Ming Empire

Chapter 255

"Jiannu really wants to attack in a roundabout way and steal our way!" After synthesizing several aspects of information, Cao Yue made this judgment: "Dorgon must know that there is no way to break through our army's defense line. So I want to take a long-distance detour and attack our rear in a detour, trying to disrupt our army's deployment, and then attack when our army is in chaos. Haha, then let's have fun with Dorgon!"

Cao Bianjiao on one side, after serious thinking, agreed with Cao Yue's statement: "It's reasonable. I also think that Jiannu wants to use their fast assault ability to attack behind my army. I don't think Jiannu wants to Take the opportunity to attack Nanjing, or other places in the south. After all, it is nearly two thousand miles from Beizhili to Nanjing, and the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are naturally dangerous. Even if the south is not defended by our troops, it is impossible for them to attack Nanjing."

Cao Bianjiao was worried that Jiannu would attack by detour, so after Cao Yue made a similar judgment, he immediately agreed.

Because Cao Yue made arrangements early, and also ordered several guard divisions who were originally a reserve army to move from north to east from Henan, and together with the army from Shandong, stationed an iron-blooded defense line to prevent Jiannu from taking advantage of it.Therefore, Cao Bianjiao is not worried that Jiannu's attack method will defeat the Ming army. He believes that as long as there are no accidents, Jiannu's new attack strategy will still fail to achieve results.

Cao Bianjiao already had a certain understanding of the situation in the special guard camp, and Cao Yue didn't intend to hide it from him.With such an elite force in his hands, Cao Bianjiao has more confidence. He very much hopes that this decisive battle with Jiannu will fundamentally change the current situation and eliminate Jiannu's elite forces.

It's just that he, like most other generals, is not completely acceptable to the current combat mode adopted by Cao Yue. They never thought that trenches must be dug in battle, and cavalry are just accessories, and artillery must be prepared before attacking.This way of fighting is very different from their previous fighting methods.However, Cao Bianjiao is also a smart person, and he also knows that Cao Yue won the battle of Liaocheng with this arrangement.

Since this method of warfare can recreate the slave, then continue to use it, and he can learn more useful things in the war.The large-scale use of firearms is gradually changing the mode of warfare, which Cao Bianjiao agrees with very much.

However, Cao Bianjiao was still a little worried.According to Cao Yue's arrangement, fortified cities such as Liaocheng, Linqing, and Dezhou were the last barriers of the field positions. Cao Yue wanted to use field fortifications to keep Jiannu out of the city.Cao Bianjiao didn't know whether he could withstand Jiannu's attack without the barrier of the strong city.

Fortunately, the construction of the trenches is quite reasonable. If the battle outside the city is unfavorable, the defensive troops can retreat back into the city through the trenches.

Cao Bianjiao hoped that the war would start sooner, so that he could take a good look at how Cao Yue repelled Jiannu's attack, and what was so great about the new fighting method.Everything is seeing is believing, without facing it, many things cannot be imagined by imagination.

And Cao Bianjiao is not alone who has concerns about this war. Many people worry about gains and losses just like him.

And the most worrying about gains and losses is none other than Dorgon, the commander of Jiannu.

Dorgon thought that he had figured out the intention of the Ming army, and believed that the Ming army wanted to advance slowly in a steady and steady manner, and that the way of fighting a war of attrition would slowly grind against the Qing army. There is not much rain, which is very conducive to the cavalry attack season, and they are preparing to launch a large-scale counterattack against the Ming army.The Qing army could not fight a war of attrition with the Ming army, and the Ming army could get a steady stream of supplements from the south, while the production of the north occupied by the Qing army was far from comparable to that of the south, and it could not even support a continuous war.

After many discussions in this battle, Dorgon and Duoduo decided to adopt a split attack method, with nearly 10 troops, to adopt a gradual attack on the direction of the Ming army's defense, while the other troops were prepared to take detours, including fast interspersed, Taking advantage of the negligence of the Ming army, they launched a sudden attack on it.Most of the field fortifications of the Ming army were built outside the city without a solid city wall guarding them, which gave people opportunities for sneak attacks.

At the beginning of this battle, Dorgon didn't want to kill the Ming army more, he knew it was unrealistic.He just wanted to disrupt the deployment of the Ming army by using multi-direction detours, and then attack the place where the Ming army piled up ammunition to destroy these extremely lethal things as much as possible.The artillery of the Ming army was also the first thing Dorgon felt to destroy. This kind of weapon had a great impact on the lethality and morale of the Qing army.

It's just that Dorgon couldn't find out more information inside the Ming army, and couldn't make more detailed arrangements.

The scouts sent out often never returned, and those who came back by chance did not bring any exciting news back.Dorgon knew that if he launched a counterattack against the Ming army under such circumstances, the results would definitely not be optimistic.But he didn't have much to do. After all, the Ming army had approached the border of Beizhili and was preparing to attack Cangzhou and Tianjin Wei with heavy troops.If Cangzhou and Tianjin Wei were captured by the Ming army, Beijing would be at stake.Dorgon did not forget that Cao Yue led a navy fleet through the canal to Beijing before the rogues broke through Beijing, rescued some members of the Ming royal family, and snatched away the body of Emperor Chongzhen. While working, they also repelled the attacks of the rogues several times.

What Cao Yue relied on was the large number of artillery on the warships. If the Ming army captured Cangzhou and Tianjin Wei, they could reach Beijing directly through the canal warships.Tianjin Wei is not far from Beijing. In today's Beijing, members of the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty are all there. If Cao Yue succeeds if he is a little careless, he will lose everything.

Dorgon already regretted moving the capital to Beijing and letting the Qing royal family live in the Forbidden City.

Before deciding to move the capital, he never dreamed that the war would end like this, and the situation would be reversed within a few months.Originally, he thought that with the decline of the Ming court, the Qing army would defeat the bandits and conquer the world.He never imagined that the Ming government army, which was defeated by the rogues, would completely defeat the Qing army that defeated the rogues. This is incredible.

It's just that it's useless to regret now, and he can't make the decision to relocate the capital back to Shengjing now, not to mention that this tossing back and forth will make many people collapse, this decision alone is enough to destroy the will and morale of many Qing soldiers.To do so is to take the initiative to admit that the Qing army could not withstand the attack of the Ming army, and was forced to retreat to Liaodong after a disastrous defeat.If this is the case, then the Mongolian tribes that originally belonged to the Qing Dynasty, as well as other slave tribes, will defect one after another, and the Qing Dynasty will really fall apart at that time.

Dorgon must win this battle. If he fails, not only Cangzhou and Tianjin will not be able to defend, but even Beijing will be recovered by the Ming army. At that time, the Qing army can only withdraw from the pass, so the Qing army can only fight desperately .

(End of this chapter)