Chapter 161: Confrontation

Zhang Xuan in order to support the Korean war. 10 million treasury bonds were issued.

This large sum of money paved the way, plus the Qing army had quite a lot of troops in Korea, the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion, and the Korean army, a total of more than 100,000, nearly 200,000. Zheng Chenggong wanted to counterattack, wanted to drive the Qing army out of Korea, and even invaded Liaodong, and the troops needed must not be less than the Qing army.

This is also the reason why Zheng Chenggong recruited the Japanese into the army.

Of course, whether it is the Korean army that is about to be formed or the Japanese army, it can only be regarded as an attached army. It is the Zheng army, which is related to the Xia army, that really has to be the main force. A total of 1120,000.

These hundreds of thousands of people were sent from the south. It's also a long process.

Even now, the transfer of these materials and troops has not yet ended, Zheng Chenggong has only gathered a part of the troops, and the total strength of the naval division plus the army does not exceed 50,000.

If it weren't for the crisis in Ganghwa Island.

Zheng Chenggong will not fight a battle on Jianghua Island first when his foothold is not stable.

At this moment, the matter of Ganghwa Island is solved, and it is natural to get back on track.

And the station chosen by Zheng Chenggong is not Ganghwa Island, but Jeju Island.

Speaking of which, the conditions in Jeju Island are much more favorable than those in Ganghwa Island.

First of all, the area of Jeju Island is much larger than that of Ganghwa Island, which is enough to station the main force of the Xia army, and it is not cramped.

Secondly, Jeju Island is much farther away from the Korean Peninsula than Ganghwa Island. It's a real island.

It's not like Ganghwa Island, where you can get to the island if you can build a pontoon bridge. It is necessary to cross the sea to come, and with the strength of the Qing army's current sailors, it is simply impossible, and it has the ability to drop tens of thousands of horses on Jeju Island, so on Jeju Island, the Xia army can rest with peace of mind.

You can also train soldiers.

"Kill." Shouts of killing rose to the sky.

Zheng Chenggong rode on a horse and inspected the training of the whole army.

He looked at the Xia army's formation in his eyes. But there is infinite emotion in my heart. After the Battle of Nanjing, Zhang Xuan's army did not experience any major wars, and after more than a year of rest, Zhang Xuan made great efforts in army training.

Therefore, compared to the military appearance. Today's military appearance is much stronger than the original military appearance.

And not far away, there are newly recruited Japanese samurai, as well as Korean soldiers.

The Japanese samurai were small in number, short in stature, and looked quite skilled. The knife technique is quite sharp, and Zheng Chenggong can see that these people are all veterans, who have killed people and stained blood. Although in terms of formation, it may not be in line with the Xia army's formation. But hand-to-hand combat doesn't require much training at all. But the Korean soldiers were far worse than the Japanese soldiers. Not only is the quantity small, but the quality is also poor, and there is no way to compare with the Japanese.

And the Japanese and Xia Jun can't be compared.

Zheng Chenggong has also trained himself as a soldier, and he understands the difficulty of training the army. The relationship between Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Xuan is very complicated, and there has been a friendship between teachers and friends, even now, the two sides have a little sympathy for each other, not only Zhang Xuan to Zheng Chenggong, but also Zheng Chenggong to Zhang Xuan.

To be honest, Zheng Chenggong thinks many things about Zhang Xuan, although he thinks it is good, he doesn't feel that he is inferior to Zhang Xuan.

There is only one thing. It is Zhang Xuan's training method. Zhang Xuan will train non-commissioned officers and officers, starting from the most basic tactics to the formation of an army, which has become a system. At this point, even if Zheng Chenggong is confident, he feels that it is beyond his reach.

After he saw it, he asked Chen Yonghua beside him and said, "It seems that the people below are recovering well." ”

Chen Yonghua said: "Indeed, unexpected. ”

After long journeys, especially by sea, the soldiers were easily tired. Even though most of the members of today's Xia army are southerners, even southerners are not so easy to withstand the bumps of the sea, and there must be a recovery period.

This recovery period also varies from person to person.

However, Xia Jun's training is quite strict, and it can even be called rigorous. So most people's physical fitness is quite good. Therefore, after crossing the sea, the recovery is also quite fast.

