"Huh?" Including Hou Fangyu, everyone's eyes in the line turned to Hong Chengchou, and said in their hearts, What did Hong Butang mean by what he just said about chance?

Have you found a way to break the enemy?

Kong Youde asked: "Hong Butang, could it be that you have found a way to break the enemy?" ”

"Hey, I don't dare to say the strategy of breaking the enemy, I can only say that I can try it." Hong Chengchou said modestly, "But at least, our Qing soldiers have a chance to win." ”

Hou Fangyu and the others said expectantly: "I would like to hear about it." ”

"Meng Xueli, bring a wargame." Hong Chengchou immediately motioned to Meng Xueli to bring the wargame.

Taking advantage of the fact that Meng Xueli and others were preparing for the war games, Hong Chengchou said: "During the Qingli period, when Fan Wenzheng was in the northwest, he implemented a shallow attack on the Western Xia, do you know? ”

"I've heard of it, but I don't know the specifics." Geng Zhongming replied.

A martial artist, it is already rare to hear of a shallow attack on the building.

Hou Fangyu said like a few treasures: "The so-called shallow attack and construction is actually to build fortresses all the way forward, constantly squeezing the defense line of the Western Xia Kingdom, and forcing the Western Army to take the initiative to attack the Song army. ”

"At that time, the situation was that the Song army was good at defending the city."

"The Western Army is brave, good at field warfare, and more familiar with the terrain."

"Therefore, the shallow offensive and construction strategy implemented by Fan Wenzhenggong perfectly achieved the advantages of the Song army and avoided the weaknesses, and brought the advantages of the Song army's good at defending the city to the extreme, so it achieved good results in the northwest, but it is a pity that ......"

"I don't need to say anything about the rest of the story." Hong Chengchou directly interrupted, "We just need to know that building a fortress can also be used for attacking, and that's enough." ”

Hou Fangyu said: "Having said that, the premise of the Song army's strategy of using a shallow attack is to have the advantage of firearms, but the firearms of my Qing soldiers are not as sharp as the Ming army, and forcibly imitate the tactics of the ancients for fear of being counterattacked." ”

After saying this, Hou Fangyu said again: "Don't forget Hongbutang, in the battle of Chenguantun, there was a big battle between the red-clothed cannons of our Qing Dynasty and the firearms of the Ming army, but the final result was a crushing defeat for our Qing soldiers. ”

Hou Fangyu didn't say the second half of the sentence, but anyone could hear the meaning beyond the words.

It means that the firearms of the Qing soldiers are not as good as those of the Ming army, and they are not enough, so the shallow attack will not work.

Hong Chengchou said: "Before, the headquarters was also like you, so I didn't dare to use a shallow attack to build the strategy, but just now I heard Agula Du say the battle of Daliuli, only to find that we were all wrong. ”

Everyone in the line was silent, waiting for Hong Chengchou to continue to speak.

After a pause, Hong Chengchou said again: "In the battle of Daliuli, the artillery of the green battalion was too dense at the beginning, and the first wave of firepower of the Ming army's artillery was the most accurate, so it suffered heavy losses, losing 30 camel guns at once, but in the artillery battle that lasted for half an hour, only 5 guns were lost. ”

Hou Fangyu said: "But Agula Dutong just said that the Ming army has zero losses in artillery!" ”

"Hey, that's not the point." Hong Chengchou said, "The point is that the firearms of the Ming army are not overwhelmingly superior to the firearms of our Qing soldiers, so although our artillery is not as good as the Ming army, it is still capable of stopping the Ming infantry from charging, which gives our Lian Yong and the people the opportunity to build the platform." ”

"Hmm, Xia Guan understands." Hou Fangyu reacted immediately.

But Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others are still confused.

At this time, Meng Xueli had already prepared the war games with a few moves.

Hong Chengchou grabbed a "Minfu" puppet and put it on the sand table, and said: "We have thought about it before, first of all, we will repair a number of platforms east of the Ming army's Chenguantun camp, and then connect the platforms into a complete line of defense after gaining a firm foothold, so as to completely lock the Chenguantun camp and cut off the Ming army's food route, but there is a problem. ”

Kong Youde said: "The problem is that the Ming army will not give us this opportunity. ”

Geng Zhongming also said: "That's right, as long as our people go out of the city gate, they will be discovered by the Ming dog, even if they sneak out of the city at night, they will still be discovered, and the Ming army will definitely wave their troops to attack, at this time we only have two choices, or withdraw the people, or send troops to protect the people to repair the platform." ”

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The vicinity of Jinghae, or the whole of Gyeonggi, is an endless plain.

During the day, the Ming army could carry out reconnaissance through Kong Ming lanterns, and at night, there were scouts or ambush troops of the Ming army everywhere, and every move of the Qing army was under the supervision of the Ming army.

Therefore, it is impossible to secretly repair the platform without the Ming army.

If you want to repair the platform, you can only cultivate it openly and forcibly.

Shang Kexi said: "If you withdraw to the people, you will lose all your efforts, but sending troops to protect you will need to fight with the Ming army in the field, but the field battle needs to be avoided as much as possible, so the platform cannot be repaired at all." ”

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "The main department also thought so before, but in fact, this is not the case, there is still a chance." ”

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou grabbed a "cannon" wargame and placed it on the sand table not far to the south of Jinghai County, about a thousand steps away.

"The cannon went out of the city and into the field?"

Shang Kexi said: "I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right? ”

"What's wrong?" Hong Chengchou asked rhetorically.

