Pi Island.

The level of nervous security has not been reduced, but it is mixed with festiveness. The opening of the supply and marketing cooperative has added to the atmosphere of the New Year.

The scarcity of supplies for nearly a year has caused the military and civilians to accumulate a lot of consumption enthusiasm. Not to mention the more expensive silk, cotton, tobacco, alcohol, sugar, and tea, needles, threads, and brains, etc., it is essential to live a life!

"This is sponsored by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce." Wang Yining accompanied Mao Wenlong and other generals in the market and introduced, "The price of commercial goods is not high, and they did not come to make money."

Mao Wenlong smiled and said, "I have heard of this. I think it's for the people, or to make long live a happy life!"

Gou Zhenhuai bought a bottle of soju, held it in his hand, and smiled and said, "They are also looking for the long-term. When the territory of Dongjiang Town expands, the people increase, and their reputation becomes popular. After pacifying Liao, the number of people who run business is the most powerful."

Wang Yining said: "If they can sell goods back and forth without running out of nothing, they will make more profits. Dongjiang still has less production, so we must continue to find ways to increase it."

Mao Wenlong pondered for a moment and said, "If the harem can be stable, the four guards in southern Liaoning can be expected; if the southern Liaoning can be occupied, the right guards in Liaoning can be determined."

You can see Mao Wenlong’s vision by drawing a straight line from west to east from Gaizhou Guard to Dingliao Youwei (Peinhuang City, the capital).

This is equivalent to occupying all areas with a depth of nearly a hundred miles along the coast of Liaodong and connecting them with the Liaonan War Zone.

To take a step back, if the southern Liaoning is stable and the Dongjiang Army will occupy the Zhenjiang area again, it will be able to echo. One east and one west will make the Later Jin lose one's attention. This is also like what is said in the military books, forming a horn.

The northern part of Zhenjiang (Dandong) region is mostly mountainous and hilly, with rich and vast forests. Not only are people ginseng medicinal materials, but they can also obtain animal fur. These are all specialties in Liaodong and are also a shortage of commercial goods for external sales.

Gou Zhenhuai smiled and said, "Ping Liao is the first, producing second. In the current situation, Lord Wang needs to worry more."

He didn't say it too thoroughly, but he reminded Mao Wenlong that the military did not interfere in politics and war was his job, and what is the production and economy, it was better to manage less.

To put it bluntly, the Dongjiang Army's mission is to pacify Liao, rather than to formulate military plans for production purposes. It is of course better to occupy a larger territory, but don't force it.

Mao Wenlong immediately understood and hurriedly restored the sheep to the bottom of the prison, saying, "General Gou said so well, and I think so. When our army's combat power increases, we will occupy Zhenjiang and seize the right guard of Liao, echoing the offensive and defense with Liaonan. We can force the Eastern Eighth Gate to shrink Liaoshen and wait for death."

Wang Yining nodded repeatedly, hoping that the territory and population would increase so that he could better implement the court's intentions and achieve self-sufficiency as much as possible.

When they walked out of the market, everyone bought some commercial goods and chatted casually. A few officers who rushed over destroyed the loose and leisurely atmosphere.

After listening to the report, Mao Wenlong and Gou Zhenhuai hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Yining and rushed back to the military camp.

Everyone wants to have a calm year, but the Donglu obviously won't let you go, so they launched it.

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Dabeile Daishan led the two flags of Zhenghong, the Meng and Han vassals, and entered Fuzhou. The vanguard reached Luangu Pass and the troops suppressed the brigade;

The second Beile Amin led the blue flag of the inlaid, and the eight Beile Huang Taiji led the Zhengbai flag, and the troops entered Zhenjiang, as if they were going to attack Xinyizhou and Tieshan;

Under this superficial feint attack, the old Nu personally led two yellow flags, the Zhenglan flag of Manguertai, and more than 10,000 Mongolian and Han vassals, and had already spread across the frozen Liao River and drove towards western Liaoxi.

In addition to Du Du, the leader of the Inlaid White Banner, who stayed in Liaochen, had a feint attack and a main attack. The Later Jin used almost all his mobile troops, and he could be said to have attacked with all his strength in order to succeed.

The reason why Liaoxi was chosen as the main target is actually simple, and it is mainly for the purpose of looting.

The value of hiding Ya and Dongjiang is relatively smaller. At most, it can repel the Ming army and return to the island, but it still cannot fundamentally solve the problem of being attacked.

In history, the Dongjiang Army easily occupied the Lushun Fort abandoned by the Later Jin several times. The Later Jin did not regard it as a major problem. It can be seen that the Later Jin despises the coastal areas, or is helpless.

Since the attack on Luda and Dongjiang could not severely damage the Ming army, and there would not be much plunder of supplies, the Later Jin targeted Ningyuan, so Juehua was not that strange.

Ningyuan and Juehua are already the last fortress of the Ming army outside the pass. If they fail, there will be only a barrier of Shanhaiguan.

Therefore, the Ming army could not abandon the defense, so they must have all their strength to defend.

It is precisely because of the very important thing that the accumulated food and supplies must be very sufficient. Just abandoning Guangning, the rice and beans transported from Youweitun were in an astonishing quantity.

After comprehensive consideration, only by attacking Ningyuan, Juehua and Later Jin can we solve the economic crisis that has already appeared.

That's right, since the defeat of Guangning at the beginning of the year, the Later Jin Dynasty, which had not gained much, has increasingly felt the shortage of food and supplies under the blockade arranged by all sides.

History is always similar, and the current Later Jin is very similar to the situation before the Jisi Change.

That was the first time that the Later Jin Dynasty invaded the pass. Huang Taiji personally led tens of thousands of troops to detour through Mongolia and break into the border wall, heading straight to the capital.

Judging from the results, Huang Taiji's plundering was successful, and he grabbed a large number of supplies and a large population.

But from a military perspective, sudden plundering is an absolute military adventure.

As long as the Guanning Army built by the Ming court with a lot of money had a little desire to take the initiative to attack, the Later Jin dared to risk the emptiness of the old nest and carry out a long-distance raid without rear or logistics. Will the lonely army go deeper?

The reason why the Later Jin Dynasty had to take risks was that after the defeat of Ning Jin's war, he returned empty-handed because he had gained nothing, and an unprecedented famine broke out in the Later Jin Dynasty.

According to the "Qing Dynasty Records", "At that time, the country was famine, and the price of rice was eight taels of silver. Some people had eaten each other. Although there were many silver coins in the country, there was no foreign trade. Therefore, silver was cheap and everything became more expensive."

It’s useless to have money, and there’s nowhere to buy food! People who eat each other can show how serious the famine was at that time.

It was also under the pressure of the Great Famine that Huang Taiji had to take a dangerous move to survive the crisis. Fortunately, he succeeded.

Therefore, the change in Ji Si is not a long-term plan or a god of war. It is just a crazy action of being hungry.

Nurhaci now has similar thinking. He must implement the strategy of "fighting to fight" and there is only one way to avoid the collapse of the Later Jin economy.

This time, Nurhaci was also taking risks. After the failure, he consumed a lot of food in stock, which made the economic crisis even worse.

You should know that the consumption of food is very different when fighting and staying still.

Drink some porridge and exercise less, at least you won’t starve to death. But when you go to the battlefield, the soldiers have to fight desperately, and they have a lot of mental pressure and exercise. At least you have to get some real things and let them have enough food, right?
Chapter completed!