Chapter 141 Gao Di’s Plan (1)

After arriving in Jinzhou, the two of them first checked the defense measures around, and then Tang Feng took out the detailed map of the city's defense, pointed to everything marked on it, and introduced the internal and external defenses of Jinzhou City in detail to Gao Di: "So with the garrison of nearly 10,000 troops outside the city and the defense of more than 20,000 people in the city, even if Jianlu sent troops to attack again, it would not be so easy for them to successfully capture Jinzhou City."

After hearing Tang Feng introduce the number of troops arranged inside and outside, Gao Di frowned and said, "But if this happens, the people guarding Jinzhou City will be dispersed. Lord Tang should know the truth that the division of strength is weak, right?"

Tang Feng was stunned and said with some dissatisfaction: "Mr. Gao said this is a bit biased. I made such arrangements to make Jinzhou more stable. Look, Dasheng Fort, Damao Fort, Xiaolinghe Post and other places were built to protect Jinzhou City for a hundred years. My ancestors designed it like this to protect our Jinzhou City. They would not have considered the division of troops at that time."

"Yes, Lord Tang's views also have some truths, but times change and things change. The situation a hundred years ago is still different from today. At that time, Liaodong was under the control of our Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Jurchens were just my vassals of our Ming Dynasty and were unable to come south at all. The most important reason why we set up this fortress and fortress everywhere was to be able to grasp the movements of the Jurchens at any time and send troops to deal with them in time when they had bad behavior. But now it is different. Now we are the passive side in Liaodong. If we divide the troops into four defenders, it will probably reduce the defense ability of Jinzhou." Gao Di said calmly. He did not only sit there and do nothing for the year when he was the Minister of War. He had known some military affairs, so a few words left Tang Feng speechless.

Seeing Tang Feng stunned, Gao Di knew that he was a little moved by him, but this was not enough to change his mind, so he continued: "Mr. Tang and Lord Sun Chengzong have also worked together for a while. I wonder how he thinks he is using troops?"

Tang Feng didn't know why he asked this, but he still honestly said: "Mr. Sun is far better than Xiaguan. I admire the elder. Why did Mr. Gao suddenly mention him?"

In fact, during the conversation during this period, Gao Di could see that Tang Feng highly praised Sun Chengzong. Although he thought that he should not have this idea as a person who was a eunuch party like him, he was just right to catch this point and make a fuss. After taking a sip of tea, he said, "Mr. Sun had encountered such a thing when he first came to Liaodong to take office. It was in the second year of Tianqi. When the Jin soldiers killed me at Shanhaiguan, the general Wang Zaijin, who guarded the pass, wanted to divide half of his troops and guard the Balipu outside the pass. As a result, when Lord Sun saw it, he advised the emperor to remove Wang Zaijin's position as the guard and concentrate all the army in Shanhaiguan. Why did he do this?"

Tang Feng shook his head blankly. He had never heard of this. Gao Di knew that he was about to convince Tang Feng, so he smiled and said, "Because he thought that this was putting Shanhaiguan into a Jedi. When he saw Lord Wang off, he told him the reason why he could not agree with him. "Our army's defense in Shanhaiguan is still insufficient. How can we divide our troops to station Balipu again? And if these people and horses are defeated, they will definitely come to Shanhaiguan. Will we open the door to greet them or let them die in front of us?" After hearing this, Wang Zaijin suddenly realized and was afraid of his wrong decision.

"Mr. Tang, your arrangement today is very similar to the idea of ​​Balipu on that day. I am afraid that by then, the 10,000 troops outside the city will not only not help the soldiers guarding the city, but will instead become a burden to our Jinzhou City, and even become the helper of the Jurchens to break the city. So I think this method is absolutely not feasible!"

Tang Feng was a little confused after hearing this. He had never thought about it like this, but it sounded like what Gao Di said was right. Did his previous thoughts really go wrong? This matter was serious and should not be made up by him temporarily, which strengthened the credibility. Tang Feng couldn't speak for a while, just stared at the map in a daze.

Seeing that Tang Feng was speechless by himself, Gao Di was secretly happy, knowing that as long as he convinced Tang Feng, the other generals would not be able to compete with them. And now they are in Jinzhou, and once the order is under the order, they will not be able to tolerate other people's objections. So after a while, he said in an understanding tone: "I also know that you did this for the sake of the border defense of the Ming Dynasty to be stronger. You are still young and have insufficient experience. Fortunately, it is not an irreversible situation yet. As long as you are willing to change your original policy and transfer the troops back to the city, I don't think it's a big deal."

