On the map, the situation of the entire army commanded by Zhu Youjian has been marked with small flags.
This map was not in the traditional style of the Ming army, but was made by Zhu Youjian in the style of the Nanjing Lecture Hall. Except for his young personal guards, everyone else was a little uncomfortable with it.
After almost a year of training, Zhu Youjian's staff team has taken shape - he has learned real skills in the emperor's training class for more than fifty years. Not only has he practiced peerless martial arts (black gun shooting), but he has also mastered The little stuff from the martial arts hall was chewed up. Now it is completely possible to set an example for generals and teach a group of future famous generals of the Ming Dynasty.
As for those who followed him to learn the art of war, in addition to more than a hundred young guards, they were teachers such as Hong Chengchou, Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng...whose teacher is responsible for teaching!
But Zhu Youjian's knowledge is too great. How can he teach it in one year? So his teachers and students only learned a little bit.
What is taught to teachers is different from what is taught to students.
The main thing the four teachers learned was the "Taizu Spear Phalanx" - of course, we can't say the "Spanish Phalanx". If we mention the four feudal bureaucrats who came from Jinshi, they may not be willing to learn it. So Zhu Youjian called the Spanish phalanx the Taizu spear phalanx!
This is the formation used by Emperor Taizu Gao to defeat the Mongolian cavalry! At that time, Taizu used spears as fortresses, used fire blunderbuss to kill prisoners, used swords and cards to defend the formation, and then used cavalry and spear fortresses to cooperate and cover each other, to deal fatal damage to the arrogant Mongolian and Yuan armies.
Although this set of Taizu's spear phalanx has been forgotten by the increasingly decaying Ming army, there is still a diagram of the formation left by Emperor Taizu Gao hidden in the palace, so it can still be restored!
As for Zhu Youjian's personal guards, they learned more skills because they followed him every day. Not only did they learn "Taizu's Spear Phalanx" and "Taizu's Horse Riding Assault Formation", but they also learned "Taizu's Marching Drawing Method", "New Cavalry Fire Gun Technique" (Black Spear Technique), and "New Infantry Fire Gun Technique" ".
In short, after learning these tactics, you may not necessarily become a famous general, but everyone will become a good general.
The map now placed in front of Zhu Youjian was drawn by the young guards such as Hei Wentao and Cao Bianjiao according to Zhu Youjian's instructions. I can't say how accurate it is, but I can clearly understand the situation of the army.
Zhu Youjian currently has a total of about 56,000 troops, including about 10,000 cavalry in front of the tent, 20,000 Datong Army, 6,000 Xinjing Camp, 4,000 Xuanfu Army, 13,000 Yanshan Army and Miyun Army, and 13,000 troops from Xing and Hui Prefectures. There are 2,000 household soldiers and about 1,000 artillery troops in front of the tent.
This army was now divided into two parts. Gao Hongtu, Zhao Lijiao, and Sun Zushou led 13,000 Yanyun troops to station on both sides of the Rehe River to protect the people there and continue to build the city.
And Zhu Youjian, Man Gui (commanded the Datong Army), Hei Yunlong (commanded the Xuanfu Army), Lu Xiangsheng (commanded the Xinjing Camp), Sun Yuanhua (commanded the artillery army), Zhu Chunchen (commanded the military soldiers in Xing and Hui Prefectures) The others led the remaining 43,000 people in a circle around the Luanhe River Valley, entering both sides of the open Kuanhe River, and advanced to the upper reaches of the Kuanhe River, to the long-abandoned Fuyu Acropolis area. They faced off across the Hamulin River from Huang Taiji's army entrenched in Qingcheng, the original Acropolis of the new city of the Ming Dynasty.
Now the 43,000 troops following Zhu Youjian have spread out on Fuyuwei's territory. Whether an army of tens of thousands of people can fight, an expert will know by looking at their unfolding posture - if an army of tens of thousands of people huddles together and dare not spread out, then it must be impossible to fight.
An army that can fight will usually spread out widely. Many strongholds will be set up outside the main camp where the main force is concentrated to occupy strategic points and intersections to shield the main force and cover the food routes. At the same time, elite cavalry will be used to cover the surroundings to expel and destroy the opponent's reconnaissance cavalry. Usually before the main decisive battle begins, the enemy does not know the situation and specific location of one's own army (of course the approximate location cannot be concealed).
