Chapter 1493
Useless Information
Chapter 1493 Useless Information
Even if Azige's meddling was dealt with temporarily, Geng Zhongming's mood did not become any easier because of this.He knew very well that his purpose in coming to Jinzhou was not to watch the flowers, but that Huang Taiji needed to come here to pacify the troubles caused by the Haihan people.But after the battle just now, Geng Zhongming realized that the Haihan people might not only be a trouble for Azige, but more likely to make himself a big trouble in Jinzhou.
The one thing that Geng Zhongming can't figure out the most is not that Azige stumbles himself, but what is the purpose of this series of actions of the Haihan people in Liaodong.Houjin's ruled area was thousands of miles apart from Haihan. Haihan sent troops to fight in Liaodong, just as Houjin bypassed the entire Ming Dynasty to attack Annan.However, the Haihan people are known for their shrewdness and will never do unprofitable business at a loss. What would be the benefit to them of opening up a battlefield thousands of miles away from the local area?
This kind of combat action that requires long-term planning and preparation will obviously not be the whim of Haihan's top management. Geng Zhongming subconsciously feels that if he can find the reason for the outbreak of the war, he may have the opportunity to find a way to end the war.He did not think that the troops deployed by Haihan in Liaodong could fight a war of annihilation that left Houjin mortified, and the continuous battle with the troops under Azige must be with some kind of unresolved force. The real purpose of perception.
Geng Zhongming didn't care about eating or resting at the moment, so he quickly ordered to go down, let someone send the intelligence records about Haihan as soon as possible, and summoned several military advisers under his command, hoping to find some clues.
In the past few years, Houjin's intelligence agencies have been focusing on Daming and Mongolia as their main surveillance targets, and information collection and collation have also focused on these two countries.As for the Haihan Kingdom, which has only risen in the South China Sea in recent years, because it is very far away from Liaodong, the Houjin has not paid much attention to this object that seems to be out of reach.
However, the situation changed far faster than expected. Haihan touched the north without a sound, and without warning, he regarded Hou Jin, who had never dealt with him, as an enemy.Houjin's intelligence agencies have been working intensively in the southwest for several years, and they really know very little about this opponent who emerged from the south. .
Of course, it’s superficial on paper. The information that I don’t know how many times can be used as a reference for the Houjin military is really limited, and it’s not even as good as the feeling of the front-line troops who suffered repeated defeats on the battlefield. Come true.However, the information provided to him by Azig now seems to have many deficiencies and inaccuracies.For example, the range of the weapons used by the Haihan Army is obviously longer than the data in the intelligence, which directly led to Geng Zhongming's judgment on the enemy's tactics and the deployment of his own defense measures when he formulated a challenge strategy before the war. Obvious mistake.The direct consequence caused by this is that the Han army flag was restrained everywhere on the battlefield, and was passively beaten from beginning to end, unable to fight back.
What Geng Zhongming has to do now is to summarize and analyze the existing intelligence data again to see if he can find some important information that was ignored before.Although this possibility is slim, for Geng Zhongming, who is now in a passive position, this is undoubtedly a life-saving straw worth reaching out for.
Geng Zhongming's several dog-headed military divisions were all his old men who followed him when they were in Shandong. Although they didn't have much talent, they knew their boss's intentions very well. After being summoned by him, they explained a few words, and everyone began to organize them separately. Existing profile information.
Hou Jin's understanding of Haihan can be roughly divided into two fields: military and non-military. The non-military field mainly refers to the current situation of Haihan, including customs, foreign trade, etc. These information are generally public. It's not difficult to collect as long as you put a little effort into it.It is relatively difficult to collect military information. Houjin never expected to confront Haihan on the battlefield before, so the military intelligence collection work of this country is only from Haihan in the Bohai Sea. It was only after the hostility began, and it is still unclear how many troops Haihan had stationed in the Shandong-controlled area, and when he started planning to attack Liaodong.
