Chapter 30 Drinking Horses on the Yellow River

Although the cavalry is now only more than 2,000, the meaning to the whole army is completely different. Especially for a split second, it happens almost between breaths. Tang Shengzong understood very well that at this moment, the morale of the Shandong army was brutally broken.

In this case, it is impossible to turn the tables against the wind.

Not to mention, Tang Shengzong felt the taste of the other party's long-planned plan, and gave him two victories before, and it was for today.

Therefore, the current situation is not an end, but a beginning.

The other party still has a backhand.

As for the people, the Shandong army is much worse than the Beijing army in terms of quality, not to mention, Tang Shengzong is also temporarily ordered, the generals do not know the army, the army does not know the generals, and the two sides lack mutual trust.

In this case, don't think about anything, the best way is to apply oil to the soles of your feet.

I have to admit that Tang Shengzong lives up to his name.

The battlefield sense of smell is top-notch. The best decision was made.

Ye Shen naturally didn't just come here, the cavalry was not far away, and it was also because of this flat land, in order not to be discovered, the cavalry had to hide a little farther, so it would take time to appear on the battlefield. If, according to Ye Shen's thoughts, Tang Shengzong was killed or injured, even if Tang Shengzong did not lose a single hair, the Shandong army fell into chaos. If you delay for a while, you will be swallowed by the cavalry who appear on the battlefield.

It's a pity that Tang Shengzong saw that the situation was not good, so he turned around and ran.

What could have been a big win turned into a small one.

Of course, a small win is also a win.

The cavalry of the Beijing camp bit the tail of the Shandong army, fought all the way, and the defeat was like a mountain, ordinary people at this time, almost completely lost control of the army, and Tang Shengzong was different, along the way, all kinds of means continued. Let Ye Shen win the battle all the way.

But if you take a closer look, it was Tang Shengzong who left the weak troops and gave them to Ye Shen to eat.

Although it is said that the Shandong army is not strong in its will to resist, and after falling into a desperate situation, it will soon surrender. But this also takes time, that is, the surrender of the formation, and it will take time to make arrangements and accept it here.

And Tang Shengzong took advantage of this period of time to bring back more than 10,000 foot cavalry, the most elite of the Shandong army. Returned to Jinan City.

Even if he was defeated all the way, Tang Shengzong's control over the remaining more than 10,000 troops increased instead of decreasing.

This is nothing to Tang Shengzong, and it can even be said to be a basic operation.

Even Tang Shengzong was distracted along the way, even in the midst of escape. Absent-minded. It's not that Tang Shengzong is very optimistic about the situation in front of him, or he doesn't take it to heart, Ye Shen is still a little immature in the use of soldiers. One word. There are too few wars.

After all, the art of military command is very experience-rich many times. Of course, people like Huo Quzhi are not normal people, and how many Huo Quzhi are there in history?

Other than that, there are no shortcomings. Not to mention, the firearms tactics were created by He Xi and Ye Shen together.

In this case, Ye Shen is better than all the generals in the world, even if Xu Da comes, he can't help Ye Shen before he finds out a few axes on Ye Shen's firearms.

Tang Shengzong naturally didn't look down on his opponent, but he didn't know that the opponent was Ye Shen, so he just thought it was He Xi.

It's because of a previous defeat that hit him too hard.

After returning to Jinan City, Tang Shengzong arranged the city defense, and the first time was to check the firearms in Jinan City.

Since He Xi supplied military supplies, the cost of various weapons has been reduced a lot, and firearms are the same, and there is no shortage of firearms in the city of Jinan, such as cannons at the head of the city, 10,000 enemies, swarms of bees, fire door guns, etc.

Tang Shengzong looked at them one by one, and when he thought of the endless firepower, his heart still trembled. There are so many things he doesn't understand. Before figuring out this, he was absolutely unwilling to fight with He Xiye. Ordinary generals may not be able to understand the significance of the new tactics.

But Tang Shengzong is different. He may not be able to think of a method of restraint, and he may not even understand what the complete firearms tactics on the other side look like, but he smells the essence of something, that's

It was a new era, slowly unfolding in front of him.

