Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 583 This is Yang Conspiracy
In Beijing, the East Nuan Pavilion of Prince Rui's Mansion.

After talking about internal affairs, general strategy, and vertical and horizontal, Hong Chengchou began to talk about detailed military strategies.

"Master, if Nanming launches a large-scale northern expedition, it will inevitably march along waterways, either the Grand Canal or the North Sea."

"If it is impossible to advance troops along the waterway, such a huge force and baggage can be dragged down by logistics alone."

"So our defense focus is along the Grand Canal and the North Sea coast. Gun towers have been built all over the Grand Canal, so it's safe and sound. The only thing to worry about is the North Sea coast."

"One, the coastline of the North Sea is too long."

"Both are invaded by Ming troops in Dagukou and Gaizhou."

"Three of them, I really can't recruit enough civilian husbands."

"So it may be very difficult to build gun towers all over the coast of the North Sea."

Hearing this, Dorgon said: "It's not that I'm afraid, but it's absolutely impossible to do it. Previously, the treasury of the Qing Dynasty was almost exhausted in order to build blunderbuss towers along the Grand Canal, Gyeonggi and Wei River."

Beacon towers were used in ancient times to send messages and warn people. They could send warning messages hundreds or even thousands of miles away in a short period of time, allowing the Central Plains dynasty to call up and mobilize troops in advance.

"That is to say, the slaves on the coast of the North Sea will have at least one hour to react."

Seeing that Xu Yingwei's tactical concept was frustrated, scholars from the Ming army camp began to speak out.

As a result, Xu Yingwei's tactical concept completely came to naught.

If Jiannu really followed the method Yan Yingyuan said and built a beacon tower on the coastline of Beihai, then there was really no need to keep it a secret. Anyway, it would eventually lead to a confrontation and a violent attack.

Hearing this, Jiang Tianyi immediately took a few scholars and placed the war chess representing the Ming army at the mouth of the Chaohe River.

First, the navy's warship model was moved near the mouth of the Chao River.

But in the end, it was cracked by Lu Xun crossing the river in white clothes, and finally he was defeated and died.

While talking, Sony and other ministers began to attack Hong Chengchou personally, which then affected all the Hanchens. No matter how well-mannered the Hanchens like Hong Chengchou were, their faces were not very good-looking.

"Beacon Tower?"

Yan Yingyuan said: "24 elite soldiers, Jiannu can still get together."

If you have to face Jiannu's blunderbuss from the moment you go ashore, you have to move inch by inch. Let alone three months, you may not be able to reach Beijing even in a year, because it is three hundred miles from Beihai to Beijing.

"As long as our Qing soldiers stick to the defensive strategy and avoid field battles with the Ming army, we will have a chance."

Among the courtiers, he was no longer the same as before, and the hearts of the people began to fluctuate.

"Jiannu has cavalry, don't we have cavalry? Let the cavalry go ashore first to expel the Jiannu cavalry, and prevent the Jiannu's coating from building the gun platform."

But now, Yan Yingyuan only used a few hundred beacon towers to make Xu Yingwei's tactical concept come to naught.

Dorgon's face became even more embarrassed, and he also faintly felt first-class anxiety.

However, the scholars who belonged to the slave camp on the opposite side were not idle and were also mobilizing troops.

However, Yan Yingwei shook his head repeatedly after hearing this.

Never thought that Yan Yingyuan would make such a move, but the possibility is very high.

With the beacon towers around the coast, Jiannu could detect the Ming army sailors coming across the sea in time, make dispatches of troops in advance, and rush to repair the blunderbuss towers on the Ming army's marching route.

Chongzhen also nodded and said: "Yes, the Ming army can land at more points, and Jiannu can also split up to resist the enemy. "

"At this time, if the Ming army comes to avoid the reality and attack the emptiness, it will be in big trouble."

"Next, the Qing Dynasty can mobilize all the coats and civilians to repair more and stronger gun platforms after the first batch of gun platforms, and then use the gun platforms to form a confrontation with the Ming army."

"So we can only build beacon towers around the coastline of the North Sea, and then garrison heavy troops in several important places."

"Log in in multiple places, the result won't make much difference."

Having said this, he went on to say: "After the navy approached the coast near the mouth of the Chaohe River, the Jiannu cavalry was forced back three miles with the firepower of the naval guns. Taking advantage of the retreat of the Jiannu cavalry, two cavalry brigades went ashore first to serve as guards. .”

"That's right, when did our Qing soldiers ever fear field battles?"

……

"Wait a minute," Yan Yingyuan said, "When the Ming army's navy was still twenty miles away from the shore, the Jiannu sentry on the beacon tower could see the masts of the Ming army's warships or the signal lights at night. , Light the beacon."

"It is absolutely impossible to build gun towers all over the coastline of the North Sea with a longer distance and a larger area."

Speaking of this meal, he said: "In short, it is no problem to form a confrontation."

So is it useful for Jiannu to build beacon towers on the coastline of the North Sea?So fucking useful!

Then the two cavalry models of the Ming army were placed on both sides of the Chao River estuary.

"Master, don't listen to Hong Chengchou's nonsense, these Han people have no eggs, they are greedy for life and afraid of death."

"Master's lesson." Hong Chengchou deeply believed that it was really unrealistic and useless to build gun towers around the coast.

