Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 144
Wang Shouren served as the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Campaign.

This war spans thousands of miles, how big is the Liaodong area?Thousands of miles across, it is the most extensive province in the entire Ming Empire, occupying a quarter of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and separated by the Xing'an Mountains in the middle, the difficulty of combat can be imagined.

War is no child's play.

It is a battle of wits and courage between the two sides, as well as food and population. In the end, the winning side is often the one with sufficient supplies.

The Jurchen tribe has a population of only 60.

When dealing with the Tatars, Zhu Houzhao sent people to invade the opponent's army and directly beheaded the leader. This time, Zhu Houzhao did not send people secretly, he wanted to fight the opponent openly.

Jianzhou Jurchen said it has a population of more than 60, but the number of strong men is only [-] to [-]. If Cheng Guogong and the others are allowed to ransack the house, and arrest the governor and the general soldier, many problems can be solved.

However, Zhu Houzhao still couldn't trust him in terms of commanding and combat capabilities in wars. Looking at the civil and military affairs of the whole court, only Wang Shouren had the experience of winning battles.

The terrifying general Ling Luoshi is still on the front line of Datong. Although the war there is coming to an end, a general is still needed.

In fact, Wang Shouren is not a qualified general, because he is a civil servant. Although he is not a powerless person, Zhu Houzhao deliberately let him practice his boxing skills.

For this reason, a thousand Jinyiwei was also allocated to him. Even if he lost the battle, the Jinyiwei would still be able to protect his safety.

Cao Zhengchun has been on the battlefield and has commanded thousands of troops, but now Cao Zhengchun is acting as Zhu Houzhao's eyes. If he leaves, there will be troubles in the court.

This has been the case since ancient times. When there is foreign invasion, the internal must be settled first.

Yuhuatian himself was injured, coupled with his aloof personality, it was not easy to fight with the ministers in the court, so it was not conducive to use now.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, Yuhuatian is the most suitable for killing people. The ruthless and ruthless aura in him is enough to make many people frightened.

Wang Shouren led an army of 20 out of Shanhaiguan and arrived in Liaodong.

Other tribes in Liaodong heard that the Jianzhou Jurchen Aixinjueluo Qiqi led an army to attack the Ming army. Some of them are descendants of the Koreans.

In Liaodong, the Jurchen tribe's genocide is about to begin. At the same time, the Jianzhou Sanwei Office is also attacked by Ming artillery.

Jianzhou Sanwei are three cities built by the Jurchen tribe. The terrain is steep. All the cities are made of accumulated bluestones and are extremely strong. These three cities were built by the Jurchen tribe who often live here.

The Jurchen tribe has never considered them to be subjects of the Ming Dynasty. They have always managed their own sites, grabbing them first and then occupying them, and then began to seize food and wealth on a large scale.

Daming firearms have become more and more powerful in recent years, and they can completely rely on artillery to shoot.

"Commander Wang, are all these cities going to be attacked with artillery?"

"Why? Without artillery, when will it be captured with manpower?"

Wang Shouren turned his head and looked at the deputy staff officer beside him, "As a minister, you should be loyal to the country. Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and don't look at what you shouldn't. I didn't see the people in the city, only the Jianzhou Jurchen thief.

Listening to Wang Shouren's words, the deputy general kept nodding his head.

Their general was very powerful. Before entering the grassland, he slaughtered all the herdsmen on the grassland, regardless of gender. He said that if these young people stayed, they would grow into hidden dangers after the Ming Dynasty.

That's a good point!
"Get ready! Fire!"

Five hundred tiger crouching cannons and one hundred Shenwu cannons fired in unison.

Jianzhou Sanwei encountered an unprecedented attack.

If Zhu Houzhao had made up his mind to destroy the Jianzhou Jurchen, no one could stop him.

The battle between Daming and Jianzhou Jurchen started vigorously in Liaodong.

This war spread across thousands of miles, and it was the largest battle of the Ming Empire since the destruction of the Tatars.

North Korea, which is close to Liaodong, was terrified.

More than 20 Ming soldiers came out of Shanhaiguan, pulling all kinds of artillery, menacingly. In the Bohai Sea, the Ming Navy patrolled the dependent countries. The surrounding waters of the Korean Kingdom are naturally also the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

When the North Korean country heard that Ming sent troops this time, it had long been terrified, and it was ready to abolish the national rule, and wanted to ask Emperor Zhengde to be willing to be a province of Ming.

When they heard the news that the Ming Empire was going to wipe out the Jurchen tribe, the Joseon Kingdom couldn't believe their ears. It was too much of a fuss to mobilize so many troops for a small Jianzhou Jurchen.

When they heard that the reason why Ming Dynasty wanted to exterminate the Jianzhou Jurchen was because of a surprise attack on the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, especially the right-hand man of today's emperor, they all felt that the Jianzhou Jurchen was really crazy.

Under the rule of Emperor Zhengde, like a sleeping lion, they still want to beat the sap on the head of the sleeping lion. Isn't this their own way of death?

In the Xuanzheng Hall of the Forbidden City.

Zhu Houzhao announced that all the civil and military ministers were in place. He looked at Yang Tinghe, the Minister of Rites, and asked, "Yang Shangshu, please explain that matter to all the ministers."

Yang Tinghe told everyone about the magic of the Taoist priest in the main hall. Some people were surprised, while others thought it was a lie.

The day of the imperial examination is not far away. Most of the candidates in and out of the capital gathered for the imperial examination, as well as ordinary people, are discussing this year's imperial examination.

The Battle of Liaodong seemed to have nothing to do with them.

The common people of the Ming Empire were comfortable and prosperous, because the Ming Empire set the flames of war in Shanhaiguan, and as long as Shanhaiguan was still there, the flames of war would not reach them.

"If there is a book to play early, if there is no book, the curtain will retreat!" The eunuch came forward and announced as usual.

As soon as the eunuch's voice fell, Li Sui, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, the Ministry of Industry has produced an iron-clad battleship after preliminary research, but it is only made of iron skin and has no defensive ability of iron armor."

"The ministers are looking for a suitable warship. If the armored warship is built, it will be ten times more effective than the wooden ship. However, if there is no strong power, I am afraid that it will not be able to speed up on the sea."

Zhu Houzhao heard what Minister of the Ministry of Industry said, nodded with satisfaction and said: "I know something called a steam engine. After retreating to the court, you stay here. I will send you the blueprint. The core problem of the power of this iron-clad warship will be solved. That's it, you craftsmen will be needed at that time.

Zhu Houzhao felt that if there was no steam engine for power, this armored warship would be a lump of iron.

A few days ago, he had already drawn the schematic diagram of the steam engine. This question was not difficult, as long as there was coal, it did not require too much advanced knowledge.

However, he could only tell them one principle. As for the specific production, he had only learned superficially before traveling, but someone in Europe who was at the same time as him had already produced this thing.

When new technology is produced, I want to reward it heavily.

(End of this chapter)