Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 620
"It's not impossible to fight cavalry against infantry in field battles." Hou Fangyu said, "Of course, the premise is that you must have an absolute advantage in troops. As long as there are more cavalry, there is still a chance to eat a small amount of infantry from the Ming army."

Hong Chengchou questioned again: "What if the Ming army dispatched more infantry to help?"

"Then transfer the Mongolian cavalry from the outer domains." Hou Fangyu said, "Let the regent send [-] Mongolian cavalry from the outer domains from Horqin, Chahar and even Tumote to help the battle. I want to see how many infantry the Ming army can send to protect the grain roads." ?”

In order to stabilize the morale of the frontline army, Dorgon has not told Hong Chengchou of Horqin's tragedy and they know it.

After a pause, Hou Fangyu went on to say: "Even if the Ming army brings back all the [-] infantry outside Beijing, the situation is nothing more than a confrontation between Chenguantun and Dagukou, which is better than a confrontation outside Beijing, Hong Butang Do you think so?"

Hou Fangyu's last words finally moved Hong Chengchou, yes, a confrontation between Chenguantun and Dagukou is definitely better than a confrontation outside Beijing, at least the pressure will be much less.

Moreover, there is another advantage in forming a confrontation between Chenguantun and Dagukou.

That is, only the Eight Banners Mongolia and Outer Fan Mongolia participated in the confrontation, and other armies such as Lianyong, Eight Banners Han Army, Eight Banners Manchuria, and Green Camp did not need to participate in the confrontation.

As a result, the initiative on the battlefield was also in the hands of the Qing soldiers.

Because the Mongolian cavalry has the advantage of maneuverability, the infantry of the Ming army cannot catch up, and the casualties are controllable.

"This strategy can be tried." Hong Chengchou nodded happily, "I invite Hou Canjun and the headquarters to jointly write a letter, and ask the regent to urgently dispatch cavalry from Horqin, Chahar, and Tumed to help."

"Dare not to obey orders." Hou Fangyu readily agreed.

At present, Hong Chengchou began to write the memorial.

……

The wind is too strong today, and the flying car is not suitable for taking off.

Chongzhen could only take the imperial guards to the Chaori Altar to watch the battle.

The Chaori Altar is located on the southeast side of Chaoyang Gate. It was built in the Jiajing year. Every year on the vernal equinox, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty would come to the Chaori Altar to offer sacrifices to the God of Ming Dynasty and pray for a good harvest for the year.

Before Chongzhen fled Beijing, he would come here to offer sacrifices every year.

However, since he ascended the throne, Kyushu Wanfang has almost never had a good year of harvest.

So this time when he revisited the Chaori Altar, Chongzhen didn't have the slightest intention of worshiping, worshiping ass.

Fortunately, the view from the Altar of Chaoyang is not bad. With the help of binoculars, you can clearly see the Chaoyangmen tower, which is being bombarded continuously by the Ming army.

Since soldiers approached Chaoyangmen three days ago, Chongzhen mobilized 5 field artillery brigades with 450 4-inch field artillery to launch the most violent shelling on the Chaoyangmen tower.

After three consecutive days and nights of bombardment, the bricks covering the outer wall of Chaoyangmen Tower were almost broken, exposing the rammed earth wall mixed with straw stalks underneath.

This layer of rammed earth wall is obviously added with glutinous rice juice, and its strength is very high.

The outer wall bricks have been broken into slag, but the inner rammed earth wall has only shallow depressions one by one. After so many blasts, there is not even a tiny crack.

Chongzhen said with some emotion: "This is really a project of conscience."

"That's it." Speaking of Beijing City, Gao Qiqian immediately got excited, and said like a treasure, "From the time of Taizu, the city of Beijing began to be reinforced, and it was not until Emperor Yingzong's time that the current city outline was built. It took seventy years. For the rest of the year, the five emperors have spent billions of trillions of silver, so how could it not be strong?"

Chongzhen rolled his eyes and said, "No matter how strong the city is, won't it fall into the hands of thieves in the end?"

"This..." Gao Qiqian was speechless for a moment, the old slave couldn't answer your words, Long Live Lord.

Just when Chongzhen was chatting to death, Wu Batan trotted up to the Chaori Altar and reported: "Your Majesty, Chen Guantun just sent a good news. , decapitated more than 7 levels, destroyed and seized 8 Jiannu Hongyi cannons, and more than 200 flintlock guns."

"Haha, good, as expected of Yan Yingyuan." Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard the words.

Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude also hurriedly brought a group of young eunuchs to congratulate Chongzhen.

Chongzhen didn't pay any attention to it, and didn't mention the reward money. According to the rules in the palace, whenever a happy event happened, some reward money must be given to the eunuchs and maids, but Chongzhen didn't take out any money.

Not long after, Xu Yingwei and Jiang Tianyi rushed to Chaori Altar with a group of scholars.

Jiang Tianyi said, "Your Majesty, Boheng has defeated Hong Chengchou's offensive, the Chenguantun camp is as safe as a rock, and our army's food roads are also as stable as Mount Tai, so should the second town that went south for reinforcements be transferred back?"

After receiving an urgent report from Yan Yingyuan last night, Chongzhen urgently ordered the second town to help.

第2镇所属的步兵第7、第8旅、野炮兵第2旅以及山炮兵第2旅，都跟随阎应元驻扎在陈官屯大营，所以南下增援的实际只有三个步兵旅万余人。

This is actually a trap set from the beginning, deliberately not leaving heavy troops to protect the grain road.

After Hong Chengchou's army launched an attack on the Liangdao of the Ming army, the Ming army increased its troops one by one.

