"Hehe, the new army can fight without faking, but it must also be used well. Chengguo Gong, since I have appointed you to be the commander of Pingliao, of course I must give you great power. The strategy of the Generalissimo's Mansion is just a suggestion, and it is up to you to decide how to play! ”

Although Emperor Zhu still felt that Zhu Chunchen, the commander, was unreliable, the five-way Pingliao strategy formulated by the Generalissimo's Office seemed to be even more unreliable...... Therefore, Emperor Zhu also wanted to hear the strategy of Zhu Chunchen and the Liaodong Governor's Mansion.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have made some modifications on the basis of the five-way Pingliao strategy and formulated an anti-Salhu strategy."

The unreliable Zhu Chunchen took out a thick book of music and offered it with both hands. The eunuch on the side hurriedly stepped forward to take the notebook, and then handed it to Emperor Zhu.

Zhu Cihong looked at the notebook, a thick stack, and had to look at it for a while, so he asked Zhu Chunchen directly: "Chengguogong, how did you revise it?" Come on, take the topographic map of Liaodong! ”

"Your Majesty, there is no need to take the map, because the ministers have not changed the route of the march, but only adjusted the number of soldiers and horses on each road, and the change is not big." Zhu Chunchen said.

"Just adjusted the quantity?" Zhu Cihong asked, "How did you adjust it?" ”

"First of all, the ministers reduced the number of the two armies marching along the Daling River and the Xiaoling River," Zhu Chunchen said, "The Daling River and the Xiaoling River are shallow and difficult to sail, so the logistics and transportation of the two armies are very difficult, and they all rely on mules and horses to transport them. However, the number of mules and horses that the Beiping and Daning armies could provide was limited, and it was difficult to supply the soldiers of the Fourth Division.

In addition, there are thousands of ravines in the mountainous areas of western Liaoning, which are very easy to intersperse with lurking. The two-way army itself can be cautious in a thousand ways, but the back road is difficult to maintain, and it is very easy to be cut off by the eastern captives. Therefore, the ministers thought that it was not appropriate to use large forces of infantry on the two roads of the Daling River and the Xiaoling River, but should use light cavalry to make a show of momentum and attract the main force of the Eastern Prisoners. The ministers planned to arrange four black cavalry regiments on each of the Daling River and Xiaoling River, supplemented by three or two thousand Mongolian light cavalry. ”

The Black Cavalry Regiment is the Black Lance Mule Corps, and after the Northern Expedition, the Ming Army had enough supplies of mules and horses, so it began to expand the Black Cavalry Regiment on a large scale. Today, including Daning, Beiping, Anbei, Shuofang, Hexi, Anxi and other six important northern feudal towns, the Ming army has a total of 24 independent black cavalry regiments, and there are also 30 black cavalry battalions attached to the infantry division, with a total of more than 60,000 black cavalry.

If we add in the number of shock cavalry equipped with folded horses and Arabian horses, without counting the number of cavalry owned by the Chuanbian, Sichuanxi, Dongning, Beiting, Jinou, Jinghai and other domains, as well as the tribal cavalry attached to the Ming Dynasty's various vassals, and some fragmentary cavalry, the total number of cavalry owned by the Ming army has exceeded 80,000!

Zhu Cihong frowned, "The four black cavalry regiments are 10,000 people counting the auxiliaries, if you only count the soldiers, there are only 8,000 soldiers, and the cavalry of those small Mongolian tribes has little combat power, can they resist the attack of the main force of the Eastern Capture with this bit of soldiers and horses?" ”

"There should be no problem," Zhu Chunchen said with a smile, "The Black Cavalry and the Mongolian Nomadic Cavalry are not troops fighting tough battles, but they are good at small guerrilla fights, and once they are dispersed, they can definitely drive all the Eastern Cavalry Cavalry out of the front line." At that time, Dongyu didn't know the reality of the two roads of Da Ling River and Xiao Ling River, so how could he let go of his hands and feet? Even if the eastern captives pounced desperately, these two roads were scattered light cavalry, and they just left. ”

"It makes sense, so how are the remaining eight divisions deployed?" Emperor Zhu asked again.

Zhu Chunchen said: "The remaining eight divisions are divided into three parts first, one part of which lands at the mouth of the Liaohe River, one division is enough, and if there are more, they are waiting in line for boats, so it is better to use them elsewhere first."

Part of it hits the Shanhaiguan and puts a division. Shanhaiguan is a must to be abandoned by the eastern captives, and it is impossible to deploy heavy troops. Just use a feint to defend against the void. It is only necessary to assign an additional artillery regiment to this division on the Shanhaiguan side, and to bombard it with heavy artillery and exaggerate the momentum, which should make the eastern prisoners guarding the pass mistakenly think that a large army is coming, and they will retreat after a little resistance.

