The backward and conservative Ming Dynasty must inject "new" forms. From seeds, to germination, to growth, to maturity, every step of the way is not easy.

However, Emperor Chongzhen had enough patience to use every conceivable method to seize precious time and prevent the overall order of the Ming Dynasty from being disrupted.

Development requires stability.

Stability requires progress.

Progress requires innovation.

This is a link within a link. It is not easy to do this well, but what Emperor Chongzhen can do is to try his best to do it.

The meeting of scholars convened by the Zhili Disaster Relief Administration will last for some time. After all, there are many problems to be solved and many issues to be discussed.

Through such a participatory meeting, it will be a spiritual baptism for Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu, a group of administrative officials, and it will also enable them to self-dialect and self-examine.

"Your Majesty, the first batch of firearms, gunpowder and other military supplies to aid the Liao Dynasty have been shipped from Xishan to Tongzhou." Wang Chengen looked serious, bowed his hands and said: "They will be secretly transported to Zhili Prefecture in Tianjin under various names, and will be transported to Dongjiang Town at the right time.

side."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly and said: "The subsequent batches of firearms, gunpowder and other military supplies to aid the Liao Dynasty have been emphasized by the Armed Forces Academy to be produced as soon as possible.

Centralized transportation to Dongjiang Town, with Jin Xuan in charge of dispatching.

Since Li Zicheng was able to create such a large-scale battle under the rule of Liaodong, I must help the situation, so as not to let down my personally named General Li Chuang."

Regarding the turmoil that arose in Liaodong, even though the Military Aircraft Department had issued an edict and various arrangements were being made, Emperor Chongzhen did not relax his vigilance.

Everything else is easy to say. Li Zicheng's aid should be increased. Even if it cannot be exchanged for various resources, Emperor Chongzhen will still have to add money.

After all, the longer Liaodong is struggling, the greater the variables will be. This represents a possibility that can slow down the momentum of Jianlu's external expansion and development.

Huang Taiji is an ambitious guy. He has always wanted to take advantage of the expansion and development to concentrate the power in his hands, weaken the privileges of Daishan, Mang Gurtai, and Amin, the banner leaders of Baylor, and imitate the Ming system to rule the Eight Banners.

How could Emperor Chongzhen fulfill this thief's wish?

Apart from anything else, if we can slow down this guy Huang Taiji and strengthen his power, even if Emperor Chongzhen spends one or two million taels of silver, it will be a sure-fire deal.

Wang Chengen said with a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty, if you help Li Zicheng and other thieves to rebel in this way, if it finally becomes popular in Liaodong, wouldn't it be creating another strong enemy for the Ming Dynasty?"

"General Li Chuang and Huang Taiji have different personalities."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "In the final analysis, one represents the Han civilization and the other represents the hunting civilization. I would rather watch Li Zicheng rise in Liaodong and take the lead in retaking the stolen Liao land from the hands of the captives for the Ming Dynasty."

I also don’t want to watch the brutal Eight Banners of Jianlu, stealing our territory of Ming Dynasty and Liao Dynasty, and brutally exploiting our people of Ming Dynasty and Liao Dynasty.

At this stage of the Ming Dynasty, it is very unrealistic to completely suppress the Jianlu rebellion.

The Ming Dynasty needed time to gradually and completely reform its military and political affairs, especially the frontier troops guarding Liao, but the previous Jianlu did not give me such an opportunity and time.

The confrontation between the two parties cannot properly resolve these issues.

What about the three-party confrontation?

I hope that General Li Chuang will eventually seize the territory of the Liaonan guards, the Dongjiang Army will regain Zhenjiang Fort, and Sun Chengzong will regain the land in western Liaoning. If this idea comes true, Jianlu's vitality will be greatly damaged!"

The land warfare of the Eight Banners of Jianlu was definitely the strongest representative of that era. The simple and clear system of integrating farming and warfare created the characteristics of Jianlu who dared to fight and fight on the battlefield.

It is basically unrealistic to suppress this powerful land warfare force through the methods of the cold weapon era. The only way to suppress them is to rely on the advantage of hot weapons.

Emperor Chongzhen may not think that the first-generation flintlock gun developed by the Armed Forces Academy is very cost-effective. However, under specific situations and on specific battlefields, a batch of money can be spent on mass production to ensure that the expected goals can be achieved. Emperor Chongzhen

Still willing to spend.

"Let's fight, let's fight."

Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair and said with emotion: "It is best that the battle in southern Liaoning can be fought until the winter is approaching, so that the situation will be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty."

During the Little Ice Age, it was very common for temperatures to drop between seasons. At that time, Liaodong was generally colder than other parts of the Ming Dynasty.

If Li Zicheng and the others could hold out in the Xiuyan City area until the dead of winter and continue to promote changes in the battle situation, then Jianlu would become increasingly passive.

…

"Boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom..."

The deafening sound of shelling hovered over Xiuyan City. The Liaodong Rebels defending the city huddled behind the city wall to avoid the shelling of Jianlu.

"Pooh!"

Li Zicheng, who was hiding in the watchtower, spit out thick phlegm, frowned, and cursed: "These sons of bitches, they only have a dozen artillery pieces, and they are fighting endlessly.

This is bullying me because I don’t have artillery under my command.

Damn it, when I get a chance, I must find that Chongzhen boy and replace it with hundreds of artillery pieces, so that Jianlu can have a taste of shelling."

Pei Xionghu and other generals couldn't help laughing after hearing what their commander said.

"This Jianlu is really stubborn."

Pei Xionghu said with a smile: "We know that those artillery pieces will not cause us too much casualties, but we still continue to bombard them desperately.

No fear of explosion.

The Ming Dynasty's replacement of the Sky-shaking Thunder is so powerful that it can even catch up with the Crouching Tiger Cannon. Otherwise, the besieged Jianlu wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties."

War can change a person.

The behavior of the death row prisoners like Pei Xionghu and others when they first arrived in Liao Dynasty were all engraved in Li Zicheng's mind, but now everything has changed.

In the land of China, there is no shortage of talents, but only opportunities to hone their skills.

"Everyone, please don't be careless. Once this round of Jianlu bombardment is over, we will rotate a group of new soldiers to the city to guard it." Li Zicheng said with a glare.

"The battle in Xiuyan City will last for a damn long time, at least until things start to change on Jianlu's side, which means Liu Xingzuo and the others will take action.

Take advantage of the current military morale, and use the old to lead the new. Even if half of these new soldiers recruited in Xiuyan City are killed in battle, thousands of old battalion elites can be replaced. This is a damn sure profit."

"Here!"

All the generals responded with a bang.

The battlefield of Xiuyan City filled with gunpowder smoke is filled with the strong smell of blood. When the Daming Pass is peaceful, it is more like a purgatory on earth. War, starting from the Tianqi years, seems to have become the main theme of the Liao land. The unknown Liao people

, died in this chaotic order.

(End of chapter)


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