Because President Wei's life is very sweet now, if you suffer a little bit, you will feel very bitter.

Therefore, President Wei does not allow himself to endure hardships anymore, and as for the hardships of the people and the army in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Heaven and Earth Society, President Wei no longer has much feeling.

Caring for the people, caring for the people, caring for the suffering of the bottom of the society, and not having too much empathy, this can coexist.

Wei Bao used to think that they could not coexist, and found that he was wrong.

A few days after President Wei returned to Shanhaiguan, Madman Tan summoned the cavalry regiment to Qiantunpu to rest.

If it weren't for President Wei going to Qiantunpu to summon the senior generals and say something, Madman Tan originally planned to let the cavalry regiment continue to fight in Lin Dan Khan's area, waiting for an opportunity to harass the combined forces of Jiannu and the Mongols.

But now Madman Tan felt that his previous way of recovering the cavalry regiment was wrong, or in his heart, and in the president's heart, the way the cavalry regiment was used was different.

The president did not regard the cavalry regiment as more expensive than the infantry army.

Moreover, the cavalry regiment should place more emphasis on discipline, and not on being a treasure, and not on the optimization of weapons and equipment.

Originally, Madman Tan still wanted to apply for all-rifle equipment for the cavalry regiment, but now he will not have such an idea, thinking that grenades, plus revolvers, plus sabers, this configuration is already very good.

Not only is Tan crazy, President Wei's speech was recorded by the General Staff and circulated to the entire Bao Army, and everyone is changing their views on the cavalry regiment, including the cavalry regiment itself.

In the history of colonial wars, British colonists have faced such battles.

Their infantry and cavalry were disjointed, and as a result, the colonial cavalry charged and entered the formation of the British infantry, and just as the ancient cavalry from the colonies were slaughtering, the British cavalry came in a neat formation.

The colonial cavalry quickly collapsed.

And modern artillery and modern infantry have precisely the ability to disrupt the enemy's formation.

Britain has a good history of this.

Cromwell's New Model Army cavalry was the first regular cavalry in British history to reach the level of the Oriental cavalry in the true sense of the word.

After launching a charge against the enemy, the cavalry was able to quickly assemble and charge the enemy again.

Before them, the knights of England herded the sheep after one rush.

As a result, in the English Civil War, Cromwell used this army to crush the royal power, abused the knights in a frontal charge, and knocked the crown of the British royal family to the ground.

In the end, Cromwell became the protector of England by virtue of his outstanding military exploits.

In contrast, Washington would never dare to be emperor, because he could not fight.

With the regularization of cavalry construction in the West, they gradually reached the same level of organization as the Eastern cavalry.

At this time, what distinguishes the combat effectiveness of the cavalry in the East and the West is no longer the organizational ability of the cavalry units themselves, but the support force given to the cavalry by their respective military systems.

In the process of Western modernization, the riflemen quickly matured and became an infantry individual projection force far beyond all continents in the world.

The power of the artillery was also gradually strengthened, which Napoleon called "the god of war".

So much so that such an artillery officer became a god of war for a while.

In order to defeat Napoleon, Britain strengthened the research and development of artillery, and used shrapnel on a large scale, which greatly expanded the lethality of artillery to infantry and even cavalry, and finally seized the opportunity of Napoleon's main force to defeat Napoleon.

In other regions, the support given to cavalry by the military system, which has not yet been modernized, is still mostly at the bow and arrow stage.

In some of the more developed areas, only some relatively backward artillery was used.

The modern cavalry realized the regularization of the cavalry, and had the organizational ability far beyond the ancient aristocratic knights of the Western Middle Ages, especially the English knights.

This is also the reason why the modern cavalry can completely defeat the Western cavalry without obvious generation difference in equipment.

For the East, the advantages of modern cavalry are mainly reflected in the support role of the modern military system with the troops.

For the West, the advantage of modern cavalry is mainly reflected in the crushing of the regular cavalry over the Western feudal cavalry in terms of organizational ability.

Therefore, according to President Wei's idea, Madman Tan should not only solve the problem of coordinated operations between the cavalry and the infantry army, but also solve the problem of improving the organizational ability of the cavalry regiment.

These are more important than simply improving the gap between the individual combat ability of the Baojun cavalry regiment and the elite iron cavalry of Jiannu.

If Madman Tan had thought of another president earlier, the Bao army had more than 6,000 excellent war horses, and it would not be a big problem to build a cavalry brigade, and it would not be a cavalry regiment of only 2,000 people.

