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Chapter 385 Preliminary Actions Expand
Narasutai is favored, and Nan Chu is doing well because of her sister.But after all, he is not relying on himself. As a man, he has the opportunity to stand out, so of course he doesn't want to let it go.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao didn't expect the windfall after the reward.He just wanted to lay the groundwork first, and increase his chances of getting the jade seal by taking advantage of the kind treatment he had given to the survivors of Yehe tribe.

For Yuxi, Zhu Youxiao must have imagined that this is an object with extraordinary political significance, even though he is already the emperor, whether he has it or not does not affect this fact.

But getting the so-called Chuanguo Yuxie symbolizes the fate of heaven, the silent protection of the heart of heaven, and the return of the subjects.

That's right, it is said that the imperial jade seal brought to the desert by Emperor Yuan Shun's escape had such a role in the feudal society.It is also said that this Chuanguo jade seal is from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, and there is also the famous story "Heshibi".

Regardless of whether it is true or not, Zhu Youxiao will try to get it back.Hou Jin is the enemy in front of him, and Lin Danhan is the next target.

No permanent friends, only permanent interests.The fight against Lin Danhan was not for the jade seal, but for the expansion to the north, and the empire's territory was under the Ming flag.

Hug the grass and beat the rabbit, eliminate Lin Danhan, and get the jade seal easily, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
As for whether this Jade Seal of Chuanguo was carved from "Heshibi", or whether it was taken away from Daming after the Tumu Fort change, it doesn't really matter.

Even after clearing Monan and Mobei, it is not impossible to make a fake one.

Of course, these ideas and arrangements are long-term plans.The most important thing right now is to make all-out preparations to eliminate Jian Nu as soon as possible.

The combat plans that were launched sequentially were also distributed to all combat units, and active preparations and successive actions began.The purpose is simple, to weaken Jiannu as much as possible before the big counterattack in winter and spring next year.

The war up to now is in line with the strategy and tactics designed by Zhu Youxiao.

When two countries or two armies are fighting, resourcefulness and military use are of course very important.But in the final analysis, long-term wars still involve factors such as resources, financial resources, manpower, technology, and consumption, all of which are part of comprehensive national strength.

No matter which factor it is, Daming is far ahead of Hou Jin.As long as there is no internal party strife, no discord between generals and generals, sufficient food and well-equipped weapons, there is no reason why you can't beat Houjin.

The noose was getting tighter and tighter, and with the fortress as a stronghold, it pressed towards the Hou Jin ruled area step by step.

The Ming army in western Liaoning advanced from the mouth of the Liaohe River and successively occupied Niangniang Palace, Yingkou, and Yaozhou Station; the Ming army in southern Liaoning, backed by Gaizhouwei, successively occupied Boluoguo, Tangchibao, and Shimenguan.

The two Ming armies connected the occupied areas together, and approached Haizhou Wei from two directions in a pincer shape.

Although all the fortresses occupied were small, they were also places where Jiannu voluntarily abandoned them.However, after consolidating defenses and strengthening weapons and equipment, the garrison of 500 men will still become a stronghold that Jiannu will have to pay a high price to regain.

The current Jiannu can no longer afford the consumption of manpower, but the defense of the Ming army, relying on sharp firearms, can at least achieve a one-to-one casualty exchange.

The offense and defense have reached a one-for-one exchange, which is already a very powerful figure.But for Jian Nu, it was still not an affordable price.

Jian Nu could also see that the Ming Empire was relying on endless manpower and massive supplies to drag them down and consume them to death.

Facing the ditch and parapet fortifications that the Ming army could quickly build, even if there were no tall city walls, even if the capture of the stronghold might obtain food and supplies, after weighing the balance, Jiannu still did not dare to act rashly.

Three of the four guards in southern Liaoning have been lost, and Haizhou Guard is also facing increasing military pressure.If Haizhou Wei is lost, Liaoyang will only have Anshan as a barrier, and Jiannu will have to withstand the advance of the Ming army even if it shrinks.

Tong Yangxing led [-] Han soldiers to defend the Acropolis of Haizhou, and Yue Tuo led the red flag inlaid in Haizhou as a maneuver.Nurhachi also wanted to use firearms to defend against the city, and then have cavalry to contain them to resist the Ming army.

However, the advance and compression of the Ming army was not limited to southern Liaoning. The Dongjiang headquarters also divided into two groups, with Zhenjiang as the base along the way, successively occupying Tangzhan Fort and Xianshan Fort, and pushing into Fengcheng.

The other route, with the backing of the navy, went up the Yalu River, occupied the five forts of Kuandian, Dadian, Yongdian, Changdian, and Xindian, and approached Jianzhouwei.

Nurhachi realized that the Ming army in the Dongjiang headquarters had been reinforced and could not let the Ming army advance steadily like this, so he dispatched Jierhalang to lead the red flag, and Tong Yangxing's brother Tong Yangzhen led [-] Han soldiers to reinforce the two banners of Jianzhouwei. Stationed in Benxi.

