Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 588
The contest between Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan lasted for a full six days. Except for eating and sleeping, everyone stayed in the Yilun Hall to appreciate the contest between spear and shield.

The final result also lived up to expectations, wonderful but tragic to the extreme.

The "Qing Army" commanded by Yan Yingyuan set up a camp at every step in Beijing, fortifying everywhere.

The "Ming Army" commanded by Xu Yingwei had to pay a heavy price for every step forward.

But in the end, the "Ming Army" still defeated the "Qing Army" with its strong comprehensive strength.

The sign is that all the main forces of the "Qing Army" have been wiped out, and although there are a large number of remaining Lianyong, they are not enough to reverse the entire battle situation.

After the war game was over, it was counted, and the casualties of the Ming army exceeded 15.

The number of casualties of the Qing army was even more exaggerated, as high as 30, and the servants of the Eight Banners Manchuria, Eight Banners Mongolia, Eight Banners Han Army, Green Camp, and Outer Fan Mongolia were almost wiped out.

The most exaggerated is the duration of the campaign.

The sand table deduction lasted for six days.

The "actual" period was as long as six months.

In other words, the "Ming Army" commanded by Xu Yingwei spent a full six months and paid a heavy price of 15 casualties before finally annihilating the 30 main force of Jiannu.

This result made all the scholars present feel a little heavy.

Because Chongzhen was talking about deduction under the most extreme conditions, but this war game deduction between Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan cannot be regarded as the most extreme condition, because Pseudo-shun did not participate.

If the puppet Shunjun had participated, the result would have been different.

In other words, the Northern Expedition may still fail.

However, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this result.

"Looks like this Northern Expedition, it's hard for me, Ming, to lose." Chongzhen said with a smile.

Seeing the bewildered faces of many scholars, Chongzhen turned his head and said to Zhu Cihong: "Prince, tell me the reason why I said that my Ming Dynasty will win this Northern Expedition."

Zhu Cihong responded, and said: "The reason is very simple. Under the same conditions, the Ming army really had Xu Yingwei commanding, but the Qing army did not have Yan Yingyuan commanding. Not to mention the generals who built slaves, they were replaced by soldiers from the scholar camp. Can the other commanders achieve such results in the face of Xu Yingwei?"

"This is just one, there are two and three."

After a pause, he continued: "Secondly, even if Jiannu is under the command of Yan Yingyuan, he will never be able to do what he did in the war game deduction. Neither the Eight Banners Han Army, Eight Banners Mongolia, nor Eight Banners Manchuria can achieve such bravery. I don’t believe that any army of Jiannu can fight to the last and still swear to the death.”

After another pause, he said with emphasis: "The third and most important thing is that Jiannu's organization and discipline are absolutely impossible to be at the same level as the Ming Dynasty's new army! Therefore, even if Jiannu has a Yan Yingyuan, even if Jiannu can really If you fight to the last pawn and still swear to die, you will not be able to achieve the result in the war game deduction."

"So it won't take six months for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to wipe out Jiannu!"

Zhu Cihong's analysis can be said to be well-founded, and all the officials and scholars present agreed.

But in fact, in addition to these three points, there is a fourth favorable factor, and the importance of the fourth factor is even higher than the third reason mentioned by Zhu Cihong.

However, the first three factors are all at the military level.

The fourth factor is the political factor.

That is, the political stability of Ming Dynasty is far better than that of Jiannu.

Nowadays, the political situation of the Ming Dynasty is not too stable. The Chongzhen government is completely handed over to the cabinet, but the military, industry and commerce are firmly in their own hands.

Chongzhen is now holding a gun and money bags in his hand, and the appointment and removal of personnel in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is completely up to him. The cabinet is also very knowledgeable. Lu Zhenfei has never had any trouble with Chongzhen since he became the chief assistant. unhappy.

Therefore, it is completely foreseeable that once the Northern Expedition begins, the Ming Dynasty Hall will definitely be united.

But Jiannu's side may not be in this situation. First of all, there are hidden worries between Dorgon and Bumbutai's mother and son.

As Shunzhi grows older, the desire for power will inevitably expand, and as Shunzhi accepts the influence of Confucian etiquette and law, the shame that Bumbutai was forced to have with Dorgon will also increase. It is becoming more and more intense, so the imperial power struggle between Dorgon and Shunzhi may break out at any time.

Another one, the nobles of the Eight Banners are also very dissatisfied with Dorgon now.

Because the Ming Dynasty cut off the trade channel with Jiannu, the nobles of the Eight Banners could no longer obtain luxury goods such as silk, tea, cigarettes, and Ming wine, which caused the quality of life of the nobles of the Eight Banners to decline. Targeted at Duo ErGun, thinking that it was Duo ErGun's incompetence that made life worse.

The third point is that Dorgon began to employ and even reuse Hanchen in large numbers.

Chongzhen actually knows Dorgon's difficulties better than anyone else.

Because the Manchus are not only greedy, but also conservative, they must call the old khan ancestral system, and oppose all forms of change. If these Manchus are reused, it is impossible to evolve from the age of riding and archery to the age of firearms.

