Chapter 407 Prepare to play a big game

"This is a lesson from Haizhou. Follow us to learn, dig trenches and build forts, so as not to let us take Haizhou in one go, just like the last time." Chen Xie put down his telescope and turned his head to look at Chang Shiren. This is a general who has made rapid progress. He is young, motivated, brave in war and wise.

"It's really a bit troublesome. It seems that the Qing army is indeed planning to dig deep trenches and build a fort with Yaozhou as the boundary. This is to relieve their worries. It seems that Huang Taiji is going to play with the past and pass through the Great Wall Pass again." Chang Shiren looked at the situation and showed a disdainful expression. These things are not very difficult to overcome for Dengzhou Camp.

"It's early June, at the latest at the end of September, when the autumn is high and the horses are fat, Huang Taiji will have to come out to rob, otherwise this winter will not be easy, and the whole north will suffer the people's livelihood difficulties caused by drought." Chen Xie reminded him, Chang Shiren and others gathered together, and after a while of discussion, Chang Shiren stood up and said, "Zhongcheng, what do you mean, this time, it's not a decisive battle in the Central Plains, but a direct attack on Huanglong?"

Chen Xie nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, as long as you hit Shenyang, Huang Taiji's entire system outside the border will collapse. After preparing for so long, isn't it just waiting for such a day?" Chang Shiren remembered that since the beginning of the year, a large number of new flowering bullets, rockets, supplies, arms were continuously transported from Dengzhou. The only 24-pound artillery battalion was also transferred to Gaizhou.

"I understand that I must do a good job of concealing tactical intentions." Chang Shiren was excited, and his mouth trembled a little when he spoke. This was about to hold Huang Taiji's nest, so there was no reason not to be excited.

"Huang Taiji bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong. Lu Xiangsheng Dingyou, Xuan Dagang improves a little, and then it rots again. It is a joke to expect these things to block our army. Remember, don't overstimulate Huang Taiji, don't take the activities at night, and don't need to be too frequent, creating an illusion that we have no plans to send troops to Liaodong for the time being." Chen Xie explained carefully again.

After staying in Gaizhou for three days, the troops revolved around. Chen Xie returned to Dengzhou and immediately found Su Haochen. The deployment task said: "From today, all long-distance cargo ships will be stopped. Take the time to repair them. At that time, we must do it, and take the sea route. We will have the ability to send 30,000 troops at a time."

Su Haochen also became serious and nodded seriously. He still knew how many troops there are in Dengzhou Camp now. He still knew very well. The A-zi Battalion has expanded to ten, which is more than 20,000 people. The Yi Battalion still has six, with a force of nearly 40,000. The Dongjiang area has more than 30,000 troops. Shandong Battalion has trained 40,000 new soldiers. Not counting the more than 10,000 troops in Anqing and Fengyang, eliminating the necessary defense forces in various places, Dengzhou Camp has the ability to withdraw 80,000 troops to be used for the Liaodong Campaign.

This is the benefit that Chen Xie brought to governor Shandong. The territory is too large, and as long as he is not short of money, he will train troops very quickly.

"Also, under the banner of replacing defense, in early September, four Jiazi battalions and two artillery battalions were sent to Gaizhou in advance. I don't plan to use the troops in Dongjiang Town. The troops invested this time will be eight A characters, four B characters, fifty reinforcement teams in Shandong camp, two artillery battalions, and one 24-pound artillery battalion." Chen Xie stopped here, and Su Haochen thought for a while and said, "Where is the cavalry?"

Chen Xie now has 12,000 cavalrymen, and the property he has accumulated over the years. Cavalry has always been the killer weapon in Chen Xie's hands, and his equipment has always been armed to the teeth. When it comes to this cavalry, Chen Xie sighed and said, "I hope I can't use the cavalry to be transferred to Texas."

Su Haochen did not understand his intention, and saw that Chen Xie had no explanation, so he didn't ask. He stood up and said, "I understand, who will command the battle in Liaodong?" Chen Xie smiled and said, "You are the chief logistics officer under my command, so you should not be moved lightly. The battle of Liaodong should be commanded by Chang Shiren, Wang Ben is the deputy, and Benxian personally led the cavalry to Dezhou, making the illusion that the main force was heading north."

Su Haochen asked again: "At the beginning of the year, the court opened the maritime ban in Fujian. Zhongcheng, will we fight for it when the war is over? Otherwise, the maritime ban will be opened in Dengzhou? Otherwise, the money will be spent on wars, and the consumption will be quite high." This means that Chen Xie was in the heart. When a cannon fired a thousand taels of gold, war was a matter of burning money. Although Chen Xie is not short of money now, thousands of enterprises, factories and mines in the entire Denglai Prefectures were all creating profits and paying taxes, but who would think that the money was too much? Moreover, talents like Su Haochen could look at war from the perspective of economic interests, which is worth encouraging.

"I'll talk about this later. Go and call Xilaojing here." Chen Xie did not praise him in person, but his smile made it clear. Xilaojing was waiting outside, and the foreigners' flattery level was not low at all.

"Your Excellency, I am here by order." The Xilaojing Station looked like a stake, with a military attitude, which was very sympathetic to Chen Xie's appetite.

