Lord of Ming Dynasty

Hong Chengchou was very happy, and immediately transferred generals from each town army to control the three new troops, and deployed troops to supplement the three troops. At the same time, he transferred officers and soldiers from the three troops. Some people, and then transferred soldiers and confidantes from other newly formed Xinjun Town troops to complete the task of reorganizing the fourth Xinjun Town troops.

Hong Chengchou's Xinjun Town was customized based on the Huaxia Army's guard brigade with 1000 people as a template. With the addition of the Qing army's habit of leading troops, cold weapon troops were added, as well as the Manchu Qing Supervising Army troops. The troops of the Qing army in Junzhen reached more than 3000 troops.

Now he has a total of 24 troops in the Xinjun town, and he has almost replenished the troops that Zhang Qiang used various means to kill him.

Originally, he had 28 new troops, with a total strength of 32 troops. After adjustments, these troops can reach 37 according to the current establishment. However, he does not have so many troops, and the newly formed new army has no shortage of weapons. , but his lack of combat experience, coupled with the constant transfer of available manpower by the Qing army, transferred a total of thirteen new troops from him.

Of the thirteen new army units, four were ordered to leave by the imperial court. In order to strengthen his control in the Qing court and to check and balance Hong Chengchou, Dorgon sent four of the most elite members of the new army as soon as he established the new army. A new army unit was transferred away, and then troops were successively transferred to Haoge, Jierhalang, Mangurtai, Kong Youde, and about 50 new army and Qing army troops were transferred away, so now he has a total of old and new troops. There are fifteen troops in the army town, five newly recruited troops, plus these four troops from the Lu Guoming Army, there are 24 troops.

Due to the expansion of the establishment, his 24 new army town troops have more troops than the previous 28 new army town troops. Because the fifteen old new army town troops have been continuously strengthened after three years of training, they are constantly in line with the Huaxia Army. The troops on the Yangtze River defense line engaged in some small-scale battles, harassment, sneak attacks and counter-sneak attacks. These fifteen new army firearms troops are actually not inferior in combat effectiveness to the seventeen regular field brigades formed by the Huaxia Army two years ago. Combat strength of combat troops.

The impact of the demise of the Lu State and the Ming Dynasty on the current situation and the enhancement of the strength of Hong Chengchou, the Qing army, can be said to be leaps and bounds, and it can be said to have a huge impact.

Chapter 499 The impact of the demise of the Lu Kingdom on the situation 2

Hong Chengchou and Feng Quan once again sat in a pavilion in the luxurious Suzhou garden of a gentry in Yangzhou Fucheng, drinking and spying.

Hong Chengchou was eating fried peanuts while drinking osmanthus wine. Feng Quan picked up a chopsticks with chopped shallots mixed with tofu and put it in his mouth, feeling the full salty and umami taste. Pointing away, he picked up the wine bottle and touched Hong Chengchou's wine bottle. Both of them were dressed in green clothes and hats, dressed casually at home, with a relaxed look.

"My lord Hong Zhongtang, this time he destroyed the state of Lu and captured the false emperor Zhu Yihai. His lord Zhongtang made great contributions. When he wiped out the rebel bandits and returned to the capital in the future, he must be favored by the emperor and conferred his wife and son. "

Hong Chengchou smiled and said: "Master Feng, you have also become the governor of Zhili. Compared with me, a Beijing official, you have more power and more unlimited scenery. I have to go back to Beijing to bear the pressure of the gang of Manchu clans. Be their slave, but you are far away from the emperor, you can accept or not be squeezed out and oppressed by them, you are free."

Feng Quan knew that he could not have the great talent and strategy of Hong Chengchou, nor could he be valued by the Qing court like him. The position of governor of Zhili given to him is already very high. More than ten years after the founding of the Qing army, this has reached the peak of being an official for him or the Han people, and it will be impossible to move forward in the future.

So he changed the subject, "Lord Hong, no matter how proud we are, we can't eliminate the Huaxia Army as our biggest enemy. Their strength is getting stronger and stronger. We annexed the Southern Ming court of Lu Kingdom, which is only a slight reversal." There is a huge gap in the strength between the enemy and us along the Yangtze River, and the opponent is also making progress. Our strength is not enough to fight the Huaxia Army to the death. I wonder what Lord Hong will think next?"