So Dorgon reused Hanchen out of helplessness.

But the reuse of Hanchen also left a huge hidden danger for Jiannu.

Because the Han officials who served Jiannu have no loyalty at all, Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui can abandon Jiannu just as much as they can abandon Daming. Once Jiannu can’t give them benefits and lose their deterrence, these second officials will be like throwing garbage It is not impossible to throw away Dorgon or Shunzhi, or even kill the king.

In a word, Daming at this time is united and united.

However, Jiannu is full of internal and external troubles and conflicts. The monarch and his subjects are becoming more and more divorced. There will be no major problems in a short time, but once the two sides fall into a stalemate, Jiannu's internal conflicts will quickly intensify.

Therefore, Jianu was simply unable to last for six months.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen immediately asked: "Who else is confident that he can surpass Xu Yingwei, and can come up with a better plan?"

There was silence in Yilun hall, just kidding, Xu Yingwei has already hit this level, who can be better than him?If someone else went up here, I'm afraid Yan Yingyuan would have turned the tables against the wind.

"That's good." Chongzhen shouted, "Hurry up and go back and have a good rest."

"Gather at the school grounds outside Jinchuan Gate the morning after tomorrow at right time, and follow my Northern Expedition!"

"What?" Hearing these words, the officials and scholars present were all stunned for a moment.

One was surprised that the Northern Expedition was coming the day after tomorrow, and the other was surprised that Chongzhen wanted to fight in person.

"Long live Lord." Gao Qiqian persuaded in a low voice, "New Year's Eve will be in a few days, or wait until after New Year's Eve before the Northern Expedition? After all, New Year's Eve is a day of reunion."

"Don't wait." Chongzhen said decisively, "There is a saying that time does not wait. For this Northern Expedition, I have waited for four full years. Now I don't want to wait for a moment, and I will swear to the Northern Expedition in the morning the day after tomorrow!"

At this time, Xu Yingwei advised: "Your Majesty, you are a body of gold, you should not go to dangerous places lightly, it is better for you to lead the northern expedition. If you are not victorious, it will not be too late for you to go on your own."

"No, I don't want to pretend to be someone else in this battle, I have to kill Jiannu with my own hands."

Having said this, Chongzhen continued: "Of course, you still have to command, and I will never interfere in the slightest."

Seeing that Zhu Cihong, Ma Mingjue and others still wanted to persuade them again, Chongzhen immediately shouted: "I have made up my mind, please don't try to persuade me again. This is the end of today's meeting in front of the imperial court. Let's go back."

Ma Minghao and others had no choice but to leave unhappy.

The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the scholars from the Scholars Camp left soon.

However, Jiang Tianyi and a dozen staff officers from the staff department still did not leave, because they still had to hurry up and finish the unfinished work before setting off on the expedition the day after tomorrow.

"My lord, the existing flintlock guns are only enough to equip five town towers, what should I do?"

"Then equip the five towns first. If there are no accidents, large-scale field battles will not break out in the first phase of the Northern Expedition. The most likely thing is to continue to attack, attack, and attack."

"So, five towns are enough, and the remaining six towns can be reorganized after the arsenal manufactures the flintlock guns, and then the capital can be transferred to help."

"Okay, what about the Gaizhou Guard's garrison?"

Gaizhouwei has been stationed with three infantry brigades, three artillery battalions and [-] Korean troops.

"Gaizhou's army waited first, and after King Ding led the North Korean army to arrive, they should first defeat Jiannu in Liaodong, and then go straight to Shanhaiguan through the Liaoxi Corridor."

To be honest, Chongzhen was also very worried about Jiannu escaping back to Liaodong.

After these Jurchens entered the customs, due to the corruption of Huahua World, their combat effectiveness plummeted.

But once they return to the outside of the pass and live a bitter life of licking blood with knives, they will immediately become Jurchen thugs between the white mountains and the black waters, so it is better not to let them go back to the white mountains and the black waters.

If it doesn't work, even letting them flee to Mongolia is better than fleeing back to Liaodong.

Therefore, Zhu Cijiong led the Liaodong Army and the North Korean Army to block Shanhaiguan, which is a must-go move.

"Understood." Jiang Tian nodded, and asked again, "It's winter right now, the North Sea has been frozen, and naval ships can only go to Dengzhou Port at most, and then march north along land, or attack on ice? "

For the commander in chief on paper, there seems to be no difference between the two.

But for Jiang Tianyi, a member of the general staff department, the difference is huge.

If the Ming army is going to land in Dengzhou and then march along the road, it must notify the supply department to prepare horse-drawn carriages, and the supply battalions in each town and platform should also be equipped with horse-drawn carriages and flatbed carts.

If you are attacking on ice, you must prepare ice sledges in advance.

But fortunately, the transportation department has already prepared sufficient vehicles.

Whether it's a carriage, ox cart, flatbed cart, or ice sledge, there is no shortage of logistics department, and it is more than enough to equip at least 11 townships.

After pondering for a while, Chongzhen said: "Let's prepare everything first, and then we will decide when the time comes."

[Kneeling for a monthly pass]

(End of this chapter)