"Your Highness," Shi Ruien thought for a moment, "based on his experience in Europe...... Well-trained infantry is no less mobile than most cavalry. Because war horses are very delicate animals, they should not be overused, and they also need to be well cared for. Therefore, a team of pure cavalry will not move significantly faster than a good infantry team.

And you have 12 infantry teams, all of which are very capable of marching. Their ability to march even surpassed that of the armies on the battlefields of Europe. So you can count on the infantry to pursue the Tatar cavalry!

Of course, the choice of battlefield is also very important. If you can compare mobility with the Tatars in the area of the water network, I believe that two legs can defeat four legs! ”

Although this Shiyang man has fought all his life, he has never encountered a cavalry in the grassland wind. The European-style cavalry he encountered were all high-quality horses that had been carefully bred by hand. Tall, agile and strong, but not able to endure hardship, and expensive.

Therefore, no cavalry in Europe, especially in Western and Central Europe, was willing to fight to the death in sports warfare. And how big are the countries of Western and Central Europe? How can you fight a sports war that runs a dead horse?

In addition, Western and Central Europe are now full of fortresses, and these fortresses that are easy to defend and difficult to attack also greatly limit the mobility of the army.

And now that the Qing Dynasty controls the Mongolian steppe, it has a low-cost source of war horses, and it is also a Mongolian horse that can endure hardship. Therefore, the Great Qing Kingdom is now not afraid to consume the lives of horses for sports.

However, it was a good idea to divert the Qing army to areas with a water network...... The area crisscrossed by the water network is not a forbidden area for cavalry, but it still restricts the mobility of cavalry - of course, the mobility of infantry is also limited, after all, no one can walk on the water!

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Behind the Wenhua Hall in the Imperial City of Nanjing, two small and small palaces have been newly completed, one is called the Hall of Victory, and the other is called the Changchun Pavilion.

Among them, Changchun Pavilion is the residence of Zhu Cihong and Ning Xiangyu, Fei Zhen'e, Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu. Compared with the East Warm Pavilion and West Warm Pavilion where they originally lived, it was much more spacious.

And the Hall of Victory is the place where Zhu Cihong, the Generalissimo's Mansion and the officials of the Ministry of War hold meetings to deal with military affairs - in fact, it is the central brain of the Ming Navy and Army!

Now that the all-out war between the Ming and Qing dynasties has begun, the focus of Zhu Cihong, the prince of the army, has also shifted from government reform to military affairs.

In the center of the hall of Kenan, several long tables were put together to form a huge map table, on which was spread out a huge topographic map that included the provinces of Shandong and Henan, as well as the Jianghuai and Huaibei regions of Nanzhili—one of a series of military maps that Zhu Cihong ordered the Generalissimo's Office and the Ministry of War to produce together.

It doesn't look very accurate, but it doesn't get any better, so it can only be put together...... In addition to the map improvisation, the "staff officers" who served in the temple of the Victorious were also improvised.

Although Zhu Cihong created a lite version of the General Staff for himself early on - the Generalissimo's Mansion Military Commander, where is there a person under him who can be the chief of the General Staff? How can Cao Youyi, Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfu, and Wu Guogui be competent? That is, Li Yan is a little stronger, but he is also very strong, so he can only make do with it, a few stinkers, and Zhuge Liang.

Today, when Zhu Cihong returned to the Hall of Victory after inspecting the university field, Li Yan and Wu Xiang had been waiting there for a while, and when they saw Zhu Cihong coming, they both stepped forward and saluted. Among them, Li Yan also held a stack of pieces in his hand.

At present, all military performances are in charge of the right class of the General Administration Department, and they are first handed over to the military commanders of the Generalissimo's Office. As for the administrative affairs, the secretary for general affairs is in charge of the left class, and it is first submitted to the cabinet meeting.

Therefore, the concerts that Zhu Cihong sees now are all handed over by the military commanders and cabinet meetings. The advantage of this arrangement is that it greatly reduces the work burden of Zhu Cihong, the crown prince, and he does not have to be buried in the recitals that can never be read every day, and the disadvantage is that he is easy to be deceived.

