Chapter 437 Marshal's Mansion Kaifeng City

The world in June was unexpectedly calm. Some people in the court thought so. He was not so aggressive when he gave in to Li Thief from Shandong.

Li Zicheng in Xiangyang had just annexed more than 100,000 Luo Rucai's troops. Although the situation has become very stable, it will take some time to digest this force.

Zhang Xianzhong, who occupied Wuchang, did not want to follow Luo Rucai's footsteps. After robbing Wuchang, replenishing supplies and personnel, he continued to march westward. Zhang Xianzhong took a big advantage in Wuchang, and all the huge amount of gold and silver in the Chu Palace were taken into his hands. The eight kings, who had been embarrassed, began to gradually improve.

Zuo Liangyu, the general who retreated to Jiujiang, finally regained some courage and began to set up checkpoints and collect taxes on the river, and allowed soldiers to rob the Jiujiang area.

This Jiangxi is familiar to Zuo Liangyu. When he was chasing Zhang Xianzhong a few years ago, he visited here and the local people were like a disaster. Although the troops under him were all refugee soldiers who had surrendered, their military discipline must be slightly better than before.

Of course, harming the people was only slightly inferior. Local officials in Jiangxi delivered a letter to the capital, asking for restrictions from the court.

How did the Ming Dynasty restrain the Ming Dynasty? Moreover, even though Zuo Liangyu stayed in Jiujiang City, he would be like a frightened bird when there was any movement. However, he still kept delivering documents to the court with seals of victory. The country was separated by thousands of miles from north to south. The emperors and ministers in the court did not know whether the victory was true or false, but they could only give an order to commend it.

The Qing Dynasty was also resting and recuperating. The victories achieved in Liao Town outside the Pass could only appease the fear of the Eight Banners after the defeat. As the regent, Dorgon would still take time to gain a real dominant position in the Qing Dynasty.

In June of the 16th year of Chongzhen, although the military camp in the Tengtian Village was only planned to be built in Hejian Prefecture. The troops in Yongping Prefecture and Shandong were not involved, but Wu Sangui's respect for Shandong made the Jiaozhou Camp make great progress in the intelligence work of the Qing Dynasty for the first time.

Although the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were enemy countries, the Qing Dynasty nobles did not need less luxury goods than the Ming Dynasty's capital and Nanjing.

With its superior power at sea, the Zheng family in Fujian obtained a monopoly of trade with the Qing Dynasty first, and the supply of various commodities in the Qing Dynasty was almost trafficked by Zheng's sea ships from various places. However, the Zheng family's ships only docked in Jinzhouwei and North Korea.

Man Qingning spent his time transporting on land and was unwilling to let the Zheng family's fleet go deep into the hinterland. Therefore, even though after April, the Shandong Salt Gang's fine work could already follow the Zheng family's sea boats to various ports in Jinzhouwei, Lushun and North Korea, but it could not penetrate into the interior of Liaodong, which was not very meaningful.

But Liao Town is different. Although the front lines of the Qing Dynasty and Liao Town are on guard against each other, there are merchants from Shanxi who sell various goods to the Qing Dynasty through Liao Town. It feels funny to say, but in fact, many people don’t care about the national justice in the face of money.

With Shandong currently being strong, since the wealthy businessmen in Shanxi can do it. Why can’t the businessmen in Shandong be able to do it? Wu Sangui and the officers and soldiers of Liao Town also regarded Shandong as a role of getting into money. There was no mistake in thinking this way. After all, in the initial requirements, all the items proposed by Shandong were related to making money.

Moreover, Li Meng also has such a reputation for making money in the world. He is already so high. Now he still buys and sells in a lowly manner like private salt?

Liao Town will definitely not stop the caravans from Shandong going to the Qing Dynasty for sale. It may not be believed that the Qing Dynasty allowed the caravans of the Ming Dynasty.

Because for the Qing Dynasty, many of the supplies from the Ming Dynasty were needed and they also needed the supply of these caravans. The Ming government of the Ming Dynasty certainly prohibited this. However, it was impossible to stop the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty who were greedy for money, and the merchants from all walks of life who were full of profit.

