Chapter 506: Changing Tactics
Huang Taiji discovered one thing, that is, the Liu family army relied on their cannons and muskets, and their defense was basically impeccable. Even if they launched the most fierce charge and sent many soldiers to rush forward, they would eventually die. No soldier could be hit by the enemy's cannons, and he could still fight, and no one could continue to fight after being shot a few times. Their brave soldiers basically did not fight with the enemy, and did not fight with others, but died under other people's cannons and muskets.
Their most brave soldiers and soldiers made the warriors they were once proud of now give him the feeling of cannon fodder. The most brave soldier turned into cannon fodder, which made him feel very depressed and depressed.
However, Huang Taiji was not a person who was stubborn and was not a person who was stubborn. When he found that the Ming army was so difficult to crack, he knew that he could not attack the enemy head-on, but instead wanted to find ways to deal with the enemy from other aspects.
What are you trying to think of? Since the enemy is so powerful by relying on cannons, if they are allowed to leave the protection of cannons, they will not be so powerful.
Moreover, the main generals under Huang Taiji all assured him one thing: "If the Ming army does not have cannons, it will be like a native chicken and a tiled dog!"
However, the Ming army's combat method was to rely on the cooperation of cannons to fight each other. They could not use cannons, but they could lead the enemy to the wilderness and fight to the decisive battle, so that their cannons would not be able to exert their power.
Jiannu also discovered one thing, that is, the Ming army's artillery was very powerful. Under the cover of cannons and muskets, they had no choice but to break through the opponent's defense line. However, the artillery also had its weakness, that is, it was very bulky and could not be moved easily, which means it could only be fixed at one point. If it was moving quickly and fighting quickly in the wild, it would be useless at all, because a cannon weighed two or three thousand pounds, how could you transport it away? Even the light Fran cannon weighed three to five hundred pounds and required more than a dozen people to carry it. How did they transport these weapons in the wild?
Since the Ming army was so powerful and they had so many cannons, they could not attack the city where the opponent was defending strongly, but lure the opponent out of the wild and fight against him in a decisive battle in the jungle and mountains and swamps.
But they all understood that the Ming army is now in the city, with good food and accommodation, and they are not in a hurry, so they will definitely not leave their tightly defended city easily. What should we do?
Huang Taiji made a decision and said to the generals: "We must mobilize the enemy, lead them out of the city, and fight them in a decisive battle, otherwise we will have no chance of winning at all."
Ning Wan, an important counselor around him, said in confusion: "We all understand this, but how should we lead the enemy out of the city? It can be seen that the enemy on the opposite side guards the city and exerts their confidence, and will not take the initiative to come out to fight us in the decisive battle."
Huang Taiji said, "They definitely don't want to come out, but we can lead him out. They are not in a hurry, but their emperor will force them to come out!"
Seeing that his subordinates seemed to understand, Huang Taiji did not keep it a secret, and directly expressed his plan, which was to send troops to attack other cities in the Ming Dynasty and force this Liu family army to go to the rescue for thousands of miles. If the Liu family army did not support, their Jianzhou army would plunder in these places to supplement their losses. If the Liu family army went to support, they would lead the enemy's nose and lead him to the designated place for a decisive battle, such as mountains and forests, swamps and other places. It would be best to choose a rugged mountain road so that their cannons could not be transported. Without the Ming army, they would be a tiger without minions, so there would be no need to be afraid.
Their specialty is to surround the points and attack the reinforcements, the lonely army goes deep, and detours thousands of miles away, and attack them unprepared.
After Huang Taiji expressed his thoughts, all the generals around him were wonderful and all said that they were good at attacking and defending with the Liu family army. Although they belonged to the siege and attacking side, these Jiannu and others were also terrified and were very frightened.
They lost many outstanding soldiers, and these soldiers died meaninglessly in this place. They could play a lot of roles when they used them elsewhere, but these elite soldiers fell on the road to charge.
This way of combat is completely different from the way they fought with other Ming troops, and it also made them blind, like blind people fighting tigers, and the enemy uses muskets and cannons to fight with everyone. This almost rogue and cheating method is not something that those who hold knives and bows can fight against, so they must come up with other ways to deal with the opponent's fighting style.
In their words, this is the enemy hiding in the turtle shell. They can completely get the enemy out of the turtle shell and then fight him.
