In April, the weather in Liaodong began to warm up, as soon as the day came, the sun was high, although the temperature was still very low, but there was no such feeling of ice and snow, the ice and snow everywhere also slowly melted under the "baking" of the sun, and the whole land of Liaodong began to slowly recover.

At this time, the civilians of Liaodong, who had been at home for a winter, also slowly came out of the house, began to clear the snow, clean the courtyard, and prepare for the year's work, and the west bank of the Liaohe River suddenly became very lively.

It was at this time that the Ming army, which had rested for a winter, was also ready to act.

At midnight that morning, the sun had just risen from the east, and Yuan Chonghuan was already dressed in neat military uniform, appearing on the gate tower of the east gate of the Great Liaohe Fort.

Yuan Chonghuan stood first, looking at the east bank of the Liao River, full of ambition and high spirits.

After staring at it for a long time, he finally turned around and said with pride: "The emperor has a decree, this year we will launch a counteroffensive to recover the entire Liaodong!" ”

Can this cowhide blow be reliable?

Many of the Wenchen generals present were worried, because they knew that this task was almost impossible to complete, but Yuan Chonghuan analyzed with great interest: "Last year's great victory in the Liaohe River, the Jiannu cavalry has been disabled by us, and there are only about 30,000 left, and the Mengyuan cavalry was almost annihilated by us, leaving less than 20,000 horses, that is to say, the iron cavalry that Jiannu relies on to show off its military might is no longer afraid, and the Guanning iron cavalry can completely win the battle!" As for the foot soldiers of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, they are simply some rabble, and there is no way to compare with our Liaodong Army. Therefore, as long as we fight steadily and steadily, one city after another, Jiannu will not be able to resist it at all. Do you still remember, in the first year of the Apocalypse, it took Jiannu less than half a year to fight all the way from Fushun to Guangning, can't we, can't it take a year to fight from Daliaohe Fort to Fushun, Guangning can be more than 500 miles behind us! ”

In this way, it seems that there is a little truth, Fushun to Quang Ninh, according to the path at this time, it is more than 1,500 miles, and people can advance more than 1,500 miles in less than half a year, can't we advance 1,500 miles in a year?

There are many Wenchen generals present who are eager to try, people sometimes have such paranoia, what others can do, I can not only do it, but also do better!

Yuan Chonghuan noticed the change in everyone's expressions, and continued to encourage: "Everyone, make meritorious contributions, just today, Jiannu was defeated at the beginning, and it was the weakest time, if we work hard, we will definitely be able to recover Liaodong and revitalize the Daming rivers and mountains!" ”

Revive Daming rivers and mountains!

Revive Daming rivers and mountains!

This is exactly the dream of many loyal ministers and good generals present, everyone listened, all of them were enthusiastic, as long as they can revive the Daming rivers and mountains, how about throwing their heads and spilling blood, war! War! War!

Yuan Chonghuan saw that the morale was high, and immediately ordered: "Zu Dashou, I order you to gather 50,000 Guangning iron cavalry, stand by south of the Great Liaohe Fort, and be ready to attack at any time." ”

Zu Dashou hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Yuan Chonghuan continued to order: "He Kegang, I ordered you to gather 40,000 Liaodong Army foot soldiers, stand by north of the Great Liaohe Fort, and be ready to attack at any time. ”

He Kegang hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Yuan Chonghuan ordered again: "Hong Chengchou, I ordered you to requisition 50,000 civilians to build a pontoon bridge over the Liaohe River, prepare to transport grain and grass, and be responsible for the first-line defense of the Liaohe River." ”

Hong Chengchou hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The subordinates obey the order." ”

This is already all the forces that Yuan Chonghuan can mobilize, the Liaodong Army has a total of more than 130,000 people, he only left more than 10,000 people to garrison the Shanhaiguan and Guanningjin defense lines, and there are more than ten fortresses on the first line of the Santaizi River and the Liaohe River, he only left less than 20,000 people in total, 90,000 horses, which is already the limit of what he can mobilize.

It should be said that his idea is good, he wants to recover the entire Liaodong in one go, this is not wrong, however, he is a little too inflated, he ignores a very important issue, that is, the potential of Houjin.

You must know that at the time of the Salhu War, the Jianzhou Jurchen Department actually had a total of less than 500,000 people, but they were able to organize more than 100,000 troops and beat nearly 200,000 Ming troops to the ground!

Now the population of the Houjin Eight Banners alone is not less than one million, plus the Mengyuan tribes and the Liaodong civilians who surrendered to Cheng, if Huang Taiji is reckless, it is not a problem to organize an army of 500,000, and the 90,000 Ming army is not enough at all!

