He had known Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan since the rebellion in Western Xinjiang, and now he was Feng Tongzhi. He also had an understanding of military strategies beyond his years, which was quite powerful.
"The Chahar people are wolves. When a wolf grows up, it will eat meat sooner or later. Whose meat will it eat? Da Zhou, Haixi Jurchen, Nei Khalkha and Horqin? Or Jianzhou Jurchen?" Feng Ziying said leisurely: "From now on
Judging from the actions of Lindan Batur, whether it is Nei Khalkha, Horqin or Haixi Jurchen, these meats are too thin and not worth eating. Jianzhou Jurchen is slightly fatter, but in terms of fatness, this piece of meat is
It’s not as good as Da Zhou, and it still has some teeth, so what about Da Zhou?”
You Shilu looked a little ugly, but Feng Ziying was telling the truth.
"Perhaps in the eyes of Lin Dan Batur, Da Zhou has a hard shell on the surface, but inside it is extremely soft and plump meat. The hard shell is Liaodong Town, Ji Town and Xuanfu Town Army, which are supported by the Great Wall. As long as they are torn open
This layer of hard shell and the fat inside will make the wolf's mouth full of oil, so even if you get injured and bleed when you tear open the hard shell, it's still worth it."
Feng Ziying said calmly: "We Han people are a nation mainly engaged in farming and industry and commerce. Unlike the nomads in the Gobi Desert who chase grass and swim all day long, we do not have an inherent advantage in mobility. We only have
They can rely on a fixed defense system to protect themselves, but the surrounding area is too large. It is difficult to cover all the minions of these wolves. Their mobility advantage can be brought into play in the face of our static defense.
To the extreme..."
"..., so in this situation, it is difficult to hope that they will be merciful and not attack us. Instead, we would be in Lindan Batur's position, watching the poor and pitiful tribesmen wandering around all day long.
Can you bear it? You can endure hunger, but you can rob rich gold, silver, food, salt, tea, cloth and people by crossing the Great Wall? No. If you want to endure it, then Lin Dan Batur will not be able to sit still.
Because he couldn't find a way to feed his people, wear warm clothes, and even get more gold, silver, silk, tea and slaves, he had no choice but to go south..."
You Shilu looked gloomy and sighed, "So...?"
"So throw away your illusions and prepare to fight. No matter what methods and strategies we adopt to delay and hinder the Chahar people, it will be a drop in the bucket and cannot solve the fundamental problem. Unless we can make Lin Dan Batur realize the cost of this southward road
The price is too great, too big for him to bear, or he can find another alternative path, such as attacking Jianzhou Jurchen, but for now, Lin Dan Batur should not have the courage to challenge Nurhachi
, and even if he dares to attack the Jurchen Qiu Feng in Jianzhou, how can he come to attack us, Dazhou, to gain more wealth?..."
You Shilu nodded. Feng Ziying's words were profound and simple. Even a person like him, who had not read many books, could understand the truth.
The Chahar people have been recuperating and recuperating for so many years, and their strength is constantly expanding. This wolf wants to eat meat, whether it is Nei Khalkha, Horqin, or Haixi Jurchen. It’s not that the Chahar people don’t want to eat their meat.
But their meat is not fat enough, so it is not cost-effective to fight them, and it is even less cost-effective to fight Jianzhou Jurchens. After all, the Dazhou in the east and south is the most cost-effective.
To a certain extent, Feng Tang's support for the Chahar people last year also stimulated Lin Danbatour's appetite to a certain extent. But under the circumstances, Feng Tang had no choice. At that time, his first priority
The mission was to suppress the Jianzhou Jurchens, not to consider the threat of the Chahar people. However, no one expected that the ambitions of the Chahar people would expand so quickly, not even Feng Ziying.
"Can Ziying guess where the Chahar people will break through?" Knowing that this question was a bit naive, You Shilu couldn't help but ask. As his brother said, the rebellion in Ningxia Town had already begun as soon as the incident happened.
It was predicted by the person in front of me years ago, but this time the other party made it true again, then where the Chahar people will attack from is a big problem.
From Xuanfu to Jizhen and then to Liaodong, anywhere within a thousand or two thousand miles can be a breakthrough point. It is even certain that as long as the Chahar people attack with all their strength, no place can withstand it. Because of such a long defense line,
There are many positions available for breakthrough. The only way is to wait until the enemy breaks in and respond as quickly as possible to minimize the losses.
And if we can predict and respond early, we can fight this battle well.
"Third brother, how can I predict such a thing?" Feng Ziying laughed dumbly, "Xuanfu, Jizhen, and the Liaoxi Corridor are all possible, but in my opinion, the north of Yongping and Shuntian Prefecture are very likely, but the Liaoxi Corridor
Over there, given Lin Dan Batur's appetite, the possibility is slightly smaller, because there really isn't much worth grabbing over there."
"Ziying, if you say that, the pressure of being a brother will be great." You Shilu smiled bitterly, "I am the first to bear the brunt of this."
