"Your Highness," Shi Ruien thought for a while, "According to my experience in Europe... well-trained infantry is no less maneuverable than most cavalry. Because war horses are very delicate animals and cannot They are overused and require good care. Therefore, a pure cavalry team will not move significantly faster than a good infantry team.
And the 12 infantry teams you have are all very capable of marching. Their marching ability even exceeded that of the armies on the European battlefield. So I think you can completely rely on infantry to chase the Tatar cavalry!
Of course, the choice of battlefield is also very important. If you can compare your mobility with the Tatars in the area where the water network is crisscrossed, I believe that two legs can defeat four legs! "
Although this Shi Yangren has been fighting all his life, he has never encountered the prairie wind cavalry. What he encountered were all European-style cavalry, and they all used high-quality war horses that were carefully bred artificially. Tall, agile, and strong, but unable to endure hardship and expensive.
Therefore, no cavalry in Europe, especially Western and Central European countries, is willing to run to death in mobile warfare. And how big are the countries in Western and Central Europe? How can we fight a desperate sports battle?
In addition, forts are now being built all over Western and Central Europe. These forts, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, also greatly limit the mobility of the army.
Now that the Qing Dynasty controls the Mongolian grassland, it has a source of low-cost war horses, and they are Mongolian horses that can endure hardships relatively well. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty is not afraid of consuming the lives of horses in sports.
But there is a way to lead the Qing army to areas with crisscrossed water networks... Areas with crisscrossed water networks are not a restricted area for cavalry, but they will still restrict the mobility of cavalry - of course, the mobility of infantry will also be affected. Being restricted, after all, no one can walk on the water!
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Behind the Wenhua Hall in the Imperial City of Nanjing, two new palaces, both large and small, were built, one called Kenan Hall and the other called Changchun Pavilion.
Among them, Changchun Pavilion is the residence of Zhu Cixiang, Ning Xiangyu, Fei Zhen'e, Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu. It is much more spacious than the Dong Nuan Pavilion and Xi Nuan Pavilion where they originally lived.
The Kenan Hall is where Zhu Cixiang, the Generalissimo's Mansion and the Ministry of War officials held meetings to handle military affairs - in fact, it was the central brain of the Ming Dynasty's navy and army!
Now that the all-out war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties has begun, the focus of Zhu Cixiang, the prince of Fujun, has also shifted from government reform to military affairs.
In the center of the Kenan Hall, several long tables were put together to form a huge map table. On the table was spread a map covering the two provinces of Shandong and Henan, as well as the Jianghuai and Huaibei regions of South Zhili. The huge topographic map included - this is one of a series of military maps that Zhu Cixi ordered the Generalissimo's Mansion and the Ministry of War to produce together.
It doesn't look too accurate, but there is nothing better, so I can only make do with it... In addition to the map, the "staff officer" who serves in the Kenan Hall also makes do.
Although Zhu Cixiang created a simplified version of the General Staff Headquarters for himself early on - the Military Order Guard of the Generalissimo's Mansion, but where is the person under him who is qualified to serve as the Chief of General Staff? How could people like Cao Youyi, Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfu, and Wu Guogui be qualified? That is to say, Li Yan is a little stronger, but his strength is limited. He can only make do with it, and a few cobblers can compete with Zhuge Liang.
Today, when Zhu Cixiang returned to Kenan Hall after inspecting the campus, Li Yan and Wu Xiang had been waiting there for a while. When they saw Zhu Cixiang coming, they both stepped forward and saluted. Li Yan also held a stack of memorials in his hand.
Nowadays, all military memorials are handled by the right squad of the General Affairs Department and handed over first to the Military Order Guard of the Generalissimo's Mansion. As for the memorials on government affairs, they are handled by Zuo Ban, Secretary of General Affairs, and submitted to the cabinet meeting first.
Therefore, the memorials that Zhu Cixi saw now were all handed over by the Military Order Guard and the Cabinet Meeting. The advantage of this arrangement is that it greatly reduces the work burden of the prince Zhu Cihong. He does not have to bury himself in memorials that he will never finish every day. The disadvantage is that he is easily deceived.
