Chapter 652: Donkey
On the twentieth of July, in the fort of Alchuka, Azig knelt before Dolgon, trembling. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Azig's mission this time was originally to harass the grain road, but he was brave and warlike, and lost all the elite vest soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. There were more than 200 cattle in the Qing Dynasty, and each cattle had an average of 50 vest soldiers. Fifteen thousand horsemen were all that Dolgon had.
Azig was determined to attack Li Zhi's marksman for a while, and he actually folded more than 10,000 of the 15,000 vests.
The more than 4,000 vest soldiers who fled were also disabled, and they were already frightened and had no fighting spirit. It can be said that these vest soldiers will not be able to go to the battlefield for the next few months.
And the veteran general of the Qing Dynasty, Abatai, was also killed in battle.
Even Dorgon, who had always been calm and composed, was shocked and blood-red in the face of this news. He grabbed the handle of the chair with his hand and glared at Azig, who was kneeling on the ground.
Dolgon worked hard, gave up the strong walls of Shengjing, and painstakingly planned Li Zhi's grain route, just to let Li Zhi's Northern Expedition drag on until winter and let Li Zhi return in vain. Dolgon asked his most trusted brother Azig to do this, and asked Abatai to assist him. But Azig did it this way...
Harassing the grain road is a highly technical task that requires soldiers to have a high level of tactical literacy. In the process of harassment of soldiers and horses, it is like walking a tightrope, which must make the enemy feel the pressure, but also cannot enter the range of the strong tiger army. The number of white-armored soldiers is too small, and only the vest soldiers have such an ability.
The vest soldiers were disabled, and next, what did the Qing Dynasty do to harass Li Zhi's grain road?
Kneeling on the ground, Azig felt Dolgon's anger and shivered on the ground.
The Fort of Alchuka was a narrow castle with a garrison of 500 men. At this time, hundreds of thousands of Manchu people all took refuge near this small castle, making the small castle very crowded. Now even Baylor had to pitch a tent outside the fort, and only the king of the county could get the stone house in the fort.
The stone house where Dolgon was located was the house of the former "town commander" of the Alchuka Fort, and it was no more than two feet long and wide. Although the room was decorated with all kinds of ornate decorations and the chairs were covered with tiger skins, it still looked cramped and cramped.
Dorgon stared at Azig for a long time, then suddenly collapsed on the back of his chair. He looked at the ceiling and had a feeling that the general trend was gone.
Now hundreds of thousands of people in the Qing Dynasty have fled to Alchuka Fort, and the morale of the tribe is very low. Where did those low-level Qiding or Aha know Dolgon's plan to clear the wilderness? They only knew that Shengjing was lost, and the Qing Dynasty was chased by Li Zhi all the way to Alchuka Fort, and they were all depressed.
The grass-roots Han coated slaves were originally restrained by the violent means of the bannermen, but now in the process of retreating north, the bannermen have no time to guard the coated slaves. These coats felt that the number of Qing Qi was exhausted, and they fled in large numbers. Of the hundreds of thousands of Han Chinese slaves, there are now only more than 100,000 left.
It is all thanks to the momentum of repeated victories over the past few decades that the entire tribe has not collapsed.
If the news of Azig's defeat by the sharpshooters spreads, I don't know how many more people will have to flee. I'm afraid that some of the Eight Banners will hesitate in despair and join the fleeing army.
Dorgon was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh.
Dolgon's sigh suddenly made several county kings and Baylor in the house change color. The confidence they struggled to sustain in desperate situations was the self-confidence of the "resourceful" Dorgon. Now Dolgon also sighed helplessly, could it be that the situation has reached an irreparable level?
Dolgon also noticed that his sigh had an effect on the people around him, and closed his eyes a little helplessly.
After a long time, he opened his eyes and said, "What crime should Azig be guilty of starting a war without regard to military orders, causing the defeat of the army and the killing of soldiers?" ā
Prince Zheng Jierharang bowed down and said, "Back to the emperor, you should be guilty of death!" ā
When Dorgon heard this, he closed his eyes helplessly.
Zilharang looked at Dolgon's face and said, "However, the emperor, this is the time to employ people. The servant asked the emperor to bypass Azig's life and let him make meritorious service for his crimes. ā
After all, Dolgon couldn't bear to kill his only brother, nodded his head, and said, "Take away the title of Prince Azig Ying and take him to imprison!" ā
The four white-armored soldiers went up and stood beside Azig, and they took him down.
With tears streaming down his face, Azig kowtowed three more times to Dorgon before following the white-armored soldier out.
Looking at Azig's back, Zilharang sighed and said, "It's just that the emperor, now that the vest soldiers have been defeated, how will our plan to harass Li Zhiliangdao operate?" ā
Dorgon looked at the door of the room, and a look of despair appeared on his face, and he did not answer Zilharang's words for a long time.
Zilharan looked at Dolgon's face, and suddenly two lines of tears flowed from his face.
With Zilharan's experience, he could already see that Dorgon had nothing to do. Although Dorgon claimed to be resourceful, his resourcefulness was also limited. After the failure of this plan, the Qing Dynasty was powerless to prevent Li Zhi's Tiger Ben army from marching north to Alchuka.
Seeing the tears on Zilharang's face, the other county kings and Baylor in the house all panicked a little. They all looked at Emperor Dolgon, as if they were drowning people grasping at the last straw, hoping that Dolgon would be able to come up with another trick to save the Qing Dynasty.
Dolgon looked at the tearful Zilharang and couldn't help but sigh again.
"Send another 15,000 infantry soldiers to try."
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On the third day of the eighth month, on the wilderness of Sacha Hewei, Zheng Kaicheng's 10,000 infantry escorting grain and grass were moving forward.
After defeating the Tartar Qing vest soldiers, the grain and grass from the last time had been delivered to the main army of the Duke of Jin in time. After receiving grain and grass, the main force of 34,000 advanced another 200 miles. Today, Li Zhi is only 500 miles away from Alchuka, where the Tatars are entrenched. As long as there is no problem with food and grass, the army will be able to fight a decisive battle between Alchuka and Tatarqing next month.
After defeating the Tartars' horse armor soldiers, Zheng Kaicheng's troops were highly motivated. The soldiers sang military songs all the way and marched at a fast pace.
Zheng Kaicheng rode on his horse and looked at the four fields with a telescope, only to feel that there was a flat wasteland in all directions. As long as the water conservancy facilities are built and the new agricultural machinery of the grandfather of the country is cooperated, this vast Guanwai will become a rich granary.
Now that everything is going well and the defeat of Tatar Qing is just around the corner, Zheng Kaicheng has begun to look forward to the long-term development of this Guanwai area.
Zheng Kaicheng was observing there, but saw five scouts running over.
"Division commander, there are more than 10,000 Tartars from the north."
Zheng Kaicheng asked suspiciously, "What tartar?" ā
"They all seem to be Tartar foot soldiers."
Zheng Kaicheng smiled.
"The horse armor soldiers were disabled, so they sent the infantry soldiers to send them to death, and Dolgon really ran out of donkey skills."
With a wave of his hand, Zheng Kaicheng said: "Hide the cannon first, and let them taste the cannon when the Tartar comes." ā