Chapter 1493 Useless Information

Even if Azig's interference was temporarily dealt with, Geng Zhongming's mood did not become easier. He knew very well that the purpose of his coming to Jinzhou was not to watch the flowers, but that Huang Taiji needed to come here to calm down the sea. The trouble caused by the Han people. But after the battle just now, Geng Zhongming realized that the Haihan people might not only be a trouble for Azige, but they might also cause him to suffer a big loss in Jinzhou.

The thing that Geng Zhongming couldn't figure out the most was not that Azig was stumbling upon him, but what was the purpose of the Haihan people's series of actions in Liaodong. The Houjin ruling area was thousands of miles away from the Haihan Kingdom, and the Haihan people sent The army coming to Liaodong to fight is as incredible as Hou Jin bypassing the entire Ming Dynasty to attack Annan. But the Haihan people are famous for their shrewdness, and they will never engage in useless business at a loss, which is thousands of miles away from the local area. What are the benefits to them of opening up a battlefield?

This kind of combat operation that requires long-term planning and preparation before it can be implemented obviously will not be the whim of Haihan's senior management. Geng Zhongming subconsciously felt that if he could find the cause of the outbreak of the war, he might have a chance to find a way to end the war. He It is not believed that the troops deployed by Haihan in Liaodong can fight a war of national annihilation that left Hou Jin exhausted, but the continuous fighting with Azige's troops must have some kind of influence that has not been truly understood by our own side. The purpose of awareness.

Geng Zhongming did not bother to eat or rest at the moment, so he quickly ordered people to send intelligence records about Haihan as soon as possible, and summoned several military advisers under his command, hoping to find some clues.

In the past few years, Hou Jin's intelligence agency has been focusing on the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia as its main surveillance targets, and the collection and compilation of information has also focused on these two countries. The Haihan Kingdom, which has only risen in the South China Sea in recent years, is very far away from Liaodong. In the past, Hou Jin didn't pay much attention to this object that seemed to be impossible to hit with eight poles.

However, the situation changed much faster than imagined. Haihan quietly reached the north and regarded Hou Jin, who had never interacted with him, as an enemy without any warning. Hou Jin's intelligence agency had been working hard for several years. We are deeply cultivating in the southwest, but we know very little about the opponent emerging from the south, so we can only accept the challenge while collecting information about Haihan through the Ming's intelligence channels in a roundabout way.

Of course, what you get on paper is ultimately shallow. The information that has been passed on countless times can provide very limited reference value to the Houjin military. It is not even as good as the feelings of the frontline troops who have suffered successive defeats on the battlefield. It came true. But it seems that there are many deficiencies and inaccuracies in the information Azig provided to him. For example, the range of the weapons used by the Haihan Army is obviously longer than the data in the intelligence. This directly led to Geng Zhongming making obvious mistakes in his judgment of the enemy's tactics and the deployment of his own defensive measures when formulating a battle strategy before the war. The direct consequence of this was that the Han military flags were everywhere on the battlefield. Being restrained, he was passively beaten from beginning to end, unable to fight back.

What Geng Zhongming has to do now is to summarize and analyze the existing intelligence data again to see if he can find some important information that has been ignored before. Although this possibility is slim, for Geng Zhongming who is now in a passive position, Said, this is undoubtedly a life-saving straw worth reaching out for.

The several dog-headed military strategists under Geng Zhongming were all his old subordinates who had followed him in Shandong. Although they did not have much talent, they understood the thoughts of their boss very well. After being summoned by him, they gave a few words and everyone began to sort out the situation separately.

Existing data information.

Later Jin's understanding of Haihan can be roughly divided into two fields: military and non-military. The non-military field mainly refers to the current national conditions of Haihan, including customs, foreign trade, etc. This information is generally open to the public.

It is not difficult to collect as long as you put more effort into it. It is relatively more difficult to collect military information. Hou Jin never expected to confront Haihan on the battlefield, so for this country's military intelligence collection work,

It was only after Haihan began to show hostility in the Bohai Sea that he took action. Up to now, it is not even clear how many troops Haihan stationed in the Shandong-controlled area and when he started planning to attack Liaodong.

