Chapter 177: Guerrilla Korea and the Theory of Sea Power
"Master Sun, how many people are there in this Dongyu entrenched in Korea?" Yang Gengai suddenly remembered a big mistake of his own, this North Korea is an important link in the siege of wild boar skin, if North Korea does not besiege wild boar skin, then what wants to trap wild boar skin, want to economically besiege wild boar skin, it is unlikely to be realized. Yang Gai felt that he was fortunate to be reminded by Sun Chengzong, otherwise, this big mistake would cost him half his life!
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know how many there are, but according to legends, some people who came back from North Korea and Liaodong said, some said thousands, some said hundreds, however, it is said that the East captives went to attack North Korea, and it only took twenty or thirty thousand people, so look at it, there can not be many people stationed in North Korea, as for how many, the ministers are not easy to judge, maybe hundreds, maybe one or two thousand, according to the news sent back by Lord Mao, there are only a few hundred people, this, it should be more reliable." Sun Chengzong himself was not sure how many people Kim had stationed in North Korea after the capture of the East.
Yang Reform felt that his news channels were not smooth, and his chief of staff couldn't figure out this specific number, and it was enough to think about it, and he actually heard a little wind of such a big news, and the function of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyi Guard to listen to news outside the customs was basically invalid in history, at this time, alas! Cao Huachun's "Military Intelligence Bureau" has just opened, otherwise, he would not be blind.
"Mao Wenlong? Is this message accurate? Yang Gai remembered Mao Wenlong, a "guerrilla" wild boar skin guy, this guy, but he takes tens of thousands of taels of silver every month!
"The minister thinks that according to the current relationship between Mao Wenlong and His Majesty, it should be reliable, and they don't dare to station too many troops in North Korea if they want to go east, they are all fighting Mongolia recently, clearing the road to the customs, and they will not use too many troops in North Korea." Sun Chengzong also has no conclusive news, but just twists a more reliable statement.
"This is, so, as Master Sun said, I really want to beat him in North Korea! There are only a few hundred people, just enough to train soldiers. It's just that my new army has just been expanded, and it is far from the point where the training is complete! You can't pull it out at all! It is a good thing that North Korea has rejoined our dynasty, and this eastern captivity is basically sealed between the white mountains and black waters. It won't be long before the economy collapses. It's a pity that there is no conclusive news from North Korea...... "Yang Gengai heard that North Korea only had a few hundred wild boar skins stationed there, and he felt that he could beat him. Soldiers, always have to be pulled out to fight, without a bloody battle, it will not grow, as for the specific number of people in North Korea, Yang Reform felt that he might have to find it in his dreams, this, he has an advantage, and his favorite is the asymmetrical surname of this kind of information.
"Your Majesty, I'm not afraid of this, it's only the end of April, and there is still plenty of time, so it's not too late to send a detailed work to North Korea to hear the news! Your Majesty wants to send troops to fight North Korea? …… The minister has an idea, and he doesn't know whether to say it or not. Sun Chengzong saw that the emperor was talking about beating North Korea, so he made a serious suggestion to the emperor with this.
"Vision? What is envisaged? Master Sun just said. Yang Gengai also wanted to hear what Sun Chengzong had to say.
"Your Majesty, now that the training of recruits is advancing, I think that in September and October of this year, the basic training of recruits should also be completed. At that time, His Majesty can send troops to North Korea, and if he feels unsafe, he can dispatch Mao Wenlong's elite department, so that it will not be a problem to clear out the hundreds of Eastern captives entrenched in North Korea. Sun Chengzong put forward his own proposal.
"Master Sun is saying, attack across the sea? Going to fight in October this year? Yang Gai felt that Sun Chengzong's thinking had changed a lot recently, and his thinking at the beginning was mainly focused on how to defend, and now, he had to go out to fight at every turn. also crossed the sea, this made Yang Reform a little surprised.
