Ten days is just a moment in the long history, but it will be a new date recorded in history books, and the chain reaction caused by this will gradually appear.
Regarding Guo Dajing's persistence, Liu Xingzhi expressed his worries, "In the end, the general will only worry about not carrying enough dry food."
Guo Dajing smiled faintly and said: "X has made arrangements. Dry food and combat supplies will never be cut off. Don't worry."
Liu Xingzhi guessed that it was related to the secret camp, but he didn't know the situation in this regard. But since Guo Dajing was confident, he felt relieved.
In addition to sending his brothers to cooperate, Liu Xingzuo also had several soldiers who were also from Liaodong. In addition, Liu Qishi was very familiar with the mountains and rivers of Liaodong.
With the presence of these guides, the operation will be successful and the safety of retreat will be much more certain. Of course, for Guo Dajing, if he is entangled with Jianlu in the mountains and forests, no one can be his opponent.
As for whether the time of the attack could be stuck before Jianlu withdrew his troops, Guo Dajing was not worried. According to the ancient communication speed, a time error of a few days would basically be considered synchronization.
What's more, the time of the report to the court can also be changed. What the court wants to see is the action, and the result it sees is that the captives retreat. This is enough. Who will look for flaws between the lines like a detective?
Guo Dajing summoned the officers and rearranged the details of the operation, such as the order of march, matters to pay attention to, how to deal with emergencies, etc.
In the early stages of the landing, there should be no danger, as they were all coastal areas abandoned by the Jianlu; and the deeper you go, the more cautious you must be.
After sneaking through Haizhou, according to Guo Dajing's estimation, the security around Liaoyang was not necessarily tight.
Guo Dajing divided Liaodong from the coast to the inland into four categories: base areas, uninhabited areas, guerrilla areas, and enemy-occupied areas according to later terminology.
Needless to say, the base area is an island where the built captives look out to sea; the no-man's land is a blank area dozens of miles along the coast, where neither the enemy nor we have many troops, and there is almost no fighting.
The guerrilla zone is an area close to the edge of the Jianlu-controlled area. The Dongjiang Army often sends small groups of troops to harass, or spies sneak in to incite the Liao people here to rebel and flee.
Originally, in Guo Dajing's vision, the uninhabited areas were gradually turned into base areas, and the guerrilla areas were penetrated and squeezed into the enemy-occupied areas to achieve the purpose of reducing the enemy-occupied areas.
But after the war to aid Korea, seeing the Jianlu's fighting methods and combat power, and the survey of coastal areas, Guo Dajing realized that he was a bit of an arm's length man.
The advantage of Jianlu's cavalry makes it difficult to prevent rapid attacks, also known as lightning strikes. Although building forts and strongholds is one way, the financial and material resources are not available.
To put it bluntly, base areas need to be established along the coast, but lack of depth makes it difficult to respond in a timely manner to the rapid attacks of Jianlu.
On the surface, the Jianlu forces abandoned the coastal areas, but in fact they had the same idea as not occupying Guangning and Jinzhou. They waited for the Ming army to occupy it, and then used a cold lightning attack to smash the Ming army's hard work.
With such worries, Guo Dajing believed that we should start from southern Liaoning and continue to expand on land. First, build Lushun into a fortress, then occupy Jinzhou, then Fuzhou and Gaizhou, and steadily advance.
It is better to occupy one area than to occupy many points. This was the conclusion Guo Dajing finally came to.
Moreover, the stable operation of Liaonan is equivalent to a steel knife thrust into the heart of Jianlu. This is not only a containment, but a direct threat to Jianlu.
The coast was already in sight, but Guo Dajing couldn't help but look back. Not at Guanglu Island, but at the farther south. Whether Fujino Masaru could succeed or not was related to the success or failure of his big plan.
Time, the key is time.
If Guo Dajing wants to seize the opportunity, he must not make too big a mistake. There will be big opportunities and big challenges next year and the year after that. It depends on whether he can be ready.
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The sails had disappeared from sight, and Mao Wenlong led the generals back to the military camp.
The order has been issued, and the garrison generals from various islands rushed to Lushun to assemble and launch diversionary operations in southern Liaoning.
Mao Wenlong had to stay on Guanglu Island for one more day, and wanted to take a closer look at the business situation on the island and make an accurate evaluation of Guo Dajing's abilities.
Accompanied by Liu Xingzuo, Mao Wenlong went to the workshop to learn about the production and manufacturing situation; and then to the salt drying farm and breeding farm. Returning to the military camp, he listened to Liu Xingzuo's report.
In fact, Mao Wenlong didn't pay too much attention to these things. In the past few years since Dongjiang opened the town, all the islands have already formed business models. The good ones are not much better, and the bad ones have little impact.
Even so, compared with other islands, Mao Wenlong still saw a lot of changes and was satisfied with the progress made in a short period of time.
