I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In Seoul, after the Hua army arrived, they just set up a siege formation, and the Qing army in charge of the garrison dispersed in a hurry and fled directly.

Most of the Eight Banners Army that is still left have fought against the Hua Army, and they know how powerful the Hua Army is.

Even if he has never fought against Hua Jun, he has at least heard of Hua Jun's reputation.

The Eight Banners soldiers who can survive until now are all people who combine cleverness and luck.

After winning Seoul, the staff of the Dahua Expeditionary Force was also thinking about the next move against the map.

The maps they got were very crude and could not compare with Dahua's military maps.

Not to mention detailed contour lines, some mountainous areas are not even marked in size, many places do not have place names, and there are no mountain paths.

Looking at this map, Tang Guozhen and others were all depressed.

From this map, I can't get much useful information at all, and I don't even know how many escape routes the Qing army will have.

They found local North Koreans, but ordinary North Koreans only know some place names around them at most, and they are also at a loss as to what they want them to point out on the map.

For a time, Tang Guozhen and others felt like they had come to a wild area, a primitive tribe.

"It's not easy, we are blind, and we don't even know where the Qing army is."

Xu Yuxian complained.

The goal of their action this time is to destroy the living force of the Qing army. Only by destroying the enemy's strength can the enemy's strength be weakened.

As for the gains and losses of one city and one place, it doesn't matter anymore.

Even if they recaptured all of Korea, they would not be able to destroy the Qing army. The Qing army was too close and could kill again at any time.

It is also impossible for them to stay here forever and consume with the Qing army. It is also not suitable for going deep into the Qing army's nest, and the risk is too great.

"There's no way, that's how the North Koreans draw maps. Next, it's important for us to explore the surrounding terrain. If we don't know what we're doing, we can't formulate tactics."

Qian Sule said.

"I said, will everyone be too cautious. Although we are fighting on the road, we are not familiar with the place. However, the Qing army is also fighting on the road, and they are not familiar with the terrain here.

At this point, we are not at a disadvantage, so there is no need to worry too much. The slightly scattered troops filled the entire line of defense with people, not giving the Qing army a chance to slip away.

As long as the Qing army emerges, people from other places can provide support. As for the fear of being divided, surrounded and annihilated by the Qing army, it's not that I despise them, they really don't have the courage..."

Duan Qiming directly drew a line on the map, meaning that on this line, a part of the troops should be deployed at intervals to take care of the entire line of defense.

In this way, the enemy has no chance to slip away.

However, due to the fact that the front is too long, the number of soldiers who are responsible for garrisoning in each section will not be many.

Troops are too scattered, and it is easy to be defeated by each.

All in all, this idea has pros and cons.

If the support between each other is quick enough, there is also hope that the Qing army will be held back.

"You can give it a try. It happens that the weapons we are currently using are also suitable for small-scale operations. Using the Qing army's lack of understanding of our new weapons, we may be able to hit the enemy again."

Tang Guozhen thought for a while, and finally made the decision.

After detailed argumentation, Hua Jun left 3,000 people to garrison Seoul, and then the remaining 28,000 people were divided into 60 parts, basically each part was a battalion.

There are two to three battalions in key areas, and these sixty units are distributed over a defense line of about three hundred miles.

In theory, there will be a battalion of troops stationed every five miles on average, which seems to be too sparse.

But in reality, there are places that are impassable and do not need to be defended.

Therefore, there are 60 units, which is almost enough to keep an eye on all the retreat routes of the Qing army.

Before the army set off, they tried their best to bring more than a hundred locals who could communicate and were familiar with the terrain.

Not being familiar with the terrain is indeed a big problem.

They marched from southwest to northeast along the line drawn on the map, leaving a battalion or two behind at every point to be defended.

Then, the others move on.

Along the way, the team gets smaller and smaller.

Until the northernmost seashore, there was only one battalion left in the procession.

At this point, their line of defense was properly arranged, and they were waiting for the Qing army to return.

They didn't wait long, because the Qing army had been on the way back while they were setting up their defenses.

At this time, the spies of their vanguard had already discovered the Huajun's position.

Afterwards, they quickly returned to report the situation.

"What, Hua Jun also set up a defense line on this mountain road? Damn it."

The striker Mondal said bitterly.

"There are only more than 300 enemies, so we simply surrounded them and killed them."

said a general.

"Do you have any brains? Can you promise to wipe out all of them and not let anyone escape? As long as one escapes to report, they will know the movement of our army and will gather here. At that time, if you want to escape It won't be that easy."

Mondal scolded.

"Then what should we do?"

Subordinates

Continue to ask.

It is too difficult to even destroy the enemy.

Mondal can be a forward and explore the way, but he still has some brains.

On the one hand, he sent people back to report to Dorgon, and on the other hand, he sent spies to other directions to find a way around.

His principle is to try not to have contact with the Chinese army, and not to reveal his whereabouts.

The spies of the Qing army scattered out, but as time went by, the information returned by the spies sent a chill to Mondal's back.

The enemy army was found on the hillside of the intersection on the left, and there were also Chinese troops stationed on a small road six miles away on the right. Eleven miles to the right, there is another troop...

Mundal has vaguely guessed Hua Jun's plan.

As more and more information was gathered, his conjectures were constantly being confirmed.

"These people are determined to block our way back. They are really vicious."

Mondal scolded.

Nowadays, the generals of the Qing army are particularly fond of saying that the Hua army is very vicious, and it is just like the Hua army should let them.

Coincidentally, in the past, the Ming army also commented on the Eight Banners soldiers in this way.

If you can't defeat your opponent in terms of strength, you will find a way to point at the opponent morally.

"Lord Belle, what should we do then?"

subordinate asked.

"I don't know, pass the situation to the top and let them make a decision. I guess the top may concentrate their forces and break through from somewhere."

This is the only way Mundal can think of.