Until you understand all this, it is best to deal with it in the most conservative way.

As the capital of Shandong, Jinan's strategic location is very important. Shandong is in the world, the north can be obtained, the south can be mapped, the south can be mapped north, Jinan is in Shandong, it is a fundamental place, the east can be obtained, the west can be rejected, the west can be obtained, and the east.

If it weren't so important, when Jing was in trouble, King Yan would not have died in Jinan.

Once Tang Shengzong had the most conservative way to deal with the Northern Army, He Xi and Ye Shen would also be helpless.

After all, firearms in this era were limited. The walls built by many big cities in the Ming Dynasty could be used as fortifications even during the Anti-Japanese War, and the Japanese artillery was a little immovable, let alone this era.

Unless it is bombarded over the years, or by other means, such as blasting. Otherwise, it will be difficult to capture Jinan for a while.

And Tang Shengzong is not an ordinary person, although he doesn't know all of He Xi's methods, but one thing must be very clear, no matter what the enemy wants to do, I must stop it. Therefore, if you want to do things under Tang Shengzong's eyelids, you also need to think long-term.

But He Xi just lacked time.

The Battle of Yuxian County, the first battle made all the Shandong counties north of the Daqing River turn north. It was even captured, and tens of thousands of troops were surrendered by the Shandong Guards, not only Tang Shengzong's defeated army, but also several Guards north of the Daqing River.

The Daqing River was the course of the Yellow River in later generations, and it is now a tributary of the Yellow River.

Today's Yellow River is not a river, but a branch road to the south. The north and south were divided, and in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect the canal, the north flow was blocked, leaving only the route of seizing the Huai to the sea.

Of course, the Yellow River flows into the sea, and these tributaries have a lot of time and are also backup, and under normal circumstances, there will not be much river water. There is the Daqing River, the Jinan moat directly leads the water of the Daqing River, plus the Qinghe River as a barrier, a strong city wall.

This gave He Xi a big problem.

As far as He Xi himself is concerned. He did not think about occupying Shandong, and was not prepared to stretch the front too long. But now that half of Shandong is stuffed into his hands, he can't throw it away.

But in any case, it will take time to rectify the localities, rectify the army, and even transport the grain taxes from these prefectures and counties in Shandong to Hejian Province. And it will take time for the materials needed for the siege to be delivered to the city of Jinan.

It's not a moment and a half, and it can be defeated.

He Xi and Ye Shen stood side by side on the embankment of the Yellow River, looking at Jinan City on the other bank, He Xi said: "With the battle of Yuzhou, I am relieved, of course, His Royal Highness is also relieved. But how are you going to deal with the current situation?"

Ye Shen said, "My lord, now north of the Yellow River, looking at the wind and falling. I and the Southern Army, almost with the Yellow River as the boundary. However, it should be noted that almost all prefectures and counties are based on the Texas model, and we promised them that they would not be stationed in the city, so that they could sit and watch the success or failure of the current situation. Once the Southern Army came in a big way, the subordinates were worried that the people here were completely unreliable. Therefore, in the opinion of the last general, the most important thing now is to put the places in order and take these places into our hands."

He Xi sighed and said, "You don't make me feel at ease about this. Ye Shen, you have to understand that war is only a solution to political problems, not an idea, and the larger the scale of the war, the more you must defeat politics over the imperial court."

"Let me ask you, what is our strategic goal for going south?"

Ye Shen said: "Expand the strategic maneuver space and delay time." Speaking of this, Ye Shen said with unwillingness in his tone, "But, isn't it possible that there are so many prefectures and counties in Shandong, north of the Yellow River in Henan?"

He Xi said, "Naturally not. However, once a strategic goal is set, don't change it overnight. This is number one. And secondly, what are we fighting with the south?"

Ye Shen said, "He is the lord of the world."

He Xi said: "We are the orthodox Ming Dynasty, and it is more important for the people of the world to understand this than for us to win a few battles. I have already said that my bottom line is to fight with the enemy in the river, and when I get to the river, even if it is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, I can't retreat an inch. And here it is not

It's the same."