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

Chapter 219 The Emperor's Thoughts Are Too Heavy

After returning to the camp, Zhu Cihong also had a deep understanding of the so-called formations in ancient times.

To put it bluntly, the so-called formation is to command different phalanxes and arms to cooperate in combat, to test the command communication on the battlefield, and the execution coordination ability of soldiers.

However, these two points are easy to say, but it is very difficult to achieve them. The more arms and phalanxes, the more difficult it is.

However, the current Ming army is trained with reference to the modern army formation. In addition, there are a large number of high-quality literate lecturers in the army, as well as a complete and efficient battlefield command system. It can be said that today's Ming army can almost Set up any ancient military formations.

Similarly, it is estimated that only the current Ming army can form the Nine Palaces, because the Nine Palaces can be said to be the pinnacle of ancient formations, and it is indeed better than the Eight Trigrams. The mandarin duck formation is even more incomparable.

Although the 81 phalanxes move in coordination with each other, it is indeed very shocking and powerful. If it is equipped with chariots, long shields and long halberds, no matter how many troops there are, it is almost impossible to be broken, but Zhu Cihong did not. I don't intend to continue to develop on the array.

Because the actual effect of this formation is not great, first someone has to take the initiative to break the formation, if someone does not come to break the formation, you are useless, so it is still a cavalry chariot with strong mobility, and firearms and artillery with high lethality are more reliable. Also more practical.

This Nine Palace Formation will still be used to test the cooperation between the troops in the future. He estimates that if Dorgon is killed, he will not break the formation again.

Dorgon and Hong Chengchou really didn't plan to break any formations. They sent two thousand cavalry to break the formations during the day, mainly because they wanted to open their eyes and satisfy their curiosity.

So after returning to the camp, Dorgon and Hong Chengchou didn't say a word about the Jiugong formation, but discussed how to force the Ming army to fight. Obviously, the two also saw that the formation was dead, and it was of little use except for defense. .

"My lord, the little emperor is young and mature, and has a meticulous mind. It is undoubtedly impossible to use the aggressive method to make him take the initiative. There is only one way to make him take the initiative to attack!"

"Oh? What's the solution?" Dorgon's eyes lit up, the little emperor was indeed difficult to deal with, and just now he really thought of giving women clothes and other means to provoke him.

"As the saying goes, if you want to take it, you must give it first. If you want the Ming army to take the initiative to attack, you can only move the camp forward fifteen miles, so that the little emperor can see the hope of breaking our army's camp!"

"what?"

"Move forward fifteen miles?"

Dole Gun was also shocked, and then looked at Hong Chengchou blankly and said:
"Sir, if this is the case, the two armies will only meet for fifteen miles. With the strength of the infantry of the Ming army, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop them at that time, and it will be self-defeating."

"My lord, although the risk is extremely high, only in this way can the little emperor take the initiative to attack, not to mention defending the camp will eventually gain the upper hand."

"Having said that, once the army moves forward, the little emperor probably won't give our army much time to reinforce the camp. The camp that was built hastily... no, this is definitely playing with fire!"

Dorgon said that he shook his head like a wave drum at the end. Once the Ming army breaks through the camp, not only will the food, grass and luggage be thrown away, but the 10,000+ infantry will definitely be severely injured, and they can only retreat in the end.

"Of course, just in case, you can leave part of the food, grass and supplies in the current camp. Once things cannot be violated, you can also return to fight again!"

Hong Chengchou patiently explained.

The current situation is that the Ming army wants to attack, but there is no cavalry cover, so they dare not attack. Although the Qing army has a large number of cavalry cover, most of the infantry can't attack, so if you want to break this embarrassing deadlock, you have to general Put it under the eyes of the Ming army, so that it can attack with confidence.

Seeing what Hong Chengchou said, Dole was relieved, but he didn't answer immediately, but got up and paced back and forth in the tent, began to weigh the pros and cons, and after half a stick of incense, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! If you can't hold on to this, then this battle is doomed to have no results, and I'm afraid it will be unstoppable in the future."

Immediately, Doer Gun called all the generals to make arrangements, especially Obai who besieged the other Ming army, and he would definitely be transferred back to join the battle at that time.

The reason why Dorgun agreed was because he could bring back [-] cavalry from Oboi at that time, half an hour would be enough for fifty or sixty miles, but the other Ming army could not join the battle quickly.

The next day, at dawn, the Qing army began to pull out their camps and move forward under the cover of cavalry.

However, the old camps were not completely dismantled, and there were still [-] Han soldiers and [-] Korean youths stationed there, as well as a small half of food and supplies.

Zhu Cihong learned of the abnormal situation on the Qing army's side immediately. He was quite surprised to see that the Qing army did not only send [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to fight like the previous two days, but directly pulled out their battalions and pressed them up. .

And after learning that there were still a large number of soldiers left in the original camp of the Qing army, Zhu Cihong immediately guessed Dole's wishful thinking.

Immediately issued an order for the whole army to prepare for the attack. After all, the opportunity is rare. It doesn't matter whether it is fought or not, but at least it must be prepared for it.

At this moment, all the officers in the commander's tent were also fried into a pot of porridge. The generals of the right army and the central army headed by Huang Degong were almost gearing up, with excited expressions.

Obviously, they were all suffocated. If the emperor hadn't been suppressing him and not letting him take the initiative to attack, the fighting spirit in the army would have been boiling.

The honorable faction headed by the Duke of England is more conservative, and it is suggested to wait and see to see where Jiannu will camp.

In fact, in private, although the soldiers didn't say anything, they all felt that His Majesty was a mother-in-law, and that the benevolence of women was not as happy as that of imperial concubines.

From their point of view, regardless of him, the army swept across quickly, people blocking and killing people, and Buddhas blocking and killing Buddhas. They didn't believe that Jiannu and those traitor soldiers could resist it.

It is true that although Zhu Cihong's military theory is clear and sound, and his overall strategy is impeccable, it is the first time he has led troops to fight.

This leads to a somewhat excessive cautiousness, a mentality of not seeking merit, but seeking no faults. It is not an exaggeration to say that the front is afraid of wolves and the back is afraid of tigers.

There is no Hong Niangzi's determination and decisiveness to break the boat and put all her eggs in one basket.

No, Zhu Cihong hesitated for a moment when he saw that the two sides said that the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right.

Although they feel that they can completely break through the opponent's camp with their strength, and they really want to severely injure the 10,000+ traitor soldiers, but they are worried that accidents will cause heavy casualties to the army, and they want to continue to wait for the battle in the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)