When Luo Yuanbin's offensive was frustrated, he paid the responsibility to restrain the Qing army and cooperated with the fourth army of the offense. Under the command of the army commander Zhou Shaoyuan, he achieved a good record.
At this time, Zhou Shaoji went through in Shandong for almost two years. Except for the early 1645 of Hongguang, Aba Tai led the army into Shandong. After the two sides fought fiercely, the main goal of the Qing court was placed on the Jianghuai and Jiangnan battlefields. In the south, Hongguang Chaozi, who was eager to destroy Nanjing. It was on the battlefield of Shandong to adhere to Jinan and block the route of the merchant army from the north of Shandong. It does not require the horse to capture Shandong.
The Qing army stationed in Shandong has also taught the power of the merchant army. Although there are nearly 70,000 people in Shandong now, there are only more than 10,000 Manhan Banner Army with real fighting power. The local army in Shandong is not as good as the green camp, and there is no enough firearm, so Aba Tai has not launched an attack on the merchant army, but uses limited strength at hand to keep Jinan and Qingzhou. Soldiers, step up training and improve their combat effectiveness.
Subsequently, the Battle of Jianghuai took place. The main energy of the Shandong Merchant Army was to cooperate with the JAC battlefield to attract and restrain the Qing army's strength, and took the opportunity to expand the territory in Shandong. South China.
During the expansion of Shangyi, the Shandong theater of the Fourth, Fifth and Fifth Army was compiled, with about 45,000 troops. Although Zhou Shaozhen also served as the commander of these two troops, the actual division of labor is that the actual division of labor is Zhou Shaozhen led the Fourth Army to cooperate with the JAC battlefield in the Lunan area and find an opportunity to expand the area of the Shandong base. And Tong Dadong led the fifth army with the fifth army deputy army commander, stationed in northern Qingzhou, and Aba Thailand's opposite.
In the past year, Zhou Shaozhen commanded the fourth army and moved to the Lunan area. He launched a dozen battles. Although the battle and scale were not large, he won repeatedly and won Yizhou. Feixian, Qixian County, Tancheng, Ganyu and other places. Now the merchant army occupies Dengzhou Mansion, Most of the Government of Laizhou, Qingzhou Prefecture, and the southeast of the government. The population is about 3 million. And set up a series of factories, you can basically be self -sufficient.
At the same time, the strength of the Shandong theater has also increased to five divisions, four brigades, and a special soldier regiment. The total strength of the troops has exceeded 80,000, and there are three other prepared brigades. The Fourteenth Division, Second, Fourth Brigade, Cavalry Brigade and Special Corps.
This time, the task of the fourth army was to match the Jiangbei theater, attacking Haizhou, and once again to open the connection between northern Jiangsu and Lunan. Zhou Shaozhen also dispatched two divisions, two brigades, one special soldier regiment, a total of 30,000 troops.
After the Battle of Haizhou Jianghuai, it was once occupied by the merchant army and became a transit station for the Hairin route from Zhejiang to Shandong. However, during the battle of Nanjing, the Qing army was taken away by the Qing army. Now the merchant army will regain Haizhou again.
At this time, the strength of the army in the Jiangbei battlefield also changed greatly. As Wu Sangui crossed the river to support the Jiangnan battlefield, the Qing army's troops in Jiangbei had decreased by 40 %. Concentrate to guard the area on the south bank of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, and can only give up on the coastal areas on the north bank of the Yellow River. Therefore, the Qing Army and the Merchant Army are different and do not pay attention to the coastal areas.
Therefore, after Zhou Shaoyuan's troops hit Haizhou, they easily broke the line of defense of Haizhou, and once again recaptured Haizhou to the mastery of the Merchant Army. Then Zhou Shaozhen also directed the army and captured the Puyang in the southwest of Haizhou.
Consolidated the Haizhou area. It also successfully completed the cooperation task of this Huai'an battle.
But at this time Zhou Shaozhen received the order of Shang Yi again, and learned that the battle of Luo Yuanbin's attack on the attack was not smooth. I am afraid that the Qing army would take the opportunity to attack Yangzhou. Therefore
The northern transfer of the soldiers, slowing down the pressure of the northern Jiangsu battlefield. Of course, the purpose of this battle does not have to capture Suqian, Lizhou, so do not fight hard with the Qing army.
After receiving the order, Zhou Shaozhen also immediately started preparing a new battle. Although Suqian and Lizhou were also on the north bank of the Yellow River, these two places were the peripherals of Xuzhou.
The Qing army left sufficient troops for these two places. Although the Fourth Army seized Haizhou and Puyang, none of them had encountered any decent resistance.
