Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

As for the long-awaited but unattainable Shanhaiguan, we can only put it on hold for now...

Chapter 253 Situation

In the middle of summer, the Beijing army established its prestige, extended its prestige, raised its prestige, and revived its prestige. The four battalions had a total of more than [-] troops.

Shanhaiguan, which was supposed to be the last line of defense in Liaodong, has long been the front line of the war.

In the past half a year, the war has never stopped on the long and narrow Liaodong Corridor from under the majestic Guancheng to Guangning.

According to Li Xiu's military order to Shanhaiguan, while guarding the mountains and seas, the Liao thieves must be kept in peace.

Therefore, during this period of time when the Beijing army was stationed at Shanhaiguan,

The big fights and small fights never stopped.

Of course, war is only one part of the overall strategy.

From Shanhaiguan, to Dongjiang, and Denglai, the method most used against Liaozhen at present is to provoke and woo.

After all, Liaodong soldiers and civilians have been favored by the Ming emperor for hundreds of years, so how can they be cut off easily.

Oppressing from the front, weakening the economic and military blockade in all directions, and instigating and wooing the enemy's rear are the foundations of turmoil. This is Li Xiu's overall strategy for Liaozhen and Houjin.

Of course, as far as Shanhaiguan is concerned, the role of the military far outweighs everything else.

Liaozhen rebelled, and Shanhaiguan's strategic role undoubtedly increased dramatically.

In the past, the highest military position in Shanhaiguan was just a mere commander-in-chief, and the scope of jurisdiction was also limited to Shanhaiguan. Now, Zhao Wu leads tens of thousands of troops and is the supervisor of Shanhaiguan. Many cities in the rear are included in the defense line of Shanhaiguan.

Of course, the focus is still only Shanhaiguan. The reason why the authority of the Shanhai General Soldier was expanded and promoted to the supervisor was only because the buffer before Shanhaiguan was lost.

Although Shanhaiguan is majestic and steep, if someone with evil intentions makes trouble in the rear, if one is not careful, big trouble will result.

Out of this consideration, Li Xiucai deliberately expanded the authority of Shanhaiguan, and included the prefectures and counties in the rear under the jurisdiction of Shanhaiguan to prevent accidents.

In this way, the former Guanning brocade defense line has completely become history, and the important mountain and sea town has also completely stepped onto the stage of history.

Also on the stage of history is the important town of Denglai.

Different from Shanhaiguan's strategic defense, Denglai Town has been given the mission of strategic offense since its establishment.

These four words, naval and land warfare, are enough to explain the nature of Denglai Town.

Like Jizhen Town of the Beijing Army in the past, Denglai is also waiting to be rebuilt. Although Denglai had a glorious time in the past, with the resignation of Yuan Keli, the strategic direction of the imperial court completely shifted to Liaozhen. Then completely lonely.

Today, with Li Xiu's strong support, Denglai is also recovering its former glory little by little.

Hundreds of naval warships line the Bohai Sea, look north to Liaodong, hold the fate of the Dongjiang River at the throat, and at the same time act like a sharp knife, deterring Liaozhen and the hinterland of Houjin.

After all, today's Denglai is different from the imperial court's support for Dongjiang at the beginning. For Dongjiang, whether it is Li Xiu or the courtiers, they are all worried about the situation that the tail is too big. Therefore, although Dongjiang is strong, its strength is also limited.

Now, the courtiers may still be worried, but for Li Xiu, Denglai undoubtedly has his strong support.

Ordnance soldiers, food, grass and silver, and even warship craftsmen were all stuffed in Dengzhou in a steady stream. Mao Wenlong, who watched Dongjiang, was so jealous that his saliva was about to drop out of his treatment.

But obviously, with Denglai, the strategic importance of Dongjiang will undoubtedly plummet.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the establishment of Denglai Town directly strangled the lifeline of Dongjiang.

In the past, the establishment of Dongjiang Town was all due to Yuan Keli's support, and with Yuan Keli's resignation, Dongjiang Town also declined rapidly. The reason why it survived was due to some smuggling activities by Mao Wenlong.

The smuggling channel is nothing more than smuggling from Daming to Liaodong.

But now, the town of Denglai is established, and the navy is located across the Bohai Sea, and it is located behind the Dongjiang River. It is undoubtedly directly cutting off this lifeline that allows Dongjiang to be self-reliant.

