Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 565

"No, the key is what do you want these Korean sticks for?" Lu Xiangtong was puzzled.

Xu Yingwei answered the wrong question: "Brother, the most holy teacher once said: People have no foresight, and they must have worries. As soldiers in the military department, we must plan ahead and make preparations as soon as possible."

"What are you preparing for?" Lu Xiangtong was still at a loss, "Brother Youzhen, can you stop playing charades all the time?"

Xu Yingwei said helplessly: "As far as the current situation is concerned, the strategy between Daming and Jiannu has changed in terms of offense and defense. From the previous Jiannu attacking Daming's defense, it has changed to Daming's offense and Jiannu's defense."

"That's true." Lu Xiangtong agreed with this, "Sending troops to Dagukou, occupying Gaizhou and even Shenyang, isn't this a strategic attack? Jiannu is already exhausted."

"It is true in strategy, but not in tactics."

After a short pause, Xu Yingwei said in a more emphatic tone: "From the tactical level, in fact, it is still Jiannu attacking, while my Ming Dynasty still focuses on defense. For example, isn't it Jiannu attacking and our army defending at this time?"

"Hmm..." Hearing this, Lu Xiangtong somewhat understood Xu Yingwei's meaning.

"So you're saying that one day we'll switch tactically to offense as well?"

"Yes." Xu Yingwei said, "When our Ming Dynasty has sufficient military equipment, the Holy Lord will launch a large army to attack Gyeonggi sooner or later. At that time, Da Ming will not only take the initiative to attack at the strategic level, but also at the tactical level."

After a pause, Xu Yingwei said again: "However, active offensive at the tactical level will have to pay a heavy price. We can get proof of this from Jiannu."

From Xuzhou to Shanyang, from Dagukou to Gaizhouwei, Jiannu launched attacks from the tactical level again and again, and the price paid was astonishing, and the casualties of the Ming army as the defender were much smaller than Jiannu many.

Then in turn, when the Ming army turned to a tactical offensive, it would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

Didn't the small-scale counterattack just now sacrifice nearly a whole new army?

"So, you want to use Goryeo sticks as cannon fodder?" Lu Xiangtong thoughtfully.

The term "cannon fodder" first came from the mouth of Chongzhen, and it was originally used to describe the rookies who had just entered the battlefield.

In front of Lu Xiangtong, Xu Yingwei did not shy away from it at all: "The Holy Majesty said that population is the most precious resource, and young and middle-aged people are the essence of population resources. Therefore, if our Ming soldiers can sacrifice as little as possible, we should sacrifice as little as possible."

This kind of hard work of sending to death is still handed over to the North Korean servant army.

……

Xia Wanchun's thoughts were exactly the same as Xu Yingwei's.

It's just that Xia Wanchun didn't think as far as Xu Yingwei did. He just thought of transferring the North Korean rebels to Gaizhou Wei, and then using these North Korean rebels to consume and build slaves to reduce the defensive pressure on Gaizhou.

"Prince Ding, right now I, Da Ming Bing, are fighting Jian Nu in Gaizhou Wei."

Xia Wanchun said: "Why don't we transfer the [-] North Korean rebels to Gaizhou and let them participate in the war against Jianlao? This will also give them a chance to redeem their crimes, won't it?"

Zhu Cijiong had understood Xia Wanchun's implication.

It is to drag these [-] North Korean rebels to Gaizhou as cannon fodder.

But Zhu Cijiong's ambitions don't stop there, just punishing the rebels is far from enough.

"The [-] Korean rebels are easy to deal with, but what about the remaining [-] Korean troops?" Zhu Cijiong said, "And what about the [-] private soldiers of Gu Renhou? Are they just letting them go? When the rebellion first started, they didn't know what to do." Involved."

Xia Wanchun let out a soft uh, and persuaded: "Prince Ding, the scope of attack should not be too large, otherwise they will be cornered, and a second rebellion may be launched."

"Exactly." Zhu Cijiong said, "Let's get rid of it together."

Zhu Cijiong really has such self-confidence, and he doesn't pay attention to the five guards of North Korea at all.

In fact, the five guards of North Korea’s Beijing camp were established following the example of the Daming Guards. They were all of the nature of combining soldiers and farmers. With dry food and weapons, the training level is very poor, and the weapons and equipment are too poor to be seen.

During the Imjin Japanese Invasion, half the army of devils easily defeated the five guards of the North Korean capital camp.

In this rebellion, although the number of rebels was as high as [-] at one time, the siege of Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Ming Army Barracks ended in failure, and thousands of people were killed by the Ming Army, which shows the difference in combat effectiveness.

So Zhu Cijiong is really not worried about the North Korean army launching a second rebellion.

"Prince Ding, if you can not do anything, you should try not to do it." Xia Wanchun persuaded, "How about another way of saying it?"

After all, he is a scholar who received court training at a young age, and his brains are faster than ordinary people, and Zhu Cijiong is not as good as him.

After a pause, Xia Wanchun went on to say: "Why don't you directly reform the North Korean military system, and then use military training as an excuse to pull all the North Korean troops to Gaizhouwei?"

"Reform North Korea's military system?" Zhu Cijiong said happily, "That's a good idea."

After pondering for a moment, Xia Wanchun said, "How about setting up another training prison?"

"Success, then set up a training capital." Zhu Cijiong said, "The five guards of the Beijing camp will be cancelled."

