Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 230 Just want Zhang Yifan to be interested
In the military aircraft hall, judging from the sand table, in fact, at this time, the Ming army had already captured a large area of ​​​​Liaodong.

In the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Ding Liao Duwei was even set up in Liaodong. In June of the sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Liaoyang Prefecture and County were set up.The location is Shenyang in later generations.

However, the Meng Yuan in Liaodong was strong and the Ming Dynasty was weak. After the initial capture, they could not hold it at all.As a last resort, in the [-]th year of Hongwu's reign, administrative offices such as prefectures and counties were abolished, and only the guard posts of military units were retained.

The Mongolian and Yuan forces headed by Naha Chu have continuously attacked over the years and wiped out more than 2 Ming troops, mainly the casualties of these garrison troops who left Liaodong.

Therefore, at this point in time, the Ming Dynasty's various guard posts extending out to Liaodong were actually in name only.The cavalry from Naha can go directly to the coast of Liaodong.

Historically, when the Ming Dynasty accumulated 21 troops to attack Nahachu in the 20st year of Hongwu, they mainly attacked from the grassland direction.

Standing by the sand table, Xu Da, who was most familiar with Liao affairs, introduced the real situation one by one.

Zhang Yifan was surprised by this situation.In his impression, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were so many famous generals here. They should be invincible and invincible. Why were they suppressed by the Tatars?

Knowing his thoughts, Xu Da was speechless and immediately answered him: "Today, outside the Pass, the Tatars still have the upper hand. Our support is often not timely. By the time the reinforcements arrive, they have already been captured by the Tatars. Even In some places, reinforcements are not easy, and the Tatars are likely to encircle them for reinforcements, and the troops who go out to reinforce will suffer disaster! The morale of the troops outside the pass is unstable, and your Majesty even beheaded a commander who escaped before."

After hearing this, Lan Yu on the side also said: "After all, the Tatars have been in the pass for decades, and they also have experience in attacking cities. Just that counterweight trebuchet, ordinary cities can't stop it. !”

Zhang Yifan rolled his eyes when he heard this, and immediately said: "That's not right, let's put on a posture, just here at Haizhou Guard, we need to strengthen our troops, hoard supplies, and attract Tartars to attack, and then we can destroy a group of people by cooperating internally and externally." , capture a group, come here twice, still can’t kill them!”

After he finished speaking, Xu Da and Lan Yu couldn't help but look at each other, their eyes a little speechless.

In the end, Xu Da answered Zhang Yifan: "Yifan, your idea is good, but you may not have listened to what I just said. Even though Haizhou Wei is only 120 miles away from the coastline, we After getting the news, it would be too late to set off from the pass, or to gather people and horses from the Liaodong Corridor to set off."

In order to show his closeness to the Prince Consort and not make Zhang Yifan look too embarrassed by saying this, he also changed his title.

Lan Yu on the side also explained: "Haizhou City is not a big city, and there are not many people. Unlike Yongping City, it is difficult to cope with the protracted siege of the Tatars. In addition, the Tatars will definitely release their cavalry in the Liaodong Corridor. , we can’t gather troops from the Liaodong Corridor, we can only reinforce by sea from within the pass to catch them by surprise, but this will take too long!”

Zhu Di remained silent. Listening to his father-in-law and Lan Yu's explanation, he couldn't help but show some regret.

Zhang Yifan listened and was about to speak when he burped.

Rice wine is generally drunk hot. It tastes good and has a bit of staying power.However, Zhang Yifan didn't drink much.

After he burped the wine, he immediately laughed and said: "No, no, you are all wrong. Haizhou City can definitely be defended, just prepare more firearms. Reinforcements do not need to start from the pass, and there is no need to wait too long for reinforcements. …”

Hearing this, Xu Da couldn't help but shake his head, interrupted Zhang Yifan, and explained helplessly: "I know that the barbarian cannon is very powerful and can hit a long distance, but once the Tatars adapt to the barbarian cannon, they will The help of defending the city will not be as great as you imagined. As long as the Tatars spread out when attacking the city, the cannons will not cause much damage to the Tatars. Most of them will be bombarded by their catapults, but The barrage cannon fires slowly."

