Ajige glanced at Fan Wencheng and said, "Juyong Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if Tang Tong is not here, the garrison there can stop us."
Fan Wencheng smiled calmly: "If you conquer a city, you have a countermeasure. If you cannot conquer a city, you have a countermeasure."
"If they take him, we will pursue him. By then, Huang Degong will have Prince Yu (Duoduo) in front of him and Prince Rui (Dorgon) behind him. He will definitely be defeated!"
"If we can't take it, our army will line up outside the pass. There is only one way from Xuanfu to Beijing, Juyong Pass. Once our army surrounds Juyong Pass, it will be equivalent to cutting off Huang Degong's food supply."
"Without food and fodder, the Ming army will surely fall into chaos. Even if there is no chaos, we must find a way to open up the food supply route!"
"But the grain route is not so easy to attack. By then, there will be Prince Yu in the north and Prince Rui in the south. Huang Degong will be caught in the middle and will be in a dilemma."
"If his main force goes south, Prince Yu will take advantage of the situation to pursue him. If we don't send our main force south, the grain route will be blocked. Because our army has 20,000 people, I can't say if there are more, but it should be no problem to fight against 20,000 Ming troops!"
hiss--
Dorgon took a deep breath and was deeply impressed by Fan Wencheng's strategy.
Three strategies, each one makes sense.
The third one in particular was a perfect strategy. Under attack from both sides, no matter how good Huang Degong was at fighting, he could not avoid being annihilated.
But...something seems wrong.
Dorgon asked hurriedly, "Why did Mr. Fan say that the last strategy is risky, and very risky?"
Fan Wencheng sighed, pointed at the map and said, "Twenty miles southeast of Juyongguan is Changping Prefecture. If we want to cut off Huang Degong's food supply, there are two ways. One is to capture Changping Prefecture, then one part of the troops will be stationed in the city, and the other part will camp outside the city."
"The second option is to set up camp between Changping and Juyongguan."
"Both methods have their pros and cons. First, we may not be able to capture Changping. Second, if we camp between Changping and Juyongguan, our army will cut off its own food supply."
"If we cannot seize food from the people, Prince Rui will have no choice but to withdraw his troops."
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