Yue Tuo's eyes changed. After a while, he raised his telescope and looked at the tower opposite.
"Yesterday, I raided Dong'a. It must have been in the afternoon when I received the report that Tongchengyi was surrounded. From Dong'a to Boping, we had to set off on the hundred-mile road. We tried our best to travel before dark. We continued marching after dark so that we could attack Bo before dawn today.
If you can march dozens of miles at night, this cavalry is definitely not weak in combat power."
Ye Chen added, "It is not a highway from Dong'a to Boping, and there must be a guide here, otherwise we will not be able to find the way in the dark."
Yue Tuo snorted and turned to Du Lei, "These two thousand barbarians fought with 500 armored soldiers in Sanlipu. Two hundred Zhenghongqi died and more than a hundred Dong'a died. Now they are in the walled city.
, you said there are two thousand servants, one thousand bright armors, several thousand civilian warriors, and ten cannons, how many people will die if they are shot down?"
"I thought it was seven hundred..."
"Did they all die in Zhenghongqi?"
Du Lei was stunned for a moment. The two major losses were both red flags. The most difficult thing for him to do now is how to explain to Dai Shan and Huang Taiji. If he can eliminate this southern army, he will naturally be less guilty, but if he relies on the right
Attacking the red flag will only cause greater losses, increase the culpability, and make it even harder to explain.
The two red flags are from the same source. The relationship between the flag owners is father and son, but it does not mean that the interests of both parties are consistent. Daishan is Yue Tuo's father, but the relationship is very bad. It is not that Daishan is specifically targeting Yue Tuo, but
He was not good to all his sons, but Yue Tuo was more friendly with Huang Taiji.
Before the Mang Gurtai incident, Yue Tuo was highly valued by Huang Taiji. Because he did not kill Fujin later, a gap arose between the two. Huang Taiji repeatedly looked for opportunities to punish Yue Tuo.
With Huang Taiji's position firmly established, Daishan did not have the strength to continue to fight, and was only concerned with his own affairs. Yue Tuo did not get much support from him. Although the relationship between father and son improved, it was only to a limited extent. Du Lei knew
It is very possible that Yue Tuo cannot be counted on.
Yue Tuo coughed and said, "Boping's cavalry is outside. If we attack Tongcheng Post, we will need a team of troops to guard Dong'a. From Weijiawan to Chiping, we will need Alihachaoha to set up sentries. Attacking here is still extra."
Yes, the total number of soldiers should be no less than 7,000. The siege forces must mobilize white-armored soldiers from each banner and wait for the artillery. Not only the banners on the right wing, but also the left wing of Weijiawan must wait on the road. They have to wait for these two days.
Huang Qi has come to ask twice."
Ye Chen continued, "A thousand Liangjia servants inside can kill two hundred of your people in Sanlipu. Here he is prepared to fight. Surround him and let him fight for his life. I'm afraid it won't be enough to kill a thousand people. Another thousand will be injured."
People, each banner must free up a thousand carriages to carry wounded soldiers, and the servants of each household can only take care of their masters, and can no longer collect money, food, and people."
Yue Tuo affirmed, "When we came, the emperor said that we should not attack a fortified city by force, and we should not waste warriors in two days. We knew that he was an infantry warrior with bright armor, and he also said that the artillery was powerful, so why did we attack him?"
Defend the city."
The two men in Xianghongqi sang in harmony, but their meaning was very strong. They did not want to attack the city. Du Lei carefully replied, "I am afraid that if we don't destroy it at this time, they will follow behind and attack the camp everywhere. We have already captured the flag."
There are more than 10,000 people, 5,000 mules and horses, 7,000 donkeys, and more than 3,000 carriages. In addition, the soldiers and horses bring their own horse and mule carriages. The camp area is more than ten miles wide every day. It is impossible to set up camps and walls, and there is no protection.
Disaster."
Yue Tuo didn't say anything. Ye Chen waited for a while and then said, "The two red flags' troops gathered outside the city. From Boping to Chiping for dozens of miles, they are all our two red flags' troops. We can't even take care of the rest."
Come. If we stop on this road and cannot destroy the cavalry, every time we encounter
If we attack, we will lose many people and animals, and the flag will soon boil. Naturally, we cannot be on guard at all times. It is only right to send cavalry to pursue and capture."
Only then did Yue Tuo say, "Since the cavalry of Dong'a is disturbing people, why do we have to attack the bright-armored servants in this city? Just like the Xuan Da soldiers and horses, why don't we attack them under the capital city? We just wait for them to come out of camp.
, trapped in the wilderness and surrounded by enemies."
Du Lei had nothing to say for a moment. It was obvious that Xiang Hongqi was not willing to attack with him. The Tongcheng Station in front of him was not without money and food for his children, but compared with the possible losses, it was still not worth Xiang Hongqi's hard work.
Du Lei raised his eyes and looked at Yue Tuo. Before setting off from Wei County, Yue Tuo finally determined that the target of the attack was Jinan, which was further east than the previous route. Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province. Even if the city cannot be conquered, the surrounding prefectures and counties alone can't.