Tang Feng was also making choices in his heart. According to Gao Di's words, he was afraid that he had done something bad with good intentions, but he still had some thoughts in his heart, thinking that he was not wrong in doing this. However, Gao Di mentioned what Sun Chengzong said before. Whether Sun Chengzong had seen history books before or when he came to Liaodong to contact each other, he gave Tang Feng a feeling of complete trust. So if he really said and done this, he must have made a mistake. After all, he had just come into contact with military affairs and his knowledge was still very limited.

Seeing that Tang Feng was just lowering his head and thinking and did not give him an answer, Gao Di knew that he should not be too anxious at this time, otherwise he would let the other party see some flaws, so he just smiled: "Mr. Tang, now I am in Zhenzhou, Liaodong like you, and I will definitely not miss my situation in Liaodong. Please consider this matter again. This view of this may not be correct. I hope you will think twice." As he said that, he walked out of the door without waiting for Tang Feng to say anything.

As soon as he heard the word "three thoughts", Tang Feng thought about what Sun Chengzong said to him when he left. The situation in Liaodong is now very good, just in line with the words of danger. He should not be complacent because of his victory and turned a blind eye to others' advice, otherwise it would be Liaodong who was hurt. Thinking of this, he had already made a decision, but before that he had to ask others what others thought. Although Yuan Chonghuan, whom Tang Feng trusted the most, was not by his side, it was OK to ask Wu Jie, the current garrison in Jinzhou.

However, the result of asking them was a bit unexpected. After hearing his words, Wu Jie and his generals could not have a consistent view. Some believed that all the people and horses should be placed in the city, while others believed that it was necessary to place some people and horses outside the city. Their reasons were also very sufficient. The former had heard of the defensive battle at Shanhaiguan, and Jinzhou had also guarded the city while garrisoning all the people and horses in the city. The latter was similar to Tang Feng's view, believing that since the court had spent a lot of effort to build post stations and fortresses outside the cities, it would have their role and could not give up them easily. For a moment, they fought hard, which made Tang Feng even more embarrassed.

After hesitating for a long time, Tang Feng finally decided to listen to Gao Di's opinion and withdraw his troops from the fortress outside Jinzhou City. On the one hand, he felt that Gao Di, as the governor of Liaodong, had been in the Ministry of War for a long time, knew more military than him and would plan for the defense of Liaodong. On the other hand, it was also because he gave him confidence during the Jinzhou attack and defense before. At that time, it was just a city, and the troops could be defended with only 10,000 yuan. Then he could do it with just one city in the future. Of course, more importantly, the other party mentioned that Sun Chengzong did that back then, which was obviously a key factor.

After this incident, Gao Di's authority in Liaodong was further consolidated, and many soldiers had begun to recognize this new commander. Gao Di knew that he had finally established his position by scheduling the Jinzhou city defense, and was very proud. However, after staying in Jinzhou City for a few days, Gao Di quickly returned to Shanhaiguan. He always believed in his heart that Shanhaiguan was where he should do his best to manage it.

When he left Jinzhou City, Tang Feng turned around and looked at the city. He found that the traces left during the war that day were still very obvious, and he sighed in his heart. Then his eyes fell on the red artillery cannon that was still on the city. A thought suddenly popped up in his heart, and he drove his horse to the side of Gaodi's carriage and said, "Master Gao, the official suddenly has an idea to discuss with you."

Gao Di poked his head out of the car and said, "Mr. Tang, please enter the car and say anything."

Tang Feng thought about it, so he abandoned his horse and got into the carriage. After sitting down, he said: "What I thought of is that in order to prevent our Jinzhou from being destroyed by Jianlu, in addition to the gathering of all the people and horses, you mentioned, there should be an arrangement."

"Oh, come and listen." Although Gao Di was thinking about removing the people from it, he still asked with interest.

"It's like that. When we were defending Jinzhou City that day, our army could no longer withstand the attack of Jiannu, but at that time it had a red barbarian cannon and it hit the Jiannu flag outside the city, which made the enemy unstable and finally retreat. If we could prepare more artillery in Jinzhou and even deploy these red barbarian cannons in other cities, we would have more chances of victory. Moreover, these cannons were very harmful to the enemy, and they could use this to kill Jiannu, so that they would not dare to start the battle lightly in the future." When talking about his previous thoughts, Tang Feng immediately became a little excited.

"Well, Lord Tang, your method is good. Although I, the Ming Dynasty, was not his opponent of the Jurchens during the cavalry battle, I can start from other aspects. However, the method you mentioned has some difficulties."

"Ah? Why is this?" Tang Feng asked with some surprise.
Chapter completed!