Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1341
"Since you don't have enough to eat, are you willing to follow us?"

"Thanks to the grace of the master for saving my life, I am willing to follow the master." In fact, Mao Shisan also thought to himself, they are all on board, and if they say no, the other party will directly throw him in the ice and snow. Who knows where the coast is not his own. Looking for a dead end?Besides, it seems that I don't have to worry about eating and drinking with the master.

"Okay, you take a rest first, if you want to go up there to get some air."

After he went out, Xue Ziliang turned to the health worker: "How is this kid's physical condition?"

"Please don't worry, chief, he is hungry. The young man recovers quickly, and he is fine after two full meals."

"The next time you dock, give him a good purification."

After parting from Mao Shisan, Xue Ziliang returned to the war room in the stern building. Several veterans who participated in the investigation of the sea conditions on the north coast of the Bohai Sea and the west coast of the Korean Peninsula all sat down at the map table.

Three days ago, the Haitian sailed directly to Jinzhou Bay. Although Xue Ziliang seldom spoke in the Senate on strategic decisions, he has always been one of the main points of support for the Northeast Asia strategy advocating the Luda base at the General Staff meeting.

In the eyes of this fake foreign devil, the Luda base has incomparable superiority in its strategic position.The most important thing is that the Luda base can be completely controlled by its own army, instead of adopting the "civilian group" model in Shandong.

After the engine operation ended, Lu Wenyuan took the opportunity to occupy the Zhaoyuan area and became the most powerful "tyrannical" in the area.However, Shandong is the core area ruled by the Ming Dynasty. Although the Three Eastern Mansions are not the core area of ​​Shandong and the government pays relatively little attention to them, they are much closer to the capital after all, so it would be inappropriate to directly declare obvious military power there.It is better to take similar areas like Guangdong as key penetration areas.By controlling Zhaoyuan, Qimu Island and several islands off the coast of Dengzhou, Lu Wenyuan and the Shandong detachment will be invincible.

Historically, it took the Qing Dynasty for the recovery of the Denglai area to take place, and now the Ming Dynasty simply couldn't afford to take care of this area that had been looted by war. As long as it didn't openly set up flags and pull the hills, it would not be a problem to be the emperor here for five or six years.

In contrast, the Lushun area is a suitable military base.From here, whether it was Tianjin and the capital that threatened the Ming Dynasty, or Shengjing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the attack distance was not far away, and the convenience of sea transportation could be obtained.

"Old Xue, I agree with you. We'd better strike early in the Luda area. The Jinzhou Isthmus' line of defense relying on Fanshan Mountain is very strong. Back then, the old Maozi defended here, and the Japanese had a nearly three-to-one advantage. Adding naval support only resulted in a disastrous victory, which is not to say that there is no advantage in weapon generation." As a hardcore "aggressive faction", Wang Ruixiang was very dissatisfied with the senate's long-term neglect of the northern region.

"That's what I mean too. The narrowest part of this area is only three times as long as the wicker edge of Qiman Island, but the strategic depth is much greater."

Xue Ziliang opened his laptop and showed the photos taken by the special investigation team a few days ago when they were conducting field reconnaissance on the Jinzhou Peninsula.In order not to be noticed by the beacons of Lushun Fort, Haitian did not burn boilers at that time, and did not directly investigate Lushunkou, but reconnaissance of the Jinzhou Isthmus from Jinzhou Bay and Dalian Bay.Xue Ziliang was quite satisfied with the results of the investigation. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no land reclamation from the sea, and the isthmus was supposed to be narrower than modern times, which is good for defense. Moreover, the freezing situation in winter is not too serious. If they control this place, the Houjin army would like to smuggle across the ice. is not realistic.

"Some of our comrades are too conservative now, and the form is constantly changing." The person who spoke was Huang Hua, a native of Heilongjiang.He has done business before, has a certain business acumen, understands mechanical technology, is familiar with the geography and scenery outside the customs, and can self-defense; he can speak fluent Korean and Shanxi dialect.He is very keen on carrying out the trade of post-gold and then infiltrating it.

"Rather than being conservative, it's better to say that we don't want to deal with Houjin—in their view, we want to establish a foothold in Luda because we want to hook up with Houjin." Wang Ruixiang laughed, "Besides, the benefits are not counted. Big."

"That's not bad, but the enemy's enemy is an ally. Only after the wild boar Houjin has bled Daming to make things difficult for us can we do something special in the south. In fact, doing business with wild boar skins is second to make money. The key is to make wild boar skins stronger , so that we can enter the customs as soon as possible, so that we can avenge Daming."

"It doesn't matter if you say this here, let the emperors hear it and be careful of 'Heavenly Punishment'..."

Huang Hua laughed: "When I went to North Korea and Da Mao to sell goods, I didn't see anything, and I was afraid of a ball."

