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Chapter 676: Tao Min severely damages the cavalry division (Part 1)

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    The matter was settled like this. Han Wantao replied to Hong Chengchou, and Yulin Bay accepted all the remaining bandits selected by the Ming army.  Xia Tianyang and Xu Lang will start training them according to the model they had in Shandong and Xuanfu, and gradually send them back to Yulin Bay.  The war in Beijing has reached a fever pitch. Tao Min finally persuaded Huang Taiji to use the 40,000 Eight Banners. Hundreds of thousands of North Korean new troops and Eight Banners soldiers launched desperate charges against the city of Beijing again and again.  The city of Beijing was a little overwhelmed. Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen rarely came to the officer training corps together to find Jiang Beiming.  Jiang Beiming naturally knew their purpose of coming, and Jiang Beiming was also ready to evacuate these days.  "Two father-in-laws." Jiang Beiming felt that it was better to say this first. "Xiaoguan has made all preparations. Once the weather changes, the emperor and the father-in-law can immediately hunt south. The road from Beijing to Tianjin has been cleared.  The two warships have been waiting for the emperor at Tianjin Wei for a long time. "Cao Huachun looked at Jiang Beiming with satisfaction: "General Jiang, I still want to ask, will the weather really change?" "Eunuch Cao, there is something unexpected.  "Wind and cloud." Jiang Beiming replied, "The Tatars are also afraid of our emperor Tianwei. They only dare to surround the city on three sides. Our emperor's hunting in the south is absolutely foolproof." Wang Chengen's brows were still furrowed: "General Jiang, General Xu Lang must have told you.  Yes. When our family asked him to do two things, you arranged the Southern Hunting matter very well, but we don¡¯t know why the other matter is so difficult? " "Returning to Wang Eunuch," Jiang Beiming knew that Wang Chengen was asking about He Huang Taiji.  Regarding the peace talks, "General Xu Lang went to Lushun twice, but the price demanded by the Tatars was too high and we really couldn't agree to it. I originally planned to hold on to the capital. As long as Mr. Yang and Mr. Hong recover Xi'an, our Ming army can return."  Help the capital" Just as Jiang Beiming finished speaking, Zhang Hai came in from outside: "What news is there from Xi'an?"  At the scene, he grabbed Zhang Hai and asked, "Aren't you on the city wall? Why are you back?" "Don't grab me yet, it hurts." The wound on Zhang Hai's arm has not yet healed, "The messenger from Xi'an has not been found.  That's why you came to find me." "General Zhang, what's the news about Xi'an?" Although Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen were both eager to know the news about Xi'an, they still asked calmly.  Zhang Haichang saluted the two of them: "Go back to my father-in-law, Mr. Hong, to regain Xi'an. At present, our Yulin Army and the cavalry from Xi'an are returning to the capital on a starry night. The cavalry of the Yulin Army only has four or five days to travel from the capital, and the infantry still has ten days to go."  The remaining 20,000 cavalrymen are still about ten days away. At the same time, the second wave of reinforcements from Master Yang and Master Hong has also set off, but it may take another month for them to reach the capital. " "Okay," Jiang Beiming said.  Excited, "Two father-in-laws, since Xi'an has been recaptured and reinforcements will arrive soon, we will hold on for a few more days. In Beijing, we will fight to the death with the Tatars." Cao Huachun smiled and said: "Everything is possible, General Chiang." Tao Min also received it.  With this news, Andreas's cavalry division was only four days away from Beijing. Behind him were the 20,000 Ming Army cavalry led by Sun Chuanting, and behind them were the infantry divisions of Zhou Lei and Ye Zhan.  Tao Min discovered a problem. In order to rush back to Beijing to serve as king, the troops of the Ming army were very scattered and did not form a fist.  Especially in the Yulin Army, the cavalry and infantry were not closely integrated, and they did not carry artillery.  An idea came to Tao Min's mind, to gather reinforcements and block the Ming army's reinforcements outside Beijing. It would be best to inflict heavy damage.  Although this march south did not capture Beijing as originally planned, Huang Taiji was not idle when the new North Korean army stormed Beijing.  The Forty Thousand Eight Banners looted the area around Beijing. Although the Ming government made efforts to clear the country in advance, a considerable number of people did not evacuate to Beijing.  Huang Taiji captured a total of more than 120,000 people and animals, more than 200,000 taels of gold and silver, and a large amount of grain and cloth.  Huang Taiji was still satisfied with this result.  Huang Taiji did not object to Tao Min's proposal to encircle the point for reinforcements, but Huang Taiji conveyed to Tao Min his intention to withdraw his troops.  Huang Taiji and Tao Min both understood that once the Ming army in Xi'an returned to support the capital, Beijing would not be able to defeat it at all.  Moreover, the performance of the Mongols this time also made Huang Taiji worried. They are likely to fall to the Ming Dynasty again. It is more important to appease the Mongols than to capture Beijing.  