"The defeat is like a mountain, this is really a defeat like a mountain......"

By the time Zheng Zhilong received the news of the defeat of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the defeat of the Ming Army was out of control.

On the way from Baoding to Zhending, the Ming army can still maintain its military appearance. But when the Ming army burned the grain and straw of Zhending, the whole army retreated to the Daimyo, under the pursuit of the cavalry of the Qing army, more than 40,000 Ming troops before and after, including Ma Shiying, were all defeated in a daze.

This is not unusual in Zheng Zhilong's eyes. Everyone wanted to go south, but no one wanted to be the queen.

Hong Chengchou arranged for Wang Tingchen to lead the troops to break off, but as a result, his troops and horses were suddenly in chaos at night, and nearly half of the tens of thousands of soldiers were scattered, and when the Tartar soldiers arrived, half of the remaining remnants of Wang Tingchen and his own lives were also turned into ashes.

As a senior general at the general level and a capable senior general, Zheng Zhilong felt that his death was not worth it.

But regardless of whether the death of Wang Tingchen is worth it or not, his death is a complete release of the Ming army's sheep. There was no need for the Qing army to pursue, and the Zuo Guangxian and Ma Shiying divisions couldn't maintain the uproar.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were buried in such a mess.

"Haha, Emperor Chongzhen's million-strong army is really defeated. The Ming Dynasty's plan to recover the northern land has failed. This time, Lao Tzu wants to see if those bastards will continue to take Qiu Zude and continue to be an ancestor. ”

In these days, Zheng Jun's 'soldiers were blocked', and the army was stationed outside Jinan, and Zheng Zhibao "borrowed" some money and grain from the gentry of Jinan Prefecture, but he frequently heard the word 'Daming'. Not to mention that Qiu Zude, who was in Ziyang, really took himself seriously and wrote to Zheng Zhilong, asking Zheng Zhilong to stop being arrogant and harsh to the gentry.

"Whew!" Zheng Zhibao has held back a lot of anger, and he can finally vent it today.

Zheng Zhibao's words made Zheng Zhilong smile, and Zheng Sen also smiled when he heard it.

The Ming Dynasty was defeated, how could the gentry of Dongchang and Yanzhou continue to offer Qiu Zude as their ancestors?

They turned their heads and knelt down to lick the Manchu Qing before it was too late.

"Father, Hong Jingluo's army was defeated so badly, the Tartars couldn't say when they would enter Qilu. The Ming army in Dongchang and Yanzhou, I think it is also a matter of falling down as soon as it is rushed. Let's ......"

"yes, it's time for us to finish what we're doing." Zheng Zhilong slapped the city of Jinan represented on the map. The army has been sluggish under the city of Jinan for too long. It's been a little unreal for a long time.

From Qingzhou to Jinan, of course, there was no month, but more than half a month was a lot. Zheng Jun can be said to have no inch!

It's really a bit untrue.

"Old Five, pull out all the catapults we have prepared these days."

The strategy of dealing with the Qing army's ice fortress, bombarding with artillery is of course effective, but it is too slow. It is still necessary to rely on catapults to throw fire oil bombs into the camp of the Qing army, and see if they can still shrink in the fort and continue to resist under the fire of the camp.

A wave of excitement appeared on Zheng Zhibao's face.

The crushing battle was about to start again, and he liked it the most.

Don't look at the Qing army in Jinan who has blocked Zheng Jun under the city for so many days, it is actually Zheng Jun playing around. Otherwise, many of the strongholds outside the city would have been destroyed in minutes.

Use a row of shield carts as the front army protection, until it is pushed to a hundred steps outside the fort, and the soldiers can be arranged to guard the back of the shield carts. After the few artillery pieces of the Qing army were blown into the sky, the Qing army was simply unable to threaten the catapults behind the shield carts from a distance.

The counterweight catapult can easily throw the 'cannonball' 200 paces away, and the distance of more than 100 paces is just right for them.

Next, just send the fire oil bombs to the Qing army camp, and everything will be fine.

