The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 117
Zhenjiang Fort is an important town within the Great Wall of Great Zhou and on the border with North Korea. Apart from Fort Wei, the Great Wall is tens of miles to the north, and the Great Wall on Liaozuo has lost its function.

It's not far anymore.

Tang Qing'an, Zhao Gouyong and the others looked at the map energetically.

With the ups and downs of the waves in the cabin, the tables and chairs were firmly fixed, and the four corners of the map were also pulled straight by the ropes.

The Jinzhou army crossed the sea to fight once, and there were countless small battles, and everyone from top to bottom had adapted to the scene at sea.

The generals who had been unable to adapt to seasickness were transferred from the main battalion and became the defenders.

"According to the news that Mr. Xie was in Jinzhou, the Yalu River next to Zhenjiang Fort is suitable for a large army to land [-] miles to the south, and there is still half an hour to enter the mouth of the Yalu River. Do you want to wait for news from North Korea?"

Zhao Gouyong pointed to the map and asked Tang Qing'an.

Tang Qing'an shook his head.

He didn't expect North Korea to send troops this time. Historically, the current leader of North Korea wanted to have a balance between Daming and Hou Jin, but he didn't cooperate with Daming at all.

Now it's changed to Da Zhou, but the human nature will not change.The reason why Mr. Xie was sent to North Korea was just to understand the situation in North Korea.

Contrasting with history, the nephew of the North Korean king, Li Ji, will launch a coup in March next year and become the new North Korean king.

This is an exploitable event.

The current lord of North Korea cooperated with Da Zhou to defeat the Japanese pirates when he was the eldest son, and now he has been the lord of North Korea for decades.

Li Jing wanted to rebel against the superior, probably even he couldn't believe that he could really succeed.

The reason why he bet on Zheng is because he will die if he does not rebel. Who made his father the eldest son of the old king of Joseon, who was later killed by the king of North Korea.

Therefore, Li Jing had to rebel, and he had to do it if he had the conditions, at least he could fight before he died.

Now that he is here, with the tens of thousands of troops from the suzerain country on one side, Mr. Xie is dealing with him, how much bargaining chips can he offer.

Tang Qing'an was looking forward to it.

Not to mention food, gold and silver, at least the islands around North Korea were to be used by the Da Zhou army, and Jeju Island... also lent him horses.

And I am not prepared to contribute, because if I intervene in the North Korean coup, it will be very bad for me to send it back to China.

He just wanted to stand on this side of history first, without moving his mouth.

"Let's make a surprise attack directly. This place is thousands of miles away from Shenyang, and the supply is not strong enough. There won't be too many soldiers to garrison."

Historically, there were only dozens of real barbarians in this city.

Now even if the barbarians are prepared, how many soldiers can they garrison?How can the barbarians defend the entire long coastline without any news of the enemy?
Facing Mao Wenlong, who was short of troops and food, he had not yet established Dongjiang Town at that time, so Houjindu could only withdraw hundreds of miles away, giving up all the coastal areas.

Now that he has tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of ships, Tang Qing'an thought about it, but he would not be able to defend it.

Zhao Gouyong nodded, it is true, it doesn't need too many tricks, just crushing it, but there is something in his heart that he can't understand.

The general said that this time he was going to attack Zhenjiang Fort to meet the people in the northern part of Liaozuo. In his opinion, there was no need to send so many soldiers, a few thousand people plus a hundred ships would be enough.

[-] soldiers and [-] sailors, I don't know how much it will cost for a day's supply and demand. Although there is supply from the imperial court, it is not enough, and Jinzhou needs to be self-sufficient.

Although Jinzhou currently has a surplus of food, it is not possible to be so extravagant.But he didn't ask these questions, they were all hidden in his heart.

Finally, hundreds of ships entered the mouth of the Yalu River one by one. Such a big movement cannot be hidden from anyone.

All the fortresses and villages on the shore saw the flag of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and many people from the villages ran out, waved on the shore, and wanted to board the boat.

In an area with an open river surface, the river bank is flat enough for sand boats to dock, which should be the place Xie Youcheng mentioned.

The army began to disembark and land. In Zhuangzi not far away, people ran over one after another. When they learned that it was the Jinzhou Army, they all burst into tears. They each told about the brutality of the barbarians and asked to join the Jinzhou Army.

"what happened."

Zhu Xiu led the guards, just got off the boat and saw the commotion here, and immediately rushed over with a cold face.

He is the vanguard battalion, the first to land, not only to send sentries to guard around, but also to organize the army formation as soon as possible.

"President Ying, these common people want to join us in killing the barbarians."

"Nonsense, let them all go back, and someone will come to meet them later, and the army must not be delayed, or they will be severely punished."

After Zhu Xiu finished speaking, he glared at the young general, then left in a hurry.

It took several hours for the tens of thousands of troops to board the ship in Lushun, but now they landed in an unfamiliar place, and I don't know how long it will be delayed.

He was too busy to drink water, so there was no time to waste here.

"You heard it." The young general shrugged and urged the people to go home quickly.

"There are barbarians in Zhuangzi."

Some people shouted.

"How many people?" The young general asked quickly?
"Run away early, they ran away before you got ashore."

"Where did you go?" After asking clearly, the young general rushed to report.

Hundreds of ships docked in turn according to the original plan, and there were still many mistakes. Two ships collided with each other, but the collision was not serious.

Tang Qing'an and the others were on the high platform of the flagship, watching the scene on the shore.

"President Zhu Ying went to die to train troops in the past, but now it seems that it has achieved some results." Someone laughed.

You can see on the shore, Zhu Xiu rode a horse and galloped around non-stop, and the formations were lined up, and the lines were set off.