As far as Dongjiang Town is concerned, it is obviously very clear what it means without the capital of self-reliance.

One person supports a town. In Liaodong, after so many years of hard work, Mao Wenlong naturally has no shortage of strategic vision.

In Mao Wenlong's view, in the current situation, Houjinliao Town is like a grasshopper after autumn, and it won't be long before it jumps.

No matter how stupid he was, he would not have learned from the past in Liao Town, knowing that it was a dead end, and still plunged into it!

On the skin island, the armor is mottled with blood, the war robe is dancing, and Mao Wenlong's temples are grizzled, showing the meaning of wind and frost.

At this moment, looking at the warships loaded with supplies on the pier, Mao Wenlong sighed and laughed at himself: "I have been fighting for most of my life, and I finally managed to save the foundation of Dongjiang. Now, I can't keep it!"

After saying this, all the generals in the Dongjiang River were silent. The Denglai Navy sailed in the Bohai Sea. The ban on seas was promulgated. Anyone who did not hold the Denglai Order flag to go to sea was regarded as collaborating with the enemy!Kill without mercy!

In just one or two months, on the huge Bohai Sea, the scene of the once busy boats fully loaded has completely disappeared.

The smuggling network that Dongjiang painstakingly managed, and the road of self-reliance that Dongjiang painstakingly forged, were also completely killed from the source.

A big stick in one hand, and sweet dates in the other.

These warships full of supplies are undoubtedly the sweet dates given by Duke Qin.

As for the sweet dates, they have no choice whether to eat them or not, or rather, they can't choose...

"Okay, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, let's obey the imperial court's military orders honestly!"

Mao Wenlong seemed to look away, pretending to be free and easy: "Recently, Liao thieves and Jiannu have been hit by disasters. They can't beat Shanhaiguan. They can move, that is, only Mongolia and North Korea are left!"

"Our Lord Qin issued an order that as long as the Liao bandits Jiannu move, then we have to take their back!"

"Let's go prepare and fight well. This imperial food is not delicious..."

Whether the imperial food tastes good or not is a false proposition.

But for today's Liao Town, the imperial rations that were once delivered with just a wave of hands have long since become an unattainable dream.

From ancient times to the present, decision-making has been made by a handful of upper-level people in power, but decision-making does not mean everything.

After all, when most decisions are made, the soldiers at the bottom are blind and follow those in power.

But if the consequences of this decision cannot satisfy the interests of the whole, the backlash brought about by the decision will appear accordingly.

The same is true of Liao Town today.

How many of the low-level soldiers in Liao Town really knew about the decision to defect from Ming Dynasty?

As we all know, it is a done deal, and no one can change it.

But if the rebellion can bring greater benefits to the soldiers of Liao Town, naturally, few will care about the fact of rebellion.

But now, after the rebellion, with the current situation of Liao Town, it is obvious that not only did it not bring enough benefits to the generals of Liao Town, on the contrary, it can even be said that it greatly damaged its own interests.

In this way, the backlash of decision-making, naturally, will emerge.

Not to mention, under this strategic blockade, the military towns arranged by Li Xiu spared no effort to provoke and win over.

The morale of the army is restless, and the undercurrent is rolling!

It is the true portrayal of Liao Town today!

Liao Town...

Where to go?

Where is the future?

At the head of Guangning City, Yuan Chonghuan looked at the towering Shanhaiguan, which stood like a big mountain and separated Liaodong from the Central Plains, and was silent for a long time...

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Chapter 254 I'm sorry

"Liao Town..."

With a wave of the pen, two characters appeared on the rice paper.

Li Xiu stared at the word Liaozhen, his eyes were also a little flickering.

The change in Liao Town was unexpected.

In response, the direction of Liaozhen is also a fact that he doesn't want to see, but he can't change it.

Under the heavy blockade, the people of Liao must be restless and the morale of the army will be unstable.

There is no doubt that someone will turn to the light, or secretly pass the song.

There is also no doubt that those in power in Liao Town can only choose one way to go to the dark without any retreat.

How to maintain the situation under internal instability?

It is also very obvious that Liaozhen will definitely move closer to Houjin.

