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The fierce north wind has failed to succeed. Chapter 22 Mao Shuai

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    Six years after the Apocalypse, the Jin Dynasty decided to take the initiative to attack Mongolia to eliminate the threat from the northwest and obtain manpower supplements. If Lin Dan Khan could be driven back from northern Liaoning, the Jin army could easily cross the Liao River Hetao and threaten Jinzhou from the flank of Liao Town.  Faced with this threat, the governor of Liaodong responded by intensifying the construction of Jinzhou City. Thirty-five field battalions of the Ning Army and 70,000 cavalry went into battle together with 100,000 military households in Liao Town to carry bricks, stone and earth without black or white.  The Dongjiang Army responsible for containment came out of Yiju, North Korea. Mao Wenlong led his more than 100,000 "heroic soldiers" to counterattack Liaodong. The so-called 500,000-strong army was unstoppable along the way. After the Jinhan Army heard the wind, he fled.  The Ming army conquered Danger Mountain, Phoenix City and other forts. The two blue banners of Amin and Manggurtai were repelled for more than 400 miles in one go.  Only then did they manage to stabilize the front by taking advantage of the natural dangers of the mountains.  After two days of probing attacks, the Ming army realized that the shortest route north to Liaoyang was blocked. Mao Wenlong did not dare to waste time, so he ordered the main force of Dongjiang to stay and confront Amin. He led 30% of the Dongjiang headquarters to turn around and march westward to forcibly break into the central Liaoning plain.  After entering the plain area, the Dongjiang Army marched all the way westward, and it seemed that nothing could stop them. Two hundred miles away from them was Haizhou, a strategic military town that Houjin had worked hard for many years.   On May 7, the sixth year of Tianqi, at this time, many vertical and horizontal trenches suddenly appeared on the ground south of Haizhou City. At first, Haizhou City fired a lot of artillery into these trenches, but after two days, there was no harvest, so  The sound of cannons on the city gradually fell silent.  Further south of these trenches is a continuous stretch of Ming army camps.  The fierce snake flag was flying high in the sky above the camp. In addition to the snake flag, there was also a deputy general's flag with the word "yellow" flying high in the sky above the middle camp.  In the camp, Huang Shizheng discussed the military situation with Jin Qiude, Ouyang Xin and Li Yunrui. In order to fight against Haizhou's fierce artillery, Changsheng Island decided to adopt trench approach tactics. Now the newly expanded engineering team is digging trenches.  Changsheng Island's new engineer shovels and engineer shovels have been tested by tomb robbers such as Ouyang Xin and are now the standard equipment of the engineering team. The current excavation level has improved a lot.  There seems to be potential for further improvement.  Since Huang Shi moved back 350,000 taels of silver from Juehua, he has enough energy to further strengthen his field camp.  Take the fire-fighting camp as an example. In addition to the cavalry team being reduced to 200 people, the troops under its jurisdiction have been expanded to six, and an engineering team of 400 people and a baggage team of 800 people have been added.  Now the fire-fighting battalion alone has 3,800 officers and soldiers including these nine teams, and Huangshi treats these soldiers equally. The full names of the engineering team and baggage team are also called combat engineering team and combat baggage team.  If actual combat can prove the rationality of the establishment of the fire camp.  Huang Shi plans to transform Panshi Camp and Selection Camp into this state in the future, but now he can only do it step by step. The existing engineer team of Panshi Camp only has more than a hundred people, which is far from being compared with the fire-fighting battalion.  There was originally Yaozhou between Gaizhou and Haizhou. After hearing that the main force of the Jin army was dispatched this time, Huangshi originally planned to capture Yaozhou first and then attack Haizhou.  But to his surprise, the Hou Jin Army also assigned cannons to Yaozhou. After careful consideration, Huangshi decided to let the Xuanfeng Battalion and Zhang Pan's troops stay to surround Yaozhou, while he led the Fire Fighting and Panshi Battalions to approach Haizhou City.  Huang Shi remembers that Zhang Pan seemed to have died in this battle in history.  In that time and space, the Jin Army in southern Liaoning also chose to shrink to Haizhou for defense when facing the massive attack by the Dongjiang Army.  In order to boost morale, Zhang Pan climbed to the city first and devoted his life to the conquest of Haizhou. Although Huangshi was not superstitious, he was unwilling to let Zhang Pan rush to Haizhou to fight.     and.  Huangshi also really needs someone to stay to monitor the Hou Jin Army in Yaozhou and protect its supply lines along the way.  