The cavalry, which could not see the edge, was now heading south along the open road on the west coast of the Liaodong Peninsula. The core of the team was two Mongolian Thousand People Team. Because one of the Mongolian Thousand People Team suffered a defeat at the foot of the Great Heishan Mountain, the loss was quite large. Now the two Thousand People Teams were less than 1,600. After suffering this loss, A Shulu learned his lesson and dared not push these 1,600 people to the front. This is a force used to shock!

Moreover, he also saw the combat effectiveness of the "Eight Banners Soldiers". After this group of wild Jurchens got the best weapons of the Han people, their ability to fight with the team was absolutely no less than that of ordinary Mongolian cavalry! Those wild Jurchens who did not have any good weapons under their command would definitely suffer a great loss without a few times the advantage! If they suffered too much, the wild Jurchen patriarchs might have a strange intention.

Therefore, A Shulu can only give up fighting for control of the battlefield now, and just send a small number of wild Jurchen rangers to move around the army, preventing the opponent's cavalry from peeping at the military appearance. As for Chen Dexing's troops every move, he can only guess.

A Shulu's guess is: Since Chen Dexing has a way to integrate wild Jurchen barbarians, he will definitely expand his territory quickly and at least advance to the front line of the Fuzhou River. In this way, the wild Jurchen tribes south of the Fuzhou River will become the target of Chen Dexing's integration. By next year, Chen Dexing may have more than 5,000 wild Jurchen cavalry available. With the advantageous naval army, infantry, and other big guns, in the coming year, I'm afraid even Liaoyang and Shenyang can touch it.

The corresponding strategy of A Shulu is to prevent Chen Dexing from steadily integrating the area south of Shahe! However, he also knew that he would not be sure of winning with more than 20,000 people with his decisive battle with Chen Dexing. For the current plan, he had to make a restraining idea and occupied the abandoned city of Fuzhou north of Shahe. Then he used this as a base to deal with Chen Dexing with more than 20,000 troops north of Shahe. Chen Dexing would not dare to take it lightly. As long as Chen Dexing placed thousands or even tens of thousands of troops south of Shahe, it would be difficult for him to quickly integrate various wild Jurchens.

Of course, A Shulu didn't expect to defeat Chen Dexing by one restraint, but with two Mongolian Thousands of Man teams, all he could do was restraint. If he really wanted to defeat Chen Dexing out of Liaodong, he had to wait for Tachaer's reinforcements to arrive.

As for when they will arrive? Ashuru can't make the decision. It depends on how his cousin chose between Liaodong and Goryeo? The urgent letter was sent a month ago. But until now, there is no news from Goryeo and Kaiping. I really don't know what Kublai Khan and Tha'er think? Do you really ignore Liaodong?

While Ah Shulu was sighing, a rapid sound of horse hooves rang. A few fast horses were riding. The knights on the horse were wearing Mongolian leather robes and carrying a bow, arrows and scimitars on their waists. In addition to riding under their crotch, they also led two additional horses. At a glance, they knew they were the Mongol messengers.

Several messengers saw the banner of Ashuru and rushed over, and then got off the horse and bowed: "Master General, King Tachaer Khan has ordered the general manager to try to fight with the Southern Barbarians and not to let them go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong. The Khan has personally led 30,000 troops westward and will arrive soon!"

"Thirty thousand army!" A Shulu almost shouted, "When will we arrive in Fuzhou?"

“It can arrive in 7 days at most!”

A Shulumo calculated and murmured: "On the 7th, as long as Fuzhou City is still in our hands in 7th, it will be considered a win!"

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"Reporting to the King Ming, the terrain of Fuzhou's waste city is considered dangerous in Liaodong, surrounded by mountains on three sides and rivers on one side. However, Fuzhou has always been the hinterland of Liao and Jin dynasties, and there are no external threats to threaten it, so the city is not strong, it is just a surround. It was broken by the Mongols more than 30 years ago. Some of the city walls collapsed, and now it is even more dilapidated. As long as our army arrives, it is guaranteed to be able to be defeated without much effort."

The one-armed Taoist Yang Aguo who was telling Chen Dexing about the terrain of Fuzhou was the one-armed Taoist Yang Aguo. Since Fuzhou is the main road for external transportation in Jinzhou, Yang Aguo often had to fight there and was naturally very familiar with the terrain there. After learning that the Mongolian army had arrived in Fuzhou, he volunteered to report to Chen Dexing's central army.

Chen Dexing's central army has now moved into the newly captured Jurchen Fortress. The Jurchen tribe in this fortress is called Hongshuimen, which is named after a nearby abandoned city, Hongshui City, built in the Tang Dynasty. Chen Dexing knew that this was the university he studied in Dalian and was very familiar with the terrain of Dalian. The territory of Pulandian or Hongshuimen is not far from Jinzhou Bay, surrounded by the sea and mountains, and is closely linked to a small river called Anzi River. The terrain is also considered a dangerous place. Historically, the northern border of Kanto Prefecture occupied by Tsarist Russia and Japan was in this area.

Therefore, the former place of the Hongshui tribe of the Jurchens is now the northern boundary of the Mingdu Prefecture in Chen Dexing's plan. The place name has also been changed to Hongshui County. It is also planned to build a fortress here as a stronghold to resist the counterattack of the Mongolian army.