"Back to Your Majesty, indeed, in October this year, you can go out to fight, assemble in October, cross the sea by boat to Mao Wenlong's Phi Island, repair there for a few days, converge with Mao Wenlong's elite, about five or six thousand people are enough, and then at the end of October, at the beginning of November, use the sea boat, go straight to the vicinity of Seoul in North Korea to land, you can first send a secret envoy, hold Your Majesty's edict, secretly inform the Korean monarchs and ministers, let them help clear the Dongyu, think of a few hundred Dongyu, how to defend the four city gates, four city walls? Therefore, even if Dongyu learns the news, it is just a mantis arm blocking the car, and His Majesty can use less than 10,000 people to make North Korea return to our dynasty, so that if Dongyu wants to enter the customs, he must have many concerns, and this strategy can make Dongyu dare not make a detour to enter the customs...... "Sun Chengzong simply said his idea.
Yang Gai thought about it for a while, and felt that this attention was good, first, he could train his troops, and second, he could win over an important ally, and he could re-imprison this wild boar skin between the poor mountains and bad waters. What's more, after doing business on his own, he has to go to North Korea, and now he has to give North Korea a moment, and North Korea has to ask for a garrison, so that he can garrison troops in North Korea, and with a garrison, this is not what he wants to do.
"Master Sun's idea is not bad, in this way, this North Korea can return to the arms of my Ming Dynasty! If we want to make a detour to enter the customs in the future, we must first solve the Korean issue, and in this way, it is possible that the decisive battle between our DPRK and the Dongyu will first start with the struggle for Korea! Yang Reform suddenly opened up, and felt that this was really a stroke of genius.
"Returning to Your Majesty, indeed, it can effectively contain the forces of the Eastern Prisoners, if they are concerned about the gains and losses of North Korea, it is very likely that they will send troops to seize North Korea, so the battle between the Eastern Prisoners and our North Korea is really as Your Majesty said, and it will start fighting in North Korea first! Hehe...... It's better to be at war and outside the country, so that our dynasty doesn't have to worry about the people being affected by the war, and can avoid losses and injuries......" Sun Chengzong laughed when he said this. If Dongyu and Daming are at war in Korea, it will really be thanks to God.
Decisive battle outside the country? I have not heard much of this statement after Yang reform, but after the decisive battle abroad, it is a ridiculous word with a "derogatory meaning", which is applicable to the TW area and is the operational idea of TW. "Hehe, Master Sun, after clearing the Dongyu of Korea, how does Master Sun plan to face the reinforcements of the Dongyu?" If you drag the boar skin in North Korea, you will have to face reinforcements from the wild boar skin.
"Back to Your Majesty, the troops will be sent at the end of October and arrive in Seoul at the beginning of November, this will, it is estimated that north of Seoul, it will snow, and the road will have been blocked long ago, and it is estimated that the news will not be transmitted to Dongyu, even if it is transmitted to Dongyu? Could it be that the Eastern Prisoners still dare to send troops to North Korea in November and December? It was freezing that day, how to send troops? If you want to send troops, it must be next year, even if you send troops immediately after the beginning of spring, arrive in Seoul, and want to find our main force to fight, at least in February and March, there are a few months, enough for Your Majesty to prepare a lot of things. Sun Chengzong said with a smile.
"Hehe, Master Sun, it's really a good calculation, this weather has also been calculated by you, indeed, if Dongyu wants to send troops to North Korea in November and February, it must be unlikely, so, it will be next year, but there is a lot of time to prepare, but, Master Xu, how are you going to fight Dongyu in North Korea? Master Sun should take into account that the field combat ability of our Korean soldiers is not high, and the North Korean soldiers should not rely on it...... Compared with my dynasty, it is even worse than ......" Yang Reform felt that Sun Chengzong's choice of time was good, just in the month when the wild boar skin could not send troops even if he knew, these two months, that winter, in ancient times, it would be cold to death, and the wild boar skin probably did not have the determination, and forced the troops at the risk of huge casualties. He also expressed great contempt for the fighting power of the DPRK.
"Your Majesty, this, the minister has already planned, has your Majesty forgotten, that grenade of Your Majesty? Lao Chen said that he studied this grenade a lot, and found that this grenade was a little heavier, but it was used to defend the city, and it was a sharp weapon! Even if North Korea's combat strength is under the bottom, there is no courage to fight with the Dongyu, but if the city is defended and the grenade is thrown down, this should be no problem, it must be able to greatly alleviate the time of the Dongyu's attack, and it must be able to kill and injure a large number of Dongyu, so even if the Dongyu arrives in Seoul, there must be countless casualties, if the Dongyu is strong, His Majesty can completely withdraw his troops to the ship, and the big deal is to use the ship to pick it up, if the Dongyu soldiers are outnumbered, His Majesty can completely defend the city, and even counterattack, All Your Majesty has to do is to use grenades to consume the Eastern Captives, which is ......," Sun Chengzong said eloquently, explaining a plan seamlessly.
