Chapter 87 Breaking Through the Huaihe River (Part 2)
?On September 16th, the situation on the battlefield in southern Henan was that the Qing army's central army occupied Xi County, crossed the Huai River, and dispatched 30,000 soldiers, including 8,000 musket soldiers on the south bank of the Huai River.
There were more than 100 artillery guns in various ways to establish a shore head position. "《》》 On both sides of the left and right, the Qing army only fought to the north bank of the Huai River. Although the Chinese army retreated across the Huai River, they did not retreat backwards.
Still guarding the south bank of the Huai River.
Although the Qing army broke through the Huaihe River in the middle route, it did not immediately increase troops on the south bank of the Huaihe River. Instead, it established a defensive position on the south bank of the Huaihe River and set up a floating bridge on the river surface. It took two consecutive days to reach the south bank.
In the deep development, there was no further delay in sending troops across the river.
And the past two days also made Cheng Jin and Li Dingguo very anxious, because the purpose of the Chinese army to release the Huaihe River defense line was to lead the Qing army to the south bank of the Huaihe River and then carry out siege and battle. If the Qing army was not all, or the big one was
If some cross the Huai River, the Chinese army will not be able to surround it.
Of course, from the current situation, the Qing army has not crossed the river in large numbers, which is not necessarily because it has doubts about the situation. It is mostly out of prudent considerations, and it is actually all about establishing positions on the south bank of the Huai River and buoyant bridges on the river surface.
Preparing for a large-scale crossing of the river. But no one can say when the Qing army would cross the river, and it is obviously not a solution to waste it like this.
Moreover, at this time, the 15th Army stationed in Xuzhou also handed over Xuzhou to the guards of Zheng Chenggong. After leading the army south to participate in the southern Henan war, they also joined forces that abandoned Chenzhou in the middle. At this time, they had arrived in the Yingzhou area, and one or two days
In time, you can reach the battlefield in southern Henan. But at the same time, after the Qing army's Nikan and Han Dai tribe recaptured Chenzhou, they could lead their troops south and follow closely behind the Ajige tribe. By that time, even the Ajige tribe
After crossing the Huai River, it was not easy to surround the Azige tribe.
Therefore, after urgent consultation, Cheng Jin and Li Dingguo decided to modify the encirclement site and proceed on the north bank of the Huai River. They immediately began to encircle the Qing army of the Ajige army. The sixth, thirteenth army and the tenth army of the Nanjing Military Region of the Huguang Military Region were from the sixth, thirteenth army, and thirteenth army of the Nanjing Military Region.
The 7th and 20th Army, the 15th Army of the Huainan Military Region gathered on the north bank of the Huainan River and surrounded the Qing army, while the 1st, 11th and 18th Army of the Huainan Military Region were to block the Qing army on the south bank of the Huainan River, making it impossible for the Qing army to be on the south bank of the Huainan River.
Expand. In other words, this time the siege battle against the Ajige tribe will be carried out with the Huai River as the boundary and divided into two battlefields, five armies on the north and three armies on the south and the south. Once the siege is formed, Li Dingguo will arrive immediately
On the north bank of the Huai River, go to command the battle.
But just after Cheng Jin and Li Dingguo rearranged the planned encirclement positions of various personnel and issued orders to each department, they received the news that the Qing army's central army began to mobilize personnel to the south bank of the Huai River, and the left and right sides,
They also began to attack the positions on the south bank of the Huai River.
After learning about it, the two were shocked, because it would take at least one day for various troops to encircle the positions. If most of the Qing army crossed the Huai River during this period, then the five armies on the north bank of the Huai River would have been.
Although the Qing army was still blocked on the south bank of the Huai River, the situation was very different, because it would take at least a few days for the troops on the north bank of the Huai River to cross the Huai River and fall to the south bank.
The three armies on the south bank of the Huai River will directly face the Qing army's army with more than 100,000 troops. On the local battlefield, the Qing army will temporarily obtain absolute superior troops. This battle will also form a war of tying up the Chinese army.
The purpose of encircling and annihilation of the Qing army was difficult to achieve.
Now that the order to mobilize troops has been issued, it is definitely too late to modify the combat plan again. The only solution is to block the Qing army on the north bank of the Huai River and prevent them from crossing the Huai River on a large scale. The key point is the Qing Dynasty. The troops in the middle of the army had crossed the Huai River and established a defensive position on the south bank of the Huai River.
At this time, the Chinese army's troops on the south bank of the Huai River were distributed on the east and west sides, respectively, the Fifth and 19th Brigades of the 18th Army and the 20th Division of the 11th Army defended the southern bank of the Huai River, blocking the crossing of the Qing army's wings on the river on both sides of the Qing army. The route, and the middle route was controlled by the First Army, the position on the south bank of the Huai River of the Qing army, the cavalry division of the 18th Army, and the 7th Division of the 11th Army were used as reserve forces. However, since the Chinese army had planned to let the Qing army cross the Huai River before Therefore, the First Army did not block the Qing army's position on the south bank of the Huai River very much, but left a large blank area for the Qing army. It was originally planned to give it to the Qing army's garrison. But now it must be The Qing army was restricted to the range of riverbank positions.
So Cheng Jin and Li Dingguo immediately ordered that the First Army and the Reserve Army all attack to attack the Qing army's positions on the south bank of the Huai River, and to block the Qing army's expansion on the south bank of the Huai River.