There is no exact intelligence information on how many soldiers and horses Haihan has stationed in Liaodong. According to Hou Jin's estimation, the number of combat personnel will not exceed 5000.However, the composition and deployment of infantry, cavalry, sailors, artillery and other arms, Hou Jin did not have relevant information, and it is difficult to infer Haihan's military planning and combat plan in the Liaodong area.At present, most of the information obtained through months of continuous fighting is at the tactical level, which is not comprehensive due to Azig's deliberate concealment, and the Haihan Army may not have used their housekeeping skills.Therefore, the most important military intelligence can provide the least reference for Geng Zhongming to command operations.
But Geng Zhongming is not a simple warrior like Aziger. He looks at these issues from a higher angle.He believes that war is only a means for the Haihan people to achieve their goals, and finding the reasons for their war may be the solution to the current predicament.And this related information may not be directly related to the deployment of the Haihan Army on the isthmus line of defense. Instead, it is likely to be hidden in the information that was originally made public.
After Geng Zhongming proposed this idea, his military advisors could be more targeted when sorting out information.In particular, the changing process of Haihan's territory in recent years quickly attracted attention when these people searched for information.
According to data, since 1628, the year of Haihan, which is the first year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, and two years after Jin Tiancong, Haihan began to expand from Qiongzhou Island in the south.Since then, Haihan has never stopped expanding its territory to the north, from Guangdong and Guangxi to Fujian, and then to Zhejiang.
Considering that Haihan almost used force to open up the situation every year, and continued to develop the control area northward for eight years, it was equivalent to fighting in the overseas battlefield for eight consecutive years, and the military expenditure and resources consumed during the period may have been difficult count.Such a move is obviously not a whim of the senior management of Haihan, and it must be a situation that can only be achieved by the concerted efforts of the whole country.And a victorious army that has fought for eight years in a row and has never heard of defeat so far will be so terrifying, it seems that it has been fully reflected on the battlefield of Liaodong.
Judging from the history of Haihan's foreign expansion in the past few years, setting foot in Liaodong is probably just a step in its established plan.When Geng Zhongming got the materials sent by his subordinates and watched it, he even thought that even if this place in Liaodong was not occupied by the post-Jin Dynasty, Haihan would most likely still grab it. After all, they have already done this kind of thing in Shandong and Zhejiang. The local government and garrison did not seem to have taken any effective expulsion measures against their intrusion - at least from the intelligence at hand.
The more Geng Zhongming thought about it, the more he felt that his thinking was right. When the Haihan people went north from Qiongzhou Island, they fought against pirates, Ming army, Western Fans, armed merchants, and local militia on the battlefield. Roadrunners die.For the Haihan people, there seems to be no clear hostile camp, they just kicked out every stumbling block that appeared on the way forward step by step.And then Jin was probably just a new stumbling block in their eyes?
If not, Geng Zhongming couldn't think of any other reason for Haihan Kingdom to send troops here across thousands of miles to fight Houjin, who had no grievances and no grudges in the past.
According to Haihan's past practice, they all opened the way by force, and then quickly followed up with commercial and trade means. In the end, they would choose peaceful coexistence to end the war.However, in the situation on the Liaodong side, it is clear that the Haihan people do not intend to end the battle with Houjin, and have never expressed any thoughts and wishes for a truce and peace talks.Geng Zhongming had previously judged from Haihan's deployment of troops in Liaodong that it was impossible for the other party to fight a war to destroy the country, so the current battle will eventually come to an end, but the way it will end is still unknown.
"Should we send someone to Haihan's side to find out what's going on?" Geng Zhongming had a very bold thought in his heart.But this is just a thought, and cannot be implemented immediately.Although he has the authority to command operations, he does not have the qualifications to decide whether to negotiate with the enemy.Azige may have such qualifications, but even if this irascible reckless man hits the iron plate, he will not turn back. He will inevitably take the fight as the only solution, and Geng Zhongming does not expect him to change his attitude.
