Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 960
"Abate is going to escape!"

In the Haizhou Frontline Headquarters, under the dim light, Qi Hu, who was getting thinner due to days of hard work, but with sharper eyes, looked around the generals, speaking in a low voice, word for word.

All the generals were taken aback, Li Xu was a little bit disbelieving: "Impossible? The Tartars are now running Haizhou like a hive, and it's clear that they want to stick to it and wait for help. How can there be any chance of fleeing? "

Old General Li Shu agreed with Qi Hu's judgment: "I think it's entirely possible! Now our army is in such a strong position, it's only a matter of time before Jinan is taken, and Dezhou and Cangzhou fell into our hands early, isn't Abatai You idiot, you don’t know that if you continue to go north, there is only one dead end, and he suddenly gave up going north and sticking to Haizhou, most likely because he wants to collect sea ships here and escape from the sea!”

Zheng Zhibao said excitedly: "Escape from the sea? This is what I wish for! If this is the case, our sailors will be able to kill!"

Li Xu muttered: "Because our navy has a huge advantage, I don't believe that they will escape from the sea. What is the difference between that and courting death!"

Qi Hu said: "Nothing is impossible on the battlefield. The more you think it is impossible, it is often exactly what the enemy wants to do. General Fubo, ask the navy to be more vigilant, and don't let Jiannu escape. !"

Zheng Zhibao grinned and said, "Grandpa, just rest assured. I'll go back to the boat later, staring at the sea with my eyes open in my sleep. I don't believe that grandson can escape under my nose!"

Qi Hu said: "That's good!" He pondered for a moment, looked at the generals, and said slowly: "I want to fight Abatai!"

All the generals were taken aback: "Decisive battle? Why?" Zheng Zhibao even jumped up and shouted: "Old man, absolutely not! We should encircle three and one, and let Abatai lead his troops on board! We want to destroy the army on land!" It is difficult for them with more than 1 people, but at sea, crushing them to death is as easy as crushing a piece of tofu, we don’t have to fight him to the death and sacrifice so many soldiers for nothing!”

Qi Hu raised his hand to calm everyone down, and said in a deep voice: "I know that Jiannu is not easy to deal with, and I also know that Jiannu will become a group of prisoners waiting to be executed when they meet our sailors at sea. I know, but..." He paused for a while, his eyes became confused, and his expression was painful, and he said: "But, I really want to annihilate this Qing army head-on and avenge the Hunhe River! Thousands of soldiers were almost wiped out. My son, my nephew, all died in this battle, and I was left as a dying old man wandering around with a little grandson! I forgot I can't forget the blood-red sunset by the Hun River, and I can't forget the children of the Qi family army lying on the ground by the Hun River! If I can't avenge this hatred with my own hands, even if I die, I can't rest in peace!"

Everyone was moved, and then fell silent.After a while, the general of the Zhejiang army cried out with tears in his eyes: "Old general, it's up to you, let's fight Jiannu! So many children from Zhejiang died in Liaodong, we have to avenge this revenge with our own hands!"

Li Shu shook his head: "This style of play is very stupid...but it is also very clever, I agree!"

Zheng Chenggong, who had been silent all this time, was in a hurry: "Old General Li, you——"

Li Shu said: "My lord, don't talk about it, I'm not old-fashioned yet! Old General Qi is thinking of you! In this national war, all the people from all walks of life did their best to win every victory. Although we have been fighting all the way Chasing the enemy, but we have not won a decent battle for a long time. After the war is over, what will the champion think of us? ? Then we have to win a battle, a big victory! The best victory is to wipe out Abatai and his troops! For the future, we must not only fight Jiannu decisively, but also win a big victory!"

Everyone suddenly realized and was convinced.Although they wanted to use the heavy navy to wipe out Abatai's troops and preserve their own strength, they also knew very well that Yang Menglong had clear rewards and punishments, and rewards were always based on merit.This treatment does not refer to the number of rewards received, but the status in his mind, which directly determines the future and destiny of an army.Xue Siming's army can have its current status because of the battle of Dalinghe and the battle of Lushun. The Hanpeng army fought from Nanyang to Guangxi and made great contributions in expelling hundreds of thousands of rebels, so the position of the main force is also stable. very.People from all walks of life, such as the Sichuan Army, the Shaanxi Army, and the Denglai New Army, were victorious under the command of Yang Menglong, and rolled towards Beijing like a steamroller. They alone... Nearly 10 people besieged a lone army of Abate, and it was too late to take it down. This is shameful enough. If you want to use the hands of the navy to solve Abate, a heavy reward after the war is indispensable. Yes, it's just that the future is worrisome, not to mention Yang Menglong, if they think about it in another way, even they will doubt whether there is any need for such an army to exist!
As Li Shu said, for the future, they not only have to fight the Qing army, but also win, a complete victory!Unless they all plan to receive a sum of silver dollars and then dismissed, they go back to their respective homes and find their own mothers!
A magnificent era has already kicked off, and the era of soldiers is coming, who is willing to leave the stage like this!

decisive battle!decisive battle!
So, when Abatai was trying his best to collect sea ships and prepare to flee, the Ming army on the periphery of the Haizhou defense line sharpened their horizontal knives, held their flintlock guns tightly, and stared at the sea in the distance with blood-red eyes. The city wall of the state looks like a group of hungry wolves who have been hungry for a winter and are looking at a surrounded wild boar!
However, a decisive battle involving tens of thousands of troops requires a lot of preparations, so Abatay still has at least two days to relax.

