On July 20th, Azig knelt in front of Dorgon in Alchuka Fort, trembling all over.
Azig's mission this time was to harass the grain road, but he was so brave and belligerent that he lost all the elite horse soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. There were more than 200 cattle soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, and each cattle army had an average of fifty horse soldiers.
Soldiers. Fifteen thousand horse-armed soldiers can be said to be Dorgon's entire possessions.
Azig suddenly wanted to attack Li Zhi's sharpshooter and actually lost more than 10,000 of his 15,000 vests.
The more than 4,000 cavalry soldiers who escaped were also maimed. They were frightened and had no fighting spirit. It can be said that these cavalry soldiers will not be able to go to the battlefield in the next few months.
Moreover, Abatai, a veteran of the Qing Dynasty, also died in battle.
Even Dorgon, who had always been calm and collected, was so shocked that his face was red with blood when faced with the news. He grabbed the handle of the chair with his hands and glared at Azig who was kneeling on the ground.
Dorgon worked hard, abandoned the walls of Shengjing and cleared the country, and worked hard to plan Li Zhi's grain route, just to delay Li Zhi's northern expedition until winter and make Li Zhi return without success. Dorgon let go of this harassment of the grain route
Azig, his most trusted brother, went to do it and asked Abatai to assist him. However, Azig did this.
Harassing grain roads is a highly technical job that requires soldiers to have extremely high tactical literacy. The process of harassing soldiers and horses is like walking a tightrope. It not only makes the enemy feel the pressure, but also prevents them from entering the range of the powerful Tiger and Ben troops. White-armored soldiers
The number is too small, and throughout the Qing Dynasty, only the cavalry soldiers have such ability.
The cavalry soldiers were maimed. Next, what would the Qing Dynasty do to harass Li Zhi's food route?
Azig, who was kneeling on the ground, felt Dorgon's anger and shivered on the ground.
Alchuka Fort is a narrow castle, and the original designed garrison capacity was only 500 people. At this time, hundreds of thousands of Manchu tribesmen all fled to the vicinity of this small castle, making the small castle very crowded. Even now, even
Baile must pitch a tent outside the castle, and only the county king can be assigned a stone house in the castle.
The stone house where Dorgon was located was the house of the original "town commander" of Alchuka Fort. It was only two feet long and wide. Although the house was filled with all kinds of gorgeous decorations and the chairs were covered with tiger skins,
It still looks cramped and cramped.
Dorgon stared at Azig for a long time, then suddenly fell down on the back of his chair. Looking at the ceiling, he felt that the situation was over.
Nowadays, hundreds of thousands of people from the Qing Dynasty have fled to Alchuka Fort, and the morale of the clan is very low. How do those low-level bannermen or Aha understand Dorgon's plan to clear the country? They only know that Shengjing has been lost, and the Qing Dynasty has been destroyed.
Li Zhi chased him all the way to Alchuka Fort, and everyone was dejected.
The grass-roots Han Chinese slaves were originally restrained by the violent methods of the bannermen. Now during the northward retreat, the bannermen were distracted by one thing and had no time to guard the slaves. These slaves felt that their moral strength had been exhausted, so they fled in large numbers. Hundreds of thousands of Han people
There are only a few hundred thousand slaves left today.
It was only thanks to the momentum of winning battles over the past decades that the entire tribe did not collapse.
If the news of Azig's defeat by sharpshooters spreads, I don't know how many people will flee. I am afraid that some Eight Banners soldiers will become desperate and hesitate and join the fleeing army.
Dorgon was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh.
Dorgon's sigh immediately changed the expressions of several princes and Baylor in the room. The confidence they struggled to support in desperate situations came from the self-confidence of the "resourceful" Dorgon. Now Dorgon is helpless
Sigh, has the situation reached an point of no return?
Dorgon also realized that his sigh had an impact on the people around him, and he closed his eyes helplessly.
After a long time, he opened his eyes and said: "Azig ignored military orders and started the war without permission, causing the army to lose and the soldiers to be killed. What crime should he deserve?"
Prince Zheng Jierhalang bowed and said: "If you return to the emperor, you should be punished by death!"
When Dorgon heard this, he closed his eyes helplessly.
Ji'erharang looked at Dorgon's face and said: "Your Majesty, this is the time to employ people. I asked the Emperor to save Azig's life and let him perform meritorious service."
After all, Dorgon couldn't bear to kill his only brother, so he nodded and said: "Take away the title of Prince Azigeying and take him to prison!"
Four white-armored soldiers walked up, stood beside Azig, and wanted to escort Azig down.
Azig burst into tears and kowtowed to Dorgon three more times before following the white-armored soldiers out.
Looking at Azig's back, Jierhalang sighed and said, "Your Majesty, now that the cavalry soldiers are defeated, how will we carry out our plan to harass Li Zhiliangdao?"
Dorgon looked at the door of the house with a look of despair on his face, and did not answer Jilharang's words for a long time.
Jierhalang looked at Dorgon's face, and suddenly two lines of tears fell from his face.
Based on Jierhalang's experience, it has been seen that Dorgon has nothing to do. Although Dorgon is said to be resourceful, his resourcefulness is also limited. It is Dorgon's last resort to strengthen the walls and clear the fields to harass the grain roads. This plan
After the failure, the Qing Dynasty was unable to stop Li Zhi's Huben army from marching northward and attacking Alchukha.
Seeing the tears on Jilharang's face, the other princes and Baylor in the room became a little panicked. They all looked at Emperor Dorgon, as if they were drowning people grasping the last straw, hoping that Dorgon
Gun could use another cunning plan to save the Qing Dynasty.
Dorgon looked at Jierhalang, whose face was filled with tears, and couldn't help but sigh again.
"Let's send another 15,000 infantry soldiers to try."
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On the third day of August, in the wilderness of Sachahewei, Zheng Kaicheng's 10,000 infantrymen escorting grain and grass were advancing forward.
After defeating the Tatar Qing cavalry soldiers, the last supply of food and grass had been delivered to Duke Jin's main force in time. After receiving the food and grass, the main force of 34,000 moved forward another 200 miles. Now Li Zhi is far away from the Tatar Qing's occupied A
Lechuqa is only 500 miles away. As long as food and grass are not a problem, the army will be able to reach Alchuka next month for the decisive battle with the Tatars.
After defeating the Tatar cavalry soldiers, Zheng Kaicheng's troops had high morale. The soldiers sang military songs all the way and advanced very quickly.
Zheng Kaicheng rode on his horse and looked around with his binoculars. He felt that there were flat wastelands in all directions. As long as the water conservancy facilities were built and combined with the new agricultural machinery of the Grand Duke, this vast area outside the customs would become a rich granary.
Now that everything is going well and the defeat of the Qing Dynasty is just around the corner, Zheng Kaicheng has begun to look forward to the prospect of opening up beyond the border.
Zheng Kaicheng was observing there when he saw five scouts running over.
"Commander, more than 10,000 Tatars have come from the north."
Zheng Kaicheng asked in confusion: "What Tatars?"
"They all seem to be Tatar infantry."
Zheng Kaicheng smiled.
"The cavalry soldiers were crippled, so they sent the infantry soldiers to die. Dorgon is really at the end of his rope."
With a wave of his hand, Zheng Kaicheng said: "Hide the cannon first, and let the Tatars have a taste of the cannon when they come." 8
