No. 0737 Northern Expedition
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When the holy decree was issued, the entire capital was suddenly busy, and the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops was not a trivial matter, and the people of the six departments kept running, and the grain, grass, materials, and armaments had to keep up, and at the same time issued various court announcements.
Zhu Di's crusade enumerated a lot of crimes, which are extremely unfavorable, so the victory or defeat on the battlefield is not only how many battles you have won with many men and horses, reputation and morality are equally important, and there is more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust, this is the eternal truth, even if King Yan can fight again, if he loses the support of the soldiers and the people, it will not work.
This is related to the population at that time, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, disasters and wars continued, so the population declined on a large scale, Zhu Yuanzhang vigorously developed the people's livelihood after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and the people's life was good, and the population naturally came up.
From the early years of Hongwu to the 14th year, the population of the whole country has indeed grown greatly. As for the origin of the increase in hukou, it is generally believed that the Ming Dynasty government at that time implemented a policy of resting with the people, actively encouraging the people to restore and develop production, and liberating the labor force. But there is also a greater emphasis on state control over hukou. They believed that the hukou of the feudal state was directly linked to the exploitation of servitude, so the rulers always sought to control more people in order to extract more wealth, and the Ming dynasty certainly did the same.
As early as the early years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the local government to work hard to regain control of the peasants who had left their nationality in order to increase the number of household registrations. At that time, many counties that had been abandoned because the peasants had fled were re-established, and in some places, there were few household registrations, but through the appeasement of exiles, local household registration and taxes increased significantly. Therefore, a large part of the population that grew from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the fourteenth year of Hongwu belonged to the peasants who had been re-controlled.
The changes in the population of the whole country from the 14th to the 26th year of Hongwu have also attracted people's attention. Some people believe that during this period, the household registration of the Ming Dynasty basically did not rise, and sometimes the household or household decreased instead. And the "History of the Ming Dynasty" also has a similar record: "After Taizu became a soldier, the household registration Gu was extremely prosperous. After that, the peace lasted for a long time, but it was too late. ”
What is the reason for this? Some believe that this was due to the large number of peasant uprisings that took place during the Hongwu period, and that the peasant uprisings were often attended by those displaced and fugitives, and that the Ming government took various measures to suppress them, including massacres, forced migrations, and forced military conscription, and those who survived had to go into exile, which inevitably led to a decrease in local household registration.
So how many people does Daming have? According to the statistics of the household department, there are more than 10 million people, and according to the statistics of one out of five, the total strength of the whole country can reach an astonishing 2 million.
This is not unusual, King Yan raised 300,000 soldiers, plus the 100,000 soldiers and horses put together by King Ning, the total strength was close to 400,000, and on the side of the Ming court, Geng Bingwen commanded 300,000 troops, Li Jinglong commanded 150,000 troops, plus Lin Feng's hands and the troops guarding the capital should be close to 100,000, plus the border army, the total strength of Zhu Yunwen's side should be close to 800,000.
Therefore, no matter what aspect it is, in the end, King Yan will not be able to gain the upper hand, and can only quickly attack the capital through his own tactics, which is the only way.
Li Jinglong got the holy decree, and when he heard that Geng Bingwen was the general of sweeping the north, he was just a deputy general, and he was immediately unhappy, he was Cao Guogong, Geng Bingwen was nothing, but he had won so many battles with his ancestors in the early years, after all, he was already old.
"General Li, the military situation is urgent, please mobilize people immediately and go."
"Got it." Li Jinglong snorted, waved his hand, the man had to turn around and retreat, just retreated, stood at the door and did not leave, it can be regarded as a better understanding of Li Jinglong's personality, the army of King Yan and King Ning is moving south, if it is late, something really will happen.
At this time, there can be no slightest mistake, Li Jinglong is also clear about this, and ordered someone to take the armor and big gun, fly out of the camp tent, and march towards the north with more than 100,000 people.
