In June of the eighth year of Chongzhen, the army of Dengzhou began to be transferred one by one, and the troops of Dengzhou Town left the station one after another without any transfer order from the imperial court. Because Denglai was prosperous in commerce, there was no restriction on road traffic, and the transfer of Dengzhou Town attracted the attention of all parties, but they soon noticed that the direction of Dengzhou Town's assembly was not Qingzhou Mansion, and the Shandong side was first relieved, at least a large number of troops were not found on the border of Qingzhou Prefecture.

The 3rd Battalion of the 1st Battalion stationed in Qingzhou Prefecture first retreated to Pingdu Prefecture, and then left the official road of Dengzhou and went east to Laiyang, while the 9th Battalion, which was originally in Pingdu Prefecture, was transferred to Qingzhou Prefecture.

There are 10 mobilization headquarters in Qingzhou Prefecture and Pingdu Prefecture that have become reserve headquarters, and a group of reserve soldiers have been driven from Pingdu to Qingzhou Prefecture, and nearly 100 local forts in Qingzhou Prefecture have more than 3,000 flintlock muskets purchased by private individuals, plus these reserve soldiers, there is not much problem in dealing with the mainland soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

The 1st and 3rd Battalions, which had arrived in Laiyang, continued eastward and entered the jurisdiction of Wendeng County, where they would board ships from the ports of Chengshanwei and Weihaiwei, respectively. The Wendeng area was completely controlled by Dengzhou Town, and the roads were strictly checked, and land transportation was cut off after mid-June, and all trade routes and businesses were changed to Jinghaiwei, and the port of Weihaiwei was opened irregularly.

The 1st Battalion of the Dengzhou Guards is still stationed in Dengzhou, the reserves of Qixia and Penglai are being mobilized, ready to take over the 1st Battalion of the Dengzhou Guards, and the farthest Linxian Dragoon Thousand Headquarters will be transported in the last batch.

Such a large-scale transfer of troops could not be concealed from the imperial court in the end, but Chen Xin hoped to delay the time of their discovery as much as possible, so that they did not have enough time to mobilize men and horses, Chen Xin created a food shortage in the Guanning area, but also to make the strongest Liaozhen and Shanhaiguan soldiers and horses subject to logistics and unstable morale, so that they could not be mobilized quickly. In addition, because of the slow transmission of information at this time, Jiannu will not get the news in advance, which can reduce their preparation time.

Chen Xin and Liu Minyou both returned to Dengzhou to preside over the largest transfer of Dengzhou Town. Liu Minyou still insists on carrying out his judicial pilot, but the pilot is still limited to three places, namely Aoshanwei, Wendeng Laoying and Weihaiwei, and a new judicial department has been established under the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the director is the temporary judge last time. Chen Xin also stopped asking about this matter, and he no longer paid attention to almost everything that had nothing to do with the autumn offensive.

In the official office of the General Military Mansion, Chen Xin kept looking at the battle plan and operational sequence of the Military Order Division, except for the fifth battalion in Wuchang and the ninth battalion that had just been established, all other combat units in Dengzhou were to be transferred to southern Liaoning, and those who participated in this operation included the first battalion of the guards, the second battalion of the guards, the seven battalions of soldiers, the Jimo Reading Force Thousand Headquarters, the Fuzhou Garrison, the Mountain Enemy Infantry Company, the Combat Engineer Company, and the Linxian Reading Dragoon Thousand Headquarters, with a total strength of about 44,000 troops, and 15,000 reserve soldiers responsible for the defense of the logistics line and 30,000 people, Minfu Dongjiang provides 5,000 people.

In addition to the Dengzhou combat troops, the various departments of Dongjiang Town promised to dispatch about 10,000 troops, excluding the imaginary number, there should be five or six thousand soldiers, and the total number of civilians is 17,000.

Dengzhou Town told them that it was the same as the spring offensive, preparing to drag down the autumn harvest of Jiannu, so everyone in Dongjiang didn't think much about it, Huanglong still agreed to continue the attack on Hetuala, and Shen Shikui promised to send more armor than last time to help attack Lianshan Pass.

Among them, the largest number of people are Shang Kexi and Mao Chenglu's department, their equipment is also the best, and even each has three hundred battalions of soldiers using Dengzhou's flintlock pistols, and their attack line is mainly Xiuyan to Lianshan Pass, but in view of the poor combat strength of Shen Shikui's department last time, Chen Xin deliberately deployed the Jimo Qian headquarters in Phoenix City and Tongyuan Fort, and asked Shang Kexi to send a thousand men and horses to Phoenix City in advance.

