Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 582 The sharpest spear and the hardest shield

It was already three days later when Xu Yingwei rushed back to Nanjing.

For the past three days, Chongzhen has been watching the war games between the scholars in Yilun Hall. For a while, he divided his troops into two groups according to Zheng Sen's order, then followed Chen Zilong's canal push, and then followed Yan Yingyuan's Dagukou beheading. Then carry out repeated war games according to different tactical ideas, twice if one time is not enough, and three times if two times are not enough.

"Xu Yingwei, I'm waiting for you alone." Seeing Xu Yingwei, Chongzhen waved and smiled.

"Minister Xu Yingwei, I invite the Holy One to Jin'an." Xu Yingwei bowed to Chongzhen, and said, "The minister missed the military plane because of his personal affairs, please punish him."

"Hey, it's nothing to miss a military plane."

Chongzhen waved his hands and said, "The Northern Expedition is not in a hurry."

"Huh?" Xu Yingwei looked at Chongzhen in astonishment.

Is the Northern Expedition not in a hurry?Then you are so eager to call me back to Beijing?

I finally have some time to spend with my wife and children, is it easy for me?

"Youzhen, don't mind." Chongzhen patted Xu Yingwei on the shoulder and said with a smile, "After this battle is over, I will give you half a year's vacation, no, I will give you a year's vacation so that you can spend time with your parents, wife and children."

After a pause, he said again: "As for now, let's work together with everyone to complete the plan for the Northern Expedition."

"The minister leads the decree." The emperor has said so, what else can Xu Yingwei say?Of course you must lead.

Chongzhen briefly introduced the situation to Xu Yingwei, and Xu Yingwei immediately participated in the war game.

However, in addition to Zheng Sen, Chen Zilong and Yan Yingyuan's three sets of tactics, Xu Yingwei proposed a fourth set of tactics.

"Your Majesty, and fellow colleagues, I think so." Xu Yingwei said, "The army is divided into two groups to encircle the Jiannu in the capital from Liaodong and Shanxi respectively. , The great defeat in the Battle of Saarhu taught us a painful lesson, we must never divide our forces in the face of a strong enemy!"

"Advancing along the Grand Canal, you have to face countless guntai camps."

"In this way, the Northern Expedition will inevitably be protracted, and it is possible to fight for a year."

"After all, it's more than 500 miles from Xuzhou to Beijing."

"According to the information provided by the secret investigation department, Jianu has built hundreds of blunderbuss groups along the Grand Canal, and the number of blunderbusses and camps exceeds [-]! It is no easy task to destroy so many blunderbuss camps .”

"The distance from Dagukou to Beijing is only about [-] miles, but Dagukou is also the key point of Jiannu's defense."

"From Dagukou to Tianjin and then to Beijing, Jiannu has built no less than [-] blunderbuss platforms along the Wei River, and these blunderbuss platforms are much larger and stronger than those on both sides of the canal! The blunderbuss on both sides of the canal The platform is only rammed earth, but the gun platform at Dagukou is mixed with glutinous rice juice and straw, and its strength cannot be measured.”

"Therefore, attacking from Dagukou along the Weihe River will inevitably lead to a protracted war."

Speaking of this, Xu Yingwei went to the map, took the long wooden pole from Yan Yingyuan, pointed to the mouth of the Chaohe River about [-] miles north of Dagukou, and said: "So my opinion is to land here, and then go up the Chaohe River to reach the In Sanhe County, the logistics and cannons can be transported by the Chaohe waterway, and the cost is extremely low and the speed is fast.”

"After arriving in Sanhe, Beijing is within easy reach."

Hearing this, the scholars in Yilun Hall immediately exploded.

Because Xu Yingwei provided a new idea that had never been done before.

Chongzhen also nodded happily, this brat Xu Yingwei just outlived others.

Most of the other scholars couldn't jump out of the old thinking or framework, or they didn't care about logistics support at all like Zheng Sen, or they only knew how to march along the canal. With so many scholars, only Xu Yingwei thought of marching along the Chaohe River, Because the waterway of the Chaohe River can also transfer baggage and cannons.

Yan Yingyuan sighed sincerely: "Advancing troops from the Chaohe River can not only bypass Jiannu's blunderbuss groups at Dagukou and on both sides of the Weihe River, but also carry out beheading operations against Beijing, which is much smarter than my thinking."

After a pause, he said to Xu Yingwei, "I'm not as good as Youzhen."

"Brother Yanheng is serious, but my younger brother just likes to think about nothing."

"When it comes to making decisions before the battle, my younger brother is flattering and can't compare with Brother Wuheng."

"Okay, you two stop flattering each other." Chongzhen interrupted with a smile.

After a pause, he said again: "Let's do another deduction according to the method of Youzhen, this time it will be guarded by Hu Heng, and there will be chastity to attack, and it must be based on the most extreme conditions, that is, pseudo-obedience, Jiannu, Oirat Mongolia, Kaka Erka and Mongol allied forces fought, the puppet Shun dispatched 20 elite soldiers from Guguan, and Inner and Inner Mongolia dispatched [-] cavalry to enter from Juyongguan!"

Hearing this, the scholars in Yilun Hall immediately looked at each other, how could such a thing happen?

The Holy Majesty's assumption like this is too unfounded, isn't it?It is absurd enough for the Puppet Shunhui to join forces with Jiannu, and it is even more absurd for the Oirat Mongolia to send troops from the distant Qinghai-Tibet.

Chongzhen smiled and said: "This is just a war game."

