Chapter 160: Providence's Favor and Opening
From Xiningbao to Niuzhuangyi, you have to pass through the Da Liao River.
In the past, this road was not only narrow, but also rugged and difficult to travel, and it was necessary to cross the Daliao River, and it would take at least more time for the army to complete this road.
Now, the super official road connecting the two places has been completely connected.
Not only that, but on the Da Liao River, a super large stone bridge with a width of 15 zhang was also built.
In order to build this large and long stone bridge, various craftsmen also deliberately dug two large canals upstream to divert the river water.
Of course, since the big stone bridge is going to be built, it will not be built only in this place.
Near the mouth of the Da Liao River, in the direction leading to Niangniang Palace, a super official road and a large stone bridge were also built.
Thankfully, however, the construction of two Grand Canals, which stretch far away, has been able to solve the drought problem in large swaths of nearby land this spring, killing two birds with one stone.
Since the beginning of this year, there has only been one heavy rain in the land of Liaodong, and it has rained about three times in a row.
There are more than a dozen other rains, but they don't add up as much as the rain that falls from one heavy rain.
Obviously, this ice age is really intensifying.
In the spring of last year, a third of the weather was in the rainy season, and it was only in the summer and autumn seasons that the drought began.
This year is good, starting in the spring.
In addition, last winter, there was very little snowfall, and although there was a lot of scattered snow, it was definitely not as snowfall as in a normal year.
In winter, it is gradually moving towards dry and cold air, which makes people feel worried.
It is conceivable that without Zhu Youxiao's rebirth through the crossing, under this increasingly violent disaster, the peasant uprising that was about to break out in history would inevitably officially break out within a year or two.
And the northeast region and the northern prairie of the Ming Empire are definitely not happy.
Forming a team to rob the south seemed to be their only best option.
Of course, that was something that would have happened in the history of previous lives.
In this time and space now, with Zhu Youxiao, an old otaku, who will rob whom in the future? Who was robbed by whom?
It seems to be going upside down.
Nowadays, in this huge land of Liaodong, if not all the newly built ecological farms, there are more than two large deep wells, and every household has a pressurized water well.
This level of drought is enough to delay spring planting in most fields.
Now, with the big stone bridge across the Da Liao River, it will take less than half a time to get from Xining Fort to Niuzhuang Station.
If it's cavalry, it's faster.
Lu Xiang took his brother, deputy corps commander Lu Xiangguan, and division commander Lu Xiangjin of the first division, standing on the east side of this big stone bridge, behind them were the soldiers of the division.
The soldiers lined up in an orderly military formation, waiting for the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor.
Another distant relative, Lu Xiangtong, the commander of the second division of the Qinglong Legion, and Lu Xiangsheng's fellow villager Chen An, the chief of staff of the Qinglong Legion, Xiong Ba, and the commander of the third division of the Qinglong Legion.
The three of them were on the front line of the confrontation with the Tartars, responsible for defense and preparations for the war.
In His Majesty's secret decree, time is extremely urgent, and the plan is to start tomorrow morning, and the major counteroffensive launched against Huang Taiji's Houjin Group will be launched immediately.
Therefore, the three people who stayed on the front line, Lu Xiangtong, Chen An, and Xiongba, are now too busy to work on the ground, and they are very happy.
Lu Xiangsheng is worthy of being a general in history who can train a famous male army.
You must know that the male army at that time was trained under the condition of extreme lack of money, food and materials.
Now with the unlimited supply of money and food from the Ming Empire's court, this Blue Dragon Legion is indeed more elite than the other four field legions.
Although the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion, due to all kinds of tribal and six-fold, they didn't get anything to fight in the big battle, just every fight.
But don't forget, they have been on the front line with the Tartars for more than three months.
With Lu Xiangsheng's old way, it is impossible not to think that he would use Tartar for bloody battle training.
Every time or two large-scale conflicts with the Tartars, it has become a regular program on the Liaoshen Great Plain.
Although after one battle after another, the casualties of the soldiers were not there, at least they also trained a strong army that dared to fight and fight.
