Lord of Ming Dynasty

Do I want to give up the advantage of cavalry and let the Manchus attack the hills and mountains that the enemy is holding on to with bows and arrows?

It’s not impossible. The Manchus are brave. It’s only been more than ten years since they entered the customs. Many Manchus still retain their brave traditions outside the customs. Dorgon often uses various rewards to encourage the Manchus to maintain this brave tradition. Most of the Manchus are not very old. Many of the second-generation Manchus performed relatively well. There is a vigorous upward trend in which the young are better than the blue. The Qing Dynasty is in full swing and will continue to maintain this momentum. , Manchurians will not degenerate until the three god-like emperors pass.

Perhaps influenced by the Huaxia Army's firearms tactics, many Manchus also began to doubt whether this kind of bravery is useful, while most of the Han people agreed or encouraged the use of firearms. It is not as good as the Manchus, who like to be opportunistic. There is still a certain market for the full-scale firearms of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but Dorgon is a Manchu elite and a traditional Manchu. He still likes to let the Manchus practice martial arts, riding and shooting Zhishu maintains the bravery of Manren.

Therefore, even though Hong Chengchou vigorously promoted firearms and established a new army, the opinions of bows and arrows and cold weapons still prevailed in the Qing court.

Obai was on the battlefield, and he wanted to maintain the bravery and tradition of the Manchus, but now he was scared by the firearms of the Huaxia Army, so now he lacked confidence.

Above the battlefield, Zhang Qiang saw the situation of Oboi Army through Zhanying's eyes, and couldn't help but sigh. Although the Manchus were brave, they were still behind in the face of the general trend.

He hastened to urge the 24th Field Brigade to advance as soon as possible to catch up with Xiao Fei. He wanted to surround Oboi in a desperate situation and completely control this full Qing dragon.

In this way, his next arrangement can be successful.

Chapter 465 Meeting Obai 17

Hong Chengchou paid close attention to the battle situation in Huguang. When he received the news of Oboi's retreat, he never rested for a moment. He spent almost every day in the study and the signing room for the past half month. At the state border, he still spit out a mouthful of blood as if he had been hit hard.

That is the last elite mobile force of the Qing army here. Although Aobai is an imperial party and he is Dorgon's regent party, he is a member of the Qing Dynasty. The annihilation of Aobai means that Hubei Province is in danger Now that Hubei Prefecture has been breached, Hong Chengchou along the Yangtze River has been operating for more than a year, and his defense line for the past two years has been useless.

Take a look at the situation, Yichang Prefecture is occupied by He Tengjiao, Jingzhou Prefecture is occupied by Li Guo’s Loyalty Battalion, Wuhan Prefecture is occupied by the Qing Army, Xiangyang Qing Army is occupied, Jingmen is occupied by an anti-reverse army Chen Youlong, Shangxi’an is occupied by Wu Sangui Then, Yunnan and Guizhou were occupied by chieftains, ethnic minority tribes and Li Chengdong. The Qing army fought fiercely with them, forming a deserted land for thousands of miles. Where there are few people, logistical supplies alone can drag the army to death.

Regardless of the battle situation in the distance, let’s talk about the battle situation in Hubei Province. The Qing army was focused on consolidating and defending the Huaxia Army, and had no intention of chasing down Li Guo, He Tengjiao, Chen Youlong and other forces that resisted the Qing Dynasty. One of the weaknesses of the Qing army, if the Huaxia army passed through these areas smoothly, they would be able to detour behind the Qing army, cut into the already consolidated territory of the Qing army, and surround their own Qing army.

Send troops to rescue, now even Hong Chengchou dare not say that he can defeat the Huaxia Army, he has no troops left to deploy.

He shared his thoughts with Feng Quan, his old partner.

Feng Quan checked the map carefully, and said to Hong Chengchou: "My lord, it is better to abandon Huguang and Hubei Prefecture, and transfer the troops there to Anhui Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Shandong Prefecture, and then get stuck at the junction of the three provinces. Our troops will not be very scattered, and we will wait for a while to wait for the North Korea to change the situation."

