Chapter eight hundred and forty fifth distressed Xue Yongli
Wu Shigong planned to let Chi Ming and Huang Ding go as army commanders after the battle was over. But in this way, the chief and deputy commanders of his own troops would be vacant again.
Wu Shigong immediately thought of a candidate, who was the current commander-in-chief of the Children's Camp - Wei Feng. However, this adopted son who grew up in his own house had absolutely no problem in terms of loyalty, but he was indeed too young, only in his early sixteen years.
Wu Shigong was still a little worried, so he would train him as his deputy for a few more years at most.
Wu Shigong thought about candidates again, and finally decided to use Xue Zhinong. Although the Shanchuan Department is very important, it has now entered a stable period. If Xue Zhinong keeps circulating in the intelligence circle, he will have to die as the director of the Shanchuan Department.
The position is up.
But for these first group of people who followed him, Wu Shigong still wanted to give them a chance. So he decided to let Xue Zhinong become the commander of the personal army! Let him learn more civil and military affairs by his side, no matter in the army in the future
There is room for advancement whether you develop or become a local official.
However, such a long-term siege also makes people feel very boring. After thinking about the backup candidates for the commander and deputy commander of the personal army, Wu Shigong finally let go of one thing.
And now the Runing Army cannot withdraw its besieging troops to support Heze and Xue Yongli's troops in Xuzhou, because Zuo Liangyu's troops on the side are still watching covetously; Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Army has not gone very far and may come at any time.
There is also the Ming Army in Fengyang. Although they have been standing still until now, they always make people a little worried. Therefore, the Runing Army still needs to maintain sufficient strength in Wuchang City to attack nearby enemies.
military and friendly forces for deterrence.
However, this thought also opened up Wu Shigong's thinking. Is it possible to transfer some new troops from Runing and exchange some main forces from Wuchang City to go north for support? After thinking about it carefully, Wu Shigong felt that this idea was indeed feasible.
feasibility.
However, if the troops going north to support want to take a straight route, they must pass through Fengyang. Therefore, it is necessary to greet the Fengyang government in advance. At this time, Wu Shigong thought of Ruan Dacheng and wanted to inform Ruan Dacheng to his friends -
- A letter from Ma Shiying, Governor of Fengyang. Coupled with the private friendship between Wu Shigong and Fengyang Deputy General Yan Dingshan, it should be possible to take advantage of the road! However, this matter should be done sooner rather than later. We must arrange some people to run errands as soon as possible.
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But just surrounding Wuchang City like this was really boring. So Wu Shigong, who was extremely bored, suddenly loudly ordered: "Notify the artillery team and ask them to fire a few cannons into the city."
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How annoying! I don’t know when the stalemate in Wuchang City will be broken!
"Dang, dang, dang -!", the golden sound sounded, and both the Runing Army and the Qing Army retreated back to the formation. Although there was another day of fierce fighting, there were only more than 200 corpses fallen in the formation. This can be seen
You can see how much moisture there is in this "fierce battle".
Xue Yongli frowned and looked at the retreat of the Qing army. Today is already the sixth day, but the Runing army still has not repelled the Qing army on the opposite side.
There are some small blisters.
On the second day of February, Xue Yongli led nearly 60,000 troops from four towns in Runing to Juye County. He encountered Duduo's 20,000 Qing army's partial division. After that, the two sides immediately deployed their troops to fight. However,
Facing the Runing Army that was pushing up all the way, the Qing Army maintained a state of aloofness. They maintained a fight with the Runing Army, but never engaged in a full-scale war with the Runing Army.
Since one of the targets of the Qing army's entry this time was the Runing Army, of course they had analyzed the tactics of the Runing Army. Before the expedition, Huang Taiji had collected past battle cases of the Runing Army and summoned a large number of soldiers who were closely related to the Runing Army.
Qing soldiers who fought with the Ning Army carefully analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the Runing Army in order to find ways to defeat the Runing Army.
In the end, Huang Taiji and the others discovered that if they had a head-on confrontation with the Runing Army, it would be difficult for the Qing Army to gain the upper hand. However, the Runing Army had a big weakness, that is, its poor mobility.
It is obvious that the firearms tactics of the Runing Army at this time were based on the Western firearms phalanx of the same era. They were all derived from the famous Spanish phalanx at the time, which should be a relatively advanced firearms tactic at the time. However, this firearms tactic has
A big shortcoming is that it does not take into account the combat environment of the East and the West at all.
In the West, because there are many castles and the territories of each feudal lord are smaller, when a war breaks out, the two armies are prone to battle. At this time, the infantry only needs to consider how to deal with the enemy's cavalry charge, not the enemy's cavalry.
It is necessary to consider the large-scale transfer of the enemy's cavalry. Because firstly, there is no room for large-scale transfer, and secondly, the enemy always wants to prevent the safety of the castle behind it, so the high-speed maneuver of the cavalry and the slow movement of the infantry are no longer important.
Big problem.
However, the combat environment in the East is completely different.
First of all, every time the Qing army dispatched, there were tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of cavalry. In the history of Western wars, there is no combat example of facing such a huge all-cavalry group, so it is impossible to invent anything similar.
Corresponding tactics;
Secondly, in the vast Northeast, North China Plain and Northwest Plateau, the Qing army's cavalry group can carry out large-scale maneuvers, bypassing the key defense areas of the Central Plains army, looking for weak points to break through, so as to avoid the real situation and avoid the weak point.
Tactically, it was difficult for the Central Plains army to deal with it. Why not just place a long row of firearms phalanx along the Great Wall and wait for the Qing army to attack?
Finally, after the Qing army entered the pass, they fought entirely in enemy-occupied areas. They did not need to worry about their own cities in Liaodong. They could also loot on the spot and did not need to worry about their own food supplies. In addition, the Ming army was huddled in the city.
Focusing on self-protection, no army dared to take the initiative to attack, so the Qing army did not need to worry about its own retreat. In this way, the Qing army could completely bypass the Runing army that was waiting for them, and would not engage in battle with the main force of the Runing army.
Go and attack areas and cities that are difficult for the Runing army to take care of.
The Duduo tribe that Xue Yongli faced was basically a partial division of the Qing army. Their original goal was not to defeat Xue Yongli's Runing army, but to delay Xue Yongli's tribe in place until Huang Taiji's Qing army.
After the main force of the army broke through Xuzhou, they bypassed Weishan Lake and attacked the main force of the Runing Army from both sides.
However, Xue Yongli's tribe did not dare to relax at all. They wanted to control the passage from the Yellow River to Weishan Lake and did not dare to let the Qing army of Duduo tribe break into the hinterland of Henan. Therefore, facing 20,000 Qing troops, Xue Yongli
We also dare not mobilize too many troops to go to Xuzhou.