Chapter 17: The troops went out of Liaodong (2)

Three days later, Ye Wang arrived in Guangning, and Zhu Zhi recruited Tie Xuan, Yang Rong, Guo Ying, Qu Neng, Guo Ming and others to negotiate the matter.

Zhu Zhi said excitedly: "Okay, these bastards have finally come to the door. Let's talk about it, the Liaodong Army cannot be bullied like this and will not fight back."

Tie Xuan said: "The Chief Secretary and the Liaodong Governor have discussed this matter. The Jurchens are not attacking now, so we think that the matter of sending troops should be very cautious.

After these days of sorting, only the Yulin Right Guard, Dingliao Central Guard and Tieling Guard have completed the training, and they are all full. However, according to the report of the front guard, Zahaqi's three-way attack on the border this time had more than 30,000 troops, and our side did not have the advantage of military strength.

Attack him three times, and surrounded him ten times. Please think twice. "Ye Wang also nodded from the side. It was obvious that the two had already met before the meeting and had exchanged opinions.

Zhu Zhi, who had been itchy for a long time, was ambitious to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but Tie Xuan poured cold water into a basin of cold water. He felt a little unhappy and said, "Attack three times, our Liaodong Army has only 110,000 people in full battle, and Zahaqi has led 60,000 armors. Isn't that impossible to hit them? Besides, it has been more than half a year since the Liaodong Army's training. The army cannot go to the battlefield alone. It must test the training results in actual combat.

This is a great opportunity, and I just happened to practice my skills in the West of Hai."

Tie Xuan said: "Your Highness, this marching is not that easy. The western part of the sea has just taken over the Jianzhou division, and the troops are in their prime. Now, if the troops are rashly advancing, there is no chance of winning."

Looking at Tie Xuan's black face, Zhu Zhi was a little unhappy and said, "Dingshi, you are a little bit ambitious and destroying your own might. Could it be that my Liaodong Army is not as good as a group of barbarians after such a long period of training?"

Guo Ying said: "Your Highness, the advice of the Iron Chief Secretary is reasonable.

Recently, I have been training the training team. I have trained several guards such as Liaohai Guard, Dongning Guard, Shenyang Central Guard, Dingliao Left, Right, Front, and Rear. After waiting for another half a year, these middle-class guards will be able to complete the training. It will not be too late to fight again at that time."

The father-in-law spoke, and Zhu Zhi didn't give him any face, and said, "Since Taishan said that, then let's make a long-term plan. It's just that Zahaqi came to the door, and it's not good not to teach him a lesson. What do you think of to do?"

Ye Ju said: "Since that's the case, it's better to choose one way to attack and destroy the arrogant arrogance of the western part of the sea."

Zhu Zhi quickly followed up and said, "Okay, which of these enemies is the best way to deal with?"

Seeing that Zhu Zhi had made up his mind, Tie Xuan couldn't dissuade him anymore, and the Haixi Town was indeed a bit arrogant.

It is really unreasonable not to teach a lesson. He said, "From the perspective of military strength, the troops attacking Fushun Pass are only more than 10,000, and this place is the farthest from the enemy. It is better to choose this route to take action." As he said that, he pulled the map and pointed it to Zhu Zhi.

The scouts followed the caravan to and from the Baishan Mountains and Black Waters for more than half a year, and have drawn a relatively detailed map.

Zhu Zhi looked at it for a while and found that the mountains are high and dense forests are dense. It was the area around Hetuara, where Nurhaci raised his troops in the past.

Twenty miles east of Fushun Pass is the famous Sarhu. Two hundred years later, the Ming army, which was known as 200,000 in the fourth line, was annihilated by Nurhaci here, and since then, the people have risen and are out of control.

OK, let’s choose this place as the battlefield for the first battle of the Liaodong Army.

Zhu Zhi silently said in his heart, Sarhu! It’s the end where it starts.

Zhu Zhi clicked on the map with his finger and said, "Okay. It's here. Since there are more than 10,000 enemies, I will attack the Yulin Right Guard and Dingliao Central Guard. "

Tie Xuan hurriedly said, "No, no, your nobleman must not be easily released. You can choose a general to lead the army." As soon as these words came out, the other generals started to persuade him.

Zhu Zhi waved his hand and everyone stopped talking at the same time. Zhu Zhi said, "No need to persuade me. This is the first battle after I came to Liaodong. I must be on the front line in person. The war is about money and grain, Jianzhi. Is the grain and grass in the Liaodong Prefecture treasury at present?

Guo Ming said: "There are still 130,000 stones of grain and 80,000 taels of silver in stock."

This is mainly because of the commercial tax, and the salt tax has increased greatly. From October last year to now, the commercial tax has collected a total of 60,000 taels of silver. In addition to the 30,000 taels of payment from the Ministry of Revenue, the subsidy is as much as 30,000 taels; the salt tax is also considerable, not only in exchange for 50,000 stones of grain and grass, but also 20,000 taels of additional tax.

In another month, the harvest this year will be improved. If the dispatch of troops is delayed by one month, it will be used for... "

Zhu Zhi interrupted him: "What are you waiting for? I didn't expect that I won't see you for half a year. Now Manager Guo has become a rich man. Dingshi calculates the food and supplies needed to send troops and take them from Manager Guo's."

Everyone was amused by Zhu Zhi and burst into laughter.