Huangshi hoped that the defenders of Yaozhou could take the initiative to retreat after the fall of Haizhou, because if every castle had to be surrounded one by one, it would put too much pressure on Huangshi's military supplies and economy.  Although Huang Shi has made a lot of money recently, he is still unwilling to fall into a war of economic attrition.  After all, there is no support from Liaoxi.  The war-torn southern Liaoning region still cannot be compared with the central Liaoning Plain.  Now the Dongjiang Army in Liaonan has basically been out of the category of refugees. The consumption of this large army exposed for several months is enough to eat up all Huangshi's savings over the years.  Huang Shi has always felt that the greatest significance of his appearance is to reduce the losses of the Dongjiang Army and cause greater losses to the Later Jin Army.  Now faced with the Jin Army's early deployment of artillery in actual combat, Huangshi was unwilling to adopt the brutal assault usually adopted by the Dongjiang Army in history.  He tried to use earthworks to weaken the power of the cannon and then dug burrows into the city to breach the city.  Ouyang Xin is not the engineer team officer of the fire-fighting battalion.  However, this was Changsheng Island's first large-scale attack on Jiancheng, so he was temporarily transferred by Huangshi to be responsible for earth and stone operations and also helped the teaching team collect and analyze data.  Today, Ouyang Xin made another comprehensive report on the progress of the engineers and soldiers. Generally speaking, it is quite consistent with the expected progress of the staff. After several years of working together with the staff and other departments,?The cooperation between various departments is becoming more and more comfortable.  "Very good." Huang Shi commented briefly.  Ouyang Xin led the engineering team officers from the Fire Fighting Battalion and the Panshi Battalion to pick up the helmets from the table, put them on, saluted Huangshi, and then left.  Neither Ouyang Xin nor the engineering team officers of Panshi Battalion were qualified to lead the Baiyu Fire Fighting Battalion and Pioneer Battalion. After returning, the people of Panshi Battalion and the teaching team had trouble with Huangshi twice over this.  Later, they installed a five-inch long stick on their helmets and carried the red tassel high on the top of the stick, so that they could feel more balanced.  A white feather and two long red tassels rubbed against the top of the tent and went out.  A few months ago, Changsheng Island just added a new rule: hats must be taken off when staying indoors for a long time.  Just like another regulation that Huangshi had made in the past, "You are not allowed to bathe while wearing a medal." Without this regulation, Huangshi saw that the officers and soldiers of the fire fighting camp wished they could sleep with the white feather on their heads.  After Ouyang Xin and others left, only senior officers such as Huang Shi, Jin Qiude, and Li Yunrui were left in the room. Now Jin Qiude and others are still guerrillas because Huang Shi has all the power in Changsheng Island.  He simply could not afford, nor was he willing to establish, a dispatch officer like a general.  Every time Huangshi went out, he would give Zhao Manxiong a special title and make him temporarily responsible for the three islands of Changsheng, Middle and West. But as soon as Huangshi stepped into the gate of the old camp on Changsheng Island, he would remove this special title. Everyone also thought about this.  We're all used to it.  It¡¯s just that since Huangshi¡¯s status has grown steadily, and now he is the right governor, the four great kings, Jin Qiude, Zhao Manxiong, He Dingyuan and Yang Zhiyuan, will always rise.  At present, the four of them are all second-grade governors of Qianshi, and they all have the rank of commanding fellow commanders.  Their current status is already equivalent to that of General Mangui before the Battle of Ningyuan. The positions of General Mangui and the title of Tongzhi Governor were only awarded after the Battle of Ningyuan.  Li Yunrui is currently on the job of the Military Intelligence Supervisor of Changsheng Island, but his official position has already reached the third rank. His official rank is at least a deputy general in Liaoxi.  "My lord, it is best for the slaves in Yaozhou to escape. If they don't escape, we don't have to sacrifice the lives of our officers and soldiers to attack Yaozhou." The person who spoke was the chief of staff Jin Qiude.  Before dispatching troops, the Changsheng Island General Staff conducted a deduction that if more military expenditures could not be obtained, Fuzhou would be the limit of Dongjiang Town Leftist Association's advancement.  Now Huangshi has trade support from Japan and Shandong, so the limit of advancement can reach Gaizhou, but it only stops there.  Gaizhou is the top of the hilly area in southern Liaoning and further north is the central Liaoning Plain. If the Ming army wanted to maintain a large number of troops in the north of Gaizhou, the Ming army would have to build a series of grain storage fortresses along official roads or mobilize a large number of troops to escort grain transport teams.  