In the end, Huang Taiji and Tao Min reached an agreement, and the Forty-Eight Banners evacuated first with the looted people, animals and property; Tao Min set up an ambush outside Beijing, hoping to severely damage the Yulin Army's cavalry division.  Regardless of the outcome of this battle, all North Korean new troops will evacuate Beijing after the battle.  Andreas¡¯s cavalry division was notThey drove to Beijing all day and night, covering an average of more than 200 miles a day, and many horses died on the road.  When there was still one day's journey from Beijing, there were only 5,000 men left in the entire cavalry division.  Andreas gave the order, and all the stragglers were to gather nearby and wait for Zhou Lei's infantry division, who would gather them.  Zhuozhou is the southern gate of Beijing, 200 miles away from Beijing, just a day's journey of the cavalry division.  In the evening, the cavalry division set up camp in Zhuozhou, and Andreas sent the scouts ten miles away.  This place is very close to Beijing, and Andreas knows that now is the time to be extremely careful.  In Fangshan County, about 70 miles away from Beijing, the 30,000 new North Korean troops did not rest, but seized the last opportunity to lay out an ambush circle.  Tao Min took another gamble. He determined that the cavalry division would definitely rest in Fang County, and it was impossible to cover the 200 miles a day in one go.  The topography of Fangshan Mountain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It belongs to the Xishan Mountains of Beijing. Moreover, it is the rainy season and the roads are muddy, making it not easy to walk.  But Tao Min also knew that it was impossible to surround the cavalry division. His New Korean Army cavalry was sparse in number, and the 48,000 Banners had now evacuated, so he had to find another way.  Tao Min rejected the idea of ????fire attack at first. This season, the ground was full of mud and it was impossible to set fire.  The firing range of a flintlock gun is only 20 to 30 meters farther than that of a rifle. This advantage will not play a big role on the battlefield.  Tao Min finally decided to use cannons. The shot shells of 6-pound cannons were still very effective against cavalry, although these cannons were troublesome to carry.  Tao Min brought 20 artillery pieces and ambush 10,000 infantrymen and 6 artillery pieces south of Fang County.  The role of these people is to quickly build defensive positions, set up artillery, and block the cavalry division's retreat after sparing the cavalry division.  Tao Min determined that Andreas would definitely choose to break out toward Beijing when he knew that the retreat was blocked, because his mission was to return to the capital.  The remaining 20,000 troops, including 2,000 cavalry and 14 artillery pieces, were all placed on the front to attack the cavalry division from the front.  The entire ambush plan seemed to be foolproof, and Tao Min was already imagining Jiang Beiming's expression after knowing that the cavalry division suffered heavy losses.  Under the city walls of Beijing, a day of fierce fighting was over. Jiang Beiming took Xiao Junzhe back to the officer training corps. Zhang Hai's injury was almost healed. The two of them took turns commanding the battle in the past few days.  "Beiming, how was your game today?" Zhang Hai asked, "I'm almost done. Why don't you take a break tomorrow, or I'll go." Jiang Beiming didn't speak, but lowered his head and thought about his thoughts.  "What's wrong, Chief Jiang? What's on your mind? Have you encountered anything today?" Zhang Hai asked Xiao Junzhe.  "Sir, there's nothing wrong." Xiao Junzhe replied, "It's just that the Tatar attacks seem to be less violent these days. The Eight Banners soldiers have gone. I don't know where they are. The ones attacking the city in the past two days are all the new North Korean troops." Jiang Beiming  He took out a cigarette, took two deep puffs, and suddenly asked: "According to the news from Xi'an, our cavalry division will arrive in the next two days." "Yes." Zhang Hai said, "It should be the earliest.  It'll be there tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?" Jiang Beiming walked to the map and looked at it carefully.  "Beiming, what will go wrong?" Zhang Hai didn't know what Jiang Beiming was thinking.  "I don't know, I always feel that there might be a problem." Jiang Beiming muttered, "Why did the Forty-Eight Banner suddenly disappear? Could it be that Huang Taiji wanted to retreat. And the North Korean New Army's offensive doesn't seem to be that fierce these days.  "What do they want to do?" "Sir, do the Tatars want to surround our reinforcements and attack our reinforcements?" Xiao Junzhe's words reminded Jiang Beiming: "It is possible that our reinforcements are eager to return reinforcements.  It's so big that Andreas's cavalry division can easily get into the enemy's encirclement. And even if Huang Taiji and Tao Min want to withdraw, they won't give up unless they get some benefits. " "But where will they set up an ambush?"  