Ma Zhuang's view is exactly opposite to Hu Dabao's.

From Dorgon's order to the Manchu Tatars to recruit civilians to build strong cities and build forts, Hu Dabao saw signs that the Manchu Tatar army was switching from offensive to defensive.

However, Ma Zhuang saw from this situation the possibility that the Manchu-Tatar army intended to attack through the fortress, move step by step, build the city and move south.

As soon as Ma Zhuang said these words, Yang Zhen fell into silence in the meeting room of Yongfeng Temple.

Everyone looked at Yang Zhen and said nothing, but everyone had worried looks on their faces.

Obviously, this Ma Zhuang suddenly made clear the concerns of the land guards on Jinhai North Road, especially in Fuzhou City.

"Haha, your worries cannot be said to be unnecessary, but there is no need to worry about it. Think about it, how many young people are there in the Tatars? How much financial resources do they have? Their young population and financial resources

How many cities can it support them to build?"

Faced with everyone's concerns, Yang Zhen just smiled softly, and then talked about some issues that no one had ever thought about, including population, financial resources, and especially food and wages.

Although there were famines every year in the Ming Dynasty, and the court was short of money and food, but there were no disasters in the Manchu Tatars, so there was no shortage of money or food?

Of course it's impossible.

Since the beginning of spring in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, except for a few light rains around the Qingming Festival, almost no rain has fallen on the land of Liaodong.

In the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula, affected by the topography, there is always fog in the morning and evening, and the climate is relatively humid.

However, it is different in the hinterland of Liaodong. Blocked by the mountains of Liaodong, the weak moisture from the sea cannot cross the mountains and form effective rainfall.

Therefore, in the Liaoshen hinterland where the Manchu Tatars are entrenched, the climate will only become drier and colder in autumn and winter. In spring and summer, the drought will be as serious as if it does not rain, and the problem of food shortage will also be faced.

In the past, at this time, they could solve their own food shortage problem by grabbing the west or trading.

However, since the fall of last year, the Manchu Tatar campaign in western Liaoning has failed. So far, there has been no attempt to plunder the west or even enter the customs to plunder. There is no way to replenish food supplies.

At the end of last year, Yang Zhen's trip to Xuanfu Town and Zhangjiakou basically cut off a channel for the Manchu Tatars to import food supplies from within the customs.

At present, there are not many ways to replenish the food supplies in the country of the Tatars. Apart from asking their slaves to cultivate the land and produce it themselves, they can only obtain it from the Li Dynasty.

However, Yang Zhen's trip to Ganghwa Island and the terms of the secret treaty between Yang Zhen and Li Chao on Ganghwa Island will soon make this food source of Manchu Tatars full of variables.

Under such circumstances, the more Dorgon mobilized more men and horses in the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula to build more cities, the faster their food supplies would be consumed, and the more they would consume.

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"Dorgon lost so many Hongyi cannons in the previous campaign. They should have been worried that we would attack from the north. Now that they want to repair the city, let them repair it in a major way. If the Tatar population is full of food and wages, even if they

After exhausting manpower and material resources, where can they go?

"After rebuilding Xu Guanbao, will they continue to build the city to watch Mashan? Even if they continue to build the city to watch Mashan, what do they have to worry about? Tell them to build it all the way to Fifty Village and to Yongning.

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"this--"

Yang Zhen's indifferent attitude towards the Manchu Tatars building more castles made everyone present a little stunned for a moment.

However, Yang Zhen's rhetoric made them rethink the situation in Liaodong, and also made many of them realize issues that they had not considered in the past.

That is, food and wages are difficult on our side, but it is equally difficult on the Tatar side. Now it depends on who can persist longer, or who can't bear it first.

"So, what the governor is saying is that our bottom line is Yongning Prison? As long as the Manchu Tatars don't come to rebuild Yongning Prison, we can ignore it and let them overhaul it?"

After all, Lu Pinqi is the general guard of Jinhai North Road, and he always has to care about the defense issues north of Fuzhou City, so after hearing Yang Zhenhun's indifferent remarks, he still couldn't help but ask Yang Zhen about Jinhai.

The bottom line on Zhenbei Road defense issues.

The former site of Yongning Supervisory City is only sixty miles away from Fuzhou City. It can be regarded as the land defense outpost of Jinhai North Road.

If the Manchu Tatars rebuilt the Yongning prison city and stationed troops here to collect food, then Fuzhou City would probably never have peace again.

Therefore, in Lu Pinqi's mind, the old site of Yongning Prison City was the defensive bottom line of Jinhai North Road north of Fuzhou City, and the Manchu Tatars could not be allowed to go all the way south to rebuild Yongning Prison City.

"Bottom line? Haha, there is no bottom line, unless the Manchu Tatars build the city under your noses and to the edge of Fuzhou City!"

"ah?!"

"this--"

After hearing Yang Zhen's answer, Lu Pinqi and other Fuzhou City Guards generals couldn't help shouting again.

Although Yang Zhen had said a lot before, and he didn't care about the Tatars building a city, they still didn't expect Yang Zhen's attitude to be like this.

"No need to make a fuss. Now that our strategy of consuming the enemy has been decided, we must implement it to the end. If they want to build the city, let them build it. You just need to remember that they can build the city, but they must not be allowed to cultivate wasteland and farm outside the city.

