Chapter 178 Attacking the Crackdown Camp in one fell swoop
To the west of Jiazhuang, the sound of fighting in the open space between the Xuanzhen camp and the Shanxi town camp has gradually subsided.
In a melee, the Qing army abandoned hundreds of corpses and wounded soldiers and retreated hastily. Zhang Cheng and other leaders pursued them all the way to the Haoshui River and watched them flee south along the river bank. Fearing that the battalions were fighting head-on, they
Not daring to continue the pursuit, they all withdrew.
Hu Dawei raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face, but it looked even more bloody and blurry. He said in a hoarse voice: "Brother Yang, this is not an option if we continue like this. The brothers have been fighting for a whole day.
You have to rest, I'm afraid it won't be easy to guard."
Yang Guozhu sat on his horse, letting the horse move forward slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Tiger, for the current plan, the only way to break the siege is to break the siege. But if the governor doesn't leave, how can you and I abandon him?"
Hu Dawei was helpless when he heard this and could only sigh heavily.
Suddenly, Yang Guozhu seemed to have remembered something and said to Zhang Cheng: "Zhang Guoqi, the governor has always admired you very much and trusted you quite a lot. Can you..."
Zhang Cheng knew what Yang Guozhu was going to say. Before he could finish speaking, he rushed to whisper: "Zhang Cheng knew the intention of the military gate. The last general also spoke in front of the governor. I think the governor must have his own arrangements."
, we can only obey orders..."
Yang Guozhu turned his head and glanced at Zhang Cheng, just smiled and shook his head without saying anything else.
Zhang Cheng was not talking, but he knew clearly in his heart that Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and the two men had already thought of leading their elite troops to break out of the siege. However, under the current situation, they had not received Lu Xiangsheng's military order, so how could they dare to break out and leave first?
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But there is one thing, others don't know the ending, but Zhang Cheng understands it very well.
In the Battle of Julu, Yang Guozhu broke out, Hu Dawei broke out, and even Jiang Mingwu broke out. Why were his cheap uncles Zhang Yan and Lu Xiangsheng killed by the Qing army?
Is it true that Lu Xiangsheng is bent on death, and Zhang Yan is willing to follow him?
If this is the case, Zhang Cheng knows that with his current abilities, he cannot stop this!
Regardless of the final result, the current reality is that everyone generally knows that Lu Xiangsheng cannot escape with everyone, so the relationship between them becomes more subtle.
If everyone breaks out and leaves, and Lu Xiangsheng does hold on alone, it would be abandoning the leader and ignoring the general, which is a serious crime of fleeing from battle. If Lu Xiangsheng dies in battle because of this, then the general who broke through and fled will be even more guilty.
Therefore, Yang Guozhu's concerns are reasonable, but now Zhang Cheng, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei all know very well that the Jiazhuang camp is destined to be undefendable. It will only be broken by the Qing army sooner or later, or at this time.
, or tomorrow, anyway it won’t be too long!
Everyone stopped talking and walked silently to their camps. Only then did Zhang Cheng have time to see Guo Yingxian. He saw him sitting astride a war horse, his expression still excited, so he stepped forward and asked: "Old Guo, were you not hurt just now?"
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Guo Yingxian's expression was still a little dull, and he replied naively: "It's okay, I just lost my strength temporarily..."
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"Let the warriors take turns to have dinner. The offensive cannot be stopped. The trenches have been filled. The Ming army is also exhausted. Don't let them have a chance to breathe. It's time to work hard and kill Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Cheng. Today."
Dorgon listened to the war reports from all parties and spoke in a deep voice.
Baya Lazhangjing Holben reminded from the side: "Prince Rui, if this happens, the damage to our warriors will be great."
Dorgon raised his eyelids and looked at Yibai, the leader of the Eight Banners Mongolian Zhengbai Banner, who was beside him. Seeing that he was still below asking for details of the war, he glared at Holborn and said in a deep voice:
"Idiot, let those coats and followers be the vanguard, and then ask the Mongols to attack mainly, while our armored soldiers will follow. In this round of battles, we can defeat the Ming army and consume all the Mongolian tribes. Why not?
