golden scales

Under the aid of Zheng Zhilong, the Shandong Navy changed drastically.The fleet that used to rely on sand boats to support the scene now has more than [-] small blessing boats, [-] sentry boats and east boats, and countless Cangshan boats that are part-time fishing boats.In addition to the large ships such as the Great Fortune Ship that are inconvenient to sail in the Liaohai Sea and enter the port, the Shandong Navy already has a variety of blessing ship types, which can configure the fleet according to different tasks.

As the largest island in the Liaohai Sea, Juehua Island used to be the place where the Ming army stored grain and sailors.When Ningyuan was victorious, Nuerhachi sent Wu Nage to lead cavalry across the ice, killed more than [-] defenders on the island, and returned with plundered food, grass and ordnance.Yuan Chonghuan was in Ningyuan City, thirty miles away, but he failed to support Sun Chengzong's previous strategic thinking of "mutually forming horns".

This island is of great strategic significance to the Ming army, but it is tasteless to the Manchurians. Therefore, after the Ming army completely withdrew from western Liaoning, Juehua Island had no eastern captives stationed there.

Zhu Cihong's strategic thinking is very clear. 1 troops from the Liaodong Division were stationed on Juehua Island to carry out civil construction and lay the foundation for rebuilding Ningyuan City in the future.Because there is a sea between Juehua Island and the mainland, and the sea ice melts after spring, as long as the Shandong Navy sends a few small blessing boats to patrol, the Qing soldiers will not be able to go to the island.

Then it was to rebuild Ningyuan City.

"With the retreat of the Qing army, there will inevitably be no large troops stationed in the major cities. Although our army is not strong enough to recover Jinzhou, the wedge of Ningyuan must be driven in." Zhu Cihong emphasized at the general staff combat meeting.

Unlike Dalinghe City, which was demolished by the Qing army, Ningyuan City never fell. It was not until Wu Sangui was ordered to enter King Guanqin that Ningyuan was withdrawn.When Wu Sangui left, he lit another fire.The houses in Ningyuan City were burned to ashes, so even if the Qing army left some guards out of caution, there would never be too many.

In this cold and hostile environment, no house means death.

According to Zhu Cihong's strategic thinking.Instead of storming Shanhaiguan, it is better to skip this great pass and directly establish the Ningyuan defense line.In this way, the troops leaving Manchuria can be stopped in the Liaoxi Corridor. From a strategic point of view, it is still "close the door and beat the dog" and "catch the turtle in the urn".From a tactical point of view, taking Ningyuan is to avoid the enemy's edge and attack him.Let the Qing army wait in Shanhaiguan, while the Ming army has already pierced its back by sea.Undoubtedly an astonishing move.

"The second division will expand another battalion, and the total number of troops will be controlled at 2." Zhu Cihong said: "It will be used to capture Ningyuan and garrison it."

Information on Ningyuan City is hard to find, but Yuan Chonghuan stationed 2 troops in Ningyuan back then, and Wu Sangui also stationed troops in Ningyuan, so it can be seen that the carrying capacity of Ningyuan City must be more than [-].What's more, when Yuan Chonghuan was guarding Ningyuan, there were still people in the city. Now there are only [-] people from the Second Division, and they will definitely not be unable to accommodate.

"The key to this campaign is logistical support. How to build enough barracks in the shortest possible time. How to ensure that each soldier keeps warm and eats. The general staff must communicate with the general." Although Zhu Cihong did not let the general logistics department participate in the battle discussion , but not forgetting about it.It's just to avoid all kinds of difficulties raised by the General Secretary that affect military decision-making, which is a waste of time.

Zhu Cilang firmly believes that as long as the strategic and tactical goals are determined first, other difficulties can be resolved.

Even if you go to rob, you have to prepare military funds.