Yuan Chonghuan has this problem, once he wins the battle, he is a little hot-headed, this is the case in history, he relied on the great victory of Ning Yuan and Ning Jin, and became more and more arrogant, not only with the general Man Gui, but also killed the general Mao Wenlong in Pingliao, for nearly two years, not only did not recover an inch of lost land, but also "led" Huang Taiji to the capital, so that Chongzhen angrily directly cut him alive!

At this time, although he did not kill Mao Wenlong because of Zhang Bin's secret help, and escaped the disaster of a thousand knives, but after the victory of the Liaohe River, he was a little carried away, and he really dared to think about recovering Liaodong in a year!

Last year's Liaohe War, if it weren't for Zhang Bin's desperate support, it was a question whether he could pass the emperor's Taiji, this year, because Hong Chengchou was patrolling Liaodong, Zhang Bin didn't dare to make any moves at all, and even, Zhang Bin didn't dare to send someone to contact Yuan Chonghuan, because Zhang Bin knew quite well that Hong Chengchou was a cronie cultivated by Wen Tiren, if he and Yuan Chonghuan's "secret communication" was known by Hong Chengchou, it would be simply to send ammunition to Wen Tiren and hit Chongzhen's muzzle directly, once Hong Chengchou "secretly colluded" with Yuan Chonghuan"On the matter of playing Chongzhen, not only is it finished, but Yuan Chonghuan will be unlucky!

Yuan Chonghuan was so arrogant at this time that he thought that he could overturn Huang Taiji without Zhang Bin's support, but he never thought that Hong Chengchou was secretly calculating, how could he drag him back!

Hong Chengchou is not a simple person, although he is not as good as Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng in leading the army to fight, and even Yuan Chonghuan is not comparable, but he is not the kind of wine bag and rice bag, if you want to talk about talent, none of the eunuchs can compare to him, even Wen Tiren, however, his talent is not in the war, but in the strategy, and this strategy is not the strategy on the battlefield, but the strategy of being an official.

Chongzhen has appointed so many governors of the five provinces, and in the end he was either killed in battle or cut down by Chongzhen, only Hong Chengchou has been deeply valued by Chongzhen until he cut off the main force of the Ming Dynasty, and even, after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi and Kangxi also valued him and would be an official, which is his greatest talent!

Wen Tiren's intention of sending him to be the governor of Liaodong is quite clear, that is, let him try his best to pull Yuan Chonghuan off the horse, if he can pull Yuan Chonghuan off the horse without implicating himself, it is naturally the best, but if it doesn't work, he will "die together" with Yuan Chonghuan!

Is he so stupid? Of course not, his only thought is one, that is, to pull Yuan Chonghuan off the horse and replace him himself!

His "talent" is outstanding, and the depth of his strategy has been tested by history, if nothing else, let's just say the final ending, Wen Tiren is finished, he is not finished, the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, but he has mixed with the cabinet scholar of Mites, a very human minister!

Such a person, it is basically difficult for others to take advantage of him, and it is almost the same for him to use others!

As soon as he came to Liaodong, he behaved very positively, whether it was civil administration or military logistics, he did his best to do it, so that he often forgot to sleep and eat, and he was even more obedient to Yuan Chonghuan, pointing where to fight, Yuan Chonghuan was soon moved by his performance, and trusted him more and more, so that at this moment, the entire rear was handed over to him!

Of course, at this time, Hong Chengchou was still quite hardworking, Yuan Chonghuan ordered him to build a pontoon bridge on the Liao River, he did not wait for the Liao River to thaw and began to organize civilians to cut down trees and prepare materials, the ice on the Liao River had just loosened, he took people to start driving wooden stakes in the river, erecting wooden planks, often covered in muddy water, frozen and shivering, Yuan Chonghuan saw it in his eyes, and trusted him even more, and even handed over all the transfer of grain and grass to him in charge!

Is Hong Chengchou really so hardworking?

Of course not, the reason why he personally led people to erect the pontoon bridge was naturally purposeful, originally he was still thinking about how to create some accidents when the grain and grass crossed the river, so that the supply of grain and grass in front of him was not enough, so that the army was discouraged, and the defeat was lost, at this time Yuan Chonghuan actually handed over the transfer of grain and grass to him, and he was more sure that Yuan Chonghuan would sink on the Liao River!

Yuan Chonghuan may be destined to be a tragic figure, at this time, not only is his own people calculating him, Huang Taiji is also calculating him, he thinks that after Huang Taiji experienced the defeat of the Liaohe, there are only 30,000 Jin Tieqi left in the elite of his subordinates, and he can't withstand the 90,000 army under his command at all, in fact, is it possible?

