Chapter 263: Firearms and Cavalry
On the first day after Chinese New Year's Eve, that is, on the 24th of the lunar month, Zhu Changhao, the king of Rui, actually led 20,000 cavalry and stationed on the Guangqu Gate, which bore the brunt of the attack. Zhu Changhao's approach won the praise of these dozens of large and small Qinwang armies.
After the cavalry division was stationed in the gate, as well as the iron plates, thistles, and iron wires for the protection system, Fu Zonglong entered the tent.
Zhu Changhao asked him to sit down and make a steady arrangement for the next battle with Jiannu Tartars.
In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, Zhu Changhao, Liu Zheng, Song Xiance, and Fu Zonglong began to sit on the chair, studying how to deal with the 100,000 army of Jiannu this time.
Strategically despise the enemy, but tactically we must attach importance to the enemy, after all, strategy is to be embodied through guò tactics.
The 20,000 cavalry of the Ruiwang Mansion, although in the more than half a year of training, also harassed the cavalry of Jiannu in November this year. But to be honest, Jiannu's cavalry is estimated to only have the strength to fight with the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which it often opposes, and the border armies of other towns, because of the quality of the horses, ordnance, and the Su zhì of the soldiers, and other factors, once they meet the cavalry of Jiannu, under the same impact, it is the fate of retreat.
It was for this situation that Fu Zonglong said, "Lord Wang, the last general will tell you one thing, just in Zunhua interception, because Huang Taiji's cavalry broke through Longjing Pass and Da'ankou, directly pointing to Zunhua, Zunhua is the important town of Jingdong, Yuan Chonghuan also wants to intercept Houjin's army here, he urgently ordered Pingliao General Zhao to lead 4,000 soldiers and horses to gallop to rescue Zunhua.
Zhao led his troops to gallop for three days and nights, traveling nearly 400 miles, and arrived at Santun Camp east of Zunhua. However, Zhu Guoyan, the commander-in-chief of the Santun battalion, was not allowed to enter the city, so Zhao led his horse to the west and galloped towards Zunhua.
On the 4th day of the first month of November, Zhao led his army to the outside of Zunhua City, and met the four banners of the Manchurian left wing and the Mongol soldiers of the Houjin Bel Azig and other departments, and strayed into an ambush, and fell from his horse with an arrow. But the 4,000 cavalry led by Zhao Shujiao almost died.
The reason why I said this matter is that the cavalry of our Rui Wangfu found that they were really strong after handing over the Jiannu Eight Banners, if it weren't for the sharpness of our Yakexi war knife, and two grenades from time to time, the thunderbolt on the saddle hit a few cold shots, and the mortars in the back volleyed to assist in covering, which allowed us to rescue the dumb man, no, it should be Zhao Shujiao, if there were no such means, more than 5,000 of us could be said to be wiped out.
Therefore, the last general Jianyi, this time and Jiannu do not carry out cavalry counter-charge, once this Emperor Taiji stares at the cavalry of our Rui Wangfu, and focuses on beckoning us, when the time comes, these Qinwang army, there are not many who come to the rescue. The last general estimates that the general of Datong is full of nobles, and the chief soldier of Xuanfu is waiting for Shilu, if Yuan Manzi arrives, although this person has a tendon, he will also rescue our Ruiwang Mansion. It's just that the last general thinks that it is better for us not to do this, although the art of war is cloudy, "put it to death and then live", that is to implement it when the strength of the two sides is similar or the momentum is similar.
When Fu Zonglong said this, he didn't say more, and then Zhu Changhao, Liu Zheng, and Song Xiance began to think.
It stands to reason that the real war is a contest between the time, the place, and the people, but among the dozens of Qinwang armies that fought against Huang Taiji this time, the Ming side, basically so far, none of the three is available.
In terms of time, in the cold winter season, on the one hand, the Ming Dynasty lacked clothes and wore less, and it was difficult to be self-sufficient in heavy ordnance.
In terms of geographical advantages, the North China Plain is just suitable for the large-scale vertical and horizontal attack of the cavalry of Jiannu.
People and aspect, it is simply a mess, Shanxi governor Geng Ruqi and the general soldier Zhang Honggong also led 5,000 people to help, according to Emperor Chongzhen's "Qinwang Order" said, the second day of the arrival of Qinwangjun, after the demarcation of the garrison, the army was allocated to pay grain and grass.
The problem is that the reinforcements from Shanxi have arrived, and in your Beijing division, you will be ordered to guard Tongzhou today, Changping tomorrow, and Liangxiang the day after tomorrow. The garrison was tired, and the army was not paid for three days, and the army mutinied. After the incident, Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong were arrested and imprisoned. When the Quartet reinforcements were gathered one after another, they plundered more because of lack of pay.
The personnel are uneven, the logistics subsidy is dying, I remember that the Three Kingdoms had eighteen princes to crusade against Dong Zhuo in front of the Tiger Prison, and they all failed in the end, why not? The hearts of the people are not aligned!
Now, under the city wall of the capital division in the North China Plain, it is even more unbearable than the eighteenth road princes crusading against Dong Zhuo.
After all, at that time, the princes of the Eighteenth Route were attacking, and Dong Zhuo was passively defending.
The people's hearts are not aligned, but the princes of the Eighteenth Road grasp the initiative on the battlefield, and now, the Qinwang army is not only unaligned, but also passive defense, and the situation can be imagined.