"Your Highness, the timing for the second division to cross the sea is very important." You Shiwei said: "If it crosses the sea in February when the sea ice has not yet melted, it may arouse the vigilance of the Eastern Captives, and even attack Juehua Island. If it crosses the sea in March, the sea ice Melting, Juehua Island is fine, but the second division landed to attack Ningyuan, and the subsequent transfer of supplies will be a little troublesome."

"What's the general staff's suggestion?"

"Capture Juehua Island first, and then build a port city water fortress on the mainland, Xu Tu Ningyuan." You Shiwei said.

"It's safe to plot so slowly, but didn't the national treasures and sacrificial vessels be transported away by the Eastern Captives?" Zhu Cihong asked rhetorically.

You Shiwei didn't know about Zhu Cihong's and Wu Tong's private strategy to settle the Liao Dynasty, and he didn't care much about the national treasure ritual vessels.In his opinion, those national treasures can be intercepted as soon as possible.If you can't stop it, you will get it back when Shenyang is restored in the future.Anyway, they are all dead things. Could it be possible for Donglu to eat them?

Warriors think realistically, but literati pay more attention to the "meaning" behind reality.

Zhu Cihong's emphasis on national treasures and ritual vessels is very reasonable in the eyes of scholars.Destroy the country and destroy the temple.Relocating its heavy weapon is the achievement of defeating the country in the Chinese tradition.It is an honor to be able to attack other countries, but it is a great shame to be destroyed by others, destroy temples and remove national treasures.If there is a chance to make this "shame" not too "shame", always try.

They didn't know that Zhu Cihong was not only for the national treasure, but also for the population.

Each banner will take away the Dingkou that it has plundered as a coating aha, and the two white banners and the population they plundered are just used for reclamation in Shibian in western Liaoning.

At that time, Sun Chengzong presided over the Liao Dynasty for four years. He built nine large cities, 45 forts, 11 troops in the West Liaoxia Corridor, 15 soldiers, [-] miles of land, [-] hectares of land, and [-] shi of grain per year.

The foundation of this achievement is population.

Today's Liao people's population is far less than that of Sun Chengzong's era. Western Liaoning has passed through Wu Sangui's inland migration and Manchurian stealing, and the population is even more insufficient.Zhu Cihong wanted to keep the people plundered by the two white banners in western Liaoning for reclamation, laying the foundation for the recovery of eastern Liaoning in the future.

Land and cities can be plotted slowly, but the population will leave.

"Then the only way is to let the special investigation battalion cross the sea first to investigate the reality." You Shiwei said in a deep voice.

"Also, a group of Liao soldiers who are familiar with Ningyuan are drawn from Wu Sangui's army. They all need to be young and strong." Zhu Cihong said: "Independently form a battalion, led by our army officers."

It is impossible for Wu Sangui to refuse such a reasonable request, and he must be able to see that this is an attempt to loosen his foundation.As long as the first batch of people leave, other Liao soldiers will cherish their homeland and lose their morale.However, the so-called Yangmou knows exactly this and cannot resist, otherwise Lin Tao, Li Guo and other ministries who surrounded him would happily accept this military merit.

In the first month of the 19th year of Chongzhen, compared with the previous days of gunpowder and fighting, today's house robbery, murder and arson are extremely peaceful.

The Qing army was busy with the final frenzy, arresting young men and women, and taking away all valuables that could be seen, from iron pots to carriages, without leaving behind.

Because there were so many things to take away, many civilians became coolies as soon as they were taken away, transporting truckloads of confiscated civilian property to Liaodong.

As Zhang Hanmin and Chen Yiyuan saw with his own eyes, often in a team of hundreds of people, there are only a dozen or even a few real Tazi soldiers. ratio of one.

If someone makes trouble, even if ten of them fight one, they can subdue these Tartars.It's a pity that everyone is very smart, knowing that the rafters in the early years will rot first, and they would rather die than come out first, so they can only be whipped to Liaodong like animals.

After the Ming army had a new deployment, it also took this opportunity to carry out large-scale mobilization.

