Chapter 407 is ready to play a big one

"This is a lesson for Haizhou, follow us to learn, dig a ditch and repair the fort, so as not to let us serve Haizhou in one breath like the last time." Chen Xie put down the binoculars and turned his head to look at Chang Shiren. This is a fast-improving general, young, driven, brave in battle, and resourceful.

"It's really a bit troublesome, it seems that the Qing army really plans to use Yaozhou as the boundary, dig deep ditches, and repair forts, this is to relieve worries. It seems that Huang Taiji is going to play the same game again, passing through the pass of the Great Wall. Chang Shiren looked at this situation with a disdainful expression. These things, for the Dengzhou battalion, are not very difficult to overcome.

"It's the beginning of June, and at the end of September at the latest, the autumn is high and the horses are fat, and Huang Taiji has to come out to rob, otherwise this winter will not be good, and the whole north is suffering from the difficulties brought about by the drought." Chen Xie reminded him, Chang Shiren and others got together, and after a discussion, Chang Shiren stood up and said: "Zhongcheng, what do you mean, this time it is not in the Central Plains to fight a decisive battle, but to smash Huanglong?" ”

Chen Xie nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, as long as Shenyang is defeated, Huang Taiji's entire system outside the Saiwai will collapse." After preparing for so long, isn't it just waiting for such a day? Chang Shiren then remembered that since the beginning of the year, a large number of new flowering bombs, rockets, baggage, and munitions have been continuously transported from Dengzhou, and the only 24-pounder artillery battalion has also been transferred to Gaizhou.

"The lowly position understands that he must do a good job of concealing his tactical intentions." Chang Shiren's heart was excited, and his mouth trembled a little when he spoke. This is going to serve Huang Taiji's nest, how can there be no reason not to be excited.

"Huang Taiji bullies the soft and fears the hard. Lu Xiangsheng was worried, and Xuan Dagang was a little better, so it was rotten again. It's a joke to expect these things to hold our army in the way. Remember, don't stimulate Huang Taiji too much, don't do it too often, and don't do it too often, creating an illusion that we have no plan to send troops to Liaodong for the time being. Chen Xie explained carefully again.

After three days in Gaizhou, the troops turned around. Chen Xie returned to Dengzhou. Immediately found Su Haochen. "Starting today, all long-distance cargo ships have stopped, so hurry up and repair them." At that time, it will be done by sea. It has the ability to deliver 30,000 troops at a time. ”

Su Haochen also became stern when he heard this. Nodding earnestly. How many troops does the Dengzhou battalion have now. He's still very clear. The battalion has expanded to ten, which is more than 20,000 people. The B-shaped battalion is still six, with a strength of nearly 40,000. There are more than 30,000 troops on the Dongjiang side. The Shandong battalion trained 40,000 recruits. Not counting the more than 10,000 troops in Anqing and Fengyang, excluding the necessary defense forces in various places, the Dengzhou battalion has the ability to draw 80,000 troops for the Liaodong campaign.

This is the benefit brought by Chen Xie's governor of Shandong, the territory is large, as long as there is no shortage of money, the training is very fast.

"Also, under the banner of changing guards, at the beginning of September, four Jiazi battalions and two artillery battalions were sent to Gaizhou in advance. I don't plan to use the troops in Dongjiang Town, but the troops to be invested this time will be eight A-shaped battalions, four B-shaped battalions, 50 reinforced units of the Shandong battalion, two artillery battalions, and one 24-pounder artillery battalion. Chen Xie stopped at this point, and Su Haochen thought for a while and said, "What about the cavalry?" ”

Chen Xie now has 12,000 cavalry in his hands, and he has been saving up all these years. Cavalry has always been a killer weapon in Chen Xie's hands, and the equipment has always been armed to the teeth. Referring to this cavalry, Chen Xie sighed slightly and said, "The cavalry is transferred to Texas, I hope it won't be needed." ”

Su Haochen didn't know what he meant, and saw that Chen Xie didn't explain, so he didn't ask. Lizheng said: "I understand that who will command the battle of Liaodong?" Chen Xie smiled and said: "You are the person in charge of general logistics under my command, and you can't move lightly." The battle of Liaodong was commanded by Chang Shiren, Wang Ben was his deputy, and Ben Xian personally led the cavalry to sit in Dezhou, making an illusion that the main force was going north. ”

Su Haochen asked again: "At the beginning of the year, the imperial court opened the sea ban in Fujian, Zhongcheng, is it time for this battle to be over, let's fight for it." Open the sea ban in Dengzhou? Otherwise, it will always be so expensive to fight, and the consumption will not be small. This can be regarded as saying in Chen Xie's heart, as soon as the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, and fighting a war is a matter of burning money. Although Chen Xie is not short of money now, and thousands of enterprises and mines in the entire Denglai and two prefectures are creating profits for him and paying taxes, who would be afraid of having too much money? Moreover, talents like Su Haochen can look at the war from the perspective of economic interests, which is worth encouraging.

"I'll talk about this later, you go and call the Xilao Sutra." Chen Xie didn't praise him in person, but his smiling face was very revealing. Xilaojing is waiting outside, and the level of foreign devils is not low at all.

"Your Excellency, I have been commanded to come." Xilao Jing Station is like a stake, with the posture of a soldier, and he has a very good appetite for Chen Xie.

"I asked you to ask, what's going on with the Dutch? The coachman of the sea, it's not easy to deal with. What has happened to the situation in Europe recently? Haven't the English yet begun to challenge the Dutch for maritime supremacy? Chen Xie opened his mouth, and the questions were all on the point, in fact, Chen Xie knew the trend of history, and he asked this to see the reaction of Xilaojing.