The former is a one-time investment of huge amounts of money, and the latter is a long-term maintenance of huge military food consumption.  No matter which of these two paths, the Changsheng Island economy cannot be maintained.  The main reason why the Dongjiang Left Association only deployed a standing army of 100 people in Gaizhou was to save money. Ever since Huangshi confirmed that he could not get help from the Liaodong Dusi Mansion, he had been struggling with how to attack the central Liaoning Plain.  Huang Shi knew that Mao Wenlong was poorer than himself, so he definitely came here with the intention of grabbing a handful and leaving.  Just like Nurhachi's purpose of attacking Liaoxi.  Dongjiang Town's annual military expenditure is 200,000 taels of silver. It is the largest logistics base in North Korea. If there is a long-term confrontation with the Houjin Army in Yaozhou or Haizhou without opponents, Dongjiang Town's own economy will collapse within half a year.  "There are a lot of reserves in Haizhou City. As long as we can break the city, we will definitely be able to make up for the losses and still be rich." Li Yunrui has basically found out the intelligence about Haizhou. There are not many goods in Yaozhou, but Haizhou has food, cloth and incense.  The total value of the few weapons is estimated to be more than one million taels of silver: "My lord, no matter how we capture Haizhou, we will make a lot of money. If we can't capture Haizhou, we will lose a lot if we send troops this time." "Director Li is right anyway.  We must try to capture Haizhou. The reserves in this city are enough to cover our Dongjiang Town's expenses for most of the year, and Mao Shuai can follow the official road to Liaoyang to complete the diversionary offensive against the current Genghis Khan" Huang Shi said this name every time.  Sometimes I would habitually shake my head and wonder if Lin Dan Khan¡¯s famous ancestor would now be so angry that he was shaking in his grave: ¡°Although this Genghis Khan¡¯s abilities are limited now, he is still too important to us.¡± Located in northern Liaoning  Mongolian allies are not only beneficial to Ming Dynasty. Such a person sitting in Genghis Khan's position is not a threat to Ming Dynasty.  For the sake of long-term and immediate strategic interests, Huangshi decided not to think about economic issues for the time being.  The expedition to Haizhou was really a waste of money. The army was exposed. Huangshi had to feed the soldiers, otherwise their lives would be too long.  Including all combat soldiers and auxiliary troops, the Dongjiang Town Leftist Association dispatched a total of 30,000 troops this time. The rations they eat every day are priceless. Now every day when I wake up, I ask about the progress of the trenches. Before I go to bed, I pray to God, hoping that Nurhachi will hurry up.  If you return to the teacher, you might as well take the teacher back to Changsheng Island.  In general, Huangshi believes that the opportunity to attack Liaoyang is not yet fully mature because of the attack on Changsheng Island.The heavy artillery has not been built yet and he lacks the means to quickly attack the strong castle.   On the afternoon of May 9, the sixth year of Tianqi, in Haizhou, the Ming army had dug the trench next to the moat yesterday. Although the defenders in the city mobilized artillery to fire at the trench at their feet, the losses of the Ming army after two days were very limited. After the Jin army  Countless shots were fired into the trenches, but only a dozen or so shots were successfully fired into the deep trenches.  Only two cannons actually hit people, causing a total of eight casualties. "The diversion canals have been dug. I will check it myself and I will start diversion of the water from the moat early tomorrow morning." Ouyang Xin pointed to the engineering drawings in the camp and told the senior officers.  According to the plan, the maps currently used on Changsheng Island are all contour maps. Civil engineering projects are marked in red on the map.  After completion, I traced it with ink. Now the map is almost full of solid ink lines.  "We can drain the water within three days, not counting four days. Then we start digging holes on the city foundation. This will take about one to two days. If the city foundation is particularly strong, it may take three days. Then it will be seven days later. We will  The gunpowder was filled under the city and began to blast the city wall. The existing data in the engineering regulations manual are drill data, so we cannot guarantee a success. " After the report, Ouyang Xin and others took a break and waited for further instructions from Huang Shi.  "Well, I know this very well. Just go ahead and do it. Remember to record all the data carefully. We will use these to improve the engineering and soldier regulations manual." Huang Shi is a paranoid about code.  Following the drill codes for spearmen, gunmen, artillery drills and sailors' drills, he also issued various other drills on Changsheng Island.  