Seeing that Zhang Yifan wanted to speak, he added: "Although there is also a squatting tiger cannon, its shortcomings are also very obvious. The range is very short, and there is only one shot at close range. If the Tatars continue to attack, the tiger will The role of the squatting artillery will be limited. Defending the city with only ten thousand enemies and explosive packs will consume a lot of money and won't last long. We can only send reinforcements from within the pass!"

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, you are wrong!"

Zhu Di: "..."

Although he really wanted to fight, he was not a fool.After listening, he stood with his father-in-law and immediately said to Zhang Yifan: "Yifan, you drank too much and your head is hot. Let me get you some sobering soup!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan didn't want to leave him. He walked a few steps, moved to one side of the sand table, and then pointed with his hand and said: "There should be a big island here. Just gather troops here quietly by sea. Once there is a war, from Supporting the Haizhou Guard by sea has at least shortened the journey by half, is that enough?”

What he was referring to was Juehua Island outside Ningyuan City in later generations.This island is definitely big enough. It was used to store food and grass during the war between the late Ming Dynasty and Jianlu.

As a result, it froze in winter, so Boarpi led the Tatars to attack Juehua Island, burned the food and grass, and massacred all the soldiers and civilians on the island, seriously affecting the war in Liaodong.

Xu Da, Lan Yu and others were shocked when they heard what he said.

Then, Xu Da immediately remembered it, nodded quickly and said, "Yes, there is indeed an island here. If it is used to store troops..."

At this point, he stopped talking. Judging from his expression, he was thinking about this possibility.

Lan Yu didn't know about this island, and neither did Zhu Di. Among them, Zhu Di asked Zhang Yifan a little curiously: "Yifan, how did you know that there is an island here that can be used?"

"You don't know how to ask. You can know it by just asking anyone. It's such a big island that only a blind person can't see. It's a good thing that you are leading the navy and you don't check the situation along the way."

Zhu Di: "..."

After being speechless for a while, Zhu Di simply admitted, "I ignored this, it's my fault!"

When he just finished speaking, Xu Da was already thinking about it, and immediately said: "If I remember correctly, it is indeed a big island there. But we need to stock up on troops in advance, and if we hide the traces and think of surprise troops, we may not be able to hoard a large army. The maximum amount is [-] to [-] yuan. We have to go to the island to see how much it is."

When he said this, he was very serious. He looked at Zhang Yifan and said: "Even if there are 20, if we support the Haizhou Guard, we may not have an advantage in terms of strength. The Tatar strength in Liaodong is around [-]!"

There was one thing he didn't elaborate on.It is impossible for the Liaodong Tatars to come out in full force. Therefore, although there are 20 troops, the number that will besiege Haizhou City will only be about 20. If we hear that the Ming Dynasty will send reinforcements later, there may be more Tatars. The number of troops is about five to one hundred thousand, and the number of troops is definitely greater than that of the Tatars.Zhang Yifan listened, but didn't take it seriously, and immediately replied: "Then we must have won. The Tatars cannot all be elites. If there were [-] elites, they would have counterattacked long ago. The troops we sent were elites, then Will suffice."

At this point, when he saw that Xu Da wanted to speak again, he took the lead and immediately continued: "I have already asked people to renovate the ironmaking plant. The output of steelmaking will increase later, and we can equip our elite with fine steel chests later." A, in addition, a batch of muskets will be built, which will be many times more powerful than the current muskets. Not only the range, but also the rate of fire will be comprehensively improved."

Hearing his words, Xu Da couldn't help but be very surprised.But Lan Yu and Zhu Di were already overjoyed.

The two of them knew Zhang Yifan better than Xu Da.Knowing what he said, there must be something good!
But who knows, before it’s over, Zhang Yifan continued to say: “In addition, we can also build a batch of artillery, let’s call it rapid-fire artillery. The reloading speed is at least three times that of the Hongyi artillery, and the range will be much shorter. It's also farther than a bow and arrow, I mean the effective range..."

This rapid-fire cannon was actually something that existed in the Ming Dynasty in history. Its original name was the Franco machine gun, which originated from the Portuguese.

However, the Fran cannon, which came from the Portuguese and was imitated by the Ming Dynasty, was a molecular gun, which was equivalent to taking out the barrel of the gun separately.A mother gun is usually equipped with six or seven child guns. The child guns are loaded in advance, so the speed becomes very fast.

