"Fuzhou? Do you think it's time to fight? "In the original command of Jinzhou City, Chen Xin is presiding over the military meeting, and the participants include Zhu Guobin, Dai Zhenggang, Zheng Sanhu, Liu Pojun, Zhou Shifa, etc., as well as Song Wenxian, who has just arrived from Lushun, and he is also allowed to observe this time, he will be in charge of the Foreign Affairs Department in the future, and will often deal with Dongjiang Town.

After the Battle of Jinzhou, they stopped their offensive and only sent rangers to disturb Fuzhou and Hongzui Fort to observe the reaction of the Houjin soldiers.

More than 70 cavalry battalions were killed, more than 20 were seriously injured and could not continue to serve, more than 30 rangers of various units were killed in battle, and more than 10 were seriously wounded and had to be discharged.

But the harvest is also not small, starting from the battle of Dengzhou, the Wendeng battalion captured more than 1,000 rebel horses, most of which are miscellaneous horses, only more than 200 can use combat horses, Lushun captured 76 miscellaneous horses, after the battle of Jinzhou killed Jin Zhenyi's head 350, Mongolia into the head of 70, captured Zhenyi 7, Mongolia into 20, nearly 300 coats. He seized 260 horses, more than 100 miscellaneous horses, nearly 1,000 cattle and sheep, as well as a small amount of silver taels and grain.

The first battle in Liaodong was successful, but the Jin soldiers have not had a big reaction, only Fuzhou Jiannu sent dozens of sentry horses to and fro, and the two sides had several small battles, and each other won and lost. The morale of the troops stationed in Jinzhou and Lushun was high, and they began to call for an attack on Fuzhou to further expand the results of the war, and this matter is now discussed.

After listening to this, Zhu Guobin took the lead and said: "Although Jiannu is a brute, they are all old soldiers. Let's think about encircling Wei to save Zhao, but Jin covers Sanwei and is a wilderness, far from being the enemy who must be saved. Huang Taiji is not so stupid, he besieged the city for half a year, and if he didn't kill his ancestors, I'm afraid he wouldn't leave. ”

Chen Xin couldn't help laughing and said: "But I hope that Fuzhou's Zhengbai Flag can come to fight Jinzhou and teach that little Baylor a lesson." Why is that reckless Gurtai so unlucky, every time he hits me on the muzzle. ”

Dai Zhenggang frowned and said: "If we don't attack Fuzhou, I'm afraid that the slave chiefs will not withdraw their troops from the Daling River, and our goal of attacking Jinzhou to contain southern Liaoning will not be achieved." ”

Chen Xin looked at Fuzhou on the map, which is more than 100 miles away from Jinzhou, which is not too far, and the special service team and rangers have been operating in Fuzhou, sending back some news about Fuzhou, but it is still very vague, but it is estimated that the number of Jiannu in Fuzhou is around 700, and the Zhenyi soldiers are about 300.

To the north of Fuzhou is a blank space, and for Chen Xin, it is an unknown place covered by the fog of war. He didn't know if Huang Taiji had withdrawn his troops, and he didn't know if Zu Dashou had surrendered, and in the vast area north of Fuzhou, there might be a powerful Jiannu cavalry hidden, waiting for the infantry of the Wendeng battalion to enter the outer line.

Chen Xin, like all leaders, did not first express his opinion, lest there be a poorly considered place that would affect the sense of authority, he turned to Liu Pojun and asked, "What does Pojun think?" ”

Liu Pojun has just completed the attack on Hongzui Fort back, Hongzui Fort only has dozens of Jin soldiers and a small number of coats, they learned that Jinzhou was conquered, has fled in a smoke, Liu Pojun tracked along the way, attacked two groups of backward Mengjin, harvested a lot of cattle and sheep.

Liu Pojun succeeded in breaking the attack, and his self-confidence and prestige were restored a lot, although he could not be improved immediately, Chen Xin still regarded him as a confidant. The knot in his heart has been untied, Liu Pojun's demeanor swept away the decadence of the previous time, and listened to Chen Xin's words and replied: "The subordinates think that Fuzhou is not attackable, first, our army built a trench near Jinzhou and made a defensive posture, this military situation must have been passed on to the slave chief, if he still does not withdraw from the Daling River, then Fuzhou is not enough to mobilize the Daling River to build slaves, because Fuzhou is deep on land, even if it is conquered, it cannot be held." Second, the attack on Fuzhou is easy to be besieged by Jiannu, from the battle of Jinzhou, our white spoon rangers do not have the upper hand, can not stop the enemy sentinels, the army will be discovered soon after starting from Jinzhou. ”

Dai Zhenggang and Zhu Guobin both listened carefully, Zhu Guobin was disappointed in Liu Pojun in the Battle of Dengzhou, but Liu Pojun analyzed it very well at this time, and Zhu Guobin did not preconceived that he was talking nonsense.

