:Jiang Rigen,

The Liaodong Governorate took a two-pronged approach, with the north consolidating Korea to contain the Houjin, and the south preparing to absorb or eliminate the Chao Gang and establish the hegemony of the southeast coast.

Huang Taiji sent the Mongolian Four Banners and the Han Army Left and Right Two Banners to suppress Korea. The 60,000-strong army was stationed on the west bank of the Yalu River, and it was also carrying artillery, and the momentum was really huge. Of course, the Han army flag only has twenty old iron cannons, which is quite humble compared to the field guns of the thousand cavalry artillery on the other side. Even compared with the warships of the river defense fleet, it is far behind.

However, for Hou Jin, the transition from traditional nomadic cavalry to the current specialized firearms unit is still worth affirming.

On the Yalu River, 10 Guangchuan-type frigates of the Jiangfang Fleet of the Liaodong Governor's Prefecture patrolled along the river near the east bank in the center of the river, and the port side artillery kept attacking the Houjin army on the west bank, preventing it from building a large camp and pontoon bridge along the river, forcing the Houjin army to retreat a few miles and camp.

Boom! Knock knock!

The patrol warships unhurriedly fired a few shells at intervals, and the hot shells fell into the icy river water on the shore, which suddenly stirred up huge water columns, and the river splashed in all directions, frightening the Houjin troops on the shore to rush and retreat in a hurry.

Far away from the shore, in the Houjin camp. The Mongolian army is in the Yellow Banner and the Gulus Sibu and Omu Buchuhuer, Geng Ge, and Shan Jie are discussing countermeasures, and next to them are the chief officers of the Han Army Banner, Shi Tingzhu, Ma Guangyuan and others.

"I said that you are all Han Chinese, why are other people's marbles hitting you, but your marbles can't hit others?"

Shan originally wanted to let the Han army flag scare the Liaodong army on the other side with artillery, so as to achieve the purpose of deterring the enemy in the first battle. Unexpectedly, our artillery pushed to the shore, but the projectiles fired could not hit the opposite shore. On the other hand, a single artillery bombardment on the opposite bank, hundreds of shells came over, and in the blink of an eye, twelve of the only twenty iron cannons were reimbursed, and most of the gunners were killed and wounded, but not even a single hair of the opponent was injured.

It's already very shameless! What's even more infuriating is that the other side has mobilized warships, and the guns of one warship are the sum of all their artillery. How can this battle be fought?

Bureau Tingzhu and the others were also speechless, so they could only lower their heads and listen to the reprimand.

After muttering for a moment, Gulus said, "What can I do?" We don't even dare to go over to the riverside, how can we fight the Liaodong Army?

Shan sat down and said angrily: "The artillery of the Liaodong Army is as much as cabbage, as soon as we go over, it will immediately be a bullet flying in the sky, my troops have made a fortune, picked up hundreds of iron bullets, and will definitely make a lot of money when I go back to turn these bullets into them!" ”

Speaking of the back, this single was so happy that it was suddenly stared at by others.

Seeing the disdain on everyone's faces, he smiled and said, "Is it so melancholy?" We are here to contain the Liaodong Army, and we are not really here to fight! ”

"That being said, we can't just humiliate them!"

Gulus's face was full of dissatisfaction and depression, although the Mongols were not as strong as before, and now they were reduced to Jurchen servant army, but they still had that blood in their bones. In the face of this embarrassment of having nowhere to go, his heart was obviously extremely unbalanced.

Ombu Chuhuer nodded and said, "That's right!" It's just that we're not good at water warfare, and the Yalu River is so separated, even if we have the ability, we can't do it! ”

Ma Guangyuan stepped forward and said: "It's going to snow now, I estimate that this river will freeze in less than a month, and then all the adults can raise the army to rush over and make contributions to the Great Khan!" ”

These words immediately made Omu Buchuhuer and others dumbfounded. Before, they were just talking, the Jurchens didn't take advantage of the Liaodong Army, and they didn't even think about rushing to kill them, they just complained.

"Yes!" Omu Buchuhuer coughed lightly, and said confidently: "Then wait until the river is closed, and we will rush to kill him in the Hui army, and we will definitely kill him without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Ma Guangyuan hurriedly slapped the horse's ass, but his horse's fart knocked down the horse's leg, and Omubu Chuhuer and others snorted coldly.