In fact, the Qing army has not crossed the Huai River on a large scale, not because it is afraid of being ambushed by the Chinese army, but because Ajige is waiting for the arrival of the supplementary funds sent to him by Dorgon, because in the previous stage The Qing army also fought fiercely during the battle. Not only did the battle lose more than 16,000 people, but the ammunition consumption of various firearms was also close to half.
Ajige also knew that after crossing the Huai River, there might be a big battle to fight. This time, it was possible to break through the Chinese army's Huai River defense line, and various firearms also played a considerable role, so it was necessary to ensure sufficient ammunition. Ajige had no doubt about the Chinese army's intentional abandonment of positions and retreating back because it was too realistic.
Another point is that the Qing army carried too many heavy artillery, with only more than 60 red cannons, and there were also a large number of supplies and vehicles. If you only rely on rafts to transport them, it would be obviously not enough, so it is best to go to The Huai River is put on a few pontoon bridges, which not only facilitates this time of crossing the river, but also helps transport supplies to the south bank of the Huai River during combat in the future.
During these two days, the Qing army was not wasted at all. After overnight work, five floating bridges were built on the Huaihe River. At this time, the teams transporting replenished ammunition and medicine supplies were also sent to Xi County. So after receiving this batch of ammunition and drug supplies, Ajige ordered the troops in the middle to start crossing the river. The left and right routes also began to attack the Chinese military defense line on the south bank of the Huai River, with the main purpose of restraining the Chinese military's forces. , so that the middle army can cross the river calmly. After the middle army crosses the Huai River, it will launch an attack on the Chinese army from the south bank to connect the Qing army on both wings to cross the river.
However, although the Qing army had built five pontoon bridges, there were 70,000 to 80,000 troops in the middle of the Qing army. In addition, a large number of heavy artillery and other vehicles were used. Because of the red cannon, a pontoon bridge could only bear three at the same time. If you cross the river, no matter how many people there are, there may be danger, and this is not something that can be crossed by the Huai River in a short time.
Fortunately, in the past two days, the Qing army had established a relatively strong position on the south bank of the Huai River, and there were 30,000 soldiers to guard it. So Ajige also decided to transport a batch of heavy artillery and supplies to cross the river first. , it can enhance the strength of the Qing army on the south bank and expand the position on the shore so that more people can cross the river to station.
Because the previously established shore head positions were only considered to maintain a stable foothold on the south bank of the Huai River, the construction of the positions was as fast as possible, but the area under control was not large. If a large group of people and vehicles wanted to cross the river, it would be necessary to expand.
Position. At the same time, Ajige was very glad that in the past two days, the Chinese army did not launch an attack on the Qing army's shore position, and finally gave the Qing army time to wait for supplies.
But at this moment, Ajige received a report from a spy that the Chinese army attacked the Qing army's position on the south bank of the Huai River. At this time, the Qing army's position was expanding, and the original formation had been vacated for the placement of supplies.
Ajige also decided that this time the Qing army would not fight to defend its position, but instead fight out of the position and engage in field battles with the Chinese army, leaving a floating bridge to transport troops to support the battlefield on the south bank of the Huai River.
So Azige ordered Bayalajialazenbuksha to be the main general, Bayalazhangjing Hirgen as the deputy general, and led Mongolian Gushan Ezhenmalaxi, Wu Lachan and Jialazen Haning
A, Gentai, Niuluezhenbaya, Zhangtun and others led the 30,000 soldiers who crossed the river in advance to fight against the Chinese army.
Among the 30,000 soldiers who crossed the river in advance, there were 8,000 musketeers, 10,000 infantrymen, 10,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry and 2,000 artillery soldiers. Therefore, only 28,000 people actually fought.
The Qing army and the Chinese army have fought for five or six years, but the basic model is one side attacking, the other side defending, or raiding, ambushing, but they are traditional battles where both sides are in the wild and fight against each other.
There are few ways before. It is mainly because the Chinese army's tactics are too strange. When the Qing army attacks, the Chinese army usually defends with all their strength, while when the Chinese army attacks, they often concentrate their superior forces, and the Qing army dare not to deal with them.
The Chinese army fought head-on.
In addition, in the past, both sides fought in Jiangnan, Jianghuai and other places, with many water nets and lakes, which was not conducive to cavalry operations and also made the Qing army unable to play this advantage. For most of the time, the role of the cavalry was actually
It mainly uses speed to attack the defense line of the Chinese army. This time, the Chinese army actively launched an attack on the Qing army. Moreover, the terrain of this area is flat, which is also conducive to cavalry operations. Therefore, Ajige also believes that if it is in a field battle,
The Qing army had great chances of victory when it cooperated with infantry and cavalry. Moreover, reinforcements on the north bank of the Huai River were still continuously increasing.
After Buksha received the order, he also ordered the Mongolian Gushan Ezhenma Laxi and Jialazhenhaninga to lead the 8,000 cavalry of the Qing army to take the lead in fighting the Chinese army. He hoped to use the Qing army's best skills as a matter of
The technique of riding and shooting gave the Chinese army a head-on blow first.
So Ma Laxi and Haninga led the cavalry and immediately rushed towards the direction where the Chinese army came.
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