Chapter 221 Don't be afraid of the cannon fodder, the paper tiger is here!
Qingqidu, located at the intersection of the three rivers of Beijiang, Xijiang and Suijiang, was originally a large stronghold selected by Shi Lang for his Xijiang Navy. The construction of the Navy's Dazhai here can not only use the land artillery building located on the southeast corner of Qingqidu to block Sixianjiao, but also prevent the Ming army's navy from entering the Beijiang River from entering the Beijiang River to rescue Sanshui County. It can also hide the weak Qing army's Xijiang Navy in the relatively open waterway in the southern section of Qingqiyong to avoid being raided by Ming army warships. It can even use Qingqidu to set up an ambush against the bank embankment of the Xijiang River to fire sugar thunders to attack the Ming army's warships!
When the news of Zhu Heying's army crossing the Xijiang River from Deqingzhou and capturing Deqingzhou City came, the military value of the Qingqi Capital, which controlled the Sanjiang River, was once again improved. The Green Camp of Sun Sike, who was originally deployed on the east bank of the Beijiang River and surrounded Sanshui County from the two northeast, had about 20,000 troops. On November 16th and 17th, they crossed the river from the Beijiang River north of Sanshui County, and then retreated to Qingqi Capital. They began to set up defenses along Qingqi Chong, west of Qingqi Capital, and put on a stance of a decisive battle.
It has to be said that the arrangement of Tuhai and Zhou Peigong to defend Qingqi capital was still very clever. On the one hand, he could stand invincible by relying on the dangerous battle; on the other hand, he stuck the throats of Xijiang, Beijiang and Suijiang, which could have the advantage of combat power, the navy and the superiority of the navy, and the Ming army, which was supported by the people of the Cantonese, was difficult to perform.
As long as the Ming army was difficult to carry out and delayed, the Qing Dynasty, which occupied more than nine-tenths of the world, could with the absolute advantage of national strength, drag down the revived Ming Dynasty... and then crush it!
But man's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations, and heaven's calculations are not as good as "Wu's calculations". Wu Sangui's rebellion completely disrupted the general trend of the world and also made Tuhai, Sun Sike, Sun Yanling and others lose the confidence to fight a protracted war in Qingqi.
They originally thought they could use the idea of "no loss to win" to drag their opponents to death, but they didn't expect that they would be themselves who had to fight quickly!
After making up his mind, Tu Hai reacted very quickly and immediately led his troops to cross Suijiang, and rushed to Qingqidu to meet with Sun Sike and Shi Lang.
After meeting, we will make a grand oath!
A newly harvested rice fields on the west bank of Qingqiyong have now become a schoolyard and are shrouded in a scene of slaughter.
The green camp athletes from Guangdong, Guangxi and northern provinces, the flag soldiers of Ping and Dingfu, and the soldiers of Xushun Gongfu, stood in the school grounds under the green banner. The soldiers were neatly armored and full of swords and guns.
They are the descendants of the Qing Dynasty heavenly soldiers who traveled thousands of miles from the bitter and cold land in Liaodong to the end of the sky and the corner of the sea! And they have not been passed down for many generations, and their combat power is still maintained quite well between the "second and third transmissions".
Although the group of "little citizens" Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers in Beijing have turned into paper tigers, these green camp soldiers or vassal flag soldiers often have to fight against the heroes who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, they have some practical experience.
Most of these armies were led by generals who participated in the wars of the Northern, Qing and Southern Ming, so they were trained more seriously. Moreover, there were not many empty quotas in each division... The "good habit" of eating empty quotas and drinking blood from soldiers has not become popular yet!
In addition, the equipment of the flag soldiers of the vassal government and the green camp soldiers was quite good at this time. Basically, everyone had a cotton armor or cloth armor. The number of muskets was also quite large, and every thousand infantrymen had three hundred bird guns!
Apart from the bird gun, although the Qing army that was now vowing to fight was not equipped with red cannons that could be used to attack cities and villages, the general cannons used to fight field battles were still sufficient.
However, what made these vassal flag soldiers and green camp soldiers feel the most confident was the 1,200 Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers who followed the 1,200 General Tu Hai, the Kou of Ning Nanjing, to the front line!
