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Chapter 174 Is there going to be a war?

Daming at the end of Hongwu 28 was very lively.

In the east, the Liaodong capital was established as a province, the Liaodong chief envoy and the procuratorial envoy were established, and the Jianzhou capital was established. It looks like it will vigorously develop internal affairs and enrich the prosperity of Liaodong.

But to the west of Daming, Beiping and Shanxi, there was a tense and solemn atmosphere.

Since the end of August, a steady stream of steam chariots and transport vehicles have been heading to the two places.

From Yingtian Mansion, Daming, Guangping and other important military mansions, all kinds of new equipment were continuously loaded onto trains and transported to the barracks of the troops under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Capital and Beiping Capital.

After receiving the new equipment, the garrisons in Shanxi and Beiping quickly carried out training to adapt to the new equipment, practicing the troops almost day and night.

But the northern barbarians in Monan knew nothing about this fervent military mobilization.

Their tentacles can't cross the Great Wall at all, and they can't learn any news inside the Great Wall.

The news that Liaodong established the third department and was formally included in the civil affairs management of the Ming Dynasty was discovered by the royal court in Monan.

And because of this news, the four northern barbarian tribes in Monan made a misjudgment, thinking that Daming would focus on running Liaodong next.

After all, the domestic immigration and reclamation orders are in full swing, and it doesn't look like a war at all.

This strategic misjudgment was a pleasant surprise for Daming.

War is an information advantage.

Which side has more information, which side has the upper hand, and which side is more likely to win.

At the foot of the Great Wall, Daming still recruited some small nomadic tribes.

These tribes usually live on the grasslands close to Daming, and they can also act as Daming's spies and scouts to inquire about some news on the grasslands.

When the imperial court decided to launch a campaign to recover Hetao next year, more than a dozen small tribes that depended on the Ming Dynasty for their survival from the Great Ningdusi outside the Great Wall to the foot of the Great Wall in Shanxi sent their elite tribesmen to go deep into the grasslands to fight for the Ming Dynasty. outpost.

The trend, distribution, and migration of the northern and southern barbarians...

A steady stream of information was sent to the desk of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

According to the current real-time situation of the northern barbarians in the south of the desert, a small-scale revision of the battle plan was carried out again, and it was also sent to King Jin and King Yan, the two kings who will lead the battle to recover Hetao.

Some young generals who were favored by Emperor Hongwu were also transferred to the sequential army that would participate in the battle.

The troops directly under the central government dispatched by the DPRK are also ready to go to the front line under the leadership of Zong Zhaoxiong, the commander-in-chief personally appointed by Emperor Hongwu.

The entire northern frontier system is in motion.

Only, only on Jianzhou's side, there was no movement, not even news.

In fact, Emperor Hongwu originally planned to let Peng Ke participate in the Northern Expedition.

Otherwise he would not have transferred Penke to Shanhaiguan.

However, after Peng Ke wrote a letter suggesting the establishment of the Jianzhou Capital Division, the defenders of the Shanhaiguan Pass were transferred to the establishment of the Jianzhou Capital Division on the spot.

Jianzhou also has a lot of work waiting to be done, and it is obviously impossible to transfer Peng Ke away.

Not just him.

All the Ming troops in Jianzhou did not receive any military orders to mobilize.

No one even knows that Ming Dynasty will use troops against the Northern Barbarians in the coming year.

Oh, Penk knows.

His father sent someone to send him a letter, informing his precious son of the mobilization of the Daming Center and the launch of the Battle of Hetao in the coming year.

As the master of martial arts in the Ming Dynasty, although Peng Polu is already at home.

However, he was not absent from all the large and small combat discussion meetings held by the Dudufu of the Five Armies.

He even participated in the formulation of some combat plans.

After all, he also bears the name of a senior advisor to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Peng Polu, who knew the inside story, sent a personal letter to Peng Ke after all the combat plans were formulated.

When the letter arrived, it was already deep winter in Jianzhou.

Peng Ke, who was lying comfortably on the hot kang in the mansion, received the news, and his first thought was dumbfounded.

The father and son had discussed before that Emperor Hongwu would definitely come to the Northern Expedition.

For this matter, Penke was already mentally prepared.

The main thing that confused him was that Emperor Hong Wu had no arrangements for him!
Peng Ke originally thought that he would definitely participate deeply in this Northern Expedition.

Otherwise, why kick him to Shanhaiguan.

In the end, it seemed that because I was doing something special in Jianzhou, I was going to miss this Northern Expedition!

Do you want to say it's a pity?
It doesn't seem to be the case.

Peng Ke thought about it carefully, and stayed comfortably in Maodong in Jianzhou. When the next spring came, he would guide the immigrants to plow the fields, and the sons of Xungui started mining.

In the next few years, I will try my best to develop the people's livelihood in Jianzhou, stuff my own private goods into the immigrants, and plant a seed that will have the opportunity to germinate and grow into a towering tree in the future.

It seems pretty good to be relaxed without worrying about your life.

But if he really wanted to miss this battle of Hetao, Peng Ke felt a little unwilling.

As long as Da Ming fights steadily in this battle to regain Hetao, he feels that the probability of success is very high.

The one sitting on the throne now is called Emperor Hongwu, not Jianwen.

You can rest assured when fighting this part.

And a war that has a high probability of being won is a military carnival.

Countless soldiers will be promoted because of this war, and will have more troops and rights.

But he could only watch helplessly in Jianzhou, and it seemed a pity to miss this good opportunity for promotion and salary increase.

Lying on the hot kang, Peng Ke looked at the information sent by his father and said with some regret and expectation: "Actually, our Jianzhou is not far from Beiman."

"Although it is difficult for the northern barbarians in Monan to come to Jianzhou, if the northern barbarians send troops from Mobei to support them, they need to face the capital of Daning directly."

"It would be great if there would be a northern barbarian partial army who would not be afraid of death and come to Jianzhou to do things."

"In this way, our Jianzhou can also kill Man Jianggong!"

Penke was whimsically thinking about some unrealistic things.

No matter whether it is the northern barbarian army in Mobei or Monan, if they want to fight Jianzhou, it is a very rare thing that will happen.

They also have no reason to come and attack Jianzhou.

Daning and Beiping ahead are the main fronts.

Even Liaodong is unlikely to be threatened.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Emperor Hongwu to immigrate to Liaodong swaggeringly when the war was about to start.

Let alone Jianzhou, which is still behind Liaodong.

The possibility of Beiman who wants to wait in Jianzhou until he is sent to his door to be beaten is really too low.

Penke sighed.

That's the way it is, that's the only way it can be.

He should honestly wait for the spring of next year to sort out the matter of Jianzhou first.

(End of this chapter)