Unlike the Songjiang Prefecture Industrial Base in the south, where a large number of workers are carrying out construction work, the Liaodong Peninsula is completely white. Even Fuzhou, the front line of the confrontation between the two armies, seems very quiet.
Under the heavy snow and road closures, even the daily transportation of baggage, let alone any large-scale military operations, seemed to be very difficult.
In order to supply the tens of thousands of troops stationed on the front line of Fuzhou with horse chews, the Dongji people recruited a large number of young and strong civilians from the rear to form a huge baggage transport team, which traveled all the way south to the Liaodong Peninsula from the hinterland of the rear. The snow made it difficult for carriages to move quickly, and the severe cold on the road also caused a large number of ordinary young people who lacked warm clothing to freeze to death or frostbite.
But even so, the Dongji people cannot stop the transportation of supplies!
Because at the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula, there are tens of thousands of Chu troops watching with eager eyes!
In the Yanggong Castle along the coast south of Fuzhou and on Changsheng Island further south, there are more than 20,000 fully armed Chu troops garrisoned with a huge fleet providing cover.
On the Jinzhou defense line, there are also more than 20,000 Chu troops stationed here!
These Chu troops here are like two fish bones stuck in the throat of Dongjiu people. They can't swallow it and can't spit it out. If they are not careful, they will be choked to death!
For this reason, the Dongji people must hoard a large number of troops here to guard against the Chu army in the north!
Otherwise, when the Chu army continues to move north to capture Gaizhou, or even continues to move north, it will not only threaten Shenyang, but also cut off the Liaoxi Corridor, thus putting the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Liaoxi Corridor into crisis.
Even if in the end, the main force of the Eastern Captives in the Liaoxi Corridor can successfully withdraw from the north, the Liaoxi Corridor will definitely be lost.
Once Liaoxi is lost, Shenyang is not far from being finished.
When the time comes, the foundations of the Dongji people will be dug out directly, and they will fall into a place of no return.
Although the Dongjiao people seem to control a large territory, whether it is North Korea or Monan Mongolia, these places are just surrendered to them. Once the Dongjiao people fail in the war with the Chu army, and even Liaodong is lost, Then these two places will rebel again in minutes.
After all, they were not the Eastern captives, they were just defeated by the Eastern captives and forced to surrender.
If the strength of the Dongji people is gone, then the consequences can be imagined.
Today's Donglu people are facing a completely different situation than when they faced the Ming Dynasty. In the past, when they fought with the Ming Dynasty, they took the strategic initiative. Especially in the later stages, they were basically in the position of Dongdu attacking the Ming army's defense. Case.
But now... After the opponent was replaced by the Chu army, everything was reversed. Those damn Chu barbarians directly threatened Liaoxi, and even dared to send troops to land on the Liaodong Peninsula, resulting in such a passive situation.
In this case, the situation is already quite dangerous, and the Dongji people have to grit their teeth and hold on no matter how difficult it is.
However, while Dongdu was working hard to maintain the two fronts of Liaoxi and Liaodong Peninsula, the Chu army opposite them was spending the winter comfortably, and from time to time a small force was sent out to harass and fight.
Especially on the Liaodong Peninsula, in order to continue to increase the pressure on the Dongji people and force them to pay more attention and invest more forces in Liaodong, Bai Yangrong would send troops to land on the flanks and rear of the Chu army from time to time, so that the enemy would land ashore when they were unprepared. Attack one, capture a small castle, burn some food and so on.
If the enemy is on guard, move to another location at worst. If the enemy reacts quickly and directly sends troops to kill you, then just get on the boat and leave.
In November, Bai Yangrong even sent more than 2,000 people to Gaizhou by boat, landed directly and captured Lianyun Island east of Gaizhou City.
This small island is right opposite Gaizhou City. It is said to be a small island, but in fact it is only separated from the shore by a small ditch as big as a palm. If time passes, it will be filled with silt and connected to the mainland in a short time. .
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This means that this place can easily be crossed, especially with naval superiority.
This frightened the Dong captives in Gaizhou City half to death. On the one hand, they closed the city gate tightly to prevent the Chu army from landing and attacking the city. On the other hand, they urgently mobilized troops from all directions, and then prepared many ships to recapture this beautiful place. Lianyun Island seems inconspicuous, but is actually a huge threat.
When they finally mobilized more than 10,000 troops and rushed out many small boats to land, they were raided by the Chu fleet again. Under intensive shelling, Dongdi's landing was just a pile of flesh and blood.
When they managed to land ashore after suffering more than 2,000 casualties, they discovered that the Chu army on the island simply took a puff of smoke and fled by boat from behind.
Although Lianyun Island was recaptured, the entire battle was extremely frustrating.
Changsheng Island in Fuzhou and Lianyun Island in Gaizhou, coupled with a series of cross-sea landing battles in which Chu troops landed on a large scale from Lushunkou, also made the Dongji people deeply aware of the importance of sea power!
The army of the Da Chu Empire, supported by a fleet, can come and go almost freely. On the long coastline controlled by the Dongji people, you can land from wherever you want. Moreover, after landing, you can also directly resupply through ships, without any logistical delays. risks of.
And if you encounter danger, you can always get on the boat and run away!
The Chu army's naval superiority was so vividly demonstrated in a series of landing operations on the Liaodong Peninsula that the Dongji people were determined to build a huge fleet to compete with the Chu army's fleet. Otherwise, the maritime border will never have peace, and the Liaoxi Corridor is at risk of being cut off at any time.
It's just that the navy is much more difficult to build than the army.
The construction of warships takes several years at any time. Although it is possible to urgently speed up the construction for half a year or even less, the ships built in this way will fall apart in just a few years.
