Chapter 127: The Old Game (Part I) (Page 1/1)

On August 15 of the sixth year of Yongli, on this day of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, Li Dingguo recovered Wuzhou. This announced the victory of Guilin on the fourth day of the seventh month, and it was only a month since then, and the Ming army basically restored the entire territory of Guangxi, which had fallen between the fourth year of Yongli and the fifth year of Yongli. However, less than a month later, with Heshuo Jingqin King Nikan going south, Qin King Sun Kewang ordered Li Dingguo to lead his troops back to Huguang to face the battle, and Guangxi was once again so empty that only a banner that had not been erected for a long time remained.

In September, the Dingnan Domain's Admiral Line Guoan, the Dingnan Domain's Left Wing Commander-in-Chief, the Dingnan Domain's Right Wing Commander-in-Chief Ma Xiong, and the Guangzhou Naval Division's Deputy General Qiang Shijue led the waterway army westward under Shang Kexi's order, and quickly captured the important town of Wuzhou, and Ma Xiong continued to defend the city.

The Qing army rested for a while, and determined that Li Dingguo's army could not be rushed back for the time being, so they advanced to the northwest again. On November 28, Xu Tianyou, the governor of Guangxi, led his troops to withdraw from Guilin, the provincial capital, to Liuzhou, and only Zhu Sanxi, the general of the Anxi General of the Ming Dynasty, unified more than 1,000 miscellaneous troops to stay in Guilin.

After receiving the news, the Qing army took advantage of the weakness to enter and defeated Yining Bo Longtao and Liao Fengsuo, the chief military officer, in Pingle Fu City on the 23rd of the lunar month, and occupied the city. Less than a month later, on the fifteenth day of the first month of the following year, the Qing army occupied Yangshuo County, southeast of Guilin, and then marched into Guilin. Zhu Sanxi's soldiers were outnumbered, defeated by the Qing army's Dingnan Domain, and finally on the nineteenth day of the first month, Guilin fell again, and the commander line Guoan, the left wing general army Quan Jie, and the new governor of Guangxi, Chen Weixin, were entrenched there.

Due to the emptiness of Guangxi, the Qing army re-entered Guangxi, and after the soldiers pointed out, they seized Wuzhou, Pingle and Guilin successively with little effort and no hard fighting. The fall of these three prefectures severed the effective connection between the Ming army in Huguang and the Ming army in Guangxi, allowing the Qing army to realize military threats to the areas controlled by the Ming army from multiple directions. This is like Chen Kai floating in the sea and arriving in Hong Kong, and the blockade of the Pearl River Estuary with the advantage of the sailor has the same effect, but it does not involve the interests of maritime trade.

After the Qing army entered Guangxi, it highlighted a devastating and decaying, which originated from the strategic adjustment of the Ming army itself under heavy pressure, in contrast, the Ming army in eastern Guangdong has always relied on this fortified city to wait, the Qing army is still waiting for the Eight Banners Army to go south to help the war, only sent Xu Degong, the general soldier of the left wing of the Jingnan Domain, and Zhang Daocheng, the general soldier of Dongguan, to lead the troops to Haifeng County to reinforce Huang Yingjie.

Hauling seventy-three Hongyi cannons, and preparing sufficient gunpowder and four hundred shells for each of the seventy-three Hongyi cannons, it was already completely treated as the existence of Lufeng's twin fortresses as a fortified city in Guangzhou.

Speaking of which, these seventy-three guns had already walked this path a few months ago, and it was back and forth twice. This time, Li Dingguo went north to die, and Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao also made up their minds to do nothing more than three, just waiting for Arzin's Eighth Banner Army to arrive and fundamentally solve the Ming army in Chaozhou.

With the further change of the situation, the Qing army in Guangdong attacked on two fronts, and the troops originally stationed or fighting on these eastern and western fronts were still used. In the hinterland of Guangzhou, there are still a large number of troops in charge.

