Chapter 355: The Tartar army enters the pass and implements the plan of closing the door and beating the dog
Zhao Hong, deputy chief of the Fuxing Army, had just left when another figure flashed to the door of the military's meeting hall and walked in.
This is He Guang, the deputy commander in charge of the Military Intelligence Bureau at the headquarters of the Fuxing Army outside the Great Wall.
"Great Commander!"
"Today, I received urgent intelligence from Liaodong's intelligence personnel, who sent it back one after another using spirit pigeons!"
He Guang strode to Li Dingguo, saluted, and reported, "The Later Jin Tartars officially dispatched troops six days ago. All soldiers are heading west and marching along the Great Wall three thousand miles away!"
"In two months at most, the army of the Later Jin Tartars will arrive outside Xuanfu Pass."
"The Tartars' newly built navy did not go out immediately. It remained at the navy base near the Empress Palace, preparing for the expedition."
"If nothing unexpected happens, this already large Tartar navy will move south along the coastline in a month and reach the Lingshanweicheng wharf in Jiaozhou Bay, where it will join forces with the eastern army led by Yuetuo and Manggurtai, which is advancing by land."
"The reason why Yuetuo's Eastern Army did not go south with the Tartar navy is mainly because it would take at least a month to reach the destination by boat. The Eastern Army has a total of 600,000 combat soldiers, 100,000 logistics soldiers, and 100,000 naval soldiers, and they need to consume too much food and grass every day."
"Plus, the Later Jin Tartars are not used to fighting on water, and it is too dangerous for the army to sail south. That is why they adopted a plan to advance by land and water, dividing the troops and marching south to Jiaozhou Bay."
"In this way, Yuetuo's army can easily solve the problem of military supplies and food by plundering various towns in the Ming Dynasty as they enter the pass and head south to Jiaozhou Bay."
"At the same time, we can obtain a large amount of wealth and materials through burning, killing and looting, and cooperate with the actions of the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo to cause wars to break out in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, making it difficult for the imperial court to deal with all the affairs and causing chaos."
He Guang's face looked very unhappy, and he said grimly, "It's a pity that we are too far away now to stop the three armies of the Tartars from invading at the same time and keep the enemy out of the country."
"The two armies of the Ming court are encircling our Fuxing Army from the east and south. It is impossible for us to attack with our entire army to intercept the three armies of the Later Jin Tartars outside the Great Wall."
"This damn Ming Dynasty court!"
"Poor Han people in Xuanfu, Datongfu, Northern Zhili, Qilu and other places are about to suffer another great disaster!"
He Guang's anger was not without reason.
If the Ming Dynasty was not getting in the way, with the current strength of the Fuxing Army, they could have taken the initiative to attack the Later Jin Tartars. How could they have the chance to be aggressive and brazenly invade the Ming Dynasty?
The problem is that with the current size of the Fuxing Army, it can only deal with one of the Later Jin Tartars and the Ming Dynasty. If there are more, it will be powerless.
Unless the enemy comes to us on their own initiative, the Fuxing Army will launch a defensive counterattack to avoid being defeated by the enemy one by one due to the dispersion of its forces.
"Humph!"
A cold light flashed in Li Dingguo's eyes, and he snorted coldly, "This time Huang Taiji wants to achieve his wish, he really thinks too much!"
"I want to see if he can still smile after the 800,000 soldiers of the Western Army led by him and the 700,000 soldiers of the Eastern Army led by Yuetuo and the navy suffered heavy losses and returned in defeat!"
"If I don't make Huang Taiji feel heartbroken this time, it means that I, Li Dingguo, am incompetent!"
"The central army led by the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo is likely to suffer heavy losses under Hong Chengchou's calculated attack this time!"
"This time, I'm sure Huang Taiji will know that we Chinese have an idiom, which is "the gain is not worth the loss."
"After this profound lesson, Huang Taiji will have to think twice before entering the pass to attack Caogu next time."
Li Dingguo had enough confidence in this confrontation with the Later Jin Tartars and in defeating their two armies.
"Wan'er is on the southeast coast, leading her army to fight against Yue Tuo's Eastern Army. As long as she strikes first, she can wipe out the 100,000-strong navy of the Later Jin Tartars in one fell swoop. Victory is assured!"