First, the third battalion of the first guard division was transferred to Tianjin to take over the defense of the second division.The entire task of defending the Tianbao Line fell on the [-]st Division and the Cavalry Battalion.The second division returned to Cangzhou, started secret landing training and navigation adaptation training, and at the same time rested the troops and deployed officers.

The second is to form the Fourth Infantry Division, with Lin Tao, the former general officer of Shaanxi, as the division commander, and Zhao Liangdong as the deputy division commander, undertaking military defense tasks throughout Shaanxi.Although the fourth division did not have the title of "Guard", its equipment was no different from that of the three divisions, and the number of personnel was still slightly exceeded. In addition, there was a special reconnaissance battalion under the division, which was responsible for the surveillance of the Yulin Guards. The Mongolian tribes carried out investigations and raids.

The third is to organize Li Guo and Gao Yigong, who originally stayed in northern Shaanxi under Li Chuang, into the Fifth Infantry Division, stationed in the former Ningxia Guard.As administrative officials took over the civil affairs, Ningxia Wei completed its historical mission and changed to Ningxia Prefecture.

The Dang Shou Su Department was reorganized into the Sixth Infantry Division, stationed in Lanzhou and Tianshui.

The fifth and sixth divisions seemed to be guarding against the invasion of the Mongols in the north, but they were actually two daggers on Wu Sangui's back.

Wu Sangui's troops did not accept reorganization, but after the verification by the Ministry of War, the quota was 3.Most of these [-] people lack qualified soldiers and can only "unfortunately" turn into engineering soldiers.

After Zhu Cihong transferred 3000 people away, Wu Sangui also knew that the court would never use him again.Because the city of Xi'an is high, Lin Tao's army is strong, and the two "daggers" on his back have blood feuds, he can only bear the pain in his heart and send his son Wu Yingxiong to Jinan to study in the newly established Army Primary School in name. In fact, he had the same idea as Zheng Zhilong—to hand over the hostages to reassure the court.

Knowing that Wu Sangui completely ignored the life and death of his son and didn't care about the hostages when Wu Sangui rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Cilang just gave Wu Sangui a verbal commendation out of the consideration of setting an example.

As for Sichuan, Zhu Cihong was beyond his power, but after the imperial court appointed Liu Zongmin to pursue him into Guizhou, he completely wiped out Zhang Xianzhong's Western Army.Sichuan civil affairs were handed over to Zhang Shiqi, who was born in the servant room of the East Palace, and was promoted from participating in politics in Shandong to be the chief envoy of Sichuan.Although it is nominally under the jurisdiction of Gu Junen, but according to the rules of the East Palace, Gu Junen is emptied.

After Sichuan General Soldier Yang Zhan took over the defense of Chongqing, Luo Yukun's First Mountain Division was finally able to reduce Sichuan's defense and shift to control Huguang.

Under the "guidance" of Yuan Jixian, Zuo Menggeng asked Jinan Xingzai for a gift and posthumous title in order to stabilize the morale of the internal army.When he found out that this was self-destructing the name of being a teacher and losing the support of righteousness, he was quite regretful, but it was too late.After Yuan Jixian finished the work, he finally handed over Huguang to Shi Kefa with satisfaction, and went to Fengyang to be the governor himself.

In February of the 19th year of Chongzhen, everyone was busy preparing for the next step to regain Beijing and attack Liaodong.Xu Dun, the commander of Jinyiwei, personally entered the city of Beijing, mobilized the two organizations, the Golden Scale Association and the Returned Souls, to the maximum extent, and persuaded them to follow the Qing army to retreat outside the pass, and set up an intelligence network outside the pass with the identity of Baoyi Aha.

Although it is extremely difficult, Xu Dun's influence on these people is also great. A total of 140 four seeds were mixed in the crying refugee team and went to a completely unfamiliar world.

Xu Dun sent Zhu Cihong a set of one hundred and eight hanging beads, and a bracelet of 36 pieces. Each bead contained a password and a secret language germinated from a seed, so as to prevent himself from accidents.

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