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   Chapter 419 417 [Henan Battlefield]

  Henan battlefield.

  Due to the fierce offensive of the divisions of the Datong Army after the beginning of spring, Dorgon did not dare to underestimate the enemy like Duoduo.

  He adopted the usual tactics of the Qing Dynasty: let you come a few ways, and I will go all the way!

  Dorgon took the initiative to shrink the line of defense, letting troops and generals guard important cities. He personally led more than 60,000 Eight Banners Army and more than 30,000 surrendered soldiers and generals, intending to defeat the Datong Army one by one.

  Nurhachi likes to fight like this, and Huang Taiji also likes to fight like this.

  At that time, the Ming Dynasty often sent 100,000 to 200,000 troops, while the Manchu Qing had only tens of thousands of troops. Therefore, the Manchu Qing gathered heavy troops and rushed to intersperse them quickly, taking advantage of the loopholes in the difficulty of coordination and cooperation among the various ministries of the Ming Dynasty, and took advantage of the loopholes to annihilate one of them with superior forces.

  Generally speaking, as long as the Ming army is wiped out, the rest of the army will fall into panic, or some generals will lead troops to flee.

  If annihilating one route still doesn't work, then annihilate two or three routes!

  And this time when the Datong army attacked Henan, they were divided into six groups. How could Dorgon not use the old routine?

  Zhao Han handed over the command of Shandong to Fei Ruhe, and his own imperial driver moved to Bozhou to establish the general headquarters.

  At this moment, Li Zheng's third division has broken through Yucheng, and Xiao Zongxian's fourth division has broken through Luyi. Zhao Han's territory, Bozhou and Suzhou, was prepared for "emptiness" and deliberately attracted the enemy troops from Guide Mansion to attack. Once they came, the third and fourth divisions could return to the army to make dumplings.

  It's a pity that the Qing army in Guide Mansion was so cowardly that they even sat back and watched Yucheng and Luyi fall, and just nestled in Guide Mansion and defended to the death.

   This is earnestly implementing Dorgon's strategic plan. Don't go out to fight if you drop troops and generals, and you don't need to leave the secondary counties, just keep the strategic cities well. Hold on all the time, waiting for Dorgon to defeat each other in other places.

  Where is Dorgon's main force?

  Zhao Han is not sure yet, but he is definitely not on the side of Guide Mansion anyway.

   If the plan to lure the enemy fails, then take the initiative to attack!

  The remaining peasant soldiers stationed in Yucheng and Luyi, the third division attacked Xiayi in the south, and the fourth division attacked Zhecheng in the north. It was also won in one fell swoop. The Qing army seemed to really not want these county towns, but to defend Guidefu City wholeheartedly. Even in Yongcheng County, Zhao Han sent more than a thousand farmers and soldiers to take it down.

  Guidefu City is Shangqiu.

  Zhao Han's headquarters, the third division, and the fourth division joined forces outside Shangqiu City, planning to storm the city. Shangqiu is a nail. If it is not pulled out, the Eastern Army in the Henan battlefield will be pinned down here and unable to move.

  The accompanying female officer reported: "Your Majesty, Hou Fangyu brought his uncle to see him."

   "Bring them in."

  Zhao Han is researching the whereabouts of Dorgon's main force. Although scouts are spread widely and the Datong Army is hidden in Henan, there is too much messy information, and it is difficult to find Dorgon in a while.

  As the commander-in-chief of the Henan battlefield, Zhao Han could only issue a military order: Jiang Liang's fifth division should abandon the captured Shenqiu and Xiangcheng, and withdraw to Yingzhou to guard against the possible appearance of Dorgon. Jiang Dashan's Sixth Division is stationed in Yancheng. Don't rush in, and continue to detect Dorgon's movements.

  Since Dorgon wanted to gather an army to break through all the way, Zhao Han would safely defend the city and focus on the direction of Guide Mansion.

   The big deal is to make steady progress. Just by consuming food and grass, Dorgon can be dragged to death!

  Hou Fangyu came in with his fifth uncle Hou Li, bowing to him.

  Zhao Han asked: "How are the villages in Guide Mansion?"

