Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 424
Li Jing looked at Lin Yuji and said with a smile: "Calm down? Why let them stop? Not only can't let them stop, but also add fuel to the flames. There have been a lot of North Korean news from Ma Wu's side in the past few days. What do you think? A way for those guys to overhear the news."

"Grandpa, I'm so handsome, please spare me. Now I can hardly sleep, and I still tell them the news, so my old life will be lost." Lin Yuji said with a sad face.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Hey, do you want North Korea to be incorporated into our Ming territory?"

Lin Yuji nodded hastily: "Can't you not think about it? What an achievement it is to expand the territory!"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Then you just do what I said just now, only when they know that North Korea is about to perish and they can no longer restore their former glory, will they settle for the next best thing and agree to merge North Korea into Ming Dynasty .Now they still have a glimmer of hope, so let's let them get rid of their last thoughts little by little."

Lin Yuji nodded: "Then I will tolerate them for a while longer."

Li Jing smiled: "You go back and tell them that I'm still sick and unable to govern."

Lin Yuji nodded helplessly after hearing the words: "This is the only reason I can use."

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When Li Jing received Cao Wenzhao's battle report, Cao Wenzhao led his troops to Zhenwu (now Tai'an County, Liaoning) and suddenly ordered the troops to stop advancing. At the same time, he ordered Chen Guozhu to suspend the attack on Liaoyang and only formed a siege on Liaoyang. trend.

After receiving this order, the generals were all puzzled. They didn't know why they stopped advancing suddenly, and they didn't know why they asked Chen Guozhu to surround him instead of fighting.

In particular, Sun Hutou was eagerly gearing up to capture Liaoyang in a battle, but when he received this order, he immediately jumped up.If it weren't for the pillars pressing him down, Sun Hutou might have cursed.

Cao Wenzhao had expected the reaction of the generals, but Cao Wenzhao did not explain anything. Two days later, after receiving the news from Zu Dashou that the Eastern Captives were attacking Guangning, Cao Wenzhao immediately ordered to return to his division. , and took Li Dingguo's department as the vanguard, led [-] Qingqi, and rushed to Guangning.

At this point, the generals understood Cao Wenzhao's intention, which was to destroy Donglu's attacking troops, but they didn't understand how Cao Wenzhao knew that Donglu would send troops to attack Guangning.

Two days later, after Cao Wenzhao received the news from Zu Dashou that the Eastern captives were attacking Guangning, he immediately ordered to return to the army, and with Li Dingguo's troops as the vanguard, he led [-] light cavalry to rush to the outer line of Guangning.

When Li Dingguo set off, Cao Wenzhao said to Li Dingguo: "Dingguo, I sent you to Guangning as soon as possible not to attack the enemy, but to stop the Donglu's retreat. Otherwise, the Donglu Fearing the front of our soldiers, avoiding and not fighting, the enemy is all cavalry, how can our army catch up?"

Li Dingguo clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, the commander-in-chief, the general understands that he will definitely guard the outside line of Guangning and not let any Donghu get away."

Cao Wenzhao nodded and patted Li Dingguo on the shoulder: "Go."

After Li Dingguo left, Cao Wenzhao looked at the generals and said: "There are few people in the East, and the main force is only the Eight Banners. When the armored men were slaves, these slaves had to fight with their masters when the armored men fought. Huang Taiji expanded the Han Eight Banners, but did not liberate all the slaves. Otherwise, the strength of the Man Eight Banners would be equal to or even inferior to the Han Eight Banners. Weak slaves are strong), and each banner has only 3 or [-] soldiers. Therefore, in this battle, attacking the city is the bottom line and annihilating the enemy is the top priority. It is only necessary to gradually wipe out the soldiers that can be fought by the Eastern Barbarians, and the Eastern Barbarians will be able to fight. There will never be a day of recovery.”

At this point, the generals understood Cao Wenzhao's intention, which was to annihilate Donglu's vital force, but they didn't understand how Cao Wenzhao knew that Donglu would send troops to attack Guangning.

Listening to the generals' inquiries, Cao Wenzhao smiled and said: "The biggest weakness of our army's expedition is the logistical supplies, especially our heavy artillery is slow to move, which will increase the logistical burden. Every day in the front, we need to prepare more for the convenience of the rear." daily provisions.

Huang Taiji and his generals are experienced in many battles, how can they fail to see the weakness of our army?If you don't send troops to harass our army's logistics, you'd be a fool.

However, there are several keys to how to cut off our army's logistical supplies. The first is the line from Datong and Xuanfu to Shanhaiguan.But now that Mongolia has surrendered to Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for Donglu to get through Mongolia. In addition, Donglu is far away from here. When they come here to cut off my food road, it will not be able to quench my thirst.

The second is the line from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou. To cut off the supply on this line, the Eastern Captives can only send navy troops, and it will take time.

Finally, there is the line from Jinzhou to Xipingbao.The road here is the shortest, and it only takes two days for the Donglu cavalry to arrive.However, the two armies of our army marched forward, and the eastern captives did not dare to take the lead of our army. If they wanted to cut off our food road, they had to detour north of Guangning.This task is very important to Donglu. Huang Taiji must send his confidant generals. Dorgon, Azige, and Duoduo are not here. I guess it is either Hauge or Yuetuo who came.

