Chapter 118: Knighthood (10)
Shang Shan's handsome flag fell to the ground, and it was reflected in Donnie's eyes.
Since the Qing army's central army was mainly composed of Niu Lu from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of the Han army, especially the latter who also carried a large number of artillery and carts loaded with large amounts of gunpowder, their marching force was bloated.
The column was squeezed by the narrow mountain road and was extremely long. For this reason, they had to divide it into three parts: front, middle and rear. The leader of the front part was Baile Shangshan, and the deputy general was Auxiliary Guo Gonggantu; the leader of the rear part was Baile.
Dulan, the deputy general, assists the Duke Zakana; and the central part is naturally led by him, the commander of the army.
The front was ambushed by the second ambush of the Ming Army. Their first reaction was to rush to the rescue, but before they could regroup their troops, the situation there was already very bad. Shang Shan's struggle did buy them some time.
The deputy leader of the bodyguard, Ai Xing'a, also quickly assembled a force and took every opportunity to send reinforcements to the front. However, before they could catch up, Shang Shan's flag fell into the dust, and the Qing army there
It even returned to the one-sided fate of being massacred.
"Your Majesty, we can no longer care about those in front of us. Hurry up and retreat. After a while, the defeated troops will be driven back, and we won't be able to retreat here."
Retreat, in such a situation, take off the fig leaf to hide your ears, expose yourself and run away. This is something that Doni has never thought about. He is the son of Prince Duduo of Yu, although this is his first time to go south to destroy the country.
The main combat tasks of the Eight Banners veteran generals are responsible for the serious command of the army. His main job is just to represent the Aixinjueluo family, just like the Jidu of Quzhou. However, he has been listening to it since he was a child.
The story of the Eight Banners Army's invincibility grew up, and this time he saw with his own eyes the Qing army's devastating victory over the entire territory of Guizhou and the heart of Yunnan. He was far more confident in victory than those generals with more combat experience.
Much higher, because the word failure does not exist in his mind at all!
At this moment, he looked at the inevitable defeat in the distance and turned to look at Mopan Mountain. The flag of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, was fluttering in the wind on the top of the mountain. Countless Ming troops were shouting from the terraces and hillsides.
Rushing down the mountain. Indeed, if the Ming army's second ambush chased the defeated troops and were stopped by Li Dingguo's main formation from behind, they would really have no chance to escape as the officer said.
However, at such a critical juncture, Doni had to think that Prince Zheng, the banner owner of the Xianglan Banner, defeated Quzhou, and along with him the Zhenglan Banner guarding Quzhou, part of the Xianglan Banner and Xianghuang Banner would definitely be damaged.
Xiao. Now the other unit of the Xianghuang Banner is under the command of Zhao Butai, the forward general of the army, and the Chinese army also has nearly thirty Manchu soldiers from the four banners of Zhengbai, Xiangbai, Zhenghong and Xianghong, especially
The dozen or so Niu Lu from the two white flags were all at the front of the central army. If he retreated, perhaps the dozen or so Niu Lu from the two red flags would be spared, but all the troops from the other banners would be buried here.
"Quzhou has already lost a lot of Niulu under Xianghuang Banner. If all the Niulu under Xianghuang Banner here are gone, then..." Ke
Thinking of this, Donnie couldn't help but shudder, secretly cursing himself crazy, and quickly put away his thoughts that ignored the overall situation.
After two rounds of changes between Dorgon and Shunzhi, the Zhengbai flag that originally belonged to his father has become the Zhenglan flag. He is now the flag owner of the Zhenglan flag, while Dorgon's white flag was given to Hao Hao.
Ge's son Fu Shou, the original Zhenglan Banner, now the Zhengbai Banner, was directly led by the emperor.
Jidu's defeat must have caused a lot of losses to his Zhenglan Banner. Even if he succeeded in destroying the country, at most he would be rewarded with some gold and silver, and at most he would be restored to the prince's title, but his right to speak in the Eight Banners would still be
In a declining trend, its power within the Eight Banners will inevitably be damaged.
Also declining was Prince Jidu, the owner of the blue flag. That incompetent guy harmed others and himself, and he deserved it, so we can leave it aside for the time being. But if the yellow flag directly led by the emperor had his spine completely broken, the white flag and the emperor
If the white flags of his eldest brother Hauge's line were also damaged in this battle, then the strength of the Huang Taiji line would be greatly reduced, and it would not be so easy for the emperor to get what he wanted from them. And the remaining two red flags
Although his strength has not been weakened, the original leader of the Zhenghong Banner, Chang Adai, was found an excuse to seize the throne by Shunzhi. The successor, Prince Kang Jieshu, is still a little kid, and the leader of the red flag, Luo Keduo, is now his
The deputy has always been a good friend. Perhaps only in this way, as long as everyone's strength has declined, his share of interests within the Eight Banners will not be excessively damaged.
