Lord of Ming Dynasty

There are more than 8000 musketeers in the two field brigades, but now there are only more than 5000 musketeers, which were drawn from the following cavalry, militia, and garrison troops to supplement them. Dozens were lost, twenty six-pounders, nine nine-pounders, three twelve-pounders.

The artillery brigade has a total of 4000 people, and now the militia is supplemented with only [-] troops.

It is still divided equally among the two field brigades.

Most of the field brigades are cold-armed troops. The standard equipment for pikemen as cover musketeers should be [-] troops per brigade. Now there are only [-] troops per brigade. Swordsmen and archers should be in the ranks of heavy soldiers. The standard configuration is two battalions, but now each brigade has only one battalion with [-] troops.

The cavalry in the two super field brigades should have [-] troops, and the two battalions should have [-] troops. With the addition of the split cavalry brigade, each brigade now has only [-] troops.

Even if Brother Zhu returned the strength of the cavalry brigade and these cavalry to the field brigade, plus the cavalry of the militia and the garrison, the combined cavalry of the two brigades would be less than [-] troops.

How to put it, in fact, each super field brigade plus the strength of the militia and garrison regiment, plus the strength of a split cavalry brigade, is actually [-] troops. After several battles, the two super field brigades The field brigade has only about eleven thousand troops.

Add up to almost [-] troops.

Adding the forces of Wang Yuqun and Tong Dawei, the total force is a little over [-].

But Zhang Qiang will not let them attack Hubei Province with such an embarrassing force. The No. 20 Third Field Brigade and the Seventh Field Brigade are coming. Most of the soldiers are cold weapons, and the number of muskets and artillery is different. As a troop composed of captive Thais and Westerners, most of their troops are muskets and artillery, but the No.20 Third Field Brigade with a strength of 20 troops , [-] musketeers, [-] artillery, [-] heavy soldiers, [-] cavalry, the cavalry is the cavalry unit.

In addition, the seventh field brigade was the first field brigade to be formed. It was a first-class field brigade with a strength of 1 troops. In addition to the personal guards directly under the leading generals, there were almost [-] people.

With a reinforcement force of more than 7000 troops and an offensive force of 5 troops, the total strength is more than [-].

Although this troop strength is still incomparable with that of the Qing army, the soldiers are fine, not many. Xiao Fei is confident that with these troops, he will besiege Oboi to death, march into Hubei Prefecture, take Hubei Prefecture with weapons, and cut off Hong Chengchou from the northwest and southwest. Contact the enemy in the direction, and when the militia troops and garrison troops arrive in the future, they will fully occupy Hubei Prefecture, move to the back of Henan Prefecture or Suzhou Prefecture, and completely surround Hong Chengchou's hundreds of thousands of troops.

In fact, not only these troops, the militia troops and garrison troops will be continuously replenished from the rear, and at the same time, Xiao Fei's headquarters will be filled with troops.

Xiao Fei's headquarters will directly lead the 20th Field Brigade to advance as the central army, and the No.[-] [-]rd Field Brigade will also bypass the surrounded Oboi's troops under the leadership of the general, and continue to advance to Hubei Province, the hinterland of the Qing army. .

Of course, the No.20 Third Field Brigade is not advancing as a team. After all, they are outsiders. In this land of Chinese Ming Dynasty full of Asian faces, they may be unable to move an inch. They are sold and help to count the money. Anhui merchants, Huai merchants, the shrewd local snakes and officials at the bottom of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, without the leadership of local people, it is impossible to get things done.

This is not the Mughal dynasty of Asan whose IQ was basically crushed by the Han people. This is the Ming Dynasty. All the calculations are shrewd. The most shrewd ones are Shanxi merchants. They have already started the land of China. The Jewish devil in the world, playing with this capital makes Huai merchants and Anhui merchants, such bumpkins, feel ashamed.

Perhaps this situation will not change until the period of the Republic of China. At that time, the coastal areas will undoubtedly take advantage of the east wind of openness and the business acumen and guns of foreigners to successfully surpass the Shanxi merchants who still adhere to the basic moral norms.

