Chapter 88 Offense or Defense?
Whether it was the Nurhaci or Huang Taiji era, the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty had always strongly opposed the attack on Liaonan because Mao Wenlong was too poor. The far-sighted Huang Taiji ignored the opposition of the crowd and insisted on taking away Mao Wenlong first and not let Mao Wenlong steal him, and then robbing others with peace of mind. However, no one expected that Mao Wenlong had killed him and a more difficult opponent came to the back, and this opponent was growing rapidly.
It was four days after Yang Bo arrived at Nanxinkou. After hurriedly inspecting the construction progress of Mopan City, Yang Bo rushed to Fuzhou again. The Staff Office formulated an ambitious plan to encircle and annihilate Dorgon's 6,000 troops. This plan immediately attracted everyone's attention.
In Fuzhou Qianhu Mansion, a military conference is being held, and a clerk in the General Staff Department is loudly explaining the specific content of the plan.
"... The navy transported the Panshi Brigade to Lianyun Island, besieged Gaizhou, and cut off the connection between Yongning and Gaizhou. The Iron Fist Brigade left Fuzhou and fought to the death with Dorgon's troops. Currently, the Tatars stationed in Yongning Prison have more than a thousand left-wing Yellow Banner Amura, including more than 300 vests and more than 600 stairs. The right-wing Dorgon's troops are white and one and a half Niulu, with 1,200 troops. Five Niulu, about 3,000 people in the right-wing White Banner Duoduo tribe, about 3,000 people, and the rest are 1,500 stairs. The rest are 1,500 stairs. Our Iron Fist Brigade has eight battalions and more than 7,800 people. In terms of military strength, we have the advantage and can completely eat our opponents in one bite."
With the conquering Fuzhou, Xu Shan sniped and besieging Gaizhou, the Staff Office was full of confidence, and thousands of people from the two white flags were no longer in their eyes.
When some officials heard the plan of the Staff Office, some of them showed a fanatical expression. Some were lowering their heads and pondering, and some looked at Yang Bo, wanting to wait for the adults to make the final decision.
Yang Bo smiled and pointed at Ma Shiying who attended the meeting and said, "Yaocao. What do you think?"
Everyone's eyes gathered on Ma Shiying. Although Ma Shiying had been in a short time to join the adults, she was deeply trusted by the adults, which made many people secretly jealous.
Ma Shiying stood up in a hurry, a little nervous. He was obviously not mentally prepared, his face flushed but he didn't know what to say.
"Yaocao. This is the first time you have participated in this kind of military meeting. It is normal to be a little nervous, but don't worry. You can say it no matter how you think about it." Yang Bo comforted him. In order to appease the others, Yang Bo felt that it was necessary to let Ma Shiying show off, otherwise how could he convince everyone?
"The villain thought the plan was feasible," Ma Shiying thought for a while and replied.
Yang Bo was slightly disappointed. Just as he was about to wave his hand to let him sit down, Ma Shiying said again: "But if we want to fight the Tartars in Yongning Prison, we will definitely suffer a lot of casualties. Moreover, the villain thought it would be not enough to use two battalions of the Panshi Brigade to siege Gaizhou. At least four battalions and the cooperation of the dragon cavalry."
Ma Shiying's words made everyone talk. The staff officer Wang Xiaoyu stood up and said dissatisfiedly: "Why are the two battalions not enough? As long as you can trap Abatai in the city, it is enough."
Seeing that the Chief of the Staff Officer was angry, he did not dare to be arrogant, so he saluted Wang Xiaoyu first and said, "There are six thousand Tartars outside the city of Fuzhou. Among them, there are nearly two thousand Vests. If the slave chief uses Yongning to block our infantry, the vest will return to Gaizhou with all his might. The two battalions of Panshi Brigade do not have a strong city as support and do not have enough firearms. They will undoubtedly be defeated under the attack of the Tartar cavalry on both sides."
Tie Niu pointed at Li Dali, who raised his hand and said, "You say it."
Li Dali stood up and retorted: "Did you forget the Xushan sniper battle? The Panshi Brigade can carry flintlock guns and artillery and use positions to block the Tartars. The Iron Fist Brigade has made every effort to encircle and annihilate the Tartars's Bulges. The two white flags are not Huang Taiji's Niulu. They also have to weigh the pros and cons. If they consume all the flag directors in Yongning Supervisory, they will feel painful."
Li Dali's words made many people agree. Li Dali made a gesture of inviting Ma Shiying and sat down.
Ma Shiying was still a little nervous and stammered: "No, it's not appropriate. Fuzhou is more than 200 miles away from Gaizhou. If the rescue is not as good as the Panshi Brigade, it will suffer heavy losses. Even if the two white flags are willing to preserve their strength, your Panshi Brigade will block the Tatars' retreat. The Tatars will fight to the death for the sake of their lives. So the villain thought that even if they can encircle and annihilate the Tartars' 3,000-step armor, we will suffer a lot. This is a completely defeated strategy."
The meeting was divided into two factions, most of them supported Li Dali, while those who supported Ma Shiying were from the Dragoon Battalion. None of the two factions could convince each other and stared at each other.
Tie Niu suddenly coughed twice and said slowly: "I rarely express my opinions, but this time I want to say that Panshi Brigade transferred two battalions to the capital, and the remaining three battalions suffered heavy losses in the attack on Fuzhou. Especially when we climbed the city, the mountain infantry battalion lost nearly 300 veterans at one time. Due to the serious reduction in personnel, these battalions were no longer able to take the initiative to attack, so I prefer Ma Shiying's opinion, don't rush to eat the Tartars in one bite, what does it matter if you maintain a confrontation? The Tartars in Yongning Prison consume a lot of food and grass every day, what's the hurry?"
