At this time, we can see the weakness of the Later Jin Dynasty. It is insufficient troops and the mobilization will never exceed 100,000. The maximum mobile force that can be dispatched is around 60,000.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Youxiao had the plan to pacify Liao for five years based on the perspective of God. It was not arrogance and bragging, but it was indeed possible to achieve it at that time.

As long as the battle situation is stabilized and not advance aggressively, as long as too many Mongolian tribes are not allowed to invest in the Later Jin, as long as the Later Jin is not given the opportunity to plunder, it will force Jiannu to chew the bark and grass roots if he continues to waste it.

Of course, this requires financial support and requires relatively stable internally, and no chaos can break out.

In Zhu Youxiao's words, I have to go into seclusion and practice temporarily, and upgrade my ultimate moves so that I won't play with you. But I still have to poke it from time to time, so that I can't stop you from calming down.

Liao Town, Deng Town and Dongjiang Town also effectively implemented the emperor's will, treating this kind of attack as a practical training, and also tossing and causing trouble for Jiannu.

But not all attacks were caused by the enemy's attack. Zhang Pan's combat plan on Jinzhou was approved by Mao Wenlong and Denglai Governor Yuan Keli, and also supported by Zhu Youxiao.

Therefore, the Dongjiang Army seemed to be attacking more points, and the other places were very troubled, but the real highlight was in Lushun, which depends on whether the Later Jin Dynasty was fooled.

At this time, the field fortifications outside Lushun Fort were almost completed, with trenches, chest walls and deer forts; the food and supplies in the city were almost stockpiled, and the restoration of the city wall was also in full swing.

These tasks were not completed by Zuo Xie alone. More than 10,000 Liao people from Guanglu Island came by boat and participated in this civil engineering operation.

The 6,000 troops (including 2,000 musketeers) of Zuo Xie were not directly involved in the Lushun Fort war.

Now, there are 1,500 musketeers from Liao Town, led by the gang general He Kegang;

There are also 1,500 musketeers in Jin Town, led by the newly promoted guerrilla He Zan; 1,500 musketeers in Deng Town are led by the newly promoted general Zhang Bang.

He Zan was not very famous in history. His father He Huchen replaced Shen Yourong and is currently the General of Denglai.

In history, He Huchen finally sacrificed his life when he fought with the Meng tribe in Ningxia and the Hudun Rabbit tribe;

He Zan became the deputy general of the Beijing camp. When Li Zicheng fought to Beijing, all the six major camps of the Beijing army did not dare to fight. He Zandu led his troops to fight, and Zhongya died.

Zhang Bang, the general of the participating country, showed his courage and was promoted and reused in suppressing Xu Hongru's rebellion.

Compared to He Zan, a young guerrilla, and Zhang Bang, who is not famous, He Kegang has a relatively large reputation. The four powerful generals in Liaodong in history refused to surrender when they were defending Jinzhou and were killed by Zu Dashou.

It can be said that now several loyal and brave generals gathered in Lushun, and even Zhu Youxiao felt confident in this arrangement.

In addition to being strong and brave, Dengzhen, Jinzhen and Liaozhen also supported a large amount of food, grass and ammunition for the Battle of Lushun. There were more than 200 grenade vehicles and more than 3,000 artillery shells.

"Dig half a foot deeper here!" Zhang Zhuzi limped, but walked slowly, and inserted the long ruler in his hand into the trench to supervise the excavation of the fortifications.

"Yeah!" A dull voice was deliberately released and the Liao people wearing hats in the trench dug out the soil, piled it on the edge of the trench, and patted it hard.

Zhang Zhuzi wore a fat red jacket, but what was different from the regular army was a circle of yellow cloth strips sewn on his sleeves. This was the symbol of the reserve army unique to Dongjiang Town and was established in accordance with the emperor's requirements.

Hearing the response, Zhang Zhuzi turned around and continued to patrol and supervise. But after walking a few steps, he stopped again and turned his head in confusion.

The digger thought that Zhang Zhuzi had left, so he let out a long breath, stood the shovel at the edge of the ditch, reached out to take off his shoes, knocked them, and poured out the soil inside.

