Chapter 1494
The Power Struggle
Chapter 1494 The Power Struggle
Azige doesn't have so many twists and turns in Geng Zhongming's mind. He has only two goals at the moment. One is to defeat the Haihan Army and drive these uninvited guests out of Liaodong; the other is to give Geng Zhongming some hardships. Get some charges, let Huang Taiji lose trust in this Han general and ruin his favored status.
To achieve these two points, Ajige certainly couldn't be stole the limelight by Geng Zhongming, who had just arrived in Jinzhou, so when Geng Zhongming asked him for relevant battle reports and materials, he really set an ambush and smothered the opponent.However, Azige didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did. In his opinion, Geng Zhongming was just a Han Chinese subordinate general, but he was able to hold command power on an equal footing with himself and enjoy the treatment of a Manchu general. This was unreasonable. And his own approach is just to pull this deviated situation back in the right direction.
Geng Zhongming's troops couldn't defeat the Haihan Army, which was exactly what Azige wanted. Anyway, most of Geng Zhongming's men were Han Chinese. Even if all these people died, Azige would not feel distressed.But Geng Zhongming wanted to avoid fighting, no matter what his purpose was, Azige would never let him succeed.
As for the intelligence analysis and tactical changes that Geng Zhongming had brought by the messenger, Azige was not interested in listening to him explain slowly.Does it matter what the Haihan people want to do?People have already called the door, and the most urgent task is to mobilize the army to drive this group of southerners out of Liaodong, and it is best to kill them all.As for concessions, this word never existed in Azige's dictionary, and he believed that Huang Taiji would never choose to make concessions to the enemy.
These strategies that Geng Zhongming came up with to respond to the enemy, in Azige's view, are the manifestation of cowardice and fear of war. This is obviously the territory of Dajin, why should he be patient with the invaders?There are only a few thousand Haihan soldiers south of the Jinzhou Isthmus. If you mobilize the elites of various flags in the country to Jinzhou, you can at least make up a hundred thousand troops. Is it still impossible to win them?
Azige ordered to beat Geng Zhongming's messenger, the [-]th Army Stick, just to show his attitude. He would never choose to compromise with Haihan, and he would not agree with Geng Zhongming's appeasement method.Of course, if it is possible, he would like to directly arrest Geng Zhongming and beat him, so that the Han Chinese can understand who he is working for.It's a pity that the command of Jinzhou was handed over to Geng Zhongming in Huang Taiji's order. Even Azige had to temporarily obey this "unreasonable" order. Although he would not follow Geng Zhongming's arrangement, he really couldn't. Tear off the face directly with the other party.
On the other hand, Haihan was not aware of the open and secret battles in the Houjin camp over the combat command. After the results were counted, the combat troops also retreated to Sujiabao for rest.Although Baix was not very satisfied with the military's combat consumption, the enemy could only try his best to meet the military's needs at this time, and let the rear step up the delivery of combat materials.
And the two business groups waiting in Sujiabao finally received an audience from Baix that night.Except for Li Nai, it was basically the first time for the others to deal with a high-ranking Haihan official of Baix's level.According to their understanding, Bai Kesi, who serves on the Haihan Executive Committee, is almost a high-ranking official at the same level as the cabinet scholar in Daming, and there is no emperor in Haihan, only a few members of the Executive Committee are in power. The executive committee has even more power than the Ming cabinet scholar.
Of course, if you can see a high-level Haihan official of Baix's level in a place like Liaodong, as long as you are not a fool, you can understand how much Haihan senior officials value this place in Liaodong.Compared with Shaxi, whom they had met before, Baix's presence in person was undoubtedly a greater reassurance for them.
"Everyone saw the process of our army fighting against the Houjin army on the battlefield today, what do you think?" Baix asked kindly.
"Haihan army is invincible in the world, and its reputation is well-deserved. That golden thief is simply vulnerable in front of your country's army!"
"Golden thieves are known for their fierceness and belligerence. I didn't expect to see them today. They are like turkeys under the command of your country's army. I think they will be able to attack Huanglong in the near future and break the nest of golden thieves!"
