Outside Datong in the west, Zhu Youjian was robbing girls, showing off his martial arts, and forming an alliance with Lin Dan Batur. He also gained the title of one Wuliangha Ten Thousand Households of Orduo and most of the territory of Da Qingshan.

.....I am so happy.

And after being extremely happy, it is very likely that there will be sadness!

The reason for the sadness is, of course, that Huang Taiji, the Donglu, did not develop according to the road map of his previous life - Huang Taiji was not reborn with a script. How did he know that his first entrance battle should take place in October of the third year of Tiancong?

?And even if he really knows, he has to know it in advance!

Because in his previous life, he met a foolish king who thought he was a saint. He was deceived by Yuan Chonghuan, a braggadocio who focused on strengthening Liaoxi, ignoring the defenses of Jizhen, Xuanfu, and Datong, and even had a fight with Hutu Dunhan.

A melee in which both sides suffer losses.

Yuan Chonghuan also made a lot of stupid moves. On one hand, he opened the door to selling grain to support the famine-stricken Mongolia, causing a lot of grain to be resold for future money; on the other hand, he killed Dongjiang Mao Wenlong, and even thought about killing his commander and using his

Soldiers...

Faced with such two opponents who were making mistakes one after another, Huang Taiji could naturally prepare for the battle calmly and not be in a hurry to enter.

But now the Southern Emperor, who has become an old fox, does not have so many stupid tricks. Not long after he came to power, he began to retreat to western Liaoning and strengthened Ji Town, Xuanfu and Datong. Moreover, he also strengthened Mao Wenlong's strength, allowing Mao Wenlong to dominate Jinzhou.

Wei established a large stronghold - now Mao Wenlong's main energy is on the defense of Jinzhou, so there is not much spare energy to harass Houjin's rear. But once his defense in Jinzhou withstands the test of this winter,

After next spring, the activities of the Pingliao Army will definitely intensify.

The news coming from the western front also prompted Huang Taiji to speed up the pace of the southern invasion - now more and more news has come, indicating that the army won the victory in Datong and Hutu Dun Khan suffered heavy losses!

Although I don’t know that Zhu Youjian will deal with the defeated Han tribe in this way, there are two things that are certain. First, Zhu Youjian will be the strongest opponent Hou Jin has ever encountered! Second, Zhu Youjian and his

The elite soldiers are not in Beizhili, but in Datong Town...

So if Huang Taiji doesn't break into the border wall of Jizhen, whose defense is still weak, then when will he wait?

Of course, the changes outside the Great Wall in Jizhen that began in early July of the first year of Chongzhen could not be completely hidden from the eyes and ears of the newly appointed commander-in-chief of Jizhen, Zhao Shujiao.

The news that the Jiannu army has arrived outside the Great Wall in Jizhen and that the Karaqin Mongolian tribes have defected to the Jiannu and will be the vanguard of the slaves has been flying to the northwest of Yongping Prefecture, near Zunhua, like snowflakes since mid-July.

The three villages of the county were encamped.

This Santunying City is only a small town that can only accommodate a few hundred households, but it is the seat of Jizhou Town, one of the important towns on the nine sides.

Taking this small town of Santunying as the seat of the town also illustrates the weakness of Jizhou Town to some extent. Although Jizhou Town is also ranked among the nine sides, it also has the responsibility of guarding the more than 1,000-mile Great Wall defense line that defends Beijing.

Heavy responsibility. But unlike neighboring Liao Town, Xuanfu Town, and Datong Town, Jizhou Town has no real land.

No real territory means that it only manages the army and does not visit the people. It only has a Great Wall defense line and some gates, and other than that it has no territory of its own.

This kind of military town without solid soil seems normal in the eyes of later generations. Military and civil affairs should be separated! But the military foundation of the Ming Dynasty was the military garrison system, which meant that troops were raised in fields and raised on land.

Therefore, in the land of the Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of solid military bases, that is, military and civilian guard bases. Considering that these guard bases have long implemented the secular government and military system, they can also be regarded as feudal vassal towns - known as feudal vassal towns.

The serf soldiers criticized by later generations were actually serfs of feudal military nobles, not real soldiers...

The military system of the Ming Dynasty was full of strong feudal military characteristics from the beginning, and was not a Song Dynasty-style recruitment system.

The weakening of the Ming Dynasty's military force was also due to the gradual disintegration of this feudal military system that relied on the soil to support its troops. The disintegration of this feudal military system that relied on the soil to support its troops was not unique to the Ming Dynasty. Historically, Turkey, India, Persia, etc.

Countries that have implemented various land military service systems have all experienced the disintegration of the land military service system.