Because of these reasons, after thinking for a while, Zhu Changhao nodded silently and did not speak, but Song Xiance, who was with the army this time, spoke first, "Lord Wang, on the battlefield, it is nothing more than fighting with odds and matching with each other. Therefore, our 20,000 cavalry must also follow this method.
This time on the battlefield against the Eight Banners of Jiannu, we have to achieve a "positive" word", then the word "strange" will be handed over to these brothers of the Qinwang Army.
After all, the word "Qi" is here, and the small one thinks that it means a smooth battle, that is to say, these Qinwang troops, if they start this smooth war, they will definitely be like a bull in Qing, rampage and energetic.
But I am afraid that Huang Taiji will have an ambush, therefore, the tailwind battle, the small one, still has to take precautions, and the sprint cutting task of the downwind battle can be handed over to Mangui, Hou Shilu, and Yuan Chonghuan and others, but our Rui Wangfu also has to prepare 8,000 people to collect prisoners, after all, the three major industries advocated by the prince need people to do it. ”
According to the meaning of Song Xiance, the cavalry of the palace was divided into two parts, one part of more than 12,000 people, guarding the Beijing division, sniping Jiannu, and there were 8,000 people behind, so they went to sprint, cut the cavalry team of the Eight Banners, and then captured it to provide free labor for the industrial development of the three major industries of the Ming Dynasty.
"Well, Lao Song's strategy is good, Lao Liu, do you have any ideas?"
"Lord, I saw that our garrison is under the frontal impact of Jiannu, although there are barbed wire and iron plates, but it is still a little thin, if Jiannu does not want to drive the people around the Beijing Division, and use the people's to fill this barbed wire and iron plate to build fortifications, when the people's bodies are stacked layer by layer, this fortification will be crushed, and once the emperor Taiji covers the soldiers and kills, we are really undefeated and defeated. Therefore, the small one built three lines of defense at once, between the line of defense and the line of defense, it was necessary to dig a trench widely, the ditch was one zhang wide and six feet deep, and a large number of licorice branches were placed in it to ignite the fire, once the defense line was lost, when it was abandoned, our cavalry drew the iron plate above, and after the enemy entered the trench, threw and burned into the ditch. Bullet, when the time comes, Huang Taiji will definitely be so angry that he vomits three liters of blood, and Yang Wei will not lift. ”
After Liu Zheng finished speaking, the tent was quiet, but Zhu Changhao said, "General Fu, I don't know how Lao Liu's method is?" ”
In the past six months, Fu Zonglong has also appreciated the essence of firearms, especially the way of combat fortifications, which is also thorough. For the barbed wire, iron plates, trenches, ignitions, and burning objects proposed by Liu Zheng. This set of combination punches, once it is really implemented, not to mention the Huang Taiji who was born in his wild boar skin, even Genghis Khan's Temujin five hundred years ago will be defeated.
Although the current Jiannu is invincible, compared to Genghis Khan, Huang Taiji is a small thing.
"Back to the prince, Lord Song (Liaodong Xuanzhi Si Yamen Tongzhi) has a responsible strategy, and the last general thinks it is very good, and it should be implemented immediately."
"Alright, then the task of building a line of defense will be left to you."
"Yes, the last general will give the order, so I will do it", Fu Zonglong stood up and clenched his fists and said, then went out of the handsome tent and arranged the second and third fortifications.
Zhu Changhao didn't talk nonsense, and immediately sent his personal guards to invite the general soldiers of King Qin's various armies, or the stewards, to discuss King Qin's plan and strategy this time.
An hour later, nearly fifty people came, and after seeing the ceremony, a huge Chinese army marshal's tent, Zhu Changhao raised his eyes, full of heads.
Zhu Changhao sat on the head of the handsome tent, and hung a map of the territory of the 300-mile radius of the Beijing division behind him.
The people in charge of the army of Zhulu Qin Wang sat on the carpet in the tent, and after putting a bowl of tea in front of him, Zhu Changhao said, "At this point, the national disaster is at the head, and all the brave and brave people have traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to master King Qin, and this king, as the prince of the royal family, although he is in the Han Dynasty, but he still thinks about the national disaster at the head, and when he survives, he has the courage to violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and he will come to Beijing and kill him."
Grandpa Cheng moved the capital to the north, once said, the king died Sheji, the Son of Heaven guarded the country, although the king is not the Son of Heaven, and does not want to be the Son of Heaven, but Lone is also a part of the Ming Dynasty, that is, I can't get used to the barbarian Jiannu, in the land of my Jingshi, show off his might, therefore, to invite you here, is how to leave Jiannu in the land of Beijing, kill him personally on his back. Gentlemen speak freely, and we will discuss the country's identity. ”
After Zhu Changhao's brief words, everyone's hearts warmed, after all, a king of Qin in the land of a feudal domain, risked being demoted to a commoner and killed his head, leading 20,000 cavalry to snipe Jiannu, this courage can be sung and cried.
There was a quiet moment in the tent, and some of the general soldiers and the governor picked up the tea bowl in front of them and drank hot tea in a hurry.
At this moment, a person who looked like a civil official in front stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Geng Ruqi, the old governor of Shanxi, is here to ask Prince Rui, this time to go to Beijing Qinwang, we Shanxi have suffered disasters for many years, 5,000 people Qinwang, here to eat without eating, to drink without drinking, the court promised, we wait until the demarcation of the station, we can receive food, but these days, we have been constantly moving the camp and division, there is no food, the soldiers are hungry and cold, how should this matter be good?" ”
The governor of Shanxi gave Zhu Changhao a problem, how Zhu Changhao solved it, please see the next decomposition.