Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 424: Huang Taiji's Regret
After the new year, because of the heavy snow, Emperor Chongzhen did not return to Beijing in triumph until February. In addition to the original three battalions under the jurisdiction of the Yumajian, there was also Xinjing, who had made military achievements in the battle of Guihua City. Battalion soldiers.

The military strength of the Ming Dynasty Jingying was about 40 in the several periods after the founding of the country.However, with the change of Tumubao, the 15 Beijing elite troops were wiped out.The newly established Beijing camp was 23 people, and after the restoration of Yingzong, it was increased to [-] people.

When Ming Wuzong succeeded to the throne, there were only more than 6 troops left in the Beijing camp.Therefore, Emperor Zhengde summoned the frontier army to Beijing, with a total of 38 people on the list, but in fact there were only 14, and the elite only had 2 horses.

By the time the Jiajing Dynasty's Altan Khan invaded the land of Jingji, there were 6 or [-] people in the capital camp.Therefore, Emperor Jiajing reorganized the army and selected [-] elites from all over the country to Beijing.

During the reign of Chongzhen, the Beijing camp was completely unable to fight. Usually, there were only one or two hundred people who went out for exercises.

In the original history, when Li Zicheng attacked the capital in the 18th year of Chongzhen, there were only about 3000 soldiers in the capital who could defend the city. How could such a large capital be defended!
Now, Emperor Chongzhen has transferred a total of 6 meritorious soldiers from the frontier armies of Qin and Jin to Beijing.It's not that the elite cannot be selected, but that Emperor Chongzhen doesn't have much money in his pocket, and this number is already his limit.

If the army is to be an elite army, training is indispensable, and sophisticated weapons are indispensable. If all the accounts related to the elite army are counted, it will definitely cost money like water.

"I can't afford it!" Emperor Chongzhen said with emotion in his heart.

This is still the route of elite soldiers, don't look like it costs a lot.But once you use it and win the battle, you will earn it.Otherwise, what's the use of raising more soldiers?If they are sent out to fight, if they lose the battle, the cost of raising soldiers will be in vain, not to mention losing power and humiliating the country.

On the way back to the capital, Emperor Chongzhen calculated the cost of the expedition himself.

Although the war was won and there were a lot of spoils, such as tens of thousands of horses, and countless beef and mutton, etc., it still couldn't make up for the money and food consumption of this expedition. At least in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, he thought he would earn or It's flat, but it's still a little bit worse in the end.

The main reason is that this time it is far away from the capital, and there is no way to make a quick decision, so the consumption is particularly high.The three major Wanli campaigns have exhausted the national treasury, and it is not casual talk.Fighting wars, especially when the Ming army relied on firearms, was even more costly.

However, if you count other things brought about by this victory, it is definitely profitable.

If the people in Qin and Jin could live and work in peace and contentment, and would no longer suffer from military disasters, the value they created would far exceed what they had before.

And the fertile land of the Hetao Plain, it can be said that Daming has eaten half of it.In a few years, it will belong to Daming.

In addition, more than 1 Jianlu were annihilated, which was another major blow to Liaodong Jianlu.After several times of weakening in this way, the military strength of Liaodong Jianlu will be greatly weakened, and when Liaodong is recovered in the future, it will save a lot of effort.

In addition, not to mention the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen himself, with the victory of the war, it is getting higher and higher; the morale of the people and the army of Ming Dynasty are also developing in a good direction under the nourishment of the victory; It will also be affected; the Mongolian tribes on the grassland will definitely be affected...

With all these things, this battle cannot be measured only by money and food.

After thinking about these things, Emperor Chongzhen began to pay attention to the news in the wiretapping system again.He found that Xilin Jueluo, who was sent back to Liaodong by Jierhalang last year, had arrived in Shenyang and was meeting Huang Taiji.

"What?" After hearing Xilin Jueluo's report, Huang Taiji couldn't help standing up from the dragon chair in surprise, staring at him and asking, "The emperor of Ming Dynasty is personally leading the army in Yulin Town, and wants to attack Guihua City?"

There are no sources of news from Shanxi merchants, Shanhaiguan is guarding the land route to Liaodong, Jianlu's navy is wiped out, and the sea is dominated by the Ming navy. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen went to Qin by himself, so Huang Taiji had no way of knowing about the big things.

As soon as Xilinjueluo heard it, he chose important news and said it again.

