New Shun 1730

The news of Liu Yu's army's dispatch made Xiao Ce Ling Dun Duo Bu feel a little better.

Dalin came from Almaty and was killed by a cannon before he could even fight. Even his head was missing. This shook the army's morale and made them lose confidence in the siege.

Fortunately, he was not here to attack the city. Since he had lured the army out, he had completed his mission.

As for whether the army came just to relieve the siege or to follow him, he could only do his best and leave it to fate.

Da Ce Ling Dun Duo Bu had already selected a predetermined battlefield for the more than 20,000 troops gathered here, and they could not ambush.

Because the light cavalry of this group of Han soldiers was not weak, they were scouting everywhere, and the 20,000 people had to graze separately or the horses would starve to death.

The only way was to lure the army out of the city for two or three hundred miles, gather the various units together, and choose a battlefield to fight with them.

As long as more than 10,000 people who are best at building and defending cities are eaten, the northern line will inevitably be shaken. At that time, they will bypass the castle area to plunder Khalkha and sneak attack the supply line behind. The initiative will be on the side of Junggar.

The scouts reported that the Han soldiers walked very slowly, only more than 20 miles a day. But the cavalry reconnaissance was very good, and the scouts did not gain an advantage in several battles.

"The cannons of those Han soldiers are very powerful. They drag cannons and have many large carriages. It is normal to walk so slowly."

Hearing that the marching speed of these Han soldiers was so slow, Xiao Ze Ling Dun Duobu was overjoyed. In this way, as long as they can be tricked out for 200 miles, there will be a chance to annihilate them.

There was no time to collect the bodies under the city. Xiao Ze Ling Dun Duobu's subordinates finally looked back at the city that brought them psychological shadows and withdrew.

After Liu Yu arrived at the small town, he let the whole army rest for half a day. The next morning, he left the auxiliary soldiers behind and took 12,000 Qingzhou soldiers and 3,000 Fu soldiers to chase out of the city.

The light cavalry went out for reconnaissance, and the staff followed to draw a map. At night, the staff formulated the marching route for the next day to ensure that within the 40-mile warning range, a suitable battlefield could be found at any time.

More than ten days later, on June 15.

Liu Yu's main force had left the city behind about 300 miles.

Three hundred miles is not far. If they flee, a cavalryman may be able to run there in one day without sparing the horsepower.

Three hundred miles is also far. For a large army, at a marching speed of more than 20 miles a day, it will take at least ten days to retreat.

These ten days are enough to destroy this army of more than 10,000 people.

Da Ce Ling Dun Duo Bu began to order all the troops to gather, and there was no need to hide.

The troops grazing everywhere began to gather towards the big tent one after another. Da Ce Ling Dun Duo Bu knew that the Han soldiers' light cavalry would definitely find out.

But it was meaningless. The city they had been lured to leave was about 300 miles away. Even if they were discovered, it would be too late to escape according to the previous marching speed.

The elite troops drawn from various units gathered in the north of the mountain.

This time, a total of more than 28,000 soldiers were assembled, including all more than 30 artillery pieces, more than 11,000 matchlock gunners, more than 40 camel cannons, and some light cannons.

The rest were cavalrymen who could dismount and charge.

After the main force assembled, the scouts of the Zhunbu, who had been forbearing, also began to attack in full force, fighting with those annoying Songhuajiang light cavalry.

The vanguard of more than 8,000 people quickly approached the location of Liu Yu's main force. Don't attack, but hold Liu Yu back and don't let him leave.

Stick to them.

The follow-up troops began to follow up.

On Liu Yu's side, the light cavalry scouts brought back the news of the Zhunbu's assembly one after another, and the staff who had been waiting for this day shouted excitedly.

The maps drawn along the way in the past few days were quickly deployed. More than 80 people in the staff department had to draw and pre-select battlefields every day to be ready for battle at any time.

They had endured the boring march, and they had to slow down the march every day, which was like going on a trip. The Qingzhou Army did not have such a slow pace.

Now the main force of the Zhun army was still far away, and the cavalry that stuck to Liu Yu in the vanguard was still 40 or 50 miles away. There was at least one day to choose to retreat to the predetermined position.

The staff had already selected a perfect battlefield, just 20 miles behind them.

As the chief of staff, Wu Fangrui proposed the staff's combat plan.

