Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

At the same time, in Prince Rui's Mansion in Beijing.

Cao Eryu brought a small bowl of traditional Chinese medicine to Dorgon, and softly persuaded: "Master, it's time to drink the medicine."

"Don't drink it anymore. The medicine will never kill the sickness. Fodu has a predestined person. My disease is hard to heal." Dorgon waved his hand impatiently, and said, "Call Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan in."

"Hey." Cao Eryu had no choice but to take the medicine bowl away.

Then I called Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo who were waiting outside the warm pavilion.

Dorgon handed Fan Wencheng the urgent message Fu Yijian sent from Xi'an, and said: "Fu Yijian sent an urgent message. Pseudo-shun refused to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, but Sanggar gave Oirat and Kaer Ka issued the Golden Arrow Order, asking them to fight against the Ming Dynasty in order to protect Lamaism and the Qing allied forces, what do you two think about this?"

After reading it, Fan Wencheng handed it to Ning Wan and me.

"Master, Pseudo-shun has no good intentions." Fan Wencheng saw Li Yan's plan at a glance, "This is a strategy to drive away tigers and devour wolves. Pseudo-shun not only wants to use Nanming's hand to destroy the Qing Dynasty, but also wants to use Nanming's hand to destroy the Qing Dynasty." By destroying the Mongolian tribes by hand, Pseudo-Shun can not only reap the benefits of being a fisherman in the Central Plains, but also easily conquer the Mongolian tribes in Mobei."

At this time, Ning Wan and I also finished reading Fu Yijian's urgent delivery, and sighed: "Unfortunately, we know that this is a hypocritical strategy to drive tigers and wolfs away, but we still have to follow suit."

"Yes." Fan Wencheng said helplessly, "This is a conspiracy."

"Xiandou, Gongfu, your thoughts coincide with mine."

Dorgon sighed: "In any case, the first thing Nanming wants to swallow is our Qing Dynasty, so even if he knows that this is a hypocritical strategy to drive tigers and wolves away, he can only let it go."

After a pause, he continued: "Immediately send an urgent message to General Chahar, and no longer pursue the matter of Sunite's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty. As long as Tushetu Khan, Chechen Khan, and Zasaktu Khan of the Khalkha Department are willing Responding to Sanggar's call, willing to fight against Nanming in order to protect Lamaism, the Qing Dynasty can even officially recognize their Khan position."

"Master, will the price be too high?" Fan Wencheng's face changed slightly.

You know, since Huang Taiji was elected by the Mongolian tribes as Bogda Chechen Khan, the Houjin Royal Family officially replaced the Golden Family as the co-lord of Mongolia. Therefore, in the eyes of the Houjin Royal Family, the Chechen Khan of Khalkha Mongolia, Tuxietu Khan and Zasak Tuhan are undoubtedly traitors.

"It doesn't matter." Dorgon had already thought through enough.

"If the Qing Dynasty loses this battle, what difference does it make if Shuo Lei and the others are admitted or not?"

"If the Qing Dynasty wins this battle, even if Shuo Lei and the others are admitted, one day they can still be forced to surrender their positions and pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty."

"The number one enemy right now is Nan Ming."

"In order to defeat Nanming, any price can be paid."

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I said sincerely, "Master Shengming."

Dorgon waved his hand, and continued: "Let Fu Yijian go to the Western Regions day and night, and tell Batur Huntaiji of the Junggar tribe that as long as he is willing to send troops to help the Qing Dynasty, I can seal him as the kingdom of the Oirat tribe." Master Khan."

In order to win this war of annihilating the country, Dorgon really spared no expense. Recognizing this Great Khan and that Great Khan is equivalent to legally acknowledging that these Mongolian tribes have split from the central government.

……

It turns out that it is still beneficial to do a few wargames before taking action.

After deduction, the soldiers of the new army were pleasantly surprised to find that the garrison of each simple camp did not need a battalion at all, as long as one infantry general and one infantry sentry were left, it was enough to last for a day.

Then set up a big camp every [-] miles and station an infantry brigade.

Once any simple camp within a hundred miles is attacked, immediately send troops to support it.

According to this principle, a total of 900 simple camps and seven large camps need to be set up along the more than 11-mile coastline from Dengzhou to Dagukou, and 11 infantry brigades and [-] artillery battalions need to be stationed.

In other words, more than half of the three towns that went out in the first batch had to be used to protect the grain roads.

But it's not a big problem, because the second batch of new troops should have arrived before reaching Dagukou.

If there is no accident, the second batch of new troops should also be three strengthened townships with a 2.5-inch mountain artillery brigade, and the next five townships may not be formed so quickly.

Therefore, the initial force used in field battles was about four towns.

The military strength is slightly insufficient, but it is in line with Chongzhen's vision.

Because Chongzhen's idea was to lure Jiannu out and annihilate them in the field.

In this case, investing heavy troops at the beginning will undoubtedly startle Jiannu. Once Jiannu is frightened and can't shrink back, the Ming army will only have to attack by force. This is what Chongzhen does not want to see.

As soon as the deduction was over, the staff section began to draw up plans to dispatch troops.

It has to be said that with the establishment of the staff department, the workload of the chief military officer will be greatly reduced.

