Chapter 779: Brave King

The "brave king" of the Qing Dynasty Duoduo is here!

Of course the Brave King is brave!

This first warrior of the Great Qing Kingdom is actually Duoduo instead of Aobai, but Duoduo is the master, and it is not suitable for comparison with a group of minions.

But his bravery is recognized, just look at his appearance!

Duoduo's appearance is just eight words, "tiger back and bear waist, face full of meat", at first glance, he is a brave general of the three armies, and he looks very similar to his father Nurhachi.

And his character is also full of bravery, and what can be solved with a sword will never consider what strategy to use.

So he wouldn't learn from Azig to talk to the envoys of the Ming Dynasty about cutting land, and Zu Kefa saw him and blasted him away.

Not long after the bombardment of Zukoffa, his army of more than 50,000 people was assembled, although it was outnumbered by his opponent Azig, and most of them were recruits, and the number of cavalry was far less than that of Azig. But Duoduo still did not hesitate, and with about 52,000 people, he left Shengjing and went straight to Shanhaiguan.

Shanhaiguan has always been under his jurisdiction, and the defenders are also his men, and by the time the army led by Duoduo arrived, He Luohui had gathered about 3,000 people and prepared a large amount of grain and grass.

On the 15th of July, he led a total of 53,000 men out of the Shanhai Pass and headed for the passage north of Jieshi Mountain, more than 100 miles to the west.

There are passages on the north and south sides of Jieshi Mountain, and the passage on the south side hits the seaside, which is wide and flat, which is conducive to the passage of the army. But Dolgon's "frugal mausoleum" was built there, and half of the passage was blocked. Moreover, the terrain in this area was conducive to the assault of cavalry clusters, which was very unfavorable to Duoduo, who lacked Manchurian armor soldiers - the old Manchuria under Duoduo was no more than 10,000 people, of which more than 3,000 were organized into several forward battalions and became "dragoons", and many of the remaining less than 7,000 people had to serve as officers and officials. There are more than a dozen prefecture-level yamen below, and there are 50,000 or thousands of people, and they can't control it without a thousand or a few hundred people!

So the ones who can really charge the vest soldiers are more than 5,000 people. There were also about 5,000 dragoons from the forward battalion (Ao Bai brought 2,000 Sauron dragoons), for a total of 10,000 cavalry.

The remaining more than 43,000 people are infantry and artillery, and most of them are infantry.

The infantry was divided into about 20 battalions (modeled after the new Ming army), each of which was accompanied by a 300-man musket bull, which was based on the musketeers of the various firearms battalions under the Shengjing General's Palace. That's a total of 6,000 musketeers!

In addition to a musket bull, there are also three spear bulls, a sword bull, a bow and arrow bull, and a guard bull under the infantry battalions of the Eastern Army of Duoduo - it sounds good to call the guard, but in fact, it is miscellaneous.

On July 17, Azig's Western Army and Dord's Eastern Army began to camp in the hilly terrain north of Jieshi Mountain.

About 10 li to the north of Jieshi Mountain, there is a city mountain that runs east-west, and 10 miles between Jieshi Mountain and City Mountain is a passage for the army to pass.

However, this passage is not a flat river, but there are two hills on the west side of the passage: Fengtuo Ridge and Jieshan Ridge. Both hills are relatively easy to climb and there are multiple roads to traverse.

And when Azig found that Duoduo was heading towards the north of Jieshi Mountain, he immediately sent troops to seize Chengshan, Fengtuo Ridge and Jieshan Ridge, plus a mountain called Heifeng Mountain at the northern foot of Jieshi Mountain.

It can be regarded as a complete possession of the favorable terrain!

In addition, he also left an army of 20,000 yellow, white, and green flags in the Jianling Castle, commanded by Tuhai, Sukesaha, and Shang Kexi, in case Duoduo's army suddenly turned to the south of Jieshi Mountain. At the same time, he is also preparing to attack the flank of Duoduo at a critical moment.

In other words, on the battlefield north of Jieshi Mountain, Azig put out a total of nearly 60,000 troops, and also occupied a favorable terrain!

However, Azig can't win by defense alone, because time is not on his side, and the Ming Empire is eyeing him behind his back!

Who knows when that CondΓ© cram school will end? Maybe the Ming army will attack soon!

