In order to rescue the refugees who were held hostage as human shields, and at the same time to deal with these Han soldiers disguised as refugees, the Haihan side had to bear greater risks of fighting, and there were many casualties caused by fake refugee attacks during this period. In the eyes of the Haihan generals, the lives of their subordinates are of course much more important than those refugees who have never known each other, so Qian Tiandun also decisively ordered to adopt new countermeasures, specially arranged for soldiers to hold iron horns to shout during the battle, requiring the young and strong men in the refugees to kneel and hold their heads when approaching the life and death line drawn outside the Haihan position, and those who cross the life and death line in vain will be regarded as spies and be directly killed.

After formulating new countermeasures, the situation that had once left Haihan in a hurry finally improved, and almost all the troops deployed on the isthmus defense line were veterans with rich combat experience, and there was no problem of being merciful and unable to do so, as long as there was a clear military order, the soldiers on the front line would follow it. As for the inevitable occurrence of some accidental injuries or even accidental killings in this process, it is not so much to care about.

When Mei Shengchuan heard this, he responded: "On the battlefield, the overall situation should be the most important. This is killing people for the sake of saving people, and it is understandable that your army has handled it in this way. ”

Qian Tiandun said: "Lord Mei really understands the righteousness! Pity the Han refugees in Liaodong, but the hateful is a traitor like Geng Zhongming, our army will definitely try its best to fight the enemy and save these Han refugees, please rest assured!"

Mei Shengchuan didn't feel relieved after hearing this statement, but felt a little uncomfortable. This task of rescuing the Han refugees in Liaodong was originally supposed to be completed by the Ming army, but it became the task of the Haihan, an outsider. But with Daming's current strength, he really couldn't say things like "let me do it myself" to Qian Tiandun and others. This is not necessarily that the Haihan people deliberately humiliated the Ming Dynasty, but it is more likely that they regarded Liaodong as their own ruling area at all, and it was a matter of course for them to save the Han people who were enslaved by the Later Jin here.

Mei Shengchuan could only cough dryly twice and hurriedly avoided this somewhat embarrassing topic: "That Geng thief was also a cadre when he served the Ming Dynasty, and he had many strange tricks in commanding battles. ”

Qian Tiandun nodded and said: "Master Mei is right, this Geng Zhongming routine is quite a lot, and the trick of using refugees as human shields will not work, so he has thought of other ways and began to build a large number of small fortresses in the north to limit the atmosphere of our army's activities in the area north of the defense line." ”

Compared with using human shield cover to launch an offensive, Geng Zhongming's new trick has achieved better results. These earthen forts, which could accommodate only a few dozen people, were small in size and took only a few days to build, and only four adobe walls were built. Although the protection provided was extremely limited, Geng Zhongming was not counting on the protective effect of such small fortresses, but on the number and density of distribution.

In just over 10 days, more than 20 such small fortresses were built in the area of five to eight miles north of the defense line, and thousands of troops were stationed in them. At this distance, the Haihan troops attacked quite frequently in the past period of time, and the original composition of the Houjin troops was difficult to withstand the opponent with obvious weapon advantages, so Geng Zhongming came up with such a countermeasure, dividing the entire plain into a number of smaller defense areas, if the Haihan army dared to break into this area, then the Houjin fortresses could watch and help each other, and quickly assemble from the stragglers to form an army to form an encirclement of the enemy.

For this kind of deployment of the enemy, Qian Tiandun must be false if he wants to say that he is unscrupulous, even if the Haihan army has an advantage in weapons, its strength is always a shortcoming that cannot be overcome. If you want to advance to the enemy-occupied area to the north to fight, infantry, cavalry, and artillery are indispensable, and you must also bring hundreds of logistical baggage personnel, but if the other side builds relatively dense fortress fortifications, then the risk of such a sortie will be greatly increased. Even with long-range weapons such as artillery, it is difficult to ensure that the Haihan army can successfully pull out these fortresses in a short time. Even a general like Qian Tiandun, who had an extraordinary record in the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, had to admit that this method of the Houjin Army was indeed effective in curbing the military operations of Haihan.

