Chapter 21: Azig's Determination

Zhang Xuan felt that this battle was a failure. But he didn't know that Azig couldn't swallow it in his heart.

Azig felt that this battle was also a great failure.

Even if he tried his best to control the casualties, the Eight Banners also suffered heavy casualties, probably more than 5,000 dead and wounded.

This number made Azig unable to calm down at all.

How many people are there in Eight Banners?

The Eight Banners established by Nurhachi were expanded to 24 banners in the Huangtaiji era.

They are the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and the Eight Banners of Mongolia.

Among them, although the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of Mongolia are important, they are more important than the children of Manchuria.

And how many people were there in the Eight Banners of Manchuria?

The most basic unit of the Eight Banners of Manchuria is Niulu, and according to the regulations, there are 300 people in one Niulu. Five Niu Lu one Zalan, five Zalan one Meler, two Meler one Gushan. Two solid mountains and one flag. Fifteen thousand.

The Eight Banners have a total of 120,000 horses.

Of course, with the addition of clothed minions, there may be more, but these coats are not soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, but private soldiers of nobles at all levels, and they are not counted among them.

This time, Azig did not count the number of casualties in the coating.

Most of these 5,000 soldiers were Manchurian disciples.

Almost a third of the flags were folded, and the yellow flag led by Azig can be said to have suffered a great loss.

Now the exact number is still pressing. didn't leak it out, otherwise it wouldn't just be his own problem.

Even Azig felt that what happened to him after returning to Beijing, with so many casualties and no results, I am afraid that Dolgon would not be able to save him.

He had a feeling of regret at the moment.

Shang Kexi should not be allowed to lead most of the Han army to contain the enemy army in Xiangyang, and raid Zaoyang by himself.

That's what we are today.

Azig had a kind of fidgeting, and after thinking about it, he was always unwilling. Yes, I am not reconciled.

He reflected on what he had done, and finally felt what it meant to be a snake.

If he returns to the division after the defeat of Li Zicheng, it will be just right. But now that the Eight Banners have suffered such a big loss, even after he goes back, I'm afraid he will only attack and counteract.

But is he willing to do so?

If there is a big victory against the Xia army, it will be ransomed. He didn't even have a good time with the Eight Banners.

But he can be regarded as having contact with Xia Jun. Knowing the strength of the Xia army, relying on the strength of Azig's headquarters alone, he wants to win a big victory, but his strength is lacking.

Troops must be increased.

But at this time, there is a desire to increase the number of troops. There is only one way.

Azig immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Dordor as soon as possible. Ask Dordor to lead his troops south.

At this moment, Duoduo has been in Xi'an for a while. He had a large number of troops in the northwest at hand.

That is, the main force of the Qin army in the Ming Dynasty.

Plus the white flag in the hands of Dord. More than 100,000 elite soldiers.

This

An army joining the battlefield can definitely turn the tide on the battlefield, but once Duoduo comes, the dominance of this big battle may not be in his Azig hands.

It's just the face in front of him, and he is determined to get it back.

He had just retreated to Zaoyang City, and immediately got the news that the Xia army was heading north, and immediately ordered Shang Kexi to retreat from the north bank of the Han River.

Dispatch the main force to Zaoyang's side.

There are enough Han troops to be cannon fodder, and then the elite of the Eight Banners is the final word, and many times, the Qing army fought like this.

It's just that Xia Jun came very slowly. Zhang Xuan walked through the hard village, and the department advanced in turn, and every thirty miles, there must be a strong camp.

Zaoyang and Dahong Mountain are only more than 100 miles, but more than 100 miles, Zhang Xuan walked for several days.

A group of fortresses was almost established on the north side of Dahong Mountain.

Yao Qisheng sat in Chengtianfu and continuously transported the resources from the rear to the front line, which also showed the greatest advantage of the Xia army.

Several prefectures around Huguang have been broken into the camp and operated for several years, although they cannot be soldiers and have enough food, but they still have some confidence.

The materials needed at the front line do not need to be transferred from the rear thousands of miles at all, and most of them are solved on the spot.

However, the materials needed by the Qing army had to cross the entire Henan, and from Hebei, Zhili could replenish them.

This was the greatest weakness of the Qing army.

Although Henan was ripe last year. But the local forces in Henan are like cow hair. Whether it is Yuan Shizhong, Li Zicheng, or Azig, there is a feeling of being in the mud in Henan.