※※

On the east bank of the Yalu River, in the Yamen of the Guardian Department of the North Korean Metropolitan Protectorate of Pyongan Daouiju, Li Han, Zhan Zengyong, Xie Yi and others gathered around the fire while roasting the fire and chatting about things. Xie Yi held the information he had just received from the net in his hand and read it to everyone.

"According to intelligence. Huang Taiji only sent 40,000 cavalry of the four banners of the Mongolian army and 20,000 horses from the left and right battalions of the Han army, adding up to about 60,000, and camped on the opposite bank first. "What is the opinion of the General Staff?" Li Han picked up a piece of firewood and threw it into the stove.

"Two words!" Xie Yi smiled: "Solid defense! ”

Zhan Zengyong lay on the Taishi's chair and asked: "With the river defense fleet blocking the Yalu River, it is too easy to fortify the defense, the shoes are not used to water warfare, and in such a cold weather, they must freeze to death when they go into the water."

Li Han asked, "What do you mean, minister?" ”

Xie Yi replied, "What else does it mean?" It depends! ”

"It depends on the situation! Li Han thought for a while and said: "This shows that we are not blindly defending, if there is a chance, it is possible to cross the Yalu River to attack Shenyang and take the initiative to find a godson for a decisive battle!" ”

Zhan Zengyong suddenly remembered something, and said: "The last time I fought with the wheeled cavalry, although we took advantage, but our black-armored elite cavalry let our godson chase all over the world, if there is a chance this time, we will definitely save face!" ”

Xie Yi smiled: "Your 20,000 heavy cavalry is a baby pimple!" Pieced together for two years, silver

Flowers: A handful. That's a lot of money. ”

Li Han said: "In the past, the most expensive thing for the War Department was our artillery, but now, the most expensive thing is your heavy cavalry!" ”

"That's because your artillery artillery can be mass-produced, and the cost is low!" Xie Yi said: "On the other hand, the war horses used by this heavy cavalry have just begun to breed, and it will take three or five years for the military horse farm to achieve large-scale supply. At the moment, we still have to rely on high-priced imports from the Philippines and Mexico, no! After this calculation, the cost is gone! ”

Zhan Zengyong nodded and said, "Who said it wasn't!" If you want to blame this war horse to give birth to a horse boy a year, the pony boy can serve as a war horse in two years at the earliest, if the war horse and the old sow are like a litter, then it would be good! ”

After a while, Xie Yi said: "I heard that this time to occupy North Korea, in addition to continuing to blockade Houjin and creating a strong deterrent to Huang Taiji, there is also a reason to attract Huang Taiji's attention, and he found a military horse farm in the far north!" ”

Li Han waved his hand and said: "The military horse farm is thousands of miles away from Shenyang, and the thousands of miles of the Taiye are barren and wild, and there is such a place as a military horse farm, even if Huang Taiji knows about it, it will take some time to find it."

"That's right!" Xie Yi said: "I heard from the minister that the river defense fleet also arranged patrol boats on the Vladivostok side to patrol along the Ussuri River and the Heilongjiang River. If he sends troops north, we will raid his hometown here, so that he can't take care of his ass! ”

Zhan Zengyong asked: "Since the warships can go upriver from the sea, they can also carry our army directly into the hinterland of several people!" ”

Xie Yi nodded and said, "It's this reason!" I heard that the General Staff has secretly laid out a lot of plans for a long time, but the headmaster has not approved the action, so these plans are still sealed! ”

Li Han thought for a moment and said, "If we ride artillery and heavy cavalry from the Ussuri River and the Heilongjiang River upstream, and appear directly behind Lezi, then this threat is huge!" ”

Zhan Zengyong nodded and said, "That's right! Actually, it doesn't need to be like this! Your infantry and cavalry artillery attack Shenyang Lezi head-on will inevitably attract the main force of Huang Taiji. At this time, the warships escorted our heavy cavalry quietly into the rear of the wheels to land on the river, which was a good strategy to settle the battle in a war! ”

Xie Yi said: "Huang Taiji is not terrible! At the moment, the only thing they can rely on is that they have accumulated several lifetimes of cavalry tactics and experience, and when our military horse farm can supply a large number of war horses, it is not a matter of killing them."

