The place where the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were ambushed surprised Hong Chengchou and the others.

Liu Tiehan's reconnaissance ambush site is also three, everyone thinks that the best place to be a place, more than 50 miles away from Xuanzhou City, the terrain here is relatively flat, conducive to artillery attacks, that is to say, artillery can play a greater role, can cause greater damage to Dai Shan's Zhenghongqi Tartar, the remaining two locations, not very ideal, from the sand table, these two places are between the valleys, artillery is difficult to play, there is not enough place to erect artillery, and there is no place to concentrate on the advantages of artillery, But the ambush location chosen by Su Tiancheng is precisely the ambush location that everyone feels the most uncomfortable.

This is a valley, the entrance of the valley is about four meters wide, the entrance and exit are cliffs on both sides, it is impossible for the army to ambush, the length of the valley is about three kilometers, in the valley, there is a single road, there is no crossing, the exit is slightly wider, about six meters.

Setting up an ambush in such a place, Hong Chengchou and others felt that this was tantamount to a direct confrontation with the Tartars, without taking into account the role of the ambush at all, and the ambush of the army could only be in the valley, and it was impossible to ambush the entrance and exit of the valley.

The valley is open, the slope on both sides is not very large, but some ditches and ridges are not conducive to the cavalry to charge, and the slope of the slopes on both sides, it also takes a lot of time to fix the artillery, of course, the biggest advantage of setting up an ambush in such a place is to be surprised.

Su Tiancheng's explanation is also like this, the ambush locations of the other two places, especially the place where everyone is most optimistic about Lu, is also the place where Dai Shan pays the most attention and is cautious. The role of ambush is to catch the opponent off guard, so that the greatest effect can be brought into play, and as for the role of artillery, it must not be ignored. But it can't be because of the sharp artillery, everything depends on artillery, you must know that if Lu Dao Daishan is planning to lead the army from the front line of heaven to force Xuanzhou, that is, considering the sharpness of the artillery, it is to be prepared.

The more this is the case, the more it is necessary to ambush artillery and soldiers in the place where Daishan thinks it is most impossible to set up an ambush, and give the Houjin Tartar the sharpest blow. Su Tiancheng made a request to the location of the fight with Dai Shanzheng's Red Flag Tartars. In this valley, the Tartars cannot be allowed to leave this valley.

Su Tiancheng especially emphasized that the flintlock pistol must be worn by everyone, and all the bullets should be fired as much as possible, and the ammunition should not be spared, and once the bullets are fired, they are ready to charge.

At this time, Hong Chengchou and the others finally understood. It turned out that the ambush location selected by Su Tiancheng was the place of the decisive battle. The battle between the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion and the Houjin Tartars is about to start here, and there is no way for both sides to retreat, so it is easy to explain why Su Tiancheng would choose to set up an ambush in such a place. Once Dai Shan's army entered the valley, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who were ambushed in the valley would attack. After the artillery bombardment, they began to shoot condescendingly, killing the Tartars as much as possible, and then slaughtering them from the slopes on both sides, and slashing them together with the Houjin Tartars. In this case, Dai Shan, as the commander, has no chance to escape, either fight hard with the sergeants, or become a prisoner of the Jiangning battalion, as for the place at the entrance and exit of the valley, it will naturally be blocked by the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion after the battle begins, waiting for Su Tiancheng's order to charge after the rear, and join the fighting battle group.

There are not many artillery pieces set up on both sides of the valley, mainly tiger squat guns and Furlong machine guns, only a few red-coated cannons and general cannons, in fact, when setting up artillery, everyone looked at the terrain on the sand table, and most of them understood that in such a place, they mainly relied on small artillery, which was easy to transport, easy to move, and easier to find the location of the erection.

At this time, the flintlock pistol can play a decisive role, whether it is against people or horses, the lethality is huge, and the golden tartar nests in the valley, just shoot it below.

The battle in the valley, there is one of the most critical things, that is, the role of the cavalry is not very large, the valley is narrow, can not be opened, the cavalry can not charge at all, when the time comes, the sergeants on both sides fight together, it is completely to see the ability of the individual, and the war horse is easily frightened, because of the rumbling sound of the artillery, it is easy to collide with each other.

The big war was imminent, and Su Tiancheng didn't have so much time to ask for advice, so he issued an order to set up an ambush.

