Chapter 491

After Qin Huan took over Xuzhou, he stayed in the city. While paying attention to the movements of Tartars, he waited for the arrival of the follow-up army. Even the 50000 Wu troops who had been subordinated had not been reorganized and adjusted.

Although the morale of these 50000 people was low, they were real hundred war veterans. Qin Huan's morale recovered after a slight decline.

Sometimes, some people can't do the same thing with all their brains. For example, the soldiers are still confused whether they reward silver or women.

But Qin Huan only said a few words. That's the difference between a real emperor and a fake emperor. To put it bluntly, everyone knows that there is no way out with Niu Er, but there is a bright future with Qin Huan.

Sometimes people are afraid of losing their motivation and can't see where the hope for the future is. The 50000 Wu army followed Niu Er. It's not that they don't work hard, but that they all fight to the capital. How can they work hard?

So many people have no hope for Niu Er.

Now, with a new master, it's the same. It's like injecting a dose of stimulant, which makes everyone burst out again.

Similarly, in history, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was low and confused, but after the surrender of the later Jin Dynasty, the soldiers were still the original soldiers and would be the original generals, but the combat effectiveness increased several times.

The reason is the same.

It is only a thousand miles from Nanjing to Xuzhou, but more than 200000 troops still walked for a month and didn't arrive until early May. This is still the premise that all grain, grass and luggage go by water.

With the arrival of more than 200000 troops, the outside of Xuzhou suddenly became lively. One camp was connected to another, and the black heads could not see the edge at a glance.

Until then, Qin Yucai simply reorganized and changed the 50000 Wu army. 50000 people were organized into three towns and a heavy infantry independent battalion.

The three town leaders and officers at all levels were all former generals of the Wu army. Qin Huan only sent a large number of military judges, logistics officers and propaganda officers to the town battalions.

The heavy infantry camp is composed of the personal guards of the generals. Qin Huan can let them serve as officers, but he will never let them have private soldiers. This situation will not appear in the army of Da Qin now or in the future.

Each officer at the rank of captain has at most 1 ~ 3 servicemen, and each officer at the rank of general has 3 ~ 5.

As for the security forces, in the future, all legions will set up a security camp, which will be assigned to the main generals at all levels to serve as security work, rotating once a year.

Although the generals of the Wu army were very dissatisfied with the transfer of their trusted servants, they could only recognize them by pinching their nose. Isn't it death to resist at this time?

After the army was reorganized, it was not in a hurry to cross the Yellow River to the north, but stationed near Xuzhou and practiced every day. The weapons and grain in the south of the Yangtze River were also transported by boat.

Huang Taiji wanted to put the battlefield in the Central Plains, but Qin Huan wanted to put the battlefield in the Jianghuai river.

Because the Jianghuai River in this era is not only densely covered with rivers, but also full of lakes, which is definitely a cavalry nightmare, so it is delayed in crossing the Yellow River north.

At the same time, Huang Taiji, with more than 200000 infantry and 60000 cavalry, also came to Daming mansion. The 100000 cavalry led by Haug killed Yanzhou mansion as early as five days ago.

With the 30000 cavalry and 50000 infantry in dorgun, the total strength of Hou Jin has also reached an unprecedented scale. The infantry is close to 300000, and the cavalry is up to 190000, almost the same as that of the first corps and the Second Corps.

With such a huge force and so many cavalry, not to mention dorgun, Hogg and other eight banners King Baylor, even Huang Taiji is a little floating. He is full of confidence in stepping down on the Central Plains and leaping to the south of the Yangtze River.

After all, cavalry has too much advantage over infantry.

However, after learning that the second Legion crossed the Yellow River, he did not kill to Xuzhou to the East, but stationed nearby. The first Legion in Xuzhou also showed no sign of crossing the river. Huang Taiji's eyebrows wrinkled involuntarily.

He originally thought that the second Legion crossed the river to take the opportunity to eat dorgun's troops when their army was still heading south.

This made Hogg hurried to lead the cavalry South and took the opportunity to eat or severely damage the so-called second legion, but now he found that the other party's intention was not to eat dorgun's men and horses.

At this time, in the Yamen of Daming Prefecture, the sick Huang Taiji sat on the head. The hall was full of eight flag generals, Mongolian tribal leaders and Han generals.

Even dorgun and Haug hurried to the meeting. As for Wen Chen, Huang Taiji only took Hong Chengchou with him this time.

Obviously, Huang Taiji was quite afraid of Qin Huan. He was also worried about commanding so many troops for the first time. Hong Chengchou's ability and knowledge were extraordinary. In addition, he had a hand with Qin Huan, so he had to rely on him to give advice in this war.

For example, Huang Taiji is a little uncertain now.

His original strategy was to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Qin army by taking Kaifeng mansion and the Second Corps as bait and relying on the advantage of cavalry.

When the army arrives, it will cross the river directly. The Second Corps will certainly avoid its edge and stick to Kaifeng and the cities. At this time, they can besiege the city with infantry and cavalry. They are responsible for collecting all kinds of reinforcements and raising food and grass. They can defeat the Qin army for up to half a year and force them to retreat to Huguang.

But now the Second Corps is not defending the natural danger of the Yellow River. Chen Bing is on the north bank and puts on a posture of sticking to it. The first corps and the third corps are still in Xuzhou and Ruzhou, smashing his original plan.

The army directly bypassed the second Legion to cross the river and went south to Henan. Once it could not raise food and grass in Henan, the war dragged on for a long time. The second Legion deployed defense along the North Bank of the Yellow River and cut off their retreat. The first Legion and the third Legion attacked from the East and West. I'm afraid no matter how many cavalry and infantry had to be explained in Henan.

After all, what's the situation in Henan? Spies have heard it clearly for a long time. There are fortress militia everywhere, and there are guards in all cities.

At this time, Huang Taiji also realized Qin Huan's power. He made a preemptive move. It seemed passive, but their cavalry advantage could not be brought into play.

Because now there are only two options, either concentrate troops to destroy the Second Corps on the north bank, or divide troops, one to surround and monitor the Second Corps, and the other to cross the river and directly kill Kaifeng.

But the problem is that Huang Taiji doesn't want to choose any one. The division of troops is too dangerous. No matter which passer-by has fewer horses, there is a risk of being surrounded and attacked by the other party.

If there are fewer troops going south, it will be too late to rescue across the Yellow River once the first Corps in Xuzhou and the Second Corps in Ruzhou attack from east to west.

Similarly, there are fewer troops left on the north bank to monitor the Second Corps. The first Corps in Xuzhou is likely to cross the Yellow River in the north and attack the troops left on the north bank with the Second Corps in the East.

Huang Taiji is also a person who is familiar with military books. It is absolutely the stupidest to know this kind of average division.

If we choose not to divide our troops and attack the Second Corps first, we will not only suffer heavy casualties, but also give full play to the advantages of riding and shooting. On the other hand, the first and third corps of the other party can recharge their energy on the south bank.

Even if the second army is finally destroyed and severely damaged, the army may not be able to go south, because let alone the loss, food and grass is a big problem.

This time, almost three layers of land in the north have been scraped off, but it can only maintain the March food of 500000 people and horses. Except for the January delay on the road, there are only two months left.