Speaking of stone throwing machines, including Lin Chunhong, everyone thought of the Huihua cannons that the Mongols used, and their faces changed for a moment.

When Lin Chunhong ordered the construction of Xiangyang City, the Governor's Office, headed by Zhou Wang, carefully considered the war examples of the Southern Song Dynasty resisting the Mongols, and finally concluded that the reason why Xiangyang was, on the one hand, the failure of the navy, and on the other hand, the lack of effective means to restrain Hui artillery.

Therefore, everyone here is very familiar with Huihui cannons, knowing that this thing can throw more than 100 kilograms of things to more than 100 feet away, enough to smash the solid brick and stone walls to pieces. Now, if the Tartars built a stone thrower like Huihui cannon, they just need to fire a few kilograms of stones outside the range of the thunderbolt gun, and they may smash the centipede boat to the bottom of the canal.

In this way, wouldn’t the canal be passed by the Tartars?

Everyone looked solemn, and the atmosphere in the military tent became extremely depressing.

In the end, Lin Chunhong broke the silence and frowned and said, "It is unlikely that the Tartars will build a Hui cannon. First, the weather is getting warmer, and the Tartars are in a hurry to return to Liaodong, and they may not have enough time to build a Hui cannon; second, the Hui cannon is used to smash fixed targets such as city walls, and it is naturally powerful, but to hit a flexible centipede boat, it must be dozens of them. How could the Tartars collect so many pillars? What's more important is that the Hui cannon is inconvenient to move, and it is far less than the Red Barbarian cannon. If the Tartars really wanted to attack the centipede boat at a long time, they would probably have used the Red Barbarian cannon!"

When Zhou Wang, Ling Su and Sheng Kunshan heard this, they thought that this was indeed the case and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Only Lu Shiming's face was still worried and said, "The number of red barbarian cannons is only more than 30, and it is possible that the Tatars do not need it. According to the Military Information Department, the Tatars went south and independently formed camps and sent heavy troops to protect them. It is still possible that the Tatars could create a large number of Hui cannons in a short period of time. We must be careful!"

Lin Chunhong said: "Even if the Tartars really build Hui artillery, they will definitely be heavily guarded when fighting. Since they are guardians, they will not run away. At that time, we will fight them head-on. This is a good thing we can't ask for!"

Only then did Lu Shiming let go, flattered, and said, "The governor is far-reaching, his subordinates are not as good as possible."

Lin Chunhong smiled, his face became solemn again, and said, "It's okay to throw the stone machine, I am worried that the Tartars will use wood to build a large cart!"

"This? The Tartars now have enough carts and livestock to transport all the plundered goods. Why do they still have to build big carts?"

Lin Chunhong said: "Transfer prisoners to transport earth and stone to fill the canal. In this way, the situation is a bit bad. Tian Chuyun's army's supplies were not so easy to transport, and Yuetuo could also cross the canal by land."

Lu Shiming was inspired by the offensive and defensive momentum just now, and now he reacted very quickly, and immediately said: "To put it bluntly, the Tartars still have to defend the filling point of the canal. It is better for us to fight the Tartars at the filling point of the canal! As for where the Tartars will choose..."

Lu Shiming stopped talking and his eyes moved to Texas involuntarily.

Like Lu Shiming, Zhou Wang, Ling Su and Sheng Kunshan all turned their eyes to Dezhou. Seeing this, Lin Chunhong laughed and said, "I also think it is Dezhou, which is far enough from the Pili Legion and the Cavalry Army, and it is not too close to Tian Chuyun, haha..."

After laughing, Lin Chunhong slapped the Dezhou area on the map with a palm, and said resolutely: "This is the decisive battle point, this is the burial place for the Tartars! The troops we have hidden for a long time should be pulled out!"

"In addition, Li Mengshen ordered to transport enough Tian Chuyun's army to use one month's supply to Yanshan within three days!"

After enduring for so many days, I finally captured the opportunity for a decisive battle. Everyone was in a great mood. Lu Shiming said proudly: "The 150,000 army is not even a big deal for the imperial court! I want to see if the Tartars dare to destroy the walls in the future and go south!"

Lin Chunhong sneered: "Not 150,000, there are Zhang Gongwei and Liu Zeqing! There are also seven or eight thousand troops from Shandong General Ni Chong in Dezhou City, all of which are pulled out! I don't believe it. These guys look at the fat meat and will not rush up to bite it!"

...

With Dorgon leading his army north as the trigger point, the situation suddenly became boiling.

Du Du made the first move. He set up an attack array in Liangshui Town, successfully attracting the two battalions of the Yangtze River Navy to this point, and quickly led his troops northward to form a pincer attack on the Cavalry with Yuetuo's army.

Du Du thought that the Cavalry would quickly retreat westward and approach the canal, but he did not expect that the Cavalry would advance instead of retreating. Taking advantage of Yuetuo, Duoduo and Du Du were stunned, he ran to Gaotang County. His armed cruising range exceeded 30 miles every day, and he carried out a devastating blow to any Tartar raid trying to get close to Gaotang, regardless of any casualties.

At the same time, the First Army of the Pili Army marched eastward for more than 20 miles, and built garrisons in Ranlou between Gaotang and Xiajin County. The Second Army and the Third Army also left the Linqing County area and quickly advanced towards Xiajin County, stationed in Xiajin Shuangmiao and Songlou respectively.

Therefore, the three armies of the Pili Legion formed a triangle with a depth of more than twenty miles with the Third Army as the pointed head and the Third Army and the First Army as the base.

If Zhang Gongwei's troops in Linqing were included, the Jingzhou army formed a semi-encirclement with the Pili Legion as the main force and Zhang Gongwei and the Cavalry Army as the left and right wings.