Liu Pojun returned to his original state of presiding over the combat meeting, and continued in a sonorous tone: "Fuzhou is about two hundred miles away from Gaizhou, and it is all under the control of the Zhengbai Banner, so there is no concern about the inconvenience of mobilization. When our army arrived at the city of Fuzhou, the reinforcements of the nearby Jiannu Zhengbai Banner had reached at least fifty miles, and with them in check, our army would definitely divide a part of the troops to be on guard, and it would not be possible to attack the city with all its might. With 2,000 troops sent by our infantry battalion and 500 Lushun auxiliary soldiers, the total number of troops is only 2,500. Our battalion small artillery siege is not effective, can only be attached to the siege or dig down the city wall, Fuzhou Jiameng soldiers and Bao Yi have 700 into the top and bottom, it is difficult to conquer in a hurry, once the siege drags through three rì, it is enough to rescue the Daling River Jiannu. ”

Dai Zhenggang was slightly stunned and asked rhetorically: "How does Staff Officer Liu think that they will be able to arrive in five or six years?" The speed of the Jiannu march was so fast that they could not march more than twenty or thirty miles per rì at the time of their own time. ”

"That's because they are fighting in my Ming Dynasty, they are on the outside line, they need to go out to rob property and food, and they carry a lot of clothing, and there is also a looting entrance to slow down the speed." Liu Pojun pointed to the location of the Daling River, "Fuzhou is about 500 miles away from the Daling River and Shenyang, according to the process of the Later Jin Dynasty's attack on Korea and Shenmi Island in the seventh year of Yaoqi, in the case of supplies along the way, the speed of Jiannu's march is about 100 miles per rì, if the Nu chieftain sends three or five thousand cavalry, we are very likely to be besieged by it." ”

Dai Zhenggang stood up and pointed to the strait between Changsheng Island and the coast of Fuzhou in front of the map, "The retreat may not take the land route, Niangniang Palace is fifty miles away from Fuzhou, where a 500-stone ship can be moored, and it can also shelter from the wind and waves. If the Jiannu army is found, the infantry camp can go south to board the ship in the Niangniang Palace, instead of taking the land route back to Jinzhou, and the Jiannu can only look at the sea and sigh. ”

Liu Pojun also walked to the map and asked: "There is a half-crossing attack when crossing the river, and the same is true for boarding the boat." There is no wharf in Niangniang Palace, all need small boats to transfer, it takes a long time, if Jiannu is followed by cavalry, how can my more than 2,000 troops transfer and board the ship, once there are only 1,000 or less horses left, how to resist all the enemy's pursuers, the cannon on our ship cannot stop a large number of cavalry. ”

Dai Zhenggang couldn't help but be speechless for a while, in the past, they were all trained and transported into horses, and it was easy to land in front of the enemy, and the troops that went up first formed a formation to resist, and there were reinforcements ashore behind, so there was a hope after all. It is different when the enemy retreats in front of the enemy, and the last troops left will be easily entangled by the enemy, and then the guns on the ship will no longer work, and the last troops may be besieged and killed.

He had no choice but to turn to Zhu Guobin and ask, "Fifty miles is only half a rì away, and the cavalry should be able to cover it." ”

Zhu Guobin shook his head, "I only have three hundred cavalry left, if Jiannu comes a few thousand, it is useless to have any cavalry formation, you infantry can board the boat and go, our cavalry can't use small boats to transfer slowly, we can only go back to Jinzhou by land, if you want to retreat, the cavalry has to go first." ”

Dai Zhenggang and Zheng Sanhu, the two infantry generals, glanced at each other, quite helpless. Infantry has always been the main arm of Wendeng, and the army has achieved brilliant results in the five years since its founding. In the past, the cover of cavalry was basically not considered, and there was nothing wrong with relying on infantry alone, but after landing in Liaodong, in the face of Jiannu, who had a large number of cavalry, the defects of a single infantry appeared.

Dai Zhenggang wanted to attack Fuzhou twice, but also to have more capital in the upcoming army expansion. Chen Xin knew that they were thinking about the white spoon, and now through the mouths of Zhu Guobin and Liu Pojun, they consumed the expectations of Dai Zhenggang and made Chen Xin clear his thoughts.

