The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 442
Feng Quan's reaction was also extremely fast. Seeing that Dorgon deliberately skipped the question of who was responsible for the battle of Zhigu, he stopped entangled immediately and turned to "attack" the next target, "Your Highness is wise, the southerners came here for the plan Not small, certainly more than a thousand people. To defeat the [-] defenders of Zhigu, I am afraid that [-] to [-] southern troops will gather in Tianjin, and I don't know if there will be follow-up.

"The minister thinks that the capital city should not be careless, and should transfer the troops of the Nanjing Hongge Department back to Beijing to help defend."

Hong Chengchou was originally from Fujian, and most of his generals tended to the Southern Party. If he could be prevented from making contributions in the south of the Yangtze River, it would be something that the Northern Party had been looking forward to for a long time.

The leader of the Southern Party, Chen Mingxia, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, immediately stopped him and said: "The war in the south of the Yangtze River is related to our great cause of the Qing Dynasty. The Hongge Department's more than [-] troops are about to go south. How can we transfer their troops at such a time?"

He cupped his hands towards Tan Bai, "According to my opinion, Lord Tan should command the heavy troops of the Beijing camp and go south to suppress the enemy. With Lord Tan's bravery and our elite Beijing camp, thousands of Ming troops will surely be defeated in one fell swoop!"

Although this Tan Bai is a Manchu, he is also the leader behind the scenes of the Southern Party.Chen Mingxia pushed him out, so he could take the opportunity to control part of the military power in the Beijing camp.The second is to wipe out the enemy troops around Gyeonggi, which will greatly improve his prestige in the court.The third is to resolve the Northern Party's calculations against Hong Chengchou. Under the ebb and flow, the Southern Party has gained a lot.

Dorgon shook his head slightly, "Tan Bai's counselor center should not be left lightly. The Beijing camp should not be mobilized too much." In fact, he didn't want the Southern Party to extend its hand to the Beijing camp.

Liu Zhengzong observed his words and expressions, and immediately continued: "Your Highness, I recommend a person, Cangzhou General Soldier Wang Hongsheng, he is brave and good at fighting, and he will definitely be able to..."

"The garrison in Cangzhou is only more than a thousand troops, and it is definitely not enough to defend against the enemy." Xu Zuomei of the Southern Party knew that he wanted to install people from the Northern Party to gain military merits, so he immediately confronted him, "My subordinate recommended Rehe General Guo Buheng. The Rehe camp has sufficient troops. , enough to wipe out the Confederate Army!"

"The Rehe camp has the important task of guarding the north. I think Qi Yuanhua, the chief soldier of Baoding, is the most suitable..."

"The guard of Jizhou, Lu Haosu, was good at fighting the southern army. He counted the men he defeated, so he was the best candidate..."

In a short while, the Southern Party nominated three generals, and the Northern Party recommended four more.Both sides wanted to suppress the other side's candidates and take the great achievements of defending the capital into their own hands, so the words became more and more fierce, and there was a mess in the court.

Dorgon had been arguing for a long time without coming to a conclusion, but the southerners were approaching Beijing step by step at this time.You must know that every step the Ming army got closer to Beijing, the panic in the city would increase by one point.

He remembered that someone secretly paid homage to Chongzhen in the palace last night, and felt even more irritable. He immediately slapped the armrest of the dragon chair hard, and snorted heavily, "Humph!"

People from the northern and southern factions couldn't help but look at him, and the quarrel became much quieter.

Qian Qianyi saw that the heat was almost ready, so he hurriedly started to perform his duties in "Infernal Affairs". He winked at Zhang Gaowen first, then bowed his head and whispered some instructions to him.

Qian Qianyi was originally a leader of the Donglin Party, and naturally he was also one of the "heads" of the Southern Party after he was surrendered.

Zhang Gaowen didn't have much time to join the Southern Party, seeing Lord Qian had an order, he didn't dare to neglect, he immediately came out and said: "Your Highness, I believe that the most important thing is to take precautions against the capital, and the most important thing is to be safe.

