Lu Ming

So, in the next few days, most of the people in the investment group made agreements with Shao Qiang one after another.

The content of the agreement is very simple: Daming investors provide funds to open mines and farms in Hongji.The traverser is responsible for providing security protection for the investor's property. In addition, the traverser is also responsible for providing various science and technology to increase mine production and use in the fields of planting, processing, and transportation of agricultural products.

Of course, the so-called investment, the bigwigs don't need to carry money to Annan at all.Don't forget that the traverser has a base on the coast of Daming, and they can send telegrams at any time.

Therefore, investors only need to hand over the silver to the local bank account opened by the traverser in the capital or Jiangnan.The silver will be turned into shelters locally, as well as food, cloth and fuel.In the end, the resources will be converted into boats of refugees going south and goods going north, making the "traversing the economic circle" flourish.

In this regard, the Annan Raiders have finished the first half and entered the intermission stage.With the deepening of the rainy season, this game will not be able to continue the second half of the show until after October.

Chapter 577 Meeting at the official residence ([-])

In the Middle Ages, human productivity was low, but any major natural disaster would bring production activities to a standstill.

Disasters do not distinguish between nationality and race.The snow disaster in the north and the waterlogging disaster in the south correspond to the Annan rainy season in the south.

Due to the lower latitude of Annan, it is closer to the tropical climate than Daming, so it is hot and rainy all year round.In Annan in the seventeenth century, the infrastructure was poor, and the rainy season was an out-and-out disaster for the Annan people.

During the period when the time traveler came, most of the Annan Kingdom had entered an official mandatory suspension.Under the continuous rain, the people cannot go out to work, and the army cannot step on the mud to dispatch and assemble remotely.If it is forced out, large-scale infectious diseases will soon occur within the army: the warm and humid rainy season is also a time when various germs are rampant.

In contrast, the traversing forces with a complete logistics supply system, and even a complete epidemic prevention and medical system are not very cold about the current rainy season, but rather welcome it.

Because in this way, although the progress of the project is a bit slower, there is no need to worry about external military pressure. When the initial stage of landing is the most vulnerable, you can concentrate on building the turtle shell.In this way, the advantages and disadvantages are added and subtracted, which is obviously profitable.

In view of the current situation, Shao Qiang, who was in charge of controlling the situation, issued an order: speed up infrastructure construction, reduce peripheral military investment, and allocate most of the resources to the construction of the Hongji Fort-Hongji Port complex.

The originally planned third batch of reinforcements has now also been suspended and replaced with engineering personnel and construction materials.

And so it settled down.In the next few months, Shao Qiang, as well as other traversers who came to Hongji, such as Zheng Yangyang, will seize the rare window period and build vigorously to prepare for the expansion after the rainy season and possible future developments. Military operations have laid a solid material foundation.

And Sha Zhengming, who was in charge of the military, left after the Annan county magistrate left.The current reduction in military pressure has given Sha Zhengming time to return to Guangzhou to report on his duties... There is an important meeting to be held there.

On August 1631, 8, Guangzhou New District, the second floor of the Prime Minister's residence.

The nondescript prime minister's residence has been completed and put into use for some time.At first glance, the building looks like a square building. If you look closely, the third floor seems to be a bit round, probably because the construction schedule was tight and the technical level was not enough.

It can only be said that painting a tiger is not an anti-dog.

However, this little awkwardness is nothing to the traveler, at most it is an after-dinner joke.After all, in the crazy development of the past few years, there are too many similar things to be listed on the hot search.

It doesn't matter, anyway, these ugly temporary buildings, including the supermarket version of the palace, will be demolished sooner or later.

As for the explainer...Ming people certainly don't understand the stalk of the circular oval office, but they appreciate the mansion, after all, three-story reinforced concrete buildings are still a rare commodity these days.

Those who can enter the rare building are naturally rare people.

Today, the large conference room on the second floor of the mansion was once again full of people.The high-level crossing forces, including the heads of various departments that have been relocated to Guangzhou, were all present.

The most complete ones here are military personnel.Sha Zhengming, who rushed back by the fast boat, was already sitting steadily behind the long table in the outer ring smoking a cigarette.

