Chapter 449: North-South confrontation, a new pattern
"General Wan'er."
"Huang Taiji has led his army from Xining Fort to Changning Fort and quickly returned to Shengjing."
In Liaoyang City, Mo Xiaoyong, the head of the Military Intelligence Department, rode a bald eagle to investigate the latest military information and reported to Wan'er, "Huang Taiji is very courageous. Seeing that things were hopeless, he decisively gave up the huge Guangningwei area west of Sancha River."
"It seems that he wants to gather troops and fight with our army in Liaoyang."
The several bald eagles captured from Zheng's army greatly enhanced the power of the Military Intelligence Department, making the intelligence transmission of the Fuxing Army very fast.
"it is good!"
Wan'er slammed the table and stood up, ordering, "He Lijing, tell the soldiers of the two fleets to abandon Liaoyang and return to Haizhou!"
"Since the main force of the Later Jin has turned back, we don't need to fight them to the death. We should turn our troops southward from Haizhou, capture Gaizhou and Liaodong Peninsula, and deal a heavy blow to Huang Taiji!"
"In the future, our army will defend Haizhou, Phoenix City, and Zhenjiang Fort to the death, and do our utmost to destroy the war potential of the Houjin clan!"
"When the main force of our army is withdrawn in two years, the end of the Qing Dynasty will come!"
As one of the core generals of the Fuxing Army, Wan'er was very clear about Li Dingguo's future strategic plans.
In terms of development potential, the Later Jin clan is no match for the Fuxing Army.
As long as the smuggling channels that collude with the aristocratic families of the Ming Dynasty are blocked, the Later Jin clan, which is unable to be self-reliant, will simply not be able to continue to develop and will inevitably become weaker and weaker.
As one side gains strength while the other loses strength, the Later Jin Tartars will be destroyed in a few years.
Now that Huang Taiji has completely followed the routine designed by his side, it is time to abandon Liaoyang and go south to build a solid defense line.
Even though the Fuxing Army’s military strength in Liaodong is not as strong as that of the Later Jin Tartars, this is only temporary.
If Li Dingguo is given three to five months at most, the balance of power between the two sides will be reversed.
Following Wan'er's order, the soldiers of the Fuxing Army, who had looted Liaoyang City, began to evacuate in an orderly manner.
The large fleet was already ready to set sail on the banks of the Taizi River outside the city.
Two hours later, thousands of treasure ships set sail from the large dock outside Liaoyang City, turned back to the Liao River along the Taizi River, and then quickly headed south to Haizhou City.
Haizhou, located east of the Daliao River, is the bridgehead set by the Fuxing Army and is a territory that must be firmly defended.
In the next one or two years, the Fuxing Army will build a solid defense line in Haizhou, Fenghuang City, and Zhenjiang Fort, engage in a seesaw battle with the Later Jin Tartars, and shift the battlefield from west of Sancha River to the Liaodong Plain east of Sancha River, thus realizing the strategy of keeping the enemy out of the country.
When Wan'er led a large fleet back to Haizhou City and then led hundreds of thousands of soldiers to carry out large-scale renovation and expansion of this important city, Li Dingguo led his personal guard corps to arrive in time to reunite with Wan'er.
"Brother! You finally made it."
In the deep winter with snowflakes falling, Wan'er met Li Dingguo at the big pier outside Haizhou City with her face flushed with joy.
"Wan'er, you completed the mission very well this time."
Li Dingguo praised the girl, "You not only successfully forced Huang Taiji to withdraw his troops from Jinzhou, but also wiped out a large number of the Later Jin clan's manpower, which was enough to make Huang Taiji heartbroken."
"From now on, the Liaoxi Corridor west of the Daliao River will become a place that Huang Taiji will never set foot on again in his lifetime!"
This change of ownership of the area north of the Yellow River in the Ming Dynasty has brought about earth-shaking changes in the pattern of the eastern land of today's world.
The Fuxing Army has successfully replaced the Ming Dynasty and completely occupied a vast territory of one million miles in the north, blocking the Later Jin clan's way to the south.
Although Huang Taiji led his army to counterattack, the Ming court was able to successfully move its capital south and took away a huge amount of wealth and materials.
But no matter what, this was also a great victory for the Restoration Army.
From now on, the Fuxing Army became one of the three major forces in the East and was qualified to compete for the world.
In the future, the northern land will be free from the scourge of the Later Jin Tartars and the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty, and will be able to preserve a large number of Han people's basic vitality.
This is also one of the biggest changes caused by Li Dingguo's time travel and rebirth.
"The Pixiu Army led by Cao Bianjiao will soon be able to join us."
