"General, it seems that our judgment is correct. The Ming army in Dengzhou really didn't dare to follow, so they let our army pass under their noses, but in this way, it also saved a lot of trouble. ”

During the march of the army, Jay Chou's chief of staff came to his side and said to him.

Hearing this, Jay Chou nodded: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the army of the Ming Dynasty was actually rotten to the bone. The army on the Liaodong side is still a little stronger, but please report that in the battle of Yehuling, the elite of the Liaodong army has been lost, and the Ming Dynasty will no longer have the capital to fight against Houjin, so it can only be in a passive situation. ”

The intelligence from Kyushu has a very thorough understanding of the situation in the Ming Dynasty.

And with the intelligence of this kind of news, Jay Chou will not be blinded.

"General, we are still a day and a half away from the Beijing Division, but I think our march will not be so smooth in half a day."

said the staff officer.

"Why do you say that?" , Jay Chou looked at the chief of staff and asked.

"General, the Jingshi is surrounded by the Manchu army of Houjin, and if we want to get close to the Jingshi, we must pass through the Manchu position. And there must be a lot of Manchurian scouts ahead, and if they discover us, then there will inevitably be a fierce battle. ”

Hearing this, Jay Chou smiled.

"I thought it was something, but it was such a small thing."

For this little reminder from the staff officer, Jay Chou didn't pay attention to it at all.

He said to the staff officer: "We are going to Jingshi this time to rescue His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Isn't it just to try Houjin's catties and taels? Even if they don't look for us, we'll go to them. Therefore, the war between us and them is inevitable and will be fought sooner or later! Rather than this, then it is better to hurt them earlier. ”

"As long as we can hurt them and let them know how powerful we are, then let them be afraid when they see us in the future, and they are so afraid that they don't have the will to fight, then we will be considered successful, right?"

After the chief of staff listened to Jay Chou's words. There was silence for a moment.

"That's what the Shogun said. With our advanced weapons and artillery, the cavalry of the Manchurians should not be our opponents. After all, they are still in the process of using cold weapons, while we have already begun to use more advanced firearms. ”

While responding to Jay Chou's words, the chief of staff quickly measured the comparison of the military strength of the enemy and us in his own psychology.

After some weighing by the chief of staff. He judged the Manchu army of the Later Jin Kingdom. Eighty percent of them will not be their opponents.

After all. Some of the things possessed by the army of the Song Empire far surpassed the techniques of this era.

It's not a very modern thing, but it's just a hundred years ahead of its time.

But. But we can't underestimate this thing that is a hundred years ahead.

Because this can completely affect the situation of the war, as well as the key to victory or defeat.

If nothing else, artillery alone was enough for the Jurchens to drink a pot.

No matter how powerful your cavalry charge is, you can't help but face the artillery.

In particular, the linear combat method used with the musket doubles the power and lethality of the musket.

Even if it is a cavalry, in the face of this kind of musket and tactics that can shoot in a loop and have a fast rate of fire and huge lethality, they can only hate it in the end.

Of course, cavalry also has the advantage of cavalry, even if it is cavalry in the era of cold weapons.

Cavalry machines are fast, they can turn quickly, and they can go around in a roundabout way.

This is also a more threatening thing.

At the same time, if the cavalry attack is blocked, they can quickly retreat or even leave the battlefield.

In the face of such a fast and mobile cavalry unit, even an elite army like the Great Song Dynasty has no choice.

The reason is very simple, by the time of the Song Dynasty, the army was basically an army, and the number of cavalry was not very large.

Therefore, if they fight with the Manchurians of Houjin in the future, if the Manchu cavalry sees that the situation is not good and quickly retreats from the battlefield, the army can really only watch them leave.

Because the two legs of a person, after all, it is impossible to catch up with the upper four legs.

However, in addition to this, the advantages are all here in the Imperial Army.

"It's a little early for us to think about it, and my headache is, what if we encounter a full cavalry? I think there must be a lot of cavalry in the Manchus, and we are all army infantry, so I wonder how I can give them the maximum damage. ”

For failure, Jay Chou didn't think about it at all.

Joke!

The 25,000 Imperial Army, armed with sophisticated muskets and more than 600 artillery pieces, would be a joke if they were defeated by Houjin.

Even in the east of this era, the Manchurian cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty was indeed the most elite troops, but compared to the army of the Song Empire, it was not a little worse.

"General, you don't have to think too much about this. The Manchurian cavalry has never seen our strength, so their subordinates think that they will definitely suffer a big loss at our hands. ”

Jay Chou thought about the staff officer's words, and a smile appeared on his face after he understood.