The person presiding over the meeting was naturally the owner of the mansion, the chief assistant of the empire, Xia Xianze Xia Zhongtang.

The topic of today's meeting is to discuss how to deal with the ongoing battle that took place in the cold far north and determined the fate of Ming and Hou Jin in history: the Battle of Daling River.

After all the participants arrived, the first item was naturally the introduction of the campaign.The next moment, Wang Xiaohui, a chubby man in a white navy uniform, stood up, went to the wall and pulled off the flannelette, picked up the pointer, and began to explain to the large map of Northeast China on the wall.

Daling River was called Yushui in ancient times.

The Daling River and the Xiaoling River downstream run through the middle of the Liaoxi Corridor, and were the transportation hub connecting the Northeast and the Central Plains in ancient times.The Qi State conquered Shanrong in the north, Cao Wei conquered Wuhuan, Qian Yan conquered the Central Plains, Northern Qi attacked Khitan, and Sui and Tang pacified Koryo, all of which took the Daling River Valley as the main road.

In the northeast situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, apart from Lushun, which was alone behind the enemy, the Hou Jin had already occupied most of the Liaodong territory including Shenyang.

As a result, Mingguang Ningwei (Jinzhou) at the head of the Liaoxi Corridor faced enormous military pressure.Dalinghe Fort is just to the east of Jinzhou in later generations, within the jurisdiction of Linghai, a county-level city.

You can find it at a glance by opening the map. The location of Linghai City is at the top of the long and narrow Liaoxi Corridor.After passing through this place, it is the vast land of Liaodong, so the Dalinghe Fort, which is backed by Jinzhou, is undoubtedly the throat of the Liaoxi Corridor.

As early as the Apocalypse years, the government and the public of the Ming Dynasty, who suffered successive disastrous defeats, discovered that the field battle was not the opponent of the Houjin army, and began to try to adjust the national strategy. Dead Jiannu.

Although helpless, this strategy was the only choice for the Ming Dynasty at that time.There is no way, the field battle cannot be fought, and the Ming army lacks mobility and fighting will, so the turtle flow, which can take advantage of defense and scale, is the only correct choice.

Prior to this, Gao Di, the former governor of Liaodong, felt that the supply line was too far away and felt that he could not bear the pressure of the Houjin, so he ordered to abandon the Ming army facilities on the Jinzhou line of the Daling River and move the generals and civilians inward.

After that, the ruling and opposition parties went through a strategic see-saw with Hou Jin, and the fortification faction gradually gained the upper hand.During the reign of Tianqi, Yuan Chonghuan, then governor of Liaodong, ordered the Guanning Army to move forward after the Battle of Ningjin, trying to restore the two cities of Linghe and Linghe that were demolished by the Houjin Army.

The reason is simple: Dalinghe Fort is too important, no matter the advantages or disadvantages, they have to fight for it.

If the Ming army wanted to consolidate Liao, it had to build Dalinghe City, and if the Jin Dynasty wanted to attack Ming, it had to demolish the city.Therefore, as early as Yuan Chonghuan's governor of the Liao Dynasty, the competition between Ming and Jin for the two cities of Linghe and Linghe was very fierce.

However, things are not that simple.

Hou Jin's attack on Ning Jin was a battle far from the rear, and its combat effectiveness and logistical supply capabilities were limited.This is also the reason why the Houjin army finally retreated from the front line of Jinzhou in the Battle of Ningjin.

While fighting in the Daling River area, the logistics supply route of the Houjin troops was greatly shortened, and the combat effectiveness was correspondingly enhanced.

In contrast, the tortoises in the Ming Dynasty reached the critical point when they reached the front line of Dalinghe Fort, and the marginal effect was reduced.The two sides are fighting in this area, and no one will benefit.Considering the field advantage of the Houjin Army, the Ming Dynasty even suffered a disadvantage.

Facts have also proved this.

The Ming army rushed to repair the Dalinghe Fort twice before and after, but they all returned in vain. The Dalinghe Fort was repeatedly demolished by the Houjin... Since it is an important throat, it is also a place of great concern to both the enemy and us. .Hou Jin would not allow the Dalinghe Fort, which could pose a huge threat to his own family, to be built.

