Life in Film and Television: Starting from the Jinshui Bridge

Chapter 287
The Mongolian Khan Lindan Khan's power was disintegrated by the first battle of Huang Taiji, and he could only retreat to Guihua City with the remnants.

Huang Taiji also freed up his hands, preparing for a large-scale military operation to invade Daming.

At this time, Huang Taiji hadn't swallowed Daming's thoughts in one gulp, his purpose:

It is to rob a large number of goods from the Ming Dynasty, plunder a large number of artisans, and enrich the population problem of Houjin's stretched population.

The real population of Tartars in Houjin, together with the old and the weak, women and children, could be in the early [-]s. Huang Taiji came to power and launched the first change of the banner owners of the Eight Banners.

The owner of Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner is Huang Taiji himself, the owner of Zhenglan Banner is his son Haoge, the owner of Xianglan Banner is Jierhalang, the owner of Zhengbai Banner is Duoduo, and the owner of Xiangbai Banner is A The owner of Jige and Zhenghongqi is Daishan, and the owner of Xianghongqi is Yuetuo.

At this time, the regent, Dorgon, who was full of power in the Shunzhi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, was only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy.

Each of the Houjin Eight Banners has five Jiala Ezhen, and each Jiala Ezhen has five Niulu Ezhen under his command. Each Niulu has 300 soldiers, a total of 500 troops.

And the most important thing is that the soldiers of each banner are not all real Tartars. Among them are the surrendered Han Chinese, known as the coated slaves, and the surrendered Mongolian cavalry.

Its main combat force is divided into three parts:

Light and heavy infantry, light and heavy cavalry, and an equally large number of firearms troops.

There is nothing to say about the light infantry. They are the cannon fodder troops composed of the Han people with the most cotton armor. The light cavalry is the cavalry and archery troops composed of the Mongols. Elite, the Ming army's blunderbuss can't hurt them at all.

The heavy cavalry is mostly composed of warriors wearing three layers of armor.And there are no more than a few dozen to a hundred of such fierce soldiers in each banner.Even among the two cavalry of the most powerful Huang Taiji, there are only more than 200 people each.

The firearms unit was also composed of Han soldiers who were captured and enslaved.

That is to say, the post-gold army in this period is already a composite army composed of multiple services.

And the most important thing is that the predecessor of the Mongolian Eight Banners also appeared at this time, the so-called Left and Right Battalions, that is to say, in the October Operation launched by Huang Taiji, a total of ten troops were dispatched, with a total of more than 300 people and more than [-] cattle. record.

Liu Meng, who understands these histories, has a very clear purpose:
That is to use a small number of elite soldiers to fight guerrillas against the Houjin Tartars in accordance with Taizu's combat thinking.

Just keep in mind the sixteen-character policy:
The principle of the enemy advancing and retreating, the enemy stationing and we harassing, the enemy tired and attacking, and the enemy retreating and pursuing, can be beneficial to the invincible position.

You must know that when the Later Jin invaded the Ming Dynasty, they did not gather together to act.

All the Eight Banners went their own way, plundering people, livestock and property alone.

As for the operations of each banner, in addition to joining forces to attack the city, it is also divided into individual operations by each Niulu to plunder villages.

This gave Liu Meng every chance to annihilate, and at the least cost, eliminate Houjin's vital forces.

On this day, Liu Meng, who was training a thousand cavalry by the sea, received a report from a sentinel. Shang, Kong and Geng came to visit.

Upon receiving the news, Liu Meng's heart skipped a beat, secretly wondering if Huang Taiji had led his troops to bypass Ningyuan's line of defense and entered the hinterland of Daming?
Thinking about his thoughts, Liu Meng came to the simple pier to welcome the three of them.

When the ship docked, Shang, Kong, and Geng got off the boat together, and Kong Youde shouted loudly from a distance:

"Brother Liu, Hou Jin led troops into the pass..."

Before he finished speaking, Geng Zhongming grabbed him and shook his head to signal him not to talk here.

Although Kong Youde was reckless, he knew the priorities, and he knew that he was in a hurry, so he kept his mouth shut.

Of course Liu Meng understood that this was considered a major military matter, so naturally he had to go to the conference hall to discuss it.

No nonsense, after bowing hands to the three of them, he led the three of them back to the meeting hall in the barracks.

In the meeting hall, after there were no more idlers waiting, the mature and prudent Geng Zhongming said worriedly:

"Liu Qianhu, Huang Taiji led the Tenth Battalion with 10 horses, bypassed the Ningyuan defense line and entered the pass to threaten the capital. Yuan Chonghuan ordered Dongjiang Town to send troops to resist the Tartars... Brother Liu, what do you think?"

After listening to his words, Liu Meng understood what was going on?
It was nothing more than that the three of them were afraid of death, they dared not send troops and they were afraid that if they did not, they would be liquidated by the court afterwards. This was because they saw that their armor was sharp, and they planned to let them send troops to perfunctory Yuan Chonghuan, and even sent them to death.

Liu Meng naturally wanted to send troops, but he was not willing to leave the three of them to cause trouble for his rear.

Besides, if you don't call the three of them, how can you let the three of them know how powerful they are? Not only are they good at fighting, but they are also good at making money.

After thinking clearly, Liu Meng looked at the three of them and said solemnly:
"Three elder brothers, there is an order from the imperial court, so we can't do it without sending troops, but we can't be cannon fodder..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the impatient Kong Youde:

"It's impossible not to send troops, and it's impossible to send troops. Brother Liu, what else can you do?"

Liu Meng heard the words, looked at the three of them with a smile and said:

"Hehe! Brother Kong, don't worry, that's what I think... The troops will definitely be dispatched. I think the three brothers' personal guards have had enough to eat in the past few months..."

Hearing this, the faces of the three of them were all ugly and even a little embarrassed. Liu Meng naturally understood that this was the current situation of Daming.

The so-called personal guards are nothing more than the most reliable and powerful family soldiers under each general.

They are slaves and their own life-saving capital. Naturally, they must be fed first if they have food.

And these family soldiers, ranging from dozens to hundreds, not only have amazing combat power, but most of them are masters with strong infantry and cavalry.

Liu Meng's question naturally has a purpose, that is:

There are not many people but elites. All three of them brought their own elites and joined forces with them to sneak attack on the small army of Tartars.

Firstly, through actual battles, with destructive combat power, to deter and subdue the three of them;

Second, if you want the three people to be convinced, you have to let the three people see and get tangible benefits.

After all, if you want a horse to run, you need a horse to eat grass is an unbreakable truth.

Besides, Liu Meng not only wants the three of them to worship him, but also needs to let the three of them contribute in the back, so as to give some good looks to those gentry, aristocrats and traitors who eat human flesh and drink human blood for the rich and unkind!

Of course, this is the follow-up plan. Leaving aside for now, Liu Meng continued:

"This is how I think about it. I lead the thousand cavalry I personally trained. The three elder brothers each bring their own cavalry guards. The four of us join forces to find the single Tartar Niulu and wipe them out in one fell swoop. There was an explanation to the court.

Besides, don't forget the three brothers. . .The Tartars did not come to kill people, they came to plunder!Hehe, for the rest, the three elder brothers are all sensible people, so I don't need to say more, right? "

(End of this chapter)