However, no matter how this feudal land military service system is dismantled, those military towns with real land will still have stronger combat effectiveness than military towns without real land or state capitals completely ruled by civilian officials - although the guard military system has ceased to exist in name only.

, but the folk customs in Shitu Army Town are still relatively strong, and it is easy to recruit elite soldiers.

Moreover, the general authority of the solid military town is relatively large, and it has more resources. When necessary, it can mobilize a large number of strong military personnel to participate in the battle. These strong military personnel may not be able to participate in field battles, but they can still be used to defend the castle.

As for Jizhou Town, an important town responsible for guarding the Great Wall and protecting the capital, because the military land in the Gyeonggi area has long been occupied by more than 70 Beijing military guards, there is no space to allocate to Jizhou Town. Therefore, Jizhou Town

It can only become a military town with no real land and no access to the people.

The general military office of Jizhou Town cannot be placed in a strong and huge castle like Xuanfu Town and Datong Town, but can only be placed in an inconspicuous small castle like Santunying City.

Although the Santun Camp City was rebuilt under the auspices of Qi Jiguang, no matter how much it was rebuilt, it was still a small town with only three castles and nine enemy towers. In addition, in addition to thousands of officers and soldiers of the town standard and servants of the main town, the city had only three castles and nine enemy towers.

There are no other strong men to mobilize.

Once the town is marked and the servants leave the city, Santunying City will be an empty city!

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"Father, the Mongols outside the border walls at Lengkou, Jielingkou, and Yiyuankou have been particularly active recently! The night guards we sent out to investigate also suffered heavy losses. It seems that Jiannu wanted to break through the border walls at the three ports and steal them.

The way out of Shanhaiguan!"

The person who was talking to Zhao Shujiao, who was nearly sixty years old, in the general military office of Jizhou Town in Santunying City was his son Zhao Guangyuan, who was also the general of the town.

The father and son gathered in front of a hung map, their eyes fixed on the Great Wall around Lengkou, Jielingkou, and Yiyuankou - this line of Great Wall happened to guard the back road of Shanhaiguan. Zhao, who was transferred from Liao Town,

For Zhao Guangyuan and his son, leadership is particularly important.

In their opinion, due to the shrinkage of the Ming army in western Liaoning, the strategic depth in front of Shanhaiguan was insufficient, and the Later Jin army could easily bypass Ningyuan and push directly outside Shanhaiguan. If another Hou Jin army came from Lengkou and Jialingkou,

, break through the wall at Yiyuankou, go around behind Shanhaiguan and attack, Shanhaixiongguan is likely to be broken through!

Because the main defense direction of Shanhaiguan is outside the pass, not inside the pass.

"What do you think of Yuan Futai?" Zhao Shujiao asked his son.

Zhao Guangyuan had just returned from Shanhaiguan - Shanhaiguan was originally the defense area of ​​Jizhou Town, but Zhu Youjian assigned it to Liao Town and became the territory of Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan.

In this way, the Shanhaiguan defense line was split into two parts: Shanhaiguan and Lengkou, Jielingkou, and Yiyuankou. There was no need for wrangling and coordination. Therefore, Zhao Guangyuan often went to Shanhaiguan, and Yuan Chonghuan would also meet and discuss with Zhao Guangyuan there.

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"Yuan Futai is also worried that the back roads of Shanhaiguan will be outflanked by the Donglu. He hopes that we can place at least 10,000 elite troops from Liao Town at Lengkou, Jielingkou, and Yiyuankou."

"But the Great Wall in Jizhou Town is seven to eight hundred miles long and must be guarded against!" Zhao Shujiao frowned as he looked at the Great Wall on the map.

Such a long defense line cannot be defended without more than 100,000 elite soldiers... Moreover, a governor should be set up in Shuntian and Yongping to take charge of Jizhou Town's backup. But now there are only three people in Jizhou Town.

There are all kinds of soldiers, and there is no great governor who can take charge of the military and civilian cities of Shuntian and Yongping.

Although the emperor sent several quite capable defenders to guard some cities in Shuntian Prefecture near the border wall of Jizhou Town, overall, the defenses of Jizhou Town, Shuntian Prefecture, and Yongping Prefecture still did not become a whole.

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There was nothing Zhao Lingjiao could do, so he had to concentrate some of his limited troops in the Three Tun Camps, and sprinkle the rest with pepper powder and scatter them along the hundreds of miles of the Great Wall.

Just when both father and son had a headache, there were hurried footsteps outside the door, and then the voice of Zhao Guangrong, another son of Zhao Zhijiao: "Father, there is an emergency at the gate of the courtyard! Jiannu's troops are attacking.
Chapter completed!