Because Li Laiheng's general reserve force remained immobile, Dashun's army was at a disadvantage in terms of strength on every battlefield.
In Tongguan, because Gao Yigong had arrived at the front line of Tongguan from Luoyang, the disadvantage of military strength was slightly alleviated; in Taiyuan, the situation was already more critical, because Jierhalang's fierce attack regardless of the cost of casualties, the situation of the defenders was
Not good; in Hebei, not to mention, although Liu Tichun received reinforcements from some local guards, the combat effectiveness of the local guards certainly could not be compared with the field army of Dashun's Fifth Army, and the total strength was compared with Dorgon's Nan
There is still a big difference in recruiting the main force.
Only in Shandong, where Gu Kecheng led the Dianqian Army to defend the Shandong front line, the difference in strength between the Shun Army and the Qing Army was very small.
The Dianqian Army was adapted from the strongest middle camp of the Chuang Army in the past. Although after the Tianniu Incident, Li Laiheng transferred many core members of the middle camp to the Dianzhong Army, the lean camels were bigger than horses. The Dianqian Army
It is still a relatively powerful field army among Dashun's five armies.
At present, the military attache Guo Sheng is temporarily appointed as the military attache in Shandong. This is because Shandong has become a large military camp and a large battlefield, filled with active pro-green armed forces. Therefore, compared to civilian officials, Guo Sheng is still the military commander.
It is more appropriate to promote a general like this to serve as a military commander.
In addition, Shandong's recruiting envoy Xu Du also did a very good job. It can be said that the pro-submissive armed forces in Shandong can develop to the point where they are in full swing today. It can even be said that they have the effect and role of half of Dashun's field army. Most of the credit
It's all on Xu Du.
It is also because of the activities of these pro-subordinate armed forces that although the Qing Army's Eastern Route Army commanded by the British King Azig has a large number of troops, it has few proactive combat operations. Most of Azig's energy was taken up by the rebels popping up everywhere.
The armed forces were restrained. These compliant armed forces ran out from nowhere from time to time and intercepted and killed the Qing army's grain ships, baggage and small groups of soldiers and horses. Azig was very anxious and tried his best to suppress it.
However, the Qing army did not make any progress in Shandong. After the fall of Cizhou and Daming, Dorgon ordered Duke Man Dahai to lead a partial army to march eastward from Daming and surrounded Dongchang.
The defender of Dongchang Prefecture is Ren Jirong, the general of the 7th Division of the Dianqian Army who was born in Zhongying. The total number of defenders is about 8,000, plus the many rebel armed forces distributed throughout Dongchang Prefecture. In fact, Ren Jirong has at his disposal
The force was not weak, but he did not expect that the Daimyo would fall so quickly, so he only focused on defending Azige in the north, and did not expect that a Qing army would suddenly attack from the west.
Although Ren Jirong was a general in the middle camp, his seniority in the Chuang army was actually not very deep. It was only when the late emperor Li Zicheng conquered Luoyang in the 14th year of Chongzhen that Ren Jirong was awarded the honorary title for his role in bringing the Luoyang garrison to greet the Chuang army.
Long live reuse.
Therefore, Ren Jirong actually only had three years to join the camp. This is not as senior as Li Laiheng, who had been in the Dashun Army for more than four years. Ren Jirong was able to gain Li Zicheng's credit in another way because he had started early.
He persuaded his elder brother Ren Guangrong, who was guarding the Ming army in Nanyang at the time, to surrender and defect to the Chuang army.
It was relatively rare for this kind of mid-level officer to join the Chuang Army in the 14th year of Chongzhen's reign. That's why Lao Wansui repeatedly promoted Ren Jirong to attract talents as a rich man. This does not mean that Ren Jirong's talents are not
Particularly outstanding.
In addition, because the Zhongying camp had been controlled by Tian Jianxiu and Zhang Nai for a long time, it did not accept the various military technological innovations brought by Li Laiheng as actively as Liu Fangliang's Zuo camp and Li Guo's rear camp.
Although the middle camp has now been reorganized into the Palace Front Army, the tactics used are basically the same as those of the Breaking Army. It was not reorganized by Li Laiheng himself like the Palace Left Army, Palace Right Army and Palace Rear Army, and the organization, techniques and tactics were reformed.
