"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that everyone's opinions are concentrated in Balipu, Ningyuan and Juehua Island."

After Yan Mingtai spoke, the scene fell silent, and Li Hongyu saw this and said, "The military situation is urgent, let's choose one of these three places to send troops to defend and defend the mountain customs." ”

"Lord Wang, after the new city of Balipu is built, do you want to transfer the 40,000 troops of the old city to garrison?" As he spoke, Li Hongyu quietly asked Wang Zaijin, who proposed to build a new city in Balipu.

"Master Li, the lower officials feel that another 40,000 troops should be sent, so that the old and new cities will be at each other's throats." Wang Zaijin shook his head when he heard this, and replied excitedly, this was a decision he had made after weighing it for a long time.

"Another 40,000? In this way, there are 80,000 people in Balipu, and so many troops are concentrated in Balipu, and the northwest of a stone is not garrisoned? ”

Li Hongyu frowned when he heard this, not to mention how difficult it is to build a city in a place like Balipu, where is there still a lot of troops after the defeat of Liaodong and Liaoxi, it is not easy to piece together 80,000 people, do you need to garrison other places?

"Build a heavy pass in Balipu, behind the new city is the old city, if the official is not mistaken, there are mines buried in front of the old city, specifically to deal with Jiannu, if the new city is completed, those mines are used to deal with the enemy, or are they used to deal with their own recruits?"

Then, Li Hongyu looked at Wang Zaijin with a serious expression and asked, "Take a step back, if the new city can be defended, then do you still need to defend the old city?" And if the new city cannot be defended, once the 40,000 defenders defect, will they switch and let the enemy in or close and surrender to the enemy? ”

"Master Li, there are three gates outside the gate that you can enter." Wang Zaijin had an embarrassed look on his face when he heard this, it was difficult for him to solve Li Hongyu's problems, so he replied with a smile, he only cared about the fortification of the city and took into account those specific problems.

"Lord Wang, if the enemy soldiers are approaching the city and the soldiers flee as before, then where is the need for heavy passes?" Li Hongyu shook his head secretly in his heart when he heard this, Wang Zaijin is a civil official after all, he is not familiar with military affairs, and it seems that he has built a solid city fortification, but in fact, it is full of loopholes and many unreasonableness.

Of course, once the new city is established, it will definitely be a great achievement for Wang Zaijin, but this kind of fame and reputation is taboo on the battlefield.

"This officer is going to build three camps on the hill to prevent the soldiers from escaping." Wang Zaijin's face was a little red, and it was difficult to justify himself for a while, so he simply said.

"Lord Wang, the soldiers built a camp and waited for them before they were defeated, are you teaching the soldiers to escape?"

At this time, Sun Chengzong, who was sitting beside Li Hongyu, couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice, "Besides, the soldiers who escaped can come in, and the enemy can follow them in." If you don't plan for recovery now, but you are in seclusion here, and all the outer lines of defense are evacuated, will there be a day of peace east of Kyoto? ”

In the face of Sun Chengzong's sharp questioning, Wang Zaijin was speechless, and it was obvious that now Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong were against him building a city defense in Balipu, which meant that his decision could not be implemented.

"Senator Yan, although Juehua Island is dangerous, it has a fatal weakness, that is, its most dangerous city defense is the sea water surrounding the island."

Seeing that Wang Zaijin fell into silence, Li Hongyu turned to Yan Mingtai on the side, and after a deep groan, he said, "This is the biggest advantage of Juehua Island, but the weather in Liaodong is cold, once the water surface freezes, then Jiannu can come on foot, just like crossing the Liao River this time." ”

"Senator Yan, Juehua Island is really small, it can only accommodate more than 10,000 people, and there is no strong city defense offensive on the island, as long as Jiannu Deng Island is built, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Saying that, Li Hongyu sighed, "What we need now is the land of Gongwei Mountain Customs, and Juehua Island is on the sea, so it can only be used as a place of assistance, not a place for Gongwei." ”

"Master Li, this official has been taught." Yan Mingtai couldn't help but slightly sneer when he heard this, Li Hongyu's analysis was reasonable, and he couldn't argue with it.

As Li Hongyu said, if a heavy army is sent to Juehua Island, once the Houjin army abandons Juehua Island and directly attacks Shanhaiguan, then Juehua Island will become a waste island, and the threat to Houjin will be greatly reduced.

"Lord Yuan, this official is also optimistic about Ningyuan, it has a buffer of two hundred miles, and it can threaten the enemy of Jinzhou, it is indeed a good place to garrison."

Seeing that Yan Mingtai had no objection to what he said, Li Hongyu turned to Yuan Chonghuan and said to him with a smile, "Therefore, this official also intends to strengthen Ningyuan City as the gateway to Shanhaiguan!" ”

Yuan Chonghuan's face suddenly turned happy when he heard this, and he bowed slightly to Li Hongyu, with Li Hongyu's support, I am afraid that the Ming army will run Ningyuan next.

"This official also thinks so, as long as Ningyuan can be held, then Shanhaiguan will be worry-free." Sun Chengzong then expressed his opinion, glanced around at the people present, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

At this time, Sun Chengzong's heart admired Li Hongyu a lot, and from Li Hongyu's clear explanation just now, he knew that Li Hongyu must have put a lot of effort into Liaodong, otherwise how could he be so familiar with the situation in Liaodong, which made Wang Zaijin speechless and Yan Mingtai convinced.

