Chapter 83 Daliang's elite soldiers are the best in the world
In terms of results, the Qing army eliminated the remaining anti-Qing forces in Zhangde Prefecture and the northern part of Daming Prefecture in a very short period of time. Nikan, who had been stared at with hatred by Dorgon and the princes Beile all day long,
, finally out of fear, he volunteered and led his troops out of the city to eliminate other rebel forces resisting in the countryside.
Relying on the huge organized field army, the Qing army easily wiped out the tens of thousands of gentry militia and remnant soldiers of the Shun army. Among them, some Han soldiers who disobeyed military orders set fires wantonly. The local soldiers and civilians shed their blood and finally turned into a
Piles of ashes, thousands of cottages and houses have also become piles of rubble.
However, the Qing army itself also paid the price of hundreds of casualties.
In addition, these resistance activities also delayed the Qing army's occupation of Zhangde Prefecture and other markets and villages in the northern part of Daming Prefecture. It was not until Nikan completely wiped out all Han resistance forces that the Qing army took another two days to occupy
They also visited Shexian County, Piandian, Guzhen, Linshui Town, Huilong Town and other places that no longer had any troops to defend them.
The extra time allowed more people to escape to the areas controlled by the Shun Army.
The additional casualties of the Qing army made it even more difficult to control the morale of the army. Many soldiers took advantage of the chaos to kill people and set fires, and there were countless other incidents of rape and robbery.
The most direct consequence of these extremely bad acts of military discipline was that it was difficult for the Qing army to reorganize and control the soldiers for a long time.
On the other hand, this gave the Dashun Army more time to reorganize their defense line.
Although the Qing army quickly occupied the two important cities of Cizhou and Daming, the urgent pursuit that Liu Tichun had been worried about did not appear for a long time.
Because the Qing army itself spent another two days wiping out the anti-Qing forces in Zhangde Prefecture and northern Daming Prefecture, and it took the same amount of time after that for Dorgon to regain strong control over the Qing army.
After going back and forth like this, by the time the Qing army was ready to continue its southern offensive, five days had passed since Liu Tichun retreated to the Kaizhou area. The time finally came to the end of January, after emergency mobilization by the Military Government and the Military Academy.
Part of the local guards had already arrived in Hebei after being fully armed and began to take over from some of the extremely tired Dianyou Army soldiers to defend the city.
"Although Qingfeng County has fallen, Neihuang is still in the hands of the Dashun Army." Liu Tichun finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Anyang, Kaizhou, and Neihuang are all there, and the Qing army is hesitant to move forward, so we have more time.
Already."
Yuan Zongdi's condition has been reported to Kaifeng, so Li Laiheng ordered Liu Tichun to send Yuan Zongdi directly back to Kaifeng. His Royal Highness the King of Jin simply ordered Liu Tichun to act as the general of the right army in the palace and be responsible for the new defense line after the retreat.
At the same time, reinforcements from Li Jiyu and other Henan local guards, totaling about 10,000 people, had crossed the frozen Yellow River and arrived in Hebei, which greatly enhanced Hebei's defense power.
Moreover, nearly 20,000 more local guards are being mobilized and will soon be added to the defense line to block Dorgon's southern expedition.
Li Laiheng was still frightened by the sudden fall of the daimyo:
"Alone has always held the general reserve team in the palm of his hand. If it turns out that he just sits back and watches Dorgon break through the defenses of the Yellow River, it would be a big joke!"
Half a month has passed since the Qing and Shun armies restarted the war. Now it seems that the main force of the Qing army is gathered in the direction of the Sifu in Hebei Province in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. The news that Dorgon is now personally stationed in the festival has also spread to all parties.
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In Tongguan and Taiyuan, although the strength of the Qing army had been strengthened to a certain extent, and as Dorgon went south, they successively launched powerful offensives against the strong cities under the control of the Shun army, but their strength did not seem to be enough to complete the breakthrough.
The mission of the Dashunguan River Defense Line.
As for the Shandong direction, the Qing army only maintained a force sufficient to contain the counterattack of the Shun army. On the Shandong side, the overall number of Qing soldiers and horses has been reduced. Now it seems that their force should have further increased to the direction of the middle reaches of the Yellow River to ensure more
Ergon's success.
Wildfires broke out, and the news got tighter. News of the Qing army's massacre in Hebei had spread all over the north and south of the river. After the staff officer Zhou Chang heard about the incident at Jinglongkou Ferry, he immediately rushed to send the news back to Kaifeng.
As soon as Bianliang received the news, the whole city immediately boiled, and the indignation of the soldiers and the people immediately reached the extreme. Li Laiheng almost broke the tiger seal in the military mansion. He blurted out that Nikan who carried out the massacre would have no descendants. For those who followed the Manchu soldiers to carry out the massacre,
The Han soldiers brutally killed the Han soldiers. The King of Jin became even more serious and asked the clerks on the left and right to write down this incident:
"Today will be a day that the army and people of Dashun will never forget. Today is a day of shame for Dashun and a day of shame for China... We actually allowed hundreds of thousands of tribesmen in the bitter cold land to be captured.
Are their butcher knives raised above our heads?
Shame!"
Fang Yiren wasted no time in making suggestions: Long Yiwei, the Kendeji now under the household government system, and the storytellers from all walks of life under the li government system should all take action now.
It was necessary for Dashun to massacre the Qing army in Zhangde Prefecture. News of Daming Prefecture spread throughout the world, first to the Central Plains, then to Huguang and Shandong, through Tongguan and Hanzhong to Sichuan, and of course to the most important southeast.
Suolu's massacre of China was a matter of life and death, not a disaster for the Dashun Li family.
Li Laiheng did not have any hope for the small Nanming court in the southeast. He said coldly:
"If the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River don't unite to seize the captives and attack me, I will be overjoyed. If I hope they can defeat the captives, I might as well serve as an official for Chongzhen."
Fang Yiren said:
"The Ming Dynasty has lost its deer. Today, the only ones fighting for the world are the Qingshun and Qingshun families. Dorgon claimed revenge for Chongzhen and kidnapped the young emperor Tongzhi and went south to drink from the Ma Yellow River.
This kind of rhetoric cannot deceive any wise person, but there are always some Ming Dynasty gentry who can't bear it. For various reasons, their short-sighted eyes can only see that I am harming their interests by harming their own land, but they can't see the coming of Donglu.
From now on, let alone Juntian? Even his life will not be spared.
Now we have spread the news of the massacre of Donglu in Hebei to the whole world. This is the same as Dorgon's previous move to issue an order to shave off the hair. It will kill those who have no hope for the Ming Dynasty but are still between our dynasty and Donglu.
The swaying gentleman pushed into our side.
In other words, make those who originally wanted to support the Donglu not dare to support the Donglu outright; make those who originally wanted to unite with the Donglu to attack me to be wary; make those who originally wanted to hide in the mountains and rivers come out to help me; and make all the people of Hebei protect me.
He fled south, causing all the people of Yan and Zhao to attack and kill the bandits.
Your Highness, Dorgon has been making frequent attacks, and the time is ripe for Daliang's elite troops to counterattack."
Li Laiheng took a deep breath and walked out of the gate of the military mansion. The palace of Prince Jin was filled with powerful guards from the Yulin Army. King Jin looked at these warriors full of confidence and fighting spirit, and the words came to mind again:
Daliang's elite soldiers are the best in the world!
"Today we fight across the river, the elite soldiers of Daliang will definitely defeat Suolu. I am determined to fight to the death with Dorgon on the Yellow River."