Chapter 690 The plan can't keep up with the changes.
Facing this draw, Hauge would not accept it under any circumstances.
Using a corner of the country to fight against the entire Central Plains will result in either victory or defeat, and a draw means failure.
"In today's battle, our army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and all the gunpowder was used up..."
Nikan frowned and sighed.
Hearing this, Hauge said angrily: "It is a bad idea to use firearms against firearms. The whole court is really in chaos."
Nikan remained silent and could only conclude softly: "This battle is not easy to fight..."
"If it's not easy to fight, you have to fight."
Hauge's face was solemn. He turned his head, looked at the wisps of smoke in the military camp, and lost his mind: "This is a battle to subjugate the country, and we must win."
After saying this, he took advantage of the end of the night dinner to summon all Niulu Ezhen to gather in the camp, and there were hundreds of people.
"The Qing Dynasty was founded thirty-five years ago, but now it is at the point of ruin and extinction. How can we, the Eight Banners disciples, not do our best?"
Hauge turned his face away and directly talked about the morale issue, using the words of subjugating the country and genocide to boost morale:
"After the Ming army entered the customs, they would inevitably establish prefectures and counties to govern them, implement the so-called royal education, and roughly classify the local heroes."
"If this is the case, wouldn't my Taizu's thirteen armors and armies have been working in vain for decades? Aren't we and the Eight Banners disciples just like slaves and maids again?"
These words immediately aroused the common hatred of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han armies and eight banners.
For these Eight Banners disciples, from the moment they joined the army, they became superiors, owned a large amount of land and money, and completed a class jump.
Even the Han Eight Banners are no exception and are very satisfied with the current scene.
If this environment were to be broken, they would be extremely unwilling to do so.
In a sense, the Eight Banners system was extremely successful.
It successfully used its interests to break down the barriers between the Mongols, Hans, and Jurchens, thereby binding them together and firmly imprisoning them in this country.
This method is more effective and promising than religion, because the benefits are eternal and unbreakable.
Even though they knew that the Ming army at this time was different from the past, and the huge Ming Dynasty was not as weak and bully as before.
But when their interests are violated, they are willing to pay the price of their lives to resist.
Of course, if the Ming Dynasty is willing to provide better conditions, such interest groups will definitely give in, but unfortunately, this is impossible.
The tumor that once parasitized the entire Ming Dynasty - the clan and vassal kings - were all locked up in the capital by the emperor. How could the mere Eight Banners be called parasites again?
In other words, the foundation of Zhu Yixi's rule was only the Beijing camp and the surrendered scholar-bureaucrats, not this group of people.
When Niu Luerzhen returned to the camp, he immediately parroted the content, copied the content exactly, and preached it in a practical way:
"The Ming Dynasty is here to snatch women and land. These things are not ours anymore..."
"Our children are slaves and our wives are maids. Is this something we can tolerate?"
"Only by driving Akito away can we live a good life..."
At this moment, the Eight Banners soldiers instantly got rid of today's low morale and immediately became more motivated.
Hauge was quite satisfied with this.
Today we must decide the outcome and completely defeat this Ming army.
Unfortunately, after arriving at the Qing army early in the morning, Chen Yongfu immediately gave up the idea of a decisive battle and decided to use a war of attrition:
"The Beihai Navy is crisscrossing the Liaohe River. The enemy can't do anything to us. The food, grass and baggage are constantly being turned over day and night. This is our greatest advantage——"
"In addition, yesterday, the opponent's muskets retreated halfway through the battle. As expected, there must be insufficient gunpowder. How can we be timid when we are fighting with such weapons and guns now?"
"As long as we hold on to Taiping Fort and don't give up, the Qing army will be helpless."
"In terms of consumption, I believe that Jiannu is far inferior to us..."
Once explained, the generals expressed their understanding.
Chen Yongfu breathed a sigh of relief.
The generals here all have titles, but he shouldn't go too far. If he doesn't let them understand, this battle will be impossible.
Chen Yongfu also has his own understanding of the many honorable men and women in this battle.
This war to destroy the country greatly boosted the coach's prestige, but it easily aroused the emperor's fear.
And prestige can only affect the middle and lower classes. For the nobles of the middle and upper classes, no matter how high the prestige is, it is just a waste in the face of interests.
Moreover, there are many princes and uncles in the group, so it is easy to share the credit, so that he will not become the target of public criticism.
After unifying his thoughts, Chen Yongfu acted like a turtle and carried out a defensive battle, preparing to weaken his energy.
This time, Hauge was sitting on the wax.
He repeatedly provoked, but was blocked.
However, he was not discouraged.
The Sauron soldiers recruited in recent years are more majestic and arrogant than the Eight Banners, and they can only climb trees and mountains casually.
The Taiping Fort in front of us is the perfect place to climb first.
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At this time, Wu Sangui and others successively conquered Xueli Fort, Tongyuan Fort, and Caohe Fort. As soon as they arrived at the fortress of Lianshanguan, they were blocked by the troops led by Jierhalang and were forced to withdraw.
At this time, they lost consecutive battles, and all three castles retreated, returning to Phoenix City.
Compared with the Jingying camp under Chen Yongfu and Wu Sangui, there were only three thousand musketeers, and the rest were mostly infantry and two to three thousand cavalry.
Facing the menacing Qing army, Wu Sangui could only choose to retreat.
Of course, Wu Sangui preached that he was turning to advance, using retreat to advance, and the strategy of arrogant soldiers, etc., which finally stabilized the somewhat lax military morale.
After returning to Phoenix City, Li Yingren was shocked: "Why are you back?"
"We encountered an ambush."
Li Chengdong had an unlucky look on his face: "We were captured by Jiannu even at Chengguan. If we hadn't been clever, the army would have been blamed."
"Jiannu came so fast. It's not easy to go all the way. How did they come so fast?"
Wu Sangui sighed and scratched his head, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"Then what should we do now?" Li Yingren had no choice but to do so.
"How much food is stored in Phoenix City?"
"The Navy has been running food supplies from Pi Island one after another, but time is too tight and only about 100,000 dan are available."
"We don't have many horses, we have enough to feed us for a month."
Wu Sangui breathed a sigh of relief and said excitedly: "The Navy continues to send food and grass every day. The Phoenix City soldiers are well-fed and have enough food. The seventeen fortresses will definitely be full of Qingke and they will be beaten to death."
"What should we do in Liaoyang? We have to go there to join the main force." Li Yingren was anxious.
"Let's save ourselves now."
Li Chengdong spread his hands: "The plan cannot keep up with the changes. As long as we hold Phoenix City, we will at least hold back a lot of Jiannu's troops."
"That's all we can do..."
A few days later, Jierhalang led an army of 30,000 men, including 130 Manchu, Mongolian, and Han troops, and came in force.
Immediately, he saw the 17-fort defense line of Phoenix Mountain that was both offensive and defensive:
"Damn it, such a strict boundary was taken away so easily. Damn it."
However, Jilhalang was not too surprised when faced with the reinforced defense line.