North of Dagukou.

Azilema was here, looking at the Haihe River flowing into the sea, and only felt that his mood was agitated. He put his hand to his chest and let out a long breath.

At the beginning, it was on the south bank of this place that Dolgon suffered a defeat that greatly damaged the strength of the Manchus, and the internal contradictions of the Manchus were about to intensify, and Dolgon used lightning speed to poison Huang Taiji to death in the marching camp, and then relied on his excellent tactics to win over and divide the situation, which controlled the situation. After that, Dolgon proved that he possessed abilities that were not inferior to Huang Taiji, and he was very handy in both military and political strategy.

Strictly speaking, the strength of the Manchu Qing at this time was increased rather than weakened compared to that of Huang Taiji. Azig heard from those Han people that Yu Guozhen was in the south and judged a country's comprehensive national strength by several data: per capita grain possession, per capita steel possession, per capita cement possession, per capita educational resource possession, per capita life expectancy, per capita number of doctors, infant mortality rate, and so on. Almost all of the data shows that during the seven years of Dolgon's rule, the Manchus made great progress.

Although there was no record of this data before, Azig could understand it.

It's just that their progress, compared with the Chinese system, is pitiful, and even in some key data, it is far inferior to the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

"Minsheng Express" once had a report, in which the ability of the parallel forces in China to accept new things was quantitatively evaluated. As a result of the evaluation, if the Huaxia system's ability to accept new things is calculated as 100 points, then Li Zicheng's remnants of the Chuang Jun system's ability to accept new things is 37. The Southern Ming regime's ability to accept new affairs was twenty-five, while the Manchu was only thirteen.

Moreover, the assessment of this figure in the flash bulletin was that the Manchus would instinctively oppose all technological progress if it were not for the presence of a strong enemy from outside, and in order to prevent firearms from affecting their superiority in bows and arrows, they even wished that the muskets in the world would be turned into burning sticks, without outside pressure. Their firearms units are quickly abandoned, but instead of forging swords into ploughshares, they hide in damp corners and let them rot.

This evaluation. Of course, Azig couldn't hear it, he just came to the site that had changed the history of Jianyu, and looked south. I couldn't help but sigh, I don't know if this battle will decide the fate of the Manchurians again.

Definitely, we will definitely be able to win and enter the land of the Central Plains......

When he was secretly praying, he saw a team of people and horses slowly coming over on the other side of the river, and looking at the appearance of the other party, it was the Huaxia Army. Azig frowned, and then thought of the encounter on this side yesterday, where more than 1,000 Chinese troops were originally building a pontoon bridge at the mouth of the Haihe River. Preparing to cross the river here, after making a detour to Tianjin Wei, he cut off Wu Sangui's retreat, and happened to meet his vanguard, and the two sides fought fiercely here for a long time. In the end, although he drove the Huaxia army back to the south bank, he paid ten times the enemy's casualties.

Then he saw that one of the people in the group had his hand on his forehead, apparently looking at him with a telescope. Azig also held up his binoculars and saw a face that was too young.

"The Huaxia army is young from top to bottom...... It's really alive. In comparison, Da Ming is dying of old age, and it is really vulnerable. Azig thought to himself, and unconsciously, he also had some feelings in his heart about his old age.

"Lord Wang, what are they doing?" Because after Huang Taiji's death, Azig judged the situation and began to help Dolgon, so he is now also named the king of the county. Beside him, a subordinate asked cautiously, a faint melancholy on his face.

"Hmm...... It seems to be pointing fingers, but I still want to force ...... here."

As he was saying this, suddenly, Azig heard a faint rumbling sound in the distance, and Azig was startled: "It's a steamship...... It seems that Gu Jiaming on the other side is still not giving up, and has transferred a warship! ”

The advantage of the Huaxia army on the water is almost incomprehensible, although Jianyu has been repeatedly defeated on land, he still has the courage to fight with the Huaxia army, but above the water, Jianyu has no courage to fight opposite the Huaxia army!

"Kong Youde, Kong Youde!" Azig shouted.

After a while, Kong Youde wiped his sweat and appeared in front of him: "Lord, Weichen is here, I don't know what the prince commands?" ”

Azig heard the rumbling getting louder and louder, and he looked through his telescope at the place where the sound came from, and he could already see the towering chimney of the steamship and the dazzling metallic luster in the sunlight - this is the ironclad ship of the Huaxia Navy, although it is only wrapped in a thin layer of iron armor above the waterline, but for Jianyu, it is already a great deterrent: steel can actually float in the water!

"The steam ship of the Huaxia Army is here, are you ready?"

"Don't worry, my side is stepping up, no matter what, I won't let the enemy ship enter the river!"

Tianjin Wei became the decisive battle site, and the first thing Azig had to consider after learning about this was how to reduce the superiority of the Huaxia army on the water. The guns on the steam warships of the Huaxia Army have greater range and power than the mobile guns used by the army, and they are free in the water, but they cannot rush into the water. Therefore, Azig estimated that the Huaxia army might transfer the ship to Tianjin Weilai again, so he arranged for Kong Youde to arrange it as soon as possible.

"Hurry up for me again, don't care about human life, if you are not willing to give up your subordinates, drive the people around you, anyway, the Han people are like ants, and they can't be killed!"

