One hundred and twentieth eight chapters do not tire my people for a year
The uprising situation in the rear of the Qing army has shown the potential to start a prairie fire, but the main force of Azig's Eastern Route Army still has not returned to Jinan. Only Geng Zhongming led more than 10,000 garrison troops to be trapped in Jinan City.
This is because the food shortage of the Qing army has reached an extreme level. As early as a few months ago, even the prince of Joseon who was a hostage in Beijing could only eat old rice. The scarcity of food was evident.
After Dorgon defeated the Hauge faction, in order to appease the hearts of the Aixinjueluo clan's powerful people, he repeatedly promoted young relatives in the clan, and repeatedly promoted them to county kings, princes, and even gave them to King Sanshun, Wu Sangui and others.
They all gave great rewards and frequently gave out large-scale rewards.
On the one hand, the Qing army's food inventory was on the verge of danger; on the other hand, in order to win over people's hearts, Dorgon made the Qing dignitaries live a luxurious and wasteful life.
Driven by these two major factors, the Qing army has reached a critical stage where if water transportation is not opened up in a short period of time and food supplements are obtained from the Southern Ming Dynasty, the foundation of northern rule will completely collapse.
Therefore, both Dorgon and Azig would rather go deep into the canal and open up the canal and water transportation with their own troops than return to suppress the rear. After all, returning to suppress the rear would give Dorgon the strategic surprise he had finally achieved.
After complete loss and further delay in time, the Yellow River completely thawed, and the Qing army's march southward would be even more hopeless.
Regardless of the rear, the entire army advanced rapidly, even if Jinan was lost, or even the army broke into the Hebei Plain, completely cutting off the Qing army's supply line. But as long as Dorgon and Azige conquered Xuzhou, they could gain a steady stream of supplies through Nanming's allies.
It will be much easier to replenish the food and ships from south to north and then suppress it.
In this regard, Li Laiheng adopted the strategic policy of making Dashun's army stand firm along the Yellow River and triggering civil uprisings in various parts of Shandong. Li Laiheng's strategy was to intercept front and rear, harass on all sides, and stand along the river to weaken the enemy's front.
After the 80,000-strong Dianzuo Army arrived at the Xuzhou battlefield, they conducted a decisive battle.
Of course, after the Dianzhong Army and Dianzuo Army arrived at the Xuzhou battlefield, they could actually continue to defend the city and not engage in a major battle with the Qing army.
The Dashun regime actually had a huge advantage in terms of human and material resources and Dong sources. It was also a very cost-effective strategy to continue to adopt the delaying strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country on the Xuzhou front line, waiting for the Qing army to withdraw due to food shortages.
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"With an army of 100,000 in one hand, he can conquer the world. Today, Dorgon has gathered all the elites of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia under Xuzhou City, giving us the opportunity to defeat all the Hulu in one blow.
This decisive battle situation is not a small good, but a great good indeed!"
On the march, Li Laiheng often thought of what Emperor Chongzhen often said when collecting the "three rates": "It will temporarily burden my people for one year", "I will burden my people for another year", "I will continue to burden my people for another year"...
If we were just content to fortify the walls and clear the country under Xuzhou City, push the Qing army back to the north of the Yellow River, and wait for the food shortage to cause the Qing army's rule to collapse on its own, wouldn't this be abandoning the Hebei people's plan of "temporarily burdening our people for a year"?
If there is a huge disparity in combat power between the enemy and ourselves, it is indeed understandable to adopt such a strategy for the sake of the overall situation. But now after several battles, it is obvious that the combat power comparison between Shunqing and Qing Dynasty is quietly changing:
"The enemy has been weakened, but we ourselves are getting stronger and stronger. With such a good time for a battle, it is obvious that the conditions for a decisive battle are fully mature.
All the generals have followed Lao Wansui and Jin Shang, followed me, and have been fighting in the world for several years, or more than ten years. They are all men who know the military and are good at fighting for a lifetime of fighting.
Of course you will know that if we let the tiger return to the mountains today, even if there is a famine in Hebei, the Qing army can still plunder Youyun, destroy Yandu, completely destroy the northern land, and safely retreat to Liaodong.
In this way, although the Qing army suffered heavy losses in the pass, the violent conquests in the Qin, Jin and Yan provinces were more than enough to make up for this loss. When the time comes when the Donglu return to the outside of the Great Wall and the Dashun army takes over the north, what will they face?
What about a broken scene?