"Sir, we should withdraw the light cavalry and don't get entangled. Act as if we have realized that we have been fooled and retreat."

"According to our attitude of retreating, we have two choices. One is to leave a rear guard to delay the Junggar, and the main force retreats; or the main force is concentrated and retreats together."

"No matter which of these two attitudes, the Junggar people will believe it. So we can choose to retreat all, shrink the scouts and light cavalry, and turn to retreat."

After speaking, he pointed to the battlefield that would be pre-selected every day and said: "Here, it is 20 miles away from us. The terrain is flat and the troops can be deployed. In this way, the Junggar people will think that we have discovered their strategy of luring the enemy and will definitely choose to catch up. Although the number of enemies is unknown, it should be between 30,000 and 40,000. There are too many people and they couldn't nomadically ensure food for the horses before."

"We retreat here and fight with them in the field. There is a hill to the north of here, which can be used as a support point."

"Since we pretend to retreat, they will definitely attack our south side with all their strength, cut us off, force us to retreat to the hill, and then besiege us on all sides."

"We should assemble the reserve team behind the hillock to induce the enemy to attack our south side or the center. When the enemy is trapped, we should concentrate our forces on the side of the hillock to counterattack and encircle the enemy. Only in this way can we maximize the destruction of the enemy."

"Once the enemy army is defeated, we should use cavalry to pursue it at all costs, prevent the enemy from regrouping, and continue to pursue the enemy. Our main force will take advantage of the opportunity and follow here..."

Pointing to the Mulu Road in the Sunduluk Ridge on the map: "Cross the Altai Mountains from here. Beyond the mountains is the Qilan River. You can follow the river valley down to the Irtysh River. There are many places along the way. Pasture is the season when herdsmen move to other fields in summer, so there will be no shortage of supplies.”

"It depends on the situation whether it will be an attack wheel platform or a direct penetration into the Ili River Valley to achieve unparalleled achievements."

This was the first time that Zhang Jin, the deputy general of the Qingzhou Army, had seen such a battle. Liu Yu only gave general orders. The staff of the staff made marching, camping, and even pre-battle plans based on Liu Yu's general orders.

He was not very good at fighting, so when he heard this, he asked: "Brother Shouchang, how can we be sure that the people in the quasi-division will do this?"

Liu Yu pointed to the preset location on the map with a smile and said: "If they want to attack us, they are naturally afraid that we will escape. As long as they defeat our side, we can only stand still and wait for rescue or abandon our baggage and escape. If so, You, can you attack difficult hills?"

"This is just to kill them as much as possible. I don't want it to be a rout. If they don't do this, then we can still concentrate the main force on the north side, weaken the force on the south side to resist the front, and the main force sweeps in from the north. It's just that In this case... they will run."

"In the end, the choice of battlefield is mine. Or, they attack our south side according to the staff's idea, and we slowly retreat, making them fall into our trap."

"Either we take the initiative and attack hard from the north to defeat them."

"Of course, this is just a compromise strategy. The staff department gives priority to submitting a compromise strategy to ensure undefeated rather than a big victory. If there is a clever plan, it still depends on the general's on-the-spot performance."

"If Brother Zhang becomes the leader in the future, he should choose more conservative and compromise strategies."

Zhang Jin thought about it for a while and felt that it seemed reasonable.

He is indeed not very good at fighting, especially since the Qingzhou Army's fighting style is different from before. But now it seems that if he becomes the commander-in-chief of the Qingzhou Army, there seems to be no problem.

As Liu Yu said, the General Staff will formulate various plans, most of which are conservative. As long as it's not a huge defeat, that's fine.

If you want to win a big victory, you need to have enough insight into the battlefield and take risks. What Liu Yu means is that he can take risks, such as this pursuit, but those who follow him do not need to take risks and can just fight step by step.

Zhang Jin thought to himself, whether it would be as predicted by the staff, it would be necessary to take a closer look.

He looked at the map again and asked: "What if the enemy doesn't fight, but goes around behind us and surrounds us?"

"It can't be surrounded. If surrounded on all sides, the troops on all sides will be weak. If you don't have five times the strength, don't think about being surrounded on all sides in the field. The quasi-troops are also people and they have to eat. The assembled troops are only thirty or forty thousand. It’s up to the sky.”

"Let me calculate it for you. From the time we left the city and they started to gather, it took more than ten days. After half of it, it would be six or seven days. How big is the range?"

