The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 720 It's not easy to be the last emperor

When the country employs people, Cheng Dashi, the governor of Liaodong, has just been awarded the vacancies of Zuo Fudu Yushi. He is very dependent on Hong Chengchou.

Cheng Dashi believed that advancing the army in a hurry was to die. At least he had to follow the example of the Southern King's siege of Jinzhou.

Hong Chengchou's strategy was to exchange time for space and continue to eat away at the Qing army. The plan was not to fight the Jiannu next spring at all, but the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the court urged it urgently, so it could only be so.

Liu Yingkun, the eunuch of the supervising army, had already taken refuge in Huang Sheng. When he came to Liaodong again, he had already looked down on everything, and he was happy to cooperate with the officials of the "God of War" department.Of course he agreed with the tactics of making a big deal, and the three top leaders in western Liaoning reached an agreement.

Hong Chengchou, Cheng Dashi and other civil and military generals did not have the illusion of destroying the Manchu army. They were quite sober and knew that it was an impossible task for the Ming army assembled in western Liaoning. There is nothing better than retreating.

The Liaodong Economic Strategy, the governor of Liaodong, and the eunuchs of the supervising army jointly reported to the emperor, unanimously requesting that they should not fight the Qing army this year, and they will lead their troops and Jiannu to fight against the city of Jinzhou next spring.

It was not easy to be the last emperor, Li Zicheng rose rapidly, and several cities in the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty would fall every month, and memorials to urge reinforcements and rations were laid several feet high on the Longshuan.

The emperor can't afford to wait!A more severe edict to urge troops was sent to Ningyuan City.

Seeing that Liaodong is already freezing, there is no time and place to send troops at this time. Although the quality and morale of the Ming army are better than history, they are not enough to fight the Qing army.

Hong Chengchou adopted the formula of dragging words, verbally coping with the emperor's edict urging a decisive battle, but secretly dawdling.

Governor of Liaodong, Cheng Dashi, has an in-service general and a guerrilla general whom he highly praised. These two have been cooperating with him for more than ten years. They are the "God of War" Ding Yao Shanshou and Zhou Fang.

These two people were born in the surviving Ming army on Juehua Island, and they were the heroes who defended the small town of Funing against the thousands of soldiers who built slaves. After more than ten years of study and experience, they have fully equipped the qualities of a new army general.

Although the vast majority of their subordinates are the Ming army who received the Ming army's salary, but too many grassroots officers are agents of the Military Intelligence Department.

Yao Shanshou's battalion was formerly a reinforcement battalion, but now it is the Liaodong Governor's Standard Battalion. Although the number of people is less than [-], more than half of them are firearms troops.

Zhou Fang's Ranger Battalion has more than [-] people, and half of them are firearms troops. Their mental outlook is quite different from that of the "God of War" soldiers.

Therefore, although Cheng Dashi has only 1 horses guarding Ningyuan, his combat effectiveness is unquestionable, and he is not worried about being besieged by Jiannu at all.

Ningyuan had been operating in Daming for many years before he came to serve as a soldier, and it had always been the seat of the Liaodong Economic and Strategy Office. fifty miles.

Since Hong Jie suffered a loss in the Liaoxi Corridor more than ten years ago, he has always been worried about it, and sent traitors to Gaotaibao countless times to undercover, but unfortunately no one came back.

Although the stupid method of only allowing entry and no exit in the Zhongmingbao Reclamation Area is not clever, it is effective. As long as anyone who looks suspicious is found, they will be arrested and sent to "Huaxia Island" far away.

Jiannu didn't have any information about the [-]-mile radius of Gaotaibao, so he didn't even know how many "God of War" troops stayed there, so he didn't even visit Ningyuanxi in these years.

Cheng Dashi is a hard-core official of the "God of War" of Ming Dynasty. Others are afraid of coming to Liaodong to become an official, but he rushes forward because he has a plan in his chest.

He knew that if Ningyuan was besieged, the "God of War" garrison would not sit idly by, and Juehua Island and Huangjiawan Island would not turn a deaf ear. Ningyuan had the advantage of being close to the sea, so as long as the Qing army dared to come, they would not let them escape easily.

After making a big deal, he left 7000 infantry and the brave young men of the township to stick to Ningyuan. He also has the ability to organize [-] troops to counterattack the enemy with the advantage of firearms and open up the road to the seaside pier.

Therefore, in theory Ningyuan is already undefeated, and Hongguo also knows how to weigh the pros and cons. He did not choose to set up a battlefield in Ningyuan, but chose Jinzhou, which is far away from the sea.

The straight-line distance between Jinzhou and Ningyuan is only about 160 miles, but there are dangerous places along the way, such as Lianshan, Tashan, Xingshan, Songshan, etc., and the Ming army must go through these areas every step of the way...

well!War is actually a comparison of national strength.Daming no longer has the leisurely way of using time for space in a square arrangement to trap Jiannu to death.

If the national power of the Ming Dynasty is still there, Hong Chengchou can adopt the strategy of depleting the enemy, and adopt the tactics of decisive battles on his own preset battlefield.

Hong Chengchou can set up a battlefield in Ningyuan instead of going to Jinzhou. Anyway, Jinzhou has sufficient supplies, and the general He Kegang is good at defending the city. Jiannu's attacking ability cannot be effective in a short time.

Moreover, even if Jinzhou is lost, it is actually irrelevant, as long as the Jiannu can kill the Ming army a lot, it will not be a disadvantage. After all, the population ratio of Han and Jurchens is too large.

The Qing army mobilized 10,000+ troops for a long-term confrontation, and they would definitely be the first to be overwhelmed. Their only options were to retreat, come to Ningyuan for a decisive battle, or storm Jinzhou.

Choose one of the three, no matter how Jiannu moves, Daming will not suffer, and the Qing army will always lose a lot.

Hong Chengchou and Cheng Dashi really hoped that Jiannu would come to Ningyuan for a decisive battle, but unfortunately, the opponent also knew the advantages and disadvantages, and Hong would be able to encircle Jinzhou tightly, but it was only Tashan who came to Ningyuan.

There was a shortage of food in the imperial court, and there was no reserve of military food in western Liaoning.

Cheng Dashi responded to Nan Wang's call and stored enough food and coal in Ningyuan for three years' consumption by the military and civilians.

However, these reserves are calculated based on the 10,000 to [-] soldiers and civilians guarding Ningyuan for three years. Now there are [-]+ troops gathered, and more than [-] villagers have come to take refuge nearby, and there are also many villagers who have fled from the direction of Tashan.

The battlefield was set up in western Liaoning, and the reclamation around Ningyuan was forced to stop. In a year and a half, 30 million soldiers and civilians sat on the mountain and ate nothing. Of course, a huge amount of food was consumed.

The imperial court gritted its teeth to supply military rations, but how could 10,000+ ordinary people survive without output, and they also needed food to satisfy their hunger!

Cheng Dashi and Yao Shanshou will of course work together to deal with the invasion of Jiannu at this time. They personally went to Funing to find He Guilan to help solve the food and grass problem.

He Guilan and Jiannu do not live together, knowing that the Ming army is fighting fiercely with Jiannu in Liaodong, of course she will do her best to help.

She immediately mobilized the masses to take out the grain reserves, bought them with enough silver coins, and summoned the villagers to transport the grain. Within ten days, she organized more than [-] shi of grain, and it took only half a month to send the grain to Ningyuan City by merchant ships and horse boats.

(End of this chapter)