In the past three months, more than 100 of the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion have been seriously injured and retired, dozens of people have been sacrificed, and more than 10,000 people have been lightly injured!
It can be regarded as a real round battle of one scale after another, and an iron army has been trained.
It can be that this Blue Dragon Legion is the one with the largest casualties among the five field legions so far.
The number of casualties was more than double that of the other four field regiments.
This is of course because the enemy on the opposite side is a generation of heroes and emperors.
But it must also be admitted that the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the Golden Tartar after this far surpass all the other enemies encountered by the Ming Empire and so far.
Only a strong enemy can train a truly strong soldier.
At this time, no one can violate the real iron laws of the battlefield.
Therefore, it is reasonable that the current Blue Dragon Legion can overshadow the other four legions that have experienced a lot of major battles in terms of elite.
This is not only because of the Blue Dragon Legion, but also because of Lu Xiangsheng, an outstanding commander.
Perhaps it was the thought of starting a big war with the Tartars in his heart, as soon as he received the news that His Majesty the Emperor had set off from Xining Fort this morning, Lu Xiangsheng estimated the time, and now took the soldiers to the edge of the big stone bridge on the Da Liao River to greet him.
To be honest, I've been messing around with the Tartars, and it's not fun.
Moreover, Lu Xiangsheng clearly felt that the instability inside the Tartar had been forcibly suppressed by the Emperor Taiji.
According to the reports of various scout teams, Nahuang Taiji is hunting down the people of the wild Jurchen tribe in various parts of the western part of the sea to restore the number of people taken away by Na Dolgon.
The population of Houjin was originally small, and it was pulled away by Dolgon and Duoduo brothers at once, more than 300,000 people, including nearly 40,000 soldiers.
This simply reduced Houjin's strength and heritage by a quarter.
With such a big loss, Huang Taiji will definitely not just look at it.
You must know that the wild Jurchens in various parts of Haixi, the combined population of those scattered tribes is more than the total population of Houjin.
Moreover, those wild maidens are all extremely fierce, and their archery skills are even more superb, and they are simply living jungle war masters.
Their riding skills are not bad, and they are even more fearless of death, and they are warriors one by one.
It's just that they are not united, and there are many contradictions between the various tribes, so they will be overwhelmed by Houjin.
But what, these wild Jurchen tribe populations, in the past few months, have been constantly surrounded and suppressed by the army sent by Huang Taiji, and plundered them.
A large number of wild maidens have been integrated, so that the power of Houjin has not decreased but increased, and it has returned to its heyday half a year ago.
If Huang Taiji's Houjin continues to expand rapidly, the threat to the Ming Empire is too great.
In this case, Lu Xiangsheng reported to Zhu Youxiao two months ago.
It was precisely because of this situation that Zhu Youxiao became a little nervous, and after thinking for a long time, he made the final decision to immediately send troops to the Liaoshen Great Plain and start a decisive battle with Huang Taiji's Houjin.
Like Huang Taiji, the peerless pride of an era, he can't be careless at all.
He is really like being favored by his intentions and opening a plug-in, always making his wishes come true, and he can also find various ways to lead Houjin to develop and grow.
Open hanging?
Of course, Zhu Youxiao doesn't care very much.
can you compare to yourself who is really open?
The traverser is so unreasonable, just to cross for the sake of opening the plug-in.
There's nothing wrong with that.
Of course, although he didn't care, he was for the big plan in his heart to drive away the tiger and the wolf, and it was also for the border security of the Ming Empire.
In the end, the decision was made to drive the two brothers, Huang Taiji and Dolgon, out of the Liaoshen Great Plain and the northern steppes of the empire.
Since you are Huang Taiji and Houjin, as well as the two brothers Dol Roll, you are favored, everything is going well, and your wishes come true.
It's so awesome, it's better to go to the West and plague those Western countries.
When you have a winner, Lao Tzu will clean up the mess and go to school
In doing so, you save time and effort, killing two birds with one stone, so why not?