In the big tent, everyone was in a heavy mood, and no one could have imagined that the originally invincible Daqing Jingqi would lose so badly and lose so badly. In the face of the large-scale use of artillery and muskets by the Ming army, the originally proud cavalry archery was not even useful.

Everyone who was summoned to the tent by Dorgon had seen the scenes of the two days of war, and Dorgon had just informed them of the results of today's battle, and everyone was angry and ashamed, but they couldn't think of any good way to crack the tactics of the Ming army.

The dense artillery bombardment had exceeded their psychological expectations, and the earth-shattering explosion not only made them scream, but also the horses were uncontrollably frightened, and the formation of the charge could hardly be maintained. Finally rushing through the firing area of the artillery, the Ming army sent thousands of elite soldiers into hell with a huge explosion. Then there were lucky undead who rushed to the front of the Ming army, and there were almost no survivors in the dense row of guns.

In the war between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the balance of victory was originally tilted in favor of the Qing Dynasty, but now it is tilted one-sidedly on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing army can't even think of a way to crack it. You must know that this is a foreign hand in the field, if the Ming army has a strong city to rely on, then this battle will be even more difficult to fight.

In fact, Jiannu misunderstood at this point, in the years of the Hot Weapon War, the fortified city had become an elbow, and there was no way to make artillery and muskets exert their maximum power.

The area inside each city cannot be very large, and there is no way to arrange more artillery, and it is impossible for soldiers to arrange many on each section of the city wall. But in the field, none of these constraints existed, artillery positions could be calmly arranged, and a larger number of artillery pieces could be put into the battlefield. After the field fortifications are dug, they can play a similar role to the city wall, and can be more flexible, just like Cao Yue planted a large number of explosives this time, creating a human tragedy is a best example.

In the war between the wilderness, the fortifications could be built wider. The terrain can be fully utilized, and the number of sergeants hiding in the field fortifications and shooting at the enemy is greater in each platoon, and the blows to the Jiannu who want to attack the field fortifications naturally multiply.

Moreover, the Ming army is now in this position, and it can also make use of the warships in the canal, and there are a large number of artillery and musketeers on the warships. And inside the city, the warships are not functional.

This war was fought like this, in fact, it is quite understandable that it was a large-scale war between two armies with completely different equipment. A group of soldiers armed with bows, arrows, knives and guns attacked a well-trained army that had built perfect field fortifications and was equipped with artillery, muskets and explosives.

In history, in the famous Battle of Baliqiao, the more than 30,000 Qing troops led by Seng Lingqin were almost wiped out, while the Anglo-French coalition army, with a total number of more than 8,000 people, suffered only a few dozen casualties, which is the truest portrayal of this unequal war. Faced with a well-trained army equipped with hot weapons. The main weapon is cold weapons, and how can it be possible to achieve victory by relying on the combat mode of cavalry to break through the opponent's position?

However, Jiannu is up and down, including Dolgon and Fan Wencheng. This is not fully recognized.

They knew that the Ming army's artillery and muskets were staggeringly lethal, but they did not admit that the Qing army was weaker than the Ming army in terms of combat power, and there was no way to defeat the Ming army equipped with firearms by relying on sophisticated cavalry and archery. They just think. The Qing army did not find a way to crack it.

As long as you find a way to crack it, and hit the Ming army hard in a certain encounter, the Ming army, which is mainly based on new recruits. There will be no defeat. At that time, it was time for the Qing army to pursue and kill the Ming army and turn the tide of the war.

The atmosphere in the big tent was dull, and after Dolgon asked the ministers what the best way to break the enemy, no one dared to stand up and express their opinions, even Fan Wencheng lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

Most of the Jiannu nobles are well-limbed and simple-minded people, and there are only a few high-level strategists such as Dolgon and Duoduo, and those Han army generals and Ming generals have been frightened by the war scenes of these two days, and many people are not thinking about how to break the enemy, but thinking about the future and fate of themselves and their sergeants. Some generals of the Ming surrender army are already regretting surrendering to the Manchus, and they are wondering if they are looking for an opportunity to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and draw a clear line with Jiannu.

Seeing that no one had come forward for a few moments to make a suggestion, Dorgon was even more annoyed. With a cold face, he swept the faces of these people under the tent one by one, and finally fell on Fan Wencheng who was standing beside him, and forcibly suppressed his anger and asked Fan Wencheng: "Mr. Fan, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

At this time, Fan Wencheng was most afraid of being named by Dolgon, because he hadn't come up with anything he thought was appropriate, but he was named by Dolgon, so he could only stand up.

"Master, the slave feels that he can't rashly launch an attack until he finds an effective solution to the threat of the Ming army's huge artillery and muskets," Fan Wencheng said, took a deep breath, and then said: "Master, the slave just thought of some methods, but he didn't think about it well, and he didn't dare to say it in front of his master." ”

"If you have any ideas, just say it!" Dolgon shouted a little impatiently: "Say everything you think, if it is really a good way to break the enemy, this king has his own reward." ”

"Yes, master!" After Fan Wencheng agreed, he hurriedly said what he had just thought, "Master, the slave feels that if the Ming army has more artillery and muskets, the ammunition required is also huge, and it is impossible for them to carry ammunition that can be used by nearly 100,000 troops for a long time, and the follow-up will definitely have to be transported from the direction of Nanjing." And the roads they transport are mainly canals and land routes along the canals, if we send a strong force to attack the Ming army's ammunition convoys or ships, and we continue to send small groups of men and horses to attack every day to consume the Ming army's ammunition. At that time, the ammunition of the Ming army must not be available, and without ammunition, the artillery and muskets of the Ming army will be decorations, and that is when our Qing army will launch a full-scale attack. Also, Hubei's Zuo Liangyu Department should take action, as long as Zuo Liangyu's Department moves, Cao Yue will definitely not dare to stay in Shandong for a long time, and he will definitely withdraw his troops. At that time, our Qing army could follow the attack and turn defeat into victory. ”

Speaking his thoughts in the past two days, Fan Wencheng seemed to have regained his self-confidence, and then said: "The most feared thing about gunpowder is rain, if it rains heavily, the Ming army's muskets and artillery will not be able to use, at that time, our army can take advantage of the situation to attack." Therefore, the minion suggested that he should not rush to a decisive battle with the Ming army first, and now only need to send a small number of soldiers and horses to harass him, consume the ammunition of the Ming army, and wait for the rainy day to try to attack. The few suggestions made by the previous minions, the master also gave a lot of consideration, if they can do it, it will destroy the foundation of the Ming army first, and they will definitely be defeated. ”

After listening to what Fan Wencheng said, Dolgon's originally tense face slowly eased! (To be continued.) )