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In order to rescue the refugees who were held hostage as human shields, and at the same time to deal with these Han soldiers disguised as refugees, the Haihan side had to bear greater risks of fighting, and there were many casualties caused by fake refugee attacks during this period. In the eyes of the Haihan generals, the lives of their subordinates are of course much more important than those refugees who have never known each other, so Qian Tiandun also decisively ordered to adopt new countermeasures, specially arranged for soldiers to hold iron horns to shout during the battle, requiring the young and strong men in the refugees to kneel and hold their heads when approaching the life and death line drawn outside the Haihan position, and those who cross the life and death line in vain will be regarded as spies and be directly killed.

After formulating new countermeasures, the situation that had once left Haihan in a hurry finally improved, and almost all the troops deployed on the isthmus defense line were veterans with rich combat experience, and there was no problem of being merciful and unable to do so, as long as there was a clear military order, the soldiers on the front line would follow it. As for the inevitable occurrence of some accidental injuries or even accidental killings in this process, it is not so much to care about.

When Mei Shengchuan heard this, he responded: "On the battlefield, the overall situation should be the most important. This is killing people for the sake of saving people, and it is understandable that your army has handled it in this way. ”

Qian Tiandun said: "Lord Mei really understands the righteousness! Pity the Han refugees in Liaodong, but the hateful is a traitor like Geng Zhongming, our army will definitely try its best to fight the enemy and save these Han refugees, please rest assured!"

Mei Shengchuan didn't feel relieved after hearing this statement, but felt a little uncomfortable. This task of rescuing the Han refugees in Liaodong was originally supposed to be completed by the Ming army, but it became the task of the Haihan, an outsider. But with Daming's current strength, he really couldn't say things like "let me do it myself" to Qian Tiandun and others. This is not necessarily that the Haihan people deliberately humiliated the Ming Dynasty, but it is more likely that they regarded Liaodong as their own ruling area at all, and it was a matter of course for them to save the Han people who were enslaved by the Later Jin here.

Mei Shengchuan could only cough dryly twice and hurriedly avoided this somewhat embarrassing topic: "That Geng thief was also a cadre when he served the Ming Dynasty, and he had many strange tricks in commanding battles. ”

Qian Tiandun nodded and said: "Master Mei is right, this Geng Zhongming routine is quite a lot, and the trick of using refugees as human shields will not work, so he has thought of other ways and began to build a large number of small fortresses in the north to limit the atmosphere of our army's activities in the area north of the defense line." ”

Compared with using human shield cover to launch an offensive, Geng Zhongming's new trick has achieved better results. These earthen forts, which could accommodate only a few dozen people, were small in size and took only a few days to build, and only four adobe walls were built. Although the protection provided was extremely limited, Geng Zhongming was not counting on the protective effect of such small fortresses, but on the number and density of distribution.

In just over 10 days, more than 20 such small fortresses were built in the area of five to eight miles north of the defense line, and thousands of troops were stationed in them. At this distance, the Haihan troops attacked quite frequently in the past period of time, and the original composition of the Houjin troops was difficult to withstand the opponent with obvious weapon advantages, so Geng Zhongming came up with such a countermeasure, dividing the entire plain into a number of smaller defense areas, if the Haihan army dared to break into this area, then the Houjin fortresses could watch and help each other, and quickly assemble from the stragglers to form an army to form an encirclement of the enemy.

