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Chapter 102 Dad, You Are So Kind!
Inside the main hall of the Marquis of Huaining.

The father and son, Peng Ke, were speechless after seeing off the messenger.

"Father, you really hit the spot."

"This transfer decree came too soon."

"It's only the first day of this ten-day holiday."

"I thought there would be at least a month or two of buffer time."

Penke was a little confused.

It was too fast, and there was even a sense of urgency. He had just returned to Beijing when he was kicked to the frontier by Emperor Hongwu.

Shanhaiguan.

This was the 14th year of Hongwu. When Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, was ordered to build Yongping, Jieling and other passes, he led troops to this place and found that this place was more suitable for control than Guyu Pass.

Because this place leans against Yanshan Mountain in the north and Bohai Sea in the south, Shanhaiguan was established here.

This pass is located at the easternmost end of the Great Wall, where the east meets the sea, and the north is the west section of the Liaoxi Corridor. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If you go northwest, you can go straight into the grassland!

When it was completed at the beginning of the year, it was with Kaiping to defend the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

However, in the 18th year of Hongwu, Peng Ke's father took down the Liaodong capital in the Northern Expedition.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, Feng Sheng led the veterans to set off a big battle again, defeated the Northern Parallel Capital, and subdued several nomadic tribes on the grassland.

Shanhaiguan has changed from outer customs to inner customs.

Outside the pass.

The capital of Liaodong, a little to the north, was entrusted with the king of Liao to guard the border.

In the Daning capital who entered the grassland in the west, King Ning was granted the title of Daning Mansion to control the frontier army.

In the 23rd year of Hongwu, after the first phase of Shanhaiguan was completed, its usefulness changed from resisting foreign enemies to providing support for the three kings of Yan, Ning, and Liao.

There are these three defenses outside, if we don't break through the defense line of these three kings, the northern barbarians will not be able to attack Shanhaiguan.

Not just Shanhaiguan.

The entire Great Wall, apart from the part of Daiwang Xuande's mansion, and the part of Shaanxi King Qing, belong to the frontier area, facing the northern barbarians directly.

The long defense line of the Great Wall to the north of Yanyun has already become the Neiguan, which is the support point for the Ming army to penetrate into the grassland, rather than a defensive point.

A large number of lands outside the Great Wall have already become the capitals of the Ming Dynasty during the many Northern Expeditions in the Hongwu Year.

For example, the Commander and Envoy of Daning, where King Ning is located, is located outside the Xifengkou of the Great Wall, with its back against the Great Wall, and controls over ninety cities, with [-] soldiers, covering the entire North Parallel High Official City with a radius of hundreds of thousands. square kilometers!

The defense of the Great Wall in the early Ming Dynasty was more offensive than defensive.

It is impossible for the northern barbarians to reach the edge of the Great Wall, and they can only be constantly harassed by Kaiping, Daning, Liaodong and other capitals sealed off the Great Wall.

The role of the Great Wall is more to provide war support to the capitals outside the Great Wall.

However, after 20 years from Hongwu, Emperor Hongwu temporarily dispelled his intention to continue the Northern Expedition, and never set off a war of more than 3 people. Only a few small local battles occurred in which the northern barbarians disturbed the border.

It's not that Emperor Hongwu didn't want to fight Beiman anymore.

The main reason is that 20 years after Hongwu, Moyuan proposed a strategy of gradually encroaching on railways, and a variety of new equipment has been developed.

The frontier army of Ming Dynasty needs a large-scale facelift, and then conquer the grassland in one go.

Only then has the last eight years of recuperation come to fruition.

In the past eight years, most of the equipment of the frontier army has been replaced.

The originally used Hongwu 20-year-old flintlock guns have been gradually replaced with 25-year-old custom-made breech-loading guns.

Several mechanical guards are also being formed, and a large number of steam chariots are successively manufactured from Datong, Daming, Guangping, etc., and sent to the frontier army.

The first batch of armored trains have been produced, and they can gallop across the grasslands as soon as the railway is paved.

Everything is ready.

It's time to start another large-scale Northern Expedition against the northern barbarians.

However, Penke frowned deeply.

This year has been Hongwu's 28th year, and in a few months it will be Hongwu's 29th year.

