Since the divisions of the Datong Army launched fierce offensives after the beginning of spring, Dorgon did not dare to underestimate the enemy like Duduo did.
He adopted the common tactics of the Qing Dynasty: come any way you want, I will go all the way!
Dorgon took the initiative to shrink the defense line and let the troops and generals surrender to defend important cities. He personally led more than 60,000 Eight Banners troops and more than 30,000 troops and generals, intending to defeat the Datong army one by one.
Nurhachi liked to fight like this, and Huang Taiji also liked to fight like this.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty frequently sent out 100,000 or 200,000 troops, while the Manchu and Qing Dynasties only had tens of thousands of troops in total. So the Manchu and Qing Dynasties assembled heavy troops, quickly rushed in and out, and took advantage of the loopholes in the Ming Dynasty's difficulty in coordinating and coordinating, and took advantage of the loopholes to annihilate one of them with superior force.
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Generally speaking, as long as one section of the Ming army is annihilated, the rest will fall into panic, or some generals will simply lead their troops to flee.
If annihilating one group has no effect, then annihilate two or three groups!
This time when the Datong Army attacked Henan, it was divided into six groups. How could Dorgon not use the same old tactics?
Zhao Han handed over the command of Shandong to Fei Ruhe, and moved his imperial commander to Bozhou to establish the general headquarters.
At this moment, Li Zheng's third division has captured Yucheng, and Xiao Zongxian's fourth division has captured Luyi. Zhao Han's territory of Bozhou and Suzhou are "empty" in defense, deliberately attracting the enemy troops from Guide Prefecture to attack. Once they come,
Once that is done, the third division and the fourth division can return to the army to make dumplings.
Unfortunately, the Qing army in Guide Prefecture was so cowardly that they even sat back and watched as Yucheng and Luyi fell, and they just stayed in Guide Prefecture and defended it.
This is a serious implementation of Dorgon's strategic plan. Don't go out to fight when you surrender your troops. You don't have to use secondary counties. Just defend the strategic cities. Keep holding on and wait for Dorgon to attack elsewhere.
Break.
Where is Dorgon's main force?
Zhao Han doesn't know yet, but he is definitely not at Guide Mansion.
If the plan to lure the enemy fails, then take the initiative to attack!
Peasants and soldiers were left to garrison Yucheng and Luyi. The third division attacked Xiayi from the south and the fourth division attacked Zhecheng from the north. They also captured it in one fell swoop. The Qing army seemed to really not want these county towns and only focused on defending Guidefu City. Even Yongcheng County.
Over there, Zhao Han sent more than a thousand peasant soldiers to capture it.
The city of Guidefu is Shangqiu.
Zhao Han's headquarters, the 3rd Division, and the 4th Division joined forces outside Shangqiu City and planned to storm the city. Shangqiu is a nail. If it is not pulled out, the army on the east route of the Henan battlefield will be pinned here and unable to move.
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The accompanying female official reported: "Your Majesty, Hou Fangyu brought his uncle to see him."
"Bring them in."
Zhao Han is studying the whereabouts of Dorgon's main force. Although he has sent out scouts widely and the Datong Army is hidden in Henan, there is too much messy information, and it is difficult to find Dorgon for a while.
As the commander-in-chief of the Henan battlefield, Zhao Han could only issue military orders: Jiang Liang's fifth division should abandon the captured Shenqiu and Xiangcheng, and withdraw to Yingzhou to guard against the possible emergence of Dorgon. Jiang Dashan's sixth division should be stationed in Yancheng.
, don’t rush forward and continue to find out Dorgon’s movements.
Since Dorgon wants to gather a large army to attack all the way, Zhao Han will securely defend the city and return to the direction of De Mansion.
At worst, if we advance steadily and only rely on consuming food and grass, we can drag Dorgon to death!
Hou Fangyu came in with his fifth uncle Hou Lu and bowed to him.
Zhao Han asked: "How are the villages in Guide Prefecture?"