The troops of the Eastern Crusade were still marching, and Chen Kai had already returned to Chaozhou City. I haven't been away for a long time, but some of the work that was being done earlier has already paid off.

The manufacturing bureau in the south of Chaozhou City, its peripheral buildings are basically completed. Chen Kai came here as soon as he returned to Chaozhou, and when he entered it, he saw a scene of construction, but there were several obvious buildings in the distance that had already stood on the banks of the Han River.

The huge waterwheel rotates at a constant speed under the impetus of the water, and you can clearly hear the sound of the metal hitting the metal inside. The heavy shaft of the waterwheel drove the gears, and the rotation of the gears drove the other gears and shafts to rotate continuously, and finally fell in front of Chen Kai's eyes, which was already a forging hammer constantly hitting the iron on the iron felt at a speed that was difficult for human power to reach.

"It's far faster than an ordinary blacksmith, even if it's a master craftsman. What's more, the force is always the same, as long as a blacksmith clamps the iron with a tongs for the hammer to strike. As for the subtleties, correcting them manually by a blacksmith can save a lot of time and labor on hammer forging alone. ”

The official in charge of the workshop here carefully explained to Chen Kai the working principle of this hydraulic forging hammer and its advantages, in fact, he didn't need to explain at all, the drawings were drawn by Chen Kai according to those European books and his memories, the principle of which and the advantages of hydraulic machinery over manpower and animal power were all in his mind, and at the moment while listening, while digging out those memories from his mind, it was nothing more than to see if there was a stone from other mountains that could attack jade.

"What else is there besides this hydraulic hammer?"

"If you go back to the general system, other machines are still under construction."

Beads of sweat appeared on the official's forehead, he knew very well how much Chen Kai attached importance to this manufacturing bureau, but everything was starting from scratch, it was not easy to be able to toss the first hydraulic forging hammer in such a short period of time, but Shangguan's ardent expectations also made him feel worried.

As he spoke, the official turned his attention for help to Ding Youyi, who had Chen Kai's blue eyes, but before the latter could explain, Chen Kai expressed his understanding and encouragement for their work.

"It is a blessing for us to be considerate of the subordinates, and the subordinates and others will redouble their efforts and strive to put this manufacturing bureau on the right track as soon as possible."

With progress, although it is not much, but at least he can already see something, Chen Kai is not in a hurry, because he knows very well that this is not a hurry to work, he has prepared too much earlier, and what he lacks is nothing more than time.

Leaving the Manufacturing Bureau, Chen Kai returned directly to the Yamen. Recently, there was no movement in the Qing army, and the internal dispute between the Turks and the Turks was further calmed down after Chen Kai recovered Hong Kong, and the news of the phased realization of the plan to restore Guangzhou spread in Chaozhou.

The hope of fulfilling the promise is nothing more than that.

The southern Fujian direction entered the stalemate stage as expected, and Chen Kai put more thoughts on the Guangdong battlefield. Li Jianjie, who was sent back earlier, Zheng Chenggong has appointed him as the chief military officer of Hussar Town, and he is still under Chen Kai's control, and the war horse is being replenished from the last capture, but it will take time to recover his strength.

In this way, aside from the city garrison troops in each county, Chen Kai still has the strength of the eight infantry towns of Zhongchong Town, Qianchong Town, Houchong Town, Reinforcement Houzhen, Guarding Right Town, Guarding Qianzhen, Guarding Houzhen and Houjin Town, as well as the strength of two cavalry battalions in Tieqi Town and Hussar Town. In addition to the two standard battalions directly under his control, there are already tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is just difficult for them all to be thrown into the same line at the same time.

It also needs stronger strength to have a chance to launch a counteroffensive, and Chen Kai is clear about the difference in strength between the two armies on the battlefield in Guangdong. However, the Qing army obviously would not give him time to continue his development, and soon, he received an urgent report from Hong Kong.

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