Chapter 51: Miserable! Battle of Yaozhou
Capital. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
At the Imperial Ministers' Meeting here, the matter of Dengzhou has been discussed back and forth for more than two days.
Finally, at noon on the third day, the Imperial Council, which had been in continuous operation for the third day, finally ended in a state of controversy, and faced with the results of the courtiers' discussions.
Zhu Jianyu approved two things.
First, Geng Zhongming's incident is not as bad as the old generals of Dongjiang, and all those who have contributed to the battle of Dengzhou to quell the chaos will be rewarded! Those who die as a result of killing thieves will be paid by the imperial court and compensated.
Second, Yu Zhigao, the general soldier of Laizhou, who has been in office for more than three months, was derelict in his duties, and finally the thieves broke through the city and destroyed the lives of the people, and his responsibility was great!
After that, he insisted on going his own way, ignoring the dissuasion of his subordinates, and almost caused a catastrophe in Laizhou's coastal defense!
However, after all, he was loyal and brave, and the great achievements of his father's generation, so he returned to his hometown with his original post and lived for a long time, and if his subordinates were willing to return to Fujian, they would be placed by the Fujian General Army.
The rest were controlled by Yuan Keli, the governor of Dengzhou.
Because of the First World War in Laizhou, Liu Zhaoji was famous in the First World War, so he was appointed as the chief soldier of Laizhou Town, awarded the Baoding Medal, and gave him a major general's uniform, and he reorganized the Laizhou Coastal Defense Army into a reinforced brigade composed of two brigades.
The Holy God bestows the name, Laizhou Blood War Brigade!
Du Si Yi Bangmu killed many enemies, was promoted to guerrilla general, gave him the rank of colonel, and was the deputy of the Bloody War Brigade.
Laizhou coastal defense station, build a cemetery, but all the soldiers who died in this battle are buried in the cemetery, for the recruits who later joined the army to pay respects.
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Gaizhou.
Previously, because of the leakage of the red-coated cannon, Huang Long ordered to blockade the whole city of Gaizhou, and sent sergeants to contact the Dengzhou Navy Division to garrison Lianyundao Branch Fleet to send ships to transport the troops of the three brigades to Niangniang Palace to land, and cut off Yaozhou's retreat to the northwest to the north, and sent two brigades to attack Haizhou from Ximucheng to Haizhou.
The Great War is imminent!
Originally, it would take some time to capture the battle of Yaozhou, but there was a sudden robbery of artillery craftsmen here, and the town navy would never allow the two armies to have another major battle after the Houjin man produced the red-coat cannon.
It stands to reason that after the second military reform, a regular army was organized into two divisions, each division had five brigades, each brigade had five battalions, each battalion had five companies, each company had five teams, and each team had twenty men, that is, the imperial standard for an army of 25,000 men.
And because the town navy is in a different position and shoulders a heavy responsibility, Zhu Jianzhi has three divisions, which means that the town navy has more than 10,000 more troops than the empire trained according to the new system.
Therefore, the first war here is bound to start early.
"Someone, I will write a letter to Your Majesty, and I will rush to Beijing for eight hundred miles!"
"In addition, the big battle is imminent, immediately notify Inspector Yuan, General Li and General Liu, hoping to support our town navy in this battle!"
"In addition, inform the military spies that you must continue to look for artillery manufacturing experts!"
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After making the above arrangements, Huang Long personally went to the town navy training camp, and he wanted to give flags to his newly formed guard battalion and distribute the latest ordnance for great use!
Yaozhou.
Since Gaizhou's party returned, Ta Xi was a little bored. First, the Fan brothers were sent before, originally to bring back a few red-coated cannons, but they would have thought that they would be wiped out by the Ming army, and the arrest of the Fan brothers was a small matter, but the arrest of the Fan brothers meant that the intelligence system that Houjin had operated in the Ming army for many years collapsed.
Fortunately, he used the strategy of attacking the east and the west to bring back the artillery division of the Ming Dynasty set up in the Dengzhou Ordnance Institute.
Second, it was that he had just returned to Yaozhou, and his ass had not yet been hot, but he heard that his subordinate scouts had reported that it was the Huanglong Department of the Ming Army stationed in Gaizhou, and he had been moving frequently recently, as if it was a sign before the war.
And here he was ordered to come to Yaozhou to take up his duties, but he only had 10,000 cavalry under the Zhenglan Banner at hand, although he was full of armaments, but in the face of the Ming army, which was several times more than his own troops, he had no confidence in his tower attack.
If it is placed in the past, this 10,000 elites against tens of thousands of Ming troops, that is no reason to worry, I want to set up this great foundation with thirteen pairs of armor in the first Khan, and then set up this great foundation, as the people of the Great Khan, the eagle of Liaodong, should not be afraid!
But Ta Xian is a smart person, but here he is no longer as good as before, and he can drive the Ming army to flee in embarrassment.
Since a few years ago, the Great Khan led his troops out of Xifengkou and fought a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, but things have changed.
First, the Houjin was actually divided into three parts and fought against each other.
Second, after signing a treaty with the Ming army, the strategy of the Ming army in Liaodong has also undergone a great change, first, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, has been fixed in the Jiliao defense line over the years, what pillboxes and trenches have been built, what mine arrays have been set up, and fortifications have been set up layer by layer.
In addition, in the Dongjiang area, the Ming Dynasty not only built roads, but also made a black thing (train) with a clangling dong, with this guy in the Dongjiang River is full of grunts, and this thing is amazing, made of steel skin, and there are more artillery.
With these things, the Ming Dynasty has been immigrating in the Dongjiang area over the years, and some of these protections, Houjin Tieqi is also powerless, and wants to loot, but it is a great loss.
And when it comes to this artillery, it is the pain in the heart of the tower attack, first, this first khan died tragically under the artillery of the Ming army, and second, the tower attack also accompanied the emperor Taiji to capture the Ming Jingshi, which was to witness the power of the Ming army's firearms.
In addition, the most important thing is that the firearms of the Ming Dynasty have been better than in the past in recent years, not only the power has increased, but the firing speed, as well as the style and quantity of the artillery have also changed greatly.
The battle of Gaizhou more than a year ago is the best proof of this!
Compared with a year ago, according to what he knew about the tower attack, the current Dongjiang Town Navy is a step further, not only in terms of the number of troops, but also in terms of firepower configuration!
However, the only thing here that makes him feel a little comforted in his heart is that although the Daming Town Navy is more powerful than the military horses that he attacked in Yaozhou, but he is an elite cavalry in his army, although the town navy also has cavalry troops, but firstly, the number is less than him, only two cavalry brigades, and secondly, this cavalry is different from the foot soldiers, this is a technical work, and the horseman's equestrian training is extremely important.
The Jurchens and the Mongols are general, they are all a people on horseback, and they grow up on horseback when they are young, while the cavalry of the Ming army is mostly trained from behind the army, and the formation time of the town naval cavalry is relatively short, compared with the Houjin cavalry, how can it be the same day and with it.
Therefore, in terms of army mobility, he Yaozhou has a clear advantage!
Although he already had some calculations in his heart, the most important thing in front of Ta Raid at this moment was how to face the next big battle.
He had to rely on himself, because when he came out of Shengjing City, the Great Khan Emperor Taiji said to him.
I hope that he will make good use of these 10,000 elites, there is no longer a horse from Shengjing here, and he needs to cherish himself!
"The granary in the west of Yaozhou City needs to be taken care of, and another Niu Lu will be sent over, and the granary of this battle is very important!"
"Let's go, let's see if the old man is awake!"