Nanming Engineer

Chapter 338 On the Importance of Battlefield Selection

The Kuizhou army couldn't hear the roar of the cannon fifty miles away, and naturally couldn't see the smoke and dust rising from the iron bullet hitting the wooden wall. Secretion rises sharply.

"My lord, the scouts reported that the Qing army that besieged Wang Yongqiang divided up thousands of people and rushed towards us. Tartar Rangers have appeared nearby. Ding Guodong is leading his cavalry to hunt. Look at our whereabouts. Come to Wu Sangui and already know." Li Tingyu's big beard has not been free for a while, and it has become more and more disheveled, burying his face deeply in the beard pile, and with the rough hair, the whole head looks like a black yarn Like a lump, his mouth opens and closes when he speaks, appearing and disappearing in the beard, so that others can know that he has a mouth: "Guan Ning's iron cavalry is famous all over the world, so you must guard against it!"

Wang Huan reined up his horse on the top of an earth slope and looked far into the distance. Among the loess hills as far as the eye could see, the Kuizhou Army's array was in an orderly manner. A pocket formation of more than [-] people was deployed in front of his eyes.

He was very satisfied and replied with a smile: "Guan Ning's cavalry is very powerful. In those days, the Liaodong General Soldiers spent a lot of money to feed a strong army. If they don't have any skills, it would be a waste. However, no matter what kind of person he is, he is still difficult today." Escape and lose."

After not seeing him for a while, Wang Huan's body jumped up again, his skin became darker, his figure became stronger, and his face became more angular. If Wang Huan, who just arrived at Shizhu a few years ago, still had a strong bookish air, So after time has passed, Wang Huan is now closer to a general.

Even the tone of his speech has become more decisive, and he really has the temperament of making a blockbuster if he doesn't sing.

Li Tingyu watched him grow up. Apart from being gratified, he was also awed by Wang Huan's arrogance. When talking to him, he didn't dare to call himself a senior anymore, and became a subordinate in a well-behaved manner.

"My lord, you are so heroic. The Guan Ning cavalry dare not even look down on Huang Taiji, but your lord does not take it lightly. Our Kuizhou Army has won this battle. From now on, except for the Bagala Guard Camp of the Jurchen Eight Banners, we will have no other enemies to fight against." !" Li Tingyu was infected by the tone of Wang Huan's words, and his mood became even higher. He laughed loudly and said: "There is no greater contribution than to help the building to collapse. The situation in the northwest was created by your own hands. It shocked the past and the present, and will never be found again in the world. If there is no second one, the group of important ministers in the court in the southeast are doing nothing. After seeing the great achievements of the Lord, I wonder if they will die of shame?"

Behind the two stood a lot of generals on horseback, including Li Dingguo, Zu Bian and others, they all laughed at the sound, mocking the incompetence of the court, and boasting of their might.

Wang Huan also laughed, and looked at Li Tingyu: "Why is General Li speaking politely now? And who did you learn how to flatter?"

Li Tingyu didn't even blush, and said without shame: "Old Li has been with your lord for so long, and of course he has some literary talent. As for flattery, old Li doesn't understand. He only knows to tell the truth, my lord, what is flattery?"

Seeing the bearded man pretending to be confused in public, Wang Huan couldn't laugh or cry, shook his head and pointed at him with a wry smile a few times.

Seeing Wang Huan like this, everyone behind him booed.

"The Kuizhou army is mighty!"

"Pingliang Bo is mighty!"

"The Kuizhou army is invincible and dominates the country!"

I don’t know who yelled at the last sentence, it tastes a bit wrong, but no one cares, everyone is a general, so why think so much.

But Wang Huan heard it, and he glanced in Li Dingguo's direction. The two exchanged glances in a tacit understanding, and then avoided each other.

Wang Huan turned his face hard, and said solemnly: "Invincibility is a lie. From ancient times to a hundred years later, no one can do it. Unless Wang Huan is a military god, Wang Huan is not talented. How dare he call himself. Fight against the enemy, if you can predict the enemy ahead and respond flexibly, you can be called a general, everyone, you should continue to work hard, and remember not to be complacent."

The generals restrained their smiles consciously, and nodded earnestly to be taught.

"Today we were able to reach this place in the middle of the pass, of course it was not due to luck. How many games we have arranged and how many things we have done in secret, Chen Xiang knows best, without these prior arrangements in secret, it would be very difficult for us to break through the Qinling Mountains. Not to mention other things, so, war is war, plan is plan, plan and then fight, it is for everyone." Wang Huan continued, he felt that there was a complacent mood in the army, which was very dangerous, and it was necessary to raise a question for the generals. Xing: "We have fought a lot of big and small battles before, and you all know that the reason why we can win by chance and take the lead everywhere is to choose the battlefield terrain that is beneficial to us is the most important thing."

He scanned everyone with sharp eyes, and continued in a stern tone: "Sichuan horses cannot be used as cavalry mounts, but can only be used as pack horses. This is well known, so we have no cavalry, only infantry. When an infantry army confronts an opponent with cavalry, there is no other way but to stand passively and be beaten. Therefore, in the past when fighting the enemy, I have chosen and chosen the battlefield again and again, trying my best to lure the enemy into the trap. It is to use the terrain to make up for the shortcomings of our army and eliminate the strengths of the enemy army. To put it bluntly, it is a last resort."

"So, we win more than we lose. The root cause is that we have a geographical advantage. Just imagine Ma Xintian defending Jianmen and fighting against Haoge's tens of thousands of elite troops. Not enough to watch, right?"

Everyone looked at Ma Xintian, the poker face nodded involuntarily, and there was a touch of red on his face, which seemed a little embarrassed.

"However, the Guanzhong Plain in front of us is an unobstructed plain, and the highest mountain is no more than a small hill like ours. There is no canyon for us to set up an ambush for us, and there is no danger for us to stick to it. There are no more passes that cannot be opened. Existence, everyone, this is the time to truly test the results of our training, the victories of the past are just clouds, and being able to confront the current elite cavalry on this terrain can prove whether our Kuizhou army is a real hero or a fake hero."

The words were very heavy, and they knew it by smelling it, all the generals became pensive, and felt a heavy pressure in their hearts.

"In our warrior battalion, there are three thousand-man infantry, one chariot, and one cavalry. The infantry is the majority, and the cavalry is very small. Compared with the Tartars, the number is too far behind. The cavalry is definitely not worthwhile. " Li Tingyu said carefully with his words: "No matter how brave our people are, if there is a huge disparity in numbers, they will easily be eaten by the opponent's charge."

"However, we have firearms that the Tartars have never seen before. If we deal properly with Uncle's new tactics, we will not be afraid of more cavalry." Li Dingguo stood up and said, he admired Wang Huan to the extreme, and the new distribution He couldn't put it down, and wanted to find an opponent to try it out.

"It's the Marquis." Zubian corrected him: "Did the camp manager forget? Wang Yingxiong accompanied the eunuch to declare the order before departure."

Li Dingguo slapped his forehead, annoyed: "Ah? Right, right, uncle, I forgot to change my words after talking about it for a long time."

On the eve of dispatching troops from Hanzhong, the will of Emperor Yongli was brought to the city of Hanzhong by the Zhongguan. Wang Yingxiong accompanied him and escorted a batch of grain and grass. Prince Shao Bao's title.

The 19-year-old Prince Shaobao was the only one in the Ming dynasty.

(End of this chapter)