These businessmen are all knowledgeable and interesting, and they are indeed full of enthusiasm on the battlefield today, and they are sparing no effort to tout the strength of the Haihan Army.Bai Kesi just laughed without saying a word. The statement he wanted to hear was not this kind of blind praise to the Haihan Army. It just depends on who can perceive his thoughts first.
Apart from Li Nai who was instructed in advance and would not take the lead at this time, He Li was probably the first to react.After everyone's praise came to an end, he opened his mouth and said: "Your country's army is very powerful. I believe that in the future, it will be stationed at the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line, and these places in the south can start construction with confidence. I don't need to worry about it. What are the risks of investing in Liaodong? Presumably in a few years, this place will be another paradise under the rule of Haihan!"
He Li's words were indeed exactly what Bai Ke Thought heard, and he immediately replied: "This boss He is right, our army deployed in Liaodong, in addition to attacking the Jin people and rescuing the Han compatriots, also has a The most important task is to ensure that the area south of the Isthmus can become a safe and livable place. Your future investment in Liaodong will be under the protection of the Haihan Army, and there will be no security problems.”
It was only then that everyone suddenly realized, and they thought that you were trying to bring up this topic.The inspection of the front line was originally intended to reassure businessmen to invest, but after watching the battle between the two armies today, I was so excited that I forgot for a while that my real mission here was to inspect the safety of the investment environment.
At the moment, no one will be ignorant to question whether the Haihan Army can defend this area for a long time, but since Baixie has made a commitment, and these businessmen have already made preparations to participate in the development of Liaodong, this conversation is about. Appears to be happy.
The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Shipping and other departments have prepared some investment projects for the development of Liaodong. Of course, Baixing has long been aware of it. However, Sha Xi is responsible for the specific signing and follow-up arrangements here. Baixing is only currently At this stage, it is only the task of endorsement for the development of Liaodong.Given his status in the officialdom of Haihan, he would say a few words, and businessmen would obviously be more accepting.
Regarding the competition issue that businessmen are most concerned about, Baixie also made a commitment on behalf of the Executive Committee: "All investment projects will be open to the public, and we will not restrict everyone's investment intentions in Liaodong. As long as we announce the projects, everyone All can compete fairly and don’t have to worry about any geographic restrictions we have.”
With this promise, businessmen's hanging hearts are basically put back in their stomachs.These projects prepared by Haihan basically have good profit prospects, and all they need to do is to invest capital and manpower in Liaodong, and through the operation of these projects, to cooperate with the implementation of Haihan's overall development plan in Liaodong.
Early the next morning, the business groups from the two places began to pack up and evacuated south.Haihan has arranged for them to watch the things that should be seen, and the promises that should have been made by Baixie on behalf of the Executive Committee. For the remaining details that need to be negotiated, we have to go back to Lushun and have a chat with Shaxi slowly. .
When Haihan's side was going smoothly, the contradictions in the post-Gold camp have become more and more acute.Although Geng Zhongming expected that Azige would not cooperate with his own ideas, the simple and rude use of a military stick to deal with the messenger he sent in the past was clearly meant to slap his face on purpose.Although Geng Zhongming knew that his status was not comparable to that of Azige, it was inevitable that he would be angry because of it.
Geng Zhongming just wanted to try to change the current passive situation of Houjin, but Azige was so deliberately holding back that he couldn't implement his ideas at all.If he was held accountable afterwards, he would most likely have to take the blame for Azige. After all, Huang Taiji temporarily appointed him to be in charge of the battle command in the Jinzhou area. If the battle continued to be defeated, the responsibility would definitely be on his head.
"It's bitter!" Geng Zhongming couldn't lead his troops into Jinzhou City to talk to Aziger, so he could only hold back his breath and complain to himself.
When Huang Taiji gave him this task earlier, Geng Zhongming thought that he might have a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds, but when he arrived in Jinzhou, he realized that it was not what he thought.With an opponent who is almost invincible, and a pig teammate who can only hold back the stumbling block, how can this kind of battle be won.