Time continued to move, and at this point in August 1631, the Dalinghe Fort located on the banks of the Daling River once again became the winner of the front-line confrontation between the Ming and Jin Dynasties.

This matter has to start with the entry of Hou Jin Dajun last year.

It can be said that Hou Jin entered the customs for the first time in history, and it can be said to have achieved great success.After that, the Ming Kingdom, which suffered huge losses, organized a counterattack.

How to fight back?It is still rushing to repair Dalinghe Fort outside the pass.

In the original history, shortly after the Jin army withdrew from outside the pass, Emperor Chongzhen once again appointed the old minister Sun Chengzong to supervise the military affairs outside the pass. According to the established policy, he dispatched the main force of the Guanning army entrenched in Jinzhou to rush to build the Dalinghe Fort for the third time.

Facing the rebuilding of the Ming army, Huang Taiji certainly could not sit idly by.Subsequently, Huang Taiji mobilized 5 troops, including Mongolian soldiers, and set off from Shenyang on August 1631, 8. The troops were divided into two groups and went straight to Dalinghe Fort, which was being repaired.

Due to the short distance between Daling River and Shenyang, after just 7 days, the two armies of the Houjin Army converged in front of the gate of Daling River Fort on September 9st.

Having just snatched a ticket from the Ming Dynasty, the Houjin army with sufficient logistics, this time changed their attitude of attacking in the past, and carried out a long-term siege on the hastily repaired Dalinghe Fort.

After that, Huang Taiji adopted the tactic of encircling and attacking reinforcements, and eliminated 4 waves of Ming army reinforcements with a total number of more than 10.

The Zu Dashou Department, who was in charge of rushing to repair the Dalinghe Fort, was besieged for three months.In the end, after eating up all 2 soldiers and civilians in the city, Zu Dashou, who was awarded the title of "Ogre", left the city with 11 remnants to surrender on November 21.

Ten days later, on December 10, 1631, the Battle of Dalinghe ended.

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When Wang Xiaohui put down the pointer in his hand, the traversers sitting in the big meeting room also turned around one after another, sat upright, and returned to their proper posture during the meeting.

The next moment, Xia Xianze, who was sitting at the end of the long table, spoke: "After listening, let's talk about everything, and speak freely. Today is already August, and there is a situation about the Daling River in the northeast, how should we deal with it here. "

As soon as Xia Xianze finished speaking, a haha ​​came out of the empty conference room: "What are you going to do, the show is over."

Everyone turned their heads and saw that the person speaking was another traverser in a white military uniform: the commander of the Navy's First Fleet, Mu Longcheng.

Mu Longcheng, who is regarded as an old handsome guy among the crossing crowd, puts his hands behind his head at this moment, leans back, with a smile that sees through the world... He almost put his feet on the table: "Guan Ningjun and the emperor Isn't it a good thing that Tai Chi is tearing each other up outside the pass, and by the way, lost the Ming country field army in the direction of Shanhaiguan? What else should we do?"

Speaking of which, seeing that the scene was still silent, Mu Longcheng shook his head and clarified his words: "Stop pretending, everyone seems to be really concerned about the country and the people, look at your complacency... If you really want to interfere, Why did you go early? Today is already August 8st, and Zu Dashou has already started to build the city wall. Interfering, how to interfere? Is it too late?"

Hearing what Mu Longcheng said became more and more shameless, Han Xiaobo, the commander of the army, coughed dryly and interrupted someone's speech: "Although we can sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight on the Daling River, it's not No interference. The army currently has half a battalion of 300 regular cavalry and 200 trainers deployed in Tianjin."

"Huang Taiji is bringing 5 younger brothers at the door this time. What's the use of your 300 cavalry?"

"It's okay to fight guerrillas and harass a little."

Mu Longcheng rolled his eyes when he heard the words, and stopped talking.

Chapter 578 The official residence meeting ([-])

After Bian and Mu Longcheng played a few words with each other, Han Xiaobo found that all the participants were looking at him speechlessly.Considering his responsibilities as an army commander, he knew that it would be impossible not to speak clearly, but he shook his head helplessly in his heart: after all, people born in peaceful times, just a few years of being a master is not enough to wash away the stains on them. Otaku attributes.

