"Your Highness," Shi Ruien thought for a moment, "according to experience in Europe, the mobility of well-trained infantry is no less than that of most cavalry. Because war horses are very delicate animals, they cannot be used excessively, and they are also

It requires good care. Therefore, a pure cavalry team will not move significantly faster than an excellent infantry team.

The 12 infantry teams you have are all very capable of marching. Their marching ability even exceeds that of the armies on the European battlefield. So I think you can completely rely on infantry to chase the Tatar cavalry!

Of course, the choice of battlefield is also very important. If you can compare your mobility with the Tatars in an area with crisscrossed water nets, I believe two legs can defeat four legs!"

Although this Shi Yangren has been fighting all his life, he has never encountered the prairie-style cavalry. All he has encountered are European-style cavalry. They use high-quality war horses carefully bred by humans. They are tall, agile, and strong, but they cannot bear hardships.

, and expensive.

Therefore, no cavalry in Europe, especially Western Europe, and Central European countries is willing to fight a mobile battle where the horse is running to death. And the countries in Western Europe and Central Europe are just a little bigger? How can they fight a mobile warfare where the horse is running to death?

In addition, forts are now being built all over Western and Central Europe. These forts, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, also greatly limit the mobility of the army.

Now that the Qing Dynasty controls the Mongolian grassland, it has a low-cost source of war horses, and the Mongolian horses are relatively hardy. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty is not afraid of consuming the lives of horses for sports.

However, it is a way to lead the Qing army to an area with crisscrossed water networks. The area with crisscrossed water networks is not a restricted area for cavalry, but it will still restrict the mobility of cavalry. Of course, the mobility of infantry will also be restricted. After all, no one can

Walk on water!

Behind the Wenhua Hall in the Imperial City of Nanjing, two new palaces, both large and small, were built, one is called Kenan Hall and the other is called Changchun Pavilion.

Among them, Changchun Pavilion is the residence of Zhu Cixiang, Ning Xiangyu, Fei Zhen'e, Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu. Compared with Dongnuan Pavilion where they originally lived, Xinuan Pavilion is much more spacious.

The Kenan Hall was where Zhu Cihong held meetings with officials from the Generalissimo's Mansion and the Ministry of War. The place where military affairs were handled was actually the central brain of the Ming Dynasty's navy and army!

Now that the all-out war between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty has begun, the focus of Zhu Cixiang, the prince of Fujun, has also shifted from government reform to military affairs.

In the center of the Kenan Hall, several long tables were put together to form a huge map table. On the table was spread a map covering the two provinces of Shandong and Henan, as well as the Jianghuai and Huaibei regions of South Zhili.

The huge topographic map included is one of a series of military maps produced by Zhu Cixiang under the orders of the Generalissimo's Mansion and the Ministry of War.

It doesn't look too accurate, but there is nothing better, so I can only make do with it. In addition to the map, the "staff officer" who serves in the Kenan Hall also makes do.

Although Zhu Cixiang created for himself a simplified version of the Military Order Guard of the General Staff Headquarters early on, where is the person under him who is qualified to serve as the Chief of the General Staff? How could people like Cao Youyi, Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfu, and Wu Guogui be qualified?

That is to say, Li Yan is a little stronger, but his strength is limited, so he can only make do, a few cobblers, who can compete with Zhuge Liang.

Today, when Zhu Cixiang returned to Kenan Hall after inspecting the campus, Li Yan and Wu Xiang had been waiting there for a while. When they saw Zhu Cixiang coming, they both stepped forward and saluted. Li Yan also held a stack of

Memorial.

Nowadays, all military-related memorials are in charge of the right squad of the General Secretary, and are first handed over to the Military Order Guard of the Generalissimo's Office. While government-related memorials are in charge of the left squad of the General Secretary, and are first submitted to the cabinet meeting.

