Xinshun 1730

Chapter 52 Ambiguous
The word "nonsense" startled the eunuch serving beside him.

As a person close to the emperor, the eunuch knew very well the meaning of every little action of the emperor.

When Liu Yu's memorial was delivered just now, the emperor's index finger was slightly bent, and he was tinkling on the table while looking at it.

This meant that he was in a good mood, and the eunuch could understand it.

But I never wanted to knock and knock, but suddenly cursed, which was really unexpected.

What was written in the front of the memorial was really to Li Gan's liking, but later on Liu Yu, like the first memorial before, started to play to his death.

It said that the captured Westerner Bering said that the "Kunlun slave" in the Raksha Castle on the north side of Handoli Acropolis was a big man, and he was proficient in fort building. If he wanted to expand that castle, the Raksha Kingdom's intention to invade the south was obvious. Ruojie.

However, if you want to conquer Jiangnan, you must win Jingxiang; if you want to win Nanjing, you must attack Anqing.If the country wants to control Heilongjiang, it must attack the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, from top to bottom, like attacking Jiangnan to obtain Jingxiang.

Liu Yu said that the use of troops by the country must be to use troops in the northwest, seize the upper reaches, and contact Mongolia.

However, the Raksha people in the east want to expand the castle. Once it is repaired, it will be a big trouble to capture it in the future.

It's better to take advantage of the time when Guochao is using troops in the west, and lead the people to carry the castle and go all the way up the river, luring the soldiers of Yakutsk to go south, making them unable to reinforce Guochao's troops in the west.

When the army wins in the west and seizes the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, the Luocha people will be divided into two, and the head and the tail will not be able to respond.If he can win the castle, he will have more bargaining chips in future negotiations.

What he said made sense, and what made Li Gan quite appreciative was that Liu Yu guessed that the direction of the court's military deployment was to the west instead of the east, which was extremely rare.

But at the end, I just feel that the end of the whole article is just two naked words.

Take credit!

This is because he is afraid that there will be a fight in the west, and he has no credit for it?
Is this because he feels that his achievements in painting and rubbing monuments have been overshadowed by the military achievements in the west?

The imperial court's strategy has been decided, Liu Yu is still clear-headed, and he did not do this without asking for instructions, but even if he asked for instructions, doing so would be harmful to the entire imperial court's strategy.

It can indeed relieve some of the pressure from the west.

Liu Yu has more than 300 people in his hands. According to the memorial, he plans to rely on the help of the tribute natives to fight together. What's the matter?

But what if it doesn't work out?
With so few people, the possibility of defeating them may not be great.

If you can't attack for a long time, one will lose your vigor, and the other...

What if the Raksha people dispatched troops from the north to the south, repelled Liu Yu, took advantage of the trend to attack Handuo Liwei, attacked Jilin along the river, and cut off the Songhua River, the Nenjiang River for the army's logistics?
Winning means little.

Losing may have a great impact on the entire battle situation.

What is this nonsense?
This time mobilizing troops, attacking from the west and defending from the east, this is the established strategy.

With elite troops dispatched to join the field group in the west, there are not many people left in the Songhua River Basin.

It's okay to stick to it, but if you send troops to fight back, it's easy for the Raksha people to take advantage of the loopholes.

In every battle, you must not think about victory, but first think about defeat.

At the end of Liu Yu's memorial, it is full of benefits of attacking, but it does not mention the harm of being cut off by Luo Sha in case of failure.

A young man must have vigor and a heart to strive for success, otherwise he will be as dull as an old man, and he will not be called a young man.

But sharpness is not used in this kind of place, and sharpness has to make concessions for the overall situation.

"Bring the person who delivered the memorial! I want to ask."

The order went on, and soon, the person sent by Liu Yu to deliver the memorial was brought before the emperor.

After just one glance, Li Gan softened his heart a little.

The soldier in front of him was probably in his early 20s, and since he was selected to follow Liu Yu to Yongning Temple, he must have been to the battlefield.

During the nearly one-year journey, the soldier's face was dark, his hair was disheveled, and his face was full of beards that could not be shaved at a young age.

The clothes are even more oily and twisted, looking like a beggar on the streets of the capital, the tied hair looks like dry grass, and a belt made of animal skin is wrapped around his waist.

From a long distance, one can smell the smell of rotten mutton that has not been bathed all year round.

Looking at this soldier, one can probably imagine what happened to Liu Yu.

There are no post stations and no logistical supplies along the way. It is estimated that the horses have almost been killed.

The last time I asked about it, Li Gan knew that Liu Yu was following General Li's example and eating with the soldiers, it was no different.It's just that the last time I asked about the bastion, the soldier took a bath and changed his clothes in advance, but this time the soldier kept the original ecology.

The eunuch who followed Li Gan felt that the smell was a bit nauseating, but seeing that the emperor didn't cover his nose, he could only bear it.

"Get up. Let me ask you, where is Liu Yu now?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Master Liu should have crossed the Wusuli River by now. When His Excellency sent me back, I was meeting with some long-haired Jurchen leaders."

Long-haired Jurchens are Hezhe people who don't shave their money rat tails.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Hou Jin had very limited control over them, so they were all disheveled before they were caught in the Eight Banners.

Li Gan could still distinguish these differences, pondered for a moment, and asked, "How many people can there be in the tributary tribes that follow Liu Yu?"

"About two or three hundred."

