Chapter 27 Under the City of Zhangde

In fact, Jin Shengyu marched in various parts, and the number of enemy troops they encountered was about the same as his own strength, and both sides had a numerical advantage. The only problem is that Sheng Yong has actually been preparing for a long time on this battlefield.

Therefore, when you are familiar with the terrain and block the enemy separately, you can be in place before the northern army.

Of course, Sheng Yong's department is also the elite of the Southern Army and the unit with the most firearms, and when the two sides fight, it is difficult to say who wins and who loses.

Split the big war into a series of smaller battles. This is for Sheng Yong. It's also very risky.

However, Sheng Yong was also prepared.

This preparation is nothing else. It is the preparation for retreat.

For each army sent, the chief plan is the retreat route. And Sheng Yong's headquarters has more than 10,000 people and horses in the rear to build a large camp, once the road collapses, the other roads will retreat to Sheng Yong's headquarters in accordance with the previous regulations.

If the northern army can still go hand in hand when pursuing, not disjointed before and after, and echoing each other on the left and right, then Sheng Yong has nothing to say, he turned around and retreated into Zhangde Mansion, with the help of the city wall of Zhangde Mansion, to fight an offensive and defensive battle.

Although it is said that Sheng Yong has no intention of defending Zhangde Mansion, the city wall of Zhangde Mansion will not have any effect in front of the heavy artillery of the Northern Army.

But it's okay to keep it and stall for time.

But if there is a part of the Northern Army that is chasing too hard and is out of touch with the rear, then Sheng Yong will have to try his teeth and whether he can swallow it.

It's just that Sheng Yong doesn't expect such a situation. Without him, once such a situation occurs, it means that there are heavy losses ahead.

Even if he eats the part of the pursuit, it will only be a reversal of the situation, and it will not be considered a victory.

However, things went according to Sheng Yong's idea, and Jin Shengyu withdrew.

Many people under Sheng Yong's command don't understand this. Jin Shengyu can also be regarded as a fierce general, how could he encounter such a thing, but retreated.

Sheng Yong explained with a smile, "Courage and cowardice are relative. People will be brave about things they are sure of, but they will be very cautious about things they are not sure of. And Jin Shengyu is certainly a brave general, but a brave general is not the same as a brave general. He's a Mongol?"

For a while, the left and right didn't understand what Sheng Yong meant.

There were many Mongolian generals in the Ming army, and they didn't think there was anything wrong?

Sheng Yong said: "The Mongols fought bravely, especially in the battle array, and they were even more invincible, but this kind of command of several aspects of the war was not what the Mongols were good at.

Sheng Yong did not mean to belittle the Mongols when he said this.

It's a fact.

Since the war has entered the age of firearms, the army's organizational ability and command ability are more important things than bravery, let Jin Shengyu command a battlefield and preside over a battle, Jin Shengyu may be qualified. And even perform well. But such armies were distributed within a radius of several tens of miles and fought separately. A battle that you can't even hear from each other.

It's really hard for many generals.

In particular, some of the Mongol generals.

Many of the exploits of the Mongol generals were obtained on the battlefield and fought desperately. But now the war no longer requires them to do this, but requires the generals to be at the headquarters, look at the map, listen to the report, determine the intentions of the other side, and decide where and how many troops to invest.

This kind of war is indeed inappropriate for Jin Shengyu to do.

It can be said that the Northern Army already has 12 armies, 600,000 new-style troops, but there are no 12 fully qualified army commanders. Many generals are still immersed in the principles of previous wars. In other words, he was simply raised to a position that was not suitable for him by his own merits.

At this point, Sheng Yong is better than Jin Shengyu.

In the Northern Army, Sheng Yong's talent is completely no problem for a military commander. Let him command the Third Army, and fight definitely better than Jin Shengyu. However, although the soldiers under Sheng Yong's command are also elite, they are compared in all aspects

The systematic training of the Northern Army is still a little worse.

However, Jin Shengyu is not a fool either.

After he stopped for two days, he quickly figured out that he was swept away by Sheng Yong.