There is no exact intelligence information on how many soldiers and horses Haihan currently has stationed in Liaodong. According to Hou Jin's estimate, the number of combat personnel will not exceed 5,000. However, the composition and deployment of infantry, cavalry, sailors, artillery and other arms

situation, Houjin has no relevant information, and it is difficult to infer Haihan's military planning and combat plans in the Liaodong region. Most of the information currently obtained through months of continuous battles is at the tactical level.

Due to Azig's deliberate concealment, it was not comprehensive, and the Haihan Army may not have used their special skills. Therefore, the most important military information provided the least reference for Geng Zhongming's command in operations.

But Geng Zhongming is not a simple warrior like Azig. He views these problems from a higher perspective. He believes that war is just a means for the Haihan people to achieve their goals, and finding out the reasons why they launched the war may solve the current dilemma.

This relevant information may not be directly related to the deployment status of the Haihan Army on the Isthmus Defense Line. Instead, it is likely to be hidden in information that is already public.

After Geng Zhongming put forward this idea, his military advisers could be more targeted when sorting out information. Especially the changes in Haihan's territory in recent years quickly caused this group of people to search for information.

focus on.

According to data, since 1628 in the Haihan era, which was the first year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty and the second year of Jin Tiancong, Haihan began to expand outward from Qiongzhou Island in the south. From then on, Haihan expanded its territory to the north.

It never stopped, from Guangdong and Guangxi to Fujian, and then to Zhejiang, marching northward in consecutive years, arriving in Shandong the year before last, and finally set foot in Liaodong at the end of last year.

Considering that Haihan used force almost every year to open up the situation, and continued to develop the control area northward for eight years, it was equivalent to fighting on overseas battlefields for eight consecutive years. The military expenditures and resources consumed during this period may have been difficult to bear.

Counting. Such a move is obviously not a whim decision of Haihan's top management. It must be a situation that can only be achieved by the concerted efforts of the entire country. And how terrifying would a victorious army that has been fighting for eight consecutive years and has never been defeated so far be?

It seems to have been fully reflected on the battlefield in Liaodong.

Judging from the history of Haihan's foreign expansion in the past few years, setting foot in Liaodong is probably just a step in its planned plan. When Geng Zhongming received the information delivered by his subordinates and looked at it, he even thought that Liaodong was not occupied by the Hou Jin Dynasty.

, Haihan will most likely still rob them. After all, they have done this kind of thing in Shandong and Zhejiang, and the local government and garrison do not seem to have taken any action against their intrusion.

Effective deportation measures - at least that's what the intelligence on hand suggests.

The more Geng Zhongming thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was right. During the Haihan people's journey north from Qiongzhou Island, they fought against pirates, Ming troops, Westerners, armed merchants, and local militia on the battlefield. They almost fought and blocked whoever they saw.

Those who pass by die. For the Haihan people, there seems to be no clear hostile camp. They just kick off every stumbling block that appears on the way forward step by step. And Houjin is probably just a new stumbling block in their eyes?

If this were not the case, Geng Zhongming could not think of any other reason for Haihan State to send troops across thousands of miles to start a war with Hou Jin, who had no grievances in the past.

According to Haihan's past practice, they used force to open the way, and then quickly followed up with commercial means. In the end, they would choose peaceful coexistence to end the war. But the situation in Liaodong clearly shows that the Haihan people do not intend to end their relationship with Hou Jin.

He has never expressed any intention or intention to negotiate a ceasefire and peace talks. Geng Zhongming had previously judged from Haihan’s deployment of troops in Liaodong that the other side was unlikely to fight a war to destroy the country, so the current battle will eventually come to an end.

, but the way it will end is still unclear.

"Should we send someone to Haihan's side to find out what's going on?" A very bold idea flashed through Geng Zhongming's mind. But it was just a thought and could not be put into practice immediately. Although he had the authority to command operations

, but he is not qualified to decide whether to negotiate peace with the enemy. Azig may have such qualifications, but this reckless man with a violent personality will not look back even if he hits the iron plate, and will inevitably regard fighting as the only solution.

Geng Zhongming did not expect him to relent and change his attitude.