Hou Li replied: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the war this year, the Puppet Qing Dynasty plundered the villages in Guide Mansion. Regardless of the gentry and the common people, every household must provide grain and husbands. If they fail to hand over the food, they will kill people. The Puppet Qing forced the peasants to recruit The grain was transported to Shangqiu, and after the grain was transported to the city, the peasants and gentry were expelled. Only the army remained in the city, and even many people in the prefecture city were expelled. The money and grain of my Hou family have been robbed by those tartars, and there is not much left! "

   Mao Yuanyi said: "Your Majesty, the puppet Qing did this because they were determined to store food and defend the city."

  Zhao Han was disgusted by the Qing Dynasty. The entire Guide Mansion was full of people who had been robbed of food. Before the arrival of the Datong Army, countless local people had starved to death, and a large number of hungry people were waiting for Zhao Han to allocate food for relief.

   There is no need to worry about the lack of husbands, and recruiting hungry people to transport luggage is also a way of relief.

  The moat outside Shangqiu City is also filled by hungry people, and a few pancakes are distributed every day. Zhao Han couldn't get more food, and he still had to stockpile military rations to consume with Man Qing.

  Everyone was discussing the military situation, and someone came to report: "Your Majesty, tens of thousands of rebels have come from outside the camp, and they say they want to kill the Tartars with the Datong Army!"

  Zhao Han was relieved and felt a headache at the same time.

  Relief is because people's hearts are available, and headaches are because of the consumption of military rations. These rebels can actually be regarded as hungry people. They have no fighting power in war, but they all have a good appetite for food.

  If all of Henan was like this, the rebels and hungry people would be able to overwhelm Zhao Han.

   But he had to save him, at least he had to give him something to eat and hang himself.

Zhao Han said to Hou Fangyu's uncle and nephew: "The Hou family is a big family in the Guide Mansion. These rebels will be coordinated and led by you for the time being. Choose three thousand young and strong as auxiliary soldiers, and turn the rest into civilian husbands. Those who are really weak...let them Let them lie down and get the porridge."

Zhao Han also said to the Li Cao, Hu Cao, and Cai Cao officials accompanying the army: "Let the officials, missionaries, and farmers' associations hurry up and take charge of the land distribution in Yongcheng County. One-third of the hungry people here will also be transferred to Yongcheng County." For cities and counties, let’s talk about subdividing the land and settling down. Also, hurry up and bring more grain!”

  …

  The Manchu and Qing coach of Guide Mansion has a culture and a military.

  The text is Tong Yangjia, the cousin of Tong Yangxing.

  The Tong family was originally a Jurchen, and her original surname was "Tong Jia". In the early Ming Dynasty, he settled down in Daming territory to do business. When Tong Yangxing arrived, he became a double agent of Daming and Jurchen. Finally, the whole family took refuge in Nurhachi.

   Tong Yangxing was solely responsible for casting cannons in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties over the years.

  As for Tong Yangjia, he was the first governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

  Wu is Sun Dingliao, who served as the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty during the Battle of Dalinghe. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he had been appointed as the deputy capital commander of the Han Army Banner. This time, he took two thousand Han Army Banners to suppress the descendants of Shangqiu and defend the city together.

  Among the generals defending the city, Zhao Zhilong is the most powerful.

   This person is the hereditary Xin Chengbo of the Ming Dynasty, the tenth generation of nobles. Historically, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty together with Qian Qianyi and others in Nanjing.

  But in this time and space, when the Datong Army attacked Fengyang, Zhao Zhilong led his troops and fled to Henan, becoming one of the many forces in Henan. Later, he surrendered to Li Zicheng, and then to the Qing Dynasty. Under his command, there were generals such as Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu.

  In addition, there are Sun Xigui and other generals who were originally from Liaodong in the city.

   Except for Sun Dingliao's Eight Banners of the Han Army, the rest are a group of mobs. However, the army has 30,000 troops, the army food is sufficient, and it is more than enough to defend the city.

  Dorgon thinks that he can defend for half a year. The soldiers and generals here are much more reliable than those in Shandong.

