Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 508
Hearing this, Dorgon's face collapsed.

Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I also looked at each other in blank dismay.

Hou Fangyu also said with a dark face: "If this is the case, it will be a big trouble. Liaodong is thousands of miles away from Beijing. The Qing Dynasty sent troops to Liaodong to attack far away."

"That's right, going to Liaodong to fight the Ming army will cost us far more than fighting at Dagukou." Hong Chengchou said worriedly, "So Chongzhen will definitely not come to Dagukou."

"In other words, Chongzhen has led an army of [-] to Liaodong!"

Dorgon said word by word: "His goal is the Ten Banners of Horqin Mongolia!"

"No, Chongzhen's goal is to consume our national power." Hong Chengchou shook his head, and then said, "Of course, if the master is not moved, he will take advantage of the trend to solve the Horqin Mongolian Ten Banners."

Dorgon said in a deep voice: "Can Chongzhen solve the Horqin Mongolian Ten Banners?"

Hong Chengchou sighed: "Master, have you forgotten the defeat of Guting Town so quickly?"

Dorgon fell silent at once. In the battle of Guting Town, Dorgon assembled [-] Manchurian Banners and [-] Banners Mongolian. A total of [-] cavalry besieged [-] Ming cavalry, but in the end they reaped a big battle. defeat.

So even if the Ming army is all cavalry, they can still defeat Horqin Mongolia.

The Qing could not afford to lose Horqin Mongolia.

Chongzhen must be saved when attacking the enemy.

……

Almost at the same time, a huge navy of the Ming army had arrived near Lianyun Island off the coast of Gaizhouwei.

At this time in Liaodong, the temperature has dropped below zero, and the ice surface of the North Sea has begun to freeze. In the deep sea, the ice layer is only a thin layer, but as the coastline gets closer, the ice layer becomes more and more serious. Come thicker.

When the naval warship was advancing with the wind, the bow of the ship broke the ice layer, making a constant clicking sound.

Chongzhen stood on the prow of a four thousand material ship with his hands behind his back, and Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Sen stood beside him.

Zheng Zhilong pointed to Lianyun Island and said, "Your Majesty, Lianyun Island is in front of you. You can see Gaizhou after bypassing Lianyun Island. You can have lunch at Gaizhouwei at noon today."

Chongzhen smiled, and said, "Xu Yingwei certainly never thought that I would come to Liaodong."

"Naturally." Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, "After passing Dengzhou Mansion, the Holy Majesty and the minister said that they would change their way to Gaizhouwei. The minister was surprised, so Xu Yingwei must not have thought of it."

"That's why Dorgon couldn't have imagined that I would come to Liaodong."

"Dorgon would never have guessed that this bastard is probably still fantasizing about fighting the Holy One at Dagukou."

"Actually, I originally wanted to fight a war of attrition with Jiannu in Dagukou, but then I changed my mind. Taking Liaodong can also mobilize Jiannu, so why can't I fight Jiannu in Liaodong? After all, Liaodong is far away from Beijing. Thousands of miles away, Dagukou is only [-] miles away from Beijing, and fighting the war of attrition in Liaodong will consume even more money for Jiannu."

In fact, there is another reason Chongzhen did not say, that is, the cement could not be made.

After working hard for more than half a year, Chongzhen could only accept the cruel reality of the failure of calcining cement.

In fact, it cannot be said to be a complete failure. After raising the kiln temperature to 1300 or even 1400 degrees, qualified Portland cement was still fired. The problem lies in the failure to increase the production capacity.

Because raw material crushing and clinker grinding are labor-intensive and time-consuming.

Before the realization of mechanical power, mass production of cement is simply wishful thinking.

After realizing this fact, Chongzhen resolutely gave up the plan to mass-produce cement. It is better to wait until the steam engine starts to be used industrially before considering mass-production of cement.

Cement could not be mass-produced on a large scale, which disrupted Chongzhen's plan.

The terrain of Dagukou is easy to attack and difficult to defend. As long as it waits until winter, Jiannu can dig tunnels and carry out blasting. However, the Ming army can neither divert seawater to pour back, nor can it seal the tunnels with cement grout.

Therefore, it is not worthwhile to fight a war of attrition with Jiannu at Dagukou.

It is precisely because of this that Chongzhen considered fighting a war of attrition with Jiannu in Liaodong.

Also because of this, Chongzhen’s order to Yan Yingyuan has also been revised. Previously, he was to defend Dagukou at all costs, but now the order is to use the fortifications of Dagukou to kill and injure Jiannu as much as possible, and consume Jiannu’s combat supplies. The situation collapsed completely, the retreat was allowed, and Zheng Hongkui's navy was ready to respond.

Zheng Sen asked: "But my lord, will Jianu really come to attack Gaizhou?"

Chongzhen originally didn't want to take the "air force" with him on this expedition, because Zheng Sen's air force and Zhang Jimeng's cannon were Ming's secret weapons, and they weren't going to take them out until the final battle.

But then Chongzhen thought about it again, and it was easy to copy the magic artillery that made Brownian motion, but the airship was not easy.

And even if Jiannu really copied the airship, it would be too late to catch up with the decisive battle, and it would consume a lot of Jiannu's manpower, material and financial resources.

And with the participation of the air force, the odds of winning the field battle with Jiannu will be higher.

That's right, Chongzhen wanted to fight a field battle with Jiannu in Liaodong before the decisive battle.

This is the nature of testing the waters, and Chongzhen will have no idea if he does not fight a medium-scale field battle with Jiannu.

