Facing the invasion of the Later Jin Dynasty, the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty had surprisingly unanimous thoughts.
That is, keep, keep, keep.
Wherever the gold is struck, there will be defense.
But the military education Zuo Menggen received clearly told him.
On the battlefield, you must not let your enemies lead you.
Although the Ming army at this time did not have the ability to fight in the field with Houjin, and Houjin was not involved in defending the territory, so it had better mobility.
But he has been passively defensive and allowed Hou Jin to attack wherever he wanted. It would be strange not to lose this battle.
Zuo Mengeng found that the current government and the public did not seem to understand the purpose of Hou Jin's invasion clearly enough.
"The Donglu invaders only want to plunder. The population, supplies, and treasures will all be turned into the Donglu's blood and nourish their bones and muscles. In this case, we cannot make them happy."
Zuo Mengeng expressed his thoughts.
Sun Chengzong looked at him curiously, wondering how Zuo Liangyu's son was taught.
"What do you want?"
This was heard.
This made Zuo Mengeng quite excited and said hurriedly: "Mr. Ge, after all, the Donglu people are small. It is impossible to carry the plundered things with you, but they are all concentrated in Zunhua. But Zunhua only has 800 soldiers.
Once we are well-organized, we can attack immediately. As long as we capture Zunhua and the gains of the Eastern captives are wiped out, and their return route is cut off, we must retreat."
Sun Chengzong looked at the map. Although he admitted that what Zuo Mengeng said was reasonable, he was not optimistic about this plan.
"You also said that the Donglu are all cavalry. Once we learn of the danger in Zunhua and return to support at starry night, won't we put our army in danger?"
The most frustrating thing about the Ming army in this battle was that they were not as fast as Hou Jin.
This is also the reason why the Ming army did not dare to act without authorization, as it could easily be wiped out in the wild by Hou Jin who came by surprise.
Zuo Menggeng said, "If a large army attacks Zunhua, this will happen. However, the general's troops only have more than a thousand troops, so a sneak attack can be carried out."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked.
Is this boy crazy?
You actually want to use more than a thousand people to attack a fortified city garrisoned by 800 Tatars?
According to past experience, when the Ming army encounters the Tatars, it will have to be five times more powerful to maintain a stalemate. This is almost a one-to-one comparison of forces, and they have to attack the city. Isn't it a dream?
"Young people have wild imaginations and regard war as child's play."
Sun Chengzong was a little angry and felt that Zuo Mengeng was entertaining him.
Hou Xun quickly became the peacemaker.
"Mr. Pavilion, when I was dealing with the Chaoguan Incident in Linqing, I had many encounters with this kid. The Feng Lun disaster was quickly quelled, thanks to this kid. He still has some abilities, so you might as well listen to what he has to say in detail."
Zuo Mengeng was very grateful and said quickly: "Mr. Ge, the advantage of having fewer people in our army is that the target is not obvious and it is easier to move. The Tatars have spies everywhere. Once our army makes the slightest move, it will be immediately attacked.
The Tatars learned that. But with such a small number of people in our department, as long as we pay attention to our actions and rush across the state to attack Zunhua, we are still very confident. Even if we are discovered by the Tatars and are encircled and suppressed, our troops can enter the mountains and forests and deal with the Tatars as much as possible.
12. In short, this move seems dangerous, but it is actually harmless."
A large army has the advantages of a large army, and a small stock has the magical effects of a small stock.
In later generations, our Eighth Route Army often broke into pieces and made fun of the Japanese army. Zuo Menggeng's idea was just to imitate.
Sun Chengzong was still angry.
"Even so, you only have a thousand troops, how can you be the opponent of the Zunhua Tatars?"
Zuo Mengeng did not say that he would definitely be able to capture Zunhua, but used words.
"Original Ge Mingjian, the attack on Zunhua does not necessarily require the capture of Zunhua. Of course, it would be great to be able to capture it. If it cannot be captured, it would be a victory for the Tatars to know that the rear is unstable and have to retreat to reinforce."
"Huh?"
At this time, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
Yes, everyone is now thinking hard about how to resist Hou Jin's attack, and the only way they can come up with is to station defenses in various places.
But no one has ever thought of getting behind Hou Jin's butt and giving them a try.
According to Zuo Mengeng, Zunhua was the storage point for Hou Jin's plundered materials, so it must be extremely important.
In addition, Zunhua is also the only way for Hou Jin to return to the outside of the Great Wall, and there is absolutely no room for failure. Otherwise, once the Ming army is blocked in the pass, the outcome will be unpredictable.
In other words, as long as Zunhua is attacked, Houjin will definitely respond at full speed.
After thinking about this, when Sun Chengzong looked at Zuo Mengeng again, he couldn't help but be amazed by this young man.
It is rare for a young man to be brave enough to do his job and not afraid of hardships.
With a love for talents, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but think more about Zuo Mengeng.
"Then let me ask you, if your troops really attack Zunhua and the Tatars return reinforcements too quickly, will you be able to retreat safely?"
Zuo Mengeng chuckled and pointed at the pessimistic Geng Zhangguang on the side.
"This requires Geng Zhongcheng's help."
Everyone was a little confused and didn't understand what it had to do with Geng Ruchi, who was in danger.
