The first step is to let the wounded, tanks, and baggage retreat first.
The enemy will definitely find that they have to launch an attack in advance, thus disrupting the enemy's rhythm.
It was impossible for Wang Hongyu to know that Kormi Mongolia was on the way, but it was always beneficial to take the initiative to disrupt the enemy's rhythm and force them to follow his own plan.
In the second step, the remaining main force meets the main force of Jiannu.
This time it is a head-to-head attack. Jiannu will throw in the most elite Bagala guards, and only by repelling them can the army really have a way out.
In the third step, under the cover of Guangning's reinforcements, the entire army retreated to the Liaohe River.
Of these three steps, the most critical step lies in the second step.
The generals were not afraid. They all thought that if they had another fight with Jiannu, the Ming army would definitely win.
However, if Yuan Yingtai does not send reinforcements, no matter how successful he is, he will only be defeated. If he can win, he will not be able to annihilate too many enemies.
Everyone hated Yuan Yingtai for his short-sightedness.
At this time, as long as 20,000 more reinforcements arrive, Jiannu will definitely be able to flee back to the north bank of the Hun River with his tail between his legs. A better fight will be enough to reduce the number of Jiannu Eight Banners in half.
In fact, Wang Hongyu proposed to retreat at this time because Yuan Yingtai was really not a good person. At this time, he must not allow Yuan Yingtai and the Donglin court to fight anymore.
Yuan Yingtai didn't know how to fight at all and ruined the Liaodong and Qiang armies. The result of what he is doing now is to sit back and watch the Southern Army and Jiannu consume.
This battle cannot be fought.
At this time, all the generals were angry with Yuan Yingtai and quite convinced of him, so they should preserve this elite field force. When the apocalypse comes and Wei Zhongxian takes power, he will surely support his rise.
At that time, with a strong army as the basis and a land as the foundation, why worry about establishing slaves and not destroying them?
At this time, Wang Hongyu's prestige was undeniable to everyone in the Southern Army.
His analysis to several generals is as follows:
To retreat towards the Liaohe River in the direction of Guangning.
The six or seven thousand Ming troops he rescued in Shenyang are being screened and reorganized in the Liaohe River, and most of them are under You Shigong. You Zongbing is also recovering from his injuries in the Liaohe River. This is a considerable force.
There are still 20,000 Ming troops in Guangning, and 10,000 troops are under the command of General Li Guangrong. In addition, Zhang Shenwu and Liu Qu have strong troops.
For decades, Nurhaci has been able to fight annihilation battles by concentrating several times his troops. This time, with three or four times his troops, he failed to capture the bastion held by the Southern Army.
It is estimated that after one night and two battles in the morning, the Jian slaves had about 10,000 casualties, but they still had a certain fighting capacity.
The old slave has paid so many casualties, how can he give up halfway?
His greatest reliance is the Bagala guards of each banner, which is the last trump card of each banner owner.
Everyone understood that if they could not recreate the slaves, they would not be able to retreat at all.
Even so, he would have to pay a heavy price. It would be great if he could break through half of the 14,000-strong fighting force.
Every Bagala who built the slaves was a strong man who had been tempered through life and death on the battlefield. After the battles of Salhu and Kaiyuan Tieling, too many sophisticated equipment were captured, so fighting alone was better than the servants of Ming generals.
Even stronger.
At present, the total number of servants of the several generals is not much. The main combat forces include Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu's spear phalanx, Zhejiang Army's gunnery corps, Jiang Bi's Wu Jing camp with less than 2,000 soldiers, and Shizhu and white pole soldiers.
After listening to his analysis, everyone felt quite convinced.
Wang Hongyu demonstrated his military prowess through previous military training, defeated the Xianglan Banner twice, captured spies, made arrangements in Hunhe in advance, rescued Shenyang soldiers and civilians, shot down Jiannu cavalry, persuaded them to abandon the defense along the river, detected enemy attacks at night, and rescued Jiang Bi's reinforcements
, and Bastion just defeated Nurhaci.
His prestige in the army was at its peak, and no one was dissatisfied with his abilities.
The eldest brother Zhou Dunji took advantage of every opportunity to add:
"My third brother's brother-in-law is Liu Shimin, the eunuch with seals in the palace. My third brother has solved difficult cases for the late Emperor Wanli before, and the emperor is also aware of his achievements."
When the generals heard this, they knew that he had this kind of relationship in the palace, and they obeyed him even more.
In fact, this kind of relationship is not very powerful in ordinary times. Everyone like old general Chen Ce and others have some connections.
But as soon as he said it at this critical moment, everyone knew that following Wang Hongyu's actions would probably withstand the punishment of Yuan Yingtai and even the Donglin court in the end.
The retreat plan was unanimously approved by everyone.
At this time, everyone no longer counted on Yuan Yingtai's reinforcements, and decided to organize the wounded soldiers to retreat westward overnight, using a thousand cavalry to escort them.
All tanks were used, and the wounded sat in the canopy tanks, camouflaging them with protruding bulges so that Jiannu mistakenly thought they were French cannons.
Take whatever food, bedding and other daily necessities you can take away with you, and burn everything that cannot be taken away with the baggage.
All chariots were pulled by horses, donkeys and mules. The retreat direction should not be too far from the river to ensure there was no shortage of water.
All the heavy weapons were left behind to stop the Jiannu. After the war, except for the Tiger Crouching Cannon, which was light and easy to carry, the rest of the iron-core, copper-bodied cannons and Franchise guns were all blown up.
The remaining supplies, equipment, materials, and daily necessities were all burned, leaving no grain or items for the slaves.
Everyone among the more than 14,000 combat-ready soldiers must be prepared to die in battle. Those who can survive will serve as the fire to resist the Jiannu, and take it as their own duty to eliminate the Jiannu and regain Liaodong.
That night, half of the people were on guard against the movement of slaves, and the other half took turns to rest and prepare for the bloody battle tomorrow.
Jiannu also immediately detected the Ming army evacuating the wounded, and also detected that the tanks were equipped with French cannons.
Nurhachi convened a meeting with the three major Baylors, the five major ministers and generals above the general level present to discuss whether to divide the troops to pursue the wounded of the Ming army.
There was a dispute over whether to divide the troops and fight, whether to ignore the wounded Ming troops fleeing to the west, or to wait until the main force of more than 10,000 Ming troops was eliminated before pursuing the wounded Ming troops.
Some people suggested dividing the troops to attack the wounded soldiers by surprise. Some people thought that considering the Ming army's cavalry and chariots were quite capable, and the Ming army's 14,000 troops made Jian Nu very afraid, so they did not dare to divide the troops and decided to deal with the main force of the Southern army in front of them first.
As for whether to fight or not to fight, no one dared to raise objections this time. They unanimously agreed to fight, and the fight must be fast and must not be delayed.
Jiannu needed a battle of annihilation to boost morale, and finally unanimously agreed:
Fight! First destroy this Ming army led by the Southern Army!
Early the next morning, the main force of the Ming army withdrew from the ruins of the Hunhe bastion early and stood ready to the southwest of the bastion.
When a fire was lit, the structure was mainly made of wood, and oil and kindling materials were sprinkled on it, and the bastion suddenly turned into a huge bonfire.
Blown by the northwest wind, huge plumes of smoke and dust rise up and can be seen dozens of miles away.
Nothing from this fire will be left to the Jian slaves.
The remaining wood, broken weapons, a lot of food, and all the baggage that was inconvenient to take away were all burned in the fire.
Not a grain of rice will be left to the enemy!
Either don't do it, or do it to the end.
This is the consciousness you must have to fight a war.