"At that time, according to the instructions in the secret letter I asked Wan'er to give to Liang Liping, we will adopt guerrilla tactics, take advantage of our psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts, and surprise attack Yue Tuo's army. It is normal to win victory after victory."
"If we are a little luckier, the 300,000 soldiers of our Lingshan Island can even kill Yuetuo and Manggurtai in one fell swoop in the Jiaozhou Bay area!"
The Fusion Army on Lingshan Island on the southeast coast of their own country is actually sure to win this time.
The 300,000 naval officers and soldiers led by Wan'er, whether it is the number of large treasure ships or the spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts, can form an overwhelming advantage over the newly established navy of the Tartars.
As long as we know the exact time when the Tartar navy arrives at the Lingshanweicheng dock, it won't be a big problem to destroy them in one battle.
Without the help of the Tartar navy, the 300,000-strong navy of the Fuxing Army was already invincible.
No matter how powerful the Tartar elite cavalry is, can they fly across thousands of miles of sea to attack Lingshan Island?
Those big Shanxi merchants are likely to cooperate with the Tartars in the war and provide a large fleet to Yuetuo's army in Jiaozhou Bay, but how could they hide it from the investigation of their own intelligence department led by Mo Xiaoyong?
Once they get hold of the whereabouts of the large Shanxi merchant fleet, that would be the time of their demise.
After the Tartar navy was destroyed, hundreds of their own spiritual cannons and thousands of spiritual crossbow carts launched a surprise attack on Yuetuo's army. Even if the Later Jin Tartar had 600,000 soldiers, they would be defeated.
The most powerful weapon for the 300,000 naval officers and soldiers of the Restoration Army is the concentrated fire attack launched by the Firearms Battalion.
Not to mention that Yuetuo and Manggurtai, who were only at level five, could not withstand it. Even Li Dingguo and Cao Bianjiao, who were at the initial level six, could not withstand that level of concentrated fire.
Li Dingguo, who had already given the detailed battle plan to Wan'er and Liang Liping, was not worried at all that he would be defeated in Jiaozhou Bay.
Facing the 800,000 soldiers of the Western Army led by Huang Taiji himself, Li Dingguo led the army personally this time and was not afraid of the enemy at all.
What's more, Li Dingguo was well prepared for this and had already made a plan to close the door and beat the dog.
"He Guang, send a message to the five main battle corps and the personal guard corps, and let the soldiers who are planned to stay behind use the city defense formation we have set up to stabilize the defense line."
"All other soldiers of the main battle corps will board the great treasure ship as planned and rush to the various fortress towns at the northern pass of the Yellow River Basin to prepare for the battle against Huang Taiji's army!"
"Within two months, all soldiers of the legions must be in place. Anyone who disobeys my order will be killed without mercy!"
Li Dingguo stood up suddenly and issued a battle order with murderous intent.
In this battle, the soldiers of the Fuxing Army, who had been well prepared, were able to handle it with ease, and there was no need to withdraw the Taotie Legion, Pixiu Legion, and Fire Phoenix Legion guarding outside the pass.
Keeping these three main combat corps, they can continue to sweep across the surrounding Mongolian Tatar tribes of all sizes outside the Great Wall without any worries.
The Fire Phoenix Legion, which Li Dingguo ordered to be formed before he led his troops into the pass, has now been completed.
This legion, like the Suzaku Legion, is composed entirely of female warriors.
The three chief and deputy commanders of the Fire Phoenix Legion are three geniuses who stood out in the selection of new recruits a year ago.
Among them, the leader Zhou Chunhua has already reached the peak of level four, and the deputy leaders Jiang Yufeng and Huang Xinlan have also reached the peak of level four.
The Fire Phoenix Legion has the largest number of Qi Refining Realm generals among all the legions of the Renaissance Army, totaling more than two hundred people.
These Qi Refining Realm generals are all talented girls who have emerged from various recruit training camps.
Even the current Suzaku Corps has been supplemented with one hundred young female geniuses in the Qi Refining Realm.
The number of Qi Refining Realm generals in the Suzaku Legion currently ranks second in the entire army.
Currently, there are more than 2 billion people in the jurisdiction of the Renaissance Army, among which there are many female soldiers who can pass the selection of new recruits.