If Azige didn't cooperate, Geng Zhongming could only resort to another trick. Anyway, as long as he didn't take the initiative to fight, the possibility of defeat would be greatly reduced.And Haihan seems to have maintained a wonderful tacit understanding with him, and for the next two days, he did not organize a large force to leave the isthmus line of defense and take the initiative to attack.Of course, this was not the case in reality. Haihan just deliberately slowed down the rhythm of the battle, so that the rear baggage had enough time to deliver the combat supplies to the front line.
On the third day, someone finally took the lead and couldn't sit still.This person is not from Haihan, nor is it Geng Zhongming, but Azige who sits in Jinzhou.Seeing that there was no new movement after the armistice for three days, he sent people to Geng Zhongming's camp and asked him to immediately lead the army to attack, not to allow such a long time for the Haihan army to rest.
The current situation is exactly what Geng Zhongming needs. How could he obey Azige's assignment and take the initiative to send troops to attack the isthmus line of defense.But Azig had spoken, and there had to be a way to deal with it.Geng Zhongming was in a hurry, and he simply said that he could not afford the illness, and even the messenger of Azige was not seen, so he sent him back to the city.Of course, he didn't have the guts to arrest the other's messenger and hit him with [-] military sticks. If he did that, Azig would probably lead his troops out of the city to fight him.
Why didn't Azige know that this guy was pretending to be sick, but he also knew that even if he sent troops, he would not be able to get a good deal from the Haihan Army, and the result was nothing more than increasing the number of defeats.As a result, the post-Jin camp showed a very strange state. The Manchu flag stationed in Jinzhou city and the Han army flag stationed five miles outside the city, for some strange reasons, invariably chose to confront Haihan. Unilateral truce.
Such a strange situation was naturally noticed by the generals of Haihan, but based on the information they had at hand, they could not have imagined that the strange situation of the Houjin Army was caused by infighting among its generals.Even a battle-hardened veteran like Qian Tiandun had begun to wonder if Hou Jin was plotting any major action against the Haihan Army.For example, mobilizing more troops from other states to build up the Golden State to attack the still-under-construction Golden State Isthmus Defense Line.
Five days after the armistice, the only general in the Haihan camp who maintained a relaxed attitude was probably Tom Wang.His plan was straightforward: "It doesn't matter how many ways he comes, I will only go all the way! We will follow the previously formulated battle plan, the navy will go directly to the north to land, and if they need to, they will be captured, and if they need to be attacked, they will be attacked. If the enemy's rear is messed up, it will be difficult for them to concentrate their troops and resources to fight in the Golden State."
Qian Tiandun said: "Don't underestimate Houjin's strength. After all, they are one country. If wartime mobilization is really needed, I don't think it is impossible to assemble a hundred thousand troops to fight in Jinzhou. After all According to the original history, this year, the troop strength of Huang Taiji's own expedition to attack North Korea exceeded [-], and it is reasonable to use it to deal with us if it can't fight North Korea now."
"If the post-Jin truce is really preparing for a larger-scale military operation, what should we do?" Morgan raised a question that had to be faced.
The overall reconstruction of the isthmus line of defense will take at least several months to complete. If Jin really forcibly attack this line of defense with tens of thousands of troops after this period, the defense pressure of the Haihan Army will become very large.Even if the garrison is equipped with advanced weapons with excellent performance, the ammunition consumption of the high-intensity war will make the logistics supply unsustainable.Once the isthmus line of defense is broken by the enemy, all previous efforts, including various plans for developing the Liaodong colony, will immediately come to nothing.
What should I do?This is really a difficult problem for the Haihan generals who are sitting on the front line to make a decision immediately.A final battle with Houjin was not what Haihan wanted, but a long-term and continuous bloodletting battle was what Haihan wanted.But if the situation really develops in a direction that Haihan doesn't want to see, then it may be necessary to prepare a battle plan for a large-scale battle in advance, as well as a follow-up response plan.
The Haihan Army is very dependent on ammunition and other combat materials. If the logistics supply cannot keep up with the consumption of the battle, and the troops lose the ammunition supply, the only thing these thousands of troops can do is to withdraw from Liaodong as soon as possible to preserve their strength.But neither the army nor the navy would be happy to see such a day appear.