Chen Xin's left fingers slid on the map on the desktop, and clicked a few times on Xiuyan's location, Xiuyan's location is very important, but the passage between the various Gaizhou is narrow, so the command system cannot quickly transmit information, Chen Xin hopes to concentrate as many troops as possible in the main combat area.

His fingers continued to slide westward, the southern Liaoning region is actually a peninsula terrain, the middle is mountainous, the area near the sea is the impact plain, the terrain is gentle, more suitable for large corps operations, after passing Gaizhou, it can be regarded as the central Liaoning region, where the terrain is open, and there are important strongholds such as Yaozhou Fort, Haizhou, and Niuzhuang.

For the Houjin, the closer they were to the decisive battle in Liaozhong, the smaller the logistical burden on them, and the greater the logistical pressure on Dengzhou Town if their cavalry could break through the vast area.

Chen Xin frowned and looked at several locations, he hoped that Jiannu could fight him in Fuzhou, but if Huang Taiji was unwilling to fight, it would be difficult for Chen Xin to force Jiannu to come to his preset battlefield.

Liu Minyou, who was on the other side, raised his head from the paper, and was about to speak when he saw Chen Xin's expression, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Are you thinking about the decisive battle?" Huang Taiji will come. ”

Chen Xin looked at Liu Minyou curiously, "Why?" I am worried that if he does not come, it will be impossible for our army to gather in southern Liaoning for a long time, which will cause a shortage of transportation capacity, and the area around Denglai will also be unstable. ”

Liu Minyou stood up and patted the location of Shenyang on the map, "You have more than 40,000 people, plus nearly 100,000 reserve soldiers and people, as long as your army appears in Fuzhou, Huang Taiji must mobilize all the Houjin army, their station will not be too far from Fuzhou, with Jiannu's current mobilization potential, they can't support it for long, although we say it's hard, but dragging Jiannu to death can be done, so he will definitely not be able to hold it first." ”

"I'm worried about dragging into the winter."

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the trading company can provide a food supply of more than 250,000 stones, which is enough to ensure the supply of the army for six months, of course, this will cause the price of food in Denglai to also rise, but we can bear it, after the autumn harvest, the price of grain will fall, and Jiannu can't, and more importantly, Huang Taiji doesn't know how long we can last."

Chen Xin nodded, his expression was a lot more relaxed, he pointed to Shenyang, "Shenyang is the richest area around, as long as it can threaten here, Huang Taiji can only deploy defenses everywhere, and then choose to fight quickly, but the mountains of southern Liaoning are not what he is good at, so the decisive battle with me between the sea cover has become his only choice." ”

Chen Xin then pointed to Niuzhuang, "This place is adjacent to Liaoxi, and the attitude of Liaozhen is worth paying attention to, in case they know that I am coming out of Dengzhou, they may also provide food for Houjin to continue to ride the wall and swing." ”

"So I made this year's food shortage worse than last year's." Liu Minyou said indifferently, "Zu Dashou will not have much food for Jiannu, from the perspective of Liao Town, it is very risky to provide food to Jiannu, Houjin said Bo Xishan, in case the battle is over, he will have to face the anger of Dengzhou Town alone, Jinzhou can block the Houjin army, and will never be able to block the blow of your army." ”

Chen Xin smiled bitterly and said, "Why is your strategy clearer than me this time." ”

Liu Minyou shook his head and smiled: "Because you are too troubled by gains and losses, you have trapped yourself in the game." Separating Mongolia, cutting off the Xuanfu trade route, Guanning grain shortage, controlling the Dongjiang River, and occupying the stronghold in southern Liaoning, we have done it step by step, but we have advanced the final blow, in fact, we have already deduced it, and the possibility of Liaozhen's assistance to Jiannu is very small. You only need to concentrate on the battlefield, and I, Song Wenxian, and Zhou Shifa will do the rest. ”

"That's a good point." Chen Xin arched his hand to Liu Min, "Thank you for reminding me." ”

Liu Minyou also returned the salute, and then said: "Let me tell you about logistics, from the end of May to June, 80,000 stones of grain will be purchased in the North Canal area, and the first and second batches have gone to sea from Tianjin, after these ships arrive in Jinzhou, they will return to Denglai to participate in the transportation of troops, and the rest of the grain will be transported from Denglai, mainly relying on the capacity of the trading company and the various Tunpu shipping companies, and the transportation plan will last until September." Dengzhou and Wendeng sailors have already transported a batch of armaments and grain and grass to the Dongjiang River, and these transportation capacities have affected the transportation of cotton cloth, but this year everything must be subordinated to the grand strategy. ”