At this point, although Hou Jin had adopted a strategic contraction, in the face of the encirclement of the Ming army, he had to occupy an important place and open up the defensive front.

However, the Ming army in Liaoxi has not made any major moves, and they have to let Nurhachi station the main force of the Eight Banners in Liaoshen, just in case.

Through information from all parties, Nurhachi felt more and more that the strength of the Ming army had increased, the most obvious being the increase in the number of cavalry in the Ming army in southern Liaoning and Dongjiang headquarters.

In fact, it is not difficult to guess and judge.The Ming army in western Liaoning reoccupied Guangning, reopened the horse market with Chahar and Neikarka, and could obtain horses nearby.

From Jinzhou to the sea, whether to go to Gaizhou and Fuzhou in southern Liaoning, or via Lushun, and then transfer to Dongjiang headquarters, it is much more convenient and faster than before.

Of course, the war horses obtained by Liaonan and Dongjiang Headquarters can only be used by infantry, and there is still a gap compared with flying cavalry.

Warlike horses are very expensive. It is not easy for the emperor to spend money to buy horses in large quantities.What's more, this has been of great help to the Liaonan Corps and Dongjiang headquarters to improve their mobility.

Riding on the road and dismounting to fight can indeed lower the grade of the horse.The enhanced mobility of the dragoons, equipped with horse-drawn field artillery, greatly enhanced the combat power of the Ming army.

Just as Zhu Youxiao envisioned, the future Ming army will not have infantry, but only infantry on horseback.

No matter whether you have to deal with fishermen and hunters like Jiannu or nomads, it is impossible for an army without mobility to completely defeat the enemy.

The active actions of various armies to suppress the Ming army exceeded Nurhachi's expectations, and also broke the wishful thinking of the strategic contraction of slavery and waiting for changes.

I am afraid that Hou Jin would have been completely wiped out without waiting for any party struggles in the Ming Dynasty, or the chaos of civil and military officials squeezing each other out.

The deteriorating situation made Nurhachi's temper more irritable, and the oppression and killing of Han people in Liaodong became more and more serious.

In turn, Nurhachi's madness made the situation facing Hou Jin even worse.The Han people were unbearable to be enslaved, and they rose up and resisted one after another.

Now, to say that Hou Jin is on the verge of collapse is not an exaggeration at all, nor is it too much.

The situation was extremely isolated, and it was tightly besieged and blocked by the Ming Dynasty, Mongolian tribes, and North Korea; internally, there was a contradiction between nobles fighting for power and profit. The resistance of the Han people in Liaodong became more and more fierce, and the ruling order was greatly damaged.

In fact, the last few years of Hou Jin in Nurhachi in history, that is, after he was confused and messed around, was also in a precarious situation.But compared with now, the degree is much worse.

If it is not to destroy Jiannu as soon as possible, we will use all our strength to deal with the peak disaster of the coming Little Ice Age soon.

Zhu Youxiao may also hope that the old slave will live a few more years without having to fight. Under the old slave's tossing, the Houjin collapsed, or fell into a split and fell into a slump.

According to Zhu Youxiao's understanding of history, he believes that in history, it was a series of strong moves by Huang Taiji after he came to power, and completed a key step in feudalization, which saved the fate of Hou Jin.

That's right, Houjin should be considered slavery now.The political organization is incomplete, and the Eight Banners army is also similar to the private armed forces of the banner owners. This has greatly restricted the development and growth of Hou Jin.

The reason why he was a little jealous of Huang Taiji and spared no effort to sow dissension and attack him was precisely because of Zhu Youxiao's analysis and judgment.

The three-pronged approach of politics, economy, and military finally pushed Hou Jin to the cliff.

Its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden.Many emerging forces or regimes that are congenitally deficient and lack foundation cannot escape this law of rise and fall.

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The situation that Hou Jin was in became more and more unfavorable, not only the high-level people, but even the Han people at the bottom felt it.The reason is simple. The price of food keeps rising and there is less and less food on the market.

The haze began to thicken and spread, pressing on the post-gold rulers and the ruled.

Some families were happy and some were sad. On the contrary, the atmosphere in the area ruled by the Ming army became more and more relaxed and joyful.

The most obvious is southern Liaoning, to be precise, Jinzhou and Fuzhou in southern Liaoning.Although Gaizhou has also been recovered, it is at the front line, and it is impossible not to have some tension.

Today, the left and right associations of Dongjiang Town, who were resting and training in Yongning, gathered early to welcome the imperial envoys and respectfully receive the designation and military flag bestowed by the emperor.

"Long live Long live Long live!"

When the "Sun and Moon" Ming flag decorated with yellow tassels was received by Zhang Pan and waved in front of the army, all the officers and soldiers knelt down on one knee and shouted long live.