The businessmen in Shandong claimed that they were from Hejian Mansion in Northern Zhili, and the Qing Dynasty did not doubt it very much...

The news that was sent back to Shandong was not very good, because the Qing Dynasty mobilized most of the forces to capture the young and strong tribes in the old forest, and the power consumed in Hejian Prefecture was quickly replenishing.

The news was reported as the first priority and returned to Shandong. After hearing this, the Shandong people became a little anxious. At the same time, they were also glad that the decision made by the Grand Marshal was correct. If they were not focused on the outside of the pass, they would let the Tartars recover calmly. They would soon come out of the failure, which would be a big trouble.

Regarding the Qing Dynasty's capture of the so-called Jurchens outside the pass, except for Liao Town, this is the first time that Shandong in the pass is known. In the past, it was said that the Ming Dynasty and the Tartars had weak soldiers, but there were many people, and the Qing Dynasty had strong soldiers, but few people. If the Ming Dynasty used ten soldiers to exchange for one soldier, it would always kill these Tartars if they tried to consume them.

It is believed that the Qing Dynasty Tartars had fewer people, and they fought for one less. In the end, the victory was always the one with a large population. After all, both sides were not the same race. If a person died of a Qing Dynasty Jurchen, he had to recover, and he had to give birth. This time period would be longer, and the time and advantages were naturally in the one with a large population. Of course, the actual situation was not so satisfactory.

With the success of victory, the Qing Dynasty used more and more Han Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners, and the combat effectiveness of these servants was not bad at all. The battle became more and more troublesome.

After learning this news, it was even more shocking. The Eight Banners of Jurchen, who are the most powerful in combat, actually had such a way to supplement them. In terms of the information brought back, these young and strong tribes, known as "savages" and "born Jurchen", had even more combat effectiveness than the Eight Banners of Jurchen.

Because the soldiers of these tribes make a living by fishing and hunting, they have sufficient training and combat qualities, and the semi-primitive life state has not dragged away their wildness.

These factors combined are enough to make these people a powerful warrior, so the nobles of the Eight Banners are almost described as fighting for these people. Whoever has the most Jurchens under him means who has the strongest strength.

Shandong was filled with awesomeness. He originally thought that the Hejian Prefecture had injured the other party's vitality in the battle, but who thought that the Qing Tartars had such a way to recover. The general was really far-sighted and decided on this strategy.

Otherwise, this is the destiny of heaven, knowing what others don’t know, and being able to do what others cannot, they definitely did not expect. Li Meng did this just out of a deep-rooted vigilance and hatred towards the Qing Dynasty Tartars. This was a completely emotional overwhelming act.

With his historical knowledge or modern history education, even master's students who are not majoring in history may not know about the capture of the Jurchens, and Li Meng is even more likely to know about it.

In the history of normal development, the three eastern provinces have been managed as reservations for the Jurchens, and Han people are not allowed to immigrate. This situation was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty. Before and after the founding of New China, there were Oroqen people who remained in the primitive tribal state among the deep mountains and forests of Heilongjiang Province.

But in fact, for the vast land of the three eastern provinces, since the emergence of the Qing Dynasty, only most of Liaoning has been fully developed, and the rest are native forests, wetlands and swamps. There are a large number of tribes in the so-called white mountains and black waters.

Some of these tribes were not civilized Jurchens, while others were from other ethnic groups. The Eight Jurchen Banners of the Qing Dynasty were developed by various Jurchen tribes in Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. Whether it was the Jianzhou Jurchens or Yehe Jurchens, they were all highly civilized and Chinese or Mongolian Jurchens.

Most of the tribes such as deep mountains and old forests are still in the original form of clan society. These Jurchens and Tungus tribes are wild and have cultivated combat and cooperative skills in the fishing and hunting activities of survival, and are almost born warriors. Catching these people to supplement the army and population has always been an important source of population growth in the Qing Dynasty.

