"Dadada"

"Rapid march, no delay, violators will be killed!"

"Wu Sangui, you lead the front army to Zhengzhou first, and the king will arrive later." Azigra said in a loud voice to Wu Sangui not far away.

Although Wu Sangui is also a king now, he, the king who surrendered from the Han family, naturally cannot be compared to Azig, a personal guard.

"This place has arrived in Runing Mansion [now Xinyang, Zhumadian area], not far from Zhengzhou, only one day's journey to Zhengzhou to reach the Tiger Prison."

"Now that Li Zicheng has been defeated, the so-called Dashun has also perished, waiting for this king to destroy that Liu Xia, and then waving his army south to break through Nanjing, this great mountain and river is my Qing Dynasty. Hahahahaha"

"What the prince said is that this Han dog is incompetent and has been destroyed by the heavenly court. It is reasonable for me that the Qing Kingdom acted for the heavens and destroyed this Nanming. ”

On top of the vigorous all-black-haired war horse, sitting is Wu Sangui, who is weeping and weeping, and is angry at the crown, Wu Sangui has been named the king of Pingxi since he surrendered to the Qing court. Then he followed the Manchu Ying Prince Azig to conquer the Han River, and continued to the south, closely chasing the Dashun army, chasing Li Zicheng in embarrassment.

"The fifteenth brother is really, a little Liu Xia can't handle it, and now he has occupied Luoyang and made it bigger. Now is the fourteenth brother asking the fifteenth brother to conquer Liu Xia again? ”

Seeing Azig asking himself, Shang Ke said happily: "It was Prince Yu who went to conquer Liu Xia, and the regent asked us to go to Zhengzhou to meet, and the two armies attacked Liu Xia together, and at the same time, on the Shaanxi side, the Manchu regent Dolgon ordered Wang Wenkui, the governor of Shaanxi, to gather the generals in Shaanxi to attack Luoyang from the west out of Tongguan.

Azig led an army of more than 50,000 men, and Dordor led an army of more than 50,000 men. Wang Wenkui, the governor of Shaanxi, gathered 20,000 generals from Shaanxi, a total of 120,000 troops, and attacked Luoyang.

The dispatch of troops by the Qing army was expected, but the scale of the Qing army's dispatch was unexpected. To deal with Liu Xia, an army of less than 10,000 people, 120,000 people were dispatched, and the Zhijiao was shocked. Many merchants and squires in Luoyang were no longer optimistic about Liu Xia, and they took advantage of the future of the Qing army to flee to other places.

In Luoyang City, Liu Xia, Chen Liu, Meng Yu, Wang Xiaotong, Wang En and other generals in Luoyang City are now gathered together. The scholars who used to fornicate with Nanming officials have now been secretly killed, and those who should not be killed have been locked up. Immediately, Liu Xia quickly transferred some people from the lower level to replace him.

Among them, Huang Luyuan, the deputy judge of the Supreme Court, has already died in prison. His position was taken over by Bao Tiangong, who was judged by the Luoyang Court. Although the deputy finance minister Qian Taiduo did not fornicate, he did not explicitly refuse, and he did not report to Liu Xia, so now he is locked in a dark room by Liu Xia, and it is estimated that he will not be able to go out in this life. There are still some people left, but most of them don't have much official positions, and Liu Xia didn't arrange it himself.

Meng Yu, the commander of the Dragon Group, had already handed over all the information on the Manchu Qing to Liu Xia, and at this time, these people in the room were the highest people in Luoyang City.

Liu Xia said: "Now that the Tartars have raised more than 100,000 troops to attack Benhou, they really look up to Benhou!" Before I think about it, when the Qing army and the Ming army were fighting, the Qing army was often dozens of times less than the Ming army, and it was still victorious. ”

It cannot be said that the combat effectiveness of the Korean army is poor, but in fact, the combat effectiveness of the army of the Ming Dynasty is not bad, and it is a collective manifestation of some problems in all aspects, such as problems with the leadership and logistical problems.

One can imagine that a soldier of the Great Myojin Machine Battalion was preparing to open fire on the battlefield, but as a result, the arquebus was lit and the barrel of the gun exploded. Not only is this soldier unable to fight, but even the few soldiers next to this soldier who saw it were not in the mood to fight, so it was strange that they were undefeated.

Meng Yudao, the commander of the dragon group: "The Qing army not only led Duoduo to lead an army of 50,000 to come, but also let the southern Azig return division to the north, and at the same time, Shaanxi was not quiet, and Wang Wenkui, the governor of Shaanxi, also led an army of 20,000 at this time out of Tongguan. The Qing army attacked from east to west and besieged us in this Luoyang Plain. Luoyang is surrounded by mountains to the south, the surging Yellow River to the north, and a large army to the east and west......"

