In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 107 Don’t even dare to move first

This large-scale invasion of slaves was mainly to demonstrate to the Ming Dynasty and to tell all Han people that there was more than just Chongzhen in the world.

The main target of the attack was also near Gyeonggi. After entering Xuanfu, Abatai allocated [-] cavalry to Hauge, and then led the army south to attack Yanqing, preparing to join Azige and Yang Guli, and finally besiege the Ming Dynasty. Capital.

Of course, both Huang Taiji and coach Azig knew that it was impossible to really capture the capital of the Ming Dynasty, so they were just pretending.

And Haug also learned from Abatai that the group of horse bandits not only destroyed the charcoal tribe, but also raided the infantry he left to attack the valley. The entire [-]-strong army was almost wiped out, which almost killed Haug. Gotta be pissed to death.

What's more, I'm still worried that I won't be able to explain to Huang Ama when I go back, so after I begged Abatai for [-] troops, I went to Yanghe non-stop.

The Tumut tribe in the north is responsible for blocking the grassland. Haug has made up his mind this time. Even if the group of horse bandits hides in the nearby castle again, he will destroy them. For this, he has already made three sacrifices. 4000 casualties.

Who would have thought that before the army arrived in Yanghe, bad news came one after another. First, the group of horse bandits took only half a day to break through Yanghe City, and then another group appeared in the west of Yanghe City. The large-scale Ming army had as many as [-] to [-] troops, and most of them had swords and armor. They looked quite elite, far inferior to other Ming armies. This really shocked Hauge.

After thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't figure out when such a large and well-equipped army appeared in the Ming Dynasty. I didn't dare to act rashly for a while, so I had to send cavalry around to find out the news.

After some inquiring, I finally figured out where this Ming army came from, and also figured out the current fight between the horse bandits and the Ming army.

"Your Majesty, those Ming troops are actually here to attack that group of horse bandits. Why don't we let them fight first and then reap the benefits?" Sony's mind suddenly aroused.

"Well, that's right. Yanghe City is tall and strong. We may not be able to capture it. Send the order and the army will retreat fifty miles."

After suffering several big losses in a row, Hauge was no longer as arrogant as he was at the beginning. Instead, he became cautious and agreed very much with Sony's suggestions.

So the next day, the army retreated fifty miles towards Xuanfu, which confused both the Ming army and Lin Rui.

After capturing Yanghe City, Lin Rui only moved the materials, craftsmen, [-] young men, [-] rescued Han men and women, and [-] prisoners to the city. The other soldiers and horses stayed in the camp in the south of the city.

Originally, in his opinion, with Jiannu's arrogance and arrogance, he would definitely attack the Ming army in the wild first, and then slowly deal with them. Who would have thought that instead of crossing Yanghe to attack the Ming army, Jiannu retreated.

However, after just a moment's thought, Lin Rui guessed Jiannu's plan, and at the same time understood their relationship with the Ming army. Jiannu probably already knew about it.

"Sir, how about we send someone to negotiate with the Ming army and join forces with them to defeat the Jurchens first?"

"No, the Jurchen cavalry is not good at attacking the city. The Ming army poses a greater threat to us. We should unite with the Jurchens to defeat the Ming army first."

This time, Ha Beier and Na Mu Zhong actually held opposite opinions, while Zhou Meng and Huang Ben remained silent.

Although both of them felt that what the eldest lady said was more reasonable, they still had some resistance to joining forces with the Jurchens.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Lin Rui could only say: "We don't need to join forces with anyone. Although we seem to be in the worst situation now, with strong enemies on the left and right surrounded by us, at this time, we must be more cautious." Hold your breath and don’t act rashly!”

He knew that anyone who joined forces with him in this situation would be seeking skin from the tiger, and the best option was to stop with silence. After all, the longer it was delayed, the better it would be for them.

Because the Tumut cavalry cannot stay outside the valley for a long time, at least they can retreat to the grassland by then.

After conquering Yanghe City, their food supplies have almost piled up into a mountain. Even if they have [-] to [-] mouths and [-] to [-] livestock, the food can last for half a year, so he will never take the initiative to attack.

As for the Ming army in the west, after learning that Jiannu had retreated fifty miles, they immediately formed two factions and quarreled fiercely all day long.

One group was naturally dominated by Hu Dawei and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to overwhelm them, while the military attachés on the other side believed that Jian Nu was deliberately tempting them to attack Yanghe City and wanted to wait for them to attack the city and attack the Lin family's army from both inside and outside. , so life and death are unwilling to move.

Especially when Wang Pu and his men arrived at the camp, the military attachés immediately abandoned Hu Dawei and fell into the arms of Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong.

After all, compared to Hu Dawei, a soldier who had surrendered outside the Great Wall, and the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, everyone naturally chose Wang Pu, a native of Datong.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and one army cannot tolerate two masters. In addition, Hu Dawei and Wang Pu were at odds with each other. Liang Tingdong, the only governor of Xuanda who could control them, died again, so the conflicts between the two were increasing day by day.

When the military attachés began to continuously reduce Hu Dawei's military ration supply, Hu Dawei finally couldn't bear it anymore. He took his [-] border troops and returned directly to Datong, then looted and returned to Shuozhou. If Liang Tingdong hadn't taken into account Liang Tingdong's original I'm afraid not all military orders issued will be returned directly to Shanxi.