Yue Tuo was shocked and hurriedly summoned Du Du and Duoduo and said, "There are nearly 20,000 infantry garrisons in the north. Although they don't know how powerful they are, they are the horns of each other. It's difficult to think about it. The east is the cavalry army, which is mobile and flexible, and very difficult. Only in the west is Zhang Gongwei's more than 5,000 defeated generals. Could it be that Lin Chunhong wants to lure us to attack Linqing and then go to Dezhou along the canal?"

Yuetuo's words were approved by Du Du and Du Duo. Du Du pointed to the location of the Shuangmiao where the Second Army of the Pili Legion was stationed on the map and said, "This place is only thirty miles away from the canal. Once we break through from the west, we will inevitably be blocked by the Shuangmiao Nanman. Gaolou and Ranlou Nanman have plenty of time to encircle us by the canal. If this is true, our army will be doomed."

Duoduo felt extremely depressed. Before entering Shandong, the entire North China Plain, the Jurchen cavalry had almost never encountered any obstacles. Now, after entering Shandong, not only were there any difficulty, but there were nearly 3,000 elite cavalry made of dumplings by Lin Chunhong. Duoduo was so angry that he gasped and shouted: "It's better to have a head-on duel with the cavalry of the Southern Barbarians. The cavalry of the Southern Barbarians is weak and is not our opponent, so why bother to look forward to it?"

Du Du asked: "The cavalry army has more than 10,000 troops. If it really needs a duel, it will be a matter of time? What if Lin Chunhong's infantry took the opportunity to surround him?"

Duoduo said angrily: "I think you were shattered by Lin Chunhong. You are afraid of this and that's also afraid of it. How to fight?"

Du Du was about to refute Duoduo, but Yue Tuo glared at the two of them and shouted: "What's there to be a fight for? It's a courageous and courageous, and it's not lacking in courage, and it's not lacking in brilliance."

Although Duoduo is Yuetuo's uncle, he seems to respect Yuetuo very much and consciously shut his mouth. Dudu naturally would not say much, and he looks forward to Yuetuo's final decision.

Yue Tuo said: "Head-to-head is not advisable, but in order to escape the encirclement, the army must entangle the cavalry, and bloody battles are inevitable. Luo Luohun can lead more than a thousand cavalry to entangle with the cavalry. The main force of the army bypasses Gaotang and goes from the west of Jinan to Dezhou to join Haoge. In addition, in order to prevent the infantry from moving towards Yucheng and approaching the plain, Haoge's troops will leave the plain and be responsible for supporting the main force of our army."

The more Dudu and Duoduo listened, the more they felt that something was wrong. Yue Tuo's move clearly regarded Luo Luohun as his abandoned son. Luo Luohun is Yue Tuo's eldest son!

Du Du shouted: "Master General, no! Luo Luohun's headquarters has too few troops. If the cavalry army divides its troops, it can still entangle our main force!"

Duoduo shouted excitedly: "Master General, it is better to lead the three thousand Jurchens of the Jurchens in the headquarters, and the four thousand elite cavalry of the Bahrain army to fight to the death with the Cavalry Army. If the Jingzhou army will greatly reduce the threat to our army. Even if it cannot win, it will be easy to get rid of the Cavalry Army."

Du Du's heart moved and looked at Yue Tuo with anticipation: "Master, this plan is feasible. It is better than a hero who cuts off his arm and is the best choice at present."

Yue Tou nodded heavily for a while, and said, "Uncle Fifteen, be careful. If the fight is not good, you will quickly get rid of the entanglement and go north."

As he was talking, he suddenly received a report. Lin Chunhong ordered the three troops of the Pili Legion to squeeze southward, only thirty miles away from the army, and it was within an instant.

Yuetuo, Dudu and Duduo looked at each other and said, "There is less and less room for our army to maneuver. Without further ado, act quickly!"

...

In the early morning of February 18, the 11th year of Chongzhen, Yue Tuo and Du Du led the main force to escort the prisoners, and from Kangzhuang to the southeast, suddenly turned northeast thirty miles south of Gaotang County, trying to bypass the Cavalry and advance towards Dezhou.

At the same time, Duodor took the two thousand elite cavalry of the Chahar tribe as the left wing and the two thousand elite cavalry of the Bahrain tribe as the right wing. He personally led three thousand elite cavalry as the central army and pressed against the Cavalry Army in large numbers.

Although Lin Chunhong knew about the actions of Yuetuo's army, Yuetuo's general strategy of restraining the Cavalry Army and covering the main force's northward journey was still known. So Yuetuo's army moved, and Lin Chunhong quickly ordered the Cavalry Army. The military orders were harsh and full of murderous aura: "Do not care about casualties, entangle the Duoduo's army and buy time for the army to encircle and suppress the Duoduo's army!"

After receiving the military order, Sheng Kunshan immediately summoned all the generals and said with a sigh: "Since going north, Sun Jin's scepter was almost wiped out, and then he fought with Yue Lemen in Guan County. Our cavalry army suffered losses and generals. The entire army was surrounded by people who thought that our cavalry army was not as powerful as the Tartars. This hatred, this hatred, and this humiliation. Only by fighting with the Tartars can we cleanse it!"

When the generals heard this, their faces turned red and they were whispering, trying their best to suppress their anger.

Sheng Kunshan said sternly: "The governor ordered us to entangle the Duoduo tribe regardless of casualties. Duoduo is a famous Tartar general and is quite cunning in using troops. He uses the Chahar tribe and the Bahrain tribe as the left and right wings, but the headquarters is behind. In this way, whether our cavalry attacks the left or right wings, Duoduo can escape calmly. Therefore, in order to entangle all Tartars, he can only take the central army directly and make the Tartars run away without running!"

The generals were filled with blood and shouted: "Fight to the death with the Tartars!"

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Chapter completed!