golden scales

"What is the worst outcome that can happen now?" Zhu Cihong asked.

The generals at the scene seldom considered the worst outcome. When Zhu Cihong asked him this question, he let go of his courage and thought about it, and said: "The Manchus don't care about it, and use all their troops to start a decisive battle with me."

Zhu Cihong nodded and said: "Our opponent is Dorgon. This man is the fourteenth son of the old slave. He has been loved by the old slave since he was a child. Therefore, although he is smart, he lacks tenacity. To be honest, he can support us in Beijing. I am quite surprised that he has not voluntarily withdrawn from the customs until now. Now such a stalemate, with his perseverance, is simply a kind of torment."

Dorgon's fame in later generations is mainly due to braided dramas and idol actors.In fact, his own record is completely unmatched among Nurhachi's sons, and he often lags behind at critical moments.What is more famous is that when the Manchus besieged Jinzhou, he tried to escape several times, and finally withdrew his Niulu without authorization, and was taught by Huangtai Jihaosheng.

At that time, he was the dominant offensive side, but now Bei Jing can be said to be trapped internally and externally, and he is obviously at a disadvantage.Therefore, with his personality, the most likely thing is to retreat outside the pass, start a decades-long tug-of-war with Daming, and rely on plunder to wait for the next opportunity.

But the worst situation for Ming Dynasty is that Dorgon gathers his forces, abandons the northwest, and launches a general attack on Daming with 30 Manchurian Zhenyi and Sanshun Wang Hanjun Banner, Wu Sangui Guanning soldiers, and Lvying Han soldiers.If this happens, the total strength of the Qing army will be [-]. No matter how capable the Ming army is, it can only continue to abandon the line of defense to consume the strength of the Qing army.This is really a loss-making deal for the Donggong Army who is taking the route of Jingbing.

"Our army has only one division and one battalion of less than [-] troops on the Beizhi battlefield. Why did the general staff come up with this kind of risky strategy?" In the northwest, it is precisely because our strength is weak that it is not worthy of him to attack with the whole army. Now, if you take the initiative to provoke, even if you recover Tianjin and Baoding, and attract the entire army of the eastern captives, what good will it do us?"

"Exactly, the dog will jump over the wall in a hurry!" Xiao Donglou echoed: "Your Highness, the last general thinks that the northern front should be strengthened, and when we have two full-staffed divisions, more than [-] troops At that time, even if they go south with ten times as many people, they may not be afraid of them!"

Xiao Mo said with a smile: "Your Highness, 30 troops are gathered in Beizhi. If they hold for three days, their rations may be exhausted. This situation is too extreme."

Zhu Cihong said solemnly: "As a leading general, can you only look at the data on paper? If the eastern captives have no military rations, they can't plunder the people's food storage? When the food is gone, can't they eat people? People directly eat Han women as military rations. During the famine in Liaodong, there were also tragedies of cannibalism, how can you conclude that they will not be able to continue fighting when their military rations run out?"

Xiao Mo's face flushed, and he quickly leaned over and said, "Meng Lang, the last general."

Zhu Cihong softened his tone, and said: "I know that after Xing Yuan moved to Zhen Ding, many people's minds became active. As a warrior, if you can't be like a rock, you are incompetent!"

"Yes!"

Many of the young staff officers of the General Staff are freshmen or even recruits.Their military enlightenment books are often novels, and then there are military books and war books such as "Sun Tzu", "Wu Zi", and "Wei Liao Zi".It's their common problem to be overjoyed and talk about war on paper. They feel that the Donggong Army is invincible, so they rush forward with enthusiasm.

After being splashed with cold water by Zhu Cihong, the atmosphere at the meeting became much more rational.Zhu Cihong also felt that the beatings were enough, and said: "It happens that the two generals of Beizhi are here. Let's discuss where we should focus our attack. Here, I must remind all the generals and school officers, Making use of our strengths and avoiding our weaknesses, and concentrating on our strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses, are the only secret methods for our army to be invincible."

The staff members all turned their eyes to the Beizhi battlefield, and soon turned to linger on the map of the Huangming area in their hearts.

Xiao Mo thought of a plan to really "attack the enemy's weakness", but he couldn't find the position of the first division, so he held back in his heart and didn't know whether to bring it up.

"Your Highness." A captain of the general staff said, "I have an idea."

"Say."

"Liaodong." The staff officer said loudly: "Now that the sea ice is melting, it takes only one or two days to cross the sea to Lushun. Now that the Manchurian army is gathering in Beijing, it is a good time for our army to recover the four states of Lushun and Jingaihai .”

"Your name is... Wei Yun?" Zhu Cihong thought of this staff officer with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

"It's a humble job." Wei Yun puffed up his chest.

"It's not bad to be able to jump out of the Central Plains." Zhu Cihong encouraged: "However, do you know the strength of the Qing army in Lushun? How about the fortifications? Attacking Lushun rashly is tantamount to smearing eyes and hurting people's lives."

Zhu Cihong had thought about opening up the Liaodong battlefield as early as after the Qing soldiers entered the pass. It was only at that time that the guard battalion had established a foothold in Shandong.