The Jurchens were directly incorporated into the Eight Banners of the Jurchens, and the savages of the Tungus tribe were generally called Sauron. In the history of normal development, after entering the Central Plains, the combat effectiveness of the Qing Jurchens fell sharply, and most of the powerful cavalry they rely on were the Han army and the Sauron people.

The later the Eight Banners became completely trash, and Soren became the main force. The arrest of these savage tribes would even last until the Qianlong Dynasty because the dependence was too heavy.

In this era, the arrests of Jurchen and Soren have not been carried out on a large scale, because there has never been so much need. I believe that the Eight Banners and the Servant Army can win every battle. This defeat in Hejian Prefecture is considered to stimulate the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty to find all possible ways to strengthen their strength.

As a result, the action of searching mountains and picking up the sea and capturing savages began much earlier than the history of normal development. If we look at it this way, the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty even became stronger after being arrested.

This is also a historical change. Li Meng's huge variable has caused changes in all aspects of history where it should have developed normally.

When this news and similar judgments reached Shandong, the entire Qi Duke's shogunate became nervous. He ordered a quick horse to rush to Hejian Mansion. Zhang Jiang and Wang Tao were urging in a very strict tone to build a military farm and deploy their troops to Yongping Mansion as soon as possible.

The only person in Shandong who was not in a hurry was Li Meng. After the news came, Sun Chuanting brought the document directly to the Duke of Qi's mansion, hoping that Li Meng would come out with a charter.

Sun Chuanting's judgment of Li Meng was similar to the real situation. He felt that Li Meng's strategy of focusing on the Tartars at the beginning might not have been expected, but rather a kind of paranoia and hatred. This tendency can be seen from the previous actions since the establishment of the Jiaozhou Camp.

However, Li Meng may not know the Qing Tartars' behavior of capturing savages to enrich their strength. In other words, Li Meng, Duke of Qi, may not have expected the other party to do such behavior and speed to supplement the population and strength.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Sun Chuanting's story in the study, Li Meng made a statement that was only very interesting, as if he had heard some interesting news. Indeed, for Li Meng, this incident was at best an interesting story, and he was not as surprised as them.

Sun Chuanting was anxious and thoughts deeper. After the great victory of the Hejian Mansion, he was already arrogant and proud. This was a big trouble and he must give advice.

The first one was Li Meng. He looked at Sun Chuanting, who was so angry that he looked rare, and said with a smile:

"The Tartars are now beyond the reach of the Jiaozhou Camp. All we can do is push it step by step in front of Shanhaiguan and then move."

"Duke..."

"Mr. Sun doesn't have to take this matter too important. The most taboo thing about marching and fighting in Jiaozhou Camp is to stay away from the logistics army and go deep into the city. Hejian Prefecture, Yongping Prefecture, and Shanhaiguan are not places where they are fully managed. There are many forces that are hostile. If I send my army north and the rear route of food and fodder supply is unstable, how can the troops below fight with peace of mind? If there is a mistake, it will be really not worth the loss."

The tactical characteristics of Jiaozhou Camp are that they rely on firearms, and muskets and cannons are very dependent on logistics, and Jiaozhou Camp has always had enough food and enough wages. This kind of reward for sufficient food and enough wages is also a means to keep morale in mind. However, the characteristics of this tactic and enough food and enough wages make the importance of food and fodder supply even more prominent.

It is necessary to ensure a stable rear so that the troops of Jiaozhou Camp can fully exert their combat effectiveness. They must have a stable rear and supply base, but it is not enough to build a few warehouses to store military supplies.

According to Li Meng, this place must be managed thoroughly, which means that Shandong can fully control it, establish a military farm, and then establish a military farm, warehouses and temporary fortresses through this military farm to form a stable rear.

Sun Chuanting also understood this truth. Hejian Prefecture is still a pioneering one. Yongping Prefecture has not yet been developed. It would take too much time to wait until the "stability" mentioned by Li Meng is established. Sun Chuanting didn't know what to say for a while. The general's actions cannot be said to be arrogant and underestimating the enemy, but it seems to be a state of being cautious and excessive.

"Master, being safe is certainly a truth, but in the current situation, it is important to be quick and attack the Tartars as soon as possible so that they cannot recover so calmly outside the pass!"

