Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 311
Lu Xiangsheng, governor of Baoding, sent a memorial to Emperor Chongzhen based on the situation he had mastered.

He feels that the reconstruction of Daming Dongjiang Town is not the best choice if it is just going to Phi Island and rebuilding according to the original model of Dongjiang Town.

The Daming of today is very different from the Daming of the Tianqi years.The most important thing is that Lu Xiangsheng has more confidence in the combat power of his troops.He felt that at least the army he was going to send to Liaodong was far stronger than that of Mao Wenlong.

For example, in the era of Mao Wenlong, there were no cavalry troops in Dongjiang Town at all, but now in the hands of Lu Xiangsheng, there are two thousand cavalry troops established with the support of Emperor Chongzhen;
Also, in Mao Wenlong's era, the Dongjiang Army didn't have enough to eat, didn't wear warm clothes, and it didn't matter what weapons and equipment they needed. To put it bluntly, it was not much different from the Beggar Army.However, now in Lu Xiangsheng's hands, because of the full support of Emperor Chongzhen, although there is not much iron armor, there has been a greater improvement in terms of weapons.Improvements have been made to Jianlu's weapons and equipment. As far as spears and spears are concerned, they are longer than those in Jianlu's hands.

In addition, although Emperor Chongzhen allocated only two hundred flintlock guns to Lu Xiangsheng, compared with matchlock guns, this flintlock gun can stand more densely and fire faster. Be sure, when you use it for the first time, it will make Jianlu suffer a big loss.

In addition, the tens of thousands of enemies allocated by Emperor Chongzhen to Zheng Zhilong's navy were also favored by Lu Xiangsheng, and some were made in Denglai. This could also be put to great use.

More importantly, the soldiers Lu Xiangsheng sent to Liaodong were old thieves for many years, as well as soldiers selected by him from various guards. After his training, they were already the elite army of the Ming Dynasty.

All these things made Lu Xiangsheng decide to change the battle plan.

The memorial plan he wrote in the memorial was to knock down and consolidate the center and left of Jinzhou, and become a nail on the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula for the Ming Dynasty.

There are several advantages in choosing Jinzhou Zhongzuo Institute.

First, there is Lushunkou here. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they landed from here and finally conquered the entire Liaodong.Now the Ming army has landed here again, which is of great significance.

Second, Lushunkou is an excellent port. On this point, he received an affirmative answer from Zheng Zhilong, and also received repeated confirmation from several other aspects. It is possible to station enough naval forces.Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng's idea is to strengthen the center and the left, so that the advance can be used as a starting point to attack the Jianlu in other places in Liaodong by land; the retreat can be based on Lushun Port as a retreat, as long as the Daming Navy is strong enough, this retreat is safe enough .

Third, if Phi Island resets Dongjiang Town, it will be very difficult to supply supplies from places such as Daming and Denglai; and if the new Dongjiang Town is located in Zhongzuo, the sea route from Denglai will be shortened by at least half.

Fourth, the Denglai Navy will be stationed at Lushunkou in the future, and relying on this, they will first occupy the island along the coast of Liaodong. The north can be connected with the Ningjin line of Shanhaiguan, and the south can also expand to Pidao or even further.As long as the navy is dominant, the Ming army can choose any landing point to attack the Jianlu on the shore.

Fifth, Lu Xiangsheng also considered the strategic goals of Emperor Chongzhen, and said that once Daming set up a city in the center and left as a springboard for landing in Liaodong, Jianlu would do everything possible to pull out this point, not only attacking from land, but also from By sea, use their only navy to cut off the retreat of the Ming army.As long as the Daming navy doesn't show enough strength at the beginning, I believe that Jianlu will be fooled and expand their navy, cutting off Daming's retreat, and also cutting off Daming's attempt to attack Liaodong from the sea.

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In this memorial, Emperor Chongzhen already knew some content in advance from Lu Xiangsheng's eavesdropping seeds; but some content, Lu Xiangsheng didn't say, just wrote it with a pen, and it was the first time he knew it.

After reading this memorial, Emperor Chongzhen did not become angry because his original plan was denied by Lu Xiangsheng, but nodded in agreement that the battle plan on this memorial was more in line with the current situation.

Emperor Chongzhen began to understand the war during the previous battle where King Qin's army expelled the Manchu Qing army into the pass. Later, he drove out to destroy the Hetao Tartars and the Nanyang Liu Bandits. He also learned more about ancient wars.Coupled with his understanding of military affairs on paper in later generations, he understands a very important issue: to fight a war is to fight logistics, and this has not changed since ancient times.