After we work hard to recuperate and restore the vitality of North China, we will spend several more years confronting and attacking Eastern Liaoxi and Liaodong?
Based on this calculation, it will take at least ten years to recover all the lost ground!"
Three walls of elite cavalry from the Yulin Army and the Dianzuo Army, totaling 15,000 horsemen, all followed Li Laiheng. The large group of soldiers and horses galloped into Xuzhou, with Feng County in sight and Pei County not far away.
The news about the war in Xuzhou obtained along the way was quite limited, and Guo Junzhen estimated that this was also because Dorgon blocked the news.
It seems that Xuzhou has been besieged, otherwise Li Laiheng would not have been able to collect specific information about the war in Xuzhou by staying up all night when he was so close to Feng County and Pei County.
The enemy is so powerful and difficult to control that it has rarely been seen since ancient times. The cunning and cunning of Huang Taiji, Dorgon and their like far surpassed that of the famous barbarian wolf lords and kings in the past dynasties.
If we let the tiger return to the mountains in Xuzhou, we can predict that within a few years or even ten years, the Dashun army will never be able to clear out the barbarians and completely restore the territory of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Li Laiheng felt that he must not give up the excellent opportunity brought by Dorgon's Li Ling Zhihuan.
Since he marched eastward in Yanjin, he has not taken off his armor and rest for four days and four nights. The bright yellow dragon smock worn outside the armor is now all stained with sweat, sand, gravel and smoke, and it looks like
It was extremely turbid and had no royal air at all.
Who among the senior officials of the Shun army who accompanied Li Laiheng showed nobility and generals, and who did not do so?
Liu Fangliang, who has an extraordinary temperament, can already see the beard on his lips, and the eyes of Guo Junzhen and Gu Junen are also covered with bloodshot eyes. Most of the generals showed fatigue after four days and four nights of continuous forced march, but Hao Yao
Qi, this man as tall as an iron tower, still looks cheerful and does not look tired at all.
Hao Yaoqi laughed and said: "We are going to make a final decision and wipe out all Dorgon, Kong Youde, and Nikan Azig in Xuzhou."
Li Laiheng finally laughed: "I will no longer burden our people even for one month of the year!"
Gu Junen was still frightened. Although the specific details of this great annihilation battle were entirely the work of him and the Military Academy. But when it came time to implement the plan, Gu Junen still felt a trembling panic.
A massive annihilation battle involving 100,000 people!
How many years, no, has this been a war that has not happened for hundreds of years?
The enemy and our armies total more than 600,000 troops, and the long front stretches for thousands of miles. In this intertwined battle situation, 80,000 elite troops must be used as the main force of the battle to annihilate the Qing army's 100,000 elite troops in one go!
This is not about decapitating a general among millions of troops, but about wiping out millions of Hu Chens in one go!
"Your Highness, our army is only ten miles away from Jianchengji. Should we rest for a while after Jianchengji, or should we go straight to Feng County?"
Zhang Pizhu, who led the Yulin Army and was the vanguard of the main force of the Dashun Army in the field, rushed back. At this time, the 80,000-strong Dianzhong Army and the main force of the Dianzuo Army were very close to Feng County, and the fatigue of the troops had reached an extreme.
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Gu Junen also gave some advice and said: "Your Highness, although our three-walled cavalry army is elite in the Central Plains, the manpower and horse power of the forced march for four consecutive days and four nights have reached the extreme. We must rest and recuperate to wait for the infantry from the direction of Dingtao."
Only when the main force catches up can we enter the decisive battle."
Li Laiheng said directly without any consideration: "Bypass Jianchengji and go straight to Feng County. Feng County is on the side of Feiyun Bridge. As long as we arrive at Feng County, even if we don't make any battle moves, we will definitely be able to influence Dorgon's judgment."
, affecting the Qing army's siege of Xuzhou City.
So we decided to bypass Jianchengji and go straight to Fengxian County. Everyone, everyone should go to Fengxian County to rest and recuperate!"
Since he had endured hardship for four days and nights, and had pushed and utilized his troops to the limit, Li Laiheng believed that there was absolutely no reason to stop and take a breath before the final blow was reached.
It is possible to rest and recuperate, but you must wait until the Yulin Army and the Three Walls have entered the periphery of the battlefield, and you must wait until the main force of the Dashun Army can contain the Qing Army with its presence in the battle situation, before you can rest and recuperate briefly.
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"We have been running for four days and four nights, are we still afraid of holding on for another breath?"