Chapter 413: Surrounding the spot for reinforcements?
The existence of Qixia Mountain is very beneficial to infantry who want to escape.
As long as the infantry can escape into Qixia Mountain, the Ming army will most likely be unable to pursue them.
But for the cavalry, Qixia Mountain is quite unfriendly!
Once the war horse enters the mountain, its maneuverability advantage is gone!
You may not even be able to outrun the infantry!
And more importantly, the Ming army might be able to ignore the infantry and not go all out to pursue the green battalion infantry.
But how could they give up chasing the Eight Banners Cavalry?
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After arriving at the battlefield, the Imperial Guard Brigade of the Ming Army made some repairs and then launched an attack on the Qing Army's rear line!
The Qing army's rear formation was retreating steadily under the attack of the Ming army's Imperial Guard Brigade, showing a very obvious decline.
At this critical moment, Tulehun looked in the direction of Qixia Mountain.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, as if he had an idea to break the situation.
If the Qing army wanted to escape, the terrain of Qixia Mountain would destroy their cavalry and would be a huge obstacle.
But if they are prepared to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, the terrain of Qixia Mountain that originally made them uncomfortable will become the best friend of the Qing army.
After thinking about this, Tulehun opened his mouth and gave an order.
"Instruct the entire army to shrink its forces and retreat to Qixia Mountain to deploy defenses!"
"Prepare to stand firm and wait for help!"
The Qing government had a lot of troops south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River. As long as they could stick to certain things in Qixia Mountain, the main force of the Qing court in the south and north of the Yangtze River could overwhelm them.
When the time comes, the dilemma will be solved!
The various departments of the Qing army began to shrink their forces and retreat towards Qixia Mountain. The various departments of the Ming army took advantage of the situation and launched rounds of attacks, struggling to pursue the Qing army who wanted to withdraw from the battlefield.
Due to the retreat of the Qing army, the morale of the Qing army was low, and a large number of Qing green soldiers had no intention of resisting!
In this process, the Ming army charged again and again, causing great damage to the Qing army!
More and more green soldiers of the Qing army chose to throw away their weapons, kneel on the ground, hold their heads in their hands, and simply surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
The Guiyi Army shouted the slogan "surrender without killing" and surrendered large swaths of Green Camp soldiers.
However, even so, a large number of Qing troops withdrew into Qixia Mountain, and the soldiers began to use the mountainous terrain to set up defenses in preparation for facing the Ming army.
At this point, the Ming army's offensive was suspended, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate!
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The central banner of the Ming army moved forward. Zhu Hongyu, wearing a golden armor, stood under the banner and looked towards the direction of Qixia Mountain.
Looking at the stalemate over there, his eyes narrowed into a dangerous arc.
Next to him, Hu Dinggao knelt on one knee and opened his mouth to fight.
"The general requests to go to war!"
"Your Highness, please send a thousand heavy armored troops to the last general. The last general will lead the charge into the battle. He will definitely achieve success in one fell swoop. He will break through the Qing Dynasty defense line for Your Highness. He will take the heads of Lang Tingzuo, Tulehun and others and offer them to Your Highness."
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Zhu Hongyu just shook his head and said.
"Currently, the Qing army occupies Qixia Mountain, and the camp is located high up."
"If our army attacks Qixia Mountain from the front, it will be attacking from behind. Even if it can capture the Qing army's camp, the casualties will not be small."
"A front-on attack is the worst option and is not advisable!"
Zheng Chenggong on the side heard this and asked.
"Then how will His Highness plan to annihilate the Qing captives huddled in Qixia Mountain?"
"The Qing captives have a large number of troops stationed in the south and north of the Yangtze River. If our army delays in Qixia Mountain for a long time, reinforcements from the Qing army may arrive at any time!"
"At that time, our army will have no choice but to be forced to fight at the foot of Qixia Mountain with the continuous reinforcements from the Qing army!"
"If there are too many troops coming from the Qing Dynasty for reinforcements, even though our Ming army is strong, sooner or later it will be exhausted!"