The hard work of the past year has finally been rewarded. After getting rich, Zhu Zhi increased all the officials in Liaodong's salary by 30% of the land. Although the number is not large, the officials who had Zhu Yuanzhang's meager salary were so happy that their noses were bursting out.

Now that the Liaodong soldiers are very good, there is no wonder that Zhu Zhi's confidence is growing. He was not a sudden attack on the expedition, but rather that he felt that the first battle in Liaodong was not very strong, and that he was the one who was in front of the front line and was also a good way to establish his authority in the Liaodong army.

After the meeting, Zhu Zhi specially left Tie Xuan, and Zhu Zhi said to Tie Xuan: "Soldiers are military and national affairs. I have always had an idea, but I was busy some time ago and couldn't implement it. This time, I happened to take advantage of this time to send troops to do it.

I am considering that Dingshi takes the lead in organizing a general staff department. The specific work of this department is to be responsible for the training plan and troop allocation of the Liaodong Army on weekdays; to be responsible for formulating combat plans, troop allocation, logistics support, etc. during wartime.

I think the specific work is somewhat similar to the Privy Council during the Song Dynasty.”

Tie Xuan said: "Your Highness, this general staff is good, but I am afraid it will violate the official system of our dynasty. If someone frames you for establishing a private official system and make a bad plan, the problem will be big."

When Zhu Zhi heard Tie Xuan's concerns make sense, he said, "Okay, so you can set up an air first, and you can choose some experienced veteran officers and civil servants who are knowledgeable in the army to join. As a subordinate department of the Chief Secretary, do it first according to my idea, and the salary will be paid from my own treasury.

I will report to my father and then officially appoint him later.”

Tie Xuan thought to himself that Zhu Zhi's move was quite powerful, which meant that the appointment and removal of officers belonged to the Ministry of War, but the combat command was subordinate to the General Staff Department, and the appointment and command of officers were separated.

Tie Xuan vaguely felt that the hidden danger of generals holding troops might be eliminated in this way.

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Without oath-taking meetings and no mobilization, Zhu Zhi led the Dingliao Central Guard to quietly leave Liaoyang. What made Zhu Zhi depressed was that those things that make people excited were not something that could be done by saying that they could do.

"Holding a vow torture can indeed boost morale, but Your Highness should not think that there is no detailed work of the Jurchens in Liaoyang.

We set out like this and spread it for several days to participate in the south... "A military academy next to us reminded "General, it's an exercise." Ye Wangqi explained patiently on the horse, "Yes, exercise, my subordinates spread the news five days ago, hoping to confuse the Jurchens.

Zhang Shun, scatter all your scouts, within a radius of five miles. As long as you encounter someone, you must interrogate them carefully. Do not be followed by the Jurchens." The military academy he just reminded replied: "General, you have been released.

"Zhu Zhi nodded thoughtfully. In the face of war, he was still a layman.

Before going to war, Tie Xuan formulated a battle plan, plan a, Zhu Zhi, and Ye Wang led Ding Liao Zhongwei, went out of Fushun Pass to Sarhu, searched for the Jurchens, and then stuck them as anvils; Qu Neng led his army out of Sanchaer Fort, attacked Sarhu, and acted as an iron hammer.

The two armies were like two pliers intertwined in Sarhu, and the pliers smashed this ungrateful Jurchen team.

This plan was denied by Zhu Zhi. He clearly remembered the Battle of Sarhu in history that determined the fate of the Ming Dynasty. The four Ming armies attacked Hetuara in a group. Each of them had no advantage in the army. In the end, Sarhu was defeated by the Jurchens! The division of troops became a nightmare in the Ming army, and Zhu Zhi did not want to repeat the same mistake.

There was no way, Tie Xuan and Ye Wang had no choice but to formulate a plan B. The two armies gathered in Fushun, and then drove out Fushun Pass together to confront the Jurchens head-on.

Zhu Zhi felt that this plan was more secure, so don’t take too much risk when leading troops for the first time.

The cavalry marched very fast. Five days after leaving Liaoyang, Zhu Zhi finally saw Qu Neng. He led the Yulin Guard to Fushun Station a day earlier.

When Zhu Zhi walked into the military camp of Yulin Guard, he felt extremely comfortable. This was his own direct line.

After passing through the camp, soldiers with excitement on their faces and yearning for victory, although they could not call their names, they were all familiar faces. These people and themselves were born and died in Nanjing. Someone shouted: "Your Highness, the King of Liao is coming down." Zhu Zhi was used to being easy-going in the military camp. When everyone saw him, they were cheering and surrounded him.

"Your Highness, it's me. Do you still remember me?" A baby face entered your eyes.

Zhu Zhi recognized it at a glance: "Su Jie, aren't you a coach in the teaching team?"

"Haha, Your Highness Xie still remembers. The teaching team is so boring. I heard that I was going to beat the Jurchens, but I finally ran back after being beaten." Su Jie said.

Zhu Zhi said: "What official are you now?"

Su Jie said: "When you go back to Your Highness, I am still a general flag under the command of the hundred households. However, this time I will fight against the Jurchens, I will definitely make efforts to make military achievements and strive for improvement."

Zhu Zhi patted his shoulder and said loudly to the officers and soldiers around him: "Do it well, you all crawl out of the dead with me. This time, don't lose my face." The officers and soldiers around him shouted loudly at the top of their voices.
Chapter completed!