Chapter 85: The Battle of the Jiahe River V

Both sides are ready for a big war, but it doesn't mean that a big war is just a hit.

On the contrary, Cao Zongyu issued a war letter to Hong Chengchou on the second day. But Hong Chengchou ignored it. The pontoon bridge was still built slowly, as if he wanted the group to retreat from the pontoon bridge behind him to the north bank.

Cao Zongyu didn't understand it at first, but he quickly figured it out.

I can't help but curse in my heart, I am cunning and cunning.

Now the two sides are facing off here.

Who is more disadvantaged?

It stands to reason that Hong Chengchou is even more disadvantageous.

After all, Li Dingguo is besieging Taiyuan at the moment, and Zheng Chenggong is repairing in Tianjin at the moment. Waiting for the rear supplies, no matter which of the two parties moves first, they can outflank Hong Chengchou.

If ordinary people are placed in Hong Chengchou's position, they must find a way to defeat Cao Zongyu.

But he didn't, so he confronted him.

Although Cao Zongyu is out of touch with the rear. The logistics and transportation capacity of the army has not yet transported grain and grass materials to the scope of Zhending Mansion.

But Cao Zongyu estimated that this shortcoming, and there was no longer harassment by the cavalry of the Qing Army, but it would be made up in three or five days, even if there was cavalry harassment, the cavalry of the Xia Army could be sent out.

In ten days at most, the first supplies will be delivered to the barracks.

It seems that Cao Zongyu is more persistent.

But Hong Chengchou's position, if Cao Zongyu did not attack, he would retreat across the Jiahe, and then send people to defend the Jiahe, and he continued to retreat.

It took so much effort for Cao Zongyu to catch Hong Chengchou's tail.

In addition, Cao Zongyu still has Zhang Xuan's secret mission, and Zheng Chenggong must not be allowed to win the great credit for capturing Beijing City.

In this mission, Tuhai actually helped him.

There is no Tuhai who put that fire in Tianjin Wei.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong had already advanced into the city of Beijing.

Cao Zongyu naturally knew that Beijing City was quite difficult to fight. But this is the premise that Beijing City is guarded, and he does not think that under such a group of desperate roads, the Qing army still has the heart to defend Beijing City.

In case of Beijing City, what about the capital of Yuan?

Cao Zongyu knew that the south was stepping up the transfer of supplies to Tianjin Wei. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong's stay in Tianjin Wei will definitely not be too long.

No matter where he counts, Cao Zongyu can't wait.

Hong Chengchou not only has outstanding talents in military affairs, but also has a keen eye in politics, Cao Zongyu estimates that Hong Chengchou guessed Zhang Xuan's secret confession, so he is so fearless.

If he could, Cao Zongyu did not want to attack the Qing army camp.

Why?

Because Hong Chengchou had been confronting the Xia army in the south for a long time, the army under his command had obvious firearms, and even Hong Chengchou learned from Nanjing.

A lot of non-commissioned officers were poached from the south, and there were even some low-ranking officers who had participated in the martial arts hall.

After all, a large number of junior officers are trained.

In the past few years, the number of low-level officers trained by the Nanjing Lecture and Martial Arts Hall has long exceeded 10,000.

Naturally, there is no guarantee that everyone is loyal to Nanjing, and no news is leaked.

Maybe Hong Chengchou didn't learn the essence of firearms tactics, but it was enough on defense.

Cao Zongyu looked over from a distance with a clairvoyant mirror, but saw countless firecrackers and cannons looking at him intently. The level of the artillery arrangement, and even the position of the recoil cavalry. All have a strong Xia Jun style.

This kind of tactics, which has many unique arrangements, is still from Cao Zongyu's hands.

He didn't need to look at it to know that if he wanted to capture the Qing army's camp, the casualties of the soldiers were not necessarily much worse than the storming of Luoyang City.

Although the Qing army camp is walled, it is only two people high. But with the blessing of countless firearms. It has become an impenetrable line of defense.

"A good one, and govern others the way they do." Cao Zongyu was so angry that he had a toothache, but he knew that he had no choice but to attack.

The only thing that is desirable and sober is that the Qing army did not have Hongyi artillery.

In order to be light, Hong Chengchou pushed all the Hongyi cannons into the Yellow River.

It's just that Hong Chengchou didn't, and neither did Cao Zongyu.

