Chapter Eighty-Nine: Jiangbei Defense
Although Hauge pinned all his hopes on Dorg, Dodor did not know how to answer Hauge's question.
After all, even if the men and horses in Haoge's hands are counted now, there are less than 800 people, and this point of people and horses can be compiled into three cattle records under normal circumstances, and if the armor soldiers of each cattle record are desperately shrinking, it is almost five cattle records, which is one armor.
But now even two armor soldiers are far from enough for Hauge, after all, Hauge brought 22,000 soldiers to the south, and if you count the coats, auxiliaries and the like, there are 28,000 people.
Now there are only five Niu Lu armor soldiers, not to mention those old enemies of Haoge, those old friends of Haoge will simply help him divide these five Niu Lu and all the inheritances cleanly.
Hauge had five cattle in his family outside the Guanwai and in Beijing, and he had countless farms, women, gold, silver, and jewelry.
And Hauge saw that Duoduo didn't speak, so he could only find a way to drag Duoduo into the water: "Uncle Fifteen, you and I share all the responsibility for this defeat in the southeast, if I can't keep it, I'm afraid Uncle Fifteen will have a big problem!"
Hauge's words are a bit rough, but they do belong to the truth, if Duoduo can't protect Hauge, the prince of Su, he will probably be unable to protect himself.
After thinking about this, Duoduo immediately made up his mind: "So I said that I would stay in Jiangbei for one more day, the Jinhua thief's movements are not so fast, even if they can only accommodate dozens of people, it is not bad, and how can King Su also have fifteen Niu Lu and camp heads, if I encounter a strength that cannot be helped, I will find a way, but when my strength is insufficient, King Su also has to help!"
Hauge has already understood, they can naturally contain some remnants of the defeated generals if they stay in Jiangbei for an extra day, and there are also many Qing troops in Jiangbei, which can be contained together or even directly raise the flag when the time comes, but no matter how Duoduo and Hauge try their best to contain and co-opt, they have so many soldiers and horses in their hands, so they can only find a way to move each other.
Duoduo has more than 1,000 people at most, how can it become fifteen cattle and battalion heads, naturally it is to borrow men and horses from Duoduo at that time, and Duoduo also uses the same trick to temporarily borrow soldiers and horses from Hauge, anyway, as long as the current situation is dealt with in the past, it is the biggest victory, after all, Duoduo and Hauge have a lot of family resources outside the customs and Beijing.
But Hauge felt that Duoduo's method was not a cure for the symptoms, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Uncle Fifteen, we are now a family, and we have to find a way to live!" Now the responsibility for this southern expedition is on us, and the king of England is retreating with his whole body, and when the time comes, it must be the king of England who is gossiping about us, and he doesn't know how to restrain himself, so although we can withdraw from the army, we must keep the pace consistent, and we can't retreat too fast than the king!"
As soon as Hauge said this, Duoduo understood, although the British King Azig lost a lot of soldiers and horses in this expedition, but after all, the whole division retreated, and it was forced to return because of the loss of Jingzhou, and I don't know how much stronger than Duoduo and Haoge on the scene.
He now regards Hauge as his brother and brother: "What King Su said is very true, and he ordered that no one below should spread the specific situation of this Nanjing battle without authorization, and those who violated the order will be beheaded!"
On the surface, Duoduo did this to stabilize the morale of the army, but in fact, it forbade the Qing army in Jiangbei to inform the British king Azig of the specific process of the defeat of Nanjing.
After this fiasco, the Qing army could not gain a foothold in Jianghuai, and could only retreat to Xuzhou and Shandong, if the British king Azig could get the notification of the Qing army in Jiangbei in time, he would naturally be able to make strategic adjustments as soon as possible, but Duoduo and Hauge had already made up their minds to only report to the princes and Baylor of the Beijing Division, but they forgot to inform the British king Azig because of "busy military affairs".
However, this is also the old method used by the Qing army in Jiangnan, the previous time Duoduo did not want the British king Azig to intervene in the Jiangnan war, so he only informed Huguang of the general situation, but did not ask the British king Azig to send troops to the east, and finally it was Beijing Dolgon who informed the British king Azig of a large-scale eastward expedition, and now Duoduo and Hauge both expect the British king Azig to be as embarrassed as possible in the future, otherwise the two of them will be a dead end.
Although there are at least 10,000 or 20,000 Qing troops in Jiangbei, but because the main force of the Eight Banners Army of Duoduo and Haoge has been devastated, the main force of the Qing army in Jiangbei is either the green battalion or the new annexed army in Jiangnan, and it is not a problem to recover Jianghuai, and Azig's department is the real enemy of the Yue Ming army.
Therefore, Liu Yongxi handed over the responsibility of purging Jianghuai to Zhou Zhisheng and Wang Puxiang: "Beigubo, do you know why I asked Niangniang to make you Beigubo?" ”
Zhou Zhisheng pondered for a long time about his title of "Beigubo", and even consulted many people, so he directly gave the answer: "Is it because His Majesty King Yue once opened the town of Jingkou?" ”
Beigubo is naturally named after Beigu Mountain, one of the three famous mountains in Jingkou, and Liu Yongxi also said clearly: "That's right, the original origin of this Yue Ming army is that I once opened the town of Jingkou, and the country will next establish the southeast of the country, and Jingkou is naturally an important town of Gongwei Jingshi, and the six dynasties were all from the clan or important ministers out of the town!"