He didn't plan to really attack Fuzhou from the very beginning, there were Jiannu strongholds along the way from Fuzhou to Haizhou, and Jiannu Tangma changed horses along the way, and at most he could spread the news to the Daling River in half a day. Fuzhou looks like there are only a few hundred, but along the coast from Fuzhou to the north, there are fifty village post stations, Xiongyue Station, Yulinpu, Gaizhou, there are Jiannu garrisons, all of which are the places under the control of the white flag, although there are not many in each place, but they are all cavalry, weapons and horses are prepared, and fighting on the inner line is basically to go, that is to say, as long as the Wendeng battalion appears near Fuzhou, Jiannu can make up a cavalry of hundreds in a short time, and the weakest of the Wendeng camp is the rangers, with the containment of this cavalry, Fuzhou is not easy to fight.

He came to southern Liaoning only under the guise of encircling Wei to save Zhao, occupying Lushun was more to get a reason not to be transferred, he was unwilling to go to the Daling River, and Huang Taiji was also unwilling to come to southern Liaoning, which was poor and bad. Once he went to Fuzhou, he gave Huang Taiji a reason to come to southern Liaoning, and due to the huge intelligence gap in the external battle, Chen Xin guessed the movements of the Houjin army almost with a blind eye, and did not have any initiative at all. His small cavalry was a bit imposing, but it was still pitifully fragile compared to Houjin's huge cavalry base.

Therefore, Chen Xin would not let Dai Zhenggang and them go to Fuzhou, but he couldn't deny their vigorous attack on the gods, let alone the messy intrigues of the imperial court, after thinking about the wording in his heart, he asked Dai Zhenggang to wait back to his seat, and Chen Xin himself came to the front of the map.

He drew a circle around Liaodong with his hand, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was still the same as most leaders, and did not start directly from Fuzhou, so as to appear that he was from a lofty position.

"Seven years ago, Houjin was surrounded by southern Liaoning, western Liaoning, Chahar, and Korea. Dongjiang Town and Chahar advanced and retreated, limiting the combat scope of the Houjin troops to the left of Liaodong, and their each loot was limited, and the entire Liaodong was extremely trapped, which in turn caused a great strategic disadvantage of the Houjin. ”

As soon as this lofty story came out, everyone listened carefully and waited for his next words.

However, the new Nu chieftain Huang Taigu ascended the throne and quickly defeated Donggang Town and Korea, easing the eastern pinch. In the second year of Chongzhen, the criminal governor killed Mao Shuai, and the Dongjiang River almost fell apart, although he still occupied the Liaohai Islands and Lushun, he only had the power to protect himself. In the first year of Chongzhen, the slave chieftains united with Korqin, Khalkha, and Karaqin to attack Chahar, and Lin Dan Khan was forced to continue to move westward, and the Houjin was engulfed all around, and only had to face the Liaoxi side, which was the strategic advantage of the Houjin with the tactical advantage of field warfare, and then the rear of Jiannu was safe, so there was a battle of its own entrance. ”

The battle of Jisi was participated in in the Zaiti capital, and Chen Xin had also discussed the changes in the shape of shì with them in previous analysis meetings, so he was very familiar with them.

Chen Xin continued: "After the battle of Jisi, the slave chieftains obtained much-needed imports and wealth, and had the capital to accept more Jurchens and Mongol dispersers, and in addition, a large number of small Mongolian tribes were gathered, and the domestic materials were abundant for a while, and there were a large number of clothed cultivated land. In Liaodong, they gained a greater strategic advantage, and this strategic advantage was that they had the ability to continue mobilization, and the Later Jin were able to carry out long-term siege tactics at the Daling River, which was the tactical advantage obtained by the Later Jin from the strategic advantage. ”

Chen Xin has a lot of his own idiomatic words, but these words have been with him for a long time, and many of them have become familiar, and even become common words in Wendeng Camp. It was also the first time for them to listen to Chen Xin's detailed analysis of the overall battle situation in Dalinghe, and they all listened very carefully, and even Song Wenxian found it quite interesting.

Chen Xin knocked on the location of the Daling River, "The governors are afraid that the imperial court will investigate the responsibility for the loss of the city and land, so they have to rescue the besieged city, which will require a large number of reinforcements." Taking advantage of the field battle, the defenders will besiege the lonely city one by one, and then use long trenches to isolate internal and external communications, or send reinforcements or be trapped for a long time, no matter how much food there is, there will always be a dead end to eat, then the lonely city will not be able to defend in the end, and the Daling River will soon become a clear proof. Chen Xin said while adding in his heart, "There is also the Battle of Songjin."

"What Da Jin said is that there is no power in field warfare, no matter how strong the cannon is, the city will fall, and no matter how much food there is, it will eventually run out, Huang Taiji's siege method is a stupid method, and it is also an effective method, it is conceivable that he will continue to use this stupid method." Dai Zhenggang agreed.

"If it weren't for the fact that Dajin set the purpose of advocating field warfare when our Shandong Army was established, how could there be the achievements of our Shandong Army today, and it was all the far-reaching work of Dajin's planning." Song Wenxian's flattery was just right.