(End of this chapter)
Azige doesn't have so many twists and turns in Geng Zhongming's mind. He has only two goals at the moment. One is to defeat the Haihan Army and drive these uninvited guests out of Liaodong; the other is to give Geng Zhongming some hardships. Get some charges, let Huang Taiji lose trust in this Han general and ruin his favored status.
To achieve these two points, Ajige certainly couldn't be stole the limelight by Geng Zhongming, who had just arrived in Jinzhou, so when Geng Zhongming asked him for relevant battle reports and materials, he really set an ambush and smothered the opponent.However, Azige didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did. In his opinion, Geng Zhongming was just a Han Chinese subordinate general, but he was able to hold command power on an equal footing with himself and enjoy the treatment of a Manchu general. This was unreasonable. And his own approach is just to pull this deviated situation back in the right direction.
Geng Zhongming's troops couldn't defeat the Haihan Army, which was exactly what Azige wanted. Anyway, most of Geng Zhongming's men were Han Chinese. Even if all these people died, Azige would not feel distressed.But Geng Zhongming wanted to avoid fighting, no matter what his purpose was, Azige would never let him succeed.
As for the intelligence analysis and tactical changes that Geng Zhongming had brought by the messenger, Azige was not interested in listening to him explain slowly.Does it matter what the Haihan people want to do?People have already called the door, and the most urgent task is to mobilize the army to drive this group of southerners out of Liaodong, and it is best to kill them all.As for concessions, this word never existed in Azige's dictionary, and he believed that Huang Taiji would never choose to make concessions to the enemy.
These strategies that Geng Zhongming came up with to respond to the enemy, in Azige's view, are the manifestation of cowardice and fear of war. This is obviously the territory of Dajin, why should he be patient with the invaders?There are only a few thousand Haihan soldiers south of the Jinzhou Isthmus. If you mobilize the elites of various flags in the country to Jinzhou, you can at least make up a hundred thousand troops. Is it still impossible to win them?
Azige ordered to beat Geng Zhongming's messenger, the [-]th Army Stick, just to show his attitude. He would never choose to compromise with Haihan, and he would not agree with Geng Zhongming's appeasement method.Of course, if it is possible, he would like to directly arrest Geng Zhongming and beat him, so that the Han Chinese can understand who he is working for.It's a pity that the command of Jinzhou was handed over to Geng Zhongming in Huang Taiji's order. Even Azige had to temporarily obey this "unreasonable" order. Although he would not follow Geng Zhongming's arrangement, he really couldn't. Tear off the face directly with the other party.
On the other hand, Haihan was not aware of the open and secret battles in the Houjin camp over the combat command. After the results were counted, the combat troops also retreated to Sujiabao for rest.Although Baix was not very satisfied with the military's combat consumption, the enemy could only try his best to meet the military's needs at this time, and let the rear step up the delivery of combat materials.
And the two business groups waiting in Sujiabao finally received an audience from Baix that night.Except for Li Nai, it was basically the first time for the others to deal with a high-ranking Haihan official of Baix's level.According to their understanding, Bai Kesi, who serves on the Haihan Executive Committee, is almost a high-ranking official at the same level as the cabinet scholar in Daming, and there is no emperor in Haihan, only a few members of the Executive Committee are in power. The executive committee has even more power than the Ming cabinet scholar.
Of course, if you can see a high-level Haihan official of Baix's level in a place like Liaodong, as long as you are not a fool, you can understand how much Haihan senior officials value this place in Liaodong.Compared with Shaxi, whom they had met before, Baix's presence in person was undoubtedly a greater reassurance for them.
"Everyone saw the process of our army fighting against the Houjin army on the battlefield today, what do you think?" Baix asked kindly.
"Haihan army is invincible in the world, and its reputation is well-deserved. That golden thief is simply vulnerable in front of your country's army!"
"Golden thieves are known for their fierceness and belligerence. I didn't expect to see them today. They are like turkeys under the command of your country's army. I think they will be able to attack Huanglong in the near future and break the nest of golden thieves!"
