Chapter 14 Han Makes Han
Whether it was Bolo, Duoduo or Tian Xiong, they all thought that Liu Yongxi was killing himself by crossing the Qiantang River and fighting against the water of the Eight Banners Force, after all, the strength of the Eight Banners Army was reflected in the cavalry and archery, and the Ming army could only fight against the water to kill itself, but after really fighting with the Ming army, he found that it was not the case at all.
Hangzhou is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the east and west of the city are typical water network areas, full of rivers and lakes, in another time and space, the Qing army in order to clear the Ming army on the north bank of the Qiantang River has spent a lot of effort, not to mention that there are now tens of thousands of more than the elite division of the Eight Banners of the United States.
The Qing army's imaginary battle against the water was the roar of iron cavalry and the roar of giant cannons, but now it is advancing cautiously in muddy water.
The Ming army was a regular army, the righteous army and the Shengdou small people combined to attack the Qing army from the water, the Qing army's cavalry and archery skills were almost useless, and the imaginary decisive battle of 10,000 people became a series of water and land encounters, and the Ming army made full use of their water advantage, and the battle started not long before it immediately transferred more troops, and the Qing army could only fight hard in the water network and the quagmire.
Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen, and Zhang Huangyan's subordinates behaved very actively, although their combat effectiveness on land was not as good as that of the Eight Banners, but now they were their home field, and they could not deal with a group of new annexed troops if they could not deal with the Eight Banners, and even if they encountered the Eight Banners Army, they were not afraid, because Liu Yongxi had already made a promise to replenish as many casualties as he wanted, so there were often a small number of Eight Banners Army repeatedly besieged by the Ming army in muddy water.
Although the Eight Banners soldiers had experienced a hundred battles and could still calmly cope with and even win even in such an unfavorable situation, the main force of the Boluo Qing army was nailed to the north bank of the Qiantang River and could not move and was constantly consumed in battle.
Now there are 20,000 regular troops of the Ming army crossing the north bank of the Qianjiang River, coupled with the continuous offensive of the righteous army and righteous divisions from all walks of life, so Bolo is afraid that there will be any accidents on the north bank of the Qianjiang River, and he does not dare to divide his troops to support the Qing army in the direction of Huzhou and Jiaxing.
Moreover, the situation in the two directions of Huzhou and Jiaxing is getting worse and worse, after Zu Dabi returned to Hangzhou, the entire Huzhou Mansion has completely fallen into the hands of the Ming army, Zhang Boyi is recruiting troops in Huzhou and even preparing to go east to support Jiaxing, and the situation in Jiaxing Mansion is also not optimistic.
For Chen Yuan, the biggest enemy was not the 3,000 Manchurian Eight Banners in front of him, but the local gentry including Chen Wu and Tu Xiangmei, but after Yu Huang, the secretary of the military department, went to Jiaxing to supervise the war, the situation took on a new look.
Although he looked down on Yu Huang, the eunuch, the local gentry including Tu Xiangmei still took the initiative to ask to go to Jinhua to meet the queen and princess of the prison country, and Chen Wu, the general soldier of Jiaxing, who had lost the support of the local gentry, also lost his way and expressed his willingness to be loyal to the Duke of Yue and even handed over the command of the troops.
Of course, there are also a lot of extremely bloody stories in this, but since everyone is so knowledgeable, Yu Huang naturally ends up so that everyone can end up.
And for Chen Yuan, who was ordered to pass through Jiaxing Mansion, this was the situation he was most eager for, and he directly praised Yu Huang, the secretary of the military department, as a flower in the war report, after all, Yu Huang not only brought a battalion of reinforcements but also helped him integrate the resources of the entire Jiaxing Mansion.
After integrating the entire Jiaxing Mansion, Chen Yuan's offensive became extremely aggressive and even tricky, making this Eight Banners powerhouse overwhelmed and could only ask Bolo for help.
But for Bolo, he doesn't know where he lost now, he only knows that after a few battles, his more than 40,000 elite Qing troops have been seriously reduced, and only 30,000 people remain, and if they continue to fight, the actual number of troops may be less than 30,000, but the real problem is that the losses are so big, Bolo doesn't know where he was defeated, he really feels that he has suffered such amazing losses inexplicably without making any mistakes or even losing battles.
And for Duoduo, the prince of Yu in Nanjing City, he didn't expect the situation in Zhejiang to be so serious: "Why can't Boluo even hold Hangzhou?" There are more than 40,000 elites under his command, and now the entire Nanzhili and Jiangxi are in chaos in the world, how can I have the troops to support him! "That's it
An important reason for the chaos in the world of Nanzhili is the strong intervention of the "Jinhua thief", although Liu Yongxi put his main energy on the strategy of Zhejiang, but he is also concerned about the development of the Nanzhili Yishi, for which he invested a lot of resources and sent several small troops, and Zhang Boyi of Huzhou Mansion after gaining a firm foothold, in addition to reinforcing Jiaxing, is to develop to Nanzhili.
For Duoduo, the general rout of the Ming army, thieves, and righteous teachers are easy to deal with, but after they combine with the "Jinhua thieves" from the south, they become very difficult to deal with, even if the Eight Banners soldiers go out in person, they feel that it is difficult to deal with, and in addition to these Jinhua thieves, Duoduo has too many henchmen.
Huizhou's Jin Sheng has made the newly appointed Huining governor Liu Yingbin feel anxious, and has repeatedly asked Duoduo for more troops and money and food support, and Jin Sheng's department has already shown signs of confluence with Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yue, and although Jiangyin City is close to Nanjing City, it has already defeated several sieges by the Qing army, and Duoduo has been determined to release Liu Liangzuo, the old fox, to deal with the Ming army in Jiangyin City.
Except for Huizhou and Jiangyin, the whole of Nanzhili was full of people and defeated Ming troops, and according to the regent's plan, the new annexed army could have been used to deal with these unorganized rebels and routs, but the situation deteriorated seriously due to Liu Yongxi's strong intervention.
Duoduo knew what the problem was, he and Dolgon didn't trust Li Benshen, Guo Hu and other Ming army generals, and they were always worried that they would not be able to lose their tails, so they never put them into the main battlefield, the reason why Liu Liangzuo was able to be favored by Duoduo and was ready to let him enter the Jiangyin battlefield was because his strength was the weakest among the four towns, with a total strength of no more than 10,000 people, and Li Chengdong and Zhang Tianlu, who were weaker than Liu Liangzuo, became Duoduo's new favorites.
Of course, it is not enough to rely on these new annexes, originally Duoduo was counting on Duoduo's 40,000 soldiers to return in time, but no one expected Duoduo to be so uncompetitive and have been trapped in the muddy water on the north bank of the Qianjiang River, and now Duoduo pinned his hopes on Li Benshen, Guo Hu, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, these former Ming army generals: "I originally thought that Li Chengdong and his ilk were enough, but to deal with the Han people, we have to use the Han people to deal with them!"
Although the Azig army is on the ground in Huguang and Jiangxi, Duoduo is not ready to rescue Azig, after all, Jiangnan is the territory that Duoduo has taken down: "Jiangnan is mine, Ruan Lizhen, this beauty will also be mine, and the world will also be mine, Liu Yongxi, I have a hundred ways to defeat you!"