After planning to head south to Shanhaiguan, Zhao Qiang immediately discussed with the three generals Hu Wang, Qi Zhuang, and He Manchuan how to enter and exit the customs.【】
Qingyuan is more than 700 miles away from Beijing, which means that the troops attacking Beijing cannot be large, and they can only be cavalry. Otherwise, under the eyes of the Qing army, it would be impossible for an army of tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry to hide their traces.
Once the Qing army discovered signs that Guan Ning's army was moving south and entering the Pass, the plan to attack Beijing would go bankrupt.
"If you want to go together, let's go together and die together!"
"How can we go there with so many people? I'm afraid the Tatars will find us before we've even gone ten miles!"
"Then can't we just ask the commander-in-chief to take such a small number of people to attack Beijing?"
"Soldiers are more valuable than more. We can only use cavalry to go south. Otherwise, we will not be able to cross Jinzhou under the eyes of the Qing army."
"Who goes and who stays?"
"Qi Zhuang and you will go with me. Brother Hu will be in charge here."
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After a fierce debate, Zhao Qiang finally decided that the cavalry division would be responsible for the main force of the southward attack. A cavalry brigade of the vanguard division also joined the entry sequence and came under the temporary control of the cavalry division. All the horses of the army were vacated, and the vanguard division
More than 700 war horses were captured in Jilin, and the Guards Division also had more than 400 horses. In addition, more than 600 horses used to transport grain were urgently mobilized, just enough for a regiment of the Guards Division.
use.
In this way, the strength of the troops heading south to attack Beijing was finally determined: the five regiments of the cavalry division were 9,000 men, the 1st Fusiliers Regiment of the Guards Division was 1,800 men, and Zhao Qiang's direct guard was 800 men, for a total of 10,000 men.
One thousand six hundred people.
Zhao Qiang personally led the southward legion to enter the pass. Hu Wang led the vanguard division and the remaining troops of the Guards Division to still feint attack in Qingyuan and Fushun to attract the attention of the Qing army. The rearguard division firmly guarded the front line of Montenegro and coordinated with the main attack of Qingyuan.
Shengjing's posture. As long as Zhao Qiang succeeded in going south, Kangxi heard the news and returned to rescue Beijing. The three divisions of the vanguard, the guards, and the rearguard joined Ning Guta's "loyal brave" and "righteous brave" battalions to attack Shengjing with all their strength, called Kangxi
Don't worry about the beginning and the end.
Calculating time, Galdan's cavalry should have gone south to Monan. Bagan sent someone back to report that Galdan agreed to cooperate with Guan Ning's army, and has now abandoned the Mobei tribes and moved to Monan, joining the Chahar tribe in
Chao Kewu La has already fought, and is now marching towards the Bahrain Left Banner. It has successfully forced Prince Sha Jin of Horqin, who was rescuing Shengjing, to return.
With Galdan's ability and the strength of the Jungel tribe, Zhao Qiang believes that the Monan tribes will absolutely not participate in the war outside the Pass. They will be tightly restrained by Galdan, and will eventually be defeated without the rescue of the Qing army.
Galdan was eliminated one by one.
Thinking about it now, Zhao Qiang didn't know whether to cry or laugh. He found that based on the current situation, Guan Ning's army was obviously restraining the main force of the Qing army on behalf of Galdan, rather than Galdan restraining the main force of the Qing army on behalf of Guan Ning's army.
.As long as Kangxi's attention is always focused on Guan Ning's army, Galdan's annexation of Monan will not be avoided. A Zhungar tribe with Moxi, Monan and part of Mobei will be so powerful that people have to take notice.
Mutually.
The current alliance is the enemy in the future. Zhao Qiang is a pragmatist. In his mind, the Zhungar people will be the second enemy of the Guan Ning Army, but now Galdan has also taken advantage of the rise of the Guan Ning Army.