However, he also had some ways to make his ears and eyes clear, not relying on Jinyiwei, but setting up a consultation hall - that is, according to the number of commercial taxes paid by each prefecture and county (there will be a field tax after the expiration of the five-year exemption period), the local gentry and merchants recommended the councillors, who were stationed in Nanjing and worked in the Siguo Palace in Xiaoling. Specialized in making recommendations, responding to issues, and also impeaching officials...... In the future, in the annual "Thinking Palace Discussion", these politicians will be the protagonists.

In addition, not long ago, Zhu Cihong also issued an order allowing Yingtianfu, Suzhou, Songjiang, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou to set up non-governmental newspapers on a trial basis. Therefore, Zhu Cihong can also know the situation in some places by reading the newspaper.

"Chitose Master, I just received a joint performance from Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi and Lu Fan." Li Yan handed a copy of the recital to Zhu Cihong, "They want to use dirt bags to pile up the fortress, and then march step by step, forcing Duoduo to kill the Tartars along the way." ”

"Heap the fortress with dirt bags...... My brain is spinning so fast! Zhu Cihong took the notebook and didn't look at it, but walked quickly to the map table.

On the map, there are already many wooden chess pieces that symbolize both the enemy and the enemy—the shape of chess, and the surface is flattened with Chinese characters such as "bao", "tuan", "xie", "lian", and "虏". This is all a method that Li Yan came up with, and it is clear at a glance.

"Your Highness, they want to divide into three roads, all the way to Liaocheng, all the way to Anping Town, and all the way to Qufu." Li Yan used a long wooden pole to push three chess pieces engraved with the word "bao" from Jinan, Feicheng and Tai'an Prefecture on the map to Liaocheng, Anping Town and Qufu.

Wu Xiang added: "They want to build a fort for 20 miles, and build the fort all the way." ”

"Will it work?" Zhu Cihong was also not sure, looked at the two military strategists who were almost semi-laymen, and asked them for advice.

"Your Highness," Li Yan said, "judging from the situation of the Battle of Qufu, there is no way for the Tartars to break the fortress...... However, the two fortresses are separated by 20 miles, and it seems that they can't stop the Tartars' soldiers and horses. ”

Wu Xiang said: "It can't be blocked, but once the three fortress lines are formed, it is equivalent to three sharp knives inserted into it...... Duoduo will have to work hard for a while. He smiled, "In this way, Shandong's plate will be stable, and the southeast side will be even more stable." ”

"Really?" Zhu Cihong asked, "Old Taishan thinks Duoduo is so easy to deal with?" ”

Wu Xiang smiled: "How can Duoduo be easy to deal with?" It's clear that Chitose is wise! Isn't this method of piling up a fortress in a dirt bag created by Chitose Lord? If Hong Chengchou had this method that day, the battle of Songjin might have been won! ”

Is it? Zhu Cihong thought about it, and he also felt that he was quite wise. He looked at Li Yan again, "Strategist, if you are Duoduo, is there anything you can do?" ”

"This ......" Li Yan looked at the map, suddenly nodded and said, "The minister has a way." ”

"Let's hear about it."

Li Yan stretched out the wooden pole and pushed the chess pieces engraved with the word "虏" from Shandong to Henan.

The Henan battlefield has also started now, it is Huang Degong against Haoge!

Of course, Huang Degong can't beat Haoge, but Lao Huang doesn't have no tricks at all.

He'll be strong and clear!

Before Haoge launched an attack, he moved Xu Dingguo's original hometown of Suizhou to the air, and then burned it clean, and the whole army retreated to Shangqiu. Relying on the Sui River and the Mashang River to build fortifications.

It is now the summer flood season, the water level of the Sui River and the Mashang River (leading to the Whirlpool River) is high, and it is not easy to wade, and Huang Degong's department still has some warships that can move on the three rivers (these three rivers are connected at this time), and can also be supported by Lu Zhenfei's Huai'an sailors. So Haoge didn't have any tricks with him for a while, and the two sides confronted Suiyang and Shangqiu.