Chapter 938: Apologize, cede land, pay compensation, and garrison

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In the tenth year of Chongzhen, in early September, Liaoyang.

Haoge and Yuetuo could clearly feel the pressure from the Hu Ben Army. Every day, standing on the head of Liaoyang City, they felt breathless. The fields around Liaoyang City seemed very quiet and could not hear any guns and cannons at all. This abnormal silence made the defenders of Liaoyang City a little nervous.

Liaoyang, this city, has special significance in Liaodong. Whether it is the Ming army in the past, the current Jin army, or the later Huben army, this city has too many historical meanings. The reason is very simple, it is the location of the Liaodong Dusi.

The Liaodong Dusi is a very special institution. The ruling agency of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong was not a governor, but a Liaodong Dusi. Simply put, the entire Liaodong is a military management area. The population here is mainly military households of each guard. The number of households is very small. To put it another way, Liaoyang is the capital of Liaodong.

The capital of the Great Jin Kingdom was in Shenyang. The Qingning Palace, where Huang Taiji lived, was also in Shenyang. Logically, Shenyang's geographical location was more important than Liaoyang. However, in fact, the core of Liaodong's rule was actually in Liaoyang. At least, from the perspective of the Han people, it was like this. As long as Liaoyang was recovered, Shenyang would come back. Therefore, the news of the Hu Ben army besieging Liaoyang was immediately attracted by a large number of onlookers.

A large part of these onlookers were spies from Jiangnan or spies from various forces. Of course, they should pay special attention to the actions of the Hu Ben Army. Because once the Hu Ben Army conquered Liaoyang, it would mean that the war in Liaodong would basically end. At that time, whether the Hu Ben Army advanced west, south, or north, it would be seriously related to their life and death. Of course, there were pure passionate young people.

Especially the gentry from Jiangnan were very concerned about this. The army of the Hu Ben Army was stationed in Yangzhou Prefecture. The navy of the Hu Ben Army was cruising on the Yangtze River. Basically, the wealthy families in Jiangnan could clearly feel the cold light from the bayonet from the Hu Ben Army. In this case, it is very necessary to choose a suitable way out.

No one would be naive, thinking that the current court still has the ability to block the Hu Ben Army's southward journey. The news that the court moved its capital to Sichuan has been rumored to be rumored. The court's terrain to Shu is obviously in a state of peace. The terrain of Shu is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is not easy to come out. The court's move made the gentry and wealthy families in Jiangnan very worried - they felt that the court was preparing to abandon them.

"Sir, they said, you should go near Liaoyang and take a look."

Wang Junyu whispered in a low voice.

Those visiting envoys from all sides probably believed that there was no problem with the Hu Ben Army conquering Liaoyang, so their actions were quite free. They could move around Liaoyang without worrying about the appearance of the Tartars. Some people even proposed to go to the front line of Liaoyang to take a look. They wanted to see what the real Tartars looked like.

"If you have the courage, go!"

Zhang Zhun said casually.

For those who came to Liaoyang to watch the fun, Zhang Zhun's attitude was that you just look at it, and it would not hinder us from doing things. He also knew that among these people, there must be detailed works from various forces to try to spy on the movements of the Hu Ben Army.

However, Zhang Zhun was not afraid of them spying on it. He, from later generations, knew very well that war and politics were originally one. Things that could not be solved by politics were resolved through war. Things that could not be solved by war can be resolved through politics. In other words, in addition to war, there are many ways to solve problems.

Now, letting all forces look at the might of the Hu Ben Army will definitely be of great benefit to the future development of the Hu Ben Army. The power of the court is already very weak. If the Hu Ben Army starts a war, it will not be difficult to defeat the court. However, is it really necessary to start a war? Can other means be used to solve the problems with the court?

After the *** storm of Shaanxi, the Central Plains of Ming Dynasty was already in ruins. Needless to say, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Huguang, Sichuan and other places were all seriously damaged. Especially Shaanxi, it was almost gone. What these areas need is not war, but peace. Only by peacefully calming these areas as soon as possible can the vitality of Ming Dynasty be restored as soon as possible.

