After withdrawing his troops and returning to the camp, Zhu Cixi also had a profound understanding of the so-called formations in ancient times.
To put it bluntly, the so-called formation method is to command different square formations and arms to conduct coordinated operations, testing the command and communication on the battlefield and the execution and coordination capabilities of the soldiers.
However, these two points are easy to say, but very difficult to achieve. The more arms and square formations there are, the more difficult it is.
The current Ming army is trained with reference to modern army formations. In addition, the army is filled with a large number of highly qualified literate Jiangwutang students, as well as a complete and efficient battlefield command system. It can be said that today's Ming army can almost
Set up any military formation from ancient times.
Similarly, it is estimated that only the current Ming army can set up the Nine Formation Palace, because the Nine Palace Formation can be said to be the pinnacle of ancient formations, indeed better than the Bagua Formation. As for the One-word Long Snake Formation and the Three Talents Formation,
The Yuanyang Formation is even more incomparable.
Although the eighty-one phalanxes move in conjunction with each other, it is really shocking and the power is huge. If it is coupled with chariots, long shields and halberds, no matter how many troops there are, it will be almost impossible to be broken. But Zhu Cixiang
But he has no intention of continuing to develop in the formation.
Because the actual effect of this formation is not great. First, someone has to take the initiative to break the formation. If they don't break the formation, it will be useless. Therefore, it is better to use highly mobile cavalry chariots and highly lethal firearms and artillery, which are more reliable.
It's also more practical.
This Nine Palaces Formation will be used to test the cooperation between the armies in the future. He probably won't break the formation again even after he killed Dorgon.
Dorgon and Hong Chengchou did not plan to break any formation. They sent two thousand cavalry to break the formation during the day. They mainly wanted to broaden their horizons and satisfy their curiosity.
So after returning to the camp, Dorgon and Hong Chengchou didn't mention anything about the Nine Palaces Formation, but discussed how to force the Ming army to fight decisively. Obviously, they also saw that the formation was dead and had little effect except for defense.
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"Your Majesty, the little emperor is young and mature, and very scheming. If you want to use provocation to make him take the initiative, it will undoubtedly be difficult. For now, there is only one way to make it possible for him to take the initiative to attack!"
"Oh? What can we do?" Dorgon's eyes lit up. This little emperor was indeed difficult to deal with. Just now he did think of giving women clothes to provoke him.
"As the saying goes, if you want to take something, you must give it first. If you want the Ming army to take the initiative to attack, the only way is to move the camp fifteen miles forward so that the little emperor can see the hope of breaking through our camp!"
"What?"
"Move forward fifteen miles?"
Dorgun was also shocked, and then looked at Hong Chengchou in shock and said:
"Sir, if this is the case, the two armies can only meet for fifteen miles. With the strength of the Ming army's infantry, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop them, and it will be self-defeating."
"My lord, although the risk is extremely high, only in this way can the little emperor take the initiative to attack. Besides, staying in camp will give you an advantage after all."
"Having said that, once the army moves forward, the little emperor may not give our army much time to reinforce the camp. The camp that was built in a hurry... No, this is definitely playing with fire!"
Dorgon shook his head like a wavy drum at the end. Once the camp was breached by the Ming army, not only would all the food, grass and baggage be lost, hundreds of thousands of infantry would definitely be severely damaged, and they would have to retreat in the end.
"Of course, just in case, you can leave part of the food, grass and baggage in the current camp. If you have to go against it, you can also return it and fight again!"
Hong Chengchou explained patiently.
The current situation is that the Ming army wants to attack, but there is no cavalry cover and they dare not attack. Although the Qing army has a large number of cavalry cover, the infantry will probably not be able to defeat it. Therefore, in order to break this embarrassing deadlock, the only way is to move the main camp
Get under the nose of the Ming army, so that they can attack with confidence.
Seeing Hong Chengchou say this, Duo Ergun breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not answer immediately. Instead, he stood up and paced back and forth in the tent, starting to weigh the pros and cons. After holding half a stick of incense, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay!
If we can't hold on to this, then this battle is destined to be fruitless, and I'm afraid it will be unstoppable in the future."
Immediately, Duoergun summoned the generals to deploy, especially Aobai, who was besieging another Ming army. He would definitely be mobilized back to join the battle.
The reason why Dorgun agreed was because Obai's 60,000 cavalry could be mobilized back at that time, fifty or sixty miles away, half an hour would be enough, but the other Ming army could not join the battle quickly.
At dawn the next day, the Qing army began to set up camp and move forward under the cover of cavalry.
However, the old camp was not completely demolished, and there were still 20,000 Han soldiers and 30,000 Korean youths stationed there, as well as less than half of the food and grass supplies.
Zhu Cixiang learned about the abnormal situation on the Qing army's side immediately. He was quite surprised when he saw that the Qing army did not only send out 50,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry to fight like they did in the previous two days, but directly broke out of camp and pressed forward.
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After learning that there were still a large number of soldiers left in the original camp of the Qing army, Zhu Cixiang immediately guessed Dole's wishful thinking.
Immediately, an order was issued for the entire army to prepare for an attack. After all, the opportunity was rare. It didn't matter whether we attacked or not, but at least we had to be prepared to attack.
At this moment, all the officers in the commander's tent were stirred up into a mess. The generals of the right army and the generals of the central army headed by Huang Degong were almost gearing up and looking excited.
It was obvious that they were all suppressed. If the emperor hadn't been suppressing him and not allowing him to take the initiative to attack, I'm afraid the fighting spirit in the army would have boiled over long ago.
The noble faction headed by the British Duke was more conservative and suggested waiting to see where the slave builders would set up their camp.
In fact, in private, although the soldiers did not say it, they felt in their hearts that Your Majesty has some mothers-in-law, and the benevolence of women is not as good as that of the imperial concubine.
In their opinion, no matter what, the army swept through quickly, killing people and killing Buddhas. They didn't believe that Jiannu and those traitorous soldiers could resist it.
It is true that although Zhu Cixiang's military theory was sound and his overall strategy was impeccable, it was his first time to lead troops in a war. When the two armies actually fought, he was always a little scared and worried.
This leads to a bit of excessive caution, a mentality that does not seek merit, but seeks no faults. It is not an exaggeration to say that one is afraid of wolves in front and tigers in back.
There is absolutely no determination and decisiveness like the Red Lady to risk everything and risk everything.
No, Zhu Cihong was hesitant for a moment when he saw that the father-in-law said that the public was right and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right.
Although they felt that they could completely break through the opponent's camp with their strength, and wanted to severely injure the hundreds of thousands of traitor soldiers, they were worried that an accident would cause excessive casualties to the army, so they wanted to continue waiting for the war in the Central Plains.
