Although Zhong Lingxian did not understand what was going on in the Luotuoshan area, this did not mean that he was an incompetent North Road sentry leader.

On the contrary, as the newly appointed commander of the Chinese Army under the command of the Jinhai Zhen North Road Assistant General, his sentinels and estimates of the Manchu Tatars marching south were quite accurate.

This time, the troops of various banners mobilized by Huang Taiji and handed over to Dorgon's unified command, including the Manchu and Meng Niu Lu and the Han Army Niu Lu, totaled 138 Niu Lu, totaling 41,000.

Fourteen hundred soldiers.

If we include the so-called servants Aha who accompanied each banner in the conquest, then the total number of Manchu Tatars who went south definitely exceeded 45,000.

Among them, the soldiers and horses of Gongshun King's tribe who changed the banner of Zhenghong Banner and changed the clothes and armor of Zhenghong Banner had a total of three Jia La and a total of fifteen Niu Lu, which is more than 4,500 people.

These traitorous troops of the two Tatars, wearing red flags and armor, brought with them the real weapon used by the Manchu Tatars to attack fortresses, namely forty heavy red barbarian cannons, which are also the so-called heavy cannons of the Manchu Tatars who support the generals with God's blessing.

, acting as the Manchu Tatar heavy artillery battalion.

Of course, in addition to the forty heavy cannons, the so-called Tianyou soldiers under Kong Youde, now the Zhenghongqi respectful king soldiers after the flag was changed, also carried hundreds of other artillery pieces of various types, large and small.

Some of these artillery pieces were forged with the help of the Manchu Tatars after he arrived there, but most of them were taken from Denglai Town after the Denglai Rebellion when they crossed the sea and surrendered to Houjin.

Go.

It can be said that if it were not for Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other large and small traitors and two Tatars, who brought a large number of artillery and cannon-casting technology to the Manchu Tatars, then the Manchu Eight Banners Army during the Chongzhen Period would never have been able to maintain firepower on the battlefield.

The Ming army was overwhelmed from above.

Similarly, among the large number of two Tatar Han troops that were recruited this time, in addition to Kong Youde, who was incorporated into the Zhenghong Banner and served for the Manchu Tatars under the banner of Zhenghong Banner, there were also soldiers and horses of King Zhishun who were welcome.

This time, Shang Kexi also brought his thirteen Niulu troops who had been incorporated into the Xianglan Banner to serve the Manchu Tatars under the banner of the Xianglan Banner, totaling 3,900 people.

Of course, King Kong Youde and King Zhishun are very happy. After they surrendered to the Manchu Tatars, they were able to obtain the title of county king. This was directly related to the large number of people they brought over.

However, among these troops, except for one-third of the young and strong soldiers and their subordinates, most of them are the family members of these soldiers and their subordinates and the merchants and common people who are coerced.

Although the subordinates of these soldiers and their families, as well as the merchants and civilians who had taken over the past, were all given to Kong, Geng, and Shang as tribesmen, the only ones who could really wear armor and fight in battle were the dozen or so cattle they each owned.

Just recording.

When Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming joined forces, they were relatively powerful, but they were each granted the title of king, and after dividing the tribesmen who were brought to Houjin from the Denglai Rebellion, each of them only accounted for about half.

Kong Youde's tribe, which was merged under the banner of Zhenghong in Manchuria, was obedient to the king's soldiers and had many firearms under his command. Finally, it was organized into three Manchu Jia La, with a total of fifteen Niu Lu.

The Huaishun Wangbing of Geng Zhongming's tribe, who was merged into Manchuria's Zhenghuang banner, was eventually organized into two Manchu Jia La and one dissatisfied Jia La, for a total of thirteen Niu Lu.

As for the soldiers and horses of King Zhishun of the Shang Kexi tribe who had surrendered to the Manchu Tatars, as well as the Dongjiang people, a large number of troops and troops, because of their large number, they initially stood side by side with the Tianyou soldiers of Kong and Geng, and were singled out as the Tianshu soldiers.

However, what was more unfortunate for Shang Kexi was that during Yang Zhen's raid on the southern coast of Liaoning in April and May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Shang Kexi's troops performed poorly. Not only were many of them wiped out, they were also killed by Huang Taiji afterwards.

Some fines were confiscated.

When it was officially merged under the banner of Xianglan Banner, its original Tianzhu Army was also organized into two Manchu Jia La and one dissatisfied Jia La. There were a total of thirteen Manchu Niulu King Zhishun soldiers.

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This time, in order to make a comeback and repay the favor of Huang Taiji for regaining his title, Shang Kexi brought out all the remaining thirteen Niulu men and horses under his command.

It is a pity that because Shang Kexi was once the general of Dongjiang Town and was stationed on the island for a long time, dealing with ships and navy for a long time, this time he was assigned to Azig by Dorgon as soon as he arrived in Xiongyue City and stayed at the island.

At the rear, I was ordered to build a warship.

In addition, Prince Zheng Jierhalang brought thirty Manchu and Mengniu Lu under the banner of Xianglan Banner, plus a large number of soldiers Aha who accompanied the army to transport food and grass, the number of men and horses seemed to be much larger.

Jilharang's original blue-inlaid flag was also a weak flag with average strength. In recent years, except for a small number of Niulu who stayed in Shengjing City, most of them were usually stationed at Zhenjiang Fort and the Yalu River.

