Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 276 Ambush
But in terms of strength, all the troops in Datong combined are not as many as Li Jing alone.

Officials in other places did not take Li Jing's words seriously, but the generals in Desheng Wubao knew Li Jing's details.

After Cao Wenzhao came to Datong, he spent most of his time in these five castles. After Li Jing arrived here, these generals saw Cao Wenzhao's attitude towards Li Jing with their own eyes.

In terms of rank, Datong General Soldier is the first rank, and the participating generals are the third rank. It seems that the ranks are not much different, but in fact they are far apart.

The chief soldier is equivalent to the commander of the military region, and the most participating generals are the commanders of the fortresses. There is no comparison between participating generals and the chief soldier.

Most of the participating generals may not be able to survive the position of the chief soldier for a lifetime.

Normally speaking, the commander-in-chief is naturally domineering in front of the generals, but these generals saw that Cao Wenzhao was no different from his subordinates in front of Li Jing.

Cao Wenzhao's name is not known to many people in the Ming army. Cao Wenzhao has such an attitude towards Li Jing. How can these generals not be puzzled when they see it?
In addition, although Cao Wen is the chief soldier, the strength of the troops directly under him is only 3000. This is no secret, everyone knows.

But Cao Wenzhao brought more than 2 people to Datong this time. Where did these soldiers come from?

When these people inquired carefully, they were shocked. It turned out that these soldiers were all Li Jing's subordinates.

A participating general has [-] soldiers and horses, more than the general. What does Li Jing do?

Moreover, a participating general dares to have [-] soldiers, how can the emperor tolerate him?

A well-informed person was even more shocked after inquiring about it. This Li Jing actually relied on three points and was afraid of the emperor.

Knowing that Li Jing is so powerful, how could these generals dare to be careless and mistook Li Shenjiang for Li Zongbing.

Li Jing felt a little embarrassed that the generals at the same level were so respectful.

The so-called people respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. Li Jing believes that as long as these generals work hard in this Datong battle, they will not be allowed to suffer. Cao Wenzhao will reward the court in the future. Give credit.

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The next day, Hou Jin stationed at the [-]-mile outer line of Xuanda, and launched an attack on the Xuanda area in the name of Mingbian generals disturbing its territory, killing its people, and fleeing people.

Hearing that Houjin invaded China with such an excuse, Li Jing suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu. After thinking for a long time, he remembered that when the Japanese invaded China, they used similar excuses.

For a while, Li Jing had a lot of feelings. It seems that the shameless people all over the world use the same routine.

Later Jin and the Japanese invaders used the same tricks and similar tactics. Not long after the spread of the message, they captured Shangfang Fort and immediately attacked Xuanfu.

However, the Xuan Mansion was heavily defended, and Hou Jin bumped his nose into ashes under the city wall.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao from Datong set up an ambush with [-] infantry in Guantun Fort, and another [-] cavalry were placed on the north and south sides of Guantun Fort.

Houjin has always looked down upon Ming's army. In addition, Houjin's population is small, and Houjin's army seldom takes the lead in battle.Seeing that the Ming army took the initiative to attack, Hou Jin used a part of the Mongolian Eight Banners as the vanguard to fight the Ming army.

Cao Bianjiao has followed Cao Wenzhao in battle for many years, and has won the true biography of Cao Wenzhao. He used Cao Wenzhao's set of tactics to the fullest in battle.

After the troops were equipped with new weapons, their combat power was qualitatively improved. Seeing the Mongolian army approaching, Cao Bianjiao gave full play to his long-distance advantage. Before he could meet the enemy, he shot randomly and immediately knocked down hundreds of Mongolian troops.

When the Mongolian army was in a panic, Cao Bianjiao swung his army forward, slashed and killed the Mongolian army, and beat the Mongolian army to the ground.

The Ming army's performance exceeded Huang Taiji's expectations.

From Huang Taiji's point of view, the most capable troops of the Ming Dynasty were the Guanning Iron Cavalry, but this troop was small in number, only about [-] people, most of them were stationed in Shanhaiguan, and a small part was in the hands of Cao Wenzhao.

When did Ming come out with an army that could fight more than Guanning cavalry?
After carefully inquiring about the situation of this army, Huang Taiji decided to eat this army.

Huang Taiji thought: Daming would never have many troops with such combat effectiveness, maybe only these 3000 people.Otherwise, how could Daming allow himself to calm down Monan and unify the tribes of Mongolia?

To nip all dangers in the bud and not allow them to grow, Huang Taiji made a decision almost immediately.

Immediately, Huang Taiji quickly rectified his troops and mobilized one Jurchen Blue Banner, one Bordered White Flag, and one Bordered Red Flag as the main force, and the Eight Mongolian Banners and Three Banners as auxiliary, to attack Cao Bianjiao's troops.

When Cao Bianjiao saw the enemy took the bait, he made a little resistance and ordered the troops to retreat.

Normally speaking, it must be deceitful for the Ming army to retreat without showing signs of defeat. Huang Taiji is not a fool, how could he be easily fooled?

It's just that the terrain in the north of Datong is flat, and there are few places to ambush. Even if there is an ambush, the cavalry can escape from the ambush at any time in such an open and flat terrain.

After a little consideration, Huang Taiji ordered a pursuit.

In Huang Taiji's mind, as long as he can eat up this army, even a little damage is worth it.

But what Huang Taiji didn't expect was that it was for this reason that Li Jing and Cao Wenzhao implemented the strategy of luring the enemy.