Haug came with the real Tartars in the city, and with the shield cart and the escort troops in front, the catapult could be as safe as a mountain.

Dealing with the Qing army in Jinan in such a mode, isn't it just crushing all the way?

Zheng Zhibao felt that Zheng Jun couldn't die many people during the whole process.

And what about Zheng Zhilong? He wasn't interested in such an easy fight, and he was now thinking about whether to give Hong Chengchou some letters.

This Northern Expedition was defeated, and Hong Chengchou will definitely take the blame.

Not to mention that he has the 'skill of making a decision', only after Hong Chengchou's army entered Beizhili, he played the strategy of dividing the troops, and this black pot could not be deducted from others.

Because of the division of troops, the Ming army has suffered a lot of losses in the hands of the Tartars over the years, and Zheng Zhilong does not understand why Hong Chengchou wants to divide the troops!

If the main force is twisted into a rope, then the Ming army that appears on the outskirts of Yanjing will not be the only one Cao Bianjiao.

And even if Cao Bianjiao is defeated, if Huang Degong's 30,000 imperial battalions are still there, Xu Dingguo will flee from the battle? Will Gao Jie be defeated?

Zheng Zhilong couldn't understand what Hong Chengchou thought. But the left and right can't go beyond the word 'weight'!

Among the generals of the Ming army, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and Huang Degong are all equal in merit, status, and qualifications. Especially Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong, it is difficult to distinguish between them.

However, Huang Degong's department has 30,000 imperial battalion soldiers, and from the number to equipment to the combat strength, there are only a handful in the Ming army camp, and there are many more than Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen, who only have 10,000 people. should be the first person in the general army under Hong Chengchou.

But Cao Bianjiao is also Hong Chengchou's henchman, although Huang Degong is also the emperor's henchman, but Hong Chengchou wants to promote his own people. Fortunately, on the day when he will be rewarded for his success in the future, he will be able to overpower Huang Degong. Or just to prevent the imperial battalion soldiers directly under Emperor Chongzhen from establishing great achievements, all this makes sense.

Send out the Huang Degong Division, which has a total of 30,000 people. The goal was to the northeast, and it was clear that he wanted to join forces with the Zheng army of Jinmen to block the Manchu Qing's way back to the customs in one fell swoop. In fact, it is just a disguise.

The main forces of the Tartars are all in Shanxi, and if Zheng Zhilong is the home of the Tartars, he will not go back to Guanwai. In this icy and snowy land, it is better to run to the grassland, and it is better to run to Jinxi than to go to Guanwai.

As a result, the Ming army was difficult to ...... in Baoding for another time, and the main army of 100,000 was divided again.

In this way, by the time Cao Bianjiao and them reached the outskirts of Beijing, the so-called 300,000 soldiers of the Northern Expedition army were only 60,000 or 70,000 left.

Looking at it this way, how could it not be that Hong Chengchou's series of measures caused the crisis of the Ming army?

When things changed, he sent people to report Huang Degong's place quickly, told him to return to Baoding immediately, and taught Zuo Guang to lead troops to reinforce him first. Then he also transferred Ma Shiying from the Daimyo Mansion to Zhending, and sent a letter to Qiu Zude and Yue Qijie (the governor of the Central Plains), telling them to quickly gather the local soldiers and horses. ……

It seems to be very decisive and orderly, but isn't the root cause of all this that Hong Chengchou has divided his troops too much?

He has set his back on this black cauldron.

Although such a division of troops and the lack of strength of the main forces are due to many reasons.

For example, the Yuyuan Army in the north is in the junction zone between Luxi and Henan, if there are really no soldiers to garrison there, and the Ming army is not allowed to turn back, there will be people in the Central Plains who will claim the title of king and emperor.

There are also Duoduo troops in Jinnan, most of them are Manchu Eight Banners, how can they be regarded as jokes?

Teach everything to the generals of the left battalion, and he is not at ease if it is Zheng Zhilong.