He was annoyed at first, and then accepted the reality. That is to accept the reality that he is not as good as Sheng Yong. Then he had a decision, which was to attack step by step.

Don't think of any new tricks, just follow the most standard plan of the General Staff and move forward step by step.

So, on the way south to Zhangde, he met the enemy's position. Jin Shengyu didn't run away either. Besieged on three sides in three regiments. If the enemy comes to the rescue, the cavalry intervenes.

Sheng Yong treated Jin Shengyu like this before, not to humiliate Jin Shengyu, but to test Jin Shengyu, that is, when the scale of the battlefield is expanded, how is Jin Shengyu's command ability?

Jin Shengyu himself knew that he couldn't control it. Therefore, he confined himself to the battlefield in front of him and did not let the army go beyond his line of sight too much. And Sheng Yong is extremely familiar with such a battlefield. Because this itself is Sheng Yong's preset battlefield.

As a result, the war entered the rhythm of Sheng Yong.

Although Jin Shengyu relied on his strong firepower, he pressed forward step by step. Sheng Yong is stepping back. However, Sheng Yong's headquarters did not use many people, but many guards in Henan withstood Jin Shengyu's attacks again and again under the command of Sheng Yong.

Of course, this is Sheng Yong's desire to maintain his combat strength, but it is more that Sheng Yong discovers. If only firearms are used to hold a strong defensive line, in fact, the training of the army can be much lower.

So these guards are trained in the line of fire one at a time. Once you get used to firearms, it's okay to let them do some defensive tasks.

In this way, Sheng Yong will be able to free up more troops.

That's it.

Jin Shengyu triumphantly fought all the way to the city of Zhangde Mansion.

It's just that Jin Shengyu is not happy at all. Although Jin Shengyu is not as good as Sheng Yong, he is not a fool, he naturally knows that the current rhythm of the battle has always been under Sheng Yong's control.

From this point of view, he is defeated.

He had been fighting before, and he didn't have time to summarize the problem, and now the soldiers were coming to the city of Zhangde Mansion, although it was said that the city of Zhangde Mansion could not stop the army. But it takes time to transport artillery from the rear, or to bombard the city with artillery.

Jin Shengyu had time to reflect on his affairs during this period of time, and wrote a review letter and sent it to General Zhengnan, that is, Ye Shen.

In fact, Jin Shengyu couldn't hide it if he wanted to.

After all, in the reorganized army, the General Staff has a lot of power. All orders from the commander are kept on file. After the war, as a teaching material for military schools, it will be reviewed in the future, whether it is defeat or victory.

In this case, it is better to report it yourself, and when you don't wait for the review in the future, you will be told by someone with a heart, and your face will not look good.

What's more, Jin Shengyu also has some worries, that is, he can't see through what Sheng Yong wants to do?

This situation is actually very dangerous.

Can't see through what your opponent is going to do? This shows that you are not on the same level as the other party, and it is possible that the other party is a weak hand and will do your best. It is more likely that the other party is a powerful character, and it is very likely that there is a killer move hidden.

If it's the latter, the current situation is actually very dangerous.

Jin Shengyu is also experienced in commanding tens of thousands of troops. But that experience is completely different from today's experience. Before, he was just managing a few generals, everyone led the headquarters of the people, listened to him, met the enemy, your side, my side, as soon as they were distributed, and then led the headquarters to rush and kill.

But today, the task of commanding an army is too complicated.

Even with the help of the staff, he found it difficult to do it. He used the most conservative methods of the General Staff, and still felt that there might be an invisible danger. It's better to report it honestly.

Of course, this is also Beijing's very good political atmosphere, Jin Shengyu does this, and it will not bring him political risks, although the problem between He Xi and Zhu Xiongying is big, but both of them have the idea of limiting contradictions, which is not as good as the open and secret struggle of all parties in Nanjing, that is, Xu Da can temporarily suppress all parties

The battle of the war, from this point of view.

Zhu Yunwen's use of Xu Da cannot be said to be unwise.