These businessmen are all knowledgeable and interesting, and they are indeed full of enthusiasm on the battlefield today, and they are sparing no effort to tout the strength of the Haihan Army.Bai Kesi just laughed without saying a word. The statement he wanted to hear was not this kind of blind praise to the Haihan Army. It just depends on who can perceive his thoughts first.
Apart from Li Nai who was instructed in advance and would not take the lead at this time, He Li was probably the first to react.After everyone's praise came to an end, he opened his mouth and said: "Your country's army is very powerful. I believe that in the future, it will be stationed at the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line, and these places in the south can start construction with confidence. I don't need to worry about it. What are the risks of investing in Liaodong? Presumably in a few years, this place will be another paradise under the rule of Haihan!"
He Li's words were indeed exactly what Bai Ke Thought heard, and he immediately replied: "This boss He is right, our army deployed in Liaodong, in addition to attacking the Jin people and rescuing the Han compatriots, also has a The most important task is to ensure that the area south of the Isthmus can become a safe and livable place. Your future investment in Liaodong will be under the protection of the Haihan Army, and there will be no security problems.”
It was only then that everyone suddenly realized, and they thought that you were trying to bring up this topic.The inspection of the front line was originally intended to reassure businessmen to invest, but after watching the battle between the two armies today, I was so excited that I forgot for a while that my real mission here was to inspect the safety of the investment environment.
At the moment, no one will be ignorant to question whether the Haihan Army can defend this area for a long time, but since Baixie has made a commitment, and these businessmen have already made preparations to participate in the development of Liaodong, this conversation is about. Appears to be happy.
The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Shipping and other departments have prepared some investment projects for the development of Liaodong. Of course, Baixing has long been aware of it. However, Sha Xi is responsible for the specific signing and follow-up arrangements here. Baixing is only currently At this stage, it is only the task of endorsement for the development of Liaodong.Given his status in the officialdom of Haihan, he would say a few words, and businessmen would obviously be more accepting.
Regarding the competition issue that businessmen are most concerned about, Baixie also made a commitment on behalf of the Executive Committee: "All investment projects will be open to the public, and we will not restrict everyone's investment intentions in Liaodong. As long as we announce the projects, everyone All can compete fairly and don’t have to worry about any geographic restrictions we have.”
With this promise, businessmen's hanging hearts are basically put back in their stomachs.These projects prepared by Haihan basically have good profit prospects, and all they need to do is to invest capital and manpower in Liaodong, and through the operation of these projects, to cooperate with the implementation of Haihan's overall development plan in Liaodong.
Early the next morning, the business groups from the two places began to pack up and evacuated south.Haihan has arranged for them to watch the things that should be seen, and the promises that should have been made by Baixie on behalf of the Executive Committee. For the remaining details that need to be negotiated, we have to go back to Lushun and have a chat with Shaxi slowly. .
When Haihan's side was going smoothly, the contradictions in the post-Gold camp have become more and more acute.Although Geng Zhongming expected that Azige would not cooperate with his own ideas, the simple and rude use of a military stick to deal with the messenger he sent in the past was clearly meant to slap his face on purpose.Although Geng Zhongming knew that his status was not comparable to that of Azige, it was inevitable that he would be angry because of it.
Geng Zhongming just wanted to try to change the current passive situation of Houjin, but Azige was so deliberately holding back that he couldn't implement his ideas at all.If he was held accountable afterwards, he would most likely have to take the blame for Azige. After all, Huang Taiji temporarily appointed him to be in charge of the battle command in the Jinzhou area. If the battle continued to be defeated, the responsibility would definitely be on his head.
"It's bitter!" Geng Zhongming couldn't lead his troops into Jinzhou City to talk to Aziger, so he could only hold back his breath and complain to himself.
When Huang Taiji gave him this task earlier, Geng Zhongming thought that he might have a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds, but when he arrived in Jinzhou, he realized that it was not what he thought.With an opponent who is almost invincible, and a pig teammate who can only hold back the stumbling block, how can this kind of battle be won.