Some talented young girls were selected from the best and trained vigorously. It is not surprising that there are so many female generals in the Qi Refining Realm now.
This is also the reason why the Fuxing Army seems to be at ease in the upcoming war with the Later Jin Tartars.
Compared with the population base, the Han people in the Fuxing Army's jurisdiction are about thirty times that of the Later Jin Tartars, and their war potential is much stronger than that of the Later Jin Tartars.
As the Fuxing Army continues to capture cities and territories in the future, this gap will become more obvious, and eventually the Later Jin Tartars will be left far behind!
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"
He Guang immediately took the order and left.
… “Grand Commander!”
Hong Yuanfeng hurriedly walked into the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion and reported to Hong Chengchou, who was looking at a map in deep thought, "The Fuxing Army has strengthened the defense lines in various places and has transferred a large number of warrior recruits to the frontline areas bordering us."
"Their main army also made a series of major moves, sailing from various places to the northern pass of the Yellow River Basin in the north."
"Apparently, the news that Huang Taiji had sent out troops was known to Li Dingguo."
"I didn't expect that Li Dingguo sent a lot of spies to Liaodong and got the latest movements of the Later Jin Tartars in time."
Hong Yuanfeng is in a very complicated mood now.
A group of rebels who were against the Ming Dynasty actually became the main force in the fight against the Tartars' invasion?
If the people of the world knew about this, it would be a slap in the face of the Ming Dynasty court!
The most bizarre thing is that of the three main armies of the Later Jin Tartars, two of them were heading towards Li Dingguo’s Fuxing Army!
This is also a very strange thing in history, which makes people feel both amused and sad at the same time.
The Ming Dynasty, which had dominated the world for thousands of years, has fallen to such a state. Even the Later Jin Tartars, who were slaves of the Liaodong Li family decades ago, now do not take the Ming Dynasty seriously at all.
For these Later Jin Tartars, a newly rising Han bandit group posed a much greater threat to them than the Ming Dynasty.
"Although the main force of the Restoration Army is marching north, the new soldiers they rotated in are not to be trifled with."
Hong Chengchou looked up and said to Hong Yuanfeng, "In every frontline town fortress of the Renaissance Army, there are more than ten spiritual energy cannons and dozens of spiritual crossbow carts."
"All the warriors of the Restoration Army have undergone rigorous training. With the help of the psychic cannons and the psychic crossbow carts, as well as the ancient five-element protection array they have set up, they are able to easily defend the existing territory."
"I would like to take advantage of the situation and launch an attack on them to see if I can recover some lost territory."
"However, things don't always go as planned. We will soon receive a transfer order from the imperial court."
Hong Chengchou shook his head with some regret after hearing this and said, "If we completely anger the Fuxing Army, they will take advantage of our army leaving Qin to launch a new round of expansion. We will be shooting ourselves in the foot and will not be able to cope with it at all."
"Although this is a good opportunity for our army to attack, we can only watch it slip away."
"If our army's offensive is just launched and the imperial edict comes soon, it will undoubtedly become a useless effort, and even waste people's money and resources, causing complaints from officers and soldiers of various departments."
With Hong Chengchou's strategic vision, how could he not see that this was an excellent opportunity to take the initiative to attack?
However, they soon became unable to take care of themselves and received an imperial edict from the court to return to the capital for support.
Any normal commander would not do such unnecessary things as taking off his pants to fart.
"I really don't know what those civil and military officials in the court are thinking!"
Hong Chengchou immediately thought of something, frowned and cursed, "I don't believe that the civil and military officials in the court, who have eyes and ears all over the world, would not be unaware that Huang Taiji has ordered the army to march out and prepare to start the second round of entering the pass to attack the grasslands!"
"Such important military information has yet to be reported to His Majesty. How long will it be kept secret?"
"Do we have to wait until the Jin army enters the pass before we start scrambling to figure out how to respond?"
"Doing this will not benefit any of the forces inside the pass! Isn't it better to prepare calmly first than to be frightened to death when the time comes?"
Hong Chengchou was completely speechless in front of all the civil and military officials in the court.
The struggle for power and profit to the point of completely disregarding the rise and fall of the country and the family can only be seen in the Ming Dynasty throughout history.
