Daming pirates

Fortunately, a few years before Chongzhen, Yu Xiaotian once led his troops to Denglai to quell the rebellion. Although he only led 8,000 soldiers and horses at the beginning, he accumulated a considerable amount of large-scale transfer of troops and supplies through that large-scale movement northward.

experience.

This time, when he ordered a large-scale march northward, there were no serious problems among the various departments of Sea Wolf.

However, long-distance transportation of troops and horses is undoubtedly a severe test for army soldiers who are not good at going to sea by ship. The closed cabin, dirty air, and cramped space on the ship make it difficult for them to do so.

Army soldiers will lose a lot of physical strength while crossing the sea.

Therefore, these army troops who were transferred to the north must undergo a period of rest and recuperation after arriving at their destination before they can acquire the ability to carry out large-scale military operations.

Moreover, Yu Xiaotian also faced a difficulty, that is, although he occupied many bridgeheads in the Denglai area, including Fushansuo, Zhifu Island and other places, he lacked a large place to gather troops.

Before, I didn’t want Daming to prepare in advance.

Therefore, after he led his army to the Denglai area, he could not gather all the troops together, but could only temporarily place them in several places to rest and restore their strength.

Fortunately, over the years, he has made plans in advance in the Shandong area. Now most of the Denglai area has become his secret sphere of influence, especially Fushansuo, Zhifu Island, Yangma Island, Changdao Islands and the Weihaiwei area.

Now they are all under the control of Sea Wolf, both covertly and covertly.

In these places, ships sail into the ports every day and dock next to the piers. Large amounts of materials are continuously unloaded from the ships to the docks, and then loaded on wheelbarrows or four-wheeled carriages by ant-like civilians and transported to storage locations.

And from time to time, troop transport ships would arrive at the pier. Groups of fully-equipped Yu family generals, carrying rucksacks with a roll of felt pads and thin quilts rolled up on the backpacks, wearing brand-new military uniforms, would arrive from time to time.

The people on the ship walked off the trestle one by one and gathered on the pier. Then, companies were quickly taken away from the pier and went to their temporary campsite to rest and recuperate.

The first batch to arrive at these places were not supplies, but logistics personnel from various departments of the Sea Wolf. After these people arrived at their designated locations in advance, they quickly summoned civilian workers to build various temporary warehouses at these temporary gathering points, as well as columns of supplies.

The barracks were assembled with wooden planks that were prefabricated in advance, ready to welcome the swarming army and various large quantities of supplies below.

It turned out that the local Yu family generals who were trained in the rural warrior regiment received orders in advance and arrived at these locations in batches. On the one hand, they implemented martial law in these places and on the other hand, they assisted in the construction of various houses.

The winter in Denglai is very cold. By November, it can be said that dripping water has turned into ice. With so many troops coming, if the barracks are not prepared in advance, a large number of people may suffer from frostbite at night. In addition, preparations must be made.

There will be enough firewood for lighting fires and heating. If these things are not done in advance, the General Staff will definitely not be able to spare them at that time.

Many army generals who were transferred from the south took in a breath of cold air when they walked out of the cabin, and suddenly shivered. They quickly tightened the belt around their waists and pulled up their collars.

Covering your neck, you cursed secretly, it’s so damn cold in the north!

After standing on the deck waiting to disembark for a while, many people felt that they were freezing. They quickly took out their gloves from their arms and put them on. From time to time, they took a sip of hot air to warm their hands. The hot air sprayed from their mouths was among the crowd.

It rose up, showing a dense mist, and soon condensed on people's eyebrows and beards, forming hoarfrost.

It can be seen how cold the winter in the north is. Many soldiers are not used to it after disembarking from the ship, but fortunately they are well prepared here. After disembarking, everyone can receive a bowl of hot ginger soup and some

Some pepper and chili noodles are boiled with pork bones or beef and mutton bones. When you drink it, your body will feel warm and comfortable.

After entering the temporary camp and settling in, these soldiers will be allowed to rest for a whole day without doing anything. After the second day, recovery training will begin.

Under normal circumstances, after five or six days, these soldiers will gradually recover from the fatigue of the long-distance voyage, and also gradually adapt to the temperature here.

Different from the soldiers and generals transferred from the south, six or seven battalions of the army were also transferred from Jeju Island this time. Most of these soldiers and generals are from Shandong, Liaodong and even Beizhili in the north. Many of these soldiers

They are a group of young people selected from the refugees that Sea Wolf has taken in in the north over the years.

Therefore, the ability of these northern soldiers to adapt to the climate here is much better than that of the southern soldiers. In addition, when they moved here from Jeju Island, the sea voyage time was much shorter, which made them recover better than the southern soldiers after arriving at their temporary destination.

The speed was faster, and it was quickly restored to the point where it could be put into combat use.