Therefore, the memorials that Zhu Cihong sees now are all handed over by the military commander and the cabinet meeting. The advantage of this arrangement is that it greatly reduces the work burden of the prince Zhu Cihong. He does not have to bury himself in memorials that he will never finish every day. The disadvantage is that

Easily deceived.

However, he also has some ways to make his ears and eyes clear. He does not rely on Jin Yiwei, but sets up a consultation hall where each state and county will decide based on the amount of commercial taxes paid (there will still be land taxes after the five-year land tax exemption period expires).

The gentry and businessmen together recommended political officials who were stationed in Nanjing and worked in the Siguo Palace in Xiaoling. They were responsible for making suggestions, responding to problems, and could also impeach officials for the annual "Siguo Palace Discussion". These political officials were

The protagonist.

In addition, Zhu Cixiang also issued an edict not long ago, allowing Yingtian Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture, Guangzhou Prefecture and other six prefectures to try out private newspapers to open up avenues for public opinion. So Zhu Cixiang can also know through reading newspapers

situation in some places.

"Master Qiansui, I have just received a memorial jointly signed by Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi and Lu Fan." Li Yan handed a memorial to Zhu Cixang, "They want to build a fortress with earth bags, and then march forward step by step.

Force the Tatars of Doduo to death."

"Building a bastion with earthen bags makes your mind work very fast!" Zhu Cixi took the memorial and did not read it, but walked quickly to the map table.

There are already many wooden chess pieces on the map that symbolize the enemy and ourselves. They look like chess. On the surface, they are engraved with Chinese characters such as "fort", "tuan", "xie", "lian", and "". These are all Li's chess pieces.

The method Yan came up with is quite clear at a glance.

"Your Highness, they want to divide into three groups, advance to Liaocheng, advance to Anping Town, and advance to Qufu." Li Yan used a long wooden pole to move three chess pieces with the word "Fort" engraved on them, respectively.

From Jinan, Feicheng and Tai'an Prefecture on the map to Liaocheng, Anping Town and Qufu.

Wu Xiang added: "They want to build a fort twenty miles away and build the fort all the way across."

"Is it possible?" Zhu Cihong was also unsure. He looked at the two military strategists who were almost amateurs and asked them for their opinions.

"Your Highness," Li Yan said, "Judging from the situation in the Battle of Qufu, the Tartars have no way to break the bastion. However, the two bastions are 20 miles apart, and it seems that they cannot stop the Tartar troops."

Wu Xiang said: "You can't stop it, but once the three bastion lines are formed, it will be like three sharp knives thrust into it. Duduo will have to work hard for a while." He smiled, "This way Shandong's plate will be stable.

The southeast side is more stable."

"Really?" Zhu Cihong asked, "Old Taishan thinks Duduo is so easy to deal with?"

Wu Xiang smiled and said, "Why is Duduo so easy to deal with? It is clearly Qiansui Ye who is wise! Isn't this method of building a fortress with earthbags invented by Qian Sui Ye? If Hong Chengchou had this method back then, the Battle of Songjin might have been a success

Win!"

Really? Zhu Cixiang thought for a moment and felt that he was quite wise. He looked at Li Yan again and said, "Commander, if you were Duduo, what can you do?"

"This" Li Yan looked at the map, nodded suddenly and said, "I have an idea."

"Let's talk and listen."

Li Yan stretched out his wooden pole and pushed the chess piece with the word "" engraved on it from Shandong to Henan.

The Henan battlefield has now begun, it’s Huang Degong versus Hauge!

Of course Huang Degong couldn't beat Hauge, but Huang was not without any tricks.

He can also fortify the wall and clear the field!

Before Hauge launched his attack, he emptied Xu Dingguo's original base in Suizhou, burned it all, and retreated to Shangqiu. Relying on the Sui River and the Mashang River, he built fortifications to hold on.

Now is the flood season in summer. The water levels of the Sui River and the Mashang River (leading to the Guo River) are relatively high and are not easy to cross. Moreover, Huang Degong’s tribe still has some warships that can move on the three rivers (these three rivers are connected at this time).
Chapter completed!