Chapter 32: The Aftermath

Expedition in front, retreat in the back, is the style of a famous general.

Feng Sheng is like that.

He came to Changchun Fort with more than 3,000 horsemen when almost all the men and horses of the brigade were withdrawn. After him, there was no longer a large army.

He Xi welcomed He Fengsheng into the castle, so naturally there was no need to mention it.

Feng Sheng was so experienced, he could see at a glance that this Changchun Fort was not like a false shelf. Although many places are in a hurry, for example, although the soil is dug deeply. However, it is still topsoil, and it has not been steamed and dried.

It won't be too sturdy and will take a long time. It will also collapse.

But it's a long time, and it's measured in decades.

The reason why the soil of the city wall is steamed and dried is to kill the soil and kill all the organisms and bacteria inside. Become pure dead ground. After such soil is tamped. It can last for hundreds of years or thousands of years. This is because there is no microbial activity inside the walls. It can always maintain its original form.

However, those that have not undergone such a procedure of soil. After a long time, the activity of microorganisms inside is enough to loosen the city walls. One day he collapsed with a bang.

However, steaming and drying, this process is also too troublesome. In fact, most of the city walls have not done this. Only military fortresses will be dealt with in this way, the most famous is Helian Bobo's first city in the world, Tongwan City.

Legend has it that the ruins still exist.

Feng Sheng said: "What, you're not ready to withdraw?" ”

He Xi said; "Your Excellency is wise. I'm not going to give up here. ”

If he didn't know where the Tartar royal court was, Feng Sheng might have severely suppressed this matter. Because the location of Changchun Fort is not very good. Some are too prominent. It is more than 100 miles away from the port on the Liao River in Daming. And even the Ming Dynasty is in the castle on the Liao River. It is also a protrusion.

And here, it's like a hand of the Ming Dynasty reaching into the Northeast Plain.

It's too dangerous.

If you encounter a Tartar siege, it is simply a situation of isolation.

But Feng Sheng was already brewing for the next battle. Although he didn't know, it was better to start from Daning. It's better to start from Liaodong. But if the Changchun Fort exists. Starting from Liaodong, the starting point jumped two or three hundred miles to the north.

That's not a small amount.

And He Xi's ability. Feng Sheng has already seen it. He felt that if He Xi kept this place, then the army would have the best treatment from here.

Therefore, Feng Sheng did not object, and He Xi left this castle behind. Feng Sheng said; "It stands to reason that you are the governor of Liaodong, this is the jurisdiction of Liaodong, and the right to defend is yours, shouldn't I ask more, but the stakes are important, I will say more. How are you going to keep it here? ”

However, Feng Sheng first washed most of his responsibility. Then he asked the most crucial sentence. That's how to keep?

If you want Feng Sheng to nod, He Xi's own plan must be reliable.

He Xi did not answer directly. Instead, he asked; "Guogong, I don't know how to settle these people brought by Nahachu, how is Guogong going to settle them?"

Feng Sheng knew that He Xi was coveting this group of people, after all, there was a shortage of people everywhere in the north. Feng Sheng said; "All the generals and their families, about 3,000 to 5,000 people. All these people were sent to Nanjing, where they were resettled separately in a county attached to Nanjing. Of course, the court will not treat them badly. And these people were settled in the north. It's just that it's better to stay away from the border. ”

Over the years, the Ming Dynasty has had experience with surrendered captives.

Nanjing, now is definitely the prosperity of the world. Don't say anything else. The people near Nanjing have been exempt from taxes for more than ten consecutive years, and they are much richer than other places. Enough to support the prosperity of Nanjing. Moreover, Nanjing is Zhu Yuanzhang's old base. Most of them are Zhu Yuanzhang's diehards.

These thousands of people are separated and settled around Nanjing, and these people can only become the people of Nanjing in the future, and they will not make any waves.

As for these hundreds of thousands of people, it is only natural that they should be resettled in the north. Not to mention, these people are not adapted to life in the South. In terms of the population of the North and the South, the South is far more than the North. There are also large open spaces in the north. Placement in the North is a matter of course.

As for not approaching the border, I am also worried that some people will escape. Or seduce the Mongols into the Kou.