Yang Gai was stunned, "This, Master Sun, you mean, let me ...... Exporting weapons to the DPRK? Export grenades? Yang Gai feels that Sun Chengzong's thinking is too open and advancing with the times!
Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Indeed, Your Majesty, I want to talk about attacking Dongyu and fighting with Dongyu, but I can't do it, but when it comes to defending the city, I have some combat power, not to mention, this is just a grenade to consume Dongyu, Your Majesty, it's a big deal!" When it came to using grenades to consume the troops of the Eastern Prisoners, Sun Chengzong smiled and was full of confidence.
Sun Chengzong didn't know what was wrong, but he suddenly opened his mind, and his mind was actually ahead of the way to export weapons to his allies and consume the strength of his enemies. Yang Reform was also surprised! The grenade is just one of the secret weapons that he is going to use to save his life when he fights the wild boar skin, and now, Sun Chengzong actually saw its power and let himself export the grenade to North Korea, let the North Korea and the wild boar skin consume, and use the North Koreans to bleed the wild boar skin. This trick can not be described as non-poisonous!
Yang Gai applauded and said, "Master Sun is talented, talented!" Hehe! In this way, if there are few soldiers, I will not be able to capture Korea at all, and even be pursued by me, if there are many soldiers, I can withdraw with the advantage of sea ships, and after the East captives leave, I will continue to use troops against North Korea, so I am afraid that this Dongyu will be entangled in North Korea, not to mention any detour into the customs, good strategy, good strategy! Master Sun, in this way, he will definitely be able to contain Dongyu for many years! If the Dongju give up North Korea, so, better, these three sides can surround the Dongyu, or in a few years, I am afraid that the Dongju will starve to ......death, hahaha...... Good strategy, this strategy, I think it can be summed up in sixteen words: 'The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase', what does Master Sun think? "Yang Reform suddenly thought of the sixteen-character formula of [***], this, but the highest level of guerrilla warfare! These sixteen words are exactly in line with his current North Korean strategy, and they can drag the boar skin to death. turned to laugh out loud, once this North Korean strategy is implemented, this wild boar skin will be peeled off if it doesn't die!
"The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase, good, good! These sixteen words are really the sixteen-character mantra of the Korean strategy, Your Majesty is talented, talented! In a word, it exhausts the whole essence of the Korean war! His Majesty Shengming ...... "When Sun Chengzong heard the emperor's sixteen words, his heart suddenly brightened, many of the joints and details were still very vague, and he immediately stared at the emperor with his shiny eyes, and praised the emperor, this emperor's surname is really rare!"
Yang Reform "blushed" in his heart, he was just the crystallization of the wisdom of plagiarizing descendants.
"Your Majesty, so you agree with the minister's idea to use this grenade to consume the Eastern captives in Korea? With His Majesty's sixteen-character mantra, he will definitely be able to trap Dongyu to death and grind to death in North Korea! Sun Chengzong's unsmiling face, today, is smiling.
"Agreed, how can I not agree, I not only want to sell grenades to North Korea, but also prepare to send a military training regiment to help North Korea train how to throw grenades, hahaha...... Good deal, good deal...... "Yang Gai avoided talking about his sixteen-character mantra, and instead talked about the business of military exports, thinking that he also had to export weapons, and one day when he became an arms dealer, he felt that he had not come to the Ming Dynasty in vain, and this kind of thing could actually be done in the Ming Dynasty, which was refreshing and enjoyable.
"In this way, the demise of the Dongyu can be expected, but this grenade, the amount required is huge, Your Majesty, you may have to step up the production, otherwise, it may not be enough!" Sun Chengzong reminded.
"Hehe, Master Sun, don't worry, I understand this, this, I will find a way, by the way, Master Sun, or trouble Master Sun to write a detailed plan and plan for this North Korean strategy, see how to implement it, the specific details, and what measures to adopt when encountering problems, all of them are listed one by one, and I will advance the war according to Master Sun's plan at that time, and the generals on the front line can also understand my intentions, so that the battle will definitely be smoother." Yang Reform gave this task to Sun Chengzong, and once this plan was implemented, Yang Reform believed it. North Korea will definitely return to the Ming Dynasty, or it will become a place for itself to bleed wild boar skins.