After Huang Taiji went back, he learned from the pain and began to pay attention to the development of firearms, and it was about five years of Chongzhen in history, Houjin imitated the Hongyi cannon, originally, Huang Taiji did not attach too much importance to this, after the Hongyi cannon was developed, he did not order crazy production, but, this time, he was ruthless, after going back, he promoted Wang Tianxiang, a craftsman of the Han Eight Banners, to the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry, specifically responsible for the production of Hongyi cannons.

This Wang Tianxiang is not simple, he was originally a military craftsman registered in the Ming Dynasty, is a casting master, Sun Yuanhua was in charge of the casting process when he cast artillery in Ningyuan, and then because Wei Zhongxian snatched military merits, Yuan Chonghuan resigned angrily, Sun Yuanhua also resigned, they these military craftsmen directly cut off their livelihood, the first year of Chongzhen, Ningyuan mutiny, part of the Ningyuan garrison chose to mutiny to beg for wages, but he was tempted by Jin's fellow villagers after surrendering in the battle of Shenyang, and went to Shenyang to make a living!

Although Huang Taiji is not very interested in firearms, but he still attaches more importance to the Hongyi cannon that makes their two fathers and sons deflated, I heard that this Wang Tianxiang once cast the Hongyi cannon, Huang Taiji provided it with a venue and funds, let him work hard to try production, but I didn't expect that after three or four years of hard work, he really let him cast the Hongyi cannon.

At that time, the Houjin Iron Cavalry was still invincible in the field, although the Ming Dynasty was far ahead in firearms, and did not see that it played a big role on the battlefield, except for the 10,000 Qi family army that made Huang Taiji a little deflated, the other Ming army Huang Taiji did not pay much attention to it, so Huang Taiji did not immediately organize the large-scale production of Hongyi cannons, but formed heavy infantry, preparing to eliminate the 10,000 Qi family army in one fell swoop.

After the defeat and loss of the battle of Liaohe, Huang Taiji finally woke up, and as soon as he went back, he promoted Wang Tianxiang to the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, and stared at the Shenyang Cannon Foundry to personally supervise the production of Hongyi cannons!

Fortunately, he didn't know about machine tools, so even if he personally supervised it, the output of Hongyi cannons was not very high, and he could produce about ten cannons a month.

However, this is already quite terrifying, Yuan Chonghuan has been immersed in the joy of victory, and he has forgotten about the development of firearms, but Huang Taiji is staring at the cannon foundry to personally supervise the production of artillery, throughout the winter, the combat power of the Ming army has not improved, and even, because of the arrival of Hong Chengchou, Zhang Bin can not provide any support to Yuan Chonghuan, the combat power of the Liaodong Army has declined, and Houjin has cast more than sixty Hongyi cannons of more than 1,000 catties!

At this time, Shenyang, Liaoyang, and Fuzhou Wei were all equipped with ten Hongyi cannons, and Haizhou Wei, which was closest to Liaohe, was equipped with thirty Hongyi cannons.

What's even more terrifying is that after Huang Taiji detected that Yuan Chonghuan was building a pontoon bridge on the Liao River, he immediately mobilized all 60,000 heavy armored infantry to the front line of Haizhou and Gaizhou, and at the same time he also issued a conscription order, and a large number of Jurchen Zhushen were recruited to supplement the Houjin Iron Cavalry, and the gap of nearly 30,000 people was quickly filled, and the Houjin Iron Cavalry reached 60,000 yuan.

He also issued a convening order to the Mengyuan tribes, ordering the Mengyuan tribes to organize at least 40,000 cavalry and 60,000 foot soldiers to assemble in Liaoyang, as well as the Han Eight Banners, he also issued a convening order, ordering them to organize 50,000 foot soldiers to go to the southeast coast to garrison the front line to prevent Mao Wenlong from sneaking in behind.

In this way, just on the front line of Haizhou Wei, Gaizhou Wei and Liaoyang, Huang Taiji gathered more than 200,000 troops, and Yuan Chonghuan vainly tried to use 90,000 troops to "fight steadily and steadily", from the front line of the Liaohe River to Fushun, which is simply wishful thinking!

At this time, Huang Taiji did not have the ability to organize a large-scale counterattack and recover the front line of the Liaohe River, because Zhang Bin supported too many artillery, and the Great Liaohe Fort alone set up fifty jack Buddha machines, and he had no way to rush over at all, but it was no problem to defend and counterattack and pit Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't know at this time that Huang Taiji was gathering an army in full swing, ready to pit him, and he didn't know that Hong Chengchou was conspiring and calculating, ready to pull him back, the victory of the Liaohe River had made him lose himself, recover Liaodong, and revive the dream of the Daming River and mountains made his head hot, watching the pontoon bridge on the Liaohe River extend to the east bank day by day, his heart had drifted to Haizhou, Liaoyang, and Shenyang, he seemed to have seen that Jiannu was defeated and lost by him. Huang Taiji knelt in front of him and trembled!

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