After recognizing the fact that it was necessary to storm the army, Cao Zongyu prepared for two days before officially sending troops to attack the Qing army camp.

Hong Chengchou stood on top of the watchtower and watched from a distance as the Xia army unfolded on the south side.

The Xia army's foot soldiers were strictly organized, lined up in rows and columns, as if they were knives, and lined up in the camp for about two or three miles.

Hong Chengchou looked at it, then at his soldiers, sighed lightly in his heart, and said secretly: "It's not as good as the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty." But it's enough for defense. It's up to you to break your bucket array. ”

On both sides of the Xia army's infantry formation, there were more than 10,000 cavalry.

These more than 10,000 cavalry were all guarding the flanks to resist possible flank attacks of the Qing army.

"Knock knock." A strong drum beat rang out.

Cao Zongyu's Chinese army flag was raised, and Hong Chengchou used a clairvoyant mirror to see from a distance that among the Xia army's Chinese army, there was a person surrounded by countless soldiers under the banner, but he couldn't see his face clearly, thinking that it was Cao Zongyu.

But as soon as the banner of the Xia Army's Chinese army responded, all the banners of the Xia Army moved with it.

Then a sharp whistle sounded.

Countless steps were opened, and one after another shield carts were pushed out.

Hong Chengchou sneered and said, "Shield car, it seems that this Cao Zongyu is nothing more than that?" ”

Attacking the camp was a tight infantry formation of the Xia army, and the use of shield vehicles was also a move of the Qing court.

It seems that now the two sides have reversed their roles.

Hong Chengchou seems to have foreseen the heavy casualties of the Xia army. He secretly said in his heart: "If the court had used my words, it would not have ended up like this."

Field. Now it's hard to change course. ”

To be honest, for Hong Chengchou, he is no stranger to Xia Jun's tactics, and he is even familiar with them.

It is impossible for Zhang Xuan to create a method of warfare out of thin air, although Zhang Xuan has borrowed many methods from later armies, but it is fundamentally based on a tactical inheritance of the Ming army.

After all, the Ming army's use of firearms tactics had to be long.

When the country was founded, he used Mu Ying to defeat the Mongolian Liang King with three stages. The Yongle Emperor defeated the tile spurs in Hulan, all with firearms.

For this method of warfare, Hong Chengchou is more familiar with and easier to learn than the Manchu Eight Banners.

It's just that the soldiers of the Eight Banners are unwilling to change their original combat methods, and if the Eight Banners don't learn, they naturally won't let others learn.

After all, if this tactic is useless, it is useless to learn it.

If it is useful, it will also greatly increase the strength of the Han people, which is not conducive to the great cause of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

There are only Hong Chengchou who are far away from the emperor of the sky, and there are some things that can be done.

But even at this time, the collapse of the world made the Manchu Qing realize that the Xia army's set was very effective, and it was impossible for the Qing army to learn from it in the future.

Because, although Xia Jun uses firearms as the main force, what supports these firearms behind them is that the entire manufacturing bureau system established by Zhang Xuan, tens of thousands of craftsmen, and no longer know how many people serve the manufacturing bureau.

When the Qing court occupied the north, they still had the strength to establish such a system. In fact, they also established, although not as good as Xia Jun's.

However, led by the Beijing Artillery Factory, the guns privately built by the garrisons in various places supported the firearms units of the Qing army.

It's just that now the north is almost completely abandoned, and it is impossible to say that it will flee to the grassland, where will there be manpower and material resources to support the huge fire army at that time.

In other words, but this battle, how to win or lose.

For the Qing army, this is all a swan song.

Even after a big victory, after all the firearms in their generals were scrapped, they could only use their knives, because the Qing army could no longer replenish the losses.

Hong Chengchou was really thinking about it, and suddenly found that the Xia army was marching.

It's just that the Xia army is not pressing on a big scale, but marching vertically.

At the head of the pack were shield carts, and the soldiers behind seemed to have a team of 100 men following behind them. The shield car was simple to manufacture, so Xia Jun pressed nearly 100 vehicles in one fell swoop.

If you count the soldiers who followed the shield cart, the Xia army sent at least three battalions of soldiers.

It's just that spreading out like this will certainly reduce casualties, but in this way, how can the Xia army attack the camp?

Hong Chengchou couldn't figure it out for a while, and Cao Zongyu wanted to do it. He did not give any orders to the changes, and let these Xia troops push the shield cart slowly towards the north.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more tense.