The Qing army in the north did not have such a good life.The Ming army's offensive wave after wave, did not give them any chance to breathe. Dingxing, Laishui, Yixian, Gu'an, Bazhou, Zhuozhou... the battle flags of the Ming army were planted in one city after another, Lines of defense were shattered by the overwhelming artillery fire of the Ming army.There is no reason to doubt the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Even with the Heluo New Army and Tianxiong Army, their combat effectiveness can still rank among the top three in East Asia; there is also no reason to doubt the bravery and tenacity of the Manchurian warriors. I used all my energy.However, the gap was too great. Facing opponents whose equipment and tactics were a whole generation ahead of their own, no matter how tenacious they were, they could only be crushed.The Qing army found desperately that the flat and vast North China Plain was no longer a paradise for cavalry. Facing the phalanx formed by bayonets densely resembling reeds, the invincible Manchurian cavalry struggled to move forward. Before the Qing army's cavalry rushed to the front of the Ming army, they were cut down in pieces.Even if they rushed in front of the Ming army, they couldn't get through. The densely packed bayonets formed a cold dead line, which made the horses intimidated, while the crow-like swarms of grenades and the rain of bullets like a curtain of fire tried to escape from the gap between the phalanxes. The gap passed through, and the cavalry looking for the flaw suffered a lot of casualties.The Ming army gave up all tactics, and it was the simplest and most direct counterattack, and it was the simplest and most direct way of fighting for their lives, but the Qing army had no choice but to defeat them again and again!
It is not that the Qing army did not try to break the deadlock. Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou personally commanded the Guanning iron cavalry, and repeatedly fought with the Ming army in the direction of Bazhou. Bazhou changed hands several times, and no one could do anything about it.Taking advantage of this opportunity, De Gelei led [-] cavalry to go south at high speed, bypassing Cangzhou, and the arrow of the attack was directed at Hengshui, trying to launch a suicide attack on the Daming Road for thousands of miles.The tactic was completely correct, and it also hit the Ming army’s key point: Daming Road was the Ming Army’s rear, if Daming Road was destroyed, the Ming Army’s supply line would be finished, and the Qing army would at least turn defeat into victory. Can win a respite.

It's a pity that the Qing army was always short of luck.

It seems that as long as they face Yang Menglong, the goddess of luck will leave the Qing army. Who knows what is going on.Derge's luck was really bad. When he arrived in Cangzhou, he happened to catch up with the main force of the Sichuan Army moving eastward to reinforce Cangzhou. The pressure on Cangzhou was too great, and it was an ideal starting point for the attack. Don't throw it away.If he had come one day earlier and not yet entered Cangzhou, he would have bumped into the vanguard of the Sichuan Army and could have easily dealt with it; if he had come one day late, the main force of the Sichuan Army would have entered Cangzhou City, and he would have bumped into the Sichuan Army's vanguard at most. Not only will the baggage troops not be in any danger, but they can also make a fortune.But unfortunately, he came sooner or later. When the Sichuan army reached Nanpi, he just arrived at Nanpi and bumped into the main force of the Sichuan army!After learning the news, Dege was also dumbfounded and ran to the front line to take a look. Good guy, it's absolutely true!The main force of the Sichuan Army, whose strength was at least three times theirs, was driving towards them in a mighty manner, with flags like clouds and long branches like forests, which was intimidating!
Degerei could only sigh: "God will not bless me in the Qing Dynasty!"

Sighing is useless, the battle is still to be fought.The attempt to attack the Daming Road via Hengshui has been shattered. The Dege class decisively chose to retreat and join Zu Zerun, but the Sichuan Army said that you still want to run when it comes?The [-]-step cavalry army quickly pressed forward, chasing after him.That's not to mention, there are also [-] troops from Dezhou going north to join the Sichuan army, and the momentum is getting bigger and bigger, chasing all the way to the city of Cangzhou!Now what the Qing army has to consider is not how to break through the Ming army's defense line and attack the Ming army's rear, but how to retreat completely!

On the other side, Han Peng's army and Qian Yu's army finally joined forces after raiding more than a dozen prefectures and counties, starting from Gu'an and heading straight for Shuntian Prefecture--which is today's Langfang area.Xue Siming's army went straight to Fengtai, and Yan Yingyuan's army passed through the gap between Han Peng's army and Qian Yu's army, heading towards Xianghe. Their purpose could not be clearer. Yes, they wanted to cut off the connection between Beijing and Tianjin and form an encirclement on Beijing!Lei Shisheng's regiment repeatedly fought with the Qing army on the Badaling Great Wall, hill by hill, no matter the cost, just to smash the Jundu Mountain defense line that had blocked him for too long!It is to dive down from Jundu Mountain, level Changping, and then join friendly forces to surround Beijing!

Upon hearing the news of the fall of the Badaling Great Wall, all the civil and military officials of the Qing court were silent, and even Huang Taiji, who had experienced many battles, felt a chill, a chill of being stripped naked.

Badaling Great Wall is lost, Zhuozhou, Gu'an, and Yi County are lost, Shuntian Mansion may not last long, Xianghe... Xianghe may not be as good as Shuntian Mansion when Xianghe persists.Today's Beijing really seems to have been stripped naked, with nothing to hide.In desperation, Huang Taiji roared: "Is there no one who can use it? Where is Dorgon? Where is Dodo? Where are the [-] loyal Manchurian warriors! Why is it that I am the only one left to fight alone? Why? !?"

The desperate roar echoed in the Golden Hall, like a dying tiger roaring weakly.

(End of this chapter)