Chapter 627: Wait and see
The obstruction of Quanzhou City has made the myth of Haoge instantly broken, originally Haoge went all the way south to attack the city and plunder the land was hyped as the god of war, but with the beginning of the powerful counterattack of the Zheng army in Quanzhou City, the myth of the god of war has become a thing of the past.
In a week's time, Hauge lost nearly 5,000 people, although they were all cannon fodder, but this was the largest loss since entering Fujian.
Now the situation has changed, Quanzhou City has become a fortress, because of the proximity to the sea, there is basically no problem with the grain storage of Quanzhou City, Australia can be transported directly from the sea, Haoge has asked the imperial court to send ships south, hoping to defeat the Zheng army by land and water.
But this method was strongly rejected by Dolgon, the reason is very simple, the giant ship of the Australian is docked in Hong Kong, although they have not seen the power of the big iron ship, but the body alone is enough to make people fearful, not to mention the others, even a direct collision can sink the warship on their side.
Originally, Azig's army entered the territory of Jiangxi, but it suddenly slowed down the pace of marching, and everyone could see that Dolgon was watching, Dolgon had always been cautious, and had felt threatened by the Australians' participation in the war.
The Australians built the Quanzhou fortifications, relying on the defense here, the Zheng Jiajun carried out a powerful counterattack, and at the same time gave Hauge a severe blow, which can be regarded as suppressing an arrogant Hauge, which is a very good thing for Dolgon.
Lao Duo chose to wait and see, and also won valuable time for Liangguang, the lack of troops in Liangguang, which is a well-known thing, and the new army of Liangguang is still lacking training, which is the fatal point of Liangguang, and all of this adds up is that the possibility of Liangguang wanting to win this war is too low.
If it weren't for Australia's declaration of joining the war, I'm afraid that many gentry and wealthy chambers of commerce would choose to go away. After all, the odds of winning are too small, and they are not optimistic.
If he gave up at this time, not only would his prestige be affected, but it would also shake the rule of the Manchus, you must know that there are many more resistance groups in the north, and these organizations are like ghosts that sometimes appear and sometimes disappear, which makes Dolgon deeply doubt that it is Li Zicheng's troops.
However, he did not get any conclusive evidence that it was Li Zicheng's army, but as the harassment continued, it became more and more. The more troops will be invested, so it still makes Dorgon very distressed.
In order to resist the southward movement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Shen Youlong has built fortresses in Shaoguan and other places, and the construction of these fortifications was completely designed and built by the Australians.
He Yu went to Quanzhou to personally command the operation, and Wang Tiezhu, who is currently the highest commander of the Hong Kong garrison, is in charge of staying behind, and the Hailan has been determined to dock here before Dolgon attacks Liangguang, and will enter the waters of Quanzhou for defense.
At this time, as long as the Manchu sailors dared to go south, they were looking for death. There is no return at all, and the Zheng family's ships are also docked in the inner harbor, they will not let this kind of thing happen at all.
The main purpose of Dolgon's stop moving south is that he does not know the true situation of Liangguang now, and once he knows the real situation, he probably will not give up.
Although the attack on Liangguang was stopped, Wu Sangui received an order to attack Bashu. He led the Guanning army to attack Bashu, which was the first combat mission with troops received since Toucheng, and Wu Sangui was also very happy to attack Bashu.
Although fighting with Azig can earn some military merits, it is much better than those Ming troops who have newly surrendered. But it still can't be compared with fighting alone, compared to the freedom of fighting alone, there is no constraint, Wu Sangui actually has another idea in his heart.
Now the Australians are involved in the war. Supporting Shen Youlong's Guiwang regime, this made Lao Wu seem to be unable to see the current situation clearly, if he could lead the troops to fight alone at this time and occupy a territory, it would be a very good period for him.
As long as there is territory, no matter who wins the world in the future, it will be good for him, throughout history, those generals who hold great power in the end which one did not get the benefits, so he still has to have his own territory, he was able to take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the reason why there is a town guarding the mountain customs here, and now there is no territory and has completely become a lackey of the Manchu Dynasty, and there will be no good fruit to eat in the future, and when the world is pacified, it is the time when the military power is collected.
So at this time, Wu Sangui also saw that attacking Bashu was an opportunity, once the attack on Bashu was extraordinary, you can take Shaanxi and Gansu, and you can take Yungui when you retreat, the strategic position here is quite important, and you can slowly draw it, once the vitality of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Liangguang is greatly damaged, you will come out again to clean up the mess, and finally it is not impossible for the old Wu family to do a return to the world.
Wu Sangui's abacus is so good, obviously Dolgon arranged for him to attack Bashu without An's good intentions, with Dolgon's usual style, it is absolutely impossible not to know Wu Sangui's thoughts.
Now the Manchu war in the south has been blocked, and there are many rebel forces in the north, which makes many people have their own ideas, after all, the number of Manchus is too small, once the two Guangxi win this war, they will instantly become the spokesperson of the rebel forces, and it can even be said that the Manchus will fall into a difficult situation in the future if they want to unify the south.
The instability in the north increased Dorgon's fears, and the fact that too many troops were invested in the south meant that the defenses of the north were empty, and if these rebels hiding in the shadows joined forces to resist the Manchus, there was a hard battle to be fought.
Now the garrison in Jiangxi has two main purposes, one is to wait and see whether those rebel forces will unite, and the other is to wait and see if the two Guangxi moves, once the northern resistance force is too large, he will not hesitate to wave the army back to extinguish, as for the south, it will be left to Hauge to deal with, doesn't he like to fight in the south, this quagmire will be left to him, this is Dolgon's idea.
As for sending Wu Sangui and Wu Bashu, he also knew that Lao Wu had a restless mind, in fact, his doctrine was nothing more than to reap the benefits of fishermen, and when Wu Sangui defeated Bashu, he would take advantage of the situation to follow up and take it, and it would be useless whether Wu Sangui really had a rebellious heart or not. (To be continued.) )