"Just now, all the adults recommended are good generals. However, the Ming army is cunning, and these troops can be sent to suppress the bandits together. The chaos in Zhigu will be quickly quelled, and the capital will be stable!"

Feng Quan was surprised when he heard this, and turned to look at Zhang Gaowen, only to see Qian Qianyi nodding slightly at him.

His heart moved, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent is already angry, the Southern Party is signaling me to compromise, everyone should not hold each other back, each will grab the military merit according to his own ability.

It is acceptable, he immediately bowed and said: "Your Highness, I also feel that this is very safe."

Now that the north and the south had reached an "understanding", the court immediately agreed on the same caliber, and they all demanded that multiple approaches should be taken simultaneously to suppress the invading Ming army.

When Dorgon saw this, he couldn't help everyone's opinions, and finally subtracted a soldier in Rehe, which was too far away, and ordered the six-way army with a total of 1 troops to attack Zhigu.

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It’s just that the core of the discussion in the court of the Qing court—the Daming Navy infantry—after defeating Lou Guang’s first troops, they broke up several small camps on the way to Beijing, and then immediately turned to the east and entered the sea by boat from Dagu. .

On the Shaowu, Liu Guoxuan looked towards Beijing unwillingly, and said to Zheng Chenggong: "Master Admiral, we are only a hundred miles away from Beijing, why don't we continue to go north to harass and harass before we go, we will definitely make the captives fly like dogs."

Shi Lang said from the side: "We have achieved the purpose of this trip, but it is very risky to continue going north.

"Jianlu has 6000 troops in the vanguard camp and guard camp in Beijing, and the Fengtai Camp, which is close at hand, has [-] people. With our army strength, it is difficult to clean the surrounding areas of Beijing, but It is very easy to fall into the siege of the captive army."

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said: "Besides, our army suffered heavy casualties in the first battle of Zhigu, so it should be taken as a repair."

In this battle, the naval infantry was outnumbered in the absence of cavalry and cannons, and also took the initiative to attack, with nearly 130 casualties, among whom the wounded could be better treated on several warships.

Zheng Chenggong said again: "Besides, we can not only attack Beijing. The attack on Shenyang, Liaoyang and other places can make Jianlu feel miserable. These places are far less well-defended than Beijing. We can get twice the result with half the effort by turning north from the Bohai Sea. "

Liu Guoxuan nodded in thought and said, "As your lord said, it is indeed better to go north to Shenyang than to attack Beijing to the death."

In fact, this set of tactics relying on warships to harass the coast was also copied by Zhu Linmi from the British.Although the two British Opium Wars were unjust wars, it is undeniable that their tactical thinking was very clear and practical.

People in later generations often wonder that during the Opium War, the Manchu Qing government could mobilize more than 30 troops, while the British army had only a few thousand and more than 2 troops.Surrounding and beating with 30 troops, how can these [-] people be dealt with, but why did the Qing army always have only tens of thousands of horses in the decisive battle with the British army.

In fact, the Qing government also wanted to gather hundreds of thousands of troops to "submerge" the British, but they couldn't do it.Because of the superiority of the British fleet, the British army carried troops on warships and roamed and attacked Guangzhou, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shandong, Tianjin and other places.If they found that the Qing army was fully prepared after landing, they would return to the ship and attack the next location.

Since the infantry moved much faster than the warships, such a tactic made the Qing army impossible to defend against. It could only divide the army into countless parts and guard various important towns.When it was time for a decisive battle with the British army, it was discovered that there were only tens of thousands of troops that could be assembled nearby.

Zhu Linmi slightly modified the tactics of the British. Although due to reasons such as fleet size and supply capabilities, the Daming Navy infantry only maneuvered and attacked in the Bohai Sea area, but the effect was not bad at all.

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In the city of Beijing, food prices have risen by almost [-]%, all because the Qing court sent six armies to "resist" the Ming army's invasion.Of course, the contribution of the policy officer of the Ming Dynasty Propaganda Department is indispensable.

(End of this chapter)