nanming man

Chapter 818
Dorgon gave an impassioned speech, encouraged the generals in the account, and then asked them to prepare to tackle key problems, leaving only Boluo to continue the discussion.

"Now the Wei thieves occupy the south of Shanxi, control Huguan, Guguan, etc., and occupy the Taihang exit. In the coming year, they will be able to attack Beizhili with Qingqi and destroy our Qizhuang Qitian of the Eight Banners. At the end of last year, the Wei thieves have already destroyed us. If they raid some of the manors in this year's harvest, even if Zhu Cihong is willing to borrow grain, we won't last until the end of the year."

After listening to Dorgon's words, Bo Luo nodded approvingly, "The regent's worry is not wrong. Gao Manzi has a thick face and a dark heart. In order to achieve his goal, he burned all his own fertile land, let alone our flag field. .If he occupies southern Shanxi, he will inevitably harass Hebei!"

Boluo followed Duoduo to many battles with the Wei army in Henan, and he had seen many times the Wei army's strategy of burning fields, burning cities, and fighting against scorched earth.

On the surface, Gao Yihuan is for the people, but as long as the war requires, he will never spare any life, and this guy has another characteristic, he must retaliate, but he is very tolerant.

Before the Qing army invaded the south and forced him to burn the fields and the city, he must have been unhappy, but now he seized the opportunity to turn himself into a serf and sing, and even took revenge.

Dorgon glanced at Bo Luo approvingly, "This king is in charge of the affairs of the court. Last year, the court was exhausted. Many places were fighting, and the granary in Huainan was lost. This year, the court must be short of food. If the war drags on, we will The Qing Dynasty will lose if it doesn’t fight. Therefore, this king can only find Gao Manzi for a decisive battle and fight with all his strength, just like the Taizu in the battle of Sarhu. Only by defeating the main force of the Wei thieves can the attack of the Wei thieves be completely disintegrated and reversed. The general trend of the world!"

Bo Luo already understood what Dorgon meant. If this battle continued, people would definitely starve to death this year, and the Qing Dynasty would definitely suffer greatly.

"Regent, I understand. We must win this battle, and we must win a big victory. Otherwise, even if we repel the Wei thieves without injuring them, after a few months of rest, the Wei thieves will come again, and we can't afford it at all." Already!" Boluo said in a deep voice.

The current Qing army is not a nomadic regime. If Dorgon chooses to retreat outside the customs, he will naturally not have such troubles, but after finally entering the customs, how can he give up so easily.

Now the comparison between the Qing army and the Western Wei is not only the strength of the troops, but also the overall strength of the two sides. The Qing army is not inferior to the Western Wei in terms of strength. Unfortunately, the logistics are weak, so they can only find the Wei army for a decisive battle.

"This king really saw you right!" Dorgon patted Bo Luo on the shoulder, with a look of approval on his face, and then said: "After Kong Youde died, this king reorganized the Han army Zhenghong Banner and equipped them with The latest self-generated firecrackers, as well as bronze cannons. They fought against the Shenji battalion of the Ming army in Suqian, and defeated the self-generated firecracker formation of the Ming army head-on. This shows that the Western Wei Dynasty’s blunderbuss formations do have some advantages. Looking at the previous battle reports, my Qing infantry was always beaten passively at a long distance, and was suppressed by the Wei army infantry. The cavalry was unable to take advantage of it, so they could only rush forward passively. Now my Qing also has such an infantry. Army, you can use the infantry to disrupt the Wei army's front, and then the cavalry will charge and compete with the Wei thieves."

After the Wei army used self-generating guns, the Qing army began to vigorously imitate them, and with the help of Tang Ruowang and other Xiyi, they made flintlock guns.

However, despite Xiyi's guidance, the flintlock guns of the Qing army are still somewhat lacking compared to the self-generated firecrackers of the Western Wei Dynasty. Their craftsmen are inexperienced, the production is a bit rough, and the fire rate is not as high as that of the Wei army.

Before the Southern Expedition, the Qing army had already equipped 2000 self-generating guns, and seized more than [-] guns in Suqian, and added a rapid artillery team to form a banner firearms army.

Dorgun originally quarreled with Huang Taiji and didn't use the Han army very much, but he was very concerned about this firearms army and often watched their drills.

Having said that, Dorgon looked at Bo Luo and said solemnly: "You have been fighting against the Wei thieves on the front line. You should be the one who knows the Wei thieves best among us Manchus. This king wants to entrust this team to you Commander, you have the confidence to make use of him!"

The Qing army has powerful cavalry, while the Wei army is dominated by infantry. Every time there is a battle, the problem for the Qing army is how to disturb the infantry of the Wei army and create opportunities for the cavalry to harvest. However, the Wei army has so many weapons that the Qing cavalry cannot use them. In the past, the method of riding and shooting was chaotic, and the proud Manchu heavy step could only eat bullets in front of firearms.

In this way, the Qing army could not restrain the Wei army's infantry, so Dorgon attached great importance to the firearms army, and felt that the addition of the firearms army would definitely create opportunities for the Qing army.

Hearing the words, Bo Luo was overjoyed immediately, but his face remained calm, and he saluted, "Cha! I will definitely fulfill my mission!"