In a previous battle with the Jiannu and the Mongols at Karaqin, the cavalry regiment lost more than 300 people, and the mixed combined army of the Jiannu and Mongols lost nearly 2,000 people.

It hurt Tan's heart, and he has been afraid of using cavalry since then.

"The president's thinking is already very clear, try to avoid fighting with Jiannu, kill one Jiannu, and then let's die one, this is not what the president wants. We are fighting in Liaodong, not in the area under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society, which is the key. If it is in the area under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society, even if ten people are exchanged for one slave, they have to do it. So we have to play more cleverly now, and we have to take advantage, which is what the president needs. Madman Tan said to Lin Wenbiao.

"Well, that's what the president meant." Lin Wenbiao nodded and said, "Brother Tan, you grasp the president's words very accurately." ”

"Capture the thief and capture the king first, we still have to fight around Nurhachi, isn't Nurhachi's Eight Guards Eight Banners Army known as the most elite iron cavalry in Jiannu? Let's fight them head-on! "Madman Tan seems to have made up his mind.

A group of operational staff officers of the General Staff were shocked, and they did not expect the division to make such a big determination.

Indeed, if you want to fight a war of attrition on a large scale and not fight for numbers, you can only give full play to the advantages of the only mobile force, the cavalry regiment.

On the plains, the role of cavalry was simply too great.

"You all talk about it, see if there are any good ideas, this time I only put forward two, one is to highlight the role of cavalry and infantry cooperation, let's use the president's words, that is, the modern army, which is different from the feudal army! In addition, it is necessary to give prominence to the discipline of our modernized army, and even if it does not have much superiority in equipment, it is necessary to show its superiority over the feudal armed forces in terms of logistical supply and combat discipline. Madman Tan said.

Liu Dahe, the commander of the cavalry regiment, Tie Batu, the deputy commander of the regiment, and Wang Jingrong, the political and religious chief of the cavalry regiment, glanced at each other.

In the discussion of military affairs, the political and religious chief can participate, but generally does not speak, either the head of the regiment Liu Dahe speaks, or the deputy head of the regiment Tiebatu speaks.

In the last sneak attack on Karaqin, although it was won, a deputy regiment commander and a battalion commander of the cavalry regiment died, and the morale of the cavalry regiment was still being rebuilt.

But after listening to the president's words, Madman Tan felt that he should not be too precious to the cavalry regiment, nor should he underestimate the cavalry regiment too much, believing that they could readjust their mentality in the war.

A few people talked for a while, but they didn't have a clue.

At the same time, Nurhachi was also convening the generals and advisers to deliberate.

The treasure army is ready to bite Jiannu, and the Jiannu is also ready to bite the treasure army.

Both sides know that there is nothing they can do with each other, and now the defense on both sides is very solid, there are no flaws, and if they can win one game, it will basically end this battle.

The scale of this battle is not small, the Bao army is more than 30,000 people, plus 20,000 more than 20,000 troops, there are also more than 50,000 people, which is comparable to the strength of Jiannu.

The total strength of the two sides is more than 100,000, which is a battle-level contest.

But basically there has never been a battle, except for the Baojun sneak attack on Karaqin once, and the sneak attack on the Jiannu grain transport team once, but these two fights were more ruthless, and the others were both sides shouting at each other.

"In the past, the Han people shrank in the city, and you said that there was nowhere to speak, but now the Han people have gone outside to fight against us, do you still have no choice?" After Nurhachi asked, his gaze swept over the faces of all the Beizi, banner masters, generals, and strategists.

No one dared to speak, in fact, no one had an idea, including Fan Wencheng.

"Huang Taiji, you can talk about it." Nurhachi had no choice but to point people, and the person who ordered it must be Huang Taiji, who was ranked as the first heir to the Khan throne.

"Yes, Father Khan, in the past, the Han people were all in important towns, and we could also besiege the city to send reinforcements, and beat their people who transported grain, if they did not transport food for a long time, they would be besieged for a long time, and they would not be attacked, and Jinzhou was taken in this way. But now the treasure army has been added to the Ming army, although there is no large-scale use of powerful firearms, but the training of the treasure army does have a set, and the combat power is not comparable to the Ming army! Although their infantry army did not even have war horses, they could not take advantage of our iron cavalry in the field, and the treasure army could dig a lot of trenches with just a stick of incense, and the speed of laying mines on the site was also very fast. "Huang Taiji Dao.