Chen Xin stood up and said: "Stick to the past this year, as long as Liaodong recovers, we will live all of us." The Ministry of Civil Affairs should prepare for next year's immigration plan, and those who go to Liaodong will be given 30 acres of land, and they must take the old Tunhu households in Dengzhou as the backbone, supplemented by the newly arrived displaced people, and build a tunbao in Guang, Liaodong, and after two or three years, the Dengzhou system will be self-sufficient in food, and we will be able to win the world, and the establishment of the civil affairs system in Liaodong must be before the imperial court, so you must do your best to arrange this plan. ”

"The imperial court will definitely come to Liaodong to intervene, you have to be prepared in advance."

Chen Xin laughed and said, "The execution power of the imperial court can't eat Liaodong, of course I will be prepared, and when the mobilization of my army is completed, we will also make a momentum." ”

Before Liu Minyou could speak, the adjutant outside said loudly: "Lord Chen, Wang Futai is here, and he said that he has something to say to his lordship." ”

Chen Xinyang raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Minyou, Liu Minyou spread his hands, saying that he didn't know what Wang Tingqian was here for.

Chen Xin thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's about changing the governor, maybe it's asking me for help, I'll go and see it." ”……

Chen Xin saw Wang Tingqian in the main hall, Chen Xin still bowed down with the official salute, Wang Tingqian took a few steps to help Chen Xin up, when Chen Xin looked up at him, he saw that Wang Tingqian looked quite emotional, and he didn't know whether it was pretending or real.

"Lord Wang, what are you?"

Wang Tingqian patted Chen Xin's shoulder rarely, "Mr. Chen, we have known each other for seven years, when I first met you, I was still serving as a thousand households in Weihai, and I came to Dengzhou to ask Sun Guojiao to fold the color, this official is the first time I have seen you, and at that time the official was Denglai Dao." ”

Chen Xin was surprised at first, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "It's hard for adults to remember such a long time ago." In fact, Chen Xin himself couldn't remember when he first met Wang Tingzhuan, because he didn't know that Wang Tingchu could be a governor at that time.

"At that time, the official felt that Chen Zongbing was not an ordinary martial artist, and now that he sees Chen Zongbing again, he is already the pinnacle of martial arts, and his merits are not under Qi Jiguang, so he has some feelings in his heart."

Chen Xin said a few words modestly, this Wang Tingtry said that he was a little out of shape today, he hurriedly asked his subordinates to leave, and asked Wang Tingtry to sit on the top, and personally tried to make tea for Wang Ting, and sat on the right side of Wang Tingtry after finishing his work.

Wang Ting tried to take a sip of tea and sighed: "In the past, there are always people who ask the official, why only Dengzhou Town can produce a strong army, the official often speaks messily, today it is said that the tea here to drink Lord Chen, or the ordinary goods of Hangzhou, the official understands, it is the upper and lower effect." ”

Chen Xin said with a smile: "Xiaguan is a martial artist, you can't taste good tea, all kinds of tea are the same taste, adults don't laugh." ”

Wang Tingqian gently put down the teacup and suddenly said, "The official has resigned to the emperor." ”

Chen Xin was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that Wang Ting's trial was a failure in the Beijing Division's activities, and Chongzhen insisted on replacing the governor of Denglai, so Wang Tingtry chose to resign. After a while, Chen Xin knew Wang Ting's thoughts. Wang Tingtry did not wait for the appointment of the imperial court, and took the first step to propose to resign and return to his hometown, so that Chongzhen pushed the boat down the river, and there was no need to arrange a position for him anymore.

In the first year of Chongzhen, when the emperor dealt with the eunuchs, Wang Tingqian was almost implicated, and then finally relied on the military exploits of Wendeng Camp in the Battle of Four Cities to survive to the military department, and then returned to Denglai, in recent years, fame and silver have been earned, but the emperor is suspicious of him, and he will have the intention of transfer.

Anywhere else, Wang Tingqian is no different from an ordinary civil official, he is no better than Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou, he does not have his own real elite, there used to be a reasonable Liu Zeqing, who was killed by Dengzhou Town last year, and now he is similar to Wu Zhiwang and Yang He back then. Without the support of Dengzhou Town, Wang Tingqian could not surpass his political achievements in Denglai. And he also understood that the fight against the rogue could not be pacified overnight, in case of a mistake like Chen Qiyu's, he might be confiscated or imprisoned, so it was better to retreat bravely and keep his family safe.