Geng Zhongming didn't dare to make his own decisions, but he didn't want to give up the idea that he had managed to sort out. At the moment, he could only write his ideas into a secret letter, and then send someone back to Shengjing, and directly hand it over to Huang Taiji for inspection. .Whether or not to try another solution to the Haihan matter can only be decided by Huang Taiji himself.
It has to be said that Geng Zhongming's thinking is indeed very close to the facts, and his intelligence analysis work may be much better than those of the bureaucrats who sat in the dark room in Shengjing and calculated the past.If Hao Wanqing, who is still in charge of intelligence work in Shandong, knew what he was thinking, the Ministry of Security would definitely ask the military to kill him as soon as possible at all costs, so as not to have an unpredictable impact on Haihan's future actions in Liaodong.
Whether Geng Zhongming's performance can be adopted by Huang Taiji will be affected to a certain extent by the changes in the Jinzhou war situation.If the situation in the Golden State continues to show a decline, Geng Zhongming's opinion is likely to be regarded as a means of shirk responsibility.So he knew that before Shengjingcheng could react to his performance, he had to try his best to stabilize the situation in Jinzhou, at least not to repeat the daily routine defeat endlessly.
In order to achieve this goal, Geng Zhongming must not only learn more about and summarize the tactics of the Haihan Army, but also change the current combat mode of the Houjin Army.In particular, the rushing and rushing tactics advocated by the Manchu generals, Geng Zhongming believes that this is one of the main reasons for the continuous defeat of the Jinzhou garrison.
As for the gap in weapons and equipment, Geng Zhongming felt that it was not impossible to make up for it. Thinking that Nurhaci started his career with thirteen pairs of armor, the gap between the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the army at that time must be much larger than the gap between Houjin and Haihan now. No step by step to this day, relying on the rear golden iron cavalry to beat Daming to the nine sides of the city, unable to get out.As long as he finds the right strategy, Geng Zhongming believes that he will be able to continue to deal with the Haihan people, instead of being passively beaten.
But to do this, he must show a convincing record, and it is possible for Aziger to accept this tactical change.Dozens of large and small defeats in the past few months have repeatedly confirmed that in taking the initiative to take the offensive on the battlefield, only the Houjin side will suffer the most.What Haihan is best at is to use various means to induce Houjin's offensive, then retreat to the already deployed positions to fight defensive battles, relying on the firepower advantage of weapons to defeat the Houjin army.
So how can we restrain Haihan's tactics?Geng Zhongming discussed with his strategists for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that they should fight as little as possible with the Haihan Army, especially if the Haihan Army has formed an army formation or has a defensive position, it must be avoided. Then avoid it, try not to give the Haihan Army room to play.
Then the advantageous conditions that the Jin Army can take advantage of, in addition to the obvious advantages in military strength, there is also the depth of the battlefield that can be used.The Haihan Army forcibly captured the isthmus line of defense because of its limited strength and could only rely on such fortifications to resist the large-scale counterattack that the Jin Army might carry out later.However, the Haihan Army did not dare to attack too far north easily, because it was difficult for its supply lines to maintain a long distance in the area occupied by the Later Jin. This is an obvious fact.Therefore, Geng Zhongming believes that the defense of his side should be extended in depth. If the Haihan people want to attack, they will take the initiative to shrink, lead them into the area under their control, and then try to cut off their retreat to complete the encirclement.
Of course, this method of warfare also has a very obvious disadvantage, that is, the isthmus defense line and the areas south of it cannot be recaptured from Haihan's control, and it will leave more time for Haihan to consolidate the defense of these areas.However, Geng Zhongming believes that since the existing garrison in Jinzhou cannot defeat the Haihan Army on the frontal battlefield to regain the lost area, it should try to preserve its strength, prevent the Haihan Army from continuing to expand northward, or cause greater damage to its own troops. It is the most reasonable way to deal with it, rather than sending troops to the guns of the Haihans to die in vain.
But as Geng Zhongming expected, when his suggestion was sent to Jinzhou City, the messenger was scolded by Azige, and then rewarded with twenty military sticks as an example.