I have to say that Zhu Cijiong, the prince of the suzerain country, is really a bit domineering, and he is not benevolent at all. The five guards of the Beijing camp of North Korea will be abolished in one sentence, and there is no need to set up a training prison. The whole thing is just the emperor.

That night, Zhu Cijiong approached Li Yu and his son, and talked about the reform of the military system.

In fact, Li Jing had long thought of reforming the military system, but unfortunately he was not in good health and had no energy to do it.

However, when the power to reform the general system was handed over to Zhu Cijiong, Li Ji was not very willing. Even if Zhu Cijiong was the prince of the suzerain country, he would not be willing, but it is one thing to refuse, but another thing to dare to refuse.

In a word, without the protection of the Ming army, the lives of both father and son may not be saved.

The lesser of two evils, it is more important to save one's life and the throne, let alone military power.

……

Let's talk about Gaizhouwei later.

Xu Yingwei's words became a prophecy.

Last night, Xu Yingwei told Lu Xiangtong that he planned to recruit North Korean servants to Gaizhouwei to serve as cannon fodder in possible future tactical attacks, just to prepare for a rainy day.

Unexpectedly, the tactical attack would come so quickly.

After only one night, the Ming army was forced to switch to a tactical offensive.

At dawn the next day, Xu Yingwei got up early and was eating breakfast when Xu Wuniu suddenly walked in quickly.

"My lord, Jiang Qi is here." Xu Wuniu reported, "It is said that the situation of the enemy outside the city has changed. Jiang Gejian, please you and Lu Gejian, two adults, hurry over."

"Jiang Qi?" Xu Yingwei's expression froze.

Jiang Qi is the captain of Jiang Tianyi's personal army, has something serious happened?
Xu Yingwei finished his breakfast in two or three strokes, and when he walked out of the gate of Xingyuan, he happened to meet Lu Xiangtong.

Immediately, the two of them joined together and left Gaizhou City from the north gate, and hurried to the Guntai position.

"Brother Zhen, Brother Tongren." Jiang Tian had been waiting early in the morning, and immediately bowed to the two of them, and then brought them to the most forward lookout tower.

At this time, the sky was bright and the light was excellent.

At a glance, Xu Yingwei and Lu Xiangtong immediately changed their expressions.

"Mother thief!" Lu Xiangtong swears directly, "What's going on?"

Xu Yingwei was also quite surprised: "Did Jianu follow us and start building gun platforms?"

That's right, in the open space outside the Ming army's blunderbuss platform, at a distance of [-] to [-] steps, Jiannu actually repaired dozens of blunderbuss platforms, and most of them were repaired overnight.

The slopes, ditches and even the retaining walls were almost repaired.

At this moment, Jiannu's Baoyi was ramming the slope protection with a tamping tool.

From far away, the loud sound of the rammer hitting the ground could be heard.

In the winter, a layer of oily sweat appeared on Jiannu's wrapped back and chest.

Jiang Tianyi said with some self-reproach: "It's all my fault. I heard the movement last night. I thought it was Jiannu who was digging a tunnel secretly again, so I just sent someone to monitor the location of the tunnel, but I didn't expect Jianu to be building a blunderbuss platform." If I had known this, I should have decisively sent troops to stop them last night."

"Brother Wenshi, you don't have to blame yourself, it's not your fault."

Xu Yingwei said: "Even if you know that Jiannu is repairing the blunderbuss platform, it's hard to stop him."

"It can still be stopped, and Jiannu can be stopped by taking the initiative to counterattack." Lu Xiangtong said, "But in this way, our army will take the initiative to attack, and Jiannu will become the defender instead. It is operating at night, and our army's artillery can't play a big role, so our army's casualties will greatly increase."

After finishing speaking, Lu Xiangtong looked back at Xu Yingwei.

Brother Zhen, you have a crow's mouth, it's too effective.

I just talked about tactical offense last night, and it turned out that I was really about to attack.

Jiang Tianyi asked, "How about letting the artillery battalion fire a few rows first?"

"It's useless." Xu Yingwei shook his head and said, "Jiannu has already repaired the slope protection of the gun platform. The shells from the artillery battalion can't fall on the platform inside the gun platform, so they can't hit Jiannu."

Jiang Tianyi said again: "Do you want to try to attack?"

"If you can capture the Jiannu gun platform, you can still dismantle it."

"You can try." Xu Yingwei agreed to attack.

Moreover, Xu Yingwei also wanted to see the Ming army's ability to attack fortified areas.

Sooner or later, the Ming army will also face a tough battle.

So, why not test the quality of the Ming army now?

After a brief discussion, the three of them selected one of the blunderbuss to launch a probing attack.

The reason why I chose this blunderbuss platform is because the left side of this blunderbuss platform is close to the sea, so when attacking, you don’t have to worry about the side attack from the sea, but only need to beware of the frontal blunderbuss platform and the Jiannu on the right side of the turret platform. firepower.

In the end, the task of tackling the fortress fell on Mr. Laodong.

At this time, Mr. Dong always had more than 250 officers and soldiers left after several battles.

At this time, Xu Yingwei, who is concurrently serving as the general manager, will naturally not lead the boss to fight in person, so this assignment falls on Xu Yinglong's head as a matter of course.

Xu Yinglong called more than 200 officers and soldiers together, and yelled for a while in his hometown dialect. The bloody spirit of more than 200 grandpa Xu's children was immediately aroused, and then more than 200 people held bayonets and flintlock guns , Aoao screamed and rushed into the surrounding trench outside the guntai defense line, and the attack began.

(End of this chapter)