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In terms of being brave and good at fighting, the soldiers and horses of the Zhongying camp are certainly very brave, but can they defeat the Qing army just by relying on bravery? This is probably not possible.
Gu Kecheng parachuted into the Qianqian Army as General Quan. Although he used to be Liu Zongmin's deputy general and was familiar with most of the old men in the Zhongying, after all, he had been following Li Laiheng for a long time and was back in charge of the old brothers in the Zhongying. He didn't have much control over them either.
Extremely high.
Now Gu Kecheng will also serve as the Shandong Economic and Strategic Envoy. In the Dashun Dynasty, the Economic and Strategic Envoy was equivalent to the governor of the Ming Dynasty. He was responsible for most of the military and government affairs in Shandong and even in Huaibei. In this way, Brother Gu will be even more
There is no time left to reorganize the troops in the middle camp.
Generally speaking, because Dang Shousu's Fifth Division was adapted from the Suwei Cavalry led by Zhang Nai, its combat effectiveness is already the highest among the Central Battalion, and it can still compete with the Eight Banners Army. Ma Bao's Sixth Division is
Needless to say, this is the same as the 16th Division commanded by Li Polu in the Palace Right Army. They are all direct descendants of Chu Chuang. Their military tactics and techniques and tactics are relatively cutting-edge. Ma Bao is also one of the few famous generals under Li Laiheng.
, of course, it goes without saying much about combat effectiveness.
Ren Jirong's 7th Division therefore became the weakest link in the main field force of Shandong Shun Army. The soldiers of the 7th Division were mainly reorganized from Tian Jianxiu's old troops. The strength is still considerable, but the morale is relatively poor, and
The tactics are very old, and they lack the experience in defensive warfare to hold on to famous cities and important towns.
Gu Kecheng appointed Ren Jirong to guard Dongchang because he considered that Dongchang was not in the main attack direction of the Qing army, and in the face of Azig's offensive from Jinan, the Dongchang defenders could easily retreat to
Yanzhou Mansion used the dense lakes in the Yan and Xu areas to resist the power of the Manchu cavalry.
It is now February of the first year of Guangzhong. Some of the lakes in Xu and Yan areas have melted and can be used to block enemy offensives.
Liaocheng, Fucheng in Dongchang Fucheng, is actually not as important as Linqing Prefecture to the north of Fucheng. Linqing Prefecture is an important node on the Grand Canal and had been captured by the Qing army before. The Qing army had no intention of going south along the Grand Canal, so Ren Jirong himself believed that the Qing army
The possibility of the army attacking Liaocheng was relatively low, so they relaxed their vigilance.
As a result, the name suddenly fell, and Dorgon lost no time in sending two famous Manchu generals, Bolo and Mandahai, to raid Liaocheng from the flanks.
Bolo is also the son of Abatai. He is the biological brother of Bohetuo. He also personally shot and killed Li Zicheng in the Huolu Battle. He is currently one of the Manchu war criminals that the Dashun Army most wants to kill.
But it must be admitted that Bolo, who had just been crowned Duanzhong County Prince by Dorgon Jin Dynasty, was one of the most outstanding figures in the new generation clan of Manchuria at this time. Bolo's military talent was similar to that of his brothers Bo and Tuo, and he raided Liaocheng
The battle was fought extremely well. Bolo and Mandahai set out from Guan County. It took them less than a day and night to cross the old Yellow River and appeared on the flank of Liaocheng.
At this time, the various rebel armies in Dongchang Prefecture had not yet been summoned by Ren Jirong. Even a large part of the 8,000 Dashun Field Army that was supposed to gather in Liaocheng were scattered around Boping County.
Ren Jirong's attention was entirely focused on guarding against Azig. He seemed not to have thought that the Qing army would come out from the opposite direction.
The old brothers from the middle camp fought extremely bravely. Although their fighting methods were outdated, their fierce martial arts could still surpass the Dashun army. It was just Ren Jirong's negligence that wasted the bravery of the veterans from the middle camp, and the defense
Compared with the Qing army, the number of troops was too small, only about 5,000 people, while the Qing army numbered at least tens of thousands.