Li Han nodded and said, "The principal naturally sees far, we can only study tactics and battles, and at the strategic level, we have to be able to make decisions!" ”

Zhan Zengyong smiled and said: "In my opinion, the saddle is a trivial matter, but this Ming artifact is a major event." ”

Several people nodded in agreement, and at this time, the door opened, and Liu Feng came in from the outside, hula wrapped in cold air, and he was accompanied by Li Mingji, the former general of the town guard department of Yiju Town, North Korea.

"Warm up with a cup of tea!"

Liu Feng took a cup of hot tea from Xie Yi, took a sip and said, "It's really not enjoyable!" ”

Li Han smiled: "How is it?" Isn't it fun to go out and put two shots? It's a lot more fun than if you set a musket! ”

Liu Feng said with a smile: "Don't say it, it's much more enjoyable to fire a gun than a gun." However, Lao Tzu fired two cannons, and before anyone could be hit, the wheels on the opposite side were so frightened that they ran out! Retreat five miles back and set up camp, and now your little steel cannon won't be able to hit."

The crowd laughed.

Liu Feng continued: "However, I found that these godsons did not seem to be preparing to attack us, but as if they were preparing us to attack them, they set up beacon towers along the river

Xie Yi said with a smile: "Only the Mongolian cavalry and the Han army banner came, not Allah, which means that they are not here to return to Korea."

Then he turned to Li Mingji and asked, "That's right!" Li Mingji, how are your subordinates practicing? ”

Li Mingji hurriedly said: "Enlighten the generals, your subordinates are already urging."

Xie Xi nodded and said, "When will this Yalu River be closed to cross the cavalry!" ”

"Back to your lordship!" Li Mingji replied: "Every year, it is around December. In February and March of the following year, the river will be closed for two or three months. Xie Yi nodded, volatilized Li Mingji, and said with a smile: "It seems that we can still rest for a month, and when the river closure period comes, there will be a move in the numbers!" ”

※※

In Jinghaihou Mansion in Beijing, Di Haonan is rare and leisurely, and he accompanies his wife Wanshu, Mrs. Yan Siyu, and Hai Lanzhu to kill time by playing a few rounds of mahjong.

This is the case in the north, in winter, because the weather is too cold, people are basically reluctant to go out of the house, and they all hold the rao head at home. In ancient times, there were no entertainment activities, gambling and prostitution were the activities of men, and women basically stayed at home to play horses and embroidery.

There are three things in the Jinghai Hou Mansion. Women have a play, but there are no big names except for the three of them, and there are not enough mahjong players, so Na Haonan was reluctantly called to rub two laps.

There was a warm crowd in the house, and the three girls were all wearing silk clothes that were paid tribute to the Suzhou and Hangzhou weaving mansions. The pattern on it is exquisite, and the three women are delighted. What is rare and commendable is that the patterns of the clothes paid every year are not the same, which shows the superb skills and minds of the Suzhou and Hangzhou Weaver Girls.

These things were originally tribute to the palace, but since Deng Haonan accepted it, many of them showed that the second life had been discussed with the Marquis of Jinghai. It was picked by Wanshu and the rest was left to talk about the tip of the palace

Hai Lanzhu didn't know how to play mahjong, so Deng Haonan put two and won cards on her every once in a while, which made Wanshu and Siyu roll their eyes every time. Deng Haonan's mahjong skills are obviously much stronger than the three of them, and being able to count is this advantage. Basically, every time Deng Haonan's cards are Hu into his hands, in most cases, he has already won the cards, but he will also play the cards out to please the three girls.

was playing mahjong, and suddenly the maid came to report, Feng Shaoyan asked to see him.

Na Haonan was stunned for a moment, and threw out the three cards in his hand.

"Hu is peaceful!"

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

The three girls pushed their cards one after another, and they all had three of a kind.

"Give the silver!"

The three girls stretched out their little hands in front of Na Haonan at the same time, and without waiting for Deng Hao to speak, they divided Di Haonan's silver.

You don't have to!

Di Haonan shook his eyebrows, got up and said, "It's really boring to lose all the time!" Don't play anymore! ”

After speaking, Deng Haonan got up and went to the study, and the three girls cheered proudly. Suddenly, Yan Siyu pushed Deng Haonan's card to take a look and was taken aback.

"It seems to have been with a long time ago!"

"It's obviously nonsense, but it's not nonsense!"

"Deliberately pleasing us!"

"Treat us like children!"

"Pack him up!"