Chen Xin smiled slightly, "If a stupid method is effective, it is not a stupid method, and when we use strategies, we should also consider it in this way, everyone should remember." Everyone nodded yes.

Zheng Sanhu scratched his head, raised his hand and asked: "Da Jin, this stupid method is to dig a trench and trap it to death, it sounds simple, but it is really difficult to deal with, how can it be broken?" ”

Chen Xin was waiting for someone to come in and praise him, Zheng Sanhu asked just right, Chen Xin smiled and asked him to put down his hand, "If you want to break this method, you have to talk about our takeover of Lushun and the capture of Jinzhou this time." ”

He went around in a big circle, outlining the entire background of Liaodong, and then talked about the theme of Jinyao.

Chen Xin patted his position in Lushun, "For my Wendeng camp, Lushun is the Yaoyuan on the chessboard of Liaodong, and Lushun can connect southern Liaoning, Shanhai, North Korea, Dongjiang, and Denglai in series, deterring southern Liaonan Jiannu to the north, controlling and curbing Liaohai to the south, Guanning in the west, North Korea and Dongjiang in the east." As long as Lushun is in my hands, we can gradually strengthen the strength of southern Liaoning, and when the Dongjiang River also recovers to the situation of the early Qi period, Jiannu will not want to get a peaceful rear, and the strategic advantage of Jiannu is lost, and its siege method will be unsustainable, and it is also a strategic change of tactics. ”

Zheng Sanhu's face was excited, and he asked just right: "Da Jin, Lushun is so important, what about Golden State?" ”

"Jinzhou controls the Isthmus of Jinzhou, which can be used as a barrier to Lushun, and we can raise troops in Tuntian along the way. But at the moment, Jinzhou needs to be defended, but it must not be given up, because the strength of our Wendeng battalion has not yet reached the point of resisting the whole division of Jiannu alone, Jinzhou has no coastal benefits, if too many horses are deployed, the Jiannu cavalry is extremely fast, and it is not possible to evacuate in a hurry, and it will become another Daling River. The Golden State can only be suspended as a void, but not as a reality, so as to avoid the formation of a decisive battle and a battle. From this, it can be deduced that Fuzhou, Fuzhou is the closest to the sea, and it will never be able to hold on in the short term, and it is useless to seize it, but it is easy to be trapped by the enemy, and it is not possible to seize it with my current strength, so this Fuzhou strategy is canceled. ”

Dai Zhenggang frowned and asked: "Da Jin, if we give up Jinzhou and Jiannu garrisons, it will be difficult for us to get out." ”

Liu Pojun interjected and replied: "Jiannu guards Jinzhou, it depends on how many soldiers they have left, the four fields of Jinzhou are barren, they have more troops, they need to transfer food from other places, and the burden is heavy. ”

Chen Xin smiled and nodded: "At that time, our battalion will deploy ten more in Lushun, and Jiannu will have to deploy five more in Jinzhou, we have the cheapness of transporting grain by sea, but Jiannu does not, they have to stick to Jinzhou, the cost is expensive, it is also a kind of containment, and we have Lushun as a foothold, we can suddenly increase troops from Denglai, and before Jiannu has time to react, recapture Jinzhou again, Huang Taiji will have heartache, and so on several times, Houjin will have to give up Jinzhou." ”

Zheng Sanhu grinned, "Da Jin's method is also like that." ”

"Stupid way." Chen Xin also smiled, "It is also an effective method, so for the defense of Jinzhou, I will mainly arrange cavalry, all the war horses captured this year will be given to the cavalry battalion, expanded to seven hundred, and a new cavalry infantry thousand headquarters will be built with miscellaneous horses, which will be temporarily placed under the jurisdiction of the cavalry battalion, and Guobin you will be stationed in Jinzhou." This year, Jiannu sent troops for half a year, and in the short term, it should be impossible for a large army to attack Jinzhou, so you must pay close attention to training these two cavalry. ”

"Subordinates obey." Zhu Guobin agreed loudly, he thought for a while and still asked: "Da Jin's general strategy for southern Liaoning, his subordinates roughly understand, but it is still a little vague, can you ask Da Jin to make it clear." ”

"With the power to restore the whole Liao, we can restore the four guards in the south. With our current strength, we don't have to care about temporary gains and losses for Fuzhou Jinzhou, our purpose in the short term is to expand Lushun and attract Jiannu to deploy forces equal to us in southern Liaoning, forming a repeated tug-of-war, which is training for us and attrition for Jiannu. Striving to accumulate many small victories as a local advantage and forcing Jiannu to retreat the defensive line is our overall strategy in southern Liaoning. ”