Chapter 551: Hauge Marches
Hauge led an army of 500,000 to the south to attack Nanjing, and so far the 500,000 army can be said to have been scattered all over the place.
At present, the number of troops that can be mobilized is no longer superior, and the first thing he wants to attack in Jiangnan is the Tang regime in Fujian, once the Tang regime is broken, it will be equivalent to the destruction of the Lu regime in Zhejiang, as long as these two forces are destroyed, basically there are two Guang left in the south of the Yangtze River.
Liangguang is the most powerful in his eyes, and at the same time the most feared place by Dolgon, the new army of Liangguang is equipped with coffee mill machine guns, and the number of machine guns is at least a few dozen, and it is difficult to fight against them without obtaining the same weapons.
Therefore, Hauge adopted a strategy, that is, to pick the simple to fight, and only by destroying the simple first and finally the most targeted can it be possible to concentrate.
Tang Wang's power can be said to be not the strongest, but it is not weak, at least he has a certain combat effectiveness among the forces in Jiangnan, and Fujian's troops are a full 100,000, 100,000 people actually have no combat effectiveness in Haoge's opinion.
According to reliable information, there are more than 1,000 people in Zheng Zhilong's army who specialize in the use of firearms, and it is difficult to say how effective this army will be, but one thing is certain, his battle should not be as strong as that of the Liangguang New Army.
Although Zheng Zhilong is known as an army of 100,000, it is impossible for them all to be gathered together, and he is also on guard against the court of King Lu in Zhejiang, and it can be said that it is the focus of defense.
Especially at this time, the army is pressing, and King Lu of Zhejiang is also facing this problem, and he does not dare to divide his troops to fight, as for the new army of Liangguang, it is estimated that it will not come, and there is nothing wrong with the strong battle of the new army. But strong is strong, but he has too few people, and once he is transferred, it means that Liangguang will give up Jiangxi and other places.
Therefore, Haoge can be sure that the new army will not come to participate in this matter, and this march into Fujian will be very successful, not to mention that Fujian will be defeated as a whole, but as long as a few cities are captured, the significance is very ordinary, and there is an important reason that this will greatly improve his status within the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Hauge gathered 100,000 men from Hubei all the way to the east, and in the two months he entered Jiangnan, he had already fought in many places. He has captured hundreds of cities, which can be described as a great achievement, so Dorgon's defense against him will become more and more intense, if this person wins a few battles, then he will not go to heaven.
Doydorgon put forward the significance of Hauge's march, believing that he was expanding too fast, and a lot of military supplies could no longer keep up with his pace, and hoped that he would delay the march and wait until the supplies arrived.
But Haug obviously wouldn't listen to him like that. He needs to accumulate popularity and return to the court to compete with Dorgon, and it is obviously impossible for him to give up the attack at this time. Moreover, he also understands the reason for the generals to have some reasons for military orders abroad.
Of course, Dorgon didn't think that he would just listen to himself, it was just a show. As long as he fails to advance, it will be of great help to himself, and it will be a good suppression of Hauge's arrogance.
Recently, Hauge's name has spread among the Manchu nobility, and some say that he is invincible and more capable than Dorgon. To be able to lay down such a piece of land in the south of the Yangtze River, this is something that Dolgon does not dare.
How could this naked slap in the face not make Dorgon angry. He became famous as a teenager, and he came out to fight in his teens, can this kid Hauge compare with himself, so he must be suppressed.
At this time, Zheng Zhilong also knew that Haoge's army was approaching, and urgently mobilized troops from all over the country to deal with it, and it can be said that as long as a few cities are in his own hands in Fujian, Zheng Zhilong decisively gave up some unimportant places and concentrated the army mainly in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and other important cities.
Zheng Zhilong is still relatively good at naval battles, but when it comes to land warfare, he can't win, don't look at so many people, he can't win, after all, he is facing strong Manchu soldiers.
Although Haoge's army is not as strong as the two white flags, it is at least not bad, although the Eight Banners army out of 100,000 people has less than 5,000 people, and the rest are combat troops such as the Han army flag, but they are famous.
Therefore, the gap between the two sides is actually not very big, and if Zheng Zhilong has the heart to face it, he will definitely be able to win.
Originally, Zheng Sen planned to return to Fujian to help his father after learning the news, but Zheng Zhilong didn't agree, and let him stay in Guangzhou, everything is a father.
In order to call on the people of Fujian to fight against Haoge's army, Zheng Zhilong did a lot of work, the first thing he did was to clear the wall, so that Haoge did not have a drop of food and supplies. Judging from the news he received, Hauge did not bring much military rations with him on this expedition, and as long as it dragged on for more than ten days, he would be defeated without a fight.
This is for sure, Zheng Zhilong is very confident in this, and when the time comes, when the other party can't do it, he will attack with all his might, and he will definitely be able to defeat Haoge.
The importance of this war between the two sides is actually very large, for Hauge it is related to whether he can re-emerge, for Zheng Zhilong, it is related to whether he stays in Fujian or goes to South Vietnam to develop.
At present, Zheng Zhilong has not completely decided to go to South Vietnam, after all, he has been operating in Fujian for many years, and he will definitely not be able to let go of it if he gives up all of a sudden, so he needs a time to think about it, and in the current environment, Fujian is attacked on three sides, not only to face the two Guangzhou, but also to face the powerful attack of the Manchu Qing.
The enemies on these two sides can be said to be the most powerful, but also the most difficult to deal with, as for that King Lu, it would be good if I didn't trouble him, and I didn't care about it at all.
Once this war is lost, Zheng Zhilong will transfer his forces to South Vietnam, after all, Zheng Cai's guy can build a huge territory with thousands of people, and he will not be able to fight a piece of territory with tens of thousands of troops.
Lao Zheng regards going to South Vietnam as a retreat, and now he doesn't really want to go, only if he can't get along in Fujian, he will go, of course, the Tang King who was supported by him doesn't know, as for how the Tang King will arrange him in the future, he has thought about it, let him go to Australia like King Fu, give him a sum of money, and go to Australia to retire.
The most important thing now is how to deal with Haoge's attack, the other party's 100,000 army is coming, which is basically the sum of the entire Fujian army, so Zheng Zhilong is still very cautious.
(To be continued.) )