But there are many reasons, and now is not the time to study these reasons, but only to look at the results. Hong Chengchou is defeated, and he is finished.

Either he was cut off, or he went to the official to go back to his hometown to eat sweet potatoes.

Unless the Manchu Qing Dynasty crossed the Yangtze River, Hong Chengchou would not have a chance to recover in the short term.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to defeat the Ming army this time, but it was impossible to make persistent efforts and push south to the south of the Yangtze River. Because Li Zicheng is still here. In a sense, Li Zicheng is still the number one enemy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!

This determines that the situation of 'reluctance and peace' in the Ming and Qing dynasties will continue.

Hong Chengchou, the general of the defeated army of the Northern Expedition, must also go home, which gives Zheng Zhilong a chance to win over Hong Chengchou.

What he is muttering now is whether he really wants to win over Hong Chengchou.

This person's discipline and bottom line are not liked by Zheng Zhilong. But his talent cannot be denied, and what cannot be denied is that with Zheng Zhilong's current reputation, the 'scholars' he can attract are the only ones who have no discipline, except for some poor people who have not made a fortune.

Just like Ruan Dayue, just like Hong Chengchou.

Zheng Zhilong pondered for a while, and finally picked up the pen. After all, Lao Hong is really talented, and if Zheng Zhilong wants to engage in the gentry class, he needs people like him who have a very deep understanding of the gentry.

Outside the big tent, before Zheng Zhilong could finish writing the letter, the cheers of the mountain and tsunami reached Zheng Zhilong's ears.

Obviously, the first ice castle has been taken.

Fireballs pierced the sky and fell towards the Qing barracks, the vine shell was quite solid, even if the fire burned, it could not be expected to be wiped out in this moment.

A jar of fire oil inside shattered, and the liquid splashed out was quickly ignited by the fire. The fire oil bombs are really like the incendiary bombs of later generations, landing at one point and burning a large area.

There was also the wooden-shell incendiary bomb, the moment it hit the ground, it was shattered and splashed everywhere.

The earth, which is harder than white iron in the cold winter, is the person it loves the most. Broken bones are entangled with it!

As soon as the bomb hits the ground, the splashing oil can immediately ignite the surrounding ten zhang radius. Think about how spectacular a bottle of wine will jump when it hits the concrete floor when it falls from a place of 1,200 meters?

And when a barracks is constantly attacked by such fire and oil bombs, do the people there still have the heart to fight?

Just turn around and run one by one.

The fire engulfed many people, and many more turned around and ran.

The Qing army blinked before it collapsed.

In this case, there is no one who does not collapse, seeing the fire approaching him, and seeing the flames devouring his comrades, not to mention the Green Banner soldiers, even the Eight Banner Soldiers under Haoge.

"Lord Wang, Zheng Zhilong is insidious and vicious, and with such a strategy, it is no longer humanly stoppable." Wang Aoyong was shocked and pulled off his beard. "The old man is not greedy for life and afraid of death, but it is useless to fight again outside the city, and the prince is a daughter, so he should not take risks easily."

People's eyes are not blind, and after seeing the scene outside the city, Wang Aoyong knew that the Green Flag soldiers outside Jinan City were finished.

The soldiers and horses in the barracks either abandoned the camp or surrendered with their flags.

And the Green Flag soldiers outside the city are finished, and Jinan City is also finished.

Zheng Jun came up with such a murderous method, which was not something they could fight against at all, and in this case, the only way was to escape.

Starting from the outermost ice castle, one by one, the ice castles were like fallen dominoes, and the thirty or forty thousand green flag soldiers outside Jinan City, more than twenty ice castles of all sizes began an irretrievable collapse.

Many soldiers can still hold knives and guns at first, and then they will discard all the armor of the soldiers when they run.

When they saw that the gates of Jinan City were wide open, and Haoge had already fled north with the Eight Banner soldiers, those Green Flag soldiers were even more crazy.

"Chase me—"

Who wrote history for 5,000 years

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