There is also a part of the small black mountain long base that is in the east, and six divisions are concentrated to attack! It is necessary to break through the small black mountain fortress in the shortest possible time, and then make a big advance along the western coast of the Liaodong Peninsula and pounce on the mouth of the Liaohe River. After the division landed at the mouth of the Liaohe River, it attacked Liaoyang and Shenyang. After obtaining the two cities of Liaoshen and Shen, the army can survive the winter in peace, and wait until next year's spring flood to make progress. ”

What do you call a slight modification? Zhu Cihong said in his heart: Your Liaodong Governor's Mansion has changed the Generalissimo's Five-Way Pingliao Plan beyond recognition...... Dongyu wants to play "I'll only go all the way" again, and sooner or later he will run headlong into the large corps of six divisions marching from the Liaodong Peninsula!

"The army from Lushun is the main force all the way!" Zhu Cihong asked, "Who will be the main commander of this road?" It's not going to be you, is it? ”

Zhu Chunchen smiled: "The minister, I can't kill the enemy in battle." The minister wants Li Yuanyin to command the soldiers of the six divisions in Liaodong! ”

"Li Yuanyin is a rare tiger general," Zhu Cihong nodded, "What about the other four roads?" ”

Zhu Chunchen said: "The Shanhaiguan side is commanded by Wu Guoyong, the route that landed at the mouth of the Liaohe River is commanded by Qin Mingtao, the route of the Daling River is commanded by Wang Qi, and the route of the Xiaoling River is commanded by Huang Degong. ”

"Okay," Zhu Cihong said, "It's also a strong soldier...... Then I'm waiting in Tianjin City to hear the good news! ”

......

"The fourth team of the North Road Battalion of the subordinate Hanzhong Army is Sima Yu respectfully invites King Chitose of Jin and King Chitose of Wei to Jin'an."

In Hanzhong, in the camp of Wudu Mountain, Li Dingguo and Liu Fangliang, who had just arrived, were summoning an inconspicuous team, that is, Sima Yu, the general-level government soldier who came out of Liuba County.

Although this Sima Yu is an enviable "Dafu soldier", in front of the Eight Kings of Yizheng, he is just a sesame mung bean official. The reason why Li Dingguo and Liu Fangliang summoned him as soon as they arrived at Wudu Mountain was because he knew where to cross the Qinling Mountains and enter the Guanzhong Plain, which was controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

Liuba County, where Sima Yu settled, was a small county on the southern slope of the Qinling Mountains, and the mountaineers there knew that there were many paths that could cross the Qinling Mountains to and from Hanzhong and Guanzhong. Under the circumstance of Dashun controlling foreign trade, many mountain people in Liuba County defy the law and engage in the business of selling illicit salt - now the price of salt in the Ming Dynasty is much lower than that in the Shun Dynasty, and at the same time, the price of mountain goods in the Ming Dynasty is high. Therefore, the people in the Liuba Mountains wanted to exchange the mountain goods for the salt of the Ming Dynasty, and then use the salt to exchange the grain for the farmers in the Hanzhong Basin...... Although this kind of smuggling could improve the livelihood of the people in Liuba, it caused a large loss of salt tax in Hanzhong in the Dashun Dynasty, so the government soldiers in Liuba waged a long and arduous struggle against the smuggled salt dealers in the Qinling Mountains.

In the struggle so far, although he still has not eliminated private salt, he has been familiar with the roads in the Qinling Mountains, and he has also practiced the ability of mountain warfare.

Li Dingguo asked Sima Yu: "Sima Yu, this king asks you, how many paths can be used to and from Hanzhong and Guanzhong in this Qinling Mountain?" ”

"At least ten." Sima Yu replied, "However, these paths are very rugged, and some of them have to go over mountains and mountains, so they are not suitable for large armies to pass through. ”

"You've walked through?" Li Dingguo asked again.

"My subordinates walked through five or six of them."

"The furthest you've been there?"

"The farthest I have been to the vicinity of Chencang Mountain."

"Chen Cangshan?" Li Dingguo's eyes lit up, "Have you already passed the Qinling Mountains?" ”

"It's true that we've passed the Qinling Mountains."

"Didn't encounter the Ming army?" Li Dingguo asked.

Sima Yu said with a smile: "The guards at the gates of the Qinling Mountains are the commanders of the Ming Dynasty's Shaanxi Governor, who are not very able to fight, and they dare not fight with us in the Qinling Mountains. ”

Li Dingguo groaned and said to Liu Fangliang: "King Wei, it seems that we have to change our strategy, we can't stare at Qishan, but also learn from Zhuge Liang...... With a surprise soldier out of the praise ramp, straight to the five zhang plain! ”

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