"What a courage." A shout came from above, and the shadows shrouded in shock. Yingzi was jumped.

Zhang Zhuzi was very angry. Why did a woman get in with the migrant work team he organized? If the officers knew this, wouldn’t he think he had taken advantage of it? The people who came in Husse were just making up for it?

Yingzi hurriedly lifted up some of the hat, revealing her face that she was deliberately blackened, and looked up at Zhang Zhuzi's gesture of silence.

Zhang Zhuzi also recognized the unique hair, slightly round face, and big almond eyes on the girl's face. He frowned and jumped down the trench.

At this time, several Liao people from all over the world came over and whispered to Zhang Zhuzi with Xiao. Obviously, they knew it before, but they kept it silent for Yingzi.

"Yingzi's father is sick, and she also wants to earn a few liters of rice and go back to make porridge."

"We all see this girl. If it's not lazy, we'll help her."

Yingzi lowered his head slightly and whispered: "Brother Zhang, I'm really not lazy. Come back and see again. The part I dug must be qualified."

Zhang Zhuzi looked at the girl's face that was washed away by sweat, shook her head helplessly, knowing that although the people on the island could not starve to death, they would have a difficult life.

Just the physical work of digging soil and digging trenches, I was responsible for food and food, and I was given five liters of rice a day (about six kilograms), and I was rushing to get it. I got on the boat first, so I didn’t want it if I had enough.

This girl was able to sneak in because others saw her pitiful and gave her cover.

Zhang Zhuzi figured it out, but he didn't have the heart to blame him. He climbed up the edge of the ditch silently, turned around and said, "Don't be tired, I'll dig it for you after I checked it." As he said that, he walked away limply.

Yingzi smiled pursed her lips and thanked several villagers repeatedly. When everyone left for work, the girl rubbed her hands and started to fuck her.

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There were two cities in Lushun, north and south. The north city had been destroyed by the Later Jin Dynasty. Now only the south city was left, which was built in the tenth year of Yongle. It was rammed earth and bricks, with a circumference of one mile and three hundred steps, with two gates, the south is called Tongjin and the north is called Renhe.

The city is not big, and for the defensive side, the larger the troops, the more likely it is to be broken by the enemy. And a scale like Lushun Fort is actually very suitable for persistence.

It is precisely because of this that Yuan Keli and Mao Wenlong agreed to carry out the Lushun Battle. Xiong Tingbi sent He Kegang to assist in the battle, and he wanted to inspect and verify the power of muskets combined with fortifications in actual combat.

Of course, passive defense alone is not the ultimate goal of the Lushun Battle. According to Yuan Keli's arrangement, after the defense is successful, a counterattack will be launched in a timely manner to strive to recover Jinzhou so that Lushun can be firmly in the hands of the Ming army.

The strategic position of Lushun is very important. Judging from the three-party arrangement of the Ming army, Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Tianjin, which surround the Bohai Bay, their relay port is Lushun.

If we can firmly occupy Lushun or even Jinzhou, it will be equivalent to connecting Liao Town and Dongjiang Town into one. Deng Town and Jin Town can serve as support and the effectiveness of coordinated operations will be greatly improved.

For the Later Jin Dynasty, if the Ming army was allowed to establish a stable bridgehead on land, it would restrain a considerable amount of its troops and affect its attack on the Ming army in western Liaoning.

In other words, if the Later Jin did not want to retreat to Liao and Shen, and wanted to take the initiative to start the war, they would not tolerate a large number of Ming troops stationed in Lushun, and would not tolerate the Ming army being able to quickly transport troops through Lushun port.

This is different from Zhu Youxiao's concern that the Later Jin Dynasty would not come to fight for it and mobilize the army in vain. In other words, he was judged by history and did not think that Lushun was a place where military strategists must fight.

Because in history, Lushun was voluntarily abandoned by the Later Jin several times. Moreover, after the Ming army occupied it, it did not pose too much threat to the Later Jin.

