A month and a half passed in a blink of an eye. During the period when the Ming army was stationed at the Dagukou Fortress, the Qing army launched more than ten attacks, which were worse than once. In the end, it simply stopped launching infantry attacks, but instead bombarded the Ming army castle with red barbarian cannons from afar.

However, the Qing army's artillery was basically ineffective. It was often the Qing army bombarded the red and barbarian cannons all day. At night, the Ming army sent auxiliary troops to carry out simple repairs and restored them again, which meant that all the Qing army's artillery was in vain.

After a month and a half, the defense line at Dagukou was also stabilized. The Ming army stationed in Dagukou, both auxiliary soldiers and combat soldiers, adopted a rotation method. Three months later, the rotation auxiliary soldiers and combat soldiers came to Dagukou by boat and replaced the Ming army that had been stationed before.

The troops stationed at Dagukou Fortress were 10,000 new troops and 50,000 auxiliary troops. Every three months, 5,000 new troops and 25,000 auxiliary troops were brought to replace the next half of the troops. After three months, 5,000 new troops and 25,000 auxiliary troops were brought to replace the next half of the troops. After the new recruits arrived, the remaining veterans led them to fight. When the next batch of replaced people came and replaced the veterans, the original new soldiers also grew into veterans in the war, and then they could lead the new soldiers.

The method of rotation of garrison was inspired by Zhao Peng from the later Laoshan rotation battles, so that the new recruits who had never seen blood could replace veterans who had fought before, so that they could train new recruits with practice. As long as they had seen blood, they would grow into veterans. The replaced veterans could go back to repair on the one hand, and at the same time they could also be instructors to train new recruits.

The replacement of auxiliary soldiers is also very necessary. After all, these auxiliary soldiers are half-cultivated and half-armed militias. After they go back, they can continue to engage in agricultural production, so that they will not affect the grain harvest in the coming year.

Of course, there were also many auxiliary soldiers who died, which brought a gap in the production of the farm. In order to make up for this gap, Zhao Peng asked the Ming army stationed in Shandong and other places to recruit refugees, send them to the south, and send them into the imperial village to become militias.

After the new recruits who were stationed in rotation arrived, Zhao Peng took the replaced veterans and boarded the ship and returned to Nanjing.

After Zhao Peng returned to Nanjing, he went to the palace to report to Emperor Shaowu Zhu Cixuan that the new army had gained a foothold in Tianjin.

"Jiannu has already drawn some of the troops originally used to attack Huguang, and it seems to be returning to the capital." Zhu Cixuan handed over a memorial made by Du Yinxi.

Zhao Peng took the memorial and opened it and saw that Du Yinxi wrote on it roughly: Zhongzhen Camp made great contributions many times, and defeated the Qing army many times on the front line from Jiujiang to Nanchang, Wuchang to Yuezhou, but the Qing army continued to increase its troops, and the front line of Huguang was under great pressure. But a strange thing happened. When the Qing army was in the forefront, it stopped attacking and turned to the defensive.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "I have already replied to Du Aiqing, saying that Zhao Aiqing led his army to land at Dagukou, Tianjin, and forced the Qing army to visit. I ordered Du Aiqing to take defense as an offensive, stabilize the defense line of Huguang, and wait for an opportunity to act. If there is a chance, he will recover the lost territory."

Then Zhu Cixuan handed over the memorial sent by Chen Zilong, Sichuan: "This is a Sichuan war report. After the former Western thief Li Dingguo accepted the recruitment, he had disagreements with Sun Kewang, which led to Jiannu's attack on Sichuan. Sun Kewang fled south and fled to Yunnan. Li Dingguo led his army to fight against Jiannu, achieved a series of victories, and also killed Jiannu's general Nikan."

Zhao Peng nodded: "Your Majesty, Li Dingguo is indeed a talented person. When our Ming Dynasty treats him sincerely, he will naturally devote himself to my Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Cixuan said: "Since he is a loyal minister, why did he follow the thief at the beginning?"

