The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 216 The Prodigal Uncle
"Tugger and Wu Sanfu, these two idiots, have a good hand, but they just beat them to pieces. Damn, Tugel, a prodigal, is even more stupid than a pig!"

In the main camp of the Ming army, Zhu Cihong was going mad with anger, without the slightest image of a king, and wished to arrest the two of them directly and beat them to death to vent their hatred.

He was also speechless to the point of his uncle's stupid command.

The combination of two people on foot and horses, each with [-], and two hundred chariots, can be said to have taken advantage.

Not to mention [-] slave cavalry, even [-] would not be able to take advantage of it.

But under the stupid command of that bastard Tugel, not only lost nearly [-] horses in vain, but also lost a large number of horses, and even completely defeated the chariot.

As a result, it is difficult to move an inch by the cavalry of Jiannu.

Even if Tugel wanted to preserve his strength and didn't want to go head-to-head with Jiannu's cavalry, hiding behind the infantry was better than running directly with the cavalry.

Seeing that His Majesty got mad and scolded his uncle as worthless, all the generals in the tent dared not show their pride.

After venting for a while, Zhu Cihong also calmed down, and began to think about how to deal with it next.

The reason why he dared to take the army to the east to oppress Jiannu was that although he relied on cavalry and chariots, it was also because of the [-] Tumed cavalry, who could take the army back to Zhangjiakou at any critical moment.

If now he had [-] cavalry with superb riding skills and good at riding and shooting as cover, and the distance between the two armies was less than [-] miles, he would have directly led the army to overwhelm him.

So his original plan was to start a decisive battle with the Tartars when the cavalry from Tumed's army arrived, and the army would directly kill them, capture the camp where the slaves were built, and wipe out all the 10,000+ traitor soldiers.

As for Wu Sanfu's 20 infantry, they are actually dispensable and have little impact on the overall battle situation, because [-] infantry is enough.

The soldiers are good but not many, not to mention that the more soldiers and horses, the more difficult it is to command. 20 well-trained and well-equipped infantry, after letting go of their hands and feet, are enough to sweep everything.

"Your Majesty, the reinforcements are blocked now, and the deadline for the decisive battle is only three days away. Do you want to send an envoy to postpone the date of the decisive battle?"

The British Duke said in a low voice, in fact, he really wanted to say that most of Tumet's cavalry had lost more than half, so why not fight a decisive battle, and just stay in the camp, anyway, food and grass can be eaten for another four or five months.

Such a long time is enough for the imperial concubine to destroy King Chuang, and then return to the north to attack Jinzhou, encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and force Jiannu to retreat.

"No need, I can afford to lose this person, I can't afford to lose it, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers can't afford to lose this person. As the saying goes, you don't lose if you lose. If you agree to a decisive battle in half a month, then it will be a decisive battle in half a month!"

Zhu Cihong waved his hand. An army's equipment, training, strict military law, and clear rewards and punishments are important, but the most important thing is morale.

This thing is invisible and intangible, but it is the key to victory, especially in the era of cold weapons. While other things are easy to handle, only morale is the most difficult thing.

If he breaks his promise and chooses to avoid the battle this time, it will definitely leave a stain on the army, and it will also deal a great blow to the confidence of the soldiers, and the impact will never be erased.

So even if there is no certainty of victory, you will still fight if you lose both. As long as you don't die, pass on the spirit. After recruiting new recruits in the future, you will be a strong army that dares to fight and kill without fear.

As Zhu Cihong, who grew up under the red flag, he understands this very well. He knows that the most important thing for an army is spiritual inheritance.

Now, under the daily publicity of thousands of lecture hall students, Daming's field army finally had some spiritual pursuits and some beliefs, so naturally they couldn't just renege on their promises and avoid the battle once, and their success falls short.

What's more, even if there is no cavalry, he will pull 20 troops to a decisive battle outside the camp, can Jiannu be able to eat it?

The British Duke opened his mouth, but seeing His Majesty's words, he was also speechless.

"Your Majesty, there are still 300 cavalry left in Tumed's army, and the distance between the two armies is only more than [-] miles. There are more than [-] chariots that have been repaired recently. Will you take them over?"

Huang Degong thought for a while and said, with a distance of [-] miles, [-] chariots, and [-] cavalry, it is absolutely possible to take over the cavalry from Tumed's department first.

As for the infantry, they can stay in place for the time being. Anyway, Wu Sanfu has enough food.

"Forget it, Jianu must have made preparations long ago. It will definitely be another fierce battle. No one knows how many cavalry chariots will come back. There is no need to waste our chariots and cavalry."

After Zhu Cihong thought about it, he waved his hand again.

Their losses of cavalry and slavery were almost equal, and they also lost nearly [-] in the past few days. Now there are only [-] left, and they really don't want to waste any more.

Of course, the reason why the cavalry's battle damage ratio can reach one to one with Jiannu's is the support of chariots.

However, if there was no response, the cavalry of Tumed's department would have to peel off their skin if they wanted to come by themselves under the eyes of the [-] slave cavalry.

If the [-] cavalrymen of Tumed's department were still one man and two horses, fifty miles away, they would naturally be able to gallop over in one go, no matter how many slave cavalrymen there were, there would be no way.

But if you ride alone, you can run for fifty miles in one breath, but after you come here, it is estimated that the whole army will eat a few meals of horse meat.

Three days passed in a flash.

It was still daylight, and the army had already had breakfast, and after finishing their preparations, they began to assemble and line up in front of the camp.

In this decisive battle, Zhu Cihong only brought the central army, the left army, and the right army a total of about 15 people.

The logistics arms and cavalry of the three armies stayed in the battalion, plus 10 Imperial Forest Army, and nearly [-] young and strong, there were nearly [-] people.

These young and strong are all military households of the guards in Xuanfu and Datong. Although they were recruited to take charge of logistics work, everyone has a knife and a gun, and they have received military training at ordinary times. The former Ming army was only strong but not weak, so it was more than enough to hold the camp.

As the saying goes, don't think about victory, think about defeat first, no matter what, the camp must never be lost.

On the opposite side, Dorgon was more conservative than Zhu Cihong, and only brought [-] Han soldiers and [-] cavalry out of the battalion for a decisive battle. The remaining [-] Han soldiers and [-] Korean youths stayed in the camp for defense.

There was a lack of wood on the grassland, so Dole Gun asked the North Koreans to dig a deep ditch in front of the camp. The soil dug out was used to build an earthen wall behind.

Obviously, compared to Zhu Cihong, Dole Gun cared more about the safety of the camp, and was more worried about the Ming army stealing the camp at night.

Thirty miles, although it is not close, some troops have to go for a full day. It can be seen that after seeing the strength of the Ming army, Dorgon did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

For this reason, no matter what the Ming Army camp does every day or night, there are a large number of sentries at any time. It is impossible to make a surprise attack.

This is also the reason why Zhu Cihong did not choose to engage in sneak attacks, because he knew that in the history of ancient warfare, although there were many classic successful cases of sneak attacks, in fact, as long as the coach is not a fool, it is almost impossible to sneak attack.

It is also not a last resort, as long as the coach is not a fool, he will not engage in any sneak attacks and night attacks, because most of them will shoot themselves in the foot.

The last time I was in the capital for a surprise attack, it was because under the given conditions, there were only a dozen miles of land, so it was better to say it was a surprise attack with a stick of open fire than a night attack.

(End of this chapter)