"how to think?"

"The best way is to leave them alone, and then let's get rid of the remnants of Nanming first. Now that our troops can hold the territory, there is no problem. Let's learn from the Huaxia Army, dig trenches, build walls, increase the strength of cannon fodder, and increase the strength of the firearms troops.

In the past, we ran over with swords, guns, swords and halberds. The Chinese army could wait for work, bombard with cannons, fight with muskets, kill with bows and javeliners, and finally have bayonet-mounted muskets to fight our people. Now we It's the same as them, and we still have a force advantage.

We can use cannon fodder to consume the opponent's ammunition, make the opponent panic and tired for a long time, and finally we use cavalry to charge, use artillery to bombard, use muskets to fight, and then send a wave of cannon fodder troops, so that their advantage becomes ours. How do they beat us before, how do we beat them now.

In this way, although the casualties are huge and the losses are heavy, we can afford to consume them, and those Manchu lords don't care about those lives, but the Huaxia Army can't afford them, and they still have to take into account the lives of the Han people, so they must bind their hands and feet No, then we have a chance to defeat them.

If it is said that we can definitely defeat the Huaxia Army, then it is impossible, but we can weaken the opponent's helpers first. Didn't the Huaxia Army come up by stepping on the Nanming Kingdom in the past few years?Let's not mess with the Nanming Kingdom, we can eliminate other opponents first, so that the Huaxia Army has nothing to rely on.

For example, Li Guo and He Tengjiao are the first step, and the second step is to use the hands of Dajin Guohaoge and Wu Sangui to eliminate the remnants of Yongli Daming in the southwest. If these opponents are not eliminated, they will probably be used by the Huaxia Army. Governor Zhang Qiang is full of bad water, maybe one day these guys will be called to make trouble again, the court can't think about it, maybe they will transfer our troops, this is a chance for the Huaxia Army to defeat each other, this time it won't happen. "

"Do you know why the Huaxia Army is not big on us now?" Hong Chengchou asked, stroking the beard on his chin.

Feng Quan shook his head and looked at him puzzled.

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "They are afraid that there will be too many casualties and they will not be able to explain to the people. We are strong and clear, and there are so many trenches, fortifications and defense lines that we have learned from them. They must pay huge casualties when they attack us. They can't afford it. I think At this time, Zhang Qiang was also hesitating and using his brains. He wanted us to fight Dajin, and then he encouraged Li Dingguo to come and fight us, or let Nanming come up. Nanming Longwu would definitely want to regain the north, or Looking for a piece of land in the north, when the time comes, they will attack Dajin first, because Dajin is weak. Haoge is an idiot."

Feng Quan nodded, everyone would see Hauge's weakness, most of the members of his big gold team were dissidents, after all, now that Emperor Shunzhi had stood firm, and even Dorgon was not willing to do so for righteousness when he was alive. Without Emperor Shunzhi, Hauge's reputation is not as good as Dorgon's. For a while, he brought hundreds of thousands of troops and thought he was superior in strength. Isn't that courting death?

Many people in the hundreds of thousands of troops are devoted to the Qing army, some are hot-headed and will wake up later, and many are forced to join, such as Wu Sangui, you can't think too much about him. Loyal, that is a hero, he is an ambitious person, if you treat him as loyal, then your death will not be far away.

"Then what should we do? How to fight?"

Feng Quan asked.

Hong Chengchou sneered and said: "Wait, we can afford to wait. During this period of time, we will completely digest the Lu Guonan Ming army who took refuge in us, and let them transform into our Qing army. The spiritual pillar in my heart, such as Zhang Huangyan, find him as soon as possible, or let him die."

Feng Quan nodded. As an official who was also a counselor, he agreed with Hong Chengchou's words.

Either Zhang Huangyan was killed, or he fled to hide in other places, or he took refuge in the Huaxia Army. How can he say that once his news is confirmed, the remaining Lu Kingdom Nanming generals who were arrested and forced to accept changes will be I will give up, and then I can let them become my and Hong Chengchou's troops.

Feng Quan said, "Do you still care about Li Guo?"

