Volume 2 Chapter 93 Two Qi
Angry hair rushed to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rest.
Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, and be fierce.
Yang Cong received the holy decree, only to look up to the sky and howl, Jiajing, actually asked him to quickly arrange everything and return to Beijing to resume his life!
He didn't know what Yan Song and Jiajing talked about, he only knew that Yan Song wrote "The proud soldiers will be defeated" on his ticket, and then Jiajing consulted with Yan Song for a while, and then the holy decree to invite him back to Beijing was issued.
What is the meaning of "arrogant soldiers will be defeated", and the strength of the Tartars, can he not be clear?
The reason why he was able to lead his army to successive victories was mainly because of the superiority in weapons and equipment, because the chariot with hot weapons was the nemesis of the cavalry, and once the battle began, the Tartars would only be crushed.
This is the embodiment of hot weapons replacing cold weapons as the dominant force on the battlefield, and has nothing to do with arrogance or arrogance.
Yan Song actually said that he was "arrogant and will be defeated"!
Jiajing actually believed Yan Song's nonsense!
Can you, as an emperor, have a little bit of your own opinions, and listen to Yan Song fooling around in the military affairs related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, can you be more stupid?
This time, he was angry with Jiajing again.
His mood was just like Yue Fei at the beginning, he was about to smash Huanglong, but he was recalled by the imperial court, and he was as aggrieved as he wanted, and as uncomfortable as he was.
The next script, will it be the Storm Pavilion?
Will Yan Song open his net and prepare to give him a "trumped-up" unjust?
He wasn't worried.
Yan Song, I don't have this ability.
This guy will fool Jiajing to achieve his dirty purpose.
If you want to talk about the enemy's strategy, he actually used it against Yan Song, but Yan Song was fooled by his concession and directly cleaned up Xia Yan.
Therefore, when it comes to tricks, he is not afraid of Yan Song.
He was just pure anger, he was angry with Jiajing, and even more angry with Yan Song.
Yan Song, you're looking for death, aren't you?
Okay, I'll go back to Beijing and kill you first!
Yang Cong didn't play in vain, and after he received the holy decree, he began to arrange the aftermath.
The number of troops in each border town was reduced to 10,000, which was a requirement mentioned in the two holy decrees, and it was also his biggest headache.
Because the main force of the Tartars did not suffer too much blow, the 10,000 border troops, guarding the defense line of more than 1,000 miles in each town, is really a little too little, and if you are not careful, you will be broken through by the Tartars.
He didn't have a good way to deal with this problem, so he could only leave all the 40,000 southeastern troops in Hetao to rest and recuperate, in order to deal with the raids of the Tartars, and then try to strengthen the defense capabilities of the border towns.
Anyway, the issue of the Southeast Army was not mentioned in the holy decree, even if Yan Song mentioned this issue through Jiajing's mouth after returning to Beijing, he would have to fight for it on the basis of reason.
No matter how confused Jiajing is, he can't give up the northwest defense line to the Tartars in vain!
As for how to strengthen the defenses of the border towns, he could only use the advantage of thermal weapons as much as possible.
Generally speaking, it is to build more turrets at various important passes, and try to make use of the range advantage of thermal weapons to deter the enemy and discourage the enemy.
At this time, the arrow tower was actually equivalent to the pillbox of later generations, that is, to build a high tower higher than the ground or the city wall, which increased the advantage of range and made people hide inside and shoot outside.
This thing can be said to be the most suitable for defense, because at this time, the number of muskets on the border is amazing, and there is also a thunderstorm, even if only ten people are stationed in an arrow tower, it can form a huge lethality, even if it is hundreds of Tartars, they will not want to capture it.
In other words, as long as hundreds of such arrow towers are built at a pass, even tens of thousands of Tartars cannot be breached.
As for the turret, it is better to understand, it is roughly a platform equivalent to a gun carriage, and the artillery can be mounted on it and the angle can be adjusted.
Moreover, Yang Cong also ordered various arsenals to cast thousand-pound cannons to deal with the dense charge of the Tartars.
Such a huge cannon, as long as there are more than ten guns on each pass, can bombard the Tartars.
You must know that the shells of the thousand-pound cannon are not comparable to the shells of the tiger squat cannon, a shell is a human-shaped blood tank, which can kill and injure more than ten people casually, and if it happens to be smashed in a dense place of the enemy, it is not impossible to kill and injure dozens of people.
After the defense facilities are arranged, it is time to arrange the personnel.
Tang Kekuan was still left in Shaanxi to command the garrison of the three towns of Shaanxi, and the three towns of Shanxi, and Yang Cong handed over to the veteran Zhang Da, as for Yu Dayou, Yang Cong asked him to stay in Hetao to train the 40,000 southeast army, ready to support the six towns in the northwest at any time.
At this time, the six towns in the northwest have almost formed a whole, except for the relatively remote Ganzhou town, the other five border towns have basically been connected by railway, as long as the information is transmitted quickly enough, timely support can still be done.
After everything was arranged, he recruited Yu Dayou, Tang Kekuan, and Zhang Da to the temporary line and explained them in detail.
Since he was about to leave the northwest, the atmosphere was quite depressing, except for him to make some instructions to the map from time to time, the other three generals basically didn't say much.
They can't understand why the imperial court suddenly transferred Yang Cong away, you know, the battle to clean up the Tartars has just begun, is it okay not to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and beat the Tartars down in one fell swoop, but instead recall the boss back to the capital, is there anything wrong?
Jiajing's approach is really incomprehensible, just like Song Gaozong's insistence on recalling, which is simply inexplicable.
Yang Cong didn't explain the detailed reasons to them, because the struggle above the court was too dirty, and saying it could only make them angry, and after he explained the defense of Shaanxi and Shanxi border towns, he solemnly said to Yu Dayou: "Zhifu, Changsheng and Snow Mountain are the main guards, and you are the main attackers." I estimate that it will be difficult for the Tartars to organize a large-scale offensive in the past two years, after all, it will take time for them to migrate and stabilize. During this time, you can't let them live comfortably, you have to take the initiative and make them uneasy. ”
When Yu Dayou heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Didn't the imperial court mean that if I saw it, I would accept it, if I attack the western set without authorization, Yan Song will probably make a big fuss again, right?" ”
Yang Cong said indifferently: "You can say that you are practicing, after all, the 40,000 army is gathered here, you can't eat and sleep every day, sleep and eat, the necessary drills must be necessary, but your drill method is to go to the edge of the Tartar's territory and practice in actual combat." ”
Practice?
Well, this reason, barely said in the past, after all, he just went up to harass the Tartars, and did not really launch a full-scale attack.
Yu Dayou nodded slowly and said: "Well, I understand, don't worry, as long as I am free, I will practice well, and I will let the Tartars also taste the taste of being frequently entered." ”
Yang Cong nodded slightly, and then explained: "Since it is to enter the Kou, it is natural to grab something, Zhifu, you remember, if you see cattle, sheep and horses, don't let go of any of them, grab them all, anyway, there is pasture in the Hetao, and no matter how many cattle, sheep and horses are raised." As for the herdsmen of the Tartars, try not to hurt them, and keep them for Altan Khan to have a headache. ”
His trick is really a bit poisonous, just robbing people's cattle, sheep and horses but not people, this is to make the Tartars famine!
When Yu Dayou heard this, he just nodded slowly to show his understanding, and did not say anything unbearable, fighting, it was originally so cruel, and the people who didn't hurt you were already merciful enough, as for the herdsmen who had nothing to eat and famine or something, it was a headache for Altan Khan.