As Wei Yun said, it was only a one or two day sea journey from Lushun to Denglai, but every time the Qing soldiers traveled from the hinterland to Lushun, it was hundreds of miles of rugged mountain roads.Now the Shandong Navy is actually Shen Tingyang's Shachuan Gang and Shi Lang's Zheng Jiajun. The former is good at transportation, and the latter is good at naval warfare, so there is no pressure to deal with the Qing Dynasty fishing boats.

"I think that Dongjiang Town can be re-opened!" Wei Yundao: "Your Highness, after Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, Dongjiang became weak and gradually became deserted. The Manchu Qing could not benefit from boats, or guard Lushun, but they would never send heavy troops to the island. The humble officer thinks that we can send people to scout the Dongjiang Islands and Lushun Fort, and prepare enough wood, stones and artillery. When the time is right, we can occupy southern Liaoning in one fell swoop."

As long as you have a little military common sense, you can see the influence of Pidao on the situation in Liaodong.Although Mao Wenlong had mixed reputations, he used [-] people to open the town of Dongjiang and won many victories. He regained Lushun and Kuandian, all of which were definite results.Judging from the records of the Manchu knocking on the pass, Dongjiang Town did play a role of restraint, but Yuan Chonghuan, who was in the West Liao Corridor, was lackluster.

"Starting from the island is indeed a good idea. But if Man Qing is alarmed, Lushun may not be easy to get." Zhu Cihong reminded.

"Xiaozhi is willing to single-handedly go to Liaodong and plan to restore Liaodong!" Wei Yunlang said.

Everyone has a hero plot, who doesn't want to emulate Ban Chao 36 and ride the Western Regions?However, the era of going it alone is over, not to mention that there is a big man behind Ban Chao, and the current Da Ming obviously lacks sufficient deterrence.

"Where's Chen De?" Zhu Cihong looked around and said with a smile, "When I'm not busy, I always see him dangling in front of my eyes, but now I'm busy but he's gone."

Wei Yun was a little disappointed, and thought to himself: It seems that there is no hope of imitating Mao Shuai to start a town alone.Chen De is a general after all, he can lead a division, at least an elite battalion, where did His Highness become a man?

Xiao Donglou was also heartbroken. Once the Liaodong battlefield was opened up, he didn't know when the expansion of the Second Guards Battalion would have to be postponed.

After Chen De was transferred from the labor camp, he belonged to the General Staff.Although his military rank is extremely high, the General Staff has long been a rotten hole, and there is no place for him.You Shiwei felt that his father's betrayal was shameful, and he was unwilling to accept it, so he sent Chen De to sort out the military history of the Ming army since the Tianqi Dynasty, as well as the archived military diaries.

As a talented young general who had actually been on the battlefield, Chen De looked down on the combat staff officers of the general staff, and felt that they were useless except for talking on paper.Especially this time, the strategy of Beizhi was completely incomprehensible. If he was not scolded by the crown prince, he would be a ghost, so Chen De deliberately avoided it, but he still received the edict unexpectedly.

When Chen De rushed to the Xingyuan tent, seeing everyone looking at him with treacherous eyes, he couldn't help but feel his heart pounding.He said: "The last general, Chen De, has been ordered to come here."

Zhu Cihong looked at the major general who had a neat military appearance, and said with a smile: "Chen De, do you know Mao Wenlong."

"The last general has heard a little bit about it." Chen De was puzzled: why mention Mao Wenlong?Your Highness wants to fight Liaodong?

"He can conquer Dongjiang with 200 men and regain Lushun. I will give you a hundred times his strength. Can you fight it?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Chen De almost blurted out "Yes", but thanks to these days of tempering, he finally turned his mouth around and said: "Your Highness, the last general should first investigate the situation of the enemy in Liaodong, and then he can repay."

Wei Yun thought to himself: I heard that he is not a weak crown, he is a young hero that His Highness values ​​very much, but now it seems that he is more than mature and lacks vigor.But...a hundred times as many as Mao Wenlong, that's [-] soldiers?Did the beans come out?

"Very good." Zhu Cihong liked this steady answer very much: "This order: General Chen De is responsible for the formation of the Liaodong Division Division, and Captain Wei Yun is awarded the title of Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff of the Division. The General Training Department dispatches all levels of training Officer. The General Staff dispatched staff officers at all levels. Military judges followed up."

Chen De was overjoyed, suppressed his joy in an instant, and asked in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the [-] troops..."

"Labor camps, hard labor camps, and inspection departments from all over the country can be transferred." Zhu Cihong said: "I will give you another firearms bureau for recruits, which is the Jingwei Bureau of the division headquarters."

——It turns out that real fighters are only given one game!

Chen De was slightly disappointed, and suddenly remembered that he had read a battle report by Mao Wenlong when he was sorting out the war history:

After the great victory in Zhenjiang, Jiannu counterattacked aggressively, and Mao Wenlong fled North Korea with few soldiers.The Korean Jiedu envoys Zheng Zun and Pu Ye led the army of slaves to surround Mao Wenlong at the forest bank. The two sides fought fiercely, and the Ming army generals Ding Wenli and Lu Shiju died.

In this passive situation, Mao Wenlong can still achieve "seven battles in one day, equal in damage".

Even if it was hard labor, they were still "war soldiers" with food, clothes, and staff, which were much better than Mao Wenlong's Liao soldiers at that time. (To be continued.)