Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 433 Muddy Waters ([-])

"There are not many valuable things in the camp." The logistics staff took a few pieces of paper and hurried into the Anqiu county office, and reported to Mo Ming: "Except for more than [-] shi of grain, [-] shi of black beans, and more than [-] shi Apart from the hay, there are only a small amount of arrows, cotton armor, knives and guns, and the quality is better than that of the weapons captured by the Ming army before. In addition, there are some carts, mules and horses and other livestock. The specific quantity is on the attached table on the last page .”

Mo Ming flipped through it casually and found nothing of value, then asked, "How about the casualties of our army?"

“据初步统计，白天战斗中挺身队战死29人、伤57人；八旗新军战死7人、伤15人；陆军炮兵战死1人、伤2人；陆军步兵战死2人、伤1人；斥候队战死9人、伤17人；骑兵大队战死76人、伤111人；此外，军夫队死3人、伤8人；各项统计相加计战死117人、伤201人，伤亡共计338人。”后勤参谋拿着统计表面无表情地念道，“以上数据可能会稍有变化，因为有些人伤势较重，最终可能会加入阵亡行列。”

Hearing the cold casualty statistics report from the logistics staff officer, Mo Ming nodded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the core armed army of the East Coast people and the Eight Banners new army had fewer casualties.The bulk of the casualties were mainly in the cavalry. The last cavalry confrontation between the two sides resulted in the casualties of more than 200 people from the east bank. Of course, Li Sutai's mounted infantry also lost about 1 people.The reason why the battle loss ratio of 3:[-] is mainly due to the high morale of the cavalry brigade, high horse killing skills (professional cavalry vs. cavalry infantry), excellent cavalry equipment (simple cavalry breastplate) and unexpected Tactics (pistols, spears).However, it is better to fight less head-on battles like this in the future. It is difficult for the soldiers on the east bank to replenish. Even those hired Polish cavalry are extremely precious wealth and cannot be easily damaged.

Li Shutai's cavalry lost more than 400 men on the spot, and later they were intercepted by artillery, bullets, bows and arrows on the way to retreat, and dozens of them fell one after another. Casualties in the cavalry, only about 1100 of his 100 cavalry were successfully evacuated in the end, and the loss was huge.In addition to the cavalry, his two thousand infantry also lost more than 200 people under the artillery fire of the people on the east bank, and more than 1300 people were lost by the auxiliary soldiers.In other words, Li Soltai's 1300 headquarters had nearly [-] casualties in today's battle, most of whom were soldiers.And because the battlefield fell into the hands of the people on the east bank, the [-] casualties can basically be judged as killed in battle, because the people on the east bank will not treat their wounded soldiers, and they can mercifully give them a knife so that they will not die in Tianhan It's good enough to continue to suffer in the frost.

The 2000 members of Zhang Ruxing's army that existed as cannon fodder were basically wiped out. Except for the few 400 who fled, about 700 of the remaining troops were killed and more than 900 were captured. Even its commander Zhang Ruxing was captured. A little-known Shandan man killed himself with a harpoon, which can be described as extremely tragic.

This battle was recorded as the "Battle of Anqiu" by the staff of the army. The two sides invested a total of more than 5000 people. It was one of the two largest battles in the history of the people on the east bank (the other was the Blood River in South Africa. battle).However, different from the defensive nature of the Battle of Blood River, the Battle of Anqiu was an out-and-out field battle. According to Da Ming, both sides formed a dignified formation and then fought each other.Therefore, such a battle of winning more with less has greatly improved the self-confidence of the people on the east coast.Before the war, even though Mo Ming, Mao Desheng, Li Renjun, Yang Mingyang and others were full of confidence, they still felt a little uneasy when facing the legendary "Eight Banners"—although they were just fakes.But this battle broke everyone's psychological shadow. The Eight Banners of Han Dynasty were so weak that they were not even as brave as those barbarians in South Africa.At least those Xhosa people looked at death like home and charged to the end with much stronger momentum than these people. Not one or two of the recruits of the River Security Regiment were so frightened that their calves trembled when they charged the barbarians all over the mountains and plains.

In the evening, the battlefield was basically cleaned up, and the soldiers lit torches, and loaded the supplies from the Qing army camp to Anqiu County overnight.At the same time, the Qing army camp was demolished, the trenches were filled, and all the wood was used for burning.As for the captives of Zhang Ruxing's department, they were imprisoned in the prison of Anqiu County.After sending a group of scouts to send Zhang Ruxing's head and some captured Qing army flags to Qingzhou City overnight, Mo Ming once again called several army chiefs to conduct a post-war summary and discuss the next action plan.

He first praised the great achievements of the cavalry unit, and praised the injured battalion leader Yang Mingyang, squadron leader Pei Qin, Zaglaski and more than ten officers below, and ordered the logistics staff to issue corresponding amounts to them in accordance with the combat regulations bonus.At the same time, Che Nian, the deputy captain of the stand-up team, was also praised. When the cavalry brigade fought fiercely with the enemy this afternoon, he took the initiative to lead the soldiers of the three squadrons to reinforce, which played a key role in scaring away Li Sutai's cavalry. .

