Chapter 355 Looking for Allies

Baoding, the three passes in the north, and the nine provinces in the south, and the back of Shanxi, guarding the capital is really a good place. It can attack, retreat and defend, and there are also strong cities to rely on. Once Shanhaiguan changes its 50,000 troops,

Advancing can protect the capital, retreating can protect Shanxi. I have to say that those who can leave their names in history are not idle figures, and this strategic vision is still very good. I remember the scene of fighting side by side with this Governor Yuan in Datong City,

It's been several years since the blink of an eye.

A secret letter was sent to Baoding. Let's first explore the person's words and reminisce about the past. Yuan Chonghuan replied very quickly, and his attitude was very respectful. He was very worried about the situation in Shanhaiguan and complained a few times, complaining about Yang Heyang.

The supervisor likes to change the orders every day and orders the soldiers who change three times a day to run back and forth, and there are many complaints. Ma Cheng feels relaxed and burns the secret letter, which is enough.

Yuan Chonghuan has already expressed his attitude. He will not obey Yang's fool's orders and go to Shanhaiguan to die. This is enough. Ma Cheng is not wrong. This Governor Yuan is indeed a proud and arrogant head.

No one is convinced, and he has the potential to be a warlord. If you successfully find an ally, the pressure on your shoulders will be much smaller. If you dig out the corner of Yang Da Si's fool, there are too many people in the army who don't accept him.

The letters exchanged and won over several Wang Guozhen's old subordinates, and this alliance that listened to the tune but not the announcement was formed. This was also the fact that Macheng made great achievements in Shanxi. Generals from Shanxi were very convinced. It was particularly easy to win over. Bai Qi was the one in the world.

The name is not called for nothing. Macheng's fame is now worse than Qi Jiguang, but it is not much worse. Bai Qi and Kaiyuan Ma Wu's name are well-known.

Half a month later, what is coming finally comes.

More than 100,000 troops of Jianlu gathered, led by Huang Taiji, and there were signs of bypassing Jinzhou and entering the pass. Kaiyuan sent three emergency military newspapers a day, asking the court to send envoys to contact Lin Danhan and reconstruct the alliance. There were no 50,000 Mongolians.

The cavalry cooperated with the cooperation of the cavalry, and Kaiyuan's troops were unable to prevent Jianlu from entering the pass on the grassland. The news from Kaiyuan to the capital was like a rock sinking to the sea. Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru were still busy biting each other, and he didn't care about Jianlu.

When the army reported to Jizhou, Macheng sent one to Shanhaiguan and one to Baoding.

Yuan Chonghuan quickly replied to the Jizhou army to attack Jianlu, and was confident that he would attack Ma Shuai on both sides, and encircle and annihilate the cavalry entering the pass in Beizhili. Ma Cheng smiled bitterly while waiting for Yang He's response, and waited for ten days.

Before he could reply, he suddenly realized that Supervisor Yang was arrogant and did not take his warning seriously. This was true. A Count and a Supervisor who were both from the censors were separated by 108,000 miles apart.

Wen Gui was so humble. Ma Cheng laughed at himself and ordered the army to prepare for war. The military situation was like fire. Kaiyuan was unable to go back for the time being.

In the northwest camp of Jizhou, Ma Cheng sat in the Taishi chair and closed his eyes to rest. The weather was hot, and Lu Xiangsheng, who was wearing only a short shirt, and Ni Yuanlu, a lecturer from Jinshi, served as a counselor, sweating profusely sorted out the military newspaper outside the pass, marking it on the map.

There are more than 20 Jinshi lecturers from the second year of the Tianqi period. Now only six people are still serving in the new army, and they are still in the sixth rank official position and have not made much progress in recent years.

Ma Cheng said ashamedly: "Jiandou, you are being hindered by me."

Lu Xiangsheng was originally going to serve in the rebuilt Shaanxi Town Army, but it has not been successful for various reasons. Now, his career has ended here after a change of ministers, and it is difficult to promote and reuse again. The same is true for the five people including Ni Yuanlu, Chen Yan, etc.

The eunuch party label was labeled on his head, but the Donglin Party could not reach the iron plate of the new army. The cabinet was extremely afraid of this new army. It was too annoying to put it in the capital, so it rushed to Shanhaiguan and was out of sight.

Not upset.