(End of this chapter)
Even if Azige's meddling was dealt with temporarily, Geng Zhongming's mood did not become any easier because of this.He knew very well that his purpose in coming to Jinzhou was not to watch the flowers, but that Huang Taiji needed to come here to pacify the troubles caused by the Haihan people.But after the battle just now, Geng Zhongming realized that the Haihan people might not only be a trouble for Azige, but more likely to make himself a big trouble in Jinzhou.
The one thing that Geng Zhongming can't figure out the most is not that Azige stumbles himself, but what is the purpose of this series of actions of the Haihan people in Liaodong.Houjin's ruled area was thousands of miles apart from Haihan. Haihan sent troops to fight in Liaodong, just as Houjin bypassed the entire Ming Dynasty to attack Annan.However, the Haihan people are known for their shrewdness and will never do unprofitable business at a loss. What would be the benefit to them of opening up a battlefield thousands of miles away from the local area?
This kind of combat action that requires long-term planning and preparation will obviously not be the whim of Haihan's top management. Geng Zhongming subconsciously feels that if he can find the reason for the outbreak of the war, he may have the opportunity to find a way to end the war.He did not think that the troops deployed by Haihan in Liaodong could fight a war of annihilation that left Houjin mortified, and the continuous battle with the troops under Azige must be with some kind of unresolved force. The real purpose of perception.
Geng Zhongming didn't care about eating or resting at the moment, so he quickly ordered to go down, let someone send the intelligence records about Haihan as soon as possible, and summoned several military advisers under his command, hoping to find some clues.
In the past few years, Houjin's intelligence agencies have been focusing on Daming and Mongolia as their main surveillance targets, and information collection and collation have also focused on these two countries.As for the Haihan Kingdom, which has only risen in the South China Sea in recent years, because it is very far away from Liaodong, the Houjin has not paid much attention to this object that seems to be out of reach.
However, the situation changed far faster than expected. Haihan touched the north without a sound, and without warning, he regarded Hou Jin, who had never dealt with him, as an enemy.Houjin's intelligence agencies have been working intensively in the southwest for several years, and they really know very little about this opponent who emerged from the south. .
Of course, it’s superficial on paper. The information that I don’t know how many times can be used as a reference for the Houjin military is really limited, and it’s not even as good as the feeling of the front-line troops who suffered repeated defeats on the battlefield. Come true.However, the information provided to him by Azig now seems to have many deficiencies and inaccuracies.For example, the range of the weapons used by the Haihan Army is obviously longer than the data in the intelligence, which directly led to Geng Zhongming's judgment on the enemy's tactics and the deployment of his own defense measures when he formulated a challenge strategy before the war. Obvious mistake.The direct consequence caused by this is that the Han army flag was restrained everywhere on the battlefield, and was passively beaten from beginning to end, unable to fight back.
What Geng Zhongming has to do now is to summarize and analyze the existing intelligence data again to see if he can find some important information that was ignored before.Although this possibility is slim, for Geng Zhongming, who is now in a passive position, this is undoubtedly a life-saving straw worth reaching out for.
Geng Zhongming's several dog-headed military divisions were all his old men who followed him when they were in Shandong. Although they didn't have much talent, they knew their boss's intentions very well. After being summoned by him, they explained a few words, and everyone began to organize them separately. Existing profile information.
Hou Jin's understanding of Haihan can be roughly divided into two fields: military and non-military. The non-military field mainly refers to the current situation of Haihan, including customs, foreign trade, etc. These information are generally public. It's not difficult to collect as long as you put a little effort into it.It is relatively difficult to collect military information. Houjin never expected to confront Haihan on the battlefield before, so the military intelligence collection work of this country is only from Haihan in the Bohai Sea. It was only after the hostility began, and it is still unclear how many troops Haihan had stationed in the Shandong-controlled area, and when he started planning to attack Liaodong.