It is much richer than ordinary areas, and all the banners and ministries are waiting to grab another sum, so that they can live a good life for a year after returning to Liaodong.
Compared with the surrounding areas of Jinan Prefecture, the benefits of this Tongcheng Station can be said to be negligible. If Du Lei had not suffered too heavy losses, he himself would not be willing to waste time by deploying troops.
Now without convincing Yue Tuo, other forces on the right wing cannot be mobilized. The total force of the right wing is more than 30,000, but most of them are unarmored Mongolian light cavalry and Han Chinese coats. They are of little use in this kind of offensive battle. They must be from each banner.
Only elite armored soldiers and bagaras can do it. The various ministries really have no motivation to change the direction of attack for such a small city.
Yue Tuo had just set the tone. He would not send a red flag to attack Tongcheng Station. The goal of the right wing was to destroy the Ming army's cavalry, not the heavy armored infantry guarding the fortified city.
Yue Tuo turned to the other side and said, "Engetu, I want to ask you something."
"The slave is here."
A general on horseback immediately lowered his head. At this time, Yue Tuo asked people who were from the Zhenghong Banner. Engetu was the Zhenghong Banner Mongolian Gushan Ezhen, leading the Zhenghong Banner Mongolian soldiers to fight.
The Hou Jin Dynasty has accepted the Mongolians since the war. There have been many captives in the wars over the years. There has always been a large Mongolian population in each banner. The Mongolian banner was first established in the Tianming period. At the beginning, there were only two banners, called the Mongolian left and right wings. Most of the population came from Manchuria.
Mongolian Niulu among the Eight Banners, the usual management rights belong to the Manchu Baylor.
The Mongolian cattle in the Eight Banners of Manchuria are divided into two categories. One is mainly farming and does not move around, which is called the Neifengan Mongolian cattle. The other is those who maintain the original life style and need to be nomadic, called the migrant camp.
Mongolia.
In the ninth year of Tiancong, the Eight Banners of Mongolia were formally established. The main people transferred to the Mongolian Banners were the Mongolian Niulu who moved to the Eight Banners, with a population of about 7,000 households. They also merged with the 7,800 Neihara Qindingkou who had submitted to the Eight Banners.
Hundreds of people, officially established the Eight Banners of Mongolia.
Although there is a separate Mongolian banner, the population management of the Eight Banners of Mongolia is still under the Manba Banners. The exact name should be the Eight Banners of Mongolia. There are no free people in the entire Houjin Dynasty. The entire population is under the Manba Banners system, and personal rights belong to each banner.
Baylor, the division of a country into eight families is the fundamental structure of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Huang Taiji hopes to use the Mongols and Han people to contain other banner owners and continue to divide the power of the banner owners. However, he still needs the support of the powerful factions of each banner, so he still rarely interferes in the population management of the interests of each banner, so as to avoid this situation.
This fundamental issue angered most of the Manchu nobles.
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Therefore, the household registration of all the Mongolian banners usually belongs to the corresponding Manchurian banner. When they fight, they form a separate army. They mainly fight with the Manchurian Banner and follow the command and dispatch of the Manchurian Gushan Ezhen. However, the capture and military exploits can be calculated separately.
The Eight Mongolian Banners do not have a separate main flag, Baylor, only Gushan'ezhen. More than half of the Mongolian flags in Gushan'ezhen are Manchus, and only three are Mongolians. Engetu is one of them. His strength and status are both
It cannot be compared with the truth of Gushan E in Manchuria.
Before replying, Engetu observed Du Lei. Since joining the invaders this time, Zhenghongqi has made outstanding military exploits. Especially in the Battle of Julu, he single-handedly withstood the attack of Xuan Dajun and restrained Xuan Dajun, gathering strength for the right wing.
Time was bought, and the proceeds from the robbery were also very rich. Everything was going smoothly.
But a southern army that had never been heard of appeared out of nowhere. The ambush at Sanlipu immediately reversed the situation. Zhenghong Banner suffered heavy losses, and then Dong'a was defeated again. Not only did the bannermen lose hundreds of Zhenyi
, and also caused the death of the prince-in-law of the foreign vassal. Huang Taiji was very courting the Mongols. If he went back like this, it is difficult to predict how Huang Taiji would punish Du Lei.
The only one who is anxious now is Du Lei, so last night he ignored the fatigue of the army and launched an unprepared night attack. He lost dozens more people and made no progress. The only gain was that he knew that there were many people in this small town, not
So easy to beat.
Yue Tuo's voice said again, "Engetu, if you lead this barbarian cavalry and finish the assault on Boping, where will you go next?"
Engetu did not hesitate for long. He said carefully, "Return to my master, this cavalry general marched continuously for more than a hundred miles yesterday and has lost his horse power. If he succeeds, he should turn back to Dong'a. They had previously captured the enemy in Dong'a.
There must be many horses in the camp. The cavalry will rest for a day before leaving the city. They were in Boping last night and will go to Weijiawan or Chiping tomorrow."
Yue Tuo turned to Du Lei again, and Du Lei hesitated and said, "Maybe we can just divide the troops and go back to Dong'a, hide the group nearby, and then look for opportunities to make a surprise attack at night. This way, we don't have to run back and forth, and it also saves manpower and energy."