"No matter what, the third brother must treat him as a Chahar and prepare for a breakthrough from your side." Feng Ziying hesitated, "You might as well report this news to my father. If possible, you can report it to Liaodong."
The Fire Gun Battalion established during the war was transferred over first. I heard my father mention in the letter that the establishment of the Fire Gun Battalion was relatively smooth, but if it does not go through several bloody battles, no matter how good the Fire Gun Battalion is, it will not be effective."
You Shilu couldn't help but shook his head, "Ziying, you can tell your father this, how can we, the subordinates, say it? The Fire Gun Battalion has clear instructions to form a military department, which is to deal with Donglu, I'm afraid it won't
Allowed to be transferred to Ji Town."
"That's too narrow-minded. The Jianzhou Nuzhen are the enemy, so the Chahar people on the border are not the enemy? It can be used for military training." Feng Ziying also shook her head, "I don't think it will hurt Lin Dan Batur."
, I’m afraid that in the next few years, the Chahar people will be more dangerous than the Jianzhou Jurchens. Of course, in the end, the Jianzhou Jurchens will be the biggest threat.”
Under the influence of alcohol, the two chatted for a long time about the topic of border affairs, and then slowly returned to the matter of Feng Ziying going to Yongping Mansion to take up a post.
"The situation in Yongping Prefecture is not good. The prefect Zhu Master has been in poor health and lives in isolation. Bandits are rampant in Qian'an and Funing in the north. Even the Funing Guards were attacked. The caravan passed through the post road.
They all need a large number of armed escorts to escort them, otherwise they will be easily attacked. From the second half of last year to March this year alone, the caravans coming from Liaodong were attacked several times. One of them was the caravan of Prince Yi Zhong.
We robbed more than 180 pieces of high-quality leather goods, more than 100 ginseng roots aged more than 30 years, a lot of gold sand, and 40 to 50 pairs of deer antlers. It is said that the loss exceeded 50,000 taels..."
Feng Ziying was surprised, how come the capital city knew nothing about such a big matter? How did You Shilu know so much about it in detail?
Seeing Feng Ziying's eyes full of inquiry, You Shilu smiled secretly, "Brother, I am here as the garrison commander, can't you even hear this bit of news? As for why Prince Yi Zhong doesn't want to announce it,
Brother Wei doesn’t know about that. Brother Wei only knows that a small amount of stolen goods has flowed out. Brother Wei also got a few blue fox skins. When the time comes, Brother Wei will send you two to Yongping Mansion. You can also give them to Brother Wei.
My wife made me a scarf. By the way, why are you all alone with no maids or women around you? It happened that my hometown bought some maids and sent them to my eldest brother and me. Aunt Mizhi Suidehan, an authentic Mizhi woman, after returning home
As a brother, I will choose two and send them to you..."
Feng Ziying quickly waved her hand and politely declined, "Third brother, you are so weak-sighted, follow me..."
"Oh, my eyes are blind, are they the two that my dear brother brought back from Ganzhou?" You Shilu suddenly realized and understood.
"Well, I have become my concubine. She is from the Kongtong clan, so she can also protect my safety." Feng Ziying said calmly.
You Shilu stopped trying to persuade him.
We stayed in the Acropolis in the evening. The Acropolis usually receives receptions. Military officials or important personnel from the Ministry of War who travel to and from Liaodong usually choose to stay in the Acropolis, so this guest room is quite decent.
On the kang, two white bodies were rolling and falling...it took a while before they finally calmed down.
Third Sister You is still so vulnerable to a fight, but today there is no Second Sister You. Third Sister You seems to be more relaxed, but she is still defeated in less than a stick of incense.
Holding Sanjie You's plump body in her arms, Feng Ziying couldn't sleep.
In addition to the news that You Shilu brought about the possible banditry of the Chahar people, You Shilu also introduced a lot about the situation in Yongping Mansion. He had known about the instability in public security for a long time, but he did not expect the bandits to be so fierce.
They even dared to plunder the caravans on the post road. Even Prince Yohitada's caravan suffered heavy losses here, but it was more or less inseparable from the army.
It's one thing not to be willing to help the local area, but it's another thing if you collude with the bandits.
However, You Shilu was in charge of the middle road, while Prince Yi Zhong's caravan was robbed on the east post road, which was Li Rumei's territory.
In addition to public security, serious disharmony between the army and the local area is also a big problem. Take Zhongtunwei as an example. There is already a large population here, many of which are refugees from various counties. They rent and cultivate wasteland in military camps, and then slowly become
With the current situation now in place, counties have long complained, but are unable to change the situation.
No wonder Zhu Zhiren pretended to be ill. Faced with this situation, what can you do?
There are also serious deficiencies in the construction of local infrastructure. Taking water conservancy facilities as an example, the embankments of Hulu River and Dingliu River in Laoting have been in disrepair for a long time. When the upper reaches are flooded by heavy rains, the lower reaches are washed into white land. Originally, the area below Yuepo Port was
The land was good and fertile, but now it is desolate.
The same is true along the Luanhe River not far from Qian'an County in the south of Jianchangying.