The next moment, Han Xiaobo got up: "Okay, okay, let me tell you something. This... To be honest, as far as the battle of Dalinghe is concerned, there is no doubt that we will watch the show from the sidelines."

"Regarding this matter, I know what some brothers are worried about. But the old man, the chairman, said that a revolution is not a dinner party."

When Han Xiaobo said this, he tapped the table with his fingers: "Why did we people come to the Ming Dynasty to celebrate the Golden Week? Wrong, it's fighting for the world, it's revolution, it's changing the world!"

"Since it's a revolution, it's life and death. It's the death of the family. It's the subjugation of the country. It's not a house. Therefore, there is nothing embarrassing about watching the last field army of Ming Dynasty fall. We can say it out loud: Good death!"

"Please note that the main force of the Ming army that is about to perish outside the pass is the Liaoxi Jiangmen Group represented by Zu Dashou. As the largest indigenous warlord in the late Ming Dynasty, the Liao salary enjoyer, and the vested interest group of the national tax, in the foreseeable future, Undoubtedly our most stubborn enemy."

"So, as far as the Battle of Daling River itself is concerned, the best way for us to deal with it is to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. There is no other choice."

After Han Xiaobo said a few words, the scene suddenly became lively.

Yes, before that, there was indeed a voice among the participants who thought that the troops could go north again to eliminate Jiannu and at the same time change the outcome of the Dalinghe Battle and save the vital forces of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this voice is not strong, it's just that the otaku who likes the perfect ending is just flirting there.

In view of this, people from the army and navy will be the first to appear on the stage today, and they are asking and answering and solemnly expressing their opinions, for fear of causing trouble.After all, no matter how weak the version is, it is also parliamentary politics.In addition, the small number of traversers is considered a rarity, and all of them can weigh the scales. It would be bad if some brain-dead issues were instigated by this gang of military idiots.

After Han Xiaobo finished speaking, most of the centrists, including those who really thought about the overall situation and the soy sauce party, understood: the army doesn't want to go to the north to go to war at this time, no, the tune has been shouted out.

Since the lead singer didn't want to make a big deal, the rest of the audience didn't care too much about themselves.After that, most of the people present nodded in agreement: the battle outside the pass did not affect the current social order within the Ming Dynasty, so most of the participants did not care about it.

But there are always people who are true to everything.

Liang Yuhang, the former general manager of Dayuan Telecom Company, is now the CEO of Guangdong Telecom.

This person is a member of the group of fans who love military affairs as mentioned above.After discovering that the grand plan outside the customs that was launched by the fancier group was ruthlessly ridiculed and rejected by the military, Comrade Liang Yuhang was immediately upset, so he spoke with disdain on his face: "It's easy to say, let's just ignore it if you don't care about it? Hmph, your ministry probably forgot , but the outside of the pass is connected to the inside of the pass, and it's quite far away! Commander Han, let me ask you, if you don't pull troops up, Kong Youde's rebellion will follow, and who will clean up the mess?"

After Liang Yuhang asked this question, everyone present immediately became interested, and all looked at Han Xiaobo, waiting for his explanation.

As Liang Yuhang said, the outside of the customs is connected to the inside of the customs.The four-year battle of Dalinghe in Chongzhen triggered the butterfly effect that followed the Wuqiao mutiny: Kong Youde's rebellion.

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In the battle of Dalinghe, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty began to besiege Dalinghe Fort on September 9, not long after.After that, during the three months when Zu Dashou was under siege, the Ming court organized six rounds of rescue troops with a total of more than 1 people to rescue Zu Dashou.

However, it is a pity that all waves of rescue troops were blocked and defeated by Hou Jin's army... I don't want casualties, I only want Tashan.

During these three months of torment, the Ming court actually did its best: it mobilized reinforcements from all directions and sent them to the front line frantically.

Then, the butterfly effect happened: Kong Youde was reversed.

Kong Youde, the general of Dongjiang town in the late Ming Dynasty.This person was originally a miner in Tieling. After Tianqi Nianjin occupied Liaoshen, he defected to Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town.

Kong Youde was "brave and good at fighting, and he was the first to ascend before the battle, and he was the crown of all generals", and he was promoted to the rank of general.Mao Wenlong appreciated him, adopted him as his adopted grandson, and named him Yongshi.And Kong Youde is also very grateful to Mao Wenlong for his kindness.

