"Father, if Xu Yingwei really captures Shengjing, then Liaodong will be completely lost to the Ming Dynasty!"
At present, Jiannu's garrison in Liaodong is very small. Except for the 5,000 garrison in Shengjing, the rest of the garrisons in Liaoyang, Fushun, Kaiyuan, etc. only have a few hundred garrisons. The garrisons in Haizhou, Phoenix City, Jinzhou and other places are less than a hundred.
, it can be said to be better than nothing, so as long as the capture of Shengjing is equivalent to the capture of Liaodong.
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixi couldn't hide his excitement.
Zhu Cixiang's eyes sparkled with excitement: "Liaodong is not only the so-called 'Longxing Land' of Jiannu, but also the only link between Jiannu and North Korea. What's even more unfavorable is that once the entire territory of Liaodong is recovered, Jiannu will
Horqin Mongolia, Nu’s die-hard ally, will also be exposed to the front of our army! This is terrible!”
Chongzhen smiled solemnly and said: "So Jiannu will definitely not sit back and watch."
Zhu Cixi then said: "So my father personally led 20,000 new troops to Dagukou in a posture to attack Beijing? He also transferred 80,000 new troops to Xuzhou in a posture of Northern Expedition?"
Speaking of this, Zhu Cixiang couldn't help but look at the map.
Looking at the map at this time, Zhu Cixiang sketched a picture in his mind.
When Dorgon received the news that the old capital Shengjing had fallen, he prepared to mobilize all the Manchu and Han armies to retaliate.
However, at this time, another 20,000 Ming troops arrived in Dagukou, and 80,000 new troops were added to Xuzhou!
Xuzhou's 80,000 new troops plus 350,000 town troops were like a giant hammer, ready for a massive Northern Expedition, while the 25,000 Ming troops at Dagukou were more like a sharp hammer.
His dagger was ready to stab Jiannu's throat at any time. Facing such a situation, Dorgon must have felt very uncomfortable, right?
At this time, will Dorgon protect Liaodong or not?
If Liaodong is not protected, the situation of the slaves will deteriorate sharply.
But if we protect Liaodong, we might even lose Beijing.
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixi became even more excited. His father's military use was really amazing.
"Hong'er, the situation is not as optimistic as you imagined. Even a three-pronged attack will only add some trouble to Dorgon. It is impossible to make Dorgon focus on one thing and lose the other. At least so far, Jianu is relatively
Our Ming Dynasty still has a clear military advantage, and we must not be blindly optimistic."
"But at least we can achieve our goal of consuming a large number of slaves."
"This is true. The two sorties at the beginning of this year failed to achieve the purpose of mobilizing and consuming the slaves. In particular, Xu Yingwei's 10,000 new troops had almost no effect."
"But this time, I don't believe Dorgon can still keep his composure."
After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "As long as Jiannu's army is mobilized, food, wages and weapons will be continuously consumed. With Jiannu's little wealth, it will be almost used up in a few rounds."
"More importantly, it can also dampen the arrogance of the slaves." Zhu Cixiang said enthusiastically.
"Yes, it can also combat the arrogance of Jiannu." Chongzhen nodded heavily and said, "After more than thirty years, our Ming Dynasty has finally reversed the offensive and defensive trend and switched to strategic offensive!"
The shift from strategic defense to strategic offense has a great impact on the confidence and morale of the two armies.
After a pause, he added: "It's a pity that the number of firearms is still somewhat insufficient. Otherwise, the decisive battle with the Jiannu slaves would have been launched in advance this winter."
"Father, the number of firearms is actually quite large."
Zhu Cixiang counted on his fingers: "As of now, not counting those that have been equipped, the number of flintlock guns stored in the armory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has exceeded 20,000, and the number of 4-inch field guns has reached 300. In addition, there are
More than 600 squatting tiger cannons and more than 1,000 divine artillery pieces."
"Not enough, still not enough." Chongzhen shook his head.
"The inventory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, plus what is already equipped, totals only more than 40,000 rifles, more than 600 4-inch field guns, and more than 900 tiger squat guns. Such igniters are far from enough."
"These are not enough?" Zhu Cihong asked, "How much more?"
Chongzhen calculated in silence and said: "There must be at least 60,000 rifles, 800 4-inch field guns, 1,200 squatting tiger guns, and 1,000 divine artillery."
With these firearms, almost 15 infantry brigades and 40 artillery battalions can be organized.
15 infantry brigades plus 40 artillery battalions, that is, more than 100,000 people, plus various auxiliary arms such as cavalry, vehicle battalions, medical battalions, and artillery, there are also 150,000 people.
With such a modern army of 150,000 people, Chongzhen was absolutely sure to crush the Jiannu, and no matter how many troops Dorgon summoned, the result would be the same.
But if we fight decisively now, we can only arm 100,000 people.
And among these 100,000 people, there are only 40,000 real infantrymen.
What's even more troublesome is that these 40,000 infantrymen have not yet been summoned.
Among them, 5,000 infantry were suppressing the chieftain rebellion in Guangxi, 4,000 infantry were stationed at Dagukou, 8,000 infantry were stationed at Gaizhou Guard, and then Zhu Cijiong took another 3,000 people to North Korea.
