Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 99
Therefore, once they saw Jiannu's cavalry taking the lead, Zu Dashou and Zhao Lejiao immediately opened fire.

These Jiannu cavalrymen never thought that these newly built small fortresses also had red barbarian cannons, so they did not deliberately hide far away. They were caught off guard when the cannons were fired in the city. Often after a wild bombing, the Jiannu cavalry Only one or two of the slave's cavalry could escape alive.

Huang Taiji was shocked when he heard the news brought back by these cavalrymen, because although the cannons and firearms of the Ming army were powerful, they were not many in number, and the number of Hongyi cannons that could pose a threat to him was extremely small. They are only equipped in major cities like Jinzhou City and Ningyuan City. The total number of Hongyi cannons in the entire Liaodong is only twenty or thirty.

The other small artillery pieces are not to be feared. Neither their range nor their power are enough to pose a threat to the Eight Banners Army under their command.

But now the ranger scouts he sent out actually revealed that Hongyi cannons were installed in these small fortresses newly built by the Ming army. If it was true as they said, wouldn't it mean that the Ming army had added quite a few new ones? A large number of Hongyi cannons were even rich enough to be equipped in newly established strongholds and fortresses.

If that was the case, he would have to pay more casualties if he wanted to break through these fortresses, and it would be even more difficult to break through the Guan Ningjin line of defense.

However, for the current Huang Taiji, it is not a good time to march west again and start a war with the Ming army. He has just sorted out the internal problems of the Hou Jin regime and consolidated his rule. Now he is conquering Doro, which belongs to Chahar. Special Department, the Hou Jin Army has marched to Aomulun and captured more than [-] people!
Although Huang Taiji has great ambitions, he also knows that his current strength is not enough to be an enemy of the Ming army, so his main goal now is to expand his territory, increase his population, and improve his strength.

It is precisely because Huang Taiji's main energy is now devoted to the Tatar tribes in the northwest, which has led to a large area of ​​​​Guangning east of Jinzhou that is empty of troops.

Although during this period of time, the Ming army's defense line has been advancing all the way to the east, basically unimpeded, but Yuan Chonghuan did not appear very excited because of this, on the contrary, he smelled a hint of danger from this abnormal state. Breathing, there was also a hint of worry in my heart.

It was not until the scouts sent by Yuan Chonghuan to investigate the situation of the slave-building army brought back news that Yuan Chonghuan was informed that the army of the slave-building army was now aggressively attacking the Tatar Chahar Dorote tribe, Yuan Chonghuan suddenly realized, and then he seemed to have thought of something very terrifying. General, he broke into a cold sweat from shock, and immediately ordered someone to prepare pen and ink, wrote a letter to Sun Chengzong, and had someone send it to Ningyuan immediately.

Since Yuan Chonghuan proposed to get rid of Mao Wenlong of Pidao and was rejected by Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong have not exchanged letters for a long time.

This is not because Sun Chengzong has any opinions on Yuan Chonghuan. After all, Sun Chengzong is still very mature in dealing with people. For him, public is public and private is private. Even if he disagrees with Yuan Chonghuan on whether to get rid of Mao Wenlong, but This disagreement will not affect his personal relationship with Yuan Chonghuan.

Therefore, the matter was actually because Yuan Chonghuan had a "guilty conscience". After his proposal to get rid of Mao Wenlong was sternly rejected by Sun Chengzong, he impulsively wrote a memorial and sent it to the Ministry of War. He asked Qian Longxi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Presented to the emperor, intending to surpass Sun Chengzong, the governor of Ji Liao, to achieve his own goals.

Of course, although Yuan Chonghuan complained that his teacher Sun Chengzong was too conservative in this matter, he still respected Sun Chengzong very much. It was precisely for this reason that after he submitted the memorial to the court, he had a "guilty conscience" and worried that Sun Chengzong would be punished. Knowing this, some did not dare to contact Sun Chengzong.But today's situation is extraordinary. If this matter cannot be handled properly, it may endanger the survival of the Ming Dynasty. Now is not the time to consider those "selfish interests".

After Sun Chengzong received this letter from Yuan Chonghuan, he was also taken aback. The reason why they were all so sensitive to Chahar, who was Jiannu attacking the Tatars, was because they all thought of a terrible possibility, that is, if one day Jiannu conquered most of the Tatar tribes and expanded their sphere of influence westward. So what is the significance of the existence of the Guan Ningjin line of defense?

The reason why the Great Wall could prevent Jiannu was that if Jiannu wanted to enter the customs, they had to pass through Shanhaiguan, a solid pass known as "the first pass in the world".

The reason why the Great Wall could not guard against the Oara and Tatars was because the Oara and Tatars did not have to go through a specific pass if they wanted to enter the pass. The Ming army could not focus on fortifying the entire Great Wall. The cavalry outside the pass came and went without a trace. It was impossible to predict where they would attack, which was why the Oara and Tatar cavalry repeatedly took advantage of the situation.

But if one day the Jiannu bypassed Shanhaiguan and penetrated the vast area of ​​Tatars west of Liaodong, it would greatly increase the difficulty of the Ming army's defense and even directly threaten the safety of the capital.

Sun Chengzong did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly wrote back to Yuan Chonghuan, asking him to send someone to closely monitor Jiannu's every move. At the same time, he quickly wrote a memorial about the matter, stating his speculations and concerns in detail in the memorial, and sent someone to send it to Yuan Chonghuan. Went to the capital.

Yuan Chonghuan received Sun Chengzong's reply and the memorial and letter sent by Qian Longxi almost at the same time. However, at this time, Yuan Chonghuan no longer cared about dealing with Mao Wenlong, but hurriedly opened Sun Chengzong's reply and saw Sun Chengzong said that he had informed the court and suggested that the court "station heavy defense forces south of the capital and repair the Great Wall to ensure the safety of Jimen", and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Chonghuan then followed the orders in Sun Chengzong's letter and summoned hundreds of ranger scouts, divided them into more than a dozen teams, and ordered them to pay close attention to every move of the Jiannu army and report to him at any time.

After arranging these things, Yuan Chonghuan picked up the letter Qian Longxi wrote to him on the table and opened it to read.

This letter is a private letter written by Qian Longxi to Yuan Chonghuan, so there are not so many high-sounding polite words. Qian Longxi told Yuan Chonghuan his suggestions and the emperor's attitude on this matter in detail, and Advise Yuan Chonghuan not to act rashly and temporarily give up the idea of ​​dealing with Mao Wenlong.

Although Yuan Chonghuan trusted Qian Longxi, he was still a little unconvinced. He felt that Qian Longxi was a little too cautious, even the emperor was the same. Either he was affected by Qian Longxi's words, or the emperor was too young and unreasonable. Military affairs, unable to understand the key points he wrote in his memorial.

(End of this chapter)