"Okay, I know that the treasure army is not easy to deal with, whether it is military discipline, morale, or equipment, the Ming army is incomparable, these are all known, you don't need to grow the morale of others." Nurhachi waved his hand and interrupted Huang Taiji impatiently, "What I want to know is what is the best way to break the enemy." ”

"Father Khan, I think our current tactics are very good, confront the enemy, patiently look for fighters, we are in Liaodong, the treasure army has no way to take us, they are the ones who have no face, they are more anxious than us, whoever is in a hurry, who will show flaws first." Huang Tai Chi Dao.

"But we can't afford to wait! Do you think the people in Korqin and Inner Khalkha will be able to wait until the beginning of spring and continue to provide us with food? Nurhaeke said: "If you still want these people to be obedient, I, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, must show our strength and let them know that we are still the overlord of the north!" ”

Huang Taiji sighed secretly, he didn't dare to say anything, he wanted to take the initiative to attack the treasure army, there was no chance of winning, it was very dangerous, he really couldn't think of where to start, Shanhaiguan definitely couldn't.

Qiantunbao, Gaotai Fort, and Ningyuan City all have the support of Shanhaiguan behind them, not to mention that they will fall into the encirclement if they are not careful, and the infantry of the Bao Army definitely has the ability to surround the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry.

Nurhachi glanced at Huang Taiji, knowing that it was useless to force him again, he looked at the others, and finally his gaze fell on Fan Wencheng's face, "Fan Wencheng, what do you think it should be?"

"Weichen thinks that Sibeile is reasonable, and the best way is to brake quietly." Fan Wencheng did not hesitate and answered directly.

Everyone sneered, Fan Wencheng was originally young in Jiannu, but because of the relationship between Huang Taiji, he was very valued, and recently he was able to be on an equal footing with senior strategists such as Ning Wan and Bao Chengxian, everyone was not convinced, and now seeing that Fan Wencheng had no good way, he couldn't help but despise it.

Nurhachi also thought this way, and snorted coldly: "So timid, we might as well retreat!" Pass my order, leave 3,000 men and horses to guard Karaqin, and 10,000 people follow me to the periphery of Shanhaiguan, I will personally rebuild the road approaching Shanhaiguan and cut off the support line of Wei Bao's army to Gaotaibao, Qiantunbao and Ningyuan City! ”

Everyone was shocked, this is a big chess piece, which is equivalent to moving the Chinese army's big tent forward, and it is moved under Wei Bao's nose, although the Great Khan personally goes out to fight, it will definitely change the situation of the battle, but it is too dangerous.

"Father Khan, think twice. If it is close to Shanhaiguan and restores the big tent all the way, it will inevitably make the rear air defense weak and increase the difficulty of supply. "Huang Taiji Dao.

Last time, the Bao army seized the opportunity to fight an ambush and captured a lot of sheep used as military food by Jiannu.

Then the mixed coalition forces of Jiannu and Mongols who were approaching the lower village of Shanhaiguan retreated and joined up with the headquarters of Nurhachi in Karaqin, which greatly enriched the rear defenses and gave the Bao army no more chance to attack their transport routes.

"What's so difficult? Our four-way army is in front, and if Wei Bao's army wants to sneak attack our supply lines, we can surround them when we turn around, just in time to trap them! Nurha equator: "We are not afraid that they will copy the back road, there are roads everywhere outside the gate, how to block our route?" However, it leads the battlefield to the rear of our army, and can give full play to the speed advantage of my Eight Banners Iron Cavalry! "Nurha equator.

"The Great Khan is wise!" The generals, Beizi and banner masters, and the strategists all obeyed.

Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng's faces were gloomy, but they didn't dare to show it, and hurriedly bowed down.

Nurhachi stood up and pointed his big hand in the direction of Shanhaiguan, "I want to see what Wei Bao is capable of fighting with me, his cavalry has been beaten by us and hiding in Tibet, and he does not dare to take the lead, if his infantry army is surrounded by a long journey, it will be torn to pieces by my heroic warriors!" ”

Mr. Lim's Bureau of Statistics soon received news of Nurhachi's change in strategy.

This news was easy to obtain, because Nurhachi did it with great fanfare, and tens of thousands of people rebuilt a large camp near Shanhaiguan, which was seen by the blind.

In this way, it is equivalent to a sharp knife between Shanhaiguan and Qiantunbao, Gaotaibao, and Ningyuan City, which can be cut at any time, and the supply line of the treasure army will be greatly restricted, and the battle situation in the entire Liaodong will be very dangerous.