Daming pirates

Since the 12th year of Chongzhen's reign, the Yu Jiajun defeated the Jiannu army inside the pass, the Jiannu forces outside the pass have become much quieter, and strategically began to shrink in an all-round way, with their defense lines retreating to the north of the north bank of the Daling River.

, in the past two years, it has reduced its intrusion in the Jinzhou area and has become much more peaceful.

This also made the situation outside the Guan Guan a lot easier. Guan Ningjun almost spent more than two years here in the most comfortable period in the past decades.

It's not like Zu Dashou never thought of taking advantage of this opportunity to regain some lost territory in Liaodong, at least Guangningwei and Yizhou.

In the late spring of the 14th year of Chongzhen last year, Zu Dashou also summoned a group of Guanning troops to launch an attack on Yizhou in an attempt to take back Yizhou City. However, when Zu Dashou led his troops to Yizhou,

, but found that the Jiannu defense was very tight there. The Jiannu garrison in Yizhou was also equipped with a lot of Hongyi cannons at some time. The Guan Ning army, under the command of Zu Dashou, attacked for several days, but failed.

Being able to capture Yizhou would in fact result in great losses.

As a last resort, Zu Dashou had to give up the idea of ​​conquering Yizhou and led his army to withdraw to the Jinzhou area. The two sides once again returned to a state of confrontation.

Jiannu obviously also lost the ability to take the initiative to attack, and put on a defensive posture. Guan Ning's army did not provoke them, and they no longer easily sent troops to provoke Guan Ning's army.

In the past two years, the two sides have often clashed with dozens of people and up to one or two hundred people at night. Basically, they have never fought any large-scale battles.

Therefore, the past two years outside the customs can basically be said to be the calmest period in recent years. The slave establishment has completely shifted from offensive to defensive, losing the arrogance of the past.

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, he had someone hang up a very detailed map of Liaodong in the big tent. Zu Dashou and others were secretly surprised when they saw it. In this era, maps are quite precious things.

It is generally difficult for private individuals to own them, and they are not printed in batches. They are basically drawn by hand.

Only the government had the ability to mobilize manpower and material resources to draw maps, and due to limitations in cartographic technology, China's map drawings in this era were relatively rough and very inaccurate.

And even so, only high-ranking generals or high-ranking officials may have maps in their collections. It would be difficult for ordinary generals to obtain a very detailed map.

However, the map that Yu Xiaotian posted today is quite detailed, and the scale of the map is very precise. In addition to marking various towns and villages with various colors, the mountains and rivers are also marked, and even some places are marked.

I drew a lot of lines in circles and marked them with numbers, but I don’t know what they are for.

Moreover, many places on the map were marked with different colors. After Yu Xiaotian explained, they learned that these places with different colors represented forests, hills, cultivated land, grassland, etc.

This map is far more detailed than any map they have seen before. It includes the topography, landforms and towns of the entire Liaodong. The scale is also marked below. You only need to use a ruler to measure the distance on the map. According to the scale

By doing some conversion, you can basically get the approximate distance between the two places.

Such an accurate map was something they had never heard of before. How much manpower and material resources were required to survey and map such a detailed map!

As Liaodong generals, they had not produced such an accurate map for so many years, but they did not expect that Yu Xiaotian would draw such a map at some point.

Even if these Guan Ning generals thought with their butts, they could guess that Yu Xiaotian must have secretly sent people to investigate the situation in the entire Liaodong. This not only included the areas occupied by Jiannu, but also included them.

He controlled the area and had a good idea of ​​the situation in Liaodong.

Fortunately, they did not raise troops to confront Yu Xiaotian outside the pass this time, otherwise Yu Xiaotian would definitely be able to deal with them easily.

Yu Xiaotian didn't care what these people were thinking. After hanging up the map, he began to study with the generals the specific combat matters for this time's expedition against Jiannu based on the map.

After asking Zu Dashou and others in detail about their understanding of Jiannu's situation, and based on some information obtained by Yu Xiaotian's own intelligence system, and after mutual verification, they basically came up with Jiannu's current military layout.

Condition.

Yu Xiaotian did not say anything polite to Zu Dashou and others, and directly began to lay out the next battle plan against Jiannu.

Yu Xiaotian sarcastically mocked these Guan Ning Army generals and laughed at their incompetence. Twelve years after Jiannu was established in Chongzhen, his strength had been greatly reduced, but Guan Ning Army basically maintained the integrity of its strength, but

After nearly three years, it can be said that Guan Ning's army has not made any achievements. With the strength of the slave army losing more than half, it has not been able to recover even an inch of land.

Although Yu Xiaotian's words were relatively obscure, Zu Dashou and others still understood the meaning of his words and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

In fact, Yu Xiaotian did not blame them. Back then, Yu Xiaotian led more than 30,000 troops to fight against the 100,000-strong army of slaves in the pass. He also defeated the army of slaves and almost annihilated them all in the pass. But this time

Over the past three years, they have basically been enjoying a peaceful life outside the customs, but they have not been able to recover even an inch of the old land.

The Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money to support them. After Yu Xiaotian came to power, in the past three years, at least nearly one million taels of silver were allocated to them. However, they only spent money and did nothing. They only maintained their current territory and did not return to it.

It was just taken away by the slaves, which is really not nice to say.

Now they have to lead Yu Xiaotian to lead an army to conquer the customs, and they can also see that the number of soldiers and horses that Yu Xiaotian brings out of the customs this time is not very large, and it is not even as strong as their Guan Ning army.

It's enough, but they want to come and restore the entire Liaodong.

It is indeed uncomfortable to say this, but it is indeed a fact. For decades, their Guan Ning Army did not do what they should do outside the Guan. The entire Liaodong was gradually eroded by the slaves, but they were gradually encroaching.

Retreat, if the Yu family army had not killed the 100,000-strong Jiu Nu army in Guan Nei in the twelfth year of Chongzhen's reign, it is estimated that even their place would have been overrun by the Jiu Nu.

So although they heard that Yu Xiaotian was insinuating their incompetence, they were intimidated by Yu Xiaotian's force. They didn't even dare to let out a fart. They lowered their heads and remained silent, which was regarded as acquiescing to Yu Xiaotian's accusation against them.

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That night, Yu Xiaotian stayed with Zu Dashou and had a long talk with him. Yu Xiaotian did not hide anything from Zu Dashou, and directly explained his considerations and arrangements for the future status of Guan Ning's army as a general.

Yu Xiaotian told Zu Dashou that after he destroyed Jiannu this time, the Guan Ning Army must also be reorganized. Under his command, a semi-private warlord group like the Guan Ning Army will never be allowed to exist.

The army is the country's army and does not belong to anyone. This cannot be challenged.

But for these old generals of Guan Ning who are in charge of the army, considering that they have worked hard to guard the border for the Ming Dynasty for so many years, they can be regarded as having great achievements. They will not be held accountable for their previous affairs. They are allowed to remove their armor and return to their fields and return to their hometowns to support themselves. As long as they voluntarily give up

If the military power is surrendered, each person can be given a settlement allowance of 5,000 taels of silver, and after returning to their hometown, they can be given 200 acres of private land for their retirement.

But if someone refuses to hand over military power and tries to defend himself against the imperial court, he will do so at his own risk. If someone wants to give it a try, he can give it a try. Yu Xiaotian won't care.

As for Zu Dashou himself, Yu Xiaotian expressed that he thought highly of him and would allow Zu Dashou to work in the Ministry of War afterwards and would never bury Zu Dashou's talents.

After hearing this, Zu Dashou was silent for a long time, shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Thank you very much for the love of the supervisor. In this case, Zu has nothing to say. It really makes me uncomfortable to suddenly ask me to give up these brothers under my command.

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But now that the Lord Supervisor has made up his mind, we have no choice but to act according to his orders. As for the general, he is already old and has no ambition to make progress. He is willing to return home to retire. I hope the Lord Supervisor will appreciate the number of years we have served the Ming Dynasty.

For the sake of ten years, please treat me well!

In addition, although the soldiers and generals under my command have not made many achievements, they have guarded the border for the Ming Dynasty for so many years. Lord Supervisor hopes to treat them well when he reorganizes Guan Ning's army in the future!"

The reason why Zu Dashou agreed so readily was out of helplessness. If he had any other way, he would not easily agree to Yu Xiaotian's conditions.

His ancestors have been important generals of the Ming Dynasty for generations. Several of his brothers, Zu Dalue, Zu Dabi, Zu Dacheng and others are all important generals of Guan Ning. It can be said that they control a large number of Guan Ning's troops, and almost no one outside the Guan Ning can.

They control their ancestral family, and most of their nephews also serve in the army. They also control a large number of soldiers and horses, and their power is so great that almost no one outside the pass can match it.

But the reason why he agreed to hand over his military power was because he saw the changes in the pass in the past two years. Although Yu Xiaotian has never publicly touched their Guan Ning army, he has gradually taken away the military power of those local generals in various places within the pass.

, and replaced him with his Yu Jiajun.

Many important generals in the pass were not willing to submit easily, and quite a few raised troops to rebel, but in the end none of them succeeded. Often they were suppressed by Yu Xiaotian as soon as they launched their troops, resulting in the entire family being destroyed.

Especially this time after he had seen the power of the Yu Jiajun under Yu Xiaotian, he sighed and felt inferior. Compared with the Yu Jiajun under his command, the Guan Ning Army did not have the ability to compete with them.

Even if he didn't agree and eventually led his troops to plot a rebellion, the outcome could be imagined. Not only would it not end well, but the entire ancestral family would probably be implicated, and they would all die with him in the end.

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