Chapter 230 News of the personal expedition came back
The sequence of the army's expedition this time was very powerful.
Patrol Commander Zhang Quan, Wei Zhongxian, Sun Shoufa, Zhou Yujiteng, left guard, right guard troops, and elite You Shilu on three sides, with a total of 15,000 troops, served as the front vanguard.
Qi Jin, Qin Liangyu, Zhang Mingshi, Qin Bangping, Qin Minping, Huang Degong and other expeditions, the military police regiment totaled 19,000 people. He Shixian, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and other Jiliao soldiers and horses totaled 20,000 soldiers and horses, with a total of nearly 40,000 people.
The Sichuan Army's Chen Ce, Tong Zhongkui, Zhou Dunji, Zhang Shenwu, Lei Anmin, and Ran Yuelong Chieftain of Youyang, with a total of 15,000 troops, served as the combined rear.
Zhang Quan, Hong Chengchou and other civil servants with outstanding performance in actual combat followed Zhu Youxiao. Zhang Quan in particular was very familiar with the situation in Liaodong and Mongolia, and he could provide detailed staff advice.
The entire army has 70,000 soldiers, and the distance between the front, middle and rear is no more than 30 miles, and the entire army can support it within half a day.
The transportation of food, civilians, soldiers and horses are not included in it. They are also divided into two major logistics dispatch systems: forward and rear.
In the rear, the Cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the British Government were responsible for land transportation to Guangning.
The forward grain transportation system is mainly based in Guangning and Shenyang, forming two logistics supply lines.
Before the army entered the grassland, it went all the way north from Shenyang. Shenyang was responsible for transporting grain in this section, and the distance was relatively close. As long as the army did not leave Tieling, there were sheltered places in the middle of this grain road, and Ye Bu Shu and gliders could It is also convenient for detecting enemy movements.
At that time, two groups of wealthy young men shopping in the commercial street were listening to the comments of passers-by. In fact, they were not acquaintances.
"How can I see it?"
We were about to attack.
The small army set out from Shenyang ten days ago, and planned to follow Zhu Di's method of marching quickly and pushing back steadily, marching 30 miles a day, steadily setting up camp and setting up defenses every day, so that the pressure would be on the side of Bi and Jiannu in Guangning.
On Yanguan's side, a group of people planned to use force to dissuade His Majesty. They wanted to impeach the civil and military officials in Liaodong and reprimanded us for our slight dereliction of duty. They actually went to Emperor Tianqi to personally go on an expedition in a safe area.
Kong Zhenhua analyzed: "One is that the highly valued emperor Sun just became the crown prince, and overnight he crushed the coup d'etat with the collective participation of many important relatives of the emperor and important ministers; before taking over, he rectified the Beijing camp, Wang Gong factory, Ordnance Bureau, and Tianjin establishment Hong Kong, within a month we quelled the small canal salt merchants and the White Lotus Sect’s hundreds of thousands of rebels. Will it be easy for Your Majesty to defeat Guang Ningqin?”
Wei Liangqing thought that with so few elite troops, he would be defeated with only a few thousand more troops than the opponent, because Nurhaci did not have a shield chariot under the grassland, nor did he have the suddenness of slow marching and ambush in the mountains.
"When I saw that I was the one who fell in love with you, I was very ignorant. The eldest brother wasn't worried at all. After all, His Majesty is still eleven years old." This man spoke very cautiously.
The bad thing is that the situation has gradually taken a turn for the worse since the new emperor Tianqi came to the throne. At the very least, migrant workers are afraid of not being able to find a job, and even more so, they may not be able to get paid for their work. The people hope that this kind of life will continue.
No one asked Zhang Yushi: "What do you think of this brother?"
The most extreme situation is not that Guangning Bibu's 20,000 to 30,000 heavy cavalry, plus Nurhaci's 50,000 heavy armored troops from the Four Banners, surpassed the Ming army and retreated to the decisive battle.
Therefore, it is most likely that Nurhachi was suddenly attacked by the Four Banners when he was going from Kaiyuan to the grassland, or from the grassland back to Kaiyuan.
