Chapter 144 All parties react, plan and then act
After a pause, Geldan continued: "Since we have decided to go south, we will discuss today where to choose the right place to go south, and now that our 400,000 troops are gathered in the planning city, it is time to do something."
"Great Khan, judging from the deployment of the Ming army, he wants to lure us to divide our troops south, but the quantity and quality of the cavalry of the Ming army have also come up in recent years, plus the infantry, the total strength far exceeds ours, so we must not divide our troops." Abdou Dao.
"But if we don't divide our troops, once the Ming army blocks the momentum of our offensive, then several other armies will inevitably come out together, and then we will lose sight of one and the other, and we will be too busy to take care of ourselves, which is also very dangerous." Tenzin Omu sermon.
"According to the history books, under normal circumstances, we should take the Hexi Corridor, but now we can also go directly from the southwest of Shaanxi, but I think that no matter where we go south, we should seize Hexi first, if we can occupy Hexi, even if we lose all the grasslands east of the planning city, it will be worth it, and then we will attack freely. If you go from southwest Shaanxi, the risk of being attacked on the abdomen and back will be very great. Jae-sang spoke his mind.
After listening to the analysis of several henchmen, Geerdan used his fingers to gesture in the Hexi Corridor for a while, and then stared at Shaanxi for a while, and the two places made him undecided.
As Zai Sang said, it is the safest way to go out of Hexi, but to capture the Central Plains from Hexi, the distance has not only increased a lot, but also the Ming Dynasty has heavy guards along the way, all the way down, I am afraid that the loss will not be small.
And go south directly, although you can quickly enter the Central Plains, but Wu Sangui is not easy to get along with, plus Ao Bai with 100,000 Qing army elite cavalry is also there, these two people are definitely fierce enemies, this road to the south is very likely to be delayed, once it is delayed, then several Ming troops from other directions will be surrounded from all directions, so it will be dangerous.
In the end, he needs to weigh carefully.
Seeing that Gerdan no longer spoke, Zaisan and the others quietly walked out.
"Zaisang, in fact, now is not the time to attack the Ming army, the Qing army has newly returned to the Ming Dynasty, and the strength of the Ming army has increased greatly, we should wait a little longer." Tenzin Ombu called Zaisang-do, who was walking in front.
"You haven't been to the Ming Dynasty, if we don't send troops now, give the Ming Dynasty a few more years, we will never be his opponent."
"How is that possible? Our steppe cavalry is invincible in the world, where will there be pastures that we can't attack. Abdul spoke loudly.
"Abdu, you are still despising the Ming Dynasty, have you forgotten the weapons of the Ming Dynasty that will continuously breathe fire and kill people?"
"Zaisang, how can any weapon compare to the scimitar in our hands and the war horse under our crotch."
"Abdu, have you forgotten the lessons of the Qing Dynasty? The Qing army was a more powerful existence than us back then. ”
"That's because we contained a large number of Qing troops for the Ming army, so we gave the Ming army a chance."
Seeing that Abdu still didn't think so, Zaisang didn't know how to convince him, because what he told him was the truth, but Abdu hadn't really seen the strength of the Ming army's firepower.
Sonny and the others in Nanjing have also been watching the upcoming war between the Ming Dynasty and Geerdan, and they are all in King Kang's Mansion at this time.
"I knew that Geldan would turn his face with the Ming Dynasty so quickly, so we would have insisted on it a little longer." Da Yu'er said.
"Imperial Princess, no matter how insistent it is, there is no point, because a few days ago I went to the military academy to watch the Ming Army's martial arts exercises, and the future will be the world of hot weapons, and any cold weapons will be useless." Hong Chengchou said.
"Lord Hong is right, there are no less than 300,000 submachine guns in the Ming army today, and there are 70,000 or 80,000 Gatlings, rocket artillery, mortars, grenades and mines in every military camp, these things are amazingly lethal, not flesh and blood can resist them, and there are infantry chariots, which are battlefield weapons, and the grassland and the next door are the world of this thing, you see, if Geldan goes south, it will perish faster than us." Sonny Road.
After a pause, he continued: "Imperial Concubine, now that the Ming Dynasty dares to let us be officials in the imperial court, and also grant real power, it shows that the emperor does not intend to be difficult for King Kang and you, so we dare not have two hearts, to be honest, the strength of the imperial court is frightening, and now many of the policies of the imperial court have been restored to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor has ordered that there is only one kind of tax in the world, and it will never be increased, and the population of the country is now greatly increased, you see, in the near future, the territory of the dynasty will be infinitely expanded, and there is also the sea, and now other countries only fight with us on land, But ignoring our powerful navy, which now numbers no less than 200,000 and the number of ironclad warships is getting bigger and bigger, and ocean-going operations are no longer a problem. ”
Da Yu'er is not young now, she nodded when she heard this, although she didn't do it in her heart, but as Sonny said, if Geldan was eliminated soon, then it would be useless for her to think about it, and if she was known by the court, it would cause trouble.
"Jae-san, you come in-"
Zaisang and the others, who were chatting outside, heard Geldan shouting and walked quickly into the big tent.
"I weighed it again and again, and decided to transfer another 100,000 horses, and then transfer 100,000 people and horses from the planning city to Abudu, you lead these 200,000 horses to attack the Ming army's Shandan Racecourse, and then Shandan captures Zhangye, and then occupy the entire Hexi corridor, I and Zaisang, Danjin Ombu led 300,000 troops directly south to Shaanxi, if you encounter the Ming army's resistance, do not love to fight, immediately turn west, and Abdu converge to capture Hexi, what do you think?"
Geldan said so, and naturally they had no opinion.
Geldan glanced around and said, "Then go and prepare, Abdu, tomorrow you will go west with 100,000 horses and join the 100,000 horses from Zungar, and we will wait for your good news."
"Please rest assured!"
Geldan nodded: "Let's go and prepare, on the ninth day of the ninth month, we will go south and meet the Ming army."
"Yes!"