That is the invincible Eight Banners Real Manchu!
With them behind, the flag soldiers of Dingfan, Pingfan and Xushun Gong Mansion, as well as the even more lowly Green Camp soldiers, all felt that they were hard and were not afraid of anything.
Now, all the people and horses in the school are arranged neatly and silently, but the morale of each general is high and he is almost cheering in his heart.
Because outside the school ground, the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers were in a row under the leadership of General Tu Hai, the Kou General in Nanjing, Ningnanjing!
This is the Eight Banners!
You can tell by looking at the color of their cloth armor... One thousand two hundred people were divided into six assistant leaders, one Zhenghuang Banner, one inlaid yellow Banner, two Zhengbai Banner, and two Zhenghong Banner!
Among them, the two subordinates of the Zhenghuang Banner and the Inlaid Yellow Banner are both infantrymen carrying bird guns - they are actually fire and thunder soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner and the Inlaid Yellow Banner Han Army, and the carrying bird guns is just a cover-up.
The four assistants of Zhengbai Banner and Zhenghong Banner are all cavalrymen. In fact, there are only 500 authentic Eight Banners, and the rest are all Baoyi slaves. In order to boost their momentum, Tuhai dressed them all into Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, and after they were mixed with Zhen Manchu, they were divided into four assistants.
Tuhai rode on a tall horse. He was a slave of the Manchurian Yellow Banner, so he wore a yellow cloth-surfaced iron armor with a straight back and was extremely heroic. Deputy General Sun Sike's thick body was right beside him, and he looked majestic. The two of them walked along the way, talking and laughing, and showing confidence in their words and expressions.
In fact, both of them knew in their hearts that the upcoming battle was difficult to fight!
Because this time the opponent is really powerful! It is better than any opponent that the Qing soldiers encountered before.
Although there is no record of "two famous kings", there is only one Pingnan king in Guangdong, and he has been arrested...
In addition, Zhu and the Kaoji now occupy the territorial area of the bulgur consisting of Dinghu Mountain and Xijiang.
According to the report of the Scout, the enemy dug at least a four or five-mile-wide trench between Dinghushan and Xijiang, and also piled up a chest wall behind the trench and erected a wooden fence.
This is clearly waiting for the Qing Dynasty soldiers to hit the head!
Tuhai and Sun Sike were forced by the general trend and had to collide... Otherwise, they would not even have a chance to fight!
So Tuhai and Sun Sick are both worried now, just forcing their faces to smile.
The two of them were forced to smile and approached the vassal flag army and the green camp soldiers who were lined up to wait for the review.
Countless fiery eyes were cast at them and the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers behind them!
The master of these eyes didn't know that Wu Sangui had rebelled... If they knew, they might be both entangled!
Thinking of this, Tu Hai suddenly squeezed the horse's belly, accelerated, and rushed to the front of the 30,000 officers and soldiers who were parade, then suddenly tied the reins, and the war horse under his crotch "Xi Liuliu" sounded a long sound, and then supported his body with his hind legs. After the two front hooves were in the air, they suddenly fell to the ground.
When the two front hooves of the war horse under Tuhai's crotch landed on the ground, someone suddenly took the lead in the Qing army's array to cheer: "The heavenly soldiers are invincible! The Qing Dynasty will win!"
Then more people cheered: "The heavenly soldiers are invincible, and the Qing Dynasty will win..."
The cheers became louder and louder, and soon became like a tsunami of mountains and tsunami. They followed the West River all the way westward and reached the Tianchengding Highland of Dinghu Mountain more than 30 miles away. Zhu Heying was standing calmly on the hill, surrounded by the first soldiers led by his cavalry battalion of his personal army. These soldiers rode the horses that were easier to obtain in Guangdong and guarded the passage to go up and down the mountain. Although they heard the cheers of the Qing army, they all expressed their expressions relaxed.
Because the seasick military advisor Zhuge was sent by Zhu Heying to command the naval army at Longgangkou, Xijiang, now the right military advisor Yang Qilong is following Zhu Heying. This battle was almost fought according to his plan!
Now the decisive battle is about to happen, and this great military advisor Yang is extremely excited.
Chapter completed!