Ao Bai is an important general that Zilharang can count on now, and even he has lost the courage to resist Wang Shuo's Northwest Army, and Jierharang can't help but be disappointed.It seems that this Qing Dynasty is in danger.At this time, Fan Wencheng spoke, and he asked Aobai: "In the opinion of General Ao, if we retreat to Liaodong, we will definitely be able to stop Wang Shuo's attack" Aobai was stunned, yes, retreat to Liaodong, Wang Shuo may follow to Liaodong, but Liaodong is his hometown, we are familiar with the terrain, and we will definitely come up with a way to deal with Wang Shuo.Fan Wencheng looked at Aobai's appearance and said with a smile: "I know, General Ao is saying that Liaodong is our hometown, we occupy the geographical advantages, people, and Wang Shuo's thousands of miles of battle, it is difficult to guarantee the supply, and we have a great chance of winning, right" Ao Bai nodded again and again after hearing this, this is what he meant, but he has little culture, and he understands it in his heart, but he can't say it.Fan Wencheng continued: "General Ao's concerns are not unreasonable.In terms of plain warfare, we are now at a disadvantage, and there are Mongolians, Koreans, and Han people in the army, and the personnel are mixed, unlike the Eight Banners Army of the year.On this great plain, once our army is broken through by the Northwest Army, it will immediately be scattered.At that time, our army will be gone, I am afraid that Beijing and Liaodong will not be able to defend, and please think twice about His Royal Highness the Regent" Ji'er Harang's face was ugly, and he asked for a long time: "What Lord Fan meant, is Aobai's idea right" Fan Wencheng smiled miserably and said: "It is still necessary to prepare for the worst in advance."
But there is no need to do so immediately.We still have an army of 700,000, which is enough to fight Wang Shuo in the Central Plains.It's just that General Ao has to worry about it.We can resist step by step, and when we resist, try to save ourselves, and we must not break up.In this way, Wang Shuo's strength is consumed step by step, and when Wang Shuo does not move, it should be the day for us to fight back.In the past year, we have treated the people of the Central Plains well, and the people's hearts have improved greatly, and they will not rebel at will and follow Wang Shuo.Lao Chen felt that as long as the regent dealt with it properly, the Central Plains could still be saved. ”When Zilharan heard this, he was speechless for a long time.He already understood what Fan Wencheng meant.Prepare to retreat to Liaodong, and at the same time consume the strength of Wang Shuo's army in the Central Plains.After the cabinet meeting, he rushed to the Forbidden City and reported in detail to Emperor Shunzhi and Da Yu'er the opinions of the cabinet ministers.Da Yu'er still knew that Fan Wencheng was a respected minister, she didn't say her opinion, but asked Ji'er Harang: "I'm a woman, I don't understand the things of war, I still have to listen to you."
How does the regent plan to deal with Wang Shuo?"
said Zilharang: "On the way to the emperor, the minister carefully pondered Fan Zhangjing's words, and he was right.The minister intends to take two steps.The first step is to recruit people to dig trenches and build fire gun defenses.First of all, with the Chen's base camp Zhending as the center, all the way south to the Yellow River, a semicircular trench defense line was established every fifty miles.The trenches were used to defend against muskets and guns, with the cavalry behind and the infantry in front.When the enemy approached, the infantry first scattered the enemy with bows and crossbows, and then the cavalry charged, which was sure to kill and wound many enemy troops.When the infantry retreated to the next line of defense, the cavalry quickly withdrew.And so on step by step, until it is really lost.Prince Xun Mandahai is in Shanxi, and he must also go from the Yellow River to Zhending, take advantage of the mountainous situation, choose the method of avoiding muskets, establish layers of defense lines, step by step, and retreat to Zhending.If the danger is really determined, then take the second step.At that time, the emperor and the Queen Mother could retreat to Liaodong first, and at the same time, the Han people in the Central Plains were forcibly moved into Liaodong, and if they didn't leave, they would be killed, and not a single person would be left to Wang Shuo Our Liaodong is already sparsely populated.Nowadays, there are no people around Shengjing outside the Guan.We can move the people to Liaodong so that we can produce food and equipment to supply our army to compete with Wang Shuo.When the holy driver returned to Liaodong, the ministers then took Beijing as the center to build a second line of defense, fortified layer by layer, and blocked Wang Shuo until he was unable to support it, and also retreated into Liaodong. ”Da Yu'er thought carefully about what Jilharang said, and seemed to feel that something was wrong, but she didn't know what was wrong, she asked: "After retreating into Liaodong, what is the regent's plan?"
Jilharang was silent for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "It is still like the Central Plains, resisting layer by layer, until it returns to Hetuala."
If Wang Shuo still can't stop him from advancing, the minister can only die to thank the emperor and the Queen Mother for their trust."
This time, it was Da Yu'er's turn to be silent.After a long time, Da Yu'er seemed to have made up her mind and said: "Even if we retreat to Hetuala, the regent doesn't have to be discouraged, we can also retreat to the mountains farther away, retreat to Tunguska to the north and far away from the sky, no matter how capable he Wang Shuo is, he can't drive us all away Uncle don't be discouraged, our mother and son will rely on our uncle, uncle should take care of their bodies, and fight with Wang Shuo to the end, don't mention the word death."
Uncle is gone, who do you want our mother and son to rely on?"
Thinking about the current situation of the Qing Dynasty, Jierharang couldn't help but feel infinite sadness in his heart, old tears were horizontal, kneeling down and kowtowing: "The emperor and the Queen Mother take care of the ministers, and don't say the word death again, as long as the ministers still have a breath, Wang Shuo will not want to destroy my Qing Dynasty" Jierharang started construction in the north of the Yellow River, built a defensive line, and mobilized the intelligence of the army, which soon spread to the northwest government.Song Xiance marked all the defensive lines built by Ji'er Harang on the map, and then looked at the map and fell into deep thought.Zilharang's method could indeed resist the attack of the musketeers.The soldiers hid in the trenches, and the muskets were far away.When it is close, the bows and crossbows of the Qing army can be used.In the end, the two sides were forced to fight in close combat, and the musket advantage of the Northwest Army was gone.Wang Shuo had watched modern warfare on TV, and his idea was to first bombard the trenches with artillery so that the Qing army could not survive in the trenches, and then let the musketeers advance.Wang Shuo's 50 exterminating cannon is equivalent to the current 120 caliber howitzer, and the breech of the cannon is equipped with a boost-firing gunpowder block, and it can also hit farther.The question is, how many shells do you need to blow up all the layers of trenches, because of the limited production capacity, it is now only equipped with five musket corps, more than 50,000 soldiers, and the rest are cavalry and cold weapon troops.Relying on 50,000 musket troops, can you defeat 700,000 Qing troops, obviously not.Wang Shuo also knew that the war he was fighting now could not be compared with the liberation war of the great man.The War of Liberation was the old Chiang Kai-shek's advanced weapons, and the great men became richer the more they fought, but now on the contrary, the number of shells, artillery, and muskets itself is seriously insufficient, and as the war deepens, it will become less and less.If you want to lay down the Manchu Qing without paying a heavy price, I'm afraid you can't do it.What to do: