Chapter 340: Inspector Sun's Fans
Sun Chuanting can be said to have left a strong mark in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and even later historians believe that the defeat of Sun Chuanting's Qin army caused the Ming Dynasty to lose its last barrier, and finally let Li Zicheng enter Beijing and led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, history still has a very high evaluation of him. The main reason for this is that he has a considerable number of fans among the common people, and these fans have a certain influence on those historians in a certain sense.
After hearing that Inspector Sun was appointed as the secretary of the military department, everyone's first reaction was that a lot of things had been added to the strength of Liangguang, you must know that Sun Chuanting's reputation in the Shaanxi and Gansu generation was very great, and at the same time, the peasant army was also very jealous of him, after all, he was the one who led people to defeat the peasant army repeatedly.
If it weren't for Chongzhen and a group of officials blindly commanding, maybe he could really clean up the mess at the end of the Ming Dynasty, at least it wouldn't be so easy for Li Zicheng to enter Beijing.
After receiving the news that Sun Chuanting had joined Liangguang, the other forces welcomed it. At the same time, he made a new judgment on whether he was a team player. After all, Lao Sun joined Liangguang, which has a very different meaning, which means that King Gui's succession to the throne is legitimate.
If you jump out to oppose it at this time, it will not be as simple as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also face Sun Chuanting, it is very likely that he will bring troops to come over to crusade, after all, he has just joined the Liangguang regime, and he must give a big gift to King Gui, otherwise how to win the trust of everyone, even if there are Australians behind him to support him, he must come up with something practical to say something.
Otherwise, it will be really difficult for him to gain a foothold in Liangguang, and Lao Sun's position as the secretary of the military department must lead the troops to fight, and this time he will hold an important position in the army when he arrives with the Australians, and is responsible for the task of attacking hn. After receiving the authorization, King Gui made him the governor of the two lakes, which was obviously intended to allow him to recover the two lakes.
Although these two places are not under the control of King Gui at the moment, this reward is a bit empty, but the actual meaning is to tell him that if he wants to serve as governor, he must show some military merits himself, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public.
Lao Sun naturally knows this principle, although he is an important minister of the previous dynasty, he has no credit at all here for King Gui, and if he wants to be unhandled, he must make meritorious contributions. According to Australia's combat strategy, JX and HN marched at the same time. The H.N. Manchus did not garrison heavy troops, but a force of no less than 50,000 men was stationed in JX, which was the main force of the Manchus in the south.
Defeating them would be tantamount to cutting off one of the Manchus' arms, and it would not be so simple for them to quickly unify the south. Of course, this premise is that the Australians can beat them, otherwise everything may be empty talk, and it may even become a laughing stock. In everyone's eyes, Australia must be an opponent that can defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will really be finished.
If even the Australians were not their opponents, the resistance of the two Cantons would be of little use. Therefore, everyone's expectations for Sun Chuanting and Australians are quite high.
Under the eyes of various expectations, the Australian army set out, starting from the city of Guangzhou, and the first route was personally commanded by Chen Jun, leading two regiments, including the Ming New Army, a total of more than 15,000 troops, towards the junction of Guangdong and Jiangxi.
The other road is completely led by Sun Chuanting, the main force of this road is a regiment in Australia, and the number of the rest of the troops is all the old army of Liangguang, although the number is a little less, but in fact, the combat effectiveness is not weak, Shen Youlong sent one of his most elite troops, the purpose of which is to help Lao Sun re-erect the big card of the god of war.
Of course, whether he can take Hunan depends on his ability, after all, Sun Chuanting has been leading troops in Shaanxi and Gansu for many years, and he may not be familiar with the geographical environment in the south, which may affect the victory or defeat of the war.
However, before leaving, Lao Sun himself issued a military order, promising to take Hunan and come back, if he did not take Hunan, then he would resign from all official positions and accept punishment.
The military order was set up as a sign of determination, both King Gui and Shen Youlong hoped that he could succeed, after all, in the successive wars of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the side shown by the Ming Dynasty was that it ended in defeat and failed to win a victory, if there was no key victory to inspire the people, it would be a heavy blow.
The army was opened, and the Manchu Qing scouts naturally knew where they were going to attack, Azig personally sat in town and prepared to face the Australians, he still had a certain fear of the Australians, after all, the strength between the two sides was about the same, not to mention the Australia, which had been boasting about the sky, made him a little unsure of the specific situation.
If it is really as rumored, then he may have to face a very strong opponent, this is a hard battle, there can be no loss, the Qing Dynasty must not have a little defeat, otherwise the north will fall into a turmoil.
After all, the region that has just agreed not long ago, if you want to make them feel at ease and obedient, you will definitely need to deter them by force, if you know that the strength of the Great Qing Dynasty is not so strong, then they will definitely not be so honest.
So Dolgon gave Azig an order that no matter what, he could not be defeated, even if he could not defend the city, and on the one hand, he gave the order to die, and on the other hand, he was also gathering troops to support the south.
In particular, it was to support the Azig, which was the main force in the south, and if they were defeated, it would not be so easy to re-establish them.
He didn't care so much about Hunan, after all, it was still close to Zhang Xianzhong, and from time to time he would send troops out to harass him, which gave the Manchus a big blow, and they had to gather superior forces to deal with a place.
Only by crushing the main force dominated by the Australians can it be possible to change the outcome on the battlefield, and of course, this also requires a large amount of military investment.
So Dolgon mobilized heavy troops from the north to support, as for Sun Chuanting, they really didn't pay much attention to it, a defeated general who was defeated by Li Zicheng and his subordinates, what threat could there be, so they put the main force on dealing with the Australians.
From a certain point of view, there is almost no suspense for Sun Chuanting to win this battle, after all, the main forces of the Manchu Qing are not in his direction, if he can't win this way, it will really be a matter of ability.
When the Ministry of Defense formulated the combat plan, it also took this reason into account, so it let Sun Chuanting lead a part of the battle alone, mainly to re-establish a confidence in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty and tell everyone that the Eight Banners Army is not invincible. (To be continued.) )