After Huang Taiji asked, he already understood that it was impossible for Xilin Jueluo to lie to himself with such a thing.Therefore, when Xilin Jueluo spoke again, he felt as if a monkey was scratching his itch in his heart. He was impatient, flustered, and itchy. When he couldn't think about it for a while, he simply bypassed the imperial case and started walking back and forth in the Chongzheng Hall.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually led his most elite Imperial Forest Army to Qin, so what should he do on his side so that the Qing Dynasty can reap the greatest benefits?

The first thought that came to Huang Taiji's mind was to immediately send elites to Guihua City to wipe out the Ming emperor and his elite imperial guards on the grassland. This is the best strategy and the most beneficial to the Qing Dynasty.

As long as the Ming emperor and his elite imperial guards were wiped out by the Qing, the Ming would remain the same Ming as before, and the Qing army could gallop freely to obtain the desired population and materials, and strengthen the strength of the Qing.

However, Guihua City is too far away from Liaodong. If an army is sent to rush there, the battle is probably over, right?Even if he didn't finish the fight, Huang Taiji still had another hidden worry in his heart.

It's just that he doesn't know how many Jinyiwei spies there are in the Qing Dynasty, or who are interested in the Ming Dynasty.It is useless to send troops to Guihua City if there are fewer soldiers; if there are too many soldiers, the news will definitely leak out; The army invaded the hinterland of Liaodong.If this is really the case, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty will be in danger.

Thinking of these, Huang Taiji ruled out this idea.

Then according to Jierhalang's suggestion, immediately send troops to Gyeonggi.In today's Gyeonggi, without the elite Imperial Forest Army of the Ming Dynasty, the troops left behind must not dare to fight the Qing Dynasty, so they can start to plunder the population and materials as before?
Thinking of this, Huang Taiji suddenly slapped himself on the forehead in annoyance, obviously having a headache.

If this is the case, he is sure that Lu Xiangsheng's Dongjiang Army will definitely invade the hinterland of Liaodong.The previous news has confirmed that the Dongjiang Army has [-] cavalry troops, with horses for transportation, coming and going like the wind, and the entire hinterland of Liaodong is not safe.

The battle of Pyongyang has proved that the combat power of this new Dongjiang army is absolutely very strong, and it can compete with the elite of the Qing Dynasty.If the main force of the Qing Dynasty left Liaodong and only relied on a small number of elites to stay behind, Liaodong was so big that Huang Taiji could hardly imagine what it would be like after being ravaged by this Dongjiang cavalry army?
At this time, Huang Taiji really hated why he didn't bring down Pyongyang, annihilate that Dongjiang army and return to Liaodong!

[-] li rush, [-] li rush, or [-] li rush, it's all rushed by those things that don't know the importance!
If there was no Dongjiang army, the Qing Dynasty would not be so passive, and there would be almost no extra choices.

Neither strategy appears to be feasible.Then, if you want to make good use of the opportunity of the Ming emperor and his elite imperial guards to stay away from the capital, there is only one way to go.

That white-eyed wolf that is not familiar with in North Korea failed to kill it last time, so it must be wiped out this time. By the way, let's see if there is still a chance to get rid of the scourge of the Dongjiang Army!Anyway, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and his elite Imperial Forest Army were not there, and it was impossible for the current Guan Ning Army to do anything against the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji made a decision, and immediately called a group of ministers to discuss the crusade against North Korea.

The last time I sent troops to North Korea, although I was eventually deceived back to Liaodong, it was not without success. At least half of the North Korean land, that is, the northern part of North Korea, has been reduced to scorched earth.If you send troops to North Korea this time, there is no need to waste Qing troops in these places.

After making some decisions, Huang Taiji decided to dispatch [-] cavalry to launch a surprise attack on Seoul, North Korea, and directly destroy North Korea.

I thought before that I could see if the Dongjiang army could be destroyed by the way. After the analysis of Fan Wencheng and others, I felt that Lu Xiangsheng had already been fooled once, and the possibility of being fooled again was very small.Moreover, if Lu Xiangsheng led the Dongjiang Army to the rescue in order to attract Lu Xiangsheng, then the Korean War must not be resolved quickly, and I don't know how long it will be delayed!
Huang Taiji has always believed that there are still Jinyiwei spies in the country, if the time is prolonged and the Ming Kingdom has a chance to react, maybe something bad will happen.Therefore, he still made a quick decision to raid Seoul.

