Keli's sigh.
Huang Taiji broke the embankment to build Liao Ze, which seemed to be used both offensively and defensively. He concentrated his forces to defend the Liaohe River and prevented the northern army from passing through, but in fact he was committing suicide.
He did not expect that Ming Dynasty carried sixty Hongyi cannons, nor did he expect that Ming Dynasty had built flying thunder cannons with explosive shells, sufficient shell tubes, and heavy fire oil tanks.
It is true that concentrated troops are more powerful, but the density becomes larger. Originally, if a thunder cannon went down, four or five people might be killed or injured, but now it is estimated that dozens of people will be killed or injured.
This time the Northern Army carried more than 400 thunder cannons and nearly 50,000 shells. With the thunder cannons opening the way, it would be surprising if Jiannu could block them.
Slowly, everyone also understood Yuan Keli's sigh, and their eyes were full of teasing as they looked at the map.
This is how cleverness leads to being misled by cleverness, and your life is ruined.
They now want to lead a large army to Tai'an and fire thousands of artillery fire to see Huang Taiji's expression.
After thinking about it, Li Guopu pointed to the intelligence: "Mr. Yuan Ge, this intelligence said that Huang Taiji sent Hauge and Sahalian to lead Xianghuang Banner to station in Xinmin City. The south of Xinmin County also falls within the scope of Liaoze, and it started from Liaoze. place,
This block blocked the road from Guangning to Xinmin. Huang Taiji's move left an escape route for himself.
Under such circumstances, if we cross the Liao River, attack Liaoyang, and force Jiannu, will Huang Taiji directly cross the Liao River from Shenyang?
Then he sent an army to defend, and he led most of his troops into Mongolia from the Xinminjing Changwu. The 30,000 horses of the Manchurian Army may not be able to stop the cavalry of Jiannu. Should he inform the Manchu Army and adjust the battle plan? "
