On the evening of August 14, the 14th year of Chongzhen, in the Qing army's tent.

Duduo slapped his thigh and cursed angrily: "I have been in battle with my father Khan since I was twelve years old, and I have never seen such a shameless person. I only know how to huddle behind a cart and fire cannons, and then come out openly and openly."

Let’s fight on the ground! Wait for tomorrow, find a set of women’s clothes and send them to Mingguo, humiliate them, and force them to come out of the turtle shell.”

Everyone else in the big tent chose to ignore Duduo's words. In war, everyone shows off their abilities, strategies, and tactics, and there is no distinction between good and evil. As long as they are effective, all means can be used, and the enemy does not necessarily have to follow the instructions.

Fight as you wish. But having said that, the Qing army was indeed quite frustrated during today's daytime battle.

Today's Qing army is preparing for a battle with the Runing army. A "battle", as the name suggests, means that the two sides of the war set up their battle formations like a conference, and you and I use each move to show off their moves, and they meet openly and openly.

Gaoxia. But I didn’t expect that Runingjun would put on another weird “performance”.

If the Runing Army was afraid of fighting and huddled in the camp, that would be fine. But the Runing Army came out of camp to fight. However, the Runing Army's troops did not spread out at all. They deployed the left center in front of the troops.

The three carts and barrel formations on the right, surrounded by large carts, covered the group troops following behind and charged towards the center of the Qing army's formation.

For this kind of huddled troops, the Qing army did not have no way to deal with it. After all, the Ming army often used such tactics in the past. To open such an iron barrel formation, there are only two methods, far and near: one is to use artillery to tear it apart

To defend the Iron Bucket Formation, the troops then enter to fight; the second is to use infantry to fight in close combat, capture and burn the carts that serve as the "wall" of the Iron Bucket Formation, and then the troops enter to fight.

However, when the Qing army engaged in the battle, they found that these two methods were ineffective. The Qing army's artillery fire did destroy several large vehicles at the beginning, but it was immediately covered by the Runing army's artillery which had an absolute advantage.

In terms of range, rate of fire, quantity, and power, the artillery of the Qing army was absolutely at a disadvantage, so this artillery battle was a complete failure from the beginning.

Then the Qing army used the oar car as a cover to allow the infantry to approach and attack. However, they were still "named" by the Runing army's artillery. Coupled with the supplementary firepower of muskets and rockets, the Qing army's infantry could not get close to you at all.

How can we attack Ning Jun's cart?

The Runing army used firearms to defeat the Qing army, which was unable to do anything. And the Qing army really understood the truth: if you fall behind, you will be beaten.

The annoying thing is yet to come. The three large carts and barrel formations of the Runing Army charged forward for nearly five miles. After entering the middle of the Qing Army, they stopped moving. Instead, they formed a circle around the carts.

, formed a wall of vehicles. They set up camp on the spot. It seemed to be provoking the Qing army: "You come to fight me? You come to fight me? Do you dare to come?"

Of course, the generals of the Qing army were not stupid, and they would not be dazzled by the provocation of the Runing army and engage in a tough battle with huge casualties. However, such contempt for the Qing army made the generals of the Qing army angry.

Half dead.

That's why Duduo came up with the bad idea of ​​giving women clothes. Maybe he had read too much "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and couldn't even distinguish between the fiction and reality in the novel. But this also shows that Duduo's mind has indeed been confused by anger.

"Since Ming Gou is shrinking, let's shrink too. We will huddle in the camp and block their return. I don't believe it. We captured Beacon Mountain and all Ming Gou's food and grass were lost. Who can use it?"

Who are you passing?" Hauge shouted loudly, and then he asked Jierhalang who was sitting next to him: "Prince Zheng! Do you think so?"

Jierhalang has always been a cautious person, and he is not very willing to express his opinions. But at this critical moment of the Qing army's battle, he still has to remind: "According to what the captured prisoners said, the Ming army in Songshan

The army does not have much food in stock, only enough for the whole army for three or four days. But the Ming army on the opposite side has been here from Songshan for nearly ten days. Do they seem to be short of food? And it is still two days away from Ningyuan City.

It's more than a hundred miles away, and today this Ming army has only advanced five miles. They look unhurried, so they probably still have some food left in their hands!"

"And I also heard that the Ming general on the opposite side is Commander-in-Chief Runing Wu Shigong, who fought equally with Prince Rui in Hejian. He will never be ignorant of military affairs, at least he will not do stupid things like fighting without food. I have also

We interrogated the prisoners for this reason, and they all said: As soon as General Wu arrived in Liaodong, he purchased grain from outside and stored a large amount of grain in the army. Therefore, if we want to maintain a long-term stalemate, we need to consider the long term."

"So what Prince Zheng means is that the Ming Dog opposite is not short of food?" Hauge asked again.

Jierhalang nodded and said: "My slaves also discovered that along the way, all the dead horses had their flesh cut off, leaving only a skeleton." Jierhalang also finished his words.

At this point, the meaning he wanted to express was clear enough.

Duduo on the side was counting with his fingers, and suddenly he shouted to Jierhalang: "Five miles a day, more than two hundred miles, plus the time of fighting with us, is it possible that this Minggu army still has a way to go?"

There are three or four months of food reserves? Prince Zheng is not an alarmist, right?"

Duduo's words were rude, but what he said made sense. Based on the number of Runing army carts, there definitely wasn't so much food in stock. So Duduo expressed doubts about Jierhalang's judgment.

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Jierhalang seemed to turn a deaf ear to Duduo's questioning. He lowered his head and said nothing. He did not want to quarrel with Duoduo, because the answer was obvious. Although this place is still more than two hundred miles away from Ningyuan City,

However, it is impossible for the Qing army to intercept and fight three or forty miles away from Ningyuan City. Otherwise, if the two armies stalemate under Ningyuan City and the Ming army in the city comes out of the city to make a surprise attack, the Qing army will immediately face a situation of being attacked from both sides. Therefore.

The food reserves required by the Runing Army are not that large.

All the Qing army generals in the tent were veterans of the battlefield, and they all understood this truth. In fact, Duduo also understood very well that he had a bad mouth and liked to pick on those who were weak.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the tent was a little stiff, Obai immediately changed the topic: "Masters! I have a few words to say. I really don't know how much food the Ming Gou opposite has, but I estimate that it will last for a month.

There is no problem. And now our Qing Dynasty's troops are also very tight. We need to watch Jinzhou and Songshan, and we must be prepared for Minggu from Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan to come out to rescue, so there are not many troops that can be used here.
Chapter completed!