What Hauge saw on the hillside of Daqianling was the scene when the Ming army stationed in Shigu Mountain moved their camp to Qingliu Pass.
Behind Qingliu Pass is Chuzhou City, which blocks the official road from Fengyang Mansion to Yingtian Mansion. There were originally a small number of Ming troops stationed there. But it is not enough to withstand Hauge's army. If Hauge breaks through Qingliu Pass at all costs, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Yingtianfu Jiangbei area and Yangzhou Prefecture may be brutally poisoned.
Therefore, after Zhu Cihong arrived at Shigu Mountain, he decided to move his camp first and occupy the Qingliu Pass, and then try to deal with Hauge.
There are risks in this camp relocation operation. A large number of troops have to pass under Daqian Ridge in a marching formation, and they may be attacked by the Qing troops on the ridge at any time.
However, Hauge did not attack when Zhu Cihong moved camp. On the one hand, it was because Zhu Cihong had many soldiers and horses and his military was extremely powerful. A total of 56,000 well-equipped troops, organized into battalions and columns, passed under Daqian Ridge one by one.
On the other hand, Zhu Cixiang also arranged platoons of troops to cover alternately when moving the camp. On the north and south sides of Daqianling, attack targets were set out successively, and many three-pound regimental guns were set up.
If Hauge really dares to risk an attack, he will definitely not get any advantage!
But Hauge remained motionless.
"Okay! No surprises, no danger..."
In the government office of Qingliu Pass, Zhu Cixiang, who had just commanded the troops to move the camp, looked relaxed and said to his generals: "The Tatars dare not go down the mountain. They are obviously afraid of us. It seems that the Tatars on the mountain are not afraid either." How much confidence!”
His words were loud, but his true mood was far less relaxed than he appeared.
Hauge's camp on Daqian Ridge is a bit anti-customer!
If he could really gain a foothold in Daqianling and build a mountain fortress. Then the passage from Chuzhou to Fengyang Mansion will be blocked. On the other side of Fengyang Fucheng, with the fortresses and reserves in the city, Zhu Chunchen insisted that it would not be a problem for one or two years.
But what about a year or two later?
If the Qing army could block Daqunling, they would then capture Fengyang Fucheng through siege, and at the same time build another castle on the bank of the pond between Fengyang Fucheng and Daqunling.
Then it will be difficult for Zhu Cixi to drive the Hauge army out of Huainan cleanly!
"The camp move has been completed!" Zhu Cixiang frowned slightly as he looked at Li Yan, Wu Sanfu, Shi Rui'an, Hao Yaoqi, Wang Qi, Wang Yan, Chen Yidao and other generals sitting in the lobby, "Now we are invincible , but we haven’t won yet! If you have any ideas, please tell me!"
"Your Highness," Li Yan said, "we can build forts in front of Qingliu Pass and on Huangfu Mountain to drive away the Tatars on Daqianling."
Wu Sanfu frowned and said, "It's a safe way, but it's too time-consuming."
Li Yan said: "Even if it takes a month or two, it will be effective."
Wu Sanfu nodded and said, "That's right..."
Zhu Cixiang frowned slightly. He felt that both Li Yan and Wu Sanfu were a little timid - they were so keen on building fortresses because they couldn't win in the field!
There are currently at most 20,000 Tartars on Daqianling, and Zhu Cihong has 56,000 at hand, and they are well-equipped and well-trained. What is there to be afraid of?
"Your Highness, everyone, I don't agree to use a fortress to meet the enemy!" Finally someone who is not afraid of the Tatars spoke up. This person is the foreign general Shi Ruien. "I think we should seek a decisive battle... Our troops are stronger than the enemy. Twice as many, but their mobility is far inferior to that of the enemy. Therefore, we should seize every opportunity for a decisive battle and resolutely engage in a decisive battle with the enemy.
The Tartar army stationed at Daqianling gave us the opportunity to fight a decisive battle! If you don't hold on firmly now, it will be difficult to catch them when they start maneuvering again. "
"But the Tatars are in the mountains!" Wang Yan, the division commander who was a servant of the Wu family, reminded, "They are condescending and have built fortresses."
