It is the bell that rings, the years that have passed, the stories that have been left behind, and the hope that has been bringed. What I hope for is good, and what I send is blessing. May my friend be safe and happy all his life and be happy forever! Good luck in the Year of the Goat!

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Wei Junzhong, the staff officers, and the sailors participated in the discussion, and chose to carry out the landing operation here, which can be described as quite clever. It is about 90 miles away from Shanhaiguan, and it will take at least more than a day for the Qing army to get the news and rush to reinforcements. And the Manchurians who retreated on the official road more than 20 miles away, even if they were escorted by the army, would not advance in formation. In other words, if reinforcements are to be made, the Qing army will also send an order to assemble, and the time will also be beneficial to the Ming army.

Of course, the Qing army of the Nanhai Battalion, which had already received some reinforcements, was only more than 3,000 people, which was somewhat unexpected by Wei Junzhong and others. In fact, they did not think about the difficulties of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the long coastline, how many troops could the Qing army divide to defend everywhere?

The second group of beach-grabbing troops landed along the land, assembled and stormed, and there was no doubt about victory. The artillery of the naval division bombarded the Qing troops on the river bank into confusion, and the troops who rushed to land on the beach broke the stubborn will of the Qing army to resist with a single charge from behind.

At this time, there was no need to use small boats for landing, and the mouth of the Daihe River and the mouth of the Yanghe River were open to the Ming army, and the ships could sail in.

"Brother Yang, I'm going to trouble Brother Shuishi here." Although Ma Zide has a high title, he is not very old, and he is from his father's Yu Yin, so he has always been relatively low-key, and he is also very polite to Yang Yandi, who is only a marquis. "The soldiers are fast, and a certain first led the Poshuo army to Funing to intercept the Tartars."

"Commander Ma goes, I'll arrange this place, and let the marines rush over to support you." Yang Yandi said politely, but he had some regret in his heart, he was the commander-in-chief of the fleet. It was impossible to leave the battleship and go deep inland.

Moreover, the defense of this port needs to be strengthened, the wounded soldiers need to be settled, and the baggage needs to be transported, and it is impossible to have no one here.

"Then I'll have to worry about Brother Yang." Mazid bowed his hand and galloped quickly to his horse.

Although the landing was successful, whether the Manchus could be intercepted, or whether as many Manchus could be left in the north, depended on the battle below. The so-called return to the teacher should not be stopped, and this interception war is bound to be bloody and cruel. Mazid also knows this. However, how much success can be achieved in this interception battle will have a direct impact on the future strategic deployment and the development of the war situation.

If the Manchus suffered heavy losses, they would not be able to gain a foothold in Liaodong and could only continue to retreat north, retreating to places with harsher conditions and harsher environments. The Mongol tribes will also turn their faces faster and more ruthlessly, abandon this weakened ally, and even stab them mercilessly.

If most of the Manchurians are able to retreat outside the border. The advantage of the Ming army is still there, but the time to sweep the relics will be extended. The price to pay will also be even greater.

Obviously, Wei Junzhong had identified this issue when he discussed it with Ma Zide and others, and they thought that even if it was a great price to pay now, it would be more cost-effective than fighting the Manchus in Liaodong later. Moreover, the Manchurians were in a hurry to retreat, and their sharpness had been lost. It is not only a "return to the public", but also a "tired teacher", which can be chased and blocked.

"The Art of War" has a large readership, but how many are famous generals? I only know the surface, but I don't know the essence. is either on paper or self-tied. Sun Tzu once said, "Don't force the poor, don't stop the teacher", but he also said, "Therefore, those who make good use of the soldiers, avoid their sharpness, and attack their laziness". If you don't understand this, you will be familiar with "Sun Tzu" and not be able to use "Sun Tzu", which is really mediocre.

"Fast forward!"

Wang Fuchen rode past the marching army and galloped forward like the wind with five hundred hussars. After the assault corps was divided into two, the Poshuo army was equipped with 500 hussars and 1,000 dragoons to improve its mobility. The 1,500 cavalry, having come ashore in a moment's reorganization, began to hurry, and soon overtook the marching infantry.

From time to time there were sentinels returning from the front on the road, and the battle had begun, so the Breakers no longer had to hide their whereabouts, but rushed to their destination as quickly as possible, trying to intercept as many people as possible in the pass. After the naval division cooperated with the army to force the landing and unload the 8,000 marines, it would split a fleet and 2,000 marines to go to the waters near Laolongtou to contain the Qing army at Shanhaiguan.

The destination of the Poshuo Army, Funing, is one of the stations in the line of Jingshi, Tongzhou, Sanhe, Yutian, Fengrun, Yongping, Funing, and Shanhaiguan. Intercepting the avenue, even if the Manchurians can escape from the middle road, or take Zunhua to take a detour from the south of the desert, they will also suffer heavy losses.

Nearly thirty miles away, the soldiers of the Poshuo army marched lightly, most of the soldiers only wore helmets, which was equivalent to the steel helmets of later generations, and the others were similar to the modern army, weapons, ammunition, and food bags. The limited number of mule-horse vehicles lagged far behind, loaded with furrs, cannons, and ammunition, followed by a rocket force.

Speed, maneuver, the Ming army had to make sacrifices in some areas to gain time, to run over the horses of the Qing army on two legs.

As far as protection is concerned, after the flintlock musket has been improved and matured, and the raw materials of gunpowder have been purified, and the optimal ratio of granular gunpowder has been used, the range has surpassed that of the bow and arrow. Of course, this only means that the lethality of bows and arrows to the Ming army is greatly reduced, not that the armor is completely useless.

If the Breakers dared to do this, it would mean that they would pay an extra price of casualties, but for the sake of victory, Mazid thought that the price was worth it.

And on the issue of the armor of the Ming army, there are also internal debates. Some officers thought that some soldiers could be equipped with heavy armor and bayonets to act as shields in front, while the rest of the soldiers were lightly armored or unarmoured, so as to reduce the number of logisticians and improve the mobility of the infantry; Other officers believed that soldiers should be equipped with armor between heavy and light armor, or only in important parts to achieve a balance between mobility and protection; There were also radical officers who believed that armor could be eliminated, and the infantry was armed with guns such as the Franco, which, combined with musket fire, kept the enemy out of range of bows and arrows.

Zhu Yongxing is more in favor of the second point of view, that is, equipping half-body armor and using a forging press to create plate armor that only protects the chest and abdomen, so as to effectively resist the damage of bows and arrows to vital parts, and make actions such as loading ammunition unhindered. In the case of white-knuckle clashes, armor will be less useful.

But under the current production and economic conditions, this can only be gradually popularized. Therefore, the armor of the Ming army was more complicated, and most of them were captured in the war and reused after repair. It's just that in order to be neat, the generals of each army usually use the general flag as a unit and equip a certain kind of armor.

In other words, Wei Junzhong, Ma Zide and others ordered the soldiers to abandon their armor in order to pursue and intercept the maneuvers needed, which was not ingenious, but the statistics and arguments that they had read in the journals of the lecture hall. If it weren't for the urgency it is now, they wouldn't have to. (To be continued......)