According to the prisoners' confessions, Huang Taiji ordered his men to break camp and get out on October 22!
A certain prince planned to order the henchmen to pursue him on the 25th, which should be enough to defeat the emperor's men.
In this way, you can avoid being caught in the middle, and you have to always be aware of someone behind you. Once the pursuit turns into being pursued, it will be over.
Sun Chuanting could allocate 10,000 cavalry, and there were more than 10,000 cavalry in the city. The total number was 20,000, which was almost enough.
This pursuit does not require chasing Huang Taiji's ass, it is just about letting the soldiers who have not eaten meat pick up some leftovers.
The pursuit force was divided into two parts. The front force was composed of horsemen from various ministries and was commanded by Zhou Yuji. It was originally three thousand officers and soldiers who had suffered from smallpox.
Considering that the number of troops was too small, another thousand soldiers who had been vaccinated with cowpox, but whose illness was very mild and did not affect the fight, were recruited to join them.
The rear force was commanded by Sun Chuanting, with a strength of 15,000. The Qin army and other soldiers who had just arrived in the capital had not been vaccinated against cowpox.
Considering the danger of this operation, a certain prince could only ask Dean Wu to take the doctors to inoculate him urgently, so that the departure time was delayed by six hours.
To be precise, the front group had fewer troops, but they had all suffered from smallpox, so they were responsible for the pursuit and fighting.
Although there are many troops in the rear team, their physique may not be able to withstand the attack of the virus, so they can only be responsible for responding and picking up corpses.
Although the Ming army faced problems of one kind or another, so did the braids on the other side who were responsible for cutting off the back.
In fact, both sides are fighting on the balance beam. If they are not careful, "cutting off the back" will mean cutting off their own retreat.
Different from the past, in this pursuit, the men and horses in the front team were all wearing heavy armor, similar to the Iron Buddha troops of the Jin Army.
This is considered a serious heavy cavalry, and it is also equipped with flintlocks, grenades and mortars.
A certain prince believed that this ruthless elite force would at least fight on the plains and would definitely not be afraid of the braided Eight Banners soldiers.
"Your Highness, thousands of special artillery shells have been prepared!"
"Okay! Bring it to the front team! It's rude to come and not return. Let them give it to the Donglu to have a taste and celebrate the New Year in advance for them!"
"yes!"
Anyone who dared to block the pursuit would be blasted with mortars.
Special shells are made of loose braids to make full braids. It is best to shoot them directly into the mouth, so that the virus can attack better.
Due to the need to cross several north-south rivers, no vehicles such as tanks were carried in this pursuit. All were cavalry, and mortars were also placed on pack horses.
"Your Majesty, please report on the horseback. The Donglu army crossed the Yu River yesterday and did not march eastward. It seems to be heading towards Shunyi!"
"oh?"
Doesn’t Huang Taiji like to take the Xifengkou road?
Why did you change your routine this time and not take the usual path?
There are two possibilities for going to Shunyi.
First, cross the Baihe River from Shunyi and continue eastward.
Second, go from Shunyi to Huairou. To the north of Huairou is Mutianyu.
Just exit the customs there. This road is the nearest route to exit the customs.
Between Shunyi and Huairou is Niulan Mountain. Is it possible that I have to drink two drinks before leaving? ? ?
A certain prince sat on a small chair and thought for a while. A light bulb suddenly lit up in his mind, and he understood the purpose of Huang Taiji.
This guy was worried that there were too many sick people and coats in the army, which would greatly slow down the exit speed, so he found the shortest route out of the customs, and he no longer had to waste time crossing the river inside the customs.
Once they are bitten by the pursuers, even if there are those who are behind, they will lose a lot of men and horses.
Especially after losing tens of thousands of elites in the First World War, I am afraid that even those servants, Huang Taiji, are reluctant to give up.
I have to say, this guy is a thief~!
Calculated according to the covering distance, the braided army will not reach Shunyi until the braided army reaches Niulan Mountain or even Huairou.
If he, a loser like him, goes to pursue him, he will never be able to catch Huang Taiji's ass, and he will definitely start a fight with the braid responsible for cutting off the back.
If Huang Taiji's army can successfully get out of the pass, the mountains outside the pass are completely unsuitable for cavalry to charge, and his army will be saved from danger.
From the looks of it, it took so long for Braid to cross the river that it might have caused Huang Taiji to give up the withdrawal route to the east and directly plan to exit from the north.
Now there is not a single soldier on the Great Wall defense line, all have been shrunk to the capital, and Mutianyu is a veritable tourist attraction.
Even if there were a hundred or so defenders, it would be impossible to stop Huang Taiji's army.
The only way is to get to Mutianyu in advance before the braided army leaves the border!
However, pursuing northward, we still had to cross the Yu River.
It was cold now, but not so cold that the rivers froze enough to pass large groups of cavalry.
If transported back and forth by ship, the efficiency will not be much higher than that of braids.
It's just that there are a lot of merchant ships taking refuge in the capital, which can be a big help at a critical moment.
If the pursuing troops are always allowed to take boats, they can go from the capital to Tongzhou, then go north via Tongzhou, all the way to the Shicheng Box of the Great Wall.
