MTL - Number of People-Chapter 2598 The curtain of the Guizi scroll is opened, and the battle for recovery

  Chapter 2598 The curtain of the Guizi scroll is opened, the battle of recovery

  On January 23rd of the third year of Wantong, Feng Ziying arrived in Liaoyang by land via the Guangning Zhuwei and Haizhouwei in the Liaoxi Corridor, and began his career as governor of Jiliao.

At the same time, under the **** of the Denglai Navy, five boats with a total of more than 2,200 Beizhi rebels arrived at Niuzhuang Port from Dagu. Along with these five boats, three other boats including All kinds of living and production materials including food, wood, tools, etc.

Feng Ziying's first task for Yang Sichang, who went to Liaodong in advance, was to resettle and purge the Beizhi rebels who would continue to be transported from Dagu, and organize them in the shortest possible time. The construction of Niuzhuang will start in the first spring. The road in Liaoyang will lay a solid foundation for the construction of railways in the future.

   Before arriving in Liaoyang, Feng Ziying stayed for a day at Anshan Station, which is only ninety miles away from Liaoyang.

  Here, Feng Ziying had a discussion with some artisans and workers transferred from the Gyeonggi coal-iron military-industrial complex who arrived in advance, as well as businessmen from Shanshan and Jiangnan, and talked about the idea of ​​establishing a coal-iron complex in Anshanyi.

  From this day on, it will be the day when Anshanyi Coal-Railway Consortium, which will compete with the Gyeonggi Coal-Railway Consortium and Jiangnan Liguo Coal-Radio Consortium for the first place in the country, will be established for a long time in the future.

The merchants who arrived in advance included the newly elected chairman of the Shanxi-Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce and Wang Shaoquan, the representative of the Shanxi merchant Wang family; Old acquaintances who have known each other for many years.

   Here is still a piece of white land. Although Anshan Station is very close to Liaoyang City, it is still only a post station after all, and it is still far from the industrial center that Feng Ziying expected.

  But Feng Ziying is confident that within three years, there will be a great change in the mountains and villages, making this the most important industrial center in Liaodong in the future.

Two hours of discussions with craftsmen and workers, and promised to use 10% of the annual bonus after the joint profit in the future to reward all craftsmen who made contributions in the construction and production process. Feng Ziying's sincere attitude made the original The hearts of the craftsmen and workers who were transferred to the wilderness suddenly became warm.

   Liaodong is suffering a bit, but even the governor is willing to stay here for a few years, so what’s wrong with the artisans who work there to earn a living?

Besides, the governor also promised that the road will be repaired quickly, and all kinds of materials will be continuously transported here from Dagu, Dengzhou, or even from Jiangnan, so that this place will quickly become a A town and city with tens of thousands or even a hundred thousand people, by that time, it will be hard to say whether it will go back or not.

  Especially the Governor-General also stated that he would give everyone land for free, which was another irresistible stimulus for the craftsmen.

  No matter what the descendants will do in the future, it is very attractive to anyone to have dozens of acres of land to pass on to the family.

  Whether it’s painting cakes or cheering up, all in all, Feng Ziying’s discussion completely calmed and mobilized the emotions of craftsmen and workers who still had some resentment and resistance before.

This group of people is no better than rioters. The future development of the coal and iron complex needs these people to be the main force. If they don’t give enough benefits, how can a newly built workshop in the wilderness compete with the well-established Gyeonggi Coal and Iron and Xuzhou Liguo? Coal iron complex competition?

  The enthusiasm of the craftsmen and workers has been mobilized, and the merchants will be much easier to handle.

  Relying on her famous reputation as a gold-lettered signboard, Feng Ziying is not worried about the worries of businessmen.

   Pulling them to see the mining area that has already been explored, the merchants felt at ease.

  As long as there are mines, and if the road from Niuzhuang to Anshanyi can be repaired with the unceasingly brought in rioters, then there will be no worries about sales.

Moreover, there is no shortage of coal mines and iron mines here in Anshanyi, and it is close to Liaoyang, the center of the future development of the entire Liaodong, especially the military needs will only be greater, so the early sales can be guaranteed, plus Feng Ziying's requirements Building a pure railway track is a huge demand. As long as you survive the first few years, you will have a steady stream of money falling into your pockets in the future.

  The more positive the attitude of the businessmen, the more confident Feng Ziying will be.

  With limited financial support from the imperial court, Feng Ziying could only ask for more autonomy and convert it into resources in exchange for the support of businessmen.

  Trade franchises such as ginseng, fur, and gold mining are not worth mentioning in Feng Ziying's mind. The future development of Liaodong must be in industry in the final analysis.

The coal, steel and building material industries along the Anshan-Benxi line, together with the agricultural feedback that may be brought about by the construction of water conservancy facilities on the black land, are more than enough to accommodate one or two million people, and it is not enough to grow to three to five million people in the future Impossible, and the two ports of Jinzhou and Niuzhuang will also become the throughput hubs that drive Liaodong's maritime trade.

  After arriving in Liaoyang, Feng Ziying did not immediately convene a meeting with the generals, but started his research trip.