There is also Jiangnan. To say that until now, the Ming Dynasty has not suffered serious damage, and half of the Jiangnan region is the only one. The Ming Dynasty's wealth and grain source basically come from half of the Jiangnan region, especially the southeastern region. Do these areas need to be deployed to bring Jiangnan into the control of the Hu Ben Army? These are actually questionable. The only way to destroy the war will always be to destroy.

"The future has a long way to go!"

Zhang Zhun silently encouraged himself in his heart.

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Just like those visiting envoys saw, the Hu Ben Army did assemble a large number of troops and prepare to launch an attack on Liaoyang. The Tartar observation whistle standing on the head of Liaoyang City, even with the naked eye, could clearly observe that a large number of Hu Ben Army troops were mobilizing outside the range of the red-clothed cannons at Liaoyang City.

The mobilization of the Hu Ben Army was endless. During the day, some teams were mobilized from the east to the west. At night, some teams held up torches and mobilized from the west to the east. The Hu Ben Army was mobilized from north to south, or from south to north, and the number of Hu Ben Army was quite large. Some of the Tatars had roughly estimated that the Hu Ben Army had at least 100,000 troops.

One hundred thousand people is a huge number for the Jin army. It may be just that kind of people to use the entire army. However, for the Han people, this number is very small. It is indeed too easy for the Han people to mobilize an army of 100,000. The army lost by the Han people in Liaodong may have exceeded 500,000.

If it were a 100,000 Ming army, the morale of the Tartars guarding Liaodong would definitely not be so low. However, the 100,000 Hu Ben Army was indeed too devastating. When he was in Northern Zhili, the Tiger Ben Army had only tens of thousands of people, so he defeated the Jin army and was defeated. Now, with 100,000 people coming, how could there be good fruits for the defenders? Therefore, even the bravest Tartars in Liaoyang City dare not expect that they could defend Liaoyang.

"Hundreds of thousands?"

"impossible!"

Haoge and Yuetuo both had to refute the rumors.

The two of them absolutely did not believe that the Hu Ben Army had 100,000 people surrounding Liaoyang. The troops coming and going were actually all tricks, with the purpose of attacking the morale of the Liaoyang defenders. Outside Liaoyang, the Hu Ben Army's troops were at most about 30,000.

However, they could infer this way that the soldiers below were not good. The successive defeats had already made many soldiers of the Jin army lose confidence in themselves and their superiors. The superiors desperately said that the enemy situation was not so serious, and the more they felt that the enemy situation was serious. Haoge and Yuetuo were helpless in such differences.

In fact, in the past month, Liaoyang and Shenyang have become lonely cities. A large number of Hu Ben Army cavalry and Mongolian cavalry are active on the periphery of these two cities, cutting off all their connections with the outside world. The defenders of the two cities will of course have some strange ideas in such a closed environment.

Unfortunately, the cavalry of the Great Jin army no longer had the ability to fight against them. Gone are the cavalry of the Great Jin army who left the city. Every Great Jin army knows that Liaodong, this fascinating land, was obviously taken back by the Hu Ben Army. The only thing waiting for them was the fate of destruction.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

From top to bottom, the Hu Ben Army was ready to fully recover Liaodong.

The remaining troops of the Tartars had already shrunk to Hetuala, and the rest were surrounded in Shenyang or Liaoyang. Huang Taiji, including Huang Taiji, were surrounded by the Huben Legion. Those waiting for them were either surrender, beaten to death, or captured alive, and there was no other possibility.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is not available.

This Dongfeng is the two hundred red-clothed cannons transported from behind.

In two or three days, the red-clothed cannons transferred from the rear will be sent to the Liaoyang front line. As long as the red-clothed cannon arrives, they can launch a full-scale attack on Liaoyang.

“I decided to divide the troops into three attack groups.”

"The Qinglong Legion is responsible for attacking Ximen."

"Zhou Yanyu's army is responsible for attacking the South Gate."

"Lu Xiangsheng's army is responsible for attacking the East Gate."

"All cavalry units are responsible for cutting off the road between Shenyang and Liaoyang."

When conducting combat deployment, Zhang Zhun said concisely.

Such a deployment is completely a strategy of catching turtles in the jar. The key target is Liaoyang. The defenders of Liaoyang cannot escape under the heavy pressure of the Hu Ben Army.

