Chapter 37: Fierce Battle of the Frontier (3)

"No!" Tie Xuan and Yang Rong stopped almost at the same time.

Yang Rong said: "The situation is so chaotic at this time. Your Highness is just in charge of Guangning and commanding the Liaodong army to suppress the rebellion. I won't talk about whether your Highness will be in danger or not. Once Yang Wen meets, who can suppress him?"

Tie Xuan said: "Liaodong generals are so powerful, why should you let Your Highness go to war? You must never agree to this humble position."

Zhu Zhi said: "You two don't know. Apart from me, who is qualified to be equal to Lao Shiqi? So I have to go. Besides, Qu Qing's people are in Daning. I will not be in danger. You can just run back all the way.

"Zhu Zhi was in trouble now. He couldn't tell them what happened in history.

If he doesn't go, who can stop King Ning's actions? Isn't that worried about King Ning's attempt to vote or not, but the Yan Sanwei could not fall into Zhu Di's hands anyway.

Tie Xuan said: "I am willing to lead the army to come, please ask Your Highness to take back his life." As he said that, Tie Xuan actually knelt down.

Yang Rong also knelt down and said, "Your Highness, even though that is the case, soldiers must not take risks rashly when they are alive and die.

Moreover, Yang Wen will return in two months, and His Highness will not stay here to deal with him. Once the military power is regained, he will lose his foundation but lose his big ones!" After the last battle between King Yan, they would not let Zhu Zhi lead the troops to fight in any case.

So we all decided to keep Zhu Zhi.

Yang Rong's words are indeed reasonable. It is not certain whether it can be completed in two months when entering and leaving the grassland. Once Yang Wen returns to Liaoyang, no one can restrain him. Zhu Zhi's military power usurped by usurping back to Liaodong will definitely fall behind again.

However, the matter of Daning has always lingered with Zhu Zhi, and Duoyan’s three guards also made him saliva flow, so he had the idea of ​​personally expedition again. At this time, he was repeatedly persuaded by two important officials, and Zhu Zhi’s enthusiasm cooled down slightly.

Zhu Zhi said, "Haha, both adults have gotten up. They both got up. What's wrong? I, Zhu Zhi, have not been on the battlefield once or twice. Although I don't say that I have experienced many battles, I have seen some big and small scenes.

Since the two insist, I will take back the famous ones. But this time, it cannot be ignored to assist King Ning in the battle. It’s just that the Iron Chief Shi needs to be in the middle and do not go. I think let General Ye take action. “

Tie Xuan said: "In Daning, I thought that at least the Liao Central Guard was needed, Guangning Left Guard and 30,000 guards all had cavalry. It is better to fight on the grassland. "

Tie Xuan didn't know the true meaning of Daning. So he had to invest so many troops. Zhu Zhi waved his hand and said, "Shanhaiguan is the top priority, and Daning just needs to send 30,000 guards to it."

We are not fighting for the fourth brother, but we are just cooperating with the second brother. It is useless if there are too many people. And I will give you a brief explanation. The second brother is not reliable, so you must beware of his resignation to the fourth brother.

"Zhu Zhi was so sure that Ning Wang was unreliable, which made Tie Yang and the others confused, but Zhu Zhi was so persistent. The two of them dared not ask too much.

Yang Rong said: "Would you like to send someone to communicate with Qu Qing and touch his underground? After all, it has been almost two years since the specialty of Daning, and people's hearts are separated from their stomachs."

Zhu Zhi smiled and said, "I can trust Qu Qing. If you are worried, please let Qu Yuan write another letter from home and take it with you. An important task of 30,000 guards is to take something wrong. Take Shenyang Zhongwei back.

No matter what else, I can't let the elite soldiers trained through hard work be cheaper for the Fourth Brother.

Let’s discuss the matter in the south. Shanhaiguan is the first battle to fight against rebellions in Liaodong. Only wins are allowed but not defeats. And they must win beautifully. “

Tie Xuan said: "I read Zhu Neng's comments in the Ministry of War that year. This person is fierce and brave and fearless. He advocates attack and takes a different approach. Judging from his always-using military methods, he will never be trapped in the mountains and wait for death.

To attack Shanhaiguan, we must prevent Zhu Nengqi from walking the mountain path into the rear of our army. Here, here." He said, pointing to Yiyuan and several mountain passes in the mountain border.

When Zhu Zhi saw Tie Xuan know Zhu Neng so well, he said with peace of mind: "Military is all about the order of the Tie Chief."

Tie Xuan thought about it and overturned the deployment just now and said: "I plan to adjust the deployment.

The five guards of Dingliao Right Guard, Ningyuan Guard, Guangning Guard, Fuzhou Guard and Guangning Guard were 24,000 people, mainly attacking Shanhaiguan, and Dingliao Central Guard stationed in Yong'an Fort. On the one hand, protecting the flanks, and on the other hand, making a detour to enter the pass and trying to confuse the enemy.

The southern line is dominated by Wang Guan.

The old general Ye from the West Road went deep into Daning to assist in the war with 30,000 guards. What does your Highness think of this deployment?"

Zhu Zhi said: "The enemy's army is 20,000, and I'm afraid I'm not able to defeat the city with only 20,000."

Tie Hyun said: "It's okay, Hyun has his own tricks, Your Highness..." Tie Hyun finished speaking, and Zhu Zhi and Yang Rong smiled at the same time.

Zhu Zhi said: "This arrangement is made. Shanhaiguan must be in his pocket. But what I want is Zhu Neng, even if it cannot be used by me, he must cut off his wings."

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The army inside and outside Guangning gathered, and the attack on Shanhaiguan has become an open secret. The slogan of "Catching down Shanhaiguan and capturing Zhu Shihong alive" was circulated in private.

