Chapter Seventy-Three: The New Jinzhou on the Edge of Old Jinzhou
The young people at the foot of Changbai Mountain traveled very fast, and they arrived in Jinzhou in a few days.
Looking at the more majestic city standing next to the original site in front of him, Zhou Ji, an old Jinzhou man, suddenly burst into tears, and actually got off the horse, prostrate on the ground, and kissed the ground under his feet affectionately.
Huang Chongzhen, Scar Liu Ting, Da Niu, and some of the Guanning soldiers who had participated in the Jinzhou Resistance Battle also jumped off their horses and looked affectionately at the more powerful new city in front of them.
Wu Sangui is really difficult to understand this.
To the east of Jinzhou New Town, the former drum tower is very conspicuous. Although the surroundings of the drum tower are still in ruins, the defenders are already starting to clean up, and it seems that they want to build an outer city on this basis.
Jinzhou is actually Zu Dashou's defense area, but for some reason that guy never came, but entrusted the task of construction to his cousin - Zu Dabi.
Zu Dabi, who was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, immediately rode out of the city on a fast horse to greet him, and warmly invited them to go to the new city for a walk, sit, take a look, and give some opinions by the way.
Huang Chong really has little experience in building ancient cities, especially military cities that focus on defense.
However, seeing Zu Dabi looking at himself with his eyes, this is Zu Dashou's defense area.
According to the strong inertia of history, the Ningjin War is inevitable, and it is very likely that his group of people will have to fight with Jiannu here, so it is understandable to go in early to familiarize themselves with it.
The north of Jinzhou is called the north of the town, the south is Yong'an, the west is called Guangshun, and the east is Ningyuan, which echoes the meaning of Ningyuan.
Among them, the north gate of the town is tall and sturdy, and several horse-faced battle platforms are as sharp as sharp knives.
The Guangshun Gate on the west side runs from north to south, and the oblique thorn connects the north wall and the south wall, which is the easiest to defend and difficult to attack.
The Yong'an Gate in the south is slightly narrow, and it is most easy to be blocked by Jiannu in the way of building a village.
Ningyuan on the east side is connected to the ruins of the old city, and building an outer city on this basis can indeed increase the difficulty of Jiannu besieging Jinzhou, after all, if you want to block the south gate, you must bypass it from the east and west.
And if Jinzhou is big enough, then he will run and die.
It's a pity that the current Jinzhou is only as big as the four walls, and it was finished after a walk.
"What a broken city! ...... even a few words" Wu Sangui looked at the depressed street and muttered quietly, seemingly very disappointed that the Qinglou was not introduced.
provoked the two brothers, Zu Dabi and Zu Dale, and glared at him fiercely.
was glared at by two bearded little cousins, even if he was as arrogant as Wu Sangui, he could only shut up in a sneer.
"Everything is difficult at the beginning, you have worked hard. In fact, now we really don't have any good ways to deal with Jiannu, Jiannu and Guan Ning, it just depends on who can hold on to the end. Huang Chongzhen hurriedly held Zu Dabi's rough hand to show comfort, and at the same time, he was saying good things for his little brother.
Wu Sangui felt this very keenly, and wanted to refute but struggled with little reading, so he just stubbornly turned his head away, wanting to find some comfort in Zhou Ji.
But how could he understand Zhou Ji's feelings for this land, but he received a big roll of the eyes.
Zhou Ji said: "As an old Jinzhou person, I am very grateful to you for re-establishing the hometown in my heart. New Jinzhou is in ruins, everything will be left to you. β
Wu Sangui suddenly felt that his relatives seemed to be superfluous, so he shrugged his shoulders indifferently and took a few family members to the newly opened restaurants in the city to have fun.
"Ignore this kid, let's go, let's drink!" Zu Dabi spat at Wu Sangui's back who disappeared at the corner of the street, then hugged Huang Chongzhen's shoulders and said enthusiastically.
"Okay! Anyway, the horse team carrying the wine is estimated to be a day away. Huang Chongzhen nodded.
"Fine wine? No matter how beautiful it is, can it be better than the sorghum brewed by Lao Tzu himself? How much alcohol have you drunk? Tonight, I will tell you to see the amount of Lao Tzu's alcohol, and if you don't get drunk, you will stay in Jinzhou, and you don't have to go to Houjin. β
"That's it, you can shoot well, and it's okay to strike iron, but you can't drink our brothers." Zu Dale, who is young and old, also helped.
Huang Chongzhen suddenly felt very funny, the genes of this family are inevitably too strong, why is it that he has not yet fully become an adult, and he already looks ugly with a beard?
So, he forced a smile and said: "Okay, okay, let's not get drunk and don't return, if we don't get drunk, we won't return." β
"You're laughing at us!"
"Nope! I don't! β
"You have! Our brothers feel it! Don't look at us rough on the outside, but delicate on the inside......"
"Good, good! Okay, okay! Understood, understood, understood......"
After Jinzhou, to the north is the left Tunwei, to the east through the right Tunwei closer to the sea, is the Daling River Basin.
Before leaving, Yuan Chonghuan was still hesitating whether to repair the dilapidated city walls in these three places into a forward acropolis that could resist the Houjin, so as to defend Jinzhou and guard the Guanning defense line in a three-legged manner.
