Chapter Eighty-Eight: Attack or Defense?
Whether it is the era of Nurhachi or Huang Taiji, the nobles of the Later Jin Eight Banners have always strongly opposed the attack on southern Liaoning, because Mao Wenlong's poor bastard is too poor, and the far-sighted Huang Taiji ignored everyone's opposition and insisted on cleaning up Mao Wenlong first, not letting Mao Wenlong rob himself, and then robbing others with peace of mind, but no one expected to kill Mao Wenlong on the front foot, and a more difficult opponent came on the back foot, and this opponent is growing rapidly.
It had been four days since Yang Bo arrived at Nanxinkou, and after hastily inspecting the construction progress of Mopan City, Yang Bo rushed to Fuzhou, and the General Staff Department formulated an ambitious plan to encircle and annihilate Dorgon's 6,000 army, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
In the Senhu Prefecture of Fuzhou, a military meeting was being held, and a clerk of the General Staff Department was loudly explaining the specific contents of the plan.
“…… The sailors transported the Panshi Brigade to land on Lianyun Island, besieged Gaizhou, and cut off the connection between Yongning and Gaizhou, while the Iron Fist Brigade was out of Fuzhou and fought to the death with the Dolgon Division, and the Tartars stationed in Yongning Prison had more than 1,000 Yellow Banner Amura on the left flank, including more than 300 vests and more than 600 infantry armor, and the right wing of the Dolgon Department was one and a half Niu Lu, with a strength of 1,200, and the right wing of the White Flag Duoduo Department was five Niu Lu, about 3,000 people, and the right wing of the Horse Wing was 1,500 horse armor, and the rest were infantry armor, and there were more than 7,800 people in eight battalions of our Iron Fist Brigade, and we had an advantage in the comparison of troops, you can eat your opponent in one bite. ”
With the conquest of Fuzhou, Xushan sniping, and the siege of Gaizhou, the staff department was full of confidence, and the thousands of people in the two white flags were no longer in their eyes.
Hearing the plan of the General Staff Division, some of the chief officers showed fanatical expressions. Some were bowing their heads in contemplation, while others were looking at Yang Bo, wanting to wait for the adults to make a final decision.
Yang Bo smiled and pointed to Ma Shiying, who was attending the meeting, and said, "Yaocao." What do you think? ”
Everyone's eyes were all focused on Ma Shiying, although this Ma Shiying had been defecting to the adult for a short time, he was deeply trusted by the adult, which made many people secretly jealous.
Ma Shiying hurriedly stood up, a little nervous, he was obviously unprepared, his face was flushed but he didn't know what to say.
"Yaocao. It's your first time attending this kind of military meeting, so it's normal to be a little nervous, but don't worry. No matter what you think, you can talk about it" Yang Bo comforted him, in order to appease others, Yang Bo felt that it was necessary to let Ma Shiying be in the limelight, otherwise how to convince everyone?
"The villain thinks the plan is feasible," Ma Shiying thought for a moment. replied.
Yang Bo was slightly disappointed. Just as he wanted to wave his hand to let him sit down, Ma Shiying said again: "But if we want to fight a decisive battle with the Tartars of Yongning Prison, our own casualties will definitely be very large, and the villain thinks that it is not enough to besiege Gaizhou with two battalions of the Rock Brigade, at least four battalions are needed, and the cooperation of dragoons is required." ”
Ma Shiying's words made everyone discuss, and Wang Xiaoyu, the chief of staff, got up and said unconvinced: "Why are two battalions not enough?" It was enough to keep Abatai in the city. ”
Ma Shiying was furious when he saw the director of the General Staff Department. I didn't dare to hold it up, so I saluted Wang Xiaoyu before saying, "There are six thousand Tartars outside Fuzhou City." Among them, there are nearly 2,000 horse armors, if the slave chieftain uses Yongning Jian to block our infantry army, and the horse armor returns to Gaizhou with all his strength, the two battalions of the Panshi Brigade do not have a strong city to rely on, and they do not have enough firearms, they will definitely be defeated under the attack of the Tatar Nu cavalry on both sides."
Tie Niu pointed to Li Dali, who raised his hand, and said, "You come"
Li Dali stood up and retorted: "Xu Shan's sniper battle hasn't been forgotten, right? The Panshi Brigade can carry flintlock pistols and artillery, use the position to block the Tartars, and the Iron Fist Brigade will go all out to encircle and annihilate the Tartar infantry of the two white flags, and the two white flags are not Huang Taiji's Niu Lu, they also have to weigh the pros and cons, and consume the bannermen in Yongning Prison, they will have a pain in the flesh. ”
Li Dali's words made many people echo, and Li Dali made a gesture of invitation to Ma Shiying and sat down.
Ma Shiying was still a little nervous, and stammered: "No, it's not proper, Fuzhou is more than two hundred miles away from Gaizhou, once the rescue is not as good as the Rock Brigade, it will suffer heavy losses, even if the two white flags have the intention to preserve their strength, but your Rock Brigade has blocked the back road of the Tartars, and the Tartars have to fight to the death with us in order to survive, so the villain thinks that even if we can encircle and annihilate the Tartars 3,000 foot armor, but our losses are not small, this is completely a lose-lose play." ”
The meeting was divided into two factions, most of them supported Li Dali, and those who supported Ma Shiying were the people of the dragoon battalion.