As soon as Tie Niu spoke, several battalion commanders of Panshi Brigade immediately changed their tone and instead supported Ma Shiying's opinion.
Ma Shiying also boldly interrogated: "The cavalry battalion also suffered heavy losses, and the cavalry is different from the infantry, so it is extremely difficult to replenish soldiers. He can only draw veterans who are good at riding skills from each battalion of the Thunder Division. Without the cover of the cavalry, it is too difficult to rely on infantry to travel long distances to Gaizhou to block the Tartars, and how to solve the logistics?"
Seeing that the plan was about to be destroyed, the General Staff Office stood up and said, "Aren't we discussing this? Adults often say that if you have difficulties, you have to find a way to overcome them, otherwise what will you do when holding a military meeting?"
This document made everyone laugh and even Yang Bo laughed...
The clerk rose up and Yu Yong said, "My dearly said that we must make up our minds to destroy the Tartars and lose two battalions. There are three reserve battalions in Lushun that can be brought over at any time. But how can we replenish the elite vests after the two white flags of the Tartars be destroyed? We have eaten half of the Zhengbai Banners and also seriously damaged the Zhenglan Banners. Even Abatai's five bulls have eaten one. Why can't we firmly decide to kill the two white flags together? After this battle, the Eight Banners of the Later Jin became the Six Banners of the Later Jin!"
"Stop! Stop!" Yang Bo couldn't bear it anymore and reached out to pat the table.
"What's your name?" Yang Bo pointed to the clerk and said
"The Staff Office is responsible for drafting the combat plan document Li Jinming." The document stood straight and replied loudly.
Yang Bo smiled and said, "I think you are more suitable as a teacher and have good agitation skills."
The clerk was stunned when he heard the praise.
Yang Bo walked onto the stage and took the instruction stick. He signaled the document to leave before knocking on the table and said, "Li Jinming, you must remember that some words must be put in a specific environment to make sense, but they should not be copied or used randomly."
Yang Bo pointed to Gaizhou on the map and said, "Abatai is not a threat. Similarly, the two white flags are not a threat. Our situation is far from the dangerous time when Ajige besieged Jinzhou. Who is our threat? It is Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji who came day and night with the elite Eight Banners! If you set the most important goal wrong, then this plan has no value."
After saying that, Yang Bo tore the plan apart in front of everyone, Ma Shiying showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and the staff officer lowered his head and said nothing.
"Yes, we have to consume the elite of the Eight Banners, but not the two white flags, but the elite of the entire Eight Banners. So what is the use of eating the two white flags? What should Huang Taiji use to deal with it when he returns to help? Hum?"
"The soldiers of each battalion have consumed a lot of continuous combat, and the personnel lost by the cavalry battalion were not too late to replenish. In addition, the soldiers also had to participate in the construction of Mopan City. It is unwise to choose this opportunity to fight a hard battle with the two white flags. Therefore, we not only cannot attack, but also maintain the defensive until Huang Taiji arrives. Now I announce that the meeting is over, and the heads of each battalion and the intelligence department stay."
Hearing Yang Bo's words, the others left their seats one after another. After the unrelated personnel finished walking, Yang Bo asked Liu Bingwen: "Where has Huang Taiji gone?"
Liu Bingwen said: "In the end, I received the tip that I was about to arrive in Yizhou. The Tartar slaves escorted a large number of Dingkou, but they did not leave quickly. According to the itinerary, it would take more than a month to reach Shenyang. If we defeat the two white flags, it is not ruled out that Huang Taiji only left a small number of Arc soldiers to escort Dingkou and brought most of the starry night sources himself."
Yang Bo nodded: "So the two white flags cannot move, but it is not a solution for them to station in Yongning Supervisory. In this way, Fuzhou is under too much pressure and he dare not assign more personnel to participate in the construction of the city. The best way is to let them go back to Gaizhou to confront us."
Liu Bingwen understood it and said, "The villain is going to make arrangements now."
Next, Yang Bo listened to the reports of each battalion. This time, he captured more than 2,000 war horses and sent the remaining war horses back to Jinzhou for training for the reserve battalion. As well as pensions and resettlement of wounded soldiers, reporting merits, replenishing soldiers, fighting summary, and a lot of reports were still waiting for him to sign. Yang Bo waved his pen and added the two cavalry companies of the rescue battalion into the cavalry battalion, and then transferred two companies from the reserve battalion to the rescue battalion. However, it took a long time for these two companies to form combat effectiveness. It just so happened that Zhao Long, the instructor, had nothing to do after returning to Lushun, so he asked him to remedy his momentary impulse.
The eight-pound cannon performance this time was eye-catching. The artillery battalion demanded that the original ten cannons be increased to twenty, and the R&D department should develop more heavy cannons. Yang Bo reluctantly signed the letter, but he was secretly worried.
The same excellent performance was the straight-bore flintlock rifle. The special forces company relied on the straight-bore flintlock rifle to shoot a large number of low-level officers of the Tartars, which caused chaos in the formation of the Later Jin Dynasty, which was originally organized, and the rescue battalion also hoped to expand the scale of the straight-bore flintlock rifle, and hoped that the R&D department would develop a hunting gun with a aiming device based on the straight-bore flintlock rifle. Yang Bo also signed and agreed to the request.
Chapter completed!