Kong Youde said: "It will be bombarded by the artillery of the Ming army, and the range of my red-clothed cannon in the Qing Dynasty is not as good as that of the red-clothed cannon of the Ming army, so it can only be beaten passively." ”

"Not necessarily." Hong Chengchou said, "The Battle of Daliuli has proved that as long as the spacing of the cannons is expanded, the killing and damage of the Ming army's artillery to our army's artillery can be ignored!" ”

"But our army's artillery is loaded with hundreds of bullets, but it is enough to stop the Ming infantry and even cavalry from attacking."

Speaking of this, he said in an accentuated tone: "In this way, the people of the Qing Dynasty can calmly build the platform, and continue to advance to the south after the platform is completed, until the canal defense line at the north and south ends of Chenguantun is reconnected, so that the grain road of the Ming army will be cut off by me again, and the main force of the Ming army outside the Chaoyang Gate will be unsustainable." ”

Hou Fangyu said: "Hong Butang, the lower officials think that this strategy is worth a try!" ”

"Then try." Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice, "Try it now!" ”

……

Early the next morning, a group of people drove into the Chenguantun camp.

After a half-month hiatus, another baggage team finally drove into Chenguantun, which also meant that the logistics channel from Dengzhou to Dagukou, from Dagukou to Chenguantun, and from Chenguantun to Beijing was once again connected.

At this time, more than 100,000 troops and 100,000 people in Beijing will not worry about having no food to eat.

Yan Yingyuan and Xie Yuancai stood at the entrance of Chen Guantun's camp, with smiles on their faces.

"Xingdou, this time it's really thanks to you." Yan Yingyuan said, "Otherwise, maybe Jiannu will be cut off from the grain route, if this is the case, not only our Chenguantun camp will be in danger, but also the hundreds of thousands of troops outside Beijing." ”

"Hey, Brother Wanheng, don't put gold on my face." Xie Yuancai waved his hand again and again, "I just acted on orders, if there is no information from the Secret Investigation Bureau, if there is no Brother Wanheng, you will make a decision immediately, and without the coordination of the cavalry town, it will not be possible to rely on me and the 2nd Brigade of the Mountain Artillery alone, so this is all the credit of everyone." ”

Yan Yingyuan said with a smile: "Jiannu has been hit hard, it should be that he doesn't have the courage to cut off my grain again." ”

"I think so." Xie Yuancai echoed, "In the Battle of Chenguantun, Jiannu lost 200 red-coated cannons, and in the Battle of Daliuli, he lost another 200 camel roundabout cannons, how many cannons did Jiannu have in total?" According to this method of loss, it will not take them a few battles before they will lose all their artillery, and then what will they use to fight us? ”

"Oh, by the way, I heard that the cavalry town has been uniformly redressed in Type 20?" Yan Yingyuan asked again, "And the gunpowder used for the paper shell bottom concave bomb is also different?" Not only is it more lethal, but there is no smoke? ”

"Yes." Xie Yuancai said, "It's really strange, there really is no smoke at all." ”

"It seems that Jiannu is really exhausted." Yan Yingyuan said, "My Ming Dynasty's firearms are getting sharper and sharper, and the entry into the country is thousands of miles away, and the Jiannu is obviously unable to keep up, and the destruction of the country and the clan is already in sight." ”

Xie Yuancai was also excited, and the Eastern Affair, which had lasted for more than 60 years, was finally going to be resolved.

Looking back five years ago, the Ming Dynasty was still stormy, and the atmosphere of the imminent demise of the country never thought that in just five years, it had changed the world.

As he spoke, a sharp whistle sounded overhead.

When I looked up in a hurry, I saw that on the gondola of the flying car rising in the air, a Guozisheng was leaning out and continuously scribbling downward: Jiannu is out of the city! There is an enemy!

"Let's go to the watchtower!"

At that moment, Yan Yingyuan and Xie Yuan hurriedly climbed the watchtower.

Chen Guantun camp is only seven or eight miles away from Jinghai County, so standing on the three-zhang high watchtower, you can see clearly with the help of a telescope, and you don't even get on a flying car to go up to the sky to reconnoitre.

I saw that a group of Mongolian cavalry was driving out of the south gate.

"That's weird." Xie Yuancai said, "Eight Banners Mongolia hasn't been beaten by us yet? ”

Yan Yingyuan's brows also frowned, Jiannu's behavior today is indeed strange, before the Eight Banners Mongolia had 40,000 horsemen, and they were still defeated by the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.

Now there are only 20,000 horsemen left in the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and they still dare to fight in the field?

However, the Eight Banners Mongolia did not go far outside the city, but stopped about three miles outside the city.

Immediately after that, a group of Eight Banners Han Army came out again, and the Eight Banners Han Army did not go far after leaving the city, but only set up a line formation in the field, and the Eight Banners Mongolia was divided into two groups to protect the two wings.

"Hey, the formation of Jiannu ......," Xie Yuancai said.

"Could it be that you want to storm Chen Guantun's camp again?"

"Impossible!" Yan Yingyuan said categorically, "Hong Chengchou is not that stupid. ”

As soon as the words fell, a group of green battalion soldiers also opened out of the city gate.

The military flags and costumes of the Green Battalion are obviously different from those of the Eight Banners Han Army, which is very recognizable.

Along with the green battalion, there are also a red-coat cannon and a Franc cannon.

At this moment, even Yan Yingyuan began to waver, could it be that Jiannu really planned to storm the camp of Chen Guantun?

It shouldn't be, what kind of medicine is sold in Hong Chengchou's gourd?

[For the Bodhi elder to add more]