Chapter 211 No matter what he wants to do! Tighten the fence first!
In the palace in the capital, Zhu Youjian has been very anxious recently. The Qing army came to check the gates in an unreasonable manner, which made the originally perfect plan full of loopholes. The military strength was stretched, which really made it difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
feeling.
The Ming Dynasty looks very big, but now it can't even match the strength of the Qing Dynasty's troops. No matter how you look at it, it's quite speechless. The current situation of the Ming army is similar to that of the men's football team in later generations.
On the surface, it seems to be supported by huge national power, but in fact the system is bloated and ineffective. The only combatable soldiers who can really be used on the blade are the 40,000 to 50,000 Guan Ning Army, if not counting the New Army.
Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji, Qin Liangyu and others only have 20,000 to 30,000 troops combined, which means they can't compare with others in terms of basic strength. In addition, morale has become weaker and weaker over the past few decades, and their combat power has become more fragile.
The situation is so bad. The reason why Zhu Youjian doesn't want to use the old army is not only distrustful of them, but also because he thinks they have lost morale. An army without morale will still be useless even if you give them high-ranking officials and generous salaries.
.This situation has a particularly great impact on the Chinese army. There is no upper limit for the Chinese army to win, and there is no lower limit for losing. Sometimes an army of hundreds of thousands cannot even do anything to defeat 10,000 people, but sometimes it can.
The weak overcomes the strong and is invincible.
If nothing else, let’s just say that when the Ming Dynasty was founded, Lao Zhu’s people were basically a bunch of low-level people. Their equipment was not as good as others in many aspects, but their morale was raised. Chang Yuchun, Xu Da, Lan
Not only are fierce men like Yu galloping across the battlefields of the Central Plains, but they are still as fierce as tigers on the grasslands. You must know that these people are all Jianghuai people, why should they go against the Meng Yuan cavalry on the grasslands? Apart from the explanation of morale,
Can't find any reason anymore.
"Your Majesty, Commander Liu from Xuanhua sent a battle report. Outside Juyongguan, they almost defeated the intruders." Due to the crisis of the war, Wang Chengen put down other things during this time and became the emperor's secret. Originally, he was the emperor.
He was a serious Great Secretary, but the Attendant's Office that was later established shared part of his work.
Taking the battle report handed over by Wang Chengen, Zhu Youjian quickly read it with an oil lamp. The content of the battle report was Liu Yuanbin's report on the night attack outside Juyong Pass.
After reading the battle report, Inspector Zhu You breathed a sigh of relief. The New Army was still awesome! Although Li Zicheng was not defeated this time, judging from the results, at least it can be proved that the three divisions currently deployed on the Xuanhua and Guguan front lines can support
It is not difficult to house Li Zicheng's three to four hundred thousand troops.
As long as they can do this, the rest can be controlled. Now it depends on the situation on Cao Ruohai's side. If the situation there is better, then everything is up to me! In a few days, Huang Degong and the others will also
Come here, at least 20,000 more soldiers will be available.
"Your Majesty, the attendants asked how to reply to Commander Liu about his plans for the next war?"
"Reply to a short order: act within your capabilities and do your best. If the situation at Juyong Pass is indeed controllable, I think it is not a bad idea to fight a battle to annihilate the enemy at Guguan. Of course, the prerequisite is that the safety of Juyong Pass must be guaranteed.
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At the end of the battle report, Liu Yuanbin wrote about his idea of taking the initiative to control the battle situation. After the night attack at Juyongguan, he became more eager to change the situation. After repeated consideration, he finally chose to defeat the Guguan troops first.
This is a safe and radical strategy to defeat the enemy. To be honest, if it wasn't for the sake of being absolutely sure, Liu Yuanbin would have wanted to attack the main force of Li Zicheng's camp outside Juyong Pass first.
According to Zhu Youjian's original intention, he did not very much support Liu Yuanbin's idea. The small number of troops made him a little hesitant. However, the military morale of the frontline soldiers could not be ignored. Without a full grasp of the war situation, he felt that he still had to
Respecting the judgment of the frontline personnel on the situation, staying in the capital and blindly intervening in the frontline affairs feels like micromanaging too much. No matter how great people in history are, they will make mistakes when they micromanage blindly.
Not long after receiving Liu Yuanbin's battle report, Cao Ruohai's battle report also came over. Compared to Liu Yuanbin's good news, Cao Ruohai's battle report was a bit confusing.
Dorgon, the actual helmsman of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, came to Kuwait and brought almost all his capital with him. It looked like he was going to have a hard time, but why did he stay still outside Kuwait?
Wang Chengen asked Wang Chengen to find a map. Zhu Youjian took an oil lamp and looked at it for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out what Dorgon wanted to do. According to the current situation, Dorgon wanted to make a big gamble, but there seemed to be no place to use it.
Miyun and Jizhou's first-line defense is relatively tight, and he has not taken the initiative to attack. Even if he wants to cross the border in other places, there is no condition! Unless he and Li Zicheng team up, the two forces are in cahoots. If so, his behavior can
Make people understand.
However, the possibility of this kind of thing is not almost zero, but absolutely impossible. The Chuang Army and the Manchu Qing are not comrades-in-arms. Even if they are not directly facing the enemy now, it is impossible for the two armies to join forces. For
Zhu Youjian is 10,000% sure of this.
If they really cooperate, it will be great news for the Ming Dynasty! If they cooperate, for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, Li Zicheng's side will definitely be a pig team. The military organization of Li Zicheng's side is too amateurish. The two armies cooperate
It is definitely a trick of one plus one and one small. They cooperate with Guan Ning's army, but they can have the effect of one plus one, which is equal to two.
"Send a message to Cao Ruohai and Song Yingsheng. Since the Qing army is standing still outside the pass, we should remain unchanged in response to the changes and build our own fence first. The weather is getting warmer during this period, and the construction on the Miyun Railway has been stopped first.
The stone mud and iron wire produced in the factory area, as well as the road construction workers, were all deployed by Song Yingsheng, so that they could strengthen the side walls from Xifengkou to Gubeikou within one month.
Build heavy artillery forts and smash hard walnuts with hammers. No matter what the pirates are planning, if we solidify our defenses, all their plots will be defeated."
Unable to figure out what Dorgon was going to do, Zhu Youjian no longer thought about it, but prepared to use the stupidest way to solve the problem. The stupidest way was to follow the old path of Lao Zhu's family and build the Great Wall. With cement and
Barbed wire makes it easier to reinforce the Great Wall. In about a month, several forts will be built along the line from Xifengkou to Gubeikou, the gaps in the wall will be repaired, and then a barbed wire defense line will be built. It should be fine.
After taking care of these things, Dorgon's Eight Banners soldiers will never be able to break through the defense line guarded by two divisions of new troops unless they have wings. If this line of defense cannot be broken through, the only way left is to find Li Zicheng, a pig teammate.