Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Since Huaxia sent troops to southeast Shandong, South Korea's request for help naturally fell through.Those who understand that Huaxia's actions actually restrained the power of the Qing court, those who don't understand think that Huaxia has bad intentions to kill people with a knife and consume South Korea's military power.It was precisely because of this misunderstanding that some people in South Korea secretly contacted the Qing court, declaring that as long as the Qing court recognized Li Ye's throne, South Korea would break away from China and belong to the Qing court.

Naturally, Polpen would not easily believe the rhetoric of these so-called envoys, but it was not a bad thing for him to use it to connect with some anti-Xia elements and Lianqing elements at both ends of the South Korean regime, so he decided to These dark lines of tongguo, who are serious about things, started bargaining with some people."

However, no matter how warm the talks were between Polpen and the South Korean conspirators, two points must be achieved for success: first, it must be hidden from the eyes and ears of the North Korean side; second, it must maintain its strength on the battlefield.

However, after Huaxia sent troops to the southeast of Shandong, South Korea concentrated most of its troops that could be concentrated. The strength of this field army of more than [-] troops surpassed that of the Qing army by nearly one, so Polpen also Had to temporarily avoid the edge, voluntarily gave up the entire Huanghai Road, withdrew troops along the Daedong River, and surrendered Pyongyang without losing.

Pyongyang is also one of the few strong cities in North Korea that is as famous as Hanyang, and the South Korean army can't take it with less than twice the strength.Fighting, since it can't be won, besieged, wasting precious food and fodder in vain, at the end of the choice, South Korea has no choice but to retreat on its own, and the war has thus returned to the situation before the Qing army went south to Kaesong.

It is a pity that Kangxi sent reinforcements to Polpen as soon as the South Korean army withdrew to Kaesong and Haizhou.

So far, the Qing army has a complete new battalion-based Lvying Town in North Korea, eight new Eight Banners participating in the leadership, gunners from the One Thousand Firearms Battalion, and 27 assistant leaders from Xibo, Sauron, Daur, Oroqen, etc. The Eight Banners outside the Guanwai and the Manchurian Fourth Commander of the Bordered Yellow Banner, No. 17 Zuo Ling, the so-called "Russian Zuo Ling", included more than [-] horse infantry.

After calculating the power in his hands, Polpen decided to increase the intensity of blackmail, so the Qing army attacked from Pyongyang again, and entered and exited the Yellow Sea Road several times during August and September, completely turning the shabby central North Korea that had been ravaged by Yijing No man's land.

The comeback of the Qing army brought the always divided South Korean political arena into controversy again. However, the pro-Xia forces were still the mainstream in the South Korean regime. Under their pressure, the South Korean government still made a decision to fight to the death with the Qing army. , but in view of the imminent snowfall and the shortage of South Korea's treasury, the front line was forced to make a quick decision.At the same time, in order to prevent the mistakes of the Kaifeng battle from repeating, the South Korean side was forced to temporarily abandon the tradition of using civil and martial arts, and appointed Cui Xian, the elder brother of Zuo Chan, Cui Yingzhi, as the general manager of the first-class capital to unify the command of the [-] soldiers on the front line. Yu Chaojun.

On the third day of October, Cui Xian's troops entered Huangzhou, then went up the Datong River and entered the territory of Ping'an Road.

Facing the surging South Korean army, Polpen chose to stick to Pyongyang this time.After leaving behind [-] Northern Dynasties troops to defend the city and two new Eight Banners troops to participate in the leadership, Polpen quietly led the remaining Qing troops and [-] North Korean auxiliary troops to detour through the Great Nanjiang River. He and Duhufu rushed to Huangzhou.

Although Huangzhou is one of the important towns on the Yellow Sea Road, its actual size is about the same as that of small counties in Qing and Xia, so it is not enough to withstand the tide-like offensive of the Qing army. However, in just one day, Huangzhou changed hands.