Li Jinglong was unhappy, there was another aspect, this time it was different from the King of Jin, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, had helped Li Jinglong a lot, and he also took a lot of benefits, so Li Jinglong's impression of Zhu Di was not bad.
The sound of horses' hooves sounded, a group of cavalry approached, and the leader quickly urged his horse forward, "General Li." ”
The leader immediately shouted, Li Jinglong stopped his horse and looked back, at this time those people had already run in front of Li Jinglong, and the leader bowed and saluted, "General Li, General Geng's military order." ”
Li Jinglong's face sank, Geng Bingwen was the general of the sweeping north, so the entire mobilization of soldiers and horses and the battle plan had to obey his arrangement, Li Jinglong could only take it, "I know, please return to General Geng." ”
"Yes."
The soldiers and horses who sent the letter returned quickly, and Li Jinglong opened the military order, which was clearly written that Li Jinglong's 150,000 people would speed up the march and rush to Jinan City as soon as possible, and then build a defense to block the army of King Yan, and they must not go out of the city to fight.
Geng Bingwen is good at defending, once with thousands of men and horses to defend the lonely city to block tens of thousands of troops, at this time, King Yan's chaotic army is in the limelight, at this time to go out to fight will definitely suffer, Geng Bingwen knows that even if he goes to the battlefield in person, he may not be the opponent of King Yan, let alone the young and vigorous Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong snorted coldly, his face showing displeasure, "Old thing, why are you pointing at me, don't think that only you know how to fight." Li Jinglong was unhappy, of course, the military order still had to be implemented, and with a flick of his sleeves, the army quickly advanced in accordance with the military order.
Geng Bingwen's 300,000 army, at this time, also accelerated the march, the direction of the road is not the threatened Jinan, Jinan is the second gateway to guard the capital, the city is high and the walls are thick, the old general has carefully checked the local terrain, as long as Li Jinglong led the troops to arrive in time to hold on, King Yan has no way at all.
What you have to do is to completely defeat the king of Yan, there is no chance of winning in the frontal battle, simply go around to the rear of the king of Yan, as mentioned above, in order to achieve his own goals, the king of Yan quickly raised troops, and the army of four roads along the way advanced, and the coefficient of the towns passed was surrendered, of course, at this time, the entire Beiping Mansion was completely under the jurisdiction of the king of Yan, and the next step was to control the scope of Shandong Province, and then wave the army south to take the capital.
Geng Bingwen chose to march from the west to reach Zhending Mansion, and then quickly seize Hejian Mansion, so that he could form a corner with Jinan, and there were soldiers and horses in all three places, just like a sharp sword directly piercing the heart of King Yan's chaotic army.
Yanwang camp
King Yan frowned, at this time, the news of the capital had not yet arrived, there was a map in front of King Yan, which was drawn in great detail, every mountain, canyon and even river, including the route that could be marched, was clearly marked one by one, for this day, Zhu Di had been preparing for too long, and almost made all the preparations.
"Lord Wang, at this time, the capital should have already taken action!"
King Yan nodded, "Yes, this king wants to know who Zhu Yunwen will send to fight against this king." "King Yan's fingers left from the map, at this time, the big tent is full of King Yan's henchmen, dozens of generals in the army, all of them are experienced in a hundred battles, and they have followed King Yan for more than ten years, absolute henchmen.
Ma Sanbao, the chief manager, the monk Dao Yan, the military advisor, after King Yan finished speaking, Dao Yan was happy, "In the opinion of the prince, who is hope?" ”
King Yan smiled, "If you want to play well, it is naturally Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, and if you want to win quickly, it is my good nephew Li Jinglong." From Yan Wang's words, it can already be seen that the gap between Li Jinglong and Geng Bingwen, Geng Bingwen is experienced and extremely capable in defense, which are all skills that Li Jinglong does not have.
Dao Yan nodded, "In that case, why don't you follow the example of the Qin State back then and force the local government to abandon the veteran and use the newcomer!" "Dao Yan's trick is really powerful, and he uses an allusion.