Hou Li replied: "Your Majesty, since the war broke out this year, the puppet Qing Dynasty has been plundering the countryside in Guide Mansion. Regardless of the gentry or civilians, every household must provide food to the peasants. If they cannot hand over the food, they will kill people. The puppet Qing Dynasty forced the peasants to plunder the peasants.
The grain was transported to Shangqiu. After the grain was transported to the city, the civilians and gentry were expelled. Only the army was left in the city, and even the people in many prefectural cities were expelled. My family's money and grain have been robbed by those Tatars!
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Mao Yuanyi said: "Your Majesty, the Puppet Qing Dynasty did this because they were determined to collect grain and defend the city."
Zhao Han was disgusted by the Manchus. The entire Guide Mansion was full of people who had been robbed of all their food. Before the arrival of the Datong Army, countless local people had starved to death, and a large number of hungry people were waiting for Zhao Han to provide food relief.
There is no need to worry about the lack of civilian labor. Recruiting hungry people to transport luggage can also be regarded as a way of relief.
The moat outside Shangqiu City was also filled by the hungry people, and a few cakes were distributed every day. Zhao Han could not get more food, and he had to store military rations to consume it with the Manchus.
While everyone was discussing the military situation, another person came to report: "Your Majesty, tens of thousands of rebels have come outside the camp, saying that they will join the Datong Army to kill the Tatars!"
Zhao Han was relieved and felt a headache at the same time.
The relief comes from the support of the people, but the headache comes from the consumption of military rations. These rebels can actually be regarded as hungry people. They have no fighting power, but they have a good appetite for food.
If this were the case in Henan, the rebels and hungry people would defeat Zhao Han.
But we have to save him, at least give him something to eat.
Zhao Han said to Hou Fangyu's uncle and nephew: "The Hou family is a big family in Guidefu. These rebels will be coordinated and commanded by you for the time being. Choose three thousand young men as auxiliary soldiers, and the rest will all be converted into civilians. Those who are really weak will...
Let them lie down and receive their porridge."
Zhao Han also said to the officials of Li Cao, Hu Cao, and Cai Cao who were accompanying the army: "Let the officials, missionaries, and farmers' associations come over quickly and directly preside over the land distribution in Yongcheng County. One-third of the hungry people here will also be transferred to Yongcheng County.
In cities and counties, we’ll wait until we divide the fields and settle them down. Also, we need to urge the grain and bring in more grain!”
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The Manchu and Qing commander in Guide Mansion was both civilized and military.
The text is Tong Yangjia, Tong Yangxing’s cousin.
The Tong family was originally a Jurchen, and her surname was "Tong Jia". In the early Ming Dynasty, she settled in the Ming Dynasty to do business. When Tong was raising her sex, she became a double agent for the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchen people. Finally, the whole family took refuge in Nurhachi.
Over the years, Tong Yangxing was solely responsible for casting artillery in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
As for Tong Yangjia, historically he was the first Manchu governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Wu was Sun Dingliao. During the Battle of Daling River, he served as the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he was appointed deputy commander of the Han army flags. This time, he brought two thousand Han army flags to suppress the surrender of Shangqiu and defend the city together with the generals.
Among the generals who defended the city, the most powerful one was Zhao Zhilong.
This man is the hereditary Xinchengbo of the Ming Dynasty and the tenth generation of nobles. Historically, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty together with Qian Qianyi and others in Nanjing.
But in this time and space, when the Datong Army attacked Fengyang, Zhao Zhilong led his troops to flee to Henan and became one of the many forces in Henan. Later, he surrendered to Li Zicheng, and then to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He had Zhang Tianlu, Zhang Tianfu and other generals under his command.
In addition, there were also Sun Xigui and other surrendered generals from Liaodong in the city.
Except for Sun Dingliao's Eight Banners of the Han Army, the rest were a ragtag group of people. But with thirty thousand troops and sufficient supplies, they were more than enough to defend the city.
Dorgon believed that we could defend it for half a year. The troops and generals here were much more reliable than those in Shandong.
