The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 775 Flanking from both sides
All the generals in the tent looked at each other when they heard the words, after a while, Yu Xin cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, there is only one road to the east from the pass to Shenyang Wei, but how can we open up another battlefield?"

The North China Plain—that is, North Zhili and other places—is separated from the Guandong Plain in Liaodong by the continuous mountains of the Taihang Mountains and the Greater Khingan Mountains. Only a very narrow plain connects the north and the south on the east side of the two mountains.Ningyuan, Songshan, Jinzhou and other key points are all on this plain belt, which is the only way to go north.

"Hehe, Chuangzhi might as well look into the distance again."

"far away?"

Zhu Linmi pointed to the Heilongjiang River Basin on the map, "The Jianlu built a stronghold in the south of Liaodong, hoarding almost all of their troops, but their rear is not only empty of troops, but also the Liaodong Plain is flat, which is very suitable for our army's large corps to launch operations."

The generals still didn't respond.It's no wonder that the level of transportation, logistics capabilities, and strategic and tactical theories in the seventeenth century doomed their thinking to be firmly nailed to the fortified battle in the Songjin area.

But Zhu Linming knew that even the strongest Maginot Line during World War II was useless when it came to movement and devious tactics.

Yu Xin remonstrated again: "Your Majesty, the main force of the Daming Field Army is now mostly in Songshan, and it may be difficult to mobilize troops to attack the enemy's rear."

"You don't need too many troops." Zhu Linmi waved her hand, "Judging from the news that Beizhen sent back recently, what the East China Sea Department said earlier should be true. Haoge conscripted all men over 16 years old in Liaodong to deploy defenses in Songjin, including Shenyang, the whole The central and northern parts of Nuergandusi are almost full of old and weak women and children."

He pointed to the vicinity of Datong again, "Before, because the Khalkha tribe in Mobei gathered troops to attack King Chahar, the imperial court ordered [-] white-armed troops to guard Yanmen Pass to prevent the Khalkha tribe from committing crimes in the south.

"I didn't want to intervene in the battle between Chahar and Khalkha before, but now it seems that I can take care of it."

Although Teng Jisi accepted the canonization of Ming Dynasty, he has always supported the troops outside the pass, and he will have the heart of disobedience at any time.He and the Khalkha Tripartite competed for the territory of Mongolia and consumed each other's strength, and Daming was happy to stand by.

Zhu Linmei continued: "The Khalkha tribe and the Chahar tribe have been fighting fiercely for more than half a year, and both sides are exhausted. The Baigan army took advantage of the situation to leave the pass, frightened both sides, and then swung their troops eastward, directly attacking Horqin, and then marched in. In the hinterland of Liaodong, a decisive battle was sought to find Jianlu.

"Most of the wooden track leading to Zhamutu has been repaired now, and the grain and grass will be transported from Datong to leave the customs. Then Teng Jisi will recruit civilian men to transport grain and grass with the Baigan army, and the logistics will be safe."

He also didn't say clearly that after the white pole army entered the Horqin Grassland, all they faced would be enemies.In other words, a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock on the grassland are spoils of war, and they can be used as rations immediately after they are captured.

The generals in the tent couldn't help frowning when they heard the words. They went north from Datong, bypassed Chahar and rushed to Liaodong. The journey was two to three thousand miles away!

But when they took into account the supply capacity of the wooden track, they began to nod one after another.According to the Holy Majesty's plan, it shouldn't be a problem to provide food for 5000 people.

Zhang Jiayu was the first to bow and said: "Your Majesty, the general thinks that this method is feasible!"

Immediately someone answered: "The last general also thinks it is feasible."

"You can invade the hinterland of Liaodong in one and a half months, what a great plan!"

"It's really a good strategy..."

Zhu Linming said: "It's a good time to use this expedition to order the Ministry of Industry to follow the army to build wooden tracks, preferably directly on the Horqin Grassland. In the future, the imperial court's control over the Mongolian ministries will be strengthened a hundredfold!"

