Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 145: Strategies to Ping Liao
To be honest, Sun Chengzong was very interested in Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Chonghuan was certainly not a fool. He knew that the teacher was thinking about himself, so he obeyed and wrote a letter to Sun Chengzong to reassure Sun Chengzong.

In fact, at this time, Yuan Chonghuan was no longer as worried and concerned about this matter as when he had just discovered that Jiannu had been conquering Chahar and expanding his sphere of influence westward. What's more, the emperor now said in a letter to Sun Chengzong that the emperor He has already made all the precautionary preparations, so it is not his turn to worry about this.

What Yuan Chonghuan really cares about now is the "two-year agreement" that the emperor made with him. Although Yuan Chonghuan initially thought that this so-called "betting agreement" was just a way for the emperor to beat himself up and make him listen to Sun Chengzong and not do anything. It was just mentioned casually, so there was no need to take it seriously.

But later, when he secretly passed by Sun Chengzong and asked the imperial court to deal with Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of Pi Island, the emperor's reply to him mentioned this "two-year agreement" again, which showed that the emperor did not just talk about it casually, he still remembered it. thing.

Yuan Chonghuan did not dare to dream that he would really win the "bet" between him and the emperor, and then the emperor asked him to replace Sun Chengzong to do what Ji Liao Governor did. He was just very curious about whether the emperor could do it. When it comes to "pacifying Liao in two years", what method will be used to "pacify Liao"!
Although from the standpoint of a governor of Liaodong who had dealt with Jiannu for many years, Yuan Chonghuan did not believe at all that anyone in the world could pacify Liaodong within two years, but the emperor always talked about it. He was so confident and confident that it didn't sound like bragging at all. People who brag don't have such confidence.

Furthermore, if the emperor was bragging to himself at the beginning, then he would definitely not mention it again afterwards. After all, if the emperor said it but failed to do it in the end, the emperor's face would be tarnished, and the bullshit would be poked. What an embarrassing thing to break!
But the emperor later mentioned this matter more than once, and Yuan Chonghuan also heard that the young emperor had said in front of all the civil and military officials in the morning that he would annihilate the Jiannu and pacify Liaodong. Although others listened to his words, Everyone thought it was bragging, but Yuan Chonghuan felt that it was not that simple. He felt that the doubts in his heart were getting deeper.

Now it was only five or six months before the two-year period agreed between the emperor and himself. Every day that passed, the urgency and expectation in his heart became more intense. Regardless of the outcome of the bet, Yuan Chonghuan He also wanted to know whether the emperor had any way to deal with the Jiannu, and Yuan Chonghuan even believed that the emperor had the ability to exterminate the Jiannu and regain Liaodong. Moreover, he was also looking forward to seeing what kind of mysterious "Ping Liao Zhi Zhi" the emperor held in his hands. Policy"!
At this time, Zhu Tianqi had also begun to make arrangements for the upcoming war that was related to his life and death. Maps were hung in Zhu Tianqi's Qianqing Palace, and a sand table was placed on the table. Zhu Tianqi was there almost every day. Here I hold historical books and draw on maps and sand tables for several hours.

However, after these behaviors of his reached the ears of the officials in the court, they were ridiculed by them. Everyone used to think of him as a carpenter, and they all knew that his education was limited and his cultural level was not high, so he was not mentioned. Although the emperor is not a good carpenter now, he can't understand those military books and tactics, and it's all in vain.

What's more, they also said that the reason why the emperor suddenly started studying the art of war is because he said in front of everyone when he went to court a year ago that he would destroy the Jiannu and pacify Liaodong. Now this big talk has become public. , it was difficult to take it back, so I temporarily held the Buddha's feet!
Zhu Tianqi also heard about what these officials said about him through Jin Yiwei, but he had no time to pay attention to them now, so he just asked Jin Yiwei to record these remarks and the names of the officials involved in the discussion in a file, and put them away first, and planned to Wait until later to take it out and settle accounts with them.

Now Zhu Tianqi's mind is all on this battle, and he doesn't even pay much attention to the business over there. It is often young people who send people back to send several requests for replenishment, and Zhu Tianqi finally Send him a little more, and now Zhu Tianqi has nearly 500 million taels of silver in his internal funds, which is enough for him to cope with this war.

So to be on the safe side, he no longer spends a lot of his life buying small commodities to earn silver. Instead, he has to save some life in advance to use it as a guarantee for winning this war.

Through in-depth study of historical records during this period, and careful observation of maps and terrain, Zhu Tianqi has made a very detailed war plan. According to his plan, the war will begin at the end of August or early September at the latest. Before taking action, he had to make some preparations in advance.

In fact, Zhu Tianqi's plan to deal with Jiannu was not complicated, and this plan had been thought up not long after he had just traveled through time. At first, he planned to move east step by step, gradually encroaching and fighting Jiannu. A protracted war.

But after he carefully studied the historical records for a few days, he came up with this bold plan - to lure the enemy deep and annihilate them in one fell swoop!
According to historical records, just this year, in October 1629, Huang Taiji led his army to bypass the Guanningjin defense line, bypass the Tatars, break through the Great Wall from the north of the capital, sneak attack Zunhua, and then raid the capital. This is Hehe The famous "Ji Si Change".

In this battle, the Ming army was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. The commander-in-chief of Pingliao, Zhao Lianjiao, was killed in an attack when returning for reinforcements. The commander-in-chief of Datong, King Manguiqin, died in battle. Yuan Chonghuan was also executed by Lingchi after this battle. The capital and surrounding areas The area suffered severe damage and looting, and many cities were occupied by slaves. From then on, the Ming army lost all its advantages, and could only be passively beaten!
Although the Ming army lost miserably in this battle, Zhu Tianqi carefully read this part of the historical data many times and found that the reason why Jiannu was able to achieve these results was mainly due to Jiannu's sudden attack on the capital, which caught the Ming army by surprise. , the troops in the capital were empty, and the troops from all over the country had to travel long distances to rescue the king, while the army of the slaves could wait for work.

When the troops of King Qin from various places arrived in the capital, they were enough to resist Jiannu's attack. This shows that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was not weaker than that of Jiannu. However, Jiannu's troops were limited and could not last long. If enough troops could be gathered in advance, it would be possible. Defeat it.

Zhu Tianqi knew that there was a great risk in doing this. After all, it was easy to let Jiannu in, but the Eight Banners Army of Jiannu was not that easy to deal with. Even if he had foresight through historical records, he could mobilize heavy troops in advance to set up an ambush, but he wanted to It is not that easy to annihilate Jiannu in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)