After so many years of increases and decreases, there are now only about forty Manmeng Niulu under Xianglan's banner. It was not until Huang Taiji allocated a large number of Han army Niulu to Xianglan Banner that the strength of Xianglan Banner grew.

Nowadays, after excluding the Manchurian Niulu led by Tunqi who were annihilated in Lushunkou last year and the heavy old Han army Niulu led by Tong Tulai, the Manchurian Niulu and Han army Niulu under the banner of Prince Zheng Jierharang

, the total number is still fifty-six.

This time, in addition to sending out all the soldiers of King Zhishun who had been merged under Xianglan's banner, he was also ordered to recruit thirty Manmengniu soldiers under his banner to recruit young men, which was considered a huge investment.

As for the General Prince Rui Dorgon who was ordered to go on this trip, of course there was no way to hide his strength, so he had to recruit all the Manchurian Niu Luqingzhuang from the Zhengbai Banner who were originally stationed in Shengjing and Liaoyang, the hinterland of Liaoshen.

However, Zhengbaiqi, which was originally strong, suddenly lost fifteen wealthy Manchurian and Mengniu Lu after Azig led his immediate subordinate Niu Lu to leave.

At the same time, in order to rebuild the badly damaged Xiangbai Qi, Huang Taiji transferred five Niulu from the powerful Zhengbai Qi, which made Dorgon feel pain and secretly resentful.

If it weren't for the fact that the Niulu that was taken away was finally merged under the Xiangbai Banner of which Azig became the flag owner, then Dorgon would not have given in easily.

For Dorgon, Huang Taiji's move was irresistible.

Of course, he could resolutely refuse and thus save the five Niulus belonging to Zhengbai Banner, but as long as he did so, the brotherhood between him and Azig would be seriously affected.

Considering that giving it to Azig was equivalent to still being under the control of his brother, Dorgon finally took a step back and let him go.

But such a concession caused the originally strong Zhengbai Qi to lose 20 Niulu.

At the same time, the white flag, which had been severely damaged, was immediately raised again. After the new and old troops were mixed, they suddenly had twenty-five Manchu, Mongolian and Han army troops again.

Compared with the past, the strength of Xiangbai Qi is simply not the same, but after such a remix, Xiangbai Qi is like an unbeatable little strongman, and has become a flag that can fight independently.

It's just that the current Xiangbai Banner is, after all, a mixture of the Zhengbai Banner Niulu led by Azig and the defeated soldiers of the original Xiangbai Banner, and the mixture has just been completed.

Under such circumstances, Azig did not want to engage in a life-saving battle at the outset, so he opposed Abate's style of play.

Dorgon also knew this very well, so he adopted the strategy of encircling the point for reinforcements first, and then considering attacking the enemy.

And for this reason, Dorgon simply left Azig's men and horses with white flags in the rear, stationed in the Xiongyue City area, to guard the rear grain roads and grain and grass supplies.

On the evening of February 20, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, shortly after Zhong Lingxian reported the latest enemy situation to Yang Zhen and others, the main force of the Manchu Tatars led by Dorgon arrived in a mighty manner facing the setting sun in the west.

To the north of Fuzhou City.

There were over 10,000 troops and boundless troops. One batch after another, the Manchu Tatar troops arrived at the Pearl River in the north of Fuzhou City and were soon divided into three.

Among them, thousands of men and horses wearing Zhenglan Banner armor galloped around the city and went straight to Yingen Gate, the south gate of Fuzhou City.

Nearly 10,000 horses and horses wearing blue-flag robes followed closely behind, also passing around the north of the city, and finally set up camp outside the Mingtong Gate, the east gate of Fuzhou City.

The remaining Manchu Tatars and horses wearing the Zhengbai flag and armor and the troops and horses wearing the Zhenghong flag and armor set up camp on the spot to the north of the Pearl River, a small river three miles away from Zhenhai Gate, the north gate of Fuzhou City.

When the sun sets into the sea and night falls, the Manchu Tatar army heading south this time has surrounded Fuzhou City from the north, east, and south, and has blocked all the city gates and roads that can lead to and from Fuzhou City.

There was a watertight crowd around him.

After nightfall, Yang Zhen led the generals in the city to inspect the defense conditions of the north gate, east gate and south gate along the city wall, and finally led the generals to discuss matters in the gate tower of Ying'en Gate.

"Commander, looking at the Mantatars' posture, they are planning to attack Fuzhou City by force!"

The generals accompanying him had just sat down in the meeting hall above the city gate, when Lv Pinqi, the chief military officer of Jinhai North Road, said worriedly.

"Oh, so General Lu thinks that the Manchu Tatar army is sieging the city this time to attack Fuzhou City by force?"

When Yang Zhen heard Lu Pinqi express his own guess about the intention of the Manchu Tatar army to siege the city, he immediately looked at him with a smile and asked a question.

When the generals accompanying him heard Yang Zhen's words, some were stunned, some were confused, and some were thoughtful. At this time, Lu Pinqi replied with some confusion:

"The attitude of the Manchu Tatars is completely determined to capture us all. I am afraid that starting from tomorrow, the siege will begin."

Seeing his answer, Yang Zhen didn't take it seriously at the moment. Without comment, he glanced at the other generals and said to them: "Come on, let's talk about this formation and posture put up by the Mantatars. What is it?"
Chapter completed!