In the military aircraft hall, judging from the sand table, in fact, at this time, the Ming army had already captured a large area of Liaodong.
In the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Ding Liao Duwei was even set up in Liaodong. In June of the sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Liaoyang Prefecture and County were set up. The location is Shenyang in later generations.
However, the Meng Yuan in Liaodong was strong and the Ming Dynasty was weak. After the initial capture, they could not hold it at all. As a last resort, in the 10th year of Hongwu's reign, administrative offices such as prefectures and counties were abolished, and only the guard posts of military units were retained.
The Mongolian and Yuan forces headed by Nahachu have continuously attacked over the years and wiped out more than 20,000 Ming troops, mainly the casualties of these garrison troops who left Liaodong.
Therefore, at this point in time, the Ming Dynasty's various guard posts extending out to Liaodong were actually in name only. The cavalry from Naha can go directly to the coast of Liaodong.
Originally, in history, when the Ming Dynasty accumulated an army of 200,000 to attack Nahachu in the 21st year of Hongwu, they mainly attacked from the direction of the grassland.
Standing by the sand table, Xu Da, who was most familiar with Liao affairs, introduced the real situation one by one.
Zhang Yifan was surprised by this situation. In his impression, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were so many famous generals here. They should be invincible and invincible. Why were they suppressed and beaten by the Japanese?
Knowing his thoughts, Xu Da was a little speechless and immediately answered him: "Today's outside the pass, the Japanese still have the upper hand. Our support is often not timely. By the time the reinforcements arrive, they have already been captured by the Japanese." . There are even places where reinforcements are not easy, and they are likely to be surrounded by police for reinforcements, and the troops who go out to reinforce will suffer! The morale of the troops outside the pass is unstable, and your Majesty even killed a commander who escaped before."
After hearing this, Lan Yu on the side also said: "After all, the *** have been in the pass for decades, and they also have experience in attacking cities. Just that counterweight trebuchet, ordinary cities can't stop it. live!"
After hearing this, Zhang Yifan rolled his eyes and said immediately: "That's not good. Let's make a gesture. This is the Haizhou Guard. We need to strengthen our troops, hoard supplies, attract the intruders, and then cooperate inside and outside, and we can destroy a group of people." Batch, catch a group, do this twice, still can’t kill them!”
After he finished speaking, Xu Da and Lan Yu couldn't help but look at each other, their eyes a little speechless.
In the end, Xu Da answered Zhang Yifan: "Yifan, your idea is good, but you may not have listened to what I just said. Even Haizhouwei is only a hundred and twenty miles away from the coastline. , but after we got the news, it would be too late to set off from the pass, or to gather people from the Liaodong Corridor to set off."
In order to show his closeness to the Prince Consort and not make Zhang Yifan look too embarrassed by saying this, he also changed his title.
Lan Yu on the side also explained: "Haizhou City is not a big city, and there are not many people. Unlike Yongping City, it is difficult to cope with the protracted siege of the Japanese. In addition, the Japanese will definitely release weapons in the Liaodong Corridor. Ranger, we can't gather troops from the Liaodong Corridor, we can only reinforce them by sea from within the pass to catch them by surprise, but this will take too long!"
Zhu Di remained silent. Listening to his father-in-law and Lan Yu's explanation, he couldn't help but show some regret.
Zhang Yifan listened and was about to speak when he burped.
Rice wine is generally drunk hot. It tastes good and has a bit of staying power. However, Zhang Yifan didn't drink too much.
After burping his wine, he immediately laughed and said: "No, no, no, you are all wrong. Haizhou City can definitely be defended, just prepare more firearms. Reinforcements do not need to start from the pass, and there is no need to wait too long for reinforcements. ..."
Hearing this, Xu Da couldn't help but shake his head, interrupted Zhang Yifan's words, and explained helplessly: "I know that the barbarian cannon is very powerful and can shoot very far, but once you get used to the barbarian cannon, It will not be as helpful to the defense of the city as you think. As long as the enemy spreads out a little when attacking the city, the cannons will not cause much damage to the enemy. Most of them will be bombarded with stones. It’s a car, but the fire rate of the bombardment cannon is very slow.”
