"I believe that our army should mainly focus on defense, but we can still regain Tieling, build defenses there, and wait for the enemy in leisure."
While the enemy goes to Goryeo, we can recapture Tieling.
Last time, Zhou Yuji and others had contacted the Ming people hiding in the mountains and killed more than 400 Xianglan Banners.
Of course we can recapture Tieling, which is very close to Shenyang, this time.
Build a fortress defense nearby at Tieling. Don't rush northward to regain Kaiyuan to avoid stretching the front line too long.
This time Zhu Youxiao did not agree immediately. The layout of the front line was a serious matter, and one move could affect the whole body.
Should we recapture Tieling this time?
Huang Jiashan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, frowned slightly and said with a bit of embarrassment: "I thought it was necessary to recapture Tieling, but the time has not come yet."
He walked to the map and clicked on Tieling, Shenyang and Liaoyang with his hand.
As the proposer of the plan, Huang Kezuan naturally had less time to think, so he thought for a while and added:
At this time, if the enemy sends 4 other flags to return reinforcements, Dong Jing will have the initiative in her own hands to fight or retreat.
I used a sand table to indicate.
With or without the new army in Liaodong, it is difficult to predict the outcome of a decisive victory.
I walked behind the sand table and took away the four flags left by Hong Chengchou on the mountain, and then took away the strongest white flag.
"We must really launch a surprise attack. Liaoyang and Tieling are far away from the enemy. They should each send 10,000 troops. The main force is 60,000 and the two wings are 10,000. If the eight armies retreat at the same time, they will not find that the enemy has no hidden ambush. At the same time, like Hong Chengchou, the main force is If it is weak enough, it is advantageous for both wings to receive support from the main force."
Afraid that these Liao soldiers, who had been repeatedly defeated in battles, and the non-combat troops expanded by the guards would collapse at the first touch, wiping out the first group of elites.
It's quite encouraging that the Saarhu Army can come up with such a mediocre combat plan. It's a battle of 70,000 Ming troops against 60,000 flags. Considering that there are 20,000 defenders and enemies, there are not many real old men. , the recruitment of Mongolians and Han people can supplement the source of troops...
20,000 vs. 20,000, if they are all the weakest soldiers, the Ming army may be ambushed, some may be attacked by separate troops, some may be starving due to lack of pay, and there is no guarantee of victory.
Zhu Youxiao thought to himself: Wang Zaijin's plan was wrong, but the backline must be well commanded.
Is it an ambush, a surprise attack, or an absolute minority fighting the majority just because they are willing to fight?
I thought about it again and felt that Wang Zaijin still overestimated the pressure on the front service: "One is that it must be implemented in place, and the other point is that the pressure on the front service is small. It is very convenient for such a small army to be crowded together. It still needs less than 70,000 The civilians are transporting supplies. I am afraid that the retreat will be slow and urgent, and it will still be difficult for the enemy to stop us."
"There are only eight flags left. Is it feasible for your army to retreat suddenly?"
That time, the British Duke Zhang Weixian walked behind the sand table and took 60,000 from the 70,000-strong army in Shenyang and took it to the foot of the mountain.
Tieling and Liaoyang both left 20,000 soldiers and horses to defend. The enemy attacked Tieling and Liaoyang. Both places first defended and exhausted the enemy. Shenyang sent out 40,000 troops and sent out 10,000 to fight decisively with the enemy who had exposed his position and had no consumption."
Tieling, Shenyang, and Liaoyang are indeed a long snake formation. Starting from the Sarhu Mountain, the enemy can attack Shenyang, which is the closest, or Liaoyang or Tieling, which are also very close.
"Ahem." Saarhu coughed twice and concluded and analyzed: "That plan cannot be adopted, but it is in the second half of the year, but in the first half of this year."
The Ming army of 70,000 may not necessarily win against 60,000 slaves, but it can still kill a few enemy troops. As long as there are fewer dead, Nurhaci will be finished.
"I think that plan is less risky, but it is still a plan that must be adopted now."
Everyone admired in their hearts that Your Majesty's policy was really not helpful to the war.
Fang Congzhe, Han Xu, and Li Ruhua all nodded secretly, feeling that the long snake formation was not advisable.
"Bah bang bang~"
Everyone admires Dong Jingying and listen quietly to what I have to say.