There is no exact intelligence information on how many soldiers and horses Haihan has stationed in Liaodong. According to Hou Jin's estimation, the number of combat personnel will not exceed 5000.However, the composition and deployment of infantry, cavalry, sailors, artillery and other arms, Hou Jin did not have relevant information, and it is difficult to infer Haihan's military planning and combat plan in the Liaodong area.At present, most of the information obtained through months of continuous fighting is at the tactical level, which is not comprehensive due to Azig's deliberate concealment, and the Haihan Army may not have used their housekeeping skills.Therefore, the most important military intelligence can provide the least reference for Geng Zhongming to command operations.
But Geng Zhongming is not a simple warrior like Aziger. He looks at these issues from a higher angle.He believes that war is only a means for the Haihan people to achieve their goals, and finding the reasons for their war may be the solution to the current predicament.And this related information may not be directly related to the deployment of the Haihan Army on the isthmus line of defense. Instead, it is likely to be hidden in the information that was originally made public.
After Geng Zhongming proposed this idea, his military advisors could be more targeted when sorting out information.In particular, the changing process of Haihan's territory in recent years quickly attracted attention when these people searched for information.
According to data, since 1628, the year of Haihan, which is the first year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, and two years after Jin Tiancong, Haihan began to expand from Qiongzhou Island in the south.Since then, Haihan has never stopped expanding its territory to the north, from Guangdong and Guangxi to Fujian, and then to Zhejiang.
Considering that Haihan almost used force to open up the situation every year, and continued to develop the control area northward for eight years, it was equivalent to fighting in the overseas battlefield for eight consecutive years, and the military expenditure and resources consumed during the period may have been difficult count.Such a move is obviously not a whim of the senior management of Haihan, and it must be a situation that can only be achieved by the concerted efforts of the whole country.And a victorious army that has fought for eight years in a row and has never heard of defeat so far will be so terrifying, it seems that it has been fully reflected on the battlefield of Liaodong.
Judging from the history of Haihan's foreign expansion in the past few years, setting foot in Liaodong is probably just a step in its established plan.When Geng Zhongming got the materials sent by his subordinates and watched it, he even thought that even if this place in Liaodong was not occupied by the post-Jin Dynasty, Haihan would most likely still grab it. After all, they have already done this kind of thing in Shandong and Zhejiang. The local government and garrison did not seem to have taken any effective expulsion measures against their intrusion - at least from the intelligence at hand.
The more Geng Zhongming thought about it, the more he felt that his thinking was right. When the Haihan people went north from Qiongzhou Island, they fought against pirates, Ming army, Western Fans, armed merchants, and local militia on the battlefield. Roadrunners die.For the Haihan people, there seems to be no clear hostile camp, they just kicked out every stumbling block that appeared on the way forward step by step.And then Jin was probably just a new stumbling block in their eyes?
If not, Geng Zhongming couldn't think of any other reason for Haihan Kingdom to send troops here across thousands of miles to fight Houjin, who had no grievances and no grudges in the past.
According to Haihan's past practice, they all opened the way by force, and then quickly followed up with commercial and trade means. In the end, they would choose peaceful coexistence to end the war.However, in the situation on the Liaodong side, it is clear that the Haihan people do not intend to end the battle with Houjin, and have never expressed any thoughts and wishes for a truce and peace talks.Geng Zhongming had previously judged from Haihan's deployment of troops in Liaodong that it was impossible for the other party to fight a war to destroy the country, so the current battle will eventually come to an end, but the way it will end is still unknown.
"Should we send someone to Haihan's side to find out what's going on?" Geng Zhongming had a very bold thought in his heart.But this is just a thought, and cannot be implemented immediately.Although he has the authority to command operations, he does not have the qualifications to decide whether to negotiate with the enemy.Azige may have such qualifications, but even if this irascible reckless man hits the iron plate, he will not turn back. He will inevitably take the fight as the only solution, and Geng Zhongming does not expect him to change his attitude.