Shi Ruien touched his golden beard and shrugged: "They are just some low hills, which cannot stop our soldiers...and the enemy's advantage lies in the cavalry, which can be used on the hills. No power.
I think... we could launch a night attack! "
"Night attack?" Zhu Cixiang raised his eyebrows.
"Yes!" Shi Ruien nodded, "We can let the forward division take on the task of night attack. The forward division has very strong attack power and high morale. The soldiers are eager to fight. They can fully exert their maximum combat effectiveness in night battles."
Night battles require officers and soldiers to maintain extremely high morale and initiative, especially when attacking enemies like the Eight Banners and True Manchuria at night.
Shi Ruien added: "Because the Tartars are a tribe with a limited number of people, the total number of strong men who can serve as soldiers is less than 100,000. Therefore, once they encounter heavy casualties in a night battle, they will definitely seek to disengage first, and then make a cavalry attack Rearrange the formation on the terrain."
It seems to make sense!
Manchuria really can’t afford to die! Zhu Cixi's elite soldiers are roughly the price of fifty acres of land for one. Now he has almost fifty million acres of land, which can be exchanged for one million soldiers... three lives for one can be redeemed. Three hundred and thirty thousand Tatars!
The Tatars don’t have that many people to redeem them!
"And we..." Shi Ruien paused, "We can deploy two more divisions to the east of Daqianling, with Shigu Mountain behind us, form a large square formation in advance, and wait for the Tartars to come down the mountain!"
High!
Zhu Cixiang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Okay! What a good idea...General Shi, I will give you two divisions to launch a night attack from the west and south of Daqianling. The other two divisions will follow me. Go to the east of Daqiang Ridge and form a formation. To the north of Daqiang Ridge is the pond. If the Tatars come out of the mountain from the north, then the four divisions will chase them together and force them towards the pond!"
The water in the pool is not deep, so it is possible to ford in some places, but there are also some places where the water is deep and fording is risky.
If Hauge's army hurriedly crossed the river while being chased by Zhu Cixiang's four divisions, the losses would not be much small!
"Everyone...what do you think?" Zhu Cixiang glanced around the lobby, taking in the expressions of the four division commanders.
Wu Sanfu and Li Yan are not the first-line generals now. The four division commanders are the generals who directly lead the troops. If they don't have confidence, it will be difficult to fight.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Hao Yaoqi was the first to speak, "I think this plan is feasible!"
Chen Yidao said: "I am willing to lead the troops with Commander Hao to attack the Tatars on Daqianling at night!"
"His Royal Highness, I am willing to follow His Highness into battle!"
"I am also willing to fight!"
"Okay!" Zhu Cixiang nodded repeatedly and turned his attention to military advisor Li Yan and model army commander Wu Sanfu.
Li Yan frowned slightly, as if he had been thinking about Shi Ruien's plan, "Your Highness, you are a man of ten thousand gold, and you should not rush into battle easily."
Wu Sanfu also said: "It is better for the ministers and military advisors to take charge of the battle on behalf of His Highness."
"No need!" Zhu Cixiang waved his hand, "I have the protection of Emperor Taizu Gao, and no mere Tartars can harm me!"
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Daqun Ridge is not a lofty mountain, nor is it an isolated mountaintop, but a low hill with several small valleys in between. There are many passages in and out, at least seven or eight. Although it is not easy to fully defend, it is conducive to the entry and exit of the army stationed here. If the Qing army is given three or two months to construct and repair, it can turn this place into a large stronghold suitable for the army to station for a long time.
However, Hauge didn't have that much time, and he didn't plan to stay in Daqianling for a long time, so he just arranged the camp hastily and set up fences at the entrances and exits of seven or eight passages. A hilltop was also cut bare as a camping ground for the army, and defenders and sentries were placed on several important highlands.
At this moment, he was on one of the highlands far away from Qingliu Pass, staring at the Ming army camp under Qingliu Pass, which was ten miles away. He had been watching it for more than two hours, and when it was almost dusk, he did not leave. the meaning of.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, it's time to go back..."
Obai's voice sounded behind Haug. The sun is shining brightly on this mountain! After being exposed to the sun all afternoon, Ao Bai almost turned into an "Ao Gan"... and his belly was already growling!
But for some reason, this prince just stood in the sun in a daze!