"Garrison Ningyuan City." Everyone glanced at each other, and then replied in a deep voice, they believed that Li Hongyu's vision would not be wrong, you must know that Li Hongyu was the best commander in the Ming Dynasty.

"Ning Yuan is the mainstay, and Juehua Island is the auxiliary." Li Hongyu immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then opened his mouth to add, it can be seen that he also attaches great importance to Juehua Island.

Although Li Hongyu has never been to Juehua Island, as far as he knows, Juehua Island is an irregular gourd-shaped island with two ends wide and a narrow middle, hanging alone in the sea.

As an isolated island on the sea, Juehua Island was a natural grain hoarding city for the Ming army in Liaodong, and neither the Jurchens nor the Mongols were good at water warfare, so they could not threaten the grain on Dao Island.

Li Hongyu has seen the map of the city on Juehua Island, the city on the island is rectangular, about 500 meters long from north to south, about 200 meters wide from east to west, the wall is about 10 meters high, and the bottom is about 6 meters wide.

Indeed, it is difficult to take a ten-meter-high walled city like this on a lonely island, which is why Zu Dashou took people to Juehua Island: Houjin is now unable to capture it without ships, and he will not take the initiative to attack Juehua Island.

In Li Hongyu's view, Juehua Island and Ningyuan are complementary to each other and have important roles: first, the baggage base, there are many grains and equipment on the island; Second, cooperate with the Ming army in 6 places to recover the lost territory in Liaodong; Third, the city guard of Ningyuan should be prepared.

It can be seen from this that Juehua Island was important to the Ming army outside the Guanwai after the Ming army lost the city of Guangning.

However, Juehua Island also has an inevitable natural enemy, that is, the cold weather in Liaodong that is cold enough to make the river surface and the sea surface freeze, when Daming can be at the end of the Xiaoice River period, much colder than later generations.

Therefore, in history, Nurhachi attacked Ningyuan City and then turned to attack Juehua Island, it was the middle of winter, the sea was frozen, and the ice from the shore could reach the island directly.

Although the defenders of the island carved a fifteen-mile-long ice wall along the island to block the breakthrough of the Houjin cavalry in order to strengthen the defense, the weather was not beautiful, and the cold weather made the ice wall freeze again soon after it was chiseled.

Therefore, the island attack team composed of tens of thousands of Mongol soldiers and Jurchen soldiers galloped on the ice to attack Juehua Island, which eventually led to the fall of Juehua Island, and more than 15,000 Ming troops and merchants on Juehua Island were killed by the Houjin army, and grain and ships were burned, so that Ningyuan lost the source of grain and grass outside the pass.

However, since Li Hongyu has already put forward this Achilles heel of Juehua Island, he will definitely find a way to deal with it, so that the defenders on the island will not panic so much that they will go to dig ice after the river is frozen, and as a result, they will become a live target for the Houjin cavalry.

In fact, according to later research, the freezing point of sea water is two degrees Celsius, but in order to really freeze into ice, the temperature should not be higher than three degrees Celsius throughout the day, and it is necessary to ensure that the army marches on the ice and the thickness of the ice layer must be more than 30 centimeters.

Due to the low temperature at night, the ice often varies in thickness, the ice is windy, and it is not easy to judge the route, it is impossible for Houjin to attack at night, and it is impossible to be stationed on the ice.

Therefore, if Houjin wanted to attack Juehua Island, he could only go out early in the morning, and it would take at least three hours to trek more than 40 miles of ice in the cold wind, and he would need to rest for half an hour after arriving at the battlefield before attacking.

If we count the preparation and assembly time before and after, more than four hours have passed by the time the Houjin army really starts attacking, and if they want to ensure that they return to the camp before dark, they will only have an hour to attack.

Therefore, as long as the Ming army on Juehua Island can block the first wave of the Houjin army's attack, then the Houjin army, which has been tossed for a day, will not be able to attack the next day.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and the Ming military on Juehua Island definitely didn't expect such a thick ice to form on the river, and the Houjin suddenly attacked, so they panicked all of a sudden, and wanted to build a trench after breaking the ice to isolate the Houjin army from the island.

However, the cold weather sided with the Houjin army, and the icebreakers of the Ming army not only failed to achieve their goal, but also became the target of the Houjin cavalry.

The Ming army on the island were all sailors, and their combat effectiveness was weak, so how could they beat those Houjin cavalry?

If the generals of the Ming army at that time could calm down and concentrate on holding the city, then the Houjin army would return in vain, because once the cold weather at night would freeze those Houjin soldiers who had no place outside the city to freeze to death.

In Li Hongyu's view, the generals of the Ming army on Juehua Island made the same mistake as Wang Huazhen, and should not leave the city easily, but should hold on, and the Houjin army will inevitably retreat in the end.

As Li Hongyu made the decision to garrison Ningyuan City, the 40,000 Ming troops left in Balipu by Wang Zaijin immediately headed for Ningyuan City.

Since these soldiers were defeated troops who had fled back from Liaoxi, Li Hongyu did not expect them to rescue the soldiers and civilians trapped in the Thirteen Mountains, but only waited for the 8,000 reinforcements he brought from Korea consisting of soldiers from the new forbidden army and the navy.

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