But I am afraid that this place is too far away from Shanhaiguan, hanging alone, and the whip is out of reach, once the Houjin heavy army attacks, it is very easy to be broken or surrounded, and it will increase the consumption of money and food.
Huang Chongzhen told him that if he wanted to repair it, he should repair it quickly and take the opportunity to repair it. It is best to make three nails, like Ning Yuan, firmly wedged at the western end of the Liaoxi Plain.
At that time, let Houjin knock with a hammer and pull it with a driver, even if it is pulled desperately with a vice, let it invade by wind and rain, it will still stand.
Moreover, the land on the banks of the Daling River is fertile, and it is better to gather the displaced people to rush to plant and harvest, than at all.
In later generations, China will fight for every inch of land, and every second will be taken, so as to finally usher in a great rejuvenation.
Daming, should be the same, only then can there be hope for ZTE.
If Houjin relaxes his breath and goes to repair the city and regain the lost land, then the gains outweigh the losses.
Yuan Chonghuan actually didn't like Huang Chongzhen's serious expression and tone, but he felt that this kid was honest and reasonable.
As a result, as soon as the scholar's business became angry, he scolded Fang Xuan and prepared to start his biggest move since taking office.
In fact, Huang Chongzhen's remarks were not untargeted, but fully evaluated.
Ning Yuan's defeat, especially the setback on Juehua Island, not only caused huge losses to the armored slaves and serf soldiers, but even the Eight Banners of the Later Jin lineage also suffered heavy losses.
In addition, in the past half a year, the slave chief has been lying on the couch, so that Houjin, who is proud of Liaodong, has to temporarily put away his claws.
The slave chieftain died of depression, which made the Houjin Qunlong leaderless, and the coup d'Γ©tat of the Eight Kings became the Eight Kings to seize power.
The Eight Banners system, which has an extremely obvious tribal nature, shows that the Houjin does not have a very sufficient force, and it has been vividly reflected at this moment.
Among the four major Baylors of the Later Jin, Ashan Huang Taiji was extremely cunning and sensible, and they all tried their best to control this battle for the throne within a small range and minimize the loss of national strength.
But Mang Gutai blamed the reason for Juehua's defeat on Huang Taiji.
Therefore, he is resentful and wants to find his fault.
Amin, who is the second beyler, although he is only the nephew of the slave chief, is the second among the four beylers, and he is not willing to succumb to the fourth beyler Huang Taiji.
On top of that, his father, Shulhaqi, was given death by a slave chieftain and deprived of his title.
Therefore, he wanted to ascend to the throne of Khan even more so that he could rehabilitate his father.
Among the four little Baylors, Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo are all the sons of Abahai, the current concubine of Houjin.
Compared with the four major Baylors, although they are not qualified enough and their prestige is not enough, they have their own tribal cronies in the Eight Banners, plus they have mothers who are circling among the major forces, and the three of them are also a great force when they work together.
As for Zilharang, he is also the son of Shulhaqi......
Therefore, as soon as the slave chief died, the most proud work of his life, the Eight Kings Discussion, immediately existed in name only, and quickly evolved into the most heart-wrenching Eight Kings seizing power, fighting openly and secretly,-for-tat, and very fierce.
As a result, the Later Jin army shrank significantly, and for the first time adopted a conservative defensive strategy against the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, it is also the mutual defense between the eight banners.
Therefore, at least during this period of time, the vast Liaoxi Plain can be said to be the sphere of influence of the Guanning Army, if you don't take this opportunity, when will you wait?
After Jin, not to mention the army, it is very rare for him to cross the Liao River in the west and the Hunhe River in the north, and come here to spread wild.
If it really comes, then Yang Guozhu's scout regiment is not a vegetarian.
Even if those turtle suns hid in the cave like Hazuse, they would be picked up, and after using all the available information, they would be ruthlessly killed.
This is a suggestion made by Huang Chongzhen to Yuan Chonghuan, that is, to learn as much as possible about the Jurchen, an ancient Liaodong nation, and the Houjin, a khanate of the Eight Banners.
After all, after more than two hundred years before, the Jurchens had already learned quite enough about the Ming Dynasty.
But Daming's understanding of Jurchen is still at a very superficial level.
Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles, which is also an important mission of Jin after their spy war.
"I hope Yuan Shuai will hurry up and don't suffer from gains and losses." Riding a big black horse slowly across the banks of the Daling River, seeing the dilapidated Daling River Fort from afar, Huang Chongzhen felt that time was pressing, and couldn't help but sigh infinitely.
The chariot and horse team behind had already followed with a grunt, and the second dog also followed the horse's leg with a sigh of shame, so Huang Chongzhen reined in his thoughts, ordered the honor guard of the mission, and swaggered to the so-called Shengjing of Houjin-Shenyang.
Of course, the so-called guard of honor of the mission is only the banner of Yuan Chonghuan, not the name of the Ming Dynasty, and its purpose is to spy on the reality of gold after the war in the name of the envoy.
But for Da Ming, this move is too shocking after all.
Therefore, according to Huang Chongzhen's opinion, although he received the decree secretly sent by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he must also keep a low profile as much as possible, so as not to be impeached by those imperial historians who have nothing to do all day and night and only know the rumors.