The performance of the new troops such as the cavalry brigade and the stand-up team is qualified or even excellent. As the old troops, the Eight Banners New Army and the East Coast Army have played a mainstay role.Especially the infantry of the Eight Banners New Army, these dull-looking, even silly Xhosa spearmen completed their tasks extremely well. They stood still under the pressure of the enemy cavalry, sharp and neat The spear array made these cowardly Qing cavalry linger.Thanks to their efforts, the reinforced artillery company, which was the main force to kill the enemy in this battle, was able to confidently and boldly output firepower, which played a vital role in the final victory.In the case that all the ministries have completed their tasks extremely well, on the contrary, the two army companies that have been the absolute main force before are more or less not good enough due to lack of performance opportunities.But it's not their fault, who made the enemy unable to bear the bombardment of the cannons and rushed into the range of the infantry musketeers?

After a round of praise and battle summary, Mo Ming and others finally entered the second link: discussing the next step of military action.At this time, Mao Desheng stood up directly and expressed his opinion: "Everyone, although we have won the battle today, I still want to say that enough is enough, and let it go when you see it! This battle can no longer be fought! Now The weather is so bad, and it is estimated that there will be heavy snow soon. Even the Qing army from the white mountains and black waters cannot persist in this kind of weather for a long time. Now they have lost more than 3000 people in Anqiu County. Some time ago, they were killed We wiped out more than 400 people from Li Shiyuan's troops in Qingzhou, and more than [-] people from the Jiaozhou Town Army, and a large part of the logistics and supplies of Jiaozhou Town fell into our hands. The battle has ended like this, and we are already very worthy of Zhao Yingyuan and others in Qingzhou City And we have paid nearly [-] casualties for this. We can’t go on like this. After a while, Yantai Port will be frozen. As long as the navy ships transfer to Rishiri Island for the winter, we still hurry up to get supplies and personnel Withdrew them all."

After a big fight in the afternoon, Yang Mingyang of the cavalry brigade is now a little inclined to retreat: "We have almost reached our limit. After Zhang Ruxing's head is sent to Zhao Yingyuan and the others, I have nothing to say if they still surrender It can be said that such a person is not worth our efforts to save him. In fact, we don’t need to spend too much energy on a person like Zhao Yingyuan who is not sure about surrendering. The government has conquered two counties and one state city in a row, wiped out more than 7000 Qing troops, and seized a large amount of supplies. This has shocked the Qing court quite a bit. Now that the Qing army has been defeated, morale will definitely be a little low. In Qingzhou City, there are [-] to [-] armed forces from all walks of life. Facing the Qing army, which is full of [-] people and lacks siege equipment, there is no reason why they cannot defend. And after today's battle, the Qing army will also worry about them Their flanks are safe, their forces are limited, and they simply cannot fight in two directions at the same time, and the weather continues to be bad, I think they will choose to retreat to Jinan and make further calculations."

The two generals under him both expressed their attitude that they didn't want to make any further troubles, and Mo Ming had to seriously consider their opinions.In fact, the Qing army has gradually gained the upper hand in the Shanxi battlefield. They surpassed the Shun army by a large margin in terms of number, quality, equipment, and logistics. Li Zicheng's 10 troops were dragged in Qinghai and Gansu, and there were tens of thousands more in Henan. He was dragged down by the Nanming army, and he could use it to deal with the Qing army at a full count of just over [-] people. Facing an enemy with more than twice the superiority, his chances of winning are not great. It seems that the fight is lively at present, but in fact it is only Just struggling to support.

Historically, yesterday (October [-]th), the Qing government formed a southward marching army headed by Prince Yu and General Dingguo Duoduo. In addition to the Eight Banners soldiers, there were more than [-] cavalry from Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming. .When the Shanxi battlefield entered a critical moment, the Qing court actually had time to form an army to conquer the Ming Dynasty, which shows that it was able to do a job with ease.It's just that later the Shun army launched a major counterattack in Henan, conquering many cities, and surrounded the important town of Huaiqing Mansion, endangering the retreat of Ye Chen's troops of the Qing army.Therefore, Doduo's Zhengming army "went along the way to conquer" the Shun army in Henan, and finally joined forces with Azige's army in Xi'an.It’s ridiculous that at this time, Liu Hongqi and Xu Dingguo’s troops under the command of Shi Kefa, the Ming governor who was attacking the Shun army in Henan, did not know that it was Dashun’s counterattack in Henan that attracted the attention of the Qing army and finally changed their combat direction. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of cavalry of Duoduo would go directly south to Jianghuai.

Will the Qing army divide part of Duduo's army because the situation in Shandong has not been completely calmed down?If this is the case, the Shun Army in Henan should be able to relieve some pressure.Mo Ming turned these thoughts around in her head, and finally decided to leave him alone and let nature take its course.People on the east coast have reached their limit, and there is no reason to continue to take risks.Therefore, he quickly made a decision: "Starting tomorrow, except some members of the military team will go to the countryside to collect food and grass, and recruit people for land reclamation, the rest will start to use carts and pack horses to transport supplies and prisoners. The route is Anqiu—— From Gaomi to Jiaozhou to the mouth of the Dagu River, the stand-up team dispatched two squadrons to escort them in turn. The scout team spread out to closely monitor the movements everywhere, and the cavalry brigade was ready to rush to help at any time, and the rest of the troops stayed in the city on standby.”

(End of this chapter)