Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 89

Just after Li Wenzhong led the [-] guard soldiers back from training for two days, our Royal Highness Liao Wang set up a celebration banquet in Beiping.

The scale of the celebration banquet was huge. In addition to eating and drinking, His Royal Highness King Liao also put on a firework show for the people of Beiping City.

This fireworks show is nothing new. When the Yuan Dynasty ruled, there were often banquet performances, but they were not specially prepared for the common people, but for the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty.

Of course, it is impossible for this thing to be placed indoors, it is all placed outdoors, and ordinary people can naturally see it.

The fireworks belong to the fireworks, and the common people are more concerned about the reason for the celebration banquet. Some people said that this General Li Wenzhong was ordered to go out to fight in the fortress. In the end, he defeated the enemy in one battle, beheaded [-] people, and captured countless prisoners!

Good guy, this is a great victory!Needless to say, pass it on quickly!
Of course, this is just a rumor, and the common people don’t know the details, but the Ming army has indeed won more than lost in the past few years, chasing Bei Yuan and pressing the hammer, you look at Youyun Sixteen, which has been lost for hundreds of years Didn't Daming take back all the states?
The common people spoke this rumor with their noses and eyes, and there was indeed a celebration banquet in Beiping City, so this news was inevitably noticed by some people with ulterior motives.

It's just that the official didn't confirm this matter, nor denied it, and the army did leave the city before, but came back soon. Could it be... Li Wenzhong, really won again? !

Needless to say, such a big news was quickly delivered out of the city, and it was placed on Nahachu's table within two days.

When Naha heard the news, he was also stunned. He originally ordered the shrinking of the defense line after he knew the movements of the Ming army, but he didn't expect that something happened. Which general's army had something wrong? , Didn't withdraw in time?

But if you think about it carefully, it's not right, this Beiping is hundreds of miles away from Shenzhou, no matter how powerful he is, Li Wenzhong, if he travels two hundred miles a day, he will bring a large army to arrest him?

Moreover, it is true that none of the troops encountered an attack from the Ming army!
What the hell is going on here?
As far back as Nahachu in Shenzhou was still thinking about what was going on, and it might take a while to react, the tribal leaders outside the Great Wall naturally knew about it, and of course they were the same as Nahachu. I heard it from the gossip, but His Royal Highness King Liao never made it official.

But I have to say that this incident, at least in private, gave their tribal people a dose of stimulant, and they became more energetic in confronting Naha.

However, the advantage is only within one or two days. After all, Naha reacted quickly when he came out. It is simply nonsense to kill [-] enemies and capture countless prisoners. I am afraid it is false news spread by rumors!

After reacting, Naha realized that it was anger from embarrassment, but he flinched when he heard that the Ming army was coming, and then he heard that the Ming army had won, he was frightened and tried desperately to find out where he was attacked by the Ming army. Are you afraid of the Ming army?
Naha was so angry that he ordered the army to continue to attack immediately, saying that he would annex these tribes, so let others know that Naha himself is not a vegetarian!
Come, lead my war horse!
But just as Naha Chu thought about it, he heard someone come over and say:
"The Ming army, General Li Wenzhong, led another [-] troops, heading towards Shanhaiguan..."

Naha came out with a strong front foot. When he saw the drawn horse, he silently asked someone to send it back to feed him. Then he performed a routine operation and immediately ordered the temporary defense to shrink. At the same time, he reported the situation to Wang Baobao and asked for reinforcements...

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Li Wenzhong now admires His Royal Highness Liao Wang's five-body cast, let alone other things, this slap in the face can be regarded as a play for His Royal Highness Liao Wang.

Although His Royal Highness King Liao has always said that he does not know how to lead troops to fight, but would he think of this move if he does not know how to fight?

That Nahachu can be regarded as a veteran general who has experienced many battles. You see, there is no one who is being played around by His Royal Highness Liao Wang.

However, Zhu Qi was not modest. The reason why his strategy was successful was because of the current hard power of the Ming army, which was much stronger than Naha as a whole.

Although he and Beiyuan Wang Baobao were in a confrontational state, if they were determined and sent troops to attack Naha regardless of the cost, Shenzhou, the stronghold where Naha appeared, would have to go two or three hundred miles away.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Qi's strategy can be successful, but if you can fight with Naha at [-]/[-], you will not be afraid to watch Naha go out, but when you hear that the Ming army is attacking, maybe you will take the initiative to come to you Well, even ran to attack a city.