When he was still in Shanxi, Emperor Chongzhen already knew the news.It's not that he doesn't want to save North Korea, but that with Daming's current situation, there is really nothing he can do.

Really, it's not that they can't be rescued, if possible, Emperor Chongzhen will still save them.

Although the triumphant division has nearly 10 horses, if you don't return to the capital, it is not impossible to go directly to Ningjin from Shanxi.If you do this, in terms of time, you should be able to dare to launch an offensive against Liaodong before the Jianlu army returns from North Korea.

However, the army has been on the march for half a year. Although they won the battle, they have already become a tired army, and the hussar battalion has also lost a lot. If they don't take a rest and go directly to attack the most powerful enemy of Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen will have nothing to do. Got it.

Also, although there are hundreds of thousands of people, more than half of them are elites selected from various border towns. They have not been trained and run-in, and they are not going to fight mobs.

In addition, [-] troops, this is not a small number, how to raise the corresponding food and grass?The last time a [-]-strong army did not bring any food and grass, and suddenly came to the Ningjin line, it had already exhausted the food reserves there.This time, if he went directly to Ning Jin, he would have to raise the food and grass needed for the [-] troops from other places.

Finally, more than half of the Ming army now uses firearms.It can even be said that whether it is gunpowder, lead ammunition, or other consumable military supplies, it needs to be supplemented.It doesn't mean that it's okay for people to pass by.

Even if [-] cavalry troops were sent to Jianlu in Liaodong, the military strength remaining in Liaodong cannot be ignored.It is probably impossible to win easily.

Based on the above reasons, Emperor Chongzhen decided to stand still this time and let North Korea face it alone.

However, after this incident and the previous situation, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the contact with the Dongjiang Army was too time-consuming, and measures had to be improved.

Anyway, he was idle on the road, so he sent the chief soldiers and supervisors from all walks of life to discuss countermeasures.

Whether it is Emperor Chongzhen or these general soldiers and supervisors, they all think that if they want to communicate quickly, they can use flying pigeons to pass letters.

However, on land, the [-]-mile express is the safest and most secure option.From the capital to Dengzhou, we expedited the eight hundred miles, and from Dengzhou to Lushun, where we needed to cross the sea, we used flying pigeons to deliver letters.Another suggestion is that from the capital, we can rush [-] miles to Tianjin, and then use flying pigeons to send messages between Tianjin and Lushun.

This flying pigeon biography already existed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it was also used in military affairs, but this method was not safe.

First of all, this kind of flying pigeon must be trained first, not all pigeons have this ability.Of course, at this time, there is no need to worry about this, because there are quite a few people in Daming who use carrier pigeons, and naturally they all know how to train.

Secondly, if a carrier pigeon flies in the sky and encounters an eagle or the like, if it is caught or killed by a hunter, it will not be able to send the message back.This situation is fatal to the military.An important piece of news got out, but it disappeared halfway, but this side didn't know about it, so it would be dumbfounded.Because of this, Feige passing letters is usually for rich people to pass family letters for fun.In the military, there is no way to popularize it.

However, this defect of carrier pigeons was easy to overcome for Emperor Chongzhen.Because he has a wiretapping system, he can know whether Lu Xiangsheng has received the news or not.

As a result, Emperor Chongzhen made a final decision to mobilize specialized manpower and material resources to build this communication network.Of course, just in case, the old-fashioned use of ships to deliver messages is still necessary.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know that homing pigeons are usually a kind of domestic pigeons. Its limit distance is 3500 kilometers to return home. Although its average speed can reach 48 kilometers per hour, it can only fly for about 5 to 8 hours a day.Calculated in this way, homing pigeons can only fly a maximum of 384 kilometers per day.

However, it can be regarded as a mistake. The straight-line distance from Tianjin to Lushun is about 384 kilometers, and it can be reached in one day.This is not known how many times faster than using a ship to deliver a message.

Of course, the establishment of this communication network still takes a certain amount of time, and it is not something that can be done just by thinking about it.But the biggest purpose of Emperor Chongzhen's use of him was also to restore Liaodong in the future, not to save North Korea this time.

On February 15, the 25th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen led the army and finally returned to the capital.

In the past, the news of the victory in the naturalization battle had already sent messengers back to the capital to report the victory.

(End of this chapter)