"I want to ask you, what is the Dutch talking about? It's hard to deal with the sea coachman. What changes have happened in Europe recently? Have the British people not started to challenge the Dutch's maritime overlord position? " Chen Xie spoke, all the questions were on the point. In fact, Chen Xie knew the direction of history, and asked this to see the reaction of Xilai Jing.

"Your Excellency, according to the news that the British were still busy with civil war, and the Dutch East India Company was still very powerful at present. However, Europe is too far from the Ming Dynasty, and the Netherlands is too small. It requires a lot of troops to maintain such a large colony. At present, our Dengzhou Navy, with the launch of the new two-thousand-ton warships and put into service, the Navy currently has four 2,000-ton warships and 32 1,000-ton warships, which is more than enough to defeat the Dutch in the South China Sea. The East India Company cannot devote all its strength to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise it will not be impossible to deal with a single Zheng Zhilong. You, the time to expel the Dutch from the senior officials, and you can even further seek colonies in the South China Sea."

Xi Laojing was so excited that his eyes turned red. After the Dengzhou Navy defeated Zheng Zhilong, there was nothing to do and had been training. A group of warships have recently been dispatched to block the silk trade at sea in Fujian. This was Chen Xie's order. All silks that were taken by sea must stop purchasing goods from the Shen family in Suzhou, and must not be sent to Nanyang for trade in foreigners without authorization. They can only be sent to the senior officials and trade with foreigners under supervision in the settlement area. In this case, they have to pay protection fees, ship parking fees, etc. You can also not pay, and you will sink them if you find out. In this year, you are talking on your fists.

"Western Laijing, don't worry. Your current task is to complete the monopoly on the pricing power of silk trade. Remember, mastering the pricing power is the highest level of foreign trade. Now it is silk, and the next time it is porcelain, rhubarb, and tea. As long as it is money-making, we have to decide." Chen Xie comforted him, Xilaijing was a little depressed and wanted to go to war with the Dutch now.

"Your Excellency, I understand. May I ask you, what will be your future strategy with Zheng Zhilong? This person has been asking for purchase of arms for the defense of Penghu Island Fortress." Although Xi Laojing did not say it clearly, he still exposed his thoughts. This is inquiring about Chen Xie's attitude towards Zheng Zhilong.

Since defeating Zheng Zhilong, Dengzhou Camp began to operate territory in Tamsui, immigrate to Tamsui, build fortresses, and reclaim wasteland. At the same time, he fought several battles with local natives, and after winning a complete victory, he gained a foothold. Over the past two years, an immigration site has basically taken shape, and 100,000 immigrants have built fortresses and garrisons at the immigration site. The immigration speed cannot be said to be fast, but it is not slow. The main reason is that Chen Xie has not yet devoted his energy to the south, and these things are handled by the Navy and the joint business.

In terms of garrison, Dengzhou Camp was in Tamsui Fortress, but it only invested in a B-shaped battalion and a newly-organized fortress artillery battalion. Overall, the action was not too big, and it was not even as fast and scale as Zheng Zhilong's operation in southern Taiwan.

"Let's live in peace for the time being. As long as he has money, a cannon with a twelve pound cannon can be sold to him. Without the advantage of the sea, he can't make a big wave in the high-ranking officials. We can also use his move to immigrate to the high-ranking officials to increase the number of local immigrants. What the Navy wants to do now is to let Li Guozhu work wholeheartedly for us. If offending people, let him do things, we Dengzhou Camp, and not be evil." Chen Xie's words were very admirable. Such people are the ones who do big things. The bad people are all done by others, and the benefits are not left behind. Behind the scenes, this technique is really clever.

In fact, this is not a clever method. Modern American imperialists are playing tricks. On the surface, Tamsui is Li Guozhu's territory. In fact, Li Guozhu only has a fleet, and can share some protection fees and sea trade. He has a lot of money, but his strength is not very strong. Zheng Zhilong wants to beat him, but it is difficult to destroy him. In the harbor of Tamsui, eight 1,000-ton warships are stationed all year round, and they are rotated in a quarter.

After the explanation was completed, the Western Labor Affairs also went on. Chen Xie began to make careful preparations and used the favorable conditions of information asymmetry to transport various materials to Lushun and transport them to the troops in batches. Su Haochen can be said to be the most diligent person. He was doing the formulation of combat plans, calculating various materials, transportation, etc. with a group of staff.

As of the end of August, Gaizhou had stockpiled 30,000 new flowering bullets (grenades). This flowering bullet that was born in the 18th century in Europe was overcome in the face of the wisdom and wisdom of the Ming craftsmen. Chen's rocket (Kanglev rocket), 50,000, chestnut fire, medicine, 200,000 jin, and 200,000 grenades. Military rations can be eaten for at least one month, and there are countless siege equipment.

On September 22, 1638, the Qing army invaded again. The Qing army divided into two routes to Qianziling, Qingshankou, Mingji, Liao Governor Wu Aheng, General Lu Zongwen was defeated and died. The central official Zheng Xizhao fled. The Qing army then drove straight in and stationed in Niulan Mountain. At that time, Mingxuan, General Lu Xiangsheng Dingyou, and the waiter was not on his way. The emperor ordered the general Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Hu to enter the guard. On the 24th, the capital was martial law.

Huang Taiji couldn't hold it in, and he attacked Dorgon as the commander. Chen Xie finally had a big chance to play.

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