Li Dingguo said with satisfaction, "The Qiongqi Corps and Taotie Corps led by You Shilu and You Shiwei will be responsible for guarding the area west of Sancha River. They will build a fortress defense line along the Sancha River and Liaohetao area to completely block the Tartars' future entry into the pass from the west!"
"When the Qilin Corps and the newly formed Qingluan Corps dispatched by the military enter Phoenix City and Zhenjiang Fort respectively in the near future, Huang Taiji will never be able to turn the tables and cause trouble in Liaodong again!"
In order to curb the Later Jin clan, Li Dingguo has ordered the five main combat corps of the Fuxing Army to gather in Liaodong to put tremendous pressure on Huang Taiji.
With the cooperation of the First Fleet of the Fuxing Navy that remained in Liaodong, it would be just around the corner to lock down Huang Taiji's Later Jin clan.
By then, the Northeast crisis of the Fuxing Army will be completely resolved, and it will be Huang Taiji's Later Jin clan that will be uneasy in the future.
As for the Ming Dynasty, which retreated to the south of the Yellow River, they did not have the ability to launch a counterattack even if they had the courage.
It’s not that Li Dingguo looks down on those aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen, it’s just that they have no chance and no courage.
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Pei County, this ancient city, had fallen into the hands of the Fuxing Army a month ago and became an important town on the border between the Fuxing Army and the Ming Dynasty on the north bank of the Yellow River.
In contrast, Xuzhou, an important town on the south bank of the Yellow River that was heavily defended by the Ming Dynasty, welcomed the army of Liu Zeqing, one of the four generals of Jiangnan.
No one knows what kind of magic potion Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen fed to Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet, but the former Shandong general Liu Zeqing, whom he strongly recommended, became the Xuzhou general as he wished, and was jointly responsible for the military defense of Jiangbei with the new Yangzhou general Huang Degong.
As for the famous Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, they led the Tianxiong Army and Jin Army to retreat to the south of the Yellow River and were responsible for the defense of Kaifeng and Luoyang in Henan. Now they have been deprived of most of their power by the court.
Unlike the four Jiangnan towns built with huge investments by the imperial court, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were suppressed and excluded by the Jiangnan families and no longer had their original power.
The reason is that they belong to the northern official and gentry group, and their roots are north of the Yellow River.
As the Ming court gave up the three northwestern provinces and northern Zhili, they naturally lost their roots and were no longer welcomed by officials and aristocratic families in the south.
The most obvious thing is that the local gentry in Kaifeng and Luoyang no longer take Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting seriously.
If the two of them had been able to hold off the invasion of the Restoration Army before, they would not have fallen to this point.
However, the Tianxiong Army and the Jin Army had suffered a series of defeats against the Fuxing Army, causing the southern officials and gentry to lose confidence in them.
Fortunately, the Ming court was worried that Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army would continue to cross the river and move south, so it preserved the two men's existing forces and stationed their armies in the two important cities of Kaifeng and Luoyang respectively.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty court and the southern officials and gentry families had already focused on the four towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Zuo Liangyu, who had defected to the Donglin Party leader Hou Xun, also got the throne of a town commander and settled in Xiangyang.
There was also a town commander, led by Shi Kefa, a local representative of a Jiangnan family, who was stationed in the headquarters of Jinling City.
According to the plans of the imperial court and the southern officials and gentry, the four towns in the south of the Yangtze River, which have been built at great expense, will have a terrifying size of million people in each town!
Frightened by Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army, they sent huge amounts of money, food and supplies, which were concentrated in Xiangyang, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jinling and other places.
A large number of new warrior recruits selected from all over the country also began to arrive one after another.
This made Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing, Zuo Liangyu and Shi Kefa smile from ear to ear every day and feel extremely happy.
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"Great Commander!"...
After being extensively renovated by millions of soldiers and civilians, the northern capital city, which has been completely renovated, officially welcomed its new owner today.
Li Dingguo, who had just arrived in the capital on the back of the Great Jin, was surrounded by civil and military officials and walked into the Huangji Gate Square.
As this former capital of the Ming Dynasty has never been destroyed by war, all the buildings are well preserved.
After a major renovation by millions of soldiers and civilians, it is much cleaner than before.
In particular, various infrastructures with the characteristics of the Renaissance Army have been fully completed. In the entire huge capital city, there is no longer any messy decoration, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Although the territory and population of the Fuxing Army have now reached the standard for establishing a dynasty, Li Dingguo has no intention of doing so.
The main reason was that Li Dingguo unexpectedly obtained the second inheritance of the Human Emperor Cauldron a few days ago.