Zheng Chenggong said: "It seems that the plan to send troops is going to be advanced. How's the preparation going over there in Naju? ”

Chen Yonghua said: "Preparations are underway, but there is no news yet. Wait for news. ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Okay. ”

Just as Zheng Chenggong was preparing to unsheath the blade, Azig was also silently thinking about it in Seoul.

A map of the Korean Peninsula, spread on a table.

Azig's gaze fell on one place, it was Naju.

After retreating from Ganghwa Island, Azig has been pondering the situation in North Korea and hoarding Jeju Island. What kind of attitude do you want to return to the Korean Peninsula? However, judging from the geographical location of the Korean Peninsula, the Xia army must gain a firm foothold in the south, and where to start, where to start.

It must be Naju.

The three provinces of the south of Korea, known as Samnam, are Chungcheong-do, Jeolla-do, and Gyeongsang-do. Three provinces, among these three provinces, among them, Chungcheong-do, and Seoul, there is no obstacle. Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province are not quite the same.

In particular, Gyeongsang-do is separated from the North Korean coastal plain by a small white mountain range. Gyeongsang-do is relatively independent in terms of geography.

In Azig's view, if the Xia army wants to gain a foothold on land first, Gyeongsang-do is still more suitable, at least Gyeongsang-do is facing the sea on both sides and mountains on both sides, although there are also some passages, but as long as the defense is arranged, the Qing army cannot easily take it down.

Mountain

, at sea, fighting in such an environment, the Xia army was not afraid of the Qing army at all.

Therefore, Azig felt that Gyeongsang-do was the easiest place for Xia Jun to start. However, the place where the real battle took place was Jeolla Province.

Jeolla Province is a merger of Jeonju and Naju, Jeonju is in the north, Naju is in the south, and it can even be said that Naju is the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula, and the coastline here is very tortuous, and there are even large and small islands, which is conducive to the navy and not to the Qing army.

And that's just one of them.

The second is the geographical location of Naju.

The Xiaobai Mountains, in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. It is also the natural dividing line between Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province. Although the Xiaobai Mountain Range is not impossible to cross, in the mountains, the remaining Xia army and the Korean army will not allow the Qing army to easily cross it, and even if it can be crossed, the logistics line may not be guaranteed.

Only between the Xiaobai Mountains and the sea, there is a plain, suitable for a large army to pass through, at least not thousands of soldiers guarding a mountain pass can be contained.

And this is under the rule of Naju.

After taking Luozhou, the Qing army was beyond the reach of the whip commander of Gyeongsang-do. Even if the Qing army still has some troops against Gyeongsang-do, it is only a turtle in an urn. It's just waiting to die.

It's just that Naju is so important, how should Azig respond. That's what Azig has been thinking about.

When he could not attack Jianghua Road, he had already felt the passivity at the strategic level, with tens of thousands of soldiers on Ganghwa Island, the army went south, and Ganghwa Island could attack and harass Seoul at any time.

And Seoul was the absolute center of Qing rule in Korea. It is also the essence of Korea to control the plains near Seoul. But if the army goes south, the Qing army will inevitably be divided into two parts, and we will be divided and combined, and it will be easy to be broken by people one by one.

If the southern part of Korea is abandoned on a large scale, Azig will not be reconciled.

He thought about it, and finally decided on a solution, which was to delay. It's summer. By the time winter comes, there are still many months to go.

Although it seems to be a long time, it may not be impossible to defend the city and fight for many years. As for Qing Shangdao, leave him alone for the time being, let Xia Jun take a step, what. He will look from Naju, Jeonju. Cheongju, Sejong, and a series of large and small cities.

He thought about the battle of Seoul in the first place.

If someone leans on the city to defend it, he leads the light cavalry outside, and when the Xia army is under the fortified city, it may not be impossible to break it in one fell swoop. It's just that the city defenders naturally can't let the children of the Eight Banners go, and it is best to use North Koreans, but Azig also knows what kind of status he has in the hearts of North Koreans.

I want the North Koreans to serve them so hard that they will not swerve until the death. It's almost impossible.

"But it's not necessarily impossible?" Azig thought about it for a while and had an idea, but his idea asked for the approval of Beijing Dolgon.