In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 240 Offensive and Defensive Translocation
Although the war in Hetao has ended, it still affected the situation in Datong area.

Na Muzhong was really shocked after receiving the news.

After learning that the Ming army actually sent a troop to attack Hetao, Huihui also took the opportunity to invade Wuyuan. He immediately removed [-] cavalry and prepared to leave the Great Wall from Yanghekou and return to the grassland for rescue.

Naturally, this move of the Chinese army could not be concealed from the Ming army who was close at hand.

At this moment, in the Ming army's commander's tent, Hong Chengchou and all the general officers were speculating on why the Chinese army suddenly removed [-] cavalry and left Yongjia Fort.

"Superintendent, could it be that General Wang suddenly changed his mind and led his army out of the city to attack again? This led to the Chinese army sending [-] cavalry to intercept it?"

"Hmph, that man surnamed Wang is as timid as a mouse, greedy for life and afraid of death. He has already made it clear that disobeying orders is disrespectful and refuses to send troops to attack. How can he change his mind? In my opinion, most of these ten thousand cavalry are going to Zijingguan to provide reinforcements. From the capital."

As soon as Miyun Commander-in-Chief Tang's call ended, Wu Sangui snorted disdainfully. He clearly looked down on Wang Pu, the first commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. His words were full of ridicule and belittling, and he obviously already knew about Wang Pu. How did his military exploits come about.

Seeing what Wu Sangui said so directly, Hong Chengchou's face also darkened. When he thought of Wang Pu openly disobeying his orders, the murderous intent in his eyes flashed away.

However, he also agreed with Wu Sangui's statement and did not believe that Wang Pu would change his mind temporarily and lead his troops out of the city to attack.

However, no matter where the Wanhua Army cavalry went, they achieved the original purpose of letting Wang Pu go out of the city to attack and disperse the Chinese army. In addition, there had been news a few days ago that all the military rations transported to Xuanfu had been robbed, so Hong Chengchou also No further hesitation.

He glanced at the eight general soldiers and stood up and said: "Everyone, the total rebel army is only [-] to [-] Mongolian cavalry. Shuozhou left [-], and went to sneak attack the capital and allocated another [-]. Now another [-] have been transferred. At this moment, that Outside Yongjia Fort, the total number of rebel cavalry is less than [-], and most of the infantry are new recruits recruited from Datong last year. If our army does not attack now, how long will it take?"

"This battle is related to the survival of our country, the Ming Dynasty, and also to your future and fortune. This governor has been trusted by His Majesty and has given Shang Fang the sword, with the right to kill first and then report later.

The governor has spoken beforehand. If the war is going on, whoever dares to disobey military orders, preserve his strength, and refuse to use his life will be killed without mercy.

If we win this battle, I and Eunuch Gao will definitely report to Your Majesty in person and ask for your merits one by one! "

"Yes, our family is here to assure everyone that as long as we are here, no one's contribution will be buried. When the time comes, our family will definitely report the truth to His Majesty."

Gao Qiqian also stood up at this time and pretended to show his attitude.

However, compared to Hong Chengchou, the governor holding Shang Fang's sword, the eight generals were obviously more afraid of the eunuch Gao Qiqian.

After all, Hong Chengchou was only talking about it, and it was impossible to kill him first and then tell him later. And once Gao Qiqian, the eunuch, made trouble in front of His Majesty, they might not even have room to distinguish.

This is the difference between a gentleman and a villain. People may dare to offend Hong Chengchou, a gentleman, but they absolutely dare not offend Gao Qiqian, a sinister villain with a twisted mentality.

So they all agreed, saying that they would fight bravely to repay the imperial court and His Majesty's grace.

Compared with Jiannu, the eight generals did not have any psychological pressure on the Chinese army, especially now that most of the Mongolian cavalry had gone, so they were all thinking about how to take advantage of the opportunity to make contributions.

If Hong Chengchou himself had not been too conservative, no one would have had the slightest fear even if he had fought a decisive battle with the Chinese army as soon as he came last year.

After all, the name of a person is like the shadow of a tree. Jiannu is invincible, and that is because he has won one victory after another for more than ten years.

As for the Chinese army, except for Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, the other six generals only heard about it and had no contact with it at all. The only one who had actually fought against the Chinese army was Hu Dawei.

Therefore, among the eight generals, Hu Dawei was a little unsure. He knew that it would be difficult to win this attack, but he would not say such words.