"They are going to be scattered everywhere to graze. Within this range, there are at most 30,000 to 40,000 people, and there can be no more. If there are more, they will not be able to gather together in more than ten days."

Zhang Jin really didn't understand this, so he could only pretend to understand and nodded.

Liu Yu looked at the map again and determined that it was indeed a good place, just a day's journey away.

"Then let's do it. Give the order: The light cavalry will retreat and investigate the enemy situation within ten miles around. The main force will turn back, and the entire army will advance in a combat march, with the battalions separated."

Beetle beep...the whistle blew, and the messenger gave the order for the battle march to turn around.

After a brief moment of gathering the entire team, the entire army began to retreat. After a day's march, we arrived at the open area of ​​the hill we passed yesterday.

After climbing up the hill and taking a look, this was indeed a very suitable battlefield.

The hill is not high and is to the north.

The open area for retreating to the rear is in the south. There is no place nearby for ambush, and the main force can be deployed.

More than 8,000 quasi-cavalrymen who were chasing Liu Yu's main force were approaching, but they did not choose to attack, but just waited in the distance.

On the way back, the Qingqi constantly clashed with the cavalry scouts of the quasi-unit to ensure the safety of the rear.

The vanguard cavalry of the quasi-unit used standard entanglement tactics.

If Liu Yu wants to run away, these cavalry will bite him.

Or Liu Yu chooses to cut off the strong men's wrists, leaving a part of the rearguard to pester the cavalry, and the main force slips away.

But the latter is of little significance. If you leave too little, it will be unstoppable. If you stay too much, you might as well leave together.

Liu Yu didn't want to run away at all.

He finally waited for the main force of the quasi-unit, how could he run away?

After observing the terrain, the engineers began digging for the camp.

The first group deployed based on the hill and dug the breastworks.

The engineers dug artillery positions on the hills, but the main force of the artillery did not go up the hills, but was in the center position. When you need to go up the mountain, choose to expand on the hill.

The staff's prejudgment was that the artillery with limited quasi-quarters would not choose to attack the hill first, but would choose to launch an attack on the south side or in the center.

The artillery should be in the center first. Once the battle starts, they should first counter the enemy's artillery. When the enemy is fooled and attacks the south, they will move to the preset position on the hill to blast a gap for the reserve.

The second regiment is the reserve, hiding behind the hill.

The cavalry assembled in the south of the center, the third regiment is in the center, and the fourth regiment is on the south.

After waiting here for about a day, the main force of the Junggar arrived one after another.

Looking at the Qingzhou army that was already lined up in the distance, Daze Lingdun Duobu breathed a sigh of relief.

"What I fear most is that he leaves a part of the rear guard and the main force escapes. Since he did not choose this, the destruction of these Han troops is inevitable."

After observing Liu Yu's deployment, Daze Lingdun Duobu was very disapproving.

"He who hesitates will fail. He shouldn't have chosen this place, but he chose it anyway. That hill is indeed suitable for defense, but it is useless to defend it. There is no water source on the hill, why do we have to attack the hill?"

"As long as we defeat their southern side and cut off their retreat, they can only retreat to the hill without water. The hill can be defended, but without water, how many days can it last?"

"If I were to use the troops, I would leave some people behind, and the main force would quickly run back."

"But these Han soldiers are reluctant to leave their cannons and baggage, and they are so slow to escape."

"This Liu Yu is a very kind general, but If he is not a qualified general, he will not leave anyone behind to cover the rear, and the whole army will be destroyed. "

"Perhaps, this is also the reason why he is good at defending the city? People who defend the city cannot think of escaping by themselves. Such people are suitable for defending the city, but not suitable for field battles. "

"These Han army infantry can only defend the city. They all hold muskets. How can they defend against the impact of cavalry? The only thing to pay attention to is their cavalry. These cavalry are good. As long as their cavalry is defeated, Liu Yu can only retreat to the hill and wait for death on the hill. "

After observing the situation, he called the Swede Lenat over and arranged the artillery to deploy in the south.

Da Ze Lingdun Dobu wanted to attack the south first, forcing the Han cavalry to gather to the south to cover the flank, and the central army infantry also supported to the south. Once the central army supported to the south and was weak, Xiao Ze Lingdun Dobu led the cavalry and rushed to the central army, cutting off in one fell swoop. After the division, he first annihilated the Han army on the south, and then besieged the hill.