Historically, the Qing army did not show its fangs until Jiangnan was basically pacified. They used the excuse of shaving their hair to make it easier to obey orders and took the opportunity to launch a new round of massacres and plunders.
To put it bluntly, shaving one's hair and changing clothes was not only for cultural brainwashing and national identity, but actually for robbery and land annexation to relieve the financial pressure of the Qing Dynasty.
If you directly kill your own people, you will lose the hearts of the people. Moreover, if you do not have a guiding program and kill randomly, you will not be able to stop the killings in the future, which will eventually lead to the self-destruction of the dynasty.
And using whether to shave one's head or not draws a line to distinguish the most tolerant docile people from those who have some ideas, to achieve a united front, to unite the majority at all times and attack the small group.
After killing a small group, you can then draw a new line with a clever name, complete a new united front, point out new enemies, and ensure that only a very small number are dealt with at all times, and the chance of success will be greatly increased.
Shave your head or not, it just happens to be the name and program of this temporary united front, the specific content is not important.
After understanding this logic, it is not difficult to understand that when Duduo appeared in front of him to raise military supplies and catch strong men, it was normal for him to take advantage of the situation and use his authority in advance.
In any case, "killing without shaving and then robbing" is less likely to lose the hearts of the people than robbing without a name. It is the lesser of two evils.
The military situation was so strong that Duduo only spent one night to figure out the reason. Qian Gang made a decision alone. He ordered Zhang Cunren and Wanyan Yechen to execute it immediately the next morning.
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The reaction speed of the Ming army opposite Duduo was naturally slower. At least in the first few days when the Duduo army started to issue hair shaving orders in the five counties of Changzhen, and arrested strong men and confiscated their property if they did not shave their heads, the Ming army around Jiangyin, Jinshan Temple and Nanjing,
Wouldn't know this is the case.
The first ones to notice that something was slightly wrong were Zheng Hongkui, uncle and nephew of Zheng Chenggong from Jinshan Temple. Who knew that they were the targets of Duduo's attack.
The number of strong men captured by Duduo suddenly increased, and the organizational strength became more intense. Zheng Chenggong's soldiers could feel this immediately.
Not to mention, Duduo's trick of drinking poison to quench thirst was really effective in the first few days. The Zheng family's troops defended Jinshan Temple and suffered a lot of casualties in the high-intensity beachfront battle.
Although the Duduo Army also suffered a large number of casualties, the civilians who filled in the dam were all captured. From a distance, the dark group looked very attractive to firepower.
Zheng Chenggong's soldiers were shooting at each other across dozens of feet of river and from the bunker, and could not clearly see the target on the other side. A large amount of firepower was wasted on these strong men, which diluted the firepower against the Qing army's archers, allowing the Qing army to be flexible and effective.
ground output.
At the critical moment, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to ask his eldest brother Zhu Shuren for permission to abandon the beachhead and defend the mountain temple.
At first, Zhu Shuren actually lit the lamp in the dark and felt that the landing battle should resist the enemy on the beach. In the past two days, he personally led the navy to patrol the Yangtze River, and also observed the offensive and defensive battles of the Zheng Jiajun and the Qing army at close range, and he realized
This style of play is indeed prone to losses——
The main reason is that the range of firearms of this era is generally too short. If it is a modern war, the range of firearms can easily reach hundreds or even thousands of meters. Then the defenders in the anti-landing operation can hide in rivers far away from the beaches just like the Normandy beaches.
In the solid fortifications in the muddy beach.
In other words, if Zheng Chenggong's soldiers had guns with such a long range today, they would not have to risk going to the beach to block the river. They could just hide on the mountain of Jinshan Temple and shoot at the river beach, thus blocking the beach.
Unfortunately, the firearms of this era do not have such a range, and there is no danger to defend on the river beach. If you want to block the enemy, you have to stand on the river beach, and you will not have any advantage in shooting.
The biggest advantage of the defensive side is that it has changed from shooting to counter-charge. They can huddle in the dangerous place of the mountain temple and let the enemy land first, but only let a small part of the enemy's leading troops come up, and then immediately launch a counter-charge.
Taking advantage of the local numerical advantage of the defenders' entire army, the attackers, who had just landed ashore but had not yet established a stable foothold, were pushed back down the Yangtze River.
After thinking about it, Zhu Shuren sent someone to give Zheng Chenggong new instructions: In view of the enemy's increasingly strong offensive, some beachheads can be abandoned as appropriate and replaced with flexible defense, that is, the enemy's front troops are allowed to occasionally rush to the beachhead, but they must not be allowed to attack.
Keep your footing and strike back in time when you are halfway through!
As for the scale of elastic defense, Zhu Shuren also drew a red line: No retreat is allowed in areas where the beach fortifications have not been destroyed by enemy artillery fire!
The picket wooden fence and rammed earth wall used as fortifications must be completely smashed and flattened by Duduo's Hongyi cannon before they can retreat! Otherwise, even if only the three-foot-high rammed earth remnants are still standing, soldiers will be needed
They crouched down and hid behind these damaged bunkers to output! This was to prevent any section of river beach bunkers from falling into the hands of the enemy and becoming an obstacle to the Ming army's counterattack in the future.
After all, we have to cross halfway to attack. We can't let the landing enemy find a low wall as a bunker as soon as they land!
Zheng Chenggong thought for a while and admitted that his elder brother was right. In addition, Zhu Shuren sent him an additional three to five thousand people from the former Southern Zhili army as reinforcements, and they also had enough weapons and ammunition. Zheng Chenggong continued to grit his teeth and persist.