There are just two concerns. First, the speed of taking a boat is much slower than that of a galloping horse, so you can't gain much time back. Secondly, Huang Taiji's army may have left Mutianyu.
In this case, getting braids outside the customs is definitely not as easy as imagined, and you might even get bitten by the braids.
The servant has taken such a big advantage, and a certain prince doesn't want to make another careless move and spit out all the money and profits...
This is nearly 20,000 cavalry, which can be regarded as the largest mobile force in the entire Ming Dynasty.
If it is really lost, I am afraid that it will not be recovered within two or three years.
There are war horses, but cavalry with actual combat experience are hard to find.
Those surrendered soldiers were simply unreliable, and a certain prince did not intend to reuse them, so he planned to give them to Old Fart Zheng as a return gift.
The problem we face now is that we can certainly catch up, but how can we fight if we catch up?
Even though Huang Taiji had just eaten a bunch of Rexiang in the capital, it was not to the point of breaking his muscles and bones.
Dorgon's men and horses alone numbered as high as 80,000, which was more than four times the number of pursuing troops!
With a little carelessness, nearly 20,000 cavalrymen were gone...
This was something a certain prince could not afford to lose, so he wanted to give up the pursuit.
When fighting outside the pass, one's own side is at a disadvantage in terms of terrain and military strength.
In a fight within the customs, it seems that the chances of winning are not very high.
To be on the safe side, the final chase turned into a real corpse-picking!
Be sure to conserve your strength and not fight the main force of the braid.
If you can hold on, just hold on, if you can't, then withdraw!
It looked a bit shabby, but a certain prince used this move to repel the emperor chicken.
Since they are famous rookies pecking each other, no matter what tricks they use, it is a good way to win!
We must persist to the end and combine the fixed method with the mobile method!
There is no way, a small business cannot withstand the hardships.
A certain prince would rather lose a hundred airships than lose ten thousand cavalry.
After discussions with Zhou Yuji and Sun Chuanting, it was finally decided that the pursuing troops would first take a boat to Shichengxi.
After arriving, send a detective horse to check whether Donglu has left the customs. If he is crossing the Tang River, he will pursue the enemy according to the specific situation.
Otherwise, you can follow Donglu's exit route back to the capital, and you can pick up corpses on the way!
Once upon a time, my invincible Ming Dynasty King Master was reduced to picking up corpses...
Alas!
No move!
These days, strength is the last word.
If you don't have the strength, you can only swallow it and muddle along.
For people with hard steel, the second thing is that the steel does not move. The main reason is that the steel itself is broken, and the paint is not peeled off.
This is the same as the braided armored soldiers slashing the armor of tanks. It was so miserable to die at that time...
The front team set off first in the afternoon, and the rear team boarded the ship in the evening after being vaccinated with cowpox.
A certain prince also thought of it and decided to organize a group tour for the soldiers as if the court had paid for it!
For other people who wear the Ming Dynasty, braiding their hair is a relaxing and comfortable experience.
A certain prince tied his hair in pigtails, one by practicing martial arts, the other by picking up corpses, and the third by hugging the legs of the Tokugawa general!
To explain it in layman's terms, it's - wretched development, working hard to lick the box and hug it if it has legs!
This tactic will definitely be despised by other light-piercing people and even time-travelers.
However, it will definitely be included in the book "Practical Braiding Encyclopedia"!
According to our method of play, if tens of thousands of people on the opposite side die, we will lose thousands of people, but we will not lose money, and we can still make a lot of money inside and outside.
Calculated based on the battle loss ratio, it would not be an exaggeration to name it an "economical and practical tactic"!
Apart from being more expensive, there are almost no disadvantages.
If it doesn’t cost money, there won’t be that much enthusiasm down there!
It is better to give some money to your henchmen than to give yourself to Huang Tai Chicken slices and then wash them in hot pot.
Back then, King Fu was so fat that he was unwilling to give money to the defenders, so he was given hot pot by courier Brother Li!
In this regard, a certain prince is very enlightened. As the saying goes - he will come back after all his money is gone!
A large part of the money given to the losers will eventually flow back into your own hands!
It’s just that the process is a little more complicated and takes a little longer, but it doesn’t hurt!
This contest can be ended before New Year's Day, with not many losses.
Defeat the many with less, defeat the strong with the weak, and repel Huang Taiji's army of more than 200,000.
It is definitely considered a great success, and it is worth spending more money.
Spending money is really fun, but life without money is hard.
Another reason why a certain prince did not want the pursuing troops to fight with the braided rear troops was that the court was running out of money and he was almost running out of money.
If ten thousand people were killed at once, it would mean that at least two million taels of silver would have to be spent to reward the soldiers who participated in the battle!
If you just pick up corpses, you probably won't find many armored soldiers, and the wrappings are not valuable at all.
Sprinkling out one million taels of silver would be enough. Li Shiwen should be able to barely accept this amount.
Although the Ministry of Revenue has loaned another eight million taels of silver, this money will have to last until the beginning of next summer. It does feel like living like a year.
