Chapter 732: Battle of Songjin
The Red Gangsters are also unable to withdraw their troops, and this time it is equivalent to the whole country coming, and the political impact of the defeat again is too great.
For the future of the Qing Dynasty, the only way to do this is to knock out the teeth and swallow blood, and this pot of raw rice must be eaten hard if there are good teeth.
The two sides fought until the end of July, leaving more than 10,000 corpses on the battlefield, the Ming army did not suffer too much, Jiannu did not get too much bargain, the casualty ratio of the two armies was almost the same, and the Ming army was slightly more.
After a long battle, the red gang shook his confidence more than once, and when he turned the battle into chicken ribs, he was sent by the Ming spy to protect it.
The Nu chief knew that the reason why Hong Chengchou's decisive battle was so urgent was because the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty had risen again, and the imperial court was already difficult to parry, so he was eager to solve the war in Liaodong and draw troops to suppress the Kou.
Knowing that the Ming army was in a hurry, the red gang was not in a hurry, he secretly called it a fluke, and wished in his heart that the brother surnamed Li who rebelled in the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty would hold on and make more trouble.
He immediately adjusted his strategy and divided his troops into Wangbaoshan, Zhuangzhentai, Zhai'ershan, Changlingshan, Liu Xitun and other important places to dig trenches on the spot and fortify the villages.
The Qing army formed a semi-encirclement of Hong Chengchou on the first line of Songshan, and used the advantage of cavalry to attack from time to time to cut off the main road of Songshan, which made it difficult for the Ming army to replenish supplies.
This move is very clever, originally the Qing army and the Ming army were in line with Hong Chengchou's intentions, but the red gangsters suddenly stopped fighting, and the attack changed to defend the opportunity to harass the grain road, and the Ming army was completely different.
The Qing army came to attack the Ming army camp, and everyone was able to work together to defend it, because the camp was breached, and everyone was going to be finished.
The Ming army took the initiative to attack the Qing army camp, and there were too many soldiers who did not contribute to the work.
Even Yao Shanshou and Zhou Fang did not dare to attack the Qing army camp with all their might, because if they entered regardless of casualties and the friendly forces did not follow up at all, they would inevitably be surrounded and annihilated by the Qing army's concentrated superior forces, and of course they would take all the robes of heroic battles.
The generals of the "God of War" department were all lamenting, and at this time they deeply realized the words that the head of the family often said, "If you are not afraid of a god-like opponent, you are afraid of a pig-like teammate." ”
Hong Chengchou saw that the attack was fruitless and the casualties were at a loss, and the Qing army's continuous counterattacks led to an increase in the losses of the Ming army, and the casualty ratio had become one to three, and he knew that a quick victory was no longer possible.
The Qing army went down on three sides, and the Ming army could only respond with three large battalions guarding three sides. Hong Chengchou set up camp with the left wing, the right wing, and the Chinese army as the three command hubs.
He ordered all units to strictly defend and not let the Qing army get a chance to sneak attack, and the three battalions coordinated with each other, and if the Qing army dispatched, they would definitely strive to annihilate them outside the camp.
Cheng Da also realized the seriousness of the problem, and he asked Yao Shanshou to give full play to his strengths, fight in a daze, and pay attention to the reserves of grain and grass materials in case of emergency.
Qinggeltai considers himself a staunch "God of War" general, and has a harmonious relationship with Cheng Da Da, Yao Shanshou and other "God of War" civil and military affairs.
He also couldn't get used to Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Wang Pu, the chief military officers, who looked like they were afraid of death, so they simply shared the camp with Yao Shanshou and them, defended together, and counterattacked together.
Soon, Ma Shihu and Ma Shilong's department also decided to connect with Yao Shanshou camp, because they trusted the generals of the "God of War" system and had confidence in their subordinates, believing that as long as there was a leader who dared to fight, the sons and daughters under their command would not be a bad breed.
Between the hundreds of thousands of men and horses need to be guarded on three sides, Hong Chengchou commands the overall situation of the Chinese army, and there are Yang Guozhu, Ma Ke, Wang Tingchen, and several general military officers, as well as his own descendant "Hong Army" 10,000.
Cheng Da took the initiative to invite Ying to come to the right wing to command, and the right wing was, of course, where Yao Shanshou, Qing Ge Tai, Ma Shihu, and Ma Shilong were, and there were more than 40,000 soldiers here.
People are divided into groups and things are gathered by like, and the right wing concentrates many "God of War" generals, although Ma Shihu and Ma Shilong, the two chief military officers, although they are not, they also look forward to the "God of War" horses, although there are fewer people and horses, but they eliminate the hidden dangers brought by pig-like teammates.
When the Chinese army and the left wing generals were in chaos, the right wing was busy up and down, they sweated like rain and started to strengthen the camp, and Qinggeltai led all the cavalry to escort the grain and concentrate the reserves.
He has the talent to do great things, and he also has the talent to never forget, and he personally checks every defensive point, and he can remember the names of the hundred general officers and even the chief flag officer.
When the governor of Liaodong came to inspect the defense, he was able to directly call out the name of a 100 junior officer, which greatly helped to boost morale.
Right-wing civilians, military generals, and ordinary soldiers can certainly gain a sense of identity by sharing weal and worn, and the soldiers will naturally fight bravely to kill the enemy.
Of course, the civilian commander of the left wing was Zhang Ruolin, the superintendent of the army who was later included in the biography of the second minister, where would this kid lead the troops to fight, he didn't even understand the most basic military common sense.
He was unlucky, and he had a chief military officer Wang Pu, who was born as a Shanxi businessman by killing good people and risking his merits, as well as Tang Tong and Bai Guangen, the chief military officers of soft bones.
The Qing army retreated in the camp and defended to the death, and the three large battalions of the Ming army were outnumbered, attacking each other in a short time, with few results, and it seemed to be in a stalemate.
Hong Chengchou waited for three months and finally discovered the loopholes in the Ming army's defense, Hong Chengchou in order to prevent accidents, the Chinese army had limited food, the left wing had no sense of crisis at all, and there was not much grain in the army, only the right wing Qinggeltai worked tirelessly to transport the grain to the camp for storage.
The scouts of the Qing army continued to explore, and finally found that the Ming army's grain storage was on Bijia Mountain on the west Bohai Sea in Jinzhou, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It is a pity that Hong Chengchou did not have a thorough understanding of geography, and when the sea tide was low, the enemy attacked from the south, and Beacon Hill was simply unsafe.
The enemy finally made a mistake, the fighters came, and the red gang ordered the love general Azig to lead 10,000 horses to raid Tashan, and seize the grain and grass that the Ming army had accumulated in Bijia Mountain when the tide was low.
Ordered Zierharang to lead 20,000 troops to cut off the connection between the right wing of the Ming army and the Chinese army, and ordered Yue Tuo to lead 20,000 horses to cut off the connection between the left wing of the Ming army and the Chinese army.
The time of the decisive battle is completely up to the Qing army, the Ming army has fallen into passivity and lost its geographical advantage, survived the spring, summer and autumn, and the red gang is waiting for the winter to come, and he is about to get it again.
The Ming army that was preparing to attack and break into Jinzhou had long lost the concerted effort when it was fortified, they were unwilling to serve as the main attack, and they were all grinding foreign workers who refused to fight to the death.
This is not alarmist, Ma Shihu complained more than once, saying that he had the urge to take his cavalry to assault Wang Pubu.
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