  Take the most powerful Zhao Zhilong as an example. This guy has caused a lot of anger in Fengyang, and he has long been on the blacklist of the Datong court. After he fled with his troops, his family property was confiscated, the land was divided, and those who did not escape were also sent to mine.

  Although Zhao Zhilong is also surnamed Zhao, he and Zhao Han are mortal enemies!

   "Fire... a lot of artillery!"

  Sun Dingliao stood on the gate tower, looking out dumbfounded.

  Two divisions, fifty artillery pieces, plus three siege cannons!

  Fifty-three cannons were deployed, and the guards in the city were going crazy. How can they bully people like this?

  Although Zhao Han didn't have much food, he had a lot of money, and he was crazily building firearms. There are four artillery factories, one in Guangdong, one in Jiangxi, one in Hunan, and one in Jiangsu. They have been casting guns endlessly in recent years.

  In comparison, Man Qing is a poor ghost.

  Although the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were able to cast their own cannons, more than half of the cannons were snatched from Ming Dynasty, or Kong Youde and other surrendered generals took them with them.

   "Boom boom boom!"

  Fifty-three guns fired one after the other, aiming at the same wall.

  The cannonball hit without interruption.

  Tong Yangjia's cousin was dedicated to casting cannons for the Qing Dynasty. He knew how terrifying it was, and couldn't even imagine how the enemy could move out so many artillery to attack the city.

   "I'm dead, I'm dead..." Tong Yangjia looked pale and muttered to himself.

  The city wall of Shangqiu is slightly thinner than that of Jining, with a bottom thickness of 10 meters and a top thickness of 6.7 meters.

   Fifty-three cannons bombarded, three of which were heavy siege artillery, and cracks were blasted out in just one day.

Tong Yangjia saw that the morale of the defenders was low, so he quickly summoned the generals: "Don't panic, everyone, the city wall of Shangqiu is thick, and it is not easy to collapse. The emperor's father and regent Wang Zhiyong are both wise and brave, and he used the Taizu." Let him come a few ways, I will only go all the way The Nanman puppet army is attacking on the Six Routes of Henan, and its forces are scattered, and they will be defeated by the regent. We only need to hold on for a few more days, and the regent will be successful in coming to help, and the Nanman puppet army will definitely be defeated by then!"

  Everyone was speechless.

After a moment of silence, Sun Dingliao suddenly said: "Lead troops to attack at night. The enemy's army is so dense that it is impossible to win in the daytime. The only way is to attack at night. You don't need to bring too many soldiers to attack at night, just choose a thousand dead soldiers. It is best to attack the camp successfully, but if you fail to attack the camp, you will only lose a thousand soldiers."

   "Who is going?" Sun Xigui asked.

   Tong Yangjia glanced at the generals: "You can recommend yourself to go, generals. If you let the enemy's artillery keep bombarding the city, I am afraid that the army's morale will be shaken before the city wall collapses."

  All the generals looked at each other in blank dismay, and someone suggested: "Fancy horse Liu Hanyong, you can attack the camp."

  Liu Liangzuo stood up abruptly: "Why should I go?"

  Historically, Liu Liangzuo was Gao Jie’s general during the time of the small court in Nanjing, and later led 100,000 troops to the Qing Dynasty. On the 81st day of Jiangyin, Liu Liangzuo was also besieging the city, and he was the executioner who killed Yan Yingyuan and others.

   This product has not yet been cast under Gao Jie's command. It belongs to Mou Wenshou's generals, guarding Fengyang together with Zhao Zhilong and other generals.

  A few years ago, when the Datong Army sent troops to northern Anhui, Zhao Zhilong and Liu Liangzuo joined forces to trap and kill the general Mou Wenshou, and then fled to Henan with the troops to seize the territory.

  As for Liu Liangzuo's younger brother, Liu Liangchen, he had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty during the Battle of Dalinghe.

   "I also think General Liu is suitable."

   "That's right. General Liu, nicknamed Hua Ma Liu, is proficient in riding and fighting. He must be capable of robbing camps."

   "..."

  One person proposed, everyone agreed, and they unanimously elected Liu Liangzuo as the commander of the night attack.

  (end of this chapter)