"Jiannu really wants to attack in a roundabout way and copy our back road!" After synthesizing several aspects of intelligence, Cao Yue made this judgment: "Dolgon must know that there is no way to break through our army's defense line from the front, so he wants to make a long-distance detour and attack our rear in a detour, in a vain attempt to disrupt the deployment of our army, and then attack while our army is in chaos." Hehe, then let's have fun with Dolgon!"

Cao Bianjiao, who was on the side, after thinking about it carefully, agreed with Cao Yue's statement: "It makes sense, I also think that Jiannu just wants to use their rapid assault ability to attack behind my army." I don't think Jiannu wanted to take the opportunity to attack Nanjing, or other places in the south, after all, there are nearly 2,000 miles from Beizhili to Nanjing, and there are also natural dangers of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, even if there is no defense of our men and horses in the south, it is impossible for them to attack Nanjing. ”

Cao Bianjiao was worried that Jiannu would make a detour to attack, so after Cao Yue said a similar judgment, he immediately agreed.

Because Cao Yue made arrangements as soon as possible, and also ordered several guard divisions that were originally used as reserve troops to march east from Henan to the north, and together with the army in Shandong, they stationed an iron-blooded defense line to prevent Jiannu from taking advantage of it. Therefore, Cao Bianjiao was not worried that Jiannu's attack method would cause the Ming army to collapse, and he believed that as long as there were no accidents, Jiannu's new attack strategy would still not be able to achieve results.

Cao Bianjiao already had a certain understanding of the situation in the special guard camp, and Cao Yue had no intention of hiding it from him. With such an elite team in his hands, Cao Bianjiao has more confidence, and he very much hopes that this decisive battle with Jiannu can fundamentally change the current situation and eliminate Jiannu's elite forces.

It's just that he, like most of the other generals, is not completely acceptable to the current combat mode adopted by Cao Yue, and they never thought that they would have to dig trenches in battle. The cavalry was only attached, and artillery was prepared before the attack. This method of fighting a war is very different from the way they fought in the past. However, Cao Bianjiao is also a smart person, and he also knows that Cao Yue used this arrangement to achieve a great victory in the Battle of Liaocheng.

Since this method of warfare can recreate slaves, then continue to use them, and he can also learn more useful things in the war. Large-scale use of firearms. is gradually changing the mode of war, which Cao Bianjiao agrees with very much.

However, Cao Bianjiao was still a little worried. According to Cao Yue's arrangement, fortified cities such as Liaocheng, Linqing, and Dezhou were the last barriers to the field position, and Cao Yue wanted to use field fortifications to block Jiannu outside the city. Losing the barrier of the fortified city, whether he could block the attack of the Jiannu, Cao Bianjiao had no bottom in his heart.

Fortunately, the construction of the trench is quite reasonable, and if the battle outside the city is unfavorable, the defending men and horses can retreat to the city through the trench.

Cao Bianjiao hoped that the war would start sooner. He could take a good look at how Cao Yue repelled Jiannu's attack, and what was so powerful about the new combat method. Seeing is believing, I haven't faced it in reality, and I can't think of many things by imagining.

And Cao Bianjiao is not the only one who has concerns about this war, many people suffer from gains and losses like him.

And the one who suffers the most from gains and losses is none other than Dorgon, the commander of Jiannu.

Dolgon thought that he had figured out the intentions of the Ming army, and believed that the Ming army wanted to advance slowly in a steady and steady way, and slowly grind with the Qing army in the way of fighting a war of attrition. So he made a decision immediately and gathered superior forces. Taking advantage of the gradual subsidence of the summer heat and the lack of rain, it was very conducive to the season of cavalry attack and prepared for a large-scale counterattack against the Ming army. The Qing army could not fight a war of attrition with the Ming army, and the Ming army could get a steady stream of replenishment from the south, while the Qing army occupied the north. Production is far from being comparable to that of the South, and it cannot even support a sustained war.

After many discussions between Dorgon and Duoduo in this battle, they decided to adopt a separate attack, with nearly 100,000 horses, to take a gradual attack on the direction of the Ming army's defense. The others, on the other hand, were prepared to take a detour, quickly interspersed, and take advantage of the negligence of the Ming army to launch a surprise attack on it. Most of the field fortifications of the Ming army were built outside the city, and there was no strong city wall to protect them, so it gave people the opportunity to sneak attack.

At the beginning of the battle, Dolgon did not want to kill more Ming troops, and he knew that this was unrealistic. He just wanted to use the multi-directional detours to disrupt the deployment of the Ming army, and then take advantage of the chaos to attack the place where the Ming army stacked ammunition, and destroy these lethal things as much as possible. The artillery of the Ming army was also the first thing that Dolgon felt was the first thing to destroy, and the impact of this weapon on the lethality and morale of the Qing army was too great.

It's just that Dolgon can't find out more information about the inside of the Ming army, and he can't make more elaborate arrangements.

The scouts sent out often go and never return, and those who are lucky enough to come back do not bring back exciting news. Dolgon knew that launching a counteroffensive against the Ming army under such circumstances would certainly not be optimistic. But he didn't have much to do, after all, the Ming army had approached the border of Beizhili and was preparing to raise heavy troops to attack Cangzhou and Tianjinwei. If Cangzhou and Tianjin Wei were captured by the Ming army, Beijing would be in danger. Dolgon did not forget that Cao Yue led a fleet of sailors through the canal to Beijing before the Liukou broke through Beijing, rescued some members of the Ming royal family, and snatched the body of Emperor Chongzhen, and while completing these things, he also repelled several attacks by the Liukou.

Cao Yue relied on a large number of artillery on the warships, and if the Ming army captured Cangzhou and Tianjinwei, then the warships could reach Beijing directly through the canal. Tianjin Wei is not much away from Beijing, and now in Beijing, the members of the Qing royal family are there, if you are a little careless, you will be won by Cao Yue, you will lose everything.

Dolgon already regretted moving the capital to Beijing and letting the Qing imperial family live in the Forbidden City.

Before deciding to move the capital, he never dreamed that the war would be fought like this, and the situation would be reversed within a few months. Originally, he thought that with the decline of the Ming court, the Qing army defeated the Liukou and would be able to seek the world. He couldn't have imagined that the Ming official army, which had been defeated by the Liukou, had completely defeated the Qing army that defeated the Liukou, which was incredible.

It's just that it's useless to regret it now, and he can't make the decision to relocate the capital back to Shengjing now, not to mention that this tossing back and forth will make many people collapse, and this decision alone is enough to destroy the will and morale of many Qing Dynasty soldiers. To do so was to take the initiative to admit that the Qing army could not withstand the attack of the Ming army, and was forced to retreat to Liaodong after a heavy defeat. If this is the case, then the Mongolian tribes that originally belonged to the Qing Dynasty, as well as other servant tribes, will defect one after another, and the Qing Dynasty will really fall apart at that time.

Dolgon must win this battle, if it fails, not only Cangzhou and Tianjin will not be able to defend it, but even Beijing will be recovered by the Ming army, at that time the Qing army can really only withdraw from the pass, so the Qing army can only fight desperately. (To be continued.) )