People like Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan no longer need to worry about the overall planning and deployment of supplies and the dispatch of troops. They only need to assess the situation and calculate the gains and losses from the overall situation.

The work of locking and breaking is all done by the staff.

This is also the advantage of the Ming military system.

……

Before the army set off, the cavalry town had already dispatched scout cavalry.

By the way, the cavalry unit that participated in the battle of Guting Town has expanded to ten thousand cavalry, and based on this, the first cavalry town of Ming Dynasty was compiled, and Hu Guozhu was also transferred back to serve as the general cavalry town.

[Note: Some war horses were purchased from Pseudo-Shun, and some were robbed from Liaodong]

Two days later, just as the army walked along the coastline to the surface of Laizhou Bay, the cavalry stationed in the vanguard came back with an unexpected news-a beacon tower of Jiannu was found near the mouth of the Qinghe River ahead.

"Beacon Tower?" Xu Yingwei was a little surprised, "One Beacon Tower or many Beacon Towers?"

"There are a lot of beacon towers." The messenger replied, "From the mouth of the Qinghe River to the north, there are one every few miles along the coast, but how far apart every two beacon towers are, how many there are in total is temporarily unknown."

"Understood." Xu Yingwei signaled the messenger to retreat, then turned to Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, Jiannu really guessed in advance that we would advance by sea, so he built a large number of beacon towers along the coast of the North Sea early to warn."

"It's nothing surprising." Chongzhen smiled and said, "There are also capable people on Jianu's side."

There are actually quite a few capable people who built slaves. Civil servants like Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, and Ning Wanwo are all outstanding. Military generals such as Wu Sangui and Wang Fuchen are also titans.

People like Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi can actually be called good generals.

"Sacred Master Mingjian, Jiannu must not be underestimated." Xu Yingwei nodded, and then said, "However, our army is advancing along the coastline this time, which must be beyond Jiannu's expectations."

Yan Yingyuan smiled and said, "If Jiannu really buried gunpowder on the ice, I'm afraid it would be a waste of effort."

"Hey, don't be careless." Chongzhen said, "Even if you march along the coastline, you must be extremely careful. If you are really blown up by Jiannu and fall into the sea, you will really freeze to death."

"Yes!" Xu Yingwei responded, and immediately ordered the cavalry to guard the platform and pay attention to investigation.

At the same time, they sent someone to call Wang Jiaqin, the head of the first town, to him: "Brother Di, the beacon tower along the coast of the North Sea will be handed over to your first town, so don't delay too long."

"Yes." Wang Jiaqin took the order and left.

……

A few days later, at the mouth of the Chao River.

Hong Chengchou took several family members to board a beacon tower near the mouth of the river.

Since the vicinity of the estuary is all plains, the Beacon Tower has become the commanding height nearby, so the view from the platform is excellent, and you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding tens of miles from the condescending height.

But Hong Chengchou only cares about the sea level ahead.

However, no matter how hard Hong Chengchou tried his best, he couldn't see anything clearly, except for a piece of silver ice in front of him, there was nothing, let alone a figure.

Hong Chengchou put down the binoculars and asked, "Ah Da, have you sent all of Yebushou?"

"Master, all of them have been sent out." Captain Hong Daying replied, "And they are all disguised as ice fishermen. Once they find the whereabouts of the Ming army, they will report back immediately."

"That's good." Hong Chengchou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the preparatory work has been done sufficiently, Hong Chengchou still has no idea in his heart. There is no other reason, it is because this time the opponent is stronger than the previous Huang Taiji.

Losing to Huang Taiji six years ago was not actually because of his lack of ability.

But this time, Hong Chengchou was really apprehensive. Facing an emperor who had already realized the Tao, he really couldn't calm down, and he really couldn't be peaceful.

Lowering his head slightly, Hong Chengchou turned his gaze to the ice at the mouth of the Chaohe River.

The ice surface of the estuary looked normal, but Hong Chengchou knew that a large amount of gunpowder had been buried underneath. Once the gunpowder was detonated, it would be enough to burst the ice layer for tens of miles.

If you're lucky, the rupture of the ice sheet for tens of miles is enough to trigger a large-scale disintegration.

If there is a disintegration, it is possible to bury Nanming's hundreds of thousands of troops in one fell swoop. In this way, the offensive and defensive momentum between the Qing Dynasty and Nanming will be reversed immediately, and the national fortune will return to the Qing side.

And his name, Hong Chengchou, will definitely be recorded in the annals of history because of this battle.

Just as he was thinking, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, but when he looked back, it was Hou Fangyu who climbed up.

"Hong Butang, I knew you would be here." Hou Fangyu said with a smile, "Are you looking forward to the arrival of the Nanming army?"

Hong Chengchou waved his hand and said, "Hou Canjun was joking, how could I expect the arrival of the Ming army? If I had a choice, I would rather the Ming army never make the Northern Expedition."

"Then I'm afraid it will disappoint the Ministry Lord."

"Calculating the time, the Ming army is about to enter Beihai."

Speaking of this meal, he said again: "And it must have come straight to the mouth of the Chaohe River."

"Look, master!" Just as Hou Fangyu finished speaking, Hong Da, the captain of the family, suddenly screamed, "Smoke! The beacon tower in the southwest direction is igniting the smoke!"