Hong Chengchou looked up at Feng Quan, "What do you mean?"

Feng Quan glanced left and right, "My lord," Hong Chengchou waved his hands to make the servants retreat.

Feng Quan leaned into his ear and whispered: "My lord, the court is unstable, the imperial party is more and more eager to take over the government and seize power, and after hunting in Rehe, Dorgon suddenly became seriously ill. It is said that he was injured by a fallen horse. up.

Nowadays, the activities of the imperial party are rampant. Dorgon's Regent Party suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Huaxia Army. His two brothers were defeated and died one after another. Executed by the Huaxia Army, many Manchu Niulu of Dorgon's forces were thrown into hard labor camps by the Huaxia Army, and now life is worse than death.

The imperialist party is now powerful, and we have to leave a way out for ourselves. The best way is to save the soldiers in our hands. These days, only those who have soldiers have the right to speak, otherwise they can arrest you and put you in prison with a single word, and your family and relatives will copy it all over the house. cut. "

Hong Chengchou was worried about the strength of the Huaxia Army all day long, thinking about how to defeat the Huaxia Army. Hearing Feng Quan's words, he couldn't help but tremble. He closed his eyes, got into the horns, and didn't pay attention to the movements of Chaozhong. Now the bystanders can clearly see that he didn't know how he died without Feng Quan's reminder.

"From Brother Feng's point of view, is there any chance for Dorgon to come back?" Hong Chengchou asked in a low voice.

Feng Quan shook his head, "I heard that as early as a month ago, Hauge led his army to withdraw from the four mountains, and he was rushing to the capital. Now he has reached Xi'an Prefecture. They brought our 15 troops to support. Army, where does Wu Sangui still have the [-] troops we supported, and one town of new troops? After so many times of support, we only have twelve towns of new troops, [-] Qing army, Han army flags and green battalion soldiers. It’s too late, you don’t dare to attack the Huaxia army with a million troops, at this moment, I’m afraid even defense is a problem, we have to think about whether to withdraw to Shandong, Henan, or continue to defend along the Yangtze River.”

Hong Chengchou got up and turned around a few times, "Brother Feng is right, we can only stand still and shrink our troops to wait for the situation to change in the court, but with so many generals, if we don't move, many generals may impeach us .”

"It won't be long before they are replaced by our people?" Feng Quan said.

"That's right, the old man is stupid, so I went to do it immediately. Fortunately, when Obai was leaving, he recruited a lot of Manchu generals and many imperial party generals. It was transferred away, and now we have to deal with a few Manchu generals and some Han generals who are loyal to the emperor."

Feng Quan shook his fan, looked like Zhuge Kongming, and said with a smile: "We control half of Anhui Prefecture, half of Suzhou Prefecture, and the rich and prosperous Yangzhou, the starting point of the Grand Canal, and Huai'an Mansion, which I founded. Military bases need money, people, and guns, and they are not afraid that any force in the DPRK will dare to take action against us, they can only curry favor with us, and dare not do anything to us."

Hong Chengchou figured it out and stroked his beard with a smile, "Then let's just wait for the court to change. It's just that Dorgon doesn't know that he is a real soldier and a fake disease. He is a generation of heroes, you can't figure him out." Turning to Feng Quan, he said, "How will Brother Feng deal with the Huaxia Army's invasion of Hubei Prefecture?"

Feng Quandao: "The Huaxia Army is powerful, and I am afraid they will have the power to dominate the world in the future, but at present, they are still very cautious. I think we should show our favor to the Huaxia Army first, and withdraw the troops from Hubei Province, and see how the Huaxia Army responds." Then make a decision, if they insist on beating us, we can only fight, if they turn to deal with the imperial court, we can just sit back and watch the tigers fight."