Yu Xiaotian had already visited Fushan Institute in person in November. Now Jiaozhou Bay in the Fushan Institute area has become the most important military base of the Sea Wolf Group in the north and the home port of the North Sea Fleet. It has the most complete facilities. In addition,

It became Yu Xiaotian's intelligence base in Shandong.

After Yu Xiaotian arrived here, he immediately ordered to collect various information about the Jiannu army and the Ming army. Professional intelligence officers were responsible for sorting and analyzing, and finally submitted the reports to him every day.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian basically has a grasp of the recent activities of the Jiannu army in Shandong and southern Beizhili. He cannot say that he knows everything about the deployment of Jiannu troops, but he is still quite clear about their activities.

After careful analysis by Yu Xiaotian with the army, navy, general staff and officers from the logistics department, plus his understanding of the slave-building movement south to invade the Ming Dynasty in another time and space, Yu Xiaotian

Thinking that Jiannu would gather his troops and horses before the end of the first month, he began to embark on the return journey.

As for Jiannu's return to the border this time, the most likely possibility was not to go through the Zhuozhou area and bypass the capital and exit along the Great Wall. Instead, he was most likely to go through Hejian Prefecture, pass through Tianjin Wei, and then choose a place to exit the border.

So this time he took action, and only in the Tianjin Wei area could he block all the slave-building troops in the pass, prevent them from leaving the pass, and intercept all the property and plundered people and livestock they obtained during their trip.

This will be of great help to the next military action of the family army. If these slave-building troops entering the customs are released, it will cause a lot of trouble for the strangulation of the Manchu and Qing Tatars in the future.

In fact, the reason why Yu Xiaotian chose to have a showdown with the Ming court at this time was that the timing was not the best. The reason was that the entry of Jiannu into the pass this time had not completely destroyed the main force of the Ming army in the north.

At present, the Ming Dynasty still retains a lot of military strength in Jiangbei, especially Hong Chengchou, who also controls a quite elite Hong army, which is the Shaanxi official army.

Hong Chengchou has been leading troops to suppress the refugee army for many years. He has many generals on hand who are relatively capable of fighting. He also has an elite army with tens of thousands of troops. He has considerable combat experience and is a relatively powerful force.

The Ming Dynasty's army was capable of fighting.

In addition, although Guan Ning's army was somewhat defeated this time with Gao Qiqian, there are still a number of generals such as Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui in the Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou areas, and there are still many Guan Ning's cavalry on hand.

In addition, Chen Xinjia still controls a large number of Shanxi elite soldiers who were previously trained by Lu Xiangsheng, numbering in the tens of thousands.

In addition to the three major battalions stationed in the capital itself and the garrisons in Baoding and other places, the number of elite soldiers and horses available in the entire Ming Dynasty in the north is at least several hundred thousand.

Looking back at the troops he currently has on hand, although he has used most of the army and part of the navy this time, the navy will not be put into the frontal battlefield. The army has only assembled more than 30,000 troops.

, even if we add in some of the troops previously lurked in Shandong and the 7,000 new troops trained on the spot, the strength is only about 40,000.

And what he had to face this time was not only the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers guarding the capital, but also an army of more than 100,000 slaves.

So this time when he went north to have a showdown with the Ming Dynasty, he was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength.

But he still chose this time to raise an army. The reason was for no other reason than that his current relationship with the imperial court was on the verge of collapse. There was no point in continuing to maintain it. Moreover, time was running out, and he really couldn't wait any longer. In the end,

The important reason is that although Jiannu has established a country, it has not yet reached the point of being fully fledged. If we start now, we can at least weaken Jiannu's strength a lot first.

As long as he cripples the Jiannu army in this battle, the Jiannu will not be able to recover for a long time. In addition, although the Mongolian tribes are now surrendered to the Jiannu, they have not reached the level of intimacy between them. Mongolia

The biggest problem among the various tribes is that they are not unified with each other, so they cannot fight against Jiannu.

However, many people among the Mongolian tribes do not necessarily have the same mind and heart as the Jiannu. The two sides can be said to be different bedfellows. As long as he can cripple the Jiannu army that entered the pass in this battle, then the Mongolian tribes should

After seeing the weakness on Jiannu's side, it's not certain whether he will continue to listen to Jiannu's greetings in the future.

If in the next period of time, he shows small favors and sows the relationship between the Mongolian tribes and the slaves, I believe that Huang Taiji will be busy for a long time! As long as Huang Taiji is on the slave side in the future,

If you have something to do, then give him time to solve Daming's problems.

So for Sea Wolf, success or failure in this battle depends on this one move. If he succeeds, he will dominate the world, if he fails, he will flee back to Fujian in despair. Then he will slowly grind with the Ming Dynasty!

For several days, Yu Xiaotian continued to analyze all kinds of intelligence obtained with his subordinates. When in early December, Yu Xiaotian saw that Lu Xiangsheng had led his troops south and had already reached Shunde Mansion, Yu Xiaotian sighed.

(We are about to have a showdown with the Ming Dynasty! Please give your strong support!)