Yue Tuo nodded slightly, "Who is leading the troops to block the post road in the south of the city?"
Du Lei immediately replied, "Ye Keshu."
"Go immediately and let Ye Keshu open the road. The barbarians in the city have a way out. As long as they leave the city, they will be easier to fight. Ye Keshu went to ambush the turning barbarian cavalry outside Dong'a City and did not allow them to return to Dong'a. Dongchang's troops were still
how many people?"
"The five Niu Lu selected Zhushen to be one hundred and thirty, the Mongolians under their banner were forty, and the Chahars were seventy."
"Turn them all over to Ye Keshu. This southern army has strong infantry and weak cavalry. Your use of armored soldiers to attack the fortified city is just what he wants. As long as his cavalry is eliminated, these infantry are of little use. As long as his cavalry is eliminated, these foot servants dare to follow."
Good thing." Yue Tuo looked at Du Lei and Ye Chen, "This Tongcheng Station, if you want to raise the red flag, you can raise it yourself. If you can't lower it, the flags can't wait for you. Dong'a's cavalry will suppress the two red flags together.
Kill them all within two days and continue on your way."
The nearby generals responded to the order together. Yue Tuo looked up at the sky. Snowflakes were still falling. He frowned and thought for a moment and asked Ye Chen, "I just said that Burzhu was chasing one group, and another one broke the camp. Is it right?"
We sent people to chase him, but it has been snowing since last night, and the traces on the road are easily broken, so we can't find where he went."
"When the message was reported, it had not yet been dispatched, but it had been decided who should be dispatched. Then
These barbarians will definitely not be able to escape."
"You mean..."
Ye Chen said respectfully, "Our Haidongqing."
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Fifty miles south of Boping, the wind blew snowflakes across the countryside, and the originally black and white land gradually turned into white. A group of nearly two hundred cavalrymen was parked on a country road. They did not even walk on the sidewalk.
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After receiving the report yesterday afternoon, Chen Rulie immediately met with the magistrate. The magistrate agreed to allow the wounded to enter the city. A small number of Anqing cavalry remained to help Dong'a defend the city and guard the captured horses, carriages and goods.
According to Chen Rulie's estimate, Jiannu would garrison troops in Beidingdian that day to complete the siege of Tongchengpu, and the next day he would use vest sentries to explore the entire Dong'a area, and it would be difficult for the cavalry to move by then.
The Qing army in Dongchang could only receive the report in the evening, so the Anqing cavalry in Dong'a had half a day to move freely. After arranging the retreat, Chen Rulie did not delay at all and hired three guides in Dong'a at a high price. All three of them were familiar with it.
On the country road to the north, the cavalry did not wait for the carriage to enter the city, and immediately began to advance towards Boping, marching fifty miles before dark.
After marching at night, more than ten people were lost. The brigade arrived at Boping from a small road under the leadership of a guide. The Anqing cavalry attacked in two groups and retreated separately. Chen Rulie's group did not wait for the other group at the meeting point, indicating that they
You may be chased very closely and cannot bring the enemy to the rendezvous point.
After waiting for the agreed time, Chen Rulie left the rendezvous point first, without deciding on the final destination. Chen Rulie squatted on the ground, surrounded by several officers, watching him draw a schematic diagram on the snow with his scabbard.
The leader of the rangers looked at the map and said, "With this snow level, the tracks will be broken before dark. We can get rid of the pursuers and decide whether to retreat to Dong'a or continue to harass."
"Yesterday a group of Tatars came to the south of Tongcheng Station. The Tatars of Boping were decorated with red flags. They sent fast horses to Tongcheng Station to deliver the message. They could change horses twice on the way and they would arrive at Tongcheng Station at noon. The Tatars would meet
Guessing that we came from Dong'a, this group of Tatars will intercept us outside the city." Chen Rulie hurriedly sketched on the ground, "We will not turn around and continue to raid the weak points of the Tatars. The Tatars have heavy troops in Tongcheng Station.
The baggage population is between Boping and Chiping. We were attacked last night, so we must be fully vigilant in that section. Where do you think it would be better to continue the raid?"
A hundred generals tentatively said, "The Tatars who went to Tongcheng Station yesterday went on horseback. They certainly didn't have much food and grass with them. They were almost finished. Today we have to send food and grass from Chiping to Tongcheng Station. Let's go
Sanlipu, attack their grain and fodder carriages."
Chen Rulie didn't think too much, looked at the others and said, "Do you have any other ideas?"
Everyone shook their heads. Chen Rulie stood up and swept the marks on the ground with his feet. "There must be soldiers and horses in his shop. We will ambush him from the training ground to Hezhuang."
The three generals nodded silently. Chen Rulie looked at the ranger generals, "Tomorrow we will have an ambush during the day, and we need to find a place to camp and rest at night. There are Tatars everywhere. We must not let them find the camp. Don't let the Tatars escape before dark."
The sentry horses are following us, and as long as it continues to snow overnight, they won't be able to find us tomorrow."