"As for the future, who can say clearly that Nanming is already very strong, and it is no longer something that a small number of our troops can beat. The battle between Yongli Daming and Haogra wiped out the population of the four mountains and Yunnan and Guizhou. Shaanxi-Gansu The people are not living well, although the past few years have improved, but the court does not dare to trust the people there, after all, it is Li Zicheng's old den, the old home of the remnants of Dashun, if there is trouble, it will be reversed?"

After finishing speaking, he said to Hong Chengchou: "The Huaxia Army doesn't need to worry. They will encounter the same problems as the Qing Army in Hubei Province. Li Guo's Loyalty Camp, they are more threatening if they run around than stop. I believe Li Guo Seeing the arrival of the Huaxia Army, they will immediately flee, and then the Huaxia Army should have a headache.

He Tengjiao didn't want to be loyal to anyone. Longwu wanted to move to Jiangxi Prefecture many times back then, but He Tengjiao refused to let him go because he wanted to rule that place. He has nowhere to run.

He was tossing around in Jiangxi Prefecture, Huguang, and Hubei Prefecture. The naturalized Jiangxi Prefecture fell and became the territory of the Huaxia Army. Now the Huaxia Army has occupied Huguang and marched into Hubei Prefecture. Where is he going? "

Hong Chengchou also nodded secretly, just like this old courtier who has been fighting for so many years, he has no place to run away.

Feng Quan continued: "To the east is our Anhui Prefecture. With so many soldiers and horses, he must not dare to run in. To the west is Yunnan and Guizhou. Although it is a bit chaotic, it is Li Dingguo's taboo. Now Li Dingguo is returning to Yunnan Prefecture. They still sent people to chase and beat Shang Kexi, Shang Kexi was like a lost dog, Haoge and Wu Sangui marched into Yunnan and Guizhou many times, but he beat them away and had to return to Shaanxi and Gansu.

Below are Huguang, Jiangxi Prefecture, and Guangxi Prefecture. The Huaxia Army has sealed off all the important places going south. He can't run through it, but it's easier to run upwards. But will Wu Sangui let him get closer to Shaanxi and Gansu?It was the Henan government of the Qing Dynasty who let him in. If it was Li Guo, it would be better to say something. Where did he go to fight for many years, he had a lot to do with the army after the uprising there, and many bandits and horse bandits were basically his big brother. With the remnants of Shun, He Tengjiao can't stand where he can stand. "

"In other words, He Tengjiao will become a hindrance and an opponent of the Huaxia Army, and Li Guo is not a good idiot. The Huaxia Army will also be troubled by the things that we had a headache in the past. These people may not necessarily buy the Huaxia Army's account." Hong Chengchou smiled happily, now that he has turned around like this, it seems that everything has been resolved.

He called his servants and asked his staff to write orders and withdraw his troops in Hubei Province.

On the border of Hubei Prefecture, Obai waited anxiously for the messenger he sent for help. He knew that the messenger was still carefully bypassing the blockade of the Huaxia Army on the winding mountain path and asking for help from the Qing Army garrison in Hubei Prefecture, but he was still very anxious. The former army cavalry chased up again. The two sides fought several times. Both the Manchu and Mongolian battalions retreated to the edge of the town and set up camp to guard the town. Neither the battalion nor the full camp dared to relax their vigilance.

Suoertu led [-] Qing cavalry to storm the enemy's pass, but couldn't attack for a long time.

The longer you delay, the worse it is for you.

The Huaxia Army in front did not attack, but just waited and stood firm. The Huaxia Army cavalry who came behind just entangled themselves and had no intention of attacking. They sent patrols to the surrounding villages, mountain roads, and passes to block On all four sides, if I lead the troops to attack at this moment, I may still have a chance of winning, but I have no chance of winning when I hit the pass. Suo'etu has been fighting for a whole day, and I haven't beaten it yet.

At dusk, he heard cheers from the cavalry of the Huaxia Army behind him. Needless to say, the enemy's infantry must have arrived.

