Daming Military Empire

Chapter 278 Doing My Best to Exterminate Jian Nu

Zhu Cijiong slowly scanned the generals present, familiar faces appeared in his eyes, scenes of movies and TV scenes flashed in his mind, more than half of the present were famous generals with long history, but in history, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Almost all of them ended tragically.

People like Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Cao Wenzhao, Man Gui, Ma Xianglin, Qin Gongming, etc. all died in battle and died for the country;
Sun Chengzong even led his family to resist the Qing army at the age of 75. After the city was broken, he hanged himself and died unyielding;

Qin Liangyu, who regrets dying, may be the luckiest among them, but so many relatives died for the country, the grief in her heart may be worse than death;
As for Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and Zuo Liangyu, their reputations are not as good as those who died in battle!

Of course, history has been rewritten by him. These people are now high-ranking generals with heavy troops in their hands. Their tragic fate has been far away from them, and today is to discuss how to deal with Huang Taiji, who has brought them pain and humiliation in history. Even the disgraceful mortal enemy.

Thinking of Huang Taiji, Zhu Cijiong only felt a surge of hostility rushing into his mind. He couldn't help pressing his hands on the table, stood up abruptly, and said loudly: "Everyone..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, there was a sound of 'shua', all the generals stood up straight, the emperor stood up, who would dare to sit still!
Zhu Cijiong nodded, and continued to speak loudly: "Everyone knows that building slaves has always been a confidant of Daming. The last time they were let go in Liaodong, Huang Taiji began to plunder the border of Daming frequently after several years of cultivation in the Mongolian grasslands. Lead me to the grassland to fight against it. I know that he wants to reproduce the miracle of the Battle of Saerhu and the Change of Tumubao. Wacha's national strength is far from that of Ming Dynasty, but in the end they all took advantage of Da Ming's command mistakes to win. Naturally, I will not make such a mistake. This time I invite everyone to discuss a detailed strategy to ensure nothing goes wrong."

The generals present all showed approval. If you are stimulated and send troops blindly, nine out of ten will lead to defeat. The way to win is to make a decision and then move.

Zhu Cijiong then took out a long white wax pole, pointed to the sand table model in the middle of the table and introduced: "This is the topographic map of Monan Mongolia that I asked Jin Yiwei to investigate and discover. Now Jiannu and Mongolian tribes are mainly concentrated in Cha Har, Horqin and Hailar, the Chahar Grassland is where the Khan Court of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is located, and there are about 50 Jiannu cavalry and [-] Mongolian cavalry, while Horqin and Hailar are dominated by Mongolian tribes, and each has about [-] cavalry. Slave cavalry and [-] Mongolian cavalry, which means Jiannu now has [-] cavalry!"

Before seeing the sand table model, Zhu Cijiong always thought that the entire Mongolian grassland was a large plain, with a flat surface and an endless horizon. After seeing the sand table model, he realized that he was wrong, and the mistake was outrageous. Most of Monan Mongolia is a desert with ups and downs. Only a few basins have savannahs.The three largest grasslands, Chahar, Horqin and Hailar, all have an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers. There are also a dozen or so medium-sized grasslands of thousands of square kilometers, while other places are basically deserts and Gobi.

He already had his own ideas on how to attack Zhu Cijiong, pointing to the sand table model and continued: "I have a preliminary strategy now, that is to divide the troops into three groups, directly attack the three prairie, and wipe out Jiannu in one fell swoop.

I will lead the First Corps of the Imperial Guards, the Second Corps of the Imperial Guards, the Qin Army and the Dingliao Army with a total of 40 troops as the south road, starting from the capital, and attacking the Chahar Grassland;

Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army, the First Frontier Army Corps, and the Wuwei Army with a total of 30 troops as the east road, and moved from the Beidaying to Haizhou City to attack the Horqin Grassland;

Sun Chengzong led the Guanning Army, Liaodong Army and Dongjiang Army with a total of 30 troops as the north road, starting from Guanning City, and attacking the Hailar Grassland;
Huang Taiji wanted to defeat each of them, so I made him unable to defeat any of them. With the strength of the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, 30 cavalry marched in a group, and it would be useless for him to gather all 50 cavalry to attack all the way.

As for defense, Hong Chengchou still led the Shaanxi Reserve Corps to guard the front lines of Yulin, Gansu, and Ningxia;
Zuo Liangyu still led the Shanxi Reserve Corps to guard the Shanxi, Xuanfu, and Datong lines;
In addition, [-] elite soldiers from the Beiyang Navy were transferred to guard the capital with Jinyiwei;

Transfer [-] elite soldiers from the North Sea Fleet to guard the Dongdaying camp;

Transfer Wu Sangui's Henan Reserve Corps and Zu Dashou's Dongying First Corps to guard the Beida Camp;
As for Liaodong, it was guarded by Ma Xianglin's Second Frontier Army Corps and You Shiwei's Korean Army Corps;

That's probably it. Okay, everyone sit down, think about it, and see if there is any problem with my strategy. "

After talking so much in one breath, Zhu Cijiong's mouth became parched. He put the white wax rod on the table, sat down, picked up the teacup and took a few sips.

All the generals stared at the sand table model and slowly sat down, frowning solemnly and thinking hard.

You must know that the Ming Army has only thirteen legions in total. Excluding the First Expeditionary Army and the Second Expeditionary Army that went to Nanyang, there are only eleven legions left in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Even for defense, the reserve army, the elite navy and even the army of the vassal state must be mobilized. The emperor is going to use the power of the whole country of Ming Dynasty to show off with Jiannu!

Zhu Cijiong saw that everyone looked so dignified, and knew that they were all frightened by his act of using the power of the whole country to fight against Huang Taiji. He couldn't help explaining: "I have carefully studied the battles of the Central Plains dynasties in the Northern Expedition of the grassland nomadic tribes in all dynasties. Among them, the most successful ones were Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who conquered the Xiongnu in the north, Li Jing, the Duke of Wei in the period of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, pacified the Turks, and the Northern Conquest of Mengyuan in the period of Taizu of this dynasty.

It's a pity that the strength of the Han Dynasty was limited, and Huo Qubing could only rely on his personal bravery to chase the Huns far away, but he failed to do his best;

Although the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turks, it did not effectively control the Monan area, so that it rose later and occupied a territory even larger than that of the Tang Dynasty;
Emperor Taizu was very talented, and after eight Northern Expeditions, he finally subdued the tribes of the Yuan Dynasty. However, I didn’t have as much time as Taizu. You must know that it took more than 20 years for Taizu’s Northern Expedition.

At that time, the European countries hadn’t risen yet, and Ming was the only country in the sky, so you don’t need to care about that time, but now the European countries have begun to colonize the world, if they are left alone, they will become so powerful that even Ming can’t resist , if that time really comes, Daming will be in danger.

Therefore, I want to concentrate all my forces, wipe out Jiannu in one fell swoop, and include the Monan area into the territory of Ming Dynasty, station troops to relieve future worries, and face the European powers with all my strength! "

(End of this chapter)