Chapter 10 The first step in the development of Northeast China

Zhu Qizhen saw this, and only then did he match this area with the memory of later generations, that is, Hunchun, a non-coastal city in China just one step away from the sea.

This area is really the ancestral land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Cao Yi looked at Zhu Qizhen and saw Vladivostok. Immediately introduced to Zhu Qizhen: "This is the original Kaiyuan, it is the former post of Jianzhou Wei, during the Xuande period, there was a conflict between Jianzhou Wei and North Korea, and now the Jianzhou Health Department is in the northwest area of North Korea." It faces the six towns of Yanbian in North Korea across the river. ”

"As for the old land of Kaiyuan, it is mostly occupied by Hercynian and savage Jurchens."

"If you want to cut off North Korea from the Watts, then Jianzhou Wei must be saved."

Zhu Qizhen looked at this area.

The map of the Ming Dynasty is relatively simple, and there is no contour line, but in general, there are still many things that can be seen.

Zhu Qizhen saw that there was a big lake north of Shuangcheng, Xingkai Lake, and a mountain range to the west, which was the Changbai Mountains. It's just that the place connected to the Liaodong Capital Division in the south is also a mountain range, so it doesn't look easy to walk.

Then he looked at the whole of Nu'er Gandusi and fell into silence.

Rome's rule over any place is the road first, and this principle also existed in the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the rule of the Ming Dynasty in Guizhou, in fact, there are only a few post roads, as long as these post roads are not hindered by the smooth flow of these post roads, the imperial court is too lazy to know what the Guizhou Tusi is doing in the mountain nest.

Therefore, Guizhou was pitiful to the Yongle period, but only one county was under the control of the imperial court. It also depends on Wang Ji's skill, I don't know if he can add one or two counties to the jurisdiction of Guizhou's political envoys.

This one thing, placed here in Nu'er Gandusi, is the same.

Don't overdo it, Nuergandu has a vast area, including the Russian Far East, Northeast Heilongjiang, Jilin Province, Liaoning Province, Inner Mongolia, and Outer Mongolia.

But in fact, the imperial court's rule over Nuergan is in the form of a line, and this line is the post road of the Ming Dynasty in Nuergan.

Some of these post roads were inherited from the Yuan Dynasty, and some were built by themselves.

It can be divided into two routes: land and water.

Needless to say, waterways.

The Ming Dynasty established a shipyard in the upper reaches of the Songhua River in Jilin, from which it went straight down to Heilongjiang. Through the northeast waterway to the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, this is the waterway.

It is a main road.

Most of the guards set up by the Ming Dynasty in Nuer Gandusi are along the river, and I am afraid this is also the reason.

Yisha went to Nuergan several times, and this is the way he walked.

However, Zhu Qizhen does not value this one. Rather, it is at the eastern foot of Changbai Mountain. This land route starts from Liaoning, crosses Changbai Mountain, and then opens the original station all the way, which is the former site of Jianzhouwei just mentioned, and now the place where the Haixi Jurchens are located.

Then it followed the Asov River to the Heilongjiang River. Merge with the main road.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Wuliangha has been in trouble for a long time, and it can not be decided by a war. The tile spur is China's great enemy, and the future war will not be decided in a year or two. ”

"Therefore, I enter the size, that is, the enemy loses the size, and I am strong in size, that is, the enemy is weak in size."

"The desert grassland is difficult to cultivate. However, in places such as Nuer Gandusi, water and grass are abundant, although the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, but it can be cultivated and pastured, and the court cannot use it to entrust the enemy. General Cao is a veteran of the imperial court, and the imperial court regards General Cao as Liaodong, not to let General Cao stick to it, but also to think about the way to forge ahead. ”

"How can the general teach me to use troops today?"

In the battle of Uliangha, no matter what the victory or defeat, Uliangha cannot be destroyed.

This is the result of Zhu Qizhen's repeated thinking, the reason is very simple, it is not whether the imperial court can fight, but on the grassland, it is too difficult to fight a war of annihilation.

If you can't beat Uliangha, won't you be able to run?

After thinking about this, Zhu Qizhen was not so interested in the plan of the three towns to encircle and suppress Wuliangha.

Of course, for political reasons, revenge and warning, this battle must be fought.

But when it comes to the specific task of Liaodong Town, Zhu Qizhen has other ideas.

It's just that Cao Yi expressed some difficulty with Zhu Qizhen's idea, and he said with a sad face: "The old minister is ashamed, but north of the Liao River, a plain, easy to attack and defend in the south. It's not that the imperial court didn't think about advancing north, but it was all because of the lack of troops, so it could only hold on. ”

"The biggest problem in Liaodong is that the population is too small."