However, he also has some ways to make his ears and eyes clear. He does not rely on Jin Yiwei, but sets up a consultation hall - that is, each state and county will pay according to the amount of commercial taxes (land taxes will still be paid after the five-year land tax exemption period expires). The local gentry and businessmen recommended political officials, who were stationed in Nanjing and worked in Siguo Palace in Xiaoling. They are responsible for making suggestions, responding to problems, and impeaching officials... In the future, they will be the protagonists of the annual "Si Guo Gong Discussion".
In addition, Zhu Cixi not long ago issued an edict to allow Yingtian, Suzhou, Songjiang, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other six prefectures to pilot private newspapers to open up a way for public opinion. Therefore, Zhu Cihong could also know some local situations by reading newspapers.
"Master Qiansui, I have just received a memorial jointly signed by Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi and Lu Fan." Li Yan handed a memorial to Zhu Cixiang, "They want to build a bastion with earth bags, and then march forward step by step. Force the Tatars of Doduo to death."
"Build a bastion with earthen bags... your mind is spinning very fast!" Zhu Cixiang took the memorial without reading it, but walked quickly to the map table.
There are already many wooden chess pieces on the map that symbolize the enemy and ourselves - they look like chess, with Chinese characters such as "Fort", "Tuan", "Xie", "Lian" and "Lu" engraved on the surface. This is all Li Yan's idea, and it's quite obvious at a glance.
"Your Highness, they want to divide into three groups, advancing toward Liaocheng, toward Anping Town, and toward Qufu." Li Yan used a long wooden pole to separate the three chess pieces with the word "Fort" engraved on them. From Jinan, Feicheng and Tai'an Prefecture on the map to Liaocheng, Anping Town and Qufu.
Wu Xiang added: "They want to build a fort twenty miles away and build the fort all the way across."
"Is it possible?" Zhu Cixiang was also unsure. He looked at the two military strategists who were almost amateurs and asked them for their opinions.
"Your Highness," Li Yan said, "Judging from the situation in the Battle of Qufu, there is no way for the Tartars to break the bastion... But the two bastions are 20 miles apart, so it seems they can't stop the Tartars. soldiers and horses."
Wu Xiang said: "You can't stop it, but once the three bastion lines are formed, it is like three sharp knives thrusting through... Duduo will have to be busy for a while." He smiled, "This way Shandong Our plate is stable, and the southeast side is even more stable.”
"Really?" Zhu Cixiang asked, "Old Taishan thinks Duduo is so easy to deal with?"
Wu Xiang smiled: "Why is Duduo so easy to deal with? It's clearly Qiansui Ye who is wise! Isn't this method of building a fortress with soil bags invented by Qian Sui Ye? If Hong Chengchou had this method back then, the Battle of Songjin might have been Won!"
Yeah? Zhu Cixiang thought about it and felt that he was quite wise. He looked at Li Yan again and said, "Commander, if you were Duduo, what can you do?"
"This..." Li Yan looked at the map, suddenly nodded and said, "I have an idea."
"Let's talk and listen."
Li Yan stretched out his wooden pole and pushed the chess piece engraved with the word "" from Shandong to Henan.
The Henan battlefield has now begun, it’s Huang Degong versus Hauge!
Of course Huang Degong couldn't beat Hauge, but Huang was not without any tricks.
He can also fortify the wall and clear the field!
Before Hauge launched his attack, he emptied Xu Dingguo's original base in Suizhou, burned it all, and retreated to Shangqiu. Relying on the Sui River and Mashang River to build fortifications and hold on.
Now is the flood season in summer. The water levels of the Sui River and the Mashang River (leading to the Guo River) are relatively high and are not easy to cross. Moreover, Huang Degong’s tribe still has some warships that can move on the three rivers (these three rivers are connected at this time). ), and can also get support from Lu Zhenfei's Huai'an Navy. So Hauge had nothing to do with him for the time being, and the two sides faced off between Suiyang and Shangqiu.