There was nothing wrong with this at all. With the cover of naval artillery fire, it was impossible for Jiannu's cavalry to approach. It was inevitable to retreat three or even four miles away, so the Ming army's cavalry brigade could easily go ashore.

After a short pause, Hong Chengchou went on to say: "Not only is it unrealistic to build blunderbuss towers around the coast of the North Sea, but it is also impossible to garrison troops around the entire coast, because it is useless if the number of garrisons is small, but if the number of garrisons is large, I will greatly increase the number of garrisons." Qing's military strength becomes stretched, resulting in emptiness in other directions."

In this way, the surprise attack directly became a strong attack, and the conspiracy became an overt conspiracy.

From this point of view, before the decisive battle with the Ming army, it is necessary to establish another prestige.

"As long as the blunderbuss repaired can withstand the first attack of the Ming army, time will be gained."

Guan Yu also built beacon towers all over the north bank of the Yangtze River to guard against the army of Soochow.

Otherwise, if people's hearts are confused, there is no need to fight at all.

"Fix the Beacon Tower?" Sony, Suksaha and other ministers looked at each other. In the popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu used this method to guard Jingzhou, but he left Maicheng in the end. It seemed useless.

Hearing this, Sonny, Zhan Dai and other ministers suddenly became unhappy again, and said, "It's a confrontation again. It's a bird feather. Our Qing soldiers have always advocated offense. Why do we fight defensively?"

"That's right, landing at multiple locations at the same time, how many places can Jiannu's 24 paces hold?"

Another scholar remonstrated: "The coastline of the North Sea stretches for thousands of miles, and the section from Yanshan to Changli is more than [-] miles. There is more than one place suitable for landing? We can choose several more places." , log in at the same time!"

Hong Chengchou's overall strategy is based on keeping the word, resisting the first wave, forming a stalemate, and then waiting for the opportunity.

Having said this, Yan Yingyuan pointed to the sand table and said: "In view of this, I will station [-] cavalry and [-] infantry in Cangzhou, Tianjin, Liangcheng, and Luanzhou respectively, so that I can ensure that there will be at least one soldier after receiving the warning. A force of [-] cavalry arrived at the landing point of the Ming army before the Ming army landed, and [-] infantry would arrive within two hours."

"At least we can warn in advance." Hong Chengchou said, "Once the Ming army's navy is found, the Qing Dynasty can mobilize troops in time to stop the Ming army before they come ashore, and rush to repair the blunderbuss platform."

Hearing this, Xu Yingwei's face became even more embarrassed, and Chongzhen's face was also not very good-looking, because this meant that the Ming army had to fight a beach landing battle at the Chaohe Estuary before going ashore.

To make matters worse, Jianu can also continue to repair the gun platform in the rear.

Xu Yingwei was a little confused, and Chongzhen was also speechless.

After a pause, he went on to say: "And it is useless to build blunderbuss platforms on the coastline of Beihai. The Ming army only needs to break through one of the points, and the entire defense line collapses in an instant, unlike the blunderbuss platforms along the Grand Canal and Weihe River. The Ming army broke through the defensive turrets in front of them, and there are countless defensive turrets waiting for them in the rear."

"Brother Boheng, you have stationed 6 troops in Luanzhou, Cangzhou, Tianjin, and Liangcheng respectively, and the total is 24. Jiannu has so many troops? Don't count on practicing bravery."

"Destroy the Nanming army in one battle, and determine the world in one battle, isn't it good?"

Recalling that he asked the scholars to keep it secret just now, Chongzhen felt a little ridiculous.

"Since it is a conspiracy, then attack by force!" Xu Yingwei said in a deep voice, "Even if Jiannu knows our army's movements in advance, even if Jiannu adjusts the deployment of troops in advance, even if we push forward inch by inch, our army still has a lot of strength. Chance to recover the capital."

Dorgon also questioned: "Heng Jiu, can repairing the Beacon Tower be useful?"

Soon, the Ma Bu army from Cangzhou, Liangcheng and Luancheng were all moved over.

Because Xu Yingwei's tactical concept is based on rushing into Sanhe County with lightning speed before Jiannu has time to react. It can move to Beijing within three months, and then it will be a decisive battle to attack Beijing.

Jiang Tianyi immediately took a few scholars and began to move the war chess.

After a long while, Xu Yingwei said: "Even so, our army still chooses to land at the mouth of the Chaohe River."

Yan Yingyuan said: "At most two days, the horse-buried army stationed in Cangzhou and other places can arrive. By then, the slave-building army gathered along the Chaohe River will exceed 20, and a sufficient number of guns will be built with the army's coat. After the construction of the front-line gun towers, more gun towers will continue to be built in the rear.”

While Yan Yingyuan was speaking, the scholars placed a large number of gun platform models along the Chaohe River.

But Xu Yingwei smiled: "Since it is a conspiracy, since it is a strong attack, there is no need to advance along the Chaohe River. The reason why we marched along the Chaohe River before was just to take advantage of the convenience of water transportation in order to achieve the fastest speed." But now the Chaohe River has been blocked and the convenience of water transportation has been lost, so there is no need to move forward along the Chaohe River."

After finishing speaking, Xu Yingwei took a long wooden pole and swiped vigorously on the sand table.

I don't want to take the Chaohe River anymore, I'll take the overland route!
(End of this chapter)