The continuous rain for many days has caused the temperature to drop suddenly. Now on Phidao, all the cotton-padded clothes, quilts and other items in the warehouse have been distributed. In such weather, if the clothes are a little thin, they may freeze at night.
Get sick.
Feng Wanli's acting general seemed to have finally found his sense. In a short period of time, Huwei Camp was reorganized in his hands, and some soldiers were even transferred to fill the smaller Zhongyong Camp. Today's Huwei Camp is probably
That is to say, there are about 4,000 people. However, the atmosphere of the entire army is completely new. Judging from the daily drills, the combat strength has not decreased but has increased.
This is using Huwei Camp as the Nanhai Guard to lead the troops!
From Feng Wanli's various actions, Jiang Wan clearly saw some of his actions when he was in charge of Nanhaiwei. He did not interfere with the other party. As long as the other party's actions were to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, he would not interfere.
What's more, at the moment, he is not only in charge of one guard of soldiers and horses, but a whole four battalions of soldiers and horses plus a personal guard. If he continues to give advice to the generals below, then he will not be like the one who will be liked by later generations.
It’s the same as Principal Chang Kaishen who skipped the generals and directly commanded the army.
Don't use it if you doubt it, don't doubt it if you employ it.
Since you are using the other party, you must give the other party enough power. This is true for Feng Wanli, Yao Chunyong, Kong Youde, and even Geng Zhongming who is in North Korea.
The spies sent by Gaoxing Sheng to Liaodong sent news that although the Tatars are still going strong this year, they are still harassing the Ming Dynasty in small groups. There are no signs of large-scale Tatar mobilization yet.
arrive.
However, because of last year, the defense line from Jinzhou, Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan has been completely strengthened. Last year, the Tatars did not break through this line of defense to enter the border. This year, the defense line defenders headed by Zu Dashou and others will not be able to do so this year.
Something went wrong.
This was not just a matter of guarding the border and serving the imperial court. Yuan Chonghuan's death also sounded a big alarm to Zu Dashou and others. Zu Dashou, who had fled the capital almost as if he was disobeying military orders, would never give anything to the emperor.
Use it against yourself.
As long as he is still useful to the Ming Dynasty, as long as he is still guarding the defense line for the Ming Dynasty, then the current emperor will not easily attack him with a heavy army.
Along with these news, there were also the status of the garrison and troops at various defense lines. This was the news that Jiang Wan requested to investigate. There was a piece of news that aroused his idea. Wu Xiang, the former Commander-in-Chief of the former Army Commandery
, actually became Zu Dashou’s subordinate, which is an interesting thing.
Jiang Wan knew that it must be the emperor's arrangement now. However, it was hard to say whether Wu Xiang was sent to Liaodong under Zu Dashou. Is Wu Xiang just a simple general or shouldering some other tasks?
He spread out the map on the table and looked at the situation in Liaodong. To be honest, he was not optimistic.
"Where is Zu Dashou now?"
Gao Xingsheng checked the message: "In Daling River!"
Jiang Wan found the location of Daling River on the map and frowned.
"The news is that this time Mr. Sun, as the governor of Liaodong, personally ordered the construction of the Daling River, and Zu Dashou took the initiative to take over this task!"
Gao Xingsheng said slowly: "However, my subordinates feel that Zu Dashou just used this reason to stay away from Mr. Sun. He escaped from the customs last year. Although under Mr. Sun's persuasion, he came back to participate in the recapture of Yongping.
Fight, but in his heart, he is afraid that Mr. Sun has a grudge against him, and he does not want to be an eyesore in front of Mr. Sun!"
Jiang Wan looked at the position of Daling River and suddenly sighed: "This is a dangerous place. He would rather stay in such a dangerous place than be safe. Does he not trust the court so much?"
The Daling River is a river, but the Daling River they are talking about at this moment is not just a river, but a city.
The Daling River was called Yushui, Longchuan, and Bailangshui in ancient times. After the Liao Dynasty, it was renamed Linghe and Daling River. It is seven to eight hundred miles long. It was a transportation hub connecting the Northeast and the Central Plains in ancient times.
Wuhuan, the former Yan Dynasty took control of the Central Plains, the Northern Qi Dynasty attacked the Khitan, and the Sui and Tang Dynasties pacified Goryeo. They all used the Daling Valley as the main route of march.
Zu Dashou's current location is more than thirty miles east of Jinzhou. There are two cities built by the Ming army, called the Big and Small Linghe City. They are important lines of defense to shield Jinzhou.
If the Ming army wanted to secure the Liao Dynasty, it had to build this city; and if the Jin Dynasty wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty, it had to demolish the city. From the time of Yuan Chonghuan, the two sides fought fiercely for the two cities of Linghe and Linghe. They built two cities and demolished them two.
This year is the third time that Dalinghe City has been rebuilt. Jiang Wan didn't even think about it. This was definitely Sun Chengzong's plan. Now that Sun Chengzong is personally in command outside the pass, he will never allow cavalry with Houjin to appear under the walls of Beijing.
situation.
If the city of Daling River was built, almost all of Hou Jin's military actions would be under the sight of Ming Dynasty. However, with the Daling River as a choke point on Huang Taiji's chin, Huang Taiji could hardly do anything.
Jiang Wan used to wonder why ancient people had to fight city by city when fighting. If there was a city blocking the way of the army, wouldn't it be better to go around and attack the next target?
However, as he led troops longer and longer, he gradually realized how ignorant he was before. A strong city stood in front of the enemy. If the enemy did not capture the city and dared to bypass the city and march,
, the enemy's food routes, logistics and the like are almost all exposed within the strike range of this city, and the city can even directly send troops to cut off their retreat.
If the battle goes well, the enemy army can turn around and take over the city. If the battle does not go well, this army will almost completely hand over its back and weakness to the opponent.
Which general in charge would dare to do this? Unless his head is full of water.
If Daling River City is really established, it will be a foregone conclusion to consolidate Liao. As long as this city is defended, Hou Jin's throat will be strangled.
However, there is no such easy thing in the world. Hou Jin can naturally see what Ming Dynasty wants to do. This is why the Daling River City was built twice. Almost as soon as the construction started, Hou Jin's army came to the city. They
They didn't even want the Ming army to repair the city.
Anyway, if one wants to cultivate and the other refuses to cultivate, if they are not convinced, everyone will fight!
As for the construction of Dalinghe City for the third time, even if Sun Chengzong is personally in charge of Liaodong, I am afraid that Hou Jin will not have the slightest ambiguity. Huang Taiji can stay still this year to digest the results of last year's thousands of miles of attack, but as long as Zu Dashu
Once construction begins, Houjin will definitely mobilize troops.
"It doesn't stop!" Jiang Wan didn't know whether she should be happy or worried.
If a fight breaks out in Daling River City, Houjin will naturally pay less attention to Pidao. It is even possible that if Pidao's army does not cause trouble, they may even ignore Pidao's army and send at most a large force.
A small army monitors the movements of Phi Island.
However, if a fight really breaks out, it will probably be a meat grinder battlefield over there. If the Ming Dynasty's elite soldiers were seriously injured last year and suffer huge losses this year, it will definitely not be a good thing for the situation in Liaodong.