The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 439 Dorgon's Wrath

The battle on the Dagu Fortress has become no suspense.

The Jianlu guard finally gathered more than 200 people, and launched a counterattack against the northern wall, but how could this few people be enough?

When they rushed to the north side of the fortress, the [-] Ming troops had already formed a neat infantry line, and then they fired two salvos, leaving only dozens of captive soldiers lying on the ground tremblingly, not daring to move.

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On the Shaowu, Yu Ping bowed respectfully to Zheng Chenggong and said, "Jinyiwei North Town Yu Xuezhi has met the admiral."

Just now Zheng Chenggong learned from Liu Guoxuan that it was this Yu Xuezhi who secretly blocked the cannon on the north side of the fortress, and the Ming army was able to capture Dagu at a very small cost.

He was about to praise Yu Xuezhi, but the latter took out a white cloth from his bosom and presented it, "My lord, there are more than [-] people under the puppet general Lou Guangxian's subordinates stationed in the Tianjin Zhigu camp where the captives were captured. According to this, there are only seven Ten miles away. When the city was attacked just now, the bandit army must have sent someone to ask for help from Zhigu, so my lord should make preparations in the morning."

The corner of Zheng Chenggong's mouth curled into a smile, and he said, "Even if he doesn't come, I will go to him too. Defeating these [-] captive troops will help our army gain power!"

Shi Lang was surprised and said: "My lord, our trip is to disrupt the hinterland of Jiannu with a feint attack, why do we have to fight the enemy to the death?"

"A feint attack must be based on reality." Zheng Chenggong said, "If you just wander around, the captives will think that I dare not fight, and the effect of disturbing the enemy will be greatly reduced."

As he spoke, he cupped his hands towards the south, and said loudly: "According to His Royal Highness Fuzheng's policy, this first battle after landing must be done at any cost, and we must strive for a quick and complete victory! Beat the captives with the force of a thunderbolt, and disrupt the others. deploy!
"In this way, if we attack Shenyang, Dengzhou and other places in the future, the captives will not dare to sit idly by. Only in this way can we have a containment effect on the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

He pointed to the map again, "As long as Zhigu is breached, Beijing will be less than [-] meters to the north, and there will be no captive troops guarding it along the way. At that time, the city of Beijing will collapse like the sky!"

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Dorgon frowned and slammed the memorial in his hand to the ground.

It only took half a day, and the memorials about the Dagu Battle were piled up more than two feet high on his desk.Most of them impeached Dagu defender Ha Tongbao, some impeached Tianjin general Lou Guangxian for lax defense, and some even proposed to strengthen the defense of Gyeonggi.

"It's a bunch of trash!" Dorgon cursed angrily.Obviously there are only a thousand or so southerners, but they make it seem like a big deal.

Then Ha Tongbao has already fallen into the hands of the Ming army, so why impeach him?
The Ming army has already landed in Tianjin, and it is necessary to rely on Lou Guang to lead the army to defend against the enemy. To impeach him at this time, is it not a pig's brain?
As for strengthening the defense of Gyeonggi, isn't this equivalent to announcing to the world that the Ming army is going to attack Beijing? !
He was losing his temper when he heard the eunuch report: "Master, Mr. Fan Wencheng please see me."

"Let him in."

When Fan Wencheng entered the Hall of Martial Arts, he first glanced at the memorials that were thrown everywhere, then stepped forward to salute, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, are you bothered by the Dagu matter?"

Dorgon rubbed his brows and said: "However, more than a thousand Ming soldiers just let these idiots make trouble in the city!"

"Your Highness, where did the Ming army come from?"

"Where did you come from?" Dorgon said angrily, "Daku has just been captured, are you blind?"

Fan Wencheng bowed unhurriedly and said, "It's just because Ha Tongbao neglected his duty and was attacked by a group of Japanese pirates in Dagu. What's the big deal?"