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Historically, in the spring of this year, in order to raise food and grass for the war, the Manchu Tatars launched a large-scale reclamation and land reclamation operation in western Liaoning, focusing on the reconstruction of Yizhou City.

Moreover, the candidate to implement this strategy of building cities and farming fields was none other than Dorgon, the current King of Rui Commandery of the Manchu Tatars.

In this life, with the existence of Yang Zhen and Jinhai Town, the situation in Liaodong changed. Dorgon did not go to Yizhou in northwest Liaoning to build a city and farm fields, but he did exactly what he had done in history, and actually started to build a city in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Let’s play the trick of building a city and garrison troops.

So next, will he start farming for self-sufficiency outside the rebuilt city and the additional castle?

This is something you must beware of.

Dorgon is willing to build the city, and of course Yang Zhen will not interfere. It can even be said that he is somewhat happy to see its success. However, if he wants to start a large-scale reclamation after building the city, he must not sit idly by and let it go.

As soon as Yang Zhen said this, everyone present immediately understood what he meant and nodded in agreement.

"That's right. Let me tell you, how could the governor really let Dorgon Manchu and the Tatars mess around in the north? They can build cities and station troops, but it will consume their manpower and material resources anyway, but if they are reclaiming wasteland and farming, that is absolutely not allowed."

Xu Changyong, deputy general of Jinhai North Road, finally understood Yang Zhen's strategic plan, and finally found a place for his patrol battalion cavalry to be used in Yang Zhen's plan.

"It would be troublesome if we asked the Manchu Tatars to imitate us in reclaiming wasteland and farming. In the words of the Governor, it would be self-defeating! But please don't worry, Governor!

"Our North Road patrol camp, Lao Xu, has been exhausted for a long time. Even if we can't attack the newly built fortified city of Manchu Tatars, can't we still defeat the slaves they sent to reclaim the wasteland?"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Xu Changyong's words were half serious and half joking, which immediately made the generals present burst into laughter.

After more than a year of continuous fighting, the fear of the Manchu Tatar army among the troops under Yang Zhen's command has long since dissipated.

Now, if they encounter the Eight Banners Armored Army full of Tatars in the wild, they may not be sure of victory.

However, if the enemies they encounter are the Mongols who farm for the Eight Banners of the Manchu Tatars or the armored men, then they will not be afraid at all, and even look forward to taking this opportunity to make meritorious deeds and be rewarded.

"That's right. That's what I mean. It's okay for the Tatars to build cities, just ask them to build them. But it's absolutely not okay to cultivate wasteland and cultivate fields. We must not let them engage in self-sufficiency under our noses."

Seeing that everyone understood his intention, Yang Zhen immediately issued an order to everyone.

"Once there are signs that the Mantatars are farming for self-sufficiency, all battalions on Jinhai North Road will immediately send troops to the north to carry out guerrilla operations! In short, from Fuzhou to Gaizhou, we cannot ask the Mantatars to cultivate a piece of land!

"When the time comes, Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou and your naval battalion will take the sea route, and Lao Xu and your Tuoshan patrol battalion cavalry will take the land route. Using the guerrilla warfare method I taught you previously, you will be able to independently attack all the Tatar settlements.

"Including all the Mantar settlements north of Gaizhou City, which are not far from the coast, you Jinhai North Road people can take boats and form teams to burn, kill and loot. As long as you find a fighter plane, you can make an immediate decision. You can kill it first and then report it. There is no need to do anything.

Go south and ask me for instructions.

"Moreover, from the future operations on the Jinhai North Road to attack behind enemy lines, all the troops will gain something. Regardless of the population, money and food, it will all be handled by your troops! You can just go ahead and do it!"

Faced with these orders suddenly issued by Yang Zhen, the generals of Jinhai North Road who gathered at Yongfeng Temple to discuss matters all stood up, bowed and clasped their fists at Yang Zhen and said:

"Got the order!"

"clear!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

With these orders from Yang Zhen, Lu Pinqi and the land and water generals on the north route, who had been worried about the Manchu Tatars building a city and going south but didn't know how to deal with it, suddenly became enlightened and their vision suddenly broadened.

The problem that Ma Zhuang raised before was easily solved and was no longer a problem.

Faced with the Manchu Tatar army moving forward step by step, building cities and moving south, Yang Zhen's response strategy was very simple, that is, you fight yours and I fight mine. Since there is a naval camp on Jinhai North Road and a large number of warships are available,

Why have to fight to the death with the enemy in front of you?

The more the Manchu Tatars mobilize their troops to build cities and move south, the more empty their rear will be.

In this case, why don't the troops on the North Route continue to take the sea route, go around the enemy's rear along the coast, and start a battle with the enemy's garrison soldiers who have no strong city protection behind them?

Just like Xu Changyong said, the troops of the Northern Route could not defeat the Manchu Tatar Eight Banners armored heavy cavalry. Could it be that they could not defeat the Baoyi Aha who farmed the land for these Manchu Tatar armored heavy cavalry?

Could it be that we could only wait helplessly for the Manchu Tatars to attack the Jinhai North Road, but couldn't the various troops on the Jinhai North Road take the initiative to attack the rear areas of the Manchu Tatars?

Lu Pinqi was just mature and prudent, and at the same time he was not far away from taking any big risks. Now that he had Yang Zhen's order, what else could he say? He immediately accepted the order happily.
Chapter completed!