Regarding Hu Dawei's departure, Wang Pu naturally wished that he would leave as soon as possible, and the military attachés also did not care much. If they had not really had no suitable general to command the army, how could they have curried favor with Hu Dawei, a foreign general who had surrendered?
Now that Wang Pu is the backbone, he naturally doesn't want to waste food in vain to support the [-] rice bucket.

Obviously, everyone still looked down upon the [-] frontier troops who were so powerful.

Indeed, compared to Wang Pu's family and business, Hu Dawei, a lowered soldier, has always been marginalized, so the [-] soldiers under his command are also very shabby, far less impressive than Wang Pu's [-] frontier troops.

But in terms of combat effectiveness, Wang Pu's 2 frontier troops may not be able to defeat Hu Dawei's [-] troops.

Hu Dawei's departure had little impact. For several days, the three parties were in a confrontation like this, with no one willing to make the first move.Lin Rui was caught in the middle and could not move, but Jian Nu and Ming Jun were wary of each other and did not dare to move.

They were all afraid of being attacked by the opponent when attacking Yanghe, and they were also worried that when they crossed Yanghe to attack the opponent, their retreat would be blocked by Lin Rui.

Lin Rui saw that both sides had set up camps fifty miles east and west of Yanghe. No one wanted to attack first, so he simply calmed down and planned to build weapons and armor while reorganizing mercenaries to train new recruits.

During the siege, the mercenaries suffered more than 4000 casualties. Now, including the frontier troops, there were just over [-]. The military households were all hiding now, and no one came to join them.

Lin Rui simply reorganized these [-] mercenaries according to the organization of troops, units, sentries, teams, and battalions, and made the border troops serve as military attachés at all levels.

Since there was no general to command the troops, not even mid-level generals, Lin Rui organized thirty battalions, each with 1000 men. Each battalion had a flag made to facilitate command.

Even so, it was a bit of a rush. After all, the largest officer in the frontier army was the corps commander and the commander. Now that they were allowed to command 1000 people at once, it was really difficult for them.

After the reorganization was completed, Lin Rui did not arrange for them to train. He just asked each battalion to stay together every day to get familiar with their respective superiors, subordinates and soldiers.

But Lin Rui was more concerned about the young recruits he recruited. Not only did he disperse all the old soldiers and mix them with the [-] young men, he also asked carpenters and blacksmiths to build brand new weapons and armor for them day and night.

During this period, Lin Rui seized a large number of military books and tactics from the homes of military attachés, especially Qi Jiguang's military books. Almost every military attaché had a set of them.

After some study, coupled with the experience accumulated over the past year and some insights from previous lives, Lin Rui gained a new understanding of the organization, command, marching, and combat of the ancient army.

So this time, he planned to make certain changes in the organization and weaponry of the new recruits.

The number of each battalion was also expanded to 1000. Originally, he planned to directly expand to 3000, but due to the lack of suitable officers, it could only be increased to [-].

From now on, each battalion will have 1000 men, of which 300 will be spearmen, 300 sword and shield bearers, 200 spearmen, and 200 archers.

The spears of 300 spearmen are three feet and two feet long. The quality of the spear shaft does not need to be very good, as long as the spear head is sharp.

300 sword and shield bearers, each with a round shield and a long sword.

The spears of 200 pikemen are about one foot long.

Archers have a long range, and the Mongolian horn bow is not suitable for long-distance projectiles to break armor, so Lin Rui plans to let the carpenters try to make an English longbow to suppress the guerrilla fire of the Jiannu cavalry in the field!

After all, there is a mountainous area to the north of Yanghe City, and there are still many trees. It is not difficult to make an English longbow, which puts no pressure on the carpenters of the Ming Dynasty at all.

In fact, firecrackers and artillery are more suitable for suppressing cavalry than bows and arrows. However, there are no conditions for the time being, so we can only use spears and longbows first.

There are four arms in a battalion, and each arm has different armor.

Whether facing cavalry or infantry, the spearmen must be at the front, but there is no need for close combat. They mainly defend against bows and arrows, so each person only has a large conical helmet woven with rattan and a pure cotton vest.

Sword and shield bearers and spearmen need to fight in close combat, so they are all equipped with iron helmets, cotton armor studded with iron nails and breastplates, armor skirts, wrist guards, leg guards and shoulder pads, which are also good and have the best protection.

Each longbowman is equipped with only a leather vest.

Such equipment and organization tend to be used for collective operations in open areas.

Seven thousand young men, one thousand soldiers, in the end Lin Rui organized eight infantry battalions, and each battalion also produced a digital military flag.

Since a large amount of cloth and cotton was seized this time, while making cotton armor, we could finally make a brand new set of standard military uniforms for everyone.

Blue cloth has the most blue cloth, so all the [-] mercenaries wear blue uniforms, the eight infantry battalions wear red uniforms, the cavalry wears black uniforms, and the logistics troops all wear cyan uniforms.

Among them were the carpenters, blacksmiths, and five thousand rescued men and women, all organized into a logistics camp.

After the reorganization was completed, the entire city of Yanghe became full of excitement. The cavalry and mercenaries were responsible for guarding and defending, while Lin Rui personally trained eight infantry battalions.

The carpenters and blacksmiths are responsible for making weapons, guns, shields and bows in the city, while the logistics battalion is responsible for making food and cotton and leather armor.

Military uniforms, shoes and socks were handed over to ordinary people and military households in the city to make, including a large number of prisoners.

It’s clear that Lin Rui plans to take advantage of this opportunity to undergo a major transformation and costume change.

(End of this chapter)