"Xin'an, Mianchi and other places are outside Hangu Pass, if you only occupy Hangu Pass for defense, then Xin'an Mianchi area is afraid to be abandoned. However, Ben Hou didn't want to be the turtle in the urn, just blindly defensive. ”

"There are not many soldiers in Shaanxi that can be used, and most of them are Li Zicheng's remnants. The loyalty to the Qing court was almost zero, and the combat effectiveness of such an army was not too strong. So the 20,000 army is not a cause for concern. Ben Hou was worried about the 100,000 troops gathered outside the Tiger Prison Pass. ”

Wang Xiaotong muttered: "Back then, the princes of the Eighteenth Route gathered under the Tiger Prison Pass, and they were not allowed to enter for several months, but I can think about how big the Tiger Prison Pass is. It is not too easy for the Qing army to break through the Tiger Prison, not to mention that our artillery battalion has several cannons deployed on the Tiger Prison Pass, as well as a lot of trebuchets. If the Qing army wants to attack, it will definitely make them pay a heavy price. ”

After hearing this, Liu Xia thought for a while and said: "Transfer the artillery in Luoyang City to the Tiger Prison Pass, the first brigade of Hangu Pass, the first brigade of Tiger Prison Pass, and the first brigade of Luoyang City deployed before. Now, except for the artillery brigade at Hangu Pass, the other artillery is assisting the Tiger Prison. Tiger Prison Pass is now in charge of the Tiger Regiment, and the number of Tiger Prisoners is only 2,000, which is too small. ”

"The order went down, and the wolf howling regiment was ordered to hand over the defense of Hangu Pass to the eagle camp. The Eagle Yang Battalion went to Hangu Pass to defend. "Although the number of people in the Eagle Yang Battalion is small, the combat effectiveness is absolutely powerful.

"Ordered Zhang Yuan of the Wolf Howling Regiment to lead all the troops of the Wolf Howling Regiment to the east and enter the Tiger Prison Pass to assist the Tiger Gang to resist the Qing army. Ordered the lion group Ma Peng to block Wang Wenkui in Shaanxi in Mianchi, as for how to block, let him want to go, but Ben Hou minimum requirements, Wang Wenkui is not allowed to break through Hangu Pass, even if he dies in the end, he will defend Hangu for Ben Hou! Remember to let Ma Peng and Yu Mingjun discuss with each other. ”

"Yes!" As Liu Xia's orders went down one by one, the guards who ordered the order were busy.

"Recruit Camp Zhang Liang!" Liu Xia said coldly.

That Zhang Liang's face was also cold at this time, and he said, "The subordinates are here!" ”

"How many people are there in the boot camp today?"

Zhang Liang said: "General Hui, there are now 5,000 recruits in the new barracks. Among them, 4,000 were surrendered. Those 4,000 were all elite warriors. Obey the general's orders at any time. ”

Liu Xia said solemnly: "This time, the recruit battalion is not dismantled in other regiments as a battalion, and 2,000 people are drawn out of the recruit regiment first, and it is temporarily organized into the second recruit regiment, which is led by Shang Chuang, the deputy head of the recruit regiment, to Hangu, and after arriving at Hangu Pass, it is led by Yu Mingjun. The remaining 3,000 recruits are organized into a regiment of recruits, and you will lead them to the Tiger Prison Pass, no mistakes! ”

"Subordinates obey!"

"King Stone!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"The pro-guard regiment left one battalion of men and horses to guard Luoyang City to prevent some people from taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, and the remaining two battalions of men and horses went to Tiger Prison Pass."

"Yes!"

"Investigation Division Zhang Wenyuan!"

Zhang Wenyuan is also a soldier, and he will feel enthusiastic about fighting, but he has already retired from the military, and it is just a common practice to come here for a meeting, he didn't expect Liu Xia to call him.

Zhang Wenyuan said loudly: "The subordinates are here!" ”

"Now most of the army has been transferred to the front line, and there are almost no defenders in the city in the Tiger Prison Pass, but the security in the city must be strictly guarded, so your investigation department has a heavy responsibility, after you go down, you will pass the order, all the investigation personnel will manage their respective areas, and the investigation personnel can carry ordnance, if they find those who stubbornly resist, they can be killed on the spot!"

"Yes!"

"Wang En, the Logistics Department wants to mobilize all the grain and grass to deal with this war, and now there is enough grain and grass?"

Wang En, pondering for a while, replied: "General Hui, the grain and grass are enough to support three months at present, but now it is September, and the grain planted will not be harvested until next year, but if you reduce the expenditure, it can support half a year." ”

"Half a year? Half a year should be enough. ”

In ancient times, wars could not be resolved in a matter of days, and sometimes they could be fought for months or even years.

Wang En continued: "General, my subordinates still have something to report. ”

Liu Xia said: "What's the matter?" Hurry up. ”

Wang Endao: "General, there has been progress in the munitions department of the military factory. ”

Liu Xia glanced at Wang En suspiciously, what is the Arms Department doing Liu Xia knows, that is the place where Liu Xia specializes in developing guns, but this has only been established for a few days, could it be that the front gun has already been developed? So he asked, "Guns were made?" ”

Wang En nodded and said respectfully: "Tell the general, the gun has been created, it is an arquebus, but compared with the arquebus of the Ming army, the stability is better, and the phenomenon of exploding is greatly reduced." And the range is longer. And according to the general's drawings, the flintlock pistol that the general said has now made new progress. The craftsmen have been able to make the guns fire automatically, but they have not assembled them. The stability is not yet known, but the design is preliminary. ”

Liu Xia was overjoyed when he heard this, although the flintlock pistol had not been made, but the arquebus was enough, although the arquebus was more restricted, especially in rainy days, it could not be shot. However, this arquebus is easy to use, and compared to long-range attack weapons such as bows and crossbows, the guns only need to be used on the battlefield for a while. And the bow and arrow are simply not good without years of practice.

"Chen Liu, you send a scout to Nan Ming for help, as for some other things, you can discuss it with the military division, and make a plan and give it to Ben Hou to see."

"Yes!" Chen Liugong said.

"Wang En, let's go, let's go to the military factory, Ben Hou wants to see this arquebus. In addition, a large number of craftsmen were mobilized to make arquebuses overnight. However, pay attention to the quality of qualified, if a large number of explosions occur in the process of use, you can resign. ”