"Dajing and you have done a good job." Mao Wenlong's attitude towards Liu Xingzuo has obviously changed. He stroked his beard and smiled and praised, "The speed of recovery is faster than that of other troops. Especially this strategy of picking and dividing can be sustained and more...
Worthy of praise.”
Mao Wenlong appreciated the fact that rumors could be upgraded and serialized. This was also the main reason why he changed his view of Liu Xingzuo greatly.
From the time of the war to aid Korea until now, the persistence of spreading rumors shows the seriousness and persistence of Guo Dajing and Liu Xingzuo.
"Thank you for the compliment, Commander-in-Chief." Liu Xingzuo thanked him and said: "Among the nephews of the old slave, Huang Taiji is the most shrewd and cunning. Picking up other slave chiefs and thwarting Huang Taiji's attempt to monopolize power will definitely be beneficial to our army and the war in Liaodong.
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Mao Wenlong nodded and said: "I have reported this information to the imperial court. If the Zhenfu Division and Dongchang can take action, it will save our energy."
For the Ming court, the Khan and the Emperor were definitely a huge divide, and they would have two very different attitudes.
Various Mongolian tribes also had Khans, such as Hu Duntu, Lin Dan Khan, and Anda Khan, etc. The Khan king who built the captives was nothing more than a foreign tribe to the Ming court.
But to be proclaimed emperor means that the Later Jin Dynasty is a country and can compete with the Ming Dynasty in terms of political status, which is equivalent to an equal relationship.
This was absolutely unacceptable to the Ming Dynasty, which regarded itself as the Celestial Kingdom and valued the orthodoxy of dignity and inferiority. Historically, the Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin Dynasty had several peace negotiations, and the first one was to ask Huang Taiji to give up his title.
Although the Jianlu occupied Liaodong and defeated the Ming army several times, the Ming Dynasty, from top to bottom, never faced up to this ferocious enemy. They only regarded the Jianlu as a traitor and only temporarily gained power.
The nicknames Donglu and Jianlu clearly showed the attitude of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Mao Wenlong expected that the court would be shocked and angry, that Zhenfusi and Dongchang would take action, and that the crackdown and pressure on Jianlu would be intensified.
The performance of Dongjiang Town also proved to the imperial court that it could inflict casualties on Jianlu. Compared with the shrinking fortress in western Liaoning, it had more support value.
And this is Mao Wenlong's purpose, to obtain more food, wages and resources for Dongjiang Town. One goes against the other, and Guan Ningjun and Dongjiang Town actually have this kind of competitive relationship.
The Ming court's huge investment in the Guan Ning Army actually did not only affect the Dongjiang Army. There were also Ming armies in Jizhen, Baoding, Changping, and even Jiubian. They often lacked food and pay, leading to fatigue and disorganization of the soldiers.
The evil consequences of all this were fully revealed when the Jianlu troops took a detour and plundered the capital. The soldiers of the Qinwang in all directions were vulnerable to a single blow.
A small number of elite troops, such as the troops led by fierce generals such as Man Gui and Sun Zushou, were also forced by Chongzhen to fight against Jianlu in the field and were all exhausted.
By the time Jianlu invaded the capital for the second and third time, no Ming army dared to stop them, making Jianlu feel like they were in an uninhabited land.
Of course, no one could have expected that the situation in Ming Dynasty would reach that point, except Guo Dajing.
Liu Xingzuo pondered for a moment and said: "Shuai Mao seems to suggest that the court should not recognize the legitimacy of Huang Taiji's succession to the throne of Khan, and not have official dealings with Huang Taiji. As for which slave chieftain he recognizes, it is just a divorce plan, but
It’s up to you to think about it.”
Mao Wenlong's eyes flashed, and he stopped stroking his beard. After thinking for a while, a smile broke out on his face and he said: "There is no need to find anyone else, just Dorgon!"
As he said that, he patted the rumor serial and said with a smile: "It's not very realistic, it's a posthumous edict and a conspiracy to usurp the throne."
Liu Xingzuo laughed and said: "General Guo is very good at telling stories, and the general is also fascinated by it."
Mao Wenlong laughed and said: "Then let him speak more, compile it into a pamphlet, send it to various islands, and spread it to Liaodong, so that more people can listen and spread it."
Liu Xingzuo's move was very vicious, and Mao Wenlong greatly appreciated it. Of course, he thought it was the two bad boys Guo Dajing and Liu Xingzuo who came up with it after they calculated and discussed it together.
Originally, the Ming court looked down upon Jianlu and had no official contacts. Master Yuan's desire to negotiate a peace was entirely a private act.
Therefore, denying the orthodoxy of Huang Taiji's succession at the official level is tantamount to adding another fire to the conflicts among the senior officials of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Just like in later generations, it is considered illegal to not recognize the elected leader of a certain country, but to recognize the opposition in that country, which is a very common method.