Zhang Hai asked, and Jiang Beiming turned his attention to the map again, "I can't control that much. Just take precautions. The cavalry division is the elite of our Yulin Army. We must not make any mistakes." Jiang Beiming turned around and gave the order: "Zhang Hai,  Immediately gather our Yulin Army and let you lead them out of the city overnight to meet the cavalry division along the route from Beijing to Baoding. They will definitely take this route when they come from Xi'an." "Can we make it in time?" Zhang Hai asked.  Without the cavalry, even if we set off now, we can only cover more than 100 miles. ""Try your best, I won't feel at ease if you don't go to meet them," Jiang Beiming said, "You have to prepare and set off in the middle of the night.  Be careful, anything may happen." "I understand." Zhang Hai saluted and went out.    Eight thousand Yulin Army infantry set off from Beijing under the leadership of Zhang Hai at the fourth watch.  At the same time, Zhuozhou's cavalry division had finished breakfast, fed their horses and were ready to go.  The sun slowly rose, and Tao Min received news from Beijing that the Forty-Eight Banners had withdrawn to Tongxian County. Although the North Korean New Army would continue to pretend to attack Beijing today, they were secretly preparing to retreat.  .  As long as I can deal a severe blow to the cavalry division here today, I will take the 30,000 new Korean troops to evacuate tonight. This will be the last battle with the Yulin Army.  Tao Min looked up at the sun in the sky. It seemed that it would not rain again today.  But Tao Min felt a little worried about what to do after this retracement.  Although Li Zicheng evacuated Xi'an, the main force is still there. Yulin Bay's next step will be to focus on attacking Li Zicheng or to deal with itself, or maybe they will focus on Vietnam.  As for what he would do next, and what would happen to his relationship with Huang Taiji, Tao Min's mind was filled with questions.  "Your Majesty." An officer ran over to report, "Our scouts are back, and we haven't found any enemies yet." "They won't arrive so early." Tao Min said expressionlessly, "Pass the order, and everyone should cheer up.  , make all preparations, and must inflict heavy damage on the enemy. Order the artillery team to set up the cannons, load all the shotguns, and fire immediately after receiving the order. "At noon, Zhang Hai hurriedly drove out of about sixty miles.  The eight thousand infantrymen were all out of breath from exhaustion.  "Send the order, the whole army stops advancing and rest where they are." Zhang Hai knew that he could not go any further. If he continued walking, he would tire out these soldiers. "Send someone to the front to see if our scouts have returned." Zhang Hai said.  The sea scattered the scout ten miles forward.  After resting for half an hour, the scout came back: "Sir, the enemy's defense line was found ten miles ahead." "They really want to surround the point for reinforcements." Zhang Hai was shocked, "What is the specific situation?" "Return to sir." the scout replied.  He said, "There are about 20,000 enemy troops, all of whom are new Korean troops. There are more than a dozen cannons, and their defense line is facing the direction of Zhuozhou." "Can we go around it?" Zhang Hai was very worried that Andreas would break in at this time.  Enter Tao Min's encirclement.  "Sir, it's difficult. The enemy's defense line is too dense." "Go and inquire again." Zhang Haiping retreated from the scouts and sat down by himself to silently think about his next move.  Tao Min has more than a dozen cannons over there, but he doesn't even have cavalry. Moreover, the 8,000 Yulin troops he brought are equipped with flintlock guns and not rifled guns. If he goes up rashly, he will probably suffer a big loss.  But this line of defense cannot be bypassed, and the news cannot be conveyed to the cavalry division. What can we do?  Zhang Hai thought for a while and decided to go up and take a look first. Even if he couldn't do anything, the sound of a gunshot could still give the cavalry division a warning.  "Come here." Zhang Hai called a scout over, "You should return to Beijing quickly and tell Commander Chiang that the North Korean new army has set up an ambush in Fangshan County with 20,000 troops and more than ten artillery pieces. The cavalry division has not arrived yet." Zhang Hai saw this.  The scout Pegasus left and ordered: "Send the order, the entire army will be on guard and continue to advance." Andreas's cavalry division was galloping on horseback, and a major ran up to Andreas: "Sir, ahead is  "Fangshan County, we have been running for more than 100 miles, should we take a rest in Fangshan County?" "Send the order, slow down and go to Fangshan County to rest." After a whole morning of running, nearly 100 cavalrymen fell behind and did not rest.  Even the horses couldn't stand it.  The entire cavalry division slowed down and slowly moved towards Fangshan County.  About two miles across the road, 10,000 new Korean troops were lying in the grass staring at the cavalry team passing in front of them.  The leader of the team, Xie Dutong, smiled and nodded a few times. The prince was really good at predicting events. The enemy's cavalry was about to get into the encirclement.  "Pass the order." Xie Dutong ordered in a low voice, "Keep quiet, no one is allowed to speak, and obey my orders." The back of the cavalry division disappeared from the eyes of the Xie Dutong: "Pass the order to me, and set up immediately  Artillery, build fortifications.¡±
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