Although the front line of Yizhou had already hit the front of Beizhen City, Lu Xiangsheng still had to order Yan Yingyuan's troops to retreat, because the snow season had arrived. ≦ to see the latest ≧≦ chapters≧≦ Baidu ≧≦ search for ≧≦ products≧≦ books≧≦ online ≧

The new army of the Ming Dynasty with muskets and artillery as the main equipment, the old Ming army in the past was more dependent on the supply of logistics, once the logistics channel was cut off, the combat effectiveness of the whole army dropped very much, after all, guns without ammunition and burning sticks are almost the same.

Although the General Staff has always instilled loyalty, courage, dedication, and sacrifice in the officers and men of the New Army, the General Staff also has such a constraint on itself, that is, it will never let the army fall into a battle with no chance of winning. This is the General Staff's summary of the previous wars between the Ming army in Liaodong and the Jianzhou Jurchens, when the imperial court put an army in a desperate situation, this army either collapsed quickly, or simply surrendered directly to the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Both of these results were the worst options for the imperial court, and after the collapse of the army, the stragglers did not obediently return to the rear barracks to assemble, but fled directly back to their hometowns to become mountain bandits. This kind of military-trained deserter is even more vicious and dangerous than ordinary bandits, and it is not at all dealt with by the guards and security police in the interior, who are accustomed to living a peaceful life.

And for those Ming troops who directly surrendered to the Jianzhou Jurchens, it directly enhanced the strength of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and these surrendered Liaodong Ming army officers and soldiers knew the reality of the Liaodong Ming Army well, and with these leading parties to open the way for the Jianzhou Jurchens, the cities in Liaodong also quickly fell.

It was after summing up these lessons that the General Staff finally began to pay attention to how to preserve its own strength and not easily be surrounded by the Manchus and annihilate a fully formed army. In winter, the mountain will be covered with snow and ice, and the mountain roads will become difficult to navigate, and in such an environment, it is naturally impossible to transport a large number of supplies needed by the army.

Therefore, although Lu Xiangsheng's department has controlled the main passage of Yiwu Lu Mountain, Lu Xiangsheng also judged that Yan Yingyuan's department will not be able to take Beizhen City, and even after the heavy snow seals the passage of Yiwu Lu Mountain, Yan Yingyuan's department may still be in danger of being counter-surrounded by the Qing army.

In addition, at this time, news has come from Jinzhou that Sun Chuanting's department has begun to evacuate from Jinzhou, and the battle has begun to enter the final stage. Having lost the Guards' grip on attracting the enemy in Shenyang at Yingkou, Beizhen became a prominent part of the Ming army, and in the face of all the Manchu pressure, Lu Xiangsheng was not sure to capture and hold Beizhen, so he finally decided to withdraw his troops.

The war against the Qing Dynasty initiated by the Ming Dynasty in the twelfth year of Chongzhen did not last long, and the dividing line between the two sides at the end of the war did not change much, and it seems that the two sides seemed to have a draw. Of course, if the population loss of Yingkou is counted, the Manchu side will suffer a little loss, but this is not a major loss.

However, in the eyes of high-level officials in the Ming and Qing dynasties, this war was not interpreted in terms of simple victory or defeat. This is the second active offensive launched by the Ming army since the Battle of Yizhou, and the mobilized army and the combat area should be much more extensive at one time, and the operation launched in such a vast area is really the best test of the combat effectiveness of the Ming army after the reform.

Through such a war, the top brass on both sides had begun to realize that the Ming army's fear of the Manchurian army was gradually disappearing. In the ordinary process of fighting, the Ming army has been able to send out its due combat power in a regular manner, and it is no longer like before, the Manchurian army has not yet arrived, and its own military spirit has been scattered and can no longer be used.

Once the fear bonus is lost, the force of the Manchurian army returns to normal. If you imagine the scene of dozens of hundreds of horsemen chasing thousands of Ming troops fleeing in all directions, as in the past, it is difficult to reappear.

It's just that most of the Manchus have not yet realized this, and they are still jubilant at Huang Taiji's personal expedition, and the victory of the Ming army who defeated him lost his armor and fled back to the sea. Looking at the artillery captured by the army from the hands of the Ming army, who dares to say that this is not a big victory? The onlookers from afar naturally couldn't see the wooden blocks stuffed into the barrels of the Ming army and the fire doors sealed with iron nails, these cannons seemed to be extraordinary, but in fact they had become a pile of scrap metal.

On the way back to Shenyang, Huang Taiji, who was lying in the carriage to recuperate, thought hard for several days, and finally had to admit that it was still not the time to turn his face with Mingguo. This is not only because the Wuzhen Chao Kazakhstan Army, which he spent a lot of money and a lot of effort to build, failed to play the expected role in actual combat. What's more, with Yue Tuo's violent death, the power structure within the Eight Banners has lost its balance.

Without Yue Tuo to suppress Dolgon for him, and to contain the power of the two red flags, the two white flags and the two red flags are faintly in danger of losing control. Moreover, he forcibly annexed the Zhenglan Banner before, in fact, it was not himself who benefited the most, but his eldest son Hauge.