"Not bad! The Manchus have not yet learned how powerful we are, so if they encounter us, they will definitely use their usual tactics. Charging us with cavalry is a complete search for death. ”

Jay Chou figured this out and immediately put his mind at ease.

The chief of staff also chimed in: "If they don't suffer a few losses, they won't remember it for a long time." But as long as there are a few battles, we can give them the maximum damage and erect our invincible image. And we are not stupid, we can constantly observe each other's tactics in battle, and then find out their weaknesses. ”

Jay Chou smiled and nodded: "Not bad!" Not bad! What you said is very good, and it seems that it is still very useful to form your staff. ”

The chief of staff also laughed: "Since the empire has formed our staff headquarters and sent some of our outstanding people to the generals' side. It must be because there is such a necessity, otherwise why bother. However, general, some judgments of our staff officers are very important, but sometimes you also need to have some courage and come up with some decisions, we are only staff officers, but for the rapidly changing situation on the battlefield, it is still up to you to control. ”

"I know it, but thank you for your reminder." , Jay Chou's kindness to the chief of staff. I still accepted it humbly.

After all. This staff officer is also kind-hearted, and he can't be regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs.

"Order the whole army to speed up, and at the same time send scouts to reconnoiter the range of one kilometer of the army, and do not alarm the other party once the people of the Houjin Kingdom are discovered. I'll be back in the briefing right away. ”

"Yes! Checkmate! ”

Soon. Soldiers of dozens of reconnaissance detachments. was sent out of the city by a team.

Their task is simple, they are responsible for detecting whether there are any traces of the Houjin army in the vicinity.

Once you find out the other party's whereabouts, then needless to say, you must not be far from the other party. And Jay them. You have to be ready to fight.

Hum!

If he hadn't left 5,000 troops in Manila, he would have 30,000 troops under his command.

But it's not bad now, the 25,000 army can also wrestle with the Manchurians in the future.

The army continued its rapid march, and after about six hours, a team of scouts in charge of the reconnaissance returned unpleasant news.

"General! A mile in front of our troops found a destroyed village, which apparently had been destroyed half a day earlier, and that all the men, women, and children of the village had been slaughtered......"

"Needless to say, it must have been done by Manchurians." , Jay Chou gritted his teeth and said to his adjutant with hatred.

The adjutant looked at Jay Chou's face and knew that his general was in extreme anger.

"General, do you need us to find this full force?"

The adjutant asked.

Jay Chou's teeth creaked, and he looked really hateful.

Although he was angry when he heard the news, he was not carried away by the anger.

"No, I think this is a Manchurian army that came out to loot the surrounding villages, and they won't stay around here after slaughtering this village. So we don't have to spend this energy on this, but we have to keep this account in mind, and when we start fighting with Manchurian, everyone will fight to the death. ”

Jay Chou's judgment is not wrong at all.

The village ahead had indeed been destroyed by the Manchurian army.

Huang Taiji besieged Jingshi on one side, but he also did not patronize the siege, and also sent some troops out to plunder on the other side.

You must know that the army of 50,000 or 60,000 is in the outer city of the Beijing Division, and there is not a small amount of grain that needs to be consumed every day.

Therefore, they can't sit back and eat, they have to find something from other places to make up for it.

Besides, they are now in the palace of the enemy country, why should they hold back their hands and feet?

In short, just let it go.

There is no food to grab!

There is no rush to drink!

No woman is going to rob it!

This kind of thing is very accustomed and skilled to the Manchu people of Houjin.

And they are very happy to do this business.

It's just that they don't just loot finances, they also carry out dehumanizing massacres of the villages they have looted.

The targets of the massacre were men, women, young and old, even children.

Only some good-looking women will be temporarily spared death under their butcher's knives.

However, the fate of these women is not very good.

They would be captured in Houjin's barracks and humiliated by the vulgar soldiers.

Often, many women can't stand that kind of abuse and die in a very short time.

Jay Chou quickly passed by this existence, and when the army passed through this village that was still emitting black smoke and only ruins remained, the eyes of the soldiers showed hatred.

"General, these are all people from the village."

And Jay Chou came to the dilapidated village at this time, escorted by a group of personal soldiers.

In front of him lay a multitude of corpses, stacked on top of each other like a hill.

Jay Chou looked at the hill of corpses and was silent.

"Pass on my military order, in the future, we will fight with Houjin, and we don't need to be taken prisoner!"

After a long time, Jay Chou finally spoke.

But what he opened his mouth was a military order...... (To be continued......)