From January 25th to April 19th, in nearly three months, Feng Ziying traveled from Shifangsibao at the northeast end of the front line to Jiulian City (Zhenjiang Fort) at the southeast end, from the most direct front to Jianzhou From the Jurchen Weining Camp-Qinghe Fort line to the Tiger Skin Station-Fengji Fort line, visits, inspections and discussions were carried out one by one.

   Until the family members came to Liaoyang one after another, Feng Ziying was still walking through the fortress below. This situation was completely different from when Feng Tang was the governor of Jiliao.

  On April 28th, the Liaodong Military Conference was held in Liaoyang.

Including Denglai Town, which has been officially transferred to Liaodong to station in the defense line of Dongjiang Town, and the generals of Shanxi Town, who have been transferred to the front line of Liaoyang, have all been notified. The horn sounded.

Zhao Ledjiao, Mao Wenlong, Cao Wenzhao, and Liu Dongyang, the four major generals gathered, and the number of troops stationed in the entire Liaodong Town has exceeded 180,000, which is also the most over the years. Enter Jiulian City in the south and Liaoyang in the north, and Jiulian City (Dandong) at the mouth of the Yalu River has also begun to build a wharf, ready to start undertaking transportation tasks.

  …

  Starting from May of the third year of Wantong, the three-year Liaodong Campaign officially kicked off.

According to the strategy determined by Feng Ziying, in the early stage, the troops of Liaodong Town and Shanxi Town were mainly defending the northern line, while the southern line was mainly attacking Dongjiang Town and Denglai Town. The Jurchen launched an offensive inside and outside the side wall along the Hetuala-Yufal Pass line.

  Due to the loss of Shenyang, the entire original Liaodong side wall has actually existed in name only. For both sides, the fort has become the only focus that can be defended.

  However, starting from May of the third year of Wantong, the Jianzhou Army had frequently taken an offensive stance against the Zhou side. It was not until Feng Ziying arrived in Liaoyang that the situation calmed down a little.

But after May, with the arrival of a large amount of supplies from Shandong and Jiangnan, and the arrival of additional troops from the two border towns and after a period of familiarization, Da Zhou already had a local advantage over the Jianzhou army. Especially on the southern line.

  Sun Chengzong returned to Beijing after completing the Hebei war in April, and officially took over as Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Huaichang became an official.

  In his letter to Feng Ziying, he also made it clear that the imperial court would do its best to support Liaodong in resolving the aftermath of Jianzhou Jurchen, so that Feng Ziying did not have to worry about the imperial court's attitude change in this regard.

  As the construction of Jiulian City (Dandong) Port is also speeding up, Jiulian City and Niuzhuang have gradually become the main port for goods and materials from the south, which is more convenient than Jinzhou.

  The arrival of a large amount of supplies also made Mao Wenlong and Cao Wenzhao on the southern line all geared up, intending to do a big job.

  The two of them used to be excluded or neglected in Liaodong Town. Now that they are joining forces, there is not much estrangement. Of course, this is also due to the fact that Feng Ziying, as Governor of Jiliao, has an extraordinary friendship with both of them.

The two agreed that Denglai Town would go south along the side wall and concentrate its forces to launch an attack from west to east, while Dongjiang Town would take advantage of the familiar situation and launch northward from outside the east side wall along the previously controlled Yongdian Fortress. attack.

   On May 11th, the battle to recover the Six Forts of Kuandian officially started.

  In fact, Nurhachi has been aware of the seriousness of the situation from the very beginning.

The southern line has never been the focus of the Jianzhou Jurchen, especially after taking Shenyang, Nurhachi has already considered moving the Dajin Capital to Shenyang, but because the time is still short, Hetuala's side is very difficult for the nobles in the clan. It is still of historical significance, so it has been undecided, but the main family members and some important departments have moved to Shenyang.

As the Zhou army arrived in Liaodong one after another, and began to increase efforts to build the ports of Niuzhuang and Jiuliancheng, and people arrived in Niuzhuang and Jiuliancheng one by one, a steady stream of people migrated to Liaodong, and began to After building the roads from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang and from Jiuliancheng to Liaoyang, Nurhachi knew that Da Zhou's intentions this time might be different from the previous ones.

   It seems that Da Zhou is not just wanting revenge and fighting a battle to save face, or even wanting to take back Shenyang and Tielingwei, but wants to have a life-and-death battle with Jianzhou Jurchen.

Moreover, there are constant reports from the inside of the Great Zhou Dynasty, indicating that the intention of the Great Zhou court is very clear, that is, through this battle, to completely solve the threat of the Jianzhou Jurchen, and the Great Zhou is even willing to spend five to ten years Come join the fight.

Such a posture also made Nurhachi feel the seriousness of the problem, but facing the tens of thousands of troops from Shanxi Town arriving in Liaoyang, and starting to make adaptive training and offensive postures around Liaoyang, the elite of the Jianzhou Army were basically trapped. On the northern front, there is no way to reinforce the southern front.

  So when the battle to recover the Six Forts of Kuandian on the southern line started, Nurhachi could only send less than 10,000 people to the south for reinforcements.

  (end of this chapter)