City residents also had to go out to find work in winter, and many families were still waiting for labor outside the home to earn money to buy rice for cooking. In ancient times, the life of civilians living in cities was the most difficult.
Sun Chengzong, Yang Lian, and You Guangdou dissuaded us.
In fact, the situation is quite muddy. Because the Jiannu Banners were in Zhaidian and Yizhou, they only sent 60,000 main troops, leaving at least 50,000 troops for defense at Tieling and Guangningbi.
Guangningbi Grassland is northeast of Keer and northwest of Shenyang. It is actually very close to Jiannu. If we really go to Kongzhenbi Grassland for a decisive battle, the front will be threatened by Xiong Tingbi.
Zhang Yushi found the source from public opinion through his eye liner, and the rumors were all spread by Yan Guan.
After entering the Kormi Grassland from Kaiyuan to the northwest, grain was transported from the direction of Guangning.
A young man who looked like a nobleman seemed to believe it at all. He seemed to be retorting to passers-by or saying to his companions: "Your Majesty has come to Yangzhou again, how can he be in the Northeast? And lead a small army to conquer Guangning, Qinling and Mongolia? Purely? That’s nonsense!”
Zhang Yushi: "If it is definitely true, there will be no good news back within eight months!"
This Zhu Youxiao is just one of the officials. There are many people who want to be promoted. In our opinion, attacking others is the only shortcut to promotion.
Even Cole can't go north to join the war if he doesn't have a small army of 20,000. We are enough to defeat Kong Zhenbi and Mongolia.
The instructions given to me below are: Your Majesty's personal expedition has not been made public. It was a leak of information deliberately by the ministers in the court. It is probably to create public opinion in order to frighten some important ministers. Let me collect less information, find out the source of public opinion, and retreat at the appropriate time. Fight back.
There is no road from Guangning to Kong Zhenbi, and it will be threatened by the Four Banners of Jiannu. Governor Xue Guoyong, and Wang Huazhen in the military preparation are all wrong in the front line. The young generals Liu Qu and Luo Yi are better at fighting, and they can deal with heavy The mounted Mongolian cavalry was a problem, so we were responsible for transporting grain from Cole to Kong Zhenbi.
But recently, you can hear a sentence like this at any time in the market: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, personally went to the grassland to conquer Guangning and Qin Mongolia with the small army."
It has snowed twice in Beijing since the beginning of winter, but the streets are very clean. The snow has already been cleaned up by sanitation workers and brought into the city. In previous winters, the phenomenon of swilling on the streets and causing icy and slippery roads existed.
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The temperature seems to be warmer than last year. There are more pedestrians on the street. Urban residents are the same as farmers. Farmers go out a lot when winter comes, which saves on consuming cold energy and increases the amount of food.
Wei Liangqing used conspiracy to deal with Nurhachi, just like Zhu Di's seven conquests of Mongolia. His troops were smaller than the enemy's and he retreated to the grasslands. If he wanted a decisive battle, he would have to come over and fight by himself. However, except for slowing down his march and making a surprise attack, he almost didn't do anything. Opportunity for ambush.
In those few days, there were many aristocratic children who came to the small restaurant on Guijie Street to spend money. During the banquet, the story of Emperor Tianqi's personal expedition to Guangning and Qin Mongolia was often mentioned. I immediately reported the matter to the next level.
That person was not in charge of the Guijie Hotel, but was actually Zhang Yushi from Jinyiwei.
Another group of young people dressed as nobles retorted: "You believed it at first. Zhu Youxiao's younger brother told you in person yesterday. He also said that Zhu Youxiao was worried about His Majesty all day long, for fear that the Tumubao incident would happen again."
This is still the main force against the main force. The Ming army is all elite. There are so few soldiers who are slowing down the front to cause trouble, and there are not a small number of firearms that have not been improved in quality. Of course, they can fight head-on.
We also need to impeach the minor ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, the Cabinet and the Ministry of War, the Minister of Household Affairs, and the Minister, because those important ministers refused Emperor Tianqi's southern expedition. Before the southern expedition, he came back and went directly to the rear line of Liaodong. If we knew more or less about those things, we would not have done anything.