I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In addition to training the fire gun army, the cold weapon army is also cooperating with the training.

The battle of tens of thousands of people can only be described in one word, that is chaos.

Not to mention a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people. In a real fight, it will be difficult for the coach's command to play a big role at that time.

On the chaotic battlefield, it is not easy for the commander's order to be conveyed to the mid-level officers in command on the spot.

Whichever side is less chaotic will win.

The battle of hundreds of thousands of troops does not mean that the opponent must be killed in order to win. Basically, if 20% of the opponent's troops are killed, the enemy army will collapse.

Even if it is a mob, ten percent of the dead will collapse.

Once it collapses and the formation disintegrates, it can only be reduced to a one-sided massacre.

The training of Cold Weapons is all under the overall responsibility of Dai Zhijun. In the small group of Wu Jun, he knows more about it.

In addition to the cold weapon unit, the artillery unit also needs some simple training to form an infantry artillery synergy.

This is actually a difficult job, especially in the era of low accuracy of artillery, if you are not careful, the cannonball may fall into the phalanx of your own soldiers.

Therefore, Wu Changqing's requirements for training in this area are very low, as long as the artillery does not accidentally injure his own people.

As for hitting key targets, I don't count on it. Being able to throw artillery shells into the enemy's camp is considered a success, and being able to smash into the enemy's soldiers' phalanx is considered perfect.

After training day and night, their troop is already very familiar with the preset battlefield.

Of course, if the Qing army was smarter, it could choose not to fight the Ming army decisively on this battlefield, and could choose to take a detour to attack Changzhou.

However, after discussion and analysis by Wu Changqing and many generals, it is believed that the probability of such a possibility is not large.

Because the Qing army has an advantage in strength and cavalry, it seems to have a very large advantage in the decisive battle on the plains, and the Qing army does not need to give up.

It is impossible for the Wu army to give up the decisive battle on the plains and have to go to attack the city just because the Wu army has practiced in this place.

If the Qing army's Boluo did this, then there are only two possibilities. One is that Boluo's brain has entered the water, and the other possibility is that Boluo was also penetrated by the soul of modern people and saw Wu Changqing's trap.

In early February, Boluo's army of 120,000 arrived in Nanjing.

Among them, there are 60,000 Manchu Eight Banners, 20,000 Mongolian Eight Banners, and 40,000 Han Army Eight Banners.

Among the 120,000 troops, there were 40,000 cavalry soldiers, 20,000 each of the Manchu Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners.

Among the Eight Banners of the Han Army, there are 10,000 fire gun troops, and the rest are cold weapon troops.

"Governor Hong, you have been doing well recently."

When Bo Luo saw Hong Chengchou, he was quite respectful, because Emperor Shunzhi, or Dayu'er, paid special attention to Hong Chengchou. Today's Hong Chengchou is the prince of the first grade, Taibao, who is also the minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the Inspectorate, coordinating the southern Zhili.

He was the first Han Prime Minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and his status in the Manchu Qing court was higher than that of many Manchus.

According to unofficial records, Hong Chengchou was reluctant to return to the Qing Dynasty at first, and he went on a hunger strike to die. In the end, it was Dayu'er who went out to persuade him to surrender. Hong Chengchou was fascinated by the beauty of Dayu'er, so he became attached to this world, reluctant to die, and finally surrendered to the Manchu.

It's hard to say whether this kind of unreliable history is reliable, but there is no doubt that he is highly valued by Da Yu'er, and his own abilities are also very strong.

"It's not very good. The Wu army in Suzhou is getting stronger and stronger. Recently, they are still practicing in the Danyang area of ​​Changzhou. It seems that they are preparing for a decisive battle with us."

Hong Chengchou said.

"Oh? They don't defend the city, but want to fight our army outside the city. Their general is probably a fool."

Bo Luo was surprised that he had fought a lot of battles after entering the border, and he had never seen a Han army unit who dared to fight with the Eight Banners soldiers in the field.

Moreover, he also particularly understands the practices of those Han army generals, because he thinks that the Han army will definitely lose in a decisive battle with the Eight Banners soldiers in the wild.

"Prince Duanzhong, don't underestimate this Wu Changqing, this person is by no means an ordinary person. He dares to go out of the city to set up the battlefield in the wild, I am afraid that he has the confidence in his heart, and we have to guard against it.

In my opinion, we can take advantage of our troops and divide our troops into two paths to attack Changzhou, bypassing Danyang. As long as they win Changzhou, their main force will become a rootless source, and logistical problems will arise. At that time, the enemy will be defeated. "

Hong Chengchou was not just waiting for the arrival of Boluo during this time, he also did a lot of research.

Out of a cautious attitude, Hong Chengchou suggested that Boluo avoid the main force of Wu's army and attack its rear.

At present, the main force of Wu's army is concentrated in Danyang, and the rear is very empty. As long as they can bypass their main force, they can go all the way south to Suzhou.

Of course, the plan is like this, and the implementation will definitely not be so easy, and Wu Jun is not a wooden man. If they do not go to Danyang, Wu Jun will naturally return to Changzhou, and there is a high probability that it will turn into a siege battle.

The key to this plan is whether it can deceive Wu Jun and bypass the sneak attack.

This was the best solution Hong Chengchou could think of, but it was rejected by Bo Luo.

"This can't be done. My army of 120,000 faces the Ming army of 60,000 and still has to hide and fight. Even if I win, I won't have the face to return to the court in the future. Moreover, even if Danyang is their preset battlefield, that is A plain, there is no ambush at all, it is a confrontation of absolute strength, do you think our soldiers of the Eight Banners will lose?"

Bo Luo smiled, not to mention that he still has the advantage in military strength, even if he only gave him 38,000 banner soldiers, he still dared to fight the Ming army.

This is all because the Ming army was too weak in the past, which led Bo Luo to have a preconceived notion of the Ming army, thinking that the Ming army would not work.

Even if Wu Changqing fought a lot of victories, he felt that this was a relatively strong Ming army, but no matter how strong they were, they were always the Ming army, and the Ming army was weak.

Bo Luo's words left Hong Chengchou speechless. He finally understood why Wu Changqing made a big splash and made no secret of practicing in Danyang. This was clearly a conspiracy.

Even if Boluo knew that Wu Changqing chose this place for a reason and a conspiracy, there was no reason to avoid it.

Hong Chengchou suddenly felt a sense of unease in his heart, but he couldn't figure out where the unease came from.

Because even he actually believed that Bo Luo had no possibility of failure.

The 128,000 bannermen fought against the 60,000 Ming army, and they were still in the plains. How could they lose?

However, such an obvious situation, can't Wu Changqing see it?

Hong Chengchou pondered for a long time, but in the end he couldn't come to any reliable conclusion.