Wanshu looked at Yan Siyu and Hai Lanzhu, and finally said weakly: "Let's wait until he finishes dealing with business!" ”

※※

In the study, Feng Shaoyan handed the flying pigeon biography of the Liaodong Governor's Mansion to Deng Haonan.

"Your Excellency!" Feng Shaoyan said: "Huang Taiji mobilized the four banners of the Mongolian army and the two banners of the Han army to attack North Korea, and is currently holding on both sides of the Yalu River with our army. At the same time, he reported that Huang Taiji personally commanded an army of 100,000 to conquer the Mongolian desert in the west, preparing to wipe out Lin Dan Khan's uncle Ta Moore and unify the Mongolian tribes in Modong and Monan! ”

Na Haonan nodded and said, "You can't let Huang Taiji unify the various tribes of Modong and Monan, otherwise it will be unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Feng Shaoyan said: "My lord, at the moment, the imperial court obviously has no way to control Huang Taiji's actions, if you want to stop Huang Taiji's westward expedition, you can only use the Liaodong Army." ”

"That's right!" Deng Haonan nodded and said: "We are the only ones who can contain Huang Taiji's westward expedition!" ”

"However, right now, the navy of the Lord has reached the bottleneck of expansion, and the army is also in the stage of accumulating strength, so it is not suitable to fight hard with Huang Taiji!"

Na Haonan sighed and said, "You don't know! Once Huang Taiji controls the Modong and Southern Mongolian tribes, then his strength will be tripled. And at that time, he was equivalent to jumping out of the encirclement of Liaodong and opening a gap from the north of the Great Wall! You know, the imperial court has concentrated financial, material and human resources in Liaodong Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan and Jinzhou, if Huang Taiji gets Mo Nan and Mo Dong Mongolia, then he can bypass Liaoxi in a big way, and directly attack the Jibei Great Wall from Mo Nan Mongolia, where there is not much defense force! ”

What Hao Nan was worried about was the Great Wall in the north, he knew that the Great Wall there was in disrepair and the army was weak. Huang Taiji will easily break through. Once that happens, the already stormy Ming will make matters worse. Na Haonan had no feelings for the imperial court, but he did not want the Han people to be slaughtered by Lezi.

"Adults are worried about the country and the people, which is really admirable!" Feng Shaoyan said with reverence in his eyes: "It's just that the adults will disrupt your established deployment in this way, and directly conflict with the Emperor Taiji, it is the adults who will lose, and it will be the imperial court that will benefit." ”

Na Haonan sighed: "This is also something that can't be helped!" I can't watch a foreign race become strong and slaughter our own people! ”

Feng Shaoyan thought for a while and said, "Adults don't necessarily have to go out on their own!" ”

"How?"

"Yuan Chonghuan can use it, Mao Wenlong can also use it, use them to fight Huang Taiji, and the adults will become fishermen and profits!"

"Go on!"

Feng Shaoyan said: "Your Excellency only needs to inform Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong of the news that the Emperor Taiji's army is out and Shenyang is extremely empty, then the two of them will inevitably plan to take the opportunity to seize Shenyang and make great contributions." Na Haonan nodded and said: "Having said that, but Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong are better than monkeys, how can they send troops lightly?" ”

Feng Shaoyan said with a smile: "At present, the Liaodong Metropolitan Division has the Governor's Mansion, the Governor, and the General Soldier of Dongjiang Town, among the three parties, the Liaodong Governor's Mansion is the largest. Usually, it is natural that Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong will join forces to deal with you at the same time, and if you join you and suddenly pick out the outside, Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong will be left in that circle. Mao Wenlong has always listened to the propaganda or not, you only need to promise the governor of Liaodong to the people who will send troops to Shenyang, then Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong will definitely spare no effort to send troops. ”

Na Haonan asked, "The governor of Liaodong is Yuan Chonghuan's. How to give it to Mao Wenlong? ”

Feng Shaoyan said with a smile: "My lord has forgotten his identity, you are a cabinet minister, and you are also the secretary of the criminal department. Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department, had already prepared to take down Yuan Chonghuan, you must know that Yuan Chonghuan was also the one who repaired the ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian, but Yuan Chonghuan held a heavy army and was known to have prestige, so Wang Cha didn't dare to touch him for the time being! As long as the lord writes to ask for reinforcements, the king will definitely attack Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong and force them to march! ”D