[Note: In addition to infantry, Dagukou and Gaizhou also have artillery]
In other words, there are currently less than 20,000 infantrymen available for decisive battles.
This infantry is definitely not enough to defeat the slaves, and it will be difficult to defeat the hypocrites.
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At the same time, Dorgon was also looking at maps in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the palace.
However, the map placed in front of Dorgon was not only small in size, but also an abstract map from the past, with the map's proportions severely distorted.
But Dorgon's idea is pretty much the same.
Dorgon also wanted to weaken the Ming Dynasty's war potential.
It's just that Dorgon's methods are relatively low-level.
The method adopted by Chongzhen was to consume the war resources of Jiannu through military strikes, while the method adopted by Dorgon was to destroy the war resources of Ming Dynasty through sabotage actions by spies.
But so far, not much results have been achieved.
Brothers Luo Zuochang and Luo Zuojiu, who were lurking in Nanjing, even brought back bad news.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Master, there is bad news." Hou Fangyu whispered, "Chongzhen, the dog emperor, has just set up a secret reconnaissance department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Responsible for counterintelligence and protecting the safety of royal family members."
"So Chongzhen has realized the danger." Dorgon felt somewhat regretful, because now it would be difficult to assassinate Chongzhen.
After a pause, Dorgon continued: "In this way, immediately reply to the Luo brothers and ask them to temporarily give up the assassination of Chongzhen and devote all their efforts to sabotage operations, focusing on destroying Nanming's self-produced fire gun workshop and the red cannon workshop.
, I want the Nanming army to have no firearms to use, then let’s see what Chongzhen can do to compete with the Qing army?”
"Hey!" Hou Fangyu responded respectfully and went outside to write a reply to the Luo brothers.
Dorgon turned his eyes to Gang Lin and asked: "Gang Lin, how many blacksmiths are there in the War Bureau now? How many self-generated fire guns can be made every month? How many red cannons and how many camel cannons?
?Also, how many self-generated muskets, red cannons and camel cannons are currently stored in the armory of the Military War Bureau?"
Dorgon asked multiple questions at once, but Gang Lin was already familiar with these numbers.
Therefore, Gang Lin didn't even need to look through the account books and answered directly: "Reporting to the master, there are more than 50,000 blacksmiths in the Military War Bureau, and they can make more than 3,000 self-generated firecrackers, 50 red cannons and 100 more every month.
Camel swivel cannon. So far, the Bingzhan Bureau's armory has stocked 50,000 self-generated muskets, 600 red cannons, and more than a thousand camel swivel cannons. In addition, in accordance with your will, Master, the Bingzhan Bureau has
More than 50,000 bayonets were also made.”
Speaking of this meal, Gang Lin said again: "But Master, the War Bureau has discovered a problem."
"A question?" Dorgon asked, "Is there a problem with the bayonet? What problem?"
Gang Lin whispered: "The bayonet we made cannot be as versatile as Nanming's bayonet."
"What do you mean?" Dorgon frowned and asked, "Nanming's bayonets can be used interchangeably? But our bayonets cannot?"
"Yes, according to the information provided by the Luo brothers, Nanming's bayonets have been standardized. That is, the diameter of the sleeve of each bayonet is the same as the outer diameter of the barrel of the self-generating gun, so any one can be used interchangeably.
The bayonet can be used with any self-generated firegun, but our bayonet cannot." Gang Lin said.
Dorgon: "Why can't ours work? Can't we handle such a small thing?"
Gang Lin said: "It's not that it can't be standardized. If it is standardized, the outer diameter of the gun barrel and the inner diameter of the bayonet sleeve need to be finely polished. This takes a lot of time. As a result, the self-generated fire gun, Hongyi
Production of cannons and camel cannons will decline."
"That's it." Dorgon frowned.
One side is standardization, the other side is production volume. How to choose is indeed a difficult problem.
Chongzhen resolutely chose standardization, even at the expense of production.
Because Chongzhen was a time traveler, he knew the benefits of standardization better than anyone else.
But Dorgon didn't know. He didn't know at all that the logistics support in the firearms era was not the same thing as the logistics support in the cold weapon era. There was a huge difference between the two.
Dorgon was reluctant to sacrifice firearms production, so he asked Gang Lin: "Gang Lin, I remember that the firearms production of Nanming Arsenal is similar to ours, right?"
"Returning to the master, according to the information provided by the Luo brothers, there are more than ten arsenals in Nanjing, and there are almost more than 60,000 blacksmiths in total, which is slightly more than our Qing Dynasty." Gang Lin nodded and said, "It's just that Nanming has more than 60,000 blacksmiths."
We can only make more than two thousand self-generating fire cannons, thirty or forty red cannons, and seventy or eighty squatting tiger cannons in a month."
Dorgon said: "There are more blacksmiths in Nanming than in the Qing Dynasty, but the output of self-fired fires is not as good as that in the Qing Dynasty. This shows that this standardization is not a good thing, so forget it."
"Master Mingjian." Ganglin agreed, "The number of firearms is the most important."