Chen Xin looked at this Shangguan who had been with him for several years, and he also felt a little emotion in his heart, this person is quite good at being an official, although he should collect the money, and occasionally put on some small shoes for Chen Xin, of course, Chen Xin will occasionally calculate him, such as killing Liu Zeqing through Jiang Yuegui's matter, but that is the normal state of officialdom. In the big aspect, there is no conflict between the two, and every time he fights Houjin, Wang Tingqian fully supports him, and the same goes for Lu Zhi.

These two people are not good people, nor are they clean officials, but in terms of officialdom, it is rare for several people to get along for a few years without major conflicts. And Lu Zhi and Wang Tingqian also helped Chen Xin to cover a lot, although it was beneficial to take it, it also helped Dengzhou Town a lot.

After getting along for a long time, they all had some feelings, and Chen Xin asked with concern: "Lord Wang must not be discouraged, there will always be a time to recover." ”

Wang Tingqian shook his head and changed the topic: "This official is here, first of all, I want to tell General Chen who the new governor is. ”

Chen Xin hurriedly listened carefully, recently the factory guards have concentrated on dealing with the Dengzhou intelligence system, and his intelligence agency in the Beijing division is being adjusted, and the news is lagging behind, and it is of course good to have Wang Tingtry to provide information.

Wang Tingqian said softly: "This matter has also dragged on for several months, because it involves the two strong towns of Dengzhou Town and Dongjiang, which has been delayed for a long time, and I originally thought it was Zhu Dadian, but this person is now seeking the position of Fengdu, and the person finally determined by the emperor is called Yang Wenyue." ”

Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, this Yang Wenyue is the political envoy of Shandong, although he is not particularly familiar with it, but he has a lot of dealings with trading companies, and his relationship is closer than Zhu Dadian. The Department of Foreign Affairs arranged an impeachment in Beijing, bribed an imperial history to impeach Zhu Dadian for accepting bribes from Denglai, the time was the last time Chen Xin entered Beijing, although there was no evidence, but it obviously played a role, and the emperor gave up the idea of making him the governor of Denglai.

This result is also something that both sides are willing to see, Zhu Dadianba has to go to Denglai, and now this Yang Wenyue is also acceptable to Chen Xin. Yang Wenyue became the governor of Baoding and Shandong in history, and the rank of right attendant of the military department, and was pitted by a group of warlords in the battle of Zhuxian Town, the most important battle that changed the official army and the Liukou, and was killed by the Liukou in Runing, Henan.

"This person is ordinary in military affairs, but his surname is gentle, Mr. Chen, you can get along with him, you can rest assured, you might as well send someone to Jinan to make friends first."

"Lord Xie reminds." Chen Xin asked respectfully: "Then if the emperor approves it, Lord Wang wants to return to his hometown?" ”

Wang Tingxiao sighed, "It's been a long time since I left Nanchang, and the meaning of homesickness has faded, and the official may live in Denglai for a while, which is strange, this place has been staying for a long time, and I am a little reluctant for a while." ”

Chen Xin hurriedly said: "Sometimes it's like this, if you stay in a place for a long time, you are used to the water and soil here, and it is the same as your hometown." Xia Guan has always wanted to learn the way of being an official from adults, but adults are busy with business, and now they finally have this opportunity. With Lord Wang's knowledge and ability to govern, it is really a blessing for Denglai, and the lower officials immediately arranged for the soldiers, as long as the Lord Wang is in Denglai, even if he is not the governor, the lower officials will definitely keep the peace of the adults. ”

Wang Tingqian turned his head to look at Chen Xin and smiled, the more important reason why he stayed in Denglai was that Dengzhou Town had risen rapidly, and Daming's strength was becoming weaker and weaker under the blow of Liukou, Wang Tingqian was the head snake of Denglai Road in the first year of Chongzhen, and he knew the changes in Denglai over the years, and he planned to wait for the situation to be clear before making a decision.

For Chen Xin, the old-style bureaucracy is a huge group, he can't put these people in the opposite direction, he needs the horse bones that sell thousands of catties, and Wang Ting's trial scholar was born, and he once served as a military squire and governor of Denglai, and his status and prestige are enough, which is the best example.

Wang Tingqian also understood this, so he temporarily stayed in Denglai to continue to maintain his shops and other interests, in the long run, if Dengzhou Town really has a championship, he can take refuge nearby and become a minister from the dragon, if Dengzhou can not be stabilized, it is a cost-effective political transaction.

Wang Tingqian slowly stood up and arched his hand, his attitude was much more respectful than when he came, "Thank you Lord Chen for your kindness." ”

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