All technical work from steelmaking and ironmaking to drilling gun barrels and sharpening gun blades have been made into regulatory manuals by Huangshi, and now engineers are no exception.  "I obey, my lord." Ouyang Xin put on her long red tassel helmet first.  Then he stood at attention and saluted, then turned around and walked out with his airs on his shoulders Well, all these actions were copied by Huang Shi based on his military training memory.  "Seven more days are finally coming to an end." Huang Shi sighed deeply after Ouyang Xin left.  Today, reports came from the rear in Gaizhou that a large number of transport trucks were scrapped and it would take a lot of money to repair them.  Huang Shi picked up a pen and added and subtracted a lot on the paper: "Seven more days means that it will cost at least 20,000 taels of silver. Come to Haizhou. More than half of our leftist association's military salary this year has gone in, and the things in Haizhou  We can't take them all yet. Mao Shuai still expects them to celebrate the New Year. "Everyone in Dongjiang Town knows that Mao Wenlong only brings 30% of the food and grass for the whole journey. In comparison, this batch of food and grass is Mao Wenlong's starting capital.  After entering the Houjin territory, Mao Wenlong must enter the capital withdrawal stage, otherwise everyone will have no choice but to gnaw the bark of the tree and go home.  This habit of Mao Wenlong has led to his strategic limitations, that is, he is extremely focused on avoiding the truth and attacking the fictitious.  Except for a few castles that are particularly rich in materials, Mao Wenlong has always been able to go around and never stay under the city to eat.  In history, Mao Wenlong time and again sent his troops thousands of miles away to carry out large-scale mobile operations without rear in Liaodong Well, a more accurate word should be that he was able to escape back to North Korea before the return of Nurhachi's army.  Huang Shi had to sigh: Mao Wenlong is indeed a fortune teller, and his sense of smell is absolutely genius level. Others cannot even imitate it.  If Huang Shi had been in charge, it is estimated that the hundreds of thousands of Dongjiang "heroes" would have starved to death in the wilderness without the help of the Jin army to annihilate them.  Yesterday, Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Headquarters' top soldiers had established contact with the Dongjiang Leftist Association. Huang Shi knew that Mao Wenlong was now enclave heading towards Haizhou.  This time Mao Wenlong's Xuanshi attack for thousands of miles must be very expensive. If they can't seize enough things, Mao Wenlong will probably go bankrupt.  Huang Shi was neither willing to see Gang Leader Mao go bankrupt or jump into the sea, nor was he willing to let Gang Leader Mao lead 100,000 "heroes" to southern Liaoning to live in poverty on Changsheng Island, so he would rather give up the majority of the captured money to Gang Leader Mao.  ??Say Cao Cao. Cao Cao has arrived.  Just when Huang Shi was making his own little calculation, Hong Antong ran in excitedly: "My lord, I saw Marshal Mao's flag on the horse!" "How far away?" "It's just ten miles east of Haizhou City."  "Mao  "Commander Mao." "Commander Mao." Mao Wenlong was greeted by overwhelming cheers as he rode towards Huangshi's camp.  During the dark years when the imperial court abandoned Liaodong, Mao Wenlong led 200 men and traveled three thousand miles across the sea to counterattack Liaodong. His feat was like lightning piercing the night, making his name widely spread in Liaodong If there were slaves built  If someone suddenly dies of illness, it must be Marshal Mao who came to poison him; if a Han army's home is burned, it must be Marshal Mao who sets fire to the ground; if a neighbor suddenly disappears without a trace, thenHe must have gone to Marshal Mao.  Not only the ordinary officers and soldiers of Zuoxie were excited, but also Huangshi's internal guards became extremely excited.  Starting from Hong Antong, the entire inner guard of Changsheng Island originally defected to Mao Wenlong. It was because of Mao Wenlong's existence that hundreds of thousands of Liao people got the opportunity not to be slaves and not to be slaughtered.  Huang Shi was surprised at first by the unusual reaction of the inner guard, and then he understood in his heart.  There are currently only 500,000 surviving Han people in the Houjin-controlled area of ????Liaodong, but in the past few years, 600,000 to 700,000 people have defected to Mao Wenlong. Isn't Mao Wenlong the reborn parent and life-saving god and Buddha to these hundreds of thousands of people?  Not to mention these grateful people, didn't Huang Shi himself want to defect to Mao Wenlong twice?  "It's enough to inspire the bravery of heroes all over the world." Huang Shi thought of this and took a step forward to bow down to Mao Wenlong, the man who saved hundreds of thousands of lives: "Commander Huang Shi will see you at the end!"
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