Chapter 169: The Qing Army Is Midnight

"Ahem, ahem." Dodor coughed violently twice. The explosion on the battlefield caused him a lot of internal injuries, and after being injured, he gritted his teeth and fought. The more the injury stiffened. It seemed like nothing had happened, but as soon as he got back to the camp, Dodor fell off his horse.

He was in a coma for several hours.

There was chaos in the barracks.

Dordor may have flaws in one way or another, but he was an invincible commander who led the army in place of Dorgon. It is also the backbone of the Qing army. There is no one in the army who can replace it. Or many of them here, in place of the position of the Duoduo.

But Dorgon wasn't there.

Just before Azig returned, the Qing army fell into a state of leaderlessness.

Luckily, Azig came back quickly.

As soon as Azig returned, he took over the upper and lower powers. Only then did he settle the hearts of the upper and lower armies.

It's just that even if Azig is Dord's brother, he can't replace Dordor in his position. He had no choice but to block the news and hide the news of Dodor's coma. And at this time, the top priority of the Qing army is this, and everything else is waiting for it.

Therefore, Liang Huafeng was in danger of blending into the camp of the Qing army.

Dodor remained unconscious until after nightfall, when he came to his senses.

As soon as Duoduo woke up, the generals of the Qing army, including Azig, were waiting in front of Duoduo's bed.

When Duoduo opened his eyes and looked at the oil lamp next to him, he knew that it was already night, and said in a hoarse voice, "I have been unconscious for several hours. ”

Azig said: "It's only been two hours, you just have a good rest, take care of your body." Here I am. ”

Duoduo said: "Today's defeat, I don't regret my death, what is there to take care of." Mr. Hong, are the casualties of the army counted? ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Lord Wang, the statistics haven't been counted yet, but they have been roughly counted. ”

Dordor said, "Show it to me." ”

Hong Chengchou hesitated a little, and he glanced at Azig. It's not that he wants to hide it from Duoduo, but Duoduo's body and bones, and he may not be able to bear it.

Dordor raised his voice and said, "I'm not dead yet. ”

Hong Chengchou immediately said: "Yes." Then he handed over a handwritten book.

When Duoduo's fingers touched this handwritten book, he trembled a little, and he didn't dare to open it.

He was scared.

Today's battle, what it will look like, Duoduo himself also knows in his heart. But in the chaos, he didn't know too much who was alive and who was dead. I only know that there will be heavy casualties. As for the extent of the tragedy, it was not for him to know.

If he could, he would rather not know.

but

It's because he is the commander of the army, he deceives himself, and when he can go, there is always something to see.

He forced himself to support himself and opened the handwritten book. But he saw dense black letters on it, but in his opinion, it was like blood letters. Li Shutai's name is at the forefront, and at the front is the son of the clan, the son-in-law of the Aixin Jueluo family. There are thirty or forty names in this line.

Li Shutai is just the most important of them.

Behind are the children of the old Manchu surnames, such as Tong, Guarjia, Niu Colu, Shu Mulu, Nala, Dong E, Ma Jia, and so on. Moreover, many of these Manchu sons are also sons-in-law of Aixinjue Luo, and these two identities overlap.

There are not many casualties at the level of a real general.

Duoduo forcibly suppressed his injuries and launched a counteroffensive that looked like a return to the light, saving many of the Qing court's heavy generals.

But that's not to say that these people aren't important. A regime cannot be supported by a few top talents, just like in the late Shu Han Dynasty, even if there is Zhuge Liang's peerless talent, but Liu Bei's era gathered people from all over the world, and it can be revived.

And the congenital defect of the Qing army is the Manchu-Han chasm. The Qing court used and defended the Han people, and it was these Manchu children who really relied on it, and now their vitality was greatly damaged. Thinking with his toes, Dodor could figure out the implications. I couldn't hold it back for a while. A mouthful of blood spurted out.

It's not that there was a bruise a long time ago, and it still can't withstand the blow.

"Old ten." Azig said.

"Lord Wang." This is what Hanchen said.

"Master," this is what the flag man said.

