Before the army moved, food and grass came first.

No matter how powerful Zhu Cilang's Ming army is, no matter how powerful he is, he has to eat.

Eighty thousand Ming troops headed north and needed to carry a large amount of food and supplies. What Dorgon had been waiting for was Zhu Cilang's food and grass camp.

What kind of retreat tactics and what kind of stay in the city are not moving. These are just Dorgon's tricks.

If Dorgon really wants to be so mediocre, it is not him. In terms of tactics and tactics, he is even better than Huang Taiji.

Dorgon knew very well that wanting to fight the Ming Dynasty head-on is tantamount to dying. So he could only find another way. He and Huang Taiji racked their brains and tried every means to deal with the Ming Dynasty.

In the end, they decided on this plan to cut off the Ming army's food and supplies and cut off their supplies.

Without food and grass, no matter how sharp the Ming munitions are, they will be useless. The Qing army could have relied on its mobility to burn food and grass.

Is Zhu Ciyang really that stupid? He put the grain camp in front of the enemy and allowed the enemy to come and go to freely burn the grain and grass?

If he is so stupid, what kind of soldiers Zhu Cilang will lead and fight?

I really can't blame Zhu Cilang or Ming army for this matter. It's just because Shengjing Chenyang is unique, Zhu Cilang occupied Liaoyang County, and the grain camp could only be placed behind Panjin and Yingkou.

It seems that these two places are as solid as a source of solid food and grass, and they can also continuously provide the necessary food and grass supply to the frontline soldiers. Because of Hong Chengchou's Jinzhou defense line, Dorgon could not get in at all.

In fact, everyone has forgotten. There is also a waterway, which is the fatal one.

That's right, Dorgon had been planning for so many years and was waiting for this day. No matter what, the Ming army did not expect that the target of their attack was food and grass.

How important is food and grass? Food and grass are the hearts of the people. Losing food and grass means losing the morale of the army.

For example, during the Battle of Songjin, the Ming Dynasty was weak, and Emperor Chongzhen could not fight. He forced Hong Chengchou to send troops, but at the beginning, Hong Chengchou could still stand with Huang Taiji. When the army learned that the food and grass were in a hurry, it was immediately defeated.

Also, those Ming army that pacified the bandits and pursued Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. When they learned that the food and grass were in a hurry, even the officers and soldiers rebelled. It was just because without food and grass, the army would have no combat power.

"Before the troops move, food and grass will go first." Moreover, the grain transport officers are burdened. Once the food and grass are lost or the food and grass is transported late, they will be severely punished. In fact, in history, many cases of defeat due to insufficient food and grass have occurred, such as the Battle of Changping in Qin and Zhao and the Battle of Hengwen Northern Expedition in the Pre-Qin.

Among the Three Kingdoms, the enemy's food and grass were burned out at every turn, resulting in great defeats everywhere. It was just because food and grass were too important.

With food and grass, you can provide guarantees, stabilize the morale of the army, and give the soldiers confidence to win.

It’s impossible for the soldiers ahead to fight to the death in blood and not even have a meal. Who can fight such a battle?

Due to transportation restrictions, in ancient times, marching and fighting usually led a large number of people, and both soldiers and animals needed food and grass. If the food and grass were sufficient, the soldiers would fight with peace of mind without any worries.

There was a record in Mengxi, a soldier who needed food to go to the battlefield, which required three farmers to provide, so four people needed food. There were also records in the historical materials of the Qing Dynasty that a team of 40,000 troops and horses needed 500,000 stones of food for ten months of fighting outside. At that time, a province could harvest about 300,000 yuan of food every year.

Forty thousand soldiers and horses, 500,000 stones of food and grass were needed. Dorgon asked North Korea to collect 300,000 stones of food and grass, which directly led to civil strife in North Korea.

Due to low productivity and transportation cost restrictions, the grain produced in a year in a province is often enough to consume less than 40,000 soldiers in less than a year.

Wars are never something that can be won in a short time. If it is a long war, the food and grass consumed will be astronomical.

If the war continues or exceeds the time, there may be a shortage of food and grass. If the food and grass are shortage, the soldiers will worry about food, their morale will be greatly damaged, resulting in a decline in combat effectiveness. If the soldiers are not full of food, let alone fighting. Therefore, food and grass are the physical strength of the soldiers, and enough food and grass can play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.

The disaster of the fall of the Ming Dynasty was because of wars. In a war, in addition to the front-line combat, the soldiers involved in the war also needed logistics and command camps. These all required food and physical strength.

In an army, in addition to combat personnel, some injured and sick, and later auxiliary personnel, they also need food supply. If the war time exceeds expectations, the combat strategy must be adjusted according to the grain reserve. If the food is insufficient, it will not only affect the combat effectiveness of the army, but also bear the burden on the people. When harvesting food in the autumn, it is necessary to ensure the cost of the army. People's lives are implicated by war, resulting in the soaring price of shortage materials, and the lives of the people will be even more difficult.

Whether it is Sun Tzu's 36 Strategies of the Art of War, or those of "Sun Bin's Art of War", "Wu Zi's Art of War", "Six Strategies", "Sima Law", "Wei Liaozi", etc., in the final analysis, food and grass play a key role.

Moreover, there seem to be only two most effective magic weapons to win wars throughout the ages. One is to capture the thief and first capture the king. Kill the enemy's chief general, and then the opponent will be defeated like sand. Then, the food and grass that have been tried and done.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, burning the enemy's food and grass is the best example.

During the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu intercepted the Qin army's food and grass in the corridor, causing the Qin army to disrupt its combat strategies and eventually defeat. In the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's food and grass were burned and prepared for war. Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan, but was unable to continue fighting due to food and grass issues.

Seeing Zhu Cixuan enter Liaoyang County with his army, the next step is to assemble the three armies and start to siege against Shengjing Shenyang. At this time, a cruel sneer appeared on the corner of Dorgon's mouth.

The flintlock rifle is indeed powerful. The decisive battle in the plains was the nemesis of the Qing cavalry. The Qing cavalry, who had always been invincible in the world, met on the battlefield, and the flintlock rifle could defeat the other side.

Because no matter how powerful the archers are, no matter how powerful the cavalry is, in front of the firearms that are like thunder and lightning, the flesh and blood are simply irresistible.

However, although the firearms of Shenji Camp are sharp, the range and accuracy of the flintlock rifle are preferred over the bow and arrow. However, when Shenji Camp uses muskets to attack the city, it is still not that easy.

It is impossible for all the Shenji Camp equipped with flintlock spears to conquer Shenyang Shengjing, the base camp of the Qing Dynasty, to conquer Shenyang, in a short time unless a large number of red cannons are mobilized.

First, use cannons to open the city wall, and then attack the city in one fell swoop.
Chapter completed!