Chapter 1558
The control of the former Ming court over Liaodong has declined rapidly since the late stage of Wanli Li Chengliang’s death. Nuer Gandusi even controlled the vast northeastern region including Sakhalin.
With the decline of national power, military power also shrinks. Nuer Gandusi was gradually abandoned since the middle page of Ming Dynasty.
The abandonment of Wu's River Guard and Guri River Guard, which went deep into the deepest part of the Far East, marked the decline of the most prosperous Han Chinese dynasty.
Sanbao Court Eunuch set up the monument of Tianfei under the Western Seas, and the sentence "Emperor Ming is mixed with a sea area, super three generations but anecdotal with Han and Tang Dynasties, Jitianjidi, no concubine", what is that? Heroic!
The prosperity of Ming is really far from Han to Tang.
Whether it is in the depths of the Far East or the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there are military guards, and they are all under the control of the Ming court.
But its prosperity is also booming, and its decline is also sudden. Emperor Ming was less than a hundred years old and quickly decayed.
At the late stage of Wanli, Ming Ting completely lost control of Nuer Gandusi and lost half of Liaodong’s control. Its military frontier first retreated to Liaoyang, then retreated to Jinzhou, then Ningyuan, and finally retreated to Mountain and Sea Trial.
Liaoyang became the Shengjing of the East Captives, and Jinzhou was even more painful for the Ming court. The enemy's fronts arrived outside the Mountain and Sea Trial, a few hundred miles away from the capital, only a trifling, within a day.
I am afraid that even Zhu Hongwu will not think of such a dilemma.
After the Battle of Songjin, the military forces of the Ming court retreated to the front line of Guanning with Ningyuan as the front line, and almost completely lost the entire Liaodong. Probably when Ying Yi had just arrived in this era, it was almost exactly when the Battle of Songjin ended.
At that time, the robbers were raging in Henan, and the Eastern Captives broke through Liaodong.
Its prosperous momentum is eye-catching. Its madness is rampant.
That kind of upward trend, really has the confidence to make progress in Central Plains in the original history. Unfortunately, I met Ying Yi.
Ying Yi took a year to annex Henan, and within a few months, he sent troops to the Northern Expedition. Mieming and Zhu Abatai hit the Donglu with a dull sound!
In such a situation, how can the Donglu be willing? Starting from the wild boar Pi Nuerhachi, how can the efforts of three generations over decades be discarded?
Dorgon is not unreasonable for the whole nation to attack.
Not reconciled.
Hooge pioneered to Jinzhou and got Wu Sangui. Ningyuan, the less advanced soldier, watched the mountains and seas.
At the request of Hooge, Wu Sangui sent a large number of soldiers and horses to investigate Yingyi's military deployment. Small-scale battles frequently occurred in the vast area from the front line from the front guard to the Mountain and Sea Trial.
Hooge suppressed half a month in Ningyuan, and waited until Wu Sangui’s soldiers and horses were damaged before half a month before starting to move.
half a month, Wu Sangui 20,000 5,000 soldiers and horses, lost 18,000 people, leaving only 7,000.
As a result, Hooge's full trust was obtained, and the military deployment of Ying Yi on the Mountain and Sea Trial defense line was probably figured out.
"The military structure of the Xia Pirates is quite different from that of Ming Dynasty."
On a small mountain in several li outside Qiantunwei City, Wu Sangui is watching the city with Hooge and the others. Walled.
Wu Sangui said: "According to the inquiries, the Xia Thief’s army structure, from tenth chief to chief officer to military commander, is topped by battalion generals, generals, and school lieutenants. The strength of a battalion general is based on The different types of arms range from three-four hundred to seven or eight hundred. A ministerial level consists of five battalion-level organizations, and the force is 3,000. A school lieutenant includes four ministerial-level organizations, and there is one. 2,000 people."
Hooge slightly nodded: "So how many soldiers and horses are there in the front guard?"
Wu Sangui bowed and said: "If you return to the master, there are probably two generals. The level of the organization is about six thousand people."
Hooge said: "Six thousand people..."
He raised his eyes and looked at for a moment, stretched out his hand, and a white soldier next to him handed a stick. Monocular telescope.
Single-tube telescope has been used in this era. Standing on the small mountain bag, you can clearly see the deployment of troops on Qiantunwei City.
Hooge puts down the telescope, frowned: "The summer soldiers at the head of the city are all covered in iron armor..."
On the side Turge is hearing this, saying: "Prince Su means that the front guard All of the Xia soldiers are covered in iron armor? Can you let me take a look?"
Hooge passed the telescope to Turg.
Turger suffered a big defeat and was deprived of a lot of power after returning.
He held the telescope to observe for a while, then exhaled heavily.
said: "At the time I fought the Xia Pirate under the Mountain and Sea Trial, the Xia Pirate only had about six thousand soldiers, and the rest were ordinary. Now after three or four months, it is impossible to be equipped with all iron armors. I It seems to be a bluff!"
Don’t blame Turger for this. In this era, limited by low productivity, the penetration rate of army armor is not high.
Not to mention the flourishing period of the Ming court. For example, during the Chongzhen period, the General in each town probably only equipped their servants with standard iron armor, and the others were ragged cotton armor, and most of them were not wearing armor.
Tatar, who is known as invincible, is only a good soldier.
To build a qualified armor, the manpower, material and financial resources required are extremely expensive. In Turge's view, even if he has exhausted his full strength, 2,000 sets of iron armor can be built in 3-4 months and he will have to ask his father to tell his grandmother.
At the beginning, under the Mountain and Sea Trial, Turge’s 20,000 army fought against Wang Yisheng and Lin Jiangsheng, and was defeated in the field. He admits that the Xia Thief's elite soldiers are invincible, but he also knows that at that time the Mountain and Sea Trial had only these six thousand soldiers.
At that time, whether it was the former guards or the other soldiers and horses on the Mountain and Sea Trial, they were all commonplace.
In his opinion, these six thousand people should be half of the elite soldiers that Ying Yi can bring out - as for the other half, the chief culprit of Abate's destruction.
He doesn't think that Ying Yi will be able to equip more soldiers in just 3-4 months.
The armored soldiers on Qiantunweicheng are more likely to be bluffing.
"Are you bluffing..."
Abatai must have a look, and he couldn't help but say: "You are right. I heard that the Xia thief has only been on the rise for two years. What can I do in the next year? The six thousand soldiers are afraid that they have drained his gold and silver."
Turger opened his mouth and finally nodded.
Wu Sangui was expressionless, but he sneered secretly in his heart: "Six thousand? Sixty thousand?!"
For a while, he became more confident in his strategy. I felt that I was wise to surrender to King Xia and could no longer be wise.
As a surrender who has secretly surrendered to Ying Yi, Wu Sangui has already understood the situation in the front line of the Mountain and Sea Trial and the customs.
During this period, I communicated with Mountain and Sea Trial frequently. And also got in touch with Wu Xiang of the capital.
Of course, he knows that King Xia has been conscripting troops in the past few months, and he also knows that invulnerable iron armor is the standard equipment of King Xia's army.
He is even very anxious to see Hooge and Turger's expressions when facing countless armored soldiers.
But he can only suppress the laughter in his heart.
To shine in front of King Xia, his strategy must not be missed. Before the calculation is completed, the weak spot must not be exposed.
So he said: "Master, the minion also thought it was a bluff. The Xia Thief's soldiers are indeed not weak, but if you say that they are all equipped with iron armor, they don't believe in killing the minions!"