Maximize his interests. Looking at the map of the Monan tribes, it is obvious that Galdan can drive straight into Horqin, defeat him, and join forces with Guan Ning's army in Shengjing. But now Galdan chooses to investigate first
Haer, Bahrain, and Wengniante tribes have not moved towards Shengjing for a long time. This can only mean that Galdan is using Guan Ning's army as a shield. He wants to take advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of the Qing army gathering in Shengjing to sweep away
Monan.
Short-sighted, he only cares about immediate interests but does not care about the future. If Guan Ning's army is defeated by Kangxi, can Galdan still keep the Monan territory he has obtained?
We can really only say that Galdan is a hero, but we cannot say that he is a hero. Heroes will not be so short-sighted.
If the two families join forces to destroy the main force of the Qing army in Shengjing, are they still afraid that the Monan tribes will surrender without hesitation?
Now I hope Galdan can kill Horqin quickly, otherwise, Qingyuan's corpses will pile up into mountains. Looking to the northwest, Zhao Qiang sighed.
After all the planning was done, Zhao Qiang held Hu Wang's hand somewhat heavily and said in a deep voice: "Brother Hu, after I leave, this burden will all be on your shoulders!"
"Don't worry, Commander. I, Hu Wang, don't have any other abilities, but I still dare to boast about sticking to this Qingyuan like a cowhide plaster."
Hu Wang was a little regretful that he could not go south to enter the Pass with Zhao Qiang, but he was left with a heavier burden because he had to command the two divisions of the vanguard and the guards to continue to present themselves as the main force of Guan Ning in front of the Qing army, turning Kangxi's vision
They were all attracted to Qingyuan, but they did not expect that the "thief army" would dare to use cavalry to attack Beijing over a long distance.
"I have asked Wei Ji to hurry up and send the serial guns. With these three hundred serial guns, the pressure on your side can be reduced."
Zhao Qiang believed in Hu Wang, but he also believed that what was waiting for Hu Wang must be Kangxi's crazy attack. Now that the cavalry division followed him south, and the Guards division took away another fusilier regiment, Hu Wang's strength had been greatly reduced.
Weakened, it can be predicted that under the heavy attack of the Qing army, the remaining Guan Ning soldiers will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
But the arrow is on the string, and we have to take action. Whether the pressure brought by Kangxi's imperial conquest on Guan Ning's army can be resolved depends on whether the city of Beijing can be successfully captured. Once Beijing is occupied, Kangxi will definitely return to the army for rescue.
, then the pressure on Guan Ning's army will naturally be reduced, similar to besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao. Moreover, after Beijing is captured, it will shock the world, and the political significance it will bring is extremely huge, compared with establishing an emperor of the Zhu family of the former Ming Dynasty or moving the Kong family to Qufu, Shandong.
Outside the customs is more meaningful.
"The governor of the Rakshasa people has agreed to send troops. I estimate that their troops will be able to reach Qingyuan in the next few days." Thinking of the Qing army's fear of the Rakshasa people, Zhao Qiang specifically told Hu Wang: "When they arrive, you
Just tell them that the main force of the Qing army has been trapped by us in Shengjing. I am leading people to outflank them from the south. If they want Heilongjiang, they have to show their skills!" After saying this, he gave Hu Wang a meaningful look.
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"I know how to do it." Hu Wang smiled slightly.
After the mobilization order was issued, all the ministries got busy quickly. At dawn, the ministries heading south had already assembled. The war horses were neighing, and the war flags were flying under the red clouds in the east.
No one among the soldiers who went south knew what their mission was. In order to keep it secret, except for the officers of the regiment who knew that Zhao Qiang was going to lead the cavalry south to enter the pass, the military officers knew where the general had gone with the cavalry.
On August 26, more than 10,000 cavalrymen of Guan Ning's army suddenly headed north to the Qingyuan River, where they then turned southwest toward Dashiwula, avoiding the Black Mountain line, and passed through Horqin's left flank and inserted the flag directly into Jinzhou.
, suddenly appeared at the foot of Jinzhou City on August 31st.