Since the establishment of the Ming dynasty, it has also conquered beyond the Great Wall many times, but none of them lasted for a long time.The reason is that it is difficult to supply outside the Great Wall, and the cost of long-term garrison is extremely staggering.

When the imperial court withdrew its soldiers and horses back to the pass due to lack of financial resources, the Mongolian ministries immediately occupied one side and broke away from the imperial court's control.

But as long as the wooden track is repaired, logistical supplies will no longer be a problem.Every ten days, more than a hundred carts of grain and grass are transported to the outside of the Great Wall along the wooden track, which is more than a thousand taels more than the cost of stationing troops in the pass.Even the Chongzhen Dynasty could afford this amount of money, not to mention the Han Xing Dynasty supported by overseas income.

Just when the generals thought that the emperor's strategy of "opening up the second battlefield" had been finished, they heard Zhu Linmei say again: "In addition to the direction of Mongolia, we can also enter the army from North Korea.

"Let the naval infantry land in North Korea and go straight to Jianzhou through Ping'an Road. North Korea was invaded twice by the Jian captives, the king was humiliated, and there was a bloody feud with the captives. This time against the captives, the Koreans must share the same hatred and logistics. Let Li Ying take charge."

The naval infantry has now expanded to more than [-] people, which is basically enough to harass the empty rear of Jianlu.And entering Liaodong via North Korea, the distance is only five or six hundred miles. Counting the landing time, it will only take half a month to reach Jianzhou.

In addition, attacking Jianlu from North Korea can also use the banner of avenging the Koreans to further strengthen North Korea's gratitude to the suzerain country.

Yi Ying's Ming generals had fully understood the Holy Majesty's strategy so far, and one after another spoke to supplement the details of the attack.By dinner time, dozens of fast horses were sent to various places under the orders of the chief of staff.

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To the west of Chahar, beside the Kundulun River.

In a tall and beautiful felt tent, Teng Jisi suddenly stood up, flushed with excitement, and said: "The imperial court is finally willing to send troops! Good, great!!"

Since he was named King Chahar, according to the strategy Mu Yun said, he squeezed the "locust merchants" who had come to escape, the Liang family and the Wang family to raise military salaries. In addition, Dai Xiuyuan helped him train the firearms troops. It was enough to quickly integrate the various ministries of Chahar.

After gaining strength, he couldn't satisfy his desires, and began to extend his tentacles to the Tumed tribe of Mongolia in the northwest direction.However, the three tribes of Khalkha in Mobei were recognized by the Qing court and considered themselves the co-lords of Mongolia. How could they tolerate Teng Jisi's arbitrary expansion of his sphere of influence.

The two parties inevitably fought several battles in Chahan Naoerwei, which is north of Ordos in later generations.

Teng Jisi had Dai Xiuyuan as his think tank before, and he had almost no defeat in galloping outside the Great Wall, which gave him the illusion that the Khalkha tribe was not his opponent at all.

However, after Dai Xiuyuan and Mu Yun left one after another, Teng Jisi immediately showed his original shape.

The Khalkha Tribe had many contacts with Tsarist Russia. After seeing the power of firearms in the First World War in Ud, they also bought a lot of firearms from the Russians. Look at Teng Jisi.

Two months ago, they set up an ambush to annihilate 5000 troops from Sunit's troops, and now they have overwhelmed the front line in Chahar.

With less than 1 people left in Teng Jisi's hands, facing the [-] Mobei army, his life was hanging by a thread.He asked Daming for help many times before, but was rejected by Zhu Linmi. Now that Daming finally agreed to send troops, how could he not be excited?
Qin Yiming, who was sitting in the second seat, put down his tea bowl, and said calmly: "His Royal Highness King Chahar, I think you also know that the imperial court's use of troops outside the Great Wall costs a lot, so we have to talk about some things."

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