Chapter 310: The world is divided into five points, three strong and two weak
"The Tartars ran away?"
Zheng Zhilong couldn't see it very kindly when he held the clairvoyant mirror, and the yellow dust on the battlefield in front of him obscured his vision, but when he heard the Qing army retreating, he still made him smile.
Because it was Zheng Sen who sent people to pass through.
"Don't worry, the prince is safe and sound!"
The passage of the person who came made Zheng Zhilong breathe a sigh of relief, and Zheng Sen was fine. "Good, good. This period of time the son of the world is stubborn and stubborn, and he has been personally subjected to arrows, which is really hard. β
"Order the prince to integrate the soldiers and horses on the spot, count the casualties, and collect the remains of the soldiers. As for the pursuit of the Tartars, teach it to Gan Hui. β
This pursuit is also a matter of personnel. The main force of the Tartars is the real Tartar horse army, which runs fast one by one, and at most catches up with the backward Green Flag soldiers, and beware of the Tartars killing back the horse pistol.
For Zheng Zhilong, the battle is effectively over. He didn't care about the results of the next pursuit, and even the grain, grass, materials, guns, etc. left behind by the Tartars.
The fact that 20,000 Zheng troops defeated 40,000 Qing troops in the field battle, and there were more than 20,000 vest soldiers in the real Tartars, and a hard-fought frontal battle ended with a complete victory for Zheng Jun, which was Zheng Zhilong's biggest gain.
As long as this battle spreads, the luck and momentum of the Manchu Qing Dynasty surging like a sea tide will come to an abrupt end. And when the second defeat and the third defeat come out one after another, the arrogance of the Manchu Qing will be extinguished again and again, until the Tartars are pulled down from the supremacy of the world.
Zheng Zhilong's time for conceit is running out, and the great cause of destroying the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not be completed. But he was able to deal a heavy blow to the Manchus and buy Zheng Sen and the Zheng family a longer time.
After the army won the battle of Yanzhou, Zheng Zhilong immediately asked Gan Hui to lead the cavalry of tens of thousands of people and continue the pursuit in the south.
It was difficult for the Eight Banners Tartars led by Azig to escape, but the territory they had just seized from the Ming army could not also flee with them. The army went straight to Xuzhou.
According to the agreement between the Manchus and Zhu Ming, the area north of the Huai River was completely ceded to the Tartars. Not to mention Xuzhou and Guide, the northern part of Huai'an Mansion and the northern part of Fengyang Mansion have all become the territory of the Tartars. Bozhou, Suzhou, Yingzhou, Pizhou, Haizhou, there are five state cities alone.
However, Yanzhou was in the hands of the Zheng army, and the Zheng army sent troops from southwest Lu, and the troops could directly threaten all the territory of the Tartars in Huai.
Azig entered Yanzhou on the way back to the division, and that was to cooperate with Dolgon's overall strategy to recapture Luxi's three mansions and drive Zheng Zhilong back to Denglai. The second is to solve the worries of the Huaibei Qing army.
But he never thought that he would make a fuss when he didn't eat mutton. Yanzhou failed to fight, but instead called Zheng Jun to enter Xuzhou.
Xuzhou's geographical location is critical, if it is broken here, the Qing army in the five states of Huaibei will only be left in the southeast of Henan and connected with it by land, I am afraid that Haizhou, Pizhou, Suzhou will first change their banners and return to Ming.
Following the Zheng family, the gentry and bureaucrats in Sanzhou must be unwilling, and the Manchu Qing can't count on it, so it will definitely return to the Ming Dynasty.
Azig was well aware of the importance of Xuzhou, but it was impossible for him to defend Xuzhou with the vest soldiers in his hand.
told the Zhang brothers to pack up the remnants of the army and defend Xuzhou, and quickly rushed to Guide with his men and horses.
The losses of other troops in the first battle of Yanzhou were not small, not to mention the Green Banner soldiers, the Eight Banners and the Horse Army lost three or four thousand people, and the Manchurian Army was no less than two thousand, but it made Azig feel distressed.