Seeing that Zhang Yifan wanted to speak, he added: "Although there is also a Crouching Tiger Cannon, its shortcomings are also very obvious. The range is very short, and at close range it can only
There is a chance of one shot. If the enemy continues to attack, the effect of the Crouching Tiger Cannon will be limited. Defending the city with tens of thousands of enemies and explosive packs alone will consume a lot of money and we won't be able to hold on for long. We can only send reinforcements from within the pass! "
When Zhang Yifan heard this, he quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, you're not right!"
Zhu Di: "..."
Although he really wanted to fight, he was not a fool. After listening, he stood with his father-in-law and immediately said to Zhang Yifan: "Yifan, you drank too much and your head is hot. Let me get you some sobering soup!"
After hearing this, Zhang Yifan didn't want to leave him. He walked a few steps and moved to one side of the sand table. Then he pointed with his hand and said: "There should be a big island here. Just gather troops here quietly through the sea. Once there is a war, from Supporting the Kaishu Guards by sea has at least shortened the journey by half, is that enough?”
What he was referring to was Juehua Island outside Ningyuan City in later generations. This island is definitely big enough. It was used to store food and grass during the war between the late Ming Dynasty and Jianlu.
As a result, it froze in winter, so Ye Bohskin led the army to attack Juehua Island, burned the food and grass, and massacred all the soldiers and civilians on the island, seriously affecting the Liaodong war.
Xu Da, Lan Yu and others were shocked when they heard what he said.
Then, Xu Da immediately remembered it, nodded quickly and said, "Yes, there is indeed an island here. If it is used to store troops..."
At this point, he stopped talking. Judging from his expression, he was thinking about this possibility.
Lan Yu didn't know about this island, and neither did Zhu Di. Among them, Zhu Di asked Zhang Yifan a little curiously: "Yifan, how did you know that there is an island here that can be used?"
"You don't know how to ask. You can tell by just asking anyone. It's such a big island that only a blind person can't see. It's a good thing that you are leading the navy and you don't check the situation along the way."
Zhu Di: "..."
After being speechless for a while, Zhu Di simply admitted, "I ignored this, it's my fault!"
When he just finished speaking, Xu Da was already thinking about it, and immediately said: "If I remember correctly, it is indeed a big island there. But we need to stock up on troops in advance, and if we hide our traces and think of surprise troops, we won't be able to hoard a large army." A maximum of thirty to fifty thousand would be enough. To find out how much, we have to go to the island to see."
When he said this, he was very serious. He looked at Zhang Yifan and said: "Even if there are 50,000, if we support the Haizhou Guard, we may not have an advantage in terms of strength. The army strength in Liaodong is around 200,000!" "
There was one thing he didn't elaborate on. It is impossible for the Liaodong army to come out in full force. Therefore, although there are 200,000 troops, the number that will besiege Haizhou City will only be about 50,000. If they hear that the Ming Dynasty is sending reinforcements later, the army may also The number of troops will be increased to about five to one hundred thousand, and the number of troops will definitely be higher.
Zhang Yifan listened, but didn't take it seriously, and immediately replied: "Then we must have won. The *** can't all be elites. If there were 200,000 elites, they would have counterattacked long ago. The troops we sent are elites , that’s enough.”
At this point, he saw that Xu Da wanted to speak again, so he took the lead and immediately continued: "I have already asked people to renovate the ironmaking plant. The output of steelmaking will increase later, and we can equip our elite with fine steel chests later." A, in addition, a batch of muskets will be built, which will be many times more powerful than the current muskets. Not only the range, but also the rate of fire will be comprehensively improved."
Hearing his words, Xu Da couldn't help but be very surprised. But Lan Yu and Zhu Di were already overjoyed.
The two of them knew Zhang Yifan better than Xu Da. Knowing what he said, there must be something good!
But who knows, it's not over yet, Zhang Yifan continues: "In addition, we can also build a batch of artillery, called rapid-fire artillery. The loading speed is at least three times that of the bombing cannon, and the range will be much shorter, but It's also farther than a bow and arrow, I mean the effective range..."
This rapid-fire cannon was actually something that existed in the Ming Dynasty in history. Its original name was the Franco machine gun, which originated from the Portuguese.
However, the Fran machine gun, which came from the Portuguese and was imitated by the Ming Dynasty, was a molecular blunderbuss, which was equivalent to a single-bore gun.
The kind that comes out alone. A mother gun is usually equipped with six or seven child guns. The child guns are loaded in advance, so the speed becomes very fast.