Almost every small county, every Zhuangzi, is an independent armed force. If the army is overwhelmed, these small forces will naturally obey. But the army is on the front, and these forces are not so obedient.

Of course, there were those who were willing to be used by the Qing court, but the reputation of the Qing court itself was not good. There are even more people who are willing to make a fortune in the logistics of the Qing army.

Although Zhang Xuan led the army to leave Dahong Mountain, he entered a large plain area north of Dahong Mountain and south of Tongbai Mountain.

But the news of the Xia army's entire army was still sent to Zhang Xuan in a steady stream.

The first thing he saw was that Shang Kexi had withdrawn from the army.

Shang Kexi's retirement from the army was not good news for Zhang Xuan. After all, after Shang Kexi retired from the army, the brigade was about to move to the direction of Zaoyang.

At that time, Zhang Xuan's department fell behind in terms of numbers.

However, it is not without benefits.

Zhang Xuan thought about it, and immediately ordered Yang Chengzu to cross the Han River and rebuild Fancheng.

The reconstruction of Fancheng is to restore the twin-city structure of Xiangyang City. This time, it was Azig who avoided the real and conquered Zaoyang. If the Qing army wants to smash Xiangyang City to the death, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop the Qing army with just a piece of Han water.

In the future, I am afraid that Xiangyang will be the key point of the confrontation between the north and the south.

Zhang Xuan naturally wanted to reinforce.

As for this, Zhang Xuan felt that his goal had been achieved.

The purpose of his northward march was not to contain the Qing army and prevent the Qing army from advancing eastward.

Of course Azig if

Aside from Zhang Xuan, the brigade assaulted Suizhou, and then turned to De'an, and within a few days, it would be possible to drink the Yangtze River.

But the trend of going deep alone is too obvious. As long as Zhang Xuan is on the south side of Zaoyang for a day, Azig is easy to enter, but not easy to come out.

Without pulling out this nail, Azig did not dare to advance eastward.

As long as the Qing army is delayed, relying on the logistical advantages of the Xia army, it will be delayed and waited.

Zhang Xuan's overall strategy has never changed.

The days were so quiet that few people had ever fought, except for the scouts on both sides.

The main thing the Xia army did was three things, the first was to march, the second was to establish a camp, and the third was to transfer supplies.

However, this is only a temporary truce. It won't last long.

Soon Zhang Xuan waited for what he wanted to wait for.

"Guogong, the Qing army came from the west and came along the rolling river." Luo Dai came to report to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan said: "How many people? ”

"It looks like 100,000 horses." Luo Dai said.

As soon as Zhang Xuan heard this, he knew that Luo Dai had taken the lead again and went out to investigate, maybe he had just returned from Shang Kexi's army a few hundred steps away.

You must know that among Shang Kexi's army, there are not a few real cavalry masters, not comparable to the Ming army.

The proportion of casualties in the scout battle between the two sides has been stalemate, and this is the result of Zhang Xuan's temporary deployment of all the scouts with handcuffs.

If there is no advantage in equipment, then the exchange ratio is even more ugly.

Zhang Xuan intended to talk about Luo Dai, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them again.

The nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change, Luo Dai is such a person, how can Luo Madman change it by talking.

Now that he is in control of 10,000 people, he looks more stable. But in fact, it's still the same, and it's useless to say it.

"Stay safe." Zhang Xuan could only advise, and didn't say much, and continued to ask, "How many steps?" ”

Luo Dai's face was a little ugly, and he said: "I can't tell the difference, there are a lot of war horses in Dongyu, almost most of them march on horseback, and only a few of them are on foot. It's just that how many are horse soldiers and how many are horse infantry troops. I couldn't tell the difference for a while. ”

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly in his heart, and said secretly: "War horse." ”

It's not just the war horses, the poor pack horses, the ration rate of the Xia army is far inferior to that of the Qing army.

If there is not enough animal power, it will bring about mobility and reduce mobility.

Zhang Xuan himself does not want to play in this conservative style. He also wants to fast in and out, and fight a good fight.

But what cards are there, what games are played. It is impossible for the cards in Zhang Xuan's hand to play like this.

The lack of horses is already a headache for Zhang Xuan.

He never imagined that Cao Ying, who had been crisscrossing the Central Plains with cavalry, could only be converted into foot soldiers for the most part.

Based in Jiangnan, it is not without flaws.

"There are others, and I think we have to pay attention to them." Luo Dai said.

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