Sen Leng's cruel words came out of Azig's mouth so naturally, as if the Han people in his mouth were really ants. Kong Youde himself is also a Han person, but he does not have the slightest guilt, he has long known that his fate has long been separated from the Han people, and the honor and disgrace of the Han people have nothing to do with him anymore, and even to a certain extent, the more humble the Han people, the more stable his position is.

Even if the Chinese country is thriving, there are always some people who think that they are capable enough to be the governor of a province or even the ruler of a country, in order to realize their "ambitions", they do not hesitate to sell the interests of the Chinese ethnic group, and are willing to be driven by foreign races. But they are all happy to do it, and they have to sell the whole of Huaxia to the other party to be willing.

"The minister understands, the minister will go!" Kong Youde hit a thousand and made a full come, he is now like a cloud, and he has not forgotten to learn from those full people "chirp". Then he turned and mounted his horse. Rush away.

It took about ten more minutes for the steamer to finally reach the mouth of the Haihe River. Azig stepped back a little at this point, looking at the fleet from afar. This was a fleet of one steamship and three sailing ships. The smallest one was also larger than the largest ship Azig had ever seen. The dense gun windows on the side of the ship make people shudder, as Azig can imagine. What is the equivalent of a situation when this moving arsenal is at full fire.

"One day, we will have such a warship in the Qing Dynasty, if there is no warship, we will not be able to fight Yu Guozhen at sea, and we can only be beaten passively everywhere."

Azig thought to himself, and then he saw the four boats begin to turn sideways, slowing down and slowly heading towards the mouth of the river. Before entering the estuary, they dropped anchor, laid down a sampan, and joined up with the Huaxia Army to the south.

Azig felt some regret in his heart. If only these four ships of the Huaxia Army crashed headlong into the Haihe River.

Then, he heard a loud bang, and a cannon was fired from a ship, and the cannonball fell at a distance of only about 50 zhang from Azig and the others, and the war horse under Azig's crotch was trained. But when I heard this voice, I couldn't help but snort and became restless.

Azig's face changed slightly: "Retreat, withdraw for half a mile!" ”

In order to prevent Yu Guozhen from sending his navy to land here, along the mouth of the Haihe River, Azigeb laid a defensive line. But now he realized that he still underestimated the range of the ship's heavy artillery, and his defense line was actually within the range of the opponent!

Sure enough, after the other party tested a shot, he found that the distance was about the same, and suddenly all the cannon doors were opened, and then they began to bombard indiscriminately, as if the shells did not cost anything.

Azig's order was issued in time, this round of artillery only caused him dozens of casualties, and he retreated the defensive line half a mile, which was regarded as leaving the dangerous place, but his mood became heavier and heavier.

With this fleet, although it is difficult for the Southern Army to cross the river, it also means that he cannot cross the river from here to bypass the flank of the Southern Army, and in order to prevent the Southern Army from forcibly crossing under the cover of gunboats, half of the forces in his hands must be left here.

"Report the military situation here to the Rui King, and urge the Rui Wang to march quickly into the ......"

"Lord Wang, let's stay here?" Ao Bai is his lieutenant general, and he is quite unimpressed by his decision: "Scolding the southern thief across the river? Saliva can't drown the southern thief! ”

"What do you mean?"

"I don't think there are many southern thieves on the other side, and they don't seem to be willing to pay heavy casualties, so I don't think he will cross the river here, why don't I take a group of men and horses, go around Tianjinwei, and see if there is a chance over there?"

Aobai's opinion was not surprising to Azig, Aobai had always been loyal to the Huangtaiji lineage, and after the regent of Dolgon, he had almost no opportunities, and the most he could do was to be sent as an envoy to do some things back and forth. Not being able to lead troops into battle means that you can't make meritorious contributions and you can't expand your own strength.

And now, it is a rare opportunity for him to follow Azig, if he can take charge of himself and make real achievements, what reason can Zorgon suppress him?

In addition, Ao Bai also hopes that he can give Yu Guozhen a hard blow and avenge his brother. Among the brave generals who are called Baturu, Ao Bai is one of the few who has not been directly defeated by the Huaxia army, and he still has some pride in his heart, and always feels that the previous victory of the Huaxia army is the result of trickery, if it is really a fight, he will definitely be able to seize the opportunity and give the Huaxia army a heavy setback.

Azig pondered for a moment, indeed, if the stalemate here continued, they would not have a chance to defeat Yu Guozhen. He had the same view as Dolgon, that is, the Manchu Qing Dynasty should resolve this matter quickly rather than for a long time, and if it dragged on until the beginning of spring next year, only a few thousand miles of military grain would be enough to drag down the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Yu Guozhen could transport grain on a large scale by sea, and his wealth was not afraid of loss in transportation, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not afford it.

"Okay, Aobai, I'll give you 20,000 people, but don't go to Tianjin Wei, bypass Tianjin Wei, go south from Baoding, see if you can attack Qingxian or Cangzhou, if you have the opportunity, you can even go to Dezhou, it is said that Yu Guozhen himself is here!" Azig said.

Ao Bai was overjoyed and was about to leave, but Azig grabbed him again. (To be continued)