However, one of the shortcomings of this historical Fran cannon is that its air tightness is relatively poor. Not only is it easy to injure the soldiers firing the Fran cannon, but the range will also be affected and become short.
However, this shortcoming is actually easy to solve. As long as it is changed to an embedded musket loading method, the air tightness problem can basically be solved.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the main reason was that the entire Ming Dynasty system was rotten. Otherwise, with the types and configuration of firearms at that time, it would definitely be able to beat the enemy with cold weapons.
Hearing his introduction, even Xu Da, who was as steady as Xu Da, was surprised. He immediately stared at Zhang Yifan and confirmed: "Seriously? Is there such a powerful artillery?"
For people in the early Ming Dynasty, it was a bit unimaginable for Zhang Yifan to say this!
Although Lan Yu believed that Zhang Yifan would create miracles, she couldn't help but confirm: "Can this kind of artillery be easily used in field battles with the army?"
Zhu Di, on the other hand, did not ask questions, because he believed that it was okay for his brother-in-law to say so.
Zhang Yifan, after hearing their words, said naturally: "Is this so hard to imagine? Do you know about the Bangyi Cannon? In fact, it is to hollow out the back of the cannon, then use a smaller cannon, and load it in advance , stuff it into this gap to form a cannon that can be fired, it’s as simple as that!”
Xu Da: "..."
Lan Yu: "..."
Zhu Di: "Hehehe!"
Look, my father-in-law must know how smart Yifan's brain is, right?
Zhang Yifan saw that Xu Da and Lan Yu were both stunned, so he took a step back and quickly declared: "Of course, what I said needs to be built from scratch. It will take time. It will probably take several months." Can."
Hearing his words, Xu Da had come back to his senses, and immediately with a smile on his face, he said quickly: "Don't be in a hurry, take your time, it's okay. If you need anything, just ask, if you don't have it in Peking, I'll go to your majesty quickly." want!"
At this moment, Zhu Di intervened and said, "We also have to check your island and make plans for this war. It will take several months anyway, so don't be in a hurry!"
After hearing this, Xu Da couldn't help but glance at him: Is this already arranged?
Zhu Di obviously understood what his father-in-law's eyes meant, and he replied helplessly: "If we don't talk about this war or fight this war, see if you can force Yifan to come up with this!"
After hearing this, Xu Da thought for a moment and had to admit that what his son-in-law said made sense. If you really get interested in this great prince-in-law, he will come up with some fantastic ideas!
Okay, judging from the results of the current discussion, if what the great prince consort said can really be achieved, then the elite divisions of the Ming Dynasty will not be at a disadvantage against multiple enemies, and the reduction in military strength will still be able to It would also be beneficial to make logistics less stressful.
So, on this New Year's Eve, several people agreed on the arrangements for the coming year.
Zhang Yifan went to the military industry to build more powerful firearms, artillery, fish floss, meat floss, etc. He also had to take care of them. All in all, it's all about logistics.
Xu Da mainly built the Great Wall, Shanhaiguan and other places.
Zhu Di and Lan Yu will take a boat to Juehua Island in the spring after the new year to inspect the terrain and verify the possibility of launching the planned Liaodong war on the island where troops are stored. ………………
On the same day, the Mongolian government was not very happy. Even if they have been in the customs for a long time and have been influenced by the Han people, they are still on this important day. It should be a festive day, but this year, there is no festive atmosphere at all.
Huishan and other places were raided by the Ming army, and the news had spread to Liaodong and to the base camp of Nahachu.
Most of the Liaodong police who gathered here had fled from the pass. When they heard that Naha had gathered many people here, they all fled and gathered so many people.
This kind of defeated general has actually been killed by the Ming army. It is difficult to fight against the Ming army without an advantage.
The army fights.
Naha was a descendant of Muhuali, one of the four generals in the Genghis Khan era. Although he was captured by the Ming army, he insisted that it was impossible to surrender. After being released by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was named the left prime minister of Liaoyang Province by Emperor Yuan Shun, and was later added as Tai Tai. Wei, King Kaiyuan and other officials.
He knew how to reform these rabble, and he tried his best, racked his brains, and attacked continuously. Through small-scale victories, he slowly gathered the hearts and minds of the military. Unexpectedly, just when he was breathing a sigh of relief, such a huge defeat came out!