Xu Yingwei echoed: "What the Holy Majesty said is absolutely true. In any battle, you need to be fully prepared and plan for the worst. If I, Ming, can defeat Jiannu under such extreme conditions, then the Northern Expedition will surely win!"

"Then let's start." Yan Yingyuan said, "I can't wait."

Jiang Tianyi hurriedly took a few scholars from the staff department to place war games on the sand table.

Ma Mingpao and a group of scholars from the Ministry of Internal Affairs hurriedly surrounded him, thinking that this fight would definitely be exciting, because Yan Yingyuan and Xu Yingwei were the two soldiers who commanded the most soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.

If Yan Yingyuan is the strongest shield of Ming Dynasty, then Xu Yingwei is the sharpest spear.

Now there will be a direct contest between the sharpest spear and the strongest shield, looking forward to it.

Chongzhen also has some inexplicable expectations. It looks good. This war game will definitely be very exciting.

As the offensive side, Xu Yingwei first began to deploy troops: "Qin Butang led 13 town soldiers from Huguang Town to occupy Chengtian Mansion, and beware of the pseudo-shun army in the direction of Hanzhong."

"Concubine Li led [-] local soldiers from Sichuan Town to guard Meizhou to deter Zhang's rebellious soldiers."

"Dubutang controls more than [-] town soldiers in Xuzhou and Guide, guards the front line of Kaifeng, rejects the puppet army in the direction of Luoyang in the west, and restrains the slaves in the Hebei provinces to practice bravery in the north."

"With these three towns, plus Yunnan Town, Jingying, and Jiangjiang soldiers, it is enough to keep the rear safe and sound."

All the scholars nodded. There is nothing to say about this. The strategy of keeping the rear is basically the same. Except for Zheng Sen's plan, which once mobilized [-] town soldiers from Xuzhou Township, the rest of Chen Zilong's and Yan Yingyuan's plans only used The new army did not draw a single soldier from the four towns.

It is even more impossible for the Jingying soldiers and Caojiang soldiers to move.

Here I must praise Chongzhen for being able to pull up such a huge army in just four years, and the combat effectiveness of the town soldiers in these four towns is not weak, and they don't need to be paid.

The Jingying soldiers and Caojiang soldiers do not need to pay food and salaries.

Because the Jingying soldiers and the Caojiang soldiers also made reforms, and they were given the reward land, and they did not have to pay taxes.

Therefore, the Jingying soldiers and the Caojiang soldiers have actually become the fifth town, that is, the Nanjing town.

So now, in addition to recruiting soldiers and naval divisions of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers in the five towns of Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Nanjing do not need to be paid.

Therefore, the monthly military salary expenditure is actually not much, less than 50.

And even if there is a war, the military pay will not skyrocket, because Chongzhen has canceled the line and war pay, and only after the battle is over will a large amount of reward be needed.

But if you really want to recapture the Beijing Normal University, rewarding money is not a problem at all.

The 8000 million mu of arable land in Beizhi alone can be sold for more than one billion yuan!
Closer to home, after talking about the rear deployment, Xu Yingwei is about to send troops.

"The Northern Expedition is related to the century-old national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, so we must do our best."

"The 27 new troops will all go into the Northern Expedition. The Great Ming General Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for raising enough ships to ensure that 10 new troops plus supporting equipment can be transported to land at one time."

"The navy is responsible for escorting the transport fleet throughout the entire process."

"If it is winter, the navy and transport fleet can only reach Terengganu."

"From Dengzhou to Beitang at the mouth of the Chaohe River, the new army needs to march on ice."

"So the best time for the Northern Expedition is early April, after the North Sea thaws."

"When the North Sea thaws, not only can the new army go ashore directly from the Chaohe Estuary, but at the beginning of landing, the navy can also provide artillery support to the army with naval guns."

Hearing this, Chongzhen immediately stated: "Then it is tentatively scheduled for the beginning of April."

"Okay, that's the official start." Xu Yingwei nodded and said again, "Before the official dispatch of troops, I will pretend to move in the direction of Xuzhou, Dagukou and Gaizhou, and at the same time send Brother Damu and Brother Renzhong through multiple channels. Brother Ji Heng's style of play was leaked, so as to mislead Jiannu and cause him to waste the country's strength in the wrong direction."

Hearing this, Chongzhen immediately said: "Today's discussion is top secret, no one can reveal a word!"

"Observe the order!" Ma Mingpao and all the scholars present at the meeting agreed in unison, with a solemn expression on their faces. From Chongzhen's reaction, they already knew that Xu Yingwei's tactics would most likely be adopted in the Northern Expedition in the coming year.

Chongzhen said to Yan Yingyuan again: "Juheng, now it's your turn to deal with it."

Yan Yingyuan bowed to Chongzhen, and said to Xu Yingwei: "Brother Youzhen's use of troops is like the horns of antelopes. There is no trace to be found, but everything changes and remains the same. I only need to grasp one point, that is, the convenience of water transportation!"

"Therefore, the Ming army's Northern Expedition will inevitably advance from the Grand Canal or by sea."

"So, no matter what Brother Zhen says, I will only guard against the Grand Canal and Beihai."

"The gun towers have been built all over the Grand Canal, but there is nothing to worry about. The only thing to worry about now is Beihai."

"The entire Beihai coast stretches for thousands of miles. It is absolutely impossible to build gun towers everywhere, but it is possible to build a beacon tower every few miles along the coast."

"Of course the Beacon Tower has no defense."

"But at least early warning can be provided in time."

(End of this chapter)