Chapter 1436: First of all, a heavy snowfall
Who would have thought that it would be such a situation, Zhao Jiajun felt ordinary from top to bottom, all kinds of things that should have been done, in the eyes of the locals in Liaodong, it was incredible, every day's consumption is a sea of gold and silver, it can be said that silver money and materials are buried in it like flowing water, and it can still be consumed so calmly.
What is the extent of Xuzhou's wealth, although before the closure of the sea, I have seen countless large ships flowing endlessly, and the piled up materials are like mountains and seas, but only when it is really consumed, can we know what kind of wealth it represents.
And the Jianzhou Jurchens were just observing from the outside, and they couldn't figure out what was going on inside, they were just speculating there, and they felt that Zhao Jiajun was having a hard time in this cold wind and snow.
As for the Zhao family's army, they take everything for granted, but they don't know why, occasionally some people will think about why it is so difficult for the Ming Dynasty to support the army, every time the battalion head goes out to make it so angry and resentful, and the local misery, while the Zhao family army is so abundant in materials, it seems to be inexhaustible, and the territory controlled by the Zhao family army is far less than that controlled by the Ming Dynasty, but there is nothing to think about when I think of this, and the final conclusion is nothing more than that Jin Ye is omnipotent, so there is such a result.
Few people would think of the system and industry and commerce, because of the efficient system of Zhao Jiajun, so it can mobilize with the greatest efficiency and avoid unnecessary consumption in the middle, but more importantly, industry and commerce, the Ming Dynasty, Jurchen and even Mongolia, in a sense, they all rely on the sky to eat, their wealth is nothing more than planting and breeding, at most it is to plunder, in this case, the surplus wealth that can be used is extremely limited, there is no way to support too large an army and too much material consumption, if you do this, There must be a huge negative effect.
Zhao Jin's Xuzhou system is different, his wealth is taken from industry and commerce, grain winemaking, ore smelting and iron forging, spinning and weaving, ocean trade, Sino-foreign trade, the surplus wealth created by these is simply different from the cloud and mud compared with the plundering of agriculture and animal husbandry, several times, dozens of times or even hundreds of times, and agriculture and animal husbandry will only be produced for a limited time a year, while industry and commerce are creating surplus wealth all the time of the year.
Zhao Jin relied on these to build the most powerful troops in this era, and relied on these to supply a huge amount of materials.
Seeing the mountains and seas of materials, the first reaction of many people in Liaodong and Shandong was not that Xuzhou was rich, but that the people on the ground in Xuzhou must have lived very hard, because of such a huge cost, it really has to be scraped to do it, and the people are only afraid of being knocked out of the bone and sucking the marrow, but they can communicate with the soldiers, saying that Xuzhou lives and works in peace and contentment, and everyone is difficult to understand.
Because not many people in this era know about Zhao Jiajun's system and why Zhao Jiajun is strong, they only feel that Zhao Jin has turned stones into gold, and everything seems to come out of thin air.
"The most troublesome thing for us right now is not the cold, but the snow that will not fall." Chen Sheng said during the military account discussion.
Since the Jianzhou Jurchen army stationed in the two places of Wuzhai Station and Yongning Prison City, it has been cloudy for several days, the sky is full of lead-colored dark clouds, but the weather is not as cold as a few days ago, and the wind has become very small, but such weather means that it will snow, and it will snow heavily.
Firearms are afraid of water, but snow is slightly better than rain, in the rain Zhao Jiajun's guns and artillery can not be fired at all, as long as you pay attention to protection in the snow, you can still fire, but the frequency of shooting must be slower, and then the firearm will become hot after firing, and the snow will melt and be wet, which will also affect the shooting, and even dumb fire.
The Zhao family's firearms are sharp, this is the magic weapon for winning in previous battles, if it snows, it will be damaged, affecting the combat effectiveness of the entire army.
However, I am not worried that the enemy will attack when it snows heavily, the snow is falling, and there is really no way to fire firearms, but the cavalry infantry cannot move in this kind of weather that obstructs the line of sight and even affects the action, and there is no way to convey orders smoothly here, in case there is any fluctuation, there will be uncontrollable situations on the battlefield, if it is a victory, it is fine, if it is a big defeat, it is a disaster.
With all the soldiers, no one will take such a risk to fight for their lives, Amin and Zilharang came out with almost two-fifths of the capital of Jianzhou, Chen Sheng took a quarter of the strength of the Zhao family's army, both sides are heavy responsibilities, and no one dares to take risks and gamble.
However, the heavy snow that has not yet fallen has a greater impact on the Zhao Jiajun and less on the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the Jianzhou Jurchens, Mongols and Han armies are more adapted to the wind and snow weather in Liaodi, and a qualified commander will take advantage of the heavy snow or avoid the snow to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
However, for Amin, he doesn't have much time to waste, the consumption of grain and grass for an army of 50,000 is not a small number, not to mention that there are nearly 10,000 cavalry in it, and it is even more bottomless for people to eat horses and chew it.