"Japanese pirates?" Dorgon was stunned for a moment, and then he slapped the table vigorously, "That's right! It's Japanese pirates! Master Fan is really resourceful."

Fan Wencheng said again: "Your Highness only needs to issue an order, and severely punish those who point out the Japanese pirates as the Ming army, and the court discussion will definitely subside. We only need to wait for Lou Guang to wipe out the southern army first, and the matter will naturally be exposed."

Dorgon followed the example of kindness, and immediately arranged the affairs according to what Fan Wencheng said, and sent his clan relative Batuhai to Zhigu to supervise the battle, urging Lou Guang to destroy the invading enemies quickly.

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"General, the Ming army has arrived near Xiaoliu Bridge four miles away." Several Jianlu Xiaoqi cavalry said to Lou Guang first, "the number should not exceed a thousand, and they are all infantry."

It is difficult to carry too many horses on a warship, so almost all the horses of the naval infantry are used to drag cannons and luggage. Even the officers have many without horses, and almost none of the cavalry.

Lou Guang smiled triumphantly when he heard the words, and explained to himself that the army was going to cover his back with the river, and was preparing to form a defensive formation near the Xiaoliu Bridge.His troops consisted of [-] elite Han troops inlaid with white flags, including more than [-] cavalry, and even those green battalion soldiers were selected from various places.

He cupped his hands respectfully at Batu Hai who was on the side: "Lord Belle, you just stay here to watch the battle, and your subordinates will defeat the Nanman in a short time."

"Thank you, General, I have more than a hundred personal guards who can also be called by you."

Lou Guang hurriedly said "I dare not", this Batuhai is the son of Tabai, the sixth son of Nurhachi, with a high status, and it is too late to send someone to protect him, how can he use his bodyguards.

Lou Guang first recruited his officers, and was assigning various units to attack the enemy from where, when he suddenly heard rustling sounds faintly from a distance, like the sound of extremely orderly footsteps.

Just as he was wondering, he saw a galloping horse galloping towards him and said in surprise, "Report! The Ming army is attacking directly from the east, only less than two miles away from the front army."

"What?!" Lou Guangxian didn't turn the corner for a moment. A thousand Ming troops, all of them infantry, dared to attack 3000 of them on their own initiative!

He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed loudly and said: "Since these southerners are here to die, we might as well send them a ride.

"The order was issued that the former army should meet the enemy on the spot, and the southern army must be held back.

"Li Xian, you lead the Xiaoqi to attack from the enemy's left flank, disrupt the enemy's formation, and then go around to the east to prevent the southerners from retreating."

"Subordinates obey orders!"

"Hu Anmao, you use your infantry and [-] infantry to outflank the right flank of the southerners!"

"Subordinates obey orders!"

Lou Guang's previous army consisted of [-] Green Battalion soldiers, so he reckoned that resisting a [-] Ming army should not be a problem.On the other hand, the main forces of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were encircled by the two wings. As long as there was a slight delay in the middle and the encirclement was completed on both sides, none of these Ming troops would be able to escape.

After he finished making some arrangements, he suddenly heard the sound of cannons coming from the front of the formation, and he couldn't help being surprised—it didn't mean that the army was all infantry, and they fought against his front team so quickly!

Liu Guoxuan knew that his troops were twice as small as those of Jianlu, and he had no cavalry. Although it was better to choose a suitable terrain to form an formation and wait for the inevitable victory, if the enemy found that the battle situation was unfavorable and chose to retreat, he wanted to pursue them. extremely difficult.

The admiral demanded that the battle must be won completely, so he decided to take the initiative.

It was Jianlu's cannon that rang first.The Ming army came by boat this time and landed in small boats, so they could only carry three-pound guns at most.

These three three-pound guns and ten new-style tiger squat guns are all of Liu Guoxuan's artillery power, but the range of the Jianlu artillery on the opposite side is much shorter.

(End of this chapter)