However, when the words came to this point, Zheng Chenggong suddenly had doubts about whether Zhu Hongyu had planned to surround Qixia Mountain with the Jiangning Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and then surrounded them for reinforcements.
Asked as he thought of it, Zheng Chenggong continued.
"Your Highness, are you ready to surround us for reinforcements?"
However, to Zheng Chenggong's expectation, Zhu Hongyu shook his head and said with a slight smile on his face.
"There's no point in surrounding the spot to call for help!"
"The Eight Banners of Jiangning and Qing Dynasty were all surrounded by Ming Dynasty in Qixia Mountain. Even if the Qing government mobilized troops from the south and north of the Yangtze River, and even along the Yangtze River Canal, the only ones who would come to the rescue would be green soldiers."
"To the Qing court, the Green Camp soldiers are worthless, and it doesn't matter how many they die. In that case, why should I waste time with the main force of my Ming army in Qixia Mountain for a group of Green Camp soldiers that the Qing court doesn't even care about?!"
"When our Ming army uses troops, we don't have to care about the gains and losses of a city or a place. Our top priority is to annihilate the Qing government's effective forces to the greatest extent possible."
"As for this so-called effective force, the Manchu soldiers have priority, the Eight Banners of Mongolia are second, and the Eight Banners of Han are third..."
"As for the green soldiers, to be honest, that's not important!"
Because for the Ming Dynasty, the Green Camp soldiers could persuade them to surrender.
As long as the Ming Dynasty can gain an advantage on the battlefield, it is entirely possible for the green soldiers to cut off their braids and return to the Ming Dynasty in large swaths.
In other words, there is no need to waste your strength on them!
Zheng Chenggong nodded, as if he understood Zhu Hongyu's thinking, but then asked.
"Then how will His Highness plan to annihilate the Qing captives who are huddled in Qixia Mountain?"
Zhu Hongyu lowered his eyelids slightly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and spoke.
"First, try to persuade them to surrender and let the green soldiers on the mountain come down and surrender."
"The rest..."
"Haha, didn't the army carry a lot of oil with them during this Northern Expedition?"
Zhu Hongyu said that he will decide on the honorary title of Barbeque Master!
Instead of letting the troops of the Ming army attack Qixia Mountain head-on, suffering huge casualties and not necessarily being able to capture it, they might as well just set the mountain on fire.
This will only have a better deterrent effect on the enemy!
As for the damage to the environment after the fire expands?
Zhu Hongyu said he didn't care. This was Jiangnan, a water town with a humid climate and dense water networks.
Even if it is winter with a drier climate, the possibility of the fire spreading is not high!
Most likely, the fire will gradually extinguish once the oil is burned out.
Besides, before Zhu Hongyu set the fire, he would definitely start digging a fire isolation belt in advance.
When Zheng Chenggong heard this, his pupils contracted violently.
At this time, he seemed to have seen Zhu Hongyu's true face.
This is a true ruler!
No matter how gentle, compassionate, and tender he is in normal times, it cannot change his nature as a ruler.
He is tolerant and kind to those who are not a threat to him.
But he will never show any mercy to anyone or anything that threatens his rule.
Just like in Qixia Mountain now, there are at least tens of thousands of Qing Army's Eight Banners Green Camp.
Zhu Hongyu didn't hesitate at all, he was about to set fire to the mountain and bury them all in the sea of fire, turning them into complete "acquaintances".
Heartless?
maybe!
But in this era of cannibalism, how can Zhu Hongyu show mercy to his enemies?
He only needs to take care of the interests of those who follow closely behind him and stand firmly on his warship.
As for the enemies, it’s better to kill them all!
Obviously, it is better to force the Ming army to attack Qixia Mountain than to make the Ming army pay a huge price in casualties.
It would be a better choice to burn all the Qing troops on Qixia Mountain with fire.
Zhu Hongyu stood under the flag with his hands behind his back and gave instructions casually.
"Give me the order to dispatch a fleet and go to Longjiang Bao Shipyard!"