Duoduo spurted out two mouthfuls of blood, and seemed to be better, and covered the scroll with his backhand, unable to bear to look at it again. said: "Starling, now the younger brother is incompetent, and he has lost my military prestige." Today is the first defeat since Taizu raised his army, and now he can only retreat. ”

Azig hurriedly comforted: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and today is just a fluke for the summer thief." If it weren't for Lao Shi, you were injured by the villain, today would be a different situation. You don't have to take it to heart. Cultivate well, and it's not too late to take revenge in the future. ”

Duoduo knew in his heart that the defeat in this battle was really a fluke?

Even if he is not injured, if he continues to fight, can he really win? It seems that since the Xia army used firearms on a large scale, the war has become something he is not familiar with and does not recognize, and it is no longer a fast horse and a long knife, and a shield array and a spear. Even Duoduo saw that the Xia army's method of using firearms was easy to use, and he also selected some officers from the Xia army's prisoners to explain to him, many of whom had listened to lessons by Zhang Xuan's side.

It's just that the more he understands how Zhang Xuan uses it, the more contradictory it becomes with the existing system of the Qing army.

In particular, Duoduo knew that many of the troops in the Xia army's battle were recruits. It's only been a few months of training.

The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to ask himself.

today

Is the defeat really because of Xia Jun's luck? The more I looked, the more I didn't dare to answer. He sighed softly and said, "In any case, the army cannot fight again for a while, and this camp cannot be defended. Withdraw immediately early tomorrow morning. ”

Duoduo pondered the current situation, and before he knew it, he was already sweating profusely, Duoduo closed his eyes and said, "This Jiangnan can no longer be protected. But south of the Yangtze River, it is necessary to occupy a city in order to make a comeback. Only Nanjing is the most suitable. ”

"Immediately order Li Chengdong to withdraw to Nanjing, and order King Huai to stay in Nanjing and Zong Town Nanjing."

The city of Nanjing was slaughtered into a white land, but on the contrary, it was also good for the Qing army. The biggest advantage is that there are not so many intertwined local forces. When the Qing army defended Nanjing, they didn't have to worry about any dirty things about sacrificing the city.

for all those who have the power to offer the city are dead.

Moreover, Nanjing is a big city carefully built by Zhu Yuanzhang, which is extremely strong, and the Xia army also arranged a lot of artillery on the city of Nanjing. With these artillery pieces in place, as long as there are enough soldiers and food baggage, it will be easy to defend and difficult to attack, especially with the support of Jiangbei.

Even though the Xia army had an advantage on the Yangtze River, it was impossible to completely cut off the connection between the Qing army and the south bank of the Yangtze River. Let Li Chengdong sit in Nanjing. First, Li Chengdong's headquarters is enough to guard Nanjing, and secondly, Li Chengdong is not a descendant of the Qing army, even if all the members die in battle, it doesn't matter to the Qing army.

Third, Li Chengdong rebelled, which directly led to the death of Luo Yulong.

Even if Li Chengdong is in a desperate situation, he will not surrender, and he will not surrender if he wants to come to Xia. He could only fight to the end.

So Duoduo thinks about it, and Li Chengdong is the most suitable.

Azig said, "Is that really going to be the case? ”

Azig is purely a good fortune and it is difficult to give up, how big the financial resources of Jiangnan, Azig didn't know before, but now he doesn't know it? The taxes of several prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River can almost reach several provinces in the north. With Jiangnan in hand, the Qing Dynasty conquered the world, so there was no need to worry about money and food.

Even if he knew that the situation was not good now, he was unwilling to give up Jiangnan.

Duoduo was also unwilling in his heart, and said: "Let's discuss this matter again, I will order it today, let the people below be prepared, and withdraw the army at dawn tomorrow." ”

"What about the weight of grain and grass?" Hong Chengchou said: "Many materials in the army will never be transported. ”

Duoduo said: "Everything that can't be transported is burned, and what can't be burned is thrown into the Yangtze River, in short, we must not let the Xia army get a trace of benefits from my camp." ”

As soon as Duoduo said this, everyone couldn't help but tremble in their hearts, and felt that Duoduo was really willing, you must know that there are two taels of grain, grass and silver in the camp, at least one million taels of silver, which is said not to be, so don't want it. This is definitely something that no one else can do.