Zhou Zhisheng knew that Liu Yongxi was handing over the heavy responsibility of Gongwei Jingshi to himself: "Your Majesty is very loving, and Weichen should repay him with death!"
Liu Yongxi laughed: "Beigubo, I am my own family with you, so don't be polite, with you in Jingkou, I can rest assured in Jingshi!" But Gongwei Jingshi, it's not enough to have Jingkou!"
Wang Puxiang knew that Liu Yongxi had a heavy responsibility entrusted to him: "Please arrange it for His Majesty King Yue!"
Regarding the specific process of this battle of the southern capital, Liu Yongxi had heard Wang Puxiang and Zhou Zhisheng say more than once, so he told Wang Puxiang: "The court and Niangniang originally wanted to promote you, but they originally found a time and reason to promote you first, but since you have seized the opportunity, the court will naturally not treat you badly, I will give you two days to organize a strong team, Beigubo, can you pull out a few battalions now?!"
Zhou Zhisheng knew that since Wang Puxiang had made such a miraculous feat, he would definitely have to be in charge alone, but Wang Puxiang only had one battalion of two hundred cavalry before, although he was an elite division, but it was naturally far from enough to be in charge alone, so he naturally had to draw the backbone from his two infantry brigades as the backbone of the new army.
Of course, this matter is not a bad thing for Zhou Zhisheng, not only will the imperial court help Zhou Zhisheng fill the vacancy, but since Wang Puxiang's department is from Zhou Zhisheng's department and they are all fighting in Jiangbei, he will naturally obey Zhou Zhisheng's command and dispatch, so he is particularly generous: "How about the third battalion of infantry and the first battalion of cavalry?" ”
For Zhou Zhisheng, this is already the limit of the strength he can draw, especially the transfer of two battalions of cavalry has taken away more than half of Zhou Zhisheng's cavalry, Liu Yongxi is also very satisfied with this: "General Wang, there are five battalions of infantry plus two battalions of cavalry, and Beigubo fighting side by side, do you dare to cross the Jianghuai?" ”
Wang Puxiang immediately said: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue, please rest assured that if you can fight side by side with Beigubo, five hundred people are enough to cross the Jianghuai!"
He knew that Liu Yongxi, the king of Yue, was a special person who missed the old, and immediately mentioned an old thing: "I was still a pawn under Liu Liangzuo last year, when the king of Yue broke into Linhuai, I was inspired by His Royal Highness to resolutely revolt, His Royal Highness the king of Yue reminded me of the scene at that time, when our army was only 3,000 people and could still cross the Jianghuai, today I and Beigubo have the full support of the country, and I can definitely cross the Jianghuai!"
For Wang Puxiang, he was not the "old minister of Nandu" of Liu Yongxi and Empress Zhang, but a prisoner captured in the Battle of Linhuai.
And the real situation is not as he said, "inspired by His Royal Highness to resolutely revolt", he was Liu Liangzuo's family at the time and wanted to escape back, but in the end he got on the thief ship and did not get down, so there is this Wang Puxiang who has made contributions today.
And Liu Yongxi has already turned over Wang Puxiang's resume, and is extremely satisfied with his answer: "Jianghuai defense will be handed over to the two generals, and then after the Jianghuai Qing army is cleared, the imperial court will be ready to use troops upstream to take the Yangtze River!"
Of course, Zhou Zhisheng's department is only two brigades, and even if Wang Puxiang's new brigade is added, it is only three brigades.
With the experience of previous dynasties, it is impossible for Liu Yongxi to deploy only three brigades in Jiangbei, so he is determined to let Zhang Huangyan sit in Yangzhou again, and Xuzhou also needs generals to guard.
But no matter what, the focus of the next offensive of the Yue Ming Dynasty will be used in Jiangxi and Huguang, so after sending Wang Puxiang and Zhou Zhisheng away, the focus of the imperial meeting has become how to take Jingxiang, Zhang Guowei pointed to the map very excitedly and said: "The situation in Jiangxi, Huguang and Sichuan is much more complicated than Jiangnan, we not only have to deal with the British king Azig, but also deal with the thieves Zhang Xianzhong and the soldiers and horses of the Tang king!"
In fact, there are still many forces in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River that hesitate between several major forces at both ends, but everyone knows that as long as the Yue Ming Dynasty consolidates the results of Jiangbei, the western expedition is naturally inevitable, and Zhu Dadian said very solemnly: "Fortunately, Niangniang and His Royal Highness the King of Yue took Jingzhou first, otherwise our army would have no place in the upstream, and now Jingzhou is in the hands of our army, and it is not a problem to advance or retreat!"
Although the remnants of the Dashun army led by Mrs. Zhenyi's Gao clan now only control Jingzhou Mansion, but under the situation of recovering the southern capital, the remnants of the Dashun army have become a crucial role.
And although Empress Zhang is not familiar with military affairs, she has also discovered the benefits of incorporating the remnants of the Dashun army: "With the Gao clan pinning down Jianyu in the upper reaches, there is already a sixty percent chance of victory before our army starts this western expedition!"
This is a very optimistic estimate, but Liu Yongxi feels that such an evaluation is appropriate: "What Niangniang said is very true, as long as the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong does not go out of Sichuan, the situation is very good for our army!"
Hearing Liu Yongxi say this, Queen Zhang asked more: "Does Xiaoxi think Zhang Xianzhong will always be trapped in Sichuan?" ”