The generals in the tent all looked at each other when they heard this, and after a while, Yu Xin arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, from the customs to Shenyang Wei, there is only one road to the east, but how to open up another battlefield?" ”

The North China Plain – that is, Beizhili and other places – is separated from the Kanto Plain in eastern Liaodong by the mountains of the Taihang Mountains and the Great Khing'an Mountains, and only a very narrow plain connects the north and south on the east side of the two mountains. Ningyuan, Songshan, Jinzhou and other important 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 Linmiao pointed to the Heilongjiang River basin on the map, "Jianyu built a fortress south of Liaodong and gathered almost all the troops, and not only was their rear empty, but the Liaodong Plain was flat, which was very suitable for our army's large corps to carry out operations." ”

The generals still didn't react. It is no wonder that the level of transportation, logistical capabilities, and strategic and tactical theories in the 17th century doomed their thinking to be firmly nailed to the storming of the Songjin area.

But Zhu Linmiao knew that even the Maginot Line, which was the strongest in World War II, was also like a decoration when it came to movement and roundabout tactics.

Yu Xin admonished again: "Your Majesty, now that the main force of the Daming Field Army is mostly in Songshan, it may be difficult to transfer troops to attack behind enemy lines." ”

"You don't need a lot of troops." Zhu Linmiao waved his hand, "Judging from the news sent back by Beizhen recently, what the East China Sea Department said before should be true. Haoge levied all men over the age of 16 in Liaodong to Songjin for defense, including Shenyang, and the entire central and northern parts of the Nuer Gandu Division were almost full of old and weak women and children. ”

He pointed to the vicinity of Datong again, "Earlier, because the Khalkha Department of Mobei gathered troops to attack the King of Chahar, the imperial court ordered 5,000 white-pole troops to guard Yanmen Pass and guard against the southern invasion of the Khalkha Department.

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

Although Teng Jisi accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, he always supported the army outside the pass, and he would be dissatisfied at any time. He competed with the three Khalkha tribes for Mongolian territory, consuming each other's strength, and Daming was happy to stand by and watch.

Zhu Linmiao continued: "The Khalkha Ministry and the Chahar Department have been fighting fiercely for more than half a year, and both sides are tired and tired. The white pole army took advantage of the situation to go out of the pass, shocked the two sides, and then waved its division to the east, directly attacked Horqin, and then entered the hinterland of Liaodong to find a decisive battle.

"Now that most of the wooden tracks leading to Zamutu have been repaired, since Datong has transported grain and grass out of the customs, and then ordered Teng Jisi to recruit people and transport grain and grass with the White Pole Army, then the logistics are safe."

He still had some things to say, and when the White Pole Army entered the Horqin grassland, all they faced were enemies. In other words, a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock on the steppe were trophies, which could be used as rations immediately after capture.

The generals in the tent couldn't help frowning when they heard this, and went north from Datong, bypassing Chahar and attacking Liaodong, which was two or three thousand miles away along the way!

However, when they took into account the supply capacity of the wooden track, they began to nod their heads again. According to the Holy Lord's plan, it should not be a problem to supply 5,000 men and horses.

Zhang Jiayu was the first to say: "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that this method is feasible!" ”

Someone immediately answered: "The last general also thinks it is feasible." ”

"You can attack the hinterland of Liaodong in a month and a half, a holy plan!"

"A really good ......"

Zhu Linmiao said: "Just take advantage of this expedition to order the Ministry of Industry to build a wooden track after the army, and it is best to build it directly to the Horqin grassland, and in the future, the imperial court's control over the Mongolian departments will be strengthened a hundredfold!" ”

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, it has also conquered many times, but none of them can last long. The reason for this is that it is difficult to supply troops outside the fortress, and the cost of long-term garrison is extremely staggering.

When the imperial court withdrew its soldiers and horses to the Guannei due to lack of financial resources, the Mongol tribes immediately seized one side and broke away from the control of the imperial court.

But as long as the wooden track is repaired, logistical supplies will no longer be a problem. Every ten days, more than 100 truckloads of grain and grass are transported along the wooden tracks to the outside of the Saiwai, which is more than 1,000 taels more than the cost of garrisoning in the Guannai. This little bit of silver can be afforded by the Chongzhen Dynasty, not to mention the Han Xing Dynasty, which is supported by overseas income.

Just when the generals thought that the strategy of the Son of Heaven to "open up a second battlefield" had been finished, they heard Zhu Linmiao say again: "In addition to the Mongolian direction, we can also march from the Korean side."

"Order the naval infantry to land in Korea and take Jianju through Pyongan Road. Korea was invaded twice by Jian, the king was humiliated, and there was a blood feud with the captives. In this crusade against the captives, the Koreans will definitely share the same hatred for the enemy, and the logistics will be handed over to Li Ying to be responsible. ”

The infantry army of the Navy Division has now expanded to more than 2,000 people, and it is basically enough to attack the empty rear of the Jianyu. And through North Korea into Liaodong, the distance is only five or six hundred miles, counting the landing time, it will only be half a month to reach Jianzhou.

In addition, attacking Jianguo from Korea can also be carried out under the banner of avenging the Koreans, further strengthening the gratitude of the whole Korean people to the suzerain.

At this point, the Ming generals had fully understood the strategy of the Holy Lord, and they had made additional comments to supplement the details of the march. At dinner time, more than a dozen fast horses were sent to various places with the orders of the General Staff.

……

West of Chahar, on the banks of the Kundulun River.

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

Since he was crowned the king of Chahar, according to the strategy mentioned by Mu Yun, he squeezed the "locust merchants" Liang family and the Wang family who came to flee to raise military salaries, plus the fire gun troops that Dai Xiuyuan had helped him train, and he quickly integrated the Chahar departments.

After gaining strength, he was also desperate, and began to extend his tentacles to the Mongolian Tumut Department in the northwest. However, the three Khalkha tribes in Mobei were recognized by the Qing court and considered themselves to be the Mongol co-masters, so how could they tolerate Teng Jisi expanding his sphere of influence at will.

Inevitably, there were several major battles in the north of Chahan Naoerwei, which later became Ordos.

Teng Jisi previously had Dai Xiuyuan as his think tank, and he was almost undefeated outside the Saiwai, which gave him the illusion that the Khalkha Department was not his opponent at all.

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

The Khalkha Department had many contacts with Tsarist Russia, and after seeing the power of firearms in the First World War of Uud, they also bought a lot of firearms from the Russians, and relied on the large number of Khalkha troops, and always pressed Teng Jisi on the battlefield.

Two months ago, they had set up an ambush and annihilated 5,000 men and horses of the Sunit Division, and now they had overwhelmed the battle line in Chahar.

Teng Jisi only had less than 10,000 people left in his hands, and in the face of 23,000 Mobei troops, it was the time when his fate hung by a thread. He asked Daming for help many times before, but Zhu Linmiao refused, and 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 the tea bowl and said indifferently: "Your Royal Highness the King of Chahar, you must also know that the imperial court spends a lot of money on the use of troops outside the Sai, so there are some things that we have to say in the head. ”

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