In view of this, Chongzhen decided to let the air force make an early appearance, and then let Zheng Sen's air force follow to Liaodong.

"You're wrong, it's not Gaizhou, but Liaodong." Chongzhen said with a smile, "If it's just Gaizhou, it may be difficult to mobilize Jiannu, but Liaodong is Jiannu who must be saved."

Zheng Zhilong echoed: "That's true, Jiannu can't afford to lose Liaodong."

Well, Zheng Zhilong actually didn't understand at all, he just echoed Chongzhen.

Zheng Zhilong is very satisfied with his current life. He is the Duke of Fujian and the general manager of the Daming Naval Academy, and he has earned a lot of money. He really has both face and lining.

Zheng Sen didn't give him any face, and retorted on the spot: "What consequences will there be if you lose Liaodong?"

"What do you know?" Zheng Zhilong's face instantly collapsed, "Liaodong is the place where Jiannu lived, especially outside Shengjing City where old slaves and Huang Jitai are buried. Jiannu is not afraid that we will dig up his ancestral grave?"

"This is not enough, Daming will never do such low-level things." Chongzhen interrupted Zheng Zhilong quickly.

How to dig the graves of the ancestors has been said. If you can dig the graves of the ancestors, can others not dig the graves of your ancestors?The tombs of the twelve emperors of the Ming Dynasty are all in Changping. If they really want to dig their ancestors' graves, it must be the Ming Dynasty who loses.

While speaking, the fleet had already bypassed Lianyun Island and saw Gaizhou City.

The Ming army in Gaizhou City discovered the fleet on the sea almost at the same time.

Immediately, the sound of assembly trumpets came from afar, and the Ming army in the city began to gather.

……

Three days passed quickly.

The Eight Banners Manchurian, Eight Banners Mongolian, Eight Banners Han, and Green Battalion soldiers in Beijing have completed their assembly, but it is still unclear who will be sent to Dagukou and who will be sent to Liaodong.

Dorgon is still waiting for news from Dagukou.

This time we will use troops against Dagukou and Liaodong at the same time, this is certain.

The times have changed. In the old slave era, you could go all the way. I just went all the way. Now it doesn't work.

Now the nail in Dagukou must be pulled out, Liaodong must also be rescued, and troops must be used in both directions.

However, whether the main force will go to Dagukou or Liaodong depends on the whereabouts of Chongzhen. If Chongzhen's [-] Ming troops go to Liaodong, the main force of the Qing soldiers will also go to Liaodong.

If Chongzhen's [-] Ming troops went to Dagukou, the main force of the Qing army would go to Dagukou.

And now there is a new problem in front of Dorgon, that is, the selection of the coach of the partial division.

In the past, the clan led troops, either the prince or county king, or Baylor or Beizi, but after the reform of the Eight Banners, the clan's power was deprived by Dorgon, and they no longer had the right to lead troops.

So now you can only choose one of the Manchu ministers.

In addition to the Manchu minister who led the army, a Hanchen had to be selected as the deputy general.

Dorgon suddenly asked Hou Fangyu: "Xiaohouzi, how about letting Ye Chen be the general and Wang Fuchen the deputy general?"

"Ah?" Hou Fangyu, who was standing by the side, looked at Dorgon in disbelief. He couldn't believe that Dorgon would ask for his opinion on the appointment and dismissal of generals.

"Master, how can a slave dare to talk about this matter."

After Hou Fangyu realized it, he quickly shied away.

"The slaves also don't know much about the Manchu and Han ministers in the DPRK and China."

"I told you to say it, so you can say it boldly." Dorgon said angrily, "Even if it is wrong, I will never blame you."

Hou Fangyu said in his heart, I am not afraid of offending you, but I am afraid of offending the Manchu and Han ministers.

Because no matter who he recommends to Dorgon, he will offend other ministers.

Thinking of this, Hou Fangyu could only lower his head and say, "This matter can only be decided by the master."

"You dog slave, you are really cautious." Dorgon kicked Hou Fangyu angrily.

At this time, Cao Eryu hurried into the Dongnuang Pavilion, knelt down and reported: "Master, Tianjin urgent report, so far no Nanming reinforcements have come to Dagukou."

"Didn't come?" Dorgon said in a deep voice, "So Chongzhen really went to Liaodong."

Hou Fangyu nodded and said: "No accident, Chongzhen must have led his army to Liaodong."

After pondering for a moment, Dorgon instructed Cao Eryu, "Call Ye Chen and Sony to come to the palace to discuss matters."

Now that Chongzhen was sure to lead the army to Liaodong, Dorgon would naturally have to lead the army to Liaodong himself, but he has been uncertain about the candidate for the coach of the Dagukou route.

There are two candidates for Dorgon's request, Ye Chen and Sony.

These two people have their own advantages and disadvantages. Ye Chen is highly respected and experienced, but he is a bit old. Sony is young and vigorous, but lacks prestige and lacks the experience of leading troops alone.

Is it better for Ye Chen, or is it simply more suitable?
Dorgon decided to call the two to the palace for a test.

Cao Eryu turned to leave but was stopped by Dorgon.

Dorgon said again: "Call Wang Fuchen and Wu Guogui together."

In addition to the Manchu chief general, Dorgon will definitely add a Han deputy general to the sidelines of Dagukou. Dorgon is worried about Wu Sangui and Jiang Yu, and decides to reuse Wang Fuchen and Wu Guogui.

(End of this chapter)