There is no way, in less than ten months this year alone, 40 million taels of silver have been spent, which is indeed quite ruthless.
What to do next year? ? ?
Let’s talk about it after the New Year!
A certain prince has no more recruitment now!
Since next year's budget has been overdrawn in advance, whether the Account Department can receive 25 million taels of silver next year has become a big problem.
The original plan was to spend 30 million taels this year and 30 million taels next year, for a total of 60 million taels in the two years. Maybe we can still make up the money.
The blame-dumping father is still asking whether he can provide five million taels of silver as scheduled next year, but this year's expenditure has exceeded the limit by ten million taels.
To be precise, it is more than 10 million, and it may reach as high as 12 to 3 million taels!
As long as you can't find another way, if you spend too much this year, you will have to tighten your belt next year.
Otherwise, a certain prince would not be so poor that he planned to borrow ten million taels of silver from Mr. Zheng.
If the scapegoat dad and Mr. Zheng are both very good, the fifteen million taels of silver will arrive as scheduled, and the financial situation will be much better.
Otherwise, by this time next year, the situation in Beiting will not be as optimistic as it is now!
Huang Taiji's greatest achievement was to destroy Beiting!
It sounds like a bad joke, but that's exactly what happened.
Silver is a good thing, but the disadvantage is that it is not resistant to spending!
Paper money is still real. If you lack money, you can print it, although it will depreciate...
A certain prince had already planned to issue banknotes, but considering that the rats in Taicang, the household department, were about to starve to death, he gave up for the time being.
The Ministry of Revenue does not have enough reserves, so issuing banknotes is just trying to make money out of water. The more banknotes are issued, the faster the economy will collapse.
After finally managing to survive in Jifu, Shandong, and Shaanxi, if you mess up the situation yourself, then the gain will outweigh the loss.
There are always more solutions than difficulties!
If you want to make a lot of money without stealing or robbing, you can only solve it through trade.
There is nothing else in the capital but a lot of people!
With more people, there is more power!
This is nonsense...
Since we also have to take into account the restoration of production and life within the country, manufacturing various new supplies and selling them to various parts of the south has become the most reliable way to make money.
The South doesn't know how to make things like soap, pencils, and oil lamps. As for cream cakes, their bunch of bumpkins have probably never even heard of them.
But the market does have these needs. As long as the market needs are met, you will definitely make money, and a lot of money.
A certain prince used some of the money in his small treasury to expand production capacity and recruit workers, which was also a method of working for relief.
Then let Yu Songyi, a grain merchant who is the president of the Chamber of Commerce, call together merchants from all walks of life, especially those who have relatives and friends in the south, so that the distribution channels can be basically guaranteed to be smooth.
The purpose of the meeting is simple and clear, that is, to call on merchants to stock up on goods, and then wait until the danger in the Jifu area is completely relieved, then they can send a fleet to transport it south.
It's New Year's Day soon, and then there's the Spring Festival, which falls on January 22nd of the Western calendar. It's completely feasible to make a fortune by taking advantage of these two festivals, and the transportation time is completely in time.
A certain prince didn't care about the specific regional agency matters, because Song Yi and the two vice-presidents had just discussed it themselves and reported it.
Jifu and Liaoxi areas are the territory of a certain prince, and merchants cannot interfere. Recently, they have to buy Xuanda.
The markets in Fujian and Dongfan belong to Zheng Laofi, it is really an internal decision.
Whoever dares to seek death can go to Mr. Zheng first!
In other places, it can be decided by the merchants themselves.
Having connections in a specific area is undoubtedly equivalent to mastering the local market.
Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo learned a lot of business strategies in class and planned to return to Jiangnan before New Year's Day.
Now it is just enough for these two beauties to bring a boatload of goods, which can be regarded as a return home. In the future, there will be two more businesswomen in the Jiangnan area.
The start-up capital for both of them was advanced by a certain prince. After the goods are sold, they can get the money back, and they can also purchase the next batch of goods.
Beauties such as Kou Baimen, Dong Xiaowan, and Li Xiangjun have nothing to do if they stay in the capital. They can definitely serve as shippers for the two young ladies, which will just make their lives more fulfilling.
Of course, it is difficult to stimulate the merchants' enthusiasm for purchasing with ordinary products, so a certain prince came up with the most shocking thing - comfort!
This thing could only be enjoyed in the Army Hospital before, and it had to be personally signed by Dean Wu before it could be used on patients, because it cost up to two hundred taels of silver per box.
A certain prince's financial pressure was too great and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he relaxed the conditions for the sale. Put comfort, aka Vaseline, on the sale list.
Since it is under the guise of a fairy medicine, the external selling price will naturally remain at the original price. Even if you purchase a hundred boxes at a time, there will not be a drop of one tael of silver.
Shushuang is a hard-to-find box, something that has a price but no market. When we go to the south, there are many people offering five hundred taels or even one thousand taels.
A certain prince doesn't care about the purchase price of southern customers, he is satisfied as long as he earns the wholesale price in the capital.
Shushuang costs two hundred taels per pound per box.
The production cost is less than fifty taels per hundred catties...
