Chapter Seventy-One: Men Are in Serious Danger

Zhu Qizhen made a decision, and the implementation was very fast, and the holy decree flew like a flight to Haixi. Along the way, all parties were mobilized.

This plan seems to be just to send a reinforcement army to Mulan Hewei.

However, in practice, it requires the cooperation of all parties.

The first to cooperate is Cao Yi.

On the one hand, Cao Yi transferred two guards from Liaodong again and stationed them in Haixi to supplement the gap in soldiers and horses in Haixi. In addition, Cao Yi asked another general under his command, Shi Ju, to lead the Liaodong cavalry to assault the Liaohe Hetao.

This is the grassland of Wuliangha near the border wall of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to distract Uliangha.

It's just that he never expected that Uliangha would simply give up this area.

Cao Yi did not sit and sat endlessly, and directly set up a fort on the west bank of the Liao River. It seems that he wants to take it step by step and encircle the Liaohe River into the Ming border wall system.

After all, the Liaohe Hetao area is not only the best grassland in Wuliangha, but also arable and pastureable.

Of course, this is also Zhu Qizhen's increase in the allocation of funds to Jiubian after the Hebei project.

Although after these money entered the health system, ten taels of silver could be done at most seven taels of silver. Among them, there are all kinds of disadvantages, and because of a series of Jing Nan honored nobles led by Cheng Guogong, Zhu Qizhen can still be regarded as undiscovered.

However, under the condition that the money is enough, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army can actually be guaranteed.

And the establishment of the Haixi Capital Division and the battle of Chengguo Gong to attack Uliangha actually gave a lot of border generals a signal. That's why Cao Yi took the initiative to establish a military presence in the Liaohe River.

However, all Cao Yi can do is assist.

The real hard bones have to be gnawed by Jiao Li himself.

When Jiao Li received the holy decree, he only felt that his scalp was numb.

Zhu Qizhen also seemed to know that this matter was very dangerous, so he gave Jiao Li a reward in advance, as long as he could keep Mulan Hewei, he would directly make him a marquis, and the hereditary would be in vain.

Big risks come with big rewards.

You must know that his immediate boss Cao Yi also has no title now.

If he can win this battle, he can jump on top of Cao Yi.

But Jiao Li is not an idiot, he knows that he is most likely not to be a feudal marquis, but to die in this battle. Even if he dies, according to the convention, he may be able to give his children and grandchildren some shade.

Moreover, Jiao Li had no choice.

At least none of the Ming generals in this era have dared to resist the order.

When Yisha heard the news, he immediately called Jiao Li over.

Yishaha's body bones have become worse and worse in recent years, although Haixiwei is now building well, as if a mainland city, the city wall and moat, have been built, and there are more than 10,000 people in the city to survive, some of them are the soldiers of the Ming Haixiwei

family members, in addition, are generally these Jurchen people who are completely dependent on the imperial court headed by Mao Lianwei. In fact, when he speaks, he may not be a Jurchen.

Even some of them are Han Chinese. And the North Koreans.

A large area of land has been opened up with Haixiwei as the center, and even if it is harvested once a year, although it is not self-sufficient, in Yishiha's view, it is not difficult to complete this task as long as it works hard for a few years.

Moreover, the rice planting that has been being carried out has also made great progress here.

Yisha is focused on Haixi, but he is a little inadequate.

Winter has been in the warm pavilion, even if it is more than April now, it has not come out, as soon as Jiao Li entered the warm pavilion, he felt a heat and a strange smell.

In fact, the eunuchs themselves have a smell of urine, and after many eunuchs are castrated, they will have urinary diseases, and they will urinate for a long time, and even some eunuchs will urinate as soon as they have violent mood swings.

Therefore, eunuchs like to use spices to cover the smell of urine on their bodies.

Now the smell of Yishaha's body and the smell of the old man on his body are intertwined, and it is a very unpleasant smell.

Jiao Li's face did not change, and after the salute, he sat on the edge of Yisha's bed.

