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They all set off from Liaodong in the eighth or ninth month of the lunar calendar.
Why choose this time?
Firstly, the new wheat had just been harvested.
Secondly, avoid the rainy season.
Every year from the fourth to the seventh month of the lunar calendar,
From the Liaoxi Corridor to the Liao River Basin,
It will be soaked by rain and become muddy everywhere.
The army and food supplies became difficult to transport.
Therefore, military campaigns in Liaodong should be avoided during the summer.
If you really can't avoid it, you'll have to take a detour.
This time will be similar.
Wanyan Chamu led a large army and the first batch of provisions.
They arrived in Jinzhou in late August of the lunar calendar.
The Liaoxi Corridor is much easier to traverse at this point.
To guard against Ming army crossing the sea to attack the supply lines
Wanyan Chamu also had to send troops to guard the area.
Two thousand troops were stationed in Jinzhou.
One thousand troops are stationed along the coast.
Zongzhou garrison: 1,000 troops
Haiyang has a garrison of 2,000 troops.
The remaining small grain depots were garrisoned with anywhere from three to five hundred troops.
Nearly 10,000 troops
And so it was wasted on guarding the grain route.
Of course, they all used militiamen issued by the government for garrison duty.
Not seeking to defeat the attacking enemy,
They only wanted to preserve the grain transport stations everywhere.
It is acceptable for the grain transport troops along the route to be attacked.
The loss won't be too great.
After all, the Ming army's cross-sea attack also carried risks.
The Jin state could also transport grain from the north.
Enter Youzhou via Lulong Pass.
But that road was rugged, mountainous, and far away.
The transportation costs are simply too high.
Because Zhang Jue betrayed the Jin dynasty and rebelled.
After a series of battles,
The Liaoxi Corridor is also in a semi-abandoned state.
Xu Kangzong served as an envoy to the Jin Dynasty a few years ago.
It passes through the Liaoxi Corridor.
His assessment was: (The prefectures east of Yuguan) are inferior to a small town in China and North Korea...
After the ravages of war, it became even more desolate.
So to speak,
The location of Shanhaiguan in later generations
It was once the capital of the Liao Dynasty.
Now even the city has been razed to the ground.
Only one resettlement town remains.
Including the staff at the post station,
The total permanent resident population is less than one thousand.
Even Wanyan Jiamu knew to guard against the grain supply routes.
How could Zhao Yuan not come to harass them?
Chapter 1986 Reinforcements from All Sides
Song Dynasty warships still in use in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong
After several months of repairs...
They gradually set off for Shandong and assembled at Dengzhou Port.
Merchant ships from these three provinces
They also received the imperial order to enter the palace.
As long as they transport the grain to Dengzhou,
You can then obtain the corresponding number of salt or tea permits.
Guangdong and Fujian are experiencing food shortages.
Zhejiang, however, has no shortage of them.
This year's rice harvest in the Jiangnan region is abundant.
There is also grain from the Huai River region.
It was also bought up by maritime merchants.
They were transported to Shandong in exchange for salt permits.
One after another, civilian grain transport ships,
And so it started from the southern coast,
Heading towards Dengzhou with the monsoon currents,
The grain in the port warehouses is already piled up like mountains.
These military rations,
It can be used for troop deployment across the sea.
It can also be used on the Hebei battlefield!
Zhang Shun will use Lushunkou as his base.
First, harass the area towards Jinzhou.
Ideally, it would be best to be able to draw away enemy forces.
Even if the Jin soldiers don't fall for it,
They can also choose any place to attack.
Simply be careful to avoid storms in the Bohai Sea.
Nanxinzai was Zhang Shun's first target.
There was a Liao navy that had surrendered to the Jin dynasty.
And it will certainly become a grain transshipment station for the Jin Dynasty.
Its location is in the area between Shanhaiguan and Suizhong County.
The second target is the resettlement town.
This refers to Shanhaiguan in later generations.
All soldiers had boarded the ship.
Standing on the deck, Zhang Shun, full of vigor, gave the order:
"set off!"
A large number of civilian ships,
They helped transport troops and supplies.
The imperial court refused to pay for transportation.
But when they returned with their cargo...
They can obtain corresponding tariff reductions in the south.
And it doesn't waste any time.
Anyway, we need to wait for the winter monsoon in Shandong.
Zhang Shun led his fleet to Lushunkou.
After unloading the supplies,
Immediately direct the fleet to the waters of Dalian Bay.
Pu Jianu personally took charge of Huacheng County (Jinzhou).
Upon hearing the alarm bell,
They quickly climbed up the city wall to take a look.
The sea was teeming with ships, which startled him so much that he shouted sharply:
"Send orders to Liaoyang Prefecture and Posu Road to send reinforcements,"
"Give me another five thousand soldiers no matter what."
"Also, immediately order Hu Sha to send 1,000 soldiers from Fuzhou!"
Posu Road is located on the north bank of the Yalu River.
The troops stationed there were there to guard against Goryeo.
Liaoyang Prefecture had just been conscripted.
If they want to conscript more men, they'll have to go on a crazy scramble to find more.
They even had powerful clans in Liaoyang send slaves over.
Liaonan cannot be lost.
Since Zhang Shun has "reinforced his troops,"
Pu Jianu also had to be heavily fortified.
if not,
Liaoyang might be in danger.
That place was one of the two major centers of Jin rule.
.....
More than a month before Zhang Shun set out with his troops.
Zhao Yuan had already gone north to Dezhou and Yongjing Army (Dongguang).
There were also two elite troops there.
One branch was formed by Han Shizhong being transferred to Shandong.
He personally organized and trained them for a year.