There has always been a power struggle within the Eight Banners, and the power of the banner lord prince is closely related to the strength of all banners. However, as soon as the selfish flames sprouted, he was immediately extinguished. As the core figure at the highest level of the Manchu Qing Dynasty,
He knew very well that the biggest problem of the Manchu Qing regime was that its core population was too small. Counting only after entering the customs, the total number of Manchurian bannermen was only more than 40,000. It has remained at this order of magnitude for more than ten years, all thanks to the Mongolian Eight Banners.
With the Eight Banners of the Han Army and other vassals to support the situation, plus the surrender of hundreds of thousands of Ming and Shun troops in the first two years of entering the Pass, they occupied most of the Ming Dynasty’s territory in one fell swoop, including the sacred lands of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Only then did they have the capital to fight the Ming army for a long time.
If the loss of the Manchu Banners is too great, the loyalty of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Army will inevitably be shaken, and it will be difficult for them to suppress the Mongols in Monan and the Green Camp troops in Han. Without so many vassal armies, facing
The more the Ming army fought, the stronger it became. It was only a matter of time before the Qing Dynasty fell.
Yes, if there is no Manchu regime, under the flames of revenge of the Han people, not to mention he is just a banner prince, even if he replaces Shunzhi, so what, it is not a dead end. And now he is a dead end.
, not only cannot sit back and watch the troops in front being eaten by the Ming army, but also must try to preserve these core weapons for the Qing Dynasty.
"Ai Xing, take these people to guard this road, stop the bandits, and put all the defeated soldiers into formation; Zu Zerun, take these Niu Lu with the Han army flag up the mountain, line up on both sides of the hillside, and shoot them
The thieves are chasing the soldiers."
As soon as Doni said this, the generals were stunned, but despite being shocked, they all admired the courage of the flag-bearing prince - when everyone thought they needed to cut off their arms to survive, he stood up
To fight to the death with the Ming army, such courage may be seen as reckless in the eyes of others, but for them, who have been going south to destroy the country all the time, and this time it was just an "accident", it is clearly too much.
Ni inherited his Lao Tzu's "excellent qualities".
After hearing the order, Ai Xing'a quickly ordered the troops he had just organized to stop and form an array. Zu Zerun, as the Han Army Gushan Ezhen with a yellow flag, did not dare to say anything.
Niu Lu, who was carrying the Han army flags, quickly climbed up the hills on both sides and loaded the ammunition step by step.
Doni's commanding flag was placed on the road, and he also sent out messengers one after another. First, he ordered the rear of Dulan's Chinese army to join him immediately to form a defense line against Li Dingguo's main formation; second, he ordered Wu Sangui to cross Dulan.
and the green battalion soldiers further behind spared no effort to reinforce the Chinese army. Only by defeating the Ming army's main formation and the second ambushing pursuers could they have a chance to rescue the Qing army's forward.
Dulan's headquarters was not far from Duni. At this moment, he also saw Li Dingguo rushing down from Mopan Mountain, coming towards him. After receiving the order, Dulan quickly ordered to drop all unnecessary baggage and go with him.
Doni converged. It has to be said that without worrying about the baggage vehicles, these Qing troops immediately moved out many times faster. Those who hurriedly and slowly arrived finally arrived before Li Dingguo's main formation rushed down the mountain.
Nina quickly formed an array on the main road and tried his best to control the hillsides on both sides with firecrackers and infantry archers.
Unlike the front and middle sections of the Chinese Army, which each had quite a few Manchurian Eight Banners, Dulan's rear section was dominated by the Han Army's Eight Banners Niulu, and what he had to face was the Ming Army's leader, Jin Wang Li Dingguo.
The legendary general. However, there is also an advantage on his side, that is, he does not have to be like Ai Xing Anali, and he has to leave a gap for the defeated troops to enter the formation and regroup. Their formation can be more tightly integrated, making the Ming army more
Nowhere to insert the pin.
The central army of the Qing army, with Doni's flag as the center, was already in a tight formation. The Ming army rushed down from Mopan Mountain, which was much further away from the mountain road than the three ambushes. This time, they did not wait for them to rush down.
It was discovered that the attack was in vain, but Li Dingguo's reaction was also very fast, and he quickly ordered his troops to turn around on the mountain road, changing from attacking the rear of the Qing army's central army to encircling the Qing army's central army together with the second volt.
With such a change of formation, there is a hidden worry, that is, while he and Erfu are surrounding Dhoni, there is also the possibility of being surrounded by Dhoni and Wu Sangui, who has not yet caught up.
However, regarding the doubts of his generals, Li Dingguo pointed out that Yifu's trumpet had not been fired yet. It was probably because Wu Sangui had not yet entered the ambush circle, so Dou Mingwang was still waiting. Of course, there were also cases where Wu Sangui's troops had not yet entered the ambush circle.
They all entered the ambush circle, and there was a possibility that they would send troops to reinforce the ambush regardless of Dou's reputation. But even so, he believed that since it was a war, there were always risks to be taken, and now was the time to make a decisive decision.
"That's okay, it's not too late to eat Doni first, and then turn around to fight Wu Sangui." Doni will definitely ask Wu Sangui for help, and Wu Sangui will definitely speed up to follow him, and Li Dingguo believes that Dou Mingming will definitely fight for him.
Chapter completed!