Speaking of which, Donghu's territory is not small now. Almost all the entire Southeast Peninsula belonged to Annan and Chameng in the east were occupied by them. Especially after suppressing Siam in the area of ​​the Great City, Donghu's territory was close to nearly two million square kilometers. Can such a large place be taken down in one month?

According to Zhu Cijing's original plan, a month was naturally not enough. It turned out that he wanted to do everything step by step, steadily, and slowly advance with the railway line, and build the railway wherever he went. In this way, there was no need to worry about the supply of food and grass. With the strong strength of the Ming Dynasty, Donghu could definitely be beaten without temper.

However, now the great powers are clearly coming to interfere, so he has to change his strategy and take a risk. As the saying goes, capture the king first, he is ready to attack fiercely, directly rush to the capital of Donghu and force the King of Long!

From the Great City to the Donghu capital, Dongxu, only a thousand miles away. If you rush to the high-speed horse, you can reach it in three days. It seems that it is a very simple thing to take down and rush to the Donghu City. Why is this a risky move?

First of all, there are 200,000 troops from the Donghu north of the city. If you don’t defeat these 200,000 troops and rush directly to the Donghu capital, that would be a joke. Wait for them to attack on both sides? After these 200,000 troops are defeated, it will be a big problem for them to use the terrain to disperse the attack. With the 300,000 Ming troops gathered in the city, it is impossible to wipe out so many defeated troops in the short term.

Also, from the middle of the Great City to Dongxu City, there are not a flat mountain, and there are several mountains in the middle. The terrain is complex and it is difficult for the army to march.

Finally, there is another most critical issue. If King Long escapes and gives up Dongxu City, then everything will be in vain!

However, Zhu Cijiu can't take care of so much now. There are a lot of problems, but there is not a complete lack of hope for success, because he is very confident in the forced submission of King Ta Long. As long as he surrounds King Ta Long in Dongxu City, this guy will most likely surrender, because in history, the king of the Donghu Dynasty was not a stubborn and hard-working force.

In fact, the last defeat of Emperor Yongli during the Southern Ming Dynasty was the Eastern Hu Dynasty. As a result, as soon as Wu Sangui rushed over, King Talong immediately sent Emperor Yongli and his family to the Qing army to seek the Qing army's retreat!

This shows that King Long's will was not very tenacious, and he admitted his conscience before he started fighting. Of course, it is also possible that he did not want to start a war with Emperor Yongli and the Qing army to protect him. However, if he hit the door of his house, you would not give up any more than a single one, which is enough to show that King Long is a person who bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong.

Since they were afraid of being strong, let's try hard with them. Zhu Cijing directly ordered the Beiyang Navy to go to Annan to transport Tianxiong's army, and the construction of the railway was slowly carried out to the Ding Liao army, the Wuwei army and the Second Border Defense Army were responsible, while the Imperial Guards First Corps, Guanning Army and Dongjiang Army were all working hard to build dry food and prepare for a marching emergency!

Annan was not very far from Siam. Two days later, Tianxiong's army rushed to the big city. Zhu Cijiu immediately summoned four main generals to discuss the plan to march into Dongshu.

During the march and war, Zhu Cijiu generally tried his best to avoid traditional Chinese etiquette, and the five people just discussed it around the sand table model.

To march into Dongxu, we must first solve the 200,000 Donghu army north of the city. The Donghu army's camp is quite important. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, in front of the Ming army with an astonishing number of artillery, it is only a little more difficult to attack. The most discussed thing was how to annihilate the 200,000 troops in one fell swoop. As for what to do after solving the 200,000 troops, it depends on the outcome of the battle. Everyone gave examples of various situations and discussed various countermeasures. A huge combat plan was gradually formed.

The next morning, Zhu Cijing personally led the First Corps of the Imperial Guards and the Dongjiang Army to march eighty miles north of the city, setting up camps opposite the Donghu Camp to attract the attention of the Donghu Army. The Guanning Army and the Tianxiong Army lurked from the left and right wings, and surrounded the Donghu Camp for twenty or thirty miles.

The chief general of this Hu army is Ping Dali, the prince of the Donghu King. He is not as cowardly as King Long. He is the so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. He believes that the Ming army has more artillery. If he really fights his life, he may not be able to beat the Donghu army!

The reason why he retreated a hundred miles was not because he was afraid of the Ming army, but because he didn't want to fight with the Ming army. He didn't even understand the intention of the Ming army. He just fought with others. Isn't that sick? He was not sick, so he was waiting for the Ming army to send envoys to explain his intentions.

As a result, what he was waiting for was not the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, but an army of 200,000!

Ping Dali was furious now. The next morning, he ordered the 200,000 troops to set up a formation on the plain in front of the camp, preparing to form the Ming army, so that they could see the power of the Donghu army.

Zhu Cijing was originally thinking about how to break through the Donghu camp, but unexpectedly they ran out by themselves and formed a formation to provoke them!

Dare to fight against the Ming army on the plains, seeking death!

Zhu Cijiong immediately ordered that 10,000 infantry form a shield wall at the front to block the enemy's sight, and the remaining infantry and cavalry line up the left and right rear wings of the shield formation, while the artillery was all arranged directly behind the shield formation, and the 200,000 troops slowly pressed forward.

When Ping Dali saw the Ming army pressing over with such a formation, he couldn't help but look disdainful. The general of the Ming army was afraid that he was sick. Can the shells be blocked by a shield? He has dozens of cannons! Moreover, he has tens of thousands of elephant soldiers, so just step on such a shield formation!

Zhu Cijing naturally knew that the Donghu army had forty or fifty cannons, so he lined up the farthest 100 Shenwei cannons at the forefront of the artillery array, waiting for the other party to fire the cannon.

Behind the shield formation, infantry and artillery generals riding war horses kept using telescopes to estimate the distance between them, six miles, five miles, four miles, three miles...

The front shield formation of the Ming army had just reached about two and a half miles away from the Donghu army. "Boom boom", the Donghu army finally couldn't help but fire, but their artillery was all set behind the formation, and the range was a bit insufficient. The farthest shells fired were still hundreds of steps away from the Ming army's shield formation.

At this moment, the Central Army was waving the flag, and the generals in the front ordered according to the flag words:

"Go forward a hundred steps and erect a shield wall."

"Go forward and line up a hundred steps, ready to charge."

"Go forward a hundred steps to set up cannons and prepare to bombard."

After the entire Ming army moved forward a hundred steps, it suddenly stopped. "Pu Pu Pu Pu" the Ming army in the front row inserted the shield to the ground and quickly formed a shield wall. The Ming army behind seemed to be stopped there and there was no movement.

Just as Ping Dali was guessing what the Ming army was doing, a row of cannon barrels suddenly erected behind the shield wall, with about a hundred of them, but the length was a bit amazing, with a large section of the shield wall at a high place!

Seeing this, Ping Dali's face changed. You can tell from the length of the barrel that the Ming army's artillery could definitely be shot into his own formation. What should I do? One hundred cannons are not that scary. At such a close distance, they rushed over and were at most two hundred shells. After fighting, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Beat the drum, and the whole army attacked."

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong" sounded, and the 200,000 Donghu troops roared in unison, rushing towards the Ming army, steering the giant elephant.
Chapter completed!