This is the most famous battle of Changping in history, the first war changed the situation of the Warring States, and since then the Zhao State, which posed the greatest threat to the Qin State, lost the capital to compete with the Qin State for hegemony in the world.
In the fourth lunar month of the 55th year of King Zhou, Wang Yi launched an attack on the Zhao army in Changping, and King Zhao Xiaocheng ordered Lian Po to meet the battle, and Lian Po led his army to attack the Qin army. The Zhao army wounded the Qin scouts, and the Qin scouts beheaded the Zhao army's generals
In June, the Zhao army was defeated and the Qin army broke through the Zhao army's position, and the two important strongholds of the Zhao state, Duweicheng and Gugu City, were captured by the Qin army, and the Qin army also captured four Zhao lieutenants. In July, Zhao's army built a wall and held on to the camp to fight against it. As a result, the Qin army launched a strong attack, captured the camp west of the Zhao army, and captured two Zhao lieutenants.
The Zhao army was unfavorable in several battles, and Lian Po, the chief general of the Zhao state, relied on the favorable terrain and ordered the soldiers to stick to the camp and wait for work to exhaust the Qin army. Regardless of the repeated challenges of the Qin army, Zhao Bing could not go out to fight, therefore, King Zhao Xiaocheng thought that Lian Po's strong wall was a sign of timidity, and sent people to reproach Lian Po several times.
In fact, Lian Po was prepared to first thwart the Qin army's sharp momentum in a leisurely manner, and then wait for a favorable opportunity to attack again. And the long-term stalemate between the two armies actually meant defeat for the Qin army, which was on an expedition of thousands of miles. The Qin army has always been good at rushing forward and attacking, and only quick battles can achieve great achievements, and once the offensive is frustrated, it often leads to the withering of morale and the destruction of offensive strength. The Qin army's commander-in-chief, Wang Di, was unable to fight for a long time, and the unfavorable conditions faced by the Qin army such as the cold night in the mountains, the lack of food and grass, and the sickness and injury of soldiers made him deeply worried about the long-term hardship and peace.
In order to complete the task of dominating the world, the Qin State adopted a divisive strategy, forcing the then King of Zhao to replace the old general Lian Po, who had not been able to defend, and then took Zhao Kuo as the main general, Zhao Kuo was young after all, and was not familiar with the situation in Changping, and immediately after taking office, he fought with the Qin army, although he won a few battles, he could not change the Qin army's encirclement of Changping, and the King of Qin finally killed more than 40 Zhao troops with the killing god Bai Qi as the general, and Zhao Kuo also died in Changping.
After Dao Yan finished speaking, Zhu Di was happy, which had a deep meaning, "What the master said is extremely true, but it is a little different, Zhu Yunwen is not the mediocre and incompetent King Zhao back then, unless we can defeat Geng Bingwen, and then design to let Li Jinglong win, only in this way can we win the scheme." ”
"Lord Wang, wonderful."
Dao Yan couldn't help but give a thumbs up, King Yan's move is really powerful, because this is a battlefield, no one knows who can win the battle, and at this time, Zhu Yunwen can only use these two people, one is the old general Geng Bingwen, and the other is the young Li Jinglong, once Geng Bingwen loses or can't go to the battlefield, then the only one who can rely on is the famous Li Jinglong.
The size of a person's ability is particularly clear on the battlefield, if Li Jinglong is given tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it can be more than enough, 100,000 should already be Li Jinglong's limit, after all, this kind of large-scale battle has never been fought, how many people are in the station of more than 100,000 people, and what should be done, this point, Li Jinglong himself is not clear.
If Li Jinglong is suddenly given 500,000 people at this time, then under the outbreak of self-confidence, he will inevitably choose to go out of the city and fight a decisive battle with the army of King Yan, and that moment will be the moment that will decide the fate of both sides.