After Huangzhou changed hands, Cui Xian's subordinate Yijing was in a state of double-teaming by the Qing army. At this time, he had two choices. The first was to take advantage of the emptiness of Pyongyang to attack the North Korean capital, but Pyongyang is not Huangzhou. The South Korean army was likely to be trapped under the strong city, and was taken advantage of by the Qing army who was waiting for work; the second was to return to Huangzhou. If the North Korean army attacked by force, it is certain that the loss would be huge. Once the main force of the South Korean army was lost, not only Cui Xian's status would not be guaranteed, but even Cui Yingzhi behind him might also fall.

After thinking about it, Cui Xian unexpectedly chose to retreat to Zhennanpu, relying on Xia Jun's small fortress and port to build a stronghold.

From a military point of view, it is the most correct strategy not to dance according to the rhythm preset by the enemy. Cui Xian's choice undoubtedly put Polpen in a dilemma.

First of all, once Cui Xian defended on the front line of Nanpu, the Qing army would not be able to go south without worrying about the safety of the food road when Huanghai Road became a red land. After that came Hanyang and the Han River. It was absolutely impossible for the Qing army to kill the Han River alone and enter Jinhang, a densely populated area in South Korea, without ignoring the strength of the Xia army's navy. In order to intimidate South Korea, Polpen must also jinhang on the basis of ensuring his own security first.

However, if Polpen was forced to withdraw to Pyongyang because of this, the morale of the Qing army who had done useless work would inevitably decrease, which would definitely have an impact on future operations.

Therefore, after a lot of thinking, the idea of ​​taking a risk has gained the upper hand. Perhaps Polpen thought that even if the strength of the Qing army could not destroy Cui Xian's troops, it could at least inflict heavy damage on them. This may further divide the interior of South Korea. As a result, several turning points beneficial to the Qing court were formed, so Polpen ordered an additional [-] North Korean troops from Pyongyang City to Zhennanpu.

On October [-]th, the newly arrived Qing army sent an envoy to Cui Xian to invite him to fight.

At this time, Cui Xian was also in trouble. Although relying on the transportation of the Xia army, the food supply and transportation of his troops would not be interrupted, but because Zhennanpu was about to freeze, the transportation pressure doubled, so he had to accept the challenge of the Qing army.

As a result, at the beginning of Maoshi on October [-], the Qing and Dynasty armies formed a formation in Jiangxi (county) north of Zhennanpu.

The Qing army was centered on the gunners of the Firearms Battalion of One Thousand Wai, four of the Eight Banners New Army's bird-cracking leaders and two Eight Banners' New Army's vanguard battalions as its core, with a lieutenant general on each side.At the same time, because of the guanxi terrain, 28 North Korean troops were deployed on the left wing close to the Datong River; the symmetrical right wing was centered on 4000 commanders of the Eight Banners outside the Guanxi and Russian commanders, with [-] North Korean troops attached to it.

The South Korean side also took into account the terrain factor and learned the lessons of the Battle of Kaifeng. Therefore, in order to guard against the cavalry of the Eight Banners outside the Guanwai, its left wing concentrated ten artillery teams, thirty infantry teams, 35 armored spear teams and 25 troops. A armored sword and shield team with 5000 people and [-] two-inch guns responded.

On the central front, Cui Xian tried to block the firepower of the Qing army with thick troops, so he deployed a full 1 teams of armored pikemen, [-] teams of armored sword and shield soldiers, [-] teams of unarmored archers, Thirty teams of riflemen and ten teams of artillery, a total of [-] horses and twenty two-inch guns.

As for the right wing, the South Korean Army deployed five artillery teams, fifty spear teams, twenty sword and shield teams, and 25 bow and arrow teams, including 5000 men and ten two-inch guns.

In addition, in view of the fact that the terrain is not easy to deploy, Cui Xian also retained a reserve team of almost 5000 people as a backup.

In fact, the purpose of the Qing and North Korean armies is exactly the same, that is, to concentrate their superior forces and firepower, make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and take the lead in opening a gap somewhere, and then shake the entire front, so as to win the final victory of the war.