In the first phase of the battle plan for the Fuliao War formulated by Chen Dexing, the 3,426 square kilometers of former Kanto Prefecture land was already the goal of "the battle was achieved". Occupying Fuzhou City and pushing the front line to the north of Shahe River was the goal of "a great victory in the battle". As for taking down Gaizhou, he had never considered it at all.

It is of course good to become a fat man in one bite and take over the entire Liaodong Peninsula. However, the strength of the Northern Expedition Army is obvious, and even if you defeat it, you can't defend it! Moreover, the total number of Jurchen divisions born in the entire Liaodong Peninsula is estimated to exceed 150,000, which is the relatively densely populated area of ​​the entire Liaodong region. It is not easy to integrate them quickly.

More importantly, Tachaer could not tolerate Chen Dexing becoming bigger in Liaodong. His own Ulus was in northeastern Liaodong, Jilin Province, and eastern Inner Mongolia. If Chen Dexing had stood firm in Liaodong and had also incorporated a large number of Jurchens, he would have caught fire in his backyard.

So Chen Dexing estimated that a decisive battle between him and Tachar will definitely break out in the spring and summer next year! The battlefield of the decisive battle is much more beneficial than that of the Hitzhou area in Hongshui County, Fuzhou.

"We have to drive A Shulu away from Fuzhou!" Chen Dexing patiently listened to Yang Aguo's introduction in his heart and immediately made up his mind.

If the Mingdu Prefecture could be expanded to the size of Guandong Prefecture in later generations, Chen Dexing estimated that he would always be able to reclaim 170,800,000 mu of fertile land. Extracted the 400,000 mu of acres that had already been allocated, and at least 1.2 million mu of acres can be divided. If all of them were formed into samurai farms, it would be the number of 4,000. If one quarter was taken into 150 mu of each farm, it would be possible to place 3,000 warriors and 2,000 eight banner soldiers. Including the 1,000 warriors and 1,000 farms developed in the Goryeo land south of Dahei Mountain, 7,000 warriors or bannermen have been resettled. The area covers more than 2 million mu. As long as it is used properly, it can solve the problem of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the Northern Expedition system.

In addition, the forestry and fishery resources in Mingdu Prefecture (almost as big as Kanto Prefecture) are also very rich, and they also have two natural ports such as Lushun and Dalian, which are very suitable for the development of shipbuilding and fishing.

As for the fact that metal minerals are not abundant and there are no large ore rich ores, small iron ore and copper ore are still very widespread, which is only enough for the pocket industrial system of the Northern Expedition Army.

In short, Goryeo is just a stepping stone and springboard in the rise process for Chen Dexing, and the Mingdu Prefecture in Liaodong is the real fundamental place!

Thinking of this, he said to Lu Hu, Wang Lufei: "This blow will be severe. As long as we smash the army of A Shulu, we will have at least 6 months of peace. With these 6 months, we can integrate the territory and the Jurchens of each department."

"Master, that's what I mean!" Lu Hu patted his chest and said, "I've got a pack of Fuzhou City, so you can listen to the good news in Hongshui!"

Wang Lufei also said: "It's enough for me and Evil Tiger to bring one infantry division and two artillery battalions. I have 1,500 iron armored cavalry and 1,200 Eight Banners soldiers. There are more than 6,000 people, and it's enough to destroy their 20,000 mobs!"

The Eight Banners Soldiers are currently managed by Wang Lufei, the commander of the cavalry division of the Northern Expedition Army. The eight banners are almost eight light cavalry companies.

Chen Dexing waved his hand and smiled: "I still have to go to someone in this battle. With someone here, the warriors in the Northern Expedition will be able to exert their maximum combat power!"

He looked at Lu Hu, "Evil Tiger, you have worked so hard these days. Why not keep the front line of Daheishan in Hongshui City. This matter is not easy to do well. I am not at ease to leave it to others, so I can only entrust you to you."

This is also the truth. The terrain in the north of Mingdu Prefecture is the west and the east flat. Hongshui County is located on the western front, which is the extension of the Bohai Bay. The terrain is relatively dangerous, including Fuzhou Bay, Erlong Mountain, and Xiaoheishan. However, when it goes to the eastern front, it is flat. The only danger is a river called Shahe. It is not too deep and the water flow is not fast. It will freeze in winter and can pass directly! If you do not build a base and set up defense along the Shahe River, the Mongolian cavalry in Tachar will come whenever you want and leave whenever you want.

"In addition, there are many Tartar tribes south of Shahe. You have to pacify them quickly!" Chen Dexing said again, "This matter is left to Evil Hu and Ying Niang. It's better to use the old method! First, suppress and shock, then break up the tribes. The strong raise the flag, and the weak become slaves! Those who dare to resist... cannon all of them!

In addition, we must also pay attention to Tachar's main force coming back from Goryeo along the coastline. We must send more posters to pay attention to the alert. If there is really something wrong, we must immediately retract the Daheishan Fortress and defend it to the south of Daheishan. Remember, take away the Jurchen serfs as much as possible. There are still many great labours to do in the south of Daheishan, and there are indispensable coolies."

Lu Hu nodded and suddenly said, "So brother, what's your retreat? If we all retreat, what will happen to your six or seven thousand people?"

Chen Dexing smiled: "Evil tiger, don't forget that this sea is in our hands!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!