Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 464
"Then fight Taiyuan."

Azige made a final decision, he turned his head and said: "Haoge, you go south with me, take down the Yanmen Pass first, and block the two Ming armies. As for Nikan, you are wandering outside Datong, don't let Jiang Tuan come out."

"Yes—" the two agreed.

The situation in Shanxi was different for the Qing army.

First of all, what they faced was not the elite Beijing camp, but the former Shanxi Ming army.

For this kind of Ming army, it can be said that the Qing army is no problem at all. Except for a Datong city that is difficult to conquer, field battles are basically invincible.

As for Taiyuan in the south, as long as the Yanmen Pass is captured so that the two Ming armies cannot support each other, it will be considered a great success.

When the time comes, divide and fight, easily smoothing out the disadvantage of fewer soldiers.

In a few words, the tactics were formulated.

The Qing army, united and single-minded, finally regained its previous momentum at this time, and marched forward without hesitation.

It is their common wish to protect the victory of entering the customs.

……

In Zhangde Mansion, Le Ke Dehun led five thousand soldiers and horses of the Zhenghong Banner to confront the Ming army on the banks of the Zhang River.

This is the elite man he bought after begging his grandfather to be kind to him for a long time. He has made great achievements and wiped away his shame.

Chen Yongfu led 20,000 people, mighty and mighty, set up camp, and confronted him.

Although there are many soldiers and horses, it is difficult for the Ming army to fight without firearms, and they can only fight at every step.

Obviously, this is a war of attrition.

Chen Yongfu made no secret of his actions.

He knew that the Qing army was short of troops, and even if they wanted to attack the grain road, they had to divide their troops.

And once the Qing army divides its forces, he will go north without any scruples and take down Zhangde Mansion.

If the Qing army can only confront each other in this way, it is purely a waste of strength. The Ming army owns several prefectures in Henan, as well as the two prefectures of Weihui and Huaiqing on the north bank of the Yellow River, with sufficient supplies.

As a result, Luck Dehun fell into a dilemma.

Can't go in, can't go back.

They can only confront each other in Zhangde Mansion.

It can be said that facing Chen Yongfu's cunning and cunning, he has too little experience in acting alone.

……

There was no good news on the three fronts, which made Dorgon feel unconfident.

He had to find Daishan, who was already very ill, for help.

Daishan was lying on the bed, served by several servant girls, his face was pale, the root cause of the disease from the past battles had broken out together, making him miserable.

When Dorgon came, he couldn't help being shocked to see such a miserable situation.

Immediately, he empathized with him, and seemed to realize how he would look like in the future, and his mood became more and more depressed for a while.

"Ahem, the regent is here."

Dai Shan squinted his eyes, and seeing Dorgon approaching with a tiger's pace, he couldn't help letting someone prop up his back and lie down halfway: "Go down!"

The maids retreated, leaving only two people in the room.

"Has the situation reached this point?"

Daishan said in a deep voice.

"Since Duoduo's death, the momentum of the court has taken a turn for the worse, not before entering the customs."

Dorgon sat down, showing a complicated and sad face: "These days, I asked someone to calculate. Since the first year of Shunzhi, the Qing Dynasty has lost tens of thousands of elite soldiers, while the Eight Banners of Manchuria have lost 5000 people. .”

"The Bordered White Flag, Zhenglan Flag, and Bordered Red Flag are almost half-damaged, and they cannot be recovered within three to five years."

In the military-civilian system implemented in the Qing Dynasty, Niu Lu represented both the army and the civilian households.

For each Eight Banner household, one male will be drawn as a soldier, and if there is a death or injury, another man will be drawn from his family.

The father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother ends up with the younger brother.

But how can recruits compare to veterans?

Before entering the customs, there were about 50,000 people in the Army of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and 40,000 people entered the customs. There were less than [-] people left in Liaodong to suppress the rear.

The Saurons, who gave birth to Jurchen, also need to be suppressed.

[-] Manchurian Eight Banners, now [-] are gone, [-]% is much more.

The recruitment of new recruits was not sufficient, and many cattle records were also cut, with the number slightly lower than [-].

After all, light gave birth to daughters, and there were also those with few sons.

Although the number of people has only decreased a little, the combat effectiveness is very different.

After several years of fighting, he can also be trained as a sparring partner, but time waits for no one.

There is too little time left for Manqing.

"5000 people?"

Hearing this, Dai Shan's pale face became even paler.

"This is the number of years the late emperor has accumulated, and he has never accumulated such a sum."

Dorgon sighed: "Shanxi and Henan are delayed, and Shandong is dangerous. As long as one of these three roads is broken, then Beijing will be in danger."

"At that time, Gyeonggi will be endangered, and the other two roads will also be defeated..."

"What do you mean?"

Daishan raised his head and looked at Dorgon with a bad tone.

He knew that Dorgon was not to blame for this matter, after all, he was not the one who led the army to fight.

But who made him the regent and deputy emperor?
He must bear at least half of all the crimes.

"I don't care about those civil servants in the court, they are just playing lip service."

Dorgon said softly: "But the hearts of the Eight Banners are not stable, and many people clamor to go back outside the pass from time to time, saying that the south is not the world of banner people..."

"I want to know, what does the regent mean?"

Daishan emphasized again.

"I mean!"

Dorgon showed a look of pain: "To preserve vitality, we can only withdraw outside the pass."

"It's very good outside the customs."

Dai Shan suddenly said: "Since we landed in Beijing, there is not enough food to eat. Many Eight Banners have also learned Han people, speaking Chinese, and have forgotten a lot of the fighting skills passed down from their ancestors."

"Carefree, enjoying the splendor and wealth, I think in a few decades, I'm afraid there will be no more people talking about us."

Seeing that Dorgon was still struggling, Dai Shan said in a deep voice: "In my opinion, it is still too early to withdraw all of them outside the pass. We can withdraw the family members first, so that the soldiers can concentrate on fighting."

"If the situation changes in the future, it will not delay anything if we withdraw again."

"Okay——" Dorgon smiled: "Also, you can also transport those goods away first, so as to save time and throw them to Ming people."

With Daishan's support, Dorgon felt much better.

……

The news of the war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties also spread to Pidao.

Not long after returning from recruiting soldiers, Li Yingren was preparing for drastic military training, and when he was ashamed, suddenly the imperial court sent a decree.

Let him lead the soldiers and horses, go ashore from Deng and Lai, sweep across Shandong, join Li Jizu in Jinan, and go to Shandong Province together.

"Dengzhou Prefecture?" Li Yingren was taken aback.

Of course, he didn't know that the emperor planned to let him go to Tianjin to land in Tianjin and threaten Beijing.

But Beijing at this time is not more than Beijing 200 years later, Dorgon is not so easily frightened, and the Tianjin landing battle is very ineffective.

Therefore, going to Shandong has become inevitable.

"We are the dark hands, and the Qing army must not know about it."

Wenxi shook his head, admiringly.

Li Yingren shook his head with a wry smile, this miscellaneous soldier can only be sent to die.

(End of this chapter)