But the specific location and deployment cannot be known, otherwise it will be easy to be surprised - if the opponent is not that strong, then they will be forced to huddle up, without cover, without cover, and displayed naked , and you have to worry all the time about being raided, being taken back, being surrounded...
This means that those who are good at defending are hiding under the Nine Earths; those who are good at attacking are moving above the Nine Heavens!
On the Hamulin River battlefield in March of the second year of Chongzhen, the Ming army and the Hou Jin army were obviously opponents of the same level.
Both sides can "hide", and neither has the ability to make the opponent shrink on its own initiative.
The Hamulin River became the dividing line between the two sides.
South of the Hamulin River, Zhu Youjian's cavalry in front of the tent had a complete advantage, making it difficult for the Hou Jin army to cross the river for reconnaissance and approach the Ming army's camp in Fuyu Acropolis.
However, north of the Hamulin River, the Ye Bu Shu sent by Zhu Youjian also suffered several losses - even the cavalry in front of the tent was still far inferior to the Houjin cavalry in terms of individual combat effectiveness. South of the Hamulin River, on the territory where the Ming army dominated, they could use the "black gun ambush" tactic against the Houjin cavalry, but after crossing the Hamulin River, it would be difficult to ambush.
As for the second trump card of the black gun mule soldiers that Zhu Youjian was familiar with in his previous life - night fighting, the cavalry in front of the tent can't learn it for the time being because they don't have flintlock guns!
If you use a matchlock gun at night, people will see you!
In Zhu Youjian's imperial tent, the generals following him all gathered around the map table. They were all clear about Zhu Youjian's calculations. Zhu Youjian is currently building a city in Rehe, and at the same time he is also building a city in Fuyuwei. At the same time, they took advantage of the flood season in the Luan River to transport food from Yongping Prefecture to Rehe and Fuyuwei. It was clear that they wanted to confront the Hou Jin Army.
Because the supply line of the Houjin Army was longer, although there was also the Liaohe River Waterway, because Houjin did not have enough ships to use, the Liaohe River Waterway could not play its role at all, and logistical transfers were of course extremely difficult.
Then the Jin Army's farming in Mameng Mountain had just begun, and it was impossible to support the consumption of so many troops and households in Mameng Mountain and the Hamulin River.
Therefore, Zhu Youjian's initial plan was to consume military rations and fight for supplies with the Houjin Army in the Mameng Mountain-Hamulin River area. Even if he fought for a year and a half and exhausted his opponents, he would still win.
Although the victory resulting from the depletion of troops and food is not good-looking, it can still win the hometown of Daningwei. The headquarters of the Northern Pingdusi and the fiefdom of King Ning were both in Daningwei, which already shows the value of this land.
Once the Daning Guard is obtained, the Ming army will have a great advantage in the Yanshan area! Even if Huang Taiji came out three times or four times out of Yanshan, he would be unable to reverse the decline.
But last night, Zhu Youjian received an urgent report from Princess Wuliangha from the Xuanfu. He learned that Lin Danbatour had taken some wrong medicine and had led 20,000 cavalry through thousands of miles of pine forests and marched towards the Huanghe River Basin. Got it!
"Lindan Batur is definitely not Huang Taiji's opponent. If he ventures into Huanghe this time, he is very likely to suffer a disastrous defeat..." Zhu Youjian shook his head and said, "And once he is defeated in Huanghe, Huang Taiji's The situation has opened up! Because a bunch of Mongolian wallflowers will most likely fall to Huang Taiji. When the time comes, Huang Taiji will cross the thousands of miles of pine forest and march towards the Bashang grassland. We will not be able to continue to drain the Mameng Mountain-Hamulin River. Got it!"
Hu Tu Dun Khan actually dared to cross a thousand miles of pine forest, which was a bit beyond Zhu Youjian's expectations, and also disrupted his deployment - he was now worried about garrisoning troops in Ma Mengshan - Huang Taiji of Hamulin River sent elite troops north to Huanghe River. Go to a decisive battle with Lin Dan Batur.
Once Lin Dan Batur is defeated, Huang Taiji will be able to march west of the Qianli Pine Forest!
If the situation is worse and Lindan Batur is killed on the bank of the Huanghe River, it is difficult to say whether his Han tribe will be divided into several pieces.
Once the Han tribe splits, Huang Taiji may absorb part of it to strengthen his own power.
Zhu Youjian paused and said resolutely: "So I plan to march towards the Hamulin River and seek a decisive battle on the north bank of the Hamulin River! I... must not let Huang Taiji's main force go north to the Huanghe River!"