In less than three years, is it possible for Daming to completely drive the Northern Man out of the grassland?
The Mo Academy formulated for Emperor Hongwu a long-term battle plan that would take 20 years to complete.

No matter how confident Emperor Hongwu was in his body, it was impossible for him to think that he could completely wipe out the Northern Man in his lifetime.

Therefore, he set off the Northern Expedition this time mainly to pave the way for Taisun.

According to Emperor Hongwu's thoughts, he probably told his grandson that he had weakened the prince many times.

After the grandson ascended the throne, as long as the central government maintains its superiority and does not forcibly cut down the vassals, the vassal kings from all over the country will not be able to jump up.

The Taisun only needs to continue the layout that Emperor Hongwu painstakingly laid out, and continue the Northern Expedition in an orderly manner.

With the current military superiority of the Ming Dynasty over the northern barbarians, it can be said that it can be easily pinched.

After a few victories, the grandson's throne will no longer be stable.

Throughout the dynasties, the new emperor wanted to establish prestige, and a big victory against the outside world was undoubtedly the best choice.

Emperor Hongwu chose to launch the Northern Expedition now. I am afraid that there will still be the main force of the northern barbarians who will help the grandson to eat the difficult ones first, and lay down the advantages of the entire Northern Expedition first, so that the grandson can take over the peach picking in the future.

Otherwise, let the grandson ascend the throne and then start the Northern Expedition. If the first few tough battles are not effective, it will be self-defeating instead.

have to.

After going through his mind once, Penke's thoughts became completely clear.

He was transferred to the north this time, fearing that he was going to gnaw hard bones and clear the way for Taisun.

Before his death, Emperor Hongwu would definitely set off one or two great scuffles in the Northern Expedition, beat Beiman first, and even break Beiman's bones first!

And he, Peng Ke, was one of the people who was responsible for breaking the bones of the Northern Man.

This battle will not be easy!
With a sad face and a bitter face, Peng Ke looked at Daddy Cheap and said:

"Father, those elite soldiers who have fought with you for many years in the family, send me a few."

"I feel that going north this time, I'm afraid I'm going to suffer."

"I need at least one elite soldier to be my personal guard."

Peng Ke knew that his military strength was not very good. In terms of martial arts, his talent was mediocre. Most of his success was due to his clever mind and his knowledge of the art of war was quite good.

He has always positioned himself as a wise general, not a warrior like Xiang Yu and Lu Bu.

So if you want to save your life on the battlefield, you can't rely on his personal force alone, you must have a strong enough bodyguard.

Although he has some life-saving charms made by Qi refiners on hand.

However, if the two armies confront each other, they cannot survive without being invincible for 20 or 40 seconds.

In case of defeat, or encountering a desperate charge from the Beiman, you still have to rely on your personal guards to protect yourself and fight a smooth path.

Peng Ke, who has never been in contact with the army and doesn't have any trusted soldiers, naturally has to rely on his father for help when he first goes to the battlefield.

Peng Polu naturally knew how much his son weighed.

He glared at Penke angrily, and said very dissatisfied: "How can Yiwu be enough!"

"You don't have to worry about this, Dad will arrange it for you."

"Although your father and I haven't commanded soldiers for many years, arranging a hundred elite soldiers is not a trouble!"

"All of them are brave soldiers, they can protect you well!"

According to the system, the quota of personal soldiers of partial generals is 100 people, one hundred households.

With a single word from Peng Polu, he surrounded all of Peng Ke's personal soldiers and made arrangements for his safety.

Peng Ke nodded very moved: "Father, you are so kind!"

　In this Ming Dynasty, the military household system is gone.

　　But I don't want to mess up the military system or make it very inconsistent.

　　Therefore, it is still the set of hundreds of households and thousands of households.

　　However, a hundred households are a hundred people, and a thousand households are a thousand people.

　　Of course, the military system will definitely change in the later period, but not now.

　　Partial generals control the number of guards.

　　The general guard is led by the commander of the guard, and has jurisdiction over 5 thousand households, with a total of 5600 people.

　　Qianhusuo is led by Qianhusuo and has jurisdiction over 10 Baihusuos, with a total of 1120 people.

　　Baihusuo is led by Baihu, governing two general banners, with a total of 2 people.

　　The main banner governs 5 small banners, with a total of 50 people; the small banner has 10 people

　　Erwu is a small flag.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)