When Zhu Shuren gave the final order, he also wrote a sincere letter, explaining the reasons for his arrangement:
This time, he is determined to kill Duduo's soldiers completely! Therefore, every enemy must be consumed as much as possible. If we don't take advantage of these defensive battles now to consume Duoduo more, the Ming army will be there in the future.
If they were to kill them during offensive and field battles, the price the Ming army would have to pay would be much higher.
Now at Jinshan Temple, although Zheng Chenggong has suffered casualties on the order of a thousand people, and the number is increasing every day, the exchange ratio is pretty good. Even if there is not a one-to-three exchange ratio like the Nanjing city defense battle, the exchange ratio is still high.
The ratio is definitely more than one to two, and this number does not include the strong men held hostage by the Qing army.
If it were in a field battle, the current Ming army might not be able to achieve such a good casualty exchange ratio.
Zhu Shuren also mentioned something at the end of his letter: He firmly believed that it would be best to use up as much of Duduo's remaining ammunition as possible at Jinshan Temple. In the future, the Qing army's combat effectiveness will soon weaken as the supplies are exhausted.
, by then the Ming army should be able to achieve a good exchange ratio even in field battles.
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After the Ming army at Jinshan Temple received permission from their superiors to change their defensive position into a flexible defense, the Qing army under Duduo finally saw significant progress.
After the Ming army's beachheads were destroyed by artillery fire, the Ming army did not add more lives to repair them. Instead, they directly gathered and evacuated the troops behind the destroyed fortifications and moved to positions that had not been destroyed by artillery fire.
The artillery of the Duduo Army had been fighting for so many days, and finally saw hope. After seeing that the enemy's fortifications had been destroyed by the enemy, the enemy would no longer rush to repair them. For a while, the morale of the Qing army's artillery had improved, and the artillery fired more frequently.
After working hard, the planning of ammunition consumption has gradually become more extensive.
After all, the previous bombardment was too unsatisfactory, especially when attacking Nanjing. One side was bombing indiscriminately, while the other side was desperately carrying earth and rocks for repairs.
As the Ming army's river beach fortifications gradually collapsed, in the first two days of late November, the Qing army attacked the beach several times, and at one time thousands of people stood firm.
However, Zheng Chenggong followed Zhu Shuren's latest instructions and immediately organized a counterattack. He led tens of thousands of Ming troops to fight out from Jinshan Temple.
The army dispersed.
Each time the Qing troops landed on the beach, only about two thousand people were allowed to land. Due to traffic conditions, they could not land more at the same time. Tens of thousands of Ming troops came to fight in hand-to-hand combat, and the Qing troops were unable to move around and fight, so they were blocked together and fought to the death.
, even the artillery has lost its effect. Indiscriminate firing of artillery will only cause casualties to both armies.
During the repeated fighting between the Qing army, another Manchu Eight Banner Jia La and a Mongolian Eight Banner Jia La were killed. In one case, even Wanyan Yechen, who was personally supervising the battle and was at the level of deputy flag master, was shot by the enemy and was slightly injured.
The ordinary soldiers were naturally even worse. Every time they were counterattacked, at least hundreds of elite soldiers died directly in battle. The rest also jumped into the river and fled back, only to be shot again in the river. If it weren't for the south bank, there were still soldiers.
The Qing army's crossbowmen desperately suppressed the Ming army, which made it difficult for the Ming army to gain an unstable foothold on the north bank and make it difficult to expand the results. The Qing army's losses would probably be even greater.
Over the next few days, during the tug-of-war at Jinshan Temple, the Qing army suffered thousands more losses. Although the Ming army also suffered losses, its retreat was always clear. Reinforcements and supplies could be transported in through the Yangtze River, and morale remained stable.
After fighting several tough battles of flexible defense, Zheng Chenggong's military talents were once again discovered. He became more and more skillful and keen in commanding frontline battles, blocking the Qing army in Bijia Mountain, Tashan and other places more than two years ago.
As time went on, he became more and more proficient.
Considering that Zheng Chenggong is only 21 years old this year and was only 19 years old during the last war, it is normal for him to grow up like this at this age. In time, he will definitely become a famous general.
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As the first wave of cardiotonic effects brought about by the Qing army's hair-shaving order were dragged away, around November 25th, the adverse reactions to the hair-shaving order finally began to erupt, and gradually became known to the Ming army camp——
To be precise, in the five counties controlled by the Qing army, as early as November 23rd and 24th, there were small-scale resistance riots. There were also local scholars who did not want to have their heads shaved and organized servants to do so.
He wanted to flee and had a conflict with the occupying forces.
However, it took time for the message to be transmitted, and the Qing army would also intercept and blockade it. Nanjing and Jiangyin only learned of the commotion in Jurong, Wujin and other counties on the 25th.
It is ironic to say that the people in these places originally had no expectations or loyalty to the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Every day after dinner, they would criticize the imperial court's corruption and corrupt officials and plunder the people's wealth. It is similar to the Internet trolls in later generations.
If you feel uncomfortable, just say you need to moisten it.
In the end, they were ruled by the Qing army for less than ten days. Because the Qing army hurriedly issued orders to shave their heads, kill people and loot, they couldn't bear it any longer. After comparison, they found that it seemed that the Ming Dynasty was still easy to mess with.
Although the original rule of the Ming Dynasty was indeed rubbish and almost treated the people like dogs, the dogs of the Qing Dynasty were even harder to treat.