This second inheritance not only obtained the knowledge inheritance of intermediate formations, alchemy and refining, but more importantly, it obtained the knowledge inheritance of the Human Emperor from the ancient mythological period.
Li Dingguo has therefore figured out that the current dynasty is fundamentally different from the dynasty of the human emperor in the ancient mythological period.
The status of the Human Emperor is supreme. In ancient mythology, he was on par with the Emperor of Heaven and the Emperor of Earth. The Three Emperors of Heaven, Earth and Man each performed their own duties, controlled the universe, and looked down on all living things.
The dynasties in the world today, whether in the East or the West, are nothing more than earthly dynasties and cannot be compared at all.
Li Dingguo, who knew some of the secrets of heaven and earth, would naturally not be content to just establish an ordinary mortal dynasty. He would at least find ways to establish a primary dynasty so as to obtain the title of emperor.
In his estimation, the Fuxing Army would have to expand its territory at least a hundred times and gather the three treasures of the Human Emperor before it could barely meet the qualifications to establish a primary dynasty.
Anyway, Li Dingguo is not in a hurry, so just take it slow.
As long as the Renaissance Army continues to grow and develop healthily, it will be able to achieve its demands one day.
As for the whereabouts of the Human Emperor Seal, one of the three treasures of the Human Emperor, although Li Dingguo has not yet locked it down, he can sense that it is in the Nine Provinces of China through the natural connection between the Human Emperor Cauldron and the Human Emperor Pen.
In a few years, the Seal of the Human Emperor will naturally be in his hands.
Li Dingguo has enough confidence in this.
"The Commander-in-Chief."
In the huge Huangji Gate Square, Hongmei stepped out from the crowd and reported respectfully, "As of yesterday, Northern Zhili, the three northwestern provinces, the Qi and Lu lands, and half of the Liaodong region have been roughly controlled by our Fuxing Army."
"In view of the problem of insufficient manpower, the military has formed five new recruit corps, each with a full strength of 300,000 people."
"The leaders of the five new recruit corps are the outstanding generals. They are working with the main combat corps to conduct a large-scale cleanup of our jurisdiction."
"All the aristocratic families, wealthy merchants, gangs, brothels, gambling houses, etc. are within the scope of this round of cleanup."
"It is expected that within two years, this major cleanup can be successfully completed, and our Renaissance Army's routine development model can be replicated in various places, so that all the towns and cities within the jurisdiction will be completely renewed and a stable order will be completely restored."
"In view of this, our Restoration Army's expansion operations must be temporarily stopped so that we can concentrate our efforts on this major event."
There was joy, sorrow, and a hint of helplessness in Hongmei's tone.
There is no way. The suspension of the expansion by the Renaissance Army will undoubtedly give those hostile forces a rare opportunity to catch their breath.
Both the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty can take this opportunity to restore their severely damaged strength, and will definitely create a lot of trouble for the Restoration Army in the future.
"It's okay, just do it."
Li Dingguo calmly waved his hand and said, "The enemy has been given a breathing space to develop, and so is our Fuxing Army."
"When it comes to the speed of development and growth, we have never been afraid!"
"Our Renaissance Army has expanded too fast over the years. It's time for a major reorganization."
"In the next few years, we will focus on stability on land, consolidating frontline defense while improving people's livelihood."
"But our navy is different. We can continue to develop vigorously and build the southeastern sea into the inland sea of our Renaissance Army!"
"Those white barbarians in the West are ushering in the Age of Exploration. We, the Fusion Army, cannot fall behind them!"
"This will also prevent those Jiangnan noble families from colluding with the white barbarians and stifle the disorderly expansion of the enemy's maritime power."
From the beginning to the end, Li Dingguo regarded the white Hu people in the West as his biggest opponents.
Having once again received a new round of inheritance from the Human Emperor Cauldron, he learned a bit of the secrets of the ancient mythological period and was sufficiently wary of those white barbarian forces.
Moreover, the changes in this world are becoming more and more significant, and perhaps a real major change will come at any time.
If the Renaissance Army had not made adequate preparations before this, it would most likely have been eliminated by the tide of history.
Li Dingguo plans to gradually transfer the five newly formed recruit corps into the navy organization and do his utmost to build a truly powerful navy.
"Okay, I also understand what you generals think, so let's not talk about founding a country for now."
Li Dingguo saw that some civil and military officials were hesitant to speak, so he spoke up to dispel their thoughts, "Don't consider this matter before the land of Kyushu is completely unified."
He would explain some deep-seated reasons to some core generals in private to eliminate their concerns.
(End of this chapter)
