Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 631

"Huh?" Including Hou Fangyu, everyone's eyes in Xingyuan turned to Hong Chengchou in unison, wondering what did Hong Butang mean by having a chance just now?
Have you found a way to defeat the enemy?

Kong Youde asked: "Hong Butang, could it be that you have found a way to defeat the enemy?"

"Hey, I don't dare to say how to defeat the enemy, I can only say that I might try it." Hong Chengchou said modestly, "But at least, our Qing soldiers have a chance to win."

Hou Fangyu and others said expectantly: "I would like to hear the details."

"Meng Xueli, bring the war chess here." Hong Chengchou immediately signaled Meng Xueli to bring the war chess over.

While Meng Xueli and others were preparing for war games, Hong Chengchou said: "During the Qingli period, when Duke Fan Wenzheng was in the Northwest, he implemented a strategy of shallow attack on Xixia. Do you know?"

"I've heard of it, but I don't know the details." Geng Zhongming replied.

For a martial artist, it is rare to have heard of shallow attack and advanced architecture.

Hou Fangyu said like a few treasures: "The so-called shallow attack is actually building fortresses all the way forward, constantly squeezing the defense line of the Xixia Kingdom, forcing the Western Army to take the initiative to attack the Song Army."

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "The Headquarters also thought so before, but it is not the case. There is still a chance."

Having said this, Hou Fangyu said again: "Don't forget Hong Butang. In the battle of Chenguantun, there was a big battle between the red cannons of the Qing Dynasty and the firearms of the Ming army, but the final result was that our big guns The Qing army was defeated."

"Xingdou, it's really thanks to you this time." Yan Yingyuan said, "Otherwise, Jiannu might be cut off from food supply. If this is the case, not only our Chenguan Tun Camp will be in danger, but also the hundreds of thousands of troops outside Beijing. .”

Yan Yingyuan's brows were also frowned, Jiannu's behavior today is really strange, there were 4 cavalry in the Eight Banners Mongolia before, and they were defeated by the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.

……

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to secretly repair the gun platform without telling the Ming army.

Chenguantun Camp is only seven or eight miles away from Jinghai County, so standing on the three-foot-high watchtower, you can see clearly with the help of binoculars, and you don't even need to take a flying car to high-altitude reconnaissance.

"I think so too." Xie Yuancai echoed, "In the battle of Chenguantun, Jiannu lost 200 red cannons, and in the battle of Daliuli, another 200 camel cannons were lost. How many cannons did Jiannu have in total? According to this loss In just a few battles, they will lose all their cannons, so what else will they use to fight us?"

Kong Youde said: "The problem is that the Ming army will not give us this opportunity."

While speaking, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded above his head.

"There's no need to say anything later." Hong Chengchou interrupted directly, "We only need to know that building fortresses can also be used for attack, and that's enough."

I saw groups of Mongolian cavalry driving out of the south gate.

At this time, Meng Xueli had prepared a war game with a few moves.

Kong Youde said: "I will be bombarded by the Ming army's cannons. My red cannons in the Qing Dynasty are not as good as the Ming army's red cannons, so I can only be beaten passively."

"Could it be that they want to storm the Chenguan Tun camp again?"

Only then did Yan Yingyuan and Xie Yuan hurried up the watchtower.

When I looked up anxiously, I saw a Guozisheng leaning out on the flying car basket raised in the air, and continuously signed sign language downward: Jiannu is out of the city!Enemy!
"Come on, let's go to the watchtower!"

Hou Fangyu said: "But Agula Dutong also said just now that the Ming army's artillery has zero losses!"

As soon as the words were finished, teams of Green Battalion soldiers also came out from the city gate.

Shang Kexi said: "I'm afraid it's not right?"

"The cannon went out of the city and placed in the field?"

"Well, I understand." Hou Fangyu came to his senses.

Speaking of this pause, he said with emphasis: "In this way, the people of the Qing Dynasty can calmly build the blunderbuss platform, and after the blunderbuss platform is completed, continue to advance south until the canal defense lines at the north and south ends of Chenguantun are reconnected. As soon as I come, the Ming army's food road will be cut off by me again, and the main force of the Ming army outside the Chaoyang Gate will be unable to continue."

Hong Chengchou grabbed a "civil husband" doll and placed it on the sand table, saying: "Before we thought about it, we first rushed to repair several blunderbuss platforms east of the Chenguantun camp of the Ming army, and then connected the blunderbuss platforms to form A complete line of defense is used to completely lock down the Chenguan Tun camp and cut off the Ming army's food road, but there is a problem."

"That's why Fan Wenzheng's shallow attack strategy perfectly maximized strengths and circumvented weaknesses. It maximized the Song army's advantage in defending the city, and thus achieved good results in the northwest. It's just a pity..."

Hou Fangyu didn't say the second half of the sentence, but anyone could hear the implication.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that the cavalry town has uniformly changed to Type [-]?" Yan Yingyuan asked again, "And the gunpowder used in the distributed dimples with paper shells is also different? Not only is it more lethal, but also has no smoke?"

After half a month of interruption, another convoy finally entered Chenguantun, which also meant that the logistics channel from Dengzhou to Dagukou, from Dagukou to Chenguantun, and from Chenguantun to Beijing was once again connected.

Everyone in Xingyuan remained silent, waiting quietly for Hong Chengchou to continue talking.

