Daming Military Empire

Chapter 284

Of course, the Ming army built the bastions not to store food, but to limit the mobility of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, trapping them in the three prairie, so that they could not carry out sneak attacks everywhere.Besides, the Ming army didn't need to build special food storage places at all, because the places they passed were covered with fortresses, and there was no possibility of the food road being intercepted!
The speed at which 10 or even 30 people build a bastion is quite astonishing. Coupled with the abundant military supplies prepared by the Ministry of Industry, not only the cement and steel bars are ready, but even the wooden plywood used for pouring reinforced concrete is ready. Okay, so basically the cement is dry and a bastion can be repaired. It takes five or six days at most to build a bastion!
Lu Xiangsheng's East Road is particularly exaggerated. He has a large number of people and is not afraid of the Qing army's sneak attack, so he divided his army into two groups. He and Li Mingfu led the 15 Wuwei Army of the First Army Corps of the Frontier Defense Army and 15 captives as the other road. The two roads started construction at adjacent openings at the same time, taking care of each other. He could repair two buildings in five or six days!
The Manchu Qing society hadn’t learned how to communicate by telegraph yet. They still basically communicated by roaring or fast horses. So when Huang Taiji realized something was wrong, the Ming troops on the south and north roads had already started to build a third fortress. Yes, Lu Xiangsheng on the East Road has already started to build the fifth and sixth bastions!
Huang Taiji marked the locations of the fortresses detected by all parties on the map, and he broke out in a cold sweat. The exits and interconnecting passages of the three grasslands were almost blocked by the Ming army!

"Sun Chengzong, you bastard!" Huang Taiji was so angry that he vomited blood. He really vomited blood. According to the analysis in the previous article, he should have a respiratory system disease, and he vomited blood at every turn.

Sun Chengzong is simply his nemesis, let him do all kinds of tricks, this old bastard only uses one trick, build a fort, build a fort, or build a fort, even if he has a thousand tricks, people just don’t play with you, only know how to keep going Earth repair fortress, what can you do to him?Is it possible to change direction and develop heavy armored infantry?Let a nomadic tribe develop infantry instead of cavalry, unless the head is kicked by a donkey!

After vomiting blood, he quickly analyzed the current situation. Time waits for no one. According to the speed of the Ming army building fortresses, in more than ten days, all the exits and connecting passages of the three major grasslands will be blocked. It lost contact with Horqin Grassland and Hailar Grassland.

After analyzing it for a while, he issued an order to order the Qing troops scattered in the Horqin and Hailar grasslands to immediately ride all the horses they could ride, and rush back to the Chahar grassland from the few remaining passages. He couldn't care less about the Mongolian tribes above without their war horses. If he hesitated any longer, the passage would be blocked, and the [-] Qing troops stationed on the two grasslands would be given to the Ming army for nothing!
Now that he has brought back all the [-] Qing troops, he still has a chance, because the little emperor still doesn't know the secret that he has a large number of guns and cannons. Reenact the victory of the civil fort in the Wacha tribe of Mongolia, which caused chaos in the Ming Dynasty!
From Huang Taiji's point of view, it is not impossible to defeat the Daming East Army, because according to reports from secret agents, the total number of the East Army is only 30. The little emperor is now building forts all the way, and each fort must leave at least 2 In this way, only 25 troops can be used to attack the Chahar Grassland in the end, and after the Qing army is fully assembled, there will be 20. Adding the 30 Mongolian troops from various Mongolian tribes in the Chahar Grassland, the total is 30. 25, [-] vs. [-] weapons, although there is a bit of a disadvantage, but it has an absolute advantage in the number of cavalry, and the chances of winning should be great.

As for the problem of intercepting food and grass, he no longer thinks about it. They have built so many forts, and you know which fortress the food and grass are hidden in. It is more likely that there are in every fort, so what is the point of building one or two? , Moreover, according to reports from spies, the forts of the Ming army were all built on hilltops with dangerous terrain. No one can shoot far from the artillery on my side, and the terrain is not conducive to the deployment of the army. There is no way to take down one in a short time. The fortress, when the time comes, whichever army the little emperor sends to copy it from behind, he will be finished!
Therefore, Huang Taiji gave up his plan to cut food and grass, and put all his strength into preparing for the battle, preparing to fight the little emperor in the Chahar Grassland to a showdown!
And what is our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong doing?He was sitting in the third fortress that had been built right now, holding a telegram in a daze. Huang Taiji actually withdrew all the Qing troops from the Horqin Grassland and Hailar Grassland to the Chahar Grassland, and even rode away all the horses. That is to say, he is ready to give up these two grasslands, because the fighting power of the Mongolian army without horses is not as good as that of the third-class army of Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Cijiong is also analyzing, but he has detailed information for reference, so the analysis seems simpler. Huang Taiji gave up Horqin Grassland and Hailar Grassland and did not run away. There is only one possibility, that is, he thinks he can defeat his own. South Army!
If Huang Taiji knew that Zhu Cijiong had guessed his thoughts so easily, he would probably vomit three liters of blood in anger.

Now that he had guessed what Huang Taiji was thinking, Zhu Cijiong would not be foolish enough to lead such a small group of people to a decisive battle with Huang Taiji. After much deliberation, he finally sent a telegram to Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chengzong:

Lu Xiangsheng, the coach of the Eastern Route Army, handed over the [-] fine riders of the Tianxiong Army to Cao Bianjiao, rushed back to Haizhou, took the train to Beidaying, and then secretly rushed to the southwest corner of the Chahar Grassland to gather for orders;

Order Sun Chuanting, the commander-in-chief of the North Route Army, to hand over the [-] fine riders of the Guanning Army to Cao Wenzhao, rush back to Guanning, take the train to the Beidaying Camp, and then secretly rush to the southeast corner of the Chahar Grassland to assemble and stand by;

Sun Yuanhua, Minister of the Ministry of War, mobilized [-] trains to Haizhou City and Guanning City, preparing to transport the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army and the Guanning Army.

Of course, he can also transfer more troops from the East Route Army and the North Route Army to the South Route for support, but after all, Horqin Grassland and Hailar Grassland still have [-] Mongolian troops each. There are only [-] left, or less than [-]. It will be more difficult to attack the two grasslands. Besides, what if the movement is too loud and scares Huang Taiji away, [-] each is the limit. Make more adjustments, Huang Taiji will definitely notice, if he runs away again, it will be troublesome again.

After sending the telegram, he continued to lead the South Road Army to the next exit of the Chahar Grassland. There were still two forts to be built. Let him block all the exits first. After finishing the construction of the two fortresses Cao Bianjiao and Cao Wen The fine cavalry led by Zhao should also be in place, and when the time comes, the two will be dark and the other will be bright, and they will go straight to Huang Taiji's Khan Court to see what other tricks he can play!
By November [-]th, the last two bastions were finally built. At this time, the fine cavalry led by Cao Bianjiao and Cao Wenzhao were already in place, and their communication soldiers had already pulled the telegraph line over.

Zhu Cijiong no longer hesitated, and directly led the First Army Corps of the Imperial Guards, the Qin Army and the fifty thousand Dingliao Army to set off, heading straight for the location of Huang Taiji Khan Court. As for Cao Bianjiao and Cao Wenzhao, he had already sent them a telegram, Let them lead the elite riders to quietly follow the left and right rear wings, pay attention to concealment, and then give Huang Taiji a surprise!
(End of this chapter)