After that, Yuan Chonghuan executed Mao Wenlong without an order, causing his old troops to kill each other. Dongjiang town was scattered overnight, and there was no more cohesion.However, Kong Youde, the original direct descendant of Dongjiang Town, believed that Mao Wenlong was "slaughtered without guilt", which made him extremely chilling towards the court in private.

Later, Kong Youde's men fled from the torn apart Dongjiang Town and defected to Sun Yuanhua, who was then the head of Ningyuan.Soon, as Sun Yuanhua became the governor of Denglai, Kong Youde's department also moved to Dengzhou, and Kong Youde himself was appointed by Sun Yuanhua as the general of the left battalion of Dengzhou.

Then comes the turning point.

In order to "save the birthday of the soldier ancestor", the imperial court strictly ordered reinforcements from all over the country.Sun Yuanhua, who was on the anti-golden front line in Dengzhou, naturally did not dare to neglect, so he ordered Kong Youde's troops to cross the sea to the Liaodong front line.

At this time, the meat of the show came: Kong Youde's troops "encountered a hurricane" at the mouth of the Liaohe River within a few days after they went to sea, and had no choice but to return.

To put it bluntly, Kong Youde's department just didn't want to go to Liaodong to die.Why?Because they don't know why they are fighting?

This is not being intimidated.

Before that, most of the veterans in Dongjiang Town like Kong Youde were actually victims of the Han Chinese during the expansion of the Later Jin regime: their family members were killed, and they had a deep blood feud with Jiannu.

So Kong Youde and others gathered under Mao Wenlong's account, hanging alone overseas, relying on supplies like beggars, insisted on fighting guerrilla warfare with Houjin, and pinned Houjin's flanks. In the end, they forced a victory in Zhenjiang and Dongjiang town.

It is unreasonable to say that Kong Youde's generation is greedy for life and afraid of death for being able to fight against the Houjin iron cavalry all year round in such a difficult environment.

However, the mind of Kong Youde's department has long since changed: Regardless of whether there was an edict or not, Mao Wenlong was killed by the court for nothing; Pay the food and pay, and also airborne the commander-in-chief.

The latter move was particularly vicious, causing Kong Youde and other Dongjiang direct descendants to lose even the theoretical right to inherit Dongjiang Town.

As a result, the rest of Dongjiang Town killed each other and sought their own way out.

Now, the imperial court is going to send the lost dog to rescue the former rival Guan Ningjun outside the pass...

The previous vengeance is not over, and the new grievance is coming.Killing Mao Wenlong and distributing Dongjiang Town's super-selling teammates, the court has not given an explanation, and now they are urging Kong Youde to go to Liaodong to die.

Let me ask, how could Kong Youde's tribe, whose future had been cut off, be willing to go to Liaodong to fight again at this time?For whom?

Therefore, Kong Youde expressed his willingness to avoid the war in a very tactful manner: when encountering a hurricane at the mouth of the Liaohe River, I can only bring troops back, and cannot go outside the customs to save the ancestor's birthday.

However, after the situation developed to this point, Sun Yuanhua, governor of Denglai, still lived in the cloud, and did not realize the problem at all.Immediately afterwards, he ordered again, ordering Kong Youde's department to select 800 elite cavalry to go overland and rush to Liaodong to rescue the ancestor soldiers at night.

This time, Kong Youde set off silently.

Then, after a "trek" of "up to two months", Kong Youde's 800 cavalry finally completed the epic march from Dengzhou to Wuqiao.

Where is Wuqiao?

Wuqiao is at the junction of Shandong and Hebei provinces.In other words, it took Kong Youde 800 riders a full two months to walk from Dengzhou, Shandong to the north of Shandong.

What happened next can be said to be logical.

Kong Youde's troops, who had no fighting intention, procrastinated all the way to Wuqiao. Unfortunately, some soldiers stole a chicken from Jinshen Wang Xiangchun's house.

Then the soldiers were thrown into the camp with arrows, and then the soldiers refused to accept and killed, and then the gentry exerted pressure, and the soldiers were beheaded for public display, and then the crowd became passionate... At this point, whether Kong Youde wanted to rebel or not, he had no choice.