Chapter 886

Both the Ming Dynasty and the Chinese Empire are accumulating strength to prepare for a fatal blow to the enemy.

But there is one thing that everyone recognizes, that is, the Chinese empire is on the defensive, and Daming is on the offensive.

Because the Chinese Empire was not well prepared in many aspects, they occupied too many good places in a short time. It took time and troops to digest these places, let alone draw out elite troops to attack other places in Daming.

In case of failure, I'm afraid I'll lose sesame seeds and melons. Moreover, this is the richest place in Daming, which has been controlled and occupied by the Chinese Empire. Other places are very barren and backward.

If the Liu family had a choice, they might rest for three or five years, and then send troops to attack Daming, but Daming would not allow them to digest these places.

Now the Chinese empire is newly rising and has just occupied these places. It has not yet completed the digestion of these places. Once they have digested the places and obtained the full support of the places, it will be more difficult, even impossible, for Daming to recapture these places.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen could only drink the dove to quench his thirst and exhausted all means. In the shortest time, he gathered hundreds of thousands of troops to prepare for a fatal blow to the enemy. It can be said that the whole North has become a military system and a military state. All activities were carried out around military operations. In a short period of time, The status of martial arts has been greatly improved.

To some extent, the cultural and military values of the Ming Dynasty, which had been implemented for more than 200 years, were broken, because they needed these generals to fight the world for them, and what these literary ministers showed now was too Keng father and had no ability to turn the tide. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to choose such a method.

However, it is quite dangerous for Daming to implement this policy. Everyone can see the irrationality of implementing this policy. They can do it in a short time. However, once the war lasts for a long time, it means that they will collapse and dissolve themselves.

Because their money and military pay are actually obtained through violent collection of these rich and powerful people. This is non renewable and copied. After one vote, they can't rob or get it.

In the Chinese Empire, it is different. The way they obtain wealth can be recycled and repeated. Therefore, if the two sides once have a long war, they can drag Daming down, nothing else.

I believe Liu Yuanqiao also understands this, so he won't be in a hurry to use the army for Daming, because time is good for him. The longer it takes, the better.

Daming understands that it is not good for him if time is not with him, and delaying it will only make them suffer a great loss.

They also understand that this year is a decisive year, and it is Shandong that determines their destiny. If they take this place, their strategic environment will be greatly improved.

By early February, the Ming army had basically gathered in place, and all the troops had arrived at the scheduled attack site.

The Chinese army is busy dispatching troops and generals, because their canal is paralyzed and there is no way to quickly transport troops and materials to the six governments in Shandong through the canal, which makes them particularly slow in dispatching troops and materials. Many troops that should enter the position are still on the way or still starting. These are basically no secret.

Even the spies of the Ming army knew the news easily. The backup troops and materials of the Chinese army were not transported to Shandong and did not enter all parts of the country, which greatly inspired the Ming army. They were lamenting: "it depends on whether God will reward us with food and give us a way to live."

Even if the Ming army is more optimistic, they still understand that in order to launch a fierce struggle with the Chinese army, they must first obtain the support of Tianshi. If there is no help of Tianshi, attacking each other's geographical advantage is the way to death.

Even though the major reinforcements of the Chinese army did not reach its major military towns, these military towns were heavily guarded, and they had a large number of cannons on the wall.

Moreover, after entering this year, the Chinese army has also realized that they have expanded too fast, especially their Shandong, which has penetrated into the enemy and become a prominent part. Now it has been surrounded by the other party in three or two aspects.

Therefore, they also rapidly reduced their troops. In addition to guarding some important towns and traffic points, they basically withdrew troops from some remote towns and counties and concentrated in important towns.

For example, they have controlled Hejian Prefecture before, but now they only occupy Hejian Prefecture, and some other counties have basically given up.

Because they knew that they were inferior in number and could only resist the enemy's attack with geographical advantage, they contracted their forces and formed fists.

Not to mention that they went deep into Hebei, they basically gave up some remote towns and counties in some places in Shandong, and then concentrated their troops in several major cities.

Wang Wendong, the former aide of Liu Yuanqiao, is now in charge of Shandong by the Huaxia army. He studied under Jing Yungong and followed Liu Yuanqiao for a long time. He is Liu Yuanqiao's first confidant and attaches great importance to him.