Battleships are actually pretty good. Emergency construction for war is normal. A junk ship that won’t be used for a few years is better than nothing...
But sailors and naval officers are not so easy to train.
The navy is a branch of arms that is more difficult to train than the artillery and cavalry of the army!
The reason why the Dachu Empire's navy was able to quickly grow into the strongest navy in East Asia is not that the Dachu Empire mastered any quick naval methods. It was simply that it accepted the tens of thousands of experienced sailors under Zheng Zhilong's command, including those generals.
After having these tens of thousands of sailors, the Chu Empire began to use its strong money, food and manufacturing capabilities to mass-produce a large number of various new warships and quickly develop these warships into combat effectiveness.
At the same time, we can also use the experience of these old sailors and generals from Zheng Zhilong's era to train more sailors.
How should I put it, even if you want to train tens of thousands of recruits into qualified sailors, you must have a sufficient number of teachers to teach them step by step.
In this way, the navy of the Great Chu Empire can acquire combat effectiveness in a short period of time, and directly dominate the East Asian waters as soon as it comes up!
But the Dongji people do not have this condition. Although they have received a group of sailors from Shandong before, they have obtained a group of sailors, but the total amount is not large. The most important thing is that this batch of tax revenue has only been There were only two or three left, and the others were either dead or wounded or became prisoners of the Chu army...
Many of the Dongjiu people's naval forces were previously deployed at Lushunkou, and then the Dachu Empire's navy directly blocked the port. Then the army landed and captured the north and south cities.
As a result, the thousands of experienced sailors under the Dongjiu people became the possessions of the Chu army. Except for a few hundred who died in battle, the rest all became prisoners of the Chu army.
What's even more interesting is that because these Dongdu naval forces are basically former Ming army naval forces, these people are also Han people and have little loyalty to the Dongdu navy.
After these captured sailors were reviewed, many ordinary sailors joined the Da Chu Empire Navy. Only those who were captured by the East or the high-ranking generals of the Han people who surrendered to the East were directly killed.
In other words, the Da Chu Empire Navy conducted a landing operation and gained thousands of experienced sailors, making a lot of money.
After these surrendered sailors were thrown into a recruit training camp for a few months to be brainwashed, these thousands of sailors could be assigned to more than a dozen warships of the Chu army.
If this is done, it will be more difficult for the Donglu people to build a navy.
At most, they can only build some small sampans that do not require much navigation technology, such as the centipede boats used in modern times. However, such a small navy cannot stop the huge fleet of the Da Chu Empire Navy.
Dongjiu people are at an absolute disadvantage at sea in a short period of time. The navy can't do it for a while, so they can only strengthen the coastal defense and build some forts.
The land is under great pressure, and the coast is full of holes. This winter in Huang Taiji is both busy and helpless.
This year was the most difficult and even helpless year for him.
And all these changes started after Chu Manzi went north.
In the past, he was full of confidence when fighting the Ming army, fighting Southern Mongolia, and fighting North Korea, and they were actually very successful. However, since the Chu barbarians killed the Ming Dynasty, they have accumulated heavy troops in Shanhaiguan, Jiliao, and even the entire northern Great Wall defense line. After that, he felt the situation deteriorated rapidly and became increasingly difficult as time passed.
Sometimes, Huang Taiji regretted it!
If I had known in the past two years, I shouldn't have pushed the Ming Dynasty too hard, and even made concessions when necessary, so that the Ming Dynasty could concentrate on dealing with the Chu barbarians.
In this way, the Chu barbarians would not quickly conquer the south of the Yangtze River or even the Northern Expedition. With the Ming Dynasty standing in the way, they could accumulate strength for a few more years, such as building hundreds of artillery pieces.
Even during the Northern Expedition of the Chu Barbarians, if I had reacted faster and sent troops to the Liaoxi Corridor one or two months in advance, recaptured Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui and then led the army into the pass, then the current situation would have been very different.
Even if we only capture Shanhaiguan, the situation will be very different!
It is a pity that Huang Taiji at that time did not know that the Chu barbarians were so capable. The Northern Expedition only took a few months. Before Huang Taiji and the others could react, they quickly captured Youzhou City and captured Shanhaiguan!
However, they captured people from the east and were a little slow in concentrating their forces to march westward. Subsequent negotiations with Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui took too much time.
This slow step is a slow step!
In the end, Huang Taiji could only watch helplessly as the Dongji people took control of Shanhaiguan!
Even though he had led his army to a place only twenty miles away from Shanhaiguan at that time, he still could only watch helplessly as the Chu army occupied Shanhaiguan first and finally blocked himself from the pass!
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However, although Huang Taiji regretted it, he also knew that even if he were to go back to a few years ago now, it would be difficult for him to reverse this situation.
Because they did not detour to Mongolia and plunder Northern Zhili, they would not be able to survive the Eastern captives. Since they had plundered them all, they naturally created pressure on the Ming Dynasty and contained a large part of the Ming Dynasty's power, which in turn led to the Chu The barbarians rose rapidly.
Secondly, if Youzhou is not broken and Chongzhen is not dead, Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui will not be so straightforward and surrender to the Eastern captives without fighting. They have done a good job as local emperors in western Liaoning, and they do not need to be your grandsons by the Eastern captives!
If you want them to surrender, you have to defeat them first!
But this is back to the original point: if Zu Dashou does not surrender voluntarily, it will not be easy for Huang Taiji's army to conquer Jinzhou.
Dongji was able to successfully control the Western Liaoning Corridor. This was all thanks to the Chu army's Northern Expedition that killed the Ming Dynasty, which eventually led to Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, they would still be hanging around east of Jinzhou.
Therefore, looking at the overall situation, this gives Huang Taiji a feeling of destiny!
And this feeling of being destined by history made Huang Taiji feel helpless and even panicked!
