Chapter 291 Simultaneous Battles in Daning and Dengzhou
"Commander, is the news about Wu Thief's movements confirmed?" Chen Xinjia asked quickly after hearing what Li Ruolian said.
"It's hard to say for sure yet, but there are just some signs."
"This is going to be difficult. We have to confirm this matter as soon as possible." Chen Xinjia looked sad. Wu Sangui would not move sooner or later. It was really uncomfortable to move at this time.
"It's nothing difficult! Don't worry about Datong for now. Let's adjust the strategic direction. No matter whether Wu Sangui moves or not, we'll attack him first. We'll make some plans after we get down from the military headquarters. I'm going to attack Daning and Dengzhou at the same time.
Direction of troops. The plan for the war in Dengzhou is to use the current strength of the navy, plus two main combat brigades, and the assault brigade returning from the north. The war against Daning is to be completed with four main combat divisions, plus a few security guards.
The brigade will provide logistics support to complete it."
Zhu Youjian, who originally wanted to capture Datong first, immediately changed his mind after hearing Li Ruolian's report. Compared with Datong, Daning is more important. The possibility of Guan Ning's army sending troops to Gubei is very high.
, they are more professional than the Eight Banners soldiers, and are basically not affected by spring farming. Besides, there is no farming in the Daning area. It is difficult for the Guan Ning Army to stay after being idle for a winter, and the Manchus will not let them.
They have been staying idle in Daning.
Instead of letting them feel uncomfortable running to their doorsteps, why not just knock on their doorsteps? Rebuilding Daning is part of the plan, it just comes sooner or later.
"Is it too early to start the Daning Campaign at this time?" Chen Xinjia knew Zhu Youjian's grand strategic plan, but he had always been worried, fearing that this plan would not be sustainable.
"It is actually better to start now than in the second half of the year. In the second half of the year, it will be difficult to repair the complete military fortress facilities before winter. As a result, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the Daning area." Entering Daning is not the purpose.
, the purpose is to exist there for a long time. If you want to exist for a long time, you must build fortresses and garrison troops for a long time.
"Hushan, when you counsel the Battle of Daning, you should pay attention to several issues. Logistics support is the key. At the same time, the primary goal of this battle is to eliminate the effective strength of the Guan Ning Army. At the very least, the Guan Ning Army must be defeated, and it is best to defeat it.
Completely losing the ability to fight large-scale operations. To achieve this goal, the minimum number of troops to be annihilated is 20,000. It is not difficult to defeat them, but how to annihilate them is difficult. When the war begins, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not stand idly by, they are likely to gather
The Eight Banners and Mongolia have joined the war, but the imperial court does not have more troops to invest in the battlefield. This is also something to pay attention to."
The specific details need to be perfected by the Military Command Hall. This should be the first large-scale battle that the Military Command Hall will launch as the leading force since the restructuring. It is a big test of the results of the restructuring. This is especially true for Huang Degong. In the past, he
I haven't thought much about strategic direction, but this time I have to be the person in charge. The span is a bit too big.
After the imperial military meeting, Huang Degong stayed here specifically, wanting to have a close relationship with Zhu Youjian and plan two major wars. He really didn't have the right idea.
"Your Majesty, can I, the soldier, be the main person in charge of the war between Daning and Dengzhou and just start the fight at the end?"
"No! You are the commander-in-chief of our Ming army, and you must resist this responsibility."
"I am not afraid of resisting responsibility, but I am afraid that my lack of talent and knowledge will delay the important affairs of His Majesty and the court."
Gu Chen: "You are still afraid of taking responsibility! Remember what I said, your butt determines your head. As long as your butt is sitting in this position, ideas will naturally come to your mind. To fight a war, it is nothing more than the right time, the right place, and the right people.
, logistics and a few other things, you can figure out the way out by just using your mind. You can't retreat or shrink from this matter. Once you retreat, how will the front-line generals be able to take charge of the military hall in the future? I will take the power of generals and aircraft from the Ministry of War.
What’s the point of reorganizing into the Governor’s Mansion? This is a task that must be completed, so don’t back down in front of me.”
"But I feel like my mind is in a mess and I don't know how to deal with it."
"I have an idea for you. You go find Zhang Fengxiang, Tang Tong, Chen Xinjia, Liu Yuanbin and Cao Ruohai individually and ask them to each write a battle plan for you about the battles of Dengzhou and Daning. Then choose from them.
The one you are most satisfied with, and then change the ones you think are inappropriate. After the changes, use this combat plan to organize a discussion with all employees. After the discussion, it will be used as an outline of the overall combat plan and sent to the former military governor's office for improvement.
, just report it to me for judgment after it is completed.”
So simple? When Huang Degong heard such an opportunistic idea from the emperor, his eyes were as wide as bells. He thought he was just a hands-off shopkeeper, responsible for picking out mistakes and choosing plans?
This guy still doesn't know how to be a leader. Isn't that what leaders do? He has no idea. The ideas of the people below are his own ideas. This is the essence of being a leader. If he really couldn't stand it, Zhu Youjian would
Such profound leadership skills would not be taught to him.
Huang Degong, who had received the true message, went to find Chen Xinjia and others after leaving the palace, and asked them to draft a battle plan and submit it to him.
After these guys reported the battle outline, Huang Degong read it one by one. After reading it, he had a strange feeling, as if he could make a new one without their outline, and it would be better than these few.
All of them are good.
In this case, why not get one yourself? As soon as he said it, Huang Degong quickly recruited a few scribes assigned to him and compiled an outline of the battle plan for the Daning and Dengzhou battles overnight.
The more he looked at this outline, the more satisfied Huang Degong became, so he took this outline and organized a discussion with the heads of the military command hall, formed a formal document, and sent it to the former military governor's office for detailed improvement.
While Huang Degong and others were planning the war, Wu Sangui from Daning was also discussing a military plan with the generals.
Comrade Sangui's current situation is quite bad. After being forced by Dorgon to move to Daning, he found that the difficulties he faced were more terrifying than he imagined. First of all, Dorgon promised him military expenses, but could not get it. He clearly stated
It was good that he received two million taels of silver every year, but after giving him five hundred thousand taels, there was nothing left to do. There was also the harvest from the military fields in Ningyuan, which he promised to allocate to him in full, but only half of it was allocated at the end of last year, and the rest was
The ones below were embezzled. With this little property, he could only maintain basic operations, and the generals below didn't even have room for corruption.
If this continues, we can only sit back and wait for death! We must find a way to get rid of this situation. It is impossible to find a way from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. These thieves and chiefs are all cannibals. After much deliberation, the only way is to learn from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
The only way to rob is to go to the pass. Wu Sangui knows that it is far less easy to go to the pass to rob now than in previous years, but if he doesn't go there, the generals below will have no time to make money. The situation is pressing and they can only make the next move.