Zhao Peng said: "Your Majesty, this man was poor when he was young and almost starved to death on the roadside. Fortunately, he was saved by Zhang Xianzhong, so he could live to this day. Your Majesty, think about it, wasn't Zhang Xianzhong's kindness to his life a new parent? This man's family was originally an honest farmer, so why was he forced to become a thief? Isn't it the good thing that the rich and unkind gentry did? Now all the gentry in the north have already joined Jiannu, but those thieves who were called thieves at the time fought side by side with the Ming Dynasty to resist Jiannu."

Zhu Cilang nodded: "It is indeed because the northern gentry were too vicious back then, which led to the rebellion of the people."

Zhao Peng said again: "Your Majesty, if one day our Ming Dynasty King's Army attacks the Central Plains, I believe that the toughest attitude and the most intense resistance against our Ming Dynasty King's Army must be the gentry in the north! When they betrayed the late emperor to the thief, after Jiannu entered the capital, they surrendered to Jiannu and gained benefits from Jiannu. If our Ming Dynasty King's Army attacked the Central Plains, they would definitely fight to the death."

Zhu Cilang nodded and said, "I believe in the shamelessness of those scholars!"

After leaving the palace, Zhao Peng returned to his Governor's Office. Now the original Governor's Office has been changed to Governor's Office. Because Zhao Peng is not only the commander of the Governor's Office, but also the chief of staff of the three armies of the Ming Dynasty. The commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Ming Dynasty is naturally Emperor Shaowu Zhu Cilang, and the military power is in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor, but the specific dispatch of troops, deployment of troops, and combat plans were all formulated by Zhao Peng.

Zhu Cihuang has absolute trust in Zhao Peng. After all, Zhao Peng is his brother-in-law, and the interests of the two are now the same. If Zhu Cihuang collapses, Zhao Peng will not have a good end. If Zhao Peng falls, Zhu Cihuang will not be able to withstand the attacks of internal and external enemies.

In the Governor's Office, information from all over the country was sent here as soon as possible, and then sent to the palace to report to Zhu Cixuan. Through the complex information in various aspects, Zhao Peng could roughly understand the situation today.

Because the Nanjing New Army planted this nail at Dagukou, the Qing army, which had originally launched a full-scale attack on the Ming Dynasty, was forced to shrink some of its troops. In addition, the Qing army's attacks in Sichuan and Huguang were frustrated, and the Qing army was forced to turn to defense.

In order to deal with the nail in Dagukou that was nailed to the edge of the Qing Dynasty's heart, the Qing Dynasty recruited a large number of soldiers, not only recruiting a large number of green camps in the occupied northern Han areas, but also recruiting a large number of Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassals.

At the same time, the Qing Dynasty's rule on the northern grasslands was not so stable. First, the Mongolian in the northern desert was not so submissive to the Qing Dynasty; secondly, although the Weilat Mongolia in the northwest surrendered to the Qing Dynasty on the surface, it was actually not convinced by the Qing Dynasty, and the Weilat Mongolians were very prepared to be independent.

The Mongols of Weilat fought with the local Turks for years. The Mongols received help from the Rakshasa people and obtained a large number of advanced firearms from the Rakshasa Kingdom, which was very likely to destroy the Yarkand Khanate in one fell swoop.

Once Weilat Mongolia annexes the Yarkand Khanate, a strong enemy will appear in the west of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the Qing Dynasty will have no strength to go south to fight against the Southern Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the Weilat Mongolia was no longer the Mongolian cavalry that was mainly riding and shooting, but the camel soldiers equipped with a large number of firearms. The Mongolians rode camels, held heavy Rakshasa mechanics, and even set up light artillery on the back of the camels. The Weilat Mongolians, who were mainly firearms, traversing the northwest, and the Turks were simply vulnerable.
Chapter completed!