Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 196

Zhou Yuantong knew that the front battalion was hopeless, and was besieged by tens of thousands of people, unless the soldiers of the front battalion suddenly became Yue Fei's Beiwei army.

Otherwise, even if Abnai's prairie cavalry pushed away to give them a way out, they would not be able to escape Dorgon's pursuit.

Although Dorgon only has three thousand cavalry, these cavalry are quite elite Eight Banners cavalry, all of them are wearing heavy armor, and they are not afraid of swords, guns, swords and halberds. It is really difficult for Xiaoqi to kill.

Just when the front battalion fell into heavy siege, Zhou Yuantong hurriedly led the remaining four battalions, 5 to [-] people, and ran to the south, not because he was afraid of war.

It is true that Abnai's prairie cavalry and Dorgon's Eight Banners Army have both powerful maneuverability and impressive combat effectiveness. He, Zhou Yuan, and the tens of thousands of recruits who have just been armed rely on the huge number of recruits. Can barely fight for a while.

But now Dorgon has the support of Abu Nai's [-] elite cavalry. Although these grassland cavalry are not very good at melee combat, if they dismount and do not fight, they may not even be as good as Zhou Yuantong's recruits.

But with these 3 people, Dorgon will be able to wipe out Zhou Yuantong's numerical advantage. At this time, Zhou Yuantong can't beat him no matter what.

So he ordered his subordinates to fight and retreat, and slowly retreat to the south. Fortunately, Dorgon and Abnai were busy besieging the more than 1 people in the front battalion, and had no time to control him. This gave Zhou Yuantong a chance to retreat to Shandong safely. .

In order to prevent Abnai and Dorgon's troops from breaking into Shandong and causing serious damage to the rear, Zhou Yuan retreated all the way to the south of the Yellow River before stopping.

He built huge camps and fortifications on the north and south banks of the Yellow River, always ready to deal with the Qing army's forced crossing of the Yellow River.

They even recruited fishermen from the coastal states and counties, as well as those from the Bohai Sea and the East China Sea, and organized them into a water army, letting them gallop on the water of the Yellow River in boats, patrolling daily, and guarding against the Qing army crossing the river.

However, these are just coping measures. Zhou Yuantong knew that if he wanted to solve the more than [-] people of Dorgon and Abu Nai, he could only rely on Zhu Cihong to find a way, so after the battle of Hejian Mansion was over, he immediately sent someone to spread the news Pass it to Huaiqing Mansion and inform Zhu Cihong.

After Zhu Cihong received Zhou Yuantong's letter, he frowned. He didn't expect that Abu Nai would kill him on the way, and he brought thirty thousand grassland cavalry with him. If Abnai still had troops, Zhu Cihong would be in danger.

Thanks to the great battle between the Qing army and the Shun army in Shaanxi, Zhu Cihong had a great military advantage when facing the Qing army, but once the Shun army was defeated, he could only fight against the Qing army by himself in the future.

This is not a good thing. Although after the battle of the Heshun Army, the strength of the Eight Banners soldiers will definitely reach the weakest moment in history, but the Qing army does not only have the Eight Banners soldiers.

After entering the customs, Mi Qing collected a large number of Ming Dynasty surrendered troops and Dashun surrendered troops, and reorganized them into green camps, with hundreds of thousands in number.

Not to mention the Mongols who have always been friendly with Manchuria. I don’t know how many Mongolian princes like Abnai brought their own dry food to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Cihong couldn't think of a good way to solve the current predicament, so he had to summon his close ministers and Qian Qianyi and other national officials to discuss the matter, hoping to brainstorm and find a good way to solve the threat of mites.

"Now that the Mongols have entered the pass to help Miqing fight the war, our situation is not very good." Zhu Cihong said worriedly to the courtiers sitting in front of him.

Zhu Cixiang is not afraid of a single Mongolian or mite. The Ming Dynasty is rich in resources. As long as he can persevere, he can kill them no matter how much he consumes.

But one thing is that it would be troublesome if these mites and the Mongols colluded together to attack the Central Plains together. They are a nation that is good at riding and archery. Everyone can ride a horse and shoot arrows. It can be said that they are born warriors in the cold weapon era.

The most important point is that they don't need to prepare a large number of auxiliary soldiers and peasants to transport food, grass and supplies like the Ming army and the Shun army. They can drive a large number of cattle and sheep while fighting.

You can also go deep into the hinterland of the Han people on horseback to plunder, solve the problem of food, grass and supplies, and even have gold, silver, jade and silk to reward meritorious officials.

"Zhou Yuantong retreated from Zhili to Shandong. He told me that there was a Prince Chahar named Abu Nai who brought [-] elite cavalry. When he was fighting Dorgon, he directly outflanked him from both sides. Surrounded him to death in Hejian Mansion."

Zhou Yuantong’s description of the battle in his memorial to Zhu Cihong was a little bit exaggerated, but it was not a deception. This is the art of language. He made things that were not serious, and focused on describing the strength of the enemy army. If there are problems and deficiencies, people will ignore them. This is the way many people are officials.

Although Zhou Yuantong had wandered around the world before and had never entered the officialdom, after all, he had been in the world for decades, and he had already figured out people's hearts.

Although officialdom sounds high-end and is often yearned for by countless people, it is actually a relatively closed small society where most people are of high quality.

Where there are people, people need to figure out people's hearts. In this regard, there is no difference between the world and the officialdom.

In fact, Zhou Yuantong hadn't reached the point where he would die if he was surrounded, but if he was really surrounded, he would suffer extremely heavy losses. After all, it is impossible for a man to run with two legs better than a horse with four legs.

Once defeated head-on, it means the entire army is wiped out.

"Can you tell me what to do with the current situation?" Zhu Cihong asked all the courtiers present.

He does not support these officials as mascots, but the time has come for them to offer advice.

It's a pity that no one here knows what the situation of the Mongols is. They are all Confucian scholars who have read poetry and books, so how can they know about these issues.

They are good at engaging in political struggles and corruption, and they can even coerce public opinion and confront the emperor, but they can't even fart on this important military matter.

In the end, only Zhang Ruowang stood up. Before Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, he was a member of Donggong Sheren. After Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, because he was pure-hearted and had no desire for power and wealth, Zhu Cihong let him enter the Hanlin Academy for a comparison. high position.

If Zhang Ruowang becomes more famous in the future, or shows strong ability, Zhu Cihong will let him work in the cabinet.

After all, Zhang Ruowang was an old man who followed Zhu Cihong, and Zhu Cihong didn't want to treat him badly, otherwise don't say that he had a bad conscience, even if others saw it, they would think that Zhu Cihong treated his courtiers too harshly.

(End of this chapter)