While the two were talking, there was a rumbling sound of cannons outside the tent. It was a hundred red-clothed cannons, firing all at once, bombarding Yanmen Pass.

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In Taiyuan Mansion, Gao Yihuan received a lot of intelligence about the war every day. Although Wei Jun did not attack, he was actively preparing.

As time entered 1649, the Western Wei Dynasty had basically pacified some prefectures and counties in southern and central Shanxi, and sent officials to take over local government affairs, help the people return to their hometowns, and prepare for spring plowing.

At this time, Taiyuan City had been besieged for more than two months, and most of the food in the city had been consumed. However, the Wei army still did not attack the city, and it was clear that they wanted to encircle and send reinforcements.

This made Azig unable to calm down. In addition, he judged that Dorgon should have come to save him, so he began to go out of the city frequently to attack the Wei army's defense line. In order to prevent Dorgon from repeating the mistakes of the Jinzhou battle of the Ming army.

The Wei army realized that a decisive battle with the Qing army would be inevitable. Since a few months ago, grain from Huguang and Sichuan, weapons and armor made in Xiangyang and Nanyang, and firearms made in Guanzhong have been continuously transported to Hedong. Several warehouses were piled up.

The various ministries of the Wei Army were also frequently mobilized, and filled up the vacancies to complete the running-in drills, preparing to face Dorgon's main force.

In order to guard against the Qing army, the main force of the Wei army has moved from the south of Taiyuan to the north of the city.

At this time, in the wilderness in the northern suburbs of Taiyuan, large tents were connected one after another, spreading neatly and stretching as far as the eye could see.

On the school grounds, I saw an infantry army of nearly a thousand soldiers practicing. They were all wrapped in iron armor and even wore animal masks on their faces. They were Gao Yihuan's iron guards.

This elite army, which was supposed to be Zheng Chenggong's guard, was first set up by Gao Yihuan to seize the copyright.

Since the application of hydraulic forging technology, the production capacity of the workshops under the Western Wei Arms Supervision has increased to a higher level, and the manufacturing speed of armor and firecrackers has doubled.

Inspired by this, Gao Yihuan specially boiled a pot of boiling water to show them the power of steam, and arranged a new research direction for the masters.

Of course, the explosion of productivity requires many conditions, such as a huge market and a highly developed commodity economy. Without these demands, it is difficult to generate an explosion of productivity.

Equipment alone, especially the equipment that is immature at the beginning, has frequent problems, and is far more expensive than manual equipment, is difficult to survive the initial stage, and the folks have no motivation to demand it.

At this time, the Iron Man Army was waving the horizontal knives in their hands in unison, cutting off the thick wooden stakes in front of their arms.

On the other side, the musketeers of the Ke Shengjun were raising their guns in turn to shoot, and the school field was filled with thick smoke.

At this time, several elite troops of the Wei army had all assembled in Hedong, preparing for a big battle, but Gao Yihuan was still not satisfied with this, and always hoped that the preparations could be more adequate.

After all, this battle is about the general trend, it is a big duel between the two countries, it is a battle of rise and fall, so we must be cautious.

After Gao Yihuan and the generals watched the school field for a while, they smiled and said to everyone: "We won this battle. Beijing can take it whenever it wants. If it loses, it can only return to Guanzhong honestly." , Don’t even think about going out of customs within a few years.”

"Your Majesty, we are so well prepared, how could we fail. We will win this battle!" Bai Wenxuan said.

"Hehe~ You said it well! In this battle, the big man will win, and the big Wei will win!" Gao Yihuan was full of spirits, and immediately said: "Let's go, let's go to the warehouse to have a look!"

The next group of people left the big camp and came to the military supply warehouse of the Wei army. There were tall warehouses, one after another, each of which was four feet high, and could hold thousands of shi of rice and grain, as well as thousands of weapons and armor.

Gao Yihuan and the generals walked between the warehouses, asking the guards to take out the rice bags from time to time, breaking them open with a saber, and leaking out pieces of white rice.

Gao Yihuan picked it up, saw the round rice grains, smelled them again, and said with a smile, "It's Changde rice."

"My lord, the army rations and equipment are basically allotted by the Ministry of War. The army absolutely does not have to worry about food." Gao Xinghao laughed.

The Western Wei Dynasty holds two large granaries, and also grows corn and sweet potatoes. It can be said that the Western Wei Dynasty has the least food shortage.

Gao Yihuan nodded in satisfaction. At this moment, a cavalryman galloped towards him, "Report to Your Majesty, Jiang Xiang's envoy came to ask for help."

Gao Yihuan took the letter and looked at it. There were four words in the middle: "The King of Wei save me". He smiled and said to the people around him: "Jiang Xiang told the lonely king that if the lonely king doesn't save him, he will die for the lonely king. Old Jiang This is blackmailing the lonely king. This kind of tone shows that he can still persist!"

But Li Dingguo said: "Your Majesty, since Jiang Xiang said so, then we can't be careless!"

After the Qing army made a detour to northern Shanxi, Gao Yihuan transferred Li Dingguo back to his side. Somehow, with Li Dingguo by his side, King Gao felt particularly safe.

Gao Yihuan frowned, "Okay, then everyone will go back to the camp alone, let's discuss and discuss!"

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