Most of the flag is red, and there is a bright yellow strip near the flagpole, which is embroidered with the current designation of the original Dongjiang Town Youxie "Daming [-] Mixed Association" in red.

The numbers are arranged in random order. Taking Dongjiang Town as an example, Gou Zhenhuai's [-], Chen Jisheng's [-], Mao Chenglu's [-], Dongjiang Headquarters grabbed the first three numbers.

The Zuoxie and Youxie in southern Liaoning were assigned the combined association numbers of [-] and [-].

The mixed and cooperative units are independent combat units, which occupy the prefix "one"; the cavalry is based on a battalion (3000 people) and has a designation beginning with the word "two"; the reserve Ming army is "three".

Zhu Youxiao is lazy and doesn't want to make it too detailed, so it's easier to get this number.Which army is assigned to the consecutive points is also the result of rolling the dice.

But this kind of disordered assignment, not in order, let alone writing about a certain town, has some deep meaning.They are all from Daming's army, regardless of whether they are divided into towns or towns, these mixed associations will not always belong to the establishment of a certain military town.

In addition to the name given by the emperor to the Panshi Mixed Association, there are five mixed associations in Liaoxi, Liaonan, and Liaodong, and Dengzhenjin Town, all of which have such numerical designations.

Regardless of whether you are confused about the designation or not, it is a gift from the emperor, a symbol of our army, and the mighty grace of the emperor.The so-called flag is in the army, and the flag is lost.The absence of this military flag means that the army has been disbanded.

"Long live Long live Long live!"

There was another shout of long live, and Kong Youde also took over the military flag, waving it harder than Zhang Pan.

This is the number given by the emperor, the military flag bestowed by the emperor.According to the text of the Ministry of War, the first batch of people who obtained the designation of the Mixed Association were all on the Ping-Liao battlefield, and there were only nineteen in total.

In other words, the great cause of Ping Liao and the battle of exterminating slaves are the tasks of these nineteen mixed associations, and they are also the glory they want to obtain.

The flag-giving ceremony did not delay for a long time, and the imperial envoy took people away and went to Gaizhou to present the flags to other troops.

"Hey, one two six, it's bigger than brother Zhang's one one four!" Kong Youde immediately laughed and joked when he saw Zhang Pan.

Zhang Pan laughed, clasped his hands and said, "Old Kong knows how to count, congratulations, congratulations."

Kong Youde rolled his eyes, but he was not angry, and said: "A certain family can't compare with Brother Zhang, they can get number one in the exam by writing and counting."

Zhang Pan waved his hand with a smile, and said, "I'm not kidding anymore. Now that we met, I'm going to ask you about the war horse."

"There are still not enough war horses!" Kong Youde immediately made a bitter face, and said, "There are now four guilds in southern Liaoning, and they only equip half of the officers and soldiers. It will take a year and a half, right?"

Zhang Pan nodded lightly, and said: "It may not be possible to have so many war horses in a year and a half. It may be better if we focus on one or two alliance equipment first. For example, the troops responsible for defending the city will not need so many horses for the time being." Many war horses."

Kong Youde deeply believed that among the five alliances in southern Liaoning, he and Zhang Pan's troops had experienced the most battles and had the richest experience.In the future, it will also be the main force of Pingliao, and the need for war horses will be more urgent.

And Xiangdeng Zhenjin Town, because of lack of combat experience, most of the tasks it undertakes are to guard the castle.

But Kong Youde didn't immediately agree with it. According to the battle plan, Zhang Pan's troops had completed supplementary training and were preparing to move forward.

In other words, Zhang Pan's proposal was tantamount to passing the horses that were originally transferred to his troops.

And his troops also have a mission to advance eastward and join forces with the troops sent by Dongjiang Headquarters in Xiuyan City (Xiuyan), so as to connect the land of recovery.

From a strategic point of view, this meeting is also extremely important.

The Ming army groups scattered in two places opened up land connections and twisted into one rope, which not only facilitates unified command, but also facilitates mutual support, which is much more convenient than the previous sea contact.

Zhang Pan seemed to have guessed what Kong Youde was thinking, but he didn't say anything. He said with a smile: "We have two thousand dragoons in our army, plus more than a thousand horses from the artillery battalion, it is almost enough. The extra horses should be borrowed first." For Brother Kong, how about helping Brother Kong go eastward and join forces?"

"This—" Kong Youde didn't expect Zhang Pan to be so generous, he was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Zhang Pan smiled and stretched out his hand to pat Kong Youde, and said, "There is no need to refuse, I will send someone to pick up the horses tomorrow. Our troops are going north, so we can't bring so much food and supplies."

After a pause, Zhang Pan went on to say: "Although the Panshi Mixed Association has been established, it still needs some time to adjust. At least it will be fully trained in autumn. You and my two associations are now the backbone of the early action, taking care of each other. It's just as it should be."

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(End of this chapter)