The sunset in the evening was like a giant ripe blood-colored fruit, dripping red juice and falling to the far west; the colorful clouds at the intersection of the world in the distance seemed to burn, giving the Qing army the progressive
The army dyed a layer of blood-like color.
It’s a pity that Abatai had no intention of enjoying the infinite beauty of the sunset at this time. He rode on a horse, frowned, stared at his eyes, and his face turned pale.
In fact, when the army was just sent, Abatai was not like this. Because the Qing army had already found out, some of the merchant army were currently stationed in Weixian, so the Qing army immediately rushed straight to Weixian as soon as it sent its troops.
The journey was also very smooth. Two days later, when Boluo's front troops arrived in Weixian, the merchant army had already gone to the empty city. The Qing army took Weixian without bloodshed.
The victory of the first battle also made Abatai believe that his decision was completely correct. It seems that the merchant army suffered a lot in the battle of Qingzhou. Now he only dares to hide in the mountains and villages and make trouble, but dare not face his army head-on.
War. Therefore, as long as Laizhou and Dengzhou were captured, the merchant army would lose its foothold in Shandong. Then the turmoil in various places would naturally subside.
Fang Dayou, who went on the war with the army, was even more respectful to Abatai. Every day, he praised Beile's wise and powerful power, and his troops were everywhere. The Ming army was defeated and fled. It was the power of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei's fierceness, and Zhao Yun's bravery.
Not enough. Because Fang Dayou had been in the Qing court for a long time, he knew that Manchus had no knowledge, and most of them could not understand the bags, but they liked [Romance of the Three Kingdoms], so he also regarded his preferences and borrowed the characters of the Three Kingdoms to brag about Abatai.
.As sure enough, Abatai was very happy.
Weixian is about 200 miles away from Laizhou, with Yichang County being between them, about 60 or 70 miles away. Therefore, Abatai also decided to lead the army himself to capture Yichang, and let Boluo and Li Shu
Tai led a group of troops to capture Pingduzhou 120 miles south of Laizhou. Then two groups of troops attacked Laizhou. So the day after the capture of Weixian, the Qing army was refreshed and attacked separately.
Then I know that the situation was very different this time. After the division of troops from Weixian, the attacks of the merchant army on the Qing army almost never stopped along the way. They had to be dispatched at least a dozen times a day, which was hard to guard against and had a headache.
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And it would be better if the merchant army really dispatched formal troops to attack the Qing army, because this tactic was used by the Qing army in the past when they dealt with the Ming army. At worst, both sides would fight a big battle halfway through. Anyway, the Qing army would
The army was also about to find the regular troops of the merchant army to fight to the decisive battle.
But the problem is that the merchant army was not the same as the Qing army in the past. When the Qing army attacked the Ming army, they usually used the speed of war horses to quickly attack the Ming army at a speed that was lightning speed.
When the army calmly set up its formation, after approaching the Ming army, it first launched an attack with bows and arrows, causing chaos in the Ming army, and then entered the formation and rushed out for a while, then rushed out, and dragged down the Ming army. If the Ming army was
When he chased, he ran and shot the Ming army with his bow and arrow.
This is also the usual tactic of the northern nomads to deal with the Central Plains army. Generally speaking, unless the Central Plains army also establishes an elite cavalry unit, there is basically no way to use this move.
But the attacks of the merchant army were completely a way that the Qing army had never seen before, and it was nothing to think about. The number of people they attacked each time was not large, and generally no more than a hundred people, but they were not at all It will narrow the distance with the Qing army, at least 80 to 100 steps away, raise a gun to shoot at the Qing army, or go further away, use a shoulder-carrying thunderbolt rocket launcher, and run after the fight , either hide in the surrounding mountains or enter the nearby woods.
If the Qing army sent a small group of cavalry troops to chase after him, they would find that there were still people and horses in the mountains and forests, and the horses would be hit by various muskets, artillery, and grenades. And once they chased into the mountains, woods, and cavalry. It will lose its effect and can only be beaten. If the Qing army sent a large number of infantry to pursue it, unfortunately, there will be another attacking merchant army in other places, which will make the Qing army in a dilemma and exhausted. I walked around and stopped, and it took less than thirty miles to walk in one day.
Although the number of Qing soldiers killed in each attack by the merchant army was not large, with only a few dozen people and more than a hundred people, sometimes even a dozen people, they accumulated small victories into big victories, with more than ten attacks a day, and several more were added up to several. There were hundreds of people, and it was also a heavy blow to the morale of the Qing army.
Moreover, even if it is late, it does not mean that it is safe. On the contrary, for the Qing army, late is a more dangerous time than during the day. Abatai had a deep understanding of this, so he did not dare to be careless at all and sent him to A large number of patrol teams were added to Shuanggang and patrolled around the Qing army camp to prevent the merchant army from attacking at night.