Therefore, such intelligence warfare, exercise and intimidation warfare can only be effective when there is a gap in strength.

Of course, this is also learned from reality. You can see that the United States is threatening other countries with drills all day long. If you change to a small country, Mauritius, and try to drill others, I am afraid that you will be beaten as soon as the news is released.

As for how long this move can be used, Zhu Qi doesn't know, anyway, it's just used like this, if Naha finally thinks that Daming is just saying that he doesn't practice fake moves, it's nothing more than a wolf, that's all Even better!
After the autumn harvest, let Li Wenzhong lead a troop of cavalry to attack Shenzhou while Naha is out to relax his vigilance. Maybe he can beat the record of Li Jing's surprise attack on Turkic Jili Khan in the Tang Dynasty.

Anyway, just a word, as long as Da Ming puts his hard power here, it is up to Da Ming to fight or not. The strategic initiative has never been on Nahachu's side.

But scaring is all about scaring, Zhu Qi naturally did not forget the specific task of coming to Beiping this time, in addition to delaying the time for those tribes, there is also to give those tribes support materials so that they can go out with Naha for consumption.

In the beginning, these tribes were all beaten to the bottom of the Great Wall, so it is nothing to send them some supplies, even if there is loss on the road, it is acceptable.

But when these tribes began to move, it was a bit difficult to deliver supplies, mainly because the supply line for transporting supplies was too long, and they were under the threat of Beiyuan at any time.

This is the same as Naha Chu cannot ignore the Ming army's exercises. Da Ming naturally cannot underestimate the Beiyuan forces outside the customs. Maybe it will be a head-on confrontation. Na Ha Chu is not an opponent, but if he knows that there is such a supply line, he will definitely Those who sent light cavalry to harass them would not support these small tribes, but Naha.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang has a clear order, that is, to clear the sea lanes and open up the sea transportation lines.

This is not only to contain Naha, but also to prepare for the recovery of Liaodong in the future.

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin fought Goguryeo like this. The army marched on the road, and there were transport ships on the sea to transport grain and grass supplies.

Zhu Qi remembers that in the story of the Crusades, Richard the Lionheart also protected his supply line in this way. He even played the operation of the airship micromanaging the wounded soldiers in "Warcraft 3". Just board the ship to recuperate, get injured and get off the ship to continue fighting, there is no one left.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Yuanzhang's order to clear up the sea was the same reason, so Zhu Qi naturally dared not ignore it.

In the past few days, besides drawing a random picture on the map every day, asking Li Wenzhong to lead his troops to practice and practice, or simply to let people release rumors that the Ming army is going to attack, the Dagukou Dockyard How is the shipbuilding situation? By the way, let's find out what monsters and ghosts are making waves on the Bohai Sea these years.

It was Liu Bowen who was doing the intelligence gathering work. In the past few days, Lao Liu had become Zhu Qi's boss. On the one hand, he was asked to supervise the construction of new warships, turtle ships, and on the other hand, he was asked to learn about the power situation at sea.

It didn't take long for Liu Bowen to send a detailed report in person.

Just as Zhu Qi predicted before, on the Bohai Sea, there are currently four forces divided up. One is the Japanese pirates, and it is also the most rampant. Historically, during the Hongwu period, Japanese pirates often attacked the coast of the Liao Dynasty in the Bohai Sea. .

After the Ming Dynasty completely defeated the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy to warn the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom had officially ended the civil war at this time and entered the stable Muromachi Shogunate, also known as the Ashikaga Shogunate era.

The last generation of the Ashikaga shogunate was the Warring States Period in Japan, which is considered to be the most famous generation of war history in ancient Japanese history.

The stable Japanese shogunate, after receiving Zhu Yuanzhang's warning, quickly restrained the people under his subordinates, so the Japanese invasion that endangered Ming Dynasty stopped for nearly a hundred years.

Of course, now is the eighth year of Hongwu, and Liaodong has not yet been recovered, so naturally there is no time to clean up the Japanese rebellion.

In addition to the Japanese pirates, the second force on the Bohai Sea is the country of Koryo.

The navy of the Goryeo Kingdom is not like the Japanese pirates, who rob everywhere and act as pirates, but because of the marriage relationship between the Goryeo Kingdom and the Yuan Dynasty for several generations, the current king of Goryeo is still the king of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so the attitude towards Ming Dynasty is to want to be It is hostile. It is conceivable that if Ming Dynasty uses the Bohai Sea to carry out transportation routes, the navy of Korea is very likely to obstruct it, and conflicts are very likely.

