Huang Degong said solemnly: "The Jiannu are not afraid of our surprise attack, but they are afraid that we will run away!"
"Run?" Huang Fei blinked his eyes: "I don't understand!"
"Huailaiwei is about ninety miles away from Juyongguan. If our army is defeated or retreats to Juyongguan without a fight, it will take a day and a half. The cavalry can catch up in just one day, so the Jiannu's move is to prevent our army from escaping."
Huang Fei turned around and looked towards the southeast direction of Juyong Pass!
The Ming army did not attack, and neither did the Jiannu.
After the cavalry of both sides confronted each other for half a day, they returned to their camps.
The camp had been set up at this time, and as night fell, torches were lit in the Ming army's central tent.
Everyone present was discussing battlefield strategies.
Unlike yesterday, the atmosphere today is particularly friendly.
Everyone stared at Bakeyong and listened to him explain how the Jiannu used their troops in Liaodong.
"In the early days of Nurhaci's rebellion, he attacked with tricks, traitors, or death squads."
"Take the Battle of Hunhe as an example. The Jiannu attacked Shenyang. Tong Zhongkui and Chen Ce rushed to rescue it, but the city was not captured. When they reached Hunhe, they were surrounded by the Jiannu."
"At that time, Tong Zhongkui and Chen Ce had only 3,000 soldiers, while the Jiannu had several times more people than them. Before the gunpowder ran out, the Jiannu suffered heavy casualties but could not even step on Tong Zhongkui! It was not until they ran out of gunpowder that the Jiannu defeated them with their dead soldiers and several times the number of soldiers. In the end, Tong Zhongkui and Chen Ce fought bravely, each killing more than ten Jiannu before dying in battle."
"After taking Shenyang, the Jiannu had a large number of artillery and their tactics changed."
"Oh? Please, General Ba, tell me in detail!" Huang Degong's deputy general Weng Zhiqi bowed.
Bak Yong felt a little embarrassed. The other party was a deputy general, yet he was so polite to him.
What he didn't know was that Weng Zhiqi was always so literary to everyone.
"In the third year of Tianqi, Nurhaci began to build a chariot camp for field battles! From the previous field battles where the dead soldiers were in the front, it became a battle relying on firearms and chariots. Nurhaci even stipulated that if you encounter an enemy without a shield chariot, you must not go into battle."
"During the reign of Huang Taiji (Huang Taiji), the Jiannu relied on firearms and chariots as much as our army did!"
Under everyone's puzzled eyes, Buck Yong's expression suddenly darkened.
He shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly: "Take the Battle of Daling River as an example. The Jiannu left wing launched an offensive. Our army set up camp with chariots and remained motionless. Firearms fired in unison, the sound shook the world, lead bullets were like hail, arrows were like rain, and the Jiannu left wing offensive was disintegrated."
"Huang Taiji (黃太吉), seeing that his attack was blocked, then ordered the artillery battalion to move forward. He used cannons and rockets to destroy our army's right wing chariot formation, and the Jiannu center army rushed in, and the left wing, which had been frustrated before, followed suit."
"Finally, the Jiannu lined up their shield chariots in front, with the guards, Mongolian soldiers and foot soldiers in the back. Then the soldiers in the camp pushed the chariots close to the enemy, and the cavalry fired arrows at them. In the end, our army was defeated."
Weng Zhiqi slapped his forehead and said, "That is to say, the Jiannu not only have the chariots and artillery that our army usually uses, but also have death squads that our army does not have, right?"
"That's about right. Don't forget, Nurhaci was the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard in his early days. He has copied most of our military tactics."
After listening to Bakyong's introduction, dark clouds began to gather in the hearts of everyone present.
The enthusiasm in these people's hearts is gone, replaced by doubt.
The Jiannu are so strong, can they defeat the enemy?
Eighty to ninety percent of the enemy is cavalry, with chariots, assassins, and artillery...
All armored...
Not only were their equipment inferior to the enemy's, but they also had fewer soldiers than the enemy.
Or... retreat!
Emotions seemed to be contagious, and the entire central military tent was suddenly filled with all kinds of cowardly emotions.
Huang Degong stood up with his hands behind his back: "Everyone, are you scared?"
"No!" Several deputy generals under Huang Degong stood up almost at the same time with a firm attitude.
Wang Yongji and Bak Yong stood up and said, "It is a taboo to be afraid of fighting in battle. Jingnan Bo does not need to worry too much."
Huang Degong smiled faintly: "I don't know if you are afraid or not, but I am indeed very afraid!"
"Ah?" Wang Yongji stared at Huang Degong in disbelief, frightened by his remarks.
Jingnan Bo, Huang Chuangzi, a favorite of Your Majesty, was sent by Your Majesty to fight a decisive battle with the Jiannu!
He... was actually scared!
What is going on?
Buck Yong was even more shocked. He stood there blankly, his brain working rapidly.
What does Huang Degong mean by this sentence?
Does he want to surrender?
No way!
Huang Degong might betray the imperial court, but he would never betray the current emperor!
Several deputy generals under Huang Degong had been paralyzed by the shock.
They couldn't believe that their coach would say such things, in front of so many people.
Just when everyone was thinking about it, Huang Degong said leisurely: "Everyone, what I am afraid of is not Duoduo, but failure!"
call...
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Fortunately, fortunately...no accident happened.
"So..." Huang Degong's expression became extremely serious: "My requirement is that we must win the first battle tomorrow! Only by winning can your majesty's plan be successfully implemented."
"Strategy? What strategy?" Wang Yongji raised his eyebrows.
Through the defense of the capital, he had a new respect for the Ming emperor, especially in the use of troops, which was either trickery or surprise attack.
Whatever mystery Huang Degong is causing now, there must be some huge conspiracy hidden behind it.
If things go wrong, Duoduo might suffer heavy losses or even be wiped out!
"You can only tell it if you win! And you can only use this strategy if you win!"
Seeing Huang Degong say this, others hesitated to ask more questions. After all, it involved the current emperor, and too much talk would lead to mistakes.
"So how should we fight tomorrow...?"
Huang Degong thought for a moment and said, "It is impossible to defeat Duoduo in one battle. He will not rashly launch a large-scale attack! But a small-scale test is meaningless to our army."
"So what this means is... tomorrow the entire army will line up and force the Jiannu into a decisive battle!"
......
As the generals left, the central military tent fell into a brief silence again.
"Your Excellency Lord Jingnan, I have relocated all the people in the city to Yanqing Prefecture, and I have come here to report!" Outside the military tent, Xu Wenpu stood in place and bowed.
"This is more than a thousand lives. Have you thought about it?"
"I've thought it through!" Xu Wenpu's eyes were extremely determined.
"Alas..." Huang Degong sighed, "I, Huang, admire your courage. There are some things I have to tell you in advance."
"There is no winner or loser in this battle. You cannot surrender. Anyone who dies in battle will be given 200 taels of silver as compensation, and their names will be engraved in the Martyrs' Shrine! The old and young women and children in their families will all be supported by the court until their death."
"This is a secret letter written by His Majesty himself. Please read it carefully!"
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