Ming Zuo

Chapter 935 The progress of both sides

The southward march of the Qing army further aggravated the suffering of the Korean people.

Among the upper echelons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, except for Huangtai Jixiong, who understood the importance of unity and popular support, the rest of the people did not break away from the barbaric habits at all.

If history can assume that it is not Dorgon but Huang Taiji who unified the country, he may not issue a hair-shaving order.

In that way, the process of the Manchu Qing unifying the country would not take as long as decades.

The progress of the various ministries of the Qing army was very difficult, and it was really the North Korea that could not provide much support.

Jeolla-do is the most chaotic.

The North Korean army here was defeated by the Qing army, and after they fled back to the place, they made chaos everywhere, causing great harm to Jeolla Province.

After Li Shifang came back, he was overwhelmed with cleaning up everywhere, but with little effect.

Many soldiers in combat know that once they are captured, they are likely to die.So he fled up the mountain and became a bandit.

Under such circumstances, after Tulai and Nikan came here, they had to help Li Shifang stabilize the place first.

These two people are not good men and women, so they immediately raised their butcher knives.

But anyone they suspect to be a rebel will be killed immediately.

In this process, it is inevitable that some innocent people will be implicated.

As a result, people panicked and more people fled.

Many people sailed out to sea one after another and fled to various islands, making it even more difficult for the Qing army to raise supplies, which seriously delayed the speed of the march.

Among the three routes of soldiers and horses, Hauge was the fastest.

After all, all the places he passed by had been preliminarily cleared by Jin Zidian, so he arrived in Daegu smoothly without any harassment or hindrance.

The Qing army and the North Korean army formally merged, and Hauge took all the political and political power in his hands.

"Marshal Jin, immediately march towards the Nakdong River, sweeping away the wilderness in all directions at the same time. If you encounter the enemy's situation, report it immediately."

Hauge's swift and resolute actions put a lot of pressure on Jin Zidian.He didn't dare to disobey, so he had to lead the imperial army to the Nakdong River that day.

However, with the Qing army in charge, the courage of these North Koreans has increased somewhat.

This is the character of the North Koreans.

Very good at pretending to be a tiger.

They thought that with the Qing army as their reliance, they no longer had to be afraid.

It's a pity that the Xia army didn't take the Qing army seriously, and the various troops that came forward began to harass the North Korean army in various ways.

This makes their progress very slow, and to the point of being overwhelmed.

Xia Jun's scouts even planted landmines everywhere in Miryang City, causing the North Korean troops entering the city to be killed and injured many people.

Jin's scalp was numb, so he had to order the army to station in the wilderness and not enter the house.

At the same time, he sent a letter to Hauge, requesting support from the Qing army.

"Xia Jun's scouts are very powerful. Even my Eight Banners warriors can't take advantage of it. I hope these North Koreans will definitely delay things."

E Tuohun, who participated in the Battle of Lushun, made a suggestion to Hauge.

The main force of the Qing army led by Hauge was just behind Jin Zidian, but the marching speed was not fast, and it could be said that it was step by step.

Moreover, Hauge also sent troops to occupy all the important nodes along the way, just to ensure the smooth flow of the back road.

Relying on Fan Ji's guidance twice in a row, he got a high score from Huang Taiji.This made Hauge pay more and more attention to Fan Ji.

Fan Ji told Hauge to advance cautiously, wait for the other two routes, so as not to make the mistake of going deep alone, Hauge also listened.

Facing Hauge's cautiousness, the scouts of the Xia army wandering in the mountains and forests could only sigh in relief.

After all, they are few in number, and their main task is to scout the enemy's situation, so it is impossible to compete with the army.

"Then send the scouts out and chase those flies away."

The only way to face harassment from scouts is tit for tat.

This is also the strength of Jurchens.

Following Hauge's order, the scouts of the Qing army began to search the forest.

The brutal scout battle has begun.

The originally quiet and desolate wilderness began to be filled with the smell of blood.

"Captain, these Jurchens are stronger than last time."

In a secluded mountain depression, Xia Jun's scouts are resting after the war.

Originally there were more than [-] people in the team, but now there are more than [-] people left.

The remaining forty people remained on this land forever.

Although they killed more than [-] Qing army scouts, such a battle loss ratio still did not make everyone show any joy.

Squadron leader Zhu Jin was also injured, with an arrow in his left arm.After a simple bandage, no hidden dangers were left.

He was looking at a palm-sized clay pot in his hand.

What caught everyone's attention was that the clay pot was actually filled with gunpowder, and there was a fuse on it.

When fighting with the scouts of the Qing army before, they were completely unprepared for the fact that the Qing army had gunpowder weapons for throwing, which resulted in many deaths and injuries.

Although the power of this kind of pottery can't be compared with Xia Jun's grenade, at least the Qing army has a close-range surface-killing weapon.

"His Highness has always said that our enemies are not wood, and they will improve. How about it, have you seen it now?"

Everyone was amazed, and the little bit of arrogance they originally had was put away at this time.

Fighting against the Qing army again, the opponent's change really surprised them.

At the same time, in Miryang's base camp, Hauge was also watching the captured weapons of the Xia army.

He picked up a steel bow, and just pulled the bowstring slightly, and saw the small wheels at the upper and lower ends rotate accordingly.The result is that the bowstring is drawn easily, effortlessly, and without much sound.

When he let go, the arrow shot through the target forty paces away like lightning.

The location where the arrow hit was almost the same as his aim.

"Who knows what these two gadgets are for?"

Brother Hao asked, pointing to the wheels on the bow and arrow.

However, the generals of the Qing army are not as good as him in terms of knowledge. How can they understand mechanics.

"This bow is made of steel. It is full of strength and effortless to pull. It is indeed a sharp weapon for killing the enemy."

Seeing that no one knew the goods, Hauge was very helpless, but he just ordered: "Give this bow to the craftsmen, and order them to imitate it."

If it is said that the compound bow brought new understanding to the Qing army, then the captured firing pin guns completely puzzled Hauge and others.

Hauge held the handle of the gun with his hand, and instinct told him that this thing could be pulled.However, he tried his best, but there was no effect.

"Who knows how to open this thing?"

The generals below looked at each other.

They don't even know that if they want to pull the handle of the gun, they must first buckle the tenon at the end of the gun body.

This is also a feature of the Dreiser firing pin gun.

As a result, the gun fell into their hands, but it became an unsolvable problem.

"This gun fires so fast that there is no time to fire. We waited for them to shoot and were ready to rush up to fight. But before we ran a few steps, their gunfire rang out again. Many people were killed in this way."

The scout who captured the firing pin gun showed Hauge the bullets.

Strange bullets and strange guns made all the generals of the Qing army full of worries about the prospect of this battle.

(End of this chapter)