After the Chinese army went south to the Jianghuai River, they handed over the important task of staying in Shandong to Wang Wendong. Although Wang Wendong used to be only an intermediary and an aide, he suddenly got this high position, but he was not in a hurry and at a loss as others imagined.

In the position of governor of Shandong, he did it methodically and stably. Wang Wendong found that once the Ming army attacked Shandong, their northernmost Dongchangfu would bear the brunt.

Although their troops have invaded hejianfu and Cangzhou in beizhili, they understand that the two places are hanging alone, and the supply line is very long. There will be no problem for a while and a half. If they want to stick to it for a long time, it is unlikely and they can't hold it. Therefore, he formulated the policy of strategic contraction, scorched earth war of resistance, retreating step by step, luring the enemy in depth and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

Of course, he also knew that even if Shandong was united, it was estimated that it could not resist the siege of 700000 troops of the imperial court, so his emergency documents had already flown to Nanjing.

What bothered him even more was that the Cao Gang, which numbered millions, began to rebel, publicly refused to cooperate with the government and made difficulties with the government everywhere.

Without hesitation, Wang Wendong made a quick decision and immediately began to send troops to suppress it, but the number of the other party was too large, and they adopted a guerrilla policy. On the one hand, they refused to cooperate with the Chinese army, on the other hand, they prevented others from cooperating with the Chinese army, and also destroyed the canal, allowing them to transport troops and materials through the canal.

This gives Wang Wendong a headache. Although Wang Wendong has sent troops to suppress it, the effect is not very good. Cao Gang is a local snake entrenched in this land. They have been entrenched for hundreds of years. Their influence is deep-rooted and permeates all aspects of the government. Even many officials are their children, even if not their children, The two sides can also be called villagers. Many people can deliver words and know each other. How can he let these soldiers suppress these people?

Therefore, Wang Wendong's suppression policy is not ideal. Of course, this is also related to Wang Wendong's lack of troops. If he did not carry out a comprehensive strategic contraction and face the siege of 700000 enemy troops, he could dispatch more troops to suppress. Although the number of Cao Gang is as many as one million, it is actually a mob, Basically, it can be done when the soldiers arrive at chaos and peace.

The problem is that at this moment, the Chinese army did not dare to withdraw all its troops to suppress the Cao Gang rebellion. Instead, it transferred a large number of troops to guard their key border towns and maintain grain roads, which made the Cao Gang bigger.

Wang Wendong did not expect such a situation. He expected that at least 100000 troops would enter Shandong at the beginning of February, and stored at least more than 500000 stones of grain in their predetermined granaries.

With soldiers and food, he has enough confidence to resist the enemy's invasion. Even if he can't win, he can hold the enemy's pace.

Who knows that up to now, even one tenth of the scheduled materials and troops have not arrived, which makes Wang Wendong a little afraid. He doesn't know whether the upper level is lack of confidence and is ready to give up Shandong, or whether the Cao Gang below is really so fierce? Or both? This trapped him inside and outside.

Wang Wendong has Wang Wendong's idea, while the high-level of the Chinese army has an overall deployment. Wang Wendong suspects that the high-level deployment may not give priority to the interests of the local people in Shandong. As the local people in Shandong, Wang Wendong always believes that safeguarding the interests of the local people should be the first priority.

But it seems that the above policy is to sacrifice Shandong! This worried him.

Cao Gang is a group of fools who hate the bone and hate iron but don't become steel. These people are really fools. After helping the Liu family, they began to be arrogant and want officials to make noise. If they don't succeed, they dare to take refuge in and work for the Zhu Ming court.

Moreover, they are really stupid. They work for the imperial court, and others sell them. They make trouble here, but the imperial court does not send troops to respond. Instead, they watch the excitement and watch them suffer heavy casualties.

What's more stupid is that Wang Wendong said that he didn't investigate these people's past, so he hoped that both sides could sit down and have a good talk. It's best to take peace as the most precious, and Shandong people don't fight Shandong people.

But these stupid losers actually think that the imperial court is powerful and the world is just around the corner. They don't want to talk to their anti thieves? This really made him feel that the shaft was not enough to plot and cooperate. It could only fight. The creatures in Shandong were coated with carbon and suffered heavy casualties.