readx; In the early morning of the next day, when Sun Chengzong was awakened by the sound of the army marching, most of the men and horses of Zhao Shujiao had already left the city. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info Sun Chengzong was anxious to find the emperor and disappeared, and even Gao Di and Man Gui couldn't find it, so he couldn't help but be shocked, and asked around like crazy. A Chinese soldier saw that he was pitiful, and couldn't help but tell the truth: "The governor and the chief soldier went to the seaport southwest of Guancheng to send His Majesty on the ship." ”

Sun Chengzong's head buzzed, and he didn't have time to ask Gao Di why he had changed from a scripture to a governor, and hurriedly galloped out of the city. Before he arrived at the port, he saw that Gao Di and Man Gui were leading the emperor's light cavalry to go back, and Sun Chengzong split his head and asked, "What about the saint?" ”

Gao Di shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The Holy Lord and General Li Laiheng have already rushed to Phi Island by boat. ”

"Hey!" Sun Chengzong was annoyed and said, "Why don't you stop the holy car!" Don't hurry up and chase after the old man! ”

"I can't catch up, the Holy Throne has been off for more than an hour." Gao Di said helplessly, "Of course, the lower officials try their best to stop it, but the saint insists on going to sea, how can the lower officials stop it." In addition, Lord Shangshu, the Holy One has a secret message for you. ”

Sun Chengzong hurriedly took the holy decree handed over by Gao Di, and when he opened it, he saw that it was written: "The Shanhaiguan City Pass is ruined, if the construction is so large, I am afraid that it will be dangerous, I have decided to build a heavy city here, and the details will be conveyed by the new governor of Liaodong, Gao Di." The cost of building the city is all allocated from the internal funds, so Lord Shangshu should not worry. I also rushed to Phi Island to rescue the emergency, and Lord Shangshu can temporarily preside over the overall situation in Shanhaiguan and fully cooperate with Gaodi to build the city. Chin this! ”

Sun Chengzong shook his head again and again and said: "Back then, Wang Zaijin advocated building a heavy city in Shanhaiguan, and the old man was still fighting with him for this. Now that Ningyuan and Jinzhou have been built, and the Daling River is about to be completed, Jianyu may not dare to cross several cities to attack Shanhaiguan, how can the saint pick up Wang Zaijin's set again? Why was Zhao led the Ministry of Education to be transferred? Also, why does the Holy One have to go to Phi Island? How many soldiers and horses are there with you? ”

"The Holy Lord didn't explain it in detail to the lower officials," Gao Di said with a smile, "The lower officials are only acting according to orders, and the rest don't dare to ask more." Two days ago, there happened to be four sea ships that came from Dengzhou to Shanhaiguan to transport grain, and Shengshang went to sea on a grain ship, accompanied by about 500 guards. ”

Sun Chengzong looked at the sea in the east, only to see the sea and the sky, faint, how could there be the shadow of a ship? Although his heart was full of question marks, and he was also very dissatisfied with Zhu Youzhen's dumping of him to travel without authorization, he had no choice but to return to Shanhaiguan with Gao Di and others.

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen also stood on the deck of a grain ship with only 300 materials, holding on to the side of the ship and looking into the east pole, scolding in his heart: Yuan Chonghuan, a daredevil, has messed up the whole plan!

Because of course others don't know, Zhu Youzhen knows very well as a person who crosses: Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong have only met once in history, but this time, Yuan Chonghuan asked for Mao Wenlong's life. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan went to Phi Island to meet Mao Wenlong, no need to ask, this must be to kill Mao Wenlong.

Although Mao Wenlong's military discipline was corrupt, he did not obey the dispatch of the imperial court, and he frequently asked for salaries and supported his own troops, but after all, he was a nail buried in the rear of Jianyu. And no matter what, he also made a great contribution to killing the old slave, and he is a first-class soldier, even if he is guilty, he can't kill him directly! Take 10,000 steps back and say, Mao Wenlong's death is not a pity, how can the group of pirates under him be restrained? Once Yuan Chonghuan really kills Mao Wenlong, the situation in Liaodong will change abruptly, and Zhu Youzhen's long-planned strategy in Liaodong will be completely ruined.

And the reason why Zhu Youzhen secretly left the Beijing division behind his back and left Sun Chengzong halfway was all for the smooth implementation of this plan!

In fact, as early as after the Battle of Ningyuan, Zhu Youzhen had been thinking about a question: how to completely defeat Jianyu?

History has proved that the Guanningjin defense line painstakingly operated by Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan was useless, and the Jianyu entered the Kou several times, all of which bypassed the Liaoxi Corridor to the west and broke through directly from the direction of Jizhou. This Eastern Maginot Line not only did not play its due defensive role, but also because the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty were tied to death in Liaodong, countless food and salaries were consumed in vain, thus completely emptying the last bit of the Ming Dynasty's family foundation. Until the final Beijing division was broken by Li Zicheng, the Liaodong border army still did not rescue, but switched the city and beat a rake, so that the Manchu iron cavalry stepped into the Central Plains without blood. So this road is not going to go at all, and it has to be found another way.

If you can't defend it, how about taking offense as defense and taking the initiative to start a war with Houjin? Zhu Youzhen really thought so at the beginning, and the Qin soldiers he built single-handedly have always regarded the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry as an imaginary enemy from the day they became an army.

However, Zhu Youzhen personally experienced the battle with Houjin, and knew that with the current strength of the Qin soldiers, it was not enough to compete with the Eight Banners. At the simplest point, the combat effectiveness of the Qin soldiers was mainly reflected in firearms, and firearms warfare was extremely dependent on logistics, and guns, ammunition, and food were indispensable. However, the Liaodong battlefield was thousands of miles away from the Beijing Division, and it was extremely inconvenient to transport supplies; Houjin is full of cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and has a strong ability to maneuver. If the Qin soldiers advance slowly, the enemy can retreat calmly, and their own consumption will increase; If you advance too fast and too quickly, it will lead to the inability to keep up with the provisions, and it is easy to be dragged down by the enemy, or even surrounded and annihilated. And if you use Qin soldiers to defend, you will face the same problem: the defense line is too long to hold at all!

You can't defend it, you can't attack it, is it really not the opponent of the Manchu Qing Dynasty? Is it true that history cannot be changed, and the Chinese nation will still suffer 300 years of calamity? Liaodong, Houjin, Eight Banners Iron Cavalry! Zhu Youzhen has repeatedly thought hard about this most critical issue, but he has never come up with a good solution.

Until one day, when Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan were still trapped on the island of Diaoyu, and were sitting on the top of the mountain boringly counting the stars at night, he suddenly thought: The old man led the Red Army's Long March back then, and when he arrived in northern Shaanxi, the situation was much more difficult than his current situation, and later it was not the same to liberate the whole of China! So how did the old man do it?

So he couldn't help but recall the old man's various strategic ideas: movement warfare; concentrate superior forces to annihilate the enemy individually; Do not fight unprepared battles; Destroy the enemy's living forces, and don't stick to the gains and losses of one city and one place...

Suddenly, his heart lit up: Yes, since Liaodong is a piece of rotten meat that can't be fought and defended, why don't you cut it off, in other words, give up temporarily? If Liaodong is abandoned, then the supply distance of the border army will be greatly shortened, just like a fist retracted, and it will be more powerful when it is fought again!

That night, Zhu Youzhen stayed awake all night, and the Liaodong strategy had been basically finalized under his repeated calculations!