When Li Meng heard Sun Chuanting's words, he was stunned at first. Then he laughed out loud. He finally understood what the old man was thinking. He stopped laughing. Li Meng asked calmly:

"As Mr. Sun said, our army went deep into Liaodong and attacked the Tartars. Mr. thought that our army would win or lose if we were in such a dangerous situation."

Li Meng asked with caution, and Sun Chuanting thought for a while before answering:

"Shandong is now the most powerful army in the world. Although it was a light division attacking far away, it is still 80% sure that after the attack, it will escape unscathed!"

"Mr. I have such confidence in Shandong's troops. It means that my Jiaozhou camp is indeed a strong army, but in this situation, even if I go deep into Liaodong outside the pass and defeat the Tartars, I still have to retreat to the pass, because outside the pass, I am alone and cannot obtain supplies. Once my alone army leaves, the Tartars will still have to recover. It is still the cycle, and the alone army attacks far away, which is huge, and it is easy to be targeted by other enemies. Just now, Mr. was 80% sure. If there is a mistake, it would be really not worth the loss!"

"Master, the Tartars are recovering calmly outside. Could it be that my Shandong soldiers and horses are just watching and letting them take the lead?"

Sun Chuanting was already a little anxious. He was the one who paid the most attention to his identity and etiquette. Li Meng was named Duke, and he kept calling him Duke. In this hurry, he had already turned the Duke into a more casual commander, and he didn't care about it.

"It's not that we can let it be big, but that we have to accumulate strength to give it a decisive blow. Mr. Sun, you have confidence in the power of our Jiaozhou Camp. Li is more confident. Instead of defeating it again and again, it's better to completely annihilate it in a war. Now this is what we do in Shandong!"

When Li Meng said this, his eyes were filled with divine light and his self-confidence was extremely contagious. These confident and heroic words were extremely contagious, and Sun Chuanting could not speak for a while.

Li Meng was not afraid of the recovery of the Tartars. What he planned was that after Hejian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture ensured a stable path, he would use all his strength to completely eliminate the barbarian cancer that harmed China.

Sun Chuanting took a big breath. Li Meng's plan was really unexpected. According to his understanding, he had developed in the direction of Yongping Prefecture and Shanhaiguan, but to avoid the invasion of the Tartars in this direction when he was pursuing the Central Plains.

But he didn't expect that Li Meng's plan was so big that he went outside the pass to destroy the country. When he heard this plan, Sun Chuanting was also a little excited.

Since the three major expeditions of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty has failed in every foreign war, and has not won for nearly 50 years. Not to mention the Tartars in the north, there are also the She'an Rebellion in the South. In short, millions of Han people were killed and injured. In short, the decline of China has almost started in the Five Dynasties. When Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, it improved slightly, but when Emperor Yingzong, it went downhill step by step. The so-called central empire, the majesty of the Celestial Empire had long disappeared. Sun Chuanting occasionally thought of the martial arts of suppressing the world during the Han and Tang dynasties and destroying the country at any time, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Who would have thought that in such a decadent and chaotic era, there would be a hero like Li Meng. With his own strength, he wiped out the weak wind of China and established an extremely powerful force.

I was so lucky to discuss with myself the plan to destroy the country. Such a major event and such a mighty martial arts can actually participate in it.

Sun Chuanting thought a lot at this time, but for a moment he didn't know what to say. For people like Sun Chuanting, there are few such acts of losing their composure in front of the superiors, which shows how excited he is.

When he recovered, he found that Li Meng was looking at him with a curious look, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He cleared his throat, but thought of something else, which happened to be mentioned this time, and used to change the topic. Sun Chuanting calmed down slightly and said:

"Mr. Duke, since he abandoned the name of General Zhendong and issued an order instead in the name of Duke Qi, the officials felt that there were hidden dangers!"