"Your Majesty is willing to fill the population of Liaodong, and the old minister naturally dares to advance north."

As soon as Zhu Qizhen heard it, he knew that Cao Yi was euphemistically denying.

Immigration is easier said than done. The common people relocated to their land, and if they wanted him to move hundreds of miles away, they had to use coercive means.

However, Zhu Qizhen has not yet done this to the point of using this method against the people in China.

But relying on the natural reproduction of the population is too slow.

It's like the massacre of the Mongols in the northwest, which has not recovered after two hundred years. Liaodong migrated more than 100,000 households in the early Ming Dynasty, as well as guards from all over the country and their families, as well as some local Jurchens and Korean people of all ethnic groups. It's only two or three million when it's full.

These populations are already struggling to maintain an army of nearly 100,000 in eastern Liaodong. I also want to open up to the north. Coupled with the boundless Northeast Plain, there is no absolute boundary between it and the grassland.

It was an open territory that was conducive to cavalry warfare. If he wants to operate in this area, Zhu Qizhen finds it difficult to imagine. Looking at the current defense line in Liaodong, we know that Liaodong Town relies on the Liaohe River and the mountains of western Liaoxi to maintain a complete defense line, and even the Liaohe River loop cannot be controlled.

Here's why

？ It is because this area is north of the Liao River and a flat river in the north. There is no cover-up.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I also know what General Cao said, but there are some things that cannot be left undone, once the tile spurs attack the Jianzhou Jurchen, how can General Cao come to the rescue?" ”

Cao Yi pondered for a moment, and his brain turned wildly to guess what Zhu Qizhen meant. Zhu Qizhen actually didn't mean to hide it.

Cao Yi saw Zhu Qizhen's finger on the place of the Shuangchengwei on the map, and tapped it gently. This is the future Russian Komsomolsk.

Cao Yi said: "I can only hold on to the danger and wait for the tile spur to retreat." Under the soldiers of the tile spurs, the Jianzhou Nuzhen did not know what they wanted, and rashly sent troops, fearing that they would be sold by the Jurchens, and built a city in Haixi to defend it, and sent it to defend it. ”

Although Cao Yi said this, he didn't think so in his heart. He was just following Zhu Qizhen's hints.

Because he knows very well that from Liaodong to Shuangchengwei, it is very difficult to walk by land. In addition, the road was all overseas marches, and the mountains were heavy.

It is easy for the Tile Thorn to send an army to get stuck in the Vital Place.

On the contrary, the army in Haixi could easily become a lone army all the time.

Zhu Qizhen was noncommittal, and asked Yishuha: "You know the Nuer Gandu Division best, can you have sea ships here?" "The place Zhu Qizhen refers to is Vladivostok.

Yisha said, "It should be possible." It's just that this generation freezes in winter, and it freezes for more than three months a year, and no sea ships have been sent here before. ”

Cao Yi looked at what Zhu Qizhen was pointing at, and then looked at the location of the Shuangchengwei, and immediately understood what Zhu Qizhen meant, and stepped back and saluted: "The old minister is ignorant, only then do you know the deep meaning of Your Majesty." His Majesty's thoughts and antelopes hang horns, and there is no trace. It really makes the old minister admire. ”

Zhu Qizhen had to admit that the minister of the DPRK and the central government brought it out, and the sycophants came casually.

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "The old general has won the award, but I am just a fool, whether it can be done or not, the old general has to think about it." ”

Cao Yi said: "Naturally, it is feasible, as long as Your Majesty can guarantee that 100,000 stone of grain will land from here every year, Lao Chen can build a Xiongcheng here, which is enough to shelter the Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens." ”

"Even a few years later, Changbai Mountain can be used as a city and Kaixing Lake as a pool. It is another town in the northeast. ”

"It's just a little bit that I have to think about."

Although Cao Yi was a little afraid of fighting with the tile spur field, this fear was more based on the large number of tile spur cavalry, extremely strong mobility, and the passivity of the Ming army in tactical choice.

But if it was a defensive battle, Cao Yi was not afraid of tile thorns at all.

As long as there is a steady stream of support, a city will hold on for ten or twenty years, Cao Yi feels that there is no problem.

What Cao Yi was worried about before was that the city built here would be trapped to death if it was hung alone outside the side wall. Now there is a sea route, even if there is a three-month ice age. Cao Yi didn't care.