Similarly, when the order to attack was conveyed to the entire army, every one of the more than [-] Ming troops seemed to be victorious. They were completely different from the listlessness they had when they first heard that they were going to attack Jiannu.

This is the benefit of fame. A well-known army can make its opponents feel fear from the bottom of their hearts before the war begins, and their morale will drop by [-]% before the battle begins.

Two days later, 15 Ming troops came out of the valley in a mighty manner and headed towards Yongjia Fort dozens of miles away.At first, the Chinese army wanted to fight decisively, but the Ming army was stuck in the valley and refused to fight, so the Chinese army had to stop at Yonga Fort.

However, now the situation has changed. The Ming army wanted to fight decisively, but the Chinese army chose to hide in the camp without fighting.

Obviously, war is nothing more than an offensive and defensive approach, and what is important is seizing the initiative. Whichever side is eager to fight will lose the initiative and be at a disadvantage.

Lin Rui divided [-] elite troops and risked crossing the Taihang Mountains to sneak attack the capital and cut off the Ming army's food routes, just to turn passivity into initiative.

Although on the surface they dispersed their forces and weakened the main force, they actually gained the initiative in the war and could turn offense into defense. The casualty ratio between offense and defense was far more than the 1 people.

At this moment, Namuzhong was strictly following Lin Rui's orders. All the soldiers and horses were huddled in the four camps in the southeast, northwest, and the food and supplies were piled in the Yongjia Fort in the middle.

Ditches were dug around the four camps, earth walls were built, and Juma stakes, wooden fences, and arrow towers were arranged.

Although he had already guessed that the opponent might not come out to fight, it was obvious that the opponent really chose to stay in the camp, and Hong Chengchou was quite disappointed and helpless.

Fortunately, the terrain of Yonga Fort is open and tens of millions of men and horses can spread out. Otherwise, this battle would really be impossible to fight.

Seeing that the opponent refused to leave camp for a decisive battle, Hong Chengchou did not rush to attack. Instead, he first set up three large camps in the northeast and south directions of the outer perimeter of Yongjia Fort, forming a situation of encirclement against the Chinese army, and then began to test the attack. , looking for the weak points of the Chinese army.

During this period, Namuzhong only sent cavalry to harass, while Hong Chengchou asked Wu Sangui to take [-] Guan Ning cavalry on guard. Small-scale conflicts would break out from time to time between the cavalry on both sides.

Even so, it took the Ming army five days to set up the three temporary camps. Without Wu Sangui's [-] Guan Ning cavalry, it would have taken even longer.

Although most of the Chinese army's [-] garrison and [-] infantry are new recruits, after several months of training, they are perfect for defense.

After several days of testing, both Hong Chengchou and the general soldiers were very shocked by the performance and equipment of the Chinese army recruits.

"Supervisor, I have heard before that the traitor Lin Rui trained his soldiers according to Qi Shaobao's military manual, so it is not surprising that he behaves like this."

Yang Guozhu saw that everyone looked very ugly, so he thought about it and reminded him.

"Is it true that Lin Rui can train all his soldiers exactly according to Qi Shaobao's method?"

Everyone gasped.

Who doesn't know Qi Shaobao's military training methods?
But the key is that you have to be able to do it, so everyone is shocked, because almost no one has been able to copy Qi Jiajun in recent years, and everyone knows the specific reasons.

It's just that he can't distinguish rewards and punishments, and he is reluctant to give up money and food to waste it by ordinary soldiers.

Judging from the performance of the new recruits of the Chinese Army in the past few days, the traitor Lin Rui probably didn't really spend money and food. The discipline in the Chinese Army is probably not that strict, let alone completely comparable to the Qi Army. As long as he can catch up to [-]%, then It's already very scary.

Hong Chengchou's heart also sank to the bottom of his heart, and he already had some regrets.

If he had known that Lin Rui was not only good at fighting, but also good at training troops, he was determined not to give the opponent a chance to recruit troops and train his soldiers. Last year, he would have directly entered the decisive battle.

Because he would rather face the charge of 20 Mongolian cavalry than face [-] infantry trained according to Qi Shaobao's military training method.

"Supervisor, we can't continue to attack, otherwise it will only make those new recruits grow up quickly. By then..."

Everyone is not stupid, they all understand this situation, and they must not give the new recruits a chance to grow. It is best to defeat them all in one battle before they can adapt to the killings on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)