: Kill Jiannu’s confidence

Xia Village, Jiannu Daying.

The seven thousand iron cavalry with the four flags of Zhenghong, the red, the blue, and the blue are ready to go. The nobles of the Eight Banners such as Ajige, Abatai, and Sahalian have also gathered in Dorgon's headquarters, waiting for Dorgon to order an attack. Dorgon's expression was solemn, and he was walking back and forth in the headquarters. He was waiting, waiting for the horse to send back the news.

Just when the news was heard back by probing the horse, the Ming army had already begun to cross the river, Dorgon would attack without hesitation with the Eight Banners Cavalry.

"Report..."

Under the dark night sky, a Jiannu stalked his horse and ran to the ground. The servant fell to his knees, "Master, Shagou gathered urgently."

Dorgon suddenly stopped and turned around and shouted, "Tell me."

The explorer said, "Master, the Ming army is filling the river."

"Fill the river?"

Ajige, Sahalian and other Jiannu nobles looked at each other, and Dorgon also changed his expression slightly and asked in a deep voice: "Fill the river? Isn't the Ming army afraid that the accumulated river water will overflow or collapse the river embankment?"

The Exploser said: "Report to the master, the Ming army dug a hole on the river embankment at the east end of Shagouji Town, and the Shagou River was diverted."

"Awesome!" Dorgon was stunned when he heard this, and then he said, "I didn't expect that Wang Pu could come up with such a way."

After saying this, Dorgon asked again: "Has the Ming army crossed the Shagou River?"

"No." The explorer shook his head, "all the Ming army was stationed on the same bank of the sand gorge."

"Ah? Didn't the Ming army cross the river?"

"What should I do? Who will we go to attack if the Ming army did not cross the river?"

"The Warriors waited for the middle of the night, but they didn't expect this to be the result."

Ajige, Abatai and other Jiannu nobles were disappointed when they heard this. If the Ming army had not crossed the river, Dorgon's plan of raid would have been miscarried.

"It seems that the Ming army will not cross the river before the river is filled." Dorgon pondered for a moment and ordered the Jiannu nobles in the tent to say, "In this way, the raid plan tonight will be cancelled, so that the warriors of Zhenghong, Zhenghong, Zhenglan and Blue flags will be released and rested first."

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The Jiannu nobles agreed and took the order.

When Dorgon and himself were left in the headquarters, Ajige stepped forward and asked quietly, "Old Fourteen, let it go?"

"Of course not." Dorgon said coldly, "But since the Ming army is filling the river, it is impossible for them to fill it out at least until tomorrow is dark, so the raid time must be postponed, and it is impossible to launch a sudden attack in the darkness of the night. This will turn into a head-on confrontation."

Ajige said in a voice: "Headily confrontation? Will Wang Pu let his artillery team unfold on the south bank?"

Dorgon shook his head and said, "As long as the timing is well grasped, the artillery team of the Ming army will be difficult to come in handy. And even if it is a head-on confrontation, the Qing army cannot miss this opportunity. However, the plan needs to be made a little change. The twelfth brother, immediately send a fast horse and ordered Boluo to lead the two cavalry of Chahar and Khalkha to Hanzhuang to meet with Prince Tushetu."

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Azig also took the order.

Watching Ajige's figure go away, Dorgon looked up at the sky and murmured to himself: "Wang Pu, Wang Pu, do you still have the courage to cross Shagou River north tomorrow? If you don't dare to cross Hegou, then Shagouji will be your burial place!"

Hanzhuang, the head of the Tartars.

After a night passed, Prince Tu Xietu was lying on the marching couch and sleeping sounded from time to time. Suddenly, the sound of rapid footsteps sounded outside the pedestal. Prince Tu Xietu quickly turned over and sat up and reached to grab the sword beside the couch. A figure flashed, and the captain of the attendant ran in panic and said in a trembling voice: "Prince, it's not good."

Prince Tu Xietu was shocked and said in a lost voice: "Have the Ming army come here?"

"No." The captain of the attendant shook his head, "The Ming army did not come here, but..."

"But what?" Prince Tuxettu frowned, "Tell me quickly!"

The captain of the attendant said tremblingly: "Prince, your fire fox is sick."

"Is the Firefox sick?" Prince Tuxetu said furiously when he heard this, "What are you doing?"

"I don't know." The captain of the attendant said bitterly, "I was fine last night. I only found that the firefox was sick when the groom went to feed the grass this morning. I didn't eat the grass but only drank water. I felt sweat all over and had a blow. Later, the witch doctor also came to see me and said that it was because of the dew frost that had damaged my stomach. The slave also heard that many war horses had suffered the same disease last night."