Aobai's face was pale, and he sat on the chair without a trace of blood, his eyes were dull, he could think of his fate, Boluo died in battle, Duoduo died in battle, Azig was executed, Tan Tai died in battle, Fan Shaozu died in battle, Ma Bao was thrown into a prisoner-of-war camp, but luckily he ran away, but now he was chased by Li Dingguo's generals in the Yongli Daming, and he was very embarrassed in the Yungui Mountains. Kong Youde committed suicide, Mang Gurtai was captured, and Jierha Lang committed suicide. Could it be that the Qing army really couldn't beat the Huaxia army? Is the Huaxia army the Qing army's nemesis?

The once brave No. [-] warrior of the Qing Dynasty, Barutu, is now terrified to death.

Chapter 466 Meeting Obai 18

Regardless of what Oboi thought of the Huaxia Army's infantry, to be precise, it should be the Huaxia Army's Musketeers, plus artillery, artillery.These two things made the Huaxia Army almost invincible in the southeast region, and even the entire south. After repeated battles and victories, Xiao Fei finally arrived in time with his troops and completely blocked Oboi at the door of the Qing army. Now Oboi couldn't break out even if he gathered all the elite Qing troops.

Although the two field brigades looked very tired, but they kept talking about my Huaxia Army, what, what, and a haughty look, so that everyone could see that their energy was still very strong, and their combat effectiveness was still maintained. Even if the battle started immediately, it was impossible for Oboi to defeat the Huaxia army, which had only cavalry, no infantry, and no more troops than the Huaxia army.

Brother Zhu reorganized the cavalry he led, and returned the dragoons and hunting cavalry to the two field brigades. He held the scout cavalry and the lance cavalry in his hands. There were still about [-] troops in total, which was almost one Huaxia army cavalry. brigade preparation.

After the Dragoons and Chasseurs each returned two field brigades, the two field brigades changed from a super field brigade to a large field brigade that was almost larger than the Guards brigade, with a large number of troops.

The troops of the Huaxia Army are like this. They seem to be regular, but they are actually changing all the time. Because of defense, offense, adjustments, etc., the formation and strength of the Huaxia Army's various armies are not always the same.

Wang Yuqun's No.19 Field Brigade and the incomplete Fifth Cavalry Brigade led by Tong Dawei actually belonged to a super field brigade, but they didn't have the militia and garrison troops trained by the Huaxia Army to join and cooperate. For intelligence, the two of them are not very well-behaved. They have civilian husbands and young men who were cheated from that man, and even prisoners of the Qing army's green battalion captured along the way.

These people can be used as heavy infantry and cold weapon infantry, covering the hand-to-hand close combat of the field brigade, which can also be regarded as the establishment of a super field brigade.

After Xiao Fei arrived, Wang Yuqun and Tong Dawei came to see Xiao Fei together. After all, Xiao Fei held the official position of the general army, and he was the general commander appointed by Zhang Qiang this time.

The No.19 Field Brigade had previously fought and lost some troops. At present, the No.19 Field Brigade organized by the second class should have [-] troops, but it actually has [-] troops and lost [-] troops.

Tong Dawei's Fifth Cavalry Brigade actually had 500 troops, but in the battle with Kong Youde and other Qing troops, he lost Lancers and Chasseurs. The Dragoons had a total strength of 1000 troops and more than [-] wounded. Thousands of troops came out to attack Oboi's front army, and lost [-] troops, and [-] wounded, plus sickness, and fighting the enemy along the way, lost a total of more than [-] troops, and now there are only [-] troops.

In other words, their troops lost a lot, and their total strength was only equal to that of Brother Zhu or Merlin Yu's strengthened second-class field brigade.

However, they still have 3000 musketeers from the Guards Brigade, which allows their strength to reach that of a super field brigade. At present, they have a total strength of more than [-], which is not as good as Merlin Yu and Brother Zhu's super field brigade. The brigade has a strength of [-] troops, which is almost the same.

And the strength of the two people is not full, after all, Suo'etu cheated them, and previously fought with Oboi's tens of thousands of cold-armed troops and a new army of the Qing army in a town. The field brigade of two people, in fact, Not dissatisfied with the compilation, and even suffered heavy losses.