In any other dynasty, not even the Song Dynasty which was known for its cowardice, the literati would not do this.
You must know that when the Later Jin Tartars entered the pass and plundered the valleys, it was not just the common people who suffered a devastating disaster, but more than half of the aristocratic families in the north were also affected.
If they are not careful, their own village will be conquered by the Tartar army, and they will die and their family will be wiped out.
These civil and military officials in the court were so desperate to take advantage of this opportunity to attack their political enemies that they completely ignored whether the people in the north would face a devastating disaster.
Especially those high-ranking officials in the court who represent the interests of the southern gentry, it seems that they wish that all the noble families, wealthy gentry and wealthy people in the north would suffer misfortune.
Even Hong Chengchou, who represented the interests of the southern gentry families, could not stand this situation.
You can engage in party struggles and fight for power and profit, but they must be confined within a framework. How can you ignore the consequences like you are doing now?
"Grand Governor!"
Hong Yuanfeng said, "I think they are the typical ones who won't cry until they see the coffin, and they don't know when they are about to die!"
"With such a fragmented court, what can we use to resist the future Restoration Army or the butcher knife raised by the Later Jin Tartars?"
"Whether it's the Fuxing Army or the Later Jin Tartars, who will rule the nine provinces of China in the end? Apart from those aristocratic families with unfathomable heritage, who dares to guarantee that they will not be liquidated?"
"You are still doing this now when the situation is critical. You are simply courting death!"
"Grand Governor!"
Hong Yuanfeng then reported, "Our 200,000 new guards have completed the three-month training, and the 30,000 veterans from before have been added to the ranks and have served as generals at all levels in the army. The army has now been officially formed."
"In the past month, I have taken the soldiers out of the city for several actual combat trainings. We destroyed a large ghost domain and two medium-sized ghost domains near Chang'an City, and harvested nearly 100,000 soul beads of various levels."
"It is enough to allow the hundreds of psychic cannons and thousands of psychic crossbow carts we are currently equipped with to be used normally in the next battle."
"If nothing else, our army's firearms battalion can fight a few battles and consume enough soul beads."
"I led the soldiers to wipe out several groups of monsters and bandit lairs in the surrounding areas of Chang'an City, allowing the soldiers to initially complete their regular training."
With Hong Chengchou's strong training, Hong Yuanfeng also broke through to the middle stage of level five and was fully capable of standing on his own.
What is amazing is that since Hong Chengchou had an adventure in Mount Li, his cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds in recent months, and he has now reached the peak level of level five.
With no shortage of resources, among the 230,000 personal guards under Hong Chengchou, there are more than a hundred Qi Refining Realm generals and thousands of soldiers at the peak of the Body Refining Realm, truly forming the outline of a strong army.
"Most of the messengers we sent out have reached cooperation agreements with the noble families and wealthy merchants in Northern Zhili. They agreed to provide us with a large amount of food and supplies in the places where our army passes."
"A fleet is now being prepared for us near the battlefield we have designated, to facilitate our army's flexible combat needs."
“We’ve never fought a battle this rich.”
Hong Yuanfeng said excitedly, "We promised to protect them. After the Tartars entered the pass this time, we will prevent their main area from being destroyed by the Tartars. It is actually very easy to solve."
"With so many treasure ships to transport soldiers and military supplies, we can completely lead the Tartars by the nose, use surprise attacks on the places they must pass through, and encircle the large groups of soldiers sent by the Tartars to raid the valleys."
"This time, we are in a siege against the Tartars. We have the best timing, location and people on our side."
"It is no exaggeration to say that if the Dorgon and Duoduo brothers don't come this time, then it's fine. But if they come, don't even think about getting away unscathed!"
"We just need to copy the battle mode of the Renaissance Army, and try to make the most of the advantages of our psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts to launch a surprise attack on the Later Jin Tartars. In a short period of time after the battle begins, we can inflict heavy damage on them!"
"No matter how brave those Later Jin Tartars are, they are still flesh and blood. I don't believe that they can't be killed by cannons!"
Hong Yuanfeng knew that his master had already made a complete war plan.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Later Jin Tartars will be in trouble this time.
(End of this chapter)