The third is that there will definitely be conflicts, and that is the navy of Beiyuan.

Originally, Zhu Qi thought that the Beiyuan Navy was managed by Nahachu, but after reading Liu Bowen's information, he realized that he was still young. The Beiyuan Navy was not managed by Nahachu, but a Pingzhang from Beiyuan. , ruled by a Han Chinese named Liu Yi.

The meaning of Pingzhang is a bit like Jiedushi in the Tang Dynasty, written as Pingzhang, and pronounced as a warlord.

In the beginning, Pingzhang was just a local governor, but in this year, those who can be Pingzhang in the local area are all separatist forces holding one party's military power.

Although this Liu Yi was a Han, he became Pingzhang of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and ruled Liaoyang, and his subordinates were mainly the navy. Zhu Yuanzhang also persuaded Liu Yi to surrender many times, but this man refused many times, saying that he was loyal to the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

It is not clear whether he is loyal to Beiyuan, anyway, this person is definitely right to fight against Daming. If he wants to clear the sea, Liu Yi's naval force is the first target!
And on the Bohai Sea, Liu Yi's navy is also the largest. It is conservatively estimated that there are more than a hundred ships, large and small. It is not clear how it is, but it must be the most difficult bone.

And this fourth-party force is the pirates who are separated from all other forces.

Zhu Qi's first reaction was that these pirates could be won over. During the Yuan Dynasty, most of the people who went out to be pirates were from the Song Dynasty.

By the way, during the Song Dynasty, the sea was the most stable and the pirates were the most vulnerable.

On the one hand, it was because the navy of the Song Dynasty was strong, the army I was obedient, and the navy I punched hard!
On the other hand, it is attributed to the prosperous maritime trade and wealthy economic level of the Song Dynasty.

Maritime trade is very free, there are almost no obstacles for the people, and the people along the coast are also very rich. In this case, who has nothing to do to become a pirate?

After all, those who naturally like to rob and kill are a small number of people with abnormal brains, but those with normal brains, who can make money by doing business seriously, will not take risks.

So in the Yuan Dynasty, the Han people who went to sea as pirates were not necessarily bad people, and they were probably their own people!

In fact, even the major Han people Haidao who appeared in the middle and late Ming Dynasty still hoped to be recruited by the court. The biggest example is Zheng Chenggong's father, Zheng Zhilong, the talented richest man in Ming Dynasty.

Before Zheng Zhilong was recruited, he was also a pirate. He mainly engaged in smuggling business and robbed foreigners by the way. After being recruited, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to Daming. His son Zheng Chenggong became a national hero.

Among these pirates, the most powerful is a Han named Wang Chuanqi, whose ancestor is said to be the famous Southern Song Dynasty general Wang Jian!

Not many people may know Wang Jian of the Southern Song Dynasty, but when it comes to a battle, everyone must know it, the Battle of Diaoyu City!

That's right, it was the famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty who was stationed in Diaoyu City, forcibly blocking millions of troops, and seriously injured Mongolian Khan Mengge, who died of his injuries not long after.

As for the fact that Wang Chuanqi claimed to be Wang Jian, it is not known whether this is true, but one thing is certain, that is, Wang Chuanqi is determined to resist Yuan!
An enemy's enemy is a friend, not to mention Wang Chuanqi's national integrity is quite admirable.

Just as Zhu Qi was thinking this way, Liu Bowen helped Zhu Qi plan a strategic layout.

The pirates can be appeased first. After all, Koryo has not confronted Daming directly. Although the king's attitude is tough, he can send envoys to let him see the situation clearly. At the very least, he must warn and intimidate him. Even if the two factions of peace and peace are involved in the war, they will have to argue for a long time, and most of them will not enter this muddy water.

Northern Yuan Pingzhang Liu Yicai is our current archenemy, there will definitely be a battle in the future, and it must be fought, needless to say.

As for the Legend of the Pirate King, judging from various indications, this is a force that must be recruited. The warships and sailors under him are all experienced people who are good at naval warfare. For Kaidou, it must be twice the result with half the effort!

What Liu Bowen is best at is overall planning. Like Zhang Liang, he strategizes thousands of miles away. Zhu Yuanzhang once said, "Liu Bowen is really my son's house." This sentence.

So after listening to Liu Bowen's analysis and suggestions, Zhu Qi also nodded, saying as the old saying goes:
"Gu thinks so too."

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