Hong Chengchou shook his head, "He's developing well. I heard that he has raised another [-] to [-] troops, but it's nothing. Tomorrow I will send [-] troops from the Qing army and [-] new troops to deal with him. It's best to kill him." If he can fight, it would be best if he leaves Henan Mansion. Anyway, he is insignificant to the current general situation. Getting rid of him is just to make our hinterland a little cleaner, so we can fight against the Dajin Kingdom and deal with it with peace of mind. That's all for the Huaxia Army."

A small school ran over and whispered something in Hong Chengchou's ear.

Feng Quan ate wine and food quietly without inquiring, and soon Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Because of the demise of the Yongli Ming Dynasty, the Nanming Kingdom feels that Li Dingguo has lost its righteousness. If he doesn't join them, then they will be called a rebellious army." , and launched an attack on Li Dingguo with the six counties occupied by Li Dingguo's department in Guangxi Prefecture. I am afraid that Nanming Kingdom wants to annex Li Dingguo's sphere of influence. If they go east, they may not dare to take the initiative to fight the Huaxia Army like us, but they dare to go Fight against Li Dingguo, who suffered heavy losses and is recovering from the defeat."

Feng Quan shook his head, "It seems that we don't need to use our brains to provoke them, they started fighting themselves, and the southwest and northwest are not peaceful again, maybe they can even affect Wu Sangui, Chen Qiyu and others in the northwest, Dajin Kingdom doesn't need our brains After that, it won't take long for their strength to be weakened, and then fall apart."

Chapter 500 Li Guo Dilemma

Li Guo escaped from the pursuit of the Huaxia Army, and brought more than ten thousand elites from the Zhongzhen Battalion into Henan Prefecture, and took root in Nanyang Prefecture. Because of the agreement with Hong Chengchou, he did not dare to attack the Lu Guoming Army in Zhumadian, Xinyang and other places. Where is the Qing army Hong Chengchou turned to the Lu State and transformed into the Lu State Ming Army, which is based on the Ming Army, and he did not attack, but went north to attack Luoyang, Henan Province and other places.

Still coercing the people and sweeping all over the place, the Qing Dynasty was very annoyed. They sent Duolong in Zhengzhou to beat him.

During this process, Li Guo gave full play to his nature as a bandit, and captured a lot of bravery from the countryside, regiments, green battalion, and soldiers from the Han army banner led by Duolong. It is still possible for the Shunzhongzhen Camp to fight with the wind, and it also caused great damage to the Qing Dynasty.

On the one hand, the Qing Dynasty had to deal with the battle with the Dajin Kingdom, and at the same time it had to deal with the battle with him, and it also had to guard against Hong Chengchou's Lu Guoming Army.

During this time, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Gao Jie and others gathered the rebel army here while strengthening their own strength, and a rebel army named Wang Guangtai joined their team.

Now Li Guo’s Loyalty Battalion had more soldiers and more generals. Later, He Tengjiao’s Yongli Ming Army retreated steadily, and some Yongli Ming Army also fled into Henan Prefecture and joined his team. Li Guo was in charge of the rebel army. It can be said that the scenery was infinite for a while, and it successfully attracted the attention of Hong Chengchou, the Qing Dynasty and the Dajin Kingdom.

The Qing Dynasty increased its troops to continue chasing him, and the Dajin Kingdom also sent troops to attack this road, extending its power from Shanxi Prefecture to Henan Prefecture in Henan Prefecture. Where, the Dajin Kingdom not only wanted to fight the Qing Dynasty, but also fought with Li Guo Hong Chengchou was unable to attack Li Guo's loyalty camp because of the previous agreement, but Li Guo's loyalty camp did not play a role in containing the Huaxia army at all. The border, but a few hundred miles away, launched an attack by even a few people.

Gradually, Hong Chengchou lost confidence in him, and sent additional troops to guard against him in Xinyang and other places in Runing Prefecture. Who was Li Guo? Gao Yigong guarded against Hong Chengchou's troops in Zhumadian.