After a short pause, Hong Chengchou said again: "In the Battle of Daliuli, the artillery of the Green Battalion was too dense at the beginning, and the first wave of firepower from the Ming army's cannons was the most accurate, so they suffered heavy losses. They lost 30 camels at once. guns, but in the artillery battle that lasted for half an hour after that, only 5 guns were lost."

Speaking of this meal, Hong Chengchou grabbed a "cannon" war game and placed it on the sand table not far from the south of Jinghai County, about a thousand steps away.

"Hey, Brother Baoheng, don't put money on my face." Xie Yuancai waved his hands again and again, "I am just following orders. If there is no information provided by the secret investigation department, Brother Baoheng, you can make a decisive decision without the cooperation of the Cavalry Town. It’s not possible to rely on me alone and the 2nd Mountain Artillery Brigade, so this is all thanks to everyone.”

During the day, the Ming army could carry out reconnaissance through Kongming lanterns, but at night, there were scouts or ambush troops of the Ming army everywhere, and every move of the Qing army was under the supervision of the Ming army.

"Not necessarily." Hong Chengchou said, "The Battle of Daliuli has proved that as long as the distance between the cannons increases, the damage caused by the Ming army's cannons to our army's cannons can be ignored!"

Hong Chengchou said: "Before, the Headquarters also thought like you, so they dared not use the strategy of shallow attack to advance the building. But just now, I heard that Agula all talked about the battle of Daliuli, and I realized that we were all wrong."

"Impossible!" Yan Yingyuan said decisively, "Hong Chengchou is not that stupid."

"It seems that Jiannu is really exhausted." Yan Yingyuan said, "My Daming's firearms are getting sharper and sharper, and the country is advancing rapidly. Jiannu obviously can't keep up. The destruction of the country is already in sight."

"Hey, that's not the point." Hong Chengchou said, "The point is that the firearms of the Ming army do not have an overwhelming advantage over the firearms of our Qing soldiers, so although our artillery is not as good as the Ming army, it is still capable of stopping the Ming army. The infantry charged, which gave us a chance to train our bravery and the civilians to build the gun platform."

"Then try it." Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice, "Try it right away!"

Hou Fangyu said: "Hongbutang, I think this strategy is worth a try!"

"However, our army's cannons are loaded with hundreds of bullets, which are enough to prevent the Ming army's infantry and even cavalry from attacking."

The vicinity of Jinghai or the entire Gyeonggi is an endless plain.

The military flags and costumes of the Green Battalion soldiers are obviously different from those of the Eight Banners Han Army, and they are easy to identify.

"What's wrong?" Hong Chengchou asked back.

Thinking back to five years ago, the Ming Dynasty was still in turmoil, and it looked like the country was about to fall. I never thought that in just five years, the world would have changed.

Yan Yingyuan said with a smile: "Jiannudie suffered heavy injuries, he probably didn't have the guts to cut off my food."

"There is such a thing." Xie Yuancai said, "It's really strange, there is really no smoke at all."

"This is amazing." Xie Yuancai said, "The Eight Banners Mongols haven't been scared by us yet?"

Yan Yingyuan and Xie Yuancai stood at the entrance of the Chenguan Tun camp with smiles on their faces.

"The situation at that time was that the Song army had powerful weapons and was good at defending the city."

It means that the firearms of the Qing soldiers are not as good as those of the Ming army, and they are not reliable, so shallow attack and construction will not work.

Immediately afterwards, teams of the Eight Banners Han army filed out again. The Eight Banners Han army did not go far after leaving the city, but just set up a line formation in the field, and the Eight Banners Mongolia divided into two groups to protect the two wings.

Geng Zhongming also said: "That's right, as long as our civilian husbands leave the city gate, they will be discovered by Ming dogs. Even if they sneak out of the city at night, they will still be discovered. The Ming army will definitely send troops to attack. At this time We have only two choices, either withdraw the civilian husband, or send troops to protect the civilian husband to repair the gun platform."

If you want to repair the gun platform, you can only repair it explicitly and force it.

"Hey, the formation of Jiannu..." Xie Yuancai said.

Hou Fangyu said: "Although that is the case, the prerequisite for the Song army to use the shallow attack strategy is to have the advantage of firearms. However, the firearms of our Qing soldiers are not as sharp as the Ming army. If we try to imitate the tactics of the ancients, we may be backlashed."

Now there are only 2 horses left in the Eight Banners Mongolia, dare to fight in the field?
However, the Eight Banners Mongolia did not go far outside the city, but stopped about three miles outside the city.

Now the more than [-] troops and [-] civilians in Beijing will not have to worry about food.

But Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others are still at a loss.

Xie Yuancai's expression was also agitated, and the matter that had lasted for more than sixty years was finally about to be resolved.

Early the next morning, a group of civilian men drove into the Chenguantun camp.

"The Western Army is brave, good at field combat, and more familiar with the terrain."

Shang Kexi said: "Withdrawing the civilians would be a waste of all previous efforts, but sending troops to protect them requires a field battle with the Ming army. However, field battles must be avoided as much as possible, so there is no way to repair the gun platform."

Along with the green battalion, there are also red cannons and Fran cannons.

Now even Yan Yingyuan began to waver. Could it be that Jiannu really planned to storm Chenguantun camp?

Ordinarily it shouldn't be, what kind of medicine is sold in Hong Chengchou's gourd?

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