Chapter 613 Round 1: Trouble the tiger away from the mountain
At the same time, Yan Yingyuan was inspecting the fortifications of Chenguantun.
This time it is no longer Feng Houdun and Chen Mingyu who are partnered with Yan Yingyuan.
Not long after the Battle of Dagukou, Feng Houdun and Chen Mingyu were transferred back to the Imperial College to teach. Facts have proved that Feng Houdun and Chen Mingyu are more suitable for teaching and educating people.
Only Yan Yingyuan remained at Dagukou to lead the troops.
Yan Yingyuan was born for military service.
Before the Northern Expedition, Yan Yingyuan was transferred back to Nanjing.
This time Yan Yingyuan was entrusted with an important task by Chongzhen, and his deputy was named Xie Yuancai.
Xie Yuancai was also one of the scholars in Shiziying. He was from Shuozhou, Shanxi, and one of the few northern scholars.
"Brother Jianheng, I'm afraid there won't be any strategy to defend Chenguantun." Jie Yuancai followed Yan Yingyuan to inspect the defenses of Chenguantun and said, "After all, Chenguantun is not Shanyang City, nor is it Dagukou. There are not that many
The weapons and weapons are for your use, Brother Jianheng. It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw, and this is what I am talking about."
"It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice?" Yan Yingyuan smiled and said, "Who said we don't have rice?"
"Uh, ah?" Jie Yuancai was stunned for a moment, then widened his eyes and said, "I wonder what clever tricks Brother Jianheng can come up with here? I'll just wait and see."
Yan Yingyuan just smiled and said nothing more.
Jie Yuancai asked tentatively: "Brother Jianheng wants to blow up the ice of the canal?"
"Exploding the ice on the canal will definitely not work." Yan Yingyuan waved his hand and said, "As the saying goes, it only takes three things. We have caused Jiannu to suffer big losses twice by exploding the ice before. There is absolutely no chance that Jiannu will be fooled a third time.
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"It's not an ice blast, but a fire attack?" Jie Yuancai said, "But it's not possible. The amount of wheat straw we collected is not large. It is more than enough to light a bonfire for lighting, but it is far from enough to use it for fire attacks.
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After talking about this, he then asked: "You can't use gunpowder to carry out fire attacks, right?"
"Gunpowder is precious, how can it be wasted?" Yan Yingyuan said with a smile, "Wheat straw should also be used sparingly."
"It's not a fire attack, what is it?" Jie Yuancai was really as confused as Zhang Er Jingang at this moment.
Yan Yingyuan laughed and said: "Water controls the flow based on the ground, and soldiers control the flow based on the enemy. Therefore, it is said that soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. There are countless ways to kill the enemy in the world, and they are not just fire attacks and ice attacks."
"I would like to hear the details." Jie Yuancai bowed his head to the ground.
"You will know when the time comes." Yan Yingyuan smiled but did not answer.
Yan Yingyuan didn't say anything, and Jie Yuancai was helpless.
You can't just open Yan Yingyuan's head to find out what's going on.
Looking around again, Jie Yuan discovered that the Ming army was renovating the more than fifty cannon towers on the east bank of the canal. Specifically, they were demolishing the protective wall on the west side, that is, the side facing the canal.
However, the gun platform on the west bank of the canal has not been renovated.
In addition, civilian workers were carrying quicklime to the west bank of the canal.
These quicklime were seized from the hands of the slaves.
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The next day, January 26th.
A group of more than 100 civilians were transferring supplies from the stable at the stable entrance to the Tianshuijing stronghold.
About 150 miles from Dagukou to Chenguantun, the Ming army built eleven strongholds. In addition to the large stronghold of Chenguantun, there was also a medium-sized stronghold in the middle where an infantry battalion was stationed.
This medium-sized stronghold is the Tianshuijing stronghold, and the Mapengkou stronghold is located fifteen miles east of the Tianshuijing stronghold.
The Ming army's method of transporting military supplies was this ant moving method, which used a large number of civilians and mules and horses to transport military supplies back and forth between two strongholds.
When the Jian slaves didn’t come to harass them, they kept transferring, kept transferring...
Once the Jiannu invaded, the civilians, their horses and men, would quickly retreat to their strongholds.
Although the number of Ming troops in each stronghold is not large, there are still five to six hundred people including the civilians. However, whether this method can withstand the harassment of Jiannu has yet to be tested in actual combat.
Then today, the actual combat test finally came to the Mangpengkou stronghold.
A group of more than a hundred civilians driving mules, horses and carts left the stronghold at the entrance of the stable and walked halfway. Suddenly, a bugle sounded from the watchtower in the stronghold, which was a warning signal.
When they heard the sound of the trumpet, the civilians quickly retreated.
After a while, a cavalry group appeared on the northern horizon.
A conservative estimate is that the number of Jiannu cavalry that came over was at least a thousand.
The Jiannu cavalry came very quickly, but fortunately the civilians walked not too slowly, because the road conditions here were very good and the terrain was flat, so they were able to retreat to the stronghold before the Jiannu cavalry arrived.
After a while, the Jiannu cavalry arrived at the outskirts of the stable at the entrance of the stable.
However, what was waiting for the slaves was rows of guns, and they instantly killed all the knights.
Upon seeing this, the Jiannu cavalry quickly divided into two groups and detoured from both sides of the stronghold.
As a result, the sound of artillery sounded again in the stable at the entrance of the stable, but it was the tiger crouching artillery inside that opened fire one after another.
Heavy rain of lead poured down, and immediately several more Jiannu cavalry fell from their horses.
Under repeated attacks, the Jiannu cavalry quickly moved away from the stronghold at the entrance of the stable, not daring to get too close.