Just when Li Guo was about to meet He Tengjiao's retreat of the Ming army, He Tengjiao rushed to send his letter. The letter told Li Guo that He Tengjiao led his troops into Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture, so that he didn't have to meet him. In the future, he will fight against the Qing army of the Dajin Kingdom, and will move to Sishan if necessary. A month later, He Tengjiao sent a new letter, telling him that Hong Chengchou had secretly defected to the Qing Dynasty and was ready to attack the Lu Kingdom.

The benevolence and righteousness of He Tengjiao's move is the most correct in He Tengjiao's history. It is also the only time to warn them, the Dashun Army. Ding Lei, he retreated with a large force of the Ming army, and never fought the Qing army head-on, unless he was forced to be besieged by the Qing army.

This warning letter saved Li Guo, and Li Guo immediately withdrew all his troops and supplies from the front line, returned to defend Nanyang Mansion, and broke away from contact with Dajin and Qing, leaving the two opponents confused.

Duo Long and Aobai who came for reinforcements could only point their finger at the Dajin Kingdom who had entered the Henan Province. The two sides fought in Luoyang, Zhengzhou, and the north bank of the Huai River.

After Li Guo withdrew his army and returned to Nanyang Mansion, he immediately reorganized his troops. The original ten thousand elite soldiers injured more than 2000 people in this battle with the three sides, which is not bad. Li Guo was immediately transferred to his old battalion, and the elite soldiers directly under his headquarters reached more than [-] troops.

The strength of Gao Yigong reached more than 5000 troops, and the strength of several other veterans who escaped from the Huaxia Army also reached more than 3000 troops.

The elite troops of the Zhongzhen Battalion reached half of his strength in Jingzhou Prefecture, Hubei Province, more than 3 troops, plus the [-] troops from the Ming Army and the Rebel Army, their combat troops reached [-], plus those who surrendered The strength of the Qing army was almost [-], and the strength of the Zhongzhen Battalion had recovered to the strength it had the night before they escaped from Jingzhou Mansion.

After a few times, the people they coerced from nearby had more than 4 young and strong troops, and more than 3 old and weak people, so that his military strength reached about [-] troops.

The disintegration of the triangular alliance, although Li Guo didn't think that this alliance could exist for a long time, it was also for emergency, but when he knew that Hong Chengchou was about to change from an ally to an enemy, he was still very angry and annoyed. After calming down, he Withdrawing back to Nanyang Mansion, he found that he had no way out. He was surrounded by powerful enemies and had nowhere to go. His situation was more difficult than that of He Tengjiao's tribe. Shanzhou, from the intelligence point of view, He Tengjiao himself has brought part of the main force to Sishanzhou, so He Tengjiao's troops have been relieved.

In Sishan, although various supplies and money are more difficult, but you don’t have to worry about surviving. There are not many Qing troops, there are only Ming troops from the other side of the Dashun Army, Li Dingguo’s department, chieftains from various places, and Hu People, various tribes of different races, although the situation is complicated, there are not many opponents who can fight against him, but he is different.

The Huaxia Army will definitely not be able to defeat it, and the Dajin Kingdom is also a colossus. Although the wealth and aspirations are sparse, and the various armies are not very united, but their strength and strength are there, and he is not able to fight against them. The Daqing Kingdom has loopholes to take advantage of. You can't go to the hinterland of others, that's no different from death.

But Hong Chengchou on the right is even more rigid, only slightly softer than the Huaxia Army.

For the Dashun Zhongzhen Camp, which is good at mobile combat, this place is dead. After discussing with the generals of the Zhongzhen Camp for a few days, there was only one answer. Like He Tengjiao, he ran from Shaanxi to Gansu to Sishan Prefecture.

"Report, report to the general, Hong Chengchou's Qing army of more than [-] troops captured the county government in the Pingdingshan area where our army was defending, and wiped out our army's [-] soldiers in the Pingdingshan area. More than [-] soldiers were brave, and the defeated soldiers have fled back to Nanyang. They are approaching Fucheng, and the vanguard of five thousand soldiers and horses of the enemy is marching towards the foothills to the north of Nanyangfu. The general asked the younger one to tell the general that Hong Chengchou is going to encircle our army. Please make a decision as soon as possible, whether to fight or to go .”

Guarding Pingdingshan is Liu Guoxuan, an old man of the Dashun Army who has followed Li Guo for many years.