Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1024 Going to Liaoyang

From Gaizhou to Liaoyang, whether it is far or not, it is more than 200 miles, passing through four horse stations.

Originally, Gao Wushi planned to take the Daliao River and Taizi River waterway to Liaoyang instead of taking the land route, but later he heard that he would pass by Anshan Mayi, so he changed his mind and chose to take the land route.

Obviously, he is not interested in Anshan Mayi, but only in Anshan.

Anshan was known as the "Steel Capital" and "Jade Capital" in later generations. In particular, the proven reserves of iron ore reached 100 billion tons, ranking first in the country.

Jinghua owns Kaiping, so there is definitely no shortage of coal, but not necessarily iron ore. Although it seems that there is no shortage now, it is because the current supply of steel is mainly for the military. In fact, if the supply is open to civilian use, it will The iron products of the [-]s were almost always in short supply - because the production capacity was so large.

Of course, there are some other problems involved here. For example, when mining iron ore, it is obviously impossible to dig as deep as the later generations under the existing conditions. Only some open-pit mines and shallow mines can be dug, which greatly limits the production capacity of iron ore. improve.

In addition, although iron products are now high-profit products, because iron itself is very heavy, the cost of transportation is also relatively high. Although iron products from Kaiping to Liaodong can be transported by sea and then transferred to inland rivers, no matter how you say it, it must be It is not as good as directly producing locally in Liaodong.

Originally, Gao Wushi did not engage in the steel industry in Liaodong, not because of poor resource conditions in Liaodong, but because of the uncontrollable political and military situation. But now that he is the governor of Liaodong himself, he has the confidence to change this uncontrollable situation. It has become controllable, and correspondingly, Liaodong's iron and steel industry can also be considered on the agenda.

At present, Anshan also has a city built, but the city is very small, and it is probably at the level of a lower county in the Central Plains.The garrison here is also very limited. There is only a hundred households left by Dingliao Zuowei here, which is not worth mentioning.

Gao Wu spent a day in Anshan, checked around, and asked someone to ask the local people, and confirmed that the local people often picked up iron ore, Xiuyan jade, etc., especially Xiuyan jade. Although Anshan City is small, But there are more than a dozen jade carving workshops.

That's right, this Anshan is the Anshan in my memory.

Jinghua Anshan Iron Mine, Jinghua Anshan Arsenal, etc., can now start sending people to Anshan for exploration and site selection.

However, Gao Yushi does not intend to make Anshan's iron smelting and weapon industry too huge, at least there is no need to compete with Kaiping. His request for Anshan Arsenal is that the first step is to supply Liaodong, and the second step is to expand it to be able to Support the war to aid Korea.

Although the three major Wanli expeditions in history were all won, they were not flattened in one wave. Especially in the war to aid Korea, they were fought repeatedly, and the Ming army also suffered a lot of losses many times.

Although the war to aid Korea was repeated not because the Ming army’s combat effectiveness was inferior to that of the Japanese army, but because it underestimated the enemy at the beginning, and the subsequent logistical support was a mess, but under Gao’s consistent thinking, the logistical support itself It is also an important part of combat effectiveness. If logistical support is unfavorable, it means that combat effectiveness is flawed, so this shortcoming must be made up in advance.

But then again, the worst aspect of the Ming army's logistical support at that time was not actually the lack of ordnance and supplies, but the intermittent supply of food and salaries.Here lies the great responsibility of the Korean court—according to what was said at the beginning, the North Korean side wanted to provide food and grass for the Ming army nearby, but in fact the situation in North Korea was completely out of control at that time, and the Korean court could not control the place at all, how to provide forage?

The Ming Dynasty itself did not want to save that bit of food and grass, but it was quite inconvenient to transport grain from Liaodong to North Korea. The eastern part of Liaodong itself is a large area of ​​mountains and forests. In addition, the north of North Korea is also a mountainous area. The transportation loss is huge, which should have been avoided in the first place. .

But North Korea only asked Daming's father to send troops quickly, regardless of whether he could do it or not, he agreed first. As a result, the Ming army fell into a situation of insufficient supplies as soon as it passed.

Moreover, this situation was not fully resolved until the end of the First World War to Aid Korea, so that the Ming army continued to engage in refueling tactics in North Korea. At its peak, its strength was only about 7, which was far inferior to that of the Japanese army.As for the Japanese army, since they used sea transportation to supplement them, and as the aggressors, they could search at will in the occupied areas, but they had relatively sufficient food and grass.

From this point of view, it is not enough to build Anshan iron mines and arsenals alone. The key is to lay a solid foundation in Liaodong, and it must be able to withstand the test of the war of attrition.

Of course, at the same time, it is best to study the feasibility of supplementing the North Korean aid army by sea.

Fortunately, there are still nine to ten years before the Imjin Japanese Invasion will break out, and there is still time to deal with it slowly.

As for the top priority of Liaodong, on the one hand, Gao Yushi wanted to do what he wanted to do to consolidate the foundation of Liaodong, and on the other hand, it was the focus of the Ming court-the eastern system.

The national policy of Xihuaidong System, which was set by Gao Gong, has now been more than half completed. Now that Tumote is attached, and Chahar's strength is damaged, it is indeed a good opportunity for Daming.

However, due to the successive outbreaks of the Monan War and the Liaonan War, the Ming court must not be able to spend money to immediately promote the war against Chahar. This matter will have to be delayed until at least next autumn.

And Chahar should not have the energy to come out to stir up trouble now.

Right now, the Ming and Chahar tribes can only be at peace for a while, to see who recovers faster.

However, because the Chahar Department is a little far away, it has the confidence to be peaceful for a period of time, but the Chaohua Department may not. Gao Yushi is still very interested in regaining the Liaohe River.

Earlier, when Qin Deyi was anxious to go to the Liaohe Hetao to grab the merits, Gao Yushi did not show much interest in the Liaohe Hetao area, but it was only intentional after all. In fact, Gao Yushi really wanted to regain the Liaohe Hetao of.

The important thing about the Hetao area of ​​the Liaohe River is that once recovered, the Liaodong side wall can lose a large V-shaped bend, not only the side wall itself can be reduced by two-thirds (referring to this section), but also the distance between Liaoxi and Liaodong can be reduced. The contact between them has become more convenient, and mutual support has become faster. At the same time, the possibility of the Mongols directly threatening Liaoyang and other places in the hinterland of Liaodong has been greatly reduced. The military effect is obvious.

In other words, once the Liaohe Hetao is recovered, the Mongols still imagine that they have been killed to the north of Dongchangbao before they were discovered like this battle in southern Liaoning.

The question now is what is the remaining strength of the Huahua Department and who should be sent to fight.

The latter, in particular, is even more critical—sending Li Chengliang should be the best choice, the chances of winning are extremely high, but Gao Pragmatism doesn't want to choose.

The chief soldier can't do it, what about the deputy chief soldier?Now that the deputy general is vacant, Li Chengliang has already recommended Zu Chengxun, but the governor of Jiliao and the governor of Liaodong also have the right to recommend, but these two positions have just been replaced, so the court plans to wait.
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