Gui Zi Scroll Chapter 667 The fog is heavy and murderous intent looms
After brewing for a long time, Abai slowly said: "Father Khan, how to force and induce the Zhou army to fight decisively with our Jianzhou Army? Father Khan already has some strategies in mind, and has even made some preparations, and it has played an important role.
effect, but to be on the safe side, I’m afraid we need to make the other side feel more at ease, otherwise the other side may give up the battle midway at any time, because the initiative is in the other side’s hands.”
Nurhachi nodded slowly: "Well, you say."
"Our army has 60,000 troops on the northern front. Father Khan's intention must be to look for an opportunity to conduct a battle on the northern front. So it's not easy for eldest brother to overdo this bait, otherwise it will make him suspicious. After all, eldest brother has been
I have never been favored by my father, and the sudden change is too big and inappropriate..."
In fact, Nurhachi had already considered this, but he had never revealed it. Unexpectedly, his third son had also considered it, and he nodded slightly to show his approval.
"An appropriate advantage will deepen the opponent's confidence, but an excessive advantage that is too obvious may make the opponent suspect that it is a trap..."
Abai was also very good at figuring out Zhou Jun's thoughts, which impressed Netu on the side, and Nurhachi was even more happy.
"Second, when choosing the location for the battle, it should not be too favorable to the Zhou army, but it should not be too powerful for us. The reason is the same. It is best to make the other party feel that we are falling into their trap consciously or unconsciously.
Only in this way can they strengthen their determination and confidence to fight."
This point is also very insightful and detailed, but it does not involve specific tactical arrangements. Abai only grasps the situation on the Zhou Dynasty intelligence side, and does not understand the battlefield situation in Shenyang, Liaodong, so he can only make a general suggestion.
"The third thing is what Father Khan mentioned last. The opponent already has an advantage on the northern front. Even if we choose the right opportunity to fight with it, given that the opponent's current advantage in firearms is getting stronger and stronger, we are likely to be self-defeating. Once this battle
If we cannot defeat it, we will find ourselves in a desperate situation. Then we must strengthen our advantages in all aspects, in terms of military strength, combat effectiveness, and tactics. I dare not lie about this. Father Khan and Second Brother, Eighth
My younger brother and fifth brother must have known this for a long time..."
He was so confident yet humble at the same time. Netu even felt that he had underestimated Sanbeile, who had been following him for several years and was usually taciturn.
They all say that he is mediocre, but now it seems that a person cannot be judged by his appearance, or that he is no longer Wu Xia Amen.
Nurhaci fell into deep thought.
He understands the first two points, and he also understands the last point, but it is a difficulty that is difficult to overcome. Although Feng Keng is young, he is cunning and cunning, and Liu Dongyang is a veteran of many battles. It is difficult to hide it from their eyes and ears.
Or almost impossible.
To lure them into the trap, you must give full play to your own advantages, and the advantages of your own state-building army are its mobility advantage and fighting will.
Judging from the recent battles, the combat effectiveness of the Gan-Ning Army on the northern front is not as good as that of the Shanxi Army last year. If you want to win, you may have to break through the Gan-Ning Army. The Datong Army on the southern front is also not as good as the Denglai Army, but this battle is mainly
The battlefield must be on the northern front, and the southern front can only be used as a support.
Of course, Nurhaci naturally has his own confidence to dare to fight this battle.
The trump card that Li Yongfang had kept secret for many years was not used up in the battle of Shenyang, and he still had some spare hands.
The reason why I feel pressure and want to fight this battle as soon as possible is that I am worried that as Zhao Shujiao and his group make adjustments one after another, Feng Ziying's adjustments will gradually deepen and intensify, and they may soon have to adjust to guerrilla and defensive types.
There are mid-level and low-level generals. Once the adjustments are completed, this trump card will no longer be useful.
Although Ganning Town is a breakthrough point, Liaodong Town also has a trump card. Combining the two, if our side is more fully prepared and adds Chu Ying's bait, Nurhaci feels that this battle is still 70% certain.
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Feng Ziying had enough time to put down the newspapers and newspapers from Beijing.
The current channels of news coming from Beijing are both light and dark.
Apparently they came from the Ministry of War and the Department of General Affairs. The Department of General Affairs was responsible for transmitting reports, miscellaneous, and briefings on various situations. Of course, there were also focuses, for example, the situation at the Ministry of Household Affairs was the most important.
The Ministry of War is special, because Liaodong is at war, so no matter how big or small, the Ministry of War has to send special information to it.
The dark channels are Wang Wenyan’s main channel and Long Jinwei’s separate channel.
Wang Wenyan's main channel covers everything Feng Ziying needs, including some personal channel information. Long Jinwei is relatively narrow, mainly focusing on the activities of the Jianzhou Jurchens in Beijing.
Of course, Nurhaci arranged more than one informant in Beijing, but Netu took the lead. Later, Abai left, and Netu assisted Zuo Abai, who was in charge. However, in fact, Netu was still in charge of the specific operations.