"Yes, Your Majesty, however, the minister still has one more matter, I want to ask Your Majesty to show me." Sun Chengzong said again.
"What's the matter? Just say? "Yang is very happy.
"Your Majesty, this cross-sea expedition, I'm afraid it will need a lot of sea ships, this new warship, sea ships, I'm afraid it's too late, maybe we have to requisition some sailors and warships for escort purposes, and there must be some transport ships, transport personnel, grain and grass, firearms, etc., this may need to requisition some merchant ships, this, you still need Your Majesty to show off." Sun Chengzong made some more suggestions.
"Yes, no problem, Master Sun, this, you can grasp it yourself, how many ships you need, how many warships you need, just list, you can also use some more as a backup, this, I absolutely strongly support, whether it is newly built or purchased, or requisitioned, no problem." Yang Reform knows the important surname of this ship, so he naturally wants to vigorously support it and make every effort to take care of it, and he will definitely not be stingy on this issue.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Sun Chengzong saw that the emperor accepted his opinion, and he was full of confidence in his plan.
…… To tell the truth, Yang Gengai felt very strange that Sun Chengzong had this kind of offensive thinking, when did this Ming Dynasty scholar like to attack? Even the famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty were cautious in their external attacks, defending more and attacking less. Yang Reform was very curious about what changed Sun Chengzong's ideology.
"Master Sun, I am very curious, why does Master Sun suddenly have such an understanding and interest in the sailor, the ocean, and the cross-sea attack? I can't believe that my master would make such a cross-sea attack, this is really a bit unexpected for me! Yang Gai was very curious and decided to ask Sun Chengzong.
Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is also influenced by His Majesty, so he has an interest in this ocean, and also has an interest in fighting across the sea and transferring troops, Your Majesty, this is to find a way out for the people of the Ming Dynasty, this way out must be on the sea, Your Majesty's teachings, the ministers still remember it, how can they forget?" On this sea, without warships or sea ships, how can we find a way out of life for the people? It was at that time that the minister gradually became interested in the affairs of the sea, and he had a new understanding of the warship and the sea, and he was not afraid of His Majesty's jokes, and the minister was also reading some of the copywriting and books about the Sanbao eunuch Zheng He recently, and he was particularly impressed by the few words that the Sanbao eunuch said, and the minister was willing to share it with His Majesty. ”
"Oh? Those few words? Yang Gengai asked curiously.
“…… If you want the country to be rich and strong, you can't ignore the ocean. Wealth comes from the sea, and danger comes from the sea...... Once the king of another country captures the South Seas, China is in danger. Our fleet is invincible, and it can be used to expand business and subdue foreign lands, so that they dare not covet the South Seas......" Sun Chengzong shook his head and read out these words, and when he read them, his expression was extremely serious and extremely happy.
Yang Reform Shocked! The Theory of Sea Power? Zheng He's?
"Good! Good! Good! Very good, sea power! I like it, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Very good, this is very good......" Yang Gengai really couldn't express the excitement in his heart. I have to keep praising this good.
"What Zheng He said and what he thought was really a wise saying, when it came to my heart, I admired, admired! I didn't expect that hundreds of years ago, there were people who had such foresight, amazing! Alas...... It's a pity! The huge fleet is gone, and the huge fleet will never be seen again! Now even if I fight a small widow, hundreds of people, I have to say all the good things to the ministers, and I have to start from scratch! It's a pity, it's a pity! Poor too! I think the people of the Ming Dynasty, why are they so miserable? Yang Reform first admired Zheng He so much, and then sighed, if the Ming Dynasty had maintained such a large fleet, not to mention the Spaniards, even if the people of all Europe combined, they would not be the opponents of the Ming Dynasty! This America is the Americas of the Chinese, and this Australia is the Australia of the Chinese! This Pacific Ocean is China's inland sea! It's a pity that all of them were "terminated" by the elite of the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Gaiai was angry at the artificiality of the Ming Dynasty elite, there was no god-like opponent, but there were pig-like teammates. hated this Ming Dynasty elite to the point of itching.
(To be continued)