This kind of forced closeness, although the cooperative relationship can still be maintained for the time being, but only from the terrain of Liao Town, it can be clearly known that in the future, the relationship between Liao Town and Hou Jin will definitely change from cooperation to cooperation. Become a vassal, and even completely become a part of Houjin.

In the long and narrow Liaodong Corridor, Shanhaiguan blocked the connection between Liaozhen and the Central Plains, Dongjiang Denglai blocked the possibility of Liaozhen crossing the sea, and Houjin blocked the end of the Liaodong Corridor.

If Liaozhen wants to survive, it must either break through the Shanhai Pass, or it can only completely turn to Houjin and seek strategic breakthroughs in other directions.

However, this way of life is in the hands of Hou Jin.

Break through Shanhaiguan...

In the past half a year, Liao Town has tried many times, but obviously, the results have been minimal, and there have been heavy casualties.

But now, disasters continue in Liaodong. As time goes by, the people's hearts will be impetuous and turbulent. If only relying on the power of Liaozhen, this possibility will undoubtedly become lower and lower.

Under such circumstances, it is obviously foreseeable where Liao Town will go.

Shanhaiguan is difficult to break through, and it is enough to easily break the teeth of Jinliao Town. Now that Jinliao Town is facing internal and external troubles, neither Liaozhen nor Houjin has the confidence to attack Shanhaiguan. .

After all, under internal and external aggression, foreign wars to transfer internal conflicts, and to plunder resources through foreign wars to fill their own emptiness are the goals of wars, and Shanhaiguan obviously does not meet this point.

Its purpose is only two.

Mongolia, and North Korea!

No matter where it is, Daming, it is impossible to sit idly by.

Fighting against Mongolia, then Denglai Dongjiang and Shanhaiguan will all be moved by it.

To attack North Korea, Monan Mongolia, Denglai, Dongjiang, and Shanhaiguan must also follow suit.

But no matter how he moved, it was just a local war. Now that the situation in the capital is not stable, and his control over the court has not been perfected, it is naturally impossible to leave the capital and go to Liaodong to command a war of destroying the country.

Moreover, the current situation does not allow him to do so.

It can be predicted that with the change of strategic direction, Liaozhen will become more and more attached to Houjin.

This foreseeable result is naturally not what Li Xiu wants to see.

Although Liao Zhen rebelled, his relationship with Hou Jin was actually just cooperation.

The cooperation of two forces and the integration of two forces are obviously two completely different concepts.

Once Liao Town completely falls to Houjin, it not only means that Houjin will completely take over the elite soldiers of Liaozhen, but also means that Houjin will completely make up for the last flaw in its system.

The population of Liao Town, the crystallization of the wisdom of farming civilization contained in Liao Town, and the strategic terrain of Liao Town will be completely used by Hou Jin.

And these, obviously, are all things that are beyond the reach of gold.

This is why Nurhachi led his army into the pass, and it is also for this reason that Huang Taiji led his army into the pass in history!

But now, although history has already turned fork in the road, the strategic environment of Hou Jin has long been bad.

But all of this, going round and round, seems to be in the hands of Hou Jin, and it is far richer than the harvest in history!

Of course, today's Ming Dynasty has also obtained a strategic advantage that has never been seen in history against Hou Jin...

Is this...

Lost or gained?

Li Xiu chuckled lightly, waved his hand, and his inner energy surged. This night, the rice paper suddenly shattered and turned into debris all over the sky. Immediately, an invisible wave of air swept across, rolled up these paper scraps, and fell into the waste beside the table. in a paper bucket.

No matter how many turns and turns, no matter how many turns, it will not change the doomed ending.

It's nothing more than a process with more twists and turns.

"General!"

At this moment, the door of the room was pushed open, and Li Dingguo, dressed in military uniform, stood upright at the door.

This scene came into his eyes, even though it was not the first time he saw it, Li Dingguo couldn't help but tremble in his heart, he couldn't even imagine that martial arts are so unpredictable!

"How did you learn in the martial arts academy?"

Li Xiu casually picked up another piece of rice paper and laid it on the paper. When he flicked the pen, the sound followed.

"Reporting to the general, the last general has never slackened in the slightest!"

Hearing this, Li Xiu raised his eyebrows, glanced at Li Dingguo who was standing upright, put down his pen, and asked casually, "Now your military position is Vice President, right?"

"Yes!"