Zuo Mengeng entered a good state and understood the battle situation very smoothly.
"If nothing unexpected happens, the Tatars will be able to reach Tongzhou City tomorrow. This city is strong and there is no possibility for the Tatars to capture it. Then the Tatars will definitely go west to the capital to see if there is any chance. But Governor Yuan will definitely be able to arrive in time.
There is no possibility for the Tatars to attack the capital. Mr. Ge, General Secretary, think about it. The Tatars came all the way from Jizhou. They cannot attack Tongzhou and cannot attack the capital. After the continuous battle, will the military supplies still be sufficient? In order to
What can the Tatars do to get supplies?"
Zuo Mengeng clicked on Liangxiang, Gu'an and other places on the map.
"The Tatars will definitely go west to plunder these two places."
Everyone here is very capable in military affairs. As soon as he said it, they all understood.
The situation in Gyeonggi Province is now clear.
Once Hou Jin reached the capital city and could not break the city, he could only attack south or west.
Why can't we go north or east?
To the east is Tongzhou, which the Tatars cannot capture.
To the north are Changping and Shunyi, which are also garrisoned by large armies, and the Tatars cannot attack them either.
But once the Tatars leave for the good land to the west...
"Liangxiang City alone will not be able to stop the enemy. But tomorrow at the latest, Geng Zhongcheng's troops will arrive at Liangxiang. If Geng Zhongcheng's troops are ordered to enter Liangxiang City and defend it on the spot. There will be five thousand elite troops to assist Liangxiang.
It must be foolproof.”
Zuo Mengeng proposed a way to kill two birds with one stone.
That is to use Geng Ruchi's troops who will arrive in Liangxiang tomorrow to assist Liangxiang's local defense.
If the Hou Jin Dynasty had followed the original history and attacked Liangxiang on December 1, with these five thousand elite Shanxi soldiers, could the Hou Jin Dynasty still be able to break the city?
In the original history, how was Liangxiang conquered?
When they heard that Hou Jin was attacking, most of the people in the city ran away. The county magistrate Party still had the responsibility to defend the land, so he could not run away, so he had to defend the city by force.
There are no soldiers at hand, so we can only rely on local bravery. Of course we can't defend it.
If there is support from Geng Ruchi's troops, Liangxiang can definitely be saved.
Zuo Mengeng's hand gestured between Liangxiang and Zunhua.
"The two places are more than 400 miles apart. Even with the speed of the Tatar cavalry, it will take two days and nights to return reinforcements at full speed. With this time, the general will be able to retreat calmly. If Geng Zhongcheng and the party magistrate can delay and delay more at Liangxiang City,
If we delay, we will have more room here."
Zuo Mengeng Tu Qingdong saw that he planned to use Liangxiang to hold back the army of the Later Jin Dynasty and buy time for himself to attack Zunhua.
And this was also the only opportunity for the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield.
Everyone looked at the map and thought about it carefully, and found that the feasibility of this strategy was really high.
The only thing to worry about...
The scribe behind Sun Chengzong spoke again.
"But Geng Zhongcheng's troops have been without food for three days. They will arrive in Liangxiang tomorrow. Is there possible support from the local people?"
This situation made everyone's complexions darken again.
It would be quite difficult for a small town in Liangxiang to support an army of 5,000 people.
Geng Zhangguang originally thought that his father would be able to get out of trouble, but when he saw everyone's appearance, he knew that the predicament was not resolved. He felt so sad that he couldn't help crying again.
Zuo Mengeng stopped him and said with piercing eyes: "Brother Geng, if I can provide your father with food and grass, can your father guarantee me in return?"
Geng Zhangguang was excited and grabbed Zuo Mengeng's sleeve.
"Brother Zuo can really help?"
He quickly woke up and patted his chest on the spot without even needing to ask Geng Ruxi.
"Brother Zuo has been so kind to me. I despise my father and son and I have nothing to repay. We will do whatever Brother Zuo says."
Once he got the guarantee, Zuo Mengeng had no worries anymore.
"Okay, if that's the case, then if our troops attack Zunhua, we won't have anything to worry about."
He smiled at everyone and said: "When our troops came, we thought that there might be trouble with the food and grass, so we prepared more reserves in advance of other places. In the Daxing area north of Anci, there was enough for a five thousand army to consume in ten days.
of food and grass.”
A group of people quickly got down on the map and quickly found the location of Daxing.
It turned out that if Geng Zhangguang wanted to go back to find Geng Ruxi, he would have to pass by Daxing. The journey from Daxing to Liangxiang was only a hundred miles away.
If we set off at this time, we can even reach Liangxiang before Geng Ruqi.
As soon as he heard that he could get food and grass from his father, Geng Zhangguang was so surprised that he returned to the world by the bridge. He was so surprised that he almost lost his strength.
Without saying anything, he knelt down and kowtowed to Zuo Mengeng on the spot.
"Brother Zuo, from now on, my brother will only look up to you, and serve you life and death."
Zuo Mengeng hurriedly pulled him up.
"Brother Geng, this is not the time to talk about this. Just be quiet and wait for me to submit my strategy to the elder, and the general administration will make a decision."
Geng Zhangguang then remembered that Sun Chengzong and Hou Xun's nods were needed to make this matter a success.