"Your Excellency, according to the information of the lowly inquiry, the British are still busy with the civil war, and the Dutch East India Company is still very strong. However, Europe is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, and the Netherlands is too small, and it takes a lot of troops to maintain such a large colony. At present, with the launch and commissioning of the new 2,000-ton warships, the navy now has four 2,000-ton warships and 32 1,500-1,500-ton warships, which is more than enough to defeat the strength of the Dutch in the South Seas. It is impossible for the East India Company to devote all its strength to Daming, otherwise it would not be impossible to deal with even one Zheng Zhilong. Your Excellency, the time has come to expel the Dutch from the Grand Force, and even to seek further colonies in the South Seas. ”

Xilao was so excited that his eyes turned red. After the Dengzhou Navy defeated Zheng Zhilong, there was nothing to do, and they had been training and training. A group of warships recently took turns to block the silk trade at sea in the waters of Fujian, which was Chen Xie's order. It is required that all silk that goes out by sea must stop buying from the Shen family in Suzhou, and must not be sent to Nanyang to trade with the Fanren without authorization, but can only be sent to Dayuan, and trade with the Fanren under the supervision of the settlement area. That's it, you have to pay protection money, parking fees or something. You can also sink you without handing it in. These years are just talking with fists.

"Silaojing, don't be in a hurry. Your task now is to complete your monopoly on the pricing power of the silk trade. Remember, having the right to set prices is the pinnacle of foreign trade. Now it's silk, next it's porcelain, rhubarb, tea. As long as it's something to make money, it's up to us to decide. Chen Xie reassured, Xilaojing was a little depressed, and he wished to start a war with the Dutch now.

"Your Excellency, I understand. May I ask Your Excellency, what is Zheng Zhilong's strategy in the future? This person has been asking for the purchase of arms for the defense of the fortress on Penghu Island. Although the Xilao Sutra does not say it explicitly, it still reveals his mind. This is to probe Chen Xie's attitude towards Zheng Zhilong.

Since defeating Zheng Zhilong, the Dengzhou camp began to operate a territory in Tamsui, immigrating to Tamsui, building fortresses, and reclaiming wasteland. At the same time, he fought several battles with the local natives, and after a great victory, he gained a foothold. Over the past two years, a settlement has basically taken shape, and 100,000 migrants have built forts and garrisons in the settlement. This immigration speed cannot be said to be fast, but it is not slow. The main reason is that Chen Xie has not yet invested his energy in the south, and these things are all handled by the navy in cooperation with the United Firm.

In terms of garrison, the Dengzhou battalion was in the Tamsui Fortress, and it was only a B-shaped battalion, a newly formed fortress artillery battalion. In general, the action is not too big, and it is not even as fast and scale as Zheng Zhilong's operation in southern Taiwan.

"Let's live together peacefully for the time being, and as long as he has silver, you can sell him a cannon of less than a twelve-pounder cannon. Without the advantage of the sea, he could not afford to turn over the big waves. We can also use his move to emigrate to Dayuan to increase the number of local immigrants. What the navy has to do now is to let Li Guozhu die for us. If you offend people, let him do it, and we will not be wicked people in the state camp. Chen Xie's words, listening to Xilao Jing admired. Such a person is a person who does big things, and the bad guys are done by others, and the benefits are not left behind at all. Behind the scenes, it's a clever trick.

In fact, this is not a clever method, and modern American imperialism plays bad tricks. On the surface, it seems that Tamsui is Li Guozhu's territory. In fact, Li Guozhu has a fleet, and he can share some protection fees and sea trade. The silver is not less, but the strength is not very strong. Zheng Zhilong wants to beat him, and there is no problem at all in winning, but it is difficult to destroy him. In the harbor on the other side of Tamsui, eight 1,000-ton warships are stationed all year round, and they rotate every quarter.

After the explanation was completed, the Xilao Sutra also went down. Chen Xie began to make careful preparations, taking advantage of the favorable conditions of information asymmetry to transport various materials to Lushun, as well as transporting troops in batches. Su Haochen can be said to be the most diligent one, formulating battle plans, calculating various materials, transportation, etc., all of which he is doing with a group of staff officers.

By the end of August, Gaizhou had stockpiled 30,000 rounds of new flowering bombs (grenades), which were born in Europe in the 18th century and were overcome in the face of the ingenuity of Ming craftsmen. Chan's rockets (Congreev rockets), 50,000 pieces. Maroon fire, medicine, 200,000 catties, 200,000 grenades. Military rations, which can be eaten for at least a month, and there are countless siege equipment of all kinds.

On September 22, the eleventh year of Chongzhen (1638), the Qing army entered the Kou again. The Qing army marched to the Qiangziling and Qingshankou in two ways, and Ming Ji, the Liao governor Wu Aheng, and the general soldier Lu Zongwen were defeated and died, and the lieutenant Zheng Xizhao fled. The Qing army then drove straight in, and the soldiers were stationed in Niulan Mountain. Shi Mingxuan and the governor Lu Xiangsheng were worried, and the waiting for the dynasty was not done. Emperor Nai's edict and commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Hu Dawei entered the guard. On the 24th, martial law was imposed in Beijing.

Huang Taiji couldn't hold back, and attacked with Dolgon as the commander, and Chen Xie finally waited for a big opportunity to play.

Chapter 408 (To be continued......