Xu Yingwei nodded and continued: "Mongolia originated on the banks of the Onan River. It was originally just a barbarian tribe, but eventually it took over the Central Plains by chance."
"As a result, the clothes of the Han family were ruined and the land of China was destroyed."
"Fortunately, my great ancestor, Emperor Gao, turned the tide and saved the Confucian ancestral temple from danger."
"However, after Meng Yuan defeated his old lair in Mobei, Fen Taizu Chengzu II's majesty could not be defeated in one fell swoop."
"Therefore, I cannot help but worry. When the slaves are expelled from the capital by our great tomorrow's soldiers, will they also be defeated in Liaodong and even Hetuala? Will they also cause disasters like the Northern Yuan Dynasty and remain difficult to exterminate for hundreds of years?
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Hearing this, Yan Yingyuan, Zhu Cixiang, and Zhu Cijiong all fell into deep thought.
Only Chongzhen knew that the story of Beiyuan would never happen again to Jiannu, because Jiannu was not Beiyuan, and Chongzhen was not the Yongle Emperor. However, Xu Yingwei's strategic foresight was very commendable.
Because Xu Yingwei wanted to go with him, which would intercept Jiannu's escape route!
Even if one day the Jiannu escaped back to Liaodong, or even fled into the deep mountains and forests of Hetuala, Chongzhen would still be confident of annihilating them. But then again, if there was a chance to annihilate the Jiannu within the pass, why not?
It is always easier to annihilate the Jiannu within the pass than to fight guerrilla against the Jiannu in the white mountains and black waters.
Yan Yingyuan is undoubtedly a tactical genius, while Xu Yingwei has a more strategic vision.
At that moment, Chongzhen asked: "So what can you do to eliminate this hidden worry?"
"Your Majesty, there is only one way." Xu Yingwei said, "That is to seize Liaodong!"
"Seize Liaodong?" Zhu Cijiong said, "I'm afraid that's not possible, Liaodong is the den of slaves."
Xu Yingwei said: "Although Liaodong is the home base of Jiannu, according to the information we have, it can be said that Jiannu's entry into the customs this time is an all-out effort..."
"Send out all the troops?" Zhu Cijiong said, "There is no such thing, right?"
Zhu Cixiang also said: "Third brother is right, we have no intelligence sources from Liaodong at all."
"Prince, Prince Ding, this matter does not require intelligence sources from Liaodong." Xu Yingwei smiled and added, "We only need intelligence sources from the capital to deduce it."
Zhu Cijiong asked: "How to deduce this matter?"
Xu Yingwei said: "I looked through the fish scale album of the Wanli period. Before the rise of the slaves, the total population of Liaodong's capital was about two million. After that, the old slaves were wreaking havoc for decades, and the total population of Liaodong's capital dropped sharply to less than one million.
, and then nearly 500,000 Liao people moved inward, so the number of Han people in Liaodong is about 500,000."
After a pause, he added: "Most of these 500,000 Han people have been reduced to prisoners."
Zhu Cijiong nodded and said, "Well, your inference is still credible."
Xu Yingwei added: "In the spring of the 17th year of Chongzhen, after Jiannu seized the capital from the puppet Shunzhi, Shunzhi, the puppet emperor of Jiannu, led 300,000 Manchus and 500,000 soldiers to move into the pass on a large scale. This can also be investigated."
"It is true that the puppet emperor Shunzhi led 800,000 Manchus and Han people to enter the Pass." Zhu Cixiang nodded, "In this way, there are indeed few Jiannu outside the Pass, because the total population of the Manchus is only 300,000."
"It's really like this." Zhu Cijiong suddenly said, "Didn't Liaodong become a barren land?"
"It's not a barren land." Xu Yingwei shook his head and added, "But it is a fact that there are not many people. At this time, attacking with a partial force is like iron cutting mud!"
"However, this is still just speculation." Zhu Cihong said.
"What if the intelligence is wrong and the total population of the Manchus is more than 300,000?"
"The information should be true." Xu Yingwei waved his hand and said, "Because the total number of slaves can be deduced from the number of slaves. There are more than 300 slaves, more than 90,000 strong men, and up to 300,000 including old, young, women and children."
"Hong'er, Youzhen's analysis is correct. The total population of the Manchus is at most 300,000." Chongzhen said, "Liaodong at this time is almost a barren land, with at most 10,000 or 20,000 armored men."
Chongzhen knew the true situation in Liaodong, but not through Li Ruolian's intelligence network.
Chongzhen vaguely remembered that after the large-scale entry of slaves into the customs, the population of Liaodong dropped sharply from nearly one million to less than 20,000. Shengjing and Shenyang only had a population of more than 5,000.
Acropolises like Gaizhou and Haizhou only have a few hundred inhabitants.
Note, it’s a few hundred people, not a few hundred defenders!
Of course, the population of Liaodong is basically the same as the number of defenders.
Because apart from the armored men in Liaodong, they were only a few slaves sent from the army.
Xu Yingwei doesn't know this, but he can make judgments based on the facts.
Xu Yingwei said: "Even if there are 10,000 or 20,000 armored men, they cannot defend Liaodong."
Speaking of this meal, Xu Yingwei pointed to the map and explained: "Our army does not need to go too deep. We only need to attack the Gaizhou Guard on the right side of Liaodong Bay."
"Gaizhou is on the right bank of the North Sea and can be supplied by sea, so it costs very little."
"But if Jiannu needs to send troops from the capital to attack Gaizhou soldiers, he needs to transport grain through the Liaoxi Corridor. The journey is more than a thousand miles? The cost is dozens of times more than mine."