Geng Zhongming didn't dare to make the decision without permission, but he didn't want to give up the idea that he had finally sorted out. At the moment, he could only write his thoughts in a secret letter, and then send someone back to Shengjing and hand it over directly to Huang Taiji for review.

.Whether we should try another solution to Haihan's matter can only be decided by Huang Taiji himself.

I have to say that Geng Zhongming's ideas are indeed very close to the facts, and the intelligence analysis work he did may be much better than those bureaucrats in Shengjing City who sit in small dark rooms and calculate the past. If it were still possible

If Hao Wanqing, who is in charge of intelligence work in Shandong, knows what he is thinking, then the Ministry of Security will definitely ask the military to kill him as soon as possible at all costs to avoid unpredictable effects on Haihan's future operations in Liaodong.

Whether Geng Zhongming's memorial can be adopted by Huang Taiji will be affected to a certain extent by the changes in the Jinzhou war situation. If the Jinzhou war situation continues to show a decline, then Geng Zhongming's opinion is likely to be regarded as a means of shirking responsibility.

.So he knew that before Shengjing City reacted to his suggestion, he had to try his best to stabilize the situation in Jinzhou, at least not to repeat the daily routine of defeat endlessly.

To achieve this goal, Geng Zhongming not only needs to learn more about and summarize the tactics of the Haihan Army, but also changes the current combat methods of the Jin Army. In particular, Geng Zhongming believes that the tactics of rushing and attacking advocated by the Manchu generals are the only way to achieve this goal.

It is one of the main reasons for the continuous defeat of the Jinzhou garrison.

As for the gap in weapons and equipment, Geng Zhongming felt that it was not impossible to make up. Thinking back to the time when Nurhachi started his career with thirteen suits of armor, the gap in strength with the Ming army at that time must have been much larger than the gap between Hou Jin and Haihan now.

No, we have come to this day step by step, relying on the Houjin Iron Cavalry to beat Ming Dynasty to the nine-sided city and unable to get out. As long as we find the right strategy, Geng Zhongming believes that he will be able to continue to deal with the Haihan people, instead of just passively

Get beaten.

But to do this, he must show a convincing record before Azig can accept this change in tactics. In the past few months, he has suffered dozens of defeats, large and small, and has suffered many defeats.

It has been confirmed that if you take the initiative to take the offensive on the battlefield, only Hou Jin will suffer the biggest loss. What Haihan is best at is to use various means to induce Hou Jin's offensive, and then retreat to the already deployed positions to defend.

battle, relying on the firepower advantage of weapons to defeat the Jin army.

So how can we restrain Haihan's tactics? Geng Zhongming discussed with his military advisers for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that there should be as few battles with the Haihan army as possible, especially since the Haihan army has already formed a good military formation.

, or if there is a situation where you rely on defensive positions, you must avoid it whenever you can, and try not to give the Haihan Army room to play.

The favorable conditions that the Jin Army could take advantage of, in addition to the obvious advantages in military strength, were the depth of the battlefield that could be exploited. The Haihan Army forcibly captured the isthmus defense line because its troops were limited and could only rely on this.

Such fortifications could be used to resist possible large-scale counterattacks by the Hou Jin Army. However, the Haihan Army did not dare to attack too far north easily, because its supply lines could hardly maintain a long distance in the Hou Jin occupied area.

It is an obvious fact. Therefore, Geng Zhongming believes that one's own defense should be extended in depth. If the Haihan people want to attack, they should take the initiative to shrink, lure them into their own controlled areas, and then try to cut off their retreat to complete the encirclement.

Of course, this method of warfare also has a very obvious shortcoming, that is, it can no longer recapture the isthmus defense line and the areas south of it from Haihan's control, and it will leave Haihan more time to consolidate the defense of these areas.

However, Geng Zhongming believes that since the existing garrison in Jinzhou cannot defeat the Haihan Army and regain the lost area on the frontal battlefield, they should try to preserve their strength to prevent the Haihan Army from continuing to expand northward, or to cause greater damage to our own troops.

This is the most reasonable way to respond, rather than sending troops to Haihan people to die in vain.

But what Geng Zhongming expected was that when his suggestion was sent to Jinzhou City, the messenger was scolded by Azig and then rewarded with twenty army sticks as a warning.
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