Upon hearing this, all the generals stood up straight and faced Zhong Jinwei to wait for orders.
"Where is Commander-in-Chief Zu?"
"The last general is here." Zu Dashou was overjoyed when he heard Marquis Zhongxing order his general, and he quickly came out of the queue and shouted with clasped fists.
Zhong Jinwei looked at him and ordered: "You lead five thousand fusiliers, six thousand Guanning infantry, and five thousand Mongolian troops. March north to regain your homeland in Liaodong."
The main force of Jianlu was concentrated in Shenyang and had been annihilated. Although there were many cities and fortresses of Jianlu in the north of Shenyang, there were only some old and weak soldiers with little resistance. Zhong Jinwei did this just to give Zu Dashou some credit. , it can also be regarded as a kind of balanced power technique.
Zu Dashou naturally understood that Zhong Jinwei was taking care of him and gave him a share of credit in this battle.
Therefore, although Zu Dashou was a veteran general, he was still extremely excited and responded loudly: "The last general takes orders!"
After replying, he was about to go back, but Zhong Jinwei told him again: "There are two things you must pay attention to when you go."
When Zu Dashou heard this, he quickly stood up and said: "Please give me your instructions, Lord Marquis."
"First, we must divide our forces and occupy the Vladivostok area as soon as possible."
Zu Dashou was stunned after hearing this. He didn't understand how that remote place came into the eyes of Zhongxing Hou. However, although he had questions, he didn't ask. He just replied loudly: "Yes."
"Second, if you can kill as little as possible here, there will be less killing. These builders and captives are free labor, don't waste it."
Zu Dashou understood this and quickly agreed again.
"Deputy General He!" Zhong Jinwei then ordered the general.
When Zu Dashou heard that he had nothing to do, he retreated. He Kegang, who was a little behind him, stood up, cupped his fists and replied: "The general will be here."
"You lead an army of 10,000 people and sweep away the remaining captives along the line of the Great Wall in the direction of Daling River Fort. Remember, there will be less unnecessary killing." Zhong Jinwei ordered.
"Yes, I will obey the order." He Kegang was not a person who was easy to kill, so Zhong Jinwei did not give too many instructions.
When Lu Xiangsheng saw Marquis Zhongxing turning his attention to him, he understood that he had a task for him. Sure enough, Zhong Jinwei then called him.
"The official is here." Lu Xiangsheng took a step forward and reached the middle of the lobby, clasped his fists and responded to Zhong Jinwei.
"You lead your troops to sweep all the way from Shenyang to the coastline to clear out the remaining rebels. If there are not enough troops, you can send an order to summon the remaining Denglai troops on each island."
The reason why Zhong Jinwei said this was, firstly, because the area that Lu Xiangsheng was responsible for was very large and the troops might not be enough; secondly, to make plans for future arrangements; and thirdly, now that the Liaodong land had been recovered, there was no need for too many troops on the islands. garrisoned.
"I obey your orders," Lu Xiangsheng said, cupping his fists and accepting the order.
Regarding Lu Xiangsheng, Zhong Jinwei didn't even mention not killing people at all, because Lu Xiangsheng knew that the vassal kings wanted to build feudal North America and needed to build many large supply points. For this reason, he also went to Busan to North Korea for the Ming Dynasty in accordance with the imperial court's wishes.
After the meeting was dissolved, the Ming army in Shenyang City immediately moved into action. Groups of troops drove out from several city gates and went to their respective battlefields.
But because there are still tens of thousands of Jianlu prisoners of war in Shenyang City, and the Jianlu people in the city still need to be cleaned up, and the Han people's wrappings also need to be dealt with, the task is still quite heavy. Therefore, Zhong Jinwei did not have free time, leaving the most elite Beijing camp behind. The main force was supplemented by part of the Guan Ning Army and part of the Mongols to complete the work.
At nearly noon that day, Cao Wenzhao hurriedly came to see Marquis Zhongxing with something in his hand. As soon as he entered the study where Zhong Jinwei was working, he reported with a worried look on his face: "Master Marquis, the materials stored by Jianlu have been counted. "
Zhong Jinwei heard the noise, raised his head and watched Cao Wenzhao finish his report, and immediately reached out to ask for it.
The reason why he was so concerned was because the success of the battle was unexpected and the advance was too fast. Materials, especially grain and grass, were seriously insufficient. Another reason was that there were not so many materials prepared in advance.
Now, with the addition of three groups of people who set out from Shenyang to raid various places and took away some supplies, the originally small supplies became even more tense. Therefore, he paid great attention to the supplies seized from the Jianlu, especially the grain and grass. How many will there be.
When he heard Cao Wenzhao speak, his heart skipped a beat, knowing that the situation might not be good.
After taking it and browsing it quickly, I realized that the supplies seized were far worse than imagined. This amount of food and grass was simply not enough to feed the Liaodong army, including the prisoners of war, for a long time.
"Why are there so few?" Zhong Jinwei couldn't help but ask.
Cao Wenzhao was also a little puzzled. He introduced the situation and said: "The supplies in Shenyang City have not been damaged in the battles in the past few days. Therefore, the supplies for building the captives should be here. Lord Marquis, do you want to see if we can build the captives?" That’s all the supplies the captives have?”
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he fell silent. Although the Jianlu were fighting and fighting internally, the food and supplies were needed by both sides, so no one thought of destroying them.
When the Ming army entered the city suddenly, Jianlu did not even think of destroying supplies. Thinking about it this way, it was certain that Jianlu only had so much supplies.
When Zhong Jinwei thought about it carefully, he understood why Jianlu had so few supplies.
Because under the continuous attacks of the Ming army, Jianlu's food supply had already been unable to make ends meet. Without Korea to squeeze, and there were bad years, plus the massacre caused by shaving one's hair and changing clothes, the harvest was not much at all. Therefore, Jianlu's harvest was not much at all. It’s strange that the food supply is not tight, I just didn’t expect it to be so little.
Now after this war, spring plowing will definitely be delayed. Then the food for the next year will have nowhere to go. Zhong Jinwei's head hurts thinking about these things.
In addition to major natural disasters, the most serious man-made destruction is war. The Liaodong War inevitably affected production, and Huang Taiji resorted to the damaging strategy of clearing the country with strong walls. Therefore, it can be said that this Liaodong War, The entire agricultural production in Liaodong fell into ruin.
It's really easy to fight, but it's hard to wipe your butt after the fight.
Cao Wenzhao saw Zhong Jinwei's frown and knew that he was worried about food. After thinking about it, he took a few steps closer to Zhong Jinwei and then suggested: "Master Hou, why don't you take care of the old, weak, women and children in the city..." "
He didn't say the next words, he just made a cutting gesture with his fingers together into the palm of his hand.
When Zhong Jinwei saw it, he understood the meaning of Cao Wenzhao. It was to kill the Jurchens whose labor force was low and of little use, so that a lot of food could be saved.
Although these Jurchens enjoyed the dividends of the Jianlu war in the past, and it is estimated that many of them also had a lot of Han blood in their hands. In this era, even if they were killed, most people would not care too much.
But Zhong Jinwei was educated by later generations and could not be so cold-blooded. He shook his head and disagreed.
When Cao Wenzhao saw that the Marquis did not agree with his suggestion, he had no choice but to let the Marquis find a solution on his own.