Chapter 63 Waterway Rescue

Zhu Qizhen was a little stunned when he heard it and said, "Waterway? Is there still a fleet of this dynasty on the Songhua River? ”

Wang Ji said: "The ships built during the Taizong period have all decayed, but the ships of the imperial court are not unable to enter the Songhua River, the first way is to enter the Heilongjiang River from the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, and then go upstream, and the other way is to start construction immediately at the Songhua River Shipyard." Where there is timber that has been dried for many years, as long as there are enough manpower, within a month or two, a dozen large ships can be built, enough to transport troops. Then there is the land boat, find a way to disassemble the boats, and then assemble them together when they arrive at the Songhua River. ”

"The tile spur is good for horse warfare, not conducive to foot combat, as long as there are one or two thousand sailors to control the Songhua River, and continue to support Zhaozhou, even if there are millions of people in the tile spur, what can it do?"

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he immediately understood that the key to this strategy was not how to transport ships to the Songhua River, but the establishment of Songyin City, and Haixi had become a safe logistics base for the Ming Dynasty.

The Haixi control area has entered the Heilongjiang River basin.

As long as there are ships, they will continue to send logistical supplies to the city of Zhaozhou.

It's really not to underestimate the tile spurs.

If under such circumstances, the tile spur can still capture Zhaozhou, Zhu Qizhen can only think that he is not using people properly and has mistaken Zhu Yi.

As for how to transport the ships to the Songhua River, it is a small section.

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen felt the importance of Songyin City. Now that this city has not yet been built, Zhu Qizhen has already felt that the situation in the northeast is completely alive.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks what Scholar Wang said is very true." Meng Ying said: "But the minister thinks that the current situation can't follow the idea of the tile spur, this time the tile spur recruited all the departments, and the ministries did not arrive, especially Wuliangha, just in the Daning area, the minister thinks that this is a golden opportunity, Your Majesty can send a strong general, out of Xuanda, attack Daning, and surrender to Wuliangha." If you break the tile and stab your arm, you can also get close to the Hanhai Sea and threaten Mobei. ”

"If the tile spur does not retreat, you can also send a general with more than 10,000 cavalry to take a walk in Mobei."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he suddenly became enlightened.

At this moment, he clearly saw the situation, although the tile spur still has the initiative in tactics, but the strategic initiative has quietly shifted to the Ming side.

It's a process of losing each other's strengths.

Uliangha also saw the weakening of the tile, so he had two hearts.

But Zhu Qizhen also understands that Wu Liangha is a dog, but he is also a dog running wild outside, and he can't become a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty because of Daming's attraction to him.

However, taking advantage of the gap between Uliangha and Vaspur, the army rushed directly to Uliangha, and Uliangha was likely to surrender.

The reason is simple, they don't

The place fled, and at this moment fled to the tile spur, it is estimated that under the first hand, there is no good fruit to eat, but surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and the policy of the Ming Dynasty is at least a little better than that of the tile spur.

Once Uliangha surrendered, it meant that the imperial court once again controlled Monan, and even the dilemma of the lack of horses in the army could be greatly improved.

Not to mention the tens of thousands of cavalry of Wuliangha, which can also be used by the Ming Dynasty.

Sure enough, it was a brilliant move.

In Zhu Qizhen's view, Meng Ying's hand has the style of a national hand.

Even in Zhu Qizhen's view, exchanging Zhaozhou for Wuliangha is a move that is very beneficial to the imperial court.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, according to the opinion of Qing and others, Zhaozhou rescued from the waterway, and this matter will be handed over to Haixi Shiju, so that Liaodong and North Korea can assist." ”

Zhu Qizhen also knew that this method was a little difficult for Zhaozhou to fight the fire, after all, a series of preparations would take at least more than a month.

The time when the Daming Sailor arrived at the city of Zhaozhou is likely to be July of the twentieth year of orthodoxy.

That is to say, Zhu Yi's department will hold the old city of Zhaozhou for two whole months, more than 60 days, or even longer, under the siege of 100,000 thorn troops.

Maybe for modern people, this is just a summer vacation, but for more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Zhaozhou, it is very difficult.

But Zhu Qizhen can only do this.