Dongjiang Town, which is to be rebuilt now, will definitely get its own support.However, Phi Island is so far away and Lushun is so close, so the logistics supply is obviously difficult. Just for this point, it is very necessary to modify the plan proposed by Lu Xiangsheng.

Therefore, without any hesitation, Emperor Chongzhen immediately approved the new plan proposed by Lu Xiangsheng with a wave of his ink pen.He even gave the plan a code name: Operation Nail.

Generally speaking, operational code names are for the convenience of calling operations internally, but for the sake of confidentiality, general operational code names are used very vaguely, and are even completely irrelevant to specific operations, such as code names such as Typhoon, Fortress, and Overlord.

However, Emperor Chongzhen gave this nail code name because he was not afraid to tell the Jianlu in Liaodong that Daming was going to drive a nail into the sharp corner of Liaodong, and he had the ability to pull it out!

After the memorial was approved, he immediately returned to Lu Xiangsheng in an expedited eight hundred miles.At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen also sent a decree to Hong Chengchou, the newly appointed governor of Jiliao, asking him to make some noise to attract the attention of the Manchu army.

Sun Chuanting's style is relatively straightforward, and under pressure, he made Guan Ning's ancestral army succumb; and then replaced Hong Chengchou with a softer style, and he treated Guan Ning's army with one hard and one soft.Of course, what is more important is that Sun Chuanting's style of work is more able to deter the current officialdom after the turmoil in the south.With him around, even if something happens, it can be calmed down quickly with his style. Emperor Chongzhen has confidence in this.

After finishing these things, Emperor Chongzhen specifically looked at the information about the original Jinyiwei Hundred Households and the current Manchu Consort Wu Zhong, and found that he was still at sea, but listening to his conversations with others, it seemed that he was here Within a few days, we should be able to see the mainland.

From this point of view, it is speculated that they really bypassed the Shandong Peninsula before approaching the mainland.I don’t know their final destination, where will they land?
Wu Zhong brought a shipload of gold, silver, jewelry, and Korean specialties. More importantly, this person was useful!

But there is no point in rushing now. We can only wait until he reaches the shore and know where he is before we can react.

Just as Emperor Chongzhen was waiting for a rabbit, King Zhishun of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had just arrived in Jinzhou, Liaodong.

This Zhishun King is Shang Kexi, one of the notorious Sanshun Kings in later generations.After Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor, he was named King Zhishun, and Haizhou, where his hometown was located, was given him a fief, including his family's small generals, who were also placed here.It has to be said that Huang Taiji has a way of winning people's hearts.

This is gratifying, but in fact, he and the Manchus had a sworn hatred.His family was killed by Jianlu. It can be said that the family was ruined. His mother died at that time. Only his father and his brothers fled to Tashan, and then followed Mao Wenlong to fight Jianlu.In the next few years, his father Shang Xueli and his brother Shang Kejin both died in the battle against Jianlu.

After Mao Wenlong's death, there was civil strife in Dongjiang, and he sided with Huanglong.However, in the Battle of Lushun, Huanglong was defeated and martyred for the country, and hundreds of Shang Kexi's wives, concubines, family servants and maidservants all drowned to death.However, when he heard that Shen Shikui, Huanglong's opponent, took over as the general of Dongjiang, he took the initiative to contact Manqing, and arrested lieutenants Yu Liangtai and Qiu Zhentai. The military equipment of the five islands under his command finally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

In the original history, from then on, he served the Manchus wholeheartedly.It can even be said that if he hadn't been so determined to serve the Manchu Qing, Li Dingguo would not have died before his ambition was fulfilled, and Nanming would not have perished so quickly, and Wu Sangui might have succeeded in rebelling.It is gratifying that he served the Manchus until death without regret!
When he was in Daming, he had always been the commander of the navy and was familiar with naval warfare.Therefore, due to the change of the butterfly effect, when Huang Taiji had to turn his eyes to the sea because of the destruction of Shanxi merchants, Shang Kexi was also transferred to Jinzhou to lead the Qingshui Division.

In the Jinzhou lobby, the office has just been dismissed, and only a few of Shang Kexi's confidantes are still here.

I saw one of his confidantes, Xu Erxian who went to Shenyang to contact Manqing for him back then, clasped his fists and said to Shang Kexi with a smile: "Congratulations, my lord, you can regain command of the navy again!"