This is what Zhu Zhi taught people to say, similar to the morale-enhancing slogans of later generations, which can inspire people.

On the other hand, the Liaodong Metropolitan Command issued a conscription order, recruiting 10,000 people from militias in various places and adding them to various lower-level garrisons, preparing to strengthen each guard's strength to 5,000.

After six years of local immigration and ethnic integration policies, the Han people's settlement area with Liaoyang, Guangning as the core has gathered 750,000 people of all ethnic groups, which is 240,000 more than when Zhu Zhi arrived in Liaodong.

This includes 140,000 immigrants over the years, and 100,000 Jurchens of various ethnic groups who have been attached to each other after two wars.

As soon as the conscription order was issued, the people of Liaodong rushed to respond first. In their minds, the army was the best way to obtain wealth.

Now a military household has 50 acres of land. During the reign of the Liao King, the military households began to change the practice of military households receiving military rations and land, and changed to government purchases. The price was lower than the market price (in order to increase the enthusiasm of military households to grow grain). If the harvest was affected by training and war, each person would receive five taels of silver in a year.

He would give money to support him without farming. This was a compromise solution that Zhu Zhi had come up with. He directly abolished the military household registration system. When the imperial court was still strong, he was simply unhappy.

But there are policies and countermeasures at the top. Liaodong is located in the border area, so how can soldiers work at home without training every day? Well, those soldiers who need to participate in the training will not only not have to pay food but also be rich.

In fact, if there is only one male in the general military household, it means that you can get five taels of silver for free as a military household. According to the price of Liaodong, five taels of silver is six stones of grain, which is enough for a few family members to eat for a year.

Zhu Zhi calculated that even if the 100,000 Liaodong army did not work for farming, it would only cost 500,000 taels of silver. It was nothing for the wealthy Liaodong. But he could get a full-body training to ensure an elite army.

Therefore, as soon as the conscription order was issued, the number of people was recruited in less than half a month, and the number of Liaodong troops increased to 130,000. Based on the current 350,000 male men in Liaodong, only 250,000 can fight between the ages of fifteen and fifty.

There can be no more soldiers. Wars must be consumed. All the casualties and wounded and disabled people must be supplemented, otherwise the combat effectiveness of the troops will not be maintained; farmland requires people to be fed, mine factories require people to work, and who will rely on to generate taxes without people? 130,000 is the upper limit under the current population conditions. No matter how many, the Liaodong region will face pressure in terms of supply capacity and production capacity.

The Jurchen tribe also received the order of recruitment. When it was said that they would fight, the Jurchens were like a festival. Originally, the staff needed for animal husbandry, fishing and hunting were not as high as those needed for industry and agriculture.

Moreover, the Jurchens were born warriors. When they heard the conscript, more than 10,000 men with armor and bows from all races came. Moreover, they brought their horses to the army and did not need official equipment at all.

From it, Guni selected three thousand elite troops as supplementary troops of 30,000 guards, so that the garrison troops reached 5,000. The remaining two thousand were concentrated in Guangning to wait for the Liaodong Dushi to be sent.

Guni retired on the grounds of being old, and now Katun is the commander of the 30,000 guards.

Thirty thousand guards, one man and two horses, arrived in Guangning in just five days after receiving the order. Before leaving, Zhu Zhi carefully explained the main purpose of this trip to Ye Wang. Ye Wang naturally knew it after many years of officialdom.

After three days of rest, he left Yizhou under Ye Wang's guidance and crossed the Daling River to the west.

When the army set out, the government issued a mobilization order. Liaodong's grain, cloth, salt and other materials were priced by the government, and the war materials in the hands of merchants were collected by renting. Those with excess caravans rushed to Jinzhou to obey the orders.

The government has a first-hand statement. Any businessman who takes the opportunity to raise prices and seek profits will be severely punished.

Although Zhu Zhi was a completely liberal political practitioner, he also knew that in the war years, especially such a large-scale civil war, it was impossible to cope with all resources in the jurisdiction without mobilizing all the resources in his jurisdiction.

As soon as the war mobilization order was issued, Liaodong merchants were in an uproar and wrote to the government to request the revocation of the order.

In the past two years, under the influence of the "Fair Trade Order", Liaodong merchants also learned how to protect their rights and interests. The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce elected Zhao Zhengxiong, Li Dachun and others to file a lawsuit with Liaodong Dusi.

But when Yao Shan dug out a small article in the "Fair Trade Order", everyone could only shut up - during wartime, the government had the right to take special economic measures, and the losses suffered by the people would be requisitioned by the government's lease, and then compensated after the war.

Zhu Zhi looked at the angry faces of the merchants and couldn't help but laugh, but still explained patiently: "There is no absolute right or no obligation in the world. The government provides you with a good environment to make money. When the court needs your efforts, it is natural to contribute to the court.

Of course, I will discuss and formulate a "Wartime Lease Order" as soon as possible to determine whether the people's obligations during wartime need to be provided free of charge, and those governments will provide compensation."

As soon as these words were said, it was Yao Shan's turn to be a big shot. At this time, Zhu Zhi was still thinking about protecting the interests of the people. But after years of influence, Yao Shan gradually understood the interaction between the people and the government, and he had no choice but to do his best to help Zhu Zhi comfort the local area.

The orders of the Liao Palace were passed down to all parts of Liaodong one by one, and the entire war machine started in an orderly manner. The three thousand cavalry guards of Guangning were ordered to set out as soon as possible and rushed south to support Ningyuan Guards.

Other soldiers and horses replenished armor and weapons in Guangning, prepared food and grass, and prepared to swear an oath to march south on June 30th.
Chapter completed!