Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 237 Great Victory at Changle Pass
Just when Bai Mingxiu completed the series of tasks released by the system and took the area south of the Yangtze River under his control, Su Shuhuan, the commander of the East China Army, was still chasing after the remnants of the Huguang Qing Army led by Murima.

After deploying the Dabie Mountain line of defense, the Qing army originally thought it could delay the Daming Restoration Army for a period of time and buy some time for them to flee north.But in fact, the Ming army led by Su Shuhuan did not have much time to completely wipe out the cannon fodder troops left by the Qing army.Although the Qing army fought hard in the Dabie Mountains, after all, the gap in strength between the two sides was too obvious. Even if the Qing army worked hard, they could not really shake the Ming army at all.

After the army led by Su Shuhuan crossed the Dabie Mountains, they arrived in Xinyang, Henan.

When the Qing army passed through Xinyang, they were in a hurry, and even Murima did not dare to take a rest in Xinyang, but immediately led the Qing army northward, leaving behind Xinyang, which had a small defensive force.

Eight hours after Murima gave up Xinyang, the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army had already arrived at the Shi River at the southern end of Xinyang.Originally, the Shihe River was supposed to be the natural moat of Xinyang City, blocking the advance of the enemy army, but as soon as the Ming army arrived here, they quickly built a pontoon bridge across the river and quickly came to the north bank.Xinyang didn't have any luck at first glance, and chose to simply surrender to the Ming army.

After Su Shuhuan took Xinyang, he did not take any rest, but led his army to pursue Murima's troops in a hurry.Finally caught up with the Qing army at Changle Pass by the Huaihe River.

"Why did the Ming army catch up?" Murima was also very anxious when she saw a large number of Ming troops coming.There are still more than 4 troops in his army, both on foot and on horseback, but some people are already exhausted.There is no bridge on the Huaihe River, so the troops can only be sent there little by little by ferry.

After all, the army of this era does not have strong engineering capabilities, unlike the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, where each regiment has its own engineering soldiers, and has a strong ability to assume pontoon bridges.

Murima hurriedly said: "After the green battalion is left behind, the Ming army must be blocked on the south bank, and the battalions of the Eight Banners must quickly cross the river!"

He still clings to his core mission, to preserve the last bit of Manchurian combat power in his hands.The successive battles of Nanming had almost exhausted the Manchurian troops.It would be a little difficult to rule the world with such a small population of Manchurians, let alone use the last [-] to [-] Manchurian Eight Banners to suppress the hundreds of millions of Han people in more than ten provinces in the world.

Bai Mingxiu's massacre of the Eight Banners has actually completely abolished the possibility of the Manchu Qing ruling the world in theory.When Nanming's mud couldn't support the wall, the grass on the wall could only follow the Manqing. Even though the Jianzhou Jurchen was actually just a scumbag of foreign powers, they still had a little bit of victory.But now the situation is different. Daming once again showed a domineering attitude, winning consecutive battles and controlling the southern provinces. Anyone with a little brain can see that the Manchu Qing has no ability to rule the world.

If they rely on a large number of Han bureaucrats and troops, regardless of whether the Manchus themselves can trust them, the Han army may take refuge in Nanming.Simply put, even if the military power and strength were given to some Han bureaucrats and military leaders, it would inevitably evolve into a warlord separatist regime and the Qing court's power would fall to the side.

After all, this time is different from the late Qing Dynasty in the history of Bai Mingxiu's plane. After all, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties in the late Qing Dynasty had been in power for many years. Han Chinese bureaucrats would have preconceived notions, coupled with the obsolescence of the entire society and a series of strengthening measures in the middle and early Qing Dynasty. With the approach of centralization of power and the authority of the emperor, it is easy for ministers to separatist power, but it is difficult to rebel.

But this time is different after all. Most people still recognize the Ming Dynasty. Although the Tartar invaders occupied their land for several years, but now that the Ming Dynasty is in full swing, everyone believes that they will fight back. There will be real national luck.

Some discerning people in the Qing court have already seen this trend. In addition, many of them came all the way from entering the customs. It is really unacceptable for these people to go back outside the customs.But if Bai Mingxiu was really allowed to kill their entire clan, then everything would be over.

Su Shuhuan originally wanted to carry out His Royal Highness's decree and destroy the Tartars.At this time, the Tartars were crossing the river. Although the Ming army who had marched up was a little tired, their morale was extremely strong.

The Ming Dynasty Restoration Army pushed up the artillery first, and a large number of artillerymen lined up on the south bank of the Huaihe River. Hundreds of cannons aimed at the Qing army crossing the river and the remaining cannon fodder on the south bank.

Following Su Shuhuan's order, the artillery roared one after another, and the artillery fire quickly covered the entire Qing army's position and the river.This was probably also the first time that the East China Army led by Su Shuhuan mobilized such a large-scale artillery to launch an artillery attack against the Qing army, and it was essentially the firepower preparation for the Ming army's attack.

The momentum of this shelling is so amazing, and its power is so great. Even this shelling, after many rounds of shooting, led to the overall collapse of the Qing army's green camp after the breakup, and the soldiers of the green camp who fled all the way north under the artillery fire. They all lost their desire to fight, and began to flee towards both sides, unable to form a formation anymore.

Even on the river, the shelling did some damage.The number of ferry boats used by the Qing army to cross the river was not very large. Murima had tried hard to mobilize nearby ferry boats, but there were still not many, and most of them were small boats.When the boats crossed the river, they formed a relatively dense group of ships. When they were bombarded, some unlucky ferry boats were hit by shells and capsized directly.Even some shells hit the water, and the spray and waves raised were enough to overturn some unprepared ferries.

"Hurry up, cross the river quickly, we will be safe after crossing the river!" Murima was also crowded on a ferry boat at this time, scrambling to cross the Huaihe River.

A servant from the nearby Hong residence pleaded: "General, let our master go with you on the same boat, the situation is urgent."

Who knew that Murima kicked the famous servant who was holding the bow of the boat with his arms, and cursed: "Hong Chengchou is about to die of illness, don't take the position of us Manchurians at this time."

The family member said sadly: "Master Hong served the Qing Dynasty all his life and made countless contributions. Does the general want to see him end up like this in the end?"

Murima is already impatient: "We Manchus are about to die. He is a Han. What is there to complain about? Since he is a slave of our Manchus, he must naturally protect his master. Hong Chengchou is our Manchus. A dog, now that the dog is getting old and getting in the way, it should die quickly, there is no reason for the master to die to save him."

(End of this chapter)