However, the Jiannu cavalry did not leave immediately, but stayed 500 steps away to monitor from a distance.
The Ming army and civilians in the stronghold were not in a hurry. They just held the stronghold and waited for Jiannu to withdraw.
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The battle report from the Eight Banners Mongolia was quickly presented to Hong Chengchou.
"Lord Bu Tang." Meng Xueli said in a deep voice, "The Eight Banners Mongolia have sent out battle reports one after another, but they are not good news. There are more than 10,000 Eight Banners Mongolia, and they have attacked in 11 ways, but none of the cavalry can capture the Ming army.
It’s even more wishful thinking to seize the Ming army’s camp along the way.”
"Is this happening?" Hong Chengchou's face darkened.
Hou Fangyu's brows were also knitted into a knot.
Hong Chengchou and Hou Fangyu knew very well that it would be difficult to cut off the Ming army's food route on the plains, but they were not expecting it to be so difficult.
More than ten thousand Eight Banner Mongolians were divided into 11 groups and launched a massive attack.
He didn't even grab a grain of food? It's really an exaggeration.
Meng Xueli continued: "The forts scattered on the Ming army's grain road were obviously carefully calculated. The distance between every two forts was about fifteen miles, so the civilians who were transporting grain and grass only needed to run seven miles to escape back to the camp.
However, the lookout post in the camp can see twenty miles away with the help of telescopes. In other words, when our Qing soldiers are still twenty miles away from the Ming army's camp, they will alert the Ming army's lookout post, and the sentinel will
If you can warn the civilians in time, the civilians will be able to retreat to the camp in time."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "So cunning!" Geng Jimao said bitterly, "Now, it is difficult to snatch the Ming army's food and grass."
Meng Xueli nodded and said: "Unless you are willing to invest heavy troops and launch a fierce attack at all costs to capture one or two fortresses, it will be difficult to seize the Ming army's food and grass."
"No, there is no point in storming these small fortresses." Hong Chengchou said flatly, "Not to mention the limited amount of food and grass that can be obtained, the price paid is beyond imagination, and our Qing soldiers cannot afford it."
"If you want to fight, just attack large fortresses like Chenguantun."
After a pause, he added: "Not only is there a lot of food and grass stored in the camp, but also after taking the Chenguantun camp, we can completely cut off the Ming army's food route once and for all." Lan
Geng Zhongming immediately said: "Then let's take action quickly."
"There is no need to rush this matter." Hong Chengchou waved his hand and said, "It is better to let the 11th Eight Banner Mongolians continue to harass the small camps on the Ming army's food road. It may be possible to transfer the Ming army in the Chenguantun camp. I don't know.
If we do this, it will be much easier to capture the Chenguantun camp."
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"Eleven strongholds including Tianshuijing and Mopengkou were all attacked by the Jiannu cavalry. Fortunately, the civilian cavalry all withdrew to the nearest strongholds in time, so military supplies were not lost." Jie Yuancai said with a dark face, "But the Jiannu cavalry
They are still snooping around various strongholds, and the Jiannu have become so arrogant, why don't I have my younger brother lead a brigade of infantry to drive them away?"
"This is just Jiannu's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain." Yan Yingyuan said, "Don't pay attention to it."
Jie Yuancai frowned and said: "Brother Jianheng, if the Jiannu cavalry cannot leave, the transportation of military supplies will stop."
"Don't worry about this. The Jiannu cavalry can't hold on for more than a few days." Yan Yingyuan waved his hand and said, "In less than three days, the Jiannu cavalry will find no opportunity to take advantage of it and will inevitably retreat." Lan
Facts have proved that Yan Yingyuan's judgment was correct.
No more, no less, exactly three days, the Jiannu cavalry retreated.
As soon as Jiannu left, the civilian men hiding in the stronghold went out again, like ants moving, constantly transporting military supplies towards Chenguantun.
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"So, the Ming army in Chenguantun didn't send a single soldier?"
Hong Chengchou finally had a preliminary impression of Yan Yingyuan. It must be said that this guy is really calm. More than ten thousand Eight Banner Mongolians harassed the Ming army camps such as Tianshuijing and Mapengkou for three days, but Yan Yingyuan did not send even one
As soon as the soldiers arrived, he really had confidence in the Ming army's fortresses along the way.
Geng Jimao said: "The Eight Banners Mongolia did not pose a substantial threat to the Ming army camp along the way. The Ming army in Chenguantun Camp and Dagukou Camp naturally wouldn't care, so they should build one or two camps to demonstrate.
Let’s see if the Ming army in Chenguantun can remain as calm as they are now.” Lan
Hong Chengchou ignored Geng Jimao's rhetoric.
Shang Ke said happily: "Hongbutang, the main force of the Ming army has mobilized nearly a thousand red cannons and is bombarding Chaoyang Gate day and night. Although the emperor's father and the regent have not said anything, in his heart he must be hoping that we can cut off the enemy as soon as possible."
After all, it would not be a good thing for the Qing Dynasty to continue to consume the Ming army's food supply."
The gratifying weight can only be matched by Geng Jimao.
"Hou Shenjun." Hong Chengchou asked Hou Fangyu, "What do you mean?"
Hou Fangyu said: "Hongbutang has already made a plan, so why bother to ask more questions."
Hong Chengchou immediately made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Well, since these superficial articles cannot confuse Yan Yingyuan, then I can only see the real chapter under my command, pass my order to the general, and send troops to Chenguantun immediately!"
After giving the order, the Qing troops in Jinghai County immediately moved into action.
At the sound of the trumpet, 100,000 Eight Banners Han troops and 40,000 training camps marched out of the city.
After lining up outside the city, they immediately rushed towards Chenguantun.