In this land, there are too many smart people, and it is difficult to get ahead, but there is still more than enough IQ to crush the unaccustomed Thai and Westerners.

Without giant ships and cannons, without showing off force, without the natural supply field of the sea, the Taixi people are strong dragons and soft worms that do not overwhelm the local snakes on the land of China.

Therefore, Xiao Fei sent out the shrewd Tong Dawei. Tong Dawei went deep into various places to do arms business with the anti-anti army and the rebel army, He Tengjiao, Li Dingguo, and even went to Sishan Prefecture to do arms business with Wen'anzhi and the remaining generals of the Dashun army. Sending him there would definitely open things up.

Tong Dawei set off with his remaining [-] cavalry troops.

In this way, the strength of this unit has reached more than 9000, which is equivalent to a first-class field brigade.

Xiao Fei is mobilizing troops and dispatching generals. Aobai, who has recovered from the decadent and lost, is not reconciled to failure, and he is also dispatching troops to condemn generals.

The best way at present is to open the front pass, and then the whole army advances lightly, throwing off the enemy.

At the same time, he sent multiple messengers to continue to ask for help from the Qing court, Hong Chengchou, and even Wu Sangui.

However, it was useless, and he didn't know what the Huaxia Army was waiting for, so he didn't start besieging him, but let the Qing army led by Suo'etu storm the pass defended by Wang Yuqun's No.19 Field Brigade for a few days Time, this is a bit wrong.

The courier has gone out, this is a real thing, the nearest courier has already run back from the destination, bringing news of the recent retreat of the Qing army, Oboi really doesn't know what happened to the Qing army, what happened to the Huaxia army ?

Waiting anxiously to no avail, he took his personal guards to the blocked pass a few miles away to watch Suoertu command the Qing cavalry to besiege the pass.

The enemy relied on the terrain to defend, and Suoertu's attack was also steady. Each time a thousand soldiers were dispatched, dismounted and rushed over. At a distance of five or sixty meters, relying on the terrain, they hid behind stones and corpses, and headed towards the opposite side. The Huaxia Army fired an arrow, and then hid behind the object covering him, while the gunshots from the Huaxia Army's position on the opposite side also resumed and disappeared, and it did not form a scale at all.

Aobai's nose turned crooked, is this called fighting?

This is even more child's play than the training of the Qing army.

"Ask Suo'etu to come see me," Oboi shouted at the Manchu general who came to meet him.

Suoertu quickly came to Oboi, knelt on the ground, and didn't speak or explain.

Aobai shouted out the reason angrily, and Suoertu said aggrievedly: "My lord, it's not that I'm not doing my best, it's just that I can't fight this battle. The [-] troops that your lord gave to the humble rank lost [-] on the first day." Hundreds of troops.

This is the result of the cavalry's charge. The opponent's firearms are too powerful. The artillery bombarded in the distance, and the muskets fired in the near. Killed defeated and fled back.

The humble officer organized the cavalry to attack again, but was still defeated, and then the humble officer dismounted the cavalry and quietly touched it to attack. Only then did they fight, but still suffered heavy casualties. , I don't dare to annoy adults in a humble position, so I can only slowly spend with the Huaxia Army, just dawdling with the Huaxia Army for a few days. "

Aobai and Suo'etu were arguing with each other, at this time, a messenger whispered a few words to Aobai.

Chapter 467 Meeting Obai 19

Aobai sat down on the ground, "It's over, Hong Chengchou that bastard has abandoned us, the Qing soldiers in Hubei Province are gone, Hong Chengchou's new army has gone, gone, the Huaxia Army has already passed us and occupied several counties in front of us." Aobai vented hysterically.

"Then what shall we do, my lord?" Suoertu was not in a hurry to plead guilty, and stood up and shouted in a panic.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou received news from the Qing army court.

Feng Quan said to Hong Chengchou: "My lord, Dorgon is dead. Under the protection of Duolong and other guards, Emperor Shunzhi successfully persuaded the ministers of the court and China to take control of several camps in the direction of the capital. Our four new troops It was also controlled, they surrendered to Emperor Shunzhi, and the emperor took over the government himself."

