Although the kingdom completely looked down on these armies that were concerned by all the forces of the Ming Dynasty, for the sake of the face of the compatriots and seeing that they were still a little ambitious, they did not take refuge in Houjin, so they took them in. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, these soldiers will all be scattered, selected, and reorganized, and it is impossible for them to maintain their previous establishment.

Those unqualified soldiers were quickly divided up by various places within a few days, and the kingdom's demand for population was never endless.

As for those officers who came over with soldiers and horses, the kingdom can't do too much, if they do everything, in the future, it will be difficult to incorporate the Ming army.

Therefore, these officers, who are willing to continue to serve in the army, go to the lecture hall to receive reengineering training, and those who are qualified can lead the troops again.

Those who do not meet the requirements can also receive a large amount of money, and can also get the support of the Royal Bank and related technical units to start farms, factories and other industries.

The kingdom's current digestion ability is really very strong, and hundreds of thousands of new immigrants poured over at once, without causing the slightest mistake or omission, and everything was in order from top to bottom.

Throughout the winter, most of the kingdom's forces were not idle, and all of them were rushing to transport the people of Dongjiang Town.

Although it was hard, there was no complaint from the whole kingdom, not only because these Baixin were their own compatriots and the lucky ones who escaped from the Tartars of Liaodong, but also because this group of people could greatly fill the population of the kingdom and make the kingdom more powerful.

The enthusiasm of the citizens of the kingdom, who had regained their sense of the country and accepted Chen Xin's concept of the state, melted almost the entire winter.

The kingdom is moving forward in this state of extreme euphoria.

During this period, except for a naval interception operation, the kingdom's army has been keeping to itself and honestly accumulating its strength.

Chen Xin also endured his temperament, silently developed his own country, did not easily start the war, every day is leisurely drinking tea, chatting, holding meetings, and inspecting everywhere.

"I feel like I'm going to rust." It is the most grumbling thing that Chen Xin has said in the past year or so.

Every now and then, Anya would come over to comfort his "wounded" heart.

And in July of the 6th year of the fire, a piece of information sent by the hidden personnel of Houjin finally alarmed Chen Xin, a tiger who had been dormant for a whole year.

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Chen Xin walked quickly into the operational analysis room, ignored the false courtesies of the ministers of various departments, and directly picked up the secret information and looked at it.

"Da Ming and Hou Jin have moved?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the intelligence officers lurking in Houjin have sent a secret report, saying that the Houjin side has held several political meetings recently, and has sent personnel to the Daling River area to investigate.

At the same time, Daming also came back with news that Daming had been in the Dalinghe area for several months. ”

"So, this time it was Ming Guo who took the initiative? Houjin is passively facing the battle? ”

"On the surface, it looks like this."

"What do you mean by superficial?"

"Well, that's it, Da Ming is actually not ready for a big war."

Chen Xin clenched his fists, not knowing what to say, so he had to temporarily open the topic and said, "Da Linghe? What is this place?

As the voice of Chen Xin's order came out, the adjutants immediately got busy. They quickly pointed out which dot on the sandbox.

"Your Majesty, please look here, Da Ling River is here."

Chen Xin's gaze was nailed to that small dot, and he said suspiciously, "This is far from the Ningjin defense line of the Ming Dynasty, but there are a lot of fronts." What's going on? Did Guan Ningjun have a fever? The dignified [Guanning Iron Horse] actually had the courage to go out? Tell me all the ins and outs. ”

Chen Xin's ridicule caused a burst of uncontrollable laughter, but everyone did not stop their work, and they were still busy as needed, circulating the summarized reports.

The director of the Second Bureau, an intelligence agency under the National Security Council and a member of the General Bureau of Foreign Intelligence, who is responsible for managing the infiltrated personnel within the Ming Dynasty, said: "Your Excellency, since Yuan Chonghuan was executed, the Ming court reappointed Sun Chengzong as the governor of Jiliao.

This person has done this position before, and he also knows a little about Houjin.

In addition, Huang Taiji's entry into the prison last year really frightened some [nobles] of Daming.

Therefore, in order to limit the mobile attack of Houjin, Sun Chengzong adopted an active defensive strategy under the pressure of various departments.

He ordered Zu Dashou, the leader of the great warlords of the Guanning Army, who had taken the lead in escaping during the previous battle of Huang Taiji's invasion of Kou, but was not punished, as the commander, and presided over the construction of Dalinghe City.

Their intention in building the Daling River was to appease the panicked hearts of many officials and gentry in the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, it is also intended to strengthen the depth of the Ningjin defense line, and wants to curb the idea of Houjin detouring into the Kou next time. ”

Everyone looked at the report, listened to the explanation, and slowly understood the cause of the abnormal actions of Da Ming and Hou Jin this time.

At this time, the director of the Third Bureau of the General Administration of Foreign Intelligence, who was in charge of the hidden personnel of the Houjin side, also came out and began to explain: "In May this year, there were Han people in the Jinzhou area who reported to the Houjin side about the construction of Dalinghe City.

Huang Taiji sent troops to uproot the stronghold and encountered Zu Dashou's reinforcements, and dozens of people were killed and wounded on both sides.

This situation was taken seriously by Huang Taiji, and he once again sent his henchmen to investigate, and found out the Ming State's plan to build cities and fortresses in the Daling River area.

So, in this month, Huang Taiji convened a meeting of the ministers of Zhubeile to discuss the matter of sending troops to the Dalinghe area.

According to the information we have obtained, last year, Houjin obtained the technology to cast the Great General's Cannon.

Therefore, this time, Houjin will send troops to invest in large-scale artillery for the first time, all kinds of red-coated artillery plus generals' artillery, at least more than 40, and for the first time, there will be a professional logistics support team.

There is also news that all the artillery on the Houjin side will be handed over to the general military officer Tong Yangxing, and we will speed up the collection and sorting of information on this person.

In the direction of Mongolia, we also got news that it was this expedition, and the Houjin side would gather the Mongolian tribes of Korqin, Alu, Zalut, Balin, Aohan, Naiman, Karaqin, and Tumut to jointly send troops to besiege the Daling River.

After synthesizing the information transmitted from various quarters, it was found that the total strength of the soldiers dispatched by the Houjin side this time was about 50,000 or more.

Moreover, with their ability to mobilize, it is certain that there are at least 50,000 or so reserves that can be pulled into the battlefield at any time within a month of the start of the campaign. ”