After drinking until late at night, Mao Wenlong and Guo Dajing were both drunk, and were carried back to their residences by their respective soldiers.
This is a complete relaxation, and you don’t have to worry about anything anymore. No matter how unexpected things happen, you are not afraid of delays!
It was three o'clock in the morning on the second day before Guo Dajing woke up and got up. The drunkenness had passed, and he regained his physical strength and energy.
"I haven't felt so relaxed in a long time!" Guo Dajing simply ate some porridge, walked out of the room, and did two breast expansion exercises with great satisfaction under the sunshine.
"It seems that I only feel this way when I'm on vacation at home." Guo Dajing knew that Mao Wenlong was still asleep, and couldn't help but smile. After all, he was still young and not comparable to Mao Wenlong.
When I came to the war room, only the personnel of the Military Intelligence Department were working. When I saw Guo Dajing coming, I hurriedly sent him the latest intelligence collected and summarized.
Guo Dajing attached great importance to intelligence work, and even used his own money to expand personnel and expand intelligence outlets.
While Jianlu was still alive, intelligence personnel had begun to penetrate into the pass and south of the Yangtze River. The focus of the next work will undoubtedly be more tilted.
"The newly-built cavalry regiment has left Liaodong and has joined forces with the Mongolian coalition forces. It is pursuing the Jianlu and has issued orders to Horqin, Nei Khalkha and other ministries to send troops to intercept them."
Guo Dajing sneered indifferently. Regardless of whether the remnants of the Jianlu could escape or not, it would have no impact on the overall situation in Liaodong. But the Mongolian tribes who had taken refuge with the Jianlu would be attacked.
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The severity of the punishment will be determined by whether they can perform meritorious deeds, but the carving up of the Horqin Prairie has already been determined.
If Horqin's tribe fails to make any achievements, the Dongjiang Army will even destroy its tribe and take away its wealth. This is an iron rod for building captives, and it is the best target to kill chickens and scare monkeys.
The general strategy has been determined, and how to implement it is left to the leading generals, and Guo Dajing will not interfere too much.
Perhaps without the Dongjiang Army attacking, Horqin's various ministries would fall apart and rush to seek refuge. Oba, the Horqin tribe's ji, would probably become the surrender letter submitted by each ministry to the Dongjiang Army.
Guo Dajing put down this intelligence, picked up the intelligence summary within the customs, and read it carefully.
It has only been more than a month since the Pingliao Operation was launched, and the situation in the pass has not changed significantly.
Branches of the peasant uprising army traveled between Henan, Chu, Sichuan and Shaanxi, while the government and army were divided into separate troops to guard the territory, without coordination with each other, and fell into a passive situation.
Although the Ming court wanted to switch to the policy of "concentrating its forces and conducting a comprehensive encirclement and suppression", due to the limitations of ancient traffic and transportation levels, as well as the slowness of communications, it still took time to make arrangements and preparations.
The passivity of the official army meant the growth of the rebel army. After Wang Ziyong's death, the rebel army fell into a trough, but it gained momentum of development and upwards.
"Even if the government and army change their tactics, it will be difficult for a comprehensive encirclement and suppression to be successful when the rebel army is operating on the move. They will still adopt the policy of zoning responsibility and focusing on attacks." Guo Dajing was not optimistic about the imperial court's encirclement and suppression.
"If I lead the Dongjiang Army to carry out encirclement and suppression, what strategy should I adopt to succeed?" Guo Dajing thought about it again and again, and couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile.
It is said that the biggest flaw of rogue bandits is that they have no base. However, the trouble caused by mobile warfare is also a headache.
It is already in the five provinces of Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan, and will spread even more in the future.
But fortunately, the Jianlu were destroyed, and the Ming Dynasty did not have to worry about the Jianlu entering the Pass. The peasant uprising army should also have lost the opportunity to recover from its low ebb.
Guo Dajing was not sure. After all, history had changed, and he could no longer control the occurrence and results of many things.
"The time has not yet come, and preparations have just begun. The Dongjiang Army still cannot easily enter the pass and join this chaotic battle group."
It was difficult for Guo Dajing to solve the logistical problems of the expedition. It was unreliable to rely on the local government unless Chongzhen could agree to the establishment of a material garrison in the interior of Dongjiang Town.
"If Chongzhen refuses, then there will be an excuse not to enter the pass to suppress the bandits." Guo Dajing curled his lips and put down the information.
Chongzhen would not be anxious unless he had to. When he was really anxious, he would not be able to complete the preparations in a short while.
Out of his understanding of Chongzhen, Guo Dajing had no hope.
The last information was about Jiangnan, which belonged to the Zheng family, and was what he was concerned about.
In the spring of the third year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong built a luxurious mansion in Anhai Town. It took three years and two months to finally complete the construction and move in.
"The Zheng Mansion is located to the north of Anping Bridge, from Xidai to Xigang in the west, to Xitou in the north, to Anping Qiaotou in the south, and directly connected to the Wuchang Port. It covers an area of more than 130 acres, which can be said to be large in scale."
"There is "Dunren Pavilion" in the east, "Taiyun Tower" in the west, the front hall is "Catholic Hall", and the middle hall is "Xiaosi Hall". It is protected by walls and surrounded by hills, pavilions, jingshes and ponds.
Small bridges, winding paths, beautiful trees, exotic flowers and plants..."
Looking at the description in the intelligence, Guo Dajing couldn't help but be speechless, "You are so damn rich, and you really know how to enjoy yourself!"
While marveling, Guo Dajing pursed his lips slightly and showed a sly smile.
Perhaps, defeating the Zheng Group will become simple and easy because of this. As long as the detection is accurate and Zheng Zhilong is captured in Anhai Town, the Zheng Group will fall apart.
But just in case, the Dongjiang Navy still needs to expand to the extent that it can defeat Zheng's armed forces, and cannot pin all its hopes on capturing Zheng Zhilong alive.
"Very good, Li Haidong has settled down and is personally in charge of the intelligence work on the Zheng family." Guo Dajing nodded repeatedly, quite trusting in his ability.
But this is not enough. We must also spread our knowledge and intelligence widely in Jin, Xiamen and other places, where the Zheng family's fleet is permanently stationed.
"Commander Guo, the military report just arrived." An officer walked in, bowed and handed over the military report.
Guo Dajing took it and looked at the fire paint seal. After confirming that it was intact, he opened it and looked at it.
It was sent by Liu Xingzuo, and it also contained Liu Qishi's battle report.
Liu Xingzuo led his troops to Shenyang and was expected to arrive tomorrow. Liu Qishi reported a victory, not only killing thousands of Jianlu prisoners, but also captured tens of thousands of Jurchens.
"Finally we let Dorgon run away." Guo Dajing shrugged his shoulders, not caring about it, but he was very satisfied with the cavalry regiment's achievement.
After this battle, the Jianlu completely lost the possibility of invading Liaodong, and could only become a tribe in Haixi or Donghai, struggling to survive in the bitter cold land.
"Liaodong is secure enough and we can concentrate on reconstruction work." Guo Dajing breathed a sigh of relief and no longer cared about the remnants of the Jianlu.
These tens of thousands of Jurchen captives will be free labor. The value they create will far exceed the food provided by Dongjiang Town.
The iron in Anshan and the coal in Fushun are the solid foundation for the development of industry in Liaodong, and they also require a large number of miners to mine them.
"Very good, these prisoners have found employment, so you don't have to worry about them eating in vain." Guo Dajing sneered with some malice.