"Yes, congratulations, my lord. According to what the emperor means, maybe there will be a big change in the navy!" Another confidant, Ban Zhifu, who also went to Shenyang for him to contact the Qing Dynasty, also said to Shang Kexi with great joy. .

Shang Ke was happy to hear this, and a smile appeared on his face.

To be honest, in the past, it was not like Huang Taiji suggested that he build a navy to invade Daming by sea.However, these suggestions were put on the shelf, so that he, who is good at naval warfare, could only lead troops on land in the end.I feel that Sora has a lot of abilities, but he can't show them.

At this time, he was only 36 years old, and he was in his prime, so how could he want to end his life by doing nothing.Therefore, when he received Huang Taiji's order, he led his Heavenly Assistant soldiers here immediately.

The navy of that year was basically abandoned after the Ming army's forces on the Liaodong coast were extinguished and Dongjiang Town was pulled out.Huang Taiji bestowed Shang Kexi's army as the Heaven's Helper, and he also left the sea with him.Now that I can return to the Navy, I am very excited.

I heard Shang Kexi say to his confidant: "There are less than fifty large and small warships in Jinzhou now, and these years, there is little maintenance and most of them are broken. From tomorrow onwards, you must put your heart into training soldiers , to repair the warship. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Xu Erxian answered loudly excitedly, and then asked Shang Kexi, "My lord, your majesty has revived the navy. Are we really going to cross the sea to attack Shandong in the Ming Kingdom?"

From Jinzhou, along the island all the way south, you can reach Denglai, Shandong.For these Ming Dynasty veterans, this point is very familiar.

Shang Ke was happy to hear this, but he immediately shook his head and said: "No, the emperor meant to do business with the Ming Dynasty. In this case, a navy is needed to ensure the smooth flow of the waterway. It is also the case that the emperor transferred me come over."

Hearing this, Ban Zhifu couldn't help being a little worried after hearing the real purpose, and quickly reminded: "If the Ming Kingdom finds out about this, don't talk about pirates, just the Denglai Navy, our little ship Not enough to deal with, right?"

Shang Kexi did not answer after hearing this, but Xu Erxian answered him first: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was fatuous, and his treacherous ministers were in power, and his generals were extremely incompetent. Don't you know these things? These few years have passed, but Have you seen the navy of the Ming Dynasty? Haha, you thought it was Yuan Zhongcheng back then?"

The Yuan Zhongcheng he was referring to was Yuan Li, the governor of Denglai during the Tianqi period.During Yuan Li's period, Dongjiang Town was established, and the Ming army continued to harass Jianlu, and also attracted Han people who had already taken refuge in Jianlu to flee back.At that time, it was the best time in Dongjiang Town.

Hearing his questions, Ban Zhifu not only didn't get angry, but said cheerfully, "I'm just worried! The monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty are still the same birds, that's the best!"

Some of the navy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were the warships of the Denglai Navy captured by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming during the rebellion; the other part was part of the Denglai Navy controlled by Shang Kexi.This point, these old generals of the Ming Dynasty, are naturally clear.

Hearing their conversation, Shang Kexi said: "Although the Denglai Navy should be abolished, if our navy escorts across the sea, we can't just have these ships at present. Moreover, if it's just escort across the sea , this is not what this king wants..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his voice a little, and said solemnly: "What this king wants is to land in Denglai, lay a piece of territory for the emperor, and become the nail of the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty. If you go north, you can attack the capital, and if you go south, you can plunder the south of the Yangtze River; if you retreat, you can return to Liaodong. I believe that in this way, the emperor will no longer have to be tied up by Shanhaiguan, and the great cause can be achieved!"

Just when Xu Erxian and Ban Zhifu were excited, they heard Shang Kexi say in a firm tone: "But the Jurchens are afraid of the sea, and we still have to make achievements to convince the emperor and those princes and Baylors. What can the sea bring to them! What can change the Qing Dynasty!"

"Yes, let the emperor see the real role of our navy!" Xu Erxian responded loudly, and then lowered his voice, "But we only have this few ships, what can we do?"

After hearing this, Shang Kexi smiled slightly and said: "Who said that our Qing Dynasty really only has such a few boats?"

　Watching "Signal", I forgot the code word, ashamed!Today I finally got a million rewards. It’s probably been two months, and I will add more on weekends.However, it should be too late to update tomorrow morning, and both updates should be updated at night.

　　
　
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