The final purpose was to establish a solid logistics line in Hejian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture. The final purpose was to enter Liaodong to destroy the Qing Dynasty. This plan was indeed a bit shocking. At present, the idea of ​​Jiaozhou Camp was to establish a defense line in Shanhaiguan or Liaozhen. It hurt the Tartars and prevent them from invading. After all, the destruction of the country and the tribe was too radical, and few people could accept this idea. Li Meng was unwilling to continue to talk in depth, and Sun Chuanting's words also aroused his interest.

"Mr. Sun, please talk in detail, I will listen carefully."

"The Duke of Qi is just a mansion. Although it has a team from Shandong before, its functions are similar to civil and not military. Each department is responsible for civil affairs, and there is no manpower preparation for urgent military and national affairs. The peace and well-being. If the army is mobilized and changes in a hurry, it means to draw personnel everywhere. There is no certain rules, which will definitely delay important matters, and civil affairs will be disrupted and cause a lot of panic. Now that military affairs are getting heavier, we were just based in Shandong, and our operations are still very steady. In the future, the army will be on an expedition, and things will be complicated. We must be careful. The subordinates think that at least we should restore the general's shogunate, set up a leading center, have clear power, and each has its own departments, instead of now, leading the army with a medal, and leading the army will not be found in all aspects when we are in war."

Li Meng nodded while listening, and finally said with praise:

"If it weren't for Mr. Sun, Jiaozhou Camp would still have many irregular details at this time, but now everything is complete. Mr. has made great contributions!"

The words of destroying the country just now made Sun Chuanting feel excited. Li Meng's praise actually praised him as the prime minister. No matter how steady Sun Chuanting was, he still stood up and said respectfully.

"Mr. Sun may have heard that in the past few years, I have been reading history and gaining some experience and suggestions from historical books. Most of the system of the Duke of Qi's Mansion is modeled in the format of the Privy Council in the Song Dynasty. The officials and chief officials from all over the place were civil servants, but in the war they were prepared to imitate the Jin system and directly establish the Marshal's Mansion. The Laoying was a large camp directly under the marshal's mansion. The Laoying Military Office and Lingshan Trading Company were combined as the army's military supplies. The personal military officials at all levels of the personal military camp were officials of the Marshal's Mansion, Mr. Sun was the chief secretary, Yuan Wenhong was the chief clerk, and Zhou Yang was the record room. The wartime system, the general's mansion could be established every night, and Mr. Sun did not have to worry about misleading things."

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting pondered for a moment, but his face became more cautious and said:

"Everything is planned, and if it is not planned, it will be abolished. All officials of the Duke's Office are in Jinan Prefecture, planning military operations, adjusting food and fodder, and transporting the army. However, if the commander is far away, he will be able to move around day and night, lying on ice and lying on grass, and the attendants may handle military matters? When fighting outside, all the required personnel are strong and capable. Can these Shandong scholars in the commander's Office be competent? This is very different from being in Jinan and enjoying peace!?"

It seems that Sun Chuanting thought about this question for a long time and asked solemnly. After all, Sun Chuanting led several Qin provinces to attack and pursue the refugee army that day, and was quite clear about this system.

Faced with these direct problems, Li Meng didn't hesitate. He had already had a scheming case and said:

"Mr. Sun, do you remember that I went out to the city every day to inspect, and there were always staff members around me, and my personal soldiers were accompanying me, and my people were noisy. There was an old scholar who once advised me that I was frugal in everything, but I was too proud of this trip. Although I praised the old scholar, I still had my own affairs?

Sun Chuanting nodded, Li Meng smiled and explained again:

"The person who is accompanying me is the staff and escorts of my Marshal's Mansion. The wartime system is the daily exercise. If they can't keep up with the school, they will not be able to do so. They will have been eliminated and make up for newcomers, Mr. Sun, what do you think?"

After hearing Li Meng say this, Sun Chuanting let out a long sigh, feeling a little sudden enlightenment, shook his head and said with emotion:

"If you don't take a short step, you can't reach a thousand miles. How can you be a coincidence? The Duke's actions have been prepared for the day. Thinking about these arrangements, it is quite similar to the strategy of hiding soldiers and the people. On weekdays, they run on their own, but they are together in wartime. The officials finally understand why Lingshan Trading Company is used in the second general office in Jinan City."
To be continued...