"The devilish grass of Lushuang?" Prince Tu Xietu said furiously, "Idiot! Go and check immediately, which idiot prepared horse materials yesterday, cut this idiot!"

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The captain of the attendant took the order and went there.

When Prince Tushetu was still angry, another servant came in and reported, "Prince, Master Beile, Prince Khalkha and Prince Chahar have arrived outside the village."

"Hmm? Is Mr. Beile here?" Prince Tuxetu was startled and said hurriedly, "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and gather the guards and I to go outside the village to greet him."

Shagou gathered, Wang Pu carried out his tent.

Just after noon, Zheng Chenggong, who was sweating heavily, entered the tent with dirty mud, saluted Wang Pubo, and said proudly: "Marty, the Shagou River has been filled, and the baggage team and artillery team can cross the river smoothly."

"Oh?" Wang Pu took out his pocket watch and looked at it, praising, "Zheng Chenggong, your third battalion is very efficient, six hours ahead of the original time."

Zheng Chenggong said: "This is all the contribution of the brothers. I dare not take credit for my humble position."

"It's very good, it's rare to take credit without being arrogant." Wang Pu nodded happily, then turned around and ordered Lu Liudao, "Play the assembly call, the whole army gathers, and prepare to cross the river."

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Lu Liu took the order and left.

After a while, the sound of assembled calls sounded in the Central Army camp. The soldiers of the Central Army who heard the assembled calls rushed out of the marching tent and prepared their luggage nervously and orderly.

The Central Army camp soon began to get busy.

At this time, the Central Army had a complete set of marching equipment for individual soldiers, which was already quite complete, and there was a significant difference between them and the Jiannu and the Tartar soldiers. The Jiannu and the Tartar soldiers were still the same, and the things they brought were messy, including tents, blankets, fur, etc., and even cheese and soybeans carried by privately. However, the soldiers of the Central Army carried uniform mattresses and dry food, and the supplies camp also carried uniformly.

The baggage soldiers who had just fought for a whole night and half a day had not had time to wash away the sludge on their bodies, and they had no time to rest, so they began to nervously dismantle the marching tents, then packed them on the baggage truck. The artillery soldiers were busy unloading the cannon coats covered by the cannons, loading the cart, and then putting mules on the cannon truck.

Only the infantry in the Musket Battalion is the most leisurely. They only need to make the marching patch they carry with them and there is nothing to do, but this is impossible. The Musket Battalion is the absolute main force of the Central Army. They must maintain sufficient physical strength to deal with emergencies that may occur at any time.

The baggage troops are only auxiliary troops in the Central Army, and the so-called auxiliary troops are actually cool forces.

In less than half an hour, nearly 20,000 troops, thousands of large and large supplies and hundreds of artillery vehicles had already assembled. They lined up in the open space outside Shagouji Town. The staff of the commander had already arranged the order of crossing the river. All officers above the commander of each musket battalion, the baggage battalion, and the artillery battalion had already clarified the order of crossing the river.

When Wang Pu was about to order to cross the river, Liu Qingyan and Liu Rushi suddenly came together.

"Marquis." Liu Qingyan said in a narrow voice, "Justice just now, the scouts reported that thousands of Jiannu and more than 50,000 Taurus cavalry who were still south of Taizhuang suddenly accelerated their marching speed. They arrived in Hanzhuang this morning and met with the thousands of Taurus cavalry stationed in Hanzhuang. Now we are less than twenty miles away."

"And," Liu Rushi continued, "The main force of Jiannu in Xia Village has also been moving. About 20,000 Jiannu Iron Cavalry has headed south along the right bank of the canal. It seems that they are coming for us."

"Hmph." Wang Pu sneered, "This is really blocking the front and pursuing soldiers behind. Dorgon's use of troops is quite a bit like Jiang."

"Mr. Jiang?" Liu Qingyan, Liu Rushi said in surprise, "Who is Mr. Jiang?"

"Uh..." Wang Pu was stunned for a moment and quickly said nonsense, "This Jiang is a very powerful super warlord in the West. He has great ability. Unfortunately, his luck is too bad. Because he met an opponent who was even more powerful than him, he could only sigh to the sky, 'I have a life of Yu, He Shengliang'."

Liu Rushi nodded softly and said in a calm voice: "Marty, Dorgon's intentions are extremely sinister. He obviously read Sun Tzu's Art of War. He wanted to attack halfway."

"Strike in half the crossing!?" Wang Pu said coldly, "Sun Tsun's Art of War is the supreme treasure of our Han people. How could Dorgon, a savage Tungus, understand? Since Dorgon wants to take advantage of our army's half the crossing, I will fulfill his promise and use a battalion of troops to fight a dignified decisive battle with Jiannu's Eight Banners Cavalry on the north bank of Shagou River!"