Take the most powerful Zhao Zhilong as an example. This guy caused outrage in Fengyang and was already on the blacklist of the Datong court. After he led his troops to escape, his family property was confiscated, the land was divided, and the clan members who did not escape were also
Sent to mine.
Although Zhao Zhilong is also named Zhao, he and Zhao Han are mortal enemies!
"Fire...a lot of artillery!"
Sun Dingliao stood on the tower, looking out and dumbfounded.
Two divisions, fifty artillery pieces, plus three siege cannons!
Fifty-three cannons were deployed, and the defenders in the city were going crazy. How could anyone bully people like this?
Although Zhao Han did not have much food, he had a lot of money. He accumulated enough energy to make firearms like crazy. There are four artillery factories, one in Guangdong, one in Jiangxi, one in Hunan, and one in Jiangsu. They have been working around the clock in the past few years.
Stop casting cannon.
In comparison, the Manchus were poor.
Although the Manchus were able to forge their own cannons, more than half of the cannons were stolen from the Ming Dynasty or brought by surrendered generals such as Kong Youde.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Fifty-three cannons fired one after another and aimed at the same city wall.
The cannonballs fell down without interruption.
Tong Yangjia's cousin specialized in forging cannons for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He knew how terrifying this was, and could not even imagine how the enemy could bring out so many cannons to attack the city.
"Dead, dead..." Tong Yangjia muttered to himself with a pale face.
The city wall of Shangqiu is slightly thinner than the city wall of Jining, with a base thickness of 10 meters and a top thickness of 6.7 meters.
Fifty-three cannons bombarded the city, three of which were heavy siege artillery. It took only one day to blast out cracks.
Seeing that the morale of the defenders was low, Tong Yangjia quickly summoned the generals: "Don't panic, everyone, the wall of Shangqiu is thick and will not collapse easily. The emperor's father and regent are both wise and brave, using Taizu's method. Let him come in any way, I will only go all the way."
''s tactics. The Nanman puppet army attacks on six routes in Henan. The troops are scattered and will be defeated by the regent one by one. We only need to hold on for a few more days, and the regent will be able to successfully come to the rescue. By then, the Nanman puppet army will be defeated!"
Everyone was speechless.
After a moment of silence, Sun Dingliao suddenly said: "Let's lead the troops to attack at night. The enemy's army is so dense that it is impossible to win during the day. The only way is to attack at night. There is no need to bring too many troops to attack at night, just choose a thousand dead men.
A successful attack on the camp is the best, but a failed attack on the camp will only result in the loss of a thousand soldiers."
"Who is going?" Sun Xigui asked.
Tong Yangjia glanced at the generals: "Generals, you can recommend yourself to go. If the enemy's artillery is allowed to continue bombarding the city, I am afraid that the morale of the army will be shaken before the city wall collapses."
The generals looked at each other, and someone suggested: "The flower horse Liu Hanyong can attack the camp."
Liu Liangzuo stood up suddenly: "Why should I go?"
Historically, Liu Liangzuo was Gao Jie's general during the small imperial court in Nanjing, and later led 100,000 troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. On the 81st day of Jiangyin, Liu Liangzuo's troops besieged the city, and he was the executioner who killed Yan Yingyuan and others.
This guy has not yet joined Gao Jie's command. He belongs to Mou Wenshou's subordinates and guards Fengyang together with Zhao Zhilong and other generals.
A few years ago, when the Datong Army sent troops to northern Anhui, Zhao Zhilong and Liu Liangzuo worked together to trap and kill the general Mou Wenshou, and then fled with their troops to Henan to seize territory.
As for Liu Liangzuo's younger brother Liu Liangchen, he had surrendered to the Manchus as early as the Battle of Daling River.
"I also think General Liu is suitable."
"Yes, General Liu is nicknamed Huama Liu. He is proficient in cavalry warfare. He must also be able to rob camps."
"..."
One person proposed, and everyone agreed, always recommending Liu Liangzuo as the commander of the night attack.