How many people are there in the eight flags?
Although he knew that this repeated retreat was very demoralizing and prestigious, the Zheng army's musketeers were too sharp, and on the way from Yanzhou to Xuzhou, the Qing army did not have a chance to counterattack, but Azig couldn't make up his mind.
At this time, he really understood the psychology of Turg and Abatai.
It is not impossible to succeed in the desperate assault, but the losses will really be so large that the Eight Banners can hardly bear it.
When this choice came to Azig, he couldn't make up his mind either. And the consequence of making up his mind is that Azig can only lead the Eight Banners True Tartar to continue to make strategic advances.
Zheng Jun then took Xuzhou very easily, the Zhang brothers and Hu Shangyou fled, Han Shangliang was the most unlucky, and after being arrested, he begged again and again, but how could he survive? Yuan Shizhong, who led the troops south, didn't even need to ask for instructions, so he slashed and killed him with one sword.
With the end of the Battle of Xuzhou, as Pizhou, Haizhou and Suzhou ripped off the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty and replaced it with the Sun and Moon Flag of the Ming Dynasty, the duel between Zheng Jun and the Manchu Tartars in Yanzhou was also completely spread all over the world.
The world knows how brilliant the results of the Eight Banners Horse Army in the hands of Azig have achieved against the Ming army before, and it can be said that from the outside of Yanjing City to the bank of the Huai River, thousands of miles of road, huge territory, seventy or eighty percent of them were defeated.
This was the real main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and its combat effectiveness was really amazing, and the more than 100,000 or 200,000 Ming troops were defeated under their impact. So much so that there were already shameless literati in Yanjing City who compared this battle with the Battle of Xingyang when Chu and Han were fighting.
Azig's name is really Megatron, whether it is at the top or among the people, his prestige has reached the peak of his life.
Even the 'myth' of the invincibility of the Manchu soldiers has also been further confirmed, making the prestige of the Manchu Qing skyrocket!
But it is such an invincible lion, but in Yanzhou, it is full of bags with the infantry army of the Zheng army, which is even less numerous, and many people even shouted that it is impossible when the news comes out!
It is true that Zheng Zhilong's guns are sharp, and it is difficult to take down ten times the army guarding the castle.
But no matter how sharp the guns of the Zheng army are, they are also infantry troops, and in the field battle on the plains, they can defeat such a mighty Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, how is this possible?
However, it can't be fake, and it can't be fake.
The gentry and bureaucrats of Haizhou, Pizhou, and Suzhou organized a delegation to Jinling to ask for their lives, and this was already confirmed by this. The Zheng Jun banner fluttering at the head of Xuzhou City also proves this.
For a time, the Eight Banners were defeated - the news that more than 20,000 Eight Banners Ma Army was defeated by 10,000 Zheng troops spread north and south.
In Jiangnan at the beginning of March, in Jiangbei at the beginning of March, this is the hottest news, which has been told by countless officials and people. It is like a swift wind, blowing all over every corner of the north and south of the river, without penetrating without penetration.
Countless people hope that their "study" can gain something from it, because it is very likely to be a big game with their lives at stake.
And throughout Jiangnan, there are many people discussing the topic of whether the three states of Huaibei should be accommodated.
There is no need to say much about the supporters, and the arguments of the opposition are also very tenable. The three states are all territories ceded by the Ming Dynasty, and the reason why they are in a hurry to return to the Ming Dynasty is clear at a glance.
It is very simple for the Jinling Imperial Court to accept these three states, but will they be made to fight against the Zheng family because of this?
This is the territory that Zheng Zhilong personally went out to fight, and the prince of the Zheng family was stubborn and stubborn, and he was personally taken by Yashi.
Now the gentry and bureaucracy in these three states are willing to return to the Ming Dynasty rather than to submit to Zheng, how similar is this to the dispute between the Shangdang that led to the battle of Qin, Zhao and Changping in the late Warring States period?