You should know that the nomadic peoples have always been like this, that is, they are looking for weak links on the other side and attacking them. If they fight from beginning to end, they will fight head-on with others, then it will be a dead end.
For example, the powerful Jin Kingdom was destroyed by Mongolia. For example, the most famous Battle of Yehuling, the Jin army had the advantage in terms of military strength and strength, but he was destroyed by the Mongolian army's tactics. This is because the commander of the Mongolian army Tolei used the tactics of luring the enemy into depth and continued to exhaust the enemy, dragging the enemy down and burdening them, and then fighting with him.
If you fight head-on with the Jin soldiers from the beginning, the result will probably become another.
After thinking about this, they found that the Ming army in front of them was not as terrible as they imagined. If the enemy was stronger, they would drag him down and fight him. This is their tactical experience.
After they had this idea, their minds became flexible immediately, and they were not trapped in the troubles in front of them. You should know that in this way, they fought a broken war with the Liu family army, and they were simply dragged down and killed. The soldiers who fought their soldiers were frightened and dared not fight again.
Originally, the battle of tough battles was not their strength, and what they didn’t like to fight the most was the battle of siege and attrition.
During their rise, none of the battles of all large and small was won by head-on attacks. They were achieved by using strange strategies and tricks to control fools and use elites to defeat mediocrity. But now that they have risen, they have fought the war of attrition unscrupulously. Thinking of this, the generals of Jiannu were very ashamed and very uneasy, and they felt that they were really floating, otherwise they would not have been like this.
After they had such an idea, they immediately prepared to withdraw their troops. Huang Taiji said, "We must let the Liu family army move. If they don't move, we will attack his mainland, attack his capital, and fight with the Liu family army. We cannot attack the city they are closely guarding, but must drag his nose to fight."
General Junyuetuo said, "Just like dealing with Yuan Chonghuan back then."
Huang Taiji laughed and said, "Yes! It's like dealing with Yuan Chonghuan back then."
When dealing with Yuan Chonghuan, Huang Taiji's most proud battle in his life. This battle not only refers to the attack on the northern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty and robbed a lot of property, but also expected to eliminate their Jiannu's first enemy and avenge his great revenge. They also established his absolute authority in this battle, which can be said to be a killer.
Thinking of these past prestige, he couldn't help but feel proud, that is, he thought that he was indeed a little drifty. If he could have led Ming Jun's nose like he was back then, he would not have been as passive as he is today.
With the order of Huang Taiji, the Jiannu army immediately broke away from contact with the Liu family army and began to return north. After they returned north, they directly returned to their headquarters. After a brief renovation, they took the Mongolian route and rushed to the Great Wall.
Liu Bu decided to send troops to southern Liaoning. This was the overall deployment of their Liu family army. Jiannu was always their number one enemy. Liu Bu always insisted on treating Jiannu as their number one enemy.
Moreover, they fought against Jiannu. Although many people disagreed with their army, most of the officers and soldiers still supported them. Many of them were Liao people in their army. They fought back to their hometown with the troops, which was considered a return to their hometown.
Even in the three eastern prefectures, the people of the three eastern prefectures have highly recognized this. The people of the three eastern prefectures have always been deeply harmed by Jiannu. Now they send troops to build the country, which is to promote the prestige of the country, stand up for the people, and are very loved by the people. Especially when they captured Kong Youde alive, Shang Kexi used them to cut them into pieces, which established absolute authority and won the hearts of the people.
In the past, they said that they won the hearts of the people only because they have money and their means of winning over them. But now, they have truly won the hearts of the people with their strength and won the hearts of the people with their strength, which means that they have truly gained the foundation for establishing themselves in the world.
Moreover, after a big battle with others, they also discovered that Jiannu was not as terrible as they imagined, not as invincible as they imagined. Moreover, they also discovered that Jiannu was actually carrying one head with two arms and stabbing with a gun and a knife. He would die. Through these days of fighting, they successfully discovered the opponent's weakness, that is, although the opponent was very strong and had excellent weapons, they lacked long-range firepower and could not be compared with the Liu family army at all. Although there were some artillery among the Jiannu, their artillery was not at the same level as those of the Liu family army. Therefore, the Liu family army used its own method to deal with Jiannu. This is to use firearms to deal with Jiannu. Even the strongest Jiannu was bombarded with cannons, basically either dead or disabled. This basically reversed the shortcomings that the Ming Dynasty had never been able to deal with Jiannu.
Chapter completed!