Chapter 427 Prepare for the decisive battle in Liaodong
It is time to consider long-term strategies for the next 20 to 30 years. From the perspective of production and income in Beizhili, it has almost reached the peak of the current productivity state. It will enter a relatively stable growth period in the future until technology accumulation reaches the next level.
At the critical point, there will be another big outbreak.
Therefore, there are two things that need to be considered at this time: how to lay a solid foundation, expand and deepen the market at the same time, and maximize the benefits of the accumulated assets. Shandong is about to start a war, but Zhu Youjian’s mind is not there. Shandong
The battle is not a strategic decisive battle, and success or failure will not affect the overall situation. The real key battle is whether the battle to restore Liao can be launched as scheduled at the end of next year.
From now on, all aspects must be prepared for this matter. Only after the battle to restore Liao is over, will Zhu Youjian be qualified to carry out large-scale operations to reorganize the old mountains and rivers. Leave such a group of powerful enemies in Liaodong alone and solve the internal problems.
It will definitely not work. If Liaodong is uneasy, Beizhili will always be uneasy. Until now, Beizhili has no strategic depth and safe space. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties may take a retreat at any time. In other words, the Ming Dynasty did not first settle down and then
Conditions for resisting foreigners. In fact, before the Ming Dynasty, it was not possible to first resist the outsiders and then settle down at home. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was like a warehouse area filled with flammable and explosive materials. Not only were the fires caused by sparks inside, but the fire outside was also
There is also a violent tornado. Both ends are in great danger, and both ends must be taken care of.
Fortunately, after more than five years of operation, at least the combustible materials in Beizhili have been cleared away, so there is no need to worry too much about the fire coming here. The current strategic direction should be to ignore the burning fires first, and
It is necessary to find a way to deal with the tornado outside the wall first, otherwise it will be easy to have the wind rush in from the backyard while the fire is being put out, and the foundation will be blown down.
During Pingliao, Zhu Youjian believed that no matter what, he had to prepare an army of 200,000 troops, and he would have to use troops from three directions to completely defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop. When considering the strategic direction, he actually had concerns. During the Saarhu War,
During the war, the Ming army divided its troops into three groups, resulting in a huge defeat. From this, military historians of later generations also concluded a law of Saarhu that divided forces will lead to defeat. So he also considered whether to concentrate the main force in
Along the way, we will first focus on the idea of attacking Shenyang.
However, judging from the current situation, it is difficult to realize the idea of gathering troops all the way. The biggest constraint is logistics. Whether it is the main attack from Liaonan direction or the main attack from Daning direction, the logistics conditions cannot meet the requirement of gathering 200,000 troops.
Conditions at one location. By the end of next year, the railway from Miyun to Daning should be able to be repaired, but with the current transportation capacity of the single-line railway, it will definitely not be able to meet the high-intensity combat needs of more than 100,000 troops. In addition, Daning is far from Shenyang
The distance is still too far. If the army drives over, the hundreds of kilometers of transportation lines will be able to tie up the logistics and supply troops to death.
Daning cannot assemble an army of 200,000, and Liaonan is equally difficult. In terms of transport capacity, sea transport is much stronger than land transport. However, going to Liaonan requires not only logistics but also troop transport. Nearly 20
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses had to go by sea, and everything had to be transported by ship. There was also a major restriction on the sea route. There was a three to four month ice period throughout the winter. In other words, if Liaonan was used as the main force, it must at least be stocked.
It would take three months of high-intensity consumption of an army of 200,000.
It is precisely because of these problems that the planned Battle of Pingliao to be launched at the end of next year still has to be divided into three groups. However, in order to avoid the mistakes made in the Battle of Saarhu, Zhu Youjian planned not to make a big pot of rice, but to divide the troops into three groups.
The combat tasks in the direction need to be divided into more details, and the goals are not so consistent. The current preliminary plan is to gather about 100,000 troops in southern Liaoning to be responsible for the main battlefield in Shenyang. Daning is to gather 50,000 troops to be responsible for the northwest battlefield in Shenyang.
At the same time, it is necessary to contain the troops of the Horqin grassland tribes and reduce the pressure on the main battlefield in Shenyang. About 50,000 troops were gathered in the direction of Shanhaiguan, quickly conquered the cities in western Liaoning represented by Jinzhou, and contained and annihilated the remaining Guanning army, which was dominated by the remnants of the ancestral family.
, leaving them unable to retreat to Shenyang to strengthen the strength of the Shenyang defenders.
Romance
"The Military Command Hall and the Ministry of War must make every effort to urge Taipu Temple to build ammunition factories in Daning and Lushun before the end of next year. It is necessary to ensure that during the Pingliao War, more than 50% of the army's ammunition supply will come from
Produced by these two military factories." In the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Youjian specially organized the cabinet and the military command hall to hold a joint military and political decision-making meeting to further clarify the task of starting the Pingliao War at the end of next year.
"Your Majesty, is it too radical to launch an all-out Ping Liao war at the end of next year? Should we first recover Jinzhou at the end of next year and then worry about the entire Liaodong! Ping Liao is related to the foundation of the country, so we should give priority to safety!"
Although the army has achieved certain results and formed certain advantages in fighting the Qing army in recent years, when it came to a large-scale national war, Zhou Yanru was still worried about the consequences that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had caused to Ming officials in the past few decades.
The psychological shadow has not completely disappeared. The important ministers represented by Zhou Yanru are most worried about the advantage they finally formed, and they will be ruined if something goes wrong in the great battle.
"In recent years, Jianlu's main battle force has been around 100,000. If we mainly attack Jinzhou, we will still have to use almost 200,000 troops. Daning and Liaonan also need to carry out large-scale military operations. Instead of doing this, it is better to change the direction of the main attack.
Putting it in Shenyang, in short, regaining the territory in this battle is not the key. The key is to annihilate the enemy. There is no point in regaining the territory without annihilating the enemy. This is an opinion that must be unified by the whole country. Recovering Jinzhou alone may not necessarily drive the main force of the captives to death.
, they still have room for maneuver, and the threats facing the country and the DPRK have not disappeared. This is not the purpose of my fighting in the Liaodong war. The purpose of fighting this war is to eliminate the threat of Jianlu, so as to free up space for peace and stability in the future.
, otherwise there would be no point in fighting such a big war."
If the main force of the Qing army is not dealt with, more than 100,000 elite troops will have to be left to guard the Beizhi, Daning, and Liaonan front lines, and it will be impossible to carry out operations in other directions with all its strength. To attack Shenyang is to force Dorgon to surrender all his family wealth.
Taking it out and fighting hard, what Zhu Youjian is most worried about now is that the Qing army will not fight for its wealth, and will not give away most of the Qing army's wealth. He will have worries about everything he does.
Logically speaking, the Qing army has been operating in Shenyang City for nearly 20 years. Most of the Manchu nobles have their homes in Shenyang City. There is no reason for them to abandon such a place. Unless Dorgon has a huge strategic decision
They are determined to keep their people and lose their land. It should be said that the current Manchu nobles no longer have the ability to retreat to their old nests in poor mountains and rivers. When they return to their old nests, they may not even have basic living abilities. Today's Manchu nobles
The Qing Dynasty is completely different from the Manchu Qing Dynasty during the Nurhaci period twenty years ago. They have actually completed basic Chineseization!