Yisha coughed twice and said, "I know that this errand is very difficult, but Your Majesty has an order, and our courtiers can only obey it, and this battle may not be without a chance of winning." ”

What else could Jiao Li say, he said: "Please rest assured, my father-in-law, the lower officials will definitely handle this matter properly." ”

He said, "If you have this heart, how can I not help you." I have already gone to the book to live with Li Man, this time I have recruited 10,000 people in Li Man's residence, as well as 5,000 Jurchen cavalry that has just been formed, which has 15,000 people, plus your own people, there are 20,000 people, enough for you to go to Mulan Hewei. ”

Jiao Li was overjoyed when he heard this.

Jiao Li thought about it and felt that the most difficult thing was not to defend the city, but how to get to the Mulan River Guard. Although all the way along the river march.

But first, the ships of the Ming Dynasty in the Heilongjiang River basin were all decades ago, and now they are not in the Asu River. It's just that the tile spur Wuliangha is not good at water warfare, and the Liaodong men under Jiao Li are good at it.

It's all the same.

Walking by water does not give him much security.

And even if you take the waterway, the section from the river to Mulan Hewei still has to take the land route.

When the time comes, it will be a fierce battle.

And 5,000 is too little.

In fact, Jiao Li also knew that the imperial court did not set 5,000 people randomly.

First of all, the Acropolis of the Mulan River is not large, and there are not many soldiers that can accommodate it. Even when the Jurchen tribes confronted the Uliangha, not all of them were in the Acropolis of the Mulan River, but a considerable part of them relied on the city to set up camps.

Therefore, the large number of people is not of much use to defend the city, but rather deepens the logistical burden. Don't look at the vast area of the Heilongjiang River Basin, but in terms of abundant products, it is estimated that it is not as good as a large county in the south of the Yangtze River.

There are too many people, and there is a lot of logistical pressure.

Moreover, there seem to be dozens of guards under the command of Haixi Dusi, but they are all Jurchen tribes, and the ones who are really subordinate to the imperial court are only Haixiwei, Mao Lianwei, and the upcoming Shuangchengwei.

The strength of the entire Hercynian Prefecture is only two guards, one guard is about 5,600 people, and two guards are about 10,000 people. Mao Lianwei was recruited from the Jurchen tribe, and these soldiers were also newly recruited, and their physique was enough. But it is a lot worse to really train as an elite soldier.

"Father-in-law, 20,000 people will be taken away at the end, what should this Haixiwei do?" Jiao Li's heart moved and asked.

Even with the addition of the Jurchen Zhuangding additionally incorporated by Yishaha and the Jurchen Iron Cavalry formed by Fancha, the total strength of the Haixi Dusi Division was only about 15,000 people.

He even took Li Manzhu's men and horses away, and only the five thousand newly recruited people were left in the entire Haixiwei.

Yisha coughed twice and said, "If you don't take people away, I'm not at ease." ”

Jiao Li's heart moved, and he whispered, "But Li Manzhu." ”

Yizha said: "Exactly, this person is ambitious and restless, Haixi soldiers and horses are sufficient, Li Manzhu does not dare to make a mistake, but Haixi people and horses are empty, he may not have no ideas." ”

"So I'm giving you more than just troops, maybe trouble."

Jiao Li said: "Please rest assured, my father-in-law is full of people, if he is safe, the last general will naturally not be good, once he has other thoughts, the last general will bring his head to his father-in-law." ”

Jiao Li's submissiveness in front of Yishaha does not mean that Jiao Li does not have his own temper.

Although Li Manzhu has more than 10,000 troops, for Jiao Li, he is just the head of the barbarians, and if he wants to take his life, there is no psychological burden at all.

Yizha said: "If you really don't hurt your anger, you won't hurt your anger, after all, Haixi has today, and she relies on him a lot." ”

It seems that the older a person gets, the softer his heart becomes.

Li Manzhu's merits are not a reason not to kill him. Politically, there are many meritorious people who have been killed, otherwise how can there be the idiom of unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

After all, Li Manzhu is the head of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and his death will definitely bring considerable turmoil to the Jianzhou Jurchens. Yisha is also a Jurchen.

It is easy to kill Li Manzhu, but it will cause a big storm about the Jurchens.

There is a kind of encounter in Yishuha, in the next few years, the entire Jurchen tribe in the Northeast will probably not be better, for no other reason, the two giant beasts of Daming and Tile Thorn, chose the Northeast as the gladiatorial arena, and the aborigines living in this land are just the embellishments in the gladiatorial fight between these two giant beasts.

But the aftermath alone is not something they can bear.