In Beijing, the East Nuan Pavilion of Prince Rui's Mansion.
After talking about internal affairs, general strategy, and political and political affairs, Hong Chengchou began to talk about detailed military strategies.
"Master, if the Southern Ming Dynasty launches a large-scale Northern Expedition, it will inevitably march along the waterway, either the Grand Canal or the North Sea."
"If we can't march troops along the waterway, with such a huge force and baggage, just logistics can drag it down."
"So our defense focus is along the Grand Canal and the North Sea coast. Cannons have been built all along the Grand Canal, so it is safe. The only thing we can worry about is the North Sea coast."
"First, the coastline of the North Sea is too long."
"Both of them were also invaded by Ming troops from Dagukou and Gaizhou."
"So it would be very difficult to build gun towers all around the coast of the North Sea."
Upon hearing this, Dorgon said: "It's not that I'm afraid, but it's absolutely impossible. The Qing treasury has almost been exhausted in order to build gun towers along the Grand Canal, the capital and the Wei River."
"It is absolutely impossible to build gun emplacements all over the North Sea coastline, which is longer and wider in scope."
After a pause, he continued: "Besides, there is no use building gun towers on the coastline of the Beihai. The Ming army only needs to break through one of the points, and the entire line of defense will instantly collapse. Unlike the Grand Canal and the gun towers along the Wei River,
The Ming army has defeated the defensive gun towers in the front, and there are countless defensive gun towers waiting for them in the rear."
"The master has a clear warning." Hong Chengchou believed that it was indeed unrealistic and useless to build gun towers around the coast.
After a slight pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "Not only is it unrealistic to build gun towers around the coast of the North Sea, but it is also impossible to garrison troops around the entire coast, because the number of garrisoned troops is small and it is useless. But if the number of garrisoned troops is large, then I will definitely
The Qing's military strength became stretched thin, leaving emptiness in other directions."
"If the Ming army were to avoid the real situation and attack the weak at this time, they would be in big trouble."
"So we can only build beacon towers around the coastline of the North Sea, and then garrison heavy troops in several important places."
"Build a beacon?" Sony, Suksaha and other Manchu ministers looked at each other. In the popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu once used this method to defend Jingzhou, but in the end he left Maicheng. It seemed of no use.
Dorgon also raised a question: "Hengjiu, is it useful to build a beacon tower?"
"At least they can give a warning in advance." Hong Chengchou said, "Once the whereabouts of the Ming navy are discovered, the Qing Dynasty can mobilize troops in time to stop the Ming army before they come ashore and repair the guns."
"As long as the repaired gun platform can withstand the first wave of Ming army's attack, time can be won."
"Next, the Qing Dynasty can mobilize all the soldiers and civilians to rush to repair more and stronger guns after the first batch of guns, and then they can use the guns to form a confrontation with the Ming army."
Speaking of this meal, he added: "In short, there is no problem in forming a confrontation."
"As long as we, the Qing soldiers, stick to the defensive strategy and avoid fighting in the field with the Ming army, we will have a chance."
Hong Chengchou's overall strategy was based on the principle of "defending", withstanding the first wave, forming a stalemate, and then waiting for the opportunity.
Hearing this, Sony, Zhan Dai and other Manchu ministers suddenly became unhappy again and said: "It's a confrontation again, a confrontation is nothing. Our Qing soldiers have always advocated offense, so why should we fight a defensive war?"
"That's right. When have we, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, ever been afraid of field battles?"
"Destroy the Nanming army in one battle and decide the world in one battle, isn't it good?"
"Master, don't listen to Hong Chengchou's nonsense. These Han people have no eggs and are greedy for life and afraid of death."
As they talked, Sony and other Manchu officials began to personally attack Hong Chengchou, which then affected all the Han officials. No matter how well-educated the Han officials were, Hong Chengchou and the other Han officials did not look very good-looking.
Dorgon's face became even more embarrassed, and he felt vaguely anxious in his heart.
He no longer kept his word among the Manchu ministers, and people's hearts began to become turbulent.
From this point of view, it is necessary to establish authority again before the decisive battle with the Ming army.
Otherwise, if people's hearts are in chaos, there will be no need to fight at all.
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"Beacon Tower?"
Xu Yingwei was a little confused, and Chongzhen was also speechless.
I never expected Yan Yingyuan to resort to this trick, but the possibility is very high.
Beacon towers were used in ancient times to send warning messages. They could transmit warning messages hundreds or even thousands of miles away in a short time, allowing the Central Plains dynasty to recruit large armies in advance.
Guan Yu also once built beacon towers all over the north bank of the Yangtze River to guard against the Soochow army.
But in the end, it was cracked by Lu Xun who crossed the river in white clothes, and he was ultimately defeated and died.
So is it useful for Jiannu to build beacon towers on the coastline of the North Sea? It's so damn useful!
With the beacon towers surrounding the coast, Jiannu could detect the Ming navy coming across the sea in time, make troop arrangements in advance, and rush to repair the cannon towers on the Ming army's march route.
In this way, the surprise attack directly turned into a forced attack, and the conspiracy turned into a conspiracy.
Recalling that he had asked the scholars to keep it secret just now, Chongzhen felt a little ridiculous.
If Jiannu really followed the method suggested by Yan Yingyuan and built a beacon tower on the coastline of the North Sea, there would be no need to keep it a secret. In any case, a confrontation would eventually turn into a storm.
