"I believe that Your Majesty should draft an imperial edict to the King of North Korea, asking North Korea to send 10,000 elite soldiers to join forces with me in Denglai Town to blockade the Yalu River. This will ensure that North Korea is safe!"
"As for your attitude towards Lin Dan Khan of the Grassland, I believe that His Majesty will send an envoy to meet him and get a feel for him first, and then make any plans!"
The strategic concept proposed by Wang Zaijin is indeed most in line with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.
With Liaoshen and Zhenjiang as the two central points, heavy troops were deployed to carry out siege and compress the living space of the slaves.
As long as this strategic defense is realized, it will be impossible for the old slave to recuperate and recover from the trauma and vitality after the war.
The white mountains and black waters in the northeast are not suitable for growing crops at all, nor can they be used for grazing to meet their needs like the Mongols.
Not to mention that he wants to develop further, he just wants to maintain the status quo. With his meager food output in Jianzhou, God bless him if he doesn't starve to death.
If the slaves wanted to grow, they had to go through war and plunder. This was their only way.
And Wang Zaijin's plan was to cut off their only way.
Liaodong in the south didn't dare to rob it, North Korea in the east couldn't rob it, and the north was full of deep mountains and old forests, so it was okay to just catch a few game animals and beat them for teething sacrifices.
As for the west, next to him is his ally Horqin, and the old slave is determined not to rob Horqin.
As for Lin Danhan, he has long since fled to the southwest of the Monan Grassland. If I want to snatch him, I have to cross thousands of miles of grassland, and it is not always possible to snatch him.
His state-building position was sandwiched between these four directions. He could not advance forward and had no way to retreat. It could be said that it was extremely embarrassing.
If Lao Nu wants to open up the situation, he can only break through the Ming army's blockade from the front. Liao Shen doesn't have to think about it. Even if he adds 100,000 troops, he can't defeat it.
The only way and possibility is to attack North Korea. He can bear the losses and the gains are considerable.
But how could Mao Wenlong be so easy to deal with? His guerrilla tactics were unparalleled in this era.
His fighting style is much more insidious and cunning than Lao Nu's.
Zhu Youxiao was completely reassured about the defense of Liaoshen. The victory of the two battles was enough to prove that as long as the position was not messed up, there would be no problem in defending the city.
Xiong Tingbi's opinions have always been firm. When he first took office as the Liaodong Manager,
I wrote a memorandum to Emperor Shenzong, asking him to first stabilize the internal situation, and then train 180,000 elite soldiers, so that he could launch a war to suppress the slaves.
It can be said that it coincides with Wang Zaijin's idea, which is more inclined to attack steadily and gradually encroach.
Since last year, he has ordered Xiong Tingbi to rectify the military affairs in Liaoning and Shenyang, and now it has begun to bear fruit.
The Liaodong Arms Report written by Xiong Tingbi in the first year of Tianqi had already been placed on his imperial desk.
Before he ascended the throne, the total number of garrison and garrison soldiers in Liaoyang, Shenyang, and Guangning was more than 200,000.
But among them, there are probably only a hundred thousand who can actually fight, and most of these hundred thousand people have extremely crude weapons and equipment and have been neglected for a long time.
Xiong Tingbi was bold and merciless. This was something he had wanted to do for a long time.
Because it was a front-line battlefield, Shenyang's generals and wealthy households had already moved to Liaoyang and other places, so Xiong Tingbi's work progressed extremely smoothly.
Now Shenyang's military affairs and defense have been comprehensively reorganized and updated. There are more than 35,000 soldiers, including 7,000 cavalry, all of whom are elite.
Most of these cavalry are Mongolian, and they fight bravely, no less than the armored soldiers of the slaves.
Liaoyang is still in progress. Although Zhu Youxiao brought down many important generals last time and even had Li Chengliang dug up and whipped to death, the resistance was still great.
Even if Xiong Tingbi goes off in person, he can only gain the upper hand and cannot completely suppress them.
Because of the rectification, several small-scale mutinies broke out. Fortunately, Li Songping was in charge in Liaoyang and Xiong Tingbi also had a bad temper, so they were quickly calmed down.
But it also reflects the problems and difficulties they are facing now. After Xiong Tingbi and Hong Chengchou came together, they had to change their strategies, divide and draw together, and slowly disintegrate their foundation.
Zu Dashou was the key target to win over. In order to show the court's kindness and trust, Zhu Youxiao made an exception and promoted him to a general and rewarded him with thousands of taels of silver.
It's for those who are still wavering and hedging their bets.
Afterwards, through the propaganda and guarantee of the Zu family, it turned out that after seeing Qixiao, several Liao generals imitated Zu Dashou and showed their loyalty to Xiong Tingbi, willing to listen to the court's orders and take the initiative to disarm.
He also gave full power to the governor Hong Chengchou and the counselor Fu Zonglong to take charge of the rectification of Guangning's military affairs. His request was that everything should be based on Xiong Tingbi's instructions.
Although it took a lot of effort, we finally defeated the resistance and got rid of all the bad apples.
All the reports were verified, the old, weak, sick and disabled were sent home, and the military household registers were reorganized.
Guangning originally had more than 50,000 people, but now less than half are left, but it is enough. The troops are more sophisticated than too numerous.
Without those holding back, these newly reorganized armies only need a little training to raise their combat effectiveness to a higher level.
The imperial court reduced a large amount of military expenditures on food and salary, more and more elite soldiers were able to fight, and weapons and equipment gradually improved.
Although it is still not comparable to the Jianzhou slave soldiers, it will not collapse at the first touch like the Liao army in history.
Hong Chengchou did not treat them badly and asked the imperial court and the Ministry of War to take credit for them. Wang Zaijin quickly gave the instructions and expressed his approval.
Hong Chengchou also performed well in his mission to recruit the three guards of Liaodong, which initially met Zhu Youxiao's expectations.
Fuyu, Taining, and Duoyan, the leaders of the three guards, accepted his order from the Ming Emperor and expressed their willingness to surrender.
Over the past year, the Ming army seemed to have changed its appearance, frequently defeating the old slaves in Liaodong, which impressed them.
During the Battle of Hupiyi, the news that the Ming army beheaded more than 2,000 slaves for the first time reached them, and they didn't believe it at all.
Their first reaction was that this must be a huge defeat and the Ming court was bragging.
But not long after, the Ming army defeated Lao Nu in Shenyang and killed tens of thousands of Jian Nu.
Now they began to doubt the authenticity of the information, so they immediately sent people to find out the truth. The result was true, which shocked them.
At this time, the news that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty personally conquered Monan Mongolia and won a great victory also came back, which made their mouths full of laughter.
A year ago, they witnessed with their own eyes how useless the Ming army was in Liaodong.
They would come back in great defeat at every turn, and from time to time their entire army would be wiped out. Tens of thousands of people would die at one time. The prestige of the Ming army in Liaodong plummeted.