Geng Zhongming didn't dare to make his own decisions, but he didn't want to give up the idea that he had managed to sort out. At the moment, he could only write his ideas into a secret letter, and then send someone back to Shengjing, and directly hand it over to Huang Taiji for inspection. .Whether or not to try another solution to the Haihan matter can only be decided by Huang Taiji himself.
It has to be said that Geng Zhongming's thinking is indeed very close to the facts, and his intelligence analysis work may be much better than those of the bureaucrats who sat in the dark room in Shengjing and calculated the past.If Hao Wanqing, who is still in charge of intelligence work in Shandong, knew what he was thinking, the Ministry of Security would definitely ask the military to kill him as soon as possible at all costs, so as not to have an unpredictable impact on Haihan's future actions in Liaodong.
Whether Geng Zhongming's performance can be adopted by Huang Taiji will be affected to a certain extent by the changes in the Jinzhou war situation.If the situation in the Golden State continues to show a decline, Geng Zhongming's opinion is likely to be regarded as a means of shirk responsibility.So he knew that before Shengjingcheng could react to his performance, he had to try his best to stabilize the situation in Jinzhou, at least not to repeat the daily routine defeat endlessly.
In order to achieve this goal, Geng Zhongming must not only learn more about and summarize the tactics of the Haihan Army, but also change the current combat mode of the Houjin Army.In particular, the rushing and rushing tactics advocated by the Manchu generals, Geng Zhongming believes that this is one of the main reasons for the continuous defeat of the Jinzhou garrison.
As for the gap in weapons and equipment, Geng Zhongming felt that it was not impossible to make up for it. Thinking that Nurhaci started his career with thirteen pairs of armor, the gap between the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the army at that time must be much larger than the gap between Houjin and Haihan now. No step by step to this day, relying on the rear golden iron cavalry to beat Daming to the nine sides of the city, unable to get out.As long as he finds the right strategy, Geng Zhongming believes that he will be able to continue to deal with the Haihan people, instead of being passively beaten.
But to do this, he must show a convincing record, and it is possible for Aziger to accept this tactical change.Dozens of large and small defeats in the past few months have repeatedly confirmed that in taking the initiative to take the offensive on the battlefield, only the Houjin side will suffer the most.What Haihan is best at is to use various means to induce Houjin's offensive, then retreat to the already deployed positions to fight defensive battles, relying on the firepower advantage of weapons to defeat the Houjin army.
So how can we restrain Haihan's tactics?Geng Zhongming discussed with his strategists for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that they should fight as little as possible with the Haihan Army, especially if the Haihan Army has formed an army formation or has a defensive position, it must be avoided. Then avoid it, try not to give the Haihan Army room to play.
Then the advantageous conditions that the Jin Army can take advantage of, in addition to the obvious advantages in military strength, there is also the depth of the battlefield that can be used.The Haihan Army forcibly captured the isthmus line of defense because of its limited strength and could only rely on such fortifications to resist the large-scale counterattack that the Jin Army might carry out later.However, the Haihan Army did not dare to attack too far north easily, because it was difficult for its supply lines to maintain a long distance in the area occupied by the Later Jin. This is an obvious fact.Therefore, Geng Zhongming believes that the defense of his side should be extended in depth. If the Haihan people want to attack, they will take the initiative to shrink, lead them into the area under their control, and then try to cut off their retreat to complete the encirclement.
Of course, this method of warfare also has a very obvious disadvantage, that is, the isthmus defense line and the areas south of it cannot be recaptured from Haihan's control, and it will leave more time for Haihan to consolidate the defense of these areas.However, Geng Zhongming believes that since the existing garrison in Jinzhou cannot defeat the Haihan Army on the frontal battlefield to regain the lost area, it should try to preserve its strength, prevent the Haihan Army from continuing to expand northward, or cause greater damage to its own troops. It is the most reasonable way to deal with it, rather than sending troops to the guns of the Haihans to die in vain.
But as Geng Zhongming expected, when his suggestion was sent to Jinzhou City, the messenger was scolded by Azige, and then rewarded with twenty military sticks as an example.
(End of this chapter)