After a long while, Xu Yingwei said: "Even so, our army still chose to land at the mouth of the Chaohe River."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Tianyi immediately led a few soldiers to place the war chess representing the Ming army at the mouth of the Chaohe River.
"Wait a minute." Yan Yingyuan said, "When the Ming navy was still twenty miles away from the shore, the Jiannu sentry guarding the beacon tower could see the masts of the Ming warships or the signal lights at night.
, light the beacon."
"That is to say, the Jiannu along the North Sea coast will have at least an hour to react."
After saying this, Yan Yingyuan pointed to the sand table and said: "In view of this, I will station 20,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry in Cangzhou, Tianjin, Liangcheng and Luanzhou respectively, so as to ensure that after receiving the warning, at least one person will
A group of 20,000 cavalrymen arrived at the landing point of the Ming army before the Ming army landed, and within two hours another 40,000 infantry troops would arrive."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Hearing this, Xu Yingwei’s face became even more embarrassed, and Chongzhen’s face also didn’t look good, because this meant that the Ming army had to go ashore before landing.
A beach landing battle was first fought at the mouth of the Chaohe River.
In this way, Xu Yingwei's tactical idea was completely in vain.
Because Xu Yingwei's tactical concept was based on rushing into Sanhe County with lightning speed before Jiannu had time to react. From Sanhe County to Beijing, it was only a mere hundred miles, and even if he moved forward inch by inch, it would be impossible to move forward inch by inch.
If we can move to Beijing within three months, then it will be a decisive battle to attack Beijing.
But now, Yan Yingyuan only used a hundred beacon towers to make Xu Yingwei's tactical idea come to nothing.
If we have to face Jiannu's blunderbuss from the moment we land, we have to move inch by inch. Let alone three months, even one year may not make it to Beijing, because it is three hundred miles from Beihai to Beijing.
What's worse is that Jiannu can continue to build gun towers in the rear.
Seeing that Xu Yingwei's tactical ideas were frustrated, the scholars in the Ming army camp began to make suggestions one after another.
"Brother Jianheng, you have stationed 60,000 troops in Luanzhou, Cangzhou, Tianjin and Liangcheng respectively. The total is 240,000. How many troops do Jiannu have? Don't use training to make up the numbers."
Yan Yingyuan said: "With 240,000 elite soldiers, we can still make up the slaves."
Another scholar advised: "The coastline of the North Sea stretches for thousands of miles. Even from the Yanshan section to the Changli section, it is more than 1,500 miles. Is there more than one place suitable for landing? We can definitely choose several more places.
, log in at the same time!”
"That's right, multiple locations were landed at the same time. How many locations could Jiannu's 240,000 cavalry be able to defend?"
"The Jiannu have cavalry, don't we have cavalry? The cavalry can be sent ashore to expel the Jiannu cavalry first, and prevent the Jiannu's soldiers from building gun towers."
However, Yan Yingwei shook his head after hearing this.
"If you log in at multiple locations, the result will not be much different."
Chongzhen also nodded and said: "Yes, the Ming army can land at more points, and the Jiannu can split up to resist the enemy. This is a conspiracy. It is already impossible for the Ming army to rush into Sanhe County with lightning speed.
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"Since it's a conspiracy, let's attack by force!" Xu Yingwei said in a deep voice, "Even if Jiannu knows our army's movements in advance, even if Jiannu adjusts his troop deployment in advance, even if he pushes forward inch by inch, our army still has a huge gap.
Opportunity to regain the capital."
After saying this for a moment, he continued: "After the navy approached the coast near the mouth of the Chaohe River, it first used naval gunfire to force the Jiannu cavalry back three miles. Taking advantage of the gap between the Jiannu cavalry's retreat, two cavalry brigades came ashore first to serve as a guard.
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Jiang Tianyi immediately took a few soldiers and began to move the war chess.
First, the navy's warship model was moved near the mouth of the Chaohe River.
Then two cavalry models of the Ming Army were placed on both sides of the Chaohe River's mouth.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. With the cover of naval gunfire, it is impossible for Jiannu's cavalry to get close. It is inevitable to retreat to three or even four miles away, so the Ming army's cavalry brigade can easily go ashore.
However, the scholars who belonged to the slave-building camp on the opposite side were not idle either and were also mobilizing troops.
Soon, the cavalry armies from Cangzhou, Liangcheng and Luancheng directions were moved over.
Yan Yingyuan said: "It will take at most two days for the Mabu army stationed in Cangzhou and other places to arrive. By then, the Jiannu army gathered along the Chaohe River will exceed 200,000, and the accompanying army will also build a sufficient number of guns.
After completing the construction of the turrets on the front line, we will continue to build more turrets in the rear."
While Yan Yingyuan was talking, the scholars placed a large number of blunderbuss models along the Chaohe River.
Xu Yingwei smiled: "Since it is a conspiracy and a forceful attack, there is no need to advance along the Chaohe River. The reason why we had to march along the Chaohe River before was just to take advantage of water transportation in order to achieve the fastest speed.
It reached Sanhe, but now the Chaohe River is blocked and the convenience of water transportation has been lost, so there is no need to push forward along the Chaohe River."
After saying that, Xu Yingwei took a long wooden pole and drew hard on the sand table.
I won’t go by the Chaohe River anymore, I’ll go by land!