On the contrary, in several offensive and defensive battles surrounding Lushun, the Ming generals who died in battle were Zhang Pan, Huang Long, Zhang Weiluan and others.

But Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Keli, and even Mao Wenlong all believed that the Later Jin Dynasty would come to fight for Lushun, so they sent their elite troops to assist in the war.

Of course, the current arrangement of defensive counterattacks is still quite cautious. After all, the new army is first established, how strong the combat power is and how powerful the musket processing work is, it has not yet been tested in actual combat.

Although Zhu Youxiao did not have remote control command or criticized the combat strategy, he has never urged and insisted on the principle of steady and enterprising war and progress, he has been implemented by the officials below.

At this time, on the Houshi Mountain (203 Highland) in Lushun, several Ming generals were guiding and laying out combat strategies at this high place overlooking Lushun Port.

In later generations, the location here was very important and was a place that military strategists must fight for. But at that time, no long-range artillery could pose a threat to Lushun Fort and the ships in the port, so it was not that important.

Zhang Pan stretched out his arm and pointed to the port and Lushun Fort and said, "There are a few gun ships left in the port, and the rest are waiting for the opportunity to move at sea. Zuo Xie defended Lushun Fort, and waited for the enemy to attack and be frustrated and were trapped, you can lead your army out."

He Kegang pondered for a moment and said, "I only use Zuo Xie to stick to it. I don't think it's so solid. Why not use the musketeers of a certain leader as the reserve team to defend together?"

"If you can get help from Brother He, Zhang will not ask for it." Zhang Pan bowed his hand to thank him, followed the advice and accepted He Kegang's suggestions.

Looking at the map, Zhang Bang reached out and clicked, saying, "Then how about I, Brother He and I, will lead people to fight Jiannu in Daheishan?"

Daheishan is known as the first mountain in southern Liaoning. It was originally called Dahe Mountain, Damon Mountain and Laohu Mountain. It is located between Jinzhou City and Lushun Fort, and there is also a place where military strategists must compete for.

Although the Beisha City, built in the Jin Dynasty, had collapsed and damaged, with mountains and forests as cover, it was still ambushing or defending a good place to defeat the enemy.

The key is that Dahei Mountain is facing the Huang and Bohai Seas in the south. For the Ming army with naval forces, retreating is also quite convenient.

Zhang Pan thought about it, agreed, and joked again: "Don't fight too hard, you two, and scare Jiannu away. The arrangement of Lushunbao will be in vain."

"I know, I know." Zhang Bang nodded repeatedly.

He Zan is of a young age and should be considered a nephew, but everyone calls him brothers, and he also agrees, but he doesn't speak much and is very respectful.

Zhang Bang stretched out his hand and pointed to the distance, saying, "When we fight in Daheishan, we will move to Shuangdao Bay. Hearing Brother Zhang sends a signal to attack Jiannu who is siegeing the city."

"That's true." Zhang Pan laughed and said, "I have pulled out two thousand spearmen from Zuo Xie and divided into two, so I will definitely be able to kill Jiannu and turn them over."

Those who came to support the battle from a long distance were musketeers, and there were no spearmen or swords and shields, which was still somewhat insufficient.

Not only did Zhang Bang and He Zan say that, Zhang Pan could see clearly. As the host, he naturally had to take good care of the guest army.

"Thank you, General Zhang." He Zan bowed and thanked him.

Zhang Bang smiled and said, "General Zhang is kind, but he is disrespectful." After a pause, he continued, "Since the discussion has been made, my brother He and I will rush to Daheishan first and make arrangements first."

"I'll work for you." Zhang Pan bowed and said, "I wish the two generals to win the first battle and strengthen our Ming army."

He Kegang also bowed and said, "I wish you two to win and your horse will succeed."

Zhang Bang smiled heartily, bowed his hand, turned around and strode away.

He Zan gave a polite manner before following Zhang Bang and going all the way down the mountain.

Zhang Pan and He Kegang smiled at each other and looked down from a high place again. The trenches that were as traversed as lines and the busy figures of the two made them feel aware of ambition and confidence.
Chapter completed!