For this kind of deployment of the enemy, Qian Tiandun must be false if he wants to say that he is unscrupulous, even if the Haihan army has an advantage in weapons, its strength is always a shortcoming that cannot be overcome. If you want to advance to the enemy-occupied area to the north to fight, infantry, cavalry, and artillery are indispensable, and you must also bring hundreds of logistical baggage personnel, but if the other side builds relatively dense fortress fortifications, then the risk of such a sortie will be greatly increased. Even with long-range weapons such as artillery, it is difficult to ensure that the Haihan army can successfully pull out these fortresses in a short time. Even a general like Qian Tiandun, who had an extraordinary record in the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, had to admit that this method of the Houjin Army was indeed effective in curbing the military operations of Haihan. In order to rescue the refugees who were held hostage as human shields, and at the same time to deal with these Han soldiers disguised as refugees, the Haihan side had to bear greater risks of fighting, and there were many casualties caused by fake refugee attacks during this period. In the eyes of the Haihan generals, the lives of their subordinates are of course much more important than those refugees who have never known each other, so Qian Tiandun also decisively ordered to adopt new countermeasures, specially arranged for soldiers to hold iron horns to shout during the battle, requiring the young and strong men in the refugees to kneel and hold their heads when approaching the life and death line drawn outside the Haihan position, and those who cross the life and death line in vain will be regarded as spies and be directly killed.

After formulating new countermeasures, the situation that had once left Haihan in a hurry finally improved, and almost all the troops deployed on the isthmus defense line were veterans with rich combat experience, and there was no problem of being merciful and unable to do so, as long as there was a clear military order, the soldiers on the front line would follow it. As for the inevitable occurrence of some accidental injuries or even accidental killings in this process, it is not so much to care about.

When Mei Shengchuan heard this, he responded: "On the battlefield, the overall situation should be the most important. This is killing people for the sake of saving people, and it is understandable that your army has handled it in this way. ”

Qian Tiandun said: "Lord Mei really understands the righteousness! Pity the Han refugees in Liaodong, but the hateful is a traitor like Geng Zhongming, our army will definitely try its best to fight the enemy and save these Han refugees, please rest assured!"

Mei Shengchuan didn't feel relieved after hearing this statement, but felt a little uncomfortable. This task of rescuing the Han refugees in Liaodong was originally supposed to be completed by the Ming army, but it became the task of the Haihan, an outsider. But with Daming's current strength, he really couldn't say things like "let me do it myself" to Qian Tiandun and others. This is not necessarily that the Haihan people deliberately humiliated the Ming Dynasty, but it is more likely that they regarded Liaodong as their own ruling area at all, and it was a matter of course for them to save the Han people who were enslaved by the Later Jin here.

Mei Shengchuan could only cough dryly twice and hurriedly avoided this somewhat embarrassing topic: "That Geng thief was also a cadre when he served the Ming Dynasty, and he had many strange tricks in commanding battles. ”

Qian Tiandun nodded and said: "Master Mei is right, this Geng Zhongming routine is quite a lot, and the trick of using refugees as human shields will not work, so he has thought of other ways and began to build a large number of small fortresses in the north to limit the atmosphere of our army's activities in the area north of the defense line." ”

Compared with using human shield cover to launch an offensive, Geng Zhongming's new trick has achieved better results. These earthen forts, which could accommodate only a few dozen people, were small in size and took only a few days to build, and only four adobe walls were built. Although the protection provided was extremely limited, Geng Zhongming was not counting on the protective effect of such small fortresses, but on the number and density of distribution.

In just over 10 days, more than 20 such small fortresses were built in the area of five to eight miles north of the defense line, and thousands of troops were stationed in them. At this distance, the Haihan troops attacked quite frequently in the past period of time, and the original composition of the Houjin troops was difficult to withstand the opponent with obvious weapon advantages, so Geng Zhongming came up with such a countermeasure, dividing the entire plain into a number of smaller defense areas, if the Haihan army dared to break into this area, then the Houjin fortresses could watch and help each other, and quickly assemble from the stragglers to form an army to form an encirclement of the enemy.

For this kind of deployment of the enemy, Qian Tiandun must be false if he wants to say that he is unscrupulous, even if the Haihan army has an advantage in weapons, its strength is always a shortcoming that cannot be overcome. If you want to advance to the enemy-occupied area to the north to fight, infantry, cavalry, and artillery are indispensable, and you must also bring hundreds of logistical baggage personnel, but if the other side builds relatively dense fortress fortifications, then the risk of such a sortie will be greatly increased. Even with long-range weapons such as artillery, it is difficult to ensure that the Haihan army can successfully pull out these fortresses in a short time.

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