Although the Jianzhou Jurchens had made enough preparations before this war, it was still a little difficult to really operate, and this war, for the Jianzhou Jurchens, had gathered enough strength to fight, and to solve the problems of the henchmen on the Liaonan Peninsula as soon as possible, they could not delay and did not dare to delay.
The longer it is delayed, the more money and food will be spent, and the longer it is delayed, the closer it will be to the season of opening sea ships.
Amin and Jilharang and Yue Tuo were naturally anxious, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was an ant on a hot pot, but they couldn't find a good time, but they were beaten hard by the confrontation several times, and the overall situation of the right time and place was indeed good for the Jianzhou Jurchens, but Zhao Jiajun made some money back in the details in this unfavorable situation for them.
In the eyes of the Great Khan Nurhachi and several other Baylors, this is the selfishness of ignoring the overall situation of Jianzhou and only staring at his own Wagyu Lu, Jianzhou Jin Guo has made a bloody investment for this war, but you hesitate for your own soldiers and horses, do you think the knife in the hands of the Great Khan is unhappy?
Orders urging the war continued to be sent to the camp from Shenyang, and Amin and Zilharang knew that there was no possibility of hesitation, only to go to war.
However, from the Gaizhou Acropolis to the side of Wuzhai Station and Yongning Prison City, there are not too many choices, there is only one way to go to war, nothing more than when to fight.
When Amin ordered to prepare for battle the next day and storm Fuzhou City, it snowed heavily that night, and such gloomy weather often symbolizes heavy snowfall.
The snow fell overnight and day long, and a thick layer was accumulated on the ground, and the sky and the earth were vast and snow-white, but this snow delayed Amin's dispatch of troops, and under such heavy snowfall, the cavalry impact and mobility would be greatly weakened, in addition to the cavalry, the Jianzhou Jurchens also brought firearms to the expedition this time, including the cannons of the Ming army in Liaozhen, and the firecrackers of Goryeo, these very important combat forces can not be missing.
Speaking of approaching the New Year's Pass, Jianzhou Jurchen is also celebrating the New Year, and since occupying Liao Town, the festive arrangement of the first month of Chinese New Year's Eve has become larger and larger, and the situation in Xuzhou is similar, since the rise of the Zhao Jiajun, Xuzhou Spring Festival Joy is the first part of Nanzhi.
However, at this time, neither side wanted to celebrate the New Year, and everyone knew that the bloody battle was approaching.
Judging from the previous general trend, the Zhao family army should defend Fuzhou City, or rely on Fuzhou City to start a war, so the Jianzhou Jurchen army should pull out the camp and go out to besiege the city.
What the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and horses did not expect was that when the heavy snow stopped the next day, the Zhao family army drove out of Fuzhou City and set up camp twenty miles away from the city.
Yongning Jiancheng is more than 40 miles away from Fuzhou City, and the brigade is faster, which is a day's road, but it has to walk from morning to dark, and Zhao Jiajun's march seems to be asking for trouble, but in fact it expresses the intention of taking the initiative to seek war.
Compared with other areas, the city must be easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the Zhao family army defends the city, the Jianzhou Jurchen will have a lot of difficulty fighting, Amin is also ready for this, but he didn't expect the Zhao family army to come out of the city.
In the end, you are still young and aggressive, and you still don't know how thick the sky is, are you watching too much of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Dare to put on such a grand battle, the heroism in the drama story, but this is a major event involving life and death, if you are frivolous, the odds of victory here will be one more point.
The thick snow not only hindered the march, but was also a big trouble during the battle, and after the Zhao army built the camp, they began to clear the surrounding snow.
The weather is so cold, naturally there is no snow melting, the soldiers of the Zhao family army just cleaned up the battlefield they needed, six infantry regiments, five infantry battalions, and a cavalry regiment, as well as more than eighty artillery pieces, this need is really not small, not to mention that you can't just clear the space to expand the position, but also take into account the movement of the army, which really has a lot to do.
When clearing the snow, it is necessary to take into account the sneak attack of the Jurchen soldiers and horses on the opposite side, so several regiments take turns to be on duty, take turns to work, the area that needs to be cleaned is very large, and the snow piled up is naturally huge.
Dealing with such snow, Zhao Jiajun's experience is really not too much, when he saw such a "snow wall" around him, he was stunned up and down, and only a few heartless people felt fresh and interesting.
In desperation, he had to arrange for the soldiers to watch out on this snow wall, so he simply did not do anything, and used the snow to build a higher lookout platform to facilitate timely response.
In the eyes of Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan, they just felt that Zhao Jiajun was too childlike, what was the difference between playing with snow, but this scene of snow clearing also made them sigh that Zhao Jiajun's materials were really abundant, and even the tools for cleaning the snow were so sufficient.