In his battalion, most of the 3000 men and horses have already reached the shore, faster than expected.

Then there is the dazzling cavalry battalion.

Either some soldiers were pushed into the sea, or the horses did not dare to step on the pedals. There was a commotion, and even Zhu Xiu sent someone to help maintain it.

"Huayan can indeed fight, but his training in the battalion is the most sloppy, and when it comes to details, it is easy to make mistakes."

Zhao Gouyong commented.

Tang Qing'an nodded, Zhao Gouyong was right, Huayan's temperament was like this, he was always careless.

Although there are details in the rough, it is not as meticulous as Zhu Xiubu's.

"There are thousands of horses in the cavalry battalion. After all, they are livestock. Although they have been trained for a long time, they are not as smart as humans."

Someone explain.

After a while, a small boat approached, and the soldiers who climbed into the big boat brought a message to the general.

The barbarians from Zhenjiang Fort slipped away.

Everyone was stunned for a while, and then it was not surprising when they learned that there were less than one hundred barbarians in Zhenjiang Fort.

Anyone can slip.

"Tong Yangzhen runs fast."

Tang Qing'an smiled.

This person was captured alive by Mao Wenlong in history, and after being sent to the capital, he was convicted of treason and executed Ling Chi, along with his son and nephew.

Now, before the army went to sea, Xie Youcheng found out that he was still the guard of Zhenjiang Fort, and his strength was less than a hundred.

It's just that after the army went to sea, the movement of the army was unknown on land, and the army was cut off from the mainland.

Originally, I was worried about whether there would be any changes during this period, but it seemed that I was worrying too much.

However, the troops he brought out this time were indeed too many, which actually allowed Tong Yangzhen to escape the catastrophe.

Zhenjiang Fort was restored.

Each battalion was stationed on its own city wall. After Tang Qing'an finished his inspection, he began to write the victory report.

The people in the southeast of Liao Zuo finally looked forward to the arrival of the imperial army. All the original barbarians in the castles ran away, and those who ran late were avenged by the people.

After consolidating Zhenjiang Fort, Jinzhou soldiers began to sweep the place.

In the area of ​​Kuan, Kuan, Tangzhan, and Danshan, the castles in various places surrendered one after another, and the lookout within hundreds of miles returned.

The geography of Liaozuo has a relationship with the word "ji".

For example, the Liaodong Peninsula is surrounded by the sea, which is in the shape of "ji", and the Liaoxi Corridor and Liaozuo are separated by the Bohai Sea, which is also in the shape of "ji".

The Great Wall on the left side of Liaoxi extends to Liaozuo, and it still forms a "ji" shape in the Liaohetao area.

The geography of Liaozuo is the same.

The fertile and gentle land on the west side is a straight line starting from Tieling. The important cities in the straight line are Fushun, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Haizhou, Gaizhou, Fuzhou, and finally at the bottom of Jinzhou. bend.

Then there is a straight line from Jinzhou to the other side, namely Hongzui Fort, Guifu Fort, Daoguan, etc., all the way to Zhenjiang Fort.

The fertile land is separated by wide mountains, hills and rivers in the middle of 60.00% of the area, forming an inverted "geo" shape.

Therefore, the barbarians want to attack Zhenjiang Fort, starting from Hetuala, stepping through Yahu Pass, from a wall fort, Gushan Fort to Fengcheng, and from Fengcheng to Zhenjiang Fort.

Or start walking from Hetuala and go down the Yalu River.

Or start from Shenyang, take Fengji Fort, Weining, bypass Pingdingshan, pass Tongyuan Fort, and then go to Fengcheng, or go from Fengcheng to Zhenjiang Fort.

Of these three marching routes, two should be in Fengcheng. As for traveling for a long time, crossing mountains and ridges all the way, the supply is not easy, so it is a bad idea.

Therefore, Fengcheng is the key.

The distance between Zhenjiang Fort and Fengcheng is more than [-] miles, and Tangzhan Fort is in the middle. With this as the boundary, the southern part has been completely recovered, while the northern part is still waiting to see.

Because Jinzhou soldiers only arrived at Tangzhan Fort, and the logistics line was too far away to keep up.

"To fight or not to fight."

The generals of the Jinzhou Army discussed it and decided not to fight.

It's not that they are afraid that they won't be able to fight. The barbarians in the northeast of Liaozuo don't have many troops to garrison.

In history, when Mao Wenlong captured Zhenjiang, although there were many people in his hands, there were only thousands of soldiers, and there was a shortage of soldiers.

It was such a situation that the old slave actually wanted to send Huangtaiji to lead thousands of soldiers from Shenyang to attack Zhenjiang.

Now the generals in Jinzhou feel that it is not suitable to divide their troops.

"After recovering Fengcheng, we must defend it. For a city of this size, we must send at least ten thousand soldiers."

Even Zhao Gouyong objected, Tang Qing'an thought for a while, and agreed with everyone's opinion, not only to recover Fengcheng, anyway, Fengcheng is now closed, so it will not hinder him from accepting the Liao people.

His purpose this time, regaining the lost ground is only the most important thing.

"How many soldiers are there in various places now?"

"Less than 2000 people."

Tang Qing'an shook his head.

With so many bunkers, the total number of defenders is less than 2000, which shows how empty the old slave's power is here.

Now wait for what the old slave is going to do.

Send ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand...or one hundred thousand soldiers.

If the old slave really disregarded his own shortage of food and sent [-] soldiers, then he would consider learning from Tong Yangzhen.

"Send someone into North Korea to find Mr. Xie, and ask him to inform the North Korean leader that I am going to lead an army into North Korea."

　I stayed up late the night before, resulting in a poor state during the day, so there are only two chapters, and I will make up for it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)