If Azige didn't cooperate, Geng Zhongming could only resort to another trick. Anyway, as long as he didn't take the initiative to fight, the possibility of defeat would be greatly reduced.And Haihan seems to have maintained a wonderful tacit understanding with him, and for the next two days, he did not organize a large force to leave the isthmus line of defense and take the initiative to attack.Of course, this was not the case in reality. Haihan just deliberately slowed down the rhythm of the battle, so that the rear baggage had enough time to deliver the combat supplies to the front line.
On the third day, someone finally took the lead and couldn't sit still.This person is not from Haihan, nor is it Geng Zhongming, but Azige who sits in Jinzhou.Seeing that there was no new movement after the armistice for three days, he sent people to Geng Zhongming's camp and asked him to immediately lead the army to attack, not to allow such a long time for the Haihan army to rest.
The current situation is exactly what Geng Zhongming needs. How could he obey Azige's assignment and take the initiative to send troops to attack the isthmus line of defense.But Azig had spoken, and there had to be a way to deal with it.Geng Zhongming was in a hurry, and he simply said that he could not afford the illness, and even the messenger of Azige was not seen, so he sent him back to the city.Of course, he didn't have the guts to arrest the other's messenger and hit him with [-] military sticks. If he did that, Azig would probably lead his troops out of the city to fight him.
Why didn't Azige know that this guy was pretending to be sick, but he also knew that even if he sent troops, he would not be able to get a good deal from the Haihan Army, and the result was nothing more than increasing the number of defeats.As a result, the post-Jin camp showed a very strange state. The Manchu flag stationed in Jinzhou city and the Han army flag stationed five miles outside the city, for some strange reasons, invariably chose to confront Haihan. Unilateral truce.
Such a strange situation was naturally noticed by the generals of Haihan, but based on the information they had at hand, they could not have imagined that the strange situation of the Houjin Army was caused by infighting among its generals.Even a battle-hardened veteran like Qian Tiandun had begun to wonder if Hou Jin was plotting any major action against the Haihan Army.For example, mobilizing more troops from other states to build up the Golden State to attack the still-under-construction Golden State Isthmus Defense Line.
Five days after the armistice, the only general in the Haihan camp who maintained a relaxed attitude was probably Tom Wang.His plan was straightforward: "It doesn't matter how many ways he comes, I will only go all the way! We will follow the previously formulated battle plan, the navy will go directly to the north to land, and if they need to, they will be captured, and if they need to be attacked, they will be attacked. If the enemy's rear is messed up, it will be difficult for them to concentrate their troops and resources to fight in the Golden State."
Qian Tiandun said: "Don't underestimate Houjin's strength. After all, they are one country. If wartime mobilization is really needed, I don't think it is impossible to assemble a hundred thousand troops to fight in Jinzhou. After all According to the original history, this year, the troop strength of Huang Taiji's own expedition to attack North Korea exceeded [-], and it is reasonable to use it to deal with us if it can't fight North Korea now."
"If the post-Jin truce is really preparing for a larger-scale military operation, what should we do?" Morgan raised a question that had to be faced.
The overall reconstruction of the isthmus line of defense will take at least several months to complete. If Jin really forcibly attack this line of defense with tens of thousands of troops after this period, the defense pressure of the Haihan Army will become very large.Even if the garrison is equipped with advanced weapons with excellent performance, the ammunition consumption of the high-intensity war will make the logistics supply unsustainable.Once the isthmus line of defense is broken by the enemy, all previous efforts, including various plans for developing the Liaodong colony, will immediately come to nothing.
What should I do?This is really a difficult problem for the Haihan generals who are sitting on the front line to make a decision immediately.A final battle with Houjin was not what Haihan wanted, but a long-term and continuous bloodletting battle was what Haihan wanted.But if the situation really develops in a direction that Haihan doesn't want to see, then it may be necessary to prepare a battle plan for a large-scale battle in advance, as well as a follow-up response plan.
The Haihan Army is very dependent on ammunition and other combat materials. If the logistics supply cannot keep up with the consumption of the battle, and the troops lose the ammunition supply, the only thing these thousands of troops can do is to withdraw from Liaodong as soon as possible to preserve their strength.But neither the army nor the navy would be happy to see such a day appear.
(End of this chapter)