The spies reported the day before yesterday that it was Hauge, the son of Huang Taiji.Hehe, since Huang Taiji's son is here, don't think about leaving.But before that, I have to let him in. If we deploy troops in advance to prevent him, he won't be able to enter our army's interior line. If he is not surrounded and let him escape, wouldn't that be a disappointment to Huang Taiji's intentions? "

"Hahaha, the commander-in-chief is brilliant, this will definitely make Hauge come and go." The generals laughed loudly.

Cao Wenzhao smiled and said: "In addition to the above three lines, there are two branch lines from Xiping Fort to Liaoyang and Xiping Fort to Gaizhou. However, the current strength of Donglu is insufficient, and the line of Gaizhou is meaningless to Donglu. Large, they may not send troops to harass the supply troops on this line.

Liaoyang is the Tokyo of the Eastern Captives, and it is also the gateway to Shenyang. If Huang Taiji wants to keep Liaoyang, he must find a way to cut off our supply line.A few days ago, General Chen came to report that Huang Taiji sent Abatai to lead his troops to carry out activities in the area from Liaoyang to Xipingbao to harass our army's logistics supplies.

In other words, what we have to deal with now are two troops. It is easy to defeat these two troops, but if we want to wipe them out completely, we cannot do without encircling them. At the same time start.In comparison, the fish Haoge is obviously much bigger than Abatai, and the line from Jinzhou to Xipingbao is also more important than Xipingbao to Liaoyang, so I plan to attack Haoge first.

But our actions should not be too big, so General Chen can't retreat all the way. Once he retreats, Donglu will immediately understand what I am going to do, and Hauge will probably turn around and run away, because his purpose is to contain us. , we withdrew our troops, right in his arms.

In addition, Liaoyang is the Tokyo of Donglu, and besieging here can greatly restrain Donglu's troops. If we take Liaoyang down now, Donglu will have no more thoughts, and will shrink all our troops back to Shenyang, so that we can attack Shenyang The difficulty will increase.

The law of war says that the real is false, the real is false, and General Chen pauses the attack and guards the grain road. He will also create a false impression for the eastern captives, thinking that we are afraid that they will cut off the grain road and dare not let go. In this way, Abatai The soldiers and horses along this route must continue to stay in the area from Xipingbao to Liaoyang.

After I kill Haoge, I will join forces with General Chen to kill Abatai. As long as I cut off the two claws of Huang Taiji, only the line from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou will be left.Earlier, I ordered Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui to guard the vital points, as long as we can ensure the smooth flow of food roads along this line, our army will have no worries. "

"The commander-in-chief's ingenious calculations, his use of troops to his mind, will be admired by the generals." The generals said hurriedly.

Cao Wenzhao waved his hand: "If you want to predict the enemy's plane, it is our commander in chief. When the commander transferred me to Shanhaiguan, he had already seen that the key to the battle out of the customs is the safety of the food road, and pointed out that Huang Taiji would definitely Against the logistics troops who sent troops to harass us. I already know what Huang Taiji is going to do, if I don’t know how to deal with it, wouldn’t it be a disappointment to the commander in chief’s trust in me?”

All the generals were silent when they heard it. Although Cao Wenzhao could not help bragging for Li Jing, everyone knows that Li Jing attaches great importance to the logistics support of the army.

As for using one's own weakness to set the enemy up, Li Jing has done such a thing before, and Cao Wenzhao is a veteran at digging holes to set the enemy up. A hole, that's a strange thing.

Seeing that the generals understood his intentions, Cao Wenzhao did not hesitate any longer, and left three battalions to garrison Zhenwu under the banner of his main force. While confusing the enemy army, he monitored the enemy's movements while the rest of the troops moved out secretly. , rushed back to Xiping Fort overnight.

On the second day after returning to Xiping Fort, after learning that Li Dingguo had blocked Hauge's retreat to Shenyang, Cao Wenzhao immediately ordered all the ministries to attack.

After receiving Cao Wenzhao's order, Guangningzu's Dashou Department, Li Dingguo's Department and Cao Wenzhao's Department launched an attack on Haoge's Department at the same time.

At this time, Hauge finally knew why Abatai was so afraid of Cao Wenzhao's troops, and repeatedly warned that the Ming army was invincible, because the weapons used by Cao Wenzhao were far more powerful than those who had experienced the Battle of Datong and the Battle of Gyeonggi. The descriptions of the defeated soldiers were even more terrifying.

Hauge had seen the Ming army use artillery, and captured many artillery after defeating the Ming army. As for the cannon made by Kong Youde, he had also seen it during the test firing.

Hauge admitted that the guns were powerful, but he didn't think they were terrible, because the guns took a while to refill the gunpowder and projectiles after firing.If he fired a few more shots, he would have to clean the barrel. By this time, his cavalry had already rushed up.

In Hauge's view, artillery is a good thing for defending the city, and it is not good for field combat. Not to mention slow firing, it is also very cumbersome, and it is very difficult to carry.

But Hauge couldn't see these problems at all with the artillery used by the Ming army.

At the beginning of the battle, Hauge discovered that the Ming army used hundreds of cannons, and they fired at the same time, without stopping at all.In addition, these cannons didn't hit a big hole like the cannons he had seen before, and they would roll forward for a certain distance, wading a ditch on the ground.The artillery used by the Ming army exploded when it hit the ground, and it was a piece when it exploded.

(End of this chapter)