"So fighting against Jian Nu in Gaizhou Guard can consume Jian Nu to the maximum extent."
"The national strength of Jiannu is far inferior to that of Ming Dynasty, and it will only become weaker in the long run."
"Then in two or three years, when our armies are ready for the Northern Expedition, we will definitely be able to defeat them in one battle."
"At this time, the partial troops stationed in the Gaizhou Guard can take the opportunity to go north and attack the Haizhou Guard. In this way, the slaves in the pass will have no way to escape to Liaodong and even to Hetuala, and they will become turtles in the urn."
Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong had a first-class sense of sudden enlightenment.
I thought Xu Yingwei's hand was really powerful, hitting Jiannu's seven inches directly.
After a short pause, Xu Yingwei continued: "Of course, there is a premise for all this, that is, our Daming Navy must defeat the Jiannu Navy first, so that we can ensure the smooth flow of waterways."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Chongzhen then ordered Gao Qiqian: "Gao Banban, summon the Duke of Fujian to come to the Imperial Academy for an audience."
"Old slave accepts the decree." Gao Qiqian went straight to the Duke's Mansion of Fujian, regardless of the fact that it was New Year's Eve.
When he received the imperial edict, Zheng Zhilong was drinking in the yard with Zheng Hongkui and other brothers. From time to time, he looked up at the fireworks his son set off in the sky. To be honest, Zheng Zhilong was very satisfied.
Today's days are much more beautiful than back then.
Recalling that I used to be content with being a coastal defense guerrilla, it seemed like a dream.
After receiving the imperial edict, Zheng Zhilong did not dare to neglect and hurriedly followed Gao Qiqian to Yilun Hall.
"Saint Zheng Zhilong prays..." Zheng Zhilong was about to pay homage, but was stopped by Chongzhen.
"Zheng Qing, come here quickly." Chongzhen waved Zheng Zhilong to walk to the map on the north wall and said, "I've been back here for so many days, but I haven't had time to ask you how the naval academy is doing?"
"It went smoothly back to the Holy Emperor," Zheng Zhilong said hurriedly, "I have already taken the students out to sea, and even fought a battle with Gu San Mazi's pirates, sinking more than a dozen of their boats."
Chongzhen asked again: "What is the current situation of Longjiang Shipyard?"
The 50 million taels of silver from the Shipping and Shipbuilding Bank are used to support the shipbuilding industry and build the navy.
After the establishment of the Shipping and Shipbuilding Bank, the first money was invested in the Longjiang Shipyard outside Caochangmen.
After Zheng Zhilong invested 5 million taels to invest in the shipping and shipbuilding bank, he did not hesitate to move shipyard materials and workers from Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Fuzhou to Nanjing to invest in the Daming Longjiang Shipyard.
Zheng Zhilong said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Longjiang Shipyard can now build a two-thousand-material double-decker bird ship. The next goal is to build a five-thousand-material super-large three-decker bird ship."
[Note: 2000 materials is approximately 1000 tons]
"Two thousand materials?" Chongzhen had no idea about the unit of materials and asked, "Zheng Qing, how much materials were used in the batch of bird ships that participated in the Xuzhou War?"
Zheng Zhilong said: "Back to the Holy Spirit, the naval bird ships participating in the Battle of Xuzhou were all small bird ships with 400 materials. Each ship only had 20 to 30 soldiers, but each of the double-decker large bird ships with 2,000 materials
There are four hundred soldiers on the ship, and the Hongyi cannon equipped on the ship has a larger caliber and a longer range."
Chongzhen asked again: "How many bird boats with two thousand materials have been built in total?"
Zheng Zhilong said: "Currently, a total of 10 ships have been built and launched, and 10 more will be built soon."
Chongzhen asked again: "With these 10 two thousand feeder ships plus the original more than 200 large and small warships, it should be no problem to deal with the Jiannu Navy, right?"
"Jiannu Navy?" The look on Zheng Zhilong's face became a little strange.
Zhu Cixiang immediately asked with concern: "Mr. Fujian, is it difficult to deal with the Jiannu Navy?"
"Ahem, cough, cough, that's it." Zheng Zhilong said with some embarrassment, "Prince, the Jiannu Navy is actually the Dongjiang Navy brought by the traitor Kong Youde, and the Dongjiang Navy was pieced together from the Liaonan Navy."
"The Liaonan Navy may be regarded as a navy in the eyes of Jiannu, but in the eyes of the ministers, it is just a chicken and a dog."
"You led the Ming Dynasty Navy to deal with the Jiannu Navy. You were really bullying them. Even Gu San Mazi's pirates were able to deal with the Jiannu Navy. But there is one thing that makes it very troublesome."
Speaking of this meal, Zheng Zhilong said again: "At this time, half of the North Sea has been frozen. The Jiannu Navy is huddled in the dock. No matter how sharp my navy is, it is impossible to slide across the ice and kill them."
Cleaned up."
"It doesn't matter. We're not going to use troops against Jiannu right away." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Zheng Qing, all you need to do is tell me, can you crush the Jiannu Navy?"
Zheng Zhilong said: "Your Majesty, there is absolutely no problem in crushing the Jiannu Navy. Even if there are not 10 large bird ships with two thousand materials, it will be more than enough. With 10 large double-decker bird ships, there will be no problem."
Speaking of this meal, he said: "Your Majesty, my goal is to defeat the Red Yi Fleet!"
Chongzhen said with a smile: "Don't be impatient. Sooner or later you will achieve this grand goal."