The total strength of the Hu Ben Army, the infantry, has exceeded 10,000, the cavalry, and two artillery battalions. In addition, there are the Korean Imperial Guards, which are about to be transported. With such a strong force, if you can't cleanly deal with Liaoyang, Zhang Zhun will definitely be cursing.

"Mr. Jiutai, please come with me."

After deploying the combat mission, Zhang Zhun nodded to Lu Xiangsheng and wanted to talk to him alone. He had a special task that he planned to hand over to Lu Xiangsheng for.

Lu Xiangsheng followed Zhang Zhun into the command center and sat down calmly in front of Zhang Zhun. Now he has some feelings for the Hu Ben Army. However, he is a person with very restrained feelings, and even if he has any thoughts, he will not express it easily.

Zhang Zhun personally poured Lu Xiangsheng a cup of tea and said slowly: "I wonder Mr. Jiutai, what do you know about the Japanese pirates back then?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zhang Zhun with some confusion, not knowing what he meant when he suddenly mentioned the Japanese pirates. However, Lu Xiangsheng absolutely hated the Japanese pirates. Therefore, he said without hesitation: "The Japanese pirates are tyrannical, and everyone can kill them."

Lu Xiangsheng had a strong orthodox concept. He tried his best to safeguard the authority of the court, but in fact he was trying his best to safeguard the dignity of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Japanese Japanese pirates caused huge losses to the Ming Dynasty on the coast of Ming Dynasty, and Lu Xiangsheng was very angry about this. However, at that time, he was not born yet, so he could only remember the heroic deeds of Qi Jiguang and others.

Zhang Zhun said with a cold expression: "I believe Mr. Kyushi already knows the news that the Tokugawa shogunate declared war on our army."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said that he did know. How could he not know about the announcement of such a great war? After pondering for a moment, Lu Xiangsheng said solemnly: "Since the Japanese pirates declared war, our army must fight back. I wonder what the Governor's idea is?"

After learning that the Tokugawa shogunate declared war on the Hu Ben Army, Lu Xiangsheng was indeed quite angry. These Japanese pirates invaded the coastal areas of Ming Dynasty and were defeated, but they did not give up when they returned. They gathered their troops to attack North Korea, trying to use North Korea as a springboard and then invade Ming Dynasty. Of course, Lu Xiangsheng would not have any sympathy for such an opponent. Since the Japanese pirates dared to declare war, Ming Dynasty would naturally have to fight.

He once imagined that there were several ways to fight against Japan. The first was to completely occupy Japan's territory and incorporate it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. This was the most thorough way of victory. The second was to force Japan to surrender and recognize the supreme country of the Celestial Empire as the supreme country.

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice: "First, Japan needs to compensate for the losses. Second, it must recognize the status of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Empire. Third, it must station troops in Japan. Fourth, it must manage some of the Hong Kong *** to our army."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded.

It seems that Zhang Zhun has already carefully considered Japan.

To be honest, Lu Xiangsheng also knew that it was not easy to completely occupy Japan. War is not a wishful thinking after all. It should be quite difficult to completely eliminate the Japanese. The war lasted for a long time, and I don’t know how long it would take to delay. If any accidents occur in the middle, it may be worth the loss.

If Zhang Zhun's method is followed, it seems that it will be much easier. Zhang Zhun's method is equivalent to drawing blood from Japan. As long as the Japanese admit their mistakes, surrender, lose money, cede land, and garrison troops, the goal will be achieved. Taking away the Japanese's money and garrisoning troops on the Japanese mainland, the Japanese will no longer be arrogant. Basically, the Japanese pirates are finished.

At the beginning, Qi Jiguang and the others, to be precise, just expelled the Japanese pirates. For people like Lu Xiangsheng, such results were of course not enough. If someone else beats him, just drive him away, how can it be done? At least, you have to chase him, continue to beat the other party up, and then ask the other party to apologize. Unfortunately, there was no one at that time.

Zhang Zhun said with a bright look: "The current arrogance of the Japanese pirates is still very arrogant. I wonder if Mr. Jiutai is interested in suppressing the arrogance of the Japanese pirates?"

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "Governor General told me, "Da Damn Jiu Damn to refuse to obey?"
Chapter completed!