Xue Ziliang smiled slightly. Although he is a genuine Chinese, he does not consider himself a "Chinese", so he is not interested in this kind of topic at all. However, he also knows that this issue is a politically sensitive topic in the Senate, so it is better not to mix it up.When their words stopped, he opened his mouth and said:

Wang Ruixiang said: "What I am most worried about is not doing business. It is that some people in the Senate worry that our plan is too aggressive. It will become a burden to divide the troops and open the base. In fact, occupying the Jinzhou Peninsula will not trigger a war with the Manchus. Scale conflict. Geographical conditions are enough to hinder the Houjin army from launching a counterattack. We only need to protect ourselves there, and the main force of Houjin will not take pains to gnaw at our tough bone. Even the current situation of the Dongjiang Army, there is no Kong Youde led the way and they didn't dare to concentrate their forces for a decisive battle. As long as the Tartars learn a lesson, the Jinzhou Peninsula can achieve long-term peace. If there is a military danger, it is better to say that Zhenjiang Fort is more dangerous."

"There are still more than 20 people in the Dongjiang Army. It is a pity that these populations are cheaper than Manchuria, and the population of Liaodong is also quite large. A few years later, Luda will be a good strategic node to march into North Korea, Shandong, and North Zhili. We are now The strategic nodes are all to the south—the latitude of Jeju Island is actually about the same as that of Jiangsu.”

"We talked lively, Lushun is still in the hands of the Dongjiang army."

"It's not easy to win Lushun..." Xue Ziliang said.

"That's right." Wang Ruixiang said, "but there is a Huanglong in Lushun now. If we want to fight Lushun, Huanglong must die. According to history, he committed suicide when the Qing Dynasty broke down the city. He is considered a good man. He died in our hands. It's kind of ugly..."

Although Huanglong has no bright spots in running the army, he still deserves the word "loyalty". If he really wants to die in the hands of the Fubo army, many veterans find it difficult to accept it emotionally.

"It doesn't matter," Huang Hua said, "although Kong Youde failed to bring down the Qing in the Dengzhou rebellion, there may not be any Dongjiang generals who want to take this road. They are too entangled with the rebels. As long as the court pursues them, only rebellion Surrendering to the enemy is one way to go."

"What if the court doesn't pursue it..." Xue Ziliang felt that this was too illusory.

"Then let's give it a push and let the imperial court investigate. So many people died in Shandong this time, how can the Dongjiang generals who have been deeply involved be so easily exonerated?"

"Actually, Huanglong's life or death is not the main thing." Wang Ruixiang said, "The key is that we must support Sun Yuanhua's faction."

Although Sun Yuanhua "retained his post" for the time being after the Dengzhou Rebellion, he has already been dismissed. Even with the activities of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau and himself, it is still uncertain whether he can stay in the post.In case he cannot stay in office, before the new governor takes office, the Senate needs to support a "person of his own" in the local area.

Most of the people in the "Dengzhou Christian Small Group" who originally followed Sun Yuanhua were inappropriate, especially civil servants.Although with the help of the Senate, they all washed away the taint of "trapping thieves", but the charge of "lost land" cannot be escaped.Even if the crime is reduced by one level, and he is not exiled into the army, he will be dismissed and demoted.

In contrast, Zhang Tao, the former deputy general of Dengzhou Town, had the greatest hope.Although he has been dismissed, he "made meritorious service" in the defense of Laizhou, and was the first to "break into" Dengzhou not long ago.Recovering Dengzhou, the credit for beheading Li Jiuzheng is now counted in his name.

Due to the endless wars in the late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court relied more and more on military generals, and military generals tended to become warlords.In order to drive the generals to work hard, the old atmosphere of emphasizing civility over military affairs has changed.As long as they can fight, even those who have been dismissed for some crimes can easily be rehabilitated, and even further promoted and entrusted with important tasks-Zuo Liangyu and others were dismissed after several disastrous defeats, but they were all reinstated quickly and then promoted again.The Foreign Intelligence Agency received news from Beijing that Zhang Tao's reinstatement as a general is just around the corner.As long as the Foreign Intelligence Agency does some more operations, it is not impossible for him to be promoted to the Chief of the Dengzhou Army.

Huang Long was an airborne cadre in Lushun. Except for his own soldiers and servants, he actually only had allies in Dongjiang, and he had no real subordinates who could be mobilized at any time. A considerable number of Dongjiang generals were very hostile to this airborne cadre.Therefore, it is a dead end for Huanglong to defend Lushun.Once the Manchus attack Lushun, Huanglong will undoubtedly die.

Once Lushun falls, Dongjiang will immediately be on the verge of collapse as it has in history.Although Dongjiang has been trapped behind the enemy's rear for a long time and is not liked by people, it is also an important military town supported by the imperial court with hundreds of thousands of money and food every year. Once it is completely finished, it will be enough to shock the government and the public.

At this time, if Zhang Tao can lead the "Sun Yuanhua's Dengzhou new army trained by Sun Yuanhua" wisely - of course, he is actually a member of the northward detachment - to regain Lushun and achieve a second victory in Jinzhou, not only will Zhang Tao succeed Dengzhou The general army is not a problem, and it is quite possible for Sun Yuanhua to stay in office.

The headquarters of the dispatched army is now making this calculation: a part of Dongjiang rebelled - Qing army attacked Lushun - Lushun fell - Ming army counterattacked - regained Lushun - annexed the rest of Dongjiang.After this cycle, the ultimate goal of actually controlling Lushun and annexing Dongjiang was completed, and at the same time, the people of the original Sun Yuanhua system were tied to the chariots of the Senate.

(End of this chapter)