To put it bluntly, the Ming court wanted to deny Huang Taiji, recognize Dorgon, or other slave chiefs who were qualified and powerful to compete for the throne, and raise the level of dissension to another level.
Whether Huang Taiji was jealous and wanted to kill Dorgon, or Dorgon had a different intention and wanted to kill Huang Taiji, Ming Dynasty would be happy to see it happen.
Dorgon was going to suffer. Liu Xingzuo knew that this strategy was to put Dorgon on the fire. The reason why he was chosen was Guo Dajing's insistence.
Of course Liu Xingzuo didn't know that there were so many enemies that Guo Dajing valued and feared, and Huang Taiji and Dorgon could be ranked as the top two.
Of course, Dorgon is still young and has not grown up yet. But this is not important. The key is that Guo Dajing is more comfortable in telling jokes, does not need to use too much brainpower, and can still have good effects.
If you start spreading rumors, you will lose your legs if you refute them.
Guo Dajing is well aware of the destructive power of rumors, and he has no scruples in making them up. Huang Taiji, Dorgon, you sue me, why did I just slander you!
The reason why Mao Wenlong was happy was not just to sow discord with the senior officials of the Jianlu, but also to highlight his own strategy by providing suggestions to the court.
Don't always think of yourself as a bastard, you fool, I have a very good brain.
Who among the princes of the imperial court and Mr. Yuan, who was tricked by Huang Taiji, could come up with such a vicious plan?
For the Ming Dynasty, which relied on civil society to control military affairs, the contempt for military generals by civilian officials was a tradition and a deep-rooted bad habit.
Master Yuan can surpass Mao Wenlong just because of his background. He is a Jinshi. Although he is not good at leading troops in war, the emperor can control the army with civilian officials, so don't worry!
Mao Wenlong held his breath in his heart and insisted on showing off his performance to impress others.
This is Mao Wenlong's temperament, he is not tactful enough and cannot bear grievances. Because of this, the relationship with the civil service group is very tense.
For example, drifting has become the default unspoken rule of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, and the generals in the border towns have to swallow their anger.
To put it bluntly, it means embezzlement. The pay, money, and food of the Ming army in Bianzhen were all escorted by civilian officials. If they were delivered to the generals, they would be reduced by 10% or 20%.
Basically, it means sending ten to eight, or sending ten to six. The official explanation is "drifting away", which means that you encounter an accident on the road and lose it.
A fool also knows that the so-called "disappearance" is due to the greed of the civil servants, including armor and weapons. This shows the greed of the civil servants.
Dongjiang Town also has a relatively fixed floating quota. "Every year, one hundred thousand yuan is transported, and when it reaches sixty or seventy thousand, the rest will be reported as 'floating'."
Others suffered the disadvantage of being dumb, but Mao Wenlong did not follow the same rules. He went to court and complained, which annoyed the civil servants. Naturally, Mao Wenlong also became a relatively different kind of existence.
Taking this proposal as an example, Liu Xingzuo and Guo Dajing meant that the intelligence would be handed over to the court for disposal. But Mao Wenlong wanted to submit a memorial to let the emperor and civil servants take a look at his strategy.
A long time ago, probably during the Jiajing Dynasty, there were military generals who offered suggestions to the generals. As a result, they were reprimanded, demoted and punished by their superiors.
In the eyes of civil servants, you are just a martial artist, carrying a knife and fighting. Is strategy and planning your job? If you can do it, what do you want us scholars to do?
It is conceivable that Mao Wenlong would have aroused the resentment of civilian officials when he proposed suggestions. Fortunately, Mao Wenlong still knew some sense of propriety and did not criticize the shortcomings of Guan Ningjin's defense line.
Otherwise, Mao Wenlong would be completely offended by everyone from the senior minister to the officials.
Liu Xingzuo didn't know what Mao Wenlong was thinking. He was very happy when he saw that he was praised by Mao Shuai. He was doing well in Guanglu Island, and he was really afraid of being transferred back to Pi Island and sitting on the bench.
"This is the caltrop designed by General Guo. The general finds it very interesting." Liu Xingzuo took the pushpin-style caltrop and introduced it to Mao Wenlong.
Mao Wenlong was very interested. He took it and played with it for a few times. After he roughly understood how to use it, he threw it on the ground.
The caltrops rolled on the ground, quite vigorously. When it stopped, the spikes of the nails rushed up, and the round and raised base was still shaking slightly.
Haha, Mao Wenlong laughed and said: "That's right. If you throw ten of them at random, there should be seven or eight sharp ones rushing up. This can be deployed quickly and is very useful in blocking the pursuers."
Liu Xingzuo laughed and said: "You can also hide in the bushes and woods, or set up in front of the position to delay the enemy's attack."