"Is the little emperor preparing to drag the Mongols to the Central Plains?" Duduo asked the people around him in a low voice, and everyone nodded silently. Although no one laughed out loud, everyone had a beaming expression on their face.

Duduo turned his attention to Choerji. He was a Mongolian, Borzijit, and his father was Beileming'an of the Horqin Ulut tribe in Mongolia. In the battle of the nine coalition forces in the 21st year of Wanli, there was Choer

Ji's father Ming'an, who was one of the Nine Tribes at that time, was defeated miserably in the battle of the Nine Tribes Allied Forces, and later turned to Nurhaci, and even gave his daughter to Nurhaci as a side minister. This Ming'an was in Shunzhi

He died early in the year, leaving behind several sons who were all important figures in the Eight Banners Mongolia.

In the battle at Jieshi Mountain, Ming'an's sons bet on both sides. Chuoerji voted for Duduo, while Chuoerji's younger brother Namusenge followed Azig to play soy sauce.

Because of his first-class ability in waiting and speculating, Namusenge did not receive any punishment after the war. Instead, he was reused by Shunzhi and became the Minister of Internal Affairs and the commander of the Qixue camp.

Choerji followed Duduo and also held an important position. He was in charge of the Mongolian cavalry recruited from the three alliances of Eastern Mongolia, including the Zhelim League, the Zhaowuda League and the Xilin Gol League. After the battle at Jieshi Mountain, Duduo had already discovered

The Lancers were easy to use, so they began to expand the number of Lancers. The easiest way was to recruit warriors from the Three Eastern Mongolian Alliances for training.

Because he maintained certain contact with Namushenge and the Horqin tribe, Choerji knew the situation on the battlefield in Hetao very well.

Now seeing Duduo's eyes, he smiled and said: "As expected by the Emperor Taishu, the emperor saw the Mongolian cavalry gathered in Hetao and had the idea of ​​using them in the Central Plains. In addition, the battle in Hetao did not go well.

, so everyone at the top and bottom thought of diverting their troops to the Central Plains."

"Has the Battle of Hetao been fought?" Duduo was stunned.

He was also well-informed, but he had no idea that a war was taking place in Hetao.

"There is no big fight, just a small fight." Chuoerji said, "The Ming army cavalry in Shuofang Town learned the methods of our forward battalion, putting muskets and cavalry together, and they also knew how to ambush and use black guns, and they fought brilliantly.

The warriors of the Sotu League, Zhaowuda League, Xilingol League, Ulanqab League and the three Khans of Khalkha suffered heavy losses."

"Ambush? Shoot with a black gun?" Duduo frowned. A military strategist of his level, and having played musket cavalry for so long, of course he has realized that there are many ways to play with muskets and cavalry!

Moreover, he also deduced the gameplay of muskets and cavalry, which was extremely detrimental to the Qing Dynasty and Manchuria!

Because the little skill of the Manchu cavalry, such as mounted archery, dismounted archery, and dismounted hand-to-hand combat, were of little use in the face of "a musket that could move at high speed."

Of course, the Qing's vanguard cavalry can still defeat the Ming army's musketeers in a majestic formation... But the problem is that in addition to the two armies fighting against each other, the cavalry scattered on the vast battlefield

They rarely fight openly and openly. As for the Rangers, of course they are guerrillas!

Although the cavalry in the forward battalion of the Qing army also had muskets and could use ambush, surprise attack, and guerrilla tactics, the problem was that they were no better than the Han people in these underhanded tactics.

If a Manchu warrior, who is as precious as a rare animal, has no real ability that can overwhelm the tens of millions of Han warriors, he will have to rely on musket shooting and underhanded tricks that everyone can use... The consequences will be disastrous.

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He knew everything in his heart, but Duduo still looked like he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"Okay! Everything is expected and under control!" Duduo smiled, "In the battle of Zhongzhou, we are in favor of speed, but the Ming Dynasty is in favor of longevity... If there is no Henan, Hebei Camp

During the crisis of digging the river, Zhu Cihong will definitely fight a protracted war with us. As long as we delay for a few years, our soldiers will gain nothing on the front line, and the land at home will be uncultivated. They will inevitably run out of assets and have nothing. Naturally, they will not be able to afford military service.

It's time to lose without defeat!