, Abai was more interested in learning and observing, and of course he would also put forward some suggestions and opinions of his own. Later, even Tabai also joined in.
Abai and Netu disappeared, probably sneaking back to Liaodong secretly. Only Tabai is still in the capital.
Feng Ziying had arranged for Wu Yaoqing to cooperate with Long Jinwei a long time ago for Nurhachi's spying in Beijing. Later, Bushiyamala also joined in, so he quickly found out some clues and began to follow the clues to find out what they were doing in Beijing.
den in.
Feng Ziying resolutely rejected Long Jinwei's intention to catch them all in one fell swoop. Even if he could later capture Nurhachi's two sons in one fell swoop, he would not agree.
Abai and Tabai are not outstanding people in Feng Ziying's impression. If it were Daishan and Huang Taiji, or Duoduo and Dorgon, he might still be able to move, but the first two are now the most valued by Nurhaci.
Of the two heirs to the throne, the latter two are still in their infancy and are worthless.
In Feng Ziying's view, by firmly locking in the Jianzhou Jurchens' final intelligence stronghold in the capital city of the Great Zhou Dynasty, without alerting them, they can roughly know their activity tracks and trends, and even roughly grasp their movements.
The goals and intentions of the activities are extremely beneficial to our side. It also means that we can roughly understand the short- and medium-term focus of Jianzhou Jurchen and provide us with a decision-making reference.
In the early stage, Netu secretly expressed some opinions in newspapers through some of his "partners" in the capital city and some scholars he funded, or clamored through some channels that the war in Liaodong was prolonged and costly and should be ended early.
He even expressed his opinion through a member of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs, saying that the war in Hebei is over. In order to ensure that there will be no more refugees and riots due to floods and droughts in Hebei and Henan this year and next, he requested that more funds be allocated for water conservancy and road construction in Henan and Hebei.
Invest in construction on a large scale, and at the same time prepare sufficient relief money and grain.
This seems normal, but as the news came from Cao Yu, many people also received greetings and asked "Today's News" to be slightly biased in its reporting, and to suggest to the court that the war should be ended as soon as possible and that the war should be ended as soon as possible.
The focus should be on infrastructure construction and relief in the North to avoid new civil unrest.
These suggestions sound lofty and concerned about people's livelihood, but the implication is that the war in Liaodong cannot be delayed for a long time, and the court cannot focus on the war for several years in a row. It should be brought to an end as soon as possible and the people's livelihood issues in the north should be solved first.
Already.
A lot of effort was put into building momentum in the early stage, but now Netu and Abai suddenly disappeared, probably back to Liaodong to report to Nurhaci, which means that Nurhachi should have made some decisions.
Combined with the fact that Chu Ying's contact with his side during this period was also neglected, the news coming back from Bushiyamala's channel also said that Nurhaci seemed to be slowly but surely lifting the ban on Chu Ying, and even giving Chu Ying a ban.
Feng Ziying also found Ying's right to lead troops more and more interesting. It seemed that Nurhachi was also very patient and was methodically trying to lure her into the trap.
Nurhaci obviously also knew that his side also had spies inside them. Feng Ziying estimated that Bushiyamala had been mastered by Nurhachi through the information channel arranged by his aunt Menggu Gege at Huangtaiji, and it seemed that he had also noticed it.
Just like the Netu line, everyone is quietly trying to use these channels to pass on the "intelligence clues" they want to pass on to the other party.
"Is there any other movement?" Feng Ziying asked, tilting her head.
Wu Yaoqing was also sorting out the information from all parties in his hands and nodded: "There are no clues yet. Jianzhou is also very cautious now. As the Lord said, when entering the final preparation stage, we must prevent the secret from being exposed or suspicion.
, so as not to miss the mark, and to cover up the increasingly fierce small-scale fighting, many details are difficult to analyze, but one thing still makes people suspicious. Part of the Jianzhou New Army originally stationed on the front line of Fengji Fort seems to be moving south, posing a
The deputy commander planned to fight a battle between the walled fort and the Jianchang Fort. Mang Gurtai was very active there. Mr. Cao also wrote a letter saying that a battle involving 300 people from both sides had occurred around the Jianchang Fort this month.
There were five incidents, and there were two battles involving thousands of people, which were much more intense than in the previous months..."
Feng Ziying touched her chin with interest, "Yao Qing, do you think Nurhaci will choose the southern front as the decisive battle point?"
Wu Yaoqing pondered for a moment, "According to common sense, the main force of Jianzhou's elite has always been in the north, and Shenyang is also the place they must defend. It is impossible to move south on a large scale. At least it cannot hide their tracks, but it does not rule out that the fighting on the southern front will become more intense.
, the Jianzhou Army felt that it was easier to gain an advantage on the southern front, so it first mobilized some of the new troops for reinforcements and observation. If it felt that it was effective, it was not impossible to mobilize their elite cavalry to go south, because the forts along this line along the border wall were all under their control.
Under control, if they want to mobilize some, it is still possible to achieve a scale of 10,000 or 20,000 people..."