But unfortunately things are not subject to human will. Although the Qing army arranged many patrol teams, generally speaking, the patrol team's activities will not be too far from the camp, and can only be two or three hundred steps away from the camp. Swimming around the left and right places, because the farther the area is, the larger the range and the more difficult it is to control. However, the attack distance of the merchant army's weapons is far beyond this era, and night battles are originally a key training project for the merchant army. Therefore, it is difficult for the Qing army to defend. In addition, the patrol team itself can also become the target of attack by the merchant army. Many patrol teams never come back after going out, just patrol teams that have returned, but they are also There are some losses.
This is the case with the patrol team, the Qing army camp is not as good as there. In that night, the gunshots, cannons, and explosions around the Qing army camp almost stopped. Once, a group of merchants appeared. The soldiers of the army reached a distance of only forty or fifty steps from the camp. From time to time, there were artillery shells. When a thunderbolt rocket fell into the camp, a few thunderbolts would always kill a few thunderbolts. The rocket falls even more terrible, which will lead to a tent and a fire. As a result, no one in the Qing army camp has stopped in that night, but they are busy preparing for battle and extinguishing fires. Abatai didn't close his eyes all night. By dawn the next day, they all became panda eyes.
After dawn, the Qing army should have set up camp and set off, but the Qing army had already lost its energy when they first set out from Weixian. And everyone was worried because of what happened yesterday But they are still vivid in my mind. Who knows what will happen again today?
In fact, Abatai was also a little nervous. Not to mention that he had never seen this guerrilla tactic of the Shang family army before, it was very different from the guerrilla tactics in the time and space before Shang Yi traveled through time.
Because in the time and space before Shang Yi, guerrilla warfare was generally a powerful weapon for the weak side to deal with the strong side. When Shang Yi's ancestors fought guerrilla under the leadership of Taizu, whether it was the performance of the weapon or the strength of the people, All are far inferior to the opponents they met, but even so, they can still make the opponents tired of dealing with them and cannot be defended. Although the number of merchant army now is not as large as that of the Qing army, the weapon performance is a different era. Therefore, although the merchant army is in line with The use of guerrilla tactics is not very proficient, but the results achieved are much greater.
If the tactics of the Qing army attacking the Ming army in the past were considered to be gangsters and martial arts, no one could stop them. Then, after the merchant army learned to use guerrilla tactics, it was equivalent to martial artists playing gangsters, and no one could defend themselves.
But for Abatai now, he was still shooting his bow and not turning back. He could not just retreat and withdraw his troops. Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and continue to march towards Yichang County.
However, Abatai Bijing is still a person who has been through the battlefield for a long time, so he still came up with his own solutions. On the way of the army, he first sent a wayfinding team to inquire in front, left and right places of the army to see if there was a merchant army. The ambush was arranged on the left and right sides of the large group of people to protect the troops to ensure the safety of the army. Then he set out to set out.
It should be said that Abatai's arrangement played a lot of role. At least on this day, the team of troops was basically not attacked. But the price paid was the wayfinding team and the cover troops, and they became on this day. The merchant army's key target was attacked, with heavy casualties. Although the army immediately sent people to support after covering the attack, the army immediately waited for reinforcements to arrive, and the merchant army had already evacuated. And the Yu Pathfinder team The cover of the troops were basically soldiers of the Eight Banners, so the loss was not small for the Qing army.
Fortunately, the place where the Qing army started camp was only more than 30 miles away from its destination Yichang County. Moreover, the Qing army was walking faster today than yesterday, so at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Qing army was The army finally arrived in Yichang County. Abatai also received a report from the outpost spy. Yichang County was also an empty city with four gates and no merchant army guarded it.
If Abatai had heard the news before conquering Weixian, he would have laughed and said something like the Ming army was as timid as a mouse, but now Abatai couldn't laugh. He began to feel a little bit I understand that whether it is Qingzhou or Weixian, it is not that the merchant army cannot defend it. It is simply that they gave up intentionally, with the purpose of using such attack tactics. So now the merchant army has given up Yichang County, which is probably the case again. A round condom. Thinking of this, Abatai couldn't help but smile bitterly, and began to regret sending troops this time. Moreover, many Qing soldiers immediately became so scared that they even changed their faces when they heard that Yichang County was an empty city. .
But now Yichang County is right in front of me, so I can't stop going in and camp outside the city. And no matter what, Yichang County also has city walls that can provide protection. It won't be so easy for the merchant army to launch an attack. It was much better than camping in the wild. So Abatai gritted his teeth and finally ordered the entire army to enter the city.