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Dorgon's idea was very popular among the Jiannu slaves at this time. The structure of their Jianzhou Eight Banners Army was somewhat special. It was roughly divided into three types: Aha, Armored Men, and Banners.
Aha was a slave, either Han Chinese, Korean, or from various tribes in the Northeast.
These people were unarmored, and some even had no weapons. When they went to war with the army, they were generally used as handymen or cannon fodder, feeding horses and making weapons, filling ditches, or digging city bricks.
Although the number of people accompanying the army at each time was large, sometimes reaching tens of thousands, they were not included in the Qing army.
They accounted for the largest number of the auxiliary soldiers accompanying the Qing army. Since the families of these people stayed in the rear of the Qing Dynasty, if they escaped, their children would no longer be able to survive, so they would have to work hard.
The armored people are mostly descended from tribes in the Northeast, where the ethnic groups are diverse and the tribes are numerous and scattered.
Most of them are Oroqen, Xibo, Ewenki, Sauron, Daur, Hezhe, Kuyi, etc. from the Heilongjiang and Songhua River basins. The Manchus call them savages, and they are mostly collected from various mountains and rivers.
Because these people were powerful in battle, they were often used as dead soldiers in the Qing army.
Every time there is a war, there are dead soldiers in front and sharp soldiers behind. Many of the soldiers who should be killed are people from these tribes. Due to frequent wars, these northeastern tribesmen who were used as cannon fodder have disappeared in the back.
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For example, the Hezhen people were a large tribe with a population of tens of thousands in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. After the Manchus entered the customs, only a few thousand people died. Until later generations, the total population of the Hezhe people in the world was less than 30,000. This
He is a typical representative of the cannon fodder tribe in the Northeast.
Although they are called dead soldiers and heavily armored, they are actually just slave soldiers. They have no freedom and cannot escape, otherwise they will all end up waiting to be wiped out.
The status of armored men is higher than that of Aha, and finally there are the bannermen in the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia. The eight banners are based on oxulu. One of the three banners is drawn, one is armored, and the rest are scattered.
Among these armored soldiers, some outstanding ones were selected as Baya soldiers, and the rest were divided into horse-armored soldiers and infantry soldiers. Armored flag soldiers were the main force during war, and the remaining flag soldiers were used as ordinary soldiers. Most of them had to accompany the army to fight and fight in battle.
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During the reign of Huang Taiji, the military system began to be reformed, and the Bagala Camp, Alihachaoha Camp, and Garbushxian Camp were established.
After the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty was perfected, the Qing army fought with the Ming army. The first wave drove the Han Eight Banners to fight, the second wave drove the Mongolian tribesmen to fight, the third wave drove the tribesmen from the northeast to fight, and the fourth wave drove the Mongolian Eight Banners to fight.
, and finally the Manchurian troops from the Eight Banners went into battle.
Although the structure of the Eight Banners Mongolian and Eight Banners Han armies of the Qing Dynasty has not yet been truly perfected, the banner owners of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou have great experience in driving cannon fodder and miscellaneous soldiers to attack cities and trenches.
After days of fierce fighting, Dorgon's Eight Banners Army had suffered nearly 4,000 casualties. In fact, the nearly 2,000 casualties were all auxiliary soldiers in the army.
In fact, foreign armored men also accounted for a large part of the army, so the number of real bannermen casualties among the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia was relatively small.
To the Eight Banners, those handymen were insignificant. As long as they captured the population from Daming and other places, they could have as many as they wanted. As for those armored dead soldiers, once they were used up, they could just go to the deep mountains and old forests to capture them.
As long as most of the bannermen are not lost, those tribes will not submit obediently?
Holborn was stunned for a moment, then understood what Dorgon meant, and saluted with his hands clasped in fists, but did not say a word.
But Dorgon said to him: "You also go and prepare. In the next wave, you will lead the Bagala warriors up. While the Ming army is tired, they can attack the Ming camp in one fell swoop."