"Marquis?" Liu Rushi hurriedly advised, "After all, Jiannu's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry is different from the Tartar cavalry. Isn't it too risky to use only one musket camp to fight the nearly 10,000 Eight Banners Iron Cavalry?"

"Adventure?" Wang Pu said, "Do you really think the so-called "Eight Banners Iron Cavalry" of Jiannu is so amazing?"

"This..." Liu Rushi said, "at least it should be stronger than the Tartar cavalry."

"That's of course." Wang Pu said, "In terms of strength, two thousand Jiannu Iron Cavalry can only fight for five thousand Taurus cavalry at most, but on the battlefield, two thousand Jiannu Iron Cavalry can defeat at least two thousand Taurus cavalry. So, do you know why this is?"

Liu Rushi thought about it and replied: "Because Jiannu has a more complete organization and richer experience."

Wang Pu said: "You are right, but you didn't say it to the point."

"Oh?" Liu Rushi said happily, "I hope the marquis will give you advice."

Wang Pu said: "The main reason why two thousand Jiannu Iron Cavalry can defeat 20,000 Tartar cavalry is the 'maintenance' of Jiannu Iron Cavalry in the hearts of the Tartar cavalry."

"Accumulate?" Liu Rushi said in a daze, "What is 'accumulating power'?"

Wang Pu said: "The so-called accumulation of power is the reputation accumulated by an army in the years of war with another army! Because the Jiannu Iron Cavalry wins more and loses less in the battle with the Tatar cavalry, over time, the Tatar cavalry will submit psychologically to the Jiannu Iron Cavalry. Once they meet the Jiannu Iron Cavalry, the Tatar cavalry has great strength but can only exert 50%!"

"I understand." Liu Rushi said suddenly, "The Marquis said..."

"You're right." Wang Pu said, "When the Tartar cavalry faced against the Jiannu Iron Cavalry, ten percent of the combat power could only be exerted 50%. By the same token, when the Jiannu Iron Cavalry faced against our Central Army, ten percent of the combat power could only be exerted 50%! Because in all previous wars, our Central Army had never been defeated, and Jiannu... had never won!"

"Yes." Liu Rushi clenched his pink fists and said in a calm voice, "In other words, Jiannu has been scared by my Central Army."

Wang Pu smiled slightly and continued, "Dorgon has always allowed the Tartar cavalry to act as cannon fodder, but Jiannu's most elite Eight Banners Cavalry tried to avoid direct confrontation with the Central Army. But this time, Dorgon disagreed with the normal behavior and dispatched nearly 10,000 Eight Banners Cavalry to try to attack our Central Army halfway. Do you know Dorgon's real intention of doing this?"

Liu Rushi responded with a little thought: "Dorgon wanted to take this opportunity to reverse the embarrassing fact that the Jiannu army was defeated in the Central Army. Dorgon urgently needed a victory to boost morale so that Jiannu no longer had a psychological disadvantage when facing our Central Army. Marquis, is what I said right?"

"It's totally correct." Wang Pu smiled slightly and continued, "But Dorgon was still too anxious. If he had kept hiding the so-called Eight Banners Iron Cavalry and didn't show it out, then his men would have at least one army that could fight against our Central Army. Now he can't wait to reveal the last little family background, then he will have no secret. Today, I will destroy the last bit of Jiannu's confidence!"

Ten miles north of Shagouji, Dorgon wore a "wild boar skin" with a voxel-white "wild boar skin" and a long white tassel on his head. He rode on a horse with pure white fur, and walked in front of the Jiannu cavalry with his might. Following Dorgon were the seven thousand Jiannu Iron Cavalry with four flags, including the four flags of Zhenghong, red, and blue, and 10,000 Iron Cavalry with the Zhengbai Banner.

As for the other two iron cavalry, the two flags of the yellow, the yellow and the white flags were followed by Duoduo and left outside Jining City.

[Wild boar skin: Wild boar skin originally refers to Nurhaci, because Nurhaci's Mandarin means "wild boar skin", Nurhaci's younger brother Shurhaci, Mandarin means "little wild boar skin". However, later, the meaning of wild boar skin gradually evolved, and began to refer to the armor and jackets worn by the Qing soldiers.]

"Report..." Amid the shrill sound of howl, a fast horse galloped from the wilderness ahead like a whirlwind. Before he could approach the horse's back, Goshha turned over and got off the horse and knelt down on the dust, gasping for breath, "Master, the barbarians of the Nanming have begun to cross the river."

"Oh?" Dorgon said happily, "Are the baggage team or the musket team crossing the river first?"

"Report to the master, it's the Musketee."

Dorgon waved his hand and said loudly: "Try again."

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Goshha responded with a loud promise, and turned over and galloped away.
Chapter completed!