The new army is difficult for the Donglin Cabinet to intervene. The officers from all over the country are all children of nobles. They are also the few trump cards in the hands of nobles of the Ming Dynasty.

Lu Xiangsheng and others saw it and smiled when they heard it: "My lord is so serious. I can serve my life under the command of the General Town. I will be worth the rest of my life."

Ma Cheng was very moved and relieved. His subordinates finally had decent staff talents. Lu Xiangsheng came to be the chief of staff. Six senior staff members from Jinshi came from Jinshi and looked like a staff member. All six Jinshi were in the new army.

He has been practicing for many years and is very knowledgeable about marching and fighting, and is also a scholar who is very good at writing. His complicated and trivial military affairs have become orderly, because the six Jinshis are all great people who are well-informed and memorable.

The general staff was put up, and the sergeant chief system was implemented for many years. A large number of qualified non-commissioned officers were trained in the army, and a modern army was basically improved. How many years have it taken to establish this modern army? From the 46th day of Wanli

It took five years until the second year of Chongzhen, which was really protracted. It took five years to go through dozens of battles in all sizes before we could develop a basic force that could protect ourselves, which was too embarrassing for time travelers.

However, this is a modern army with unlimited normal space, with a large number of outstanding non-commissioned officers who have experienced many battles, simple, peasant soldiers, and a heavy-rail camp that has just been replaced. The cannons secretly cast in Jizhou have also accumulated.

As many as twenty-four gates, they can be organized into four artillery posts, and there are also a group of gunners who are carefully trained and mastered Western artillery techniques. Such a powerful basic unit is more than enough to protect itself. The cost of raising a military can be afforded, and the prosperity

Kaiyuan Commercial Port, the lucrative maritime commercial road, can be said to make money every day.

The disadvantage is that the war is about to begin, Kaiyuan trade routes will be temporarily cut off, Dongjiang Town's prospects are unknown, and the more fatal weakness is that it lacks military equipment and has no military production capacity at all. The heavy grenade gun bought from the Spanish broke one

One less. At this time, Ma Cheng deeply realized that war is not just about fighting in front of the formation. War is truly a comprehensive competition of national strength, mobilization ability, and military manufacturing capabilities.

Of course, Jianlu is not here to support the war. Jianlu has whatever Ming Dynasty has. Just talking about the military-industry capabilities of Kaiyuan Army, it is very difficult to leave the support of the court. Not to mention the development of weapons, it is difficult to maintain weapons.

.If you want to get rid of the elbow of the court, you can only expect Nan Juyi to stabilize his position in Taiwan and establish a complete military-industrial system in a place like Taiwan. Only in Taiwan where the sky is high and the emperor is far away and the cabinet cannot control it can it be established.

The feasibility of an independent military system is a matter of a few years later. The Jizhou infantry who has fully replaced Western-style firearms will face the dilemma of no guns available, which will embarrass people in time for a few battles.

Very ashamed.

In addition, most infantrymen who were trained in Kaiyuan Group had to return to their hometowns to settle after they were forty years old. Kaiyuan Group had trained a large amount of equipment imitation of English longbows, which caused great harm to the soldiers' bodies. Most soldiers had to endure bone deformation in their later years.

The pain is that you can't see these soldiers lacking clothes and eating. The cost of resettlement and delisting soldiers is much higher than the cost of raising soldiers. There are old soldiers and young soldiers, and Kaiyuan Admiral's Office has to bear at least half of the cost of supporting the family, which is helpless.

In this way, the Kaiyuan tiny land was almost the whole people were soldiers, and the population was too small to support the sky of the Ming Dynasty.

The way out is still in Taiwan Province. Natural disasters and man-made disasters will attract a large number of refugees to go to Taiwan to make a living. How many people can Taiwan Island accommodate? Tens of millions of people are still on the island, it is like sprinkling a few grains of sand. Taiwan Island is really too big

The products are rich and they will not starve to death without farming. God has given the gift to the Ming Dynasty. Based on Taiwan, Southeast Asia, the Jawa territory is even larger. Even if the people in the Ming Dynasty have hundreds of millions of people born, they will not worry about land annexation.

In the near future, it is conceivable that Ming people who have moved overseas will usher in a peak in population fertility.

"Master, Master!"

Ma Cheng was woken up from his wonderful dream. When he opened his eyes, he saw a well-clad official standing in front of him, and stood up embarrassedly to greet him.

"Duke Yuan, you're rude."
Chapter completed!