If it is said that if he is not sure about the conquest of Wuliangha, Zhu Qizhen may also send people to rescue, when Zhu Qizhen finds that this is an excellent opportunity to subdue the three departments of Wuliangha, even if the army sends troops, it can only attack Wuliangha, and it is not afraid of Zhaozhou.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen could only let Zhaozhou insist.

However, Zhu Qizhen was not unprepared at all, after all, the garrison of Zhaozhou City was prepared on the premise of withstanding a long-term siege.

It's just that the original estimate has now become a reality.

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "If Zhu Yi can hold Zhaozhou, I will give him an earl." If you can't keep it, there is also an earl, so I'm sorry for him. ”

Whether Zhu Yi wants to chase or seal depends on his own ability.

Zhu Qizhen put the matter on the matter of conquering Wuliangha, he pondered for a moment, and said: "I thought that Yang Hong was the general, and the Beijing camp was transferred, and the cavalry of all departments of Xuanda was recruited, and 50,000 cavalry attacked Wuliangha. ”

After Shi Heng became the Duke of the Kingdom, Zhu Qizhen naturally had to balance one or two, but he was not out of balance.

Yang Hong has been guarding the border almost all his life, he is very familiar with Mo Nan, and he has also led troops to patrol, it can be said that he is familiar with both people and land, and Wu Liangha is also his old opponent.

With Yang Hong's ability, there will probably be no problems.

"Yes." Chen Xun said: "The old minister will arrange it." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's hard work. ”

Chen Xun also seemed to understand his position. He's an executor. With his resume,

He is familiar with almost all the statutes of the Ming Dynasty, and he is familiar with the promulgation of a matter from the center, which department should go from and how to implement it.

Therefore, since Chen Xun served as the first assistant, although he has not made any great contributions, there is nothing wrong with it, and it can be called a drop of water.

But in many things, he couldn't give Zhu Qizhen good advice and advice, whether it was the reform of the tea law, or the Korean conquest, and now the battle of Zhaozhou.

Chen Xun is not without ideas, but his opinions are dwarfed by those of Wang Ji and Meng Ying.

Therefore, he is now generally focused on the implementation level, and what the emperor decides, he tries to do everything possible to do this thing well.

In this way, Zhu Qizhen and Chen Xun, the two monarchs and ministers, also found a comfortable mode of getting along with each other.

Because Chen Xun did this, he actually increased Zhu Qizhen's workload in disguise, but now when Zhu Qizhen is the most energetic in his official life, he doesn't care about doing more, and even the more power he controls, the happier he is.

As a result, the cabinet resolution was immediately implemented under Chen Xun's supervision.

All aspects of the Ming army began to prepare. Yang Hong also took 30,000 Beijing cavalry into Datong, and after 10,000 Datong cavalry and 10,000 Xuanfu cavalry, he was ready to go out of the customs and attack Wuliangha.

Until then, it is necessary to keep the message blocked.

However, the Ming army's move in Haixi began to build ships desperately.

With Li Bing's original plan, there was already shipbuilding. It's just that the ships they built sailed in the Huerhai River, that is, in the Mudanjiang River.

Now it is just transferred to the Songhua River.

The number of ships above is somewhat small, after all, the construction has been intensified, and the number of ships is less than that of qualified sailors.

Haixi soldiers, spears and swords, and horses with bows and horses are all possible, but they are not very accustomed to how to fight on the ship. The combat effectiveness of the sailors is not just a matter of building a few ships.

Thousands of soldiers could only be urgently transferred from the fleet of Wang Ying, the chief officer of the maritime army, and the personnel of the Korean naval division in the Korean army, to temporarily form a Songhua River naval division.

There were only a few more than 10,000 people, but there were quite a few ships. Coupled with the soldiers transported, about 20,000 soldiers were transported to the vicinity of Zhaozhou City at one time.

It's just that it takes time to do all of this.

On the side of Zhaozhou City, what is missing is time.

Just when Beijing made up its mind, under the city of Zhaozhou, the army of tile spurs could no longer hold it, and the siege equipment built by Zhang Zongzhou was also in place.

A brutal offensive and defensive battle is slowly kicking off.

At this moment, Zhu Yi didn't know how long she could hold on, let alone how long Zhaozhou City could hold out. I don't even know how many days I'll live.

Some just insisted and persisted, and as for the news from the rear, it has long been cut off.