Then Jiannu also increased its troops one by one, until finally, the two sides staged a final battle around the grain road.

To put it bluntly, it is to use Liang Dao as a bait to lure Hong Chengchou's army to take the initiative to attack. If there is a chance for a decisive battle, it will be a decisive battle. If there is no chance for a decisive battle, it will continue to consume Jiannu.

This is the pearl chain tactic designed by Chongzhen.

So now, the Chenguantun camp is still standing still, and the southward movement of the other three infantry brigades in the second town seems a bit redundant.

Because these three infantry brigades have been added to the grain road, the strength of each stronghold has been greatly strengthened. If it is not done well, Hong Chengchou may give up his plan to harass the Ming army's grain road.

Then it really became a stalemate.

This is not what Chongzhen wants to see.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen immediately nodded and agreed to be transferred back to the second town.

Xu Yingwei asked again: "Your Majesty, the city wall of Beijing is very strong. Without a continuous bombardment for a month or even two months, I am afraid it will be difficult to bomb the city wall. Can you take advantage of this gap to order the soldiers to dig out a blockade ditch, Surround the entire city of Beijing? In this way, the internal and external traffic can be blocked, and the Jian slaves in the city can also be prevented from escaping!"

After pondering for a moment, Chongzhen nodded and said, "We can dig the blockade ditch, but we can only dig from Chaoyangmen to the north and south, and the speed of digging should not be too fast, as long as it puts pressure on Jiannu."

"Siege San Que and One?" Jiang Tian said, "The Holy One wants to force the slaves to abandon the city?"

"No, the Holy Majesty wants to force Jiannu to fight our army as soon as possible." Xu Yingwei shook his head and said.

"Youzhen is right." Chongzhen nodded and said, "The main reason is to exert pressure and force Jiannu to fight me as soon as possible. The sooner Jiannu fights me, the lower the price of this battle."

"Otherwise, the daily expenditure of people eating horse chews is a huge number."

After a short pause, Chongzhen said again: "Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has accumulated a lot of wealth, if you really want to stay in Beijing for two years, it will be enough to empty out the family wealth of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

The current assets of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are about 5 million.

The cash on the account is almost 2000 million.

If you need money urgently, you can mobilize 5000 million in a short time.

These are all the assets of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, barely enough to fight for two years.

Xu Yingwei said: "I'm afraid that Dorgon will not give in easily. I still hope that Hong Chengchou can cut off our army's rations, and then force our army to collapse without fighting because of the rations."

"That can only tell Dorgon with the facts, this is a delusion."

Chongzhen said: "Hong Chengchou can't cut off our army's food supply."

……

At the same time, in the East Nuan Pavilion of Prince Rui's Mansion.

Dorgon also received Hong Chengchou's defeat.

And sent soul torture to Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo.

"Mr. Xiandou, Mr. Gongfu, do you think Hong Chengchou can cut off the Ming army's supply road?"

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan couldn't help but change their faces when they heard the words. They said that the most taboo thing for a general to lead the army is the suspicion of the Lord. It has only been less than two months and they have lost confidence in Hong Chengchou?
Then again, it's no wonder the regent's confidence was shaken.

Because they also read the report of Hong Chengchou's defeat, there were a lot of excuses in their words.

On the surface, Hong Chengchou is justifying his failure, but in fact, Hong Chengchou's guilty conscience has been exposed. In other words, even Hong Chengchou himself has lost confidence, let alone the regent?

So Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan were very confused. What happened to Chen Guantun?

Why did Hong Chengchou seem to be a different person after the battle of Chen Guantun?
Is that Yan Yingyuan really so scary?Can it make Hong Chengchou lose his mind?
But no matter what happened in Chen Guantun, no matter whether Hong Chengchou still has confidence, they must help Hong Chengchou and the regent to strengthen their confidence, otherwise what war will they fight?

At present, Fan Wencheng remonstrated: "In the past, Feng Yi held a heavy army but failed to pacify Guanzhong for a long time. At that time, people falsely accused him of raising bandits and respected himself. Feng Yi was disturbed and wrote a letter to resign. Emperor Guangwu wrote back saying that the general is to the country. Monarchs and ministers are as kind as father and son. Why are you suspicious and afraid? Feng Yi's heart is safe, and he will settle in Guanzhong soon."

Ning Wan and I continued: "If the monarch and his ministers are of the same heart, their benefits can break gold and stone. Although Heng Jiu has the ability to command and use troops, if he does not have the trust of the regent, he will be powerless."

Dorgon picked up Hong Chengchou's defeat again.

"Don't the two gentlemen feel that Heng Jiu's confidence has been shaken?"

Fan Wencheng immediately said: "Yan Yingyuan is really difficult to deal with. With the great strategy of ten kings, even if he suffered a complete defeat in Huai'an Mansion, it is only natural for Heng Jiu to suffer such a defeat suddenly. It is human nature to be shaken."

In fact, Fan Wencheng had one more ruthless sentence that he didn't say.

Prince Regent, you were also defeated by Yan Yingyuan at Dagukou?

But Dorgon understood, and sighed, "That's true."

Ning Wan and I continued to analyze: "But fortunately, there is only one Yan Yingyuan in Nanming, but the Ming army's food road is more than 1000 miles long. No matter how powerful Yan Yingyuan is, can he still guard every place?"

Fan Wencheng went on to say: "Chongzhen abandoned the waterway and took the land route. He ventured into the capital with heavy troops and left only a small number of troops to protect the grain roads. This is a big taboo for military strategists."

(End of this chapter)