The soldiers are also praised, hoping to fight well
Suqian is located about 80 miles west of Liyang, so Zhou Shaozhen first put the goal in Suzhang.
At this time, there were more than 10,000 defenders in Suqian City. The Lord will be Li Guoying, who was originally under Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, and is now named as the Han Army Zhenghongqi Jiazhangjing. Of course, he knows that Suqian must not be lost, so at the same time
Send someone for help from Duo Duo, and defended in the city.
After Zhou Shaozhen arrived outside Suqian City, he immediately divided the troops and launched an attack from the north and south sides of Suqian. However, after all, Suqian was not a stubborn, and there was enough firearm to defend the city.
And the soldiers of the merchant army entered the city from the breakthrough of the north and the south, and launched a lane battle with the Qing army. Although the Qing army also performed a tenacious resistance, whether it was forces and weapons, it was too far from the merchant army.
I couldn't resist the offensive of the merchant army, and they fled the city after abandoning the city. Lord Li Guoying also died in the city.
However, after the capture of Suqian, Duo Duo's reinforcements also passed the Yellow River. This time, it brought a lot of firearms. After learning that the Suqian was lost, the reinforcements of the Qing army stayed in Luzhou.
Now Zhou Shaozhen also knows that an important reason for the unsuccessful fighting of the attack in the second year is that the Qing army used a large number of firearms when she was defending the city.
After that, he also decided to give up the plan to continue attacking Lizhou. Anyway, the purpose of mobilizing the Qing army was reached.
Luo Yuanbin received the order from Shang Yi to the fourth day of the offense. At this time, in order to attack the sacrifice, the merchant army had been casualties and injuries.
Attacking, even if it can eventually be able to attack, it will inevitably cause the second army to lose huge losses, which will affect the overall situation of the entire Jiangbei battlefield. Therefore, Luo Yuanbin stopped the offensive 盱眙, withdrawing in Yangzhou temporarily, waiting for the command.
By this time, the Huai'an Battle was all over. Although Zhou Shaozheng seized Haizhou, Puyang, Suqian and other places on the North Line, it achieved a lot of results.
Because the merchant army was frustrated in the offensive battle, Lunan and northern Jiangsu still had not been opened, so the purpose of this Huai'an campaign did not reach.
However, through this Huai'an battle, Shang Yi also discovered the biggest weakness of the merchant army. Now the positions of the merchant army have accumulated sufficient experience in the position of the merchant army.
Lack of experience in fighting against the battle. Although in the past battle, the merchant army also overcome many cities, but it mainly relies on the advantages of fireware to fight. Once the enemy also uses a large number of firearms to defend the city, after the advantages of the merchant army are reduced, they will be reduced.
It seems very uncomfortable and a large number of casualties occur.
Of course, from the perspective of war to conventional principles, the siege warfare has always been the cost of the offensive side than the defendant's battle, so it is a greater casualties and a very normal thing.
Focusing on sports warfare, mobilizing the Qing army's strength, looking for fighter planes, taking the life of the Qing army, and trying to preserve their strength as the main purpose. It is not suitable for fighting the tackling battle with too much casualties and consumption of its own strength.
Because of fighting with the Qing army, it is obviously that it will be lost.
In addition, I also knocked myself alarm. The current Qing court is not as decarier, conservative, backward and blind, the Eight Banner Power Brigade is still in its own peak period, and it still maintains bravery and martial arts.
The bloody nomadic nomadic people have not fallen into the eight flag children. Like Dole, Duo Duo, Azig, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui also includes the queen mother of Xiaozhuang.
Look at them.
At this time, the Qing court also maintained a certain vitality and aggressive spirit. For advanced things, it was a matter of war -related things, and still had effective learning and imitation ability. After discovering the huge power of firearms on the battlefield, it was
The Qing court will definitely increase the development of their own firearms. In fact, they are also doing it. Although they cannot surpass themselves, they can also shrink their gap with themselves.
From the perspective of the production conditions of this era, the development of weapons basically does not have much lift space in the short term. At most, it is only a local improvement and improvement.
Most of them work in strategic tactics. After all, people's factors are the main. The ancestor of the Tianchao of Shangyi in the later generations is not to give full play to the factors of people.
In the end, it still achieved a comprehensive victory, and it is definitely worth learning from Shang Yi.
Therefore, Shang Yi informed the entire army with a symbol of the United Front Work Department to take the initiative to acknowledge the defeat of the Huaian battle.
The strength of strength and fighting is insufficient, and the victory is eager to launch the Huai'an battle. It is required to summarize Luo Yuanbin.