On the fourth day of the first month of March, Dolgon in Yanjing City received an urgent report from Azig from Guide, followed by a 600-mile rush from Sun Zhiqi, the governor of the Manchu Jianghuai River.
ββThe Battle of Yanzhou: The Qing army was defeated.
Sun Zhiqi sat in the position of governor of Jianghuai because of Haoge's support, but he was too lucky.
Denglai lost Denglai, and Jianghuai finished Jianghuai.
Jianghuai, which was originally a land of five states, saw that there were only two states left.
Compared with the laughing name of a mere Sun Zhiqi, this news shocked the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty even more.
A real big bomb made the entire Yanjing City silent, more shocking than a thunderbolt on a sunny day, one hundred and twenty thousand Eight Banners family members were silent, and Dolgon, who was in the prime of life, had a few white hairs on his head.
"Azig, Azig. Look at the good things he does. My prestige was ruined in one fell swoop, and it was ruined in one fell swoop. "In Prince Rui's mansion, Dolgon beat his chest angrily, and the Zheng army, which is more than 20,000 Qing Iron Cavalry, can't beat less than 20,000 people in the flat ground, so what face does it have to mention if it is invincible?" Azig: Damn it! He deserves to die! β
These words were said, which shows how angry Dorgon is.
But no amount of anger can save the lost situation. The defeat of Yanzhou, the momentum of the Qing Dynasty's rising momentum came to an abrupt end, if the previous Qing Dynasty had clearly overwhelmed the Ming army, then the current Manchu Qing Dynasty could only sit on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty.
The Zheng family, which has not yet officially set up the flag, was originally lower in status and influence than the Zheng family of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but now it has suddenly jumped and become the third strongest side by side with the Ming and Qing dynasties, but it has overpowered the old qualifications of Li Shun and Daxi.
When Dorgon thought of this, his liver ached.
In the face of the martial arts under his hands, he did not hide his gaffe.
How happy he was when Azig overthrew the Ming Northern Expeditionary Army with only 30,000 iron cavalry, and how disappointed he was now.
And there is news that the reinforcements from Zheng's Fujian did not go ashore in Denglai at all, but after walking around Laizhou Bay, the people and horses came straight to Jinmen!
If Azig hadn't been defeated, Dorgon would still have the confidence to show his composure in the face of this news, but now that he ......, he really had to consider whether to send the Eight Banners Infantry from Shanxi to help.
Time flies.
Azig led his troops into Guide, and then rushed to Kaifeng non-stop to join Zu Zerun, who had already fought Qilu and retreated. The main force of the Zheng army also withdrew to Ziyang, but the army was relocated to Jining Prefecture, and Zu Zerun naturally had to retreat.
After receiving the news of Azig's defeat, Hauge also chose to retreat from Texas City.
The three-way siege of Qilu launched by Dolgon was thus completely collapsed.
The eyes of the Qing court were fixed on Jining Prefecture, and they didn't even have the energy to take care of Jinling anymore. Li Zichengjun, who is still stubborn in Guanzhong, and Zheng Jun in Jinmen, then they can't wait to give birth to three eyes.
Zheng Zhilong gathered the cao boats in Jining Prefecture, and the Ming army in Huai'an Prefecture had already entered Pizhou and Haizhou, so naturally he would not do anything about the cao boats, so he successfully got what he wanted, and even a large number of boatmen.
Besides, Zheng Zhilong didn't give money?
Soon, under Jining Prefecture, hundreds of ships have been gathered. What is he trying to do?
This had to make the Qing court guess, and it also had to make Kaifeng's Azig feel pain.
In March, the earth has rejuvenated, the ice and snow have completely melted, and the Grand Canal has been opened. Zheng Zhilong only needs to march by the canal next, won't he be able to leave a lot of strength.
"Regent, Zheng Thief's military ships have more than 100, and now they have arrived at Jinmen."
In Prince Rui's mansion, Fan Yongdou bent down and said.