Tie Niu suddenly coughed twice, and said slowly: "I rarely express my opinions, but this time I want to talk about it, the Panshi Brigade transferred two battalions to the Beijing Division, and the remaining three battalions suffered heavy losses in the attack on Fuzhou, especially when they landed in the city, the mountain infantry battalion lost nearly three hundred veterans at one time, due to the serious attrition, these battalions have been unable to take the initiative to attack, so I am inclined to Ma Shiying's opinion, don't rush to eat the Tartar in one bite, what's the matter with maintaining the confrontation?" The Tartars of Yongning Prison consume a lot of grain and grass every day, what are they anxious about? ”
As soon as Tie Niu's words came out, several battalion commanders of the Panshi Brigade immediately changed their tone and turned to support Ma Shiying's opinion.
Ma Shiying also boldly said: "The cavalry battalion also suffered heavy losses, and the cavalry is different from the infantry, it is extremely difficult to replenish the troops, so we can only draw veterans who can ride from the battalions of the Thunder Division, without the cover of the cavalry, it is too difficult to rely on the infantry to travel long distances to Gaizhou to block the Tartars, and how to solve the logistics?" ”
Seeing that the plan was going to be yellow, a clerk of the General Staff Department stood up and said, "Aren't we discussing?" Adults often say that if there are difficulties, we must find a way to overcome them, otherwise why do we hold a military meeting? ”
This book's words made everyone laugh, and even Yang Bo laughed......
The clerk rose up and said: "My lord also said that he must make up his mind to fight with the Tartars and lose two battalions, and Lushun still has three reserve battalions that can be pulled over at any time, but how can those elite vests be replenished after the two white flags of the Tartars are disabled?" We have already eaten half of the bull records of the positive white flag, and we have also beaten the positive blue flag to a great extent, and even Abatai's five cattle records have also eaten one, why can't we be firm in our determination to kill the two white flags together? After this war, the Houjin Eight Banners will become the Houjin Six Banners! ”
"Stop! Stop! Yang Bo couldn't bear it anymore and reached out and patted the table.
"What's your name?" Yang Bo pointed to the clerk and said
"The General Staff Department is responsible for drafting the battle plan paperwork Li Jinming," the clerk stood straight and replied loudly.
Yang Bo smiled and said, "I think you are more suitable to be an instructor, and your motivation ability is good."
The clerk was stunned when he heard the compliment.
Yang Bo walked up to the stage and gave a whip, signaled the clerk to step back before knocking on the table and said: "Li Jinming, you have to remember that some words must be said in a specific environment to be meaningful, but you should not use them indiscriminately."
Yang Bo pointed to Gaizhou on the map and said: "Abatai is not a threat, and in the same way, the two white flags are not a threat, our situation is far from being as dangerous as when Azig besieged Jinzhou, who is our threat?" It's Huang Taiji, it's Huang Taiji who came day and night with the elite of the Eight Banners! If you get the main goal wrong, then the plan has no value. ”
After speaking, Yang Bo easily tore up the plan in front of everyone, Ma Shiying showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and everyone in the staff department lowered their heads and said nothing.
"That's right, we want to consume the elite of the Eight Banners, but not the two white flags, but the elite of the entire Eight Banners, so what's the use of us eating the two white flags? What will Huang Taiji do when he comes back to help? Well? ”
"The continuous combat consumption of the soldiers of each battalion is very large, and the loss of personnel in the cavalry battalion is too late to replenish, plus the soldiers have to participate in the construction of Mopan City, it is unwise to choose this time to fight a hard battle with the two white flags, so we not only can not attack, but also maintain a defensive position until the arrival of Huang Taiji, now I announce that the meeting is over, and the commanders of each battalion and the intelligence department will stay"
Hearing Yang Bo's words, the others left their seats one after another, and after the unrelated personnel left, Yang Bo asked Liu Bingwen: "Where has Huang Taiji gone?" ”
Liu Bingwen said: "The last received the report is about to arrive in Yizhou, the Tatar slaves escorted a large number of Dingkou, not fast, according to the itinerary to estimate that it will take more than a month to reach Shenyang, if we defeat the two white flags, it is not ruled out that Huang Taiji only left a small number of soldiers to escort Dingkou, and he brought most of the starry night source of the possibility." ”
Yang Bo nodded: "So the two white flags can't be moved, but it's not a way for them to garrison Yongning Prison, so the pressure on Fuzhou is too great, and they don't dare to assign more people to participate in the construction of the city, the best way is to let them go back to Gaizhou to confront us."
Liu Bingwen understood and said, "The villain will arrange it."
Then Yang Bo listened to the reports of the battalions, this time more than 2,000 war horses were captured, and the remaining war horses were sent back to Jinzhou after replenishing the battalions, leaving them for training in the reserve camp, as well as the pension and placement of wounded soldiers, reporting merits, replenishing soldiers, battle summary, a lot of reports are still waiting for him to sign, Yang Bo waved his pen and added the two cavalry companies of the rescue battalion to the cavalry battalion, and transferred two companies from the reserve battalion to supplement the rescue battalion, but it will take a long time for these two companies to form combat effectiveness. It just so happened that Zhao Long, the instructor, had nothing to do after returning to Lushun, so he asked him to make amends for his impulsiveness.
The eight-pounder artillery performance in this siege was eye-catching, and the artillery battalion asked to increase the original ten guns to twenty, and asked the R&D department to develop heavier artillery.
The rescue battalion also hopes to expand the scale of the straight-bore flintlock pistol, and hopes that the R&D department will develop a hunting gun with an aiming device on the basis of the straight-bore flintlock pistol, and Yang Bo also signed and agreed to this request.
The next night, a released Han prisoner with Azig's handwritten letter secretly marched towards the camp of the right wing Duoduo in the dark night, but soon after leaving Fuzhou, he was discovered by Houjin's sentinels, and several vests unceremoniously shot through his thighs, and then tied him to Yongning Prison...... (To be continued......)