"Liu Yu said that he captured three cannons from the Raksha people in Yongning Temple. How big are those cannons?"

"They're all small cannons. As long as one person is, they can only shoot two or three catties."

Hearing this, Li Gan was puzzled.

Liu Yu's first memorial was written very clearly. It can be said that no one in the court understands the difficulty of fortresses better than him.

With only this few people and three broken cannons, how can Liu Yu dare to say that he will try to capture Luocha's fortress?

Li Gan also saw the picture of the Raksha fortress.I asked people in the court who knew the law of Western Yushou, and they all thought that the castle was well built. After all, it has been 80 years since the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been continuously improved, and it is no longer the simple appearance of the end of the Ming Dynasty.

With this little strength, why would Liu Yu dare to say such a thing?Even if there is another way, this person alone is not enough.

In an instant, Li Gan suddenly thought of an incident that Liu Yu seemingly unintentionally mentioned in his last memorial.

"The young man from Handoli Acropolis is the one who seized the cannon, called... called..."

For such a small person, his father is not a duke, but a captain of Zhechong, so the emperor can't remember it.

"Back to Your Majesty. Du Feng."

"Yes, Du Feng. How is his relationship with Liu Yu?"

"This man also understands Western learning, Master Liu loves him very much." The soldier said that with a slightly sour tone. In hindsight, anyone could have done it, but Liu Yu gave it to that man.

"Hmm... heh."

Laugh dumbly.

In this way, Li Gan understood everything, and understood exactly what kind of force Liu Yu was relying on.

Be bolder, be more confident in your own abilities, five or six hundred plus hundreds of soldiers from Handoli Acropolis, maybe you really have the courage to try to capture the fortress of the Raksha people and make great achievements.

If not, even if he has great ability, a fortress with hundreds of people stationed, relying on those hundreds of people and three small cannons, even if Han Bai comes back to life, he may not be able to do anything.

As for that Du Feng, he loves him so much just because he knows Western learning?

I'm afraid not?I'm afraid that the reason for the extreme love is that Du Feng has the father of Captain Zhechong, and this is the reason for the love.

I'm afraid that when Liu Yu sneaked into the Luocha fortress that day, he had already had such an idea.

Take the handle and force his father to work with him.

This little trick is considered a trick among young people.

But to Li Gan, who had experienced the dispute between princes and watched the performances of the adults in the court for eight years, this was like a lice on a bald head, which was simply ridiculous.

"It's interesting."

He muttered to himself, smiled slightly, and returned to the tent.

When he picked up the pen, Li Gan did not strictly reprimand Liu Yu's bold idea, nor did he force Liu Yu to return immediately and stop messing around there, but wrote two strange orders.

The first letter was addressed to Captain Zhechong of Handoli City.

The words are very simple, just one sentence.

"Since ancient times, crimes have been punished regardless of their deeds. Are the border troops guilty of patrolling the border?"

The second letter was for Liu Yu, and the words were equally simple, just one sentence, which was a sentence Taizong said back then.

"There is Yu Wang shrinking his hands behind him, and he wants to turn back when he has nowhere to go."

The frontline battles are changing rapidly, and it is common for generals to be dissatisfied with their orders.Li Gan felt that if there were these two sentences, Liu Yu could continue to do it, that was his ability.

If you can do it well, of course, you can attract the attention of the Raksha people to go to the east.

The first battle in the north is about to start. The bottom line of the negotiation is the bottom line, and the money will be paid back on the spot.

Liu Yu said that there were Luocha generals who were proficient in construction in that fortress. If it really built a strong fortress, if it could not be won under negotiation, it would become a bargaining chip in the hands of the Luocha people.

The reason why Li Gan felt that Liu Yu was messing around was because he thought about defeat first and then victory.

Besides, he really didn't believe that Liu Yu could take down the Rakshasa fortress with just a few people and without guns.

In case of being unable to attack for a long time, the Raksha people in the north will support them, cover up and kill them back and forth, and take advantage of the situation to go straight to the confluence of the Nen River and the Songhua River, threatening the grain road, which will be extremely detrimental to the overall situation.

The most difficult battle in the founding of Xinshun was the Battle of Jingzhou that year.

Taizong Li Guo talked about that battle countless times afterwards: If he believed in any Tengjiao at that time and did not set up an ambush to kill Luck Dehun, if the army was unable to attack Jingzhou City for a long time and Luck Dehun suddenly rushed out from behind, then this The world is afraid that it will be shaved and easy to accept.

Li Gan has heard this story countless times since he was a child, and he is most nervous about this kind of war where "the attack cannot be defeated for a long time, and the reinforcements fight back".

It's just that he is thousands of miles away and cannot know the specific situation on the front line. What if Liu Yu really has any way to capture it?

That will indeed be of great use to future negotiations, especially on the premise that the Raksha people intend to strengthen the fortress.

So he didn't stop talking, but used such an ambiguous will.

Or, Liu Yu really has the ability to reach the sky, and he can do it with the more than 300 people under his command plus two or three hundred tribal people who will come to pay tribute.

That doesn't affect the defense of Handoli Acropolis either.Be the best, lose no harm.

Or, Liu Yu's method is enough to make the Captain Zhechong in Handuo feel that there is something wrong.

It's not because my son is forced to do it, but because I really want to do it in front of my eyes.The two are completely different, and Li Gan believes that an old man will have his own judgment, at least better than what he can see from sitting thousands of miles away.

These two sentences should be enough.

(End of this chapter)