Before halfway through Mao, the cannons and small cannons arranged by the Qing army on the center line opened fire in unison. Due to the previous capture in the Battle of Kaifeng, the strength of the Qing army's artillery increased greatly, and the South Korean army's camp was shattered in one shijian.What made the South Korean army even more heartbroken was that the Qing army also moved the Shenwei General Cannon with a shorter range and the captured Xia Army's two-inch guns forward until they could also shoot into the South Korean army formation.As a result, the losses of the South Korean Army doubled.

After suffering for almost half an hour, more than [-] long spear teams and sword and shield teams of the South Korean army located on the center line were forced to withdraw and reorganize, and the ministries of the neighbors also suffered more or less losses. .Fortunately, at this time, the artillery of the Qing army had to stop to dissipate heat, otherwise the South Korean army might have been directly defeated by the fierce artillery fire.

After the artillery of the Qing army stopped, the Qing army on the center line and the North Korean army on the left began to advance slowly.Logically speaking, the South Korean army's counterattack artillery should have sounded this time, but Cui Xian's order had been issued all the time. In the unusual silence, the Qing army and the North Korean army were only two or three hundred steps away from the South Korean army's front line. up.

Just as all the South Korean troops were sweating in their hands, Cui Xian finally gave the order to fire. In an instant, there was lightning and thunder, and countless shotguns and chain bombs hit the heads of the Qing and North Korean troops, also knocking down dozens of soldiers. Hundreds of opponents.

The Qing army, advancing in a loose formation, began to trot against the artillery fire of the South Korean army, and the Qing army artillery, which had not completely cooled down, also risked interfering with the shooting.In this way, after overcoming three rounds of shelling by the South Korean Army, the Qing Army Brigade Yijing, which suffered less than 500 casualties, successively broke through the blocking line of the South Korean Army's artillery fire.As for the North Korean army on the left wing, although they followed suit and broke through the death line set by the South Korean army at this time, their losses were slightly greater and their formation was relatively chaotic.

After breaking through the artillery blockade of the South Korean army, the Qing army quickly advanced, but after advancing for a while, they began to adjust their formation on the spot. Among them, the blunderbussmen lined up densely and took the lead in slowly approaching the South Korean front.

Observing the actions of the Qing army, the South Korean army also adjusted its subordinates accordingly. Thirty teams of riflemen and thirty teams of archers also lined up in a horizontal formation to meet the enemy, so the confrontation between the two sides soon began. .

The South Korean army insisted on the Xia army's three-arrangement tactics, but the Qing army responded with the old tradition of nine advances and ten serial formations. The firepower of both sides is continuous, but it is clear that the firepower of the Qing army has significantly stalled compared to it. The South Korean army was more continuous, but due to the high density of firepower per unit, the losses of the two sides were relatively close. It was only because the South Korean army had a small number of rifles that the Qing army gradually gained the upper hand in mutual shooting.

But the North Korean army in the other direction was so lucky. Although the South Korean army in this direction had only bows and arrows and firecrackers with them, but due to the chaos when they broke through the artillery blockade before, they were not well rectified, so they shot at each other. I suffered a big loss.Seeing that their own archers were killed in large numbers, as a last resort, the sword and shield soldiers, spearmen and other soldiers who also rarely wore armor could only go straight to the complete formation of the South Korean army.

At this time, Yijing dispelled the Qing army's bird musketeers who had dispersed the South Korean army's infantry team in front of them and began to fire on the South Korean army's archery team instead.In view of the fact that the Qing army was outside the direct range of bows and arrows, the South Korean archers who could only lob shoot caused limited losses to their opponents. Cui Xian had to transfer them to strengthen the right-wing front and fill some reserve teams into the central front.

The archers were still in jinhang. In order not to be knocked down one by one by the Qing army's musketeers, the South Korean army, which had the advantage in strength, took the initiative to counterattack.Seeing the unarmored musketeers and archers of the South Korean army, the armored soldiers of the Green Battalion and the Vanguard Battalion guarding the Eight Banners New Army went up to meet them, and the more brutal white soldier battle began.

Almost at the same time, the North Korean army on the left wing of the Qing army also met Ziji's fellow clansmen.Brothers of the same clan who spoke the same language were fighting with each other without holding back any hands. The level of blood was even more bloody than that of the central front