This is the proper meaning of the question.

Historically, these people were planted in the Hebei region. Finally became a Han Chinese.

He Xi immediately said: "Guogong is right, but now there is a question, where is the food in the north that can feed so many people?" ”

Feng Sheng's heart turned, and he said secretly; "That's a problem too."

Before the Ming Dynasty started the war, the enemy was expected to be lenient. But I didn't expect that there would be such a big gain. Capture so many people at once. At that time, the front-line generals thought that it would be enough to capture 50,000 or 60,000 people. Where did I think that it was ten times more at once.

Hundreds of thousands of mouths are not easy to place. However, Feng Sheng immediately thought about it. I immediately knew what He Xi meant. Because Liaodong now has enough food, and when the spring flowers bloom, the trade between Liaodong and Jiangnan continues, and there is also enough food to settle these people.

The only problem is that it's not close enough to the border.

However, Feng Sheng still believes in He Xi's ability.

I believe He Xi can handle this matter well.

Although Feng Sheng knew He Xi's intentions, he was not ready to say it directly, he said; "Rest assured, not all the grain in the north is shipped by sea. Part of it still relies on river transportation, not to mention that when Wei Guogong was in Beiping, he tried his best to use Tuntian, and in addition to using troops in Beiping, he also saved hundreds of thousands of stone grain, which was enough for resettlement. Rest assured. ”

He Ximing knew that Feng Sheng did it on purpose, but he couldn't help it and said; "Guogong, why bother to seek the near and far, just arrange it in Liaodong. I'm confident that I can settle them. And now there is one thing that just needs these people to do. It's also a good use. ”

Feng Sheng said; "How do you hold this place?"

He Xi was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Guogong's eyes are like torches. ”

Feng Sheng said; "Don't be a sycophant. Let's just say it. ”

He Xi said; "Yes." Then he pointed down from the city wall. said: "Guogong, please look, the pier below is at the foot of the city wall." As long as the waterways are connected. This city will never fall, and today's Tartars have long since lost their knowledge of how to fight water wars. ”

Feng Sheng originally wanted to say, where is there a water master here.

Because below is the Songhua River. The Songhua River, which originates in Changbai Mountain, flows all the way to the northwest first, and then flows northeast in a large circle, and flows into the Heilongjiang River to the sea. Liaodong is the Liaohe River system, and the two sides do not intersect.

Even if there are tens of millions of ships on the Liao River, they can't reach the Songhua River. And with horse-drawn carriages, these small boats carried to the Songhua River by manpower have problems even transporting grain. Not to mention. Combated.

Only people who don't have common sense can have this idea.

Is He Xi a person without common sense? Feng Sheng knew that He Xi was not. Then there must be a problem here. Feng Sheng's heart turned and said; "You want to dig a canal?"

Yes. This is Feng Sheng's only answer.

What to do with hundreds of thousands of captives. The only way to do this is to dig a canal connecting the Liao River and the Songhua River.

He Xi said; "The prince is wise. That's what I mean. As long as the Liaohe River and the Songhua River are dug up, and the Liaodong ships directly enter the Songhua River Basin, Guogong will have as much grain and grass as he wants in the future, and he will be able to fight as far as he wants, and there will be no worries about the future. ”

Feng Sheng's heart was pounding.

Don't say anything else. Even if the water is going in the Northeast, he knows. As soon as the sailor of the Ming Dynasty entered the Songhua River basin, he faced the remnants of the water division without a sailor. Direct control of the river, in a place with dense waterways such as the northeast, is equivalent to mastering a transportation network.

Although the Northeast River has not been trimmed, there are problems of one kind or another. But that's much better than on land, where people carry horses and carry them.

In this campaign, He Xi's greatest contribution was that the grain was transported to the front line. And the reason why He Xi was able to do it. It's not because of the river. And only in some small boats. Once the canal is opened, the big ship directly enters the Liao River, and in the future, this is the world of whom. Needless to say?

With this as the foundation, is it still difficult to chase the north and destroy this eclipse?

Feng Sheng pondered for a moment, pondered repeatedly, and said, "Can this canal be repaired?" How much manpower and material resources are needed? ”