The main force of Shenyang's 60,000 troops had no command authority and could not mobilize the other 10,000 to continue the retreat with them. Therefore, they had to let the 10,000 troops hold on to key positions first while the 60,000 troops suddenly pounced on the first flag that was alone, killing them in a flanking attack. Then return to retreat and attack.
"I think that if we recover Tieling and set up defenses, and the small army is concentrated in Shenyang, that is a very wrong defensive decisive battle situation. But now the Four Banners are retreating eastward to attack Gaoli. If you regain Tieling, you have to leave troops and horses for defense.
"Suddenly launch a retreat. Send at least 60,000 troops... In fact, 60,000 troops will attack the 30,000 defenders in the mountains. It is estimated that they will come up in a while. Moreover, the 10,000 troops left behind are too strong. I am afraid that no one is lurking in the other five banners of the enemy. , suddenly rushed out to steal Shenyang and cut off the road ahead."
Let's discuss it like that. I proposed a plan to initiate discussion, and of course I support it. Whether to adopt it or not depends on the discussion situation and the development of the war situation.
But Emperor Tianqi gave me a reassurance.
70,000 versus 60,000...
Thousands against thousands, the Ming army used its elite to defeat the Four Banners.
Because there is no limit to the population of Jianzhou Nanzhen, even though the Yehe tribe was annexed, no one is interested in Xiao Ming, and his subordinates are miserable. As long as a few Jianzhou Nanzhen die, Nurhachi will be finished. What is your arrangement? , it may not destroy the confidence of the slaves."
"Yes, the second problem is that the force for the sudden retreat is sufficient, and there are no hidden dangers for the front defense." Zhu Youxiao pointed out the shortcomings.
"In fact, Xiong Jinglue was in Liaodong, and he was not afraid of a decisive battle with the enemy. On the contrary, Nurhachi was afraid of losing too few people and was afraid of using up manpower.
Sal Hu applauded: "We should discuss it like that. Each plan is right or wrong, and explore worse solutions."
Suppose there is a flag ambushed on the side of the mountain, so that the 10,000 partial troops cannot detect the enemy, and those 10,000 troops are relatively elite and can confront the enemy.
I walked to the sand table and took the flags of each main force of the Ming army in Shenyang. I only left a smaller force in Tieling and Liaoyang.
"The long snake formation is easy to attack from the beginning to the end, but the real danger is eight inches, and it is not in Shenyang. So the small army of 40,000 people concentrated in Shenyang.
Huang Kezuan was ashamed to be in the customs, but he always cared about Liaodong. Those words were the fate of Nurhachi.
The combat strength of less than 20,000 is special, and the field battles are more than enough, but the city can be defended.
Very muddy thinking.
Wang Zaijin, a junior minister from the Military Aircraft Department, was also a supporter of regaining Tieling. I walked behind the sand table.
"Good!" Sal Hu decisively agreed with my analysis.
If it's 50,000 versus 50,000, it must be commanded properly so that there is no chance of winning.
"The three places are all on the same line from north to south. If Tieling is recaptured and heavily defended, there will be a long snake formation in front of the enemy, and all three points will be easily attacked by the enemy."
Many of the others are just a handful of people who have joined the Liao army to aid the Liao army, veterans of the Liao army, defeated troops, and motley crews who have expanded their guard posts to include camp troops. A few tens of thousands can definitely defeat the Four Banners' thousands...
The most shocking thing was Huang Kezuan, the second minister of the Military Aircraft Department and the Minister of War. I once proposed that I take back Tieling and hold on to it. Was it approved by His Majesty? I was not worried at all. Is it too bad to propose such a proposal without risking it?
Yang Sichang, the traveling minister of the Military Aircraft Department, came out and said: "Shilang Wang's plan has been discussed within the Military Aircraft Department, and we have also taken this into consideration."
There are not 20,000 special servants, eight special reinforcements for the Liao army, and the elite Liao army can compete with the Four Banners.
Dong Jingying wants to fight!
Dong Jingying, who serves as two ministers of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Industry, and once served as minister of the Ministry of War, spoke.
In my own opinion, the small army now gathered in Liaodong, without Teng Xiang's right guard, elite servants, Sichuan army veterans, and the most elite of the eight sides, ten thousand people, is better than the four banners.
If the remaining troops and horses are divided up, it means that the Ming army can only defend, and it is very convenient to launch a slow retreat."