However, one of the shortcomings of this historical Fran cannon is that its air tightness is relatively poor. Not only is it easy to injure the soldiers firing the Fran cannon, but the range will also be affected and become short.

However, this shortcoming is actually easy to solve. As long as it is changed to an embedded musket loading method, the air tightness problem can basically be solved.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the main reason was that the entire Ming Dynasty system was rotten. Otherwise, with the types and configuration of firearms at that time, it would definitely be able to beat the enemy with cold weapons.

Hearing his introduction, even Xu Da, who was as steady as Xu Da, was surprised. He immediately stared at Zhang Yifan and confirmed: "Seriously? Is there such a powerful artillery?"

For people in the early Ming Dynasty, it was a bit unimaginable for Zhang Yifan to say this!
Although Lan Yu believed that Zhang Yifan would create miracles, she couldn't help but confirm: "Can this kind of artillery be easily used in field battles with the army?"

Zhu Di, on the other hand, did not ask questions, because he believed that it was okay for his brother-in-law to say so.

On Zhang Yifan's side, upon hearing what they said, he said as a matter of course: "Is this so difficult to imagine? Do you know about the Hongyi cannon? In fact, it is to hollow out the back of the cannon, and then use a smaller cannon to load it in advance." , stuff it into this gap to form a cannon that can be fired, it’s that simple!”

Xu Da: "..."

Sapphire: "..."

Zhu Di: "Hehehe!"

Look, my father-in-law must know how smart Yifan's brain is, right?

Zhang Yifan saw that Xu Da and Lan Yu were both stunned, so he took a step back and quickly declared: "Of course, what I said needs to be built from scratch. It will take time. It will probably take several months." Can."

Hearing his words, Xu Da came back to his senses, and immediately smiled all over his face, and quickly said: "No rush, take your time, it's fine, if you need something, just ask, if there is nothing in Peking, I will go to your majesty immediately want!"

At this moment, Zhu Di intervened and said: "We also have to check your island and make plans for this war. It will take several months anyway. Don't rush it!"

After hearing this, Xu Da couldn't help but glance at him: Is this already arranged?

Zhu Di obviously understood what his father-in-law's eyes meant, and he replied helplessly: "If we don't talk about this war or fight this war, see if you can force Yifan to come up with these things!"

After hearing this, Xu Da thought for a moment and had to admit that what his son-in-law said made sense.If you really get interested in this great prince-in-law, he will come up with some fantastic ideas!
Okay, judging from the results of the current discussion, if what the great prince consort said can really be achieved, then the elite divisions of the Ming Dynasty will not be at a disadvantage against the Tatars who have doubled the number. The reduction in military strength can still make The logistical pressure is also lighter, which is also beneficial.

So, on this New Year's Eve, several people agreed on the arrangements for the coming year.

Zhang Yifan went to the military industry to build more powerful firearms, artillery, fish floss, meat floss, etc. He also had to take care of them.All in all, it's all about logistics.

Xu Da mainly built the Great Wall, Shanhaiguan and other places.

Zhu Di and Lan Yu will take a boat to Juehua Island in the spring to inspect the terrain and verify the possibility of launching the planned Liaodong war on the island where troops are stored.

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On the same day, the Mongolian Tatars were not very happy.Even if they have been in the customs for a long time and have been influenced by the Han people, they are still on this important day. It should be a festive day, but this year, there is no festive atmosphere at all.

Huishan and other places were raided by the Ming army, and the news had spread to Liaodong and to the base camp of Nahachu.

Most of the gathered Liaodong Tatars had fled from the pass. When they heard that Naha had gathered many people here, they all fled and gathered so many people.

This kind of defeated general has actually been killed by the Ming army. It is difficult to fight the Ming army without an advantage.

Naha was a descendant of Muhuali, one of the four generals in the Genghis Khan era. Although he was captured by the Ming army, he insisted that it was impossible to surrender. After being released by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was named the left prime minister of Liaoyang Province by Emperor Yuan Shun, and was later added as Tai Tai. Wei, King Kaiyuan and other officials.

He knew very well how to reform these rabble, and he tried his best, racked his brains, and attacked continuously. Through small-scale victories, he slowly gathered the hearts and minds of the military.Unexpectedly, just when he was breathing a sigh of relief, such a huge defeat came out!
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