During this period of time, Li Jing was studying Huang Taiji's character traits almost every day.

After Huang Taiji took over, following Burhachi's last wish, he was determined to annihilate Daming and replace him.

During this process, Huang Taiji first attacked North Korea and then Mongolia. His intention was nothing more than to cut off the wings of Ming Dynasty and reduce the threat of Ming Dynasty to himself.

In addition, before attacking Mongolia, Huang Taiji took advantage of Kong Youde's suggestion and raided Lushun when the main force of Huanglong, the general of Pidao, was not around.

Caught off guard, Huanglong was defeated in several battles, ran out of ammunition and food, and finally committed suicide.

After pulling out the thorn of Huanglong, Huang Taiji dared to devote the main force of the last gold to conquer Mongolia.

And during this period, Huang Taiji suppressed dissidents and consolidated his power. Through Huang Taiji's series of actions, Li Jing concluded that Huang Taiji must not allow any threats to him.Seeing that Ming Dynasty has such a strong army, it must be eliminated quickly.

It was based on this that Li Jing formulated this strategy to lure the enemy.

Cao Wenzhao took Li Jing's analysis and judgment seriously.

Cao Wenzhao has fought against the Eastern Captives for many years, and he knows these half-barbaric and half-civilized Jurchens very well.

The essential difference between the Donglu and the rogues is that the Donglu has strategic goals, but the rogues do not, so fighting the rogues can be said to be both easy and not easy.

It's easy to say because the rogue bandits don't have a goal, so they won't concentrate on fighting for the goal, and their combat effectiveness is naturally much worse. As long as the officers and soldiers are of similar strength, they can defeat them.

It is not easy to say because they have no goal, and without a goal, they naturally have no destination. They move around all day long, and the officers and soldiers have no idea where they are going, so they have to chase and intercept them everywhere, which causes the troops to disperse. The opportunity to live will be eaten.

And Donglu has a strategic goal, and everything he does is to achieve this goal.

The sudden appearance of a good fighting division in Ming Dynasty will naturally hinder them from achieving this goal. Therefore, if this troop is used to lure the enemy, Donglu will definitely be fooled.

In fact, when the two armies confront the enemy, everyone is using strategies, and the methods are similar. The key is to see how the strategies are implemented.

The so-called adapting measures to the enemy is to analyze the enemy's weaknesses and then target the enemy's weaknesses.

Cao Wenzhao had never seen what tactics Li Jing practiced before, but now it seems that Li Jing's tactical awareness is definitely not inferior to his.

However, Cao Wenzhao also knew that Li Jing was better at formulating strategies, and he would definitely not think too much about the details of tactics in the future. This time in Datong, it is likely that Li Jing will formulate tactics himself for the last time.

Before the younger generation of Ji Shijun had grown up, the implementation of tactics basically fell on Gao Qi and him.

And he is in command of the cavalry, and he will basically command the combat in the plains.

Cao Wenzhao didn't think about being able to lead troops to attack Japan in the future, nor did he think about having the opportunity to attack Annan, Luzon and other countries. As long as he was allowed to conquer Mongolia and Donglu, he would be satisfied.

But to have this opportunity, you must perform well now.

Therefore, he handed over the task of luring the enemy to his nephew.

It's not that Cao Wenzhao doesn't trust others, but that Cao Bianjiao is the most stable among the main military officers in the cavalry division.

In addition to Cao Wenzhao, the cavalry division also has four military officers, namely Cao Bianjiao, Ma Ke, Sun Hutou and Li Dingguo.

If it is to train Li Jingyizi, this important task should be handed over to Sun Hutou or Li Dingguo, because these two people will definitely be the successors of the cavalry division in the future.

However, this battle is not only about tactical implementation, but also a strategic goal, which is to control the scale of killing the enemy.

Sun Hutou was young and energetic, if he was asked to lure the enemy, the kid couldn't resist not performing the task of luring the enemy at all, and would directly start a fight with Hou Jin.

If Sun Hutou scares the Donglu away without reaching the number of people eliminated, then this tactic will lose its value. If he fights too hard, it will violate Li Jing's strategic intentions, so Sun Hutou will be directly eliminated by Cao Wenzhao outer.

If Sun Hutou was not sent, Li Dingguo would not be able to be sent there naturally.

If Sun Hutou hated himself, then he would have no good fruit in the future.

At Cao Wenzhao's position, it is not easy to think about the problem, and it takes a long time to think about it for just one person.

Cao Bianjiao did not live up to Cao Wenzhao's expectations, first he gave Donglu a disarm, and after seeing Donglu's attention was attracted by him, he quickly rushed to Guantunbao.

Guantunbao is [-] miles east of Deshengbao. To the east is Yanggao, then Tianzhen, Huai'an, and then Xuanfu, which is exactly the direction of the Great Wall. node.

The ambush was chosen in Guantunbao, one is that the terrain is favorable, and the other is that its location will not arouse the suspicion of the Hou Jin army.

In an important town like Deshengbao, when the two armies are at war, unless they win, they will never open and close their doors lightly.

Because once the closed gate is opened, the enemy army is likely to follow the defeated army through the gate and enter the city.

Only fleeing to Xuanfu via Guantunpu is the normal escape route, because this area is mountainous and there are passes of the Great Wall. Go to the Great Wall, or to Xuanfu, or to Datong.

It can be said that Li Jing chose this direction for the ambush after careful consideration.

Demonstrating with a strong army, attracting the enemy to pursue, and then ambushing on the normal escape route can make Hou Jin not suspicious.

(End of this chapter)