Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 227 How to break the cottage

Outside the Fushun Pass, on the south bank of the Hun River, is the camp of the Ming army.

Taichang was sitting cross-legged in the newly built handsome tent and looking at the map, but Sun Chengzong, who had invited the forward to supervise the battle, hurried in, bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, it is still early, the forward There are still about ten miles away from Saerhu, why did we stop and set up camp, Your Majesty, are we suspicious soldiers along the way?"

Taichang smiled slightly, raised his hand to signal Sun Chengzong to sit cross-legged on the blanket next to him, and then said calmly: "We can be said to be suspicious soldiers, or we can be said to be not suspicious soldiers. In short, the most important thing for us along the way is to be steady and advance steadily. Don't give slavery a chance."

Uh, well, in fact, Sun Chengzong himself is quite stable, but the forwards, He Kegang and Zu Dabi, are so excited that they want to win Saarhu quickly, so I begged him to ask the emperor of.

Hearing what the emperor said, he immediately understood.

Indeed, stability is the most important thing for them along the way, because they have no sharp weapon against the cavalry along the way. Once the Jiannu cavalry seizes the opportunity to bite the infantry at the front and rear, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

And the Shenji Battalion on the East Road is the nemesis of the Jiannu cavalry, so the Jiannu cavalry will most likely stare at them to find opportunities along the way.

Thinking of this, he pointed to the map on the table and said: "Your Majesty, this section is actually fine, because this section is relatively open, and the army can still spread out. Only after we take Saerhu and enter the Suzi River will there be danger. Because there are dense mountains, winding rivers, and the road is not very wide, more than [-] troops can only march in single file, at least [-] to [-] miles apart, I guess the opportunity Jiannu is looking for is in the Suzi River."

This does make sense.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, our road is indeed not as good as that of General Qi. The Shenji Battalion is well-equipped and well-organized, and the 3 horses will not be too far apart. Whether it is Jiannu cavalry or Jiannu infantry going up to sneak attack Use. The infantry in front and behind us are restrained by the Jiannu cavalry, and only the [-] Shenwu Battalion elite cavalry in the middle can compete with the Jiannu cavalry. This is our biggest flaw, and Jiannu will definitely make a fuss about it."

Sun Chengzong nodded again and again: "The emperor is wise, this is indeed the only chance to become a slave."

Taichang stared at the map for a while, then frowned slightly and said: "The biggest problem now is that the passage of Suzihe is too narrow. Once the army steps in, it will definitely crowd the entire passage. Once the slave cavalry attack us from other secret passages Even if we receive news of the infantry before and after, the cavalry of the Shenwu Battalion will not be able to make it through!"

This problem is indeed very serious. More than [-] troops marching on the winding mountain road will definitely occupy the entire mountain road. Whether the slave cavalry is attacking the infantry in front or the infantry behind, the cavalry in the middle There is no way to go to support.

The road is densely packed with people, how can we get there?

Sun Chengzong thought for a while, and then he had an idea: "Your Majesty, although the road is narrow, there are still many valleys in the middle. We can camp in these valleys, and we can also shrink the pawns along the way into the valleys when necessary." Make way for the cavalry of the Shenwu Battalion, so that we will not be unable to take care of both ends."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help nodding his head and said: "Okay, this plan is very good. After you lead the forward into the Suzi River, mark the location and size of all the valleys clearly, and send them to the Chinese army by carts and fast boats. As long as the infantry shrinks Ziroom, we won't be afraid of any sneak attack by the slave cavalry!"

Sun Chengzong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, let He Kegang and Zu Dabi arrange some people to make some ladders, and then have a good rest. We will march into Sarhu tomorrow morning!"

In the early morning of the next day, the army continued to move forward. The forward advanced less than eight miles, and the Salhu Shanzhai was already in sight. At this time, Sun Chengzong stopped the forward army instead.

Because the passage in front began to narrow, and the Salhu cottage was built in the narrow passage, it was impossible for the army to rush forward. He had to figure out the details of the cottage in front of him.

If you wave your army and rush in, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

After he ordered the army to set up a defensive formation, he led a group of personal guards up to the highest mountain on the roadside, and raised his binoculars to look down.

This Salhu cottage is really easy to defend but hard to attack!

The so-called cottage is actually using the terrain to build stone and wood fortresses in the mountains to block the passage in the middle. The technology of building slaves to build fortresses is really not very good, but the terrain here is too suitable for defense!

A narrow passage, with high and low mountains on both sides, Jiannu is a stone wall here, and a slump there, which blocks the whole passage into sections, and the hillsides on both sides of the passage are full of low Stone walls and towering archery towers, once they rush in, they will be attacked everywhere!
How to fight this battle?
He was frowning and thinking, when the guards behind him suddenly said in unison: "See the emperor!"

My God, why did the emperor come here?

Sun Chengzong hurriedly turned his head, cupped his hands and bowed: "My minister sees the emperor."

Taichang waved his hand slightly, then came to Sun Chengzong's side, took out his binoculars and swept towards the cottage in front of him.

Soon, he also frowned.

How can such a messy cottage be broken?
Wait, it seems that there is no such thing as seizing the high ground at this moment.

Taichang raised his binoculars and glanced at the mountains on both sides for a while, then asked, "Zhensheng, can you draw?"

Uh, how do you say this?

Sun Chengzong was stunned for a moment, and then said with a little embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I can draw a little bit of formations in the book of war, but I am not good at ink, landscape, or flowers, birds, insects and fish."

That's it.

Taichang pointed to the cottage in front of him and said, "Children, look, Jiannu's stone wall and arrow towers are basically built on the hillsides on both sides of the passage, and they don't care about the nearby mountains. If the rockets attack, they will be in chaos, and if we rush down, they will be the ones who will suffer."

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he quickly raised his binoculars and scanned it.

Soon, he put down the binoculars and said in a loud voice: "Quick, go down and get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and by the way, put it on a small table."

He already understood what the emperor meant. He only needed to draw the topography of the mountains near the Jiannu village, mark the locations of all the stone walls, arrow towers and other defensive facilities of Jiannu, and then explain to He Kegang and Zu Dabi that they avoid these things. Rush up the mountains, attack with rockets first, and then take advantage of the chaos and go down!

After a while, several personal guards ran up panting with a table on their backs, pens, ink, papers and inkstones.

Sun Chengzong asked his personal guards to move a stone bar like a bench, and then he sat down and started to draw.

Their condescending mountain stronghold with a telescope on the opposite side is naturally clear at a glance. It would be different if He Kegang and Zu Dabi led the army to rush in. After going deep into this messy mountain stronghold, they probably followed into a maze. They didn't know where they were going. Where to rush!
Sun Chengzong's painting level is indeed not very good, compared with Bi Maokang and Wang Duo and other calligraphers and painters, it is far behind. ,

However, he is very expressive in drawing military formations, and can often outline stone walls and arrow towers with just a few random strokes. The layout diagram is drawn.

Taichang looked at the densely packed marks on the picture, and couldn't help pointing out: "Zhensheng, this one is so densely packed that it makes one's eyes dazzled, why don't you draw two pictures, one on the left and one on the right, for He Kegang and Zu Da to draw together?" At the same time, Bi led the army to advance side by side, so that Jiannu could not mobilize troops to support one side."

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "The emperor is wise."

After that, he picked up his pen and started drawing again.

In less than half an hour, he changed one layout plan into two.

Taichang took a closer look, then nodded and said: "Okay, go down and explain it to He Kegang and Zu Dabi, and then let them prepare rockets and ladder hooks for climbing, and send troops tomorrow morning Attack the cottage."

(End of this chapter)