He Renlong took 20,000 soldiers and set up ambushes on both sides of the valley, at this time He Renlong understood, for what Jiangning battalion soldiers, not only required to be familiar with the combat methods of the infantry soldiers, which seemed to many officers, it was impossible to do so, after all, the combat methods and concepts of the cavalry and the infantry were different, the cavalry focused on rushing and killing, showing an unstoppable momentum, and the infantry focused on cooperation, paying attention to the coordination and cooperation of the overall operation.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion did it.

This time, almost all of the Jiangning battalion soldiers who encircled and suppressed the Red Flag Tartars of Dai Shanzheng came from Liaodong, because they could not expose their whereabouts, they took a boat from Dagukou in Tianjin to Changsheng Island, and they did not enter Fuzhou at all.

After all, they had a lot of contact with the border army, and the training of the border army was directly responsible for the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion.

The soldiers' movements are very fast, and the biggest difficulty in setting up an ambush lies in the erection of artillery, which requires a suitable position, but these problems are nothing in the eyes of the soldiers, and they have tried all kinds of ways to set up ten red-coated cannons, ten general cannons, hundreds of tiger squat cannons, and Fulong machine guns.

At this time, the advantages of Su Tiancheng's chosen ambush location were revealed.

The location of the ambush was beyond the expectations of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, and it was also beyond the expectations of Dai Shan.

On the way to the march, Dai Shan also sent scouts to reconnoiter along the road, but the location of the Jiangning camp ambush was not a suitable ambush location at all in the eyes of the Houjin scouts, so the reconnaissance in this area was also ignored by the Houjin scouts. On the other hand, the most suitable ambush location for Qu Qingze's reconnaissance had a large number of personnel to reconnoiter to see if there was an ambush by the Ming army.

20,000 soldiers completed the ambush in one day.

Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo can be said to be the most excited.

Before the war, Su Tiancheng specially talked to them, which also indicates that they have completely integrated into the Jiangning battalion and become a fierce general recognized by everyone, the number of soldiers in the Jiangning battalion is different from the ordinary guards, a hundred households commanded by more than a thousand soldiers, a thousand households commanded by the soldiers, it is possible to reach more than 5,000 people, much more than the ordinary guard commander has jurisdiction over the sergeants, more than a year, three people from ordinary sergeants, to a thousand households, such a promotion speed, even in the previous rebel army, The possibility is also not very large, which shows the principle of meritocracy in Jiangningying.

This time, the duel with Dai Shan's Zhenghong Banner Tartars, its importance, the three of them are very clear, as the three main officers who assisted He Renlong, the three of them also know their own responsibilities, when the army set up an ambush, the three of them are the hardest, He Renlong is thinking about how to set up all the 20,000 soldiers in ambush in place, can not let the scouts of Houjin perceive, but the implementation of the details, that is, the three of them are specifically responsible, a day, they can't remember how many roads they have walked, how many times they have emphasized, Even the most inconspicuous details.

For example, when it comes to using tree branches as covers, Liu Wenxiu found that the density of tree branches is different, there are more in some places, and there are fewer in some places.

A day later, when Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou and He Renlong inspected the ambush, they couldn't even find the ambush soldiers who were nearby, and the 20,000 soldiers seemed to have merged with the mountain.

Su Tiancheng focused on the erection of the red-coated cannon and the general's cannon, this battle, the role of artillery is limited, how to maximize the role of artillery, this is very critical, Daishan's army, basically cavalry, artillery in the Houjin Tartar to kill at the same time, but also to completely deter the Houjin Tartar's war horse, fighting in the valley, after the war horse is shocked by the artillery, it will become a burden on the Houjin Tartar, Jiangning battalion soldiers have no such worries, 20,000 soldiers, no horseback, with a phalanx of foot soldiers to charge, After encirclement and suppression, the Golden Tartars.

The 10,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers led by Hong Chengchou are all elite cavalry, responsible for intercepting the fleeing Houjin Tartars at the entrance and exit of the valley.

After everything was arranged, Su Tiancheng's main energy began to concentrate on the Tartars of the Houjin Zhenghong Banner who were slowly approaching the ambush site, and the scouts led by Liu Tiehan kept sending information, reporting the movements of the Houjin Tartars, and the marching route decided by Dai Shan was exactly the same as Su Tiancheng's prediction.

(There are a lot of inspections at the end of the year, and things on the work are delayed, so there are some problems with the update, and it may take a few days, so I ask for the reader's understanding.) (To be continued......)