The Qing army's march south further aggravated the suffering of the Korean people.
Among the top management of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, except for Huang Tai Jixiong, who was a wise man and understood the importance of unity and popular support, the rest of the people did not break away from barbaric habits at all.
If history can be assumed, it is not Dorgon but Huang Taiji who unified the country, and he may not issue an order to shave his hair.
In this way, the process of Manchu and Qing unification of the country would not have taken as long as decades.
The various departments of the Qing army were not progressing smoothly, and the North Korean government could not provide much support.
The most chaotic area is Jeolla Province.
The Korean army here was defeated by the Qing army. After fleeing back to the place, they caused chaos everywhere, causing great damage to Jeolla Province.
After Li Shifang came back, he was very anxious to clean up everything, but with little effect.
Many soldiers who fought knew that they were likely to die if they were captured, so they fled into the mountains and became bandits.
Under such circumstances, after Tu Lai and Nikan came here, they had no choice but to help Li Shifang settle down the place.
These two people were not good men and women, so they immediately sacrificed their butcher's knives.
Anyone they suspect of being a rebel will be killed immediately.
In this process, it is inevitable that some innocent people will be implicated.
As a result, people were panicked and more people fled.
Many people took boats out to sea and fled to various islands, which made it even more difficult for the Qing army to raise supplies and seriously delayed the march.
Among the three troops, Hauge was the fastest.
After all, everything he passed had been preliminarily cleaned up by Jin Zidian, so he didn't encounter any harassment or obstruction, and arrived in Daegu smoothly.
The Qing army and the Korean army officially merged, and Hauge took all the military and political power in his hands.
"Marshal Jin, immediately march towards the Nakdong River and sweep away the wilderness in all directions. If you encounter enemy situations, report them immediately."
Hauge's vigorous and resolute actions put Jin Zidian under great pressure. He did not dare to disobey, so he had to lead the North Korean army to the Luodong River that day.
However, with the Qing army suppressing the battle, these Koreans became more courageous.
This is the character of Korean people.
Very good at pretending to be powerful.
They thought that with the Qing army as their support, they would no longer have to be afraid.
It's a pity that the Xia army did not take the Qing army in their eyes, and the troops that came forward began to use various methods to harass the Korean army.
This made their advance very slow, to the point where everyone was overwhelmed.
The Xia army's scouts even laid mines everywhere in Miryang City, killing the North Korean troops entering the city and injuring many people.
Jin Zi felt numb and had no choice but to order the army to station in the wilderness and not to enter the house.
At the same time, he sent a message to Hauge, requesting support from the Qing army.
"Xia Jun's scouts are very powerful. Even my Eight Banners warriors can't take advantage of them. Expecting these Koreans will definitely delay things."
Otohun, who participated in the Battle of Port Arthur, made suggestions to Haug.
The main force of the Qing army led by Hauge was behind Jin Zidian, but the march was not very fast and it could be said that it was moving step by step.
Moreover, Haug also sent troops to occupy all the important nodes along the way, just to ensure that the way back was clear.
Relying on Fan Ji's guidance twice in a row, he got high scores from Huang Taiji. This made Hauge pay more and more attention to Fan Ji.
Fan Ji asked Hauge to advance cautiously and wait for the other two groups to avoid making the mistake of going deep alone. Hauge also listened.
Facing Hauge's caution, the Xia army scouts wandering around in the mountains and forests could only look at the ocean and sigh.
After all, they are few in number, and their main task is to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, so it is impossible for them to compete with the large army.
"Then send out the scouts to drive away those flies."
Facing harassment from scouts, the only way is to fight tit for tat.
This is also the strength of the Jurchens.
Following Hauge's order, Qing army scouts began to search the mountains and forests.
The brutal scout war began.
The originally silent and desolate wilderness began to smell of blood.
"Captain, these Jurchens are more powerful than last time."
In a secluded mountain col, the Xia army's scouts were resting and recuperating after the war.
The original team of more than 130 people now has more than 80 people left.
The remaining more than 40 people stayed on this land forever.
Although they killed more than 500 Qing army scouts, such a battle loss ratio still did not make everyone feel any joy.
Squadron leader Zhu Jin was also injured, with an arrow hitting his left arm. After a simple bandage, there was no hidden danger.
He was looking at a palm-sized clay pot in his hand.
What surprised everyone was that the clay pot actually contained gunpowder, and there was a fuse on it.
When I fought with the Qing army scouts before, I was completely unprepared for the fact that the Qing army actually had throwing gunpowder weapons, which resulted in many casualties.
Although the power of this kind of clay pot cannot be compared with Xia Jun's grenades, at least the Qing army has a close-range area-killing weapon.
"His Highness has always said that our enemies are not just wood, they will also make progress. How about it, have you seen it now?"
Everyone was astonished, and all the arrogance they had had was put away at this time.
Fighting against the Qing army again, the changes on the other side really surprised them.
At the same time, in the base camp of Miryang, Hauge was also looking at the captured weapons of the Xia army.
He picked up a steel bow, and just pulled the bow string slightly, and saw the small wheels at the upper and lower ends rotating accordingly. As a result, the bow string was pulled easily, effortlessly, and without any sound.
When he let go, the arrow shot through the target forty steps away like lightning.
The location where the arrow hit was almost the same as his aim.
"Who knows what these two gadgets are used for?"
Brother Hao asked, pointing to the wheels on the bow and arrow.
However, the generals of the Qing army were not as good as him in terms of knowledge. How could they understand mechanics?
"This bow uses steel as its arm. It is strong and effortless to pull. It is really a sharp weapon for killing enemies."
Seeing that no one knew the goods, Hauge was extremely helpless and just ordered: "Give this bow to the craftsmen and order them to imitate it."
If the compound bow brought new understanding to the Qing army, then the captured striker gun left Hauge and others completely confused.
Haug held the handle of the gun with his hand, and his instinct told him that this thing could be pulled. However, he tried his best, but it had no effect.
"Does anyone know how to open this thing?"
The generals below looked at each other.
They simply don't know that if they want to pull the handle of the gun, they must first release the latch at the rear of the gun body.
This is also a characteristic of the Delise firing needle gun.
As a result, the gun fell into their hands and became an unsolvable problem.
"This gun fires very fast, and there is no time to fire. We originally waited for them to fire, and were ready to rush forward to fight. But before we ran a few steps, their gunshots rang out again. Many people were killed in this way."
The scout who seized the striker gun took out the bullet and showed it to Haug.
The strange bullets and strange guns made all the Qing generals worried about the prospect of this battle.