Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 297 Blitz

Qixian County, Henan Province, the camp of the Ming army.

"Your Majesty, this is the battle report jointly sent by General Ren and General Zhu from the Runing Mansion." Xia Wanchun walked into the tent of the Chinese Army holding a letter.

Li Cunming took the letter and read it carefully, and said with a smile: "Okay, the Runing Mansion has been recovered! Xia Wanchun, come and take a look, Ren Qi is a cunning villain, he can always play tricks for me, It always surprises me."

Xia Wanchun respectfully praised the letter, read it word by word, and couldn't help laughing: "General Ren taught the enemy soldiers how to pretend to be sick and escape from the battlefield. .”

Li Cunming couldn't help laughing and said: "Hey, Xia Wanchun, who has always been well-mannered, also knows how to talk allegory. You can tell me why Ren Qi's strategy is blocked at both ends?"

"If the Qing soldiers listened to General Ren's bewitching and really pretended to be sick, they would flee the battlefield and the strength of the Qing army would weaken. In order to prevent this from happening, the enemy generals would strictly prohibit soldiers from asking for leave. The morale of the army is unstable. Wonderful, wonderful, I have to ask General Ren to drink if I have a chance!"

"You'd better deal less with Ren Qi, so as not to be sold by him and have to count the money for him." Li Cunming joked, seriously and happily, "You only saw Ren Qi's resourcefulness, but I saw Zhu Yujian's maturity. Steady, these two people cooperate with each other to help each other, it can be said that one positive and one strange yin and yang complement each other, I have no worries."

"That's true, but after all, His Majesty still knows how to employ people!" Xia Wanchun admired.

Li Cunming said seriously: "The decree is to reward Ren Qi, Zhu Yujian and the soldiers who attacked the Runing Mansion, and at the same time confiscate Shunhou's one-year salary so that he can perform crimes and make meritorious deeds. The imperial decree reiterates that the soldiers of the three armies must remember to guard against arrogance. The principle of fighting rashly and steadily."

Xia Wanchun wrote vigorously, and after a while, he drew up the imperial decree.After Li Cunming read it, he said: "After you send out this edict, go invite Huang Degong and Qi Dazhuang to see me... Wait a minute, and call Gong Yonggu too."

Half an hour later, Huang Degong and others arrived at the main tent of the Chinese army.

Li Cunming showed them the battle report sent by Ren Qi, which aroused another round of admiration.Huang Degong said: "After taking down the Runing Mansion, southern Henan has returned to the imperial court, and the Jiangnan area is no longer threatened, and we have pushed a large area further north."

Gong Yonggu said: "Your Majesty, after we set off from Xuzhou with more than 20 troops, we have taken Qixian County, but there has been no progress. Ren Qizhi led [-] soldiers and achieved a major victory. Should we be big? Are you showing off?"

In this Northern Expedition, Li Cunming brought 25 elite troops from Jingyingli, together with the 30 soldiers brought by Huang Degong from Xiangyang Mansion, a total of 22 horses.Ren Qi and Zhu Yujian took [-] away, and the emperor personally commanded an army of [-] to attack Kaifeng.

In order to attract the troops deployed by the Manchu Qing court in various parts of Henan to the Kaifeng area, and to cover Ren Qi's army going south, Li Cunming stayed here for more than ten days after arriving in Qi County, without any action.

Now that Ren Qi's army has conquered the Runing Mansion, and Ren Qi and Zhu Yujian's cooperation complements each other seamlessly, there is no longer any worries, it is indeed time to launch an attack.

Li Cunming asked: "Mr. Yasukuni, where do you think we will use our troops first?"

Huang Degong looked at the map, pondered for a while and said: "The city of Kaifeng is guarded by Kong Youde, with a force of no less than [-] troops. It is difficult to attack it in a hurry. I suggest cutting off the Qing soldiers near Kaifeng city first, gradually reducing the encirclement circle, and then besieging the city with heavy troops."

"In the first stage, Chenliu, Xiangfu, Zhuxian Town, Lanyang and other places should be captured, and Chenliu is the place our army must pass through to attack other places northward, so the top priority should be to attack Chenliu with all our strength."

"Chenliu has [-] Qing soldiers. If our army attacks with all its strength, it will be defeated within a day."

Huang Degong's strategy of using troops is both far-reaching and specific, and both Gong Yonggu and Qi Dazhuang feel that this is the way to use troops.

However, Li Cunming pondered for a long time and said: "The most important principle of the strategy of the Northern Expedition proposed by me is to eliminate the vital forces of the Qing army as much as possible. There are [-] Qing soldiers in Kaifeng City, they are a piece of fat, tear this piece of fat off , will definitely bring a heavy blow to the Manchu Tartars. Besides, Kong Youde is an out-and-out traitor with some abilities, if he can be killed in Kaifeng, it will have a huge impact."

"Duke Jingguo's strategy of deploying troops is to advance northward step by step. It is very sophisticated and safe. But I am worried that Kong Youde escaped across the Yellow River during this period. After the Yellow River is the Weihui Mansion, which is next to the capital. It will be extremely difficult for us to hunt down Kong Youde. .”

"I was thinking that we must prevent Kong Youde from fleeing north and block his way. So instead of attacking Chenliu first, we sent a large army to attack Lanyang quickly, and then march west along the Yellow River from Lanyang to guard the Yellow River. All the crossings on the South Shore."

Gong Yonggu shouted: "Your Majesty, your appetite is too great! Isn't it too dangerous to use troops like this? An army attacking the Yellow River Ferry is equivalent to going deep alone. If it is surrounded by the enemy, the entire army will be wiped out." Danger."

"Jingguo Gong, what do you think?" Li Cunming asked Huang Degong for his opinion.

Huang Degong's single eye shone brightly, and said: "I think it can be done, and the soldiers will make dangerous moves to reap miraculous results. However, Commander Gong's worries are not unreasonable. It is indeed dangerous to go deep alone. The most important thing is to make sure that Lan Yang is always in our hands. In the hands of the army."

"I think so too!" Li Cunming obtained Huang Degong's approval, and immediately made arrangements, "Gong Yonggu, I order you to gather 10 soldiers and go to Chenliu as a plan for suspicious troops; Huang Degong and Qi Dazhuang, order you two Secretly lead [-] troops to Lanyang, and act immediately after Gong Yonggu has attracted the attention of the Qing soldiers."

"Remember, I'm going to fight a blitzkrieg!"

"Blitz?" The courtiers didn't know why.

Li Cunming explained: ""Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a saying, 'Those who cannot be resisted further, speed is also', and it is also said that 'the disease of rushing water, as for the boulder, is the momentum; the disease of the bird of prey, as for the broken, the festival is also ', blitzkrieg is actually the so-called speed of soldiers."

"However, in addition to the speed of marching, there are two key points in blitzkrieg, one is surprise attack, and the other is concentration of troops. These three points are indispensable. At the same time, blitzkrieg especially pays attention to the suppression of air firepower. Qi Dazhuang, this time let Feihu The team has shown its face, let the world see how powerful our Ming Dynasty Air Force is."

In fact, blitzkrieg was a tactic invented by the German army during World War II. It relies on advanced mechanized troops to carry out swift and violent sneak attacks, and pays attention to the close cooperation between the air force, infantry regiments and various mechanized troops.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty wants to use real blitzkrieg tactics, which is nothing more than whimsical.Li Cunming just used the name "blitzkrieg" to vividly explain his military plan.

Then a detailed deployment was made, and the three courtiers took it to heart and prepared themselves.

(End of this chapter)