Fortunately, the little emperor was still willing to listen to others' advice and set up camps north and south of the Yellow River to force Zhu Cixiang to fight a quick battle. Now he deceived tens of thousands of Mongolian warriors to sweep the Central Plains... This will definitely make it difficult for the Ming army to advance or retreat.

We have to take risks and march forward for a quick decision. This is the situation of the Songjin War!"

"Uncle Emperor," asked Nikan, the number one general under Duduo, "should we prepare to send troops?"

"Of course!" Duduo said with a smile, "After the autumn, we gathered an army of 80,000 people and prepared to build the tripod of Zhongzhou again!"

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Xuzhou City is now a city full of soldiers. As early as five years ago when Zhu Cixi and the Qing Dynasty signed an armistice agreement, this place was scheduled to be the base city for the future Northern Expedition.

Xuzhou was chosen as the base, of course, to make it easier to move westward along the Yellow River. To be honest, the current Yellow River is not suitable for navigation. The water is strong in spring and summer and prone to flooding (the river sections in the Ming Dynasty are not likely to flood, but the river sections in the Qing Dynasty are not likely to flood.

The river is very poor), the water is shallow in autumn, and large ships cannot navigate. There are also many dangerous shoals and shoals, and the boat will capsize if you are not careful.

But in the case of inland operations, it is better to have a waterway to transport grain, grass and baggage than to have no waterway and rely entirely on mules and horses for dragging!

Now that the Huaibei section of the canal is no longer navigable (the Huainan and Jiangnan sections of the canal are extremely well maintained and can still earn a large amount of tolls every year), so Emperor Zhu could only use the Yellow River as much as possible.

If you want to use the Yellow River to carry out water transportation, of course you have to make good use of the transportation hub of Xuzhou. Although Xuzhou and the Huaihe River are no longer directly connected by canals, what really needs to be used for land transportation is the gap between Hongze Lake and Suqian Luoma Lake.

A 100-mile road section. In order to enhance the efficiency of transportation, Emperor Zhu ordered people to expand the road and pave it with stones. He also purchased many four-wheeled carriages from Shanghai Shenche that could be dragged by four donkeys and mules, and also built them in Xuzhou.

There are a large number of warehouses to store materials arriving one after another during peacetime.

In addition to the construction of roads, warehouses, a large number of military camps, docks, shipyards and an arsenal capable of casting and repairing cannons in Xuzhou, they have also been constructed one after another in the past few years.

In order to enable Xuzhou to shoulder its heavy responsibilities and protect itself from the threat of the Yellow River, Zhu Cihong also invested heavily in the Xuzhou city and the Yellow River dam.

In addition, Zhu Cixi also ordered the Navy Department and Shipbuilding Department to establish a Yellow River Shipyard in Xuzhou, design and build a number of small sand ships that could sail on the Yellow River, and set up the Yellow River Navy!

After five years of preparations and countless investments, now everything is ready and all that is left is to send out troops.

Beginning in the summer of the sixth year of Hongxing, the Ming Army's field force, the Model New Army, began to march toward Xuzhou from all directions in regiment units.

The infantry organization of the Model New Army has not changed much in the past five years. Most of the infantry regiments still use Morris square tactics, and the weapons they are equipped with are still long guns and Hongxing three-year-old matchlocks. Only a few

The troops received the Hongxing Sixth-year-old flintlock rifle that had just been finalized and started mass production. There was only one regiment equipped with the Hongxing Sixth-year-old flintlock gun. This regiment canceled the pikemen's establishment and adopted an all-musketeer system.

Configure!

Without major changes in the organization, the number of infantry regiments of the Model New Army has been greatly increased, reaching as many as 150. At full strength (2,500 people), the number of field infantry regiments of the Model New Army can reach 37.5

Thousands of them!

The number of cavalry in the New Army has also increased greatly in the past five years. Under peaceful circumstances, the cavalry in the New Army of the Ming Army was organized on a battalion basis (there were also cavalry regiments, but the number was not large). Due to the large introduction of northwest war horses and the

The emergence of the musketry cavalry allowed the Ming Army's cavalry to expand significantly. Now it has finally reached 50 battalions (including mounted infantry), with a total strength of 20,000, and a total of more than 50,000 horses and mules.

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Chapter completed!