"What should I do?" Although Feng Quan was usually calm and resourceful, he was always a little flustered when faced with major events and couldn't come up with a good solution.

Hong Chengchou closed his eyes and said silently: "What else can we do? Let's see how the situation develops. Isn't there Hauge?"

Feng Quan slapped his forehead, "Yes, there is Hauge, Dorgon is dead, but Hauge made no secret of his ambition to become emperor, he still has 20 Qing troops in his hands, We sent [-] Qing troops, [-] new troops, and a total of [-] troops."

Feng Quan turned around twice, "Haoge was in Xi'an Mansion before, and according to the current progress, he has almost reached Taiyuan Mansion. If he successfully integrates the troops of the Qing army in Taiyuan Mansion, then his strength will reach more than 30. , plus the regiment training in some localities, the township bravery, it is almost 50 troops. This is a scourge."

Hong Chengchou sneered: "We are Dorgon's forces. Others can submit to Emperor Shunzhi, but we cannot submit to him. Even if we submit, we will end up in jail from now on. Do you want such an end?"

Feng Quan shook his head, "Shunzhi has nothing to hold us back. Our people are all new troops, all recruited from the local or nearby villages and regiments. The people are young and strong, and their families are here. There are some family members of officials in the city. In the capital, we can control these things. Since Dorgon became seriously ill, we have already started to clean up the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. Our army here is basically under our control. Although it is not foolproof, it is not nearly enough It is against the imperial court."

After saying these words, Feng Quan shook his head with a wry smile and said to Hong Chengchou: "I never thought that the ending would be like this. We actually betrayed our court again and again."

That is to say, he has been a treacherous official who betrayed the country twice. The previous one was of course Ming. He was originally an official of Ming Dynasty and later became an official of Qing Dynasty. Now, he wants to betray Qing Dynasty and become a rebel. Such an ending, In the era of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, when people's moral concepts had not yet collapsed, this choice was painful, and it could almost collapse an upright scholar.

Unless it is a hero, a hero sometimes has human feelings and feelings, and I am afraid he will not be too at ease, but the hero is good at hiding his heart.

Of course, Hong Chengchou is not having a good time. Dorgon’s kindness to him made him feel quite painful. Dorgon represents the Jurchens of the Qing Dynasty, that is, the Kingdom of Jin that was destroyed by Meng Yuan, and the Southern Song Dynasty that was defeated by the Kingdom of Jin. perish, but was destroyed by Meng Yuan, and now the Jurchens, as the descendants of the Jin people, have to bear his betrayal.

"Leaving aside Mr. Feng, in fact we have no choice. If we want to save our lives and wealth, we have to do this. Otherwise, let us watch others step on our corpses and achieve other people's great achievements ?"

"Then what do we do now?"

"The situation is so complicated now. There are Lu Kingdom, Huaxia Army, Nanming Kingdom, Yongli Daming Kingdom, and Yeerqiang Kingdom. Do we want to become our own country?"

Feng Quan said helplessly to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou shook his head, walked around on the spot with his hands behind his back, and shook his head for a long time before saying: "We don't have an orthodox and legal basis for ruling. If we declare our own country, those scholars will not recognize us, and the army will soon It will collapse, they are not loyal to us, we don't have the reputation to make others loyal to us, even if we have reputation, who will be the emperor?"

He looked at Feng Quan, Feng Quan looked up at him, the two looked at each other, immediately Feng Quan smiled wryly, he hadn't thought about it, but he knew that once he showed such thoughts, he would immediately be poisoned by Hong Chengchou, and his own hands There is no loyal army here, but Hong Chengchou controls all the troops here, and most of the generals of the army still obey his dispatch. He is just a staff-like talent, not the material to be an emperor.

And Hong Chengchou is impossible, his reputation is almost worse than Wu Sangui, no matter how bad Wu Sangui's family reputation is, the generals under him are his servants, family generals, and his family has been in business for a long time. The family rule is stable and he can succeed. It is impossible for Hong Chengchou to be a think-tank talent. His prestige comes from the Qing Dynasty. If the Qing Dynasty falls, his prestige is not enough to restrain all the generals.