Originally, in Huangtaijiyan, although the eldest son Haoge was the banner owner of the yellow flag, Baylor, it was actually just a flag he launched, and the personnel of the yellow flag were also in his own hands. But with the outbreak of this financial crisis, even if he is a soldier of the yellow flag, he can't take care of everything, let alone a yellow flag with a bad name.

And at this time, his eldest son actually used his savings to appease the soldiers with the yellow flag, which was an unforgivable crime in the eyes of Huang Taiji. After all, in his eyes, Hauge, the banner owner Baylor, was just a front for the outside world, and he didn't really want to deliver the yellow flag to Hauge.

Look at his brother Dai Shan to know that after Contemporary Shan handed over the red flag to Yue Tuo, his order in the red flag did not work, without Yue Tuo's approval, Dai Shan could not command the red flag at all. Huang Taiji used Haorge as the banner owner of the yellow flag, but because he only had this son who was an adult and could help him lead the banner on his behalf, it did not mean that he planned to make him his heir.

Once Hauge is truly in control of the Yellow Banner, he will encounter many unpredictable risks in the future if he wants to choose other sons as heirs to the throne. After all, with the addition of the past few years, the yellow flag has been raised from a flag at the bottom of the eight flags to a flag of current strength.

Jia Haoge still has the support of Dai Shan, once he dies, it is really unknown whether the heir to the Khan throne who only grasps the Zhenghuang Banner can live in Haoge. What's more, there are two white flags and a blue flag with no position on the side, which will obviously break out into a fierce infighting, which Huang Taiji does not want to see.

It's just that he was counting on Yue Tuo to wake up to his senses, as long as Yue Tuo was willing to divide the line with Haoge, then he didn't have to be in such a hurry to deal with Haoge's affairs. An old daizen alone could not give Hauge the courage to challenge his authority.

However, Yue Tuo's sudden and violent death completely disrupted Huang Taiji's plan for the integration of internal political forces. The vacant position of the Red Banner Lord Baylor will become the focus of contention among all parties, and Huang Taiji, who has just swallowed the Blue Flag, can imagine how these clan Baylors will oppose him to include the Red Flag in his sphere of influence.

What worries him the most is that Dai Shan may take advantage of this opportunity to directly support Hauge with two red flags, so as to regain control of the red flags. Once such a situation is formed, Haoge's power will overwhelm him and become the number one power group in the Eight Banners. In this way, he could no longer blur the identity of Hauge's heir, and thus he had to be officially confirmed as his heir, otherwise there would be a split within the two yellow flags first.

However, this is precisely what Huang Taiji is unwilling to do, because Hauge really can't afford to sit under him. Although Hauge performed well on the battlefield, he could not deal with Dolgon in politics, nor could he escape the manipulation of Daishan, and it was difficult for him to gain the approval of the Mongols and Han Chinese. Making him the heir of the Manchu was undoubtedly the beginning of a split within the Manchu dynasty.

In the face of a Ming dynasty that began to recover its national strength, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was united internally, was walking on thin ice, let alone a fragmented Manchu Qing. After thinking hard for a few days, Huang Taiji finally determined these two things, one was to restore peace with the Ming Dynasty, so that he could free up his hands to deal with internal problems; Second, it was necessary to imply to everyone that Hauge was not his heir, so as to prevent the Manchu and Mongolian nobles from continuing to show loyalty to him, thus forming a situation in which the tail could not be lost.

While Huang Taiji was thinking hard about the future of Aixin Jueluo and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the people of Beijing were already happily waiting on both sides of the street, ready to welcome the guards who had rescued the Ming merchants and civilians back to the city.

Unlike the people who were indifferent to the national war in the past, the people of the Ming Dynasty are obviously more concerned about the national war, not only because of the propaganda role of the newspaper. More importantly, the foreign wars launched by the Ming Dynasty have become more and more linked to the price of goods in the market and the rise and fall of bonds and stocks in the stock market.

But the common people, who have some brains and assets, will not turn a blind eye to these wars. In particular, the more economically developed areas of the Ming Dynasty, were more deeply affected by the war. After all, all kinds of military supplies needed by the army have now become the most stable orders for each workshop.

The victory of the Ming army overseas either opened up a new market for these Ming factory owners, or obtained a more favorable business environment and tax revenue for the Ming merchants. In fact, in the conquered Nanyang Islands, there is a large amount of undeveloped land that can be distributed to the landless people in the country.

In such a situation, war meant profits, wealth, and land, and even the most conservative gentry, however much they criticized the court's militaristic foreign policy, were not left behind in the purchase of war bonds and in the workshops for the manufacture of military supplies.

In the face of righteousness, life can also be abandoned; But in the face of interests, people often forget what the righteousness they insist on is. For the Manchu war, it can be described as a just war, such a victory can naturally inspire the pride of the people of the Ming Dynasty, so I heard that today is the time when the guards who went out to Yingkou returned to the city, and the people of the capital also spontaneously waited on both sides of the street, ready to meet these heroes in their hearts.

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