In addition, the 80,000 troops he brought to Jieshi Mountain were pieced together, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they all harbor ghosts. Dorgon is Dorgon's appointed successor!

And Dord's army of more than 50,000 people is honored by him, and it is unlikely that Azig will divide and disintegrate these armies.

Therefore, Azig cannot continue to confront Duoduo in Jieshi Mountain for a long time, and must fight quickly.

And the brave king of Dordor is not reckless, he will also judge the situation and know the weakness of Azig.

Therefore, after driving to the west bank of the Yanghe River, which is about eleven miles and twelve miles away from Heifeng Mountain and Chengshan Mountain, it stopped advancing and began to set up camp.

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On a high slope at the northern foot of Jieshi Mountain, hundreds of guards wearing white armor and inlaid with white flags were on guard, and a tall and fat strong man, escorted by a group of civil and military officials of the Great Qing Dynasty, stood on a high place, holding binoculars to check the battlefield under the afterglow of the setting sun.

This strong man is Azig!

In fact, he is also a brave character, except that he is a little more stupid than Duoduo, he is very similar to Duoduo in other aspects, and he looks similar, and he looks like a brother. Dolgon, on the other hand, was not quite like their brothers, not like Nurhachi, but like their mother, the eldest concubine, Abahai.

Azig looked at the terrain in the distance, his eyes kept flickering, and the deployment of Duoduo on the opposite side showed that he was going to rely on the Yanghe River to start a battle - a random layout made Azig very uncomfortable.

This level of fighting with soldiers is indeed a great skill!

Duoduo's army was encamped, and from a distance, countless soldiers were busy working on the east bank of the Yanghe River, digging trenches and fortifications, or erecting fences.

The camp is tightly packed, and at first glance it is known to be a "foot village", which shows that Duoduo's army is mainly an infantry army - in fact, Azig knows this situation even if he does not look at the camp.

Duoduo's biggest disadvantage is that the army at hand is not good, most of them are temporarily recruited peasants, not the old Manchurian Zhenbaqi, but Han peasants who broke into the eastern part of the country.

So Azig didn't take the Duoduo infantry seriously.

What really worried him was the thousands of forward battalion cavalry and dozens of 3-pounder guns that Dorgon had on hand, which was Dorgon's killer weapon for Dodor's family!

Among the Qing magnates present, Zilharang was the second person after Dolgon, his expression was a little dignified, and he pointed at the formation of the Duoduo camp with his horsewhip and said to Azig: "Regent, if we let Duoduo build the camp, it will not be easy for us to defeat it...... Even if you can succeed, the loss will be too great. ”

"He chose a good place to set up camp, and the width of the front was only 10 miles, maybe less than a little...... Although we have a lot of people, we are not very open! ”

"Then put a few more rows, and then send troops to occupy Chengshan and Heifeng Mountain, so that you can be invincible!" "In addition, the 20,000-strong army placed in the Tomb of Fernity can make a detour to the left rear of Duoduo and let him suffer from the enemy on his back!" ”

Azig nodded: "Who can command the 20,000 army of Jianling?" ”

Zilharang patted his chest, "I'll go!" When the time comes, the regent will fire a cannon, and I will personally lead the army to attack. ”

"Then who will command your blue-flaged soldiers and horses?"

"My brother Naudai can command." Zilharang said, "Let him lead his troops to the Black Peak Mountain to suppress the formation!" ”

"It's good!" Of course, Azig was a little annoyed in his heart, this Zilharang wanted to preserve his strength at a critical moment!

"Regent," Wakda, who was in the red flag, also spoke at this time, "and the city and mountain will be guarded by our people who are in the red flag!" ”

Azig also nodded: "Okay, okay, that's all!" ”

This Wakda was the leader of the Zheng Red Banner (not the banner owner) after the death of Mandahai, and this time he was in place of the flag owner Chang Adai. And he has a good relationship with Duoduo, once served as an official in the Shengjing General's Mansion, and also fought Khalkha Mongolia with Duoduo